Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24

1ood of dollars is sweeping into the
iosr:y loan Golfers in Washington to-
say. xsacfing upward in great waves
toware the high-water mark of 10000
600. the city's allotment.
W..h patriotic rallies in every part Of
t;.s city, with hundreds of workers hur-
ry1ng from house to house and from
business place to business place, obtain
ing subscriptions, the capital today has
gwen itself over to the patriotic duty Of
raising the wind" which will help to
oxow down Prussianism.
Tie government departments closed
at noon, as did the public schools, to
enable all the employees and the pupils
to make their subscriptions to the lib
erty loan and to join in the campaign
to swell the fund.
The Washington subscriptions to tho
loan announced to date. which do not
include the subscriptions made today,
.s.ounted to s1o,2s2. 500. more than half
of the sum which has been asked Of
the capital. The number of subscribe
ers announced is 23,057.
President an Early Subscriber.
President Wilson was one Of the
early subscribers to the loan. H
bought $4,000 worth of the bonds.
This, with his subscription of $4,000
to the f1fst liberty loan, makes a total
N, N, 4
today under an avalanche of teiegramS
from every section of the country tell.
Ing OF the great response of the peo.
pie to the demand of the government
for money to meet the expenses OF the
war. Not community, so far as the
officials could learn, failed to respond
In rousing fashion to the call Parades,
speeches and patriotic demonstrations
were the order Of the day from coast
to coast. The Treasury officials pre-
dicted at noon that vast number Of
subscriptions would follow the wave of
patriotic demonstration.
Patriotic Displays Inspire Hope.
Although Liberty day dawned WIN
less than half of the maximum amount
s5.o0o.0 .0o0o 900. subscribed the country
over. the hopes of the officials were
raised by the patriotic demonstration
in support of the loan from coast 10
coast. Liberal estimates from all re-
serve districts indicated that $2.4s5.-
100000 had been subscribed up to the
close of business last night. or s35, ,00e..
600 less than officials had thought.
Distributed among reserve districts an
by the Treasury Department.
the total was as follows: New York, ss2s.-
900 900: Chicago. S375. 900 900: Phiiadei.
pha, S235. 000. nG0. Boston sos OO0 00,.
Cleveland. $4,000, coo: Richmond, siIo..
100000. San Francisco. sll0. 900, 900; ST.
Louis. 500. 900: Kansas City, $50. 0oo.-
mol
$50. .oe0.e 900: Dallas. s25. 900 600
Achievement of the S.. 600 900, 400 mimi
mum total by tonight the Treasury
statement reads today, will greatly en-.
courage workers to continue their fight
for a maximum total Of IS. 600. .oo0, ,000.''
Subscribers Fill Local Banks.
The banks of Washington today were
crowded with subscribers tn the loan
rom early in the morning. They will
-emain open until o'clock tonight to
to their country's cause
The rain and cold did not dampen or
essen the enthusiasm of the sub
'crihers. They came in crowds.
Because of the bad weather contlf.
ions the liberty loan committee an
shortly before noon today that
he big mass meeting and liberty loan
ally. scheduled to he held on the
Il
lad been abandoned.
Movie" stars who came to Washing
on on the invitation of the committee
o participate in the sale of liberty
he big sales counter erected in Lafay-
,tte Park by the rain. but will sell
onds beginning at o'clock this after
oon in Polls Theater.
Fannie Ward. Mollie King. Creighton
Iale and Jack Dean, and probably Ed
"a, Goodrich and owen Moore. will be
t the theater and actually deliver the
onds to all buyers.
Exercises at Polls Theater.
The full Marine Band. led by Director
antelmann. will provide patriotic music.
ddresses will be made by A. NJ. Dockery,
bird assistant postmaster general: Com
,issiGnsr ! eie, snns Br0wniow and ssaator Gore
The committee had made elaborate
lan MS for the celebration of Liberty day
ere, but because Of the rain and the cold
orthwest wind the entire arrangements
ad to be abandoned at the last minute
nd new arrangements made. A large
ond counter had been erected in Lafay-
tie Park from which the movie" stars
ere to sell liberty bonds. beginning at
o'clock this morning. while another
milar counter had been erected on the
lipse for the movie folk to sell bonds
yer this afterternoon following the mass
eeting.
Joint Meeting Of Employees.
Joint liberty loan meeting for EN-
owes of the pension bureau and the
ireau of education was held in the
,urt of the pension building at 11:30
clock this morning. Addresses were
ade by Commissioner Saltzgaber. Conn
issioner CIaxton L. B. Slime of the
Derty loan publicity committee. H. C.
ell and DIR. j. F. Keenan,. chief Of the
vii war division
Two addresses were made before EN-.
owes Of the Washington Railway and
ectric Company today by H. w. KID
r. Mr.. Kidder addressed one group OF
npioyes at s:15 and q second group
2:30.
Al o.cIock tont1ht CharI.n w f,ar,