Evening star., 1923-09-06
Voluntary Gifts at
$4,000 Mark in
$4,000 Total.
May Designate One
Sunday for Offer
ings to Japan.

RESPONDING to the call for reiief
funds for Japan with spontaneous
enthusiasm and generosity. WASH
ineton today had passed the $lI.Ooo
mark en- route to the $4,000 quota
assigned this city by the American
Red Cross in the S5,000.0OO national
campaign.
Pledges for more than $1,000 in
addition have been made by respon-
sible organizations TO Victor Dey-
ber. chairman of the local finance
committee, and if the city continues
at it's present pace it will exceed the
quota within weeks time.
The star Receives s4.27I.3S.
The city had dug down for exactly
s17.13S.13 up to noon today and every
mail was bringing additional contrl-
buttons OF this total The Evening
Star had received s4.271.3S for the
Japanese Relief Fund: the Washing
ton Post this morning announced re-
ceipts of $4,000, and the local finance
committee through Mr.. Deyber. the
chairman. had announced receipls
totaiing $10.S66.75.
And all this is being done before
organization for the collection or the
fund in Washington has been thor
oughly perfected.
MIR. Deyber today was working on
the formation of a committee of vice
chairmen In charge of various lines
of endeavor in lining up the quota
fund The plan is to select repre-
sentative civic leaders in church. So
ciaI. business. fraternal and similar
lines and to assign them the task
of wholesale collection of funds from
the respective groups.
May Name Relief sunday.
A movement was on foot today TO
designate either Sunday or sunday
week. in Washington churches of all
denominations. Japanese Relief sun
day. at which time the respective
CONGREGATIONS might make voluntary
offerings to the aid of suffering hu-
manity across the Pacific.
The Rotary Club has already voted
Ia contribute $1,000 to the fund. and
this amount is not included in the
total of S17.OO0 actual receipts made
out today, since the formalities or
drawing up and presenting the check
have not yet been completed In ad-
dition the Lions Club has voted $3.50
and the Soroptimists. $50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer. jr..
hold the distinction of making the
largest individual contribution in the
IDlStSlcC OF tplulnbld NtHlN ave
hundred dollars was turned over by
them To the District finance COM
nhttee for the relief of Japan.
Several $1,000 Gifts.
In addition to the Board of Trade,
Chamber of Commerce and Sanitary
Grocery Company las well as The
Eevening Star and the Washington
PosD, which have already allotted ~ ,ono
as contributions. Woodward & Lothrop
today were listed for Il similar
amount and the Second National Bank
and the firm OF LanShurgh & Brother
had placed $500 each to the credit of
the local quota. Julius Gartinkle con-
trihuted $3.50.
\ number of 500 contributions are
being received daily and ii is not un-
usual at all to run across S25. $50 and
$40 contributions in opening the mail
at the various reception points for
donations
Belief tIaI more than half the
quota will be subscribed before to-
morrow noon was expressed today by
those supervising the collection of
funds High praise was forthcoming z
for the generous and immediate re-
sp0nse which Washington is making
to President Coolidge's call to aid for
Japan.
In the star yesterday a contribu-
tfon for $25 was listed from s. A.
Bond The name should have been
"S. Hazen Bond"
Mr.. Deyber today issued the follow
ing list as the contributors thus far to
the local $4,000 quota for the Japa-
nese relief fund:
Washington Board of Trade. Sl,000.00
WASHINGTON Chamber of Com
e. .