Washington telegraph., 1918-10-11
SOME OTHERS AR LAGGlNo PAIN.
FULLY, HOWEVER, SAYS
HEMINGWAY.
PULASKI is OVER THE TOP
state Fortunate in Having Its Quota
increased Only so Per Cent In.
stead Of 12o Per Cent, as
Some Were.

kaiser hoped, to the Fourth Ltberty
Loan declared w. L. Hemingway.
state chairman, upon his return from
ST. Louis the first of the week.
Germany sought to call the presI.
dents hand in the middle of thelloan
campaign" said Mr.. Hemingway, but
got called in short order. The ,rest.
dent, like the nation, will conda., no
negotiations, binding or otherwise,
with ruler such as the kaiser for
be knows that nothing Is binding with
the kaiser when the kaiser sees IL to
ignore the agreement"
THE only grounds upon which we
can discuss peace with the Huns ia
when the German Kaiser says he is
defeated and wants to surrender. moi
to barter. We are having no trade
with Germany controlled by the Kais
er, Hindenburg and such, and want
none"
The war, Mr.. Hemingway believes.
will be fought with a new vigor by the
Allies troops as a result of the kail
ser's crude attempt to avert surrender,
But with the Germans backs TO tho
wall, it is going to be a struggle to
down them completely. Unless they
are downed, however, there will be a
recurrence Of the present world con-
flagration just as soon as the kaiser
can reconstruct his battered armies.
Fifteen counties of Arkansas, Mr..
Hemingway said. had passed their
quotas Monday, among them Pulaski
County and Little Rock. Several Of
these counties went "over the top"
with a rush.
Honor Roll of Fifteen.
The counties over the top are:
North hall of Arkansas, Bradley, Cross
west half of Clay. Desha, Lawrence
Greene, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe, ST
Francis, Saline, Baxter, Phillips and
Pulaski.
Some other courties. Mr.. Hernjng
way said, have been tagging and their
returns were discouraglng. Many OF
them, however, this week began in
tenslve campaigns which promised to
put them over the top by the last OF
this week.
Arkansas should meet its $4,000
600 quota easily" said Mr. Heming'
way.
while the quota for this State was
about so per cent greater than its
quota in the third loan, what about
Missouri, with 10 per cent increase
What about Illinois with a 100 per
cent increase? What about Tennessee
with a 100 per cent increase7
Little Rock over the Top.
Little Rock and Pulaski County,
with more than one-sixth of the entire
States quota, went "over the top" in
Just one week Two-thirds Of tha
quota was raised on the tive Tolunteef
days, and last Saturday night Liberty
Loan headquarters announced that $4s
$50 900 had been subscribed The Quots
was S4,240,OOO Work here is conti1
uing, to reach big oversubscriptiot
After the volunteers came forward
the solicitors started out They hS
cards upon which quotas for ever
citizen had been printed, and whenl
stizcn failed to meet his subscriptit,
there had TO be a lot of explaining ad
proving done.
Every citizen was made 10 unlr-
stand that it was his duty to dots
share
There has been a reaction frombe
cotton price fixing agitation andb
ton again is on the upward trendtd
this, Mr.. Hemingway believes, w1ald
materially in bringing up some dthe
backward counties.
Eastern Arkansas showed 4 the
front in the first week of thetam-
paign a majority of the countt go {
ing over the top being located } the ,
eastern part of the State.
To Paint Him Yellow.
Getting back TO Pulaski bunty,
there are several residents of 7 Cap
itol City who have not come upb their
quotas, or who have refusedIo sub
scribe at all
One is a pawnbroker, repuf TO be
one of the wealthiest men ! Little
Rock. He was assessed S5qO He
offered to subscribe S1500dbut the
subscription was refused fhen he (
went to a bank which had lot been
notified of the assessmentin ind sub
scribed $4,000. This has fen ord
cred returned by the local kganiza-
ton, {
Before long, the big blaboard at
Capitol avenue and Main SC Pts is go
ing to bear only one man5ams II
viii be that of the pawnb ker, and /,
around it will be a nice biht frame
of flaming ySlow. That'dh bow ARR.
ansas' capital city is trding men 5