Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-24
NATION BUYS HALF
BILLION OF BONDS
First Installment Is Already
Paid Upon Quarter Of
This Amount.
MICHIGAN ATTAINS ITS QUOTA
Wolverines First State to Go
Over Top, According to
Figures Send Washington.
MICHIGAN ATTAINS ITS QUOTA

WASilN,iroN, April 23-A quart ct
o. q billion dollars has been Subscribed
10 the Victory Liberty loan and oGiciIl-
- reported through banks and Fed
eral reserve district headquarters TO
INC Treasury. This covers prooably.
only the first TWO days Of tho sub>crip-
ZION period. which opened Monda.. aud
Jocs not include the millions Of Ilcdccs
On which Subscribers are taking their
time 10 pay the Initial installmcnt.
Neither does it include officially record
ch subscriptions which have not been
tabuiatcd by banks or which arc in the
process OF being reported TO district
hcadguar;crS. complied there
Only zen Of the twelve districts were
represented Ia figures given out to-
ni:ht by the Treasury. the Kansas CITY
ana Atlanta hcadquarters not having
submitted official reports For these
reasons officials were inclined to i,cl!cvc
;iiat tho aetna! subscriptions already
gathered by the millions OF volunteer.
loah workers. amount TO at least S50c.
Complaints Received.
Inc first complaints that the Treas
urys official reports do not fairy in =
dicate the records Of various cornmum.-
tics reached here today. They were
met with the explanation that The ng =
ures given out by the Treasury at
niSHt. IN most cases, were ,rrusmitte ell
~ district managers about noon OF
that day. The district mana gers also
may report the standing Of some city
as Of the night before. and this IS re-
hected in the national headquarters re
NlcW Il DAY late as 4 consequences
Tho Treasury loan managers have
found II necessary to limit their tabu-
!ations OF subscriptions 10 those re-
poried through channels o. the Fed
recognize only subscriptions back ed
by initial payments. For this rea son
officials said ii would bchoovc loan
workers TO urge subscribers 10 make
scription may be counted In the com
munity's and the nations totals.
Michigan Attnins Total.
\ telegram from Chicago tonight Of
;ained Its quota The same telegram
said scventy-fivc Iowa counties had
subscribed ,2S' the totals allotted.
The exact total tabulatcd tonight
was s249,Gi9,000. distributed as follows:
Boston. S45,+4S,400; New York, ssS.-
100000; Phtladelphia, ,Sl9.25s. $50: Clev-
Gland. s1S,193.950: Richmond Sl3.3S3.-
COO: Chicago. so5.51?35o: 81. Louis, see
s77.so0; Minneapolis. SG,6iG.7O0: Dai-
las. Sl.24i 800. San Francisco, S2,05o55O
An unofficial report from the Kan
sas city district said that sales there
;otaled sI.76IG0o.
Fffty.four towns and cities in New
England have reached their quotas.
The number OF subscribers in this dis
trici Is considered very large. l2,4l3
With II per cent OF the St Louis dis
tr!ct quota subscribed touIgh; the In
diana section OF the district was lead
.nS In percentage OF quota obtained.
Tennessee was second and Mississippi
which had led in subscriptions until to-
day, took third place.
The Cleveland district reported tha.
II believed its unofficial sales were ut
least three times greater than official
hSures showed