The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-20
More Than 1000 Persons Have
. Bought Bonds Here.
Solicitors Will Continue Work
Thru Next Wednesday.
BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED
Meeting Will Be Held at Grand
Wednesday Night.
Governor of Utah Will Be the
Principal Speaker.

TOPEKA LIBERTY LOAN TOTALS
shawnee county minimum quota 81, 27I 800
Officially reported subscribed to
credit of county's quota. $780,. 1.05e.e5e
Officially credited Subscribers $500
Subscribed by Santa Fe shops. I3s, 200
sSubscribed by Santa Fe offices. 104. 100
Subscribed by Santa Fe store
.TotaI santa Fe employees. es1.soo
SANTA Fe employees subscribing $500
road officials but not yet added to the
credit Of Shawnee county's quota
Shawnee county's third liberty loan
subscriptions-th officially reported
by the banks to the credit of the coun-
tvs Quota-today passed the million
mark. John T. Morrisey, secretary
for the executive committee here, this
afternoon announced that at the time
the banks closed this noon, S1,072, e50
had been subscribed. The total OFF,
cially credited subscribers was an
nounced at 1900. The amount of
bonds purchased in the county since
the closing hour Friday was $50, 95o.
| approximately double the amount
taken out Friday.
In addition to the amount sub
scribed thru the banks, Santa Fe gem
eral office, shop and storehouse en-
ployes had at noon today boosted their
F., total subscriptions to 271,S00. with
1902 employees subscribing. The Santa
| F'e subscriptions are not counted in the
| figures announced by Morrisey,
they have not yet been credited to To-
pekas quota However with the
1871 800 in bonds purchased by the
railroad employees added to the Off
cial figures at the banks, it is shown
that $1.344,450 in Topeka. and Shaw
nee county money has been invested in
the third bonds.
| E. L. Copeland, treasurer for the
Santa Fe here, announced this after
noon that the general office employees
| have subscribed S104,70O, an increase
| of about $4,000 over Fridays total
Today 1,199 office employees had pur-
| chased bonds, making the total of
Santa Fe employees here subscribing
| $500, who purchased a total up to
noon today of s271.s00, or more than
a quarter of a million.
Loan officials here today announced
| that the much coveted honor flags
will not be awarded cities, counties
and states which have oversubscribed
until the campaign officially ENDS
May 4.
Work Thru Next Wednesday.
Field work in Topeka's third liberty
loan drive, it was announced today BY
j. r. Burrow, county chairman. viii
continue until Wednesday night tina.
a prominent over-subscription of
Shawnee county's quota may be in
sured. Committees and organizations
will carry on their campaign of solicit
tation until the time specified. The
closing night of the period of active
work will be celebrated by a civic
| addressed by Simon Bamberger, gov
ernor of Utah, speaking under the
| authorization of the national speak
ers' bureau in Washington.
Altho the work of field collectors
continued to be unslackened Friday
and today. the subscriptions thru the
banks was kept down by the in
clement weather which kept AWAY.
suburban and rural purchasers. The
total subscribed for the day at the
and today sS3,950.
Must Show Speed.
These figures mean that Topeka
will have to step along" the first
three days of next week to make as
good a showing during the first
ard second campaigns Loan off,
Gals are emphasizing the fact that
every man and woman should give
to the cause to the full extent of their
ability and not what hey consider
their bit. Every dollar placed into
the liberty loan will shorten the war
and every minute the war is shortened
saves a fife.
More Santa Fe Buyers
Santa Fe employees continued their
splendid showing today The store
house, H. E. Ray, superintendent, re-
ported today that 361 subscribing en-
ployes have purchased s2S,40o in
| bonds
NJ J. Drury. su erintendent of the
Santa Fe shops here. announced that
$3.50 ha~ been added to shop SUBJ
scriptions. making a total of s13s.7 700
contributed by 2.052 subscribers.
ROLLA GOES OVER IN 30 MINUTES
Little Town Subscribed $4,000 During
a Severe Storm.
The little town of Rolla. Morton
county, notified Governor capper to-
day that the community had more
than doubled its liberty loan subscrip-
ton at a single meeting In spite of a
severe storm. the town raised 81 900
in thirty minutes. The towns quota
was 5000. Subscriptions now total
SIT 400 and continue to grow.