UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 June 1917, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

iA RUSH 'KIE THE LOAN. ■w Washington, June 15. President Wilson has signed the l?c* flciency Bill, making provision for naval and military expenditure. There were tremendous crowds at the banks in the cities and the country who made a final rush to subscribe to the Liberty Loan. Wealthy, Indians subscribed ten millions. A PROHIBITION BILL. Washington, June 15. A Bill designed to prohibit tho manufacture of whisky and beer for the duration of the war has .been reported in the Senate. It would authorise the President in case of emergency to prohibit wine making. lIBERTY LOAN. (Received June 16, 5.5 p.m. Washington, June 15. Mr. Woolley, the liberty loan publicity agent, forecasts that the loan will be. over-subscribed by nearly a billion dollars. Tho closing of subscriptions was marked by the sounding of thousands of whistles and fog horns. The bonds are quoted at a shade over par in Chicago. 'New York, June 15. The United Press Washington correspondent estimates that there nvere two million subscribers to the loan. LOAN GREATLY OVERSUBSCRIBED. Received June 17. 5.5 p.m. New York, June 10. There are indications that the Liberty Loan will be over-subscribed by upwards of a billion dollars. There was a tremendous rush of late subscriptions received.