Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13
CITY SMASHES
LOAN RECORDS
Subscriptions Today for Lib
erty Bonds Reach More
Than $20,000,000
'WHIRLWIND' FINISH
Rush for Counters Unprece-
dented-Two More Work
ing Days
LIBERTY BoND CAMPAIGN
allotment (mInI-

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| subscriptions recorded ......... no, ,OOO, 900
subscriptions required ........ 10000, 900
Campaign days left .......... 2
Philadelphia has responded to it's glorious
traditions OF patriotism and in a whlrlwind
| finish OF the Liberty Bond campaign Is
| bowling up big total
All records were smashed today when
| subscriptions totalng more than S2ooo0,-
600 we're received.
From early morning when banking in
sttutons opened their doors until late in
the day an unprecedented rush for bond
counters was the feature OF the days ac-
tvities.
Not only was II big day for subscrp-
tions. but all records for the number Of
individual subscriptions were smashed, too.
Throughout the day at least $4,000 men
and women in the Philadelphia Federal
Bank district entered their subscriptions.
Conservative estimates Of the total place
Il at more than Sll0,OO0,0OO This calcu-
lation is based upon returns from Philadel-
phia institutions and does not include several
hundred banks in outside districts.
Philadelphia must raise Sl40,00O,00O In
order to reach the minimum of It's quota
and campaign officials late this afternoon
are confident that when the campaign closes
on Friday noon the citys contribution to
Uncle Sans war fund will exceed $780,
OO0, 900.
BIG SUBSCRIPTIONS
The following table with list Of todays
notable subscriptions is ample evidence that
Philadelphia will be in the front rank when
the campaign ends
The Reading Railway Company and
subsidiaries additional subscrip- .-oo ooo
slnRns IH Fund, CITY Of 'riiladelpbia.. 1000 900
Fideiity Trust Company additional ......
commerdial trust company jadi
iionai subscriPtons ..'..,...,''. GoOO. 600
franklin National Bank additional .oo ooo
Union S2S'' LeaSus SSiSus taddltionsl subscrp aoo
T3oosters Ciub '.............., .... 10000
wRitaI Vital Portland ifi 6sment Company. 10000
II. and II. W. Caldcrwood ...,..,.. d0000
Joseph H. Parvin .................. 25O0O
SPHPs ?. r. T. 'o"u '"...,t...' oy,"esn is9 9oooo9o
JACKIES SUBSCRIBE
That bluejackets can do their bit" to-
ward the loan as well as fight is em-
phaslzed in reports from the Philadelphia.
Navy Yard The Liberty Loan Club aboard
the battleshp Vermont netted Sl2,bOO, the
club aboard the old chicago $4,000 and a
club on the Kansas $4,000, subscriptions |
from civilians in the yard totaled s65,OoO
The Atlantic Refining Company took a |
hand in the campaign this morning when |
It assigned 400 statesmen in Pennsylvania |
and Delaware to the task of selling Liberty !
Bonds
commissioners of the sinking fund under |
the transit agreement of 1907 passed a |
resolution to subscribe TO Sl5O'OOO OF |
Liberty Bonds.
N w. Aver & Sons reported 100 indivi- |
dual subscriptions among employees, and |
Edward I.owber Stokes reported that a |
group OF society girls had turned In sub |
scrptions for S22,9OO.
AT the John b. Stetson Company plant |
hundreds Of employees Joined the Stetson |
stuart addressed the workers In that plant |
Yesterday afternoon and they responded |
10 his appeal by organizing cIup that |
promises to obtain 500 individual sub
scriptions.
scout solicitor. reported this morning to |
A o. turner at the committees headquar- |
ters los South Fourth street. 81 have Oh. |
IA ned ffty-two subscriptions with total
OF more than S24, ,O0O' said the lad. Turher |
thanked him in behalf Of the commlttee ana |
promised to report his work to Secretary |
Nc Adoo of the Treasury Department.
A sauad Of trained bond statesmen under |
the direction of Hewlett A. Sealey turned |
I'm 43O subscriptions.
Carriers and clerks Of the kensington
nostofTice claim a championship record |
There are forty of them and each one mas
bought a Liberty Bond. Besides, the car
riers have sold $50 bonds to persons on |
their mail routes. The list Of subscribers
is inscribed in red and white ink on
tally sheet eleven feet long.
From outside districts the committee re-
ceIved encouraging reports. Grier Hirsh |
chairman of the York committee, reported
that citizens in that section appreciate that
Liberty Bonds are an insurance against the
iron heel of Germany. I'm the civil war
said Mr. Hirsh york was occupied by the
citizens
twice The first time they imposed per
capIta tax of SO. The Kaiser would inn
pose a bigger tax, but York does not pro-
pose to wait until then
George X. Reilly, Of the general COM
plttee. paid tribute 10 foreign born
citizens today They are responding
nobly," said Reilly "and deserve credit"
Mr. Reilly stated that 90 per cent Of the
employees in the Ford motor plant In this
city have subscribed.
Camden's allotment is S4.500O00, and
SO 800, 900 of that amount has been sub
scribed according to the Camden committee,
EMPLOYEES Of the Camden Forge Company
for 1900 this morning and
employees Of the Hollngshead Company sub
scrbed for 10000.
That women are giving the campaign
their hearty support is reflected in a re-
port this morning from the Quaker city
Chapter, Daughters Of the American iievo-
luton. This organization through Mrs.
Alexander cooper ltS regent, reported
subscription Of $1,000. The Stephen Deca-
tur Chapter, Daughters OF 1872. reported
subscription Of 500.
The Art Clubs campaign mas netted
S72, 900 in subscriptions.
There have been so many Implications
that II is almost impossible to estimate
totals.
The final forty-eight hours Of the cam
pagn will be spectacular, according TO
managers The force Of 1000
statesmen will continue the house o-house
canvass, Industrial plants will speed up
their Liberty Bond clubs and more than a
score of meetings will be held in theatres
and clubs