Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-15
PRESIDENT NOTE
SPEEDS UP DRIVE
Liberty Loan Workers Here
Swell Total Sales to Over
Sixteen Millions.
DISTRICT AND STATE BEHIND
Only so Per Cent of Quota
Taken by Commonwealth and
Surrounding States.
DISTRICT AND STATE BEHIND

As President Wilson framed his
pointed reply to Prussias insid!ous
peace proffer, Richmond Yesterday
surged forward in it's fourth Liber,v
loan drive. and when the workers came
in last night. total subscriptions OF
sl.o9o,3oo were reported rs the DAYS
,resul,.
Ihat the present pace must be main
ta!ned and accelerated is the asser,ion
OF leaders IL the city's quota OF almost
S2o,ooo,0o0 be subscribed before Satur-
day noon. President Wilson has called
Tor heavy over-subscription of the loan
as answer to German war lord. and
sen, ssaS ,tncn, ,gr%phiG e; expression Of American
so'eTninent last night will have tonic
eHect upon the fourth loan campaign.
HtGnmond ,n,a1 has SCI thus far .subseribed
ioan. an. Less. than so per cent OF the
fitth Districts quota has been raised
Gdse1ra.hf Georen 70 ga, statement by Governor
Reserve Bank. last night reports fron,
oank showing but sl@32G3 $50. Mr.
SeaS declared that the district must
subscribe at least S26,l00,O goo daily un
til the close of the campaiwn in ordar
TO reach its quota
STATE SUBSCRIBES LESS
THAN HALF ITS FULL QUOTA
virginia banks have reported sales
haIG 70 fou.9oo'tuo, also less than
haii uf the States quota. Chairman u.
i; L; :. setniss has received reports from
different chairmen which leads him TO
ser6ed ' least tme as oao aS,nfiiy sub
Inquire is considered lower than it should
that peace talk should have M. Z ~ ~
VIVA tsver and there should be no relaSe
1o!on ionn IN 'he effort to over-subscribe this
loan, SAID Mr.. Bemiss last night. "Its
MISREPRESENTATION hn ha
help toward peace and the peonie ~
home can give the boys who are doing
Our failure TO provide this money is
an act OF cowardice and desnrf;on
which in soldier is punishnbIo by
SUGAR ADMINISTRATORS SET
INTO 100 PER CENT CLASS
Announcement was made vesterda,.
that the suSar division OF the State
1H0d 90 administration had gone into the
~ auY per cen, class, every member and
employee having bought bonds.
Reports from the various States in
nm District last night follows::
MsryI5n5 srATE KepoJ5.ins. saGss?bed ssrSers SCI faS
ss5iISt Piss5iSt Columbia = Iiss Issii.sss ss5ss sssss
ssa'h Ss5's G4fsi"s Safsi"s St 81 i$sis|S iss!s tS
1882 ,l232G2s5o .,5;;.
me Mercantile Trust and Deposi,
G,Sompany; of Baltimore. wired in that
ment. s3,2s:.700. This subscrintion had
not been reported in the official Iirnres
7 ! iSis or me district Huntington. w. Va,
ing to s1,740.0O0; Newport News va
SS,Lo1o;S59. \: +. Thomas chairman for
Campbell County, Va, wires that he
Wise County, Va, has subscribed s7Se
IVY, thus going over the top by 5000
Grairman en-, arm canter; Of Wise. wires:
campaign closes.
CAROLINA COUNTIES
SUBSCRIBE LARGE SUMS
High Point. y. C.: with quota OF
sti, iI,I'ioV; has subscribed $4,000 and is
subscribed s2.4sss5o. this being saos.-
800 over it's quota. Warren County. *
ecr;ed SCI @,Ies ihdln that $4,000 has been sub
for the county of 100000. Greenvilie
County. S. G. wires: Eight hundred
fI25.ooO additional promised by the
corporations. County will probably go
over the top Wednesday," Pelzer and
mill towns, and Hagood, an agricul-
tural communit! in the same State.
have all three greatly over-subscrihed
their quotas. Banks in various com
munities are guaranteeing their quotas.
In Mcdowell County, W. Va. Chairman
Str9ther wires: Italian committee has
100000 by 18th" Milington, Kent
county. Md. has subscribed $4,000:
quota s34.sOO. Phenix. Charlotte County.
Va. has attained its quota.
TWO SCOUT PLANES COMING
FOR ENlIIBITIoN TOMORROW
The Richmond committee announced
yesterday that two scout type air
pianssIone Ian G.. : ,si manned by the american
boche planes TO his credit. the other by
lieutenant Davis, well-known instruc-
tor-wouid bomb the city Tomorrow
scout cars of the single scatter, type
arc Identical with those now being
used on the western front No planes
monh
The machines arc exceedingly small.
and with their powerful Liberty motors.
spread OF only about fourteen fcots
seven feet to each wing -and as
consequence can make sharp turns
The mos, exciting ever staged in the
air here.
FLY OFFICERS Will IUHCU
HERE WITH H0AS WORKERS.
. The two flyers Will leave Boiling
Field. near Washington. about II O'Clock
Io-mo-row morning. and will reach
Richmond short Hme later. They
VIII land at the Virginia State Fair
their planes preparatory to the after
Moons exhibition, The two officers
will bo the guests OF the Richmond
committee at lunch and will fly short
dino later.
An aerial combat--the first ever seen
hcre---will be STAGED over Richmond by
the two flyers. II will he exactly the
same kind OF msnenvering that the air
6rhtere no through IN actual fShttnE,
with the machine-gun 6re from the
planes eliminatnd There Will be other
and loons OF all kinds by both machines
~. (Contlnued on Last Pnge.l -r----.