Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-15
WOMEN BOOST"
WARLOANS SALE
Open Booth in Front of
Union League to Push
Liberty Loan
PENN MEN IN CAMPAIGN

|MNN MEN in CAMF AVN
rrnsnlne the sale Of the second issue Of
IIH4rtF Bonds with renewed wgor, after the
fIaIoment from Washington that only ~
IIf cent of the desired amount had 70 thr
been rubscribed. workers In the Philadel-
rhIa district today reported new suoscrlp-
lions aegregatinG tt.ooo,o00. Notable was
Ita AID given by the COMMITTEES OF women
under which 5000 members or Nar,ous n
Honsn'H Organizations OF the city workSo'
and which reported subscriptions OF tlls'-
o60. n addition 70 t2,boo.OO0 made by John
.annrnaker and his son. Rodman Wana-
maker. which was placed through the
Honen's committee.
The woinen's committee. headed by Mrs.
George wharton Pepper Mrs Barclay "a.
Warburton. Mrs Norman Macbeoo' sn1
other socially prominent women. many OF
4hom are allied with the Emergency Alo'
araned lts headquarters In the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel thia morning and send squadron OF
women 10 take charge Of booth ~ i.ohs
of the Union League buit as ~ nnoue. ~ ~
q banking institution. In the iirst hour arc.
opnniue the booth. Mrs. Warburton ana
Mrs. Macleod and their aids took subscrip-
tons Of $4,000 from about twenty-five
passerslby. A few minutes later they re-
reived a 500. 900 subscription from an
Anonymous subscriber. and RzOVo SUD-
scEiption followed on It's heels
MANY BIZ bObSNhAA AaOAf''
The subscriptions Of ti.25o,ooo each from
1,hr wananaker and Rodnan wanamaker
were sent 10 the women's committee last
f.inht. 30 start the ball rolling" as Mr..
Wanamaker said They will go through the
Philadelphia National Bank.
Chandler & Company. Inc. made sub
ncrlptIon Of 81 900 900 today The lnsur-
ance Company OF Pennsylvania reported
that Il was taking 100000 through the
CIrard National Bank. The Newton Ma
chine Tool Works. Twenty-thlrd and Vine
streets. sent word that IS per cent OF its
employees had subscribed TO the second issue
Of bonds. about this percentage having SUD
ncrlbed 70 the first issue.
Representatives Of all classes of the Uni
verzsty OF Pennsylvania attended a meet
ing In the Houston Club this noon 20 plan
their campaign 10 sell the bonds stevens
Heckscher president OF the Society for Or
ranizing Charity and law partner Of Roland
N Morris Ambassador 90 Japan. told them
that their effort should be TO corral the
small investor and not to go cunning after
s'big game" since 30 per cent OF the ma
ffon's wealth IL in the hands Of the mod
crately weIl-to-do Francis McIlhenny,
chsirman Of the Alumni Association. also
spoke.
meeting will be held tomorrow at
D. m at the Houston Club. at which Walter
G Janney. chairman OF the Philadelphia
Liberty Loan executive committee, and G.
irg will be held on the campus tomorrow
roon.
The campaign on Wednesday will be
epeBed by Walter A. Garrett. member Of
General Pershings stan to inspect roads in
Ffance.
The Hardwick & Magee Company today
reported that II had taken $4,000 Of the
bonds. The Home Life Insurance Com
Dnny subscribed TO $4,000. Montour and
Columbia Counties have subscribed &747.-
300 up 10 adte. they reported today. an in
crfaee OF $4,000 since October 10. The
tofal subscriptions Of eighteen OF the lead
ing clubs Of Philadelphia now amount 10
fI76O. 600 II was announced, members OF
me Union League having taken fl.20O,O0O
of this amount
In aid of the campaign for the sale OF
\ fise bonds a meeting will be held tonight mt
y cock IN the United states Circuit Court
bf Appeals by a representative body OF
Slave. Eigity-two invitations to Slavic
rhybicians, lawyers, merchants and others
n the city have been issued The doctors
viii be asked to urge their fellow country
men 10 subscribe TO the bonds Among the
npe4eksr will be Judge Joseph Burlington,
Of the United States Circuit Court OF APP
peals. and T.. T. Stotesbury
AT INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
Noonday meetings. 70 be held at a num-
her OF manufacturing plants this week. will
b. addressed by the -Four Minute Men,"
The Organization Of lawyers. bankers and
Businessmen who are volunteering their
services to the Government speakers in
behalf Of the loan. meeting tomorrow
will be held at the Link Belt plant on
Wednesday at Chambers Brothers a Co.
on Thursday at Moore-White Co, and on
Frfday at the Harrison Safety Boiler
Members Of the Union League will be
urged 20 subscribe TO the Liberty Loan at
me clubhouse, Broad and SAMSON streets.
this afternoon at 5;15 by George Wharton
Pepper r. T. Stotesbury and Former Gov
efnor stuart.
while heads Of the Government at Wash
lngton are redoubling their efforts TO rouse
the people 20 the necessity Of fully sub
scriblng the second Liberty Loan Of 1917.
Fhfladelphlans men and women, native
born and foreign-born, are bending their
energtes 70 the advancement OF Phlladel-
phias subscriptions. =.
OCTOBER "a LIBERTY DAY"
with the IS 900. .OO0. 600 loan only IL per
eat subscribed. and the time Of the cam
rniou more than half gone, the President
and his aids planned fresh efforts to stir
from their iethArgy those persons who
have not yet done their financial bit in
r's,,rorf Of the nation In It's fight 70 pre-
serve the ideals which gave II birth and 10
break the militaristic. autocrstic power that
nenaccs It's free institutions
President Wilson proclaimed Wednesday
October 20. Liberty Day, and called upon all
4ha people OF the nation 10 gather on the
sfternoon OF that day in patriotic rallies 10
pIsdre financial support TO each other and
10 their nation.
PhlladeIphians already are planning 10
ntIav with a denomination that will be
heard not only in Washington and through
ntf the length and breadth Of America but
~ London. Paris. PstroGrad and-Bsrlin.
aecretary Of Labor Wilson appealed to
tho waHe-earners 20 throw themselves heart
ard nouI and pocketbook behind the loan.
'Nfne Impulse Of Eaerihee for the com
mon good IL sending the youth Of our eoun-
t4Y into the trenches In defense Of liberty,
t1manlty and democracy" he said
''Io those OF uH who must Of necessity
f1ndln AZ home 10 tlli the soil, harvest the
eftna man the factories. mines and mills
~. way "a open for additional service. We.
|t1o. must make sacrifices. Funds must be
48fihcoming 70 furnish the food. the nre.
arms and other supplies for the fighting
forces Of the nation. Flnances for that
tlrDose must be secured Immediately from
8ha sale of bonds The workers can help