Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-28


Washingtcn's subscription to the Sec
ond liberty loan was s22, ,765, $50, as re-
ported by the banks last night.
This figure, it was admitted will be
considerably increased when the last
minute subscriptions have been tabu-
lated.
The total number of subscribers was
7l,64e.
The National Capital, in a final ava
lanche Of subscriptions, has gone beyond
its maximum allotment, by nearly
s., 900 900.
Washington's record on the first
liberty loan, which led the entire coun-
try, was $19,261 400, with 57,17e sub
scribers.
Meaning Of Figures.
This means that within Ave months the
people of Washington have subscribed
approximately $42,o0o.00o to the cause
OF their country. It means that they
/ have subscribed more than IS per cent Of
the entire resources Of the financial in
stitutions of the city.
The members Of the liberty loan COM
mittee last night received hundreds Of
congratulations on the success of their
labor9 John Poole. the chairman OF the
committee. in q brief sfaxenlent de-
Eclared the loan campaign to have been =
splendid success and gave the highest
praise to the sccfes Of men and women
in Washington who have worked with
nj = f, hv4p
lions for Uhcle Sam.
Team Work Revelation.
The team work and spirit manifested
by all these workers has been a revela-
u1n On. .ann ana an Inspiration" said Mr.: Poole.
second loan was $12,000.000 on the basis
| Of a $4,000. 100000 loan. and its maximum
allotment was $2o.ooo.ooo on the basis
1t was estimated last night that the
subscriptions to the second loan would
exceed $50 per capita for the entire popu-
| lation of Washington.
The taking OF subscriptions to tbe
loan did not end in Washington until
midnight. All of the banks kept omen
until o'clock. and many of them until
a mucn later hour to accommodate sub
scribers who had put of purchasing
their bonds until the last minute. and
others who wished to make second sub
scriptions.
| Committee Works Until End.
/ The business mems committee Of 100
| VINO Tor more than a week have worked
daily and all day long canvassing the CITY.
kept up their work until the end. The
commercial Club enthusiasts. with their
| automobile truck, carried on their street
campaign in Pennsylvania avenue and
9Th street until Sunday morning forced
! them to stop.
Joseph M. stoddard. Clark ,Grif1th.
Charles Semmes. David Dunniean r
B. Eynon, jr.: Ben woodrufr. Charles n
Demonet. Richard Hynson, John Poole
Eugene E. Allies and Eugene E. Thomn.
son OF the liberty loan committee par
! ticipated In the speechmaking. A huge
bought bonds and sang patriotic songs
| while the orators hammered home the
buy-a-bond message
Praises Government Workers
| Chairman Poole complimented highly
| the work OF the campaign leaders In the
government departments. The rivalry
that existed among the departments. and
among the various bureaus of each de-
i, partment. was one Of the healthiest iens
| of the campaign, he said
| The subscriptions Of the emploves or
the War Department had passed the &.
| 100000 mark yesterday afternoon and
those of the food administration amount
ed to $2.520.550.
! The employees of the Post On7ea Da-
| partment ond other postal emploves
located in Washington have subscribed
| $128.O0O to the second liberty loan. or
| twice as much as to the first liberty
| loan. when their subscription was s6s.
| 900.
| The amount of money subscribed IN
| the first liberty loan by postma sters
and postal employees throughout the
United tates was obout ten million
dollars. Reports now reaching the de-
! partment indicate that subscriptions
| from postal employees in the field sery-
| ice to the second liberty loan will ae-
| gregate a larger sum Of money than
| that subscribed to the first liberty loan.
Interior Department Report.
The sum of s1.554.s5o represents the
total amount of money subscribed by
the members of the Interior Depart
ment In Washington and In the field
Offices. The Washington employees,
$500. subscribed $765.7o0. and the feld
employees s7ss,15o; The subscriptions
were as follows: Freedmens Hospital,
$4,000: st. Elizabeth's Hospital, S30,S50:
reclamation service, Washington, Sls,-
$50; field. s1o1.250: chief clerks office,
sion. field. $120.600: land office, Wash
ington. s44.45o: field. $4,000: indian
ofice. Washington. s5s.15o; field. SEAS
s157.550: field, s37.45O; pension Office
Washington. $124.e5O: field. s14,35o:
patent Office. Washington, si20.050:
education bureau. Washington, s15,O5o:
field. s155.s5o: national parks, Wash.
(, ington. S11.500: field. $4,000; Howard
University. Washington, 10000.
| In amount of money subscribed the
Indian ONCE is first. the bureau OF
mines second and the geological suryey
third. It is expected that when the ffnal
figures are received from the bureaus
on Monday some effort will be made
| to rate the bureaus on the ratio OF
members subscribing to the number
(Confinued on Eleventh Pa107