The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08


 Fourth Liberty Loan. The official fig ures announced by Auditor F. Hopkinson smith, after footing up the reports from all army divisions and committees. was S3,2S3,4 450 The difference between the of- ficial and the unofficial totals represents subscriptions taken by the workers but not reported to the auditor.
 INTEREST INCREASES
 Interest in the loan grows more in- tense as the campaign progresses and the hearty receptions rendered the work CTS as they make their rounds encour- ages County Chairman Murray Brown and his committees to believe that the county quota will be reached by Satur- day or a full week in advance of the closing of the campaign.
 The only apparent effect the German proposal of an armstice and peace ne- gotiations seems to have had on the peo- pie of Jefferson county was to increase their determination to see the war through to victorious conclusion There was no diminution of interest in the Liberty Loan in so far as the workers could ascertain from their interviews with prospects and the number and the size of subscriptions were just as great as in the earlier days of the campaign.
 ARMIES URGED ON
 When he read in The Age-H Herald yes terday morning that the Kaiser had sent his peace proposal to President Wilson Field Marshal J, Frank Rushton in structed the generals of the allied armies to get in touch with their officers and soldiers and urge them on to extraordi- nary efforts to bring subscriptions up 10 the highest possible mark, thereby con- veying to the President the utter oppo- siton of the people of Jefferson coun- ty to any peace conference at which the Kaiser sits in except as a pleader for mercy
 The Liberty Loan Bulletin official pub lication of the Jefferson county commit tee. issued yesterday afternoon contains the following answer to the Kaisers peace offer:
 "Our answer to the insincere and treacherous peace proposal of Germany is Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds.
 of you have not bought Fourth Lib- erty Loan Bonds already, buy now. If you have bought, buy more.
 "Join full-throated and full-hearted in America's reply to German jugglery.
 Lend as they fight
 Make your check payable to Fourth Liberty Loan committee
 General Bonnyman and squad of his mining division invaded the Banner mines yesterday morning and secured from four convicts, each of bonds. Two of them, life-termers, each subscribed for $50 bond; one in for 10 years subscribed for $lW bona, and the fourth one, in for F years, subscribed for $50 bond
 Chairman C. T. Fairbairn of the spe- cial corporation committee reported yes terday that the Semet- Solvay company had subscribed for si0,0oo worth or ponds.
 Nunnally's subscribed for SSoo and the United Cigar Stores for $500 through Solon Jacobs foreign corpora tions committee. while Gen. samuei Earle. of the Belgian army, handiea the s20.000 subscription of the sover- ejgn lodge Woodmen of the World.
 MEETING IN PARK
 Field Marshal J. Frank Rushton and Comfy Chairman Murray Brown held A conference with the generals of the allied armies at o'clock yesterday afternoon, at which time the Majestic theatre meeting announced Tor to- morrow night was changed to Capltol park. with United States senator Will liam S. Kenyon of Iowa, as the prin- cipal orator. and a good band and the Liberty chorus will furnish the music and singing. Generals Rowe of the French army, Steadman of the British army, Earle of the Belgian army, Bis sell of the Italian army, McLendon of the R. F. D. division. Woodall of the industrial division and Rives of the labor division, were present at the meeting.
 At the meeting in the park tomorrow night the general of each army will make a report of the work of his army and the colonels will be called upon for short reports
 It was decided to hold the meeting at the park as that is the only place in the city where all of the thousand of more soldiers and workers in the
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