Evening star., 1917-10-17
L0ANSUBSCR|PT|0NS
co BEYOND BILLION
Indications Point to Larger
Sale of Bonds Than Of
ficiaI|y Reported.
RIVALRY IN DEPARTMENTS

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scriptions to the second liberty loan
have passed the one billion dollar mark.
| Official figures compiled last night
showed only $52s, 100000 reported to
the federal reserve banks, but later
semi official returns and estimates made
to the Treasury Department demonstrat-
| ed that the official figures were far too
low
| In some quarters 1t is thought that
the bond sales have passed s1,200,00o.-
| 600. 1t is probable, however, that
| slightly more than s1,000.000,000 is
! nearer correct.
Employees of the Department of the
| Interior are conducting a lively little
| liberty loan campaign on their own &C
count. according to the story told by
| the big bulletin board that has been
| placed in front of the big new building.
Contest for First Honors.
The different divisions of the depart
| ment. numbering in all 4,355 employees
| of the government. have displayed
keen competition for first honors in the
| reau of pensions far IN the lead with
S53.I00 subscribed to the second liberty
! loan.
| Premier honors will not be settled by
the amount of the subscriptions. but by
| the per capita contribution, as the num-
Der in each service varies from IT in the
geological gardens to loss in the bu-
reau of pensions
The latest available figures show
| total of s15o.650 subscribed by 1855
m nf nher
day.
| 1t is probable that banks will. on re-
| quest of government employees, make
arrangements to carry the necessary
original subscription over until Novem-
| Der 1. in the event of their desiring to
| subscribe in time to get in before the
close OF the campaign, october 81
Takes More Than S15o,ooO.
| The latest figures from the Depart
ment OF the Interior are as follows:
Secretarys Office. 425 employees, SIS
| $50; general land office, 500 employees
| s16.550; Indian Office, 229 employees,
s11.450; bureau of pensions. 1oSs EN-
ployes, s53. 700; patent Office s39 en-
| ployes. $4,000: bureau of education,
ninety-one employees. $500: geological
survey, 545 employees. s19.150; reclama-
tion service, ninety-three employees.
$4,000, bureau Of mines. 40 employees,
$4,000; national park service, seventeen
employees. $3.50. This is total of $780,
$50 for the 1855 employees of the de-
partment.
The 1921 officials and employees Of the
War Department already have sub
scribed 1922, 400 to the loan. the sum of
S2s1.o50 being raised in single dav.
That is an average subscription of SIS SIS
by each person connected with the big
department, including, messengers
laborers and charwomen The aim of
those in charge of the movement is to
al na no NIT
and there is every indication of success
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
has placed its subscription for 500. 900
worth of the bonds, repeating the
Mass Meeting in Behalf of Issue.
At the bureau of engraving and print
ine at / o'clock today two mass meet
ings were held in behalf of the bond
issue, one attended by woman and the
other by man employees. Eugene f.
Thompson. secretary of the liberty loan
committee and A. E. Seymour were the
| speakers. The Marine Band provided
| music. oscar T, Crosby, acting Secre-
tary Of the Treasury; James l. Wilmeth
and Acting Director Frank E Fergu-
| son were the Treasury officials present.
| The bureau suspended work for half an
! hour. from l o'clock to 80 o'clock, for
the exercises.
| At o'clock Elliott Wadsworth and
| Eugene E. Thompson addressed the en-
| ployes of the Red Cross. Pan-Amertcan
and Continental Hall at the Red Cross
| building.
| At o'clock tomorrow the employees
of The Evening Star Company will hear
| John Poole and Eugene E Thompson.
and at the same time Commissioner
Brownlow and Eugene 4. Thompson
| will speak to the employees of the Dis
trict building.
The night force of the bureau Of
engraving and printing will not be
| neglected, for Eugene Thompson will
| lead a force of speakers there at a
| suitable hour tonight.
Tomorrow evening at s o'clock at the
Commercial Club the liberty loan COM
| mittee, with the members of the sub
committee on publicity and a number
of invited guests will participate in a
Set-together dinner to formulate ways
and means for final aggressive boost
| in the closing days of the CAMPAIGN
| now but ten days away.
| District Bankers to Meet.