El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-29
BELIEVE LOAN
FIVE BILLIONS
No Definite Indication of
Actual Total Is Yet Avail
able, Is Announced.

Washington, D. c.. Oct. 29.-Returns
from the second Liberty loan cam
paign, reaching the treasury depart
ment early today gave no definite in
I dication as to the total amount sub
scribed. The fun measure Of the ma
/ tons response probably viii not be
! known definitely before the latter
/ part of the week.
/ Treasury officials on the basis or
: returns at hand, were unable to say
I whether subscriptions TO the loan had
passed the S5,0pO.00O, 600 mark, al
I though they were agreed the chances
are that the figures approximate this
amount
No Figures Until Nov. 1.
Further figures showing Liberty
| loan subscriptions totals she treasury
department announced today, will
not be made public until November J.
This decision was reached when IL
became apparent that the federal re-
more than approximate returns be-
fore that time.
Banks Report by Thursday.
There was nothing today at the
treasury on which TO base an esJi-
mate as 10 total subscriptions. II
was assumed the banks were busy
tabulating the totals, which rolled in
by the millions Saturday. Officials
dEEEL LtQ LLEAE UElLEL LEa-L LIE loan MAO
passed S5,000.0OO, 600.
Next Thursday is the last day upon
winch banks may make returns All
subscription agencies, including 10000
banks in the country. are required by
the treasury to have their sUbScriD-
- l'~-S and the two percent Of sub
scriptiOns required with bond applica-
Jus al the hands Of the reserve T
banks not later than that date.
Panama Employees Buy Well.
r D % F.H=
ployes Of the Panama canal and Pana-
ma railroad tOtaled S54q.S50, IL was
announced approximately 50 percent !
of the men on the gold roll" Of the
canal commission. or 1923 employees, /
subscribed for bonds.
With half the ships OF the navy I
still to be heard from. subscriptions I
Of the regular officers and men 70 the I
second Liberty loan have reached 81
23l-l21. Secretary Daniels announced I
this does not include subscriptions Z
by members Of the naval reserve ]
forces.
Mexieans At Camp Kearney Invest. I
Mexican laborers at Camp kearuey, I
proportion OF the 100000 in Liberty /
bonds subscribed for there. Reports /
today say more than 90 percent OF the .
Mexicans put their savings in the
Liberty loan
to Mrs. S. " WaIdr0p. $50: archie P. /
Nickel, $50 Charles 7. Kenton, S5Osf
A II. Hughey, $50.
Three Lively Troops.
Troop No Scout Billie Kennedy +.
TO Forbes Parkhiu, $50. scout Milton
TOWner TO Mrs. Fannie ". Pogne, $500
Mrs I. J. Ayers. $50: F. NJ. Gallagher. /
$50; Zach Cobb. $50. Scout Malcolm /.
RigGom 10 Robert L. Minnie. $50. l. 3. I
Pence $50.
Troop No. Scout Gordon Hughes
20 William BauEhman. $50. Scout
Joe Miller 10 Mrs J. W Warden, $50
Troop No. Scout Robert Binford /
70 H. o. Imglesh. $50. Scout Fleming
Page 70 class Of 1916 Fl Paso high
school, $500; Mary Allen Page, $50:
Robert Page Myers, $50. Scout Cecil
Dale TO George A Perry, $50. Scout
stuart Davis 10 Ruth Il. F'indley. S100:i
Richard Warren. $50; q. FruinE, S50-I
W. r. Brown. $50; Juan S Hart. $50
Scout Mertz Haden to Highland Park
Improvement association, 500, J. F.
Benton, $50; Mrs F. c. Masquelette.
so; Jack Fryer, $50; J. W Loesser.