Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-11
FIFTH LOAN ISSUE
IS 0VERSUBSCR|BED
BY j. S. CITIZENS
Last Day Brings Avalanche
of Subscriptions Not
Yet Counted.
EXPECT TOTAL TO REACH
AMOUNT OF SIX BILLIONS
Minneapolis, St. Louis and Cleve-
land Districts Are Leading
All Others.
ALASKA MAKES FINE RECORD
Storms in the West Delay Final
Reports From Several I'M.
portant Sections.
ALASKA MAKES FINE RECORD
Storms in the West Delay Final
Reports From Several I'M.
portant Sections.
LEY Asse lated Pr.s..l

and last popular loan OF the United
States has been oversubscribed Al
though tho approximate total subscrip
lions will nos be known for nearly
two weeks, ngures available tonight
showed that the American people had
responded generously to the appeal to
finish the job"
Like all Of it's predecessors, the Vic
tory Liberty loan suddenly jumped on
the last day % the campaign above
the mark set as it's limit. The day
brought an avalanche of subscriptions
count unt snT next week. hc None of odavs
harvest was included in the total of
s3,Sie.63s,ooo subscriptions officially
officials would not be surprised to see
100000. Only $4,000, 900, 600 will be ac-
ceptcd.
this statement: While official reports
TO the Treasury Department show only
Saturday. unofficial advices from the
several districts Indicate that with
oui any doubt the Victory Liberty loan
every district making determined eff
fort TO gather in every possible sub
seription before midnight. Thus for
the call for the funds required and the
great Liberty loan organization has
once again prove its metal
Returns. Not Tabulated.
me nniy gauge py which ohcial5
could attempt to estimate subscrip-
tons not vet tabula.ed was provided
by the, record OF the fourth Liberty
after the subscription drive had ceased
The last reports obtainable when the
d dos ddn campaign ended showed $3.50
cent of the $4,000. 900, 900 total. al
though final subscriptions amounted to
s6.eel 100000. Up TO today in the cur
rent loan campaign S5.54 per cent of
the total sought had been pledged.
Official figures tonight showed that
the Minneapolis. ST. Louis and Cleve-
than 100 per cent and the Chicago dis
trict reported that it's quota had GER
,alniy reached that mark. although
claim could not be completed
New York district managers calcu-
lated that their district on final ac-
above lis quota. Messages f from BosO
ton and Philadelphia district head
quarters said, graphically, don't
Cleveland Makes Jump.
The increase in subscriptions over
the total last night was s534.76S. 900.
Aside from this the feature of develop
ments today was the jump of the Cleve-
from ninth TO third place with an In
crease OF from 90 TO more than 90 per
Boston. Cleveland. Baltimore. st.
cities which officially Obtained their
quotas early today. Alaska and Ha-
wall also made similar records
The Dallas district. which has been
tagging in its subscription figures, re-
ported at the opening of today's bust
ness that 1t probably had so per cent
of It's quota and that the outlook was
excellent for 100 per cent subscrip-
ton.
Atlanta district managers sent word
that rural banks were slow in sending
in their subscriptions as in previous
campaigns, but that final reports would
show the district had done what was
expected Of il.
In 100 Per Cent Column.
Maryland. including Baltimore passed
INTO the column Of 100 per cent states
early today: The sections of Illinois
Indiana and Kentucky within the ST.
Louis district also reached their quotas
storms interrupted communicate in
the Kansas City district and conse-
quently the districts report for tonight
is the same as yesterday.
subscriptions by districts tabulated
at the Treasury Department follow:
Minneapolis. si65.O37 900, ST Louis
slos's2Hooo; Cleveland, si52. 2o7 900:
091 900; Philadelphia. S313.041, 900; Chi
caEo. S510.262. 900: Kansas City. $780,
$1,000: Richmond, $15S496. 600: At
lanta. 500, $4,000; San Francisco, $40
O16,OO0; Dallas, $40,466. 900.