Evening star., 1918-02-06
MORE CABINET OFFICERS
PUSHING WAR STAMPS
Secretaries Houston and Wilson Is
sue Signed Statements to Public
Urging Purchase.

| Two more cabinet members today
were added to the list Of members of
the Presidents official family who have
urgently advised every real American
to buy war savings stamps to the limit
of his or her ability. Secretary Hous-
ton of the Department of Agriculture
| and Secretary Wilson of the Depart
ment of Labor. in signed statements to
the public through the executive COM
mittee of the District of Columbia, call
attention to the fact that it is the duty
| of every American to aid the country
| by the purchase of the baby bonds"
saying that it should be a source of
qualification to everybody to have had
! at least a small part in helping to win
the war.
Because of the fact that such n large
number of new agencies have been es-
tablished in the District of Columbia
| TO rthe sale of war savings stamps
during the million in a week CAM
paign in the National Capital. It has
been decided not to give out daily re-
ports OF sales during the week. Tho
total sales in the District of Columbia,
! 1T Is stated, will be announced at tho
end of the week
y total of sS4,654.09 in war savings
stamps was sold at the Treasury be 9th
&
or this amount SS,1S0.33 went to Treas
tGry employees. The largest single days
sales. on January 81. totaled S36,303.1o.
Speeches at Theaters Tonight.
In addition to the addresses by promi-
nent speakers at the matinees at the
various theaters this afternoon, speeches
are to be made tonight at practically
every theater in the city in behalf OF the
| "million-n- -a-week'' drive for war savings
stamps in the District Of Columbia
Miss Blanche Bates is to speak at
kelths during the evening performances
Al the National the speaker is to be for
ner Commissioner II. 3. f. Macfarland
Rabbi Abram Simon is to speak at the
Belasco and Representative Neely will
tell about war savings stamps at the
evening performance at Polls The
speaker at tonights performance at
the Gayety is to be Roy L. Neuhauser.
Meeting at Rauscher's Tonight.
The Loyal Legion and the Sons of the
American Revolution are to hold a war
savings meeting at Rauscher's at S:45
O'Clock this evening, at which Judge Ar
thur h. Hayes is to be the speaker Mrs
Rupert Hughes of New York is to sneak
at q meeting tonight Of the Child Welfare
League, of which Mrs William Corcoran
Hill is president.
b. l.. Gaskins is to speak to colored
people at the Howard Theater this
evening. S. H. Dudley and r. C. Bruce
are to be the speakers at the Foraker
Theater. and John H: Paynter will
speak at the Hiawatha.
Open Agencies in District No. 1.
Mrs. Rupert Hughes and Mrs Clark
son, both of New York, who are active
ly participating in the war savings
campaign in the District, yesterday
opened the following war savings
stamps agencies in district No. 1. the
downtown section. of which Milton T.
Allies is chairman:
Liuge Simonopol, 245 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest: Charles Cremato.
III Pennsylvania avenue northwest:
Daniel Schieller, o27 PENNSYLVANIA
aveune no <.hwest; Umberto Ceruli. 200
Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Will
liam Hahn SS Co. 1th and X streets
northwest. and other stores; People's
Drug Stores. House & Hermann. Op-
penheimer's. 623 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest: Gilman drug store, 627
Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Mer-
chants Lunch, 629 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest: Halls cigar store, 7th and
pennsylvania avenue northwest: Can
itol Lunch, Pennsylvania avenue north
west; Crawford shoe store 125 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest; Mayer's
northwest; Parker. Bridget & Co, 9Th
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest;
the Hub. S11 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest: Milton r. Ney. sol Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest; Luigfs, 211
Pennsylvania avenue northwest: An
sley's. 217 Pennsylvania avenue north
west: ]. F. Jarvin. 335 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue northwest; F. Silberg, Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest; Dreyfus Bros.
617 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
and the Baltimore and Ohio ticket
office. GIG Pennsylvania avenue north
west
The Petworth Citizens Association is
making efforts to bring home to the
citizens of Petworth the real meaning
of war savings stamps and war certif-
Gates and thrift stamps.
]. L. Carr. president of the associa-
tion in talk last night at a meeting
OF the Ladies' Arts Club. in the Pet
worth School. at sth and Shepherd
streets, urged buying the small gov
ernment securities as sure and re-
liable investment and as a means of
promoting the thrift habit. Mr.. Carr
also urged following the distates of
the food administration.