New Britain herald., 1917-05-24
URGED TO SELL BONDS TO MEN Head of New York Central Writes to All Presi-
 dents.

New. York, May 24.-Alfred H. Smith, president of the New York Central railroad, and chairman of the railroad Liberty Loan" committee, has sent an application to the presi- dents of all railroads in the country, 1t was learned today, urging them Ito co-operate with their employees in aiding tho latter to buy Liberty Loan" bonds. Each letter contained a form of announcement to the em- ployes. with suggestions as to how best they can subscribe.
 Subscriptions already received have reached such 8 vast total and they are coming into banks and other agencies in such g steady stream that predictions were made in the financial district today that the Liberty Loan" would be popularly over-subscribed. However, there was no diminution here, today in the campaign for sub scriptions.
 Authorization was expected today from Washington for the New York Federal Reserve bank to issue partici- patton certificates in amounts of $10.
 These certificates will be distributed among employers who have under taken to use them in paying salaries. They will circulate as currency in all most same way that the federal reserve notes circulate. They will not beat interest, but when 8 purchaser has accumulated five of them they may be converted at the federal re- serve bank into a $50 bond.
 While definite figures are not avail able as to whether New York State has reached in actual subscriptions the minimum of $555, 100000 set by the treasury department, f1nanciers today predicted that the subscriptions of the New York Federal Reserve dis trict will aggregate $1,ooQ. .oo0. .oo0.
 Boston, May 24.-state Treasurer Charles L. Burrill. who is a member of the New England Liberty Loan" committee, has written to the super intendent of schools of thia city rAc- ommending that grad dnatan 6 classes this year. instead of the customary donations of pictures or statuary, give each school a $50 Liberty Loan" bond. He suggests that the bond be hung on the walls of the school.
 Chicago, May 24.-FIve hundred bond salesmen today began a sys- tematic campaign to push the saic of Liberty Loan' bonds. The entire downtown. district has been divided into sections and to each section squad of salesmen was sent, each squad being in charge of a captain.
 Hartford, May 24.-The federal re- serve board in Boston has appointed Mrs. Morgan c. Bulkeley and Mrs. Richard M. Bissell of this city to head woman's Liberty Loan committee for Connecticut Mrs. Bulkeley is named as chairman and Mrs. Bissell as acting chairman. They are to ap- point a general committee of women for the state which will form th4 organization. The governor of the Federal Reserve bank in Boston has written to heads of the various wom- ems organizations throughout the state asking them to serve on sem eral committee with Mrs. Bulkeiey and Mrs. Bissell at the head.
 Mrs Bissell said today it was in tended through the women's organiza- tions to get the news of the import ance of the loan before the women Of the state, and that chairmen would be appointed in several towns. In every case the women's committee will CO., operate with the members of the committee.. Sub-committees of the federal reserve speakers bureau have haen appointed as follows: Waterbury. Robert F. Griggs; Middletown, F. Kent Hubbard; New London. Vim. H Reeves: New Haven, w. B. Ely; Tol- land County, Colonel W. H. Hall of Wilmington.