Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-25
CELEBRAT|ON WILL
AID BOND CAMPAIGN
County's Figures Today Within
Striking Distance OF
Minimum Quota.

With today 5 reported subscriptions 10
The Liberty loan totaling hut Sl6' $50,
less than the minimum quota for New
Castle county, il is expected that Ivy to-
morrow Liberty Loan DAY sufficient
will have hccn received to warrant .
jubllant celebration Of the day
In acuucsc nee to AIayor Lawson
proclamatlon, stores and business houses
oi the clty are preparing to max" II z fali
holiday closing II noon fracurailN aii
stores have thus agreed To 10 Tins l,'-
carSc at the necessity Tor war euppiCS
and ships. II Is not likely that lndusira'
plants Will closr due to Governor Town
sends proclamation Put then til" Ship-,
wards have hccn working on holidays anu
Sundays ior many months
Details al the two Urorre~'on- tomorrow
afternoon wcrc hcmg NoricJ uut today
y outlined today there wilt t'c two Short
street paradc> PRIOR to- h, opsn AR meet
1ug IN front ot the Public BHldine II
t20 clock
The band from Fort du Font "t' .
couple of companies 81 soldiers wlll t"ad
one. and thr PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
Rand VIII head The second = :
hon,l thar thcrc wiil ~ both
sailors and soldiers IN both PROFESSIONS
with group Of BOY Scouts
Tho two prnccssloris It Is said, viii take
separate, routes and assembling finally ~
front of the Puhhc Bmldug u Is expected
that Chairman Iohn : Ro~~oU viii prc.
side There viii hc two speakers. one
representing the men and the other q
lad, for the women workers
81 &krK cIrY LAWYER ~ SrEAk.
William / GRAY. ono ot Philadelphia !
~ al
assistant district attorney. Will be the
orator for the mon Mr. Gray is ono 81
those vigorous types Of manhood thai
makes an impression on all who hear hin
He has made his way upwards from ih'
bottom ol lie ladder IN the Quaker tity
until nov his services are IN demand II
greater excess thAn hl~ ability u accrp'
them
Th,rc wijl j, patriotic music and A.
( unpnrtlnlf> gINcu "a subscribe Tor Lab
/ crtv bonds
Many W ilnung onian> hcaoed l'y hair
/ man John : Eo~~cll. went {" Dover 'ht
( morning to participate IN the State dem
/ onStratlon m hun,I ni Liberty Loan DAY
r.rHEk JAcQU UIER RGEs LOAN
Father Jacuuirr of the Oblato Fathers
( who returned from France Yesterday
/ called al the lIbcrty Loan hcadquartcr
4 tins morning and had very interesting
\ tnIk with Chairman KosScil and ~ccretar,
( du Bell Father lacquer IS lntensel'
/ interested IN the success OF the third LIB
! criv Loan a. one of he most importan
4! measures today TO assist ~ winning IN
/ war for the Allies tic will DO every
! thing In his power 10 promote the ioAI
/ He urges all citizens 10 subscribe llberalt
/ As a part ot their great duty to the worE
m the present crisis. Father Jacqule
/ laws great emphasis upon the fact that tn
( American people are nos only working io
7 the Allies but they are waging . grca
con tiict tur ttriT own preservation involve
as 1hev are incNtrlcabiN IN the world cor
fict fafhrr lacquer Is wearing hl
military uniform and Will continue 70 d
50. a. he l~ only temporarily relieved AM
NAV hc required - return 10 France. II
saws that aiI good news from America
mos; encouraging 60 the Allies and tn;
the announce mon, that the .Amcncu
people have lravliy ovcrsubScrlbed I'll
: third loan III numbers and ;Inount Wi
bc ..lno<t a. good a> battle won.
I.N-Niavor Price l. ono ut III" mo-
energetic Liberty Loan workers IN VI
mingtou He IS working for the Flr'
Presbyterian Church the Odd Fellows an
the insurance men As manager OF II
church he states that at present 10 pt
cent of all the families in the church haN
described for bonds, and he believes t M
before the campaign closes the church VI
h.vc the honor OF having placed bond !
every home represented by It, coAgr
tr.4tau