The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-04-09
GERMANS GIVE Up DRIVE AGAINST AMIENS

Of duplication or watering" in es-
Inmates even if carefully made, arises
from the fact that campaign workers
report subscriptions which may be
made payable through a bank. This
bank in turn subscribes a lump sum
to cover all the subscriptions it ham
dies. Thus a pledge might be count
ed twice and the aggregate of these
Implications might result in a mis-
leading showing. For the nation to
believe that its. loan subscriptions
were far above what they actually to-
tailed would have clements Of positive
danger to the loans success. accord
ing 10 Secretary McAdoo and other
officials who advocated the new pro-
cedure.
Newspapers which heard during the
day Of the blans for suppressing es-
Inmates protested to the Liberty loan
organization arguing that the esti-
mates during the second loan were
admitted to have been substantially
accurate.
They sueg- sted that psychologically
the campaign propaganda needed
prompt reporting OF figures as wen az
acuray.
These protests We're met with The
statement that official reports from
federal reserve banks probably wouId
be fastened under the new procedure
by the latter part Of the week the
treasury expects to give its first Of
fetal report on subscriptions. From
several cities today came word that
an attempt was being made to COM
mercialize the honor flag idea and
that flag manufacturers We're solicit -
ing orders for large quantities of that
specially designed banner. This was
made by a warning from the treasury
that the flag has been copyrighted
and can be obtained legally only from
the Liberty loan organization. The
copyright was obtained bv ]. II
Burton, a New York man, who orig
mated the honor flag idea and imme-
diately ASSIGNED the copywright prov
ileges to the government.
About sixty additional communities
reported today they had subscribed
their quota and won the flag making
more than two hundred names on the
honor roll in the two days of the
campaign. Among those reporting
! today were:
Oklahoma-'Kingfisher county, Goa
county. Texas-Carreron county
Liberty county, Brooks county, Smith
county, Carson county, Kleburg coun-
ty' Wilbarger county. stephens coun-
w. Rusk county, Jim Hogg county
Commal county Arkansas-Piggott
Secretary McAdoo today named
April l2 as Liberty loan Sunday and
in letter to $4,000 preachers asked
special sermons be preached on that
| day.
Samuel GOmpers, president of the
American Federation of Labor. in a
statement today urged workers to
subscribe generously to the loan even
II 1t meant great economies and to
do all you can for the common cause
Of democracy and freedom the world
over
Our country calls for service" said
Mr. Gompers, and each man, woman
and child has a personal duty to per-
form, an obligation accompanying the
opportunities freely accorded all.
Some have offered and are giving
their lives; others their abilities; but
all can and should contribute money
in accordance with their means. 1t
may mean savin2s-economie prac-
ticed in the spirit of patriotic and
temporary sacrifices. And yet it is
the safest investment in the whole
world Workers of America: You
have as much, if not more, at stake
than any other group of citizens. You
are urged to subscribe as generously
to this loan as is within your power"
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