Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, June 11, 1917, Sports Extra, Page 4, Image 4

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tachments captured some prlontn
On the Humanlan front there was heavy
artillery fire at some points,
ARTILLERY IN ACTION
ALONG FRENCH FRONT
PATUH. June 11
Artillery nnd patrol activity but no gen
eral fighting actions were reported In to
day's ofllclal statement North of the
Somme, particular!) In tho region of
Cerny the gunfire vvas lively.
Kast of riiemln-dcs-Danies, the stnle-
incut puiu u Fiici.if ini'i inueil Around MH.l
aM In tho Woevro patrola were Vctivi m
Jjn Thursday's fighting in Belgium
cording to a dispatch to the Malm im.
from Its correspondent at the llrltith J. V
the light batteries of ona llrltlsh dlii.,
"red 70.000 shells ngalnst the n.,in
positions IJritlsh heavy batteries h?"1
single sector fired 10,000 projcctltei. "
IJnccnlnurcntc at Wilson
CIlAMBMtsnunU. June 11 -The
baccalaureate sermon of Wilson Polleg,
Women was delivered this morning i
Thomson Hall with n largo nttendnt,
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BERTY LOAN
SPURTS IN LAST
WEEK OF RACE
9,000,000 Subscriptions Rec
, ord of First Day of
Final Drive
sfMORE THAN HALF TAKEN
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AVFour Working Days Left
V Sell 101,000,000 of
Bonds
to
I.I1IKIITY IIOMI CAMl'.UON
rhlladelpliU's allotment sHo.ono.ono
Bubaerlpllons recorded IIU.O0O.il00
8iilcrlplln. required , 101,000,000
, "Campaign ela) left ..
- 1'hltadelphla Liberty Bond Campaign be
gan to hunt this nrternoon when annuunc
mont vvas mailc at the headquarters log
Eolith Fourth Htreit of additional subscrlp
tlona of $5 000 000
This splendid turn together with $4 000..
000 subscribed chis morning, brinies the
total subscriptions to more than $149 000,
000. and leaves approximately $101 000 000
to be rained before next Trlda noon
Three of the four, million dollars recorded
this morning was subscribed b the Phila
delphia and Heading and allied companies,
Including the Heading Company tho 1'hlia.
delphla nnd neadlng Coal and Iron Com
pany nnd the Heading Iron I'ompin No
tice of the additional $6 000,000 came this
afternoon when the Philadelphia National
Dank reported total subscription of $9 175,
000. This shows an Increase of $5 000 000
over the hanks last report
K. W Stlnson, of the Liberty Loan com
mittee, said today that hu cxpecfeel sub
scriptions to the I'nion 1-cague Million
Dollar Fund will exieed $1000,000 The
fund now tolnls $900,000 The National
Btate Hank Camden reported up to this
morning subscriptions of $131.300 The
Philadelphia ll.ipld Transit Comp.in has
subscriptions for $100 000, Zelgler Broth
ers, shoe manufacturers, today reported
subscriptions of Jl-'.OOO
CALLS KOK DAILY Hl'.l'OHTS
Charles J Ilhoads governor of the I'ed--ral.Heserve
Bank, today sent out rormal
notice requiring eery bank of the Third
Federal Rcsere District to report at once
all subscriptions which It has and to send
In dally reports of additional amounts
CommunlcaUnglth the banks Mr Hhoads
also asked them pot to disturb tho money
market, but to take advantage of the In
stallment plan of tho Government not
making paynjenfs In full, but on the spe
cified dates Txnd 1n the proportion set forth
by the Ootrnmcnt
Asserting that failure to complete Its al
lotment will Iv a blot upon the name of
Philadelphia ' Mayor Smith this afternoon
Issued a proclamation In which he ordered
city officials to ring bells on school houses
and other public buildings at 9 o'clock
every night until the close of the campaign
Director Wilson of the .Department of
Public Safety, Instructed policemen to notify
church sextons and custodians of other bells
throughout the city
MAYOR'S APPUAL
The Major snjs In part
"This week marks the close of the Lib
erty Loan campaign A failure on tho
part of Philadelphia to subscribe her full
quota would put a blot upon the fair
fame of our great cltj , it would give the
lie to all our professions of patriotism It
would end our claim as a leader of Ameri
can thought and action
"I feel so eleepl the necessity for prompt
and generous action on the part of the citi
zens in subscribing to this loan that I
make this personal appeal to each citizen
and to emphasize the solemnity of the cri
sis and to drive home the appeal to the
hearts of all divisions of the population I
request that at 0 p m on Monday Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursda- tho last
four days during which subscriptions to
the Libert Loan are possible all church
bells, led b the bill In Independence Hall
shall be rung for a period of fto minutes
that during this period of rededlcation to
God and country eerj citizen give earnest
consideration to the wonderful benefits that
hate come to him and to the world at
large, from that which was done here In
Philadelphia In 177G. and that realizing
-the blessings received from the hand of
God, each tecelvn a new baptism of patri
otism, and a new charit that will make
him place alt ho Is and has at the service
of the (Jov eminent In this hour of Its su
preme need '
The Philadelphia Savings Fund reported
to the Federal Reserve Hank that It would
subscribe for $2 500,000 This sum repre
sents (he bank's Individual subscription and
.does not Include subscriptions from ell. nts
Donald McCormack chairman of the Har
rlsburg committee, reported that subscrip
tions to dale for that district amount to
more than $3,667,000 or much more than
was allotted to the district
One of the notable reports came from the
Franklin National Bank This Institution
reported that its subscriptions total more
than $6,000,000 which represents an In-
Urn Urn Mama -
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Dr-VON'S
HEALTH BISCUITS
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children keeps belr digestion
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Contain No Medicine
tie a I'aekare at All Drag and
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I'hlladtlphU, r.
Public Speaking
KornJas and rrtnlnr. Dotb Sexes, Open Jul 3,
FUU Snaktof Bolmanhlj
Jgjorulfcm Btll-Kttrcion
Writ or pbon. (or Instructive literature. fr,
4utAorM
Jours all tat
creast of nearly 11,000,000 since Saturday
morning.
Worktra In the Bethlehem Steel Company
plants alio reported additional subscrip
tions of nearly $400,000
From banks and trust companies through
out the entire district rame reports that
subscriptions continue to Increase in volume
and thst their Individual allotments will
orobably be subscribed,
Pittsburgh will probably exceed Us nl
loment, and today's reports Indies to that
llnrrlsburg, Wilmington, Camden, Heading.
Allentown and a half dozen other centers
In the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Hank
district will do the same
Morris Shumsky. 310 Hall street, a
twelve-year-old newsboy, who stands at
Fifteenth and Market streets, subscribed
for a $50 bond this morning "I want to
do my share." said tho youngster when he
signed a subscription blank
Several churches, secret organizations
and clubs are listed among today's sub
scribers The committee in a final appeal to the
people makes It plain that every man and
woman must volunteer for servlco In tho
campaign and points out that succoss can
not be attained unless alt do their duty
The committee says
"Htrlpprd to the naked fart, the situation
In the 1'nleml Heirrve district la thin:
"One hundred million dollars In t'nltrd
Matea tloveroment 3V4 per cent Liberty
!,oan bonds mutt be siibMcrlbed before the
books close Frlilar night of tlila week In
meet the total allotted t.i thti cll.trlrt.
"To fall would bo an unthinkable calam
ity "
"The supreme thing Is this that every
person estate, firm nnd corporation shall
take Its full share This means
I. 1 lint thoe poHsrHslns litre reanuries
abnll ftUtiMrlh in unprecedented amounts.
"J That rrry peraon of moderate
means abnll take the utinoat possible. e
need 100,000 additional subscriptions.
Our splendid country pledges Its vast
resources to joii Pledge ours to It It
rewards vou nmpl) Our soldiers nnd
sailors pledge their lives to you Stand
by them '
'Wo emphasize the fait that Hie banks
are doing everjthlni; to make Inning on
credit or on small Installments e.isj S'o
bonds were evir offered o nttractlvcl)
Large subscribers may borrow 90 per cent
of the pir value of the bonds at an Interest
charge of only 3i per cent This ennblis
nnv one to provide for Investment of future
Income
1 2,000 HOY SCOUTS ATTACK
"TEACUP PENNY HANK"
NKW YORK June II
While bankers talked millions for tho
Libert Loan n hundred thousand Hov
Scouts of America today began a llvo-day
drive upon tho mantel teacup pennj bank
by a house-to-house canvass In every city
In the country
Twelve thousand Hoy Scouts began work
ing todav In this cltv The country has
been divided Into seventeen zones, with
headquarters which will make ilalh re
ports to the national headquarters of tho
Boy Scouts
Apathv toward the loan Is explained only
on the ground that the fact that the coun
try is at vi ar has not been carrlod fully
to the minds of the people according to
Secretary Guy Kmcrton, of the Liberty
Loan Publicity Committee
"This Is because the people have refused
to reallzo tho horrors of war because aH
yet the) form no part of our lives said
Kmcrson 'There would be a more generous
response If we were In the position of Eng
land or France
BRITISH EXTEND
MESSINES LINES
Haig Reports Further Gain
South of Captured
Village
SUCCESSFUL RAIDS MADE
LONDON, June 11.
Another Rrcnt artillery duel has de
veloped south of Vprcs, the War Office
stated, Indicating a renewal of infantry
operations on that field.
LONDON, June 11
Field Marshal Halg's victorious Tommies
swarmed bejond the Messlnes Hldgo for
further gains today
"South of Messlnes wo slightly advanced
our line," was Halg's formal report of the
night's lighting
The War Office nlso announced that suc
cessful raids were earrlid out b the Brit
ish southwest of La Bassec. east of tr-
melles nnd south or Armenueres
Kast of Kpehy In the St (Jueiitln district
German troops tint wire assembling for
an attack were dispersed by the fire from
heavv British batteries the official ,tate
mint said
GCRMAN LOSF.S 30 000
At least 30.0HO Germans weie killed
woundi il or aptured In the grr.it battle
won In the British In Belgium It Is esti
mated by competent military observers
The total British losses are estimated at
one-third of the Gernmns A new form of
weapon was used bv the British in this
fighting along the Wjtsch.ictc ridge for tho
first time It consists of n projectile known
as an "oil can " When the shell bursts
It throws boiling oil over a big nrct setting
fire to overv tiling Inflammable
Grett ronllngratlons were caused In the
Gc rm in lines bv the use of these oil uris
during the bombardment which preceded the
British Infnntrj attacks
a i ruins activi; on front
Intense aerial actlvlt continues all nlong
the western front Tho British War Office
reported that six German aeroplanes were
shot down bv British airmen on Saturday
and that threo others were sent clown out of
control
Thn German War Olllro reported the
shooting down of ten Allied aeroplanes over
West Plunders on Friday nnd six others
on Saturdav
The Flench Wat Ofllre stated that In the
first week of June twentv-one German aero
planes and two captivo balloons were sent
down b French airmen
U. S. AIR FLEET NEEDED,
MESSINES BATTLE SHOWS
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
WITH Till BRITISH ARMII' IN Till'
FIF.LD luno 11
As a result of the Importnnt in fact the
decisive- part played by British airmen In
the success nt Messlnes, It Is more than
probable that a request will be made to
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have American military efforts centered on
aviation.
British flying men made possible the Mes
slnes victory In no single engagement In
which the nrlttsh have participated have
the nlr fighters played so Important a part
They not only 'put out the eve" of the
(lerman artillery, thereby decreasing Its ef
fectiveness f,ully eighty ler rent but hav
ing driven the Herman flyers from the air
they hovered over ever) sector of the bat
tlefront and gave minute directions as to
where and when various units could and
should advance
Their effectiveness vvas so great and their
daring uncovered so many new possibilities
of co-operation nnd offensive action that a
much greater concentration on nerlal con
struction Is bound to eventuate it Is pre
sumed that the Hermans will nlso seek t"
profit by the lsson Whllo the Allies are
confident of their ability to excel the Her
man output of tilers and Hying machines
there Is a feeling nmong nlrmen that were
the tremendous manufacturing resources of
tho I'liltccl States concentrated on nerl il
construction the 1918 rampalKii would see
Hermany's air fighters not only Jtelas-cd
but complete! smothered
In ever phase or aerial worlc the Hrltlsh
ll)crs at Messlnes dominated the situation
A floe K of racv little one-senter" nnrlcltiR
at an altltudo of approximate! 20 000 feet
Kept the upper area freo of the Herman
battle plnnes In the lower strata, nt alti
tudes of from 3000 to S00O feet scouts
equipped vUth observers and wireless out
fits reported ever phaso of the develop
ing fight and novo ranges to within n feu
jards of batter positions and points at
wlilrh reserves were moving
Ilelow these men pel feet swarms of heavy
flKtitlng mm bines equipped with bombs and
m ii hlno guns hovered rlose In tbe ground
nnd worked deadly execution with bomb
and machine gun They were specially
effective In destroying observation posts
and various staff headquarters of Individ
ual units One daring II) cr swooped clown
upon an automobile, containing five Her
man staff officers nnd a driver and with
well-placed shots wiped out all six
Ho lute life was tho Hrltlsh barrage and
so much more deadly than the f'ermnn
artlller) firo that tho Hrltlsh aviators, In
stead of working behind their own barrage,
crossed clear nbovo It and sought safety
back of the Herman lines themselves keep
ing well be) nnd the line of the appronch
lug Hrltlsh cm lain (Ire
BRITISH ATTACKS BREAK
DOWN, BERLIN ASSERTS
linill.l.V (via London) June It
llepulso of I'ngllsh attacks In Helglum
as well as In Kranre was reported In to
dav s ofllclal statement
West of llollcbeke and Vnmbeke the
I ngllsh ndvnnrlng after a vigorous sur
prlso fire at night were repulsed the state
ment said West of Warneton the I'ngllsh
failed and near IVstubert Loos .mil Mom bv
English attacks preparing vore prevented
bv our fire
HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRING
ON MACEDONIA FRONT
MiTIA June It
Violent artlller firing was reported from
all (.eetlons of the Macedonian iront by thei
HiilRnrlan War Olllic todav It was pn-
tliularlv severe In the bend of the Tchern.i
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"Daddy, How Are You
Helping Win the War?"
Tell your boy what you are doing! Make yourseif measure
up to his ideal of what a real father should be!
He knows you must be helping with your money, for he
sees you aren't in blue or khaki. You can't fool your boy
with empty promises of what you are going to do ! You ' ve
got to tend your money now!
Make good at home by buying a Liberty Loan Bondbuy
one for the boy, buy one for his mother, buy one for
yourself and then buy more as you can find the money.
Don't make your boy hang his head when other boys brag
about what their dads have done make your boy proud
by buying him a bond and giving him the owner's button
to wear. Do it, and do it now. . .
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108 South Fourth St. Philadelphia
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