Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-16
Total Amount May Reach s3,00O, ,000, 900, in Belief
 of Some Officials.
|nFFTCIALS UNABLE
 TO STATE RESULTS
1oeal Committees Likely to Be Over Confident, Hence Their General Re- norris Must Be Confirmed By Actual Figures Returned.

Washington, June 15.-The Ameri-
 can people have responded to the gov
 ernments call for funds to finance the
 war with an over subscription of the s2,OOO 100000 Liberty Loan. of pro- nortions so huge that officials are hurled beneath the vast piles of un- tabulated returns.
 No man can say at 10 o'clock to- ! night how great is the answer. Ap- parently, it was greatly beyond the hopes of the officials.
 | In the country's ringing answer to l the call, the dominant note was the voice of the small investor. His money talked, this last day of the campaign, in eloquent terms. Hope for widespread response of the average man with the average income was more than realized in the multitudes that flocked to the banks today. It appeared tonight that all previ- ous estimates have gone by the board and that nearly 3,000,000 men and women had bought their bonds. In the absence of official figures, officials hesitated to predict how high l the total would soar. It mounted every l hour to new heights and assumed such proportions that there was an appar- ent inclination to accept without al lowances the rosy estimate of local Liberty Loan committees as to the 1 totals of their districts.
 At the treasury, a note of conserva- | tism was sounded concerning these estimates. It was feared that com smittees, flushed with success, might l De oyer-optimistic and there was an |unwillingness to accept estimates un- l til the figures are verified. Returns By Districts. Estimates from 12 reserve districts indicated late tonight that the sub |scriptions might reach $2,862,000,00 These estimates, which were not 7ouched for at the treasury depart ment were as follows
 New York, ,2OO,000,000, with a certainty that it will be in excess of s10OO,O0O OOO.
 Boston, $269,3O0,O0O, official.
 Philadelphia, $200,000,000; the com- plation at 2 p. m. was $165, ,000,000.
 Cleveland, $2S4, 4,OO0,0OO, estimated by 1ne local committee after a careful survey
 Richmond, more than $1oo,oOo,00o.
 Atlanta, $52,593 ,OOO, official.
 Chicago, $325, ,O0O,O ,OOO, with $290, ,O00,- OOO tabulated.
 St. Louis, sS1,5o0,000, estimated upon returns of the reserve bank.
 Kansas City, $90,00O,O00 estimated oy the reserve bank.
 Minneapolis, $62,00O,0OO, estimated oy Governor 'Wold of the reserve bank.
 Dallas, $47,OO0,O0O, estimated by the reserve bank.
 San Francisco, $16O,0O0, ,OO0. Three Districts Are Short.
 on the face of the estimate, it ap-
 eared unlikely the total will be be- @w @ $2,6O0,000,00O. It also appeared v vat three reserve districts, Atlanta taanSas t.M City and Minneapolis, would 'all an1 below the minimum allotment. ihe Liberty loan has been oversub- :criDed" said Secretary McAdoo. "It .s impossible to state the amount o1 Wersubscription, but the exact fig. ..s u.es Will be given out as rapidly as Sfns Sissufns are received in the treasury aepartment."
 a onlcials waited late tonight fo1 s saese returns, but none came in. From ssery reserve bank the story was the sss, ssme, a tremendous volume of un- ao0qlated returns.
 l desire to express my deep ap- msclatlon of the efficient and patriotic sSstlVce Sa you have rendered in connec- ssaa s'va with the Liberty loan, the suc- ssS sssS or which has been so striking hs,, u pleasing to the country" Secre- ,asy, ,ssy McAdoo tonight telegraphed all m+tsl mlll you not convey to the com ,rS'ees anS !. of your district. to the banks H'u Sau. to all other organizations which se srss. GGc.,,operaAed with you in this s,ss s'sas Liberty loan enterprise, the as- Sasace sa1, of my warm appreciation as sot %va as my cordial thanks? Will you orss.s s also urge these committees te th,eserve thes !1 their organization, in order $ s;on,I ss IIney may be prepared to render tss; tsaai services of like character to pnoa government when it is called
 Eou agaln to seek additional credit ?