Evening star., 1917-10-18
Subscriptions Keep Coming In.
Wool Industry Takes 81, SOC, 900.

Wool Industry Takes 81 SOC, 600.
Boston reported a single subscription
OF $7.3o0.000 by representatives of the
wool industry. made in less than ten
minutes. Sales continued fast in the
Minneapolis district, where tho esti-
mate of the total already subscribed
was more than s3o.oo0.o00. The Rich
mond district estimated its present sub
siepSns 0esMss1 sse1oG0G and
West Virginia quotas, it was announc-
ed. are being rapidly approached.
More than 10000 clergymen through
out the country will deliver sermons
Spangled Banner" will be sung in yirtu-
ally every church in America
Twelve thousand volunteer speakers,
called "four-minute men," will make
daily liberty loan speeches in theaters
and other public assembly places until
the end of the loan campaign, under
direction Of the committee on public
information. Heretofore they have
spoken only twice a week. They are
supplied with bulletins giving detailed
explanations of the loan and have in
structions to answer questions
Forty D. C. Organizations Helping.
Washington's forty-odd citizens as
sociations and business and trade or
ganizations. responding to an appeal by
the liberty loan committee and the Dis
trict Commissioners. today prepared to
great cooperative drive to raise the
capitals quota of the second loan.
Representatives of these organiza-
tions, at meeting in the boardroom
of the District building. last night
adopted resolutions that each associa-
ton Immediately appoint a liberty loan
committee to canvass the territory over
which it exercises Jurisdiction and that
each body arrange special liberty loan
rally for October "a. which has been
designated by President Wilson as Lib
erty Loan day.
With the mammoth machinery of the
civic organizations on the job 1t Is be-
lieved that practically no citizen will
escape being approached personally and
urged to do his share in meeting the
wars burdens, and that the total result
will be at least $40. 600, 900 raised in Wash
ington by the close of the campaign, a
week from tomorrow.
Meeting a Remarkable One.
Last nights meeting was the most
unusual and remarkable in many re-
spects of all ever held in the District.
1t was called by the Commissioners
yesterday about noon, 200 kilograms
being sent to the president and secre-
tary Of each of the citizens associa-
tions. the Board of Trade. Chamber
of Commerce. Retail Merchants Asso-
citation and Rotary Club and all the
members of the Federation Of Citizens
Associations.
The message stated only that a matter
of the greatest Importance was to be
discussed. Many recipients of the tele-
gram phoned the District building in
the afternoon to ascertain the exact
purpose of the meeting, but received
only the information that 1t was highly
important that they attend. The at
tendance surpassed the Commissioners
best expectations. Nearly every seat
in the boardroom was filed and 1t is
was ever assembled in the District
building. If anywhere in the District
| Commissioner Brownlow Presides.
Commissioner Brownlow presided
| Others at the speakers table included
| Commissioner Gardiner. John Poole
| chairman Of the liberty loan commit
tee; Eugene L. Thompson. Corcoran
| Thorn and Eugene +. Allies. Enthusiasm
| was aroused by the remarks of the
! speakers and at the conclusion of the
+! proceedings She representatives held
| group meetings and set in motion plans
| for getting the community liberty loan
! committees appointed. Many of these
committees are expected to take the
/ field today.
| Commissioner Brownlow declared
! that the greatest community and ma.
tional service opportunity ever offered
Washington's citizens associations is
presented to them at this grave crisis
in the nations history. Pointing oui
that Washington had population OF
about 35O. 900 when the first iibertv los :,
{ was made and that there were 81 ool
! subscribers to the loan. the Commits.
! sioner stated that the capitals ponnia
ton is now estimated at 100000 and
that ut least 100000 local citizans
should subscribe to the second loan
! He said each association would be ex.
| pected to work out its own plans nor =
Liberty Loan day rally on October 2.
| ganizations would achieve resu1ts TIA
! would be an everlasting monument te
| them.
100 000 E1hScribare A. g.,