The Washington herald., 1917-10-28
DISTRICT AIDS loan
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yesterday afternoons fitting climax
to the great campaign that has ended
in success.
The acres that make up the great
field were literally covered with the
thousands that crowded on it, and
heard addresses by Secretary McAdoo
and Solicitor General Davis
Banks throughout the city kept open
their doors until midnight. 1t had
been planned to close the subscrip-
ton list at 9 o'clock, but the rush OF
subscribers held open the doors the
banks were only too glad to leave
unbarred.
Washington's feat in the first liberty
loan campaign, when 1t led the entire
nation in proportion to the popula-
ton, was great, but the feat of this
city in the campaign Just ended bids
fair to eclipse the record it set for
itself. Estimates of the committee
last night were thought to be con-
servative and none would be surprised
II the total reached s25. 900 and the
number of subscribers 1900.
Officials ON stand.
From the East and West. the North
and South, the people came to the
mass meeting on the Ellipse yester-
day. In the stand were Secretaries
McAdoo, Daniels, Baker, ard Hous-
ton Mrs. McAdoo and Mrs. Antoinette
Funk, chairman and vice chairman
respectively of the womanIs loan
committee, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins,
OF the Washington woman's loan COM
mittee, John Poole, chairman, and
members of Washington's liberty loan
committee, and many others promi-
nent throughout the city and nation.
Spread out over the great field
sea Of faces was turned toward the
stand. So far did the crowd stretch
that the speakers could not be rec
ognized from its outskirts.
Rising out OF the crowd here and
there were auto trucks of the COM
mittee Of business men, led by Joseph
NJ. Stoddard selling bonds.
As the hour of the meeting ap-
preached, the employees Of the govern
ment departments converged upon the
field. Led by bands and carrying
banners, they marched forward to a
spot near the stand. The escorting
bands were then gathered together to
the left of the stand and. under the
direction of Lieut.. William Santle-
mann, played patriotic airs.
John Poole presided at the meeting
In introducing Secretary McAdoo. the
first speaker he lauded his great work
in the campaign, and declared that
Washington's quota would be oversub-
scrIbed.
This great outpouring of the people
OF Washington Is one of the most
inspiring sights I have seen in my
travels from one end of this great
country to the other" Secretary Nc
Adoo said in his address. But It
is not unlike the demonstrations l
have seen elsewhere, because in the
smallest towns as well as In the
greatest cities in which 1 have spoken,
this spirit of America is just the same
as you manifest here. 1t manifests
determination on the Fart Of the
entire people that this sredt war shall
be fought to a swift conclusion with
the modified might IF the people of
America.
This, my friends, is an orninous
day for the Kaiser" the Secretary
continued, for this great outpouring
indicates that the spirit Of America
has awakened to the situation, and
once the spirit of a people is aroused
to the situation, and once the spirit
of people is aroused they become in
vincible.
Tribate to Soldiers.
This is again a momentous day for
the Kaiser, because for the first time
Americas valiant sons are fighting in
the trenches of France" Here the