The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
Kansas City Is Largest City So Far Reporting Quota
 Reached in Drive
ACTUAL TOTALS ARE
 NOT YET AVAILABLE
Reports Now at Hand Indicate Sub. scriptions Larger and More Mum erous Than at Same Stage <
 in Previous Drives

Washington, October 1.-Subscriptions to the fourth Liberty Loan have been more numerous and large than at this stage of any previous loan campaign. This was indicated today in telegrams received from all sections of the country. Actual totals in the campaign to raise S6o00,000,0oo in three weeks were not available, but treasury officials believed that a report would be obtained from every district by tomorrow night.
 From the reports now at hand" said R statement issued at loan headquarters tonight. Tt can safely be asserted that sales are moving much lasted in the early days of this campaign than they did during the third Liberty Loan drive
 Reports received today said the state of Oregon was near it's quota. The treas ury was officially informed that the state of Iowa had oversubscribed it's quota by more than a million dollars. Kansas s City was the largest cityl reporting an oversubscription today.
 EXHIBIT TRAINS AID
 The twenty four exhibit trains moving through the country are given much Of the credit for the enthusiasm of the first days. Thousands of people daily ara Tassing through these trains, reports said, and staying after the trains have gone to hear speeches and enter their cars.
 From many districts today came re- ports that the throngs were so great they could not pass through the cars during the stay of the trains.
 In the New York district more than s2000,000 of bonds were sold from two trains yesterday. In Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma persons passed through the exhibit oars at the rate of 50 a min ute.
 Thrty-two communities in the Cleve- land district already have oversubscribed their quotas and more than s10,o00,00o in subscriptions have been officially reported to Washington.
 Subscriptions in New England for the first two days were s67.0o0, 600, of which s45,000,0Oo came from Massachusetts.
 The Kansas City district is devoting this week largely to propaganda, ana will start active bond selling next week.
 NO. ST. LOUIS REPORT
 The St, Louis district committee was so busy selling bonds today it made no report
 The Pacific coast had sold S50,0OO0O0 of bonds at the close of business last night, reports from San Francisco said. Wom- en in San Francisco and Sacramento sold $20a 0O0 and $650,000 respectively in the first two days Subscriptions in Hawaii on the opening day were $3, GOO
 From Dallas tonight came this word; 'Depressien due to bad business condi- tions is giving way before tidal wave of patriotism and drouth- stricken dis triets are sending in very encouraging re- ports"
 The message added that the words "Carry on' had been adopted by the district as a campaign slogan.
 The Richmond and Atlanta districts re- port more subscriptions than could be tabulated. Negroes throughout the south are reported to be subscribing gener- ously.
 Admiral Cowle, in charge of the navys campaign said that approximately $3,5O0 . GOO had been subscribed by officers and men. One battleship in European waters has furnished sll3,oo0 in subscriptions and another sl01,000. Admiral Sims today ca bled the Mare Island. (California) navy yard sent in an initial subscription of s,OOo.
 A telegram from Mound Bayou, Miss, said that negroes there had oversub- scribed their quota by nearly 50 per cent.