Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-14
LIBERTY BELL RINGS
CALL TO NATION AGAIN
Faint Peal From Independence Hall
Carried by Wire From Coast to
Coast for Loan.

PHILADELPHIA, June IA faint
peal from the liberty bell in Independ-
ence Hall reverberated with the aid of
the telegraph from the Atlantic to the
Pacific coast today, when Mayor Smith
struck Americas most revered relic
with golden hammer to call last min
ute subscribers to the service of the
nation. This eleventh-hou appeal TO
tardy Americans is expected to be the
signal for an avalanche of late sub
scriptions which will oversubscr1be the
governments entire war loan of "
00O,U0O,00O. The Philadelphia district,
according to the liberty loan committee,
was today but comparatively small
sum behind it's allotment of sc50.00O,-
600. and the exercises at the cradle of
liberty" were expected to ring in the
remainder of this total.
A group of the city's most prominent
bankers, who have been in the fore
front of the campaign to dispose of the
bonds in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware. participated in the exercises
in connection with the ringing of the
liberty bell. After the old relic was
tapped at noon the sound was to be
taken up by churches, schools and
factories from ocean to ocean
New York Nearing Billion Mark.
NEW YORK, June 14-Tota1 sub
scriptions for the liberty loan actually
tabulated in the New York federal re-
100000. The clerks were several hours
behind the subscriptions known to
have been made.
Chicago May Exceed Her Quota.
CHICAGO. June 14-Tolunteer sales
men in the Chicago federal reserve district
started out today determined to make a
record in obtaining subscriptions of APP
proximately s42.000,00 necessary to com
plete the s260,000,000 expected from the
ri of 70 f hour nHrar-
subscriptions in the hands of banks but
not yet officially reported lessened the
amount to be raised by several millions
and 1t was hoped with this aid that the
$4,000 900 would be exceeded before
the books close tomorrow.
New England $35 400, 900 Behind. I
BOSTON. June 14.-Thousands of bus
mess men in New England put aside
their own work today in final effort
TO sell the s300.000,000 maximum quota
of liberty bonds allotted to this sec
ton. New England lacked 1884 900
OF the maximum. or $65,400, 900 of the
s240.000.000 minimum quota. A parade
attracted thousands to Boston common
for big outdoor bond auction. Banks
and trust companies had set up nearly
100 booths and orators and statesmen
were prepared for a rush of subscrip-
lions.
Oregon oversubscribes 81, 500, 900.
PORTLAND. Ore. June 14-Oregon
has oversubscribed her quota of the
liberty loan bond issue by $1,500.000.
Appeals in Old st. Johns Church.
RICHMOND. Va. June 14-In old St
johns Church. where Patrick Henry
delivered his famous speech. Give me
liberty or give me DEATH" Mayor George
Afnsiie rang the final appeal today to
the people OF Richmond to buy liberty
bonds to support the United States in
Its fight against Prussianism.
Lends All He Has to o. S.
LA PORTE, Ind. June 14-In all the
United States there cannot be bigger
subscriber to the liberty loan--not John
d. Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie
than John Eldred for Eldred has given
all he had. Eldred, a printer. by indus
try and frugality, saved 10000 Today
the entire sum is represented in the
liberty loan.