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Harry V. Hoben. President Frank L. Ballaine. Sec.
Entarad ii Mconri-claM mattar 5,»|>l*niK,r 2, 1915, at th«* Poit Offlo* »( S#w»r>l. AtaiW».
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WHAT PAST
LGANS GIG
Neai !y t n b '!:•»:» do a
government wat bonds t;ro ;»• n o' i
in the first. segoi i and third ibetty
loan campaigns. The e\a t total tow
outstanding is $i>.l,>-'Od.uno .!»• »*ty
bonds, in add1 t*n to ah«* * s7*'») N'H,
000 of war - ivings damp
on the three previo - loans sho\
Kirst Loan.- •S‘J.ddtUM)M,nol
rate three and one half per e
:>(H).lK)0 subscribers, or on !•* «»’
of |H>pulation. average M»b- i t.«•*»
$10 fo» each e>idi ot t « 1 itod
States, campaign f «>m Max 11 to
June 1 *>. 11*17. bond • v t; *
years, may b** con*,< He any to- e in
to bonds bearing higher rate o n:< r
est, i.'>ued at par.
Second Loan- $2.$0$, 7bi>,l.»0. .iitei
. rail l percent; 10,000,000 suUscri
uei or one to every 11 of popidatio:-;
av« rag subscription $20 per capita;
campa g i from October l to OiO'b :
27. 1017; bonds redeemable in 2o
vi a **; may be converted into mini j
ibe,-tv bonds before Novembe" 0, i
sued at par.
Tid'd Loan- $L17t»,7»Kh S.”»0, into
,•>' rate at four and one fourth p m*
teet; 1 s.20$,.'l27i subscribers, or ouo ,i
eveia 0 of population; average .oiV
seviption $40 per capita; campaign
Torn April 0 to May 4, 101$; bonds
edeemuhle in 10 years; may be con
v» rte«l into any future issue lv*a ing \
high rate of inteitrst; issue*I at >nif
More than two thirds of all war ex- 1
nens• *> in the last eighteen months
hat* 1 e*m met with proceeds from Lih '
t v lioi .is an ! *- than one thii >1
*> i taxation or other ordinary sour
• * !. it . irum the beginning oi
» • » this time, the govern
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Scrapped by the Allies
BH ' ^ v
HELP JUNK THEM WITH FOURTH LIBERTY BONDS
meat's actual outlay lias run r> near
ly .SRLOOO.OOO.OOO for war purpo <• ;
including loans to Allies. Recently v
penses have been at the rate oi si,*
M)0,000,000 monthly, and are increas
ing from month to month.
To pro\ ide money as is need <I t c
Treasury 1 as sold billions of dol ai > «»i
certificates of indebtedness, running
usually about three months, end re
deemable at times when installment
payments on liberty loan subscript
ions bring in large sums. This po'icv,
follow ed for the fourth loan, amounts |
practically to borrowing from oa» l;.:
and ther big financial interest* f<» '
short terms and refunding thee* obli
gations in Liberty bond money.
The Treasury now plans to flout
two more Liberty loans befoi e next
Julv Prohiblv $10,000,000,000 wdl
have to be raised from the ‘'ou-tli,
fifth and s:xt,h loans in this fi •:il |
year, endir •: July 1. PJPJ. In addition, j
tin* sale of war savings and tli ift
stamps will continue to draw ,nt« tin*
government coffers a hundred mdlion
dollars or more every month: it V- ex
pected.
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If you can’t trust your feeling,
makt them pay cash.
F| £&/&&& UfMH
if
\ 44WB®* L%':*3a
where vou will always veceiye a FAIR ANT) LIBERAL ASSORTMENT
• V
r ~ est Market Prices
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HOW DEO CROSS
SPENDS FOND
Tiu* war council of tin? American
Red Cross has just issued the fourth
installment of the council’s report “
the Ameiican people concerning t
■ use already made and now being mac
I of the Red Cross war fund. It is
j follows: I '■■ • )
•‘American lied, Cross expenditui
in Krf’ance for work done among t!
civilian population since the war i*
1 gan, together with appropriations f.
; the supply, transportation, women's
hospital service and other bureaus,
will amount to more than $70.000,(Mia.
••expenditures in France up «.»
July 1, 101$, totaled $db,(>ld, (i$2.7d, of
which $21 ,H)0,(>d2.(>(> was apportioned
for relief work among refugees, re
claiming devasted areas,— the t’glu
against tuberculosis, operating ex
), n.e> and other expenses that bav
in do with the civilian population. 'I ho
demands for the next six months for
| (he same pm poses are $d4,">$2,$27..)7.
1 ‘‘The two largest items of the pa
expenditures were for relief work and
reconstruction of devastated villages!
i and the relief of refugees from th.* i
devastated areas. The total for the^o j
purposes is $5,557,605.75. The thiid
largest item was for a campaign
against tuberculosis, and totaled
2,147,827. v*v*
, “For the care of children in France
up to July 1, $1,140,120.70 was ex
pended. For the current six months
the appropriation is $2,775,877.10. Fo.
• the work of caring for refugees the
sum of $6,212,280.70 has been set
, aside, and the fund for the rehabita
tion of villages in devasted areas1
! totals 07,004, 012.28.
‘‘Other appropriations are as fol
lows:
“For re-education in the United j
j States of those uho have been muti 1
I lated, either as soldiers or civilians,'
| $256, 245.61; transportation, $2,055,
I 767.54; section of purchases, $88,2)8.
15; for storing, $258,047.37; (this1
includes rental); section of donations. I
includes gifts of medical supplies,
surgical instruments and modern san
i itary equipment, $4,385,064.81; bureau
j of medical and surgical information
service, $30,228.07; construction bu
| roau. $45,438.60; insurance, $77,841 -
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i C AVALRY ( NITS FI RNISII
MKN FOR ATHELETU'S.
TOUT BLISS, Tex., Oct , 17— Re-1
emits for the cavalry units in training (
here, are furnishing much of the aiL- |
lotiv* program given at the army
camps and on tho elevated platform
on the post parade ground. Recruits
recently sent here gave a program of
boxing in this outdoor stadium recent
ly at which six bouts were staged be
tween fighters of various classes. An
officer acts as referee and master of
ceremonies and the bouts always are*
fast.
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LONDON, Oct., 17— The death is
announced of Lieutenant Drury who
earned the Victoria Cross in Gallipo
li for swimming from the warship
Clyde to the shore with a rope while
under heavy fire.
i Lieutenant Drury was killed by the
j fall of a block from the end of a der
j ri<;k vvhich struck him on the head.
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