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in France as Y. NJ. c. A. canteen
worker, also spoke.
Nearly every man she met Mrs Aston
said. showed her a photograph of his
mother or some other woman relative or
sweetheart. She appealed to mothers OF
| soldiers, who were present In large num-
bes. to carry on the work which they
had SO splendidly started during the
war.
Following her address Mrs. Astor en-
tered the booth conducted by Miss Dor
othy Cohn and sold a 500 Victory note
20 Mrs +. Louis Slade, who accompanied
her. Mrs Astor wore the sky blue uni
form OF the Y. N. c. A. On her left
| sleeve were three gold chevrons.
Major Guy T. Viskniskki, former edi-
| tor Of the Stars and Stripes, paid a glow
ing tribute to the mothers and wives.
| sweethearts and relatives OF the boys
! "over there In his speech.
Five thousand dollars was raised in
Victory note subscriptions in fifteen
| minutes after the opening of the noon
day meeting at Liberty Theatre, at the
Public Library, The buying was started
by Sergeant Romaine Benjamin of the
marines, a brother-in-law of Enrico Ca
russo. He related the hardships endured
by the marines in Belleau Wood and
told how he had been wounded three
times while In charge OF n platoon
| there.
Private Herbert l.. Neitllch, Eighty
fourth Company, Sixth Regiment OF Ma
rines. who was In the battles of Belleau
| Woods and Scissors, volunteered TO give
| his wound stripe to any one buying a
| 1900 Victory note. r. r. Lloyd OF 20
! Broadway got the stripe.
| Four captured German submarines
now are 500 miles of the Atlantic coast,
accompanied by the mother ship Bush
nell. and are due to arrive at New York
on Saturday for exhibition at various
loan campaign.
George de B Greene, chairman of the
Manhattan committee OF the Government
| loan organization. stated yesterday that
$50. 900 coupon books in denomination
of $50, In addition to a substantial num-
/ yer Of 800 and $500 books. have been
made available to the banks OF the
| metropolitan district.
The terms upon which the coupon
| looks may he purchased are more favor
BILE than those which had to be fixed
Turing the Fourth Liberty Loan cam
| aign. The subscriber to a $50, 800 or
| 500 note on the weekly part payment
| Ian has forty-eight weeks in which to
omplete his or her payments after maxi
pg the initial payment OF per cent.
| The weekly payments are per cent.
| Among the earliest subscriptions re-
! eived yesterday from woman's organi-
cations, the most important was that
| hled by the Colony Club. This was for
$+6,600 The Women's City Club stood
second with subscriptions amounting to
| 300. Many OF the clubs have been
promised large subscriptions
toI al a.
| Second Federal Reserve district in be-
half of the loan will leave Hazelhurst
Field at IL O'Clock this morning At
| IL 20 the squadron, which consists of
six machines, will pass above Victory
Way. Then the formation will be broken
up and the avfators will race as individ-
uals to Springfield. Mass. The winner
Will receive a silver cup.
Major ]. w. Heard will be In charge
| OF the circus. Under him will be First
Lieut. U. C. Jones and Second Lieuts. ID.
NJ. Montieth. B. Dallas. d. E Martin and
f. w. Turney.
| The first aerial circus. which started
through the district Monday under Ma jor
Edmond Lyons. yesterday flew from AL
oany TO Syracuse.
Reports announced last night by the
! Treasury Department in Washington
from the chairmen OF various Federal
reserve districts were of IA distinctly
optimistic tone Cleveland reported that
advance plcdgeo to the loan were much
greater than In any previous campaign.
Philadelphia reported that the enthusi-
assn for the Victory Loan was ten times
what It was in any previous effort and
Chicago said the opening of the cam
palgn was the most suspicious ever
vouchsafed any war loan in the sixth
German city"
st Louis reported several local dis
tricts as having exceeded their quotas
and similar reports were received from
Boston and Kansas City.