Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-07
TWO BILLION MARK
PASSED BY NATION
Total Subscriptions Reported to
Treasury Given as ST.
060,742,OOO
NEW YORK ADDS $146,OOO,OOO
St. Louis District Is Still Far
in the Lead of
Others.
NEW YORK ADDS s146,oOO,0O(
LBy Associated Press p,

wAsHIIGT55S.o Fl T5:soe!1sss Mss Esres:r srhe 5000
100000 mark has been passed by the
nation in its race toward the $500
100000 goal which must be reached by
Saturday night. Subscriptions oHici-
amounted TO s2.060. $4,000. or i579 per
cent OF the quota sought
subscriptions by districts were an
nounced as follows:
i, st 81. oi Louis, o1is, tl42.522. 900: Minneapolis,
24l:ooo;; nishmond, 500, ,22s. 900: New
rGrE s555729G'SS9 Atlanta Gda s5s35CGsC
sl29, 73l 900: San Francisco, s1o2,s5i.-
600, Dallas 900.
7, the Increase in the total during the
600. of which s146.0O0.oOO came from
the New York district alone. This is
sbs ee1seT tie, record Eco than has been made for
Of the 100000 average daily sub
sSSr'Pti1nS ,Sr %n'ch must 1h Dc piled up in
i3 10 be subscribed fully.
Compared With Fourth Loan.
AZ the corresponding time of the
sales amounted @ to ss'7ss.ooso ssaisn 900. o0ea 90
1854 per cent of the total.
Tomorrow is navy day throushou,
the country. and committees every
where hope to make it banner day.
v.
Fruits of the days wonk will not be
reflected for two three days, how
ever. Special naval demonstrations
have been arranged at many sea and
lake port cities.
st. Louis Continues In Lead.
The. st. Louis district continued to
lead IN the percentage race tonight.
but Minneapolis was reported driving
Louis has drawn nFu SO fRpaasatiy far aWay from S1
chicago and Boston that there is little
easeSns OF ue ehe OF these
Hartford. Conn. reported today they they
had exceeded their quotas. Following
are oficial reports by district SUBJ
ST. Louis District: st. Louis Coun-
". :l.44o,o0o: Indiana. sl3.073Ooo;
Kentucky: s22.sse,ooo: Tennessee. s12.-
sas. s14.116.ooo; Missouri, s22.6ls. 900;
Illinois; sls,ssl.ooo; st. Louis City,
/. y Ris5mona saa District: Maryland. :ss,-
Virginia. s5,IS6,0oo: North Carolina.
s12.4l2.ooo; South Carolina. s4.4s5. 900.
New York District: New York state.
Connecticut. s4,45I.ooo; New York City,
Philadelphia District: Philadelphia.
outside outside Pehiladelphia. So; osc. 600; ooo
Delaware. s7.4l5.ooo.
Reports From Pacific Coast.
San Francisco District: Arizona. ST.
o15.ooo: Idaho, S4,5sa.O0o; Nevada,
sS05.0oo: Oregon. sl9.961,Ooo; Utah,
S5.9S9.0oo: Washington, s19,66O,O00;
California. s6l.5oo.ooO: Hawaii. s4.-
$1,000.
Dallas District: Texas. so4,427 900;
Arizona. s4S5,00o; Louisiana, s1.S35.
900; New Mexico. s74S.Ooo, and Okla
homa. $4,000.
atlanta Dist5ict; oo Mississippi and
.6.75l 900: Florida. s6.951. 900; Georgia.
sG.574Ooo: Tennessee. sl2.123.ooO.
Chicago District: Cook County. s69.-
092 .005: Illinois. outside Cook County.
s49.572 900: Indiana. s39.340.000; Iowa,
s56.726, 900; Michigan. S93,67o.000; Wis
consin, s41.9Sl, 900.
The United States Steamship Cal
houn. the naval Victory ship. reported
today that il was slowly steamng
through the Caribbean Sea while wait
ing for the nations subscriptions to
the Victory Liberty loan TO warrant
it getting under full steam for the
last four days OF the campaign. The
position of the Victory ship tonight
is such as will make possible the COM
pletion of the trip by Saturday night
if subscriptions are made rapidly.