Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-01
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OVER $46,OOO,OOO
Official Report, Omitting
Half Of Results. Gives
City $l6,0OO,OOO
WAGE FARMERS LIBERAL
New Jersey South of Trenton
Buys More Than 81
100000 Worth

I; Subscriptions to the fourth Liberty
,r,oan In the Philadelphia district. Of
ideally announced al noon today.
;amounted to se3.o77.soO.
This -totsl, tsbulated at the Federal
Reserve Bank from subscriptions re-
ported by banks and trust companies In
,the district includes only sales made up
,to last night and is less than half of the
,amount already subscribed in this
isection
Subscriptions to the new loan in
,Philadelphia, As announced officially,
Total sls,40s o5o for the first two days
sof the campaign; IN eastern Pennsyl-
ivania. outside Of the city. Si.2ol.S5"; in
Delaware. sl23.75o. and in New Jersey.
,south OF Trenton. s2,34E250. This is
ssain of sls.766,s5o over the amount re-
iported yesterday
Additional subscriptions amounting to
approximately siUoO.u0O were uuof-
sHcially reported today
Trdoughout tine city people are fol-
lowing closely the fourth Liberty Loan
Subscription scale" based upon the
weekly income and the number Of de-
ipendents.
Expect Heavier BuNinH
This report was made today by soljc-
.iiors VINO took part in the huust-ju-
lfouse canvass. which started Yesterday
From this report il is Indicated that a
.much heavier subscription to this than
sprevious loans will he made by Wake-
learners.
4. In addition to the ho1ise-t -hOuSa can
ivassers. the city's force of l.t,er-cdr-
iriers-1300 stronc-todsy began the SO
.licitng of subscription as they delivered
,the mail. The letter-carriers are lie
tonly bond statesmen" who are author
.ized to accept money when taking sub
,scriptions. They have been provided
with Liberty Bond buttons, and will civ,
lout button for subscriptions on which
lpayment is made
I Further subscriptions to the new loan
lare expected to be gained today with
1.-THE visit to this city of an exhibit train
scsrrying German war materials captured
tby the American soldiers in France.
The train will tour the Third Federal
Reserve District during the three weeks
% fthe campaign.
Only en~ Day Here
Today is the only time the exhibit is
Ito be in this city. Guarded by eight
marines and carrying four speakers,
sthe train will pull into the Jenkintown
station OF the Pennsylvania RailrCad AT
s11:05 O'Clock this morning and remain
there until shortly after noon The
slonGest stop in this city will be at
Wayne Junction. where the exhibit will
sarrive at 1875 o'clock and remain
lrvxf4 n. <ia1. Il g
The biggest meetings around the ex-
thfbh will he held at Wayne junction
land Chestnut Hill Bands will play and
liberty songs" win b., sung Several in
,dustrial plants have arranged 70 permit
stheir employees to attend the rallies
Meetings are also to be held at Chel-
tenham and Bustleton. The train will
arrive at Cheltenhsm a. 4:25 o'clock
and leave an hour later 1t is scheduled
to reach Bustleton at 5:35 o'clock. After
leaving Bustleton tonight the train will
proceed TO the Trenton Fair.
The exhibit of captured German guns
an6 other implements IT trench war
fare is the most compete that has yet
been shown In this country. Several
styles of trench mortars, including the
famous ''minnenwerfer." styled Min
srie" by the American troops. are in
scluded in The exhibition. No changes
shave been made In the condition of the
guns at the time Of capture some OF
them We're damaged by the retreatinp
German troops and are shown just as
they were taken.
MONDAY Meetings Held
X. MONDAY meetings were held again to-
day at Gate No. 3. Hog Island. and al
1.-The Philadelphia Navy Yard
. o.her meetings were held at the
Philadelphia Roll and Machine Com
pany. Twenty-fifth street and Washing
ton avenue; Student Army Ira lining
Corps. Broad and Spring Garden
,streets: Electric Storage Battery com,
spany. Nineteenth street and Allegheny
avenue American Fork and Hoe COM.
,pany. Ashland street and tranl<forc
creek Frank Schoble Company. Trnil
and oxford streets: Tabor Manufactur
Ing Company, Eighteenth aEl HamiltCI
streets; Philadelphia Gear Works. ll2,
sNi,e street; George Oldham Son 4
Co, ii23 Tackawanna street: Henry
fDisston Company, Tscony MOore-W
MISUNDERSTANDING Company. Fifteenth ant
,Lehigh avenue: Philadelphia Beltnl
5 Company Sixth and Spring Garder
streets; Kaiser & Co. Twenty-third anr
Race streets. Az North Third street
tQusrtermasteTs Warehouse Department
; lTwepty-first and oregon avenue.
Commercial Truck Company, Twenty
seventh aud Brown streets: SChlichte
Jute Cordage Company. Erie ald Tren
'ton avenues; Barrett Manufacturinl
Company. Grays Ferry Road: g. ;
Gibbons. 81 North Fourth street Halla
han & Sons, Tenth street and Washing
ton avenue Lennox Shoe Company.
East Allen lane Lewis Walker Manu-
featuring Company, ontario street a..
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