El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-30
E PAS0 MAY
NOT GET QUOTA
Team Captains Fear That
There Will Be Short
ace of 100000.

III Ea5o IS L4lll4s down III ---S
Fifth Victory Liberty loan campaign
With a little over 100000 sub
scribed the territory practically COW
cred. and not more than 100000 II
sight. the city and county Of FL Paso
is in danger Of missing its quota By
"a half million dollars
These statements were made at a
meeting OF team captains at 1880
o'clock Wednesday afternoon Robert
Krakauer epitomized the situation
when he said:
Have To Raise More
eve are falling down hard in this
loan we have got TO raise $2.14O.00O,
and we haven't much over half Of It.
It's the little fellow who has got to
subscribe. If the little subscriber
doesn't do so, the banks VIII have 70
underWrite IT. If the banks have TO
assume this burden. they VIII have TO
Curtail the credit OF the merchant, the
contractor, and business generally.
This viii mean a halt in expansion,
and II means that the little Fellow
viii lose his Job. Therefore it's I'D TO
the little man 10 buy his bond to
save his employment"
T.. II. Wiugo and John Wyatt sup
ported ar krakauer's statement
workers were not on their Job He
said that there were a number Of
notorious eases OF under-su description
lIr- WiuEo made the statement that
the number Of small voluntary sub
scripti0ns was oue-fifLh of what il
was in previous loans
Mas. Kenneth MARI, advance agent
for the flying circus, which is 70 come
70 Fl PasO for one day, Nay or z,
announced at the luncheon OF the Vic
tory loan team workers az the shell
don cafe wednesday noon that the
landing site for the circus would be
at the old school OF mines at Fort
Bliss.
Many Planes In show.
The flying circus VIII consist OF
five German Fokkers, four French
Spads. four British s. Z. IS and five
American Curtiss J. y. 4Hs. with 50
men and 20 officers under the com
mand Of Mai Carl Spitz. Three Brit
ish aces viii be among the 20 officers
They are TO come here from Albu-
querque- The show. which VIII start
at 1880 o'clock on the afternoon OF the
specified date. VIII last one hour, and
all civilians caring to ride in the air
planes viii have TO submit applica-
lions.
Has Decoration.
Mai. Mari has the Croix de Guerre.
American distinguished service cross
downing two German aViators He
was attached 70 the famous Lafayette
Escadrille and later was transferred
10 the American forces. His home is
in san Francisco. Calf
Those desiring 70 ride with the
aviators in the flying circus. five per
sons being permitted in one machine, Z
must stipulate in their application to
smith Withams publicity agent. that
they absOlve the government and the
committee Of all responsibility for
any injuries and that they take the
trip at their own risk Mr. William
and Mai. Spatz. commander Of the
squadrOp, viii select from the total
number Of applications, those persons I
who VIII be permitted TO ride
Goes To Tucson.
Maj. Marr viii leave FL Paso We'd |
nesday night for Tucson. Ariz., from
whence he viii 90 to Phoenix. Ariz., |
ana thence back to Denver. Colo
1t was announced by chairman
Robert kra kauer, that the Rotarians
who are due 20 hold their weekly I
luncheon at the Sheldon cafe Thurs {
day noon, had postponed It in defer ]
ence TO the Victory loan workers who ]
VIII assemble in their stead.