The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-02
BUY ANOTHER ONE!
Slogan in Bond Drive Becomes
Slogan of Country.
Everybody Is Out Working for
"A Big Finish.

Washington, May kilograms
pouring into national liberty loan
headquarters-today told of the success
of the buy another bond" and match
yesterday and added s62.O0O.0OO sub
scriptions, making the national total
$2.641.631,S50.
At noon today heavy support of
small subscribers was driving the loan
well ahead of schedule as it swept into
the last three days stretch of the cam
paign.
Liberty loan officials are now call
ing for two million Americans to
match the president in buying anoth-
err bond on the installment plan.
President Wilson's proposition has had
an electrical effect thruout the coun-
try and loan leaders believe it possible
to attain two million additional sub
riptions-s1oO,0 100000 instead of
$50, zoo. 000-for which the president
appealed.
"Buy Another Bond Clubs.
Hundreds of buy another bond
clubs have sprung up around the coun-
try. In nearly every theater in the
country the presidents proposition
was presented last night while the ma
TONS executive was making his adj
ditional subscription in a Washington
theater. Early morning kilograms
from Chicago, Philadelphia and other
large CLUES lOl0 VI d Impetus
given the bond campaign as a result
of the presidents announcement.
Philadelphia said that 90 per cent of
the guests in the hotel dining rooms
in that city last night subscribed the
extra $50 bond.
The little town of Bush. Colo. wired
that when the presidents proposition
to match him with a $50 bond was
shown in picture theater the audi
ence responded with $500 worth of
additional subscriptions. entirely of
$50 bonds.
from the south. Birmingham, whose
quota was $4,oO0,O0O, has already
nearly doubled it's minimum. The
city of Atlanta has almost reached its
quota. Richmond has exceeded its
minimum by 20 per cent.
the $4,000, 900 level in subscriptions
to the liberty loan today. Returned
soldiers. workers in all languages, boy
scouts and hundreds of aids expected
to pass the $10O,0O0,000 mark before
shutdown.
Alexander Bublikoff. Russian. who
made the car a prisoner, canvassed
the Russian districts.
"Russia's downfall began when she
refused to support her liberty loan,"
he told his prospects.
New York Near to Quota.
New York, May 1.-THE New York
district. which has been training far
| behind other sections of the country
| in the race for fighting dollars will
subscribe it's s90O,000,000 quota land
| more" Yesterdays subscriptions
amounting to $41,934.100 and today's
| prospects for even greater returns
caused the loan committee to abandon
/ it's gloomy outlook and to send forth
this reassuring statement to it's loan
workers thruout the district today
The total subscriptions in this district
up to today amounted to $633.956. 500
or more than two-thirds of the quota
Even Manila Comes Forth.
Manila, p. l.. May Friday. April
| %, liberty loan day, was observed
generally thruout the Philippine
| islands and the bond drive in Manila
reached its height in a big military
and civic parade. Between FIVE and
six million pesos (S2,500, 000-$3, 5000.
| 000) worth of bonds have been sub
/ Qcrfhed