The sun., 1918-10-06


Liberty Loan rallies by tho Union League
Club may be measured by the sales Of
$4,000 of bonds at the clubs booth in
Fifth avenue at Thirty-ninth street
Although the larger towns and cities
have been slower to win honor flags in
the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign than
in the previous loan drives, these COM
munities are rapidly falling in Zine. Fol-
lowing the award Of a flag to Cohoes. the
first city OF $4,000 or more population to
reach its quota. the towns Of $4,000
population claimed flags. They are Gar
field and Philipsburg. both in New Jer-
sey. Honor flags were awarded yester-
day to Phillipsburg, Mendham. Roxberg
and Garfield. N. j., and Hillburn. N. Y.
Honor Emblems for Families.
with a view to stimulating interest
In the loan honor emblems will be
awarded to every family in the New
York Federal Reserve district that can
show that all its members have pur-
chased one or more bonds. This is tho
first time that honor embieIns have been
given to families. The family alag
will be a slip OF paper six inches square
with q bold red circle in the centre, in
side Of which are the words: 'One
Hundred Per Cent. Household"
industrial honor hags were awarded
yesterday to fifty-two industrial plants
all of which. with the exception of I'VE,
had reported a subscription Of 100 per
cent. by their employees.
Tho first weeks sales OF bonds at the
Liberty Bell In City Hail Park totalled
$750,0o0, which insuues the erection of
the Liberty Shaft to a height Of eighty
elk feet.
Wounded marines who have returned
to this country sat up and took notice
yesterday when they learned that the
Columbia Trust Company, as agent,
has offered to give free $50 bond to
any wounded marine who will present
himself at the company's Liberty Loan
booth, Thirty-fourth street and Fifth
avenue, and either relate his expert
ences to the crowd or even permit him
self merely to be introduced.
This offer is made anonymously by n
New York woman. who believes that
the wounded marines are the best Lib
erty Loan arguments on this side Of the
Atlantic. Mrs Eugene Patten and Miss
Beatrice Strauss, who are on duty at
the Liberty booths at the trust COM
pany's office uptown, will hand out the
bonds and a rush TO go over the top is
expected.
Theatres' Total Is S6,7O2,5OO.
Additional momentum is being shown
by the theatrical interests. and Chair
man Albee of the Theatrical Allied In
terests declares more steam will be in
jected into the drive this week. Total
subscriptions raised in New York and
Brooklyn theatres last night were ST.
4ss,100. bringing the aggregate up to
$s.703,500.
The Fox Audubon Theatre, at 16sth
street and Broadway, has the distinction
OF breaking all records for the amount
of bonds sold IN n single night. The rec
ord. $4,000, was made Friday. w. II.
Crane. the actor. sitting in n box, aided
In rolling up the total when he started
competitive bidding by an offer to give
a small flag which he wore to the high
est bidder. William Fsrnum was largely
responsible for the new high mark In
that he offered to send an autographed
photograph OF himself to every pur-
chaser of a bond.
The Ghetto turned out in fair sized
numbers yesterday in celebration OF
Wilson Day" The parade through the
East Side was not as large as had been
expected. and the failure to make a bet
ter showing was attributed to apprehen-
sion entertained over the explosion in
New Jersey.
The parade was composed OF Russians
Ukrainians. Austrlans Slavs, Poles and
other nationalities. The procession was