The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22
SANTA 'FE CREDIT IN CITY
Subscriptions of Employees Put
Topeka Over Mark.
Bells Ring, Whistles Blow at
O'Clock.

Shawnee county officially
went "Over to the top in her
third liberty loan campaign to-
day with a subscription in the
banks at the closing hour this
afternoon of $1,365, 300.
This subscription oversub-
scribes the county's minimum
quota of $1,271,3OO by 1884, 900.
The showing today which
placed the county "over" was a
most spectacular one as the
days subscriptions reported Of
ficially thru the banks to John
T. Morrisey, executive commit
tee secretary, totaled 1922, $50.
The hour chosen for the dem
onstration which will officially
herald Shawnee county's over
subscription is 5 o'clock when
the principal bells and whistles
in the city begin -'inging and
blowing simultaneously
Leading all other state districts
the first Kansas liberty loan district.
phan. Jackson, Jefferson. Leaven-
worth. Nemaha and Shawnee coun--
ties, went ''over the top to victory
: I'm the third liberty loan today by
oversubscribing its quota of S3.921.-
900 by s143.650. This was announced
at noon today by +. w. Freeman
executive chairman for the first dis
trict.
wv. r. Rowe. executive secretary
for the liberty loan committee on the
tenth federal reserve district. informs
me that ours is the first Kansas dis
trict to go over its quota" said Free
! man in making the announcement L
am duly appreciative of the fact that
the loyal service and patriotic efforts
of committees of both men and women
made this possible
Hope to Double Quota.
I'VE are now just ready to begin
the drive for Su subscription OF 200 per
cent which my optimism leads me to
believe we will reach before May 4
Freeman's report today shows that
( five of the eight counties of the dis
trict have oversubscribed their indt-
vidual quotas. These counties are
4 Atchison, Brown, Doniphan. Jackson
and Nemaha-
Topeka third liberty loan workers
today braced themselves to make the
final effort that will place Shawnee
county far beyond the official quota.
and incidentally, place bond in every
city and rural home.
E. l.. Copeland, treasurer for the
Santa Fe railway announced that be-
ginning today he will place subscrip-
tions of more than a quarter of a mill
lion By employees OF the offices. store
house and shops here thru Topeka
/ bank the Merchants National The
: purchase of the bonds here under
! CopeIand's plan insures this city OBJ
tanning credit for the purchases OF
railway employees, and insures the at
tainfnent of the county'S goal -Ba nks
-
s1,072.65O credited to the county
without the railroad employees sub
scriptions of more than a quarter mil
lion dvllars.
/ Insurance of the subscription of the
! minimum quota, however. must not
mean that the campaign is to be
slackened. Shawnee county must be
kept running on high until a bond is
placed in every home. and, altho the
intensive drive is scheduled to end
Wednesday night with the Bamberger
meeting at the Grand theater, the
campaign will continue until May
and until that time every effort will
be made to obtain the subscriptions OF
those who able to make them
More Shop Purchasers
NJ. J. Drury. superintendent of the
Santa Fe shops. announces that $500
P in subscriptions were today added to
his employers total. making the
amount raised in the shops today
3 Sl4l,3 300 Ihe total was subscribed Dy
2.128 employees. In announcing these
splendidIy patriotic figures. Drury set
a new goal of 100000 in sUbscrip-
tions and 1900 subscribers and direct
ed that the captains continue their
\ work with renewed intensiveness-
Reports received in Topeka today
show that Santa Fe employees thruout
the system are subscribing at the rate
of $3.50 a man. The Rock Island
continues to lead all western roads
with total purchases of 2.63s. 900. the
Santa F'e system total being s1,795.-