The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-07
CHORUS GIRLS SING TUESDAY
Crawford Offers Use of $50
Beauties for Loan Feature.
Fourth Liberty Loan Must Be
In by End Of Week.
THE BAROMETER.

Announcement today by E. L. Cope
land, acting federal treasurer of the
Santa Fe liberty loan subscriptions
and treasurer of the Santa F'e railway.
that 2,700 employees of the road in To-
peka had subscribed $250,000 to date
for the loan brought the Topeka fig
ures to more than $500, 900. leaving
a million dollars to be raised volun-
tarily by Friday of this week to COM
plete the Shawnee county $2,571,250
quota.
Treasurer Copeland also announced
that on the Santa Fe between Topeka
and Albuquerque 5000 employees had
subscribed, 81, 100000 to the fourth
liberty loan to date-an enviable rec
ord.
The publicity committee of the local
liberty loan board. composed of Phil
Eastman, Marco Morrow, Cecil Howes
and Arthur Carruth, announces a
Kansas avenue sing for Tuesday
noon. Chorus girls from the Grand,
Majestic and Novelty theaters, $50 in
number, will be placed on trucks and
will lead the singing from Fifth to
Tenth streets on Kansas avenue.
Must Be in by Friday.
The Shawnee county fourth liberty
loan campaign must be put over not
later than Friday evening, according
to statement today by ]. r. Burrow.
chairman of the liberty loan commit
tee. Voluntary subscriptions are ex-
pected to come in fast today and to-
morrow for the reason that Wednes-
strong arm committees to open opera
tions. , slss. --.s
Chairman Burrow was quite opti-
n1istic today over the outlook for the
rapid and complete flotation of the
Shawnee county allotment of the
NJ
totals as they stood early this morn
ing, Burrow declared. "We1l cut thai
'254' out of the thousands period in the
total score within the next two days
We will do that much sure-and
have hopes that the subscriptions fol
the next two days will take the figure
one in the million place out, and
make the to be subscribed amount
in the hundreds of thousands before
Tuesday evening""
They Do Not Understand.
Altho 1t seems funny in this day
when nearly every single soul of vot-
| ing age is the possessor of one or more
| liberty loan bonds. yet the liberty loar
clerks in the banks say that for some
unexplainable reason nine persons out
| of every ten do not understand the
| terms of the bonds. nor do they un-
{ derstand the method of collecting the
| interest on the bond investment.
| Terms of the Loan
Bonds of the fourth liberty loan is
sue mature in twenty years. meaning
| that the government will redeem the
bonds for face value in 1898. The in.
terest on the investment is four ant
one-fourth per cent, payable semi-an.
| nually thru the coupon system. Ant
| the interest is collectable at specified
dates at any bank in the United States
| 1t is not necessary for bond own.
| ers to cash the interest coupons at the
point of purchase. The coupons are
| as good as cash at any bank, any
| where.
Buy on the Topeka Plan.
The bonds of the fourth liberty loaT
| can be bought on the installment plaT
anywhere, tho special dispensatior
granted by Topeka and Shawnee coun
! ty banking institutions is some i'm
provement on the government plan 81
, far as the small wage Garner is con
cerned. In Shawnee county bonds OF
| the fourth liberty loan, can be bough
on the installment plan, ten per cen
| with the subscription and ten per cen
| month until the bond is paid for
The bond is delivered to the purchases
when the last payment is made. Pay.
| ments can be made in greater amount.
| than the 10 per cent at the option o
the purchaser.