The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-17

with $40. 600 In additional contrihu-
tions turned in al headquarters. at
Eleventh and Bank streets. which
makes total OF $3Ts,4Sn collected
since the beginning of the drive. Rich
mord yesterday entered into the horne
stretch OF the united war work cam
pafEn W.fsh ends Monday eveninv.
The quota allotted TO Richmond il
$4,000 and upon the showing Of
today and tomorrow depends the
amount of material aid Richmond
wishes to contribute to our fighting
men who have sacrificed everything In
order to make safe the liberties OF the
world. In regard TO the raising of
the allotment of $4,000 there is no
question
AZ the united war work drive turns
on Its last lap workers enter the fight
practically all quarters they are given
the glad hand and every effort Ia be-
ing made to make this drive the great
est success Of all war drives staged In
this city.
safe Bargain.
On Monday afternoon at 1890 o'clock
= safe given by the Barnes Safe and
Vault company will be auctioned of to
the highest bidder in front OF the
poatonice. The safe will be mounted
on An army motor truck and Alvin M.
Smith will act in the capacity Of auc-
tioneer. The safe weighs 400 pounds
and measures twenty-seven by seven
teen inches. Inscribd on the safe In
gold letters Is the following inscrip-
tion: Contributed to the united war
work fund and sold to the highest
Adder"
A gala celebration win be held at
This time. Alvin NJ. Smith will enter
tain the largo crowd with = popular,
cong and several other well-known
eingers will be on the program.
There will be = complete musical pro-
gram.
several hundred Richmond boys and
girls staged q silent appeal on Main
sAnd Broad streets yesterday afternoon
for contributions to the fund, and
their work was most effective. accord
ing to reports received at headquar-
tiers last night The children. with
! banners on which was the single word
: .,.fsire.- across their shoulders. paraded
i like streets for several hours. follow
tnrs = meeting at l o'clock In the John
y u Vii High school
action was taken at the last
$nsGae because of the fact that Rich
tM@nd ut the beginning Of the day was
some distance behind it's goal OF 341e.-
300 and II was impossible to reach all
az the people in the city. The COM
naittee sent the children into the
streets and appealed to the public to
make their contributions without de-
lay sending the pledge cards or cash
contributions either to headquarters
III Eleventh and Bank streets. or to the
offices Of the women's division in the
professional building.
C:overm0r Gives &2,OOO.
One of the most encouraging deyel-
opments OF the day was the subscrip-
ton OF $1,000 by Fred w. Scott. while
the reports from practically every d.
viston showed excellent progress. Gov
ernor Westmoreland Davis subscribed
$4,000.
Leon Wallerstein, chairman of divi-
sion u, reported that his division was
actively at work. and that substantial
results were being obtained. OF the
f4e members OF the Richmond fire de-
partment. 1877 men subscribed a total
81 si5Ss to the fund. This campaign
was conducted by J. r. Sheppard. he
& II addition to giving his services to
the campaign. subscribed $50 which
Ia added to the fremen's fund.
About sixty members Of tho 200
y Ef6mberB Of the police department. con-
4rtbuted to the fund. Mr.. Wallerstein
Z reported He declared that the work
among tho Wholesale houses In his di-
/ IL.