Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-12
PEOPLE WILL BUY
NEXT BOND ISSUE:
Secretary Glass Declares Ameri-
cans Feel 1t a Sacred
Obligation.
DRAMATIC APPEAL is MADE
Country Will Decline to Dishonor
Memory Of Heroes Who
Gave Lives.

I
! TO exhibit tho same sort OF patriotism
/ in subscribing TO ths THANKSGIVING
ioan that her sons showed in driving
! the nun from France and saving the
! "orld 10 freedom, Carter Glass Sccre-
| 'arE OF the Treasury. declared last
| night in an address at the City Audi
| tor!um that tho last great money drive
! or the war would not and could not
lie made 4 dramatic appeal that ,he
country decline TO dishcnor the NAM
! Org OF tho heroes who ravc their lives
/ view II as sacred obligation OF tho
s15nssls,an .5ns bsy, no ooenpor,1,uni,y after TIC
trifins price Of keeping them siIcrced
forever.
Gives Croaker> Jolt
hcre are peopie Who say tho loan
approachcd IN cold bioodcd manner:
that tho Elanor OF war is over and tina:
Anerien G" fen apnst nst 70 (o ihs nairio's Of
have told these croakcrs that. if T
believed this. would despair OF m,
The sDirit Of Virginia. shown in the
eonfsTenGe nf c,d e the effsrson Hotel yes
ninety-nine OF the 100 counties OF the
| state. had, the secretary declared
given him inspiration as to tho atti-
And tho spirit Of Virginia. he con-
tlnucd. is tho unconaue rable spirit of
said VIC would in placing the arniy in
! the field, but the fugitive Hohonzollcrn
knows now NC didn't. and the mad
! monarch spends his days as an exile
/ in Holland
Banks VIII Not Take Loan.
Secretary Glass warned his hearers
asainst the notion Which he said, had
country that inc &C bank banks "o Would }" sue- uns
scribe the loan If it failed in popular
we mad rather not have i, that
! widely distributed as possible The
SanG the aGs aao,a aSeS sefufG bonds on bid
become ciogged with securities Their
ans needS aaS the MI hg nGeds
Industries Besides. We @ want art it Hate'f 10 be
I He secuted the idea that. in being
ihaien ho eo,e upon ~ 70 subseribe gu to. the loan
10 make an unusual sacrifice.
Lend Money to Nntion.
rs IL sacrincc." he asked, TO lend
money TO the nation TO win war for
aHre lesson sq !" thTfs" 'hT S@e wSae fine haze ave
t been our sacrifices. anyway? Those
/ 10000 heroes who sleep in France arc
/ the Americans VINO have really given
/ up much.
We must remember this: our allies
went forward 20 fight with them Have
Wa We sa.hsdrals DESTROYED or starved
reeEea WseSe Of Sa of
or pestilence stalking among u.s.
Have we had mines nooded and treas
not believe tina, we will allow a few
snrf:E pseIrE dGiiats TO stand in the way Of
rec Fbeep'nE talth With those who suffered
that We and the world might live"
Nntion ], Now Prosperous.
The speaker declared that the coun-
Lry IS today in more pros porous con
dltioh than ever before i'll all her his
Never were the national banks bet
ter able than they are now to take
We are, indeed God. blessed coun.
Try; Prosperity has been Kept at home
eGf ,ne Mih naiTona af bnkbs In the war j,
in inconccivablc extent. Today me
iSsir iwsiye Eedsral reserve banks have in
in, The history of the world" '-- ''O''
sysIem sn npeaknE iTn Of the Federal reserve
former enemies OF the idea now do not
ne; hesitate TO say that but for the elasti.
the hnances Of the country, il is doubt
iui that the war could have been won.
Praises leadership of Wilson.
..,hit is but fair TO say he continued
laTable leadership OF Woodrow Wilson
inns system would never nave been
on, on the he statute ia, books Under the old
~
New YORK precipitated the most dis
eoirEIS aeuntry panie Ynt in in The history of the
/ war bsco,s et me shock Of the. world
ABOUT a tremor. in the banking commu.
mites o; the United States. we have
iooaned loaned - il.ooo. 100000 to foreign ma
| millions Of the world"
c,siish ,aish tribute was paid by Secretary
american soldier in France. from The
! time the. Second Division OF marines
ana ana regulars stopped the Huns at Bel
ieau wood after they had driven q
wedge in the French army forty miles
from Pairs; TO the fatefui morninr Of
November y, when the Germans Said
Presented by Auorney-Gcnearl.
| Secretary Glass was introduced bv
Attorney-General John r.. SaundePs
iiormer io Governor ~ J. Montague hav.
Music was rendered by military band
frGm Innn Gam, ,GIamp Lee and by chorus Of
secretary @ " cam came rsn frsn, SSno9l sen girls The
tel where he greeted the conference
or loan workers, soon after his arr
itain Interferex With Parad.
Heavy rains drenched the marchers
! in the Victory Liberty loan narodc
yesterday AFTERNOON. but girls and bovs
| alike stood the downpour and deviated
Iittle from the scheduled line Of march.
| In all there were 100 school child
| rem IN line, and as they formed on
| North Eighth Street, they made an
| appearance that was delight TO the
| eye.
| Just before the order to march was
gwen the sun shonc forth. and despite
the showers Of the hour before it seem
| ed that the weather for the time
| would be auspicious. Wheeling into
| Broad Street the parade was headed by
Il platoon OF police. Following came
! the crack military band from Camn
Lee. Then there were cheers and
hand-clapping when the John Marshall
| High School cadets. marching with the
precision of West Pointers and arrayed
In their dress uniforms. passed in re-
| view.
| Next in order came boys not in uni
! form and then, headed by the John
| Marshall High School hand, followed
the Girls Service Corps. hundreds