Evening star., 1919-04-22
LOAN ENTHUSIASM
HERE MAINTAINED
AS FIGURES GROW
Meetings Held Throughout
City, Including Many
in Departments.
OPENING TOTAL BELIEVED
TO REACH MILLIONS
Victory Ships to Come, Drills b.
Coast Artillery and Other
Exercises in Prospect.

Exercises In Prospect.
Off to a flying start yesterday in
the big drive for the victory loan.
the loan workers in the District to
day went at their task again with
vim.
Officials of the central liberty lvaa
committee said that it would be inn
possible TO get an accurate esu-
mate of the hundreds of thousands Of
dollars, probably reaching into the
millions. which had been subscribed
here during the opening day. An Of
ficial announcement is expected to-
| morrow.
Meetings in the interest of the
loan were held throughout the city
today. many of them in the govern
| ment departments, where the en-
ployes are showing great enthusiasm.
War in the Making.
THE Price of Peace" a new war
! film, showing war in the making on
| the western front. never before shown
! publicly here, will be exhibited to-
night in the Western High School AT
O'Clock. under the auspices OF the
central liberty loan committee. W. Il.
, Haynes will address the audience
urging support of the loan. Tomor-
, row night the film win be shown al
| Central High School.
Other victory loan rallies and meet
| ings set for today include the follow
] ing: Lansburgh's. $40 am. Charles
/ W. Darr, speaker; Post ONCE Depart
ment 18th street and Pennsylvania
avenue am. and those divisions Of
the Post Office Department in the city
post Office building, IL noon. p j
! Haltigan, speaker: st. Elizabeth
Hospital. 2 p.m., Copt. E. s. Bra
shears. speaker; the church laymen,
building. pm. Henry B. F. Mac,
fariand. speaker: North Capitol and
| lexington Citizens Association.
pm, A. E. Seymour, speaker.
"yictory Ships Coming.
Cowie. in charge of the naval demon-
strations for the victory loan. that
two victory ships, the Paulding and
the Perry. would reach Norfolk va
). ington Thursday morning. docking al
I the 7th street wharves. These yes
sells will be at Washington one ga;
and will be used to ar ala ;n ans sts censra, csml
/ paign for the sale of bonds. yisitors
| will be allowed on board. ana PROB
| ably bonds will be sold apoafo our'ne
/ the stay here.
plans are being made today for spe-
.,ai dr;i1. cf the coast artillery con-
tinpent in charge of the big 12-inch
guns mounted on railroad cars now
on a siding east Of the bureau OF en-,
craving and printing. at l4th anu
streets southwest tomorrow eVehInss
THE drills will take place from pm
until p.m From pm. until pm.
the nowerful searchlight which ac-
comnanies the artillery train, the
most powerful yet developed. Will be
demonstrated. Efforts are being maoe
/ to have a band on hand to provide
musical program.
Captive Submarine on Way.
captured German submarine ~
expected here some time next week ano
will be used in connection Wit WI an ane
tured submarines are about soo mlies
| off the Atlantic coast accompshiee
hv the mother ship Bushnell. and are
| dine to arrive in New York April ~
A wireless dispatch from the Bush
nell said that the subs" couid reacn,
| New York by the date speciheo u
had weather did not develop; H
frank r. Wilson and r. w. MAUI
con director and assistant director OF
i;hartv loan publicity. will leave New
Work tomorrow on destroy anu
| will formally receive the German suo
marines 200 miles of the coast.
tatiye arrangements have been mace
for visits by one OF me ,sai;n eapt.ve norts. !.
| Following the loan campaign. one VIE
90 up the Mississippi river, ana an
other will pass up the St Lawrence
river and enter the Sreae iNe"
through the Welland canal
Launching of Ship Liberty. :
| At the U. S. Shipping Board at
o'clock today. Commissioner Brown
low launched the good ship libortA.
which will be placed in a prominent
position in front of the building, ioIs
T. street northwest, and wiii thaih
from day to day the progress OF .he
loan among the LOO workers OF tnsi
i u. s. S. B and u. S. Emergency fieee.
FIFTEEN hundred Of the workers att
tended the opening rally yesterday
afternoon and. following the example
set by former Speaker Clark, who sup
scrihed Sc 900 at the conclusion OF hie
talk. they subscribed $25.000 addi-,
SIX of the departments Of the U. s.
Is b. were presented with the honor
6ar for subscribing 100 per cent to
the loan. Members of the executive
Committee are: Elmer E. Rogers.
chairman; E. J. Skidmore, secretary
William L. Soleau, John A. Lutz, How
ard Il. DOYLE and C. e. Dobson.
Powerful Searchlights Operated.
Last night three powerful search
lights of the so-called "dishpan va
rietv were operate >ere by a de.
tachment of engineer troops, two o:
them throwing their rays upon tn,
washington Monument and third
onarating up and down Pennsylvania
ayenue and turning its light upon ths
dome of the Capitol and other build
ingS.
The searchlights were designed by
the Army engineers for use on the
western front. particularly in discov.
ering Hun airplanes when they tried
bombing raids. They are mounted on
wheels and are easily transportable. )
searchlight can be run right up
into an army truck provided for II.
which also carries a generator for
the power to produce the light.
Departments Go Strong
in Subscription Race
for Victory Loan Bonds
Returns which are beginning to.
come in from various government de-
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