Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-26
OFFICIALS REPORT
! NINTH OF VICTORY
| LOAN BONDS SOLD
Treasury Learns Subscrip-
tions Amount to Over
S500,000,000.
1T. LOUIS DISTRICT LEADS
AND BOSTON RUNS SECOND
fifth Federal Reserve Section
Shows Total of $27,15O,4OO
in Issues Taken.
lVICTORY SHIP" SENDS APPEAL
var vessel Asks Nation to Speed
1t Through Panama and
to Gotham
SHIP" SENDS APPEAL
fBv Associated Press. ,


WASHINGTON. April 25.-Ronorts
the Treasury Department from all
cderal reserve districts tonight
moved official subscriptions of ,55I..
$500 to the Victory Liberty loan
his is approximately one-ninth of the
minimum amount. $4,000. ooo. 900. soueh,
while the total for tho ff,h day
| me campaign showed only i2.2 per
cn' OF the loan in hand. Treasury
'hciais pointed out that these figures
"ercd Tor the most part only sub
;riptions received up 10 the close Of
usiness on the fourth day. The to,a,
oniy about half the pro rata amount
tnc perod' but compares with 10
~, IN OF nc fourth Liberty loan
nat campaign. u"S !"
sc. Loui, District Leads.
ne St LOUIS district. on the basis
SUBSCRIPTIONS officially reported IN
i ,e Treasury. was leading The coI,n,rv
()nisht with 264 per cent OF i,s ..iin,S
ient raised. The Boston district vas
sshosJsoin;ions si J,oH;s by districts follow:
1880: Chicago. sIOsIs7 o5o,' ~ roi
,ond; .27l5o.too; New YORK. ,l5s oSo'
nd nd sht:glasSSsinhia' stg sSi 55n sas,G22 900; cieve-
~; san francisco. 5i5.55o. 700: Mime
pp.,s: ,: 'na.eis'soo: Dallas. S4.7l6,35O;
Siabka S-,!bt.JJN
Additional reports from De,ro;,
men went over the top on the second
~ OF the Campaign. were 70 N. efo..
~ pipEees or industries in that
nd in E. suoscrlbing in larger numbers
IL ~ az larger amounts than in ,be n, 80
ipcrty loans. '' the other
-, indiana Section Ahead.
binS soushern portion of Indiana
,hsr sm Is IN the ST. Louis district. has
nd WAS reno, 90 per cent of It's quota.
,s district iPof'en leading the States in
IN IN % per cent. Thirteen OUT ~
,cky "Snty hays counties nh,s heard from in Ken
issouri counties have achin~ni PIX
" per cent mark. the
o5!es among farmers In Tho Claw
.rdod o'sIrict have been greatly re-
iIeatentns fruit crops. Indus, -
Iies IN the district were reporte5 sm'
|>uragipg poi' 'eo en-
So, southern Memorial Day. in the At.
trec States tomorrow as Victory ~,
'nt memorial services will be beid
heroes OF the Civil and Euronnan
TWENTY-FIVE out OF 2ss counties n
&c minneapolis district reported tha,
ley had obtained their quotas and
ere continuing the campaign
New England Active.
EiShty-two communities In the New
nsland district have been awarded
onor nass. sixty of ;hcm being in
ermont. al
About $50 miles below the Me1ic,,
order, somewhere along the coast Of
p~eT California, the navy's Vic
ry ship. the U. S. < Crane. was re-
prtcd headed for Panama and Tho
bme port OF New York From The
tctory ship today came the follow
wireless appeal TO the entire
1T Is up to the nation TO speed the
ictory ship forward. Every officer
I'D man here is at his post Of dutv.
ady to bring her Into Victory Har,
pr ahead of time ii the nation will
hke the necessary subscriptions to the
tctory loan.
I'VE await the orders OF the country
,lr engines move in accordance with
e efforts of the folks at home. We
lie waiting for the wireless sparks
,hich Will order us to go full speed
bead"
Rear. Admiral Cowie announced TO-
I'Eht that the total for the navy Itself
"a Increased TO more than $4,000 600
we have challenged the country
match the navy Now IL is IN 70
ft TO give the country something to
latch" said Admiral Cowie in a mess.
re TO the entire service. Let go all
toadsidcs!'