The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-17
S150,0OO GIVEN
BY CAPITAL
To JAPAN
Contributions May Even Ex-
coed That Figurecare or
Orphans Big Problem.

japanese Hel6I EunQ, including re.
ceipts from the "Scaramouches pic
ture exhibited night at the Shubert-
Belasco Theate-, can be completed
some time this afternoon, Wash
ington's subscription will not be
defin .tely known. That it will APP
nroach the $50, 900 mark, however,
Is certain. Several days must pass,
1t is said, before belated contribu-
tons in the mail are received.
Victor b. Deyber, chairman, nre-
.d.cted this morning that the total
will show that the District trebIcd
It's $4,000 quota.
Indications are that the national
fund will pass the $8,000,00O mark,
according to estimates made at
National Red Cross headquarters.
Including contributed services, such
as free transportation Of supplies,
materials and clothing, the total. 1t
is said, will run fully half million
dollars above fund receipt reports
$4,000, 900 Is Expected.
While the drive Is ended officially
in washington. contributions will
continue to be received. Before
such contributions cease. it is ex-
pected, the grand total win rop
SO 200. 900.
Japanese advices reaching here
this morning indicate a rapid APP
proach to normal conditions Prac-
tically all bodies have been dis
posed Of. and much of the wreckage
burned.
one of the interesting bits Of in
formation received is to the eff
feet that in rebuilding Tokyo's
wrecked sections an effort will be
made to lay them out along lines
similar to those adopted in plating
Washington.
This is practical. it Is understood,
as the destroyed districts are In
the heart of the city.
Orphans a Huge Problem.
More than twenty relief ships
are on the Pacific or ready to sail
from Pacific ports. Large quanti'
ties of supplies are reaching Japan
this week from Far Eastern ports.
The situation as whole. it is said,
is all that could be expected.
Child welfare, the caring for or
phaned children. will present one of
the pressing problems, according to
Red Cross agents and missionary
Representatives AS yet no approx
mate estimate has boon attempted
placing destitute children.
More than 100000 Japanese were
killed and large number have died
since then from injuries and ex-
posture and illness.
A fair estimate Of the number OF
orphaned children to be cared for
is said to be $4,000. This Use based
on the known number OF dead
within the wrecked district embrace
ing Yokohama and Tokyo. It may
be increased when the fact relating
To interior sections become known.
Thanks to Contributors.
The following statement has been
issued by Chairman John Barton
Payne OF the American Red Cross
1T is with a feeling of profound
gratitude" he said, that the Amer
lean Red Cross extends its thanks
to the American people for their
spontaneous, generous and imme
date response to the call for helI
which came from stricken Japan
This splendid expression has come
not from a few, but from hundreds
of thousands, representing every
phase Of our national life. It has
been in truth a gift from the
hearts of the whole American PEG
pie"
The following contributions to tho
fund were reported today by Victor
B. Deyber, chairman, Japanese Re
lief Fund. 'The receipts from the
"Scaramouche" production are moi
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