The Washington times., 1918-10-05
MANY BUY BONDS
AHEAD OF CANVASS
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homes shelter Government war work.
ers, and it is the purpose of the can
vass to give every wage Garner an OPP
portunity to get on the nations honor
roll of the fourth Liberty loan.
The people OF Washington already
have actually bought S6,0I5,77O worth
of fourth Liberty bonds.
This announcement was made today
by John Poole, chairman of the Dis
trict Liberty Loan Committee.
The figure represents the amount
of bonds actually cleared through
Washington banks up to the close of
business last night and officially re-
ported to Mr.. Poole.
The encouraging feature ~ this an
nouncement is that many banks did
not make returns, and the amount of
bonds actually bought is believed to
be much in excess Of S6.OT5.T70. Fur
Their, this figure does not include any
of the thousands OF pledges to buy
bonds that have been signed.
Vety Optimistic.
Mr.. Poole was very optimistic to-
day because the figure OF S6.OIS, no on
the seventh day Of the twenty-one-
day campaign indicates that the peo-l
pie of Washington have come to a full
of the menace OF the Span
ish influenza epidemic to the success
of the fourth Liberty loan, and have
to put the loan "over the
top" in spite of this serious handi-
cap.
The amount of S6,O75,77O is far in
excess of the amount OF bonds actu-
ally bought in the first seven days of
any OF the three previous loan cam
paigns, and even though S6,075,770 is
less than one-third Of Washington's
quota, S2T. COS, 900. Mr.. Poole is con-
hdent that il the people of the Dis
trict continue buying as they have
started Washington will oversub-
scribe its quota.
- Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has enlisted as a Liberty bond sales
man, and will solicit bond pledges
from house to house in the big drive
tomorrow with 5000 other volunteer
bond statesmen.
District Secret.
The district and team to which the |
has been assigned is being |
kept secret by the Liberty loan COM
mittee, and it is possible that any |
home in Washington may receive a |
,aII from the man who has already |
sold more than $4,000. 900. 900 in Lib
arty bonds since the United States
entered the war. This, however, Il /
he first time that the Secretary has
aiken subscriptions personally.
The charts for the 200 team cap
.ains who will have charge OF as
many districts were completed by the
Liberty Loan Committee last night
and each captain received his assign
nent together with the same number
IF subscription cards as there are
homes in the section in which he will
work. All bond statesmen will carry
with them n supply of honor flags
md buttons and to each bond buyer
hey win present an honor flag and a
1utton as a receipt for their patri-
)tism.
Each captain has been Instructed
% have his solicitors take a pay
nent in cash or check OF 10 per cent
If the amount of the bond subscribed
or. large lettered sign will be
placed on the automobile OF each cap
ain to show that the car is being
Ised for Liberty bond work.
Dramatic Feature.
A dramatic feature of the canvass
will be the fact that it will be
simultaneously in all sec
ions OF the city. The more than 5000
will ring as many door
'ells on the SrOke of l o'clock, and
he big drive VIII be on. From that