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v**•*%-£" v{ APRIL 26 LIBERTY DAT. President Wilson Calls Upon all Communities to Liberally Pledge Anew Their Finan la Support to Sustain^f?® the Nation's Cause." Washington, April' 19.—Friday, April 26, will be Liberty day throughout the United States under a proclamation issued last night ,by President Wilson calling on citizens of every community to hold liberty loan rallies and "liberally pledge anew their financial support to sus tain the nation's cause." Patriotic demonstrations similar to those on the opening day of the campaign will be held on April 26, and'the day devoted to giving the race toward the $3,000,000,000 war credit goal a new impetus for the Hiicil week. President Wilson's Liberty day 1 proclamation follows: "An enemy who has grossly abus ed the power of organized govern ment and who seeks to dominate the world by the might of the sword, challenges the rights of America and the liberty and life of all the free nations of the earth. Our brave sons are facing the fire of battle in defense of the honor and rights of America and the liberty of nations. To sustain them and to assist our gallant associates in the war, a gen erous and patriotic people have been called upon to subscribe to the third liberty loan. "Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil sn, president of the United States of America, do appoint Friday, the 26th day of AprU" 1918, as Liberty day. On the afternoon of that day, 1 request the people of the United States to assemble in their respective communities and liberally pledge anew their financial support to sus tsnn the nation's cause. Patriotic demonstrations should be held irt every city, town and hamlet through out the land under the general di rection of the secretary of the treas ury and the immediate direction by the federal reserve banks. Let the nation's response to the third Lib erty loan express in unpiistakable ferms the determination of America to fight for peace, the permanent peace of justice. "For the purpose of participating in Liberty day celebrations, all em ployees of the federal government throughout the country .whose serv ices can be spared may be excused at 12 o'clock uoon, Friday, the 26th of April. "In witness whereof, 1 have here unto set mv hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affix ed. "Done in the District of Columbia, this 18th day of April, in the year •f our Lord, 1918, and of the inde pendence of the United States of America, 142d. "Woodrow Wilson. "Robert Lansing, "Secretary of State." Argentina's President Admiring, America Tell How He Stands on War. Why isn't Argentina Republic at war with Germany? The answer is given in a very interesting and un usual interview granted to Roy How ard of the United States staff by the president of Argentina, Hipolito Ir igoyen, in Buenos Aires last Friday. Germany had interfered with the maritime trade of Argentina and had sunk several of her ships. The peo ple of the republic had shouted for war President Irigoyen says: "The position of a neutral is very difficult. It is not always under stood by belligerents, as the United States will appreciate. "When she was affronted by Ger many, Argentina, acting in accord ance with international procedure, demanded an apology and repara tion. When both were granted, Ar gentina, under the law, was unable to proceed further, regardless of in dividual opinions and national senti ments. "When Germany made reparation upon our demands, our course was dictated as certainly as was that of Ibe United States throughout he pperiod of her long neutrality. "Argentina's sympathetic approv al has followed the United States step by step. We have endorsed your course and voiced our approval of the loftiness of your objectives on every important occasion. I have followed every move of President Wilson and have read every public utterance by him regarding the aims and purposes of the United States with a feeling of the greatest admir ation and respect. By his words and deeds, we in Argentina have come to recognize and accept him as one of ihe world's great benign figures. "Argentina is not indifferent to wards the international conflagra tion now raging, nor is her course or her attitude to be construed as unsympathetic or cold towards the Wnited States. The difficuties of her position possibly are not fully under stood in the united States. What oar past actions have been is known even if they have sometimes been misinterpreted. Only future devel opments will shape our future in ternationai policy, but no misunder standing of past developments I Should cause a prejudgment of Ar gentina's future policy to her dis ftdVfttttftSG I "The misunderstanding of Argen tina's position is quite, evident to us, but it would not be well for the world to prejudice Argentina's fu ture course in the event of further German affronts, except upon a full ,.•} understanding of her past course and her present position. 1§t! Flour to The Pood Administration has is sued a recent ruling to govern the amount of flour which farmers may secure from a mill in exchange for wheat. Under this ruling millers 5? are forbidden to sell to any farmer an amount of flour in excess of forty-nine pounds, and no miller may knowingly soli flour amounting to more than the customer's require ments for thirty dsirs. The miller must require the cus tomer to accept wheat substitutes of equal weight to the flour purchased, unless the customer submits in writ lag a certificate showing that he has on hand a sufficient supply of such substitutes. /These substitutes are defined as Hominy, cera grits, corn "--••J meal, corn flour, edible corn starch, barley flour, rolled oats, oatmeal, rice, rice flour, buckwheat flour, potato flour, sweet potato flour, soy bean flour, milo, kaflr and feteiita. When the farmer takes wheat of his own growing to the mill to ex change for wheat flour, the amount of flour given him shall not exceed the amount which, with the flour al ready in his hands, will reasonably meet the requirements of his house hold for thirty days. Millers may require the farmer to give a written statement to the effect that the amount of flour delivered will jiot last longer than thirty days, and that he will not sell, lend or deliver such flour to anyone. Bach miller wist forward to the feder^J food ad ashlstrator of his state, on tne first of month, certificates giTen him bf far biers, snowing that taey have a sufficient supply of, flour substi tutes oa hand.. €, .' 1 (*&&&& I I t*.' 1 t' 13 r* v- -"TV/ "Most Miles Per Gallon" "Most Miles on Tires" Maxwell •©tor Cars Tourhig Car $ 825 Roadster 825 Touring, with All- W eat her Top 935 & 5-Pass. Seian 1275 6-Pass. Town Car 1275 All prUej f. o. 1). Detroit Wire wheeU resular equipment vilh Sedan and Town Cu •V ."C'-.w* J. E, OLAMPITT Pleasanton, IOWA, «r4 vv .1 facts. 3KSS2225S3SE Proofs Count Any maker claim for his product all the qualities there are. That is his privilege. He ,may even think his claims are justified. You read the advertisements, so you know that makers, as a rule, are not over modest in that regard. If you believe them all, they all make super-cars. In your experience, that theory doesn't hold* Maxwell is different. We never clair^ anything we cannot prove. As a matter of fact we never have claimed anything for this Maxwell that has not already been proved in public test and under official observation. Maxwell claims are not therefore claims in the ordinary sense—they are state ments of fact—pr They are, in evcy case, matters of official record attested under oath. For example: The famous 22,000-mile Non-Stop run was made with the Maxwell every minute under observation of the A. A. A. officials. That still remains a world's record—the world's record of reliability. That particular tert proved about all that anyone could ask or desire of a motor car. Among other things it still stands the world's long distance speed record. Just consider—44 days and nights without a stop, at an average speed of 25 miles per hour! And that, not by a $2,000 car, but by a stock model Maxwell listing at $825. You will recall perhaps that a famous high powered, high priced six in a trans continental trip made 28 miles average over a period of five days and eleven hours. Now compare those two feats—one of less than six days, the other of 44 days. You know automobiles—which was the greater test? Is there any comparison on grounds either of speed or endurance? Proves you don't need to pay more than $825 to obtain all the qualities you can desire in a motor car—if you select a Maxwell. For that Maxwell Non-Stop run was made, not on a track but over rough country roads and through city traffic—average of all kinds of going. And—listen to this. So certain were we of the condition of the Maxwell at the end of that great "•feat^we announced that at the stroke of eleven on a certain morning, the car wouM stop in front of the City Hall, Los Angeles, for the Mayor to break the seal. Five seconds after he had pulled the switch plug and stopped the motor after the 44 days and niglfts continuous running, she was started again and off on a thousand mile jaunt to visit various Maxwell dealers. How is that for precision—certainty of action? That incident brought a storm of applause from the assembled thousands. Hill climbing?—this Maxwell holds practically every record worth mentioning— especially in the West where the real hills are. The Mount Wilson record—nine and one-half miles, 6,000 feet elevation!—was taken by a stock Maxwell. Two months ago a 12-cylinder car beat that record by two minutes. Then—three days later—a stock Maxwell went out and beat that 12-cylinder record by thirty seconds! Pretty close going for such a distance and such a climb—wasn't it? So Maxwell still holds the Mount Wilson honors. Ready to defend it against all comers too, at any time—a stock Maxwell against any stock or special chassis. Economy—also a matter of official record. Others may claim—Maxwell proves. Thousands of Maxwell owners throughout the United States on the same day averaged 29.4 miles per gallon of gasoline. Not dealers or factory experts, mind you, but owners—thousands of them-— driving their own Maxwells. Nor were they new Maxwells—the contest was made by 1915,16, and 17 models, many of which had seen tens of thousands miles of service—three years' use. Nor could they choose their own road or weather conditions—all kinds were encountered in the various sections of the country. Good roads bad—level country and mountainous regions—heat and cold— sunshine and rain—asphalt and mud. And the average was 29.4 miles per gallon! There's economy for you. And under actual average driving conditions—not laboratory test. But that isn't all. The greatest achievement of this Maxwell was in its showing of speed and relia bility and economy all in the same run. In that 44 days-and-nights Non-Stop run, though no thought was given to either spiced or economy, it still remains a fact of official record that the Maxwell averaged 22 miles per gallon said 25 miles per hour. Now you know' that speed costs—and that economy tests are usually made at slow-speed—closed-throttle, thin-mixture conditions. You know too that you can obtain economy of fuel by building and adjusting for that one condition. Speed you can get by building for speed. Any engineer can do that. But to obtain that combination of speed 'and economy with the wonderful reliability shown in that 44-days Non-Stop run—that car must be a Maxwell.