New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Ne1u York Takes $500, 600, 900 in
Bonds on First Day of Campaign

ing subscriptions, $1,oOO,oOO or larger,
were made public during the day:
Prudential Insurance Company of
America, $50 900 900; Liberty National
Bank, $5,000,000; Emgrant Industrial
Savings Bank. S5000,000; Manufacture
ers Trust Company, S4,097 900; Chem
ical National Bank, S3.O00000; Bowery
Savings Bank, S3,000.000; Mutual Life
Insurance Company, s2,ooo,ooo; Brook
lyn Trust Company, S2,0O0,OO0; II. w.
Johns Manville Company, $l.50o000;
Fidelity Trust Company, s1,oO0,00O;
New York Life Insurance Company
S1,0OO,OOO, and international Mercan-
tile Marine, S1,0O0.000.
Booths throughout the city were
opened promptly at o'clock in the
morning, and sales were reported heavy
at the central Offices. Moreover. 2OO,-
the householder. of the city. with the
object of procuring two million in
dividual pledges for bonds.
Long Beach Seeks Flag
In addition to Long Beach, which
claimed to have filled it's entire quota
on the eve of the opening of the cam
paign, lrvington on the Hudson, the
res dence of Secretary McAdoo, re-
ported that its allotment of S246,2O0
had been entirely taken.
TIE city display for the loan CEN
tired on the Avenue of the Allies, the
local point of which is the Altar of
Liberty. a symbolic representation of
the Allied crusade for freedom done
in classic French style under the di-
rection of Thomas Hastings, architect
The modelling and construction of the
nt nf n1o
done under the direction of Rafael &
Frank G. Menconi.
The key feature of the altar-a
bow and arrow placed under the
shadow of the cornice-is designed to
picture civilization as a condition at
tanned by the ability of mans intelli
gence to dominate force for it's own
protection. Tie bow and arrow was
selected, according to Mr. Hastings,
because 1T was probably the very be-
ginning of the intellectual evolution of
manhood"
Progress Is illustrated
"On either side of the altar" Mr..
Hastings added, in Interpreting his
work, the chain armor, the shields.
helmets and chains symbolic the early
spirit of ascetlcism, medieval feudalism
and final slavery in our own time and
country-all overcome by the continu-
GUS progress of civilization. The altar
IN its ensemble and in the selected quo
tations from men who think and men
IN authority, shown in large panels on
either side, is intended to signify and
uphold the real moral issue that this is
war upon the very institution of war
itself, to conquer and overthrow mill
tarism in order to establish reason and
justice IN all intercourse between ma
tions."
Quotations of war-aim epigrams
uttered by President Wilson, Lloyd
| George, Minister Ribot, Viscount
Bryce, former Prime Minister Asquith,
former Premier Viviani, Premier Gle
menceau and Allied labor interpret in
words what the artists have attempted
to express in sculpture
In speaking for the Belgian people,
who were honored by the observance
OF Belgium Day on the opening day Of
the campaign, the Belgian minister
said: Belgium was the first country
to suffer Germany's treacherous attack
upon civilization. Belgium had, there
fore. the proud privilege OF being the
first to offer sacrifice upon the altar OF
liberty of the world. We are a small
nation, but we gave what we had. We
thar to live as slaves. And Belgium
will endure to the bitter end-an end
that will be bitter to the Germans bu.
which will bring freedom to the honest
nations Of the earth"