Evening star., 1923-09-05
AMERICAS HEART
AND PURSE OPEN
TO HELP JAPANESE
D. C. Contributions Pour Into
$5.OOO,CO0 Fund of Amer
lean Red Cross.

America opened wide its heart and
its purse to the sorely stricken people
of devastated Japan today.
While the government was organic
ing every agency to rush supplies or
food and medicine to the ruined Mp
pom cities. the American people them
selves were pouring their dollars by
the thousands into the $5.000.000 relief
fund of the. American Red Cross re-
quested by President Coolidge.
Hardly had the Presidents appeal
for funds had time to gain general
circulation before eager responses be-
gan to reach Red Cross headquarters
here. The first mail this morning
brought flood of checks ranging In
size from IS, from individuals, to
s25, 900. which Kuhn, Loeb and Com
pany. New York bankers. contributed.
The National Capital kept pace with
the country wide evidences OF SYM
pathy. responding generously and
without hesitation to the call TOT
emergency funds.
Contributions of $500 and $1,000
from individuals have been received
by the scores and it is estimated that
individual contributions exceeding
$1,000 each from New York city alone
had passed S150,000 before noon to-
day. In addition, there were thou
sands of smaller contributions -wh1ch
had not been tabulated. One New
York couple. Edward l.. Haekness and
Anna NJ. Hardness. sent checks for
SIS 900 each.
The executive committee of the
American Red Cross. met this morn
ing and unanimously voted to take
over the purchasing and shipping de-
partments IL the American Relief Ad-
ministration to insure expeditions
handling of supplies destined from
Japan. DR.. r. B. Teusler of Toxic.
and Edward w. Frazer. both former
chairman of the Japanese chapter of
the American Red Cross were present.
They are expected to return t0s JaDan
imme diately to represent the Red
Cross and become active in relief
work
Every chapter of the Red Cross had
telegraphed headquarters here today,
that it's organization for raising its
quota of the s5.00O.000 relief fund has
been completed and contributions al
ready were being received:
Even far-off Hawaii cabled that II
had tabulated thousands of dollars
support were among the telegrams
read at the meeting. The Federal
Council Of Churches in America
pledged active cooperation, and the
$500. SSoof ~ community A 'e
The executive committee stimuli
taneously voted to increase the fund
Of $1,000 for the relief Of Americans
in the devastated areas to 100000 at
the request of Ambassador Woods.
and an additional $4,000 was placed
at the disposal Of the American con-
sui at Kobe.
ID. C. Donates $4,000.
With the passing of the first day. of
solicitation for funds to aid suffering
in Japan. Washington was reaching
toward the $4,000 mark in its quota
of $4,000 for the s5.ooO.0o0 national
Red Cross disaster relief fund.
Second National Bank and chairman
of the fund committee for the District
chapter of the Red Cross, announced
this morning that total of $2.399. 90
had been raised over night. In addi-
ton to this amount the Evening Star
and the Washington Post each has
pledged $1,000, and the Evening Star
at noon today had a total of 81. 2.494.l )
! including its own contribution In It's II
turned over to the local Red Cross:
This made total of $5,S93.13 toward
the city's quota.
A meeting of active leaders of the
! local chapter of the Red Cross was
held last night in the office of Mrs.
John Allan Dougherty at the National
Red Cross building. At that time a
plan of campaign was mapped out
tentatively. 1t was decided to pro-
ceed with the task OF raising the
! local quota along broad line in the
District, seeking the cooperation of
churches. clubs. fraternal organiza-
tions and societies and various gov
ernmental groups in obtaining the
funds.
Machinery to work out this plan
was started this morning and 1t ia
expected that organization will be
perfected under Mr.. Deyber of the
| local finance committee within the
! next day.
| Included in the total of $2,39s re-
| ceived thus far bv Mr.. Deyber are
| contributions of $1,000 each from
! the Board of Trade and the Chamber
| of Commerce.
The Sanitary Grocery Company
| sent in a contribution for a similar
amount to The Star Mnd.