Evening star., 1918-10-05
LOAN PASSES FIRST
BILLION IN WEEK
Amount Raised in 0ne-Third
Of Campaign Period Sixth
of Total Sought.


One billion dollars has been sub
scribed to the fourth liberty loan.
This is sixth Of the total in the first
week of the three-week campaign.
Official reports today showed total
subscriptions at $s57,124,000, repre-
ficials said unreported sales would
raise the total above the billion.
Ch1cago's Overnight Amount.
The Chicago district reported $780,
100000 additional overnight. and this
was largely responsible for the in
crease of s102,000,O00 since the last
tabulation yesterday.
Akron. Ohio, has subscribed it's quo
ia, with total of $19.645,00O and
$4,000 individual subscribers, repre-
senting so per cent of its population.
The Cleveland district has awarded
lit honor flags.
Cedar Rapids. Iowa, with popula-
ton of about 10000, has sold bonds to
$4,000 persons and today telegraphed
a challenge to loan headquarters in
Washington to report another city of
similar size with such record.
st. Louis District Leads.
With AZ per cent of it's quota sub
scribed, the St. Louis district today
led all the federal reserve districts
in the campaign for the fourth liberty
loan. Total subscriptions from all
districts as reported early today
amounted to ss55,13s.soo. The Bos-
ton district, which has been most
affected by the Spanish influenza epi-
demic, ranked second in percentage
of quota subscribed, with 2s.7 per cent
of it's allotment of bonds sold.
The percentage of quotas raised by
the other districts as announced by
the Treasury were: San Francisco,
isl: Minneapolis, 14.S; Chicago, 12.7;
New York, 1913; Philadelphia, ia;
Richmond, 11.2; Dallas. 10:7; Cleve-
land, 81. and Atlanta. 1.6. The Kan
lsas City district has not started the
taking of subscriptions and is devot-
ling the first week to campaign work.
Liberty Sunday Observance.
Reports received by the Treasury
today told of preparations in many
communities to observe tomorrow as
Liberty Sunday" Appeals for SUBJ
scriptions will be made in churches,
and many ministers will substitute
loan talks for sermons.
| Church services here having been
discontinued on account of the in
fluenza epidemic, houSe-to-houSe
canvass will be conducted. Secretary
McAdoo. who has sold millions of dol
lars of bonds, will be member of one
of the canvassing teams, and will for
the first time solicit personally for
subscriptions.
Navy subscriptions have passed
Sc, 100000.
Cleveland district headquarters are
swamped with requests for industrial
honor pennants from firms more than
rs per cent of whose employees have
pledged themselves to buy b, nds. More
than 1000 of these requests have come
in. Cincinnati reports it is two days
ahead of it's day-by-day schedule. Con-
neaut, Ohio, claims a record for having
|4112 subscribers in 1900 population.
In the northwestern railway operat-
transcontinental route trunk lines west
OF Chicago, 100000 railroad men have
subscribed, or 40 per cent of all, for
S11,4S2,O0O of bonds, an average sub
scription of $3.50.
kilograms to the State Department
stated subscriptions of $260,O00 and
$4,000, respectively, had been received
there.
Rural Districts Active.
puro1 districts throuphout the west
seem to be farther progressed toward
their goals than urban communities,
although some farming districts have
delayed the opening of their cam
paingS to let farmers get pressing
work out of the way.
To stimulate farmers even more,
Secretary Houston last night issued
an appeal. saying:
"The fourth liberty loan will not
fail for lack of support of American
farmers. One of the most striking
features of the third liberty loan was
the support given it by the farming
and rural populations. But now we
have a greater effort to make. With
out stint or limit let US buy liberty
bonds, that we may attain our OBJ
jective-a right sous and lasting world
peace"
National headquarters today issued
a reminder that only twelve working
days remain before the subscription
period ends. October 10.
Epidemics Of influenza have COM
pelied the abandonment of public
loan meetings in scores of cities and
have made victims of hundreds of
canvassers and speakers, but reports
to headquarters today told of the
quick change of tactics in many
Communities by substituting house
toulouse canvassing for mass meet
ings.
1--WE have abandoned heavy arti1-
lery and taken to sharpsho oting," 3"
one optimfstic city manager reported.