The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
LIBERTY PLEAS
TO Be SOUNDED
FROM PULPITS
Final Drive on Loan Will
Ring with Oratory
Today.

With the figures for the subscrip-
tions 10 the Second Liberty Loan still
under 5000. o.eoo 90 and Washinston's
total estimated at ss.oo6,ooo at the
close of the third week Of the cam
paign, local and national officials con-
nected with the liberty loan campaign
prepared for a whirl-wind finish to
the intensive work of the last week
OF the campaign.
Treasury officials estimated at the
close last night, that s1.973, coo had
been subscribed according to reports
received from committees throughout
the country, while officials of the
local committee said more than $500
600 had been subscribed with the
last accurate total at Sc. .33o,S5O.
No doubt was expressed that Wash
ingtons quota. set at 2o.oOo,0Oo,
would be oyer-subscribed. and Fed
erai officials stiil held to the hope
that the total Subscriptions would be
near 5000. .00o. 900. and over-subscription
Of se.0oo.0oo
subscriptions Not In.
Only a few of washington's banks
have sent in their subscriptions so
far and the local committee expects
big jump in the total when they
are received.
Not a minute of the last week OF
the campaign is TO be wasted by the
committee. Today Is Liberty Sunday
and ciergymen all over the country
will urge subscriptions to the loan
from their puipits
The week just closed. officials said.
showed the best results since tine
opening OF the campaign. but they
! warned against too much optimism
, and urge no let-up In the work.
The sinking of the Antilles. the
American transport with the loss OF
! many American lives. swelled the
subscriptions to the loan IN many
cities, according to reports to the
Treasury Department and Detroit re-
ported that her maximum quota OF
SAC. .00o, 900 had been passed.
Drop Posters on Frontier.
Allied aviator5 sailed over the Ger
man lines in France today dropping
1900 liberty loan posters, which were
sent to Gen. Pershing a month ago.
| The posters contain pictures which
can DG t1SIS IutiSNOOu "lNhOAN
erence to the English wording.
Clergyman of Washington will speak
for the loan today and more than 1000
students of Central High School will
hear an address by A. E. Seymour.
The liberty bell booth will be open
ed tomorrow morning under the
asupices of the District auxiliary Of
the woman's loan committee with the
eln af A4fa Af NinEalc -
Subscriptions totalins s7s0,0)0 had
been raised up to today by the wom-
ans committee of the District. $4,000
Of which was raised at a meeting yes
terday afternoon at the hQme Of Mrs.
Joseph Letter on l'Ipont Circle.
Speak for Loan.
Addresses for the loan were made
ny Corcoran Thorn. Carl Vrooman.
Assistant Secretary OF Agriculture,
and Miss Mabel BOsIdman. of She
Red Cross. Mrs. McAdoo, wife OF the
Secretary OF the Treasury. presided
at the meeting. Mrs. Ernest Thomp-
son Seton. chairman of the District
Woman's Committee, followed the
other speakers and obtained $4,000 at
the rate of a thousand a minute.
Among the subscriptions were: Mrs.
Marshall Field, $1,000, with an addi-
tional SO bond for Marshall Field 4th.
who recently arrived in the world.
Two SO bonds were bought by Mrs.
Field for the children OF Admiral
Beatty of the British navy, and two
more for the children of her butler.
Street addresses are planned at noon
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