Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-16

Washington Oct. .15.-Only S15e, l 000, 900 of new Liberty loan subscrip l tions trickled in today, according to | reports from the whole nation gath | cred by the treasury and raised he l total for the loan so far to $2ty5t.ST0, 1 $50, still short of three billions the half way figure
 In view of the expectation that fruits of Liberty Day celebrations last Saturday would be fully reflected in today's reports. treasury officials de- ciared the outlook grave.
 Those in charge of the Liberty lean campaign made no conceairner1t of the fact that the situation was very disappointing" said the official review Of the loans progress. With only four days of the loan period remain ing, the country now faces the task of raising in excess of three billion 1ol lars or more than $7Go.Q00, 900 a day
 Early morning messages to head quarters stimulated hope, not borne out by tonight's figurlE, that President Wilson's rejection of the German pro posal for an immediate armistice Wculd create a wave of enthusiasm which would sweep a multitude of sub scriptions on it's crest. Tomorrow figures will be. watched carefully for evidence of this situation reported in scores of telegrams from field workers. Considering the chance that sub scribers are delaying payment of the ! first ten per cent. installment and that consequently their pledges do not show i in the official figures campaign man 1 agers today urged that bond buyers 1 pay down their ten per cent install ment immediately. This will have the i effect of relieving banks of the tre mendous task of tabulating these pay
 mentS in the rush of the last hours i this week and will show the nation or Saturday, the final day, precisely i how big a job is cut ou- for it that ] day. There is the belief, also, among 1 some managers that too many people
 are waiting until late in the week be- fore increasing their subscriptions CT entering new pledges. By doing this, it was pointed out, they will serve to create unnecessarily long lines of
 prospective buyers at bank windows, or to take the time of workers which would be devoted better to stirring up the persons who may have escaped earlier solicitations.
 Consequently -"buy now'' promises to
 be companion to double the third as a campaign slogan for the remain
 der of the week.
 Despite the generally discouragine
 reports few bright spots appeared
 in the Liberty loan map. Governor
 Gunter of Colorado telegraphed Secre- tary McAdoo that the state of Colo rado and the city of Denver had botf
 exceeded their quotas. Southern In . diana. that part lying ill-.tina St. .Louf , federal reserve district also passed it
 quota of S1S,S75, 900 and won the righ to name a ship.
 New England reported improved epi demic conditions. Public meeting will be resumed tomorrow throughou : the district and plans are being mad ] for a whirlwind finish. In New Eng land 435 communities have won homo flags.
 Tomorrow will be Liberty Loal
 Navy Day, Rear Admiral Cowie cilal
 lenged the country to match the eff / forts of the navy. He issued thi statement
 n 'The leaders of the nation are call e ing upon the people to float this loa n and to raise one half of it m the fe' e days that are left The navy mean S time has passed the high water. mar l of S21, 100000 and is going ahead wit n urdiminished force. The navy
 coming across again-over the t1p a = usual but quicker, bigger, stronge = For the sake of the country. for tn e sake of victory. Match The Navy. e "'Our slogan has been:
 : Fight or buy bonds-the navy daC n both"
 -l Secretary Daniels sent the followir = message to all men in the navy today o Let every navy man answer tf l. Hohenzol1ern toast of Der Tag | '- making Navy Day. October IS, the da If of days in this battle for freedom" l, The battleship Kansas has reporte
 an average individual subscriptio Il thus far of $154: the battleship Mis 1 sissippi $1O3 and the Oklahoma $10 t Douglas Fairbanks, a motion plctul e actor, who reached Washington aftt n a trans continental tour, brought vii e him a $20,O00 Liberty loan subscriI j. tion which had been given him at La l. guna, New Mexico. by Aoie5ta. gov IT ernor of the Pueblo tribe of Indian y This subscription represented prt
 ceeds from the sale of wool by tn y tribe By order of Abieuta the inter est on these bonds for the next fiN n years was donated to the Red Cross.