Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-21
Big LOAN. DRIVE
BY TEXTILE MEN
Allied Industries Hope for
$lO,O0O,0OO Subscrip-
tion in One Day
GREAT OPENING EFFORT
Battle Planes and Anti.Air.
craft Guns in Sham Bom-
bardment of City
GREAT OPENING EFFORT

The Allied Textile industries will
endeavor to go cover the top" In the
fourth Liberty Loan with at least
st0.OOO.o0O In one day--september 80.
The fourth Liberty Loan campaign
will open in this city a week from today
with the greatest demonstration ever at
tempted in the city.
While twenty battleplanes fly over the
city and khaki-clad soldiers from army
cantonments march with veterans Of
past wars and representatives OF every
phase of business and social life, anti
aircraft guns will boom the message of
the opening OF the great drive to the en-
tire city in a sham bombardment Of the
aerial fiiers passing overhead.
This is what the Philadelphia Liberty
Loan committee has planned thus far,
and more is to be planned Other
features will be arranged from day to
day until next Friday. when it Is prob
able that the program will have been
definitely prepared.
Governor Invited
Governor Brumbaugh and his staff
have been invited to attend Rear Ad-
miral Helm. commandant of the Fourth
Naval District General L. w. T. Wal
ler U. s. Nj. c., and host Of other Of
icers of the army and navy will par
ticipate. Shipyards will be represented
by floats depicting the work being done
daily in these plants; likewise will the
munitions and other war plants be
represented.
Camp Dix soldiers and details. from
the army and navy stations in this cjty
VIII march in the military division Of
the parade. regiment from Camp
Meade will also take part.
Representatives of the textile indus.
try met in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
last night and discussed plans for their
campaign. Justice Robert Won Mosch-
zisker addressed the meeting, after which
II was decided that an effort would he
made to raise 10000, 900 for the loan
III one day, September 80.
Banks are urged to make every effort
TO have their quota of the loan sub
scflfed. campaign to educate the neo-
pie to borrow and buy" will be waeed
ana every person will be urged to use his
bank credit in purchasing bonds. Banks
also will be urged to purchase as MANY
honds as their expected earnings for sly
months will permit.
Buy your bond where YOU live, will
De the slogan Of the 1900 fourth Jih-
erty Loan workers in the Twenty-sscond
ward, Germantown. who opened head
quarters today at As West Chelten
avenue.
fraternaI Order to HeIp
All resources of the Royal Arcanum
will be devoted to furthering the fourth
Liberty Loan during the drive, Judge q
Arch Williams, supreme regent of the
order. stated today An elaborate nlan
has been Instituted to enable RoyaI
Arcanum councils all over the country
to take an active part. The grand
regent in each State Jurisdiction mas
been appointed State chairman Of tbe
Royal Arcanum fourth Liberty Ioan
committee, and the entire $4,000 mem
bership of the order has been orra nizad
into unit for pushing the drive
Supreme Regent Williams, in outIin-
ing the plan. said:
Every one of our 1900 councils has
several members in the army and navy
some in France, some on the seas and
some in training camps AS devoted
brothers we must stand back of them 10
the limit of our ability. As patriotic
citizens the members of our order must
sustain all Of our gallant soldiers ana
sailors whether members of our order
or some e<her spciety er nons = An,''