Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-24
need S624,OOO
SALES TO MEET
MAXIMUM sum
Lower Half OF Rock Island Count!
Has TOTAL Subscriptions Of
S1,316,0J0.
WORKERS MEET AGAIN MAY A
Final Rally OF Canvassers VIII Oc-
cur en- Closing Day OF Third
Campaign.

Reporting at noon today. the can
Vass .ng teams in the third Liberty
loan drive in Rock Island and the
lower end of the county turned in
subscriptions to the amount Of $780,
$50, increasing the total for the en-
tire campaign 10 date to Si,316,O5O.
This is about 1924 900 less than the
maximum quota of 81 Gee coo.
The luncheon today was the last
that will be held at the club for the
third Liberty loan workers. The
campaign does not officially close
until May 4, and the workers will
continue TO canvass the city Re
ports viii be made directly TO the
committee in the loan headquarters
AT the club. \ J. Lindstrom, chair
man OF the local committee. an
nounCed today that a final rally OF
the workers will be held at the
club Saturday evening, May 4, at
$50 o'clock, at which time the re-
suits of the campaign here will be
announced and the work cleaned
up, so far as the local organization
is concerned.
Mir Lindstrom urged the workers
not to allow their enthusiasm to
wane in the remaining days OF the
drive, and requested that ali push
the bond sales as much as posi-
bile He thanked the canyassers
for their splendid cooperation and
tireless work in the campaign, and
paid special tribute to the magnifi-
cent showing that the eight rural
townships IN the lower end of the
county have made in the drive.
Six OF the eight have already gone
over the top, and the other two
have given the local committee for
this district every assurance that
they will exceed their quotas.
The country districts are emit
tied TO the highest credit" said Mr..
Lindstrom. NO county in the state
has made a better showing than the
eight districts in the lower end of
the county"
DR. John II. Stevenson. pastor of
the Broadway Presbyterian church,
was the speaker this noon, and de-
livered a fOrceful and stirring pa
triotic address, which brought re-
peated applause from his audience.
Speaking OF the tremendous pow
er of German prOpa garda in the al
lied countries. DR.. Stevenson said:
The greatest menace TO America
today is the peace at any price
cry. which comes from Germany.
That is Germany's trump card. and
she is spending every cent she can
on her propaganda. There isn't
anything that Germany will not do.
She will buy the conscience of any
man. if his conscience can be
bought"
Struggle With Devil.
This is a struggle between the
devil and God, between hell and
heaven, between Germany and the
\ civilized world America came into
y the war at the right time She has
y always been pro-ally, not technic-
ally, it is true, but down in her
heart she has believed in the allied
cause. II would have meant dis
ruption TO the country if we had
gone into the struggle before we
did. The nation was not yet ready"
DR.. Stevenson made a plea that
we stand united as a country be-
hind our sailors and soldiers
This is no day for party politics"
he said 1T is time for military
discipline and obedience We are
thinking of all We are trying TO do
and give for the boys over there
For Gods sake, don't let US IN
derestimate the power of Germany.
I believe this war may we'll last for
five years. Germany is in to the
last man and to the last drop of
blood. We've got 10 realize that
now and get ready for it
Chairman Lindstrom announced
10 the workers that this district, as
well as the Moline district, is now
entitled to an honor flag, indicating
that this community has exceeded
its quota as fixed by the treasury
department The mark of $1,000
coo was the allotment to Rock Is
land and the southern end Of the
county, and that figure was passed
last Friday at noon, when the teams
reported at the club Word was
received this morning from the
federal reserve headquarters in
Chicago that an honor flag had
been, forwarded TO the local com
mittee, but it did not arrive in time
for the meeting this noon.
Some Large Subscriptions.
Following are some of the larger
subscriptions reported by the teams
and special committees this noon:
High school committee lin
Guiding banks) .........S11,85 $50
Women's committee. .... 10000
Eagles committee - $50
Jmmanuels Lutheran church 700
Factory committee ...... 600
Siboney Bay camp .... 400
Drury township ..... 10,1OO
Bowling township ..... 1000
Rural township .......... $500
Black Hawk township .. $50
Team No. 81 ............... $3.50
Steamftters, gasfitters and
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