The Washington herald., 1917-10-04
LIBERTY BOND PARADE
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Poole and Eugene E. Thompson, chair
man and secretary, respectively of the
liberty loan committee. both of whom
will go prepared to follow Mr.. Sey-
mour's remarks with brief addresses.
II time permits.
The first address to be made at any
OF the theaters will be delivered at
the matinee performance of Keith s
this afternoon by Representative ]. Z.
Meeker. Tonight addresses will be
made at the various theaters as fol-
lows: Keith's, l.. B. Franklin; Bel
asco, Corcoran Thorn; National, John
Poole; Polls Engene f. Thompson.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk, vice chair
man of the national women's liberty
loan committee. and Mrs. Ernest
Thompson Seaton, chairman of the
local committee OF the organization.
met with the liberty loan committee
yesterday afternoon and expressed
their desire to cooperate in making
the Second Liberty Loan a success in
the District OF Columbia.
Riggs National Bank announced
late yesterday that they had sub
scribed to l,OO0, 900 worth OF the new
bonds and would hold themselves in
readiness to subscribe further should
it be necessary to make up the Dis
tricts quota. 1t was also an
nounced that the advertising space,
carried by the bank in local newspa-
pers, would be devoted exclusively to
liberty loan advertising from now un-
til the close of the campaign.
The liberty loan committee has Just
procured the services of L. b. Slime
to devote his energies to organizing
Liberty Loan Clubs throughout the
city. All the banks were provided
with an ample supply of the new
liberty loan badges yesterday, Chair
man Poole having received a consign-
ment of 10000 of these from the
Treasury. The new buttons are much
more attractive than the first.
Subscriptions to the second liberty
loan will amount to more than the
IS, 900, 100000 by the end OF the cam
paign.
This was the confident prediction
made last night after enthusiastic
reports had been received at the
Treasury Department from tht
twelve Federal Reserve districts
No official figures were given out
nor will they be ready for two OF
three days. But liberty loan com.
mittees in both New York and Chi,
cago reported that they mad set as
their goals figures sufficient to take
lup the minimum of the loan
| $4,000, 900. 600. New York was re.
ported to have placed her goal al
| $4,000, 100000 and Chicago is tc
work for $1,000. 900, 900.
New York's banking resources are
$4,000, 100000 and Chicago's $4,000
| O00.00 New York in the first loar
went approximately s5O.O00,OOO ovel
the high mark set; Chicago wen
! S25. 100000 above her maximum
QUOTA.
This would leave only 1900, 900, 90
for the rest OF the country.
In Washington. the subscription
have reached approximately $1,000, ,OO
a day. or nearly 5000 900. on the road
to the 10000 600 that has been named
for the Capital. At the present rat,
this city would be turning up some
thing more than 81, 100000 as its show
! irg.
Should Boston. Philadelphia, Cleve
land, Richmond. and the other cite.
that exceeded their ma ximum total il
the last loan do anything like as wei
proportionately it is thought here tha
there will be little doubt of the ful
maximum being exceeded.
The War Department is institutinl
A campaign to have bonds bought b,
officers and men of the line. Plan
are being made to allow enlisted mel
to buy bonds on the installment plan