The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-22
By Associated press

Washington, April 21. AUn
 counted millions in subscrip-
 tions to Victory Liberty notes
 poured into banks and solicit
 ing committees throughout the
 United States today, but no of
 ficial reports had reached na-
 tional headquarters here to-
 night to give any comprehen-
 sive idea of the harvest on the
 opening day of the three week
 campaign. Subscriptions prob
 ably will not be shown fully in
 reports to the treasury until
 late in the week.
 More than 100000 volunteers were al work today in the big concerted move ment to finish the job but reports in- dicated that the opening was marked by less excitement than those of previous
 lcan campaigns, when fighting was in progress in France. Generally, the trained workers of former loans had enlisted for the last effort.
 Long before closing hours tonight tele- grams arriving at the treasury told the story of enthusiastic communities which had subscribed their full quotas the first day. Among the first to report this rec ord were:
 MANY COMMUNITIES OVER
 South St. Paul, Minn.; Albany. Ga;
 Middletown and Derby, Conn; Proctor. Vt. Orleans. Vt; Merrimack and Brent wood, N. H.; Rockport and Fryeburs,
 Me; Big Stone Gap, Va; Lodi N. J.;
 Blairstown, N. J.; Lyons N. J.: Clark Mills, N. Y.: Ardsley.. N. Y.; Attica, N. Y.; Hinclley. N. Y.: North Java, N. l., and Barneveld. N. Y.
 The treasury had no report as yet or the achievement of Detroit, reported to be the first large city to oversubscribe its quota.
 review of the loan campaign were that the Victory notes were receiving genera distribution and not being bought uIl largely by banking institutions Severa. telegrams from different sections of the country called particular attention to this feature of the campaign and showed Sretit pride in the fact that such was the case Students of the Haskell Indian insti- tute at Lawrence, Kas., exceeded their quota today in one hour. Many cities and counties in the Kansas City dis trict also reached their quotas today
 some of them using the volunteer sub scription method exclusively.
 LYNN SENDS COURIER Lynn, Mass., one of the hrst csties to Obtntn it's uuOta in the last campaign.
 today started courier walking to
 Washington with . pledge to Secretary Glass from the city to subscribe It's
 quota. The courier probably will arrive by May 1.
 Three in the Atlanta district. Cullma n
 county, Alabama; LoudOn county, Ten
 nes~ee. and Bradley county. Tennessee reported their quotas exceeded . few
 minutes after the campaign opened. Bartholomew county. Ind a n
 claimed the honor of being the first county to obtain it's quota without a bond being purchased by a bank or a subscription solicited. The county
 bought it's quota at sunrise today. su5- seriptions being made at voting booths and banks.
 The U. s. s. Marblehead. one of the three destroyers which will tell the story of the Victory Liberty Loan to the entire country by voyage from San Francisco to New York, pulled out Of the Golden Gate this afternoon to begin four and one-half billion dollar jour- ney. The speed of her engines will be determined by the nations daily sub scription to theaVictory Loan. For every $s57,1 subscribed. the victory ship will travel one mile.
 The entire cruising distance from San Francisco to New York, the Harbor of Victory. is 5.c5O miles. If the nation keeps pace with the required daily su6scrip- ton, the Victory ship will make an average of 2S2 f-2 miles per day repre- serting the required daily subscription ol Hco5 900 O0O