The Washington herald., 1918-10-12
LIBERTY DAY
RELIED ON
TOGET QUOTA
President Wilson Himself
Has Issued Appeal
to Buy.
DISTRICT MUST HIT TOP
McAdoo Says 1t Is Public
Duty of Every man to
Aid Drive.
DISTRICT MUST HIT TOP

IlDerty lay must Take WASH
ington over the top in the Fourth
Liberty Loan drive.
Though the city has only week
in which to subscribe half its
quota, that half must be sub
scribed. The Capital of the United
States must not be the one city
in the country to fail in its duty
to the nation and the world.
The President himself has put
the case squarely before the peo-
pie of the city of Washington. The
city must respond for the honor
of Washington.
Numerous Handicaps.
The influenza epidemic, over-conf-
dence and certain insidious German
propaganda have oil worked to keep
the Capital City from fulfilling Its
obligation TO the world and liberty
but 10th the government officials and
the local loan committee are con-
WINGED that Washington will answer
the call Of the President and subscribe
until It hurts"
At IL o'clock last night the District
loan committee estimated that only
s44.5oo,Ooo of the Districts quota Of
&E7, 600, 900 had been raised. With al
government departments closed anG
all banks open today local loan man.
| ayers were hopeful OF pushing the
campaign ahead.
Nearly Up to Quots.
According to official reports receiv-
ed last night by the Treasury De-
partment only s2,2eS, SO 200 of the S.
OO0, ,O00, 900 asked by Secretary McAdoc
had been subscribed. This was ar
increase Of only s2i5, 900 over yes.
terday's total
Public meetings and parades ar
ranged for Liberty Day have beer
called of nearly everywhere because
of the influenza epidemic. President
] Wilson will participate in the cele.
! bration at New York, and Secretary
McAdoo at Chicago.
Commenting on the days showing
| the Treasury review last night said
In the face of high official plea!
| for united support of the loan and
| emphatic declarations that peace tall
! should not cause a slackening of sub.
! scribing, this result and the outlool
! for the success of the loan is dis
tinctly disappointing"
Motors to Aid.
Hampered by the ban on public
meetings in the District due to in.
fiuenza, the local loan committee viii
canvass the city in automobiles to,
day. More than twenty-five machine.
manned with speakers, and bugler.
from the navy yard and Marine
barracks will tour the city, appealing
to the people of Washington to rally
in spite Of the gloomy outlook.
At noon, laborers working on tn,
gvernment dormitories at the Unior
Station and at Fourteenth and OhiC
avenue will be given the opportunity
to subscribe. A meeting also will be
held at the Army Medical School.
In view of conditions here thi:
method of automobile and street
campaigning is the only kind possible
1t places the citizens of the National
Capital, upon which all eyes ars
are turned, in a peculiar position,
Its up to the personal loyalty of each
( Washingtonian.
Outside Districts Report.
New York and Chicago reported
gains of s6S,0O0,OOO and $50, 1000, ,O0I
respectively. The st. Louis distric
advanced only $4,000, 900 in "a hours
Spanish influenza is hampering III,
progress of the loan particularly II
Mississippi and Arkansas.
The campaign in the Kansas Cit,
district was progressing nicely,
gain of s14,0O0,000 being reported
yesterday. Subscriptions by State,
were: Colorado. s11,1s8,s50; Kan
sas, s2a,s37,350; Missouri, ss,056,250
Nebraska, s1s,sss,25o; New Mexico
s74s,77O; Oklahoma, 11,65,7O0, ant
Wyoming, s2,5s0,40o.
Philadelphia reported a gain o
slIooo,Ooo and totals for the distric
are now divided: Philadelphia proper
sS2,o49,s 800; Eastern Pennsylvania. ont
side Of Philadelphia, s5l. $50, 500; South.
ern New Jersey, s12, 19,s50. and Della.
ware, s4,55o. So Subscriptions In tn,
! New York district were divided: New
York State, s452. $50, $50; New Jersey
! s5j,55I, $50, and Connecticut, s7,652 200
In the Chicago district, Cook county
had SIS, 424, 900; Illinois, outside of Cool
county, s6S. .196, 900; Northern Indiana
$SS, 20, 900; Iowa, s66, ,657, 600; Michigan
$50, ,Ss7, 900, and Wisconsin, sss, s,sso, ,OoO.