Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-13
OVER $11,422,OOO
OF LOAN IN DISTRICT
Committee Sets New High
Mark Of S15,0OO,OOO for
Total Subscriptions. s:'i
MANY SMALL INVESTMENTS

MANY SMALL INVESTMENTS
| The liberty loan committee, working
like TroJans and aided by scores Of an
thusiastic speakers threw all gears
| a new high mark for washington-
subscriptions of si5.O0O.000.
Yesterday was the biggest day In the
number OF subscribers the committee
Iot Washington bankers experienced
since II began its work 41os individual
SUBSCRIPTIONS being obtained for a
totaI or Sl.260.15o. The total numbe
OF OF subscribers In Washington is 23.360.
inc total amount subscribed to date 10
$11,422
The original allotment made bv the
treasury Department for Washington was
so'Soo. oVo and II is now recognized that
uouDling OF this amount Is within the
! pIobabilities. so aroused have the people
OF the District become over making a
| record Tor the National Capital not only
IN numerical subscriptions but also in
these last days of the campaign in maxi
ing total subscriptions that will prove it
Is IN hearty accord with the purposes Of
| the loan.
| Closes Tomorrow Night,
The campaign will close tomorrow night,
out subscriptions will probably be re-
ceiVed py banks up to noon Friday. when
the initial payments can be sent over to
the Treasury Department direct instead
OF TO the Richmond regional bank Of tho
federal reserve system.
Wires His Congratulations.
Gov seay Of this institution wired
| his congratulations to Secretary
| Thompson of the loan committee on tho
| splendid work for the cause" and urg.
Ing early reporting of subscriptions.
loan committee also said: You Ger.
tafnly have done wonderful work in
Washington"
| The big association also urges imme.
diate reporting to the committee on re-
turns. and announces that 1t "fs busy
evolving plans for assisting in the no.
| tation OF second loan," expressing the
opinion that every effort should be
made to get the bonds into the hands
of individuals"
During this associations-li liberty bond
campaign this committee has sent out
100000 pieces of literature, including
plans for organization; has suggested
advertising matter. sent out sermons.
talks. etc. and secured for speakers
| many of the leading fnanciers of New
York city.
Speakers Enthusiastically Greeted.
Enthusiasm Of a most encouraging
kind has greeted the speakers in
been made. At the navy yard yester-
day $500 employees and attendants
turned out. with band and dags, and
sppiauded to the echo Eugene E
At Lfncoln Park A. E. Seymour was
first welcomed by members OF the
Marine Band with assurances that they
had subscribed to bonds since they
n IA Ilnf
and then by 5000 men and women.
At the government printing once
yesterday afternoon several hundred
employees waited after the closing hour
appreciation.
AS Indicative of results, so per cent
of the men in the Officers Reserve
Corps training camp at Fort Myer. not
to the cause. have entered subscriptions
to the liberty loan bonds.
The Riggs National Bank heads Wash.
ington subscribers to date. with $1,000.
600 The bank also expects to enter
subscriptions for its customers OF
ST. SOC, 900 or more.
The American Security and Trust
Company expects its subscriptions for
its customers to total about 81, 500. 600,
The company has not filed its subscrip-
tions yet.
The Washington Railway and Elec-
which it will buy bonds for its thou
sands of employees The corporation
will take block of bonds for its en-
ployes and will advance the purchase
price for them.
Payments in Installments.
PAYMENTS may be made in a npm.
Der of different ways: On a $50 bond.
five semi-monthly installments of. $40
each, or ten like installments of IS
each. or twenty installments OF $3.50
or twenty-five installments of So each.
Payments on a hundred dollar bond
may be made semi-monthly, as follows.
twenty IS or twenty-five 81 INSTALL
payments may be in like manner in
500. $50, s25 or $50; on a thousand
dollar bond payments may be in tho
same number of installments at 5000.
500. $50 and $40, semi-monthly. Week
ly instaflments will be accepted. and
where employees are paid monthly the
installments will be doubled
The plan was announced to 800 en-
ployes by Clarence P. King. Milton Z.
Allies and William NJ. Clark, who for the
time being become liberty loan speakers.
and the prediction is made that $25. 900
Of these bonds will be taken by the em-
ployes OF the company.
Chance for Deferred Subscriptions.
Julius /. Peyser. president Of the Sc
curity Savings and Commercial Nation
al Bank, the man who made 1t easy 10
buy bond. through his proposition to
pay Is per cent of the subscriptions
and wait three months for his money
without interest, has received many ap-.
plicationS from men and women who do
not want to withdraw money from
banks till after July /, although they
might easily arrange. in the matter Of ,
interest, with the banks themselves
NJ E. Petree. a government employe
on a $1,000 salary. bought $500 worth
of liberty bonds yesterday. and then
resigned and enlisted in the aviation
service.
At o'clock this afternoon Eugene E.
Thompson addressed the employees OF
the Ordnance Department of the Old
Interior Department building. This
afternoon Harry v. Haynes will speak
to the employees of the District pump~t
ing station.
Schedule Of Theater Addresses. =
The schedule of speakers for the vas
rious theaters today Is as follows:
Belasco, w. T. Gailiher: National. CAL.
vim Brown; Polls, Col. John C. Capers:
Keith's, l.. A. Rover: Garden; NJ o.
leighton, 1880. G. B. Hall, 8: Strand.
E. S. Brashears. s. G. L. Hall. 1880, T. d.
Gannaway. 9: Savoy. Carlton Houston, 8,
G. F. Consaul, $50; Loew's Columbia
g F. consaul, 4:1O, w. T. Galliher, e:05:
Grandalrs, C. A. Aspinwall, 2:45, T. W.
Bramhall, S, W. Nick. Stowell. 8; Penn