Evening star., 1926-04-18
%4,699 ALREADY
| IN MEMORIAL FUND
Keener Interest Noted as
Banks, Government En-
ployes Participate.

III LIiak1nE LnlS aQnOUI1CeIIlSNL L1c|
night, the memorial commission
stated that a constantly increasing
number Of reports were being received
from patriotic, civic and other organ
Izations as to new movements put on
foot for the memorial.
Beginning tomorrow It is expected
the public will be able to make contrf-
buttons to the fund at any bank in the
city. Through request Of +. G. Addi'
SON, jr., president Of the District Bank
ers' Association. the bankers have
been asked to cooperate to this ex-
tent In the campaign, and placards
the matter have been dis
tributed. 1t Is expected by the com.
mission that a considerable subscrip
ton to the memorial will find its way
through the bank windows of the city.
Police Asked to Aid.
A memorandum sent out by Mai
Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent Oi
police, Is in the hands today of every
captain OF police throughout the pre-
cincts and bureaus of the Police De-
partment. The precinct and bureau
commanders will receive subscriptions,
and. according to preliminary indica
tions, efforts will be made TO get 100
PNA NSAAb AOOOAA StAtAOtA6 ltIC pOilCC.
Several business houses and other
institutions throughout the city We're
reported to be participating In the
campaign through activity of en-
ployes themselves. In some estab-
lishments lists were being passed
around, which in several departments
were establishing 100 per cent records
for subscriptions.
Chief clerks OF the Government de-
partments and establishments had
not made their reports TO John Poole,
treasurer Of the fund. and chairman
OF the campaign committee last night,
but il was understood that interest
In the memorial was growing among
the Government departments.
Clerks Start Fund.
In some buildings the clerks them
selves had taken up the initiative in
stimulating subscriptions. The only
official action which the chief clerks
or many of the departments and es.
tablishments have taken has been to
post bulletins stating that they will
receive subscriptions. Personal let
ters have been added to this in sew
eral buildings and have been posted
along with the printed bulletin.
With President Coolidge in the Fed.
eral Government, and Commissioner
Rudolph in the District government,
taking official lead in personal contri.
buttons. and with many organiza tons
outside the Government. including cit
liens associations and other groups
pushing their campaigns, it was be.
lieved last night by some members
OF the commission that the Govern.
ment personnel would add materially
to the funds already contributed.
More Subscriptions Listed.
Additional subscriptions were an
nounced last night by the commission
as follows: s. . %
$200--Mrs. William J. Boardman and
Miss NJ. T. Boardman.
$1o0--William p. Emo, Mrs. J. B.
Gedney. Clark C. Griffith, A. R. Ser
ven, H. B. Spencer. Col. Robert NJ.
Thompson, Myron NJ. Parker, Edwin
b. Parker, Mrs. Theodore L. Pomeroy,
Ord Preston, Col. Alexander Rodgers,
Daniel c. Roper, Henry c. Sherman,
f. J. Steilwagen, Miss Julia D.
Strong. Leon Tobriner. Joseph Tum-
ulty, Edgar v. Turner, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Wadsworth, Mrs. Benjamin II.
Warder, Capt. Chester Wells and Mrs.
Charles Broughton Wood.
$75-Justice Pierce Butler.
$50. B. Thomas, Justice Edward
T. Sanford, E. 3. Eynon, jr., James
f. Shea, Martin B. West, Barry Mo-
hum, Tom Moore. Howard Moran, Mrs.
Francis G.. Newlands, James Parnelee,
Albion K. Paris, Mrs. r. Ross Perry,
r. Ross Perry, jr.. Walter S. Pratt.
jr., w. L. Radcliffe, Mrs. John Jacob
Rogers, Saks & Co.. J. Albert Shaffer,
Mrs. Charles X. Shepard, Mrs. Alfred
Pembrook Thorn, Mrs. Edward c.
Walker, Ernest G.. Walker. John l..
Weaver, o. Orme Wilson, jr.
S4o-D. n. Walford.
$S0-James F. Murrell.
Many Give $25.
&25-Gen. Henry T. Allen, Clyde B.
Asher, Grosvenor H. Backus, David
A. Baer, Irving Q. Ball, A. II. Bre-
wood. Frederick Bucholz. Or. John w.
Burke, D. S. CARL, John B. Cochran,
John r. Crowley, Victor N. Cushman,
DR.. Mark o. Davis, DoZier A. De Vane.
William T. Dodge. Capt. David st. P.
Gaillard, Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant,
Mrs. Eugene Hale, Sidney l.. Hechin-
ger. William f. r. Hit, A. Gordon
Jones, Mrs. Alex Mackay-Smith, Ar.
thur D. Marks, Capt. Ridley Mclean,
T. A. Mullett, Judge Mary O'Toole,
Walter 8. Penfield, Arthur Peter, DR..
NJ. Richardson. A. H. Ryan,
Semmes Motor Co., Emanuel Speich,
A. Leftwich Sinclair, E. Quincy Smith,
George Otis Smith, Mrs. c. M. Stock
ton, Merle Thorpe, T. Lincoln Town
send, Charles w. Wetmore, Mrs. Nor
man Williams, DR.. William H. VIII
mer and Samuel Zirkin.
$2O-Oscar Coolican, John Dalzell,
George Emmerich, Louis P. Gatti,
Lewis Hotel Training School, Inc;
George T. Marye and Capt. Andrew
Parker.
$15-Mrs. John Allan Daugherty, C..
c. Glover, jr.. w. NJ. Mason. Miss
Gertrude Myer and Walden Myer.
$10-Mmt. Ash, 2. d. Blackstone,
Brig. Gen. A. H. Bowman. George B.
J. P. Cullen. c. r. Darnall.
n. w. Dorsey, John F. Dryden, Mrs.
Thomas Dunlop, c. E. Ed
wards, DR.. and Mrs. Louis w. Eugs-
ter, L. Feniger. DR.. r. A. Foster, c.
H. Franzoni, Mrs. E. H. Gheen. Wells
Charles A. Hamilton,
II. r. Howenstein, Richard w. Hyn.
son, Lee jim, d. B. Karrick, Clifford
A. Lewis, Mrs. Mary Catherine Lewis,
Irwin B. Linton, Mrs. Grace d. Litch-
field, Charles B. Lyddane, ]. A. Mae
del, Mrs. Emily G. Matthews, G..
Percy McGlue. Robert L. McKeever. r.
E. J. McQuade, Miss Agnes Miller,
DR.. G. Brown Miller, Mrs. Ellen Spen-
GER Mussey, Avon M. Nevius, George
l.. Nicolson, G. F. r. Ogilby, w. H.
Perrine. Arthur M. Poynton, George
c. Pumphrey, e. e. Rapley, Jesse w.
Charles S Robb. Jerome
Saks. Rabbi Abram Simon. I4awrx nee
A. Slaughter. Henry J. Staley, Rev.
Anson P. Stokes, NJ. e. Swing. Mrs
George Truesdell. DIR. ]. s. Tyree, e.
O. Ulrich. e. J. Walsh. Francis r.
Weller, Horace III. Westcott. M. C.
Walter D. Wilcox, Freq.ric
Vile, Rev. Charles Wood and
Mrs. Arthur T. Woods.
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