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Show Four Hundred Million Dollars in Certificates of Indebtedness Is in Great Demand; Bear Interest of Four Per Cent and Mature on December 15 or Before. WASHINGTON. O.-t. 2. Ulfrty loan flnaiirlnfr wan marker! today by the over-HiiliMiTipt over-HiiliMiTipt Ion of tho liiresl Isnuo of short-timo short-timo trttnsury certlf icai erf of Indebtedness jiii l out hy the. Kovernnient $4iM).0'Hj,uO(t. Tim certtrirKles bear 4 per rent Interest, Jim t tire 1 tec-ember lii ilihI may be redeemed re-deemed sooner upon ten days' notlne. 'I'iifj nmouiit of the oversubscription was not Hiated by the treasury touitfht, but the hiking of the entire issue, which wan $-li0,urm,iJ00, or one-third renter than any previous offering, with a margin to spare, was regarded as piewaKlng the via cess of the second .Liberty bond is-Mir. is-Mir. Today's offering of certificates brings i tie total up (o $I.lirn,iKiH,mn, or more than ) per cent of the minimum set by Secretary Secre-tary Me.-Vdoo for the second Liberty loan.! With the proceeds of the latent certifl- i ca re issue available the kov eminent will !:ayp antlciuated the second Liberty loan receipts to the extent of $l,L0, 000,000 and mia h uf the money will have been paid out. The issuance of certificates of indebtedness indebt-edness in blocks from SUUO.ono.OOO to S-mo.uan.rtoo is highly regarded by treasury treas-ury officials as a method of obviating sirens In the money markets which might result from the sudden withdrawal of a considerable proporit ion of a large loan. Continuation or the enthusiasm which marked the open! up day of the Liberty loan campaign was reported to the treasury treas-ury tonight from many sections of the ountry. FAILURE OF LOAN WOULD BE DISASTER, DECLARES M'ADOO INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 2. If, hy any possible chance, a sinKle loan offered bv ihe United States government to the American people should full, it would be a more fntal disaster, and have worse effect than the loss of a (treat battle, William CI. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, said In a speech to a mass meeting of pprsons interested In boosting the second Liberty loan throughout the state today. In opening bis address, Mr. McAdoo de-seribeij de-seribeij tin? events which caused this country coun-try to enter the war, dwelling at length upon the murder 'of Amer icans by the 'iermans and the order of the kaiser to the United states to keep out of certain parts of the ocean, which, he said. If obeyed, might have been followed with another order to stay '-within the three -niilo limit," of the American coast. The two objects of entering the war, he said, were- to vindicate American rights and while doing that achieve the altruistic altru-istic Ideals for which we contend. The least that can be done for the Americans In the fighting forces is to give them the means of defending themselves them-selves so that when they meet the Germans Ger-mans "every brave bov at the front will know that In his hands, put there by American love, American skill, is a weapon, the best that possibly can be devised, that will give him a possible superiority over his foe," Mr. McAdoo declared, de-clared, lie continued that he wanted the 1 fighting forces to know that "every American dollar is back of them, and that lines .of communication and supplies would be kept open. We must be just as willing to sacrifice all our money as they are willing to sacrifice their lives for us." Oklahomans Raise $21,600. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 2. A total of $21, COO was quickly subscribed to the Liberty loan issue today by men of the Three Hundred and Fifty-eighth regiment, regi-ment, national army, most of whom came from Oklahoma. A majority of the subscribers sub-scribers are Indians, recently drafted, and many of them who are wealthy made the total payment at once. Secretary Lane in Denver. DENVER, Oct. 2. Secretary of the Interior In-terior Franklin K. Lane, who is on his way to the Pacific coast northwest, arrived ar-rived here tonight, and finding that he had two days to spare for visiting in this vicinity, acceded to the request of the local Liberty loan committee to deliver an address In behalf of the loan campaign here Thursday noon. Secretary Lane will make an inspection trip to the Rocky mountain park here tomorrow, returning to Denver Thursday morning. From Denver he will go to Cheyenne, Wyo., and to Salt Lake on his way to the northwest. north-west. McAdoo Sounds Warning. j CHICAGO, Oct. 2. A warning that the United States was not in the war merely for altruistic purposes, but was fighting for her sacred rights, her Integrity as a nation and her security for the future, was served on a large Chicago audience tonight by Secretary McAdoo In urging (Continued on Page Eight.) SHUT-TIME IHIB ARE DVERSUBSORiBEO (Continued From Page Two.) that generous support be given the second sec-ond Liberty loan. Secretary McAdoo declared that" Germany, Ger-many, in actual fact, had been at war with the United States long before a stale of war officially was recognized, and Germany's Ger-many's destroying American lives through sinking ships was in each case, he said, an act of war. "We should have been at war long since with Germany," he continued. con-tinued. "President Wilson, in his eagerness eager-ness to save America from this colossal conflict, went to the extreme of forbearance forbear-ance and patience in order to escape with peace and honor, and postponed the conflict con-flict until it was no longer possible to avoid the issue." |
