El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-16
NEARLY UP To
MARK SET HERE
Liberty Bonds of Over S.
100000 Sold; Full Quota
by Wednesday.

With only a little more than $500. 600
TO raise to complete the maximum
quota expected y this city. the com
mittee in charge Of the Third Liberty
loan campaign felt very jubilant
Tuesday afternoon. After the reports
had all been received at the daily
luncheon it was found that the sub
scriptions had gone over the 100000
mark. The banks dropped 100000
into the Golfers during the morning.
More than the minimum amount ex-
pected Of FL PasO has been raised.
but the committeeman and the cap
tains Of the several teams feel con-
hdent that they can raise the balance
necessary before Wednesday after
noon when Mr.. McAdoo arrives
Railroad Committee Leads.
G.. I. Hawks, captain of the rail-
road committee, went away in the lead
OF The other teams Tuesday when he
reported from the railroad companies.
l. ". Broaddus is still leading
Maurice Schwartz q few dollars. but
1lr. Schwartz is confident he viii
catch up 10 team two before Wednes-
lay noon. when the captains report
al the chamber Of commerce luncheon.
Rev. Fr. Upton Optimistic.
Rev. Fr. 4. r. Upton. addressing
the lunchers. said the boys OF America
we're sent over there and told to do
their best and that the people here
would do all expected OF them The
riest said he had no idea at all but
-hat the American army would be vic
toriOus in the war, and he knew that
the people Of America would raise
he funds necessary
Get the Coin, says Gillette.
The big thing for the Liberty loan
HaH.l Sc 90 = ka
money" said sam p. Gillette He said
he wanted 70 tell those who had not
collected any Of the larger subscrip-
tiOns the reason was that they had not
made life miserable enough for the
people; he suggested that they try
worrying the subscriber for more
money,
Sing Patriotic Numbers.
The OrDheus quartet SANG several
souEs. among which were the star
SpansIed Banner" and Keep the Home
Fires Burning. Dan Scurlock sang
Three Cheers for the Liberty Bond
This song was written - Charles :
Herbert Ashton. who lives near Fort
Bliss. J n. Evans accompanied Mr- I
Scur-Ock on the piano
Texas Company Takes $4,000.
Maurice Schwartz. team number
five, reported that he had q telegram T
from the Texas company announcing
LLa4l- the com fAAAA IS DA44 talAE aA-f.l-
through the FL Paso branch Other
-arEe subscriptions reported By Mr..
schwartz were $4,000 10y Charles n ]
B1ssetr Tor his infant daughter; Hen 1
rv Ptaff. $4,000; T.. Moye, $1,000; VII F.
liam R0sing. $1,000; J. Stolarolf, $500, 1
j.. Zelman. $1,000; II Paso Electric T
Railway Employees club. SSo0Q; J. a 1
hrakauer, personal subscription, SlO,-i
600: volunteer subscriptions across .
counters Of banks. $1,000.
Banks Invest 100000.
W ". Turney reported that the .
banks OF II Paso had subscribed $780,
1ju, divided as follows; First M
uonal, sz0S.00O; Rio Grande Bank & b
Trust company. sos 00o; State Nation I
al. $4,000; City National, $4,000 ]
Texas Bank q Trust company. s4S.-I
600; American Trust 8, Savings bank, .
$4,000; FL Paso Bank Z Trust COM
pany, $4,000; Union Bank & Trust I
company. $4,000: Security Bank 81
Trust company, $4,000; Border Na-
tiOnal, $1,000
Team Reports Tabulated.
Reports from the team captains and 4
The. banks received at the luncheon {