Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
TO
BUY BONDS ARE
SOUGHT IN CITY
mount Recorded From Sixteen Out
of Twenty-Five Precincts and
From Arsenal.
EXPECT TO REPORT $4,000
chairman J. L. Vernon Expresses
Appreciation Of Way People
Are Responding.
AT ONCE!

NOLDNIEER Al ONNEt
Tomorrow is the last day for
n volunteer subscriptions to the
Victory Liberty Loan.
Volunteer your subscription
at your precinct polling place.
1t will be open from : to ) in
the afternoon and frnm Z to 8 in
the evening.
Buy without being solicited!
With reports from 16 out of %
N precincts in the city, headquarters
Eef the Rock Island Victory Loan
Liberty loan committee reports that
AZ $50 was voluntarily subscribed
Il yesterday, the first of the three of
5 volunteer days"
This amount includes s13,40O sub
. 'cribed by employees at Rock Island
4 .rsenaL With 10 precincts to hear
rom, loan officials estimate that the
e ,rand total for the first day OF the
lriye will mount to not less than
rs, 900.
1.-THE response of the people of
Rock Island on the first day of vol
lntary subscription to the Victory
4 Dan is quite up to expectation, and
believe that when our volunteer
O'Clock, we shall have another
honor roll to display further the
yhole-hearted patriotism of the
:itizens of this community" was
tatement made this morning by J.
= Vernon, executive chairman OF
4 he Rock Island loan committee.
h So that everyone may understand
NJ thoroughly this voluntary subscrrp-
N ion plan. the statement is made
hat at every regular precinct poll
ng place a team of workers is
n tationed throughout the day to
eceive voluntary subscriptions.
The idea is to procure as much
money as possible in the three days
that it will not be necessary to
4 isit each person at their home in a
ouse to house canvass.
On Honor Roll.
However, il is the intention to
all upon all those who do not sub
cribe now and those who under
ubscrfbe. in the canvass on April
8, "A and 25. Those who purchased
onds yesterday, those who pur-
base them today and tomorrow
I'LL have their names inscribed
pom Rock Islands honor roll.
Polling places will be open this
vening until o'clock and will be
pen again tomorrow afternoon
nd evening.
Grant school was the first school
, enlist its dollars in this last cam
align for financing the American
rmy in the world war.
In the appended list of names of
i rose who volunteered to buy bonds
/ esterday, only those in sixteen of
ne 20 precincts in the city are re-
orted. This is due to the fact that
precincts failed to have reports
l today. If any names are omitted I
4 those who subscribed yesterday
ley will appear in a later list.
Volunteers Listed.
\. Those volunteering to buy Victory /
Ponds IN the 16 precincts which I
ad reports in early today are:
T. Il. KentOn, Florence Kerler,
evils T. Stafford. Ben Bleuer, Will
am S1agle, J. Z. Sutton, Frances /
igurd Kirkland, Joseph Fl. Samp- [
IN. Judson V. Collins, Gladys L.
urner, Herman KatZ, L. l.. Long,
aymond L. North, Nellie Elliott,
AIRY Roberts, James Perkins, /
AIRY White, Daniel Z. Madden,
3seph Stonis. Chas. A Mccartney,
harlotte w. Wheelan, Geo. w. Cox,
j. Gaffey. VIM. F. Dunn, Frank
r Baumaster, Amanda Habeck,
1hn ]. Cratin, c. W. Barninger. A.
Sippel, d. c. Thompson. Dora \.
ally. Lawrence Edris, Marjorie
Feber. Frank Jones. J. G.. Bosen-
srTy, Frank A. Strickland. T. l..
cHugh. James Morse, Helen II.
k4torebeck, Eleanor B. Holstrom.
dolf Hepner, William Flemming,