The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-11
SUDDEN JUMP ON FINAL DAY PUTS FIFTH WAR LOAN
 WELL PAST QUOTA
People Responded to Appeal to Finish the Job," and Final Figure May Go
 to Six Billion
 Dollars
Bv Associated Press

By Associated Press
 Washington, May 10.-The fifth and last popular war loan of the United States has been oversubscribed.
 Although the approximate total subscriptions will not be known for nearly two weeks, figures available tonight show ed that the American people had responded generously to the appeal to !" finish the job"
 Like all of its predecessors. the Vice tory Liberty Loan suddenly jumped on the last day of the campaign above the mark set as it's limit. The day brought m avalanche of subscriptions which banks could not attempt to count until next week. \ None of today's harveAt was included in the total of $3,S4v,- 6sS.00O subscriptions officially tabs- lated tonight by the treasury, and oS- ficiaIs would not be surprised to sec the final figure go to nearly six bil- lions. only s4.500.O00,000 will be ac- 1 ccpted.
 1 Late today Secretary Glass issued | this statement
 GLASS ISSUES STATEMENT 1 While the official reports TO the 1 treasury department show only $3,S49,. 1 63S,Go0 subscribed up to noon on Sas- urday. unofficial advices from the sew eral districts indicate that without any doubt the Victory Liberty Loan Is ale l already largely oversubscribed, with every district making d determined ef- fort to gather in every possible sub- scription before midnight.
 Thus for the fifth time the country has met tho call Of the Treasury De- partment for the funds requi' ea and the great Liberty Loan organizations has once again proved it's mettle.'
 The only gauge which officials coul1 use in an attempt to estimate subscrip- tions not yet taublated was provided by the record of the Fourth Liberty Loan. when $2,492. .00o,000 was reported after the subscription drive had ceased. The last reports obtainable when tha fourth campaign ended showed $4,599,- ooo,000 already tapulated. or 76 per cent of the $6,000, 100000 total, al- though final subscriptions amounted 10 $6,991. 000. .000 Up to today in the cur rent loan campaign s5.5i per cent of the total sought has been pledged.
 THREE DISTRICTS OVER
 Official figures tonight showed that ) the Minneapolis. St. Louis and Cleve- land districts had already raised moro than 100 per cent and the Chicago dis trict reported that it's quota had cor 1 tainly reached that mark. although tabulation of figures to support tho claim could not be completed.
 New York district managers calcu- lated that their district. on final ac- counting. would go about $20o,0o0.00o above its quota.
 Messages from Boston and Philadsl- phia district headquarters said cryptic- ally: Don't worry"
 { The increase in subscriptions today over the total last night was $53A76S,- 900. Aside from this. the feature oe developments today was the Jump-off of the Cleveland district in the per- centage column from ninth to third place with an increase of from 53 to more than 100 per cent.
 Boston, Cleveland, Baltimore. St. Louis and Washington were amongst the cities which officially obtained their quotas early today. Alaska and Hawaii also made similar records
 The Dallas district, which has been Tagging in it's subscription figures. re- | ported at the opening of today's busi- | ness that it probably had so per cent l of it's quota and that the outlook was excellent for 100 per cent subscrip- ton. Fs Atlanta district managers sent l word that rural banks were slow | in sending in their subscriptions. ns in previous cnmpnign but that r final reports would show the dis | trict had done what was expected
 of It.
 Maryland, including Baltimore. passed into the column of 100 per cent states early today. The sections of E Illinois. Indiana and Kentucky within the St. Louis district also reached their l | quotas.
 Storms interrupted communication in the Kansas City district and conss- z quently the districts report for to- night is the same as yesterdays.