Show p PERSHING n H I N Ni i ADDS PLEA PlA I if FOR R 81 i I l AN II I II I I Direct From Front Is Call to Americans to Become Partners With in Trenches By International News Service W r- r V V Every dollar subscribed to the time Liberty 10 loan loami ni is a dollar I invested in ill American manhood j jEvery Every dollar subscribed as the i result of or self denial means partisanShip partisanship partisan partisan- I ship In the hardships and risks risis of our I I men In tho the trenches Every dollar I subscribed will confirm the d j j I atlon of or our people at home to stand by Its army to a victorious end I I lOA An n overwhelming subscription to the third Libert Liberty loan will be a a. patriOtic patri- patri I otic expression of or confidence In ouri ability as a nation to maintain alii alii that we hold dear In civilization t I This message was a received by cable I Itoda toda today from General Pershing com commanding corn com I manding the American expeditionary I forces as an urgent appeal to the people of this country to spur on the third Liberty loan campaign which I will vill get set under wa way in c earnest rnest tomor tomor- ro row I Secretary of or the Treasury McAdoo made public tho the cablegram Saturday which saw tho the open opening In of or the tho drive after attel the dollars more in the nature fair fall of oC a n. weather start It was a half da half day holiday and no details ha have c been heen recel received d b by the treasury dep department dep toda today to Indicate the financial t returns for Cor tho the first day dRY The amou gathered In that da day at shell booths throughout tho the countr country Is only problematic tonight CHEERFUL NEWS I The rhe treasury department tonight was was' in possession lon of ot telegrams from many towns town cities and communities I telling of oC the of ot their quotas I Scattered returns however are en encouraging n en- coura the officials stated but not extensive enough to warrant any prediction prediction pre pro diction whether or not tho the minimum subscription sou sought ht will ho he obtained by hy May l 4 4 the tho last day of oC the campal campaign n. n Here at tho the capital Secretary Lane issued a statement in behalf of oC the tho loan n. which might be taken talen as an an answer answer an- an to General s 's cabled plea for an nn overwhelming subscription The year of or tho war he said has the spirit of C our people I We e know wh why we are arc fl fighting hUng and to what end From n. n standing start wo we have In one year ear made progress at I which we should not be discouraged The principles an and habits of ot lire life of ot ofa ofa ota a democracy do not lend themselves to advance preparations to withstand the military onslaughts of ot an autocracy autocracy autocracy racy that has had but one supreme end In view for tor nearly halt half a century the century the subjugation of ot mankind However we have hav done well we are arc now getting gettinS' Into our stride and can reasonably hope to do still better In tho the future Tho The purchase of ot Libert Liberty bon bonds Is 18 the ono effective way In which most of ot us can fight Secretary McAdoo cAdoo returned from Philadelphia this afternoon and to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow ho will start starl on his four tour we weeks weeks' lut swing around the country In Inthe Inthe n the Interest of or the loan lonn The rhe Italian biplane which flew over New ew York yesterday reached Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington this afternoon It Is a giant Caproni piloted by Captain Silvio and carrying as passengers Captain io dAnnunzio and American of of- of It started from New York at 1030 o'clock this mornin morning and reached here at 2 15 From Prom New York It flew to Princeton Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia and Baltimore dropping Libert Liberty Liberty Lib Lib- ert erty loan literature It will be he here a week In the Interest rest of or the campaign Under the organization plan of the campaign It is believed that ever every person In th the country will be Ier personally personally person person- on- on ally asked one or 01 more times to buy In addition there are more than speakers who will vIll carry messages to I the people |