Arizona republican., 1918-10-14
HALF OF JOAN TO bE RAISED WILL bE DONE
 IN SIX DAYS
Neither Disease Nor Peace
 Talk Permitted To Abate
 Enthusiasm of Workers Denver Passes Her Quota

IOS RN6GIES, Oct. lo.-GoVer-
 nor William D. Stephens issued a
 proclamation today in behalf of the
 Fourth Liberty loan, in which he
 urged CaIifornians to go into debt,
 if necessary, to buy bonds.
 "Callifornia never yet has failed
 in the performance of any duty
 connected with the prosecution of
 the war;" the proclamation de-
 eIared, and it added, "she must not
 fail now"
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-German peace talk and Spanish influenza, the two great obstacles encountered in the Fourth Liberty loan campaign, will not be permitted to defeat plans for obtain ing more than the six billion dollars, although half of that amount must be raised in the next six days.
 Reports from all parts of the country tonight indicated that the American people were fully aroused to the danger of failure. through belief that Ger many's offer to agree to President Will sons peace terms meant an early end of the war. Committees everywhere set out to dispel this feeling among the public, while thousands of other work CTS by house to house canvasses met the situation created by the influenza epidemic.
 Now Close to Three Billion.
 From scattering official returns re- ceived here today, on subscriptions taken shortly after noon yesterday, the treasury announced that approximately s2,500,000,000 had been subscribed through incorporated banks and trust t.. campaigns as basis, it was fair to as- sume. the announcement says, that the total was not far short of three billion dollars. Thousands of new volunteers will begin work in every district to- morrow, and there was hopeful feel ing at headquarters that the country would go over the top.
 New York Leads Days Gain
 Returns tonight showed the follow ing gains by districts for Saturday: New York. s49.00o,00 Chicago s27,- 100000; Cleveland, s22,000,000; San Francisco s19,000,O0O; Philadelphia, $16,00O,OO0 and Kansas City, $14,000,- 900. Although official figures on sales in the St. Louis district for Saturday are unavailable, it apparently still leads all districts in the percentage of quota subscribed. It had 70 per cent of it's quota on Friday. The city of St. Louis, despite the influenza, has 61 per cent of its quota.
 The reported sales by states include: Colorado, s13,943,000; Kansas, $25,S56, 900: Missouri, s3S6S3,1 100; Nebraska | $20, ,96S,000; New Mexico, sS15.150; Oklahoma, s13,224,S00; Wyoming, s. 2so,350 and Arizona s3.007,150. Denver Is Over Top DENVER, Oct. 13.-Liberty loar subscriptions unofficially reported since the close of banking hours Sat urday promise to give the Denver to- tai, which crossed the minimum quota mark of s17,s11,750 on Saturday night a margin of better than s100,000 by tomorrow morning. Unofficial report. from the state outside of Denver alsC indicate that three more counties Grand, Morgan and Sedgwick-havt raised their quotas, making total O. seventeen counties, outside of Denver to cross the minimum mark. An un. official count of pledges outside Den ver made this morning. credited thu state with s12,146,750 toward the duotf of s19.366,so0 for the state outside O Denver.