Evening star., 1919-04-23


Army on hand and two Navy destroy
them. the army of victory liberty
loan workers is pushing on today to-
ward the $20,so7.O0O goal, which is
the Districts quota Of this, the last
popular loan for the war.
I bought 'em, fought 'em, and I'm
going to buy 'em again." was the
slogan of q soldier, clad in Army
khaki, as he purchased a $50 bond
from the bond wagon Of the liberty
leg and an eye to his country. and at
present is undergoing treatment at
Walter Reed Hospital.
Subscriptions Rolling In.
The enthusiasm for the loan is on
the increase, it was said today. The
subscriptions are rolling in, but the
committee has not yet been able to
figure out the totals because of the
large numbers Of subscriptions con-
tanned in the pledge cards signed at
the mass meetings. the theaters and
in the government departments.
1t was announced that the Wash
ington navy yard today leads all the
navy yards in the country SO far in
the amount subscribed to the loan,
the employees having a total Of $751;
$50.
Two big demonstration for the vic
tory loan have been arranged for this
evening. The big railroad guns will
be put through their PAGES on the
siding east of the bureau of Engrav-
ing and printing from Q to o'clock.
A band will be on hand to give a
musical program.
The other demonstration Is at Cen
trail High School at 8 O'Clock, where
The Price Of Peace" the new war
flm. will be exhibited.
Destroyers Come Tomorrow.
The Navy dsstroyers. persistent foes
Of the U.b6ats, will arrive here early
tomorrow morning. They are the
Terry and the Paulding. Both have
seen service chasing the German subs
in foreign waters. They will dock at
the naval militia wharf. at the foot OF
7th street, and Will remain at Wash
ington until Friday evening, when
they proceed to, Baltimore.
Arrangements are being made by
the local committee to have drills
given by the crews Of the destroyers,
using their guns. anti-aircraft guns
and the depth bombs. which caused so
much destruction among the U-boats.
When the drills take place 1t II likely
that the destroyers will be brought
around into the Georgetown channel
opposite the speedway in Potomac
Park.
The vessels will be lighted at night
Visitors to these warships Of Uncle
Sam will be welcomed. and they will
be able to see what these boats are
really like. Each Of the destroyers
carries a complement of about 100
The Paulding. Lieut.. Robert A. Dyer
and Lieut.. John B. Mcdonald. jr..
junior grade; the Terry. Lieut. Com
mander Robert NJ. Doyle, jr., and
Lieut.. d. H. Clark, junior grade.
New War Film Shown Tonight.
THE Price Of Peace" the new war
film prepared by the government par
ticularly for use in the victory liberty
loan drive, will be shown tonight at
8 o'clock at the Central High School.
Clifton street between 11th and 18th
streets northwest. The exhibition IL
open to the public and will be conducted
under the auspices OF the central lib
erty loan committee of the District.
At Keith's Theater, ''The Price Of
Peace" will be shown at 11:45 o'clock
tomorrow morning and at the same hour
every day this week. The pictures are
open to the public and admission is free,
the exhibition being given In the in
terest of the loan.
Another meeting today was held at
the Munitions building. 18th and b
streets, 10 am, the speaker being A. E.
Seymour.
Mrs. Glass Phones Loan Speech.
Mrs. Carter Glass. wife Of the Sec
retary Of the Treasury. yesterday tele-
phoned a victory loan speech. which
was transmitted to a mass meeting in
New York by means of the telephone
amplifying machine used here Monday
to convey speech from an airplane
to a crowd at the Treasury meeting.
Mrs. Glass sat at a table in the pub
licity bureau and spoke in a conversa-
tioral tone.
At the close Of the first day Of the VIC
tory loan drive the officers and employees
Of the Federal National Bank were re-
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