The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-20
WAR FUND NEARING
$2OO,OOO,OOO MARK
United Workers to Make Final
Effort To-day to Pass Goal
at Midnight.
NEW YORK STILL BEHIND
Colleges, Navy, Army and In
dustries Giving Generously
in Uplift Drive.

United War Work fund prospects last
night we're decidedly booking up. Al
noon. with returns from yesterdays can
vass yet 10 be added in, the national to-
tai was S157.295.05S. q little, more than
90 per cent. OF the original object. Re
turns were received at rate which. Of
fclals said, barring general let-down.
not only insured success on the original
basis by the finish at midnight tonight
but warranted confident hope Of $780,
100000 or better.
The campaign, with the two days ex-
TENSION, seemed to have got Its needed
second wind. Thlrty-two States had
passed their quotas. and six of them
had done better than the 100 per cent,
which had been called for. Delaware.
quota S477400. led with sl,090,979. or
$50. per cent. The others that had given
the overplus were Arizona, Maryland,
Connecticut, South Carolina and Texas
OF cities, the campaigners were watch
ing New York and Chicago with the
kcepeSt interest. New York, quota $780,
100000, vas less than SS,000.000 short
OF II. Chicago, quota $s,000,000. had
ia2s than $4,000, 900 to go. In both cases
the States outside the big cities were,alt
ready Filing up overplus. Boston, q
Third sluggard until this week. had al=
most reached Its mark. with Massa-
ci:usetts as whole generously running
TO overplus.
Other cities were reporting like this:
New Haven, 400 per cent Norwich,
500; Worcester. 100; Portland. Me-.
soo; Holyoke. 1856: Des Moines. 1874.
Goal Seems Nearly Reached.
No wonder Director General Motifs
statement yesterday had new and diff
Trent Trent sing The people" he said,
rave determined TO make this the
greatest freewill gift ever raised by any
people at one time. By its expenditure
they will guard the period OF demob,ll-
1ation. which in other wars has often
hecn a period of decentralization, but in
th:5 war is to DO a period of physical
AID mental and spiritual upbuilding.
We have not reached the goal. We
ah1u need every ounce OF effort and
every minute of the time straight up to
Midnight Wednesday night. But here at
headquarters, where we can feel the
pulse OF the nation. we have no doubt
Hnat the final result will be-''
The campaign committee Vim China
"aoled yesterday that the total sub
scription' there was more than 81 ,OO0, 600
silver. and that six Chinese cities had
subscribed more than 100000 each.
Enina was originally counted on for
so50,0C0
The navy. to which Rear Admiral
Cowie announced the extension Of the
campaign by wireless, in a message
That started off, Come on. Navy" had
subscribed more than sl25.0oO yester-
Gay. The army had subscribed about
500, 900.
Faculties and students of sixty coll
itses or the equivalent in New York
"'ty were reported as having given. up
- Monday night. sl42.l46.50 in 1894
Individual gifts. Some of the items by,
institutions were: Columbia, S52, s06
Teachers College. $4,000; Hunter Col
lege. Sl2.2s4; College OF the City of New
York, E12,15O; Barnard. $4,000: New
York University. s7r76s Fordham Uni
versIty. $4,000 Cathedral College.
s:.tco; Cooper Union, S2,1Oo,
Judge Gary Stirs IndustrIaIs.
Early yesterday Judge Gary. who
leads the industrial division, sent the
following telegram TO city campaign
,euders under his banner -
Two days of grace are given US
10 reach our quota, which will require
$4,000 900 more. New York must not
fail. Recanvass your industry thor
oughly. Make sure that every firm and
corporation has subscribed. II sub
scriptions seem inadequate try to secure
additional subscriptions either in cash
or Liberty bonds. / am confidently re-
iy.ng on you and your industry in this
crb,s'
The telegram, or something else, pro-
Ciurcd action and lots of 1t. In cases
where firms or corporations had al
ready done all they felt able, they an
severed the call by giving 500 more
fpr each blue star on their service flags
Tho division yesterday noon had in
S'i,s53,964, but II Ia counted on for
sc5.ooo,ooo in the finish tonight
The Bankers Trust Company an
bounced yesterday that It had subscribed
$4,000, and that the employees of its
uptown office, Fifth avenue and Forty
second street, had made a 100 per cent.
pledge. The Anaconda Conner Com
pTny was the industrial divisions high
est donor within two days. Its gift was
100000. The Railroads Securities Cor
poration gift was 500. 900. the Vacuum
eli Company $4,000. :hc Cuban Amer
irsn Sucar Company $4,000 and the
Home Insurance Company the Tide
Water OIL Company, the Kelly-Spring-.
field Tire Company, the American Agri-
cultural Chemical Company, tho Hey
den Chemical Company and Arbuckle
Brothers gifts were $4,000 apiece
Metal Trades Lead Industries,
The leader TO yesterday noon among
th- 1oj Industries was the hardware
metal and allied trades group, with an
;-gragate OF s1,CO7.b54 Through the
,sualty and miscel.a neous insurance di-
~ ION, the National Surety Company
wcs announced as having given si5 1000
Individual subscriptions OF Sl5. 900 and
onward included; Mr. and Mrs William
r:ockefoiler $4,000 Carnegie Cor
pJration of New York $500 900. PAYNE
whitney $4,000, George Ehret $50. 900
George T.. Baker $4,000. Thomas f
Ryan $4,000 and the japanese oommu-
n!ty s4l,229.
Each s25,OOb: Mr., and Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie William X. Vanderbilt Mrs
stephen V. Hardness. Edward s. HarIt-
PnsE, Republic Iron and Steel COMPANY.
james Mclean. Botany Worsted Mills
Hayden Chemical Works and Mr.. and
Airs n. L. Whitney.
Each $4,000 Mr., and Mrs George
Grant Mason, Percy Rockefeller. Mrs
". H Moore and ]. Horace Harding.
Each 5000: Mrs Finley J. Shepard
AEh Lewis f. Lapham.
Brooklyn, with SI,j23,ll5 in and
100000 quota, was a little more than
half way yesterday, but the managers
there were counting on large unrepar,ed
collections.
100000 in niue Stnr Offerings.
At the canpaiGners' dinner in the
waldorf Monday night John u. Rookie
Teller, Jr., read the following letter:
IF those of us who with great 10Y
and thankfulneSs OF heart are still wear.
Ing bluaSstars would all give thank Of
ferings In accordance with our means
ha no. Nbnt