The Washington herald., 1918-02-12

Today-Lincolns blrthoay-marks
the end of The Herald's War Savings
Contest.
By midnight every ballot must be
dropped in the sealed box ready for
the final counting by the judges.
d. ]. Callahan, director Of the Dis
trict War Savings Committee. M. II.
Allies, vice president Of the Riggs Ma
tional Bank. and Kemper +. Cowing'
publicity director of the local war
savings campaign hSve consented TO
act as the official Judges.
What degree Of strenuous enort Is
put In the selling Of the War Saw
ings and Thrift Stamps within the
next few hours will determine your
rank in the hundreds of contestants.
Interest General
Eyes Of Washington are expectantly
waiting the outcome OF the contest.
Residents realize what honor 1t Is to
be classed among the eighteen hvest
War Savings and Thrift Stamps SELL
ers in the National Capital. and they
stand ready to applaud the winners.
Mail carriers rolled up some healthy
scores yesterday. It Is evident that
the contestants are pretty well bunch
ed, and that today's sales will test the
metal Of those hardy which are de-
termined to land one Of the eighteen
gold prizes offered through the gen.
erosity of James O'Donnell. Ross +.
andrews and M. A. Leese.
Policemen were not far behind the
mail carriers in selling of the stamps
yesterday. Many Of these guardians
paid visits to downtown merchants
and were rewarded by substantial or
ders.
It may have been 'workless" Mon
day for the majority. yesterday. but
every one OF the contestants from to-
tails turned in make 1t q pleasantly
laborious ore.
Postmaster M. o. Chance believes
his men will earn a number Of the gold
prizes, as does Maj. Raymond Pull
man, superintendent Of police. Both
are admonishing their men to do their
"darrdest" to stamp out the house
Of Hohenzollern.
Buy BY Thousands.
, Several thousand dollars worth of
stamps were sold at The Herald ONCE
alone yesterday. Supplies at this
headquarters frequently ran out. ne
cessitating trips to the Treasury.
Do you need little Inspiration,
contestants?
If you do Just slip down to Gait
and Brothers. 1017 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest, and glimpse the at
tractive array OF gold coin which
will be distributed among your num-
Der. II has been arranged in eighteen
attractive little piles and sight of II
should spur you to Just a wee bit
more effort.
Interest among policemen in the con-
test has been so great that F. Ed
wards Mitchell, one Of the war saw
ings stamp speakers, journeyed to
the suburbs and urged members of
the Eleventh police precinct to pile
up their stamp totals in The Herald
contest. When speakers from the
War Savings Stamp Committee spoke
at each Of the ten other precincts
several days ago, men out the Sub T
way felt slighted.
Over $4,000 Total.
Miss Mamie z. GulIck had "some
day attending to the throng of mail
carriers who focked about her de-
partment- Topics pertaining to The
Herald contest were about the only
ones discussed at the City Postofrlce
yesterday.
Announcement Of the eighteen win
ners in the contest will be made as
soon as practicable after certihca-
ton Of their names by the Judges
Not less than $4,000 worth Of War
Savings and Thrift Stamps had been
sold by contestants at a late hour last
night
Division of Prizes.
Following is a list giving the ex-
act sums in which the $3.50 fund
will be divided: