Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-09
FIRST NATIONAL At DUNkERTON
REFUSES TO HANDLE LIB
ERTY BONDS.
DIRECTORS HALT WORK
OF BANK EXECUTIVES
Loss of Customers Thru Sale Of First
Bond Issue Frishtens Men Who
Have Their Money in Stoek-North
Black Hawk County Appears to
Have Much pisloyaity.

punkerton. Oct, a.-Kaiser Bill is sc
strong" here that the First National
bank IS afraid 10 boost the new Liberty
bond issue.
At a recent meeting of directors ii
was decided 10 solicit no bond sales
and to conduct NO aggressive cam
paisn of any kind lest the bank lose
lot Of TeutoRic customers. Tue men
al The banks helm took this move
after drinking a deep and bitter potion
from the cup OF Experience.
When the first edition Of Liberty
bonds was issued the First National
Bank o. Dunkerton launched al az :
gressive selling campaign thru us
cashier. r P DAVIS. and disposed oil
sa7.000 worth. Bank directors them
selves subscribed for a total OF Vs.
500. 4 short time afterwards German
customers began to withdraw tae!T
accounts. and IN many cases Trans
sar-ed them 20 rival banking insrtu-
lions at Denver and Reaolyn, Iowa
TIE latter banks did not sell an!
Liberty ronds- They refused TO handle
taen- il Is said
Seeks Davis AID.
: lew days ago ?. B. Miller. P7esi-
den. and cashier Of the Cedar Fans
National bank. began 10 outline plans
co- boosting the second liberty loan IN
Black Hawk county. He was LOOKING
Tor Tive one" 10 handle oaao SAFES
IN Bennington, Barclay and Lester
townships. and bearing IN mind me
ars results obtained by ?. ? OaT!s
= Duake-tou wrote and asked lin 70
zu6e-Lake the WORK
Ny Davis laid the proposition De-
lore his bank officials. and received tae
following instructions from .. -
Ascka=., president OF the institution
= co lot want YOU 10 undertake the
work this time We have lost a lot O.
cssst o-ners because Of your activities IN
connection, with the first liberty BOND
issue. ! have received many com
plants from disg-untled German Gus
TONERS, who hare declared: =" ny
should we be solicited TO subscribe
when ou- netghbors who do business
with the Readlyn and Denver oanks
are not asked 20 subscribe a penny aao
their hanks do not sell the bonds
President keckner informed his
cashier the FIRST National Of bunker
ION would have the bonds on hand nu'
would solicit no sales for business reSa-
sors-
If the Readiyn and Denver banks
would handle the Liberty bonds we
would gladly get into the game II
90 -,ss-" said klsckner.
Davis Interview With German.
Disloyal Germans are the exception
rather than the rule in Black HAWK
county, according to Mr.. Davis but ne
says there are numerous kaiser lovers
in the northern part OF the county as
well as in Bremen county, where the
Readlyn and Denver banks are
situated
When 1 was selling bonds the first
time said Davis, Il tackled a German
farmer in the northern part OF BACK
Hawk county. He was raoid and began
10 berats the United States, after re-
tusing 10 subscribe
This farmer said: The United
States soldiers will never get to
France. We will sink their ships be-
fore they get there"
Dunke-ton bank officials believe
number OF their German customers
have been lured away by the arsu-
ueut: I'VE are not asking patrons to
buy liberty bonds. You viii not De
bothered that way at our bank
Loses Job Because Loyal
So strong - the pro-Gernan cent?
meut in some parts OF Black Hawk
county that Supervisor Fred School,
was defeated for reelection because
he was outspoken in his defense Of the
United States and declared this
country was justified In entering the
war. Schools urterances were so dis
tasteful 10 kaiser lovers that they
started on the warpath and succeeded
in throwing him ont Of Office.
The latest move against the bunker
ton bank was begun about sixty days
ago, when Germans OF that town or
ganizsd a rival institution. A CONTRACT
has been let for the construction OF
new one-story bank building. bunker
ton has a population Of only 300 peo'
pie, and cannot support two oanhs
One of them is liable 10 suspend.