Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

number Of individual Subscribers up 10
tho opening Of business yesterday was
], 0s9. 900.
The Philadelphia districts success was
celebrated last night in Philadelphia with
bands and a chorus of bells and whistles
when the honor flag was hoisted nom the
liberty loan statue at the city hall.
mond district headquarters last night
said $136.814,000 subscriptions were In
hand. and 10000. 900 was expected BE-
fore midnight. Maryland had sub.
$4,000. 900. and committees were strtv-
ing to reach $46.000.000.
Reports Of Final Drives.
Strenuous efforts were being put
forth in the San Francisco district last
night to bring the total up to $780,
100000. 1t was estimated that the
total subscribers in the district would
exceed 100000 as compared with 624.-
900 in the second campaign.
All 1853 counties IN the Cleveland dis
trict were reported yesterday after
noon to have subscribed their quotas.
were reported unofhcially from the
Dallas district and tho canvass was
continuing vigorously.
The Minneapolis district reported that
every county and every state in the dis
trict had made unoficial reports indi-
eating oversubscriptions.
Up to ; o'clock yesterday afternoon
subscriptions in the Navy totaled $14,-
60S.150. with every Indication that the
s15,000.000 soon would be reached.
The Panama Canal Zone committee re-
ported that it had received subscrip-
tions of $1.oa7.450, of which $sos.05o
were from employees of the Panama ca
nal and railroad.
Baltimore reported that its foreign
language division had obtained sub
sCrfntIona tnta ling 20 777 600
The Cleveland foreign language d.
vision reported 21.875 subscriptions for
a total amount Of $1.ss5.s5o.
National Results by Women.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk. vice chairman
Of the national woman's liberty loan
;, ts1n the
900 subscriptions. The following re-
sumo Of the women's work was given
out last night: Alabama, $l.o7s.ooo:
Indiana. sl5;eoo.ooo; Iowa. $4,000: 600;
doe SaI,h 100000; q fsa SoG
nessee. $s.000.000: Arizona, $1.675.00o;
Arkansas, $5,6s4,000; Kansas. 10000:
Michigan. $4,000. 900: Missouri, $14.500.-
900: Mississippi. $1.500.000; Nevada.
100000; New Jersey. $4,000 900: Texas.
Virginia, 35.750.000.
New Orleans Branch Over 1883, 500
NEW ORLEANS. La. May Total
subscriptions for the third liberty loan
in the territory assigned to the New
Orleans branch Of the sixth federal re-
serve district as announced here to-
night show an 'oversubscrtptfon of 49,
669,500.
Great Showing in South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, 8. c., May TT was an.
nounced at state loan headquarters
tonight that every county In South
Carolina had exceeded its quota Of the
ported tonight was $16,7s4.2oo, with a
number of points still to be heard from.
South Carolina's quota was $14.000.000.
New York Rally Yields IS, O2o, 600.
NEW YORK. May "A thirty-six-
hour continuous loan rally in Times
square, which began yesterday noon,
had resulted in the sale Of Sa.o2o.ooo
closed at midnight. Enormous crowds
cheered the French BLUE Devils"
whose appearance on the platform ut
II o6clock tonight proved a fitting cli-
max for the drive.
Chicago $1,000, 600 Over.
CHICAGO. May 4.-ssven hundred
lnouSAuu b0poCIApeuo ZOE q tOtAi Oh @14S,-
100000 Of bonds-317.oo0.00 900 beyond the
city's minimum quota-was Chicago's
record in the third liberty loan campaign
as announced tonight. These figures, how
ever, were not complete. and it was pre-
dicted would be greatly increased by late
returns. The race for the honor banner
in the five states in the seventh federal
reserve district, which for the last week
has been considered to lie between Iowa
and Wisconsin, has narrowed SO that the
difference between them Is now but 2 u
per cent
Norfolk Exceeds by a Million.
NORFOLK. Va. May THE local
campaign committee announced tonight
that the city had exceeded its quota by
more than 100000, with several teams
still to report. Portsmouth will over
subscribe her quota by 100000.
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