The sun., 1918-10-19
trict .,.S.So,o 100000 si7ss+. 100 81. 1Ssil, 80
Corporations Take Millions More.

Corporations Take Millions More.
Large corporations. particularly the
life Insurance companies. again did
their utmost TO help push the loan over,
and several very large additional sub
scrfptions were announced as a result
The Mutual Life Insurance Company
placed an additional subscription OF
s20Vo,ooo. making the total for this
company for this loan $4,000, 200.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
took an additional 100000. making
total OF s4o,o0e.o00 II has subscribed
to the Fourth Loan. and the Mutual
Benefit Life Company came across with
an additional Sl3.0oo.0oO. bringing its
aggregate up TO s2e.ooo.oop
Late I'm the evening Morgan J. Bulk
ley. president OF the Aetna Life, an
nounced a subscription OF $4,000, 900 on
behalf OF the company and affiiiated
companies. In addition, s10.oo0.0eo was
placed by this company for subscribers
under its deferred payment plan. Tho
company recently placed subscriptions
OF sle,o0o,ooo for subscribers under its
plan.
At a meeting held yesterday under
the auspices OF the Aetna at John and
William streets, with John s. Turn. Sec
rotary OF the company. presiding. $780,
600 additional was raised. Sale OF the
bonds at the meeting was stimulated by
John Cassel, who drew carricatures OF
the Kaiser. which went to the highest
bidders for bonds.
The Prudential Life Insuranscc COM
pany also came to the front again. and
its finance committee authorized the di-
rectors 20 purchase an additional 500
10000 OF bonds. which would make n
total of S60,0o0.o0O OF subscriptions for
this company. The directors are sched-
uled to take action to-day and place the
additional subscription.
Members OF the Central Liberty Loan
Committee have been straining every
muscle the last few days obtaining sub
scriptions and additional subscriptions
from wealthy interests. Tho results Of
this personal canvass have been cx-
traordinarily successful.
100000 Instead of 100000.
For example. Mrs Willard u. Straight.
upon having explained TO her the policy
of banks to encourage loans on Liberty
bond subscriptions increased her oriGi-
rai subscription of $40 900 to 81, 900, 900.
One of New Yorks prominent lawyers,
who had subscribed $4,000. decided that
by using his credit he could raise his
subscription TO about 100000 Later he
called up and took an additional $50. 900
George W. Perkins raised his original
subscription from $4,000 to $1,000 900:
Thomas L. Chadbourne enlarged his sub
scription from 100000 70 100000;
Capt. J. r. de Lamar added $1,000, 900
TO his original subscription of 100000,
and the partners in Morgan & Co. In ad-
dit,on to the FIRMS subscription OF $25.-
900, 900, recently announced, increased
their personal subscriptions. The addi-
tIonai Morgan subscriptions were: J. p.
Morgan. $1,000, 00o; Charles Steel. Will
lam II. Porter and II. p. Dawson. $780,
900 each: Thomas Cochran, Dwight W.
Morrow. f. r. Stettinius and W. p. Ham
iIton. $250.000 each. and Thomas W. La
mont. $500, 900.
Several Of the large corporations also
added TO their original subscriptions.
The additional amounts taken by them
follow: American Beet Sugar. $1,000
600; Babcock & Wilcox. $4,000: TIT
fanny & Co, $4,000: International
Nickel Company. $4,000; American
Hawaiian Steamship. 100000: Com
Products Refining Company. $1,000. 900;
National Aniiine and Chemical Company,
$500. 900; American Printing Company,
$3.50, 900, and the Submarine Boat Com
pany. $4,000.
Railroad companies responded gem
erousiy TO the request for additional sub
scriptions. The AtchiBon took $4,000
900 additional. making fits total $40, 00o,-
600. ana the Union Pacific raised It's
subscriptions from $4,000. 900 TO $1,000
900. The New Haven doubled its SUBJ
scription 10 100000 and the Northern
Pacific raised $4,000 200 additional. maxi
ing 3io.000400 for It. The Pennsyiva-
mia subscribed an additional $4,000. 900;
the Long Island. 100000 more: the
Chesapeake and Ohio, $7Bo, 900 additional
and the Hooking Valley 100000 more.
Two OF the largest subscriptions an
nounced yesterday were s25.o00eeo for
the Central Union Trust Company and
1i7.s00.0oo for the New York Produce
Exchange. The latter institution ex-
ceeded its quota yesterday by S2.S0V, 600.
A number OF the towns In snb-district
eight. which covers. Wsstchester and
Rockiand counties, New YORK and Fair
fold county. Conssaticut, have cub
scribed anywhere rom 100 10 1000 per
cedt OF their quotas and are still going
strong, according 70 Chairman Franklin
.. brown. Bparkiii, y. L.. with d quota
Of sa2.s0e. has subscribed S32s,b50. or