Evening star., 1927-05-05
MEMORIAL FUND
REACHES $4,000.
Team Workers Report Re-
ceipts of s10,95o.28, High
est Days Total So Far.

$40, 0,950.2S at their luncheon, the high.
est days total vet reported. The
greatest individual report so far made
was for the sum of $4,000. given in the
name of the Womens executive COM
mittee, from an unnamed donor.
The fund contributed in memory Of
Lieut. William A. Sheehan grew to-
day with contributions of $50 from
Charles A. Douglas. S. each from
George Durno and Miss Edna Clapp,
and one for $40 from Mr.. and Mrs.
Leverue Beals.
Lieut.. Col. Thomas ]. Dickson, re-
tired, honorary president and chaplain
general Of the Military Order of the
World War, addressed the workers,
urging completion of the memorial
Campaign workers were redoubling
their efforts today, determined to
drive on to success They were
encouraged by the receipt cf as
suring oners of help from the vet
erans' organizations, which expect
to make a good report toward the end
of the week, and by expressions of
sympathetic interest in the campaign
which are being received from many
| sources.
TO put a test to the theory that all
! WashingtOnians are willing to sub
| scribe to the fund when it's purpose
is brought directly to their attention,
| Headquarters Detective Edward j.
Kelly went into NVashington's China
| town" on lower Pennsylvania avenue,
last night and collected within q short
time S132.50 in cash, with promises
of other donations to be received later.
Donations From Chinese.
Donations were received from the
On Leong Chinese Merchandise Asso-
citation, the Hip Sing Chinese Mer-
| chandise Association and from num-
ber of Chinese. who heard Kelly tell
about the memorial. One young
Chinese helped Kelly make his appeal
by taking the floor himself and urging
Subscriptions He had just seen the
moving picture Of men in action at
the front, he explained, and decided
| that "everybody ought TO do some
| thing" Sue Tie, a general faVorite
among the Chinese, referred proudly
| to the fact that he was in France
| during the war and made out his sub
scription, explaining that he was sorry
| it could not be more. George Wen,
| Yuen and Charlie Lou Toye, repre-
senting the On Leongs, and Lee Blng'
| Pan Sam, Charles Lee Wah, Henry
| Yuen and Charlei Lou Toye, repre-
| senting the Hip Sings, will continue
| the canvass among the Chinese.
Meeting last night the Sergeant JAS
| per Post of the American Legion pass
| ed resolution, proposed by Thomas j.
| F'railey past vice commander or the
| District department. and seconded by
Capt J. w. Boyer, approving the
plans for the proposed memorial. "A
contribution of $50 was made to the
fund by the post. Carl c. Brown,
commander of the post, presided at the
meeting.
Veterans win Assist.
A communication pledging the aid
and active work for the memorial by
tho Veterans of Foreign Wars has
been received at campaign headquar-
terS.
The communication stated that the
posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
| in the District werv now working for
the memorial and expected to make
| large contribution near the end of the
| campaign.
Charles A. Mills of Miami, national
| commander of the La SOciete des 40
| Hommes ct ChevauX, honor society
| of the American Legion, has written
to Austin S. Imirie, commander of the
| local unit of the Forty and Eight"
urging every effort at co operation
with the local committee now raising
! funds for the memorial
while the essential mission of the
Forty and Eight is to be of assist
ance to the American Legion" de-
| Clared Mills, zone of the objects is
| to hold sacred the memories of our
| departed comrades.
while it is true that the projected
memorial is to be erected in honor
of the living and the dead who en-
gagged in the World War from Wash.
| ington, the real significance of this
memorial is its measure of tribute to
those who have gone out.
Activity Is Commended.
| ''It is fine thing to learn that the
people of Washington do not intend
! longer to allow the Nations Capital
| to be among that casual group of
cities that have not yet brought into
| being proper memorial structure for
those who engaged in the World War.
1T is an equally fine thing to know
| that the American Legion for the Dis
trict of Columbia has so promptly
placed itself at the disposal of the
| citizens committee engaged in the
campaign.
ITO my fellow voyageurs in the
| Forty and Eight. I commend this ac-
tivity. Each and every one of them
| should be engaged during this week
In bringing the campaign to the at
| tentton of their friends and urging
| them to make their contributions. no
matter how small. One of the appeal
ing phases Of this campaign is that
| there is a desire to have it represen-
tative OF the whole people of the city"
Band to Entertain.
The Washington Boys Independent
| Band, described as Washington's
largest and finest boys band 80
| strong and neatly attired in new uni.
| forms, has written to campaign head
| quarters asking that it be allowed to
do something for the memorial At
the same time the Earle Theater,
which is donating a large percentage
! of it's receipts this week to the me.
| mortal, notified campaign headquarters
| that on Friday evening it would do
| nate to the fund the cost of engag-
| ing professional talent for an act on
its program, provided the memorial
workers would furnish volunteers.
So the Boys Independent Band has
been put on the program for Friday
! evening at o'clock and at 1880
o'clock. c. j. Brown is vice president
! and general manager of the band and
| j. l.. KidWell is band master.
Ninety-siX booths are in operation
| today, Mrs. John Philip HILL chair
| man of personnel in the campaign,
announced. Booths were opened yes
| terday in all government departments
| in preparation for tomorrow, which
| has been designated as Government
| Employees Day" in the campaign.
Contributions of Yesterday.
Women's division--Mrs. Wallach Mer-
ceived from the following sources:
Mems division, Edward r. Colladay,
| leader, and the following team cap
tains: Gist Blair, $349 So William S.
| Corby, $936: Samuel j. Prescott,
| 81 n4a. John I.nwis Smith S24. Charles