The Washington herald., 1917-10-15
DANIELS Speaks
iFORLOAN TODAY
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Secretary Of Navy to Ad-
dress Big Rally at
Keith's.

The third week of the great drive
to boost washington's subscription
10 the Second Liberty Loan above
the s2o,ooo.oo mark will be launched
at 1915 today at another big mass
meeting at Keith's Theater, where
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels il to
speak and a program Of patriotic mu-
sic is to be given by the Marine Band.
An open-air concert will be given by
the band in front of the theater, be-
ginning at H:5o and continuing until
-12:15. when the musicians will march
into the theater and open the meeting
with a series Of patriotic selections.
President Wilson and Cabinet have
been invited to attend the meeting. as
have been the District Commissioners.
the Federal Reserve Board and other
officials of the Treasury; Mrs. Nc
Adoo. chairman Of the women's lib
erty loan committee: Mrs. Antoinette
Funk. vice chairman. and Mrs. Ernest
Thompson Seaton. chairman Of the To-
cal women's committee.
Trade Bodies to Attend.
John Poole, chairman of the Liberty
A%cah OSf4seSc VI lhO DlSIlCI, Will
preside and B. +. saul, Eugene e.
Thompson, Corcoran Thorn, and Eu-
gene f. Allies, of the committee, win
be seated on the stage.
The full memberships of the WASH
ington Board Of Trade, the Chamber
OF Commerce and the Retail Mer-
chants Association have been invited
to attend. while practically all. of the
bank presidents of the city are ex-
pected to be present.
A big increase in the number OF
subscriptions to the liberty loan Is
expected in Washington this week
and the army Of liberty loan speakers
are preparing to work early and late
to urge every man and women in the
District to come forward and help
win the way by subscribing to a bond
The big mass meetings of Saturday,
1t Is felt by the committee, did won
ders to stimulate interest in the lib
erty bond campaign and the inspiring
music furnished by the Great Lakes
Band was the principal subject of dis
cussion in Washington yesterday.
Committee at Dinner.
The liberty loan committee enter
tanned Lieut.. John Philip Sousa Sat-
urday evening at dinner at the Will
lard hotel. Besides Lieut.. Sousa,
Lieuts. Fox and Sullivan, also of the
famous band, and Lieut.. Commander
Grady, from the naval recruiting sta
ton in New York, were among the
guests Commissioner Louis Brown
low. who Is manifesting a great in
teresn In the campaign was present.
The full liberty loan committee was
present and also Milton e. Allies of
the State committee.
The liberty loan committee has re-
ceived a half million liberty loan
stamps, for use in advertising the
loan letters and parcels. Merchants
OF Washington will be provided with
these stamps and are requested to
place one on each piece OF mail which
they send out and on each parcel.
Work Among Departments.
One Of the most active liberty loan
clubs in the city is that organized
in the Department of the Interior,
OF which II. A. Meyer is chairman.
The first official report Of the pro-
gress of subscriptions in the vari-
Gus Offices and divisions has just
been made public, which shows a
total of s150.650 subscribed. The div
isions contributing to this amount in
clude the Secretary's Office, AS en-
ployes, which subscribed to SIS, 40
worth of bonds.
Indian Affairs, 22s employees. s11,-
$50; Bureau Of Pensions. 1,0s6 en-
ployes, $500; Patent office. $50 en-
ployes, 10000; Bureau OF Education,
81 employees $500; Geological Sur
vey, 545 employees. $3.50; Reclama-
ton Service, 80 employees, $500;
Bureau of Mines. 40 employees. g, 800:
National Park Service, II employees,
$3.50.