The telegram, which is signed by Herbert S. Houston, chairman of New York, and William N. Rankin, vice chairman of Chicago, said:
"The members of the National Advertising Advisory Board invest millions annually in advertising to secure economic distribution of merchandise, and they unite in giving it as their judgment that at a cost not to exceed $1,000,000 for paid advertising, this loan can be fully subscribed; in fact, oversubscribed. This should be done in connection with Old Glory Week, which can be made the greatest patriotic demonstrations for the support of the President of the United States.
"At five days' notice, we will deliver actual advertisements and complete plans for the successful handling of this Old Glory loan in connection with the Old Glory Week or be its services to the government cheerfully without compensation."
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are compelled to work so near the lines.
(HOICK GIVEN TO MEET
WHO COME FOR SALE,
"The men who come up for selection are given the following choice: work in Germany or in Belgium on the railways or on matters of military nature. The men who have returned are generally in an exhausted, if not dying condition. It is supposed that they are those who persisted in their refusal to sign or work, and whose physical condition could not withstand the punishment inflicted on them."
The writer recalls the German promise of liberal wages to those who will sign, with permission to send their ear.  Innings to their families in Belgium. "Painstaking inquiries," he adds, "have failed to elicit a single instance in which such money has been received from Germany." Death of Joseph S. Wood. 