The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
kilograms Arrived ) Minutes
After Drive Started.
One Subscription in n. Y. To-
day for $15,O0O,000.
ARE THOUSANDS IN MARCH
President Leads on With Bal
timOre Speech Tonight.
Boy Scouts Placard n. Y. With
Replica "Liberty Bells"


towns have already subscribed their
liberty loan quotas, kilograms to the
treasury headquarters at 10 a. m to-
day announced. Wires of confidence
were arriving like snowstorm." Of
ficials reported.
Towns whose reports of over-sub-
scriptions were received at the treas
uary within five minutes after
o'clock. included:
Far Rockaway. y. Y. quota s33e.-
00G. subscription 81 ,050, 600; Twin
Valley, n. Y. quota $4,000. subscrip-
tons s117, 900; Pearl River. n. Y.
quota $685. 900; subscriptions $4,000;
Bernardsville, N j.. quota $1f6,0Oo.
subscriptions s221oOO; Crawford. y.
j., quota S124,000, subscriptions $220,-
900; Lynn. Mass, subscriptions more
than s3,000.000. Others reporting
over-su description were Oldemar, Fla:
Green county. Arkansas and Whiting.
Ind
Town Doubles Quota.
From White Sulphur Springs w
Va came the report twenty minutes
before o'clock that the first sixty
five subscribers there had taken twice
the city's allotment
Before noon kilograms announcing
towns over-subscriptions began to
pour into loan headquarters faster
a
were from communities whose cam
paign committees apparently had not
understood that claims for the honor
flag filed before O'Clock this morn
ing would not be considered since they
had been started last night.
Fifty Counties Oversubscribe.
Atlanta, Ga, April 6.-More than
/ fifty counties and cities of the Sixth
! federal reserve district have over
subscribed their liberty loan quotas.
according to an announcement made
! by Chairman .Wardlaw of .he district
one hour after the campaign had been
! launched in the south
/ Subscrfbcs for $4,000. 1000 Bonds
| New York. April "a subscription
/ of 100000 was announced by the
New York Life Insurance company
OF this s3.5OOOOO was allotted 10
! banks in federal reserve centers out
side of New York
Twelve Thousand March at Baltimore
Baltimore. April 6-Baltir.lorian
by the thousands early today began
I lining the streets along which the
| drafted army detachment of - OO0
men from Camp Meade will parade
! this afternoon in celebration of the
/ opening of the third liberty loan cam
palgn, and the anniversary of Amer
ica's entry into the war
Inc procession will be reviewed nv
president Wilson who Will tonight de-
liver an address at the over There
! iberty loan c3ntonment in the Fifth
| regiment armory, where he was nom
mated for the presidency in 1912
Flying Squadron Sell Bonds.
Chicago. April with the OPEN
] ing the the third liberty loan drive the
I flying squadron of bond statesmen
which made such a good record during
/ the preceding campaigns began "A
/ drive planned to take in every busi-
ness house, factory and office in the
} ar-r-a for
! many halls and theaters thruout the
city. with parades and open air meet
ings at the lake front. The big patriotic
meetings and street parades were
! planned for the afternoon. Ten thou
sand soldiers and sailors were expect
| ed to be in line
10000 Parade in Chicago
St Louis. Mo, April 6.-St. Louis
started the third liberty loan campaign
today with parade Of 10000 persons.
led by Lieut.. John Philip Sousa and
the naval band. This city expects
! to raise 100000.
Blow Factory and ItaiIroad Whistles.
Springfield, Mo, April 6.-Spring-
fields third liberty loan campaign. in
which s2,0OO.00c has been set the
goal. was ushereo in by the blowing
of factory and locomotive whistles.
Despite heavy downpour. teams of
workers were out early.
Greatest Demonstration ir Years
Philadelphia. April 6.-One of the
greatest patriotic demonstrations wit
messed here in many years marked
the opening in Philadelphia today of
tine campaign for the third liberty
loan Secretary of the Treasury Will
liam O. McAdoo was the central fig
u e IN the celebration and he was to
deliver keynote address before leav-
; ing On his tour of the country in the
interest of the new bono issue.
rdr. McAdoo also was to make
brief speech at the unveiling of the
| statue of liberty erected near City
hall His 4-year-old grand daughter.
Mona Martin, was to unveil the statue
New York. April 6.-New York. the
| financial center of the nation,
launched it's liberty loan campaign
with impromptu patriotic demonstra-
tons at midnight. nine hours before
, the time set for the official start and
, :. Hood IF ear rl,- sllhscrintinns encnIaE-