Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-23
HOSPITAL FUND
4FREE-FOR-ALL"
CANVASS STARTS
Workers of Committees to Make
City-Wide Campaign-Fund
Reaches SS7,43S.

Workers IN the campaign TO raise
$4,000 for st. Miehael's Hospital will
redouble their efforts during the next
three days. The fund now lacks s4S.-
900. The fourteen hundred workers
started their free -for-aIl'' canvass
today. For the rest of the campaign
they will be allowed to solicit SUBJ
scriptions from any one and viii not
be confined to assignment cards
II is Thought that the canvassing
corps will not be able TO make as
many visits as is wished and the
executive committee in charge of the
campaign urges persons to send in
pledges to campaign Headquarters in
the Turnbull Auditorium without
waiting for a personal visit from one
Of the workers.
Not 20 Extend Time.
Il has beer decided nor to extend
the time OF the campaign another
DAY on account of Ash Wednesday,
as was suggested. and the workers
will make their final reports al q big
meeting in the Palace Ballroom, Wed
nesday night. The ballroom has been
secured without charge to the cam
paigners through the courtesy OF the
management.
The report of the Young Business
Mems Committee Saturday night
brought the fund to sS7, 1883. Rev.
Lewis 8. Hills, assistant pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church. said
grace at the daily dinner of the Young
men Saturday This section of work
ers reported s2,541.50 in 447 different
pledges. This is the low water mark
for this section. The four highest
amounts reported were s2S5 by the
team under George d. Mccormick,
s219 by the team under John G.
Schweikhardt, SPOT by the team under
John C. Howe and s202 by the team
under John z. Durr.
Final Committee Meeting.
The last meeting and luncheon be-
fore the final meeting of section l of
the women workers will be held this
afternoon and the last meeting and
luncheon of section will be held to-
morrow afternoon. The last report
of the citizens committee before the
final meeting in the Palace Ballroom
will be made tonight. 1t is expected
to pass all previous records. The
police and fire teams under Chief
Long and Chief Moore, which have
not yet made a report, will probably
turn in their total pledges tonight.
The teams of the young business
men committee itpolLSu dc lpiipNo. +.
Team No. II, Joseph NJ. Byrne. jr-,
s174; Team No. Is, John H. Beger, jr.,
s72: Team No. 10, Andrew c. Muir
ray. jr., s170; Team No. q, William
Gekle. s109; Team No. %, William
Wohlgemuth. $50; Team No. "a, John
E. Durr, s202: Team No. %, jeremiah
]. Mcmahon, $50; Team No. 2S, Will
lam V. Rafferty,, $3.50: Team No. %,
Amato Rosamilia, SITS; Team No. 80,
Albert ]. Mcclure, s10s: Team No.
81. John G. Schweikhardt. s219; Team
No. SO. William T. Duffy, s27 Team
No. "a, James r. Caffrey, sSS: Team
No. So. John Howe, s207; Team No.
IS. Ernest F, Hornig. s5150; Team
No. 3s, Joseph " Lupo, sS4; Team No
40, Andrew ]. Brueckner, SAL; Team
No. Al, Leo A. Reilly, sS7: Team No.
AZ. Thomas ]. Tully, SIS; Team No.
As, Barclay ]. Quinn, $11S; Team No.
"A. Michael A. Castelano, $1,000,
Team No. AZ. George D. Mccormick,
s2S5; Team No. 50, Fred ]. Hinche,
Kearny. $50: Team No. 81, Thomas c.
Herlihey. Arlington, s117.