Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
LOAN
WILL PASS FOUR
MILLION MARK
Campaign Leaders Declare
City'S Share Is Double
Quota Expected
TEAMS CONGRATULATED
Many Canvassers Volunteer
to Help Ginger Up Lag
ging Districts


Estimates made this morning by
Donald Mccormick and Victor F.
LeCoq point to more than s4,00O.0U0
for the Liberty Loan in Harrisburg
and vicinity. Complete returns will
not be made before Friday morning.
All bond returns will leave here
Thursday evening to be in the hands
of the National Committee in Phila-
delphia by Friday noon. 1t is expect
ed that many of the prospects who
have been delaying will be rounded up
by that time.
. George X. Reilly, one of the men,
bers of the National Committee, this
morning phoned Nc. LeCoq, chairman
of the bond statesmen committee. con-
graduating the teams on their splen-
did work in this territory. Dauphin
county is the only district in the State
to have oversubscribed it's quota.
The National Committee also has
request the local statesmen to offer
their services to campaign in Leba-
non, Pottstown and Cleartield county.
Many of them expect to respond to the
call and to help ginger up backward
territory.
Charles f. Bentley and Victor F.
laSSOp llllS SldStu d StlllllS
dialog at the Majestic Theater. 1t is
known as "A Stacker Becomes a Pa
boy scouts Helping
triot."
The American Bankers Association
has sent a number of installment
cards to the local banks. They will
be kept in duplicate and each payment
recorded on both cards as it is made.
The Boy Scouts of the city are TAX
ing an active part for the remainder
of the week in the Liberty Loan cam
paign. Circulars on the loan are al
ready in the hands or scoutmasters,
who will assign members of their re-
spective troops to distribute the lit
erature and to take subscriptions
whenever possible. In many cities
where the Boy Scouts have acted as
statesmen they have met with better
success than men having years OF ex-
perience.
Rotary Club Hears Echoes
The Rotary Club of Harrisburg at
its weekly luncheon in the palm room
of the Elks Club heard echoes to-day
from last weeks Liberty Loan cam
paign. 1t is a remarkable fact that
almost the total membership of the
club was embraced in the campaign
committee of some $50 who took part
in the big push" that put the loan
over in this district. Andrew E. Bu-
chanan, the new president, was in the
chair for the first time, and in addi-
tion to the Rotarians there were pres
ent as many of the team captains and
members as could be rounded up on
short notice. Those who were not
present this week are invited to be
guests of the Rotarians at luncheon
next Monday at noon.
President Buchanan presented Will
liam Jennings, president of the Com
monwealth Trust Company, and one
of the executive committeeman who
staged last weeks campaign. Mr..
Jennings paid a high tribute to the
quality of salesmanship displayed i'm
the campaign and said he felt much
of the success of the three days work
was due to the efforts of the Ro-
tarians and the backing they gave the
movement. He bespoke for the Red
Cross campaign to come the same
earnest cooperation. Most of the Ro-
tarans have volunteered to help in
this work.
E. ]. Stackpole, also a member of
the executive committee, addressed
the luncheon on the value of organ
lied community effort in campaigns
of the kind carried out last week and
expressed his pleasure in the patriotic
response of Harrisburgers and the
people of surrounding towns to the
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