Arizona republican., 1919-05-09
LOAN CLOUD |S LIZ FT|NG AS B|G
 PLEDGES POUR IN
Countless Millions Deluge New York As Campaign Ends-Anxiety Clears and Optimism of Brightest Sort Pervades Treasury Arizona Over Million Mark

NEW YORK, May S.-Subscrip- tions tofaIling S12A00o.000 were taken at a Victory loan mass meet ing at the Metropolitan Opera house tonight, establishing a new record for amounts pledged at a single meeting. William H. Taft was the principal speaker.
 So exciting did proceedings be- come that the clerk operating the adding machine in the recording office doubled out many of his figures, in the face of so many mil lions, and it was at one time an nounced that s175, 5,3o5, ,350 had been subscribed. This total was cor rected later, however.
 A group in a box in which was Deputy Police Commissioner Fred erick A. Wallis, subscribed S13,00o,- 900 for picture of King Albert of Belgium. A captured German field piece brought total subscriptions of S25 800 900, the successful bidder securing the gun with an offer Of $5y5oo, 900. He was A. M. Anderson of ]. p. Morgan and company. a
 4 French 75 nm. field gun brought subscription of S5,5oO 900 A. M- Anderson of J. P. Morgan and company again being the sue cessfui bidder, making his total stt.ooo, 900 for the night.
 SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.%vIc- tory loan subscription in the 12th federal district were Sf43,435 ,21o. Liberty loan headquarters report ed. Major divisions reports in- cIuded Arizona, S1 ,3oe 300.
 NEW YORK. May 2-Offieial subscriptions to the Victory loan in the New York federal reserve district stood tonight at Ss7o, 143, 400 a gain for the day of S175,770, 100. The amount subscribed is equal to 71.8 per cent of the quota of S1,- 35o,oOo, 900.
 New York City, which at the end of last week stood last in the sub divisions of the district in the rercentage column, now leads them all with TIA.
 The largest unofficial subsrip- ton today came from Lieutenant Vincent Astor, who pledged S4,- 05o,00o. Other large subscriptions were Atlantic, Gulf and West In- dies Steamship lines and American Telegraph and Telephone company and associated companies, S2,50o, 900 each; National Biscuit com pany and S. R. Guggenheim s2000.- 900 each; Northern corporation, Lamport Manufacturing Supply company, Speyer and company, w A. Aphnet, H. P Whitney, Payne Whitney, Submarine Boat corpora ton, Electrical Boat company Western Union Telegraph com pany, Harris, Forbes and company Hose Insurance company, c. H Spreekles, General Chemical com pany and F. s. Smithers and com pany, S1,ooo, 600 each.
 NEW YORK, May a.-BasebalIs sold for s, ,0oo, 900 apiece in Wal
 Street today. Campaigning fer the Victory loan, "Christy" Mat thewson, Arthur Fletcher and Lar " Ooyic oI t0c NcW IorN 0ldnLs invaded "the street" and auctionec off score Of horsehides bearing their autographs. Purchasers whc paid 1000, 900 each for balls, vTer, John D. Rockefeller, ]. p. Morgan and j. w. Hartman. The other: were sold for smaller sums.
 WASHINGTON, May S.-The V tory-Liberty loan subscriptions Ina reached s2,S1S.561, ,e00, with an incre: of s359. 900 in the last 24 hou These figures, as announced tonit by the treasury, show that 626s cent of the s4.5oo, 900. 900 quota l been subscribed
 Subscriptions by districts and D centages of quotas were announced