South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-20
THIRD LIBERTY
LOAN ENTERING
HOME STRETCH
indications are That Half of
Minimum Total is Sure to
be Subscribed Today by
American Citizens.

WASHINGTON. April 2O.-The
third Liberty campaign will be half
over tomorrow and indications ;-re
that half Of the $4,000. 900. 600 min
imum total will be subscribed. This
record. although better than that of
the first or second loans does not
satisfy treasury officials entirely. be-
cause they actually are aiming at
S5,O00.000,000 loan with 10000, 900
subscribers.
Pledges will have TO roll in much
faster in the remaining two weeks
than in the past 10 pass the higher
mark.
The total reported tonight TO head
quarters here was $1.2O4,714.25O. an
addition of s114.979,350 within the
last day. covering subscriptions re-
ceived at banks together with the
| initial five percent payment up TO
the close of business last night.
Indiana Over Top.
Kentucky now leads all states in
the St Louis district with 1913 per-
cent OF its quota subscribed. Indiana
is second with 119 percent and Ar
kansas third with 103 percent.
Chicago went out in front ir the
honor flag competition today. having
awarded 1917 flags San Francisco
has awarded SIS flags. l39 of which
had gone TO California communities
New York has awarded 23O flags.
An encouraging element OF the
figures to date is the belief that
many millions have been pledged
NTH hahn, eacttra1 L.. .bae. t;rcs+
payments and consequently have not
been counted by banks. Reports to-
night from the Atlanta district for
instance illustrated this. The At
lanta district has reported officially
only SI733,0OO subscriptions or
eight percent of the quota, but the
/ district campaign committee issued
statement asserting that 40 per-
cent of the district allotment actu-
ally had been pledged.
Pres't Wilson participated in an
impromptu Liberty loan demOnstra-
ton today in a British battle tank
by riding through the white house
grounds in the great machine. He
burned his hand severely on an ex-
haust pipe while trying to climb out
OF top i'm the presence OF a great
throng az the front gates. The pres
ident appeared TO enjoy the expert
ence, beaming enthusiastically as he
clambered down the sloping sides OF
the tank despite a bleeding and
scared palm. The injured hand was
bandaged tonight and il was said
the wound was painful but not seri-
Gus.
President In Tank.
Thousands who had followed the
slow creeping tank up Pennsylvania
avenue and had bought bonds from
solicitors mounted on its roof waited
at the white house gate while the
bullet denied battle machine crept
down the drive 10 the executive Of
fees. There the president inspected
the tanks outward dimensions care
fully and asked to take a ride. He
elm bed through the little hole while
movie cameras clicked. and the big
crawler turned carefully in the as
phalt court and passed out the drive
way to Pennsylvania avenue.
The tank is making tour Of a
number of American cities
INtLGl rs Ol the PREREQUISITES VI
loan quotas sold by cities which
have not reached their goals show
the following results:
Oklahoma City 50; ST. Joseph. MO.
81; Lowell. Mass. IS; Hartford.
Conn. 10; Denver 90: Newark, y. j.,
"a: Worcester, Mass. 63: Topeka
Kas., Of; Kansas City. Mo, A.; New
York City, 81; Boston. %; Provi-
dence. r. L.. and Omaha. Neb. 81;
| Rochester, y. Y, IS; Kansas City
and Jersey City. y. j.. 20: Wichita.
Kas., Il. and Buffalo. y. Y. 20.
I'm Chicago District.
Based on population the Chicago
district reports that Des Moines, Ia,
had subscribed IA percent: Indian
polls 10; saginaw, Mich. 9, and the
entire district an average Of five and
q half.
Montana. North Dakota AMI fed
eraI reserve district sections Of Ken
lucky. Indiana and Arkansas were
reported unOfficially today 10 have
exceeded their quotas and 10 have
joined Iowa and oregon on the hon
or roll