Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-17
AMSTERDAM, October II (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-The German army command, &C
cording to bulletin issued by the Rotterdam
Courent today, has ordered its armies to cease
devastating places unless absolutely compelled by
military necessity.
D. c. LOAN DRIVE
IS NOT FA[TER|NG
Committee Feels Confident
That Quota Will Be =
Exceeded.

The District liberty loan committee,
it'll s:a,o1G,So0 already subscribed,
today began the biggest drive Of, the
campaign to carry Washington far
past its quota of s27,ooo,o0o by Satur-
day night.
Although the committee is driving
ahead harder than at any time during
the campaign, the members feel conf
will not falter in pledging the $751;
zoo still needed to win for their city
the honor flag for reaching it's quota.
In some quarters the feeling pre-
walls that if the present rate of sub
scrlptions continues today, tomorrow
will run close to s3o,oo0,oo0 despite
the epidemic of influenza.
big Army observation balloon
vent up from the polo grounds at
11:%0 o'clock today and drifted lazily
over the city just as thousands OF
government workers were locking
out of their offices for lunch.
.ArDlanes have become so common
that they 10 longer attract attention,
but every neck was craned as the
big gas bag sailed aWkwardly through
the sky, dropping liberty loan litera-
ture.
Maj. Gen. William Henley, chief of
operations of the Army air service,
was a passenger in the balloon, which
was piloted by Maj. ]. c. Mccoy.
Other passengers were Col. A. L.
Fuller and Lieut. Col. H. B. Hersey.
land somewhere in Maryland or near
by Pennsylvania.
Charles w. Darr. chairman of the
committee on meetings, and John G.
Capers, in charge of speakers. are
making joint plans today to make one
more big swing through government
bureaus and other places where large
numbers are employed. Their plan is to
make three-lninute talks to small
them away from their desks.
Some idea of the spirit with which
the people of Washington have awak-
ened to keep their city from going
down to defeat was obtained by
speakers who went through the State
Department this morning making
three minute talks. After listening
to the brief appeal of the speakers
scores of employees who have already
bought a bond of the fourth loan held
up their hands and said they would
Washington fall below its quota.
Mr.. Darr and Mr.. Capers expect to
meet the same sentiment all over the
city.
Although everybody at loan mead
quarters was working away today as
il they were facing hopeless task, it
was evident that they felt confident
that the District has passed it's crisis
and is now gaining speed for a wild
dash down the home stretch.
The incomplete estimate of Sc2,016,-
500 III subscriptions up to closing
time last night means that the Dis
trict must buy s1,s97.o67 worth of
bonds on each of the three remaining
days.
Washingtons total for yesterday
was given a boost by the action of
the Treasury Department in investing
s1.5o0.000 of the Districts sinking
fund in fourth liberty loan bonds The
sinking fund is provided for the pur-
pose of retiring the issue of District
s.65 per cent bonds. which mature in
1924. and each year Congress ap-
propriates an amount for this pur-
pose. The law provides that this fund
shall be invested in the Districts
1868 If they are procurable. These
are not TO be had now and 50 the
Treasury is investing the money in
kberty bonds