The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
.15 MILLION PERSONS
 BOUGHT LOAN BONDS IN THE VICTORY DRIVE
Most Recent Campaign for Sale of Government Notes Shows One Person in
 Seven Bought
By Associated Press


 Washington, May Tiff teen million Americans bought Victory Liberty notes in the campaign which closed last night, according to estimates received today by the treasurer from federal reserve banks. This compares with about 21,- 100000 purchasers in the fourth loan, 17,000,000 in the third, 9,40O,0O0 in the second and 100000 in the first.
 A few additional reports of subscrip- tions came in today, but no attempt vas made to tabulate them. and the treas ury announced that the official total probably would not be known before May 26. The total as compiled still stood at $, ,s49, ,OOo, ,o0o, but late reports emphasizes the earlier indications that the loan has been heavily oversubscribed Banks will have until May % to rs- port their subscriptions to Federal re- serve banks, and the Federal reserve banks will report to the treasury by May 24
 Reports from all districts indicate that in practically the entire country tht quota was taken without material assist ance from the banks,' said a treasury announcement.
 15 MILLION BOUGHT BONDS Federal reserve district committees es- timated the number of subscribers In their territories as follows | Minneapolis, 100000: Chicago, 100000; Cleveland, l,5eO,Oo0 Boston, 94o,Ooo Phila- delphia. 1.5ooOoc; San Francisco, soo.ooo; i Kansas City, 906,0o0 The other districts | could not estimate accurately their sub scribers but based on the reduced totals as compared with the fourth loan, the remaining five districts should produce enough additional individual subscribers
 to bring the total up to Sl5,oooooo, the treasury announced.
 The Chicago and New York districts of- hcially oversubscribed.
 Unofficial adviccs from the Atlanta San I Francisco and Dallas districts. all or which had Jagged indicated that althouEn there was no large oversubscriptton, as. Iprobably reached their quotas,
 fn New England 90l cities and towns had achieved their quotas before the
 closing hour, divided by states as follows;
 Main 250; Vermont, 1sS; New Hamp- shire, 160; Massac achusetts, 15s; Connecu-
 cut, no and Rhode Island, IT.
 The Chicago district estimated its total
 at more than s745,oo0.ooo of which the
 city of Chicago subscribed about szio,oo, Ooo without the aid of It's banks Illinois,
 outside of Chicago, subscribed $so.n0,0Oo;
 Iowa, siI20O00o0; Michigan, $14SOoO'0oo;
 that part of Indiana in the Chicago dis- trict ss2,O00.0O0; that part of Wisconsin in the Chicago district, SSS,ooo,OO The latest figures from the Cleveland
 district gave a total of $47o,000o00 about
 soo oO0On in excess of the quota. Every
 county in the district Is believed to have exceeded it's quota.
 The Kansas City district reported q total of s155 15o by states, as follows Colorado. $9s.s50,050; Kansas, $H. 800 l5o northwestern Missouri. $2s, 4so.S0o; Nebras- ka. s26.13o,1o0; New Mexico. $799,soo; par
 of Oklahoma, $29. ,ooo Wyoming, s4'2n, l coo It was explained mat figures givel out in many cases was in excess o , those reported here.
 Estimated that every state in that dis trict would reach it's quota. Florida Mis
 sissippi and Tennessee were all safeiN $ over and it was expected that delayed ' reports would put Alapama and Georgi'
 safely ahead. Tennessee led the state of that district in oversubscripton. . The last total reported from the Phla . delphia district Was stoe.ooo,ooo