The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-04
MAJOR LIBBY SPEAKS

MaJ. Arthur B. Libby, the American soldier who, captured by the Germans, suspected as an English spy and threatened with the firing squad will make an address at Capitol park at 4;30 o'clock this afternoon. Major Libby will tell of his experiences while in German prisons and of the feeling he had when death seemed certain. Major Libby, accompanied by Col. F. A. Hughes, assistant traffic manager, and A. A. Stevenson, representatives of the. general manager of the Frisco sytem, visited the shops and the freight office of that system yesterday. Major Libby made talk at each place and took Victory Bond subscriptions amounting to s3500 at the shops and $2o00 at the freight office. Major Libby is fluent speaker and his story of German prisons and Ger man treatment of prisoners make an interesting story.
 STILL ANOTHER LUNCH The allied armies will hold a lunch con in the ball room of the Tutwiler hotel at l o'clock tomorrow afternoon at which all workers will be instructed to go over their territories again. and clean up in subscriptions. Field Mar shal Tom o. Smith urges every colonel and every worker to be on hand promptly at 1 o'clock.
 Field Marshal Smith Zone and Coun- ty Chairmen R. A Porter and John l.. Raul. and Field Representative Earl Lay will hold conference at head quarters in the Jefferson County Bank building at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning with the generals at which details for the final week of the cam paign will be worked out.
 Mrs. Conrad H. Ohme, county chair man of the women's committee, and Mrs. s. l.. Ledbetter, city chairman, have issued joint call for a mass meeting of women to be held in the auditorium of the Chamber of Com merce at II o'clock Tuesday morning. They declare that they will show the men what rall patriotism is at this meeting, and they urge all women in- terested in the Victory Loan work to be on hand.
 Mrs. Ohme. MT. Ohme and Gen" Thomas E. Huey attended the memorial exercises at Hueytown yesterday. Mrs. Ohme and MT. Huey making Victory Loan speeches. They will go to Pat tons chapel today to attend meet ing.
 Mrs. Ohme requests all workers in the county to report at once the subscrip- tions they have taken. They can do this by mail or messenger. She espec- ially requests that they stay on the job and lose no time in enlsiting every per son in their respective communities as q Victory Bond owner.
 Booth sales were reported by Mrs. Joe Norman yesterday are as follows:
 At Birmingham Trust and Savings company, $11,150.
 At Traders National bank. s1250.
 At American Trust and Savings bank. $2900.
 At First National bank. $SS00 At Tutwiler hotel. $500.
 At Title Guarantee building, $3500.
 At First National bank building,$450.
 At Jefferson County Bank building. S3400.
 At Woodward building. S4s5o.
 At Brown-Marx building, s550.
 Victory buttons are very much in de- mand Every buyer wants one, but as the women at the booths are plentiful ly supplied there is no danger of any one going away disappointed.
 OTHER BIG BUYERS
 These subscriptions were reported at headquarters yesterday:
 New Castle Coal company $10,000 Seaboard employees - 1850 K. A. Conville ... 1000 Drennen Hardware Co. (addi-
 tionan ...... 1000 Atlas Powder company .....a.a... 1.500 prennen company (additionaD. 1000 Gen. E. w. Fucker .......... 1000 W. B. Leedy tadditionap 1000 Johnston Dry Goods company. 1000 Yielding Brothers .s.........s. 1000 Steele-smith Dry Goods company 1000 A. w. B. Johnson .-.-s. 1000 Steele-sniith Dry Goods company
 (employee) ......s........... 3.400