The Washington herald., 1918-10-07
.M'ADOO SELLS
S1,SO0,O0O
BONDS
Secretary Joins Canvassers
for Half Hour on
Sunday.
WILSON BUYS MORE
Armenian and War Work
ers Visited by Head
Solicitor.
BARycH INVESTS MILLION
Navy Day" Of the Campaign to
Be Observed Here on
October 10.

| OctoDer 10.
William Gibbs McAdoo, Secre
tary of the Treasury, Director
General of Railroads, turned hi
hand to "house-to-house canvass,
ing" yesterday afternoon in the in
terests of the Fourth Liberty
Loan.
In an hour and a halfs work
he exceeded the most extrava-
CANT dreams of the most imagina-
tive peddler of vacuum cleaners or
other household commodities, hav-
sold $I,8oo,ooo worth of goods
goods" known in financial circles
as liberty bonds.
White House on List.
His afternoons activities extended
| from the White House to the modest
dwelling Of a colored laborer. He
sold bonds to inhabitants of imposing
mansions on Sixteenth street and to
an Armenian proprietor of a fruit
stand. He disposed of bonds ''on the
installment plan" to President Wilson
and to a number OF war workers re-
| siding in boarding house
Assisted by a committee composed
Of Charles ]. Bell. Eugene E. Thomp-
son, William ]. Eynon, Corcoran
Thorn and Frank R. Wilson, he made
his first visit at the White House.
The committee stayed in the green
room while Solicitor McAdoo went
up to see the President.
Wilson Takes $4,000 More.
After Mr.. McAdoo, had trotted out
his selling arguments the President
| declared that although he had al
r-ady purchased $4,000 worth Of the
present issue OF liberty bonds he
would purchase $4,000 worth more
on the installment plan, IF Mr.. Nc
Adoo will trust me-"
From the White House the party
. sped out Sixteenth street, not stop
ping at any Of the great stone man
sions, but turned down a side street
and stopped at the store of NJ. Se-
ferian, 1885 o street.
The Armenian storekeeper was ap-
parently not much impressed when
he was approached by Mr.. McAdoo.
He did not rise and Mr. McAdoo
towering above him asked him to buy
bond.
Il have already bought one" he
answered
We'll, that is fne." said the Sec
retary, but all of US can do a lit.
tie bit more"
Mr.. McASoo succeeded In getting
the storekeeper to draw a pencil
from behind his ear and sign s1OC
bond.
| Colored Woman Wins.
Next door was the home of some
colored folks. but the bond sales
man could not penetrate beyond the
fact which the negro woman stur-
dily held to and that was "Ah ain't
got no money"
Across the street a boarding house
was approached and number OF
war workers eagerly bought and
signed up for bonds. and Mrs Nc
Adoo pinned a liberty bond buttor
upon each who purchased a bond
One servant in the house was asked
to buy one on the installment plar
and she promptly succeeded in get.
ting enough change from those
around and about to make the first
$500 payment
Approaches Bernard Baruch.
Secretary McAdoo went to tht
home of Bernard Baruch. Just az
he was going up the steps the Pres.
ident and Mrs. Wilson passed in q
victoria, out for their Sunday after.
noon drive.
viii you buy bond. Mr.
Baruch." said Secretary McAdoo.
I'll take a million dollars worth,
he beamed.
TT was a cinch." was Mr.. Nc.
Adoo's comment to the world.
All Show Fine Spirit.
Rain or shine mattered little L
the 5000 volunteer canvassers who
visited every home in the city ir
quest OF buyers OF liberty loar
bonds. Their devoted spirit ct theil
task was met at nearly every dool
by a spirit equally as patriotic ant
loyal
Owing to the enormity Of tn,
task and the large number Of can,
yassers who solicited subscriptions
IL was impossible up to midnight t.
form even an estimate of tn,
amount Of bonds sold. Tha. II 4,
well up in the millions Is bevcnt
doubt. But the aggregate amount
of bonds sold. however large, /.
secondary. The big, outstandjns
feature of yesterdays great house,
toulouse canvass was the spirit
which imbucd every one of tho 400,
900 men, women and children
spirit which permeated the entire
city and was no less in eyid aucc
in the homes of the lowly than in
the marole fronted palaces of tn,
very ricn.
Poor Make Sacrifices.
From every section of the city the
volunteer canvassers brought tn,
same reports-of blocks where ar
honor flag was in every window
and Of homes where not only tn,
head of the family, but every indi
vidual member of the family bought
bonds. Many already had bought
but increased their subscription.
when the canvassers called, and rars
indeed were cases where canvassers
encountered persons who had no
bought and who failed to buy.
Scores Of cases of individual sac.
rffice and patriotism by the very
poor who wanted to add their name.
to the nations honor roll were re.
ported At one lowly home the s