The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-05-26
RED CROSS NOW
OYER TOP HERE;
ASK $36,OO0,0OO
With Nation Over Quota,
New York Workers Set
a New Mark.
U. 8. WANTS S2OO,OOO,OOO
Total for City Now $24,3O7,-
825-All Divisions Reach
Minimum.
:. s. WANTS 5000, 900

Care sat yesterday upon the brows OF
the men and women who are managing
Greater New York's drive for 325. 600, 900
for the second war fund Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross. True. they were pretty
near the top. without exact figures
for the Chamber Of Commerce luncheon
was omitted and there was no attempt
to fix the grand total. nor will there be
until the wind up dinner at the Waldorf
Astoria tomorrow night-it was esti-
mated that somewhere near $24.307.S25
Was the result so far.
But the news Came over the wire from
Washington that Uncle Sam had gone
triumphantly over the top. that the coun-
try's minimum Of 500. .000.0 900 had been
reached and passed. and telegrams an
nouncins subscriptions and subscriptions
were pouring into headquarters SO fast
that the compilers were showed under.
simply swamped.
National officials even expressed hope
that the $100.o00.000 quota would be
doubled by Monday At midnight.
The figures for the fourteen divisions.
as announced from Washington. follow 1:
Atlantic. including Greater New York,
$35.319.51s; Central. &1o.so5. 900: Gulf.
S2,001.775; Lake. 3s.5s6.475: Mountain.
e1.S87.550: New England. $6,457.000;
Northern. s2.3S2.oo0: Northwestern. 32.-
674.723: Pacific. A.13s.sls: Pennsyl-
vania. $6,0S7.055: Potomac. $2.00A.s24:
Southern. $a.5ll.0+7: Southwestern.
Slo.s25.41s: Foreign. 100000.
Urged to Continue Work.
Naturally Father Knicksrbecker' 9
civic pride Is hurt. II the richest city In
the country just completes its quota,
while smaller and less known places dou-
BILE theirs. or at least 90 . good way
beyond, It will not be pleasant Where
fore Chairman william c. Breed Of the
drive sent out clarion call to the work.
ers here not to relax their efforts for one
minute TIL the Job 70 done.
Two campaign days remain" he said,
and in = sense they are the best days
OF the campaign. for they offer to every
ono the opportunity to give with the
knowledge that gifts now mean not only
an increase OF the efficiency Of the Red
Cross, they mean q heavy blow to the
enemy. New York 10 doing splendtdly.
but II could speak 10 every worker
my word woald b, Don't relax Re-
member that New York's quota OF $25.-
900. 900 was regarded AZ a minimum. and
II this city does not furnish IS per
cent. Of the national total it won't meas
ure up in patriotism as 1t should.
The Atlantic division. which includes
New Jersey, Connecticut and New York
af h>
nounced a total OF 3l2.721.203 yester-
day afternoon. AL three States had
gone over their quota. Sixty-one OF the
cls chapters into which this division Is
cut up went splendidly over the top.
Buffalo exceeded the sum set for II by
N.l0O.000. Olean went $1,500.o0O be-
yond and Elizabeth. n. j.. whose quota
was $4,000. reported Sl01.S0l. The
Oranges. with a quota OF $500, 900. col
lected S5l2.13s, and New Haven. Conn.
with the same quota, reported S37s.5l2.
An Honest Chauffeur.
New York derived great encourage
ment last night from the announcement
that President Wilson's Red Cross proc
lamation, which with the Presidents Q
autographed signature was conveyed
from Washington by James r. Murphy
OF the allen property bureau to New
York to be auctioned of for the fund.
and which ne lost somewhere between
the Pennsylvania Station and the Calu.
met Hotel. had been found.
Louis d. Leonard OF ssl Second ave-
nue. was the honest chauffeur who re-
stored the proclamation. Mr. Murphy
having left II In Leonard's taxi. in which
he rode that night The agitated Mr..
Murphy. who has spent over a hundred
dollars trying to locate 1t. pressed a
reward on Leonard, or tried to. but the
young man wouldn't take it. II he ac-
cepted money for restoring Red Cross
drive property. he said, he'd feel that
success would never attend any future
drive OF his taxi.
The proclamation was escorted by a
detail of soldiers and sailors to the Ritz
Carlton. where II will rest under guard
until the auction tomorrow night at the
Waldorf Astoria.
In accordance with Mr.. Breeds call,
house to house canwssing will 20 on
briskly all to-day. Walter Stabler, chair
said that permission had been obtained