Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-02
RUSH TODAY Toby
$50 LIBERTY BONDS
Result Of Presidents Invita-
ton to American People to
Match Him.
D. c. HONOR FLAG H0IsTED

Ing to the banks and trust companies
and other agencies engaged in the loan
drive here. the buying Of $50 honda on
the plan laid down BY the President in
his nationwide matching bee' took =
decided Jump today and the liberty
bond counters Of the financial institu-
lions were literally swamped.
Match the Presidents Fifty" viii be
the slogan during the remainder Of the
big drive. and It 10 expected by those
managing the loan that the Presidents
challenge will be answered fully
throughout tho country before the day
10 over. Ono million American men and
women, with the President first on tho
list, Will in this manner have sub
scrtbed to $50 bond. meaning an addi-
ton of $50.o00.000 to tho third liberty
loan.
Following the President.
A. . result Of the Presidents offer
many persons in Warrington. who had
waited until the eleventh hour to enter
their subscriptions, and many others
who already had made subscriptions
we're inspired to dig down and go
ths limit" with the President in aiding
In buying the ffty-dollar. bond on
the tnstallment plan the President
stated that no had subscribed already
- much ~ he felt he could afford.
but that he would take this extra bond
hope that in doing 80 he would be one
Of Q million who would do likewise.
That the President would mako this
subscription, and that he wanted It
last night by telegram to more than
10000 four-minute men Of the COM
mittee on public information. who de-
livered the message to several mil
lions Of mon and women in the thea.
throughout tho United States.
The telegram, which was sent by d.
rector William Mccormick Blair, Is AZ
follows:
Announced to Audiences.
President Wilson, realizing the vital
Of Increasing number and
he has already bought to limit. but
offers to buy one more $50 bond. in
sta1lment plan. rate of II cents daily.
and asks how many in all American
audiences will match him for new or
being made simultaneously to every
meeting in America just as If he were
present"
Great enthusiasm was shown by the
the message was announced ana the
bond statesmen and four-minute talk
ers who became statesmen temporarily,
did rushing business.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson at.
tended the performance at Keith's last
night. and when the message was read
there by Frederic ]. Haskin. a newspaper
man who has been conducting the nightly
rallies at this theater, he was given a tre-
mendous ovation. The applause and cheer
In 10 afo6 several rnfnufeq
In making the announcement Mr.. Has
kin said:
During tho last twenty-four hours tho
nationa! COMMITTEES has decided upon q
sale. kilograms have been sent to all the
general committees throughout tho United
States, and the instructions have been
relayed until practically every four-minute
the United States, in every theater. in
every moving picture house and every
gathering at this precise moment Is tell
ing his hearers the substance OF what I
am saying to you.
Signed: "Woodrow Wilson,"
To stimulate your action in this matter
each Of you to match his pledge Of $50
on the installment plan. He is in this audi
ence tonight. I am authorized to speak
for him. I have his pledge here in my
Another feature Of this rally was tho
brief but spirited talk made by sergt.
John J. Heffernan. who was in charge
Of the fifty Pershing soldiers sent back
The total subscriptions for the even
ing were $67,550. At the matinee S12.-
$50 was subscribed, making the days
total s7s:soo; and the grand total to
President wilson's pledge Of $50 was
accompanied by $50 pledges from John
Randolph Boiling and J. w. Boiling.
who, with Mrs. Wilson and her mother,
Mrs. w. H. Boiling. were in the presi-
Districts Flag Raised.
The local loan committee with its
army of volunteer statesmen and speak
city's quota before the campaign ends
Saturday night. and thereby receive the
added honor of being entitled to place
q blue star in the liberty loan honor
toS of the District building.
Nearly q thousand persons stood
proudly about the plaza in front OF the
me-
the honor flag. Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury L. s. Rowe presented the
nag to Commissioner Louis Brownlow,
who accepted It In nena ho OF 3 .ne DIS
Nv turned 1t over to the members of the
local loan committee and the woman's
local liberty loan committee. who. in
turn. had 1t raised on the big fagpole
on top of the building.
Assistant Secretary Rowe expressed
regret at the inability of Secretary Nc
Af5oo to be present to dedicate the
badge Of honor for the District. He
said
the patriotic citizens of the District
During the course Of a series Of liberty
loan tours have had occasion to speak
in states in which less than per cent
of the population subscribed to the sec
ond liberty loan, and I lost no oppor-
tuntty to hold before them the example
Of the District, where nearly 20 per
cent Of the Inhabitants have subscribed
to liberty bonds. It Is an example of
which you may be all the more proud
herause Of the fact that there is prob
ah1y no other large city in the United
states in which the per capita wealth
is AZ small as in the District of Column
bia, The patriotic devotion represented
nv this record Is one which is even
greater than appears on the surface"
Telegram From Mr.. .McAdoo.
Following his address. Assistant Sec
rotary Rowe read a telegram from Sec
retary, McAdoo congratulatins the Dis
trict upon Its achievement. It read.
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