The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-19
Money Will Be Raised for Gulf
Storm Sufferers.
Committee Appointed Today at
Chamber of Commerce.
MAKE APPEAL IN CHURCHES
First Money Will Be Sent First
of the Week.
TOpekans Urged To Remember
Flood Relief of 1908.

Topeka is today called upon to re-
pay some small portion of the debt she
owes to humanity. The stricken cities
of the Gulf coast are appealing for
aid. Topeka is asked to remember the
flood of 1903 and TIE way in which
Topeka's own call for aid was
answered by the cities and towns of
the nation.
Corpus Christi and a half dozen
other cities and towns on the coast of
the Gulf of Mexico are today wind
torn and wave battered. Their citi-
zens are refugees. Their children are
suffering for want of food and cloth
ing. Their homes are but piles of
debris. The toll of death is mounting
higher with each day that passes. The
cities of America have been called
upon to render aid.
Send Money Monday.
In some cases the answer has al
ready been given and some relief adj
ministered Today Topeka organized,
and by Monday evening the first
money for the relief of the stricken
cities should be on its way to the Gulf
coast.
The appeal was voiced at the Cham
Der of Commerce this noon by Mayor
Herbert J. Corwine, who urged that
something be done immediately to
ern cities. Immediately the appeal
was known a special Gulf coast dis
aster committee was organized to
solicit and take charge of the funds
raised in Topeka for relief purposes.
S. Z. Cobb is chairman of the COM
mittee. Its members are W. A. Biby
Charles L. Mitchell. George Stansfield,
w. L. Porter, Charles L. Moore, S. l..
Courtney. Wilbur A. Stanfield. ]. c.
Emahizer, Arthur ]. Carruth. Jr.. and
Charles Sessions. The secretary
treasurer of the committee is Charles
L. Mitchell.
Appeal Thru Churches.
No sooner was the committee ap-
pointed today than it began to func-
ton. A general appeal is directed to
all of the ministers of the city to take
up the matter of raising relief funds
III the various Topeka churches Sun
day. 1t is requested that the matter
be given prominence both at the
morning and at the evening services.
The schools are to be called upon
to take such steps as will assure the
children being given an opportunity
to aid in this humanitarian enterprise.
The appeal is to be directed at all
of the lodges and other like institu-
tions in the city and the various clubs
are to be asked to take the appeal to
their members. The Topeka Indus
matter of the Gulf coast disaster fund
with the various trades unions in the
city.
Santa Fe Men to Aid.
At the Santa Fe shops and offices il
is asked that each department handle
the campaign in its own way and at
once. There is no time for closer
organization. Topeka has a debt to
pay to humanity and the time is short
in which to do it
Donations to the fund should be by
check or in cash. Donations may be
left at any bank in Topeka, at the
State Journal office, or at the bust
ness office of any of the big stores.
If it is desired to send in a contribu-
ton by mail it should be addressed to
Charles L. Mitchell, secretary of the
Gulf Coast Disaster Relief committee.
The time is short. The relief is
needed at once. 1t is expected that
Topeka will contribute readily and lib
orally.