Evening star., 1917-06-04
THOUSANDS TAKE PART
IN LIBERTY BOND DRIVE
Insurance Men in New York and
Philadelphia, Join in
Campaign.

BY TIE Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 4.-The final drive
for subscriptions to the liberty loan, in
which thousands of volunteer bond
statesmen and saleswomen are enlisted,
began in every district of Greater New
York today. Tomorrow this force will
be further increased by thousands of
life insurance agents and fire insurance
writer's, and on Wednesday and every
day until June Is special drive will
industry.
Veterans of the civil and Spanish
American wars on street corners to-
day took up the appeals made yestcr-
day by ministers of all denominations,
and tonigM1ne campaign will be given
further impetus at mass meetings in
Cooper Union and Carnegie Hall, at
both of which Secretary McAdoo will
be the principal speaker. Mayor Mitchell
will preside at Carnegie Hall and Oscar
Strauss, chairman of the public service
commission. at Cooper Union. Other
speakers will include Gov. Edge of New
Jersey and Mai. Charles w. Gordon of
the Cameron Canadian Highlanders.
This afternoon 500 delegates from
every section of the second federal re-
fer with Secretary McAdoo on progress
to date and details of plans for the final
conf1dence exists.hat New York will
subscribe for more than its allotment
of the loan based on the banking re-
sources. of the district.
Supreme Effort Yet to Come.
The supreme effort in the nation wide
campaign for the liberty loan is yet to
be made. William G. McAdoo, Secretary
of the Treasury, said in telegram re-
ssyea sere toaa by The the oan m
meetings in this city tonight on behalf
of the bonds and his message was
wired prior to his departure from
Washington.
I'm spite of all the work that is be-
ing DONE" Mr.. McAdoo said, efforts
must be redoubled on the part of every
man and woman in order that this loan
be Americas answer to the world to
the question as to what we are going
to do in this war for democracy.
For US the liberty loan will be a
night and day proposition from now on.
We hope that every person will do his
part to bring about a great oversub-
scription.''
Subscriptions today to the loan in
cluded $1,000.000 each by the Interna-
| tional Nickel Company and the Fifth
Avenue Bank. The latter's purchase
brings its subscriptions up to 100000.
all on behalf of clients.
Campaign in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, June Am army of
nearly $4,000 volunteer statesmen can
vassed the Philadelphia Reserve Bank
district today in an effort to place
liberty bond in every home. Augment
ing the thousands of Boy Scouts. school
children and trained bond statesmen,
who have been soliciting subscriptions
Tor more than week, was virtually
every insurance agent in the city. The
the liberty loan committee. will de-
vote two days to the sale of the war
loan, during which time they have
agreed not to mention insurance
AS an adjunct to the work of the
statesmen a liberty loan parade, to
start from independence Hall and march
through the principal streets in the
center of the city. will be held tomor-
row. At least 10000 persons, includ-
ing large detachment of marines and
soldiers. are expected to be in line. The
marchers will carry banners urging the
public to invest in the bonds.
About half of the $250,000,000 of the
loan allotted to this district has already
been subscribed.
Mr.. McAdoo Going to Boston.
BOSTON. June 4.-The New England
liberty loan committee will seek to
make this week the most effective
period of it's campaign. 1t will have
the assistance of Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo. who will speak in
Faneuil Hall tomorrow. Additional
local committees have been organized
and numerous methods of publicity
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