Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-30
WHISTLES AND BELLS
TO. ANNOUNCE CAMPAIGN
Richmond's Great Drive for Sale of
Liberty Bonds Opens at Noon
Tomorrow.
CARS WILL STOP TWO MINUTES
Every Effort Being Made to Impress
on Every Citizen Nations Need for
Money for Effective Prosecution of
the War.
CARS WILL STOP TWO MINUTES

Preliminary to the opening at noon
tomorrow. with a great patriotic dem
onstration, the campaign for the sale
OF tho second issue of Liberty loan
bonds. tho pastors OF all Richmond
churches Will ask their congregations
and Sunday schools to sing America
this morning. This patriotic hymn will
be tho opening gun IN the campaign,
and ll.awake tho people OF the city
to tho fact that Just twenty.fnuF hours
later will be inaugurated tho second
movement Of ;, thiB country, tos.raise
funds with which to prosecute the war
against Germany. 81
Elaborate plans have been work ed
out by the local executive committee
OF which John Kerr Branch. presI-
dent of the Merchants National Bank,
is chairman, for the campaign. and
Richmond Will be expected to sub
scribe at least $4,000 900 to the sec-
ond issue OF $4,000, o00, 900 Just author
lied by Congress-. AS yet no definite
allotment to this city has been made
but bankers declare that the appor-
tionment will be at least this amount.
More than $12.0oo.o0o was subscriber
by Richmond to the first issue.
PEOPLE MUST REALIZE
COUNTRY'S NEED FOR MONEY
In opening the campaign, the first
work will be to bring to the people
realization OF this country's need for
their money. Patriotism will be the
keynote, and promptly on the stroke
of IL tomorrow. every whistle and
bell in the city Will be sounded All
manufacturing plants have been re
quested to join In tho movement, and
orders have issued directing the super
intendents to have their whistles blow
for five minutes, starting at noon.
The railroads have also been asked
TO assist the local committee, and
whistles on their shops and locomotives
in and around Richmond will blow
for five minutes at noon. Chief W.
H. Joynes. OF the Fire Department,
has assured the committee that the
bells on all fire stations In tho city
will be rung.
Probably the most striking feature
in connection with the demonstration
will be the stopping Of all street cars
The Virginia Railway and Power Com
pany has consented to stop all its
cars promptly at noon. and they are
TO remain stationary for two minutes
The motormen Will sound their gongs
continuously during this time. Auto
mobiles will also take part In the
movement. and every owner has been
requested to blow his horn for five
minutes at noon. Individual letters
could not be mailed to them, and the
committee last night asked the press
to make this request OF automobile
owners.
BOY SCOUTS TO BLOW
BUGLES AT STREET CORNERS
Boy Scouts Will be located at all
the corners downtown with bugles, and
will from time to time during the cam
paign render valuable service in many
other ways. Charles L. Weaver, chief
Scout executive. has arranged witt
Assistant Superintendent A. H. Hill, OF
the public schools. to release all Boy
Scouts at 11:15 tomorrow morning
that they may be at their designated
locations promptly.
Every business house and Q,ome hay.
ing flag has been requested by the
committee to display them, and all
school children will assemble to-mor.
row morning in the auditorium of the
various schools to sing America an.
nouncing the sale of'the Liberty bond
for the freedom Of the United States
Theaters will be requested to pIa,
Tho star-Spang1ed Banner at ever,
performance to bring further to tn,
attention Of the people the sale of tn,
bonds.
ssyenty-nve speakers for tho cam
paign are being selected by w. T. Dab
ney. chairman of the speakers com
mittee, and will be announced In tn
next few days. The movement is ex
peeted to deyelop several H,ass-mset
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