Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-07
REACH a MILLION
IN LOAN CAMPAIGN
Nearly Third of Amount
Raised Through Canvass
| Here Yesterday.
STILL FAR FROM GOAL

subscriptions to the fourth liberty
ioah amounting to more than S1O.-
oOo,oOO was the result of the first
week of the great campaign in WASH
lnSton, according to an official an
houhcement made today by the Dis
trict liberty loan committee It is
estimated by the committee that the
subscriptions taken during the can
vass yesterday will amount to more
than $4,oo0.OOO.
The committees statement for the
subscriptions for the week ending
Saturday night is based upon the re-
turns from the various banks of the
city. With fifteen of these forty
three financial institutions in Wash
ington failing to file returns for last
amount of subscriptions at 6 o'clocl,
Saturday night was SS,532,S75. Es-
timatinG on the possible returns
from the fifteen banks which did not
report for the two last days of the
week. the committee said today that
the city's seven days total.
The bank reports did not include any
reference TO the number of subscrib-
ers. but the local committee said it
"OuiC DC safe 10 estimate tnat the IN
tlividual response will be shown to
have exceeded that during the corre-
spending period of the third loan cam
paign.
Definite Figures Unavailable.
Because of the great number of in
dividual pledges taken yesterday, dur
ing the big house-to-house canvass of
the city, the committee was unable at
noon today to make public definite
figures for yesterday activities.
Notwithstanding that the residents
of Washington have thus far rallied
their dollars around Old Glory in a
proud and patriotic manner, the COM
mittee points out that the city is far
from it's goal, and that from now on
termination to raise the citys quota,
s27, 100000.
Make Generous Response.
Willingness of Washington's citi-
zens to sacrifice in the great cause was
emphatically demonstrated yesterday
afternoon by generous and patriotic
responses to appeals of the more than
5000 volunteer solicitors who canvass
ed the homes of the city in the inter-
est of the governments fourth bond
issue.
Regardless of the rain. and with a.
wonderful display of earnestness and
enthusiasm. Secretary McAdoo of the
Treasury Department worked as
canvasser. In less than two hours time
he gathered pocketful of signed
pledges. his customers ranging from
the President of the United States
who bought a $4,000 bond on the in
,AoI ,H1~ -
ants. His total subscriptions amount
ed to $1.S00,00O.
Secretary McAdoo did not confine
his activities to any one neighborhood
but skipped from one section to an
other. His solicitation of Bernard
Baruch, chairman of the war indus
tries board, brought forth a subscrip-
tion amounting to S1.OO0,0O0. Other
large pledges obtained by Secretary
the War Finance Corporation. for
S500.00O, and J. L. Raplogle of the War
Industries Board for 100000.
Canvassers' Work Made Easv
The most noticeable feature of tho
great house-to-house canvass was the
spirit which permeated the entire
city. This evidence of patriotism nre-
vailed in no one section or anon, anv
particular class of citizens. If vas
general. and the big task of the men
and women who had volunteered to
carry the drive into the homes ~
Washington was made just that much
easier. The canvassers enjoyed the
work and were naturally pleased and
gratificd by the results Of their ef-
forts.
According to their reports there
were blocks where an honor flag was
displayed in every window. and thai
there were many homes where not
only the head of the family had sub-
scribed to the fourth loan, but tina
every other member of the family Ia Il
bought bonds. Many persons already
lad bought. but pledged again when n
the canvassers called yesterday There
were instances where children's banks
were opened in order to make the
necessary 10 per cent cash payment.
In more than one the IS for the ini-
tial payment on $50 bond was MADE
up entirely of small coin. There were
innumer1ble cases of persons having
checks already made out and waiting
for the arrival of the canvassers.
The response 20 this appeal vas an
GontingZ On Second Fa.e.J