Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-27
LAST Days DRIVE
MAY CARRY TOTAL
/ TO MAXIMUM MARK
Liberty Loan Gathers Mo-
mentum in Its Race
to Finish.
EVERY AVAILABLE DOLLAR
NEEDED TO WIN FIGHT
Reports From Every Section of
Country Rolling Up Ire
mendous Figures.
NOW CLOSE TO $4,000, 900, 600
Except for Dallas and San Francisco,
All Districts Pass Their
Minimum.
COW CLOSE TO $4,000, 900, 900
Except for Dallas and San Francisco,
All Districts Pass Their
Minimum.
fBy Associated Press

WASHIEGTON. October 2s.-The
Liberty loan was gathering momentum
Tonight in It's race to the finish. -Four
hundred and thirty million dollars
measured the days advance. and with
Tho total nearing $4,000. 900. 900. II,
looked as II the tremendous driving
bower OF 100000 field workers might
carry 1t across tho $4,000. 100000 line
Ono more day remains" Secretary
McAdoo announced tonight Let
every patriot OF America who has not
Fubscrihed place his name day upon
the roll OF honor OF the nation as a
Fuoscriber to the second Liberty loan.
Tho man who is able TO subscribe and
doesn't will. or ought to. be con-
science-stricken citizen on Sunday
morning"
Every available dollar is needed ofl-
cials asserted. TO bring tho total up to
100000. Every agency through
out tho country is working with re-
doubled energy for the last billion on
the last day.
reports from every section are roll
ing up tremendous totals at the Treas
ury. AT o'clock tonight the csti-
mated subscriptions OF the nation
stood a, s3c25 100000, admittedly a
conservative figure, with indications
that the $4,000. 900. 900 mark mirh, he
recorded by tomorrow mornings
totals
ONLY TWO DISTRICTS
NOT UP TO MINIMUM
Except for Dallas and San Francisco
all districts had passed their minimum
anotments. ard II seemed certain. the
Treasury Department announced, that
several districts would go we'll beyond
their maximum.
New York Is almost certain TO do
so.' the announcement, said. Boston,
Cleveland and Philadelphia probably
VIII, and there is hope for several
others. Some Of them must. II the
35.oooooo.oo0 mark is to be attained.
Tor few districts. including Dallas.
Atlanta and Kansas City, probably
cannot reach their nigh quotas. though
they are Working relentlessly."
New York. philadelphia. Boston and
Cleveland districts b. touching their
maximum quotas. would add ssl5,ooo !.
600 to tho total as II stands tonight.
bringing the grand total up 10 $3.50.
! 100000
The Official fsures-representin sub
scriptions officially reported TO Federal
reserve oanks-the estimated subscrin-
tions and the maximum quotas OF the
various districts as made public by
the department tonight are as fol-
lows:
New York-of1cial. seo2.57l. 900; esti-
mated. 11.275. 100000: quota, $500 .ooo,-
ooo
Boston-onicial. $3.50 700, 900: es.i-
mated. 3375.ooo,ooo; quota, $500. 600. 900.
Cleveland-Ohicial. so34l7o,ooo: csti-
mated. '325.ooo.ooo; quota. $500. 600. 600.
! Chcaso-omcial. s23O,4ls, 900: esti-
mated. 450,o00,0oo; quota, 500, 600. 900.
Richmond-ohcial slol,324 900; esti-
mated. 31e0,ooo,O 900: quota. $500, 600. 900.
Observation-Disclosures. s92,S5o, ,O0o cs-
timated sllo.0ooo 900; quota, sl75. 600
ooo
Phlladelphia-omcial. ssesso. 900: es.
timated. s32j.00o,0 900: quota, s4l5,ooo,.
| ooo
San Francisco-Oficial. sS3l2O0oo:
estimated. 10000, 900; quota, s35O,O0O, -
900.
st. Louis-Oflcial. N7.63s.Ooo: esti-
mated, 315o.ooO.oo0: quota. 100000, 900.
Kansas City-Onicial. s42.320, 900: cs-
timated. sloo,O0o,oO0: quota, sooo,o0o,-
600.
Dallas-oficial. ssO.41o,ooo; esti-
mated. S65.00o.0oo: quota. $4,000. 900.
Atlanta-Oncial, S32.437.000; esti-
mated, $s0,o0O,O0O; quota, Sl35.000, 900.
Totals-OHicial. s2.2s6,s36,ooo: esti-
mated. $S.6l5. 100000; quota. $4,000. .OOO.-
600.
ESTIMATED FIGURES
REGARDED CONSERVATIVE
sent what the committee believes to
be conservative figures OF the amount
of actual subscriptions up to the close
of business tonight.
unofficial totals from every Federal
reserve district" the department S an
nounccment reads, SHOW that al least
,635.Ooo.00o has been subscribed. Al
hest these are only estimates. and are
thought to be conservative. Many
local committees have not reported. and
low estimates have been assigned to
them.
"From one end Of the nation 10 the
other, the banks and other subscrip-
tiou agencies will remain open to-
morrow to accominc date late buyers.
None will be turned away up TO mid
night"
There is not chance, officials as
scrt, thar even an approximation OF
tho final figures will be available to-
morrow night. All districts will he
working till midnight. This means
that the San Francisco district will
not close It's campaign till a.. NJ.
Sunday, Eastern time. After that tho
returns arc TO be tubulatcd. and as
this in itself is task involving long
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