Please wait. Contacting image service... loading

Article text

AMERICA.
TIE LIBERTY LOAI.
A GREAT SUCCESS.
Washington, June 17.
Thousands of eleventh hour subscriptions,
mostly rmall shms) were sent by telegraph
and telephone. - Practically the entire
police force of New York, numbering 10,000'
subscribed, taking up. on an average £14
apiece.
Mr. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasuiry,
in the course of a statement, said that the
effectiveness of theloan was an answer to
Germany's allegations of apathy. The loan
was an unmistakable indication of Ameri-'
can determination to continue the war to a
successful conclusionm The returns will not
b3 completed for some days, -but it is offi
cially announced that it has been over
subscribed from £100,000.000 to £200,000,000.
: Tremendous crowds gathered at the banks,
both. city and country, 'in the final rush for
the Liberty Loan. Wealthy Indians sub
scribed £2,000,000.
The latest estimates place the subscrip
tions to the Liberty Loan at £580,000,000.
New York State raised £210,000,000 of
the Iban.
MIr. McAdoo states that the bonds' were
advertised gratis in 38 languages.
$