The Oregon daily journal., June 21, 1917, Page 2, Image 2

THE OREGON' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1917.
OVER HALF OF GREAT
RED CROSS FUND HAS
NOW
BEN
PLEDGED
SCENE SHOWING BUSY WORKERS IN RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS
; Cities Outside of New York
; Estimated to Have Raised
',' $4,UlO,0ZI up TO INOOn.
Washington. Jun 21. (V. P.)
'Fifty million dollars of the $100,000,000
' American Red Cross war relief fund had
been subscribed as returns again be
gan to pour Into Red Cross headquar
; ters today.
T Kstlmated figures from cities other
i tban New York show that approxi
mately $47,013,821 has been subscribed
by the country at large. The estimate
" for New York city at noon was
; $21,117,904.
.' Cleveland Btarted out today to raise.
' Its $2,500,000 allotment all over again
. the first allotment having been sub
- cnbed.
. Rochester and Buffalo, N. Y.; Kan
sas City, Mo., and more than a score
of smaller cities had reported their full
quota to the headquarters. Wilming-
' ton, Del.; Montclalr, N. J., and Fred-
' erick, Md., had doubled their allotments
and still are raising money.
Delaware and Utah are the two
" states that have exceeded their quota.
Red Cross officials, though they fear
the most strenuous work was done In
the first three days of the campaign
. thatends Monday night, said that but
one third of the cities that have active
committees working, have reported.
. Many cities Honolulu included from
which no returns were expected, have
reported. Honolulu reported $7000.
S. F. Doing Well
San Francisco, June 21. (U. P.)
Nearly half of Kan Francisco's allot
ment of $1,000,000 for the Ked Cross
had been raised when the third day
Of Red Cross week opened here today.
Tabulated subscriptions totalled $437,
118, with thousands still coming in.
The big event of the campaign will be
a mass meeting tomorrow night.
Ridgefleld Nears Mark
Ridgefleld, Wash., June 21. At the
- close of the first day of the Red Cross
drive to obtain $500 in the community
- of Ridgefleld and vicinity and the $250
: apportionment of Pioneer, $300 had
been subscribed of the Ridgefleld quota
of $50G while $200 of the Pioneer ap
portionment had been raised.
Seattle Going Good
Seattle, June 21. Red Cross sub
scriptions in Seattle this morning total
$166,674. Seattle's apportionment is
$300,000.
PORTLAND GIVES
FREELY FOR ITS
RED CROSS FUND
(Omtlmnfd From Pane One)
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$1000. - Another precinct la the city
h raised .$800, and , t- least four
others will bring in over $1000 by the
end of the week. Reports from Leb
anon, Scio, Harrisburg, Halsey and
other towns In the county ar more
than encouraging, and will bring Un
well over the mark set.
Ijeft to right J. C. English (standing), execntire committeeman; Charles Berg, executive committee
man, and Henry E. Reed, chairman of the house-to-house force of solicitors. Both men are seated.
Charles Wanacott, executive committeeman, shown standing between United States mail carrier and
office boy.
run errands and taken their earnings
to the Red Cross.
Others have turned In their profits
from the sale of newspapers; some
have dug into their savings banks and
divided with the Red Cross; some have
frankly and effectively passed the hat
around among their grown-upx friends
and neighbors end urged them to
come through" with their loose
change.
Firemen Xnd a Xand
Firemen have come to the front for
the Red Cross.
Thursday and Friday evenings next
week the boys of engine company No.
15, on Portland Heights, will ao their
bit for the Red Cross war relief fund
by fostering an amateur rose show
for the entire district. The firemen
will be assisted by the women of the
heights. There will b no admission
charge to the clubhouse but there will
be a silver shower on the part of the
patriotic 'persons present.
Friends o tithe Red Cross are acting
on the suggestion that came the other
day from the war council at Washing
ton that Liberty loan bond eubscrlp
ers could turn their securities over to
the Red Cross wtir relief fund and
they would be credited exactly the
same as cash or future pledges. The
instructions from Washington are that
the Red Oross campaign committee may
accept absolutely in lieu of cash all
the Liberty loan bonds that are of
fered. Zlberty Bonds Contributed
The following Red Cross contribu
tors have given Liberty loan bonds.
Many others have joined the list,
though the compilations have not been
completed:
R. D. Inman $5,000
Ukase Investment company
Sherman Hall
A. M. Churchill
J P. Rasmussen
Charles F. Berg
L. Q. Swetland
George Simmons
Lawrence McNary
Edwll Caswell
600
400
200
100
100
50
60
60
60
ing up with the mass of detail. Some
of the leaders have been steadily at
it almost night and day, preparing
lists of names, in order that the can
vassers shall be supplied each morn
ing with the day's prospects.
Total $6,500
It is now the Intention of the exec
utive committee to roll up the fund
to the highest notch possible In the
specified time. The committee mem
bers are working like Trojans, keep-
EVERY ONE IS AIDING RED CROSS FUND
women patrons. Face massages and
hair treatments will be given the
members of th fair sex who apply
for it. Murphy Brothers request the
services of any unemployed barbers
who wish to help in the cause. The
following shops will donate their re
ceipts: Multnomah hotel, Oregon hotel. Im
perial hotel. Rogers' shop, Corbett
building; Journal ehop. Journal build
ing; Waldorf, Broadway and Stark;
' Northwestern bank building shop,
Crystal shop. 128 Broadway; "O. K."
shop, Wilcox building; Morgan building-
shop, Seward hotel shop. J. A.
Long, Worcester building; C. Lester,
$206 Foster road.
Children Doing- Their Bit
Red Cross workers around the head
quarters in the Morenn building have
been impressed every day since the
drive for money has been under way
with the fine spirit that is being shown
by the boys and girls in doing their
welcome bit for their flag.
, Dor ens of "kiddles" have sold home
made candles, have put up lemonade
stands,, have done odd little Jobs and
1RVINGTON club women will meet
at the clubhouse Friday morning at
10:30 to organize a new Red Cross
work class. Mrs. W. F. Woodward
has been asked to take charge of the
class. All women of the Irvington dis
trict interested are requested to be
present.
Patriotic speeches and music by the
Police Department band were features
at the Red Cross rally held at the
Peninsula park Wednesday night.
Mrs. Herman Pollts sang the "Star
Spangled Banner." The chief speaker
was Dr. EX H. Spence. pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian church,
who was Introduced by Rev. A. L.
Hutchison, pastor of the Piedmont
Presbyterian church. Dr. Spence said
that the great war may last three
years longer and he declared that the
United States, to prove its self re
spect, must aid In defeating Germany.
He designated the German undersea
boat as a"thief in the. night that has
robbed the United States of its fancied
immunity from the world war."
Dressed as a nurse, and driving her
own automobile. Mrs. Harry L. Cor
bett Wednesday night visited four
motion picture houses on the east sido.
A number of enthusiastic Red Cross
supporters visited the Rose show at
the Multnomah hotel Wednesday, the
gate receipts swelling the fund ma
terially. Honor Guard girls will today
sell peonies at the show. The beautt-
Foreign-Born Are Loyal
Woodburn, Or, June 21. Wood
burn's allotted share of the Red Cross
funds is $4000. Wednesday five teams
raised about one fourth of that
amount, and those In command of the
campaign are confident of making
good. Gervais and Huobard - are In
this district, but will make separate
reports to Salem. Few of the farmers
refuse, and much liberality was shown
by the Scandinavian-Americans around
Monitor. The German and Austrian
born were also banner subscribers.
On one rural routs the foreign born
subscriptions far exceeded those of
the native Americans, who were In
the majority.
Total Passed, Mora to Come
Grants Pass, Or., June 21. The local
Red Cross drivers met at a luncheon
Wednesday noon and heard reports
from the 10 teams. Although the coun
ty's quota of $4000 had been exceeded
Tuesday, the work had gone forward
without let up. and the total now Is
$6362. The committee has determined
that the county will double its quota.
Eugene to Pass Quota
Eugene, Or., June 21. Eugene has
raised $9639.50 for the Red Cross in
two days. This city was allotted
$10,000, and indications are that at
least $15,000 will be raised In Eugeno
alone.
Outside communities' continue to re
port more than their allotments, and
the committees are still at work.
It has been suggested by a number
of th members of the Eugene com
mittee that $4500, needed to completo
the equipment of Dr. J. E. Kuyken
dall's local ambulance corps, which is
expecting a call to duty Immediately,
be raised during this campaign.
Cove Is Hopeful
Cove, Or., June II. The Cove branch
of the American Red Cross society
will give a banquet Thursday evening,
June 21. to help raise $760, Cove's part
of the Red Cross fund. At a meeting
of the auxiliary J 4 new members were
added, bringing the membership up to
$64. About $200 was pledged to start
the fund and the hope was raised that
Cove might raise not $7(0, but $1000
Fund Too Small, Says Taft
BY WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
THE Red Cross is the only recognized agency through which we my
help to take care of the wounded of the armies and the nations
that are fighting our battles. It is an admirable arrangement that
some such avenue as that should be supplied to give vent to the patri
otic desire of those who cannot go to the front to help in behalf of their
country and the world.
Every country has a Red Cross, and every country must have it,
because no army can furnish the instrumentalities adequate to meet
the proportion of wounded that this war furnishes.
Think of it I Forty million at the colors, seven million dead, six
million on beds of pain, and the whole of Europe taken up with hostilities.
You cannot exaggerate the function that our Red Cross will have
to perform merely In attending to the wounded of our army, and other
armies, in carrying on his fight. Therefore, $100,000,000, zrtii as the
sum seems, is inadequate.
I thank God that the organization is in such competent hands to
do the great work that has to be done. And the one thing for which we
ought to be grateful is that in this great war, in this war In which we
shall have to make sacrifices oh, such sacrifices that we have a cause
worthy of all the sacrifices that we can make.
We shall not realize what the war is until our men, those beloved
with us, have been exposed to the dreadful dangers, to the character of
wounding that is so horrible under this modern system of warfare, and
until we all go to the bulletins and study the names to see whether those
who are near and dear to us have been taken for their country's sake.
Then the war will come in to us.
Then there will be nothing but the war, and everything else will
be Incidental.
respondiar in rood shape to the Red
Cross- appeals. Workers tport tht ,
there have been no refusalsf rem thes
approached for funds.
Wasco and Sherman Tin Wild -The
Dalles, Or., June 2Ljrifty-td ''
thousand dollars is the tkal today
.1 -
raised in
counts. This
reams of
noon for the Red Cross funl
Wasco and Sherman
sum is beyond the wildest 1
the campaign committees.
for two counties was $15, d
almost three more days to Work, the)
committee nere believes thekum will
reach $65,000. Smell subscrikions ar.
especially noticeable. Few Arsons In
The Dalles have refused to inlrlbute.
as quota
0. With
Red Cross chapter on the hospital lawn
Thursday evening and Saturday eve
ning a basket social will be held in
the Wyatt school house, which will
close the week of the big drive in this
city.
Harrisburg Has 9775
Harrisburg, Or., June 21. The pro
ceeds of a benefit dance for the Red
Cross In this city Tuesday night
amounted to $60. This raises the total
given during the first two days of the
drive in this city to $775. A lawn
social will be held by ladles of the
Douglas Has Orer $4000
Roseburg, Or., June II. Subscrip
tions reported In the Red Cross drive
reached $4000 for Douglas county Wed
nesday night, being more than one half
of the amount assigned for the county.
Wednesday's subscriptions from the
smaller towns In the county had not
been reported when
made.
this total was
Salem Raises a Third
Salem, Or., June 21. Red Cross sub
scriptions in Salem Wednesday night
totaled $10,425.30. The city's allotment
Is $35,000. The largest subscription
made locally was $1000, contributed by
the Ladd & Bush bank.
Camas Oversubscribes .'nount
Camas, Wash. June 21 he work
of raising funds for the lid Cross
has met with unexpected iccess In
Camas. The allotment for C tnas was
$1500. Last night, at the e l of two
days' work, the committee i charge
reported $2600 subscribed. he drive
will continue till the end of s week,
and it is expected that $400 will be
raised.
North Yakima Answj
North Yakima, Wash., Junefil. The
first two hours of the Red Cass drive
netted $10,663. The quota foithe city
is $30,000, and the teams wllipontlnue
throughout the week reportik dally.
Warren Citizens Give
Warren. Or., June 21. All citizens
In this part of Columbia county are
Governor of Nevlda
Is Aiding Red Iross
San Francisco. June II. (I N. S.)
Governor Emmett D. Boy 1 of Ne
vada so far as is known is is first
state executive in the west to take
the stump for the Red Crol $100.
000,000 fund. Wednesday evilng he
met William W. Hush, fiel) repre
sentative of ths Pacific dlvion of
the Red Cross, and th two 11 tour
Nevada with the purpose of rollng up
an over subscription of the 1100,000
asked of the Sagebrush state!
ful flowers were grown by Howard E.
Weed.
Five per cent of the gross receipts
from the sale of candy at the Lyric
and Hippodrome theatres will be do
nated by the boys to the fund.
Edward Cookingham, one of the Red
Cross team captains, offers a fine
cigar to the captain of the team which
will beat his team in the quest of do
nations today.
Two little Oswego girls are the
proud donors of $50 in gold, the sum
which they realized from the raffle of
an artistio hand embroidered pillow.
The girls are Alta Writz. aged 13,
daughter of A. J. Writz. and Doris
Nledusch, aged 12, daughter of Wil
liam Niedusch. The girls worked in
dustrially for several weeks making
the pillow.
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Numerous instances of personal sac
rifices on the part of givers have
come to the attention of the solicitors.
One man, regretting his inability to
give cash, offered some land, instead.
The offer could not be accepted. An
other individual actually borrowed
$1000 to give to the cause.
A detail of six flrst-clas privates
from Company E is assisting with the
Red Cross publicity work this week.
appearing at ail tne theatres and pub
lic meetings. The detail consists of
Privates Fletcher, Hallan, Holllster,
Potter, Slgle and Stone.
Farmers Give Liberally
Baker, Or., June 21. Baker and
Grant counties reported Wednesday
noon Red Cross subscriptions totaling
approximately $14,000 and as a result
of the afternon soliciting, close to $16,
000 was obtained, although no official
tabulation was made. At the McEwen
meeting Tuesday evening $500 was
pledged. The amount allotted to the
community was $200.
That the total of $25,000 for the two
counties will be largely oversubscribed
was Indicated by reports from outside,
rural districts all running over their
allotments. At Cornucopia the miners
have all donated one shift, the three
companies to pay In a lump sum and
deduct from the men's wages.
Coos and Curry Get $11,000
Marshfleld, Or., June 21. The drive
ror runas lor the Red Cross, in which
$18,000 has been allotted Coos and Cur
ry counuep, is meeting with success,
and the amount will iikely be oversub
scribed. Through the county nearly
$11,000 was raised after one days work
ty the committees. Thursday Oorst &
King, operating the auto line between
Marsnrield and North Bend, will give
their entire receipts, and the employes
win give tneir salaries for the day,
North Bend heads the list with $3630
more than the amount allotted for that
city.
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Linn County to Beat Mark
Albany. Or.. June 21. Incomplete
returns on tne amounts collected in
Albany and Linn county for the Red
wross iuna indicate mat the county
wiu rar exceed its allotment of $15,
ooo. AiDany. witn an allotment of
$4800, has collected over $3000; one
precinct out or the nine raising over
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Some of the 20,000 laughs The sword fish sawing wood
The weak fish getting strong The octopussy and pup
fish at war The submarine kicked by the sea -horse
The mackerel and pickled herring and 19,995 other big
laughs
The Funniest Thing You Ever Saw!
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LAUGHS
UNDER
THE SEA"
A Whilwind Cartoon Burlesque on
"20,000 LEAGUES
UNDER THE SEA"
As funny as the other was unusual
The Triumph of a
Great Dramatic Artist!
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO if, after a lifelong
denouncement of the Unwritten Law, your
daughter had killed your friend in defense of
her honor?
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BEGINS
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Vampire Queen with all
humanity as her prey
Her awakening and su
prerrie sacrifice dramat
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spectacular production.
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plays the biff Rest and
best services are at our
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dramatic triumph
a scenically superb
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the big bill.
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