The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-09-20
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
CAMPAIGN BEGINS SEPT. 2S
First Seven Days is Honor Week
Leavenworth Has a Reputation
to Uphold.

Public schools thruout the state are
to be used as community Liberty Loan
centers in the Fourth Liberty Loan
campaign to open September %, At
least three meetings will be held in
each school under the direction of the
county chairman, one of the meetings
being scheduled for October IL, the
anniversary of the discovery of
America. G. K. Weeks, Campaign
Manager for the Twelfth Federal
Reserve District, has communicated
with the Washington committee his
desire to popularize these school meet
ings, and a bulletin will be issued to
the county chairmen by the State
Central Committee.
State Chairman Joseph A. Salyell
has called attention to the fact that
so per cent. of the Liberty Loan pay
ments will not fall due until after
January l and that 70 per cent, will
not fall due until after December !
so that farmers thruout the state
should be able to subscribe heavily
during the drive. Mr. Swalwell also
believes that the proposed $30,00000
Liberty Bond exemption now before
the Senate will be passed within the
next ten days and feels that this
should greatly stimulate Liberty Bond
buying.
A strong appeal has been issued to
organized labor by George McGilli-
vary, State Secretary of the Indus
trial Division, who says in part:
"Once again our country has called
for financial aid-once again we ask
organized labor to respond in keeping
with its past record. From September
90 to October 10 the Fourth Liberty
Loan will be placed before the
American people. To this loan we
must extend of its ability-not be-
cause every cent invested in the bonds
of this loan will be returned-not be-
cause the bonds will bear interest
equivalent to that secured in a saw
ings bank-not because these bonds
will represent saving and form the
best and safest security that is pos
sible to purchase-but because you
and we who are of the great patriotic
mass of the American people have un-
dertaken the job of downing from the
face of the earth the damnable mill
tarism of the Hun with all its attend
ant evil, we are gong to see that job
finished quickly and satisfactorily"
C. P. Burnett, Publicity Director
for the state, has announced that the
trophy train for the State of Wash
ington, comprised of fiat car, box
car, a tourist sleeper and another car
to accommodate band, will be started
out few days before the drive opens.
| This train will be in charge of Dave
]. Burns of the Treasury Department.
Governor Lister is planning to ac-
company this tran, and several return
ed American soldiers will be employ
ed to explain exhibits. Arrangements
are being made to have the band from
the Naval Training Station, Univer.
sity of Washington, accompany the
train. The present plans provide
that the tran will not stop at towns
having a population greater than 25,-
900 and that no stop will consume
more than two hours. The itinerary for
this train is now being worked out by
R. P. Oldham, Chairman of the Com
mittee of Speakers and Singers.
The State Central Committee has
been notified that the order barring
the use of cloth flags has been can
celled and tha cloth Liberty Loan
flags may be displayed by industrial
plants provided there is attached a
figure showing the percentage of sub
scriptions among employees. No fig
ure less than rs per cent. In con-
nection with the use of troops, the war
Department has ruled that all expense
must be borne by the local organiza-
ton, that the troops shall not be alb
sent from their headquarters more
than "a hours and that no more than
25 per cent. of the total strength of
the unit may be employed.
Plans for a service flag parade by
Washington mothers in every city and
town are rapidly being perfected. 1t
is planned to have the mothers of
soldiers who have died in France lead
this parade, carrying their gold-star-