The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
QUARTER BILLION TOTAL OFFICIALLY | REPORTED PLEDGED
 10 VICTORY LOAN
Actual Subscriptions AL ready Gathered By Work CTS But Not Yet Report ed Will Reach Half
 Billion, Is Belief
By Associated Press

Washington, April 23.--A Iquarter of billion dollars has 1 been subscribed to the Victory Liberty Loan and officially re- ported through banks and fed eral reserve district headquar- ters to the treasury.
 This covers probably only the first two days of the subscription period which opened Monday. and does not include the millions of pledges on which subscribers are taking their time to pay the initial insta llment Neither does it include ot- fically recorded subscriptions which have not been tabuiated by banks or which are in the process of being reported to district headquarter or compiled there. Only ten of the twelve district were represented in figures given out tonight l by the treasury. the Kansas City and At lanta headquarters not having submitted official reports. For these reasons offi- ciais were inclined to believe that the actual subscriptions already gathered by the millions of volunteer loan workers amount to at least half billion dollars.
 COMPLAINTS RECEIVED
 The first complaints that the treasury's official reports do not fairly indicate the records of various communities reached here today. They were met with the ex- | planation that the figures given out by l the treasury at night in cost cases were transmitted by district managers about noon of that day. The district managers also may report the standing of some city as of the night before. and this Is re- flected in the national headquarters re- view d day later as consequence,
 The treasury loan managers have found lit necessary to limit thelr tahuiations os 1 subscriptions to those reported through channels Of the federal reserve banks, and these banks recognize only subscrp. tions backed by initial payments For this reason officials said it would behoove loan workers to urge subscribers to make this payment promptly, so that the sub scrption may be counted in the commune ity's and the nations totals.
 DISTRICT TOTALS
 The exact total tabuIatedN tonight was $249, b49,VtO, distributed as follows: l Boston, s45, AIS, ,400O; New York, $SS, 000 00a; Philadelphia, $l9, ,25S, 150; Cleeviand, $is. l9S,950; Richmond, sls,3s3 6OOi Chicago. S25, 579,350; St. Louis, sz9,S7.s00; Minneapolis. $6,6l67O0 Dallas, s1,24l. 300; san Francisco, s2.050,550.
 An unofficial report from the Kansas City district said that sales there to- taled S,7e7,6oo.
 4 NEW ENGLAND LEADING
 Fifty four towns and cities in New England have reached their quotas. The number of subscribers in this district is considered very large, 12,fl3 subscribing the $45, 5,44S000 reported.
 With 15 per cent of the St. Louis dis trict quota subscribed tonight, the ln- diam section of the district was leading in percentage of quota obtained. Tennes- see was second and Mississippi. which had led in subscriptions until today, tooN third place.
 The Cleveland district reported that .t believed it's unofficial sales were at least three times greater than official figures !, showed
 A cablegram from General Pershing to- night said that an officer had sailed for this country on April 20 bearing pictures showing German people gazing at Victory ! Loan posters which recently were put up on German territory.
 Supplementary advices from Detroit, which went over the top on the first day, were to the effect that all loan workers are continuing their intensive campaigns so that every possible subscriber will be reached. The committee believes Detroits entire quota will be raised without count ing subscriptions by banks for their own account.
 NAVY SUBSCRIPTIONS
 The navy's actual subscription thus far | in the Victory Liberty Loan campaign has been almost s20O0,0o0. or enough to move the Victory ship, the U. s. $. Mar , blehead, approximately two miles on it's voyage from San Francisco to New Yors-- The navy's flying squadron of battle ships and destroyers, which are cruising along the Atlantic, Pacific and gulf coasts to help the Victory Liberty Loan, are receiving enthusiastic welcomes.
 The batt.eship oregon is rousing enthu- siasm eions the Pacific coast. In tho south the destroyers Ammon and Beais are adding thousands of dollars to the loans subscription.
 The Victory ship is scheduled to reacn Sanliego at noon tomorrow. where she will be relieved by the U. s. $. Crane. which will take up the second leg of the Journey.