The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-27
FUND GROWING
FOR CHILDREN
MONEY COMING IN RAPIDLY FOR
EUROPEAN LITTLE ONES, SAYS
DE. JOHN L. DICTEY.
President Extols Charity Al One That
Ii Most Deserving and Makes
Contribution.

chairman for West vireinia Of tG~
European relief council, the object Il
which organization is 10 send thr"o aud
Europe from starvation. stat"S ID Is
meeting with the most gratifying re.
suits and many contributions arc COM
lug In daily. To swell the fund.
West Virginia Is responding nob!y
tn the appeal OF tho little ones CT
Europe" said DR., Dckcy.
There have been contributions ;c
! OH" county alone II from $1,000 down
To on" dollar Thcr" wcr" several SlO0
subscriptions, one Of $500. one Of si.o""
and one of $500.
The funds are turned over /" W. L.
Irvine, state treasurer who in turn
? sends tho money and checks :" tho u.t-
tional treasurer, Franklin Lane.
Il want to say that tho Literary d.
Eest IS taking UP a subscription that
has reached an enormous aln"unt. AAd
when everything has been settled. West
Virginia will. Of course. receive due
credit for the lump sum Of her con.
tributiorS. no matter 20 what branch
OF the charity tho money WAS sent for
ward to"
IT was stated that West Virgin IA t
goal toward III" relief movement had
bean set a; Il million aud a half dol.
lars. and rapid strides are being mmd"
toward that sum.
Each county chairman in each state !q
welding together the charities in his
vicinity and Herhcr, Hoover Is the guild
ing spirit OF thlS far-r"aChiug b"n"v"-
lencc. The prinCipnl organizations AT"
the American Friends S"rv!c" Commit
tee. American Red Cross. American Re.
lief Administration. Federal council Of
the Churches IF Christ, Jewish Joint
, Distributirn Committee, knights OF Co,
lumbuS. \. NJ. G.. \. and the Y. w G. ~.
1t has hc"n estimated that tho tire.
and half million children IN central
Europe can be uded over until tho next
harvest by money and service cQuivn-
lent to $40 for each child. The Coun'
OF this sum In the form Of personal
service and the means OF DISTRIBUTION.
but for the other one-;hird thnr are
reaching out imHloring hands for all
President Wilson. in speaking Of tho
/ European Relief Council. says:
since 1914 our people have given
with unparallel"h generosity and they
additional charities. Hut there Is lie
and death situation In central Europe.
: where orphaned. destitute. fam!Shei
children, p!tiful consequences OF the
world war. must de unless aid - sent
For concerted effort the eight well
known organizations With which M.
Hoover IS personally affiliated. The
American Friends Service committee.
American Red Cross. etc. have conf
bined In one council, tho European Re'
lief council, ana through liieN ell'i :
the situation il hoped To be relieved
until tho countries involved can produce
another crop.
{ President Wilson SxSs further thnt
! AT Christmas time. particularly the
children season. we should think nf
| this sad European problem In terms
" children rather thain IN terms ct
money. Ton dollars VIII represent 4
chiia's lie in Central Europe. ] Shas!
adopt twenty Of these children as M
own Temporary wards. and | can think
Of no better use 10 which ! could put
two hundred dollars