The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-31
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Topeka Citizens Not Aiding
Burlington Flood Sufferers.
Campaign for Funds May Be
Necessary, Is Report.

Topeka citizens are not doing their
duty to the sufferers from the flood
which last week caused terrific dam
age in the town of Burlington, Mayor
Herbert j. Corwine and c. E. Bascom,
chairman of the Shawnee county chap
ter of the Red Cross, agreed today.
It's just thoughtlessness. A cam
paign of solicitation is absurd, but
that is what we are going to stage if
the voluntary contributions don't come
in in sufficient volume by the first of
next week, Bascom declared. TT
ought to be easier and quicker to raise
$1,50o from d,500 persons, than to
raise the same amount from twenty
five. persons. We have secured the
o-operation of the banks, the Cham
ber of Commerce, and both newspaper
offices in accepting the contributions,
as a matter of convenience to the con-
tributors.
Many Towns Raise Quota.
'.Isebo and other small towns have
already raised their donations ard
sent in the cash. Topeka and Shaw
nee county are falling behind. just be-
cause the people are not taking the
appeal seriously enough. They have
aways been known as philanthropic
communities before
I'VE should have that money in
hand right now. As matter of fact
we have received only a little oFer
$50 in the way of individual gifts
There have been some larger checks
from orga mutations, business and 9TH
erwise. but the everyday people who
should. be giving 81 or more apiece,
right now, are not coming thru as
they should. 1t means one of those
drives which the people so tired
of, if the voluntary contributions are
not brought in at once"
Burlington Committee Here.
John Redmond, editor and pub
Usher of the Burlington Daily Repub-
Hcan; A. J. Sanders, chairman of the
relief committee which has been or
ganized at Burlington, and L. H. Han
nen, president of the Burlington Com
merciaI club, are in Topeka today on
other business and attended a confer
ence between G. c. Sickler, secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce. c. z.
Bascom. chairman of the Shawnee
county Red Cross, and Mayor CorWine
at noon today.
Following the conference Mayor
Corwine issued a call to the churches
of the city to take up a special Of
fering at their services Sunday. for
the benefit of the flood sufferers
The churches. if they do their duty |
VIII raise $1,000 at their Sunday |
services" Mayor Corwine declared
The contributions of individual citi- |
zens to the fund, are being received /
at the banks. the office of the Cham |
Der of Commerce, the offices of the |
State Journal and the Daily I
Miss Nina z. Rippeth, executive sec
retary of the Shawnee county Red /
Cross, PA New England building, and I
should be made payable to THE !
American Red Cross - The money I
will be forwarded to Burlington by ,
the Red Cross, by telegraph, Bascom |
said today.s
Total of $4,000 Needed.
The sum of $4,000 is needed for /
immediate relief measures and for the :
reha bilitation of the homes of persons 4
who have been left financially des- /
titute by the flood, it has been decided |
by the Burlington relief committee /
Cross, who is on the ground to direct
the relief work.
There are some fifty of the poorer
families of the town who were left |
homeless when the flood swept thru
the city This in addition to the /
business buildings which were
The homeless families are being
cared for at the present time by their
neighbors- Tents were sent in by
Texas town, but the inclement
weather has made their use impos-
sible.
THE business firms and the resi-
dents who have little left are not (
asking for assistance" Redmond said /
today. 1T is the poor people who !
have nothing whatever left who need
Not cent of insurance money is
collectibIe after the disaster. No flood
Insurance was carried because Of the
remote possibility of trouble from the
creek, which is normally dry. and is B
0nly six and a half miles long.
One of the heaviest items Of dam
,ge to the merchants and their build (
ngs was to plate glass. II