The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-18
LAUNCH RED
CROSS DRIVE
FOR $4,000
WHEELING MUST RAISE BIG SUM
IN WEEk-BANQUET OPENS
CANVASS
Every Patriotic Citizen Faces Call TO
Duty in Appeal for Money FOR
Humanitarian Society.

:. banquet at the Scottish Rite ca
thedral This evening will formally
launch the drive for Sl5U.nn0 ~ De
. raised in Wheeling for III" American
Red Cross. Tin" week wa dr~iSnat"d
BY President Wilson IT, Il week III
which to raise $lHO. Uun. nnn Tor 'h'
Red Cross. OF which he Is president.
Wheeling" is I: krd.rO rOn;rihudir $lIn.'
u"u Of that amount.
The gathering tonight demands.
"mnnr Ulh"c things. the presence Of
the captains and members al fourteen
teams who hay" :..."";u!! been named
irnjH'lNN ia CUnullCt The campaign.
Every citizen vino can dn 4 bit Ia as.
s!sl ~. Red cross i uTG"d ~ attend
;iir il""i ne. II is not an inIItaGun
h@f 4 cal! tn dNy.
Nor until Thursday did he call come
20 Wimr!:fl& to Iai>" SlJU.nnm tor the
Rcd t?oSS. \ general rnWml't"" WAS
appointed quickly. with j. j. iinllo.
Way chairman and G'uI&" -. Nagl"
secretary! u u mrC;inS Saturday al
icruuuiI team captains an! team work
.'rs wrr" selected tentatively This
'vrn!n" pl"'lG" cards viii hr dis;rlb-
lIfrd ia the Team workers ana The biz
,lril" viii lr under way ilr. John L..
Dirkry will BE- tnasimaS'nr and adc
dresses will he made ~ Hon: John j..
C'0niW. Hon. ". i. Hubbard. Rabbi y.
II. Silver. Hon. George J. MaihlSon
AMI others.
Practically the "nrre Panhandle is
represented in III" territory Included
in the call for funds from Wheeling,
and auxiliary committees are working
in Mnund$villr. WrllShurg. FnllanSbee
Wrirlun and Chester 10 secure sub
$rripli0nS there.
\ sneCial committee composed OF
Judge Ben :. liuncrkcr. Hon. George
w LUZ, Postmaster ". W. Irwin.
Will Colrig. Singleton PAUL. John Ste
venaOn and Leon Stein worked at The
Market Auditorium offices yesterday
preparing pledge cards and arranging
The names of every citizen Of Wheel
Ing in district groups 10 hr seem BY
the Rcd eros, campaign leans dur
ing the week.
Ministers Sound Appeal.
a. The request Of Rev. y. l.. Renze,
president Of III" Wheeling chapter.
ministers OF nearly every church in
Wherlng yesterday devoted al least
part OF one sermon 10 directing the
attention Of CONGREGATIONS 10 the Red
cross appeal. The need is urgent, but
WhrrlinG responded nobly 10 tho call
tnT tPn I TOSS illtIllIItlS al Nv NttS
apo and the appeal for money, no
doubt. will meet with even more
loyal response.
The Campaign Teams.
Tho teams appointed Tentatively to
conduct iii" rampaIgu Tar ;hc lt"d tro&s
are.
Captain ". W. Holloway-T. II. Pol
lnrk MrriX Frauzhrim. nr Oscar Bur
dattS Geo. Phillips. Harry TruSrhol,
Joseph ;;pridrl. .Ir.. Julian -. li"arnn.
Frank WatcrhUuSr. u. q. Morgan, FRANK
u'Eriru. Sherwood Fec.
captain t. \. RUhinSon--lt"v. G. T.
Terry. ". II. Pfarr. Val ,iundlinc. Sea-
ton Alexander T.. l.. Stone. W. j. Lukens
charles Somehow.
Captain r. :. Honcck"r-1. {. Mckin-
leg. ,'harlr& Feinlrr. H. l.. kirk. VIM
Windsor. ". #. Nichul II. t. Ogden
';rn. E"gcrs, 6. II. Watkins.
t'aptnIn Geo. J. MathiSon---fico. A.
l.tuEhln. Henry y. Hess. Louis liork-
hemer. Geo Maxwell. W. l.. Bricc. \.
I.anghans. Roy &. Naylor.c. NJ. Kctchum
t;ro. NJ. Shook.
Capt John Stevenson Louis Halter.
T.. ". Stifel. Charles Sonnehorn. Charles
Ephlin. Baird Mitchell, I. l.. Woods.
captain K. X kitChen~-lI. +. Rehrens,
w. Il. Caldwell. i. {. Cnlmar. Charles
Jackson. Charles MCCamic. W. NJ. JRco-
bus. J. r. Raum. Peter Caravasius
captain Thos. NJ. c. Beattie-B. P.