Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-26
RED CROSS RAISES
. OVER $100,0O0,000
Eight Day Nation Wide Cam
paign Closes With Great Raj
lies in Hundreds of Cities.
FIGURES NOT YET AVAILABLE
First Actual Money Delivered to
McAdoo by Miss Stinson,
Aerial Messenger.
FIGURES NOT YET AVAILABLE
IBy Associated Press. !

scriptions Of the Red Cross 500. 600. o0o
mercy fund seemed assured tonight
when the eight-day. nation n-wide cam
paign closed with final rallies in hun
dreds OF American cities
The countrys total, outside Of New
York City, tabulatcd by Red Cross
headquarters late tonight, was $50
650.0o0. and pledges still were pouring
in at the rate of about 81 900, 900 an
hour. New York City's total, although
not announced. was believed to be near
si).ooo.ooo. the city's quota.
Definite figures will not be available
until tomorrow. but Red Cross officials
tonight said they had no doubt that
erosity has responded in the same spirit
as for the Liberty loan. with millions
more than asked.
All through the week additions will
be made to the fund, for campaign
committees in number OF cities in
sisted on continuing the canvass beyond
the fixed time.
Ten million dollars in apparent over
subscription may be necessary, II was
said tonight. to make the actual coll
lcctions equal 500. .ooo. 900. owing to the
possibility Of duplicate recording of
some corporation Red Cross dividends
at their source. and also in the locality
where stock oldcrs live.
FOR MOST EFFICIENT
EXPENDITURE OF MILLIONS
Red Cross officials will now formu-
late plans for the most efficient ex-
penditure OF the millions. large por-
tions OF which are sought by huma nj
tartan interests in France, Russia, Rou-
mania and other European war-strick-
en- countries, as we'll as here in Amer
lea.
Just as the campaign was closing to-
night. the first actual money reached
the Red Cross treasury by aerial mes
| senEer. Miss Katherine Stinson. a
young airwoman. descending upon the
capital at the end of two-day flying
trip from Buffalo. Albany. New York
City and Philadelphia, carried to Sec
retary McAdoo, treasurer of the Red
Cross. money and pledges gathered
from cities visited.
AlightinE near the Washington Mon
ument at dusk. Miss Stinson was taken
in an automobile by Washington wo-
| mems Red Cross motor corps to the
| south steps of the Treasury, where Sec
retary McAdoo and great throng of
sightseers were waiting.
You have made remarkable and
daring trip" said the secretary. as he
took the envelope containing checks
and pledges. You have typifed by
your act the spirit OF the Red Cross.
which is to dare anything. even death
itself. for the sake OF bringing relief
to suffering humanity"
To-DAY's REPORTS WILL SHOW
GRATIFYING RESULTS
The rivalrics among cities. which has
been distinct feature OF the weeks
campaign. were emphasized tonight
by the scores of messages reaching
national headquarters tonight saying
to-morrow's reports would show graft
flying totals. Cities which had not yet
reached their apportionmcnts. reported
their canvassing committees were
working until midnight. and would re-
sumo early tomorrow in an effort to
equal or exceed their allotments before
reporting. Cities with more than 100
per cent pledged sent word they would
exert themselves to the utmost TO
boost their totals higher. Street meet
ings. appeals to thcater crowds. torch
light parades and evening calls on
wealthy citizens. were features of the
roundup tonight. Funds were sought
to-day in the name of Major General
PershinE and American forces in
France, for 1t was designated "Pershing
Day"
New York managers intimatcd that
| their report tomorrow would show
an oversubscription OF the city's s40-
100000 quota. and that they would try
to produce as much as the balance of
the country combined.
Baltimore. which had announced
nothing definite all week, reports
S477,o 900 subscribed at a single meeting
to-day. Milwaukee eashed the word
that It had passed it's 100000 goal.
and was still going. Boston gathered
most OF its s2.500.0O0 allotment. and
will not close it's books until to-mor-
row. Detroit reported s2.161. 900. al
though only s1.5O0,0O0 was expected
from the city. Chicago. which Jagged
last week. was Il bee-hiv. of busy
campaigners to-day. judging by mes
sages reaching headquarters