The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-06
LIBERTY RALLY
 DREW MANY TO
 MEETING PLACE

The Liberty Loan rally held al the Auditorium last night was large ly attended by enthusiastic boosters for the Liberty Loan campaign, and was a most successful affair in ev cry sense of the word. The musical numbers rendered by the chorus un der the direction of Mrs. o. F. Krie ger were very much enjoyed by the entire audience, as the hearty ap plause well proved. Dr. Aline Brad ley rendered beautiful solo which had been very appropriately selected for the occasion. Mrs. George Cole man also favored the audience with a delightful solo which was very much appreciated by all lovers oi vocal music The City Band. com posed of fifteen pieces, furnished the instrumental music and conducted themselves with great credit to their instructor. A quartette composed of Mrs. F. Durham, Mrs. Ferne Johnson Rev. o. F. Krieger and L. R. Gillette proved to be the musical hit of the evening, and the audience showed its appreciation in no uncertain terms The speakers were all so good that it would be difficult to say which one was the most appreciated by the audience. L. c. Hess acted as chairman of the meeting and first introduced Rev. H. H. Lumpkin who opened the meeting with few words of earnest prayer. Rev. o. F. Krieger was the next speaker on the program, and his remarks were we'll chosen and we'll received by the attentive audience.
 John A. Clark then followed with most masterly address which he delivered forcibly with the message of Wake Up and Put Up" as his theme He paid most = glowing tribute to the Canadian troops for the part they had taken in this war and the manner in which they had blocked the efficient" Huns when the latter thought they had a walk away in the war game. He asked his hearers how they would like to pay indemnity to the kaiser to de. fray the expenses of this war, which the war lords of Germany had de. clared would be the case after all was over. He asked his hearers if it would not be more to their liking to purchase interest-bearing Liberty Bonds backed up by the United States government and whip h-ll out of the Germans than to contrib ute to them.
 Dick Thorne. in his inimitable style, followed with a good, plain heart-to-heart talk and was compelled to come back and render little peroration when he thought he had finished.
 During his remarks he asserted that "the kaiser had wagered his all on winning this war;" and ended by offering to bet the kaiser Thorne's picture house against brass button off his coat that he would lose. and admonished his hearers not to be carried away with any "bull con- stuff which might be handed out in the shape of Hun propaganda. He told what the British had been do ing in this war and ended by saying that he was a Britisher and was proud of 1t.
 Judge Bunnell closed the program of speakers with an address which went into the vital question of the day, the question of concentrated action, and showed beyond a doubt that what is needed more than any thing else Is a wholehearted sup; port by the people of the whole na tion, regardless of what 1t may cost His address was we'll received and gave food for thought on several sides of present-day issues which have apparently not made themselves clear to all.
 On entering the Auditorium each person was confronted by a Boy Scout in the box ofnce. who not only gave each an opportunity to buy their Bonds. but diligently solicited the patronage of all who came. The fact was announced from the plat form that the Boy Scouts had in creased their sales until almost $36.. 900 worth of Bonds had been sold by them since starting in to "bust the clock"
 Taken as a whole, the entire rally was very successful, and also very enjoyable affair, and should do a great deal to arouse enthusiasm in the sale of Liberty Bonds.
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