Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18
OCTOBER "a WILL
: Be LIBERTY DAY
President Fixes Date for Ma.
ton to Pledge Financial
Support to War.
PROCLAMATION ISSUED.
Every City. Town and Hamlet IL Asked
to Hold Patriotic Meetings in be-
half Of the Liberty Loan.

Washington, Oct. 14.--President will
son in behalf of the Liberty loan to-
night issued proclamation setting
aside October "a as Liberty day and
urging the people of the nation to as
semble on that day in their respective
communities and pledge to one an
other and to the government that rep
resents them the fullest measure Of
financial support
LET the result be so impressive and
emphatic" the President urges, that
it will echo throughout the empire of
our enemy as an index of what Amer
lea intends to do to bring this war to a
victorious conclusion"
THE PROCLAMATION.
The Presidents proclamation fol-
lows:
by the President of the United States
of America {, proclamation:
1.-The second Liberty loan gives the
people of the United States another OPP
portunity to lend their funds to their
government to sustain their country at
war. The might of the United States
Is being modified and organized to
strike a mortal blow at autocracy in
defense of outraged American rights
and of the cause of liberty. Billions
of dollars are required to arm. feed,
and clothe the brave men who are GO
ing forth to fight our country's battles
and to assist the nations with whom
we are making common cause against
common foe. To subscribe to the
Liberty loan is to perform a service of
patriotism.
Now. therefore. I. Woodrow Wilson,
: President of the United States of America,
do appoint Wednesday. the oath of Octo-
hAv 4 sl-vA I..,- Al
the people to assemble in their respective
communities and pledge to one another
and to the government that represents
them the fullest measure of financial sup
port. On the afternoon of that DAY re-
quest that patriotic meetings be held in
every city. town and hamlet throughout
the land, under the general direction OF
the secretary of the treasury and the i'm.
mediate direction of the Liberty Loan
committees which have been organized by
the federal reserve banks. The people re.
sponded nobly to the call of the first Lib.
erty Loan with an overscription of more
than so per cent. Let the response to the
second loan be even greater and let the
amount be so learge that it will serve as
an assurance of unequalled support tc
hearten the men who are to face the fire
pressive and emphatic that it will echo
throughout the empire of our enemy at
an index Of what America intends to dc
to bring this war to victorious conclu
sion.
For the purpose Of participating in Lib
erty day celebrations all employees Of the
federal government throughout the coun
try whose services can be spared. may bt
excused at twelve O'Clock, Wednesday the
oath Of October.
"In witness whereof, have hereunto Sc
my hand and caused the seal Of the United
States to be affixed.
Done in the District of Columbia thi
twelfth day of October in the year O
Our Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundre,
and Seventeen, and of the independence
of the United States of America the on
hundred and forty-second.
OSigned) "WOODROW WILSON,"
by the President"
0Signed) ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary of State"
| APPEAL TO WAGE FARMERS.
An appeal to the wage earners of tn
United States to invest in he bonds wa
issued tonight by Secretary Wilson O
the department of labor. He said:
1.-The workers have more at stake in thi
conflict than any others. because it Is onl
in a democracy that the common peopl
can come into their own.'
Official reports of subscriptions up I
the close of business last night, sent b
eleven of the twelve reserve banks, sho,
but little progress. the total standing q
1895. 654. 9OO or only about eight per cent. G
| the 81 600 0DO 600 hoped for