Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22

Alexis l. du pont .---.-.. lotWO
r q An Pnnt II, 500
Ais y Sn,y-h - 1000
James f. Niclds -.. 800
Nj o,d Mrs " w Laird $500
NI;cba,I Sexton 629
Wm du Pont t 81 $50
y \ Wcad 1000
Samuel c; CIcavcr " 500
r. W Wilson .-....- 500
MIR and Nrs. II an &. Scott. 1000
II. Thompson Prowu.. .-..... 900
RED CROSS TEAMS.
Following is the list of captains and
individual me mherS of each city team
working for the success of the Delaware
Red Cross campaign:
Team No / Captain, Miss Emily
r Bissell: Mrs Willard Hall Port,r, Mrs.
John p. Nieds. Mrs, James y GInns,
Mrs Henry = Scott Mrs Robert
Pennington. Mrs VIM. G. Ncshitt, Mrs
p. $. du Pont, Mrs. W StanIar, Mrs
John r. Ncary. Mrs Gamble Latrohc,
Mrs Florence kirbv. Miss Jennie NJ
Weaver, Mrs Eugene du Pont, Mrs
Mrs David Lindsay. Jr, Mrs Ohio
Nowland, Miss Madeline Draper
Team No Captain, +. : du 'ont;
Ircnce du Pont. W a. Simonton, J. J.
Raskob. Frank Turner, G A. Patterson,
Eugene H. du Pont, II NJ Pierce +.
q. Tallman, II NJ Barksadale, William
Covne.
Team No 3 Captain, T. Coleman
du pont; James T. Skelly, David Snellcn-
burg, " ] Webster, " " Laird Il
H. Richards, Leroy Harvey, Henry NJ
Candy, James +. Nields, George T..
BIsscll
Team No. 4 Captain. James I Ford;
NJ. ID. Murphy, Harry n Graham,
p. A Uortv. Albert Bird, Morris levy.
Francis r. Lynch, Thomas NJ Monaghan
J. Wirt Willis. W j UanIcy,
Team No 5 Captain, Henry r..
Thompson; George r. Hoffccker 4 i
Ayerst, John J. Satterthwait, 7 Clarkson
Taylor, G. L. Coppagc, v. G. Corey
J f. Walker. James +. Stein
Team No Captain. Hon George
Gray, l.. A. Ycrkes, Robert Pennington,
" Wilson, Andrew G Gray, Elmer r
Mitchell, William G Taylor
Team No. : Captain Mis- Charles
r Miller; vice captain, Mrs William
| Coyne; Mrs Alfred ID Warner. Miss
Elizabeth Draper, Mis- Joseph T Waics.
| Mrs. j. Monteith jackson, Mrs. John
| Bancroft. Mrs William 1 Sellers, Mrs
William Rergland, Mrs Harlan g Scott,
Mrs Thomas " Miller
Team No. S Captain, William y
Megcar; Joseph Bancroft A. u Warner,
.Tr. G. c. killen, G. A Rudolph, John.
p Niclds, Nathan Miller e. Is Palmer
Otho Nowland. Frederick Blatz
Team No 9 &C Captain. Mayor John
W Lawson; assistant captain, Charles
: Tazewell Harry + Mellon Harry r.
Isaacs, Theodore " Dixon, Weller i.
Stover. William T White, Charles H.
Ten Neeges, Jerome b. Eel, James +,
Price.
Team No. l0.-Captain, v Harold
Smith. John r Laulhson. William G.
Murgatroyd. II +. Speakman, 6 Sellers
Smith, William A. Hannigan, William
NJ Connolly, Victor T. Hughes, Fred II
Gawthrop. George Il. SpaciIn an
GLAD rIDNGs FOR TIE NATION.
At the close Of the Red Cross luncheon
TODAY Henry T. Scott, chairman Of the
campaign committee. sent tclegrams u
Henry T. Dawson, the national chairman,
announcing that whereas Delaware :
quota was $500 900 It had been raised r.
| 81 ,5OO, 900 and that the reports at the
first luncheon showed nearly half of tins
amount. or to he exact Sis, $50, contrib
uted
kilograms announcing the result Of the
first few hours campaigning were also
sent to Mrs August Belmont and L
Rev. Joseph II Odell, who spoke at the
meeting Monday night and enthused thC
workers for the task ahead Of them.
JEWISH ASSOCIATION HELPS
One of the very interesting communl-
cations received was from the Delaware
Jewish Mutual Beneficial Association
enclosing a contribution Of $50. The
communication follows:
David Snellenburg, ESQ.
Enclosed kindly flnd check for $50
from the Del Jewish Mt Ben Assocla-
ton as a contribution TO the Red Cross
fund asking you 70 submit same 70
headquarters.
we regret verv much that we could
not do better to help this worthy cause
but YOU know this association Is only
/ eight months old and this Is the best We
/ could do
Al q meeting held at this association
/ sunday, all attending members have
pledged themselves to do more than thear
/ bit fYr this worthy cause.
! Trusting this as all other campgns
/ will 60 over the top
/ "We are yours respectfully,
Harry Kety, Pres
Jos J Wintuer, Secr'y."
MILES OF DIMES.
The two miles Of dimes, which the
4 school children in Wilmington have under
taken u collect in the foot-long strips,
have struck a popular chord, 50 popular
IL fact that tie two miles promises TO
stretch t. many times that length. Com
petition IS keen between the schools and
already great many children have
returned for more Of the slips The idea
has been 50 successful in this city that the
canvassers down the State have made
an appeal that they be allowed to adopt
il also CharLes T4nkls who originated