Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-04
LIBERTY BALL
Will Start the Third
Liberty Loan Drive
On Signal from Washington and
Roll from Buffalo to New York
Across the Second Federal Reserve
District, Picking Up Cash as It
Rolls Along

New OrH, Aprll 3.-Ihe signal from
Washington which starts the Third
Liberty loan drive Saturday morning.
April 6. will start also a huge Lib
erty BALI rolling from Buffalo to New
York, across the entire Second FEEDER
al Reserve district Purchasers of
Liberty bonds will supply the motive
power, which will keep the ball roll
ing" in a literal as we'll as a tigurative
sense. as a symbol of the great drive
to obtain funds to win the war.
The Liberty ball will be used as
center for Liberty loan demonstra-
tons in every town or city through
which it passes. Its progress is to be
a continuous Liberty loan demonstra
ton. From the Lafayette monument,
Buffalo, it will be rolled clear to Mad.
ison Square, New York City, where it
will be due to arrive May 4.
The Liberty ball will be a giant red,
white and blue sphere. 1t will roll on
a gold tire. symbol of the money roll
ing onward in the Liberty loan drive
Purchasers of bonds. volunteer citi-
zens and patriotic organizations will
roll it from town to town with long
drag ropes. Its special guardians will
be men dressed as Uncle Sam.
Accompanying the Liberty ball will
be Liberty loan flag bearing in blue
letters on the red-bordered, white field
the following plea
HELP PUSH
THE LIBERTY BALL
From Buffalo to New York.
Every Bond You Buy Is Push
Toward Winning the. War
KEEP THE BALL ROLL1NG. :
The ball has an axle to the ends ef
which drag ropes are to be attached
so that school children. Boy Scouts
and others may Join in with the two
men who will push it. 1t is construct
ed of steel and rattan truss work
covered with canvas covering. 1t VIII
run upon an 1S-inch gilded tire. The
rest of the ball Is painted in alternate
red and white stripes, centering to
blue circular field with stars SUI
rounding each pole.
Local Liberty loan organizations
will arrange demonstrations as the
ball traverses their districts. Mass
with pleas to purchase Lib
erty bonds are to attend the arrival
Of the ball in each community. Those
who have bought bonds will be priv
ileged to roll the ball to the edge Of
the next district.
The tentative schedule for the rolf
ing of the bali across New York state
follows:
April 6 and !, from Buffalo through
Williamsville, Clarence Pembroke,
East Pembroke and Batavia; tn, Stsf-
for0, lie Roy, Calendonia; 9Th. Num-
ford, Gorbott, Scottsvillle. Rochester;
10th, Pittsford Mendon. Victor; 18th
Canadaigua and Flint; 18th. Geneva,
Waterloo, and Seneca Falls; 18th and
l4th Auburn. Sennette and Elbridge:
18th and 18TH Camillus. Syracuse,
East Syracuse. Manilus Center, My
Gene and Chittenango; 18th. Canasto-
ia, Wampsville, Oneida. Oneida Cas-
tie: 18th and 18th. Verona. Rome.
Deerfield Village. Utica; 20th., Frank
fort, lion, Mohawk and Herkimer;
list and END. Little Falls. St. JOHNS
Vile. Nelliston, Palatine Bridge. Fon-
da: 23rd. Tribes Hill, Amsterdam:
24th. Scotia. Schenectady: 18th. Al
bany: 26th Rennsselear. East Green
bush, Schodack Center. Falatie, Kin
derhook: eth, Stuyvesant Fails,
Stockport. Hudson: 18th. Livingston,
Blue Stores. Upper Red Hook. Red
Hook. Rhinebec; 29th and Goth, Stats
burg, Hyde Park, Poughkeepsie. wap-
pingers Falls. Fishkill Village; May
LIST. Cold Springs. PeekskiIl; End and
Bird. Buchanan. croton, Harmon; os-
shining. Scarboro. Tarrytown, Irving
ton. Dobbs Ferry. Hastings Hud-
son. Yonkers; 4th. New York City.