The Washington herald., 1919-05-06
Over 40 Per Cent Of Coun-
try's Quota Pledged
Last Night.
ST. LOUIS HEADS LIST
Navy Victory Ship Begins
Squirt Anticipating
Increase.

tory Loan notes last night show a
total of $1,so4.274.650. or 4o.o9 per
cent of the country's desired mini
mum quota.
The best that can be said for this
total is that the percentage of the
countrys quota subscribed yester-
day is almost as high as was the
i percentage of the Fourth Liberty
Loan quota on a corresponding day
in the last drive. The discouraging
| feature of the present situation is
that the total gain since Saturdays
; report is only ss146.295.30O This is
about 100000. 900 short of the daily
average that must be maintained
from now until the end of the loan
il the country's quota is to be sub
scribed. Five days removed from
the final goal in the Fourth Liberty
Loan campaign the country had sub
scribed s2.I51. .O53.s5o. or about $780,
OOO.O more than it has subscribed
in the present loan.
The st. Louis district continues to
lead in percentage of quota sub
scribed. having slightly more than
| two-thirds of its allotment officially
reported. The Minneapolis district,
| however. is giving St. Louis a hard
race with go per cent of its quota
in hand. Chicago is third with So
per cent and its nearest competitor
! is Boston with As.
| Oregon Goes Over Top.
Oregon reported yesterday that It
had oversubscribed MS quota. and in-
cidentally challenged the States of
] Iowa and Michigan to show that
/, banks in those sections did not .un=.
derwrite a part of their ,auoths.-, Ore-
gon reached its allotment by direct
sales and it believes that the honor
for such an achievement belongs to 1t
first among the States. The Treasury
| Department as yet has rendered no
! opinion as to which State went over
the top first. Oregon, Michigan. Iowa
and Vermont are now over.
The Cleveland district reported last
night that much difficulty was being
experienced in making sales in the
Pittsburgh area. Ohio communities
are doing better and sales are picking
up In kentucky.
Three hundred and thirteen COM
munities have obtained their quotas
in the Boston district and the indi-
vidual subscriptions amount to Si93. SO
The Chicago district reports that to
date it has awarded 761 honor flags.
1t is leading all districts in this re-
spect.
The navy's Victory ship has begun
her spurt up to New York, the Har-
Dor of Victory. Anticipating a sub
stantial increase in the nations sub
scriptions over the weekend the
| L. $. S. Colhoun. a 35-knot destroyer.
yesterday began the third and last
lap of the Victory voyage, relieving
the L. s. S. Crane at Panama with
impressive ceremonies.
Give Opera as Aid.
The Community Opera of Washing
ton will give 1.-THE Bohemian Girl" at
Victory Loan mass meeting in Lib
erty Hut this evening at 7:45 O'Clock
Rabbi Stephen Wise. one of the
most famous Jews in America. is to
speak at II. +. Kcith's Theater at
12:l5 O'Clock noon today on the sub
ject What America Has Gained
Rabbi Wise is here to aid in the
loan drive. His tabernacle is the fa~
NI0r 1.A.- l. L.
For years he has been a leader in
philanthropic work.
Five Community Rallies.
The Victory Loan will be whooped
up at five community rallies tonight in
various residential sections of the
city, The Southeast Washington Cit
zens' Association will conduct n rally
at p. m. at Eighth street and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast. when an
address will be made by c. n. Ben
nett. At the same hour the Conduit
Road Citizens Association will hold
rally at st. David's hall. r.. T.
Moran will be the speaker The Mt.
Pleasant Citizens Association will
conduct rally at Sixteenth and Co
lumbia road at $50. where Charles w.
Darr will be the speaker. There also
Will pe open ar meetings Win music
and speakers at Eighteenth and Co.
lumbia road, and at Fourteenth anc
fark road.
At 9 o'clock tonight members of the
bookbinders' local will be addressed
In Typographical Temple by 7. d.
Gannaway. At II o'clock this morning
A. S. Seymour will address meeting
in the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing.
Competition continues keen through
out the city for the free airplane rides
being awarded daily to the persons
selling the greatest amount of Victory
notes and to the individuals procuring
the greatest number of subscriptions.
Yesterdays prizes were won by Mrs.
Victor Kaufman and Charles e.
Staub. 4
Need Three Million n Day.
Approximately 5000, goo a day must
be subscribed between now and Thurs
day night IL the quota is to be raised
In time for the big jubilee and joy fest.
Total subscriptions reported up to the
close of business Saturday were ss,751.-
SO. The Districts quota is $50, 3O7 900.
The result Of yesterdays campaign,
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