The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-29
LOAN TOTAL
| IS S70O,5OO
|NBENN|NGTON
This is $56,5O0 Above Dis
trict Minimum
OVER FIVE BILLIONS
Mo Complete Figures as yet but Bank
Officials Confident of Reaching
tho Maximum.


Liberty bond subscriptions in Ben
niDgtQn this morning reached total
Of s7OO,50O or sS6,5o0 above the max
imum.
This is probably pretty near the
final total though there may be few
more signed applications that have
not been turned in.
Among the local banks the North
Bennington bank leads with a total
OF $224,600 made through that bank.
Since the report of Saturday the lar
gest amount reported was at North
Bennington though the savings bank
edded $4,000 Saturday afternoon. 49s
Just before one o'clock Saturday
the savings bank was deluged by
nearly 100 subscribers from among
the girls at the Black Cat MILL
The owners Of the Black Cat mill
bought 100000 of bonds and of these
took $4,000 through Bennington. and
making the other subscriptions whera
their other mills are located.
Washington, Oct 2s--The total
amount subscribed to the second Lib
erty loan, the treasury department an
nounced last night, is still "a matter
of speculation" Several days prob
ably will elapse before the full extent
OF the nations subscriptions Is ascer.
tanned. The department was without
figures last night showing any change
in the estimated totals, other than in
the New York district New York's
maximum OF s1,50O,O00,000. reported
Saturday night to have been exceed.
ed. it was said last night, might be in
creased by later returns to as much
as 100000 Previous estimates
had placed the total as approximate
ly s1,650000,000 or 100000, 900. less
than last nights estimate.
Returns received at the treasury
yesterday gave little indication as to
the final result" the department an
nounced last night ION the face of
returns 1t cannot be said whether the
sale exceeded $4,000 10000 Con-
viction is general, however that 1t
probably approximated the maximum
total. Banks, OF course, have made
no effort to tabulate all their returns
and may not do so till the final day
tor reporting, November 1. Obvious
", great changes may be made in the
total between now and Thursday. 81,
1T seems certain that every dis.
trict mas gone we'll past It's mliimum
ard that several will exceed their
maximum sufficiently to carry the
weaker districts 10 the high mark IN
Tho general total New York, Chicago.
Cleveland and San Francisco were
showing especially strong in the late
returns. How far New York will 40
over its maximum is matter OF con.
lecture Some think that the exoesa
may reach s250,00O,O0 Chicago dis-
trict chairmen have begun to feel
that their total may reach the maxi.
mum OF s700,000,000. Every message
yesterday from Chicago showed new
+ increases
Every state in our district has
exceeded its minimum allotment the
Minneapolis district reported. Many
luNHSnlpS nave Sold bOn-S 10 every
family Large manufacturing estab-
ishments have sold bonds to every
employe. Some OF the former most
rapid German sympathizers. includ.
ng ministers, are now stanch sup.
porters of the government and for
the last week hove been soliciting
sales
Indians have subscribed s3,366,Tss
according to latest reports by Cato
Sells, commissioner of Indian af-
fairs"
Figures now in show that the army
has sustained something over Ss2..
100000. About s5O,OO0,00O has been
allotted by soldiers to the federal re-
serve bank at New York Gen.
Pershing cables that s5,7S4,6 500 has
been subscribed by the American ex-
f N - 49,. r..