Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13

reported last night that Subscriptions
already are s close .s to ths Hlian dollar ar
determined to doublei mi4 |fgure be- De-:
yard raised $3.50. 900 7or the third
'' Tht, campaign At, Re yard is. being
condttctkd along the Same lines as the
4 third 4lE&n campai1n, with the more
than tdty shops pitted against each
per man. The progress of the various
shops is shown daily in bulletin,;
which are. posted prominently through
out the thig. gun factory, while huge
gates show the total to Hate and the
separate totals for each day.
"on Our Way to Berlin"
The speedometers bear in big let
tiers. On Our Way to Berlin" and un-
| amount subscribed per man in the
yard, which indicate the speed at
which the trip to Berlin Is being made.
The speed has been increasing daily,
and yesterday it showed over eighty
| five miles an hour, or an average sub
yard.
The Catholic women's. Benevolent
| Legion announced yesterday that it has
invested $1,000 in liberty bonds Of the
fourth loan. This is in addition to
thousands of dollars worth purchased
| by Individual members of the organiZa-
| ton. -
John J. Noonan,- proprietor of the vir-
ginia Theater, on 9Th street, reported
that the liberty bond booth in front OF
! that theater sold bonds last night
amounting to a ;trife more than ST.. 900.
Mr.. Noonan said he anticipates some
| spirited selling tonight, when Douglas
Fairbanks, the screen star, is expected
to appear in person at the booth and
make an appeal in the interest Of the
The Cosmos Theater reports that the
! sales, at its booth in front of the
I theater have amounted to"more than
| 100000 since the. commencement OF
the campaign, and that it expects t.
raise its sales to half "a million dol
lars before the end of the week.
Walters Active Buyers.
The Walters Local Union, No. 781
! reports that its members have sub
| scribed to $4,000 worth of bonds. The
drive among the Washington walters
! that amount before next Saturday, has
been in the charge o.; committee
| headed by John Knight.
! The District women's liberty loar
committee announced last night thai
! the drive being conducted at the
| OuOIcudL NY u. 11dAliAIoL
! Lewis has thus far resulted in bono
! sales amounting to nearly 100000.
H. L. Brown, local manager of N. l.
Carpenter & Co., stock brokers, of New
York, has notified the local loan com.
mittee that that firm has called upon
every man in its employ throughout
the United States to work in the in.
! terest of the loan.
| Mr.. Brown said the following notice
has been sent out by his company:
at is absolutely useless to expect
any maintained advance in the, market
for securities until people of the
United States answer the call of oul
government for $4,000, 100000 to prose
cute this war. while victory is coming
to us from every front. We do moi
want any new business until the
money is loaned by the people. We
would be glad for the next nine days
to turn every office we have into a
liberty loan Office, and have every EN-.
ploye devote his efforts toward this
work. Money should not be used for
any other purpose until this loan is
subscribed. The banks do not want
any active market and will not lend
money for that purpose. Six billion
dollars must be raised. Everybody bet
: ter get busy and secure it,