Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-04
NIGHT RALLY NETS
$4,000 FOR LOAN
Firemen Go Over Top" While
Sousa's Band Plays
Martial Airs.

City hremcn gave patriotic demon
stration of going ''ovcr the top, last
night, when at "a Liberty Loan rally, held
in front Of the Public building, $4,000
was obtained in subscriptions from "A
crowd that IT was estimated numbered
close to 5000 people That even
greater results might have been obtained,
had it not showcrcd frequently, was the
opinion of the workers Every time IT,
raincd the crowd scattered, but were
speedily brought back by the splendid
music hv Sousas Great Lakes Naval
Band, that came 10 thus Citv from Phil
adclphia last night, especially for the
meeting and concert
The iircmcn Of tho Delaware Com
pany brought thclr large extension truck
and placed il directly III front of the band
on King street and then workers appealed
to the crowd for subscriptions 10 tho loan.
y often rs a subscription was obtained a
fireman mounted ono round after the
other of the ladder that had been hoistcd
almost pcrpcndicuarlv IN the ar When
he had completed the Fl tv runrs he
was over the top II also meant g.. 500
each trip
MANY devices were used to cnticc the
subscriptions, ono OF them causing much
amusement when n soldier kissed young
woman who had patriotIcall, volunteered
for the sacrifice
In between the speeches of the workers
the band played stirring tunes and the
crowd renamed for nearly three hours
despite the rain.
SCHOOLS FINE SHOWING
The returns Of the public school
campaign M to last night had resulted
IN about SlA5, $50 hclng raised Con
sldcring the handicap under winch They
lahorCd tins IS magnificent tribute ia
the principals. teachers and pupils Soy
cral Of the schools are arranging to hold
fitting exercises IN honor ot the winners
Of Liberty Loan essay prizes and their
own excellent record Ia tho loan While
some Of the latgcr Important schools
raised many thousands Of dnllars. the ei
forts Of the smaller schools ar sections
where the parents were barely able to
keep thclr children IN school were even
more remarkable
The High School raised So 800
The high School will bc open TODAY to
receive hclAtcd subscriptions, tho students
of the school hoping a. add still more 10 the
magnificent total IN thus campaign
Liberty Loan workers AZ the iobdcIl
Car Wheel Company announced yes
terdav. that The subscriptions collected
IN the shops there amount to 81. 100
The SuhscrIptionS from til, mon reached
the sum Of sll 300 10 tins HE company
added Sl0WlO and the oflIciale s. 500
Some of the officials had already sub
Scrhcd through other channels The
campaign n the STOPS 81 The l.otdell
Company Was n charge Of Howard ~ea-
fnau .,,rnt4r,# af Tho fouff.4nl md :.
member of the Rotary Cluh Nearly
every man IN the shops responded to the
appeal ot the IltcrtN Loan campaign
Tho American Manganese Steel Com
pany has subscribed for $50 R0 Liberty
Bonds in addition t. those taken by ITS
employees
The IilIlcs and Jones Company has
made a subscription Of $4,000. which,
with the subscriptions of It's officers
and employees. Viii make the contnhu-
uou OF the company 10 the loan So 600
Al Is last meeting Telegraph Council.
No ~ II q : NJ boosted is
sales al Liberty Bonds to $50 through
the manager, |. + 'rMg Imitation was
also held and one new meTnier initiated
Representative William N. Connolly
ynadc stirring patriotic speech, urging
the Liberty laan. ~ Inc Penn~ ylvania
radlroAd shops Yesterday lie emphasized
the flct that Nay had been conceived III
luquty by Germans and that the KAISER
had enlisted Ill of the hcndIeh outlaws III
his caIrsc he could find; therefore II is up
to the rest 81 the world particularly
America t. show that tin. sort Of thing
wont 90 where people have voice Ia their
He wa~ enthusiastically
1hlsred, and 50 ws4s The Liberty Loan