The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
Henry Richter Leading d.
All Herald Contestants
Mail Carrier, with Sales Aggregating $2,7I65 81
in War Savings Stamps, Has Slight
Advantage Over Competitors.

Henry Richter. Mail Carrier No.
ID. 10 leading The Heralds War
Savings Stamp contest. At 8 o'clock
yesterday afternoon accounts certi-
fed by Postmaster NJ. o. Chance
showed that he had sold s2.5Is5.
worth OF stamps.
James A. Crawford, another mail
carrier. Is a close second to Rich
ter. with a total of s2,125.15 worth
of war savings and thrift stamps to
his credit.
ing sold sl.2ss.7s
to open the official ballot box in
The Herald office. II was decided
to have this remain sealed until the
end of the contest Tuesday. there
by assuring an element of uncer-
tainty until the end.
1t is not believed that any single
contestant has sufficient ballot to-
tails to top any one of the three
leaders, although It is certain that
some have totals which. were the
ballot box opened, would prove them
to be among the leading 25.
Other Leading Figures
Totals of the other 25 leading
contestants according TO accounts
kept at the Postoffice. where the
majority OF the stamps are being
secured. range all the way down 10
at low as $1S1.72.
This proves how easy IL will be
for contestants whose names do
not appear today to place them
selves in the forerank before the
contest closes.
F. j. Cole is leading in the Takoma
Park district with a total OF $50. An
drew Burga tops the list OF contest
ants in Georgetown with $46957. ana
Valentine WahIer is setting the stride
out Brookland way with a total OF
S612.73.
Sales at the City Postoffice Friday
and yesterday Approximate $1,000. Con-
servative estimate OF the total num-
Der OF stamps sold by the contestants
from supplies secured at the Post
office is set at SjN,ooo
Z. L. Greer and II. A. Clark. two
mail carriers. are devoting their spare
time well Armed with a good-sized
megS phone they are canvassing
crowds on the streets. thus stimulat-
ing interest I'm the sale Of the war
savings and thrift stamps. Friday
afternoon they megaphOned their war
/ savings stamp message 10 the theater
crowds and got results. They are dis
! pla ying a patriotic spirit in a prac-
! tical way and other contestants are
catching it.
Competition between the mail car
riers. policemen and fremen is grow
ing exceedingly keen. There are
three more days in the contest and a
quantity Of war savings and thrift
/ stamp history can be written in each
! one OF them.
Firemen Do Not Enter.
Exact sales Of stamps at the City
! Postoffice yesterday wele officially re-
ported as s., ,226.3S
! Policemen are speedily coming 10
! the fore in the race. They are max
| ing consistent sales and there is little
| doubt but what several OF them will
be included among the eighteen win
ners IL they keep up the rate exhib-
| tied Saturday.
Firemen, regrettably, are not in
the race. Fire Chief Wagner eN-
planned to The Herald when the
contest was first suggested that
his men would not have the oppor-
tunity to sell owing to their pro-
| hibitive hours. No better argument
| for the adoption of the two pla-
! toon system could be set forth
than that written by their inability
to even have sufficient leisure from
their strenuous duties to sell baby
| liberty bonds for Uncle Sam.
tClarence E. Schooley. OF the Su-
perintendent Of Mailcarriers' Office
in commenting on Richter's work
said that No. 13 would never bring
him any hard luck He has one
of the best routes in the city. 81
know. for l worked it for more
than eight years
Following is a list giving the ex-
act sums in which the $3.50 fund
will be divided: