Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-06
hanks ARE PLANNING
50 PRESS. LIBERTY LOAN
financial Institutions to Hold Spe-
.sSp.i. cial Conference as to be-
s.,ss tails To-day. .
CHURCHES Will COOPERATE
Npsfolk and Western Railway Sub
sssscfibes S5,O0O,OOO for Itself and
-, ITS Employees Life Insurance
N..Company Takes 100000.

y..Dakailed plans for the sale Of the
esoond issue of the Liberty loan bonds
ana = for the part Richmond financial
INSTITUTIONS are to play in the cam
pnien now being conducted. will be
worked out to-day at Il special meet
ing, representatives, of every bank
and. trust company OF the city. The
lAeetfhs, which will be held in the d.
rectors room OF the First National
Bank, has been called for 1890 o'clock
and will be presided over by John
Kerr Branch. chairman of the cxccu-
tive committee.
sAt this conference one general plan
under which every banking institution
insRichmond will operate will he dis
cussed. together with general steps
towards pushing the campaign from
"Wednesday, when the movement will
be- actively started in this city. until
U.cIoses, October - Following this
conference. the executive committee
VIII meet Monday morning at ll:l5
O'Clock in the rooms of tho Liberty
loan bureau to discuss further tn"
plans for the local campaign and the
program TO be carried out.
CHURCHES RESPOND
$50, To COMMITTEES APPEAL.
TT was announced yesterday after
noon,Nt that thousands of applica ton
blanks had been distributed among the
banks. and trust companies. and that
atiarEe supply had been placed in the
headquarters of tte committee. at the
northwest corner of Eleventh and Main
Streets. All information, as we'll as
the-. blanks for the bonds. may be OBJ
tanned at the bureau, where there is
81 large staff OF clerks maintained to
Assist the public in every possible way.
-.Several churches had responded yes
tsrday to the appeal sent out by the
executive committee Thursday TO allow
speakers to appear in the churches
during the campaign u is believed
that practically every church in the
city will consent to tho plan. but many
paHtors will not ask this permission
of their congregations until Tomorrow
morning. II was announced that
speakers will address the congregation
pfiSt. Patrick's Catholic Church at the
three services Tomorrow.
W. T. Dabncy, executive secretary.
announced that Alvin NJ. Smith would
make a short talk at tho services to
be held at 7:45 o'clock. DR.. j. a. &.
Chandler. Superinte nd"nt OF Schools.
will speak at e:45. and Alderman ord
way Fuller at 1l:2O o'clock. The fol-
lowing Sunday it is planned TO have
speakers in practically all Of the
churches OF the city
NORFOLK AND WESTERN
$50 RUYS sS,OO0,oH0 OF LOAN
The Norfolk and Western Railway
Coh1sany will Subscribe s5.ooo.Ooo OF
the second issue of Liberty loan bonds.
it..was announced yesterday. and the
matter IS to be placed before the d.
reotors of other railroads in the next
exception. to make liberal subscrip-
tfons to the issue. both as a gilt-edge
investment and for the beneft OF en-
ployees who will purchase the bonds
from. the corporations. Much the same
plan Will be worked out as was done
in the nrst campaign.
Following the lead OF the First Ma
tionar~and Broad street hanks. directors
OF the Life Insurance Company OF Viz
sinia voted yesterday to subscribe
t20o. 900 to the issue. This company il
the first insurance corporation in Rich
mond 10 act on the matter, but mem
bsEs OF the executive committee arc
planning to make a general canvass Of
every corporation in the city, with the
YieW~of getting substantial suhScrip-
tioIls; from them.
~ arrangements are now being COM
pleted: to direct the campaign from the
headquarters of the. Liberty loan hu-
rSau.: and It is expected that, start
subscriptions entered will be announc-