Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-25
LET YOUR DOLLARS
VOICE YOUR PROTEST"
Slogan for Red Cross Workers
in Present Drive of
the Workers.

The slogan. "lct YOUR dollars voice
YOUR protest" carried 10y Red Cross
workers in their house-to-house canvass
today, found ready response and dollars
flowed into the Red Cross protest fund IN
II constant stream This fund, when
was started Yesterday, In Delaware . answer
Ia the atrociOus raid ON British hospitals
made bv German air-mon few days ago.
This killing and manning of wounded men
?ud devoted Red Cross workers stirred
the indignation Of the campaigncrs To
such an extent that on short notice
IL was decided to establish n special
subscription fund to be made up oi addl-
tional dollars contributed hv those who
have alrrrd, eut sorbcd aud dollars from
new subscribers
Posters announcing he new movement
appcarcd on the streets Yesterday after
noon and Captain du Bells tonm, IN 'ts
housc- to- house canvres ueCd the German
ar rad rs q strong Argument for iunds,
These s,ij ecrptlrus arc Z" Ice reportcd
s,Irrptcl, rs cpch team and cach worker.
tho idca t,ug ~ make tins protest
errarntc end distinct Red Cross answer
- thu Hun
This protcai fund Icn originated ~
Tho lr,hpnaiion of llonrv u Thompson.
one ~ the tcam captains VTking Tor ~"
Rcd Cro-- W ~ Fund. wv tins city Nf'r
moline, !. formal report nf contributions
- no luncheon yo~t.rda> Nr Thompson
sald fhnt he ho,l aunthcr contribution 70
nfict and hr Wanted to caIl Z prot'9'
e,,,tr1t,itiou With much warmth he
vncci his uuhruntInU over Tho bombing
nf Hrtish hoaJt0ls ~ broad dRrigh' hN
the f,cllr.n aU raiders Who swept dnNn
IoAlrd tho hucs rnd killed and w"alud"d
hundreds auoug the personnel and ~
t,o,,ts 81 nnt ono l,ut many. huspipis
IN thc zroup. cehna death nnd injury
- utirsre ei-to1S ut chn'1tN Hnd hrll4'@'
,irt,tns If sbut anI rh"ll
H. thon announced y subscription e
81 nnn IN the names nf his daughter and
san kathcriuc and IIenrl B Thompson,
n lpth nf whom arr IT the trout ~
France Prolonged aud aNmrathctl" az
plau-c greeted HIM anI Gnck responses
v,tc utadc ~ hs appeal iot either thou
sands ta hc added 81 tho fund Voices
4 v.rr beard nIl over tho rorm nnd ln g
tru unuut,- he fund had h"cn rals"d tn
| - nuu thcothcr subscriptions hclnH nndo
+ i, Il Coleman ,lu Point, John J Rnskoh.
1 Iirnrv J. Scott. lrcnoe du lon' lnort" !
1 I'LL Funt. G. IaImen and William
/ C"vpo
Inst before the luncheon was over Mr
! Thompson announced another snhs"rr
tlou III 81 .Ouu L, Mrs Gamble str"hc.
thus bringing the total III 20 $4,000 y"
/ sand that he was ~ such deadly earnest
/ about making the protest tund Sll'NW
/ that. even M the proecurc q The clergy
man vho he'd just spoken he would
uat,h az, man ia the room fnr The eStra
1000 i i Raakoh took hum III
\ COINS we're matched iut there vas g
J. t,,.l u
referred fo Iamcs Stem as retcrc"
Nir stem examined he COINS and declared
that both contestants had lest
>fnid the applause ut the crowd each
elgncd pledE, tui $1,000 making 2
eraud total II Sli OuO u-teaJ nf $4,000
which Nr Thompson bad started ont &
sctljrc
Ihc Protest liad ldoa lae swept ovol
tn, country News ~ If WAS sent e
hrad0uatters Yesterday mat mmediatojN
Edgar NIuu=on. executive sccrctor1 fol
the PENNSYLVANIA l3},l-,un aupeisf
Committee. sent the following Telegram
/ broadcoest
esterdev The Germans ,ncc more
III defiance If humanity bombed Ro5
/ Cr e- hospital 'n rance At The n"or
day lnuche TODAY IN Wilmington mar
/ who has already subscribed lnrgclv an
hd@ tive CHildf'N at me lI'A'' iN' ii''
h,e aeat and nddcd one thousand dolar'
IN h,s lorucr subscription us protest
AGAINST thus outrage ImncdIatcl, ter
Other men all If vhom had subscribed
arose ana each gave one Thousand dollan
"a thcu protest and to-day in the city q
Wilmington the people inspired by thn
example. are adding their eubscrIptioni
even though il to- hut the sum 81 ou'
dollar, a. heir protest against thus out
| rage
Can there not he in the REMAINING
,iavs of ia : campaign great uprising .
the people giving something trou thel
outraged hearts, whether the lndiNdua
amount he large or small, as gfea
rretest fund aud by this demonstra tioi
giving America answer 70 me liuns
harharic disregard oi the basic principle