Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
DAY
is OBSERVED
OVER NATION
Anniversary of Entry Into
War Spurs Sale of Third
Bond Issue.

Washington, April 6.-One year
from the day the United States en-
tered the world war the nation
started today collecting $4,000, ,000,-
600 from its citizens for the third
Liberty loan to finance the fighting
1t was a day of patriotic ceIa-
brations, of parades of soldiers
sailors and civilians marching to-
gether to symbolic the important
part each must play in winning the
war
Buy bonds''-this was the plea
uttered by hundreds of puttlll
speakers to the multitudes of men
and women who must furnish the
financial and material sinew foI
the military and naval forces
Subscriptions began to roll in
early, and indications were that
many millions would be pledged
before 7, despite the fact that i'll
many cities the day was given over
to the celebration rather than tc
bond sales.
President Wilson was the prin-
cipal speaker on the days pro-
gram. He is to go to Baltimore
for an evening address of unusual
Importance, considering the big
part American armies are about tC
play in France and other interna-
tional phases of the war situation
Secretary McAdoo went to Phila-
delphia to speak. Vice President
Marshall was to speak at st. Louis
and Secretary Daniels at Cleveland
20 Towns Fill Quotas.
BY 10 o'clock more than twenty
towns had wired headquarters
claiming the distinction of beine
| the first to subscribe their quotas
and it began to appear an impos
sible task to determine which com
munity actually was entitled to tn,
honor.
Since the campaign opened at
o'clock local time, communities il
| the west still had from one TO three
hours to file their reports
Alien Property Custodian Palme'
| today advised all the government
directors in the fifty or more larg'
| concerns taken over by his offic'
| because of enemy alien ownership
to invest surplus funds of the con
Germs in Liberty bonds. The pei
= icy of the government Will be L
utilize the resources taken over II
this way for the best possible re
suits In the Liberty campaign.
DOOrbells Are Rung.
New York, April 6,-New York
the financial center of the nation
launched it's Liberty loan campaign
with impromptu patriotic demon
| strations at midnight and foot
of subscriptions encouraged th'
committee to melieve that its am
billions to raise at least half of th'
entire loan in this federal reserv'
district might b5 attained. A mil
| lion city dwellers received thei
first official" intimation of th
opening of the campaign, when
upon answering vigorously runs
doorbells they found pastboart
liberty bells inscribed ring MI
again." on the door knobs. At leas
halfa million American flags, &C
cording to official estimates, fiut
tered from buildings and river Graf
and thousands of striking poster
were displayed at points OF want
/ age.
Seven American airplanes from
Mineola, Long Island, will circl
over Manhatten late today and drol
! 10000 pieces of literature.
Boston Has Parade.
! Boston, April 6. - Boston CAV
! impressive evidence today of it
patriotic fevor To signaliZe tn
| first anniversary of Americas en-
trnace into the war, as we'll as tn
start of the campaign for the thirt
Liberty loan, the greatest parad
ever held in this city was staged.
Chicago Celebrates.
/ Chicago, April 6.-Parades an
mass meetings in celebration of tn
opening of the third Liberty loal
drive and also the anniversary o
| Americas entrance into the wal
were in order for today. With tn
opening of business a flying squad
ron of bond statesmen which mad
such a good record during the pre-
ceding campaigns began driv
/, planned to take in every bushes
house, factory and office in the city
l
halls and theatres throughout tn
city with parades and open al
| meetings.
The big patriotic meetings an
street parades were planned for tn
| afternoon. Ten thousand soldier
and sailors were expected to be II
line for the parade in the centra
reserve district.
Passes Quota in Minute.
F'reeport, Ill, -~pril 6.-Patrioti
citizens of Winslow, H., a town o
1000 population, set a new recorl
in subscribing to the third Libert
loan when 100000 of the bond
were bought in the first minute o
the campaign which opened at mid
night. The towns quota is onl
S2S 900 and this had been more thai
doubly subscribed at 1901 a. m. to
day.