Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-13
NEWS Of THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Final Report of Women's Liberty
Loan Committee Shows Total
of Sl31 ,45O, Over Half Total.
Stan Correspondence of Every Evening

Club, on Thursday afternoon The re
port of the treasurer Mrs. II. NJ IA VA
naueh. was read showing the tota
| amount from sales of bonds tn bc sldl ,f0o
The reports of the district chairman wefs
then read in order as follows;
District No Mrs T. I. McCallin
chairman assisted ly the following com
mittee Mrs William Denney,. Miss
Elizabeth Blnck, Mrs Alexander Goudis
| Mrs. Harry Ahern, Mrs. \. Y. l. Geo rye
| Mrs Gertrude Miller, Miss Kate Ma
honey. Mrs Lewis Booker, Miss Carrie
| Gemmill. Miss Elizabeth McCue, Mrs
| John Il Iamhaon. Mrs. L. Hoffman sold
| PAS bonds; amount, sle. 300
District No 2 and District ID, rural =
| Mrs Francis DELL Innvier, chairman aud
| committees. Mrs Frank Mcdonald, Miss
| Mabel Clewell, Mrs James Davis, Mrs.
| John CLAYTON. Miss Annie Newlove, Mrs.
| James I,awler. Mrs Harry Murray, Mrs.
| II II Hay. Mrs Edward Megglnson, Mrs
| Edward Naylor sold l35 bonds, ~ .I1o
District No 2 and District l.. rural =
| Miss Reba lInlco,nh, chairman. commit
| tee. Miss Nav Goollcy Miss Rose Me
Grory. Miss Elizabeth 1oman, Mrs Mary
| REYNOLDS. Mrs Elmer MegRinson. Mrs
Thomas Appleby. Mrs Tasker Clark,
Mrs Edward Weir, Miss Mary Ratledge
sold 300 bonds, So, 100 ineluding
| DeeIner steel
District No Mrs George Pierce,
| chairman. committee, Mrs John NJ WI
son. Mrs julius nodd, Miss Mary Shaw,
| Mrs .lnscph Carln. Mrs Frank llectner.
| Mrs John Manlove. Miss Ruth stewart,
| Miss Nancy platt Mrs Frank Bridge
| water rcnorterl Is bonds cold, Sic. GOO
| Lower District No and District I,
| rural Mrs james | Eliason, chairman,
| committee. Mrs " s iiaman. Mrs w
tlllca Mrs Parker Moore Mrs Everett
| Howard. Mrs Paul George. Mrs. David
/ philjps. Mrs Andrew ilason. Miss iuila
Taonard. Mrs William patric reported
| t6G bonds sold, s39.6 .650. including sub
scr,ntlons from bethlehem Steel Ameri-
can Manganese and Wilmington Fibre
| Speciality Go
District 4 and y, rural Mrs J T.
/ ph,ll;na chairman committee, MISS
Pauline Rogers. Mrs W Cranston, Miss
Dora Schafer. Mrs Samuel Miller, Mrs
| Davidson. Mrs Harrington. Mrs James
| NIs allister reported ~ bonds sold,
5000
District +. rlral Miss Rertha lamb
ann. chairman. committee. Mrs u II.
| Van Trump. Miss Sadie Simon, Mrs
Hickman Hewitt. Mrs Boggs reported
! u bonds sold 81 100
Mrs I, l. lllasan reported one sub
scrIlcr from Camp Gordon. 500.
Canadian AVIATION school. $50, total,
$50
A. the close of the meeting Mrs George
Fierce, on hehalf oi the committee, ~
| rlcaa,ne and delightful manner. pre-
| scntcd Mrs l., l., Elnson, the chairman.
with magnificent bouquet nt Russell
roaoa winch were received hy her with
tho ,ircpcgt gratitude and sincere appre-
c,atlun Il the hearty cooperation OF the
committees who had proven by thclr IN
t,r,np efforts to bc indeed the better
halves. not IN name only. but IN reality
! at tins time IN New castle and New Castle
hundred by ralslng 81 600 over onc-hali
Of New Castles quota, S2i ,pO
Mrs A T. Goudls assisted ~ The pres
entatIon OF the roses to Mrs. EiIaSon-
Fishermen along the Delaware river are
rcap,ng a golden harvest tins year, and
big bank accounts III New astle and
Delaware City have been the result
Several wears ago the farmers and trades
men from All parts OF New Castle county
and the adjoining counties IN Pennsyl-
ysnia drove to New Castle and lined st
the wharf 10y the scores to get shad at -
Dcr 100. Sometimes as many as Zo,out
fish were shipped from Delaware street
wharf IN one day But this year It Is tai
different The shad are sold at 81 each e
n Wilmington dealer, who dsposeS ol
them MS he secs fit. and IN some cases New
! Castle people have been compelled to gc
to Wilmington to buy the fish at 50 cents
a pound
Delaware CITY has been the scat of tht
-. rtaA locks thor
offer unlimited possibilities for trapping
the fish and catching them WITH larg'
nets Few people have any idea OF th'
large number of herring caught there. Tn,
first haul in the locks ON Monday morn
ines Is usually the largest catch OF th'
week. when from $4,000 to 100000 arr
caught in one haul The largest haul eve
made was on Thursday morning, wheT
127 900 were caught
Dominick Valentino, aged 3S years, dice
of pneumonia at his home, 9O5 I'raN
street last Saturday He Is survived 10y q
\ widow and five children. MIR Valentino
U was IN the employ of one of the local stcC
plants and had been the victim OF long
string of accidents His home was burned
recently and a short time afterward hls
leg was broken while working After the
leg had healed sufficiently for him to re-
turn To work his hip Was severely frac-
tured which necessltated his staying II
bed for some time Funeral services viii
be held in st. Peters Church. with inter.
ment in st Peters cemetery.
Harry I.um, Jr., colored, while working
in one OF the steel plants, stuck nail IL
his foot, and, not thinking the wounC
serious, it was gwen no attention fol
several days lie is now being treated fol
blood poison, but the doctors think they
have the infection under control, SO that
amputation will be unnecessary.
John Moore, colored, whose home is or
the ice pond near Buttonwoods, attempted
to board a moving trolley car of the New
Castle line, Saturday got his hand caught
in the handle and was dragged severa
yards before the car was stopped. He wa,
carried to his home III the ear of Charles
IL. Clewell, where his injuries, which wer,
not serious, were treated.
James Bacon, city mail carrier, who has
been confined to his home with typhoiC
fever for more than week, is reported t
be much better His route has been taken
during his illness by his substitute, James
| Campbell
Joseph Gelger assistant superintendent
of the trolley company, with his wife, and
| Solomon Hurd made trip To Camp DiA
yesterday and saw several of the former
employees of the Traction Co, who have
been gwen furlough during their time
OF service in the army.
Lost-On road between New Castle and
Wilmington, an automobile curtain ease