The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10

The total subscriptions announced to- night by the treasury really represent campaign results of at least 24 hour. earlier and subscriptions taken today. to- gether with the first 10 per cent clinch- ing payment, will not show in the official totals until tomorrow night By thai time, when the campaign closes, another ttlf million dollars, representing today's work, is expected by treasury officials This would raise the total to approxi- mately $3.so0.ooo.ooo and leave the re- mainder of the s4o0o, 600, 900 loan to come from the final days sales.
 LARGEST DAYS INCREASE
 The increase today was $496, ,309, ,000 the
 largest of any day in the campaign.
 The flood of subscriptions today for the
 first time carried the percentage of quota
 for the Victory Liberty Loan ahead of the
 record in the Fourth Liberty Loan for
 the corresponding day. On the next to the last day of the Fourth Liberty Loan only 65.9 per cent of the country's quota had
 been subscribed
 For the third time in as many consecu-
 tive campaigns, the St. Louis district achieved the honor of being the first dis
 trict to obtain it's quota for the entire
 country First reports from St. Iouis
 show the district with percentage Of
 1OO1 and it is said to be going strong for
 a big oversubscription. The New York
 district also is within striking distance
 of it's quota, having on hand tonight
 subscriptions of $1, ,2O4, ,00O0O0 or ss.11 DOT cent of it's allotment. The Minneapolis
 district which threatened yesterday to give St. Louis a brush for first honor9
 had S2 per cent of it's quota subscribed on the tasis of today's reports and when loan headquarters closed tonight the an- lnouncement of the governor of the Mime
 apolis district that the district had
 Dto rfo Sv, 6 A~ patches. had not been received. Features of the days campaign included the jump of the New York district from fifth to second place with gain or $234 600. 900; Kansas City district from seventh to fourth phice with gain cf
 sf4,00000O and the Philadelphia district from tenth to sixth place with a gain of S67, GOO 900.
 Colorado and wisconsin obtained their
 quotas today and the city of Richmond
 went over it's allotment by 10 per cent. BAKER ISSUES STATEMENT Secretary Baker tonight issued the fol- lowing statement:
 "The American army of occupation Is patroling the Rhine at Coblenz. The rest of our great expeditionary force is rap idly returning home. where it is being demobilzed and restored to the industry of the country. We must pay our scl- diers and we must feed, clothe and trAns- port them until the last man is dtn- charged. We must pay. too, for the great accumulations of stores provided for the use of the army, and satisfy the debts or honor which our country undertook as its share of the great undertaking where by the war was won.
 During the war we demonstrated the military, industrial. financitl and moral power of America. The eyes of the world | are watching the score of the Victory 1 Loan as the last conclusive step in that demonstration. We cannot fail. The great sacrifice was made by our soldiers who carried the flag of America to triumph | in battle We at home can do nothing which will equal the completeness and the glory of that sacrifice. but we can sus- | tain and support the fighting men and I help to gather the fruits of their victory | by showing the same sort of determnia- l ton in the Victory Loan that the country showed in the Liberty Loans and the soi-
 diers showed when they went over the l top.
 I This is the last great test This loan | is the last chapter in the story of Amer 1 ica's supreme achivement. It must be worthy of the other chapters in that story written by the soldiers at the front and the civilians at home, and together ltelling of the heroism, sacrifice and de- ltermination in a patriotic and righteous | cause
 NAVY REACHES QUOTA Again, setting the pace for the entire country, the navy today officially suo- scribed it's quota. Reported subscriptions l in. the navy were in excess of $26,oOo, 0n while the official quota had been set at SIP, 800 900. this figure being based on the Y iproportionate reduction in the nations :, quota and the as per cent curtailment of the navy's personnel since the last cam paign.
 We have gone over once in the Vic. | tory Loan campaign now let's double our quota and go over again. bringing the lnation along with us into the harbcr of victory said message sent today to all navy yards and districts.