Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1918 — U.S. CELEBRATES LIBERTY DAY [ARTICLE]

U.S. CELEBRATES LIBERTY DAY

Subscriptions to Loan Expected to Pass Two Billion Mark. Washington, April 26. —Liberty day Is being celebrated today by the nation with patriotic demonstrations in practically every city and town to speed she sale of Liberty bonds. Subscriptions by night are expected to be well above $2,060,000,000 or two-thirds of the minimum total. Subscription reports lagged yesterday, adding only $108,000,000 to previous reports, and making the total sl,898,785,050. Officials had looked for a much larger figure yesterday than even the $120,000,000 daily average, which must.be obtained to roach the $3,000,000,000 by the end of next week, the close of the campaign. The standiyg of federal reserve districts did net’’ change materially. Their subscriptions and percentage records are as follows: Districts— Subscript ions. Pct. Minneapolis $113,096,150 107 St. Louis 136,176.800 101 Kansas City 110.224,100 84 Chicago ... 300,770.700 70 Dallas . 54,034.250 68 San Francisco 144,736,850 68 Boston 154,542.400 61 Philadelphia 145,893.750 58 Cleveland 176,386.600 58 New York 468,279,850 .. 52 Richmond 65.694,350 50 Atlanta ...-. 28.049,250 31