Evening journal., 1918-04-09
S25.OOO.OOO OF LOAN
PLEDGED By DOPONIS
Company Will Take Amount
on Condition State Does
It's Full Part
TOOK $2O,4OS.6 800
OF SECOND LOAN

A subscription that will total proba-
bly s25.OOOOO0 60 the Liberty Loan 4
campalgn. was authorized yesterday by /
the dupont Company at a meeting yes
terday afternoon, Of It's finance com
mlttee. The exact amount viii de-
mend. IL is said, on the amount con- I
fribued from other sources In the State.
The committee has placed So,OOOOOO I
outside the state and viii duplicate, 1t |
is said all subscriptions that may be
made in Delaware, up TO SiIOOO,OOO
The announcement coming so early
IN the effort. should arouse the work
ers to fresh efforts to increase the sum
that VIII be raised aside from the du-
Pont contribution.
AZ the time Of the Second Liberty
Loan. the dupont Company subscribed
S50O0O.OO0, Of which an allotment OF
$50 800 was received. The announce
ment OF the authorized subscriptions
yesterday Will make it possible, With
The State Of Delaware doing its share
for the company to help IN the new
financial drive up to S25,0OOOOO.
Among the important volunteers en-
rolled yesterday IN the Liberty Loan
work IS Henry L. Tatnall. Mr.. Tatnan
will be the chief staiistician Of the
IHhUllul uAlNN hlAA AAAA VIII ~" N'AN
work OF tabulating the total Of the
subscriptions. Another important vol
unteer was Ensign Roy a. Wood. H..
s. n. r.. f., now assigned to the Her
cules Powder Company of this city,
who Will assist Mr.. Tatnall in his
work. Ensign Wood brings with him
into the work a corps Of assistants who
are able 70 handle any Job no matter
how big it Is.
An exceedingly encouraging feature
Of the drive is the number Of bonds OF
small denominations being taken Mr..
Rossell. who has been laboring espe-
cially TO bring home 20 all the people
the need Of upholding the hands Of the
President IN this important financial
drive, was greatly pleased yesterday at
the prospects Of seeing his slogan, "A
Bond In Every Home" realized.
The daily meetings Of the Allied
Banks headquarters, il Is believed, will
start next Thursday. Then the totals
Of the day viii be tabulated. AZ the
present time every worker, every Lib
erty Loan manager and every lleuten-
ent is aiming TO bring in the quota
Of his section or district as soon as
possible, so that with the minimum
passed, the greatest efforts can be put
forth for a mighty oversubscrlption.
Sousa's Band win come 20 this city
on Saturday, TO give an open-air con
cert in front Of the Public Buildlng'
90 boom the Liberty Loan campaign II
tlis city. Arrangements for the com
ing Of this peerless musical aggregation
were completed late yesterday after
noon. The plan was one that A. RAJ
DuBell, secretary Of the campaign com
mittee, has had IN mind for severa
days and final details for the visit herr
OF Sousa and his musicians have now
been arranged.
According TO the schedule, the bant
will arrive In this city about O'Clock
and will Immediately repair TO the
Public Buildings and the concert viii
be on practically at once. Sousas mu-
nicians have been participating In many
Liberty Loan demonstrations through
out the country and 10 was only be-
cause they are at present IN this sec
tion that made Il possible to obtain
them.
Mrs. Ridgely, OF Dover, State Chair
man Of tho WOmen's Liberty Loan
committee, last night reported that the
women workers OF tho State had Oh.
tained subscriptions yesterday amount
ing to 10000. This was divided a,
follows;
Wilmington, $3.50; Rural New Gas
Gle county, s2,50O; Kent county, s55.
300, Of which sum S32 900 was obtalne.
IN poveri Sussex county, $500. Tht
Wilmington workers were embar
rassed because OF the non-arrival OF
subscription blanks from the Philsdel
phia headquarters, but nevertheless IN
women did what they could.