Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-30


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Washington reached its third liberty
loan quota some time yesterday after
noon. according to figures furnished
this morning by the various banks and
trust companies, and the local commit
tee is now making hasty preparations
for an elaborate ceremony tomorrow to
dedicate the honor nag which will be
flown from the top Of the District build
ing.
At. 10 o'clock this morning the hnan-
cial institutions reported bond sales
amounting to $13.s7s.150. which is
$S74,150 more than the city's quota. The
total number of individual subscribers
reported to date is $3.50. However.
the local committee is not resting on
the laurels incident to raising the
quota, but 10 now keyed up for,
smashing drive to the last moment Of
the campaign, hoping to bring to the
National Capital the additional honor OF
having doubled its quota, thereby en-
honor nag.
Dedication Plans Incomplete:
Definite plans for the dedication sxsr.
cises have not bsen completed. but II
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propriats msnner. The ceremonies win
Be beidpat 4:ss IN the afterneen On yfhs
large plaza In front Of the District build
ing. and will be addressed BY. .Cemmis-
bers Of the local loan committee. and .
number OF others- The committee hoped
that Secretary Of tho Treasury McAdoo
would be back in Washington in time to
dedicate the nag, but 1t was announced
todyy at the Treasury that this ts Inn
possible. as he is scheduled to speak in
Rochester tomorrow.
A rousing loan rally for employees OF
the Treasury Department was held at
Treasury building at which addresses
were made BY Assistan: SeeIetariss
commissioner NJ ,h Roper: per-, 5.!a =; o Inomnson.
and Mrs. Antoinette Funk of the Wom-
ans National Loan Committee. Several
Thousand of the employees attended the
Marine Band.
The following men will make FOUR
minute speeches in the theaters to-
night: Louis Brownlow. Knickerbock-
Regent; H. W. Kidder. Elite and Amer
ican; Robert Hilliard. Liberty; John W.
Lewis. Howard: Rev. w. T. Jernagin,
Dudley and Hiawatha; James r. Mitch
ton; Frank 8. Bright. Dixie and Apollo;
B. A. Bowles, Crandall's and Leader; W.
c. Nicholson. Columbia: c. w. Darr.
Maryland and Cosmos: Gilbert l. Hall,
Meek. Avenue Grand: Thomas r. Shep-
ard, Navy: T. ]. Meek. Stanton.
The local loan committee today received
a report ffom the National Geographic So
ciety to the effect that every one Of its
employees has subscribed to the third loagk
with an average subscription Of $780, Thu
organization also subscribed $100.0ee
worth Of bonds on its own account
A bond rally will be held tonight at tho
Myrtilla Miner Community Center. Geoe-
gia avenue and Howard place. under tie
auspices Of the Howard Park CitiEens'
Pastors Of sixty-eight colored churches
in Washington were told how they
congregations and at the same tims
help win the war by investing the
money in liberty bonds of the third
loan by Rev. J. NJ. Waldron. pastor Of
Shiloh Baptist Church, at q meeting
yesterday. DR.. Waldron told his felieW
clergymen that his church had invested
its funds in liberty bonds and urged
the others to do likewise.
To Describe Hun Frightfulness.
Lucid accounts of German frightf1j.
ness on sea and land. void of nons ee
the gruesome details, will be gtvea
tonight at Liberty Hut by Corp Leep-
ard Ormerod of Washington and Rob-
ert Lee Heath of Alabama, two -Ameet>
can soldiers who have just retuFnea
from the trenches in France. and Wos.
ley Frost, who was American consul 81
Queenstown at the time the Lusita0lA
and many other ships were torpe6oo1
of the Irish coast.
These thrilling addresses wiz -
made to further stimulate interest -
the third liberty loan. and the meeting
tonight has been planned by the leeol
loan committee to be In the form Nf
rally. The Marine Band will play Aa1
there will be patriotic singing. Thefo
will be speaking by a number of ethef
prominent men, .-..f
Sent Here by Gen. PershinE.
Corporal ormerod and Private HsetA
with forty-eight other American ~.
diers. were selected by Gen. PersAsRg
to return to America and work>ta t.
interests Of the loan campai2N-te
serve as an object lesson to ths naeS
and women of America upon yho0 +,
falls the obligation of keeping tho
lighting men Of the country prspeeiy
supplied. Corporal Ormerod and Rit-
vate Heath will be in Washington err
ing the remainder of the loan drive.
College graduates and college stu
dents living here will tonight take
part in a big liberty loan rally to be 4
held in the ballroom Of the Willard :
Hotel Prior to the meeting there win
be a parade OF the college men from Z.
the Y. NJ. c. A: building to the hotel
Vice President Marshall. Rear Admiral
MCGOWAN and Maj. Rostand Of tbs
French high commission will be among
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