New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Red Cross Drive
Won 100000
New Members
New York Passes 500, 900
Goal as Two Weeks
Campaign Closes
Names Still Pouring In
Tammany Hall Withholds Re-
suit to Make Spectacular
Report To-day
Names Still Pouring In

New York and tho nation went cover
the top" in the Red Cross Membership
campaign which began in a three days
torn two weeks ago and closed last
night in the middle Of the coolest snap
Of tho winter. Manhattan passed its
5OO.0 600 goal only few hours before
the campaign ended. but names were
still pouring in.
Tammany Hall has withheld the re-
suit of rs canvass IN order 20 MAKE
a spectacular report tomorrow. Some
% the mems Red Cross committees
arc still 20 report.
The narrow margin by which Man
haitian attained success is by no means
reflected iu tho national campaign
The American Red Cross quadrupled
ts membership in The last two weeks.
Two weeks ago there were 5,OOO,OUo
members: to-day there are more than
20.OOo.0OO. Every ono Of the thirteen
divisions o. the United States eN-
cceded the quota set for D. by WASH
Ington headquartcrs.
IL353.535 Already Counted
The actual number Of new members
thus far counted and announced from
Washington last night was l4,353,235.
The Atlantic division. comprising New
York. New Jersey and Connecticut,
.uppHcd 100000.
The Southwestern division, compris-
ng Texas, Missouri. Kansas, OKLA
homa, Arkansas and parts Of Ken
lucky AMI Tennessee. led the country
with 3.25O.OOO. The Central division
was second with 2.75O,O0O. the Lake
division third with 100000, the
Atlantic division fourth with 100000;
PENNSYLVANIA fifth with l,450,OOO and
View England sixth with 100000.
The other divisions were Gulf. 375,-
900: Mountain. $4,000; Northern,
SIS. 900: Northwestern, 559,536; Pa
cihc. 100000: Potomac, 100000, ana
southern. 100000
The Atlantic divisions figures are
not complete. Charles IL, Sabin. CHAIR
man Of the membership committee
Of the division, predicted last nlght
that when the twenty remaining chap
ters in New York state make their re-
ports the result. old and new members
combined. viii be nearly 3.OOO'Voo.
/: Women Enrolled 10000
Tho cornerstone Of the campaign in
Manhattan was the work OF the lV'"VV
women IN booths and the lu.OOO men
i'm teams. The women enrolled lO'oOV
new members. and incomplete returns
rom the mems teams last night gave
66,514. Mrs. +. J.. Lutz, VINO broughl
ID o3O6 names. Is believed 70 be the
leader among the women. Ebert ~.
Murphy, whose enrolment yesterday
wss 5000, IS probably highest among
the men.
Tammany's campaign was q whirl-
wind affair. II started only three days
before the end Of the campaign. ana
was still going strong, IN spite OF INC
weather, last night. Nine thousand
county committeeman were az WORK on
a house-to-house canvass. The lowest
number any committeeman turned IA
Yesterday was seven.
Additions Yesterday 20 the One Hun
bred Per Cent Club, composed OF firms
every omploye Of which enrolled Jul
the Red Cross. were William Llnsser
* Co.. W. j. Burns Export Corporation,
Iustre Fijres. Limited; a. /. Richard
son Printing Company, Samuel {. Ialdm
Company. American steel and Wire
Company' Tower Manufacturing Com
parv. Speciality Knee Pants Company,
Stophen J. MitNheu, Triangle Normandy
Waist Company, Artemus Ward, Pacinc
Novelty Company, Hancock Drug com
many and Schraft's candy factory.
There was "a total of 100 members
in the One Hundred Per Cent Club.
To Enroll School Children
As follow-up TO the drive JUS.
ended. the American Red Cross as mar
inc am effort 90 enroll Greater Ne"
Iorks $4,000 public school children
in the Red Cross Junior Department I'D
the neyt three months, 10 was an
nounced al headquarters Of the Atlantic
division yesterday afternoon.
The plan has the approval Of the
Board Of Education and already TWEEN
ty-six schools in greater New York
have enlisted for war work, under "a
plan worked out by Or. Henry Noble
NacCrackeu, president Of NasssT Col
lege and national director y the
Junior Department. OF which Ord Anna
Hedges Talbot IS director in the Allan
tic division.
Enrolment IS 90 be by schools, not
by individuals. Each school must raise
fund equivalent 90 20 cents for each
pupil, and no child may contribute more
than penny, the rest TO be raised by
entertainments or outside con'nbu-
fiOng