New-York tribune., 1918-09-28
New York District Asked
to Double Subscription
of Third Issue
Each Day of Drive
Dedicated to Ally
Largest Credit in. History
May Be Bought on
Weekly Payments

Americas homo army is o-day called
upon TO lend S6,000o00 900 to tho gov
ernment within three weeks, SO that
the overseas forces can carry the wal
10 victory. This appeal for popular
loan is the fourth and largest made
since the United States became a bel
NSerent, also the largest ever sought
by any nation.
In New York and the rest of the
Second Federal Reserve District the
people are urged to express their will
10 participate ip the nations enter
prise in behalf Of the freedom OF the
world by lellhng minimum Of 1900
600, 0,0oO. or so per cent OF the entire
quota for the nation. The unofficial
goal, however. as announced by Benja
min Strong, chairman Of the Liberty
Loan Committee, last night, will be
$4,000, 900 900, or twice that attained in
the last drive for the financial NUM-
tions Of war.
Din Heralds Campaign
he approach of the seversst tes, Of
the financial stamina and willingness
10 sacrifice of the American people was
tumultousiy signalized at nightfall by
a din OF varied noises. Steam sirens
designed 10 warn of tho coming of
enemy arcraft. police and fire whistles
and church bells combined to notify
the city thta the loan was ON.
The centre of interest was the Met
ropolitan Opera House, where Presi-
dent Wilson opened the campaign.
The great throngs which could not
bs accommodated in the Metropolitan
Opera House crowded the streets in tho
vicinity. Police reserves and voluu-
teer workers brought message to thc
people or the street by distributing
100000 copies Of q special edition of
This Stars and Stripes" message
from the army to the people.
S100,000,000 in Advance
AS tbs prelminares for the begin
ming Of the supreme fnancials push"
pre- campaign subscriptions exceeding
100000 900 we're made. The largest
Of these came from the United Stab
Steel Corporation, whose initial 3D.
seription Is for Sg0.000,000 Of fourth
Liberty bonds
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company placed its order for S25 600.
600 of the new securities, Of which
$20,000,O00 will be credited to New
York's quota and S5,o00,00O to othey
cities of the country. Among the other
larger requests for bonds one for
$1,000,000 was made by the National
Surety Company.
In the present campaign the Treasury
Department has removed the upward
limit on the amount of bonds ono can
buy for cash over the counter In
the third loan the limit WAS 100000
ana in the second 81 600.
Weekly Payments Approved
Accommodation for the small SUBJ
scriber will be as ample as In the pre-
vious campaign. the Liberty Loan Com
mittce announced, and bonds will be
offered on the weekly payment plan
Early this morning thirty airplanes,
flying in battle formation, will riss
from Mineola Field and soar over the
city and drop pamphlets and advertise
anents for the loan. Their flight will
carry them as far north as Poughkeep-
sic, as far east as Bridgeport and as
far west as Paterson
The first CaDroni bombing machine
TO be built with Liberty bonds.
equipped with three Liberty motors
and manned by Italian aviators, Will
accompany Nieuport combat plane
from the Long sland hangers to the
Battery
To Encircie Altar
Proceeding northward, the planes
will circle around the Altar Of Liberty.
at Madison Square, which will be dsdi-
Gated at noon The Nieuport will loon
the loop and perform battle evolutions
at this point, where the Avenue Of the
Allies, which runs up Fifth Avenue
from Madison Square to Fifty-ejghtb
Street, starts.
Vice-President Marshall will deliver
the dedicatory address at the Altar of
Liberty at 1890, and then NJ. +. de
Cartier de Marchienne, the Belgian
Minister, Will speak The day will be
known MS Belgian Day, and each of the
succeeding days of the campaign will
be dedicated to another of the nations
allied against the Central Powers. The
flags on the Avenue OF the Allies will
be unfurled at o'clock, when Mayor
Hylan will raise the Stars and Stripes
at City Fall