Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02

counted. Duncannon and Newport
had $500 each and Millerstown 750
The interest being taken by the
people in the war trophies is indica-
tive of their general interest in the
Liberty Loan-the fighting fourth,
declares Mr.. Mccormick.
Plants Doing Fine
George S. Reinoehl. chairman, and
John c. Jessup, secretary of the in
, dustrial end of the campaign, said
| to-day that the team workers are
covering plants as they were never
covered before. The general inclina-
ton on the part of workers every
where is to double the amount of
bonds they bought in the third loan.
Outside Firms Buying Here
Reports are being received from
numbers of foreign firms which have
Harrisburg branches. One of these
is the Emerson Brantingham Com
pany, which to-day bought $4,000
worth of bonds. The employees of
the company are also buying0 Ac-
cording to headquarters. the Emer-
SON. n-Brantingham purchase is a tes-
timonial to the craftsmanship of A.
II. Armstrong.
Charles NJ. Steiff. Inc, and the
Asllin- Marine Company will buy
bonds locally, as they did in the
third loan.
Meetings To-day and Tomorrow
The Liberty Troupers to-day are
covering n lot of territory in the
north of the county. Leaving here
at 1901 this afternoon they have
meetings Mt Mlllersburg at 12:45,
Ellzahethville at 2:30. Lykens $3.50
and Williamstown at $40.
Meetings planned for tomorrow
include those at the Dives. Pomeroy
e Stewart store at $50 and at the
post office at 1880. at both of which
Captain Ingram, of the British Red
Cross. will speak. The federal build
ing meeting will be for workers IN
the Homes drive. which starts next
week. DR.. Bagnell talks tomorrow
night at s at Linglestown.
Little Bank Does Well
The Peoples National Bank of
Duncannon is one of the small banks
in the district. but it reported yes
terday that after only a few days
work it has sold more than a quar-
ter the quota of bonds allotted it.
Bernard Schmidt yesterday bought
Liberty Bonds totaling $4,000.
Charles e. Pass, who is selling bonds
to the employs of the Schmidt bak-
cries, has not yet covered the plants
fully, but eXpectsgto to report within
a day or so that all are hundred
percenters."
International Harvester Company
to-day notified Donald Mccormick
that it would buy a large total of
bonds through the Harrisburg dis
trict.
Middle Division Workirc
S. II. Smith, w. A. GaGr'~
IT. Derrick and r. W. Mick
Harrisburg, are in charge of thu
erty Loan canvas among Middle d-
vision employees of the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad Mr.. Derrick reported
this morning that 1874 men have
been canvassed so far, and while not
all bought bonds the total sold has
reached $1,000. There are two "hun-
dred per cent crews" as follows:
Crew 10 on Harrisburg side, COM
posed of II. F. Stewart. engineman;
G. w. Derrick, fireman: p. M. Hoff-
man, conductor; G.. w. Bennett, flag
man, and e. c. Miller and J. e.
Swales, brakemen.
Crew 61, Mifiin Locale. S.
Ewing, engineman; C. T.. Foust, fire.
man; e. w. Mickey, conductors; C.
A. Simonton, flagman; w. II. Bar
rick, ii. S. Swartz and II. A. Stefan,
bralemen. ''
Campaign Sidelights
The condition of Harold Linder-
man, bond salesman, and Liberty
Loan worker, who is a. patient at
Keystone Hospital, suffering from
pneumonia, is reported as being Sc
rious.
Mike Kornik, San Francisco Hun
grr1N sfg,,
worth of bonds from Harrisburg
headquarters.
Corporal Mccain. who is speak,
ing at various meetings in the coun-
ty got some shrapnel in the arm on
the western front, but he imagines
he made several Germans pay for it.
The war exhibit train comes here
October 10.
Two big meetings were held this
in the Steelton mills of the
bethlehem Company and hundreds
OF employees were permitted to take
20" while the meetings were on.
rousing rally, as Corporal Nc
Cam puts its, was held at noon to-
day at the Blough Manufacturing
plant.
Dauphin county, outside of Harris
burg, will probably "beat Harris
burg to it," in the matter of first
getting over the top with its full
quota, in the opinion of Chairman
William Jennings.
Chairman Andrew S. Patterson, of
the city district, thinks that the
homes compaign will be compare
lively easy if the people will live up
to the intensiveness of the commit
tee workers. This campaign starts
next week