Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

-rn New Jersey. sio.eO? 300. and
Delaware. S3.iI8.s50.
Among the large loan subscriptions
In the Philadelphia district reported
today were:
Midvaie steel and Ordnance Com
pany and officials. 81 100000
Alan Wood Iron and steel Company
and officials. x600.OOO.
Alan wood Iron and steel Company
employees, S??5,OO0.
The tide of subscriptions to the fourth
Liberty Loan has turned. overfowed the
| dykes of pesslmism and disease, and is
swamping the entire Philadelphia dis
trict with bonds of thf new issue,
A jump of nearly sls.5Oo,OOo in ihe
official total of subscriptions to the new
loan was announced at noon todaN And
the finarcal institutions OF the city. the
! Industries the business bodies and trade
organizations haze come to the rescue
with large subscriptions not yet officially
| recorded
Following the s5.OOO.oOo answer of
| the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company yes
terday TO the appeal of the loan officials
, that the city's quota be oversubscribed.
announcement had been made by noon
| today that institutions and trade bodies
| here had turned in subscriptions within
| the last twenty-four hours that amount
| ed to more than $12.000,00O. These sub
scriptions have not been reported to
the Third Federal Reserve Bank as yet
and are not included in the S1S,50o,00
| jump over yesterdays figure. The gain
toward the districts S5l6,s00, 600 goal
today is nearly twice that of yesterday
Another $4,000 900 Purchase
| Another s5.OO0.000 subscription was
reported today. and three more $1,000
| 600 sales.
Drexel & CO. entered a subscription Of
s5, 900, 900: the Mdvale Steel and
ordnance Company one Of sl,775,O6O.
| and the Insurance Company of North
America and the Union National Bank
of 81, 900 each.
The subscriptions in the Philadelphia
district now total sl1s,075,i5 AL
though this figure is still behind schedule.
| the directors of the loan are confident
| that the big jump in the total announced
| today. and the generous response of the
financial and business firms to their ap-
peal mark the turning point in the drive
when sales and pledges will no longer
lag but be made freely.
But while the large subscriptions are
being secured in the drive. the individual
subscriber, the holder Of bonds OF small
| denomi lion. appears to be holding
back.
start Hunt for SIackers
| 4 drive against fourth Liberty Loan
"slackers" in the Philadelphia district
has started. 1t is apparent that there
are many
| The new loan Is far behind schedule,
the 500. 10000 total OF subscriptions
| entered to date being less than so per
cent Of the amount that should be on
hand at this late date in the campaign
An investigation has revealed the fact
| that many persons throughout the dis
| trict not only have failed to subscribe to
| the present loan. but do not hold bonds
| of the preceding issues.
Aided by the various draft boards OF
| the city. loan workers here are striving
| to determine those who have Tailed to
| do their share--those who have not re-
| spondcd generously to the appeal OF
| the Government for funds to force an
| early peace and decrease the number
of casualties in the American forces in
| France and Italy.
Leaders of the loan are confident that
many Of the persons who have not yet
! stepped forward will subscribe on or be-
| fore Saturday of this week. which has
been designated as Conscience Day
the final day of three-day demonstfa-
tion to be held to boost the sale Of bonds.
| All listed as bond slackers' VIII be
, visited at the close of this demonstra-
ton when a special appeal VIII be n,aue
for them to do their bit -
What Inquiry shows
In one section of Philadelphia in which
there are few houses OF the class IN
which poor people live. the Liberty Loan
investigators have learned that out OF
1873 men who registered In September
for selectiye service. there are only five
who hold bonds of any issue. All Of
these men are married their wives are
healthy and no children are dependent
upon them All are employees and their
INCOMES range from -i20O to $1,000
year
Frankford Arsenal has arranged a
schedule of noise that is calculated to
shake the northeast section Friday
Every noise making contrivance that can
be found Is to be used TO help wake up
Philadelphia
Among these noise e-making contriv-
"A
is guaranteed to keep the whole linden
burg line awake at nights; several ma
chine guns OF various patterns, half
dozen ne-pounders. couple OF dozen
gones a whistle, and, last OF all, few
special arrangements 10 he invented by
the officers of the experimental labora-
tory
The employees of the arsenal have
| turned In 30 far subscriptions totaling
s334.s5O The committee Of arsenal
workers has set half million as the
mark and expects to reach it within a
| few days
| A squad of the arsenars bloomer girls
will he at the Liberty Statue on Satur-
! day to paste "shellegrams" on the 10
nm. SHELLS for those who buy bonds
These girls are now labelling the shells
with the shellegrams being received at
the arsenal every day. The tenor of
these messages remains the same as
those OF the first batch. The Kaiser is
still destined for. one place which in the
belief of many of the subscribers is not
hot enough for him. ri
Every one Of the civilian employees of
the expeditionary quartermaster depot
In this city has subscribed to the new
loan. A total OF $4,000 was raised by
the 1873 employees.
River Guards Subscribe
In addition to the 100 per cent record
OF the depot employees the officers OF the
guard and fire company, which protect
the piers and warehouses along the
Delaware river. have entered 100 per
cent subscription All the men and Of
ficers Of the engineering corps connected
with the Quartermasfer depOt have sub