The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-19
Employees Of Nearly Every Firm
In City Went Home Wear
ing Them Last Night
EASY PAYMENT PLAN
UNEXPECTEDLY POPULAR
Sales Committee Started Work
Yesterday and viii Canvass
City Before Saturday

Gained yesterday ..,.... 11S
Employees of practically every firm H.
Honolulu went home wearing Liberty
button yesterday evening. The rush OF
employees to buy bond under the easy
payment plan was unexpectedly large
More than $4,000 was subscribed in
this way yesterday. Thirty thousand
more is expected today, and by the
close of the week the total will be
100000, il is expected.
In an hour yesterday the Won Hamm
Young Company's club of fifty was
formed, and probably second club
will be made up TO take care of those
who did not get in on the first one. In
this club the members pay one dollar
and ten cents week for fifty weeks
Fifty-fye bonds of the fifty dollar de
nominations will be purchased.
Chance For All .....
Every week a drawing will be held
and the one Of the fifty drawing the
lucky number will get his bond as OF
that date, thus drawing more in inter
est than those who draw later on
Once every ten weeks a special, draw
ing win be held at which one of thu
: five extra bonds win be disposed Of
In this way everyone in the club has
a chance Of getting six ffty-dollal
bonds. LII ar 1....s.
The Honolulu Gas Company is, ear
rying on successful canvass. One
man has been delegated to the work
and he expects to turn in subscriptions
totaling several thousand dollars before
the week is over.
canvass yesterday. The board of di
rectors authorized the company to e.
nance the employees to buy bond
using the Liberty Loan committee 3
employees purchase forms. ,...
Hawaiian Subscriptions On Coast
Subscriptions for Hawaiian corpora
lions totaling large sum have beer
made by Z. Faxon Bishop in California
where he now is. By special arrange.
ment made by Mr.. Bishop Hawaii will
get the credit for these subscription.
added to her quota of the loan. There
are a number of corporations doing
business in Hawaii who also have
headquarters on the Coast who may Dc
the same, as the money subscribed By
them is largely made in Hawaii. y
At the meeting of the sales commit
tee yesterday morning J. +. Hagens
voiced the sentiment Of the committes
when he said that in his opinion it was
the idea of the United States govern
ment to make this popular loan, In
order TO show that this is popular
war. The exemption from all taxes o.
the $1,000 bond shows this, as does the
partial exemption of bonds up u
$4,000, both Of which means that tn,
small investor Is being particularly
favored in this bond issue because IL
is his subscription that is wanted b.
the country.
Committee Starts Work
Active work was started by the sales
committee following the meeting, and
the statesmen will spend the remainder
of the week covering the city, which
has been divided into districts. Eacl
salesman will have a badge bearing o
picture of the statue of Liberty, anG
will have a supply of buttons for those
10 whom he sells bonds.
Meetings will be held on numbe,
OF Oahu plantations on Sunday tC
/. II Nut safe OF DOuus III Lnt
districts. Speakers in English, Porto
Ruese, and Japanese will address each
gathering. The places of meeting and
speakers for each will be as follows
Aiea, l.. Tenney Peck, $. AOki, J. A
r. Vieira; Waipahu, Robert Breckons
NJ. @. PacheeO, r. Kawasaki; Eva, c
@. Heiser Jr., A. d. Castro, /. Ono
dera; Waialua, w. X. harrington, NJ. G
Santos, Mr.. Yamori; Kahuku, and Laie
G. II. Cooke, ], d. Marques, Mr.. Okubc
Following are the statesmen appointed
for the intensive campaign beginning
yesterday; -. s-.
List of Liberty Bond statesmen mp
pointed by A.. n. Campbel: Allen G,
Robinson. Jack Cooper, John Lennox
Carl T.. Basler, l.. NJ. Yetlesen, Arthp'
y. Larimer, y. II. Paris, q, II. Cowan
Harry MacfarlGne, John Guild, Char
les 4, Littlejohn Jr., d. q. May, Lewis
G, King, Georte Wyllie, st. G. Sayers
Q, 7, Judkins, T. D, Lowrey, Zeno K,
Myers, E.
List of Liberty Bond statesmen ap
pointed by r. +. Clark: J. w. Wald
ron, H. p. Murray, R. f, Clark, R.
Booth, John Clark, j. J. Belser, o. C
Scott, X. b. Barnes, VIM. +. GaynOr
=, q. Hummel, II. p, Benson, J. T.
Phillips, II. D. NJ. Cobb, +. c, Smith
Geo. r., Denison..
~ Fist of Liberty Boud statesmen ap
pointed by y. @. Duisenberg: Merl'
NJ. johnson, Julius Unger, J. NJ. Levy
Daniel f.. Mooney, Miss l.. NJ. Girvin
John y. O'Counor Ben Summons, W.
n. Puttsn, Edward Fogarty, Ambrose
Wirtz, b. Won Damn. Malcolm Mac
intrre. Herbert Dowsett, Paul Spain
Clarence Waterman, F.. +. Dodge
David l., Conkling, Col. john II. So
pef, MS ]. L, Bowie, \. C. 'Gibb
Harry Halpen, c. J. Fiebig, IL. b,
Bailey Geo. Brown W. 4. Love, Camp.
bell frosi"rr =. T. Thuy"r, John Lu.
Gas; >. =. PaEcon.