El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-07
ADD S96,750
To BOND LIST.
Liberty Loan Committees
Report That Sum at
Luncheon Second Day.

Subscriptions for Liberty loan bonds
in FL Paso on Thursday amounted
to S96,75O. according TO reports made
at the luncheon of the Liberty Bond
committee Thursday noon at Hotel
Sheldon. The COMMITTEES working in
the four day campaign which began
Wednesday reported that the sum of
subscriptions represented SOS bonds.
John N. Wyatt president Of the
chamber Of commerce presided at the
meeting in the absence of general
chairman T. NJ. Wingo. who was at
the FL Paso foundry addressing work
ingmen in the interests Of the Liberty
loan
Popular Employees Raise More.
Maurice Schwartz announced at the
luncheon that he had obtained 13O
bond subscribers, taking $4,000 worth
of bonds. among employees Of the Pop
the employees OF the Popular had
signed up for $4,000 worth Of bonds.
Walter NJ Butler reported for Ed
gar W. Kayser's committee that he
had obtained 81 subscriptions for a
total of S41.0OO.
W. ]. Moran said that he had Sc
cured nine subscriptions representing
a total of $4,000. He said $1,000 OF
this sum was subscribed by the car
penters' union and 4. VI. Delauries,
a barber. had subscribed $500 cash.
Boy Takes $50 Bond
julius Krakauer reported that he had
secured 45 subscriptions representing
an investment of $500. He said his
subscriptions had been obtained
among the employees Of Krakauer,
York & Moye, $ I. He said that one
boy employed by the company during
the summer had subscribed for $50
bond and had paid SO in cash on ii,
the rest to come out Of his salary.
The boy is a student at the high
school who is working during the
summer months
Committees Wake Report.
The chairman Of committees who
reported the number of bonds sold for
Thursday and their sums as follows:
julius Krakauer. IS, S3700: F. P. Jones,
20, $1,000. {. NJ. Wilchar, %, s2700.
George r LeBaron, seven. $500; W. J.
Moran, nine, $500: N. schwartz. $50,
$4,000: R ". McAfee, SO, $500. Arthur
Mcknight. %: $4,000; Dr. T. J. Nc
Camant, %, $3.50: c. W. Moss. s.,
$12,5O0; Leo Ferlet. five. $500; A. l.
Nicholson. 30, $500: Walter Butler
for Z. ". Kayser. 81, $4,000; A II.
Anderson, -, $780,
Those present at the luncheon were
- NJ " all- GEoIEe r. lie EodtA o-is
Claud Lawrence G 2. Putnam G. h
Clements. c. ". Moss, H. ". Broad
dus. c. l. Csspary. jr-, a. L Michel
son, DR.. T. ]. McCamant. NJ Schwartz,
V. r Stiles. r ". McAfee, Donald
B. GiIlies, ". ". Butler, Raymond
Bell. W. J. Quigley. Sam Dreben, H.
NJ Walker. D. 7. White, J. b Paden,
A. H. Anderson, II. Y. Ellis, w J.
Moran and Charles B. Stevens.
Foundry Employees TO Subscribe.
Employees of the FL Paso Foundry
and Machine company will be asked to
subscribe TO the Liberty loan bonds at
a special meeting which will be
called this afternoon. T. NJ Wingo,
chairman of the general committee Of
the Liberty loan campaign, will ad-
dress the Workmen. The company
started the campaign at the foundry
with a subscription Of $500 Thursday
morning
Only 10 Percent Refuse
Chairman Wingo said Thursday
morning that only 10 percent OF the
people approached in the Liberty
bond campaign are refusing to buy
bonds. a majority Of this percentage
are among young men who are reg
istered and are eligible for military
service. and fear to buy bonds on the
grounds that they viii be conscripted
into the army.
Teachers Buy Bonds Early.
Mr.. Wingo addressed the teachers
Of the FL Paso schools in the interest
of the Liberty bond campaign We'd
nesday, at the FL Paso high school
IN the meeting il developed that 90
percent Of the city's school teach
ers had purchased bonds prior to the
opening of the campaign.