Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
CLERGY JOIN In
LIBERTY PAGEANT
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ers in the stores, shops, mills ant
factories of Harrisburg.
Two Towns Over
announcement was made to-day
that Duncannon and Landisburg and
Millerstown, all in Perry county, have
more than bought their allotted
bonds, and are entitled to honor
flags.
Bell Buys $25,OO0 Here
w. f. Fetter, local manager of the
Bell Telephone Company, to-day an
nounced that his company will buy
$4,000 Liberty Bonds in this city
The company has subscribed for a
total of $5,000,000 worth of bonds.
OF this sum $250,000 has been sub
scribed in the Third Federal Reserve
district-$25, 900 in Harrisburg.
Announcement comes that Port
Royal is another 100 per cent. town.
Lieutenant McCallum spoke there the
other night, as well as Lincoln l..
Eyre, of Philadelphia, S. M. N. Pen
nell, of Port Royal. ID. G.. Pomeroy
is chairman for the district and at
the meeting Wednesday night made
the announcement that the allot-
ment had been subscribed.
The clergymen of Harrisburg in
their services Sunday morning will
make announcement of the honor
or parade of service flags to
be held Sunday afternoon but the
parade committee-of which Hem
derson Gilbert is chairman-suggest-
ed to-day that even without this an
nouncement the churches and the
various organizations connected with
them prepare Immediately for rep
resentation in the procession,
The parade will form in State
street, and it is suggested that all
bearers of service flags be in place
not later than Ais so that the pro-
cession will move promptly at 4.3O.
one special division may have to be
arranged for the girls carrying the
service flags of their fathers who are
IN France or the training camps.
Central's Parade
Central Iron and steel employees
to the number of 900 will parade the
principal streets of the city to-mor-
row afternoon at 2 o'clock and upon
the conclusion OF the "walkaround"
will listen to an address by Mayor d.
L. Keister.
PenbroOk Going Over
AS result of last nights meeting,
in Penbrook that borough will very
likely go over the top" in bond pur-
chases. Attorney I. D. Schwartz was
chairman of the meeting and Profes-
sor Ellenberger had charge of the
music and singing. Addresses were
made by the Rev w. S. Herman and
u. j. Stackpole.
Upon his return to-day from the
Lykens district, where he spent sew
eral days, Dwight Clark reported
that every man employed in the nu-
merous collieries in that district will
be bond buyer before the campaign
closes. j. M. Miller is chairman for
the district. The banks are coop
Grating nicely Mr.. Miller is confl-
dent that Lykens and surrounding
territory will oversubscribe the
quota.
Central a Hundreder
Officials of Central Iron and Steel
Company this morning felt conf
dent that before the present drive is
over the entire personnel of the steel
works will have become bond own
ers. That means 1000 men will be
helping the United States of America
win the war with more than talk.
Elizabethville Enthuses
Dwight Clark to-day said that
since the meeting held in Elizabeth
Vile earlier IN the week the town is
highly enthusiastic over its prospects
of buying it's quota of bonds. Lieu
tenant HerBey, or tne CanadlanSI anu
j. Il. B. Cunningham, of this CITY
spoke during the meeting in question,
as did Mr.. Clark. M. A. Miller is
the district chairman. The First
National Bank of Elizabethville is
handling bond subscriptions.
The Rev. Robert Bagnell will be
one of the speakers at the Steelton
meeting tonight. Mention of this
gathering is made in the Steelton
columns of this newspaper.
Announcement was made to-day
that the Harrisburg Foundry and
Machine, Company Is an addition to
the ranks of the Hundred Pencent.
ers." That means that every en-
ploye of the office force, the ongi-
neering department, the forge works
and oil the apprentices have bonds
and more than that, the average is
more than q bond per employe.