Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-29
NATIONS CAPITAL
FIXES THE PACE
FOR LOAN DRIVE
Hundreds of Thousands of
Dollars Subscribed at Mass
Meeting Last Night.
TWO AND A HALF MILLIONS
PREVIOUSLY PLEDGED
Senator J. H. Lewis Makes Fer
vent Appeal to People-0ther
Meetings in City.

Meetings in City.
! The National Capital sounded a toe
sin which today swells across the sea
| to Berlin, when men and women,
gathered at the Liberty Hut last night,
at meeting held under auspices OF
Washington's trade bodies, amid
scenes of enthusiasm. subscribed hun
dreds of thousands of dollars toward
| the fourth liberty loan.
"One land, united for one purpose
victory for America.'' was the pic
ture presented by Senator James
Hamilton Lewis Of Illinois to the
great gathering which occupied every
seat and foot of standing room in the
hut.
! Ringing cheers which greeted this
declaration of the solemn purpose Of
America at war were second only to
those which followed reference to "the
spokesman CT America, our President,
Woodrow Wilson"
Name Is Loudly Cheered.
| With the mention of the Presidents
name the men and women packed
into Liberty Hut, prominent business
men of Washington, men in other
walks of life, and women. broke into
prolonged cheering. 1t was scene
rarely witnessed in Washington
! even since America declared war on
Germany-and left in the hearts of
all an indescribab1e feeling of pa
triotism, which was testified to at
the close of tha meeting by voluntary
pledging of heavy subscriptions to the
liberty loan now being raised.
Whereas Washington was former
United States" Senator Lewis said, in
his appeal for the loan, tonight
| Washington is the greatest capital Of
the greatest country in the world.
You have assembled tonight to sound
the tocsin of what the capital of the
heart of liberty says to the world"
Favors d. G. Self Government.
Senator Lewis declared that he had
reached Sudden conclusion that the
hour has come when the great city of
Washington should govern itself. I will
be delighted" he continued, 'at any
time to have the opportunity of doing
any service to this community.
81 have sometimes felt" the speaker
said, that you were very justified in
resenting what appeared to be a gov
ernment of you by those outside your
SELF
Senator Lewis stated that he had
never indulged in any misgivings as to
the existing financial arrangement be-
tween the federal government and the
District of Columbia.
''Sons of America, who, by the grace
of God, can never be defeated" was
the way Senator Lewis referred to the
American soldiers in France, from which
country the speaker but recently re-
turned. Senator Lewis made no men,
ton of his experiences lover there" :"
except to state that the most frequent
query of the American soldier abroad is:
"What do they think of US at home?"
Trinity of Liberty Calls.
"They are your children" Senator
Lewis said. '"They need you now as
never before. With Austria breaking,
Bulgaria surrendering, Russia crum-
stand firm. The trinity of liberty calls
to you tonight: Will you be with us?
Will you stay with US?
Tomorrow the enemy will know
what your-decision is: Fight! Vic
tory!'
The great meeting responded with
a will when William F. GUIDE. the
presiding officer, and John Poole,
chairman of the local liberty loan
committee, appealed for pledges. Mr..
Poole announced that before he came
to the meeting practically two and
one-half million dollars worth of
bonds had been bought in the city
since the opening of the fourth lib
erty loan campaign in the morning.
100 Per Cent Honor Roll Promised
Business firms and institutions of
the city announced large subscrip-
tions, and made certain that 100 per
cent honor rolls will be announced for
all their employees within a few days.
of every description are subscribing
to the loan as organizations, but that
the heads of the firms are subscribing
individually "to their limit"
Music by the Marine Band delighted
the audience and afforded thrilling
moment with the playing OF song
which takes on new significance with
millions of American boys across the
sea: Somewhere a Voice Is Calling"
Pledges Announced.
Pledge cards were passed among the
audience and Mr.. Poole announced
some of the larger subscriptions from
the platform. These included the fol-
lowing: Masonic Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company, 100000; S. Kann Sons
Company, two subscriptions of $4,000
each, one for their Washington and
the other their Baltimore house; NJ.
Goldenberg & Sons. $4,000; National
Electric Supply Company. $4,000; G.
| A. Tomlinson, 100000; Riggs National
Bank, $1O0o0OO; Hydraulic Pressed
Brick Company, $4,000; Firestone Tire
and Rubber Company, $4,000; Guar
dian Life Insurance Company, $4,000:
Cohen & Hughes. Inc. $4,000; Hood
Tire Company. $4,000; Armour
Co, $4,000; Massachusetts, Mutual
Life Insurance Company, $4,000;
New England Life Insurance Com
pany, $4,000; New York Life Insur-
ance Company, $4,000: Northwestern
600; George A. Fuller Company. $50.-
900; American Ice Company, $4,000;
Prudential Life Insurance Company
s100, 900; Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, $4,000: Equitable Life As
surance Society, 100000: Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York. $780,
GOO; Buick Motor Company, $4,000;
Perpetual Building Association, $780,
0G0: Evening Star. $4,000: National
Electric Supply Company, s25, 600: Ellie
Sheetz. $4,000: Philipsborn's. $4,000:
W. F. Roberts & C.,., $4,000: Theodore
W. Noyes, $4,000: Andrew Murray.
$4,000: D. ]. kaufman. $4,000; D. ].
Kaufman. Inc. $4,000: A. Guide. $4,000:
Charles J. Bell. $4,000. There were
also hundreds of other subscriptions.
ranging from $50 and 500 denomina-
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