The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-14
Activity of Patriots Gre
ates Spirit of Coopera-
ton All Around.
COMPLETE w OR K
Portion of City Not
Reached Yesterday
Will Be Taken In
Hand Tonight.

the housc-to- housc canvass yes
terdar, will report to loan head
quarters. Eleventh and Bank
streets, this afternoon at o'clocl..
said an appeal issued last nigh; ny
the Richmond committee. these
men will work from q To 8 O'Clock
tonight to complete the city-wide
canvass. All workers are request
ed to report promptly for instruc-
ttons and assignment of districts
that they will canvass.
Richmond subscribed approximate
Iy 100000 yesterday in the greatest
house-to-house campaign ever staged
In this city in the interest of Liberty
bonds and nearly 1000 subscribers
were obtained. Coming late in the
drive for the sale of Victory" bonds,
and on day when the city was prac-
tically living with closed doors be-
cause Of the influenza outbreak. the
results were wonderful in the opinion
~ hsnA<asses
Members of the campaign commit
tee declared last night that practically
every sale which was made yesterday
would not have been made but for the
great drive. People were reached
and interviewed who could not have
been reached at any other time be-
fore the close Of the movement on
Saturday night. and the showing was
Richmond would undoubtedly raise
her quota.
This assertion, however was based
on the belief that the response to the
governments call for money would
continue as il has during the past
three days. There is great enthusi-
asm in every section of the city. &C
cording to reports by the 200 can
vassers who worked yesterday, and
this has been heightened by encour-
aging war news.
While Richmonders are extremely
optimistic over the situation as ii
stands today, there is an almost uni
versal opinion that the allies should
demand an unconditional surrender"
OF the German government. Liberty
loan workers found For the first
time il seems that the Hun is being
beaten at his own game. and promi-
nent business mn yesterday ex-
pressed the opinion. based upon press
reports. that Germany was simply
seeking 10 salvage something out of
the wreckage and extricate her arm
les from The disastrous position in
which they find themselves
Additional Purchases.
This universal feeling crystalized it,
self in additional purchases of Lib
erty bonds. for scores of people who
had already bought all the bonds they
thought they could afford increased
their subscriptions yesterday, They
wanted to drive another nail in the
kaisers coffin they said This spirit
resulted in heavy subscriptions yester-
day. and will put Richmond over the
top" in the fourth Liberty loan drive
! before the campaign closes.
Nearly two hundred workers report :
cd to Liberty loan headquarters at $50
o'clock yesterday morning and re-
ceived final instructions for the can
vass Committees OF two men were
formed and each committee assigned
"A district. Many men canvassed their
districts and returned later In the day
for other assignments. The canvass
kent up without abatement until late
in the afternoon and headquarters
was the scene OF the utmost activity
as canvassers reported and received
new districts to canvass.
Despite the great number OF influ-
enza cases in the city the canvassers
were accorded wonderful reception
by the people OF Richmond. Subscrip-
tions came easy when the mission was
explained and the canvassers became
extremely enthusiastic over their work.