New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Rockefeller Family Adds
$50, 1000 More to Help
City Reach Goal
Victory Certain,
View Of Leaders
Report of $35,OOO,OOO on
Hand Confidently Ex-
pected by Tomorrow

Contributions amounting TO 100000
to the United War Work campaign were
announced yesterday, and the generals
directing the local drive expressed con-
fidence that when the divisions meet for
the Anal report at the Biltmore tomor-
row afternoon they will have raised the
$1,623, $50 necessary to reach the city's
quota of S35,oO0.o0o,
With New York's allotment practi-
cally assured, there is reason to be-
leve that the country will go we'll past
the minimum mark Of S17O,500,0O0
Other cities which have not wound up
their campaigns and named their totals
are Chicago, Philadelphia, st. Louis
and Minneapolis, and they will not
cease their efforts for one moment until
tomorrow.
Even if the nationwide total we're
reached. these communities would keep
on to pile up as big an oversubscrlptlon
as possible, for reasons outlined by DR..
John +. Mott, director general of the
campaign.
DR.. Mott told meeting of workers
that, with the S170,5 900 raised, the
seven welfare organizations in the
drive would have to cut off their work
Will ltc navy, WIFI lilS bIlIlSiA, IeuSL
and Italian armies, and in Russia
where their help is sorely needed just
al present.
DR.. Mott declared yesterday that q
number of complications, including the
influenza, and the fact that war chest
cits had Get to meet, had prevented the
publication of the final figures, but that
they would be completed and given out
tomorrow afternoon.
The biggest downtown donation yes
terday, an additional $4,000 from the
Standard Oil Company of New York
was announced by Howard E. Cole
the petroleum and allied products di-
vision. This makes total of S400,000
contributed to the fund to date by the
company, and about $4,000 900 given
by members of the Rockefeller family
and institutions and interests con-
troled by it.
Up to Friday afternoon the petrol
cum and allied products committee had
collected S997,000 from members of
those industries, and Mr. Cole said the
total would be we'll over S1,0OO,OO0 be-
fore the end of the drive.
Frank W. Smith, in charge of the
canvass among the light, heat and
power companies, reported additional
contributions of $4,000 from the Con-
solidated Gas Company and affiliated
companies, bringing the total subscrip-
tion to date of these corporations to
$126,166.
Approximately 100000 Of yester-
days addition 20 the fnud came through
the National Horse Show Half of that
amount represented the gross receipts
of the famous animal feature, the
other $4,000 being in the form OF
two checks from William II. Moore anC
James Mclean, The two had agreed tc
double the Horse Show subscription te
the fund, and gave S25, 900 each through
Mrs: William A. Read, captain of one
of the women's teams in the drive.
3H Barnard College, it was announced
W yesterday. had contributed more pei
capita to the "seven-in-one" campaign
than any other institution of learning
IN New ork City. With 800 students
1T raised the sum of 12,534.15, achiev-
ing an average of $50 a persons
The rsults by classes were: 80
S2,301; '2l, 1880; 10. 1852; '22
Sl,654; alumna, trustees and faculty
S4.936
The campaign at Barnard was carried
to success by daily series of round
ups held in realisti dug-out in
Brlnckerhoff Theatre. Frank Bacon,
creator of "Lightnin' Bill" and a mum
Der of other outside speakers and en-
tertalners helped raise funds.