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Show LIBERTY BONDS OVERSUBSCRIBED i.'Jij pfl BRITISH PLUNGE FORWARD ON SEVEN idSb Money Pours in From All Quarters Swelling Subscriptions By Millions cSa $3 cSc Reply to Letter of French, British and Belgian Ministers small subscriptions at the last mo Berlin, June 14, via London. June campaign ar.d it ha had a glorious 15. Under the caption "Submarine ment. Scores of small Investors were ing finish." Warfare and War Costs the North finding in line at hundreds of banks Gsrman Gazette has the following to throughout th country during th ew Subscriptions Yorks hour. Baal Will Exceed Billion Spelling the huge total by millions earn the belated subscriptions of ths till the last har.lts that held back moment. The clerical force of virtwere practreserve bank ually every ically burled eleventh-hpu- under a landslide of subscription. Four Banner District. r New Tork, Four banner districts apChtcsro. Cleveland and Boston peared. on the face of return at noon, to have subscribed the full ffjOOO, New York. (km 000 offering alone a was expected, led all other districts by a margin of more than double the next highest. This estimate was. made on the basis of reports an hour before the books closed in the east. San Francisco started the day with a sensational advance from it pre-- ; The first v.ous report of $52,000,000. this morning was heard thing officials that instead, of being approximately US. 000.000- - under its minimum allotwas nearing the ment. the district minimum and probably would take With thbul&t-inclerks many hours behind the subscriptions the participation of buyers of Liberty loan bonds in the New York federal reserve district at 10 o'clock today had reached an aggreTwo hours begate of 1952,000,000. fore the books were to close heagry subscriptions were still pouring in and it appeared certain that New York's share in the Liberty loan would exceed more than half of the total. The initial transaction in Liberty loan bonds, trading in which began on the New Tork stock exchange at noon today, was above par. A lot of 5 10.000 sold at par and The next lot. 1250,000. sold at par Boy Scouts of America have obtained subscriptions to the Liberty loan totaling $5,221,900. according to official returns made to scout headquarters here up to 8 a m. today. Officials believe the total subscriptions made through efforts of 228.000 scouts will amount to between 110,000,000 and 216.000,000. Chicago Qversuberribee. Chicago. June 16. The Chicago district Liberty loan flashed past Its quota of $260,000,000 shortly after the accountants resumed work this mornThe first figures announced ing. were $266,000,000 and a high official of the federal reaerve bank predicted that the loan in the Seventh district (Chicago) would be over subscribed New Tork, June 15. g $2,000,-000,00- 0 its quota. In the Dallas district the figure stood at $29,000,000 when the less than the $11,000,000 minimum allotment. There were then more than 2,000 banks to be heard from. It was thought their response would easily swell the total to the minimum of $40,000,000. Apparent failure of the Kansas City snd Atlanta districts to resch their minimum, based on early reports, reflected. officials believed, the failure of the cotton farmers of the south and the wheat growers of the west to by $40,000,000. Cleveland Away .Abend. respond as fully as it was estimated Cleveland, Ohio, June 15. Clevethey would. It was pointed out that in each district the farmers have not land Liberty loan subscriptions reachharvested their crops and therefore ed $56,000,000 this morning and it la are not in as strong a position to an- estimated the total will exceed swer the call as they- - will be after by noon. the harvest. Demand for Baby Bonds. Districts in which are located the great industrial plants of the counr try reflected a tremendous demand for the The baby bonds. S50 issue will be by far the most popular. it is believed. The total num-le- r of subscribers to all denomination!. it is estimated will exceed This is 10 times the number of persons in the entire nation who bold securities of any other sort. Th- - sn ail investor, officials declared tocav. ts to receive the full amount of nlf subscriptions. Vvery $50 and $100 bond subscribed for. it was said, is to be Issued. This presages a paring down of great individual subscriptions. Ev-r- y flying the American nag community from the Philippine to the irgin islands subscribed to the loan. Fairbanks. Alaska, the moat town on the continent, aent anorthern generous subscription. From the Panama Mnal rone subscriptions totalled 1250,- wide-pra- d ' McAdoos statement. Secy McAdoo announced the over-fulnription of the loan in the following statement: The Liberty loan ha been oversubscribed. It is to state the amount of the Impossible at the moment, but theoversubscription exact figures will oe given out as as the returns rapidly are received at the treasury depart- The success of this loan is a genuine triumph for democracy. It is the unmistakable expression of Americas determination to carry this war for the prelection of American rights and the of peace and liberty throughout the world to a swift and successful conclusion. m deeply to the bank-- " grateful th business men. the women of the organization ana the peoplepatriotic without generally, cordial and uPPort such aa could not been won. It has been an Lngplr- 1 Cleveland has exceeded her original quota of $34,000,000 by 50 per cent. Dallas Coining Cp. Dallas, Texas. June 5 Fred W. Hoopes. deputy governor of the Eleventh district federal reserve bank today announced hia belief that the district had raised its Liberty loan quota of $40,000,000. Twelfth District Quota Taken. San Francisco. June 15. The Liberty loan was fully subscribed in the Twelfth federal reaerve district, it was announced at noon today. said figure might not be available for days but that in San Franwere more than cisco Subscription $8,000,000 over the $42,000,000 allotment. Allotment for the district is $166,000,000 Offer Bond In FalL Washington. June 15. Secy McAdoo. announcing the of the $2,000,000,000 dollar offering of the Liberty loan today said he did not think there would be another offering of the remaining three billion authorized by Congress before this fall. Ninth Far Behind 15. June Minneapolis, Liberty loans subscriptions In the ninth federal reserve district will total between $62,500,000 and $66,600,000. according to official estimates. Districts minimum quota was $60,000,000. Montana made the best showing In the district, more than doubling her quota. Butte, Mont., Banner Subscription Town Butt. Mont Jan 15. Butte he subscribed $$.096,550 for bonds. The citys subscription isLiberty nearly eight times the allotment which was $1,080,000. Butte subscribed s larger amount than was allotted for the entire state of Montana. Petrograd, via London June 14. The executive committee of the workmen and soldiers council in a statement replying to a Joint letter addressed to it by Albert Thomas, the French minister of munitions: Arthur Henderson, British minister without portfolio, and Emile Vanderveide, Belgian mlri-itof munitions, expressing surprise that a call had been issued by the council for an international conference to Consider peace before the negotiations between the British, F rench, and Belgian deiegationa and the council bad been concluded, explain a Its post- tion regarding the impending interna- tional Socialist conference ine Ftusslan revolution." nays tha statement, "which is a revolt of the the cLri.mnh u against the horrors the world war. the blame for which falie upon the international imoerial- lem has placed before all countries, witn extraordinary' acuteness, the urg- ent need of concluding peace o tim. revolution indicted to th tiona a way for realizing this prob-- : lem. notably a union of ail the work- ing classes to combat ail attempts of imperialism to prolong the war in the interests of the wealthy classes and to prevent peace without annexations or indemnities. An Agreement Easy. "The working Hasses of all countries can easily come to a speedv solid agreement only If they are with their own Interests and inspired remove the aspirations of Imperialists and militarists, who often hide their true face under a seductive mask It is evident that the conference can become the turning point In the terrible If the epoch of fratricidal war members of the conference only are imbued with these ideas. And it is no less evi In none of the warring countries has the question of war costs attracted that degree of attention one was previously led to believe it would. One is almost inclined to assert that the higher the war costs mount the less attention they arouse and last word concerning the silver bullets probably will never come true. "The entrance of the United States into the war is accounted for in no small degree by the circumstances that they long since became the creditors of our enemies, whose bankruptcy they saw approaching and desired to avert as far as possible. In connection with the participation in the war of the United States and their shipbuilding plans, it is especially desirable to project the question of the cost of submarine warfare into public discussion. How do the materiel losses of our enemies compare with is those we are auffering? The answ-equite plain. values Offsetting the monstrous which the Entente Powers are losing daily in ships and cargoes foremost of which are those of England, not to mention the costs of meeting the submarine warfare, our losses are almost infinitesimal. They consist only in and munitions. This whol-l- y unequal proportion becomes more campronounced as the submarine paign goes on. The more our enemies hduInvest in shipbuilding the greater will raised be the ratio of values wiped out and cord or a motive thubjectof for a continuation to this increased extent we are per- of the war mitted to consider the success of our "Having recognized the right of nacampaign as an economic gain tion to dispose of their destiny, the of immediate importance. members of the conference will come To be sure our enemies set up the to an undersfandlng without difficulty for ton on which basis regarding the future of y slogan of 'ton to obtain restitution for trains and other regions. proposed Moreover losses sustained through our sub- - the working lasses, relieved of the marines. Seriously, they are hardly mutual distrust with which the to realize such a peace con-- j peria lists have envenomed them will dition. Such prospects never did obtain! agree regarding the means of grant-antoday they are more remote than ing compensation and the amount of ever. We may confidently permit our such compensation to the countries to make reply to such a boast- devastated by war like Belgium. Poful demand. land. Galicia and Serbia. But It goes without saving that such compensation must have nothing In common with Shipping Board Counsel. the contribution which is imposed on the conquered country. Washington. June 15. Alfred HuThe Secret Fnion. ger of Charleston. 8 C.. a lawyer, was Regarding your statement that it today appointed admiralty counsel to is impossible for you to break the sethe federal shipping board. cret union this evidently, is baed on a misunderstanding, for the council of the workmen and soldiers' delegates GEN. PERSHING AND claims from no party as a preliminary condition the renunciation of the policy already pursued by it. The council expects from the conference of the STAFF Socialists of the belligerent and neuGUESTS tral countries the creation of an Internationale. which will permit all the working classes of the whole world OF MARSHAL JOFFHE to struggle In concert for a general peace and break the bonds which unite them by force to the government and the classes Imbued with imperialwhich prevent peace. Part. June 15. The French aca- istic tendencies, "The council of the workmen and officers soldier demy ha resolved that Its also considers it delegates shall wait on Gen. Pershing with a futile for parties to make it an absoof their condition lute the taking part in arademy and Invite greeting fjrom conference' that the preliminary him to attend a public reception on the of other consent parties shall be obJune 21. The American general and tained to any obligatory decision, for his staff were the guests of Marshal that would give rise to Irreconcilable J of fee at lunch today at the military contradictions or question, an amic' club. able discussion of which might lead While the American general is be- to a solution acceptable to both parIn honor with hi loaded Paris ing ties. subordinate are already at work. A v "Regarding your desire to obtain a delegation of American officers ac- previous complete agreement between companied by a French officer has the allied Socialist, the way in which begun a tour of the principal rail- we put the problem renders futile any road centers to Inspect the French such understanding. We consider that the conference can succeed only If the transport organization. The French press Is still busy dis- Socialists consider themselves, not the cussing the pronunciation of General representatives of the two belligerent Pershing's name. La Llberte says that parties, but th repreaen tat Ives of probably the best solution Is Pereohlc. sing) .movement of the working meaning Gallant Father, or Pereher. meaning Dear Father. general peace." Lloyd-Georg- T, fT Mnoe riiib UBj cS3 . C3 fSb ill Belgium T Front m HE British campaign in at de Belgium gives veloping into one of the most important of the war. The Germans apparently are unable to resist the pressure betrg Constantly applied to them And are being forced back at a comparatively rapid rate. Today brings the announcement of another considerable advance by the British in this area. They attacked last night in the region south and east of Messmes and on both sides of the canal, gaining ail their objectives and capturing one big gun and seven machine guns together with 150 prisoners. The front line in the British offensive movement extends for a of about seven miles from distance ' the village of Klein Zillebeke south of the Hiver Warnave. Last night's attack, the culmination of constant pressure, yielded Gen. Plumers troops the German front trenches between the Warnave and. the Lys besides additional ground more to the north in the sector between Ypres and Comlneb. the official statement indicates. Slrns of & further retreat of the probable Germans are not wanting. Correspondents have reported the withdrawal of the German big guns In the area east and southeast of Massines to the extreme limit of their range. The British artillery command of the situation seems tb be almost wholly responsible for this and other yielding tendencies of the Germans. The German big guns secured their when advantage Messines ridge, the only comin eminence manding the region. was stormed at the opening of the offensive. Gen. Haig's dispatches have Indicated that important developments might be expected to grow out of the offensive in Belgium and his predictions appeari to be in the way of being made good. DEFINES MEANING North German Gazette DisOF THE REVOLUTION cusses Question and Finds Great Comfort A Revolt Against the World June 15. The Liberty loan has been War as Well as Against WASHINGTON, When the books closed at noon the treasury officials estimated that the total would WHY UNITED STATES Tyranny of Czarism. reach at least $2,500,000,000 and might soar to $3,000,000,000. JOINED THE ALLIES of 83 Germans l ithdiaw Big Guns From Says King George Every federal reserve district with the possible exception of Atlanta and Kansas City appeared to have exceeded its minimum allotments. Reports from these two districts were slow in coming Largely Owing to the Fact in. With thousands of banks to be heard from in the two districts, That America Became however, it seemed likely that the minimum allotment would be Their Creditors. reached in each case. Reports from every section of the country told of an avalanche C TEUTONS RETREAT UNDER DEADLY ARTILLERY FIRE tiSb Proud of His Army, Utah has exceeded her minimum allotment by or more than 37 per cent. According to reports from Washington, Utah will stand among the leaders in patriotic devotion to the Union. With an allotment of $0,500,000, the total subscriptions are nearing the $9,000,000 mark. cSs cob Tell Plumer We Are First Allotment of Bonds Offered on Stock Market Is Sold Above Par Value HE FRONT Gained All Their Objective Are Now Astride Y pres-Comin- Canal. ADVANCE THEIR LINE ALONG WHOLE FRONT Ypres-Com-lr.- Plumer and the how proud we are of this achievement by which in a few hour the enemy waa driven out of positions which strongly entrenched had been held by him for two and a half years said King George In a message to Field Marshal Haig eon- fackUonUrKMeX dgT Plumer'? army ha been congritu-o- f lated i y Haig and take? a particular Pride in a tribute from a very after placed French officer, .who. ;tu()y,ng ,he plan and witnessing the action, said, "This is a model of w'hat a modern attack should be Genera! Sir Herbert Charles Onslow "TELL General I 8econd army es German Parties Reconnoitering Near Verdun Caught by French Fire. London, June IS The .British truck another blow last on the front near Mcaaines. the night office announces. They gained all ,r their objectives, advancing south and east of M casinos and astride the ft Yprcs-Com-iin- c&nai. Brli foil now occupy the form-e- r front trenches of ihe Germane from the rher Lys to the river Is a result of last night's oper- tions and the constant pressure exerted the British have advanced their lines from 500 to 1.000 yards oh a front seven miles. The official ahnouncement reads; ' Our troops attacked yesterday turyera in trie - udan lon6 record anli South Africa, ning south and east of Messinei astride the canal. enemys resistance was quickly overcome and the whole of our objectives were gained in both localities. We captured more than 150 prisoners, one howitzer and seven machine guns. FIGHTS AGAINST A the result of these operations and the constant pressure maintain-e- d by our troops since June 7 we now SUNK LAST WEEK occupy the German front trenchw TUBERCULOSIS from the river Lys to the river Warnave and have advanced our line from Paris, June 15. Four French &hip6 to 1.000 yards on the whole of more than 1.600 tons, one under 500 that size and three fishing boats were front from the river Warnave to Klein a distance of about seven Dr Livingston Farrand Say sunk by mines or. submarines during Zillebeke. the week ending June 14. Six ships miles. "We made a successful rai d lastf unsuccessfully attacked during It it in Need of Assistance were the same period while 1.034 vessels night north of Lens. Many Germans of all nations entered French d ports were killed in From America fighting and; 1,015 departed. and a few prisoner? were taken by Plur TIm War-liav- e. Ypree-Comin- T hand-to-han- Al&ace-Lor-the- HALF MILLION CASES IN THE COUNTRY CONTEST d HE FOR German Reconnoitering Parties Are Dispersed SEAT 15. Jun Paris, Reconnoitering parties were sent out by the Germans laet night in the Verdun sector at Hill 304 and on the height? of the Meuse, the war office announces. They were caught under the French fire and dispersed. The statement follows: ' Artillery fighting continued during the night. In th1 region of and Craonne these actions were rather violent. South of Juvincourt brief and severe bombardments were carried out by enemy batteries. German reconnoitering were parties caught by our fire near Hill 304 In the Chevaliers wood, on the heights of the Meuse and in 'th vicinity of Bioncourt in Lorraine and were unable to approach our line? Everywhere else 'he night was calm. Foundation to Send a Mission to Combat The Disease. London. June 15 The Sinn Feln-er- s of East Clare have decided to contest the seat In parliament vacated by the death at the front of Major William Redmond. They have chosen a candidate Edward de Valera, form-rl- y a professor in Dublin university Boulder. Colo.. June 15. Need of And sentenced to death for his connection with the Sinn Fein revolt. His assistance from America in the fight sentence was commuted to penal in the French servitude for life and he is now against tuberculosis in army was set forth by Dr. Livingston Jai!.Farrand. president ofthe University of Colorado and director of the misto be sent to France by the sion Rockefeller foundation, in a statement he made before leaving for Paris. Dr. British Have Taken Over OF Farrand was for 10 years executive 100,000 Prisoners secretary of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tu15. More than 100.- -j berculosis. London. June 15. Two further In 000London Tune prisoners have been taken by the "The French death rate from tuber- stance of the of German British the inhumanity war, James Ian during culosis is, roughly, twice that of! submarine method have Just been MacPherson. parliamentary secretary America and three times that of Eng-- I to war the office, announced In the land, said Dr. Farrand. "Normally published. Ten members of the crew house of common today. Lp to th France ha a hiirh death rate and ajof th British steamer Kartba, which end of last 76.067 prisoners were low birth rate and with the increase torpedoed without warning 250 I taken on theMayw estern front to which in tuberculosis brought about by the mile from land on April 22 were pick-wmust he at least 8.000 for th It Is evident thet something niuet up after 12 day apent In an open month of added June. In Mesopotamia l.-- f be done and without delay. (boat. For seven days they had been 000 prisoners have been taken since "It is estimated In reports to the without food and two of ihe survivors July 16! s. In Egypt the number i. Rockefeller foundation that 2160.000 Idled after their rescue Another with of since July 1, 1916,, soldiers have been discharged from Si men has not been heard from and is prisoner taken 8,739. approximately the French army because of active it is feared it was lost with ail on On the western front Ihe British tuberoulosie. Nor Is this condition board. armies have capture? 434 guns since confined to the army. Refujee from 1. ThM BIt55vlrtamr 1916. In Mesopotamia 1U waf the oooapled districts of northern torpedoed without warning on April Joljr have been taken since the gun France are breaking down in large while 140 miles from land. The ginning of the war. exclusive of those numbers and the French prisoners re-- : captain and 20 men were drowned and lost at and subs, turned from Oertnany show a high the remainder of the crew were found quently In Eg? nt i guns recaptured. In a capalxed boat on which they had have been taken, percentage. A special drifted for 16 days without food Only, The territory regained by the Brit-tw- o were alive when the boat on the western front since wasjteh July - (PMUwd i picked up. ftps eleven ) i, 1926. amounts to too square Rrw-lreGI- Hur-fehi- se i j ar be-1- 4, ra I |