The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08
War Spirit Is Sweeping COun-
try as Never Before.
Secretary McAdoO Starts Out
-On Tour Today.
5000 SPEAKERS IN ACTION
Thousands of Statesmen in All
Parts of the Nation.
Hundreds of Towns Report
Over-SubscriptiOn Now.

Washington. April -America
already has responded with more than
s250.000,000 to the governments ap-
peal for liberty dollars.
These figures. altho not fully
credited by treasury officials, give
information that every part of the ma
tion will hurl defiance at Germany
with money a third time.
Reports continue to pour into liber-
ty loan headquarters. telling of over
subscription of quotas. Small towns
and rural districts not usually well
organized have out-done large cities
which have kept their committees fu-
tact from the second campaign. These
districts in most cases have over-sub
scribed their portions about fifty per
cent.
1t has not been expected that sub
scrptions on the first day of the can
paign would indicate either a success
or tagging of the new loan. Last
weeks preparatory work has put the
ma ation in trim the first days sub
scription of about ten per cent of the
! loan indicated.
Only Weekly Reports.
The public may be denied daily in
formation of the progress of the loan.
it was evident at the treasury
Treasury officials have a plan
whereby only weekly reports of the
progress of the loan will be made
public. This would mean that the ma
ton would not know what any state
or district has subscribed until sew
eral days after the end of each week
Officials who oppose the plan declare
this would end the spirit of rivalry
between cities and states by with
/ holding information on the subscrip-
| tions.
| A plan is also being considered
which will result in the public being
denied information on the s9bscrip-
! tion campaign until federal reserve
banks report officially.
! Frank r. Wilson. liberty loan pub<
4 licity director, today telegraphed each
federal reserve board to obtain affida-
Wits from local campaign committees.
banks and telegraph companies as to
! the time quotas are subscribed. He
explained that already competition for
the honor flags has become so keen
that often a few minutes will decide
! to whom the flag is awarded. The af-
fidavits will eliminate injustice in
awarding the emblem of honor to the
victOrS.
Thousands of Statesmen.
While thousands of statesmen and
saleswomen all over the land today
piled the trade in the liberty bonds.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo set
out on a four weeks journey preach-
ing the loan.
! His first speech was at Richmond
today, while his itinerary this week
is Raleigh. n. c.. tomorrow; Columbia.
5. C., and Savannah, Wednesday;
Jacksonville. Fla, Thursday; Pensa-
cola and Mobile. Ala, Friday and New
Orleans Saturday.
Reports filtering In from the nation
today showed that Saturdays re-
sponses from an aroused people were
extremely libert1.
Authorities expect that the three
billion dollar issue will be far over
subscribed as an evidence of the war
spirit that is now sweeping the coun-
try. The largest sales force ever as
sembled is engaged in prosecuting the
campaign.
+ Assured of Success.
General Pershing's cabled message
Will be one of the numerous slogans
every dollar subscribed as the result
of self-denial means partnership in
the hardships and risks of our men in
the trenches
President Wilson is confident of q
quick and full answer to the appeals
Ihls was evidenced thoroly in his
Saturday speech at Ba tir1oIe, when
he devoted only a line or so to the
loan, saying that an awakened nation
assured its success. f
Eight thousand speakers and many
thousand statesmen have been enlisted
for the campaign. The force is 20
thoroly organized that there is scarcely
county in which plans have not been
made to buttonhole every individual
Military Review in n. Y.
New York. April S.-The third lib-
erty loan campaign started with q
whirlwind which will continue until
the goal is reached A military cam
paign in which $4,000 men will taks
part is scheduled for tonight.
Pro-Germans Shun Missouri.
st. Louis, Mo, April s-Goyernc<
Gardner warned all pro-Germans -
shUn Missouri in vigorous liberty
: loan address to 100000 persons Sum
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