El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-09

Opening with loud blasts from all
~ the factory and other whistles in
the city at $50 o'clock Saturday morn
ing, Ell Paso's first day Of the united
war work fund campaign had prog
ressed enough at noon to warrant
workers to predict that the city would
once more go gloriously over the top.
All teams at Liberty statue were
busy from the first minute receiving
voluntary subscriptions. the names of
the donors TO be inscribed on the
honor roll No totals had been com
piled at noon. but all leaders were op-
timistic that he city would subscribe
not only the original quOta, $4,000.
but would reach or exceed the $3.50, 00O
mark The latter figure decided on
because it was thought that a big
subscription now would obviate an
other campaign in the near future.
Nearly 300 Workers.
Liberty monument presented busy
appearance all morning with nearly
800 present Ten teams, consisting Of
captains, neutenants and workers,
were engaged. Behind tables ar
ranged around the statue. some &C
cepted contributions. while others
circulated among the crowds.
commanding their forces- Team No
]. George B. Ryan; team ?, William J.
Quigley: team 3, Ninsent Andreas;
team 4, J. p. O'Connor; team 5, Ed
Sanders; team s, Maurice Schwartz:
team Z, H. T. Ponsford; team s, H
". Broaddus. team 9. George +.
Hawks. and team 10. r F. Campton-
Aiding team was a home guard
consisting Of Capt David Sanders and
Lieuts. Edward Badouh, Freddie Ba-
douh and Paul Luckett.
Over 5000 From Fort.
telegram was received Friday
morning from Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
RAIDER. 1914 Bliss street. who are now
in Oklahoma City. giving their sub
seription. $50.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Sargent, of
Lanark. n. NJ, mailed a 500 check TO
the campaign manager Friday. They
stated that they wished 10 be among
the voluntary subscribers in the cam
paign-
over $500 has been raised among
the men stationed at Fort Bliss for
the united war work campaign. &C
cording to Samuel Schaffer. campaign
manager at the post That money was
raised by the mechanical repair shops
at Camp Pershing, company Of the
United States guards and units l, 3,
and 6 OF the recruit camp
The first voluntary subscriber IN FL
PasO TO contribute to the war work
campaign Saturday morning at Lib
erty monument was A Lefkovitz, who
was there at Z o'clock and gave his
contribution, SO, to team No 2
Miss Henrietta Roelofs. who or
ganized the overseas work Of the Y.
W. c. A, was behind her schedule and
arrived to late to stop in FL Paso Fri
day night. She went directly to Tue
son. Ariz., TO assist in the campaign
there
VIII Come on Clutches.
John L Dyer. who has been con-
fined TO his home with blood poison
ing for months, phoned Maj Maurice
Schwartz Saturday morning that ne
would initiate his new clutches by
calling at the stand Of team No at
4-30 Saturday afternoon and sub
scribing S1O0.
sIusic was furnished by the send
artillery band with its leader. Lieut.
E J. Lacock, during the morning. In
the afternoon. the Seventh cavalry
band with the leader H. h Hersch-
berger, and during the evening. the
Fifth cavalry band, with Lieut. Busch
as leader.
TO Have Street Dance.
A street dance will be held tonight
around the statue to celebrate the
success Of the first days campaign.
The dance will be free. commencing
at 7 o'clock. The only requirement will
be a red, white and blue button show
ing that a subscription has been made
voluntarily to the fund. Soldiers In
Uniform viii be admitted to the dane
ing without the button
A military band viii furnish the
music for the dancing and the paving
viii be flooded and corn meal sprin-
killed. over IL to make the Liberty plaza
suitable for dancing.
The free dance viii be the first
held in FL Paso since the quarantine