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THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 191917.
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Buying
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NATION ANSWERS
THE PftO-GEIifiNS
WITH L0ANB00ST
McAdoo Warns Law Will Pro
I secute Those Who Threaten
! Banlcs Pushing Liberty
Bonds; Sales Heavy.5
(Br Am -lat4 Vm.)
; Wasliinglon, Oct. 18. The govern-
ment today put in motion- the machin
! ery to apprehend and punish pro
' German workers who have started an
' organized campaign in more than a
i ; dozen states to defeat the Liberty
:ioan. . '
- By telegraph from Salt Lake City
Secretary McAdoo authorized the is
suance of a statement here calling
hipon all banks upon which German
.'pressure has been brought to bear in
Ian effort to induce them not to aid
"the loan to report the circumstances
to him, promising to prosecute lo the
limit of the iaw the "disloyal and
traitorous persons" making such at
tempts at intimidation.
Start Investigation.
- Department of Justice officials also
"fwcran an invrstiffation into the WOfk-
.........- ,
ings of the alleged conspirators wunj
City, $7,197,000; Dallas, $6,830,000;
San Francisco, $39,040,150.
"New York cnt over the $500,000,.
000 mark, an unofficial estimate from
there tonight being $560,000,000.
Chicago's Wirwind Drive.
"Chicago reported a whirlwind
campaign and that district's total is
thought to be above $300,000,000. De
troit sent a telegram saving that $32,
500,000 or 76 per cent of its qftota was
subscribed and that by Saturday night
it surely would have an over-snbscrip-tion.
' . . -
"The Minneapolis district continued
to rapidy move on toward a $50,000,
000 total. St. Paul telegraphed that
it would raise $15,000,000 by Saturday
night 1
"The Cleveland district doubtless
has gone above the $100,000,000 mark.
The city itself has subscribed more
than $30,000,000. Pittsburgh has sub
scribed a slightly larger amount and
Columbus some $3,800,000.
"Increased subscriptions by the
New England states have come in
fast this week. Meager reports from
other states indicate that the $2,000,
000,000 mark is being rapidly ap
proached and probably will be reach
ed by Saturday night."
Three-Day DriVe V
Here for Liberty
Bonds is Started
'Continued from Pe One.) ,
all the business houses, and on the
streets. - i
Hunsicker Subscribes,
, Ulgs Ol uie imickcu luhjiju.wh
a view to prosecutions, wher justff Fred Hunsicker, president of the
;fied, under the espionage and other-4
JdW9 UCalHlH Willi cuiwuii aiiu .
Sempts to thwart the government's
"war purposes.
The nation's answer to the abortive
Utfforts of the prt-Gcrman campaign
was the greatest single day's sub
scriptions' since the Campaign started.
Officials estimate that nearly $l,750,-i
000,000 of the loan has been sub
' ' scribed and heavy sales are reported
in prospect for the. closing days of
hedrive. ' . , ,
Progress of the loan throughout
' the nation was announced in the fol
lowing statement issued by the treas
ury tonight: , . ; ,t ,
Big Jump Shows Up.
' "Official reports bn ' subscriptions
"totaled $827,174,650 up to the close of
business yesterday, or about $127,000,
;000 more than was 'reported at the
nfclose of the previous. day.
"Estimates based on the customary
' daily increases, of the official figures
and unofficial reports, from various
parts of the, country fcdHo the belief
tonight 'that between $1,500,000,000
and $1,750,000,000 had been sub-'
t "The official figures follow:
1 Boston, $95,000,000; New York,
$389,390,000; ; Philadelphia,- $26,345,
000; Cleveland, $95,300,000; Richmond,
$34,470,000; Atlanta, $8,669,050; Chi
cago, $91,279,000; St. Louis, $7,354,
350: Minneapolis, $25,500,000; Kansas
South Side Lumber company, and
nriiiiUnt nf the Sehwitzer fles'ane
Verein, subscribed $1,000 for Liberty
bonds. The society of which he is
president also subscribed $500. "Be
ing by birth a subject of Switzer
land," said Mr. Hunsicker. "the oldest
rnuh1ii in th wnrM. I have the
highest regard for-the German peo-
pie, UlH H IS iwyuasiuic iui int iu
hbld the same regard for, the kaiser
and his autocratic government. I
came to the United States where
greater right and freedom prevail.
Uiuinir twn xiirressfiil here. I am
willing to do my part ins financing the
war. ' ' '
- More Subscriptions.
Some of the latest subscriptions an
nounced in Omaha are:
t r t ' $ ?oon
Hugh Mufphy Const, Co 15,000
James A. fa.K iu.uw
A. M. j'effrey 1,000
International Harvester Co... 5,000
Reports coming to Secretary E. F.
Folda from several points in the state
every day indicate that the movement
is gaining more and more impetus out
in the state. Reports from Wausa,
Gibbon.' knd Lancaster county are
particularly favorable. '
Mothers Club Buys.
TraiiSchool Mothers' club voted
to buy a $100 Liberty bond after an
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appeal made Monday by MVs. C. E.
Parsons and Mrs Vaclav Buresh.
Thi'o rtnh in whirh ten nationalities
are repres'eiited, is iomposed of all
illC WU1I1VI1 HI 1U
Sixth and Hickory, who have the
school vote. Vo their work is due in
large measure credit for the new
school house now(being erected.
Mrs. L. M. Lord, chairman of the
business women's committee, an
nounces her committee members as
follows: Miss Katherine VVorley. Miss
Tone C. Duffy, Miss Maud Davies and
Mesdames Allen Parmer, CrJ. Hub
bard, C E. Parsons. W. B.'Tagg, W.
C Lambert, Frank Ames, A. C.
Kugel, A. V. Shotwell, O. Y. Kring,
Ernest Sweet, Ray Abbott, E. H. Bar
rett and Blaine Young.
Kennedy Talks to Nurses.
John I Kennedy addressed the
state nurses' convention ait the Black
stone Wednesday. Arthur Mullen
spoke at the women's Liberty loan
committee meeting at the Commercial
club at 2 o'clock. Other addresses
at women's meetings today were:
Omaha Story Tellers' league, Mrs.
Byron Clark, speaker; Garfield cir
cle, Mrs. George B. Eddy, .speaker;
Woman's Christian Temperance un
ion, Benson, Mrs. N. J. McKittrick,
speaker; Woman's Christian Temper
ance union, West Side, Mrs H. G.
Claggett, speaker; Daughters of the
Civil War Veterans Mrs. J Warren
Blackwell, speaker; Masonic lodge,
Florence; Florence Nightingale club-,
Mrs. D. G. Craighead, speaker, and
B'nai B'rith, women's auxiliary, Mrs.
Joseph Duffy, tpeaker.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success
BOYS IN KHAKI
AIDiOAN DRIVE
Give More liaa Thirty-Two
Million Dollars in Subscrip
tions for Liberty Bonds at
. Cantonments.
Washington, Oct 18. American
soldiers and theAarmy civilian em
ployes have purchased more than
$32,000,000 of Liberty bonds.
Of this amount, mem in the 16 na
tional army camps have subscribed
$10,600,000 and those in the 15 Na
tional Guard camps $9,200,000. The
national army soldiers have averaged
$24.52 each-, while the record of the
National Guardsmen is $33.36 per
capita and the average fot the entire
31 camps is $29.97.
Three camps have received sub
scriptions at latest report in excess of
$1,000,000. The National Guard camp,
Camp Sheridan, at Montgomery, Ala.,
leads with subscriptions of $1,229,950
for its 22,500 men. Second -honors
are held by Camp Shelby, also a Na
tional Guard command, at Hattiesburg,
Miss., where 17,800 men have bought
bonds to the amount of $1,152,000.
The only national army camp which
has broken into the $1,000,000 class to
date is Camp Grant at Rockford, 111.,
containing 2.000 men, whose Liberty
bond subscriptions stand at $1,096,800.
Nebraska' Credit $500,000
In U. P. Bond Allottment
In its distribution of the5,000,000
subscribed to the second Liberty loan,
the Union Pacific allotted $1,OOQ,000
to New York City, where the chief
executive offices are located. The re
maining $4,000,000 was . apportioned
among the thirteen states in which the
company's lines operate, in proportion
to the mileage in each state.
The apportionment of the $4,000,000
will credit Nebraska with $500,000;
amounts to other states as follows:
Iowa, $75,000; Kansas, $500,000;
Missouri, $150,000; Colorado, $225,000;
Wyoming, $250,000; Utah, '$250,000;
Idaho, $650,000; Montana, $100,000;
Nevada, $100,0(KHCalifornia, $300,000;
Oregon, $500,000; Washington,
$400,000. ' .
Boyles College Students
Subscribe for the Bonds
As a result of Major John Maher,
U. S. A., giving a 6hort address on
Liberty bond subscription, yesterday
afternoon, to the students of Boyles
college, that school has subscribed
$160 to the Liberty loan movement.
in the name oi the American ata
Cross.
The names and amount of all stu
dents subscribing were recorded, and
will be forwarded to the Treasury
department at Washington, D. C,
where they will be filed for record.
Hcmestake Mining Interests
Buy Quarter Million Bonds
Mitchell, S. Dak- Oct. 18. (Special
Telegram.) The Homestake mining"
interests at Lead have bought Liberty
bonds to the amount of $250,000 and
paid 2 percent oi the purchase
money with the application. Law
'rence County will exceed its appor
tionment by $50,000. The Homestake
contribution is the largest one of the
campaign and is probably the biggest
individual donation ever made in
South Dakota to any cause
Wants Jells and Dainties . ,
. For Army Post Hospitals
Mrs. Gould Dietz is making an ap
peal for jellies, preserves and chopped
pickles for the two army post hospw!
tals. The Red Cross committee ha$
furnished seventy-two dozen four
ounce glass containers which thej
wish the'-Svomen to fill. .
Already seventy-two glasses of
jelly have been sent to tthe Fort
Crook hospital and fifty to Fort
Omaha.
Many Musical Moments at Hospes
URSULA DIETRICH
APOLLO REPRODUCING PIANO
Coma1 Tomorrow- Coma Saturday Afternoon
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PIANO PLAYER ROOMS.
1513-15 DOUGLAS STREET.
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THIS GREAT
SALE
Opens Friday
8:30 A. M.
COME-EARLY
1111 IP Ol I O B ' I.T Havin decided W close out my entire, tock of Aelf hardware,; we have secured the services of Col.
E BIIU rUoMvB. J. Newlon of the firm of PIERPOINT BROS., Merchandise Brokers and Sales Experts, to help us
line up the stock and mark down the prices, and to handle the crowds that will come hundreds oi miles to attend this Great Slaughter Sale
of Real High Grade'Hardware. Now, we want you to understand that our Entire Stock will go on sale, not just a few odds and ends picked
out to get you in the store, then sell you something else, hut we include everything from Basement to Ceiling will have the Yellow Tags on
that will show you the GREAT SAVINGS!
Therefore beginning Friday Morning at 8:30 o'clock, we will open our doors to the public with the Greatest Price-Cutting, Closing-Out
Sale of Hardware ever held in NebraskV We want you to remember that this isiot a So-Called Salvage, Reduction, Contest, or a Flim-Flam
Sale, but is a Genuine QUITTING BUSINESS Sale, for we. have decided that we are through with the Hardware Game in Omaha, and we
have said t4 NEWLON to make the prices so Cheap thafc the Merchants that are up-to-date will come right in and buy this stock in a few days,
for we are tired of paying Big Rents and having the Landlord eat us up, so now it is up to you, the Consumer, to help us let go, for we are
bound to get out, regardless of what the goods will sell for. V
Now, get out your Catalogue and go over the Items that we have listed, then go carefully over this circular and compare the prices' with
any wholesale catalogue which you may have. Then come right in with your pocketbook well filled, or your check book, and take home enough
to last you for a year, for we assure you that now "ONE DOLLAR WILL DO THE DUTY OF TWO." COL B. J. NEWLON.
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of c tllie Rflainiy Bargiains k - Write For
- .Remember
These Prices Are
Only Good k
While Present
Stock Lasts
DO IT
Price
DRILL AND AUGER BITS
3-16 FordXJar Bits, worth 35c, now
: only, each , .7. . . v. . . . ..... .18c
9-16, 45p value, on sale at. . .'. .28c
1-inch Ford Car Bits, worth 70c,
speciajat :i ............. .44c
(We have all sizes in these aUhe
same bif discount.) x,
, BED CASTERS
We have in stock all sizes and kinds
of Casters for beds and tables.
Set of four Bed Casters, wdrth 25c,
yours for . ;i 13c
One" set Casters, worth: 35c, spe-
: cial, at7;7.v.7.v;.i.;.v;::,,2ic
Real $llvalue, now only . 69c
Large; size set of four' Casters
worth 85crfor . . .... .V.. .54c
WINDOW CLEANERS
Window Cleaners made of
rubber, worth 70c; sale, 47c
Window Squegee, worth 60c,
now on sale. ........ .38c
Best ' grade " brass bound
squegee, worth $2... $1.09
Bristol' window brush, worth
60c, now . 34c
Scrub brushes, worth 10c
. sale price . . i ....... . ?6c
Good heavy fiber scrub brush,
worth 15c, now. ... . ,9c
Galvanized iron Daisy Spray
ers, worth 75c, for. . . ; 58c
Plumber's Friend best grade
rubber", worth 85c, now 64c
Plumber's Friend for'clean
ihg , closets, worth $1.50
' now at $1.09
Rubber ; cup , cltaner, worth
. 50c, sale, only . ...... .22c
Dust Pans, worthy 45c, yours
for .....28c
Meat Hooks, just the thing1
for butchers, while, they
last, each, only 2c
OIL OF CEDAR
AND MOPS -
Oil of Cedar, worth, per bot
tle 25c, now only. 8c
50c size; yours for.... ..24c
Real $1 bottle, njw. . . .48c
Best .O'Cedar Mop, worth
$1.25, yours for 64c
PLIERS AND 4
NIPRERS
8-inch Clinch Pliers, worth
$2.50, now .$1.44
8-inch Red Devil Pliers, worth'
$1.50, yours for. . . ... .98c
No. 9 Red Devil PKers, worth
$1.75, only 79c
19-inch," worth 60c, for. . .34c!
1-inch Pliers, worth 85c. ,53c
Red Devil Side Cutters, worth
80c, tnly 52c
Diamond Edge Side Cutting,
.worth 75c, for. 36c
9-inch-- Diamond Edge Side
Cutting, worth 85c, yours
..for only...! . ..63c
Round nose Red Devil, worth
85c, for ....... A.... 44c
Regular $1.25 round hose
pliers, we close out at 69e
k Pocket size electrician's side
cutters, worth '50c ..... 32c
Combination nipper and
punch and pliers, worth
$1.35, we quiti,.....76c
Bradawls, worth 10c, now, 5c
V LOCKS ,
Yale '& Towne . Padlocks,
worth 40c, ,on sale at. .23c
Yale lockrworth 50c, now 34c
Yale padlock, worth $1.10
now at -64c
Regular $2 lock, yours, $1.38
No. 843 Yale, worth $2.50.
now only :$1.48
No. 860 Yale,' worth $30
now only $2.14
SPRING HINGES
3-inch Chicago Spring Hinge
Butts', worth 60c, yours 38c
5- inch Chicago Spring Hinge
Butts, worth $1.10, now 78c
6- inch Chicago 'Spring Hinge
Butts, worth $1.60 ..1.04
5- inch double action hinges
worth $2, for ....98c
6- inch double action hinges
worth $3.25, now $1.68
7- inch double action hinges
worth $3.50, now. . .$28
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I BUTTS v
Steel Door ; Hinges, : bronze finish,
3yx3y, worth 40c, now on sale,
at ....;.;.24c
'4x4 Nickel Plated Steel ' Butts,
: f worth45c, now. . . . . 28c
5x5 Steel Butts,-worth 65c now 46c
2x2 Brass Finish Butts, worth 25c,
. 'for nj . . . . .... .. , j16c
3x3i4, worth 12Mc, f or . ; . ,7c
3x3 Brass Finish,worth 15c, 'sale
price," only ; .'.I .....' -i 10c
3-inch Strap Hing worthlOc
-4 and 5-inch Strap Hinges, worth
15c, now on sale . i . . . . . . ... . V .yc
6-inch . Best ' Strap Hinges, "worth
20c, now at. . . . . .1 . . . . . . . .12c
FIXTURES ARE -V
FOR SALE : ;.vr '
C We hive a very full and coh
plete line, of Hardware Fixtures
that are for sale, and we want
every Merchant in this territory
to come in and lock over this store
and place his bid on the entire
line or part of it, as we will re
ceive sealed bids up to Saturday,
November the 3rd, when they will
be opened and the highest bid will
get them. Don't be afraid, but
come and look them over or write
for description. -
MY
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TIM!
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MERCHANDISE BROKERS, OlvlAMA
SELLING THE STOCK OF
1612 HARNEY STREET
WANTED-25 HARDWARE SALESMEN. APPLY CY TELEPHONE
DOUGLAS 421
Special Notice
As to
r Deliveries
' We have definitely decided to
make deliveries as follows: pur
wagon will go south of Leaven
worth and will leave the store at
8 a. m.; west, north of Leaven
worth to Cuming, at 10 a. ni;
north of that at 1 o'clock. Noth
ing delivered to anyone unless
you buy. at least $2.50 worth., v
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