El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-04
CANVASS IS To Be
MOST THOROUGH
Liberty Loan Workers In
tend to Comb the City for
Bond Subscribers.
Bonds or Bondage 90

Bonds or Homage
This is to be the slogan Of the
whirlwind Liberty loan bond cam
paign which opens Wednesday.
At o'clock Wednesday morning,
the day after registration day. the
whirlwind four day campaign Of the
chamber OF commerce and the Clear
ing House association. for the sale OF
Liberty loan bonds. will begin. The
work of organization for a complete
canvass IF the city virtually has been
completed by the joint committee of
the chamber Of commerce and the
clearing house association, and every
thing is in readiness for the opening
of the campaign after registration
day.
1t is the aim Of the joint committee
Of the two organizations to see that
every person in the city is approached
and given an opportunity to invest in
Liberty bonds during the four day
campaign The people of the city
have been divided into groups, &C
cording TO their occupations, and
teams Of business men win see each
person in each group at some time
during the four days
No person will be permitted to sub
scribe more than his income warrants,
yet every person will be urged to in
vest a portion of his salary or income
in the bonds.
Pledge Undivided Attention.
Approximately 100 business men
and women OF Ell Paso pledged their
undivided attention to the Liberty
loan bond campaign in FL Paso, We'd
nesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day OF this week, at a meeting Of the
general committee of the campaign
at the chamber of commerce Saturday
night. The campaign will start
promptly at 9 o'clock Wednesday
morning and there will be no inter-
ruption in the work until 1t closes
Saturday night. At the meeting II
was decided TO have all of the work
ers meet daily at luncheon, at which
they will make reports on their prog
ress and discuss means and methods
of improving the work in the cam
'paign-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT All Present.
T M. Wingo, chairman OF the gen
eral committee, presided, and when
he called the roll Of the subcommittee
chairmen appointed at the meeting
hel1 the night before, ali put one or
two were present and the aosentees
were represented by proxies.
A. H Anderson, who will canvass
the realtors and fire insurance men,
named as his fellow committeeman
]. c. White and Charles B. Stevens
after the laundry workers, cleaners
and the adding machine people, will
he assisted by George ". Mitchell and
H. o. Wilson
z. P. Jones will canvass the min
ing companies doing business in the
engineers, civil engineers, mining en-
gineers and cooling and cleaning sys-
tens and will be assisted by Donald
B. Gillies and William J. Quigley.
Two VIII BE Absent.
W A. Hawkins and E. C Wade, IT.
to whom were assigned the lawyers,
reported that both would be out of
the city next week and c n WiIchar
was named to organize q committee
to canvass the legal fraternity for
subscription to the governments war
fund
low committeeman Louis Hess. Dan
White, Walter Butler, John Montague
and W r Schultz
Big Committee of Medieos.
DR.. T. J. McCamant, who will can
vass the physicians. surgeons. den
lists hospitals, nurses. veterinary
surgeons, osteopaths and chiroprac-
tors named as his assistants; Dr..
Hugh White, Martin building Dr. G
P. Brown, Roberts-Banner building;
DR.. ". R. Jameson, Mills building;
-. Willard Sample, dentists; Dr. Paul
T
veterinary surgeons; Mrs J W. Cath
cart, nurses: Dr. Sylvester Jones'
chiropractors, and DR.. J. J. Pierce TO
secure subscribers from among the
osteopaths. DR.. G. Werley was ADDED
to the committee as a committeeman
at large
Maurice Schwartz, who will can
vass the millinery, dry goods, clothing
and boot and shoe interests, named
as his assistants Ben Levy. G j.
Krantzthor. Fabian Stolaroff. Harry
Swain and Mrs NJ A Ernest.
Other chairmen said they had not
had time in which to complete their
lists of committeeman, but gave as
surances that they would be ready
Wednesday morning to go out into
the field and get good lists OF SUD-
scribers-
Travellers Subscribe $1,000.
Charles W. Moss. who will canvass
commercial travellers and city sales
men could not be present, but he re-
ported through chairman Wlngo tnat
he had signed up $4,000 worth OF
Liberty bonds and he sent in the
checks Of the subscribers to cover ~
percent of the purchase price as an
There was some discussion of the
matter of having the names OF all
subscribers published as roll OF
honor in the newspapers On mouon
Of W G. Roe. seconded 3y pr. NC
Camant, the secretary Of the chamber
of commerce, who acted as the secre-
tary of the meeting, was instructed
to take the mater up with the pup
fishers. If the papers will print the
names there will be no mention OF
the amounts subscribed by those
whose names are published in the roll
Of honor. it was said
All committeeman were urged to be
at the chamber OF comerce at
o'clock Wednesday morning prepared
to canvass the names which will be
selected in time to make ii known at
the Wednesday morning meeting.
is absolutely necessary that the com
mittee see Gen Parker and then come
directly TO Washington i-e said that