New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
New York, With Ineo,,
plete Returns, Pass.
Quota by $10,O0o,0oo
Nations Total Is
Near $50, ,00O,00o
Butler, N. j., Reports o,4
subscription of l,2oo
Per Cent

New York's gift to the Rcd -
Fund will total close to s35 900 ooo = =
ceeding it's quota by nearly slooon ~
The final figures, however, will not {.
known for several days. As if r. 40
voice to the city's success, q tons, al.
bration at noon yesterday, in Vita
whistles, sirens and horns toni r...,
filed the community with ! din s.s
five minutes.
Final figures in the national fund
were still incomplete last night. but
indications poins to an oversuh...a.
ton Of s4s,sSa,so7.. Contribution. &.
to be received may carry the srsns
total to s150,0o0,0oo.
A resolution extending the thank. =
congress to the workers An the s1no
100000 mercy fund campaign w,s &.
troduced in the House yesterday I,
Chairman Dent, Of the Military Can.
mittee. Representative Hull. Of Tn.
nessee, offered bill providing for Il.
ADMISSION duty free of goods impors.d
for the Red Cross.
Belated contributions and r.tn...
continue to flow into the Red Cros.
offices here all day. Partial report.
from the four boroughs outside n
Manhattan showed that the frur,s
were steadily climbing, and that the
sections which it was feared might NOT
attain their quotas would eventuslIv
go "over the top"
Brooklyn Passes Quota
Brooklyn, announced Darwin r.
James. chairman of the borough, has
passed its quota with more than s3.-
100000, s1,Ooo,ooo more than it was
asked to give. This does not include
considerable amounts subscribed n
Manhattan which will eventually Be
credited to Brooklyn.
Queens reported s4oS,lls for the
borough. Returns from the profit-shar-
ing days were still to be heard from.
It was predicted that the final figures
would be $450,000.
4eACuLiouu Is CIeolteO VIII $IS0,VVU,
with several sections Of the borough
yet to report.
At the Bronx headquarters It VAS
certain that the quota Of $40oo0o
would be reached.
Though no definite figures on Man
haitian could be ascertained, additional
announced s3o.135.495.
Butler. n. J.. Is Patriotic
Butler, N. j., believes it should rank
among the most patriotic communities
in the country, reporting yesterday
subscriptions totalling S12,4l6.67, ex-
ceeding its quota twelve times.
Among the contributors yesterday
was Charles M. Schwab, who sent in =
check for 100000. Of this S25,000 is
credited to Bethlehem. Members of the
Italian unit of the transportation de-
partment who recently sailed for
France also RENTED check for 81 1,572.
Most of the money came from Harvard
College graduates. William G. Will
cox added $4,000 to his previous con.
tribution of $4,000. The Real Estate
Boards committee turned in contribu-.
tions of $4,000.
Something more than $40 apiece viii
be contributed in monthly paymenkk,
beginning June I, to the Red Cross hy
Co., importers. The years fund viii
amount to s2,442.5O.
One of the largest corporate gifh
was recorded yesterday when H. L. Do
herty e. Co. made public donations
amounting to $260.000.
Among other corporate contributors
were the National Lead COMPANY. uer
cent extra dividend, approximating
100000; the Niles -Bement- Pond Com
pany. $4,000; Macarthur Brothers.
$4,000; the France and Canada Steam
ship Company, $4,000; the American
Cotton Oil Company, $4,000, and the
Southern Cotton Oil Company, $4,000.
Mr. Thompson, chairman, stated that
the total collections of his committee
were $20,309, ,665. of which $12,232. .525
was contributed in Manhattan.
George F. Baker, ir., reported that
in the. city there are forty-nine ma
tional banks, thirty-six state banks and
thirty trust companies, all but five of
which have contributed to the Red
Cross. Twenty-four national banks.
twelve state banks and three trust
capital, the remainder sending in sums
aggregating S1,S02, 300. The National
Bank of Commerce gave 100000 and
the Hanover National Bank gaye
$4,000.
Walter Stabler, chairman Of tbs
house-to-house canvass committees
said yesterday that he believed his
committee would receive. besides the
S1,000.000 already reported, between
$150,000 and 100000.
Catholic Churches Aid Drive
The Central Trust Company. which
is the local depositary of the Red
Cross. received yesterday 450 coIlees3
ton boxes from the Catholic churches
of the city, containing contrihutiens,
The boxes weighed 1906 pounds tnd
contained S10.800. During the dave
the Central Trust Company has re-
ceived and counted for the Red Cross
more than three tons of coins.
/ William G. Breed, chairman Of sne
local campaign, said yesterday that ms
headquarters would remain open until
every cent collected had been account
ed for and detained statement OF cen-
tributions and expenses made pupae.
"This statement will be such" said Ml.
Breed. "that the men and women con
nected with every committee and sIe-
division of the drive will know TO Sno