The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-15

go might MOI tilt It's quota OF S2GU.Ou0.
900. Were predicting thar the loan
would be Uycrsubscribed by SIS, 600,
n0n.
WhrIwind Finish.
WASiIlNGTOE. June 1.-THE Lib
r";y loan ramp1i:n entered the home
stretch today with every indication
that Il" tremendous thirtieth.Gay
drive throughout tn" nation would re-
Sull in going well beyond the $1,000,
900 .00D goal
From coast TO coast the story that
poured inIo the treasury all day was
The same, 4 story OF 4 whirlwiDd fin
isI, kilograms told of tolinS bells
and shriekins whistles across the CON
linent. marking the last day OF the
campaign: OF redOubled efforts by the
many agencies al work for the loan :
success. OF enthusiasm at its highest
pitch Of long waiting lines Of sub
scrbrrs in thousands Of banks in
every state Of the union.
The last twenty four hours work
lis going to show big in the final count
according To these reports. Before
noon tomorrow. officials hope, every
man in The country who can sub
scribe will have done SO. AT the clos
ing hour tonight there was no telling
where the total might lead, no basis
for forrCaStinS the final figures.
1t seemed certain. however. that AT
least H,I0U.0uu PERSONS Will have sub
srrib"d before the books are closed
AT noon tomorrow. Measuring the
total by the number Of Liberty loan
buttons which have gone out from
headquarters. the. number Of subsCrib
FRS ShOulI pNcpeu :. 900 900
New York. Philadelphia. Boston,
cleveland. Chicago 81. Louis and
Kansas CRY are the biz districts from
which will come the great bulk OF
subscriptions.
Late campaign figures. made public
today by Secretary NCAdoo. aS Of the
close Of business last night. Showed
An apparent shortage Of 1851 GOO. uH".
The total reported being $l.S43 ,0h0.0O0.
These reports were received after
noon al the treasury They showed
an increase of nearly 5000. 900. 900 in
subscriptions over the previous day
report.
The loan according 10 reports re.
cpIvrd by treasury officials. is in every
sense 4 popular one By far the great.
rsl issues which tho bureau Of cngrav.
ing and printing will b. called upon 10
turn OFT will br OF the $40 and 500
bonds.
Many thousands of banks and trust
companies are yet 10 be heard from
with their subscriptions for themselves;
and their customers. This item alone.
il is thought. will swell the total by
many millions As a rule The banks
have been inclined 10 hold back their
subscriptions until the last minute. Or
report only Il portion Of Thorn. The
amount subscribed today--Sl $3.50 D.
O00---raprrSentS actual subscriptions
in the federal reserve banks, accom-.
panied by the required per cent Of
the amount o! subscriptions Officials
believe that the reserve banks will be-
Gnlueeh tomorrow by flood Of last
minute subscriptions which will keep
them busy for hours in tahulating
Them.
Indications are that there will be Il
food ~ subscriptions for the small
bonds tomorrow up 10 the closing
hour.
throughout HE country banks arc
keeping open till late tonight 20 ac-
rnmmodIt" The late-minurc investor
The treasury department has granted
banks permission. IN extreme cases. 10
telegraph the amount OF their sub
scripciOns 10 their reserve hanks. tcle'
graphing The per cent OF thn total at
ihr same time. Int all subscriptions. 10
be- counted. must 'r";,Cn reserve banks
not later than noon.
The exact total Of all subscriptions
from every source may not be known
for sometime after the closing Of The
books. because Of the tremendous
amount OF clerical work involved IN
assembling returns and making tab
ularions. New York estimates ,,al II
will be able to report its total not
later than : o'clock tomorrow ri2ht.
In The case az other reserve banks
the delay may b rGrralcr.