The sun., 1918-10-20
|REALLOAN HEROES
JUST NEED CARFARE
1913 Wounded Soldiers Who
Helped to "Put IT Over"
Strapped in City. "

Unless some enc starts fund to en-
able 1o3 wounded soldiers and sailors.
lads invaded home 70 help Father
Knickerbocker 90 over the top with his
quota OF $1,000, 100000 Of the LIBERTY
Loan. they cannot spend the rest Of their
leave with their families in various parts
| Of the United States They live Ear and
near. from California to Maine. from
Florida to Wisconsin. these mon who
have been sassed and shot In the cause
lof democracy. but unless somebody comes
| to the rescue they'll Just have to 30 back
to their hospitals after their work for
the loan, when most of chem have
mothers and sisters and wives and sweet
hearts, not to mention fathers and
brothers. who are longing to sec them.
Almost every one of them has pay
duo to him. but It has been held up
through the fortuneJ Of war, and while
the Government VIII pay one cent mile
toward sending Item home for q visit.
It can't pay all. That may he the priv
ilege OF gratc I'll citisens for whom these
men have bsen fighting.
Loan Comraittee to Help.
The thing was broachsd behind the
scenes last night at the Russian LIB
efty Loan concert at Carnegie Hall, after
ten men in tho audience had subscribed
$1,000, 900 each for bonds in the names
khaki who were introduced to them from
the stage. Anxious members Of the LIB
erty Loan committee. who have had
the i03 army helpers in charge. would
have liked TO make an appeal for the
home journey they knew would be 90
welcome. but hesitated to do %, not
| knowing II It would meet the approval
of the Government. or II 1t might not
hurt the pride Of some OF the Soldiers
| in question. But It was said that II
| the thing could be done little less pub
| licly. II some one would take the tnitia-
tive in starting a fund. the Liberty
Loan committee would be only too siad
! to cooperate.
In the meantime subscriptions came
thick and fast to the loan a. midnight
approached; the huge clock erected At
the side Of the stage registered close TO
| s20, 900, 900 at 1850, and the hands were
| still moving forward under the spell OF
Joseph p. Days magnetic influence upon
| the audience. There was some lovely
music to start the evening. The Rus
sian Symphony Orchestra, with Modest
Altschuler conducting. gave wonderful
rosramms-sasoha Jacooino6 played
selections from Tschaikowsky. Zimbafist,
Cesar Cut Leonids Nnovisff sang sew
eraie Of his quaint Slavic songs with their
wailing interludes, and the Adolph Bolm
| dancers from the Metropolitan Opera
Company danced q symbolic dance in
| their gorgeous costumes.
A. ]. Sack, director Of the Russian
Information Bureau. made q spesch
telling Of the sacrifices made BY Russia
in the war. of the millions Of Russians
fallen In battle and the reawaksning Of
that country after It's momsntary anar-
chy. Col Moses Grsenberg. who has
a son IN the tank service. made o ring
Ing Liberty Loan speech and then the
subscriptions began.
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First the audience was invited 10 sub
scribe 100000 each for the ten
| wounded men, and nobiy the audience
came up to the scratch. How could
| they help II, with those men. some arm
! less. some limplng on orutches, there
| before them7 In less than fifteen
! minutes kilograms were on the way to
| relatives OF the ten men informing them
Of what had been done in honor OF
| their heroes.
The men--soms privates. some young
sergeants-were as foliowsi w, A. De
Grow OF Whittemore. Mich: Christopher
D. Moretine OF Holden. No. Harry Hos
| ley Of Howell. Mich; Carson Reynolds
Of Knoxville. Tenn: Albert Aniotts Of
Arvada, Wyo. Frank Kondsella Of NIL
waukee. Wis Ralph NJ. Draper OF 6po-
| kane, Wash: William Steinbach OF Ken
| lucky. Sergeant r. w. George OF West
Virginia and Howard Petoskey OF Mount
| Pleasant. Mich.
Among those who pledged millions In
| the name Of these men, and who signed
| kilograms TO their relatives. were A. La
mont, the Guaranty Trust Company. the
Manufacturers' Trust Company and the
Westinghouse Airbraks Company.
Then the wounded men marched OF
the stage to the cispping and cheering
OF the audience, and a perfect orgy OF
| subscribing began. The National City
bank began 1t with 100000; Nazi-
nova, the actress. or a man speaking
for her. carried on with $4,000. and
then from all over the house they came
| n sums ranging from $50 to $1,000
900. Milo. Vera Janocopuios. who was
to have sung. but couldn't keep her
engagement. sent a $500 subscription
Last Of all several pictures, q Ger
man helmet and other relics were auc-
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