Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
PERSONAL APPEAl:S
NOW 0N:FOR LOAN
Friends Urge Friends in Final
Drive for Bonds in
Washington.
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/. Personal appeals to citizens of wash
fngton to buy liberty bonds are being
. made today by special committee on
liberty foam OF the Washington Cham
Der of Commerce.
: This: committee decided at a meeting
In the chambers rooms last night thar
the most effective method in which it
could operate would be for the individ-
ual members to appeal to their friends
and acGuaintances in the District Of
Columbia to do theit share. IN financing
tha.war Early this morning, there
fore, the individual members began
their verbal. personal campaign. both
face to face with their. friends and over
Speakers at the meeting last night
included John Roole aud E. E. Allies
James N. Denty. chairman OF. the COM
mittee. presided.
Printers Union Gives $1,000.
John ]. Deviny, president of the Wash
F.. ington Plate Printers Union. announced
today that as a result Of. patriotic
rally. which was held last night in con-
nectien with the regular meeting of the
union, s5,000 of the. unions funds will
dttion to This sum. 100000 was subscribed
by the members present, which brings the
totAi~ amount of the subscriptions OF the
plate printers to $4,000. the sum of s45,-
600 having been subscribed TO the first
loan.
Rally at Miner Normal School.
Efforts to arouse interest in the sec
ond.<l loan were made .by speakers last
night at a public demonstration in the
Tnal CChpN fho ni,f
auspices of the Howard Park Citizens AS
ISOLATION. of which Rev. d. D. E. Wise
man Is president. and the Miner Normal
School Community Association, of which
Mrs Gabrielle Pelham is executive secre-
tsry. The principal speaker was E. Hill
tom Jackson. Patriotic selections were
sung,
A thermometer indicating the liberty
loan contributions of the employees of the
shipping board and the Emergency Fleet
Cooperation put UP on Monday, with a
heightened out because the subscriptions
up to last night had reached SS6, 600 The
new mark set is $4,000, and the cam
paigners there hope for that sum.
A little ship sails up. the path to lib
erty' on the thermometer. The. ther-
mometer bears an inscription. Buy a
liberty bond today aud keep the ship sail
Ing Another inscription is, Don't let
the ship become disabled
Midcity Citizens Buying Bonds.
A ]. Driscoll. president of the Midcity
Citizens Association, today announced
that the association had subscribed $3.50
to the second liberty loan and $50 to the
first loan Members OF the association are
canvassing the section covered by the
organization and are reported to be hav-
ing success
At liberty loan rally under the
auspices of the North Capitol and Eek
tngton Citizens Association at i2:l5
O'Clock today Commissioner Brovnlow
and -Colvfn Brown delivered inspiring
addresses: selden NJ Ely. president OF
. musical program was given by,
band Patriotic songs were sung un-
der the leadership of Mrs Williams s.
The. West End Citizens Association
held liberty loan meeting at j o'clock
in the Circle Theater. Addresses we're
delivered by Thomas ". Sidweu and
Charles W. Darr.
Forty-Five Millions From Army.
Army subscriptions to the second lib
erty loan are estimated at S45, 100000.
Fifteen out of the thi-ty-one can
Torment camps have passed the million
mark Camp Grant. Rockford. Ill,
total Of s1.aO2. 400. Camp Sheridan.
Montgomery. Ala. heads the national
cantonment camps with s1,31i. $40.
Troops in the Hawaiian Department
have subscribed to SS92.45d
Pershing Cables Progress.
Gen. Pershing has cabled:
Report progress wi.l liberty bond
sales. all officers. soldiers, clerks. in
: terpreters, including some French
women temporary clerks at, these
headquarters subscribing. All units
making encouraging reports"
Officers and enlisted men at Camp
Lee. at Petersburg, Va. have obtained
from persons outside of the camp sub
scriptions amounting to S1.300,000.
Average for Camp Mcclellan.
The 104th Field Signal Battalion
Camp Mcclellan, Ala. has per capita
subscription of $3.50. every officer
and enlisted man having subscribed for
at least one bond