Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-23
NEW YORK'S TOTAL
NOW $761,657,OOO
100000 Persons Expected to
March in TOmorroW's Lib
erty Loan Parade.
CHICAGO GROWING ANXIOUS
BE- the Associated Press.

BIZ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 23.-An addf-
tional subscription Of s33.500,o0 by the
Guaranty Trust Company Of this city,
combined with smaller ones and the
overnight total. brought the amount of
liberty loan sales in this federal reserve
district up to 1851, 657 900 before noon
today. The trust company's total sub
scriptions amount to s6o,lO6,l5o, the
largest in this district.
Final plans were made today for the
liberty loan parade tomorrow, when 1t
is expected that at least 100000 per-
sons will march. The Italian army avn
ators who flew to Mineola, l.. l.. from
Newport News. Va. yesterday, Will
hover over the marchers and lombard
the spectators with $4,000 liberty loan
pamphlets
Boy Scouts have, in the first day OF
their four-day campaign on behalf OF
the second liberty loan, obtained
pledges totaling close to $3.OOOO0o. &C
cording to returns received today at the
organizations national headquarters
here. This achievement far surpassed
that of the first day Of the scout cam
paign for the first bonds. and James f.
West. chief scout executive, predicted
/
600, 900 will have been raised.
Slump in Chicago District.
CHICAGO. October 2s.-Campaign
managers for the second liberty loan.
analysing reports today from the sew
enth federal reserve district. declared
themselves not pessimistic over the
number of sales, but expressed some
anxiety over final results.
With the finish only five days off re-
ports indicated sales of $1S5. 500.
which represents 2S.5 per cent OF the
maximum allotment Of SI0O,000,O0U TOT
the district.
Workers were urged today to renew
their efforts, as the last three days
have shown slump after a week of
record breaking sales.
New England, $2o5, 743, 900.
BOSTON, October e3-The New Eng
land subscriptions to the second liberty
loan passed the 5000, O00, 900 mark today.
Overnight reports from $50 of the
1913 banks in the Boston federal re-
serve district. showing s1s,s96,000 sub
scribed yesterday, brought the grand
total to SOS, $4,000.
While the district is still far below
its maximum quota with the prospect
OF barely exceeding It's minimum by the
end of the week at the present rate of
daily sales, campaign workers declared
that the people were thoroughly arous-
ed to the Importance of obtaining the
top figure. which is s500.00o.00o.
Says 1--WE Must Not Fail
CLEVELAND, Ohio. October e.
with only Ave days left the amount
to be raised for the liberty loan in the
fourth federal reserve district is far
from being reached said Chairman
D. C. Wills of the Federal Reserve
Bank in a statement issued today
ITO fail would be a disgrace and a
disaster. We must not fall
That the district is one of the chief
benef1ciaries from the expenditure of
government funds for war supplies,
Mr.. Wills said. Is shown by an increase
Of approximately 4 per cent in the
bank deposits of the district since the
beginning OF the first liberty loan
campaign.
The districts subscriptions this fore
noon amount to s1S1.250.00O. The
quota is $500, 900. Cleveiand's con-
tributions amount to SAL 100000 or a
little more than tWo-thirds of it's
quota of sS0.ooO,0o0.