Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-25

subscriptions are being obtained.
Banks also report that small subscrip-
tons arc coming In fast.
AL JOLSON MAKES STRONG
APPEAL At THE ACADEMY
w. II. Schwarzschild reported addi-
tional subscriptions of $1,000 from tho
aviation camp. making 4 total OF S3.050.
Tho Grand Lodge OF st. Johns Watch
men subscribed $3.50. c. a. Puryear. the
grand master, 5000, and the United
States Rubber Company $1,000 through
local banks.
John c. Easley spoke to employees Of
the Life Insurance Company OF Vir-
ginia during the day. and many sub
scriptions are expected to result. DIR.
l.. n. Calisch was the speaker at the
Richmond branch of the American Lo-
comotive Works at noon. while AL Jol-
son made an impassioned appeal In
support oftho loan at both perform
ances of the Academy OF Music. Leo
Eden, Williams II. Adams and G. T..
Davenport were the speakers at the
Lyric Theater.
There will bo meeting in the inter
est of the loan tonight in the Varina
School. in Henrico County. DR.. d. r..
Anderson will be the principal speaker
at this meeting. which was postponed
from last week. a similar meeting will
be held Friday night in the auditorium
of the Barton Heights School.
At n mass-meeting of the Catholic
women of Richmond, held in tho parlors
of Murphys Hotel during the after
noon, which was presided over by Mrs.
John Murphy president Of the Catholic
Women's Club. Right Rev. ID. J. OCon
nell. ID. D.. Bishop of Richmond. urged
the women not TO be slackcrs in sub
scribing to the loan to-day at the booth
in Thalh!mcr's. which will be in
charge of the club.
CATHOLICS WON'T FAIL
WHEN PUT TO TEST
I've cannot afford to be found want
ing in love of country" said the bishop,
lin the face OF the supreme need OF
! the moment. urge you in the name
of our country for tho great cause for
which we are giving our sons. for the
suffering souls In the devastated coun-
tries of Europe, to come forward and
do your part. Please God, it shall not
| be said OF the Catholics of the country
that they failed when put to the test"
Announcement was made at the Fed
cral Reserve Bank Of Richmond that
applications for admission to the re-
| serve system had been received from
the Maryland Trust Company. Balti-
more. total resources, $4,000. 900; Balti-
more Trust Company, s15.0OO.000; Bal
timore Commercial Bank. s3.OOo,0OO, in
| addition to the Washington Loan and
| Trust Company. with resources Of
| l0.50O.000.
One Liberty bond of the smallest
denomination will buy one of the eight
| inch shells on display to-day in the
show windows Of Miller s. Rhoads,
Sixth and Broad Streets
In the display are two eight-inch
| army gun shells and two eight-inch
navy shells. They cost the government
$50 apiece. There are also two three
inch solid shells, called submarine shot
because they are used for sinking the
undcrsea pirates The other shell is
the famous acknowledgements ct c
French shell, used in small-gun bat
! terry.
In the base OF the big army gun
shells. recognized everywhere as NOR
tars. is n cavity two feet five inches
deep. Into this hole Is packed high
| explosives. with fuse several feet
long. The fuse Is Strengthened out bv
being drawn through a hole in the
rear of the cannon; It is lighted by the
discharge of the gun. These guns are
the big cannon. like the German siege
guns that wasted Liegc. Belgium, and
arc fired three to five miles behind the
| trenches. 1t is during the flight OF
the projectllc that the fuse burns: II
is on the landing in the Teuton lines
that It eNp!odes and does it's bit.
WOMEN TAKE IN
SIS.I0O IN SINGLE DAY
Mrs. William Runin Cox. cbairm,n
| Tor Richmond Of the women's Liberty
! loan committee, stated last nigh. that
the subscriptions for yesterday at the
four booths amounted to sIS.700 The
| booth at Thalhimer's. OF which Mrs Svl
vain r. Livingstone is chairman. icd
| with total OF s12.350. This booth
was manned" by members Of the AS
ISOLATION Opposed to Woman Suffrage
or which Mrs. Francis u. Williams is
president.