Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1917 — GIVES RED CROSS $5,000,000 [ARTICLE]

GIVES RED CROSS $5,000,000

Large Donation for War Relief From Rockefeller Foundation. New York, June 22,—A donation of $5,000,000 to the Red Cross war fund by the Rockefeller foundation was announced here. The total subscription made today to the 30 teams working here for the fund was reported at $6,524,000.

Washington, June 22.- —The Red Cross campaign for $100,000,000 was half over today, with every prospect that before night $50,000,000 would be subscribed. Contributions passed the $46,000,000 mark, with other millions of the ‘-humanity dollars” mounting rapidly toward the grand total. New fork city maintained her lead with $20,587,355. The remainder of the country had subscribed $25,895,717, making the total for the entire country $46,482,072. Reports showed that Chicago held second place among the cities, with ,Cleveland proving a dangerous rival. Chicago had reported $2,594,262 and Cleveland $2,426,665.