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Show INEARLY HALF OF WAR MERCY FUND RECEIVED i Although Success Is Assured, As-sured, Attempts Made for Oversubscription. WASHINGTON", May 22. Nearly one-half one-half of the American Ued Cross second 1100,000,000 war mercy fund had been subscribed, sub-scribed, on the face of returns received at headquarters here tonight, at the end of the third day of the week's campaign. The total subscriptions from the twelve districts was $14,070,555, but it was recognized recog-nized that these figures were incomplete and did not represent the maximum of subscriptions up to this time. Although success of the campaign seems assured, workers are not letting up, as it is hoped to roll up an oversubscription. Necessity for those chapters, towns and states which have oversubscribed to continue con-tinue their efforts was emphasized in a statement sent to war fund managers by Henry P. Davison, chairmftn of the Red Cross war council. Mr. Davison called attention to the fact that the arrangements for the campaign were made eariy in ihe year, before the recent German drives in Picardy and Flanders, and that changed conditions called for increased Red Cross funds. For that reason he asked all workers not to lessen their efforts to secure subscriptions subscrip-tions until the close of the campaign next Monday night. None of the divisions yet has reached its quota, but many cities and towns today to-day joined those that went over the top Monday and Tuesday. The central division (Illinois, Wiscon-son, Wiscon-son, Michigan, Iowa and Nebraska) has subscribed $5,900,000, according to reports to headquarters tonight. The mountain division (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming) lias raised $719,555; the northwestern north-western division (Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska), $1,340(9S5, and the Pacific division (California, Nevada and Arizona), $554,934. |