Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
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Subscriptions Of otheea
Subscriptions of the employes OF TIE
shipping board and the emergency
feet corporation today reached q total
OF &1466o0. Ninety-five per cent Of the
scriptions, 1t was said. with an average
subscription of $685. Gordon Wilson
of the auditing division is chairman Of
the committee which has been working
for the loan.
At the Washington navy yard. It was
reported that the total subscriptions
had reached $37S.100. and would go
considerably higher.
States food administration totaied S3,-
04S.S50 this morning. More than 70 per
cent OF the regular force were subScrfb-
ers. including nearly forty messengers and
was placed at 100000.
Tho loyalty. devotion and patriotism Of
the employees Of the Alaskan engineering
commission Of the Department Of tho In
for Uncle Sam in far-away Alaska, has
heartening way. They have subscribed
for s120.6o0 of the loan. and even that
sum, large in proportion to the number Of
employees. may be increased.
subscriptions Of employees OF the Ha-
venner and corby baking companies
Street Railway Mems Campaign.
Employees Of the washington Rail-
way and Electric Company staged a
liberty loan campaign all their own
last night. They boarded q large open
car and rode over the company's lines.
displaying banners and making q great
din with fish horns, COW bells, rattles
and other devices.
Banners on each side of the car read.
"A few Of the many employees of the
washington Railway and Electric
Company who have bought liberty
bonds. Have you bought yours? if
not. why not?"
The Idea originated with William F
Ham. vice president of the company.
and was carried out by L. b. Schloss
Theater crowds paused to cheer the pa-
triotic railway employees.
More than 500 employees of the com
pany have subscribed to tho bonds
The $4,000 mark viii likely be reached
$4,000 from the Potomac Electric
Power Company.
Police Distribute 5000 Postery.
At the request of the liberty loan
committee. the members of the poIioe
force yesterday distributed 5000 lib
erty loan posters throughout the city.
portant parh in the final drive TO-DAY.
Maj. Pullman, superintendent of DO
lice, announced that up to last nfsht
four-fifths of the force had subscribed.
Capital Lodge. No. "a. Knights OF
dollar bond. IT was announced. Au-
thorization for the purchase was made
at meeting of the lodge this week
Lieut.. r. S. Berkey of the battleship
New York has brought to Washington
131 subscriptions of the officers and
men on that vessel. exceeding $4,000
The subscriptions were placed with the
Washington Loan and Trust Company
A rally was held by the Reclamation
service yesterday afternoon, practi-
cally all of the employees being present.
H. L. Holgate. assistant chief counsel.
addressed them, urging strong support
for the liberty loan. Arthur p. Davis.
director of the service. and c. 3
Blanchard. statistician. spoke also.
The trustees Of the Buckly charity
fund of Columbia Lodge, No. 10, I. o.
20. F.. have invested $500 in the sec
ond liberty bonds.
Deputy Marshal Gives His All.
W. A. wilkerson. for twenty-one
years United States deputy marshal
here. has put his "all" into the liberty
loan. He subscribed $500 to the first
loan and for the second loan he has
withdrawn the remainder of his
money from the bank and invested II.
some $4,000 in all. in liberty bonds.
In order to give trustees and guar
dams an opportunity to invest funds
intrusted to them in liberty bonds.
Justice Mccoy of the District Supreme
Court today remained at the court
house until 1 o'clock.
One of the youngest contributors to
the liberty loan. who signed for her
own bond. is little Maryaylett Nicol,
seven years old. She made application
at the Munsey Trust Company for 800
bond, on the $40 month installment
plan.