Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-01
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN
OPENS At NOON TO-DAY
Factory Whistles and Bells and Auto
Sirens to Sound Note
Of Freedom.
ALL CARS STOP TWO MINUTES
Attention OF Every Man, Woman and
Child in Richmond to BE Called to
Importance Of Investing in Sec
ond Issue Of Bonds.
all CARS STOP TWO MINUTES

Promptly on the stroke Of IL to-day
second Issue Of the Liberty loan bonds
will be opened in Richmond with a
great patriotic demonstration. Prac-
tically every bell and whistle in the
city will be sounded as a clarion call
to the people to respond to the cry Of
America for funds with which to
prosecute the war with Germany.
Street cars will be stopped for two
minutes at noon, Boy Scouts will blow
bugies Ia the downtown section and in
the public schools of the city the chill
dren Will sing America"
Bankers have completed every de-
tail in tho local campaign. and 1t will
be carried forward from noon to-day
without moments hesitation. That
the placing of the second issue will
not be made as easily as the first Is
admitted. and for that reason plans
have been laid for more systema tic
work. Arrangements already COM
pleted provide for the reaching Of
every man. woman and child in tho
city who is able to purchase a bond.
Financial men declared yesterday that
the greatest cooperation on the part
OF every one would be necessary in
the Campaign. and they are determined
that Richmond shall oversubscribe Its
allotment, as was true Of tho city in
the first movement.
EVERY WHISTLE To blow
AT NOON5To-DAY
Every manufacturing plant and
every railroad locomotive will blow
pt
of five minutes. All church and fire
bells will be sounded, and every auto
mobile will blow its horn. The re-
quests made by the executive COM
mttce in charge of the campaign have
been met with ready responses from
the people, which indicate the success
of the second issue.
School children will assemble In the
auditoriums Of their various schools
this morning and sing the patriotic
hymn. America" while tho teachers
will tell OF the Inauguration of the
campaign for the second issue of tho
bonds which are to buy the freedom
and liberty Of the world from autoc-
racy.
Scout Executive Charles L. Weaver
has arranged with the school authori-
ties for all Boy Scouts to be excused
from studies from 11:15 o'clock until
1890. and they have been Instructed
to report to Scout headquarters
promptly at 11:3o. At headquarters
they will be assigned to their location,
and at noon will sound their bugles in
the downtown business section.
ALL STREET CARS WILL
STOP FOR TWO MINUTES
The Virginia Railway and Power
Company has consented to stop all its
electric cars for period of two min
utes. starting at IL o'clock, and the
motormen will sound their gongs con-
tinuously while the cars are not in
motion. Flags will be displayed from
homes and business houses. and all
theaters have been requested to have
their orchestras play the Star
Spangled Banner"
John Kerr Branch, chairman OF the
executive committee Is making up the
working committees for the campaign,
and these Will probably be announced
this afternoon. Active work soliciting
subscriptions to the bonds will be
started tomorrow, and will be pushed
until the campaign closes.
With the announcement late Satur-
day of allotments Of the bonds to the
twelve reserve districts, officials of the
Federal Reserve Bank will work out
at once the apportionments to be made
to the States and cities In the Fifth
District. 1t is expected that Richmond
Will be called on to subscribe a mini
mum amount Of approximately $12-
600 01n fo tho ,ou, 1ooo