Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-15
FOUR MILLION
MARK Is PASSED
BY LOAN HERE
Returns Indicate Monster
Over-Subscription List in
This District

Harrisburg will undoubtedly reach
a total of four millions and a half
when all the subscriptions to the
Liberty Loan are received and cred
tied.
This more than doubles the maxi
mum set for this district by Wash
ington, and speaks more plainly than
words the worth of the local cam
paign.
Virtually the entire city cooper
ated in the drive.
Men in charge of the campaign
were overwhelmed with volunteers
for every branch of the work that
was to be done. The Harrisburg
Clearing House Association imme-
! diately pledged its unanimous sup
port to the movement. The bond
statesmen of the city offered their
| services free to sell the bonds. The
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
attended to a great deal of the de-
tail of the work and boosted the
movement daily. The Rotary Club
and all its members gave their sup
port.
The biggest amount of local sub
scriptions was harvested by the vol
unteer statesmen who conducted a
three-days campaign in the city.
Every prospect who could be reach
ed was solicited and with very few
exceptions every class of people in
the city responded. Not only the
banks and the large corporations of
the city and vicinity subscribed large
amounts, but even the humblest and
poorest paid workmen seemed anX-
ious to do their share That Liberty
Might Not Perish From the Earth"
The manufacturing and CONNER
cial plants of the city without ex-
ception started a campaign to enlist
subscriptions from their employees
Many of them bought the bonds and
are selling them to their employees
on easy-payment plans.
The citizenship of the city and
vicinity have performed prodigious
efforts to their share of the work.
Some of the busiest men of the city
gave almost their entire time to the
campaign. Stenographers Volun-
teered their services for the listing.
Nearby Towns Over Quo@l
The allied towns have practically
all gone beyond their expected quota.
Bond statesmen organized local move
ments in many of them and then left
the campaign in the hands of the
local banks. The smallest banks,
in the remotest sections of Dauphin
county, have more than subscribed
their quota.
Lodges and social organizations in
the city have bought bonds. In many
instances they were bought collect
lively in the name of the lodge or So
ciety. No organization has been too
small to subscribe it's share. The
Wharton Study Club purchased a
bond from the surplus in the treas
ury. This morning the West End
Democratic Association bought a
bond and the members each Volun-
teered to buy one individually.
Banks Close List
Reports have been received from
fourteen Harrisburg banks and the
Steelton banks, including the Bethle-
hem Steel Company subscription.
Reports from the allied towns are
not all available but the last estimate
reported the total at 100000.
All banks closed their subscrip-
tions at noon to-day. Figures up to
this morning were as follows: Har-
risburg National, S26S,000; Dauphin
Deposit. s735, 900: Mechanics Trust.
$3.50. 1000; First National, s422.45o:
Commercial Trust, S409,6OO; Mer
chants and Central National, SAIL
600; Harrisburg Trust Company.
S470,000; East End, $4,000; Secur-
ity Trust, s64,550; Union Trust,
s117,050; Allison Hill Trust. 500, 900:
Citizens Bank, $25,000; Camp Cur
tin. sS3, $50; Keystone Bank, S14.70O.
The Capital Security and Loan Asso-
citation subscribed S36,500. The
Steelton National Bank reported a
total of s741 ,350, including s665.4O0
from the Bethlehem Steel Company.
The Peoples Bank totaled $4,000.