The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-16
DISTRICT MUST PURCHASE
MORE THAN 8 MILLIONS IN
8 DAYS TO REACH QUOTA

Washington today has subscribed
S1s,so1 $50 Of its quota OF $27eos.ooo
IN Fourth Liberty bonds.
When bond sales began yesterday
the city had bought only $16,2os.O0O
worth. but when the days sales were
ended the total sales were found to
be $1s,S $50.
Yesterday, Government pay day,
saw $2,593,650 worth OF bonds sold
in Washington, more than two and
one-half times as much as on any
previous day in the campaign.
The old town is waking up" said
Liberty loan officials, land IL IT keeps
awake until Saturday night the Ma
tionRl Capital will go over the top in
spite OF this peace talk and influenza
epidemic You have only tomorrow
Friday, and Saturday to buy bonds,
so get busy. We must sell $500, 40
worth bonds before we have sold
our quota OF S27. COS, 900. and we must
do much better than our quota"
Banks Remain Open.
All the banks in the city are keep
ing their Liberty bond departments
open during the day and until 9
O'clock each night this week. So
vast was the amount of business
done in the local banks yesterday
that there were very few intervals
when there were not long lines of
bond purchasers. There were a few
large subscribers, but to each large
purchaser there were thousands that
bought bonds for $50 and 500.
The committee in charge OF solicit
ing the corporations and smaller
business houses in Washington re-
ported last night that they found the
feeling Of patriotism very great
throughout the city.
New Subscriptions
Among the new subscriptions re-
ported to the Liberty Loan head
quarters yesterday from local bust
ness concerns are the following:
,Washington wholesale Tobacco
Company, 5000 Thomas A. Cannon
$1,000; Carry Ice Cream Company.
5000; B. F. Goodrich Rubber Tire
Company, $4,000; General Electric
Co, $4,000; House g. Hermann
1900; W. S. Hoge & Bro. $500. |
Mellon-Stuart Company, $4,000; Mer- |
chants Transfer and Storage Com |
pany, SOS, 900; Norfolk and Washing |
ton Steamboat Company, 100000; |
Henry 7. Offterdinger, $1,000; H. p |
MORTON q Co., SlU,OOUs W. Charles /
Heitmuller, $4,000; Plate Printers |
Union No. 2, $4,000; Louis c. Rosen-
bush, 5000; Rudolph and West Com !
pany, $4,000; Z. G. Schaefer & Co !
81, 900; Southern Building Supply !
Company, $4,000; Hotel Continental !
by the Washington Hotel Company /
$4,000; Francis c. Wallace. Sl,IOO; I
Hugo worch, $1,000; Todd Protecto J
graph Company. $1,000; John Han
cock Mutual Life Insurance Com |
pany, $4,000: Congress Hall Hotel /
Company, 81, 900; George & Co., $1,000;
Holmes & Sons, $4,000; Liebman I
Bros, SIS, 900; George J. Mueller. 81, 500. /
The Washington organizations n .
Scottish Rite Masons last night sub 9
scribed an additional $4,000 10 the
Fourth Liberty Loan, making the 4
total S25,65O [
Mrs. William G. McAdoo, chairman I
of the National Woman's Liberty
Loan Committee, will this afternoon
endeavor TO compete with the Liberty
bond sales Of her husband, Secretary
Of the Treasury, who has attained a
mark OF 100000 in personal sales.
Mrs. McAdoo will sell and deliver
bonds at the woman's Liberty loan
Headquarters, at 1924 T street north
west The sale will take place be-
tween 4 and G o'clock, and she will be
assisted by all members Of the wom-
ans committee that are able to be
present
II is estimated that as chairman
zoe. 900 volunteer women workers