The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-10-04
WAR BONDS
SELL FAST
ALREADY
Applications Indicate
Big Rush When
Drive Begins

The tax bogie. which has threat
ened 10 discourage the sale Ok I.her
~ Bonds among men OF moderate
means. SEP a. naught by a treas
ury bulleun received By the cStcp
tive committee 81 the Detroit cam.
psign, Thursday morning. tbs CUE
ietin make { clear that the ccvc'n
ment surtax does not apply 20
bonds under $4,000 ID is thCugh
this information viii caase many
men who were undecided bout buy
ing bonds 10 get in line
While no large subscriptions have
been reported BY the banks. appllca-
IONS 70 bonds are ming On 90 a
satisfactory rate. The sale VIII be
fai,ly under wax when the intensive
campaign begins next Monday The
big mass meeting next Monday
night is counted on TO give the drive
a running start. The committee is
still awaiting word from Col Rocse-
welt, who has been invited 20 speak
here sometime next week
Thursday night the ten team cap
tains OF group A, who VIII canvass
the large manufacturing concerns u
Detroit, Will hold their organiza1qn
meeting and dinner In the Board OF
Commerce. A. A. Tompleton, pTesI-
dent OF the board. II chairman Of
this committee, with Horace B.
Peabody as Eub-chairman. The team
captains In order are Seymour 9.
Cole, Muir r. Snow, Thomas J.
Doyle, W. Colburn Stantish, Gay
lord w ellis. Walter Brooks, Wet
more Hodges, George f. Cooke.
Mason p. Rumney and r. G Fowler
Boy Scouts and High School
cadets have volunteered 20 place
posters In store windows and other
conspicuous places about town.
John W. Staley, chairman OF the
executive committee, asks the mer-
chants -eo-ara-ata- far nos
sible in placing their windows az
the committees disposal A large
shipment OF posters has arrived
from Washington and some OF them
are very effective. One shows the
Liberty bell with the message, Ring
u again"
Walker q Company are placing
the posters on billboards thruout the
city and county without charge. Tn
der the direction Of A 3. Jewell, OF
the Ford Weekly, pictures OF the
draft parade and others calculated
10 aid the Liberty loan campaign
Ire being shown nightly on Wood
vard.ave., az Grand Circus park.
even in the rain. Wednesday night,
he operators continued 10 grind
away while an interested and ever
increasing crowd looked on. obliyi-
Gus to the weather.
The executive committee has re-
ceived official notice from F. r.
Fenton, Detroit chairman for the
Federal Reserve district. that De-
trolt's quota or the bonds had been
reduced from $50. 000.00S 10 s42,742,-
600.
In addition TO the money bag.
which will be brought down town
by easy stages from the EiRht-Mile-
rd. during the drive. a series OF pen
nants strung across WoOdward-ave.,
near the city hall will mark the pro
gross OF the campaign. For every
million subscribed a pennant will
be hung up, and when the campaign
ends the line should be full
The Rev. Joseph A. Vance. pastor
Of the First Presbyterian church.
fiayed the bond slackers IN a rOus-
ing talk In addressing 100 team cap
tains in their organization meeting
In the Board OF Commerce Wodnes-
day night He paid his respects
particularly 20 the men OF means
who can amply AFFORD to aid the
government
at is just as much n disgrace for
a rich man 10 turn tail and duck
at this time as II is for a soldier
In the trenches % desert in the
thick OF the fight, he said
Mai. Ward Wright. Of the Third
Canadian battalion. who returned re
Gently from France after being
wounded In the Somme battle, gave