Evening star., 1917-10-26
MEET 0NEL[|PSE
TO END LOAN DRIVE
Patriotic Rally Will Include Pa
rade of Employees of
Departments.
BANDS WILL CONSOLIDATE

A huge mass meeting on the Ellipse
south of the White House tomorrow aft
ernoon will mark the closing day Of the
liberty loan campaign.
This patriotic meeting will surpass
everything Of the kind hitherto heio
during the campaign. At o'clock All
of the government departments Will
close, and the employees will march to
the meeting place. headed by bands.
The local liberty loan committee Is
urging all the merchants and business
houses of the city to give their en-
ployes liberty from 3 until o'clock. SO
that they may attend the meeting.
The speakers will be Secretary Nc
Adoo of the Treasury, who has just re-
turned to Washington from a coast-to-
coast tour of the country in support OF
the liberty loan. and Solicitor General
Davis. John Poole. chairman OF the
Washington committee, will preside.
1t had been planned to designate to-
morrow as McAdoo day, in honor OF
the Secretary of the Treasury, who has
labored SO faithfully in the interests OF
the liberty loan. But Mr.. McAdoo
vetoed the plan Of the local committee
and SO notified it.
says, ..at a final rally in behalf Of tho
liberty loan in Washington tomorrow
afternoon. But I think it. highly i'm
proper that this meeting should be In
any sense a testimonial to myself.
This Is no time to exploit personali-
ties. It is time to serve the country
alone and to think Of the country
alone"
Every facility for subscribing to lib
erty bonds will be provided at the mass
erected and bonds will be sold from au-
tomobfle trucks.
Erect Large Grandstand.
A large grandstand is being erected
on the Ellipse for the mass meeting,
where the guests Of honor will be seat
net, the Federal Reserve Board. the Dis
trict Commissioners. Secretary to the
President Tumulty, the department
heads and chief clerks, Mrs McAdoo.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk, chairman and
vice chairman of the women's liberty
loan committee, and others high in off,
cial life here.
Plans are being perfected today for
a volume of music which Is expected
to rival that of the Great Lakes band.
available band in the city with the Ma
rine Band. under the leadership Of Di-
rector Santelmann. The bands which
already have been procured include the
Marine Bana. the Naval Gun Factory
Artillery Band and the Engineer Band.
The bands win meet tomorrow morn
ing and their respective leaders Will
discuss with members of the liberty
loaS committee and Director Santel-
mi ~ ~ fov ha oFf
range the program.
Banks to Remain Open.
Announcement was made by Mr.
Poole that the banks of the city would
open all day tomorrow and
at least until o'clock at night to take
to the liberty loan. This
that on Saturday the
banks customarily close at noon. Also.
1t was announced that the banks would
remain open later than 9 o'clock. pro-
vided there were subscribers on hand
to be cared for.
The schedule of addresses for the
various theaters tonight is as fol-
lows: Belasco. Edward Clifford:
Keith's. Frederick J. Haskin: National,
John Burke; Polls. Eugene E. Thomp-
SON; American. Guy Mason: Apollo. T.
Circle. F. NJ. Savage; Hippo
irome. Robert L. Montague: Howard,
Charles E. McNabb: Knickerbocker.
William McNeir: Loew's Columbia,
Judge William H. De Lacey: Lyric.
John A. Petty: Masonic Auditorium, ].
Penn Gardens, F. M. Savage: Truxton.
Guy Mason: Washington. T. D. CAL
owayj Dumbarton, E. Hilton Jackson;
Elite, E. Hilton Jackson: Staunton,
Ieorge ]. Hecht; Avenue Grand,
Charles NJ. Galloway: Garden. John B.
Cochran: Strand. J. B. Torbet: Palace.
:. c. Foster; Cosmos. julius I. Peyser;
I. C. Foster; Savoy. Ken
meth Romney; Leader, William T.
shannon; Empress. Thomas Shepard;
Virginia. w. J. Barrows: Gayety, Will
lam E. Shannon.
Record for Subscriptions.
Yesterday was the biggest day of the
liberty loan campaign thus far in num-
,er of subscribers. a total of 11,479 in
liyidual subscriptions being made The
Il ,525.300. This brings the total sub
cribed in the District to date UP to
;14,SS9,050. and makes the total num-
,er Of subscribers 41.667 The liberty
oan committee is confident that by the |
lose of business tomorrow night tho |
20 900 900 quota will have been passed |
Banks are thronged with bond buyers |
oday, and there Is every indication !
hat another new record will be set |
oday in number of subscribers.
The Soldiers Home reports subscrip- |
ions to liberty bonds by its inmates OF !
more than 5000 per capita. Great en-
hus!asm was aroused among the old |
oldiers at meeting Thursday evening. |
yhen C. F. Consaul of the liberty loan
committee addressed them.
Mr.. Consaul addressed the boys of the |
"a ational Cathedral School at a meet
nr this afternoon at l o'clock.
Eugene E. Thompson. secretary of the
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