Arizona republican., 1918-10-10
BIG WAR JUAN ASSUMES VERY SERIOUS RULE
 SAY OFFICERS
Liberty Loan Committees
 Throughout Country Con-
 frontcd by Ominous Situ- ation; Onc-third Raised
IRepubIIean A. ?. leased WireI

ufl department today openly admitted that tho slow progress of the fourth Hnerty loan toward it's six billion dollar goal is % matter Of serious concern. With thc three weeks subscription rcuod halr gone. the loan is only so rrr cent subscribed. The total reported to rho treasury un tonight is Sl,791, t,- goo
 There is no use in denying or at tempting to camouflage the fact that liberty loan committees throughout the country gro confronted with a serious situation" said the treasury statement reviewing the campaign reports.
 'lf tho loan is to he subscribed, fair average Of S467000 000 must be fsIscd between now and october 10.
 Can't Succeed at Slow Rate
 "CoEnizant of the fact that the loG-- never can succeed at it's present rate a speed. canvassers throughout the country aCe stating plainly to all citi- rens that they must buy bonds in larg- or amounts than heretofore. Wealthy persons particularly must go deeper irfo their capital or extend their credit and not depend upon their current in ,omr to pav for bonds. People Of mod crate and small means must pledge their future earnings in greater derrce."
 Double the third" has been adopted 7s a slogan in many districts to stim- Hlate subscribers to do twice as much as they did in the last loan.
 subscriptions by districts and per tcntaEes of quotas were reported as follows St. Louis. s161. .75O 62 per rent. Minneapolis $102, ,653, 200, AS per ,cnt. Boston S220. 529.S50 A per cent; san Francisco Sl53.456.100. 3S per cent; Chicsro. S2e64el. 700 34 per cent; Dal- Iss. sl0123. 800. 3i per cent; Cleveland. sff60li 900 97 per cent; Richmond t.41e3900. 26 per cent; Philadelphia, sf1g015.f50 22 per cent; New York, ta-s.1s3. o0O. 2l per cent: Atlanta, sS6, o1t050. lS per cent. Kansas City, s43.- fo,.0o. l6 per cent.
 Influenza States Best
 Despite tho serious interference of The influenza epidemic with campaign plans. analysis of reports show that it. ie not the states where the epidemic is worst that have the poorest showing. ln New England, where tho disease has rccu most widespread. some of the best records have been made.
 St Louis district managers reported today that influenza was spreading and affecting many workers, but that those remaining were going ahead with a determination to achieve the districts ruota early next week.
 The city Of Minneapolis today be- ,ame the first federal reserve district csnter to raise its quota, with subscrip- lions of s27.oO0, 900.
 In tho Chicago district, 1.942 com munities have been awarded honol flags
 s.--.4.. t..- ...4.n f, tt,o Lra,sos Ci+, district include New Mexico, S4.125, 900
 Railroad Men Contribute
 Railroad administration report show subscriptions among employees o operating regions as follows
 Central western s1S.37O,OOO; an aver a-e of S9O per subscriber: northwest ctn. slS.TSt. 5000 by 1S2. 900 employe or 70 per cent Of the total. an averag ofSl1e.
 Director General McAdoo has re rcivcd word that the Santa Fe had de cidcd Co subscribe 5000. 900 of corpora ton funds to the loan and the Pennsyl vania 5000 000
 Americans and others in Mexico hay bought s62300O worth of bonds. ac rording Co adVices to the state depart mcnL
 Denver Women Work Hard
 DENVER. Oct. 9.-The third day c thc Liberty loan campaign in Colorad saw the states quota of S37 ,0000 00 within fraction Of AS per cent com picted. Reports for the day to stat headquarters showed S.593 pledges fC a total Of s1.5 .5S2. 500 received in Denve while in the state outside of Denve The days canvass had yielded bond sale totaling ss24.1O0 from 5.433 subscriber
 The total for the state to date is ST s35.o50 pledged by 60,616 individual and firms. Ot this sum. the state out side Denver has subscribed s6.357.si while pledges in the capital cit amounted to Sil.377. 200.
 Activities of the woman's commttc throughout the state have been mo- encouraging. the women having turne in pledges for total of sl,792.5 $50. tf sum being included in the grand tots On Wednesday the women in Denv, sold more than a half million dollai
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