The Washington herald., 1918-05-05
D. c. MAKES RECORD
FOR THIRD DRIVE
ON LIBERTY LOAN
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

$50 bonds up to $4,000. A total OF
$4,000 was subscribed there.
At Keith's rally was staged which
netted more than 2,200,9O0. Champ
Clark, speaker OF the House. started
the ball rolling when he said: "The
President wants someone to cap his
$50. Twill cap II, and what is more
II will raise his ante here tonight TO
$100." He was cheered loudly and
pladges both large and sman poured
in. ....
A sensation was created when John
Poole turned In a pledge for s1.6O00Oo
which he said he had received during
the day and which he wanted to have
credited to Keith's Theater. He told
the audience he could not reveal the
name of the subscriber. Col. Robert
N. Harper. president of the District
National Bank. turned in q pledge Of
$4,000 his bank.
At tn ional Theater yesterday
afternoom ;cph M. stoddard made
an appeal 10 the audience to 60 the
limit and match the President with
another fifty. :.
At the Gayety Theater last night
$500 in bonds was pledged, and at
the matinee performance 1850 was
pledged, The total subscriptions re-
ceived through the Gayety for the
week amounted to $4,000.
The entire Missouri delegation in
the House. headed by Speaker Clark.
yesterday marched into the sergeant
alarms office and subscribed to an
additional so bond each, for which
they paid cash.
Employees of J. E. Hanger, u G
street, many Of whom had previously
subscribed, yesterday bought bonds
to total of 5000.
Charles W. Semmes, Eddie 3. Ey-
non and their army of voluntee.
bond salesmen put in a strenuous day
yesterday. In additioS to the of1icIai
sales truck, they had dozens OF other
machines which had been donated
for the purpose. and they kept all
or them going until after midnight.
Prominent among the motor car
statesmen were Sergt. Hefferman and
Private Mowrer. two OF Pershingss
men, sent to America to help boost
bond sales.
Exceeds Quota.
The Department of Commerce
went over the top" in its SUBJ
" Iuc llDeTJN loan.
One million and half dollars
worth of Third Liberty Loan bonds Is
the record of the entire Department
of Commerce, while the bureaus Of
the department housed in the Com
merce Building at Nineteenth and
Pennsylvania avenue. took a 5000
900 swat at the Kaiser.
At the Census Bureau liberty
loan meeting last Wednesday.
$500 worth OF liberty bonds were
purchased.
To the efforts OF the liberty loan
committee of the department is due
the splendid showing OF this branch
or the government service. The
committee Is composed of George
Johannes. chairman; Clarence c.
Weideman, representing the chief
clerks office: Nicholas Eckhardt,
tr.. the Bureau Of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce; Thomas ], Fitz-
gerald. the Census Bureau; A. J.I
Tyrer. the Bureau of Navigation:
w. p. Harmon. the Bureau of
Lighthouses: P. A. Walker, the
Coast and Geodetic Survey; I. H.
Dunlap, the Bureau OF Fisheries:
H. H. Dutton, the Bureau of Stand
ards: d. A. Heyser. the Steamboat
Inspection Service. and Beatrice
Butler. representing the women of
the department.
With official Investments of 5000
900. and individual subscriptions of
more than $20c0. 900. for the Third Lib
erty Loan, the Interior Department
brought its total up to over ~, ,0OO, ,UOO
for the three loans, according to an
announcement from the department
offices late yesterday. Secretary
Lanes appeal to his employees to
match the President produced more
than a thousand eleventh-hour SUBJ
scriptions of $50.
Interior Department employees in
and out Of Washington brought their
subscriptions for the third loan to
s2.136.s50. making a total Of over
s5,O0o0o0 from individual subscriptions
to the three loans.
The Bureau Of Mines led the offices
of the department both in Washing
ton and in the field with subscriptions
aggregating $l9990 for the Washing
employees and $3s4.OO0 for the field en-
employees, or a total of $5S3, 800. or the
other Washington offices Of the de-
partment. the Geological Survey
came second with s175,1Oo. Pension
Office and Patent Office were close
rivals, with sl36.50O for the former and
AS5, ,15O for the latter. For the field
employees the Indian Office was only
short distance behind the Bureau
Of Mines, with $S15.S50. Reclamation
Service field employees subscribed
$146,S0o. Land Office $134,15O, and Alas
kan Engineering Commission s123,3 800
Indians Aid.
Besides the amounts raised by
personal subscription, the Interior
Department was oficially respon-