Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-14
TO Redouble Former Efforts.

tee Is determined to make the remain.
ing six days Of the great drive fairly
hum with activity.
TO Redouble Former Efforts.
Conditions have made it imperative,
the committee points out. to redouble
all former efforts in promoting the
sale OF bonds. However, the commit
tee feels confident that the patriotic
ficient to win for Washington another
honor flag denotins that its quota has
AS matter Of fact the committee
today expressed the sanguine belief
that when the smoke from the big
drive has cleared away 1t will be seen
that the nations capital has over
subscribed the amount asked Of it
The committee bases this BELIEF on
the TACT that there are many large
subscriptions which will be received
within the next few days, and that
there also are thousands Of men and
women OF moderate means who have
been putting off" buying their bonds.
Besides this. there are thousands Of
government clerks who have been
waiting for the mid monthly pay day.
which is tomorrow. before subscrib-
ing.
Business Men to Aid.
The canvass Of the many business
concerns Of the city, which was be-
gun in such a thorough and Intense
manner last Friday. will be an inn
portant factor in bringing the honor
nag to Washington. A special COM
mittee of progressive and prominent
business and professional mon is en-
saEed in this work. and already its
amounting to moro than $1,000, 900,
and its reports that the surface is
barely scratched In its field of on
Grafton Each day names Of firms
added to the city's honor roll win be
John G. capers. chairman Of tho
subcommittee on speakers, has plan
ned a busy and important week for
his hundred or SO liberty loan orators.
To overcome the handicap brought
about by the restrictions placed on
IN. .nIs. hoiaing OF meetings members of
thls subcommittee have decided to
send large number of speakers into
each OF the departments, where thew
Will visit tho various rooms in which
the clerks are working and make
nve-mInute loan talks.
Forty Speakers Busy.
II they can't come to us we will go
Capers' committee. This work started
on large scale this morning. when
forty speakers invaded the Treasury
Department and its various branches
and carried the bond-buying message
to thousands Of war workers.
The local loan committee is sending
out circular letter to the physicians
Of Washington, soliciting their bond
subscriptions. In doing this the COM
mittee realizes that the more than
900 physicians Of Washington have
been so rushed during the past two
weeks that they have had little time
to enter their subscriptions to the
fourth loan.
Mrs. Dewey Subscribes 5000.
Mrs William G. McAdoo was at the
street headquarters of the District
woman's liberty loan Headquarters
this morning to receive personally
the fve.thousand-dollar subscription
from Mrs. George Dewey. widow Of
the naval hero. Mrs. Dewey last week
subscribed to $4,000 worth Of bonds
in the name OF the Navy.
MITE. MoAdoo announced that she
had received word from Mrs. Wilson.
the Presidents wife. that she would
make . subscription to the loan
through the women's committee.
The Washington Chamber of Com.
merce today subscribed to s.. 000
worth Of bOnd1