New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
Must Be Raised by Monday
10 Make 100000, 900
Campaign a Success
Every Dollar Wanted,
Says Northclife
New York Managers Sure
They Will Report Over
subscription

Washington, June 23.-Twenty mill
so,,srs must be collected tomorrow
- Monday by the Red Cross volun-
-. csmpaigners in American cities
- .ovns 70 make the weeks canvass
~ = 500 100000 fund an entire sue
-, Despite the spectacular spurts
s.,pnber Of cities. total new pledges
...,,.sj TO national headquarters to-
s,v were only $S,OOO,OOO, making the
.,,,srate collections for SIX days
bout ssO,OOO,OOO.
Campaign managers directed local
vo,kers 10 make strenuous efforts in
.s. next two days TO ferret out indi-
,iSuals or corporations who have not
contributed. and to impress on them
,be tremendous Importance in Amer
;.,,. war scheme of the success of the
Red Cross Fund.
Nor hcliffe Sees Head of Fund
The need Of every humanity dollar"
,bst can be collected was emphasized
today by Lord NorthclifFe. British war
commissioner. now in the United States,
in letter 20 Henry r. F. MacFarland.
chairman Of the District Of Columbia
Ped Cross Finance Committee.
In wishing success and prosperity
"a your Efforts wrote Lord Northcliffe,
q would, as an experienced Red Cross
Worker. urge caution and conservation
Of efforts. You will need every cent
you can collect, and every pair Of hu-
man hands you can employ. The war,
in ny personal opinion, gathered by
much experience, at the front, IS but
beginning
Word reached here tonight that com
mttees in a number Of cities Will re-
fuse TO Quit work Monday night when
the campaign formally closes. This
prolongation Of the canvass Will be
sought in two classes of communities
those like Cleveland on fire with en-
,husissm and piling up oversubscrlp-
tions. and those where for various local
reasons the campaign did not start un-
til late this week. Atlanta, suffering
from the recent disastrous fire, is one
Of the cities of the latter class.
Cleveland Passes Chicago
Cleveland, which promises to be the
star Of the weeks performance, by
noon to-day made its total S4,ls2,OOO
and passed Chicago, whose report at
that hour showed S4,l60,OOO.
New York managers sent word they
would not report until the books were
closed Monday. But when we do re.
port il will be an oversubscriptlon,'
they said.
Baltimore, where almost nothing has
been subscribed. was stirred 70 pledge
its entire allotment Of Sl,QOO.OOO at
conference to-day of business men
called by Edward y. Hurley, Of Chi
cago. former chairman Of the Fedora
Trade Commission, and II. J. Hill, as
slstant manager Of the campaign.
Among the other big totals recorded
at headquarters tonight were: Cincin-
natl, S1800.O0O; Detroit, S2,16l0O0;
Buffalo, Sl.735.O00; Pittsburgh, $685.
900; Boston, $2.038.O0O; St. Louis, ST.
$4,000. and Philadelphia, S1,232,OOO.
Ohio Leads All but New York
Ohio still led the states Except New
YORK.. with s7O92,OO0. Next was
Pennsylvania, with S4.615.OO0. Illinois
cane third, with S4.11900O. Other
lsrge state totals were: New York
outside New York City,, s3,59l 900;
Massachusetts,. S3,259,OOO; Michigan,
S,a1253; Missouri. S2,2O0.000; New
Jersey, Sl,990000; California, Sl,68I,-
900; Connecticut, Sl,649,OOO, and Min
hesota, 81 $4,000.
In statement tonight on the desig-
nation Of Monday as "Pershing Day
Secretary Baker said:
1T is eminently fitting that the final
eay Of me Red Cross week-a week
devoted 90 collecting Sl00,000000 for
the purpose Of humanity should be
called 'Persh.ng Day I an sure that
the leader. first 20 carry the banner Of
or citizen soldiers 20 the Western
front, win appreciate the honor and
that his name. ora the other hand, viii
ac- a. an inspiration which VIII urge
patriotic American 90 more than com
p.e,e the sum required by the Red
Cross before the close Of 'Pershlng
Day"