Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-08

gium, stricken France. ana ths aspleted
citEenship Of England. So far. we have
shed no blood at tho front and our land
mas peen Tree from invasion. God grant
.,'t MS lnese tnlnss VIII not come to pass, but
we must assume that they will. as tbe end
OF the war Is not yet in sight We must
picture our sons In the thick of the f,pht
and do all we can to Rmellorate their suf-
ferinR
Every one must sacrifice 60 the limit
OF endurance IL II means giving up
pleasures and pastimes then we must give
them up. We have wondered what the
Stacker will say when his children ask him
what he did in the great war. What will
those outside the fighting age say when
their children ask them what they gave
in the great war?
Remember you are not asked for contri-
buttons. You are simply asked to put your
money temporarily in Uncle Sans pocket
the safest depository in the world"
MINUTE MEN OF 1917"
The Minute Men of 1917" speak for lib.
erty today
Seventy well-known lawyers, bankers and
business men will begin today a campaign
in which they will visit the theatres of the
city and make four-minute speeches urgina
the audiences to invest in Liberty Bonds
With all the eloquence at their command
they will show how the nation must have
the financial support OF every one Of its
citizens, IL 1t Is to succeed in crushing Prus.
sian militarism.
Among the speakers will be former
United States Appraiser Of the Port VIII.
liam w. Roper, Princeton football star ,
Michael Francis Doyle, attorney; Alfred f
Steinmetz, president of the Aero Club Of
Pennsylvania; Henry Wolf Bikle, an attor.
ney for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany; Franklin E. Barr, former Assistant
District Attorney; Robert Dunning Dripps,
former president OF the Society for Or.
ganizing Charities, Director Of Public
Safety under Mayor BlanlSenburg and well
known in Independent politics; Robert e
Lamberton. Common Councilman from the
Twenty-second Ward; former Assemblynan
Francis s. McIlhenny; B. M. Colder, mem.
ber of the State Legislature from the Thir.
ty-second Ward; Harry 3. wescott, attor.
ney, son OF Attorney General wescott, of
New Jersey; Herbert ]. Tily, advertising
manager of Strawbrldge & Clothier, and
many others
LIST OF SPEAKERS
The speakers will be assigned as follows:
Allegheny, q. Hamilton Colket: Great North.
nsGn T% Ksgstohs ESWsrd RsbS; Srcsda 'S9k WIZ
liam B. L,nR Globe Juniper and Market
PsSp f90R'k Esa 5SYs ES FHg.Sa, william Hssl9
wolf gLkle;. Gayety, Wednesday Henry wolf
nasIar Riiou Maxwell IcTstS: Incusty c.an
irving Merrill; .Riaito. O. p. Middleton; IRIS
Samuel J. Randall; strand, William A. Schan.
deri Oyerbrook. Alfred T. Steinmetz; Bonn,
Edward p, Bailey; Logan, Michael Barnett
orpheum;, Franklin r: B9rri Palace. Harold
Grand Opera House, Andrew Wright Crawford
Baltimore, Samuel Crothers; Germantown, vii
liam p. Davis Jr.; Broadway, Michael Franci:
Doyle; Bluebird. Frederick S. Drakei Alhambra
Empress, Owen b. Jenkins; Girard Avenue
Robert q. Lamberton; Tlosa, Francis $. Nc
Dumonts. Glenn C. Mead; Trocadero. NJ. v
Bergen; Hlppodrome, F; L. Mcguire; Pon
| Cedar. b, NJ. Colder; Knlckebrocker, c. c. Nor
ris; Leader, T.. j. Grayson; Susquehanna, r. T
MoCracken; Belmont, N. M. Griffith; Coliseum
w. Horace Hepburn; Imperial. Albert L. Noise
| Eifty-sxth Street. Samuel B. Scott; Sherwood
H. B, Wescott.
Orient, Sydney Young; PaschalI, Earle Hen
| burn; Fairmount, Barry Hepburn; Park w. L
| Sheppardi Cambria Nelson d. Warwick; Jumbo
| Arthur j. Boyer; Midyale, Herbert j.. Tiy
Logan Auditorium, W. w. Roper; Peoples, Il
D. Rearick; New Broadway. A. 8. .. Mlar
| Palm. Harry 8. Amber. Jr.
Clement B. Newbod, of Newbold & Co
| has been chosen by Frank A. Wander
| lip, president of the National City BAN
| of New York, who has volunteered hi
services to the Government in financial mat
/ ters for the duration of the war, to b
| Mr.. Vanderlip's assistant in the Philadel
| phia district. lie will aid in the sale O
the Liberty Bonds
All the Episcopalian ministers of tn