The Washington herald., 1918-10-19
DRIVEN
DISTRICT GOES
OYER THE TOP
Drive Today for More Sub
scriptions to Swell Ma
tional Total.
DOUG COMES THROUGH
McAdoo Greets Actor Who
Turns Over $7,0O0,-
600 for Loan.
DOUG COMES THROUGH

IhlS Is Ihe last day or the Fourth
Liberty Loan.
Yesterday afternoon Secretary Nc
AdOo announced from the steps of the
Treasury Building that the city or
Washington had gone over the top
and that the local loan committee
had now determined that the Dis
triCt's quota should be oversubscribed.
A climax to the campaign in Wash
ington and an added incentive for pill
ing up a huge Oversubscription will
be provided at 1870 today by the most
spectacular and thrilling aerial
demonstration ever witnessed when a
dozen aeroplanes. ranging from the
fast scout planes to the powerful De
Haviland two-seated bombers will ma
neuver in battle formation over the
Treasury and rehearse the entire list
of hair-raising stunts just as they are
done in actual combat in battle.
American Aces Up.
The planes will be manned by Amer
lean flyers. among whom will be two
recently returned American Aces The
demonstration today will mark the
first time so complete a program has
been carried out here under strict mill
I tary principles.
! The flock of combat planes will be
led by three big two-seated DeHavi-
, Ian bombing planes. each equipped
with three machine guns and all the
\ bombing apparatus. These will fly in
single file. as in actual battle, the
| theoretical objective being the Trea-
sury Building. which is supposed to
be destroyed by bombs. Behind these
VIII come six Curtis battle planes in
a F-shaped fighting formation, fol-
planes. All of the planes will execute
the manOuvers simultaneously. each
retaining the formation. As A cli-
/ max there will be combat between
TWO OF the scout planes, with nose
DIVES, tail spins and all the condi-
tiOns of actual battle
District Goes Over.
/ Washington went over the ton YES
terday when II passed its s27 COS ON
quota, and the liberty loan committee
and its several thousand volunteer
workers will drive ahead today with
| renewed yigor in an effort to pile uu
the greatest possible oversubscription.
All the banks will remain open until
- O'Clock tonight. while canvassers
and members of the street sales com
nhttee will continue to take subscrip-
tions until midnight.
a spectacular feature of the final
days campaign will be a hundred or
more liberty loan speakers in auto
fhooiies forming a flying SQUADRON
ana seIllng bonds in all sections of the
clty throughout the day. The COM
mlttee needs "a number of touring
cars for this purpose and has Issued
an appeal for cars.
The first official annoupcer,o,,. a..
Washington had won its ouota ,,as
made by Secretary of the Treo 80,
McAdoo yesterday afternoon in an ai-
dress from the south steps of the
Treasury. Mr. McAdoo had lust re-
celved from Doug Fairbanks suh-
scrtpuons for almost s7.Oo0Ooo
! Both the Secretary and FsirhanLs
maze briet addresses. after which
there was rush of bond subscrin-
lons, Fairbanks procuring the sub
scrlptlons and the Secretary per-
sonally autographing the bonds
many sales were made ranging in
SIZE from $50 up to $1,000. On the
platform with the Secretary were
Mrs. McAdoO. Comptroller of the
urTehcy Williams. and John Poole.
~ r saul and Eugene S. Thomp-
OF the liberty loan committee
NJ, WIS McAdoo Helping.
MIS- mcAdoo obtained two more
large subscriptions for rbe women,s
lIoerty loan committee Yesterday
one was for 100000 from Comn.
troiier Of the Currency John skeI-
Ton Williams, and the other was
from Samuel Fordyce. CounsoT,or
Tor the War Finance Corporation
Ior $4,000. Mrs. McAdoo will saIi
ponds between and 6 o'clock this
Mrs. Josephus Daniels sold mora
than $4,000 worth of bonds yestere
day afternoon.
Among the subscriptions was an
4dditional $4,000 from Mrs. George
Dewey.