Evening star., 1918-04-15
D. C. WORKERS TAKE
$2,102,0OO BONDS
Treasury Department Leads
Liberty Loan Subscriptions
With $647, 600.
TANK BRITANNICA COMING

| Subscriptions to the third liberty loan
! by employees In ten government depart
ments amounted to S3.1o2,oo0 during the
first week of the drive. according to figures
received today at the local liberty loan
headquarters. This showing was particu-
larly pleasing to the committee. as 1t only
represents subscriptions from about one
| fifth of the total number Of employees In
these departments.
| The committee expected to mako public
today the total sales in Washington dur
ing the first week Of the campaign. but
number Of the banks have failed to make
their complete returns, and in a number
Of instances Implications have been made.
| The committee is confident. though,
/ that 1t will be in a position to an
nounce the figures tomorrow. However,
| the incomplete returns are looked upon
/ as especially gratifying. and number
! of the committee members declared
! that If washington continues it's pres
ent stride 1t will more than double It's
| quota.
! Treasury Employees Lead.
| The Treasury Department. with sub
| scriptions amounting to $S47.0O0 to It's
credit during the first week OF tho
drive, stands at the top of the list OF
| the ten departments which have re-
ported The War Department, with
/ S602 900. stands second, and the Interior
/ Department is third, with 8 total OF
| S404, 900.
| "Britannica," the famous British war
| tank. which has been exhibited In
| number OF the large cities. Will reach
! Washington some time this week and
will be used to stimulate interest IN
| the campaign The local committee is
| arranging to have a street demonstra-
| ton to celebrate the arrival OF this
historic iron monster.
"Press Agent for Play.
! The tank was offered to the local COM
mittee by Kilburn Gordon. in behalf OF
the British and Canadian recruiting mis-
| sion. 1t is 261a feet long. ~ feet in
width and 8 feet 10 inches high, and Is
being sent throughout the country in ad-
vance of the composite war play, Get
| ting Together which is being USED 10
arouse patriotic interest in the war and
which will be shown here at Polfs.
| Secretary Thompson this morning ad-
dressed the regular meeting OF the e. WASH m
tington presbytery at the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church in the interest
| of the third loan Resolutions were
adopted to give the local committee the
unqualified support of every member OF
| the presbytery during the remainder OF
/ the campaign.
Pleas of Speakers Bring Results.
! Nine Schumann- Heink, Sergt. Verne
| Marshall, Representative Ellsworth, AS
sistant Attorney General Huston Thomp-
son and John Poole were the speakers at
two huge liberty loan meetings yesterday
/ afternoon and last night at Wh1ch SUD
scriptions for the third issue OF hDerty
i bonds, totaling more than $4,000, were
received The afternoon meeting was held
in the Billy Sunday Tabernacle. while the
meeting at night was in the auditorium OF
Central High School. Both places were
crowded to capacity, the two audiences
numbering nearly 10000 men and women.
| Sergt Marshall. former newspaper
man of Cedar Rapids. Iowa, and barely
| in his twenties. who served first as an am
bulance driver with the French armies and
later returning to this country, enlisted as
| a private in the American forces. described
| the unbelievable atrocities committed by
the Huns on Belgian and French children,
women and wounded soldiers, and chal-
| lenged any one with German sympathieS
among his hearers to deny the truth of his
| accusations
Nine. Schumann-Keink Sheds Tears.
! Nine -Heink, after singing
| when the Boys Come Home. stood
| with tears streaming down her cheeks
| and urged the women in the audiences
to do everything in their power to raise
| funds with which to provide guns and
| ammunition, food and clothes. for the
| boys over there.
| Il have four boys in the service" she
said; my boys-our boys. They are all
+, our boys-our wonderful boys. Oh.
mothers, you don't know how wonder
| full they are-you don't know your own
| sons. I have seen them in the camps
| ready to sacrifice all. They are wonder
full. splendid Back them up, men. with
| every dollar you have. Let us pledge all
for our boys and pray to God to shield
and protect them"
Nine Schumann- -Heink. before leaving
| the platform, left a large subscription
| with the liberty loan committee
Warns Of Propagandists.
special warning against the German
| propagandists was given by Assistant
Attorney General Thompson He said
they were endeavortng to defeat Ameri-
ca by spreading poisonous and mislead-
ing rumors. but that they are gradually
being run down.
| There will be four big liberty loan
meetings tonight. Gypsy Smith, the
evangelist. VIII speak at the Tabernacle.
and Champ Clark. Speaker of the House
1of Representatives, will preside. At
the Central High School auditorium
there will be a rally for the college
and university students of Washington.
at which Judge Walter l. Mccoy will
preside and Judge Wendell P. Stafford
Twill speak.
! Rev Frank W. Gunsaulus Of Chi
Icago. one of the foremost pulpit orators
I'm the country. will make a liberty
loan address at the First Congreeation-
al Church tonight. John Poole, chair
Ill Member Federal