The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
n. Y. ADDS $S,211,8OO
TO WAR WORK FUND
City's Total in Four Days Is
S16,O43,O57, and S65,556,-
929 From the Nation.
TEAMS GIVE GOOD REPORT
Many Large Individual Sub
scriptions Received-China
and Japan Helping.

The nation yesterday noon had tossed
s6s.55e.e2s into one hat to be split seven
War worf ways. The city had added
$s,21i,s00 to It's official total. which be-
came $16,043,057 for the first four days.
Director-General John r. Mott made a
statement on these results that was not
only q spur but an encoura gement.
Privately his associates knew he was
easier In his mind.
Tho rate Of progress warranted full
expectation OF raising the original |
n70.50o.00o goal. and returns from the |
country at large, where the campaign,
slow at first. 10 getting into its stride,
were said to augur a rousing flnish, with
most II not quite all Of the $250,000, 900
the campaigners are after.
Secretary McAdoo wired all railroad |
presidents OF his hope that their corpora
lions would do as well for the War Work
Fund az they had for the Fourth Liberty /
Loan, and thanking them again for ,
their loan campaign response. Secre-
tary Daniels by wireless requested all
commanding officers OF the navy to give /
the men of their commands opportunity
TO contribute, and Rear Admiral T. J.
Cowie. conducting the campaign in the I
navy, reported a splendid response In
every branch.
The city's grand total is itemized as
follows: Yesterdays report. s3.211 800
Wednesdays ss.512.7s1; Tuesdays,
ss.3e7,2l4: Mondays, $ss1.262. The
items making up yesterdays report were:
Teams. s2,1Ss.011: Industrial division. >
$5sT.321: house to house, s7o.737; earn
and give (the Victory boys and girls of |
the city schools). $4,000: womens
organizations. $4,000; students and
faculties. >s15.731: Brooklyn. $685.. 900
Queens. $4,000; Bronx. $4,000; Rich
rnond, no report
Reports From the Teams.
to 30, the last two including Stock |
Exchange contributors. reported in 1
order yesterday as follows:
Msss cSas ~ M4 Aid MaS.e e. .Sn
,isnsy Mers.n.s.c' So 10, Mrs. George @
MIR. Charlie, 8 whitman, ss.sss; Thoms.
;SsASG:r esin s!saS'e' ha. sTi"s
100000; Percy 4. Rockefslier. ni.sss
sn:s ss 5.. ssS 4 ses , SAMUEL sSs
~ Z; Strauss; .s!es.sss; wlia% Ssys.
EXCHANGE contributors. s4o,75i.
Individual donations of $4,000 and |
over reported yesterday were:
~ ced E %s: s'sn R 4 RSsst
arthur Curtis; Jane. .ioo'ccs Sr;snd
Ss;ii .ss sSs Ge%s''s sla:'s s,S''. .5.eos
TIn ssS q, sssss.osS; n.y. snd NJ: w.!tsi
fionan, sss, 900: ogden Mills. sas'ooo. M,
W n Moore. 1000: Mr.. J.; Buckley, |
:isSSs Frank n prasaan $1,000 s'9 cnaail.
N Nschwsb. SIC. 900; Adrian IseIin. $40 ooOi |
Te0r seha Fl kn,rEpS Nan
NJ, s;.y N: Sss.s ss%Ia
ne,h Douglas, $4,000; Henry L. poherty |
&. B. ,winsiow. SIC. 900: Mr.. and Mrs. |
Vile. $4,000.
Auction OF Souvenir Collection.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr, announced |
that Bryan L. Kennedy had given. to be |
auctioned, souvenir collection contain |
ing all the invitations and menus of the |
dinners Of 1917 to English, French, Bel |
CLAN, Russian and Italian commissions. |
also medals OF Mayor Mitchers commit |
lees on these occasions A menu OF the |
simmer at the Waldorf May II. 1917, is |
eigned by NJ. Viviani. Marshal Joffre. |
Arthur Balfour. the late Joseph II. |
Choate and Col. Roosevelt A starting |
bid Of $4,000 was reported.
Secretary Daniels will review the cam |
pnign Victory parade In Brooklyn to- |
morrow. A.. C. Bedford. the borough !
chairman. announced. Mr.. Daniels will !
reach the reviewing stand at Bedford |
avenue and Bergen street at 80 p NJ |
after watching the football game be- |
tween Rutgers and the Great Lakes |
Naval Training Station. The Allied !
Theatrical Association will have a meet ,
ing at Borough Hall. Brooklyn's four
days total, with important committees |
still to be heard from. is s52s.045.
Judge Gary presided yesterday az an |
industries division luncheon in the |
Bankers Club. Albert g. Milbank. asso-
ciate campaign chairman, told the lead
ers plainly that their division would |
have 70 shoulder most of the burden Of |
the city's quota. The division report for |
the nation was s1,sS7,972.
Some Individual Subscriptions.
A subscription OF $23o.ooo from
Phelps, Dodge Co. was announced by !
Charles Hayden, who said $4,000 OF II |
was to be credited to New York Col |
Hayden's mining industry committees
fotdi luT 'lWcHty-iOuI UOuTb WIS SG67,SOO. |
TO date the committee has collected !
s1.200,00O.
J.. d, Case reported a $25. 900 sub
scription from the Distillers Securities |
Company. one item Of a report repre- |
senting also the construction and ensi- |
neering and telephone industries and the |
New York Cotton Exchange, which |
totalled $27,s79.s3 for the day. Louis d. |
Coniey reported $4,000 from the Ameri- |
can Tobacco Company. Floyd r. Dubois |
100000 for the Consolidated Gas COM /
pany and subsidiaries. C. V. Meserole |
announced 100 per cent contribution |
from the brewers OF the city.
In Ohio p. Lanes list was a gift Of |
100000 from the American Brake Shoe
and Foundry Company Willard s. |
Brown reported a 100 per cent. subscrip- |
ton from the City Dock Department.
George w. Perkins, who heads the
finance committee OF the United War |
Work Council. announced a $3.50, 900 con- |
tribution from the American Telephone /
and Telegraph and associated companies, |
including the Western Electric.
An auction OF fruit and vegetables was |
held In the Fruit Trade Building About |
1000 boxes were sold also seven pairs
Of homing pigeons, each pair bearing the
"olors OF the United States or one of the
Allies. The fruit and vegetables brought
5000, the pigeons So 600