Arizona republican., 1919-05-10

The total Of SubScflprlonS annoUncel tonight by the treasLry really repre- sents campaign results Of at least s{ hours earlier and subscriptions ac- tually taken today, together with the first ten per cent clinching payment. will not show in the official totals u1- til tomorrow night. By that time - when the campaign closes, another half billion dollars, representing to- days work, is expected by treasury Of ficials This would raise the total of approximately s3,S00, ,000, ,0oo and leave the remainder of the $500. COG. .000 loan to come fl om the final days sales
 Largest Increase Yet
 The increase today wax s49e 500 0ne the largest of any day in the campaign.
 The flood Of subscripslons today for the first time carried the percentage ot quota for the Victory Liberty loan ahead of the record in the fourth Ifh- erty loan, for the correspondent day. The next 10 the last day of the fourth Liberty loan. only 65.9 percent of the cOuntTy's quota had been subscribed. For the third time. in as many con secutive campaigns also. the St. Louis district achieved the honor of being the first district to obtain it's quota for the entire country. latest reports from St. Louis tonight show the dis | rrict with a percentage of l001. and it 1 is said to be going strong for big over subscription. The Minneapolis district which threatened yesterday to give St. Louis a brush for first honors. had & per cent Of its quota subscribed on the basis Of today's reports. and when loan headquarters closed tonight the announcement Of the government of the Minneapolis district that the district had reached its quota. reported in press dispatches, had not been re- l ceived.
 Colorado and Wisconsin obtained their quotas today and the city of Richmond, Virginia, went over it's al lotment by ten per cent.
 Baker Urges Liberality
 Secretary Baker tonight issued the following statement.
 ''The American army Of occupation i is patrolling the Rhine at Coblenz. The rest of our great expeditionarv force is rapidly returning home. where ! it is being demobilized and restored to the industry Of the country. We must ! pay our soldiers and we must feed | clothe and transport them until the last 1 man is discharged
 ! During the war. we demonstrated l the military, industrial. financial and | moral power of America. The eyes Of 1 the world are watching the success Of ! the Victory loan. as the last conclusive l step in that demonstration. We can not fail. The great sacrifice was made i by our soldiers who carried the flag or America to triumph in battle. We af ! home can do nothing which will equal l the completeness and the glory of that sacrifice, but we can sustain and sup port the fighting men and heip to gather the fruits of their victory hv showing the same sort of determination in the Victory loan that the countr,s showed in the Liberty loans. and the :. soldiers showed when they went ever the top
 The navy today officially subscribed it's quota. Reported subscriptions in the navy were in excess of SIG. .O00. .0et while the official quota had been set al I SIP. 800, ,00O
 We have gone over once in the Victory loan eampaign-now lets double our quota and go over again. l bringin gthe nation along with US into the harbor of Victory" said a message sent today to navy yards and districts.
 N. Y. Certain to go Over
 NEW 1OhN. May S.-Off1cial sub scriptions today of s2Sz .2S1. $50 made it virtually certain that the New York federal reserve district would go lover the top" with flying colors before the
 Victory loan campaign ends tomorrov night. The total now is q. .2o4. .S75. .e5O
 or S9.2 per cent of the quota.
 When the tabuIations for the day
 were completed. it was found that New
 York City lacked only 2.1 per cent Of , it's quota of s1.000. 56i 500. The borough
 of Brooklyn had reached it's allotment
 and Manhattan was almost at its goal The work tomorrow will be entered or
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