The Washington herald., 1918-05-28
100 MILLIONS
| THEN FIFTY
| GIVEN
Red Cross Quota Has Been
One-half Oversub-
| scribed.
ID. E. MAKES BEST
RECORD In NATION
Passes Million-Dollar Mark,
Though Allotment Only
| $500,000.
TEAMS DID REMARKABLE
WORK In ALL INSTANCES
III. S. Answers Hun Attacks on
| Nurses and Wounded with
Bounteous Outpouring.
TEAMS DID REMARKABLE
WORK In ALL INSTANCES

fund the Washington campaign
headquarters. 1929 F street. is
open throughout today.
II persons are not able to call
or send there. II they will tele-
phone that ONCE. Franklin $500.
they will have a messenger call
for checks. pledges or cash.
This is your last chance to
give to the second war fund
campaign. Does your conscience
tell you you have given enough?
II not, here Is your opportunity. .
One million. one hundred and TWEEN
ty-seven thousand. seven hundred
and eighty-nine dollars from the Dis
trict OF Columbia.
One hundred and forty-four million
dollars from all the United State:
Of America.
This tells. the story Of how the
.other end Of the great American
Red Cross "stretcher'' was taken
firm hold Of by the people of the
Capital Of the country and by citi'
zens in every State of the nUion
in the drive for the support Of the
Greatest Mother in the World"
which ended yesterday at midnight
This immense oversubscripition oi
the national allotment of 800, ,000. .00
was indicated when the final returns
OF the weeks drive began to poul
into Red Cross headquarters here,
late yesterday and showed that quota.
OF districts in nearly every instance
had more than made good their prom.
ise.
Washington, taking its cue from the
passed double its allotment Of $500.
900. when H.127.7ss was placed on
the credit side of the Red Cross
ledger.
These figures will have to be amend.
ed to make room for more subscrip.
tions that came in too late last might
and this morning for classification.
Team Work Was True.
Final reports of teams which have
been working in the weeks drive un-
der the leadership Of Charles Henry
Butler: the results of the labor of the
Red Cross auxiliaries under the d.
rection of Mrs. Theodore W. Rich
ards, and the subscriptions through
government department solicitation
were read last night amid the cheers
Of washington Night" throng
which comfortable filled the Liberty
Hut.
The subscriptions brought in by the
teams under Mr.. Buffers manage
ment bulfled largest. with s775. .i6l to
their credit, government employees
coming next with so. 600 and the
auxiliaries third with sl22, $50.
World Watches Washington.
Confronted with a little less thar
these figures yesterday afternoon
Eliot Wadsworth, chairman Of tn,
executive committee of the Nationa
Red Cross. waxed enthusiastic ovel
the results achieved, and praised
everyone concerned having a hand n
the drive. He said:
Just for the sentimental effect IN
Europe-I won't speak of the tire
mendous good It will do In materia
results-it Is a good thing to have thi.
city go more than 100 per cent ovel
the top. seE
You have no idea how the entire
civilized world-and Germany--hav,
their eyes on Washington. They watci
every word that comes from this city
Il congratulate this community ant
this splendid committee in leading
Washington probably to the besr
showing Of. any city of Its size IN
the country"
Many Of the workers expect tha'
Washington will reach si.2ooOoo or
more by the time final reports are in
Total Contributions.
Total contributions collected by each
Of the thirty-one teams were announc.
ed last night. Julius Garfinkle, hea6
of Team No. II, led all the others
with 1857 collected during the seven
days. Team No. 10, headed by Mrs
Rea, brought. in s91. 1.030l1, STANDING
second; and Team No. 16, headed BY
Mrs. Lansing, wife of the Secretary
Of State. turned in s6s,y0l. II in con.
tributions, standing third; Team No
Z, Of which Mrs. Ffoulke, was chair.
man. stands fourth. with total Of
So, 0,002.
The full list of the teams and the
contributions Of each announced last
night by the local Campaign Head.
quarters follows:
Team No. -ss4.s3S.4S, Justice Var
orsdel; 2sH. .5A.7S Mrs. Hartman; B.
S.1s2.66, Mr.. Capers; 4-s1s, ,24s.3s Mr.
Bride; 5-sIsss50. Mr.. CIapham; g.
81, $500, Mr.. Whitney; $50, ,oos 90
Mrs. Ffoulke; S-sls,ss5.3O. Mr.. Cas-.
ley: s-s12, ,6o6a. Mr.. Hagner; 1o-s14,.
0l5.s5. Mr.. Cooper: 11-S10,si7.&. Mr.
Berberich; 12-sA,5n.eo. Mrs. Gorsas
1s-ssl. .oeo.n. Mrs. Rea; 14-s2s, So. n
Mr.. Lyon: 15-s21. 1857. Dr. Boyd; ls-
s63. .M.17. Mrs. Lansing; 17-s1o1. .ss7. 90
Mr.. Garfnkle; ls-S15. .ls0.eo DR.. Nc.