The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-23
QUEENS PASSES ITS
QUOTAM WAR FUND
Brooklyn's Pledge Also Guar.
anteed, While Manhattan
Nears It's Goal.
U. S. STEEL GIVES 800, 900
Standard Oil Company Of New
Jersey Matches the Sum-
Record in Greenwich.

Although yesterdays collections were
not made public. there Is an optimistic
feeling that the New York quota Of the
United War Work Campaign will be
reached by Monday afternoon. The same
feeling pervades the workers In the ma.
tional campaign, whose tabulation has
been retarded by several localities not
reporting In full. The national head
quarters. too. believes that more than
the $l70.500,000 quota will have been
obtained by Monday night. Several cities
somewhat short OF their quotas have eS-
tended their time limits.
New York city was more than $4,000
OO0 short Thursday at noon, but the
deficit has been reduced considerably,
II ia believed.
Ebert II. Gary, chairman OF the board
OF directors Of the United States Steel
Corporation. who Is himself a large con-
tributor, gave yesterday on behalf Of the
corporation 100000 in honor Of its
president, james A Farrell. A. C. Bed
ford. chairman Of the Brooklyn campaign
executive committee, heard OF the Steel
Corporations generous gift and an
OF New Jersey. OF whose directory he lie
chairman. would match the Steel cor
poration's gift.
BrooI<lyn's Quota Guaranteed.
AS in Manhattan. prominent citizens in
Brooklyn have agreed to underwrite
Brooklyn's deflcit--if there Is any--at
the end Of the campaign Monday. Sub
scriptlons were S629,571 short yesterday
Subscriptions OF $1,000 were numerous
yesterday. Divisions and teams In all
the city boroughs reported a substantial
collection for the day. 1t seems to the
members that New York Is determined to
escape the stigma of falling short Of its
quota and people are giving more gen.
erously than before when some were In
the attitude OF letting the other fellow
do It."
In the national campaign little indi-
vidual stories are coming out that re-
fleet the generosity of communities
Besides the South reporting early with
an oversubscription comes a story of
Greenwich. Conn. acquitting itself ad-
mirably in the campaign. The town sub
scribed sl33l02.o7. Its quota was
$4,000. There were S.224 subscribers
The girls OF Rosemary Hall School raised
$4,000. Mrs. Sylvia Green Wilkes.
scribed $4,000, the largest individual
amount pledged.
Japan has already given $4,000 and
Consul General c. Yada announced yes
terday that he had been informed by
Prince Tokugawa that this amount will
be increased considerably by the Japa-
nese.
How Queens Won Out.
Among other encouraging reports was
| that Of Richard 8. Newcombe, chairman
| Of the Queens county committee. He an
nounced that ths drive In Queens had
been successful and that the amount
contributed by this borough would be
more than its quota OF $500 900. This
was assured when Ray Palmer. chair
man OF the committee on industries. re-
ported that his committee would turn In
subscriptions from the factories II
Queens amounting to more than $l75,-
| 600
Ten out OF fourteen districts in the
| Sorough have ubscr.bed more than the'I
| quota, while the Victory Boys md Girls
! from the public and parochial schools
will raise 500, 900 instead OF the quota o!
$50 which was assigned them. The
Douglaston section probably VIII b'
awarded first place In the Queens drive
| l0s per cent. Of its quota and represent
ed a subscription OF IS for every man
woman and child in the district. The
| districts which were over Their cro:f
last night are Elmhurst, $l3426; Corona
$s,224; College Point. $2s,S64; White
stone, s7,307 Underwood. S26700
Douglaston, $7,237 Winfield. s4.4+3
Forest Hills, $2o.35s Woodhaven, Sa.
073. The districts which have not ye
reached their quota are Long lsian'
| City, Bayside. Jamaica, Far Rockaway
Flushing and Rockaway Beach.
Dressmakers Set New Goal.
The waist and dress makers bid fat
| TO get a 10 per cent. oversubscr'ptioi
before Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock
! Their quota was $50 600. and the mem
bers OF this division have already turned
| in $639OS74 Solicitors are out II
force trying for the record goal.
| Among the larger subscriptions no
previously announced were three IRON
the Cities Service Company. Henr!
I. Doherty & Co. and Frank Fruecauf
for 5000. 600 each.
The Bethel Slsterhood and the Beth
FL Temple had collected Thursday s24,
5l5sl. They have set Themselves
new goal Of $4,000, TO be got between
| now ana MOnudV
The office force OF the Internationa
Y NJ. C. A. and the War Council hav
given days pay each to the fund.
total of $3.50.
An erroneous impression that is SAT
to he widespread has proved an obstacl
to collections by the War Work Cam
paiEn. II was announced yesterday, b
the Red Cross In denying that II il I
have drive in December for funds
Many people are said to have refuse
to give because they were saving thei
donations for the Red Cross. II wa
explained that the campaign contem
plated by the Rcd Cross In December
for dollar memberships" and not 70
free solicitation; for renewal OF mem
berships and for procuring new mem
bers to the organization.
The College Of the City OF New Yor
will hold an athletic meet to-day at III
College Stadium for the benefit of tn
fund There viii ne games. races an
drills The Salvation Army Trainn
Corps Units win be reviewed. MilItar
bands will play.
0ECERTEn SAWS MRQ u0pYTN