Evening star., 1917-06-01
PRESIDENT SUbSCR|BES
TO THE LIBERTY LOAN
Takes SIC, 600 Bond, With the Wish
That It Might Be
Larger.

A $4,000 subscription to the liberty
loan has been made by President Will
son.
May ] not send you personally my
subscription to the liberty loa.n," he
writes to Secretary McAdoo of the
Treasury Department, which ] make
with great satisfaction and with the
wish that it might be "a great deal
larger"
Boy Scouts over the country have
started in to collect subscriptions to
bonds. This is in response to the di-
rect request of the President. In a
personal letter to National Boy Scout
headquarters he asked the aid of the
scouts in distributing application
| blanks and in taking subscriptions to
the loan. The request was for CO.
operation lin war service with the gov
ernment of the United States.
War Service Emblem for Scouts.
A special war service emblem is to
tain more than ten applications. Thir.
teen scouts in Philadelphia have turned
in $60,700 in subscriptions. Baltimore
scouts have just started in and are go
Ii will mark the closing days of the
campaign. when: the boys expect to
make big showing.
officials and employees of the Navy De-
partment have been called upon by Sec
|retary Daniels to get behind the liberty
loan. A communication has been ad-
dressed to every one of 173.564 men and
women who make up the military and
civil strength of the navy.
The privileges of government and the
responsibilities of government, said
Secretary Daniels, ARE invariably and
inseparably related. Each and every In
dividual who enjoys the BENEFITS Of self
government must be prepared equally
with every other member of the body
polite in the duties Of sef-govern-
ment.
Through the liberty bond issue the
republic 1t nov now calls upon every r. citizen ts si
vidual responsibilities by extending to
the government such pecuniary assist
ance as may be at his command. Such
assistance can best be extended through
by the money indispensable to a prompt
and vigorous prosecution of the war
will be secured.
Canadians Among Subscribers.
Leading Canadian bankers and railroad
scribed to the liberty loan. The Bank
of Montreal made a subscription of
$l,000,0o0. accompanied by two COM
munications. Vincent Mardftch. presi-..
dent, wrote:
THE participation of the Bank of
Montreal in the liberty loan is an evi-
dence of our appreciation of the fact a
partial ally and q friendly neighbor has
entered the war in the cause of justice
and freedom We also know that the
bonds are an absolutely safe invest
ment"
The general manager, Frederick Tay-
lor. sent the following message:
THE subscription of the Bank of
Montreal Of s1,000000 to the liberty
loan means that Canada and the United
States side by side face a common en-
emy. 1t is therefore fitting that the
premier bank of the Dominion contrib
ute to the SUCCESS of the liberty loan
which is the first great blow struck by
the United States in the world war. I
do not hesitate to say there is no better
security in the universe than the lib
erty loan"
The president Of the Canadian Pa
cifc Railway Company, Lord Shaugh-
messy. submitted subscription, ant.
said:
Have been glad to subscribe to the
liberty loan as a mark Of friendly feel
ing and appreciation of the position of
the United States. The Canadian Pa
ciac railway enjoys important business
relations with the United States and is
very glad to participate in this loan"
st. Paul 0versubscribes Quota.
ST. PAUL. Mimi. June 1.-St. Paurs
liberty loan subscription have totaled
$7,100.600. more than s1,000,000 above
the amount apportioned the city. Yes
terday'S subscriptions totaled S2O73.