Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-26

for $50 bonds.
Hampton l.. Carson, chairman of the Lib
erty Loan committee Of the Philadelphia
bar sends the following appeal to attorneys
in this city:
The speedy and successful issue of the
war requires a prompt and full re-
sponse to the demands of the Federal
Government for subscriptions TO the Lib
crty Loan bonds. We have been directly
appealed to as a profession by the Fed
eral Reserve Board.
Many of our members have already
given time money influence and service
to the great cause. but the honor Of
the profession requires that there shall
be no sluggards in our ranks. our bar
for the most part consists of men Of
small means. but we yield in patriotism
to no other body, and our honorable past
is an incentive to present action; our
influence reaches directly and indirectly
into almost every home and business and
institution in the community
The Liberty Loan campaign closes on
saturday night Let those who have
not subscribed do so without delay, Let
those who have subscribed increase their
subscriptions. Let every man do his duty,
and do it now.
Montgomery & Co. it was announced,
have subscribed 5000 900 and the National
Security Bank has added $4,000 to its
subscription. bringing its total to S5Ol 900.
WOMEN PASS S5OOO,OOO MARK
The woman's Liberty Loan committee
by taking in $1,OOO,OOO yesterday has
passed by 100000 it's goal of $4,000, 900, it
was announced today The Germantown
section subscribed $4,000, the Chestnut
| Hill section 100000. At Coatesville the
women took in $4,000 and at PhoeniXville.
$1,000. The Colonial Danes have taken
in $4,000 in subscriptions at their booth
at Fourth and Market streets while the
/ New Century Clubs total is Sl230O0.
The West Philadelphia women are also
getting results. At Fifty-second and Mar
ket streets a total Of $500 has been sub,
ub nd
at FOrty-tirst street and Lancaster avenue
and the West Philadelphia station booths,
respectively, in two days, it was announced,
The work in this section is in charge of
Mrs. l.. Howard Weathcrly and Mrs. w. II.
| Quick, with headquarters at Thirty.ninth
and SAMSON streets.
Frankford Arsenal employees have
STALLED" their $139,O0O subscription clock,
| since their total is now $4,000, with more
| still coming in.
The insurance brokers' committee is to-
| day campaigning at the navy yard.
CARTOON CAMPAIGN
The cartoon campaign in front of the
| headquarters in the Lincoln Building will
| be concluded tomorrow by five young
! women art students in various schools in
| this city. The young women, every one
| of whom has relatives in the service, will
commence drawing their cartoons at 10
| o'clock and will finish at p. m They
| are: Mrs, hathdrlne Dunn ldBOU, OF bdlll-
more Miss Elsie MoniCure, of Tidewater,
| Va Mrs. Jane Allen Boyer. of Rivertor,
y. j.. Miss Marguerite Hubbard of Den
Yer, col, and Miss Delphine Bradt, Of
| Chattanooga, Tenn.
| The Loan workers were out in full force
! early today. They are working at full
| speed and nothing will be left undone in
| an effort 10 make the canpaign great sue
cess in this district,
| Philadelphia is one of four cities in the
| country to pass the minimum quota as
| signed TO each This city shares honors
with New York, Boston and st, Louis.
An anti-Liberty Loan plot has been re-
| ported as nipped IN the bud in Bucks Coun-
| ty. Liberty Loan posters in one township
| were torn down several arrests are eX-
| pected and it was said that a sweeping
! Federal investigation will he made of the
| affair. Several persons are under suspi-
| con
| SOLICITORS ARE INSULTED
DIR. w. Albertson Haines. of Edgely, is
| the chairman of the West Bristol Town
| ship District Loan Committee, and DR..
| Horace FleCkenstine, of Newportville, is
| the chairman in the East Bristol Township
! District They took steps to secure Fed
eral investigation Of charges that Liberty
! Bond solicitors have been insulted by the
men under suspicion,
Doctor Fleckenstine said;
THE men who are apparently the ring
| leaders in this movement have been rather
indiscreet in their talk The open insults
| offered TO solicitors FIRST drew our attention
| to what we believe is a concerted movement
| to hinder the sale of the bonds. Men under
| suspicion have openly said they weren't in
| sympathy with the war. and one man told
| the solicitor he would purchase a German
! bond in preference to one Of the present
| issue. We were very much disinclined at
first to believe that any persons with senti-
ments so traitorous were harbored in East
| Bristol township but we no longer have
reason to doubt it. The tearing down Of
the posters was the final outrage"
No efforts have been made in West Bris-
tol district to interfere with the Liberty
Loan advertising, but, according to Doctor
Fleckenstine, "the suspects have worked
more skillfully and carefully in creating
sentiment against the loan"
It is declared that at least four persons
of German extraction are under surveil-
lance and that action by the Federal .au-
thorities Is imminent. At Doylestown twas
said that while no arrests had been made
exhaustive investigation under way
| The Phoenix Iron Works has subscribed
$75O,o00, AMI the G. d. Barney Company,
of Philadelphia and New York, has in.
creased its subscription of S1,000,00O to
| $4,000 900 worth OF bonds
The Victor Talking Machine Company
has subscribed an additional $500, 900, now
making total OF 81 100000 worth of
Liberty Bonds.
One hundred and seventy of the employees
Of Stokes smith made subscriptions ag-
gregating $4,000 to the Liberty loan.
SPLENDID SUBSCRIPTIONS
In addition to the $4,000, 900 subscribed
, to the Liberty Loan by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company the employees of that
company have also made subscriptions that
are nearing the fiye-million mark, which
will bring the total from that source up 10
S1O,00O,O00. The bonds subscribed for by
, the employees have been bought by the
company and will be carried for the men on
the installment plan.
The industrial and commercial committee
has reported an additional subscription OF
I $4,000 from the n. & G, Taylor Company
Z This committee TO date has secured sub
9 serlptions amPunting 10 $19.1ll,OOO.
Competition among the Catholic parishes
: IN and around the city has resulted IN