The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23

Tomorrow will be Liberty Loan Day.
MADE so by the proclamation of the
President Of the United States but
Richmond's observance will not be la
the nature Of the cessation Of business
and the listening to orations on the
need Of the nation
Instead of these perfunctory sort of
manifestations, Richmond intends to
get down to real business and make
strenuous effort to boost the citys
part of the county quota to seven fig
ures.
With the sounding Of factory whis,
ties and church bells at / O'Clock to
morrow, the canvass of the city will
begin. and the following is list of
business men who, under the direction
of ". c. Seeker, city chairman, will go
forth and seek out citizens who may
desire to aid their government by max
Ing an application for Liberty Bonds:
List Of Solicitors.
John M. Lontz, James A. Carr,
George Seidel, Joseph H. Mills, W. F.
Bockhoff, S. E. Swayne, Pettfs A. Reid,
Clarence Kramer, Thomas Tarkleson,
Harry Doan, E. K. Shera, Robert VII
son. Lee Dykeman, S. e. Curtis, George
Robe, Fred Lemon, Elmer E. Egge-
meyer, w. H. Romey, Henry Goldfing-
er, George H. Knollenberg, W. W. Rel
Ter, Will Rindt, Lee Nusbaum, Sam
Fred, Ed Feltman, James Hornaday,
Oscar Dickinson, George Brehm, Mich
ael Quigley, Walter McConaha, L. 8.
Bowman. Ed j. Weidner, Fred Bartel
VIII Starr, Rutherford Jones, Frank
Chambers. A.E Holmes, Nimrod H
Johnson, E. H. Harris, D. S. Coe, Frank
Taylor, Wilbur Hibberd. D. N Elmer,
| c. W. Jordan, ]. C. Price, VIII Bailey,
| Clarence Kleinknecht, Frank Braffett,
Charles Thomason, r. S. Bates, Frank
Albus, VIII Bond, Mayor Robbins, E.
NJ. Campfield, Alonzo NJ. Gardner, c.
A. Harrison, Paul Price, Howard A.
Dill, Willard Carr, Charles Beck, Ira
| c. Woods.
! A luncheon Will be served at the
Commercial Club rooms at promptly
II o'clock tomorrow. There will be a
few short talks by business men rela-
tive to the work in hand, and then the
hustling will begin. The committee in
charge believes there will be a very
| generous response.
City Total $4,000
The subscriptions in the city OF
Richmond up to last night had reached
| S720,000, while the county outside still
stood at approximately 100000. The
million dollar mark should be reached
today and 1t is expected that by to-
morrow night Richmond's total alone
will have reach million dollars.
Possibly the total for Richmond will
go much higher for 1t is known that
there will be several large subscript,
| ions in addition to the hundreds of
smaller ones.
The committee In charge Of tomu>
rows drive desires 1t to be understood
that only very small proportion of
the citizens can be visited. 1t is point
ed out that such persons who are not
visited, because of the lack of time,
should not hesitate In looking the COM
mittee up.
Telephone to any bank IN Richmond
or to Commercie5 Sub rooms, phone
1000, and say that you want to make
application. A special messenger Will
be sent at once with the necessary
blank. It does not matter whether you
desire to subscribe for $50 bond OF
one Of the denomination Of $50,o00, the
committee will answer your summons.
PoSTOFFICE TO CLOSE
The postoff1ce will be closed Wed
nesday at IL o'clock in accordance
with the proclamation of the presi.
dent for Liberty Loan day.