Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-04-11
LIBERTY DRIVE
CELEBRATION
hARKSSUCCESS
Warren District With Nearly
Half of Quota Pledged in
Third Bond Campaign, to
Hold Demonstration.

With the blare of horns and the
playing of patriotic music. Bisbee and
the Warren district will this afternoon
at , o'clock. in front of the Bisbee
rostOffice. take their first lines OF Ger
man trenches. Committees in charge
of the Third Liberty Loan in the dis
tricI will make their reports of sub
scripIiOns thus far secured, the Calu-
met & Arizona band will play several
patriotic airs, at least one patriotic
song will probably be sung. and the
first trenches on the big Bisbee trench
sign, denoting the districts total
pledge to date for the third bond is
sue, will be painted off.
Three Trenches Fall.
Al least the first three trenches will
be taken in the first drive. officers in
charge of the Bisbee and Warren dis
trict drive announced late last eve
ming At noon yesterday pledges to
the loan had totalled S2S9,000 with
several committees yet TO report. Only
a part of the thirty odd committees OF
the district were represented in this
report 1t is anticipated that the SILL
coo necessary TO complete the first
three trenches would have been rails
ed before last evening. Reports this
noon will indicate exactly how far the
district drive has progressed, and
when the committees make their final
reports at ; o'clock this evening, it is
possible that the drive may have pro-
gressed even beyond the first three
trenches.
Bond and Songs.
Plans for the public demonstration
have been completed. Late last eve
ming ). n. Gaines. chairman of the
Liberty Bond campaign for this coun-
ty. anU Thomas A. Egan, secretary of
the commercial club, had prepared for
the band They had made arrange
ments. also, for songs, and for at least
one Lrief patriotic address, TO accom-
pany the ceremony of taking the first
PrussiaH trenches. Uncle Sam,
through his Liberty Bond campaign
has sent out to committees through
out the district new popular song.
What are you doing for your
Uncle Sam,
'What are you doing for the
boys?"
the songs ask. ]. c. RaGcourt will
sing this patriotic appeal this after
noon at the occasion of the first Go.
Later the song will he
sung in all of the theatres Of the dis
trict Slides for its Illustration are
now en- route 10 the city, and with
thei; arrival the first appearance Of
the scng in the city theaters Will be
Meantime htIn-
dreds of copies of the words viii be
struck off. the leaflets will be dis
.ributed in the audiences and through
out the city, and an effort will be
made to make the song the most pop
llar i'll recent years.
Committees Meet Success.
Committees working on the Liberty
Loar drive in the Warren district yes
Lerday reported the same successes as
Of the proceeding days. III one husi-
ness house on Main street one of the
secured almost 200 per
cent OF the employees for bonds rang
ing in sum from $50 to $1,000. In 9th
er establishments the sane patriotic
reply was offered the committees
they announced their bust
ness.
LoN ell district Liberty Bend work
ars report an unparalleled spirit Of
patriotism and enthusiasm Ill every
quarter One worker from this dis
rict reported yesterday afternoon over
S5OuU from the first afternoons work.
The business district and the two
ocal hospitals, reports this committee,
IContjruad On pace Tbree1