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Show Famous Battleship Oregon to Join in Victory Loan Campaign WASHINGTON. April 16 The bat-tl bat-tl blp Oregon, which made the- famous fa-mous trip around tho horn dunnc the Spanish American war will contribute its part to the forthcoming Victory Liberty loan campaign by cruising along tho Pacific coast, surfing from Bremerton. Wash., and putting in at important ports, to stimulate enthusiasm enthus-iasm tor the loan drive. On the Atlantic coast the battle ship Kentucky will start at Portland. Maine, and mi.kt' the New England pons The remainder of the Atlantic coast and the gulf coast will be covered cov-ered by a flying squadron of six destroyers de-stroyers The use of these ships will be in-;dep' in-;dep' ndent of the trip of the navy vic-torj vic-torj ship which Is to sail from San Francisco to Now York, recording b its progress, the nation's subscription to the loan. American Indians in Oklahoma have opened their victory liberty loan cam-palgn cam-palgn without waiting for the formal opening date next Mondav The treasury treas-ury today received word from C. V. Stinohegum. superintendent of tho Kiowa Indian agency of Oklahoma, saying Indians there had pledced more than $150,000, thereby exceeding their quota and being thf first of the 240 (Indian agencies in the United Stau-s to win a German hHniet, awarded as la prize for over subscription by In-1 dlan agencies. |