The Washington times., 1918-09-14
RIVALS IN VS.. S.
RACE PASS $4,000

Determined 70 celebrate General
PershIng's birthday In . fitting man
ner. Washington letter carriers Gu
tered In the War Savings Stamps
selling contest under the auspices e
The Times inaugurated big pushH
OF their own yesterday.
Bright and early they startsd Oue
under the protection Of . strong
barrage OF Thrift Stamps and cd
yanced with such success that WhsR
returns were Tailed At the close e
the day, II was found that the -
sault on the pooketbooks Of patri0t1a
washingtonians had resulted n
sales of more than 5000
This brings the total for Ne nUG
days OF the campaign to more hAn
$4,000. exceeding even the sxpeetA-
lions OF d. ]. Callahan, director q
the local War Savings Committee
Greer ForEes Forw1r6
The feature Of the day ~ -
sudden appearances among ~ -
ers Of Carrier Greer. Wh0 e0R . . -
threatened to displaeS Carrier FleL
fanny at the top Of The EsG TAs ~
ter's margin Of satisfy b - sligAt
that today's returns may alter III
standing. Spiker, winner Of several
contests and generally regarded -
the most formidable contestant Of
all, holds third place By q still mar
rover lead But Spiker II known to
have several heavy sales In prospect.
and Is expected to show his true form
almost any day. ----
In Section No. 2. composed Of car
riers whose routes lie In part resi-
Dental, part business districts, Julius
Mayer occupies first place, with J.
nearest competitors.
Section 3 includes men attached %
outlying stations and rural routes, .
group that has never figured roni-
nelly In previous contests. However,
great things are expected CT them. for
the reason that the competition OF
the downtown men aas been removed.
and now IL Is simply q question Of
salesmanshIp. A. J. Baker, who
route lies In Chevy Chase. has cstab-
lished himself in first place an this
section by an apparently comfortable
lead, but the other contestants prom
Use to keep him working avery mo-
ment to retain IL.
Munsey Building Hustler.
A particularly interesting figure IN
the race Is Emanuel Hoffman. who Is
for the carrier who regu-
larry handles the mall for the Munsey
and who is on his vacation.
Hoffman was so anxious to demon
strate his ability as q substitute that
H. r,ada .,Ia. 60 Kha av1a1R ~ goAk N
winning fourth place among the men
War Stamps statesmen
For the first time In any contest. .
rural carrier, d. A McInturf, II q
q source Of particular
to officials OF the Post
office, since It Is an indication Of IN
terest from a new direction.
superintendent Of Carriers Schooloy
relates with satisfaction the result Of
his conversation. yesterday morning
with Carrier Stanton, q new man He
was urging him to enter the ecnteat.
but Stanton was inclined 70 b
as his talents for sales
I can't sell EN-, but IN try." he
said finally.
At the end OF the day. Il was found
that trying" had sold stamps to the
extent of Se6.6o-ane Stanton Is
just startinEl
The highest individual sale for the
day was made by Howard Douglas.
II was for stamps to the limit allow
ed by law-S1 900 maturity value,
present cost, $40.
One man was so excited at Tissue
cess that he Is reported to have left
three war stamps on a desk in an Of
fee. Discovering his loss an hour or
so later, he returned and not only
found them but also succeeded in SELL
ing them to the man upon whose desk
they were left.
Determined to win a prize, Carrier
Winston, a recruit, started out last
night with a supply of stamps and
stationed himseff1n front of the Con-
gress Hall Hotel, remaining there
until he had disposed OF his entire
stock to passersby.
The work OF tabulating the returns
has become so arduous that II was
found necessary to requisit!on the
services Of Miss Yeager from the Of
fees OF the. superintendent Of mails
as score-keeper.
Jus. six days more remain In the
contest and the interest already mani
tested indicates that its close will
show that the letter carriers Of Wash
ington will have made sales to the
extent Of at least 100000.