Evening journal., 1917-10-25
S56.19l.2OO OF LOAN
|. TAKEN By Delaware
$295,450 in subscriptions
Reported at MONDAY
Meeting Today
BOY SCOUTS TURN
IN BIG AMOUNT

Having reached the amount for
which New Castle county was asked
to subscribe 10 the Liberty Loan. the
local workers for the loan today be-
gan competition I'm numbers OF
subscriptions.
The total subscriptions reported to-
day we're S295,450. The grand total
officially reported is S56190.200.
Chairman Marvel OF the Personal
Solicitation Committee announced at
the meeting in the rose room at the
Hotel DUPONT, that the teams we're
now in a competition as TO numbers
rather than amounts OF money OBJ
tanned.
Up until today Russell H. Dunham
led in number OF subscriptions, with
62S. But Blumenthals shop team
reported 321 subscriptions today, and
that places them In the lead. The
score between the two leaders is
now:
Blumenthal, 867.
Dunham. 794.
The standing OF the other teams
in the race are:
Mayor Law1on, 1864.
Joseph Wilson, 372.
H. f. Randolph, 33.
Jerome .. Bell, 1873.
David Snellenburg, 90.
j. B. Owens, 315.
G. 3. Palmer, 17S.
p. Il. Ful erton, GO.
Colonel Hamln 441.
w b. Megear, SO.
Hartman and Fehrenbach, 3.
These local workers showed just as
keen a rivalry today in their reports
for new subscriptions as they have
prior TO this time In obtaining sums OF
money.
Chairman Marvel reported that
after communicating with Pennsylva-
mia Railroad officials regarding the
subscriptions Of Pennsylvania en-
ployes stated that the company was
going 10 report through some Della
ware bank the amount OF money sub
scrlbed by the men. IL was reported
at the meeting that about 81 per cent
Of the men In all the Wilmington shops
have subscribed TO the loan.
The American Car and Foundry
today announced a local stbsorip-
tion Of $4,000 subscribed through q
bank In this olty.
Among the banks today, the
Farmers Bank reported SS2,450; th'
Wilmington Trust Company S12,400
. and the Artisans Savings, S14,550.
The team captained by Jerome 4
Bell reported S40,55O of subscriptions
The Boy Scouts obtained 8 subscrlp
lions for a total OF $4,000 sino'
Y yesterday.
= Chairman Marvel reported for N
u meeting at Smyrna last night. He sal
that about ten or twelve thousand do
. lars had been subscribed prior TO N
= meeting. After he and John s. Ro
I. SELL OF the Security Trust Compan
y had spoken, the Boy Scouts OF Smyrr
circulated among the audience and oil
tanned $4,000 additional subscription
At the meeting a committee was al
7 pointed to canvass the surrOundin
' territory and seek more subscription
With the subscriptions made last nigl
I; the grand total from Smyrna is abol
4 S92, 900.
Russell N. Durham announced thl
!, the Hercules Powder Company WE
helping Its employees buy bonds b
taking them on the partial paymer
plan, and that a report for the WI
mington employees would be made o
Saturday.
II was decided TO hold a meeting
tho Rose Room al the Hotel dupont {
, 8 o'clock on Saturday evening 20 heI
the reports OF committees from tn
final effort.
All the banks and trust companies
the city win be open between 3 and
o O'Clock and 7 and 0 o'clock, afternoC
.e and evening, today and tomorrow to r
l ceive subscriptions TO the loan.