Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-04-08
Pacific Coast District Sub
scribes $95,OOO,OOO As
First Days Work
THIS NEARLY HALF OF
QUOTA OF $2lO,OOO,OO
2S Honor Flags Awarded for
Full Quotas $50 OF These
Oregon Gets Y

Washington, April 8.--America has al
ready responded win more tAan Y5oU-
0Ou,000 to the government 5 appeal Tor
liberty dollars.
These figures, although not fully cred
iteu by treasury officials, give ndica-
Ulon tnat Every part of the nation will
nurl defiance at Germany with money
third time.
reports continue to pour into liberty
loan headquarters, teIilng of over-sub
scription OF quotas, Snau towns and
rural districts not usually well organlz-
ed, have outdone large cities which have
kept their committees intact from the
second campaign. These districts in
most cases have over subscribed their
quo. as about fifty per cent.
1t has not been expected that sub
scriptions on the first day of the cam
paign would indicate success OF
Tagging of the new loan.
Last week Is preparatory work has put
the nation in trim as the sirss uay S
subscription of about ten per cent Of
the loan indicated.
The public may be denied daily in
formation of the progress of the loan, it
was evident at Jho treasury.
Only Weekly Reporys.
Treasury officials have plan where
by only weekly reports of the progress
OF the loan Will be made public. This
would mean that the nation would not
know what any state or district has
subscribed until several days after the
end of each week. Officials who oppose
the plan declared this would end the
spirit of rivalry between cities and
states by withholding information on
the subscriptions.
A plan is also being considered which
will result in the public being denied
information on the subscription cam
paign until federal reserve banks re.
port officially.
Frank r. Wilson, liberty loan pub
licity director, today telegraphed each
federal reserve boanl to obtain affi-
dayits from local campaign committees,
banks and telegraph companies as TO the
time quotas are subscribed. He explain
ed that already competition for the
honor flags has become so keen that
often few minutes will decide to whom
the flag is awarded. The affidavits
will eliminate injustice IN awarding
the emblem of honor to the vietors.
VIII Be over-Subscr1ocu
While thousands Of enthusiastic sales
men and saleswomen all over the land
today piled the trade in the liberty
bends, Secretary of the Treasury Nc
Adoo set out on four weeks jour
ney preaching the loan. His first speech
was at Richmond today while his item
crary this week is Raleigh, N. c., tomor'
row; Columbia, S. G. and Savannah
Wednesday; jacksonville, Fla, Thurs
day, Pensacola and Mobile, Ala, Fri
day and New Orleans, Saturday.
Reports filtering in from the natien
today showed that Saturdays responses
from an aroused people were extremely
liberal.
Authorities expect that the three bill
lion dollars issue will be far over-sub-
scribed as an evidence of the war spirit
chat is now sweeping the country. The
largest sales force ever assembled is
engaged in prosecuting the campaign.
General Pershing's cabled message
will be one Of the numerous slogans
every dollar subscribed as the result
of self denial means partnership in the
haIdships and risks of our men in the
trenches.