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Show mm appeal 10 SPEED UP iimjhe President Aids New York Effort; McAdoo Goes to Chicago. y United Press. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 Liberty day. with celebrations going ' on throughout the country, la expected to bring the dragging forth Xlberty loan ! drive out of Ita discouraging stage. President Wllaon la putting punch Into the work In New York. Secretary McAdoo la en route to Chl-cago Chl-cago to deliver a strong appeal tonight and elsewhere In the land committees commit-tees are working aa never before to bring out the aubscrlptlona. GLOOMY PROSPECT. The outlook today continued gloomy. Despite high official pleaa for united ' aupport for the loan, the dally average aver-age is less than half of the amount required re-quired to put over the minimum subscription sub-scription of .000, 000,000. Columbus day, however, la expected to be the biggest twenty-four hours of the campaign. PACIFIC COAST LEADS. California today again showed the best result of any state. Fourteen counties In northern California have obtained their quotas and ten others reported 76 per cent of the allotment subscribed. The entire Pacific coast area Is progressing satisfactorily, but that Is the only district of the nation meeting requirements. |