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EVENING LEDGER-PntDADELPHIA, FBIDAY. MAY 18, 1917
UBERTYLOANBOND
CAMPAIGN OPENS
BJSMm rs to Induce Every Phil-
. aueipnian to viuntnuuw
Share to Fund
GOOD AS INVESTMENT
A campaign lo Indues every man and
woman In the PhltaiMphla reserve district
0'purchae a Libert v Loan Hond. la In full
, BtrlftK today In this lty.
Even-thing that there la to b told about
'! bond will be fully explained to the peo
ple, residents of Philadelphia will be shown
the value of the bonds as mere investment.
their worth aa a tangible, alien of patriot -,Sam.
their value aa a moral aet In the
Wit between democratic government and
' aiutperatlc eovernment
-This work haa been undertaken by n
group of Philadelphia bankers tcr the terri
tory embraced in the I'hlladelpnia Kesorve
District, and the Idea Is to continue it until
very citizen in the district has nt least one
bond. The common feeling of loyalty to the
Government which moves alike the owner
of ml llira nml the serMitil In lh houe
will bo appealed t". and the Ileserve terri
tory, which embraced most of Pennsylvania.
the southern half of Now Jersey and all of
Delaware, will be covered by one of the
-.nost comprehensive selling campaigns ever
wndtrtaken The campaign cry condenses
the Issue of the day Into a phrase "Llb
rly Dell ning It Again" by buvlng a
liberty Uond
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo an
nounced In Washington rta.v tiat every pre
autlon Is being taken to prevent nny dis
turbance of the American market when sub
scriptions to the Liberty Loan of 191" are
called In nt the end of June.
Word to that effect has been sent lo all
the 'banks and trust companies In the coun
try at Mr McAdooT. request To prevent
disarrangement of the money system by
large withdrawals the Secretary I urging
upon bankers the Immediate purchase of
convertible Treasury certificates of Indebt
edness now on sale. These certHlcate-t may
bo turned In by the banks thi-msees or
by depositors in payment for Liberty lonn
bonds, thus n ldlng the actual physical
payment of cash.
Another means suggested i to have banks
and 'rust companies qualify as depositors
for the Liberty I.oan.
CALL TO UANKCRS
Actual work In floating tho Federal loan
took shape yesterday, when Charles J.
Khoads. governor of the Philadelphia Re
serve. Bank, acting on tho request of the
general commltleo representing national
banks, trust companies, the Philadelphia
Block Exchange and the Investment bankert
ef the cltv called upon the Investment
'blinkers for Immediate work In placing the
Government's war securities Tho Invest
rnent bankers, so-called, at once named a
general commlttc- of twelve, exclusive of
TValter C Janney, who Is to be tho executive
manager of tho wholo campaign.
The Liberty Loan committee announced
today that treasury certificates would be
accepted on tho two per cent payment on
application for Liberty Loan three and one-
bait per cent bonds, as well as for further
Installment payments ami for payment In
full. -All banks, trust companies, Invest
ment .bankers and Individuals nro advised
by" the committee to purchase treasury cer
tificates against their subscriptions.
Every investment banker in tho city is
tnltsted In the work, and tho committee, as
representing the cntlro Federal Reserve dis
trict, plans to canvass that territory
i thoroughly Owners of all tho newspapers
, of tho city met Mr. Khoads and Rich
ard I. Austin, reserve officer, yesterday
afternoon, and promised voluntarily all the
assistance In their power. The member
' of the Investment bankers' committee met
at once and notl a single declination was
reported. "i t-p
Mr. Janney. cxEcjujive manager of the ills
tilct campaign, met representatives of
other Federal TOirfve districts In Wash
ington, and chairmen of the local subcom
mittees dropped all other duties to take up
the, larger servlcvor"3ho nation, fleorgo K.
Rtllly, of Rellly. Brck & Co.. chairman of
the committee to organize Pennsylvania,
started out on an enrly afternoon train.
Mayor Smith agreed to act as chairman of
a committee to faclTrrate subscriptions from
employes of tho city, and by nightfall the
groundwork of the .great enterprise had
been laid.
The work In those parts of the reserve
district outside of Philadelphia will be
Undertaken by bankers of the respective
towns and cities, and tho Liberty Loan
committee will co-operate with similar
committees In other communities of
the Philadelphia reserve territory. It is
for such purpose of co-operation that Mr.
Itellly has already taken the field.
WAR-TIME VIEWS OF AMERANCARTQONISTS
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ARMY. NAVY AND MARINE
NIGHT AT DRAMA MASQUE
Dig Delegation of Recruits in U. S.
Service to Bo Gucsta of
Management
All Philadelphia men who have shown
their patriotism to be genuine by respond
ing to the call to the colors will be ad
mitted free at tonight's performance of
the Masque of American Drama In the Bo
tanical Gardens nt the University of Pcnn
s Ivanla.
The Masque committee todaj. through the
Commandant at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, and officers In chargo of the army,
navy and marine recruiting stations ex
tended Invitations to recruits to attend.
Tonight will be known an "Amy, ,'v,jr
and Marin" Night" The recruit will at
tend In their new uniforms. delwu on
of two or three thousand Is "?c,dwt1?
come from the navy yard, an 1 there, wm
be delegations from other sections of the
city. Tho recruits will march to tho Be
tanlcnL Gardens, headed by bands of music.
The performance tonight vvlll be ma lo
the vehicle of a great patriotic celebration.
At the TcVose of tho Masque r-rfonnaneo
there will be nddresse- by Promliient clll
xens. including K. T. Hlotesbury a d Aba
Johnson, and patriotic hymns will be hi IB
Ilccrulting offlcers vvlll be prc-ent. and
will make a strong appeal fcr recruits.
Tho sailors, soldiers, marines, members of
the University battalion nnu w.c '""'''
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eds in costume will parade nround the
amphitheatre, singing -The Star Spangled
Banner
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
PLEDGE THEIR LOYALTY
122d Pennsylvania 'Volunteers Hold
Commcmoratlvo Meeting at
Lancaster
LANCASTER, Pa., May IS. The fifty,
fourth annual reunion of the 122d Penmyl.
vanla Volunteers was held today. City So
llcltor B. J. Myers welcoming the veterans
nt the Court House on behalf of the Mayor, '
Of tho 954 original members 377 survive,
110 being present today. Adjutant D. H.
lleltshu, Lancaster, the only surviving field
offlcer, was re-elected president, Former
Chief Justice D. Newlln Fell, Philadelphia,
was a lieutenant of Ccmpany R.
Iteolutlonr. were adopted pledging moral
support to the Government.
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MILITARY SECRETS OFTEN
INNOCENTLY BETRAYED
British Press Agent Shows How
Scraps of Information Make
Big Store of Knowledge
GERMAN SPIES ON WATCH
WASHINGTON. May
Little srraps of Information properly
handled mako n mighty store nf knowledge
Geoffrey Hutler. who has handlrd tho
publicity for Hip British mission and who
Is the pvess representative of tho Foreign
Oftlco In Hngland. today explained tho need
for strict censorship of a practical nature
over naval and military affairs.
Gerni.iny has twelve men we know."
Butler said, "who do nothing but read tho
tittle parish papers which nro published 111
Cncl.iml earh. week From their readings
of theso papers they arc able to build up
n store of information wnicn is inusi .w
uablo for them "
"For Instance, tho Kcntahlre Gazette pub
lished a nne-llno item- "Private Tom Sloane
of the Third Scotch Battalion, was wounded
nt Ferbourg on Tuesday' Immediately tho
German reador of the paper clips this and
forwards It to tho clearing house for in
formation, where It Is compared with other
bits of Information gathered In the same
way. and In an Incredibly short time a
report goes to the great German head
qunrters of the prccl'o kxatlon of the Third
Scotch Battalion.
"There Is only one Instance of tho pub
lishing of a military matter which has
brought harm to tho military operations.
Theso matters cannot be too carefully cen
sored I can say unqualifiedly that I believe
that political and governmental matters nro
well censored by the members of the preBS
themselves, and too full facts cannot be put
Into their hands However, It stands to
reason that a newspaper man cannot know
or conceive of the value of even the slightest
bit of Information on a military matter
which might get into the enemy hands; this
la a matter which only a military man can
appreciate and for this reason I am In favor
of r military censorship over strictly mili
tary news."
S"evvs of the enemy Is tho most desired
thing on the battle front: and it Is nmazlng
U .hear of the endless searching which goes
on continually for news Tho Intelligence
office of Great Britain keeps scores nnd
scores of men. with tho Instincts which made
Sherlock Holmes great, constantly nt work
searching out little clues nnd building up
from tiny bits of information the final big
piece of news which Is most helpful to the
commanders at headquarters.
Buttons, scraps of clot'i, attered swords,
little Inscriptions on swords, and numerous
other trifling details are gnthercd after tho
battles nnd sent to the Intelligence office
and often from the hopeless mass of Inconse
quential things there develops ti bit of In
formation which actually serves to n won
derful purpose in the campaign plans.
MEDICAL BOARD WON'T
LICENSE MEN FOR WAR
Announces That Curtailment of Studies
Will Not Bo Approved as
Necessary
HABRISBUnG. May IS. The State Bu
reau of Medical Kducatlon and Licensure
has formally decided not to accept any
suggested modifications In the requirements
of medical education In Pennsylvania be
cause of the war. The action of the bu
reau was taken In a formal resolution,
which said that "tha patriotic duties of
pur citizenship are performed quite as ef.
fectlvely and in many cases more so. by
tbe pursuit of their several courses of pre
paredness without Interruption "
The bureau resolutions also note that
the medical board of the Council of Na
tional Defense has announced it to be un
necessary to hasten the admission of medi
cal students Into service, and that It con
siders such a policy to be hazardous to
the future welfare of medical education,
and It Is also stated that the navy, which
originated the desire for the hastening of
courses of study now give evidence that
Its deficit has been met.
It Is also set forth that evidence at hand
justifies the belief that the "faithful pur
suit of medical studies" will exempt a stu
dent from selection service, and gives as
the opinion of the bureau that speeding up
of medical studies, as has been suggested,
would in a short time ''demoralize the se
quence of medical graduates, and thus pre
vent the normal supply of physicians to
the service as well as to civil life and hos-jlUli."
Widow, 99, Dies at Baptist Home
Mrs. Klizabetli McCarter, widow of Ar
man McCarter. a widely known Phtladcl
phlan. died yesterday at the Baptist Home,
Seventeenth nnd N'orrls streets Mrs Mc
Carter was nlnctv-nlne years old She hid
been an Inmate of tho home for more than
a quarter of a century nnd spent virtually
all of her time sewing for other inmates
OIL COMPANY FACES
RESIDENTS' OPPOSITION
l. 5, .Walnut Street Property Owners Ask
, injunction Against, proposes Atlantic
Refining Company's Station
Jl' A number cf property owners residing In
the neighborhood of Fortieth and Walnut
, atrsets have Instituted legal proceedings
against the Atlantic Refining Company, ask.
fng that this company be enjoined from
erecting an oil station on the lot which It
has purchased recently at the southwest
corner of Fortieth and Walnut streets.
Among the plaintiffs In the action are the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, which Is
i jMJaoent to the site of the proposed oil
, Matton ; tbe walnut Street Presbyterian
Church, the PrJlomuslan Club and a large
property owners who reside on
street between Thirty-ninth and
, streets.
The bill aUges that the neighborhood Is
, atrktly residential and that an oil station
fy ('would bo A nuisance In Its operation, as
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BAKHMKTEFK TO STAY IX U. S.
Former Russian Ambassador Xot to
Return to I'etroRrad
WASHINGTON. May IS Baron Bnkh
meteff. former Imperial Russian Ambas
sador lo the Culled States. Ins decided to
make his permanent home In Washington,
neenrding to announcement from tho Hus
slan embassy tod.iy.
BakhmelefC Is not In sympathy with the
new demnrrai y being established His wife
Is n slter of Truxton Benin and of the
late Mr. John Tt. McLean nnd a daughter
of tho lato Commndoro Beale. who I' ft her
n largo fortune
German Soldiers Forced to Buy Bonds
THIl HAGCH. May IS. That Germany Is
forcing her soldiers In tho field to Invest
In war loan bonds was tho Information con
tained in n telegram from Berlin today.
Thin dispatch said that Germany's method
of selling war bond, wan attacked by Dep
uty Vogtiirn. n Socialist. In tho lleichstng
before It adjourned ,
Soldiers Barred From Shodtlnp; (iamc
HAItUISBUllG. May 18 Olllcers of Na
tional Guard organizations 'n the Federal
service have assured t-u Stato-Gamo Com
mission that t-oldlers complained of nt,
shooting nt game will ho compelled to de
sist Hepiirts oamo to tho office of the
commission that uniformed men had been
Hunting near their camps.
OPINION SHARPLY SPLIT
ON HOME RULE PLANS
Divergent Views Expressed Re
garding Settlement by Irish
Convention or by Parliament
LONDON. May 1.
Divergent views were expressed todsy
over Iho proposal that the home rule for
Ireland question be settled by .1 convention
of leading Irishmen rather than by Par
liament. The Chronlcln believes that the
schemo will bo successful. On the other
hand, tho convention Idea Is bitterly at
tacked by Frederick Harrlon, tho famous
English writer Mr. Harrison in a letter
In the Post today says that thn holding of
an Irish ronvenllon would bo "a step
townrd anarchy "
Tho replv of tho Nationalists, rejecting
a divided homo rule, was expected III nd
vnnce. says the Chronicle Ah to tho par
ticipation of the 1'lt.ter fnlonlsts (anil
home ruler") In a general IrMi convention,
tho Chronicle says that they cannot re
fuse if they have nny regard for tho pub
lic Interest.
Attention Is directed tow, ml the keen In
terest In Irish home rule In tho United
States, tho Chronicle making refcrenco to
It In Hi leading editorial.
A Dublin dispatch, printed In tho Times
today, snvs:
"So far as certainty ever can exist In
Irish politics, it Is already certain that the
Government vvlll not get nnything like nn
acceptance for the Irish scheme from both
Irish parties fNatlnnallsts and Unionists)
Tho Nationalists aro unanimously hostile "
Pastor's Garage and Auto Burned
in:THLKH!:M. Pa.. May 18 A tiro of al
leged Incendiary origin destroyed the
garage and a $2500 automobile belonging to
tho llov. H. Miller, pastor of Grace
Lutheran Church Mr. Miller and his fam
ily are on a visit to Now York.
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Philadelphia's Soldiers
Busy at Fort Niagara
Not much chance of a "let-up" tor these men.
Uncle Sam keeps them busy from early morning
until late at night, and all Philadelphia admires
their ability to keep up the pace.
A Ledger staff writer, and Weed, the Ledger's
cartoonist, are visiting the Philadelphia men at the
Fort Niagara Training Camp now.
h Sunday g Public Ledger they will reveal
their impressions of the camp. It will be. a special
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