New-York tribune., 1918-03-20
More Than $1,414,976 Al
ready Subscribed, With
Six Days to Go
297 City Parishes
Contribute 1904, ,445
The Downtown Committee
Turns In $51O,521; Car
dinal Farley Gratihed

On the second day of its campaign
for S2,5OO,OOO, more than half that
total has been subscribed to the Catho-
lie fund for American soldiers and
sailors. Six Of the allotted eight days
remain in which to collect less than
half the amount set rs 9 goal
With yesterdays returns still incom-
p.ete, it was announced last night It
neaduuarters, 80 East Forty-second
Street, that S1,41A.976 had been re-
ceived.
OF this amount the 297 parishes
contributed 1904, ,445. The remaining
s51O,521 was brought in by the down.
town committee headed by Judge Nor
gan j. O'Bricn. Operating in the Wall
Street district tha. committee yester-
lay collected s146,999' to be added to
It's previous total of $363.522.
Cardinal Farley Gratified
The Very Rev. Monsignor John J.
Dunn was present yesterday at the
Bankers Club when the downtown
committee met for its daily tabulatlon
of figures. Monsgnor Dunn brought
the greetings of Cardinal Farley TO the
members of Judge O'Brien's committee.
"rhe friendly rivalry between the
downtown workers and the parish
.eams is most stimulating" he said
His Eminence Cardinal Farley IS
most gratified by the results OF the
first two days effort
Daniel r. Brady brought with him to
the lunch some of the knights OF
Columbus calendars which he has had
ne is selling for S100 apiece. His sup
ply of the calendar. which is especially
attractive, is rapidly being exhausted
The high mark for the day in the
downtown drive was set by w. ID.
Guthrie's lawyers team. Of its total
of $4,000 James Byrne contributed
$4,000: Cornelius Tiers, $4,000: Rob-
ert J. Cuddihy. $4,000; Arthur Curtiss
James, $4,000: Emlen Roosevelt, Sl,OoO,
and the West Virginia Paper Company,
81 .OOO
Cochran Donates $4,000
Joseph P. Grace's team took second
honors yesterday, with a total OF
s39,s5O. Included in this total we're:
Alexander Smith Cochran, $4,000; H..
+. Sinclair, $4,000: Pratt Brothers,
$4,000; Michael Gavin, $4,000; Ellen
Mackay, $1,000, and John w. Mackay,
$1,000.
Nicholas F. Brady's team, which led
on the first day, was third yesterday,
with S35,337. Of this amount John D.
Ryan gave $4,000.
Other large subscriptions in the
downtown district yesterday were: P.
Lorillard & Co., $4,000; ]. l.. Hill,
$500; Publishers Printing Company,
I'll NrD
Mcdonnell e. Truda, 81 600.
When Mrs. James B. Regan, wife of
the proprietor of the Knickerbocker
Hotel, approached Enrico Caruso, who
lives at the hotel, for p contribution
he distinguished tenor evaded the
issue. Then he looked up her husband
and asked him the pertinent questions
''How much are you giving to tins
ehing?'
ooh, I'll give thousand" was Mr..
Regan's reply
"And I'll cover your pile" the singer
said. =
The two checks for one thousand
dollars each which Mrs. Regan turned
in to the team of which she is the
captain alone total onc-ffth Of the
quota allotted to Holy lnnoccnts- Par
ish.
Some of the parishes have already
several instances have exceeded. dou-
bled and tripled the amounts allotted
to them.
The parish of st. Ignatius Loyola,
of which the Rev Daniel ]. Quinn is
rector, reported S73,50O. which is $685.
500 in excess of the quota.
In the Sacred Heart parish, with a
quota of $4,000, the Rev. John Lennon
reported his comraittee had collected
pt,1h hpl !
in Father Lemons parish. which has
given 18O boys TO the army and navy
The Rev John D. Roach, pastor at
Morris Heights. reported he had prac
.ically tripled his quota Of $500. HI:
committee on the first day collected
s1s,42e..
CAPTAIN Harry Hillhouse, an Ameri
can. who has just finished three years
OF service abroad with a Canadian con
'ingent, returned TO his native city,
lew days ago. with the following com
,nent:
Il want 70 tell you something abou
this Catholic drive which is being made
IN New York for the Knights of 20
lumbus ] am not Catholic; I'm onl,
a soldier. This fund - being raised ro
he recreation and entertainment Of IN,
soys at the front. When we fellows
come out OF the trenches covered witt
mud and don't give damn what e,s,
happens, we come to Knights of 90
iuYnhus hut
Soldier Lauds Work
"Therc's somebody there TO give yo,
:. pat on the back and ask you to hav
Il cep of tea or coffee. They ask yo,
how the folks are at home and ask 70,
n have something to eat And if yo,
haven't got the price they give it t.
you anyway. They trot out baseball
and bat, and ii there aren't many fe'
'o"s With you, you can 20 out an
l.lay one-old-cat. They have shuttle
boards and books 10 read and writin
f.atersais. and If you can't write "a let
icr they'll! write orc for you
You people over here cant realiz
low much good you can do for tn
toys oveF there. More power to tn
1rivc, and il the good people of Ne,
s'ork could realize what they are cor
'ributjng 10. instead OF it being driv
5or Sl,5o0.obh !, would be drive 70
fef..4 fJIt 600 ~