THE BEE:. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1913.
LIBERTY DRIVE IN
SPEED SPURT AS
END DRAWS NEAR
Bond Campainn Total Reaches
$2,457,744,000, Not Includ
ing Tuesday's Heavy Sales
Over Country.
(By Associated Press.) s
.Washington, Aprif 30. Liberty loan
' subscriptions yesterday totalled $174,
443.000 the record for any single day
in the campaign and the beginning of
,s what the treasury hopes will be a
banner week to drive the loan far
above the $3,000,000,000 minimum.
The campaign total tonight was
$2,457,744,000, not including today's
. business, whichappeared large, judg
ing by reports from all parts of the
country of a final intensive canvass.
Subscriptions by districts were as
follows: i
- Minneapolis.' $131,982,500; St. Louis,
$153,306,050; Kansas City, $144,290,
?00; Chicago. $389,537,750; San Fran
cisco, $186,117,050; Dallas, $69,178,150;
" Boston, $209,077,450; Cleveland, $242,
247,700; Philadelphia, $197,486,450;
Richmond, $89,795,750; New York,
$592,022,700; Atlanta, $52,702,450.
- Big Jump by Atlanta.
The 'most notable feature of the
district records was. the spurt of the
Atlanta district from 37 to 58 per cent
in a single day, bringing it within 7
per cent of the New York district,
which now stands second from the
bottom in percentage of qudta sub
scribed, although its total, $592,022,
WO. 5s the greatest of any district.
The Sam Francisco district, with an
official percentage of 88 and fifth po-
sition in the list sent word tonight
that the 100 per cent mark had been
passed when $211,000,000, or $1,000,-
000 more than its quota had been
- reached.
Reports of large sales in sections
af the Kansas City district populated
by persons of German parentage con
tinue to pour in.
Fire Burns Film House.
Los' Angeles, Cal., April 30. Fire
late today at th . studio of the Jesse L.
Laskey Feature Play company in Hol
lywood destroyed , a frame building
used for property and costume stor
age, and did damage estimiated by the
management of the company at $250,
000. -
IOWA SOLDIER IS
BACK FROM TRENCH
WITHFRENCHCROSS
Chicago, April 30. With their bat
tered steel helmets, trench coats,
heavy packs and rifles, eight veterans
of Pershing's army, marching through
Chicago's streets today, gave the city
its first direct contact with the fieht
ing front and the real war that is
being fought 3,000 miles away. One
of the party, O. C. Hawkins, has won
the French war cross for exceptional
bravery.
They are in Chicago to arouse en
thusiasm for the third Liberty loan.
The members of the party are:
Sergeant Owen C Hawkins, Red
Oak, la., in command; Corporal Edgar
Barns, Joliet; Corporal Leonard
Omerod, Washington, D. C; Cor
poral Harold J. Srnlth, Jamaica
Plains,. Mass.; Corporal Merle L-.
Skinner, lOttuniwa, la.; Private Harry
N. Harrison, Lovington, 111.; Private
James F. Redding, El Paso, and Pri
vate Albert Montgomery, Stuart. Ia.
200 Jewish Refugees Are
On Way to United States
New York, April 30. Word that
200 Jewish refugees from Russia,
stranded in Harbin, Manchuria, while
on their way to America, have finally
been" able to resume their journey,
was received today by ,the Hebrew
Sheltering and "Immigrant Aid so
ciety, through the State department.
JThe message was sent by Samuel
Mason, representative of the society
in the far east, who went to the rescue
of the refugees.
Colorado Republicans Want
Senate to Expel La Follette
-Denver, April 30. The Colorado
republican state committee meeting
here this afternoon to elect a chair
man, passed a resolution denouncing
United States Senator Robert La
Follette, and demanding his expulsion
from the senate. The resolution also
denounced Colorado representatives
in congress who voted against war
with Germany.
Strikes Barred in Duluth
While Nation Is at War
Duluth, Minn., April 30. The
Trades and Labor assembly, today
voted to refrain from striking during
the war. "We realize," one of the
labor officials said, "that much of the
success of the war depends a great
deal upon industry, and that a strike
would cause a blow to be struck at
the roots of success."
Lew Kelly Will Tell of
Hun Air Raid on London
Lew Kelly, who is playing at the
Gayety this week, has been invited
to tell the Rotary club how it feels to
be in a city that is being subjected to
Hun air raids. "Brick" Klein, chair
man of the Rotary club entertainment
committee, lost no time, after reading
of Mr. Kelly's talk in the Sunday Bee,
in persuading that gentleman to make
an address before the noonday gath
ering of that organization Wednes
day.
Mr. Kellv is the first actor to come
to Omaha who has actually experi
enced the thrills (and the chills, he
says), that accompany a raid from the
sky. . He tells his story in a most
convincing manner. .
Western Railroads Take
$43,020,150 in New Bonds
Chicago, April 30. The April drive
by western railways for the third
liberty loan ended today in total sub
scriptions of $43,020,150 by 564,423 of
ficers and employes, lhe average
subscription per capita is $75.21. The
roads subscribing more than $2,000,000
follow:
Santa Fe, $3,120,600; Rock Island,
$2,892,300: Chicago and Northwest
ern, $2,855,900; Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul, $2,758,500; Northern
Pacific. $2,480,300; Southern Pacific,
$2,480,200; Burlington, $2,360,400;
Great Northern $2,328,700; Missouri
FEDERAL TRADE
BODY HOT AFTER
STANDARD OIL
U. S. Commission Charges Vio
lation of Clayton Anti-Trust
Law; Accused of Stifling
Competition.
Washington, Aprif 30. The Fed
eral Trade commission today issued
complaint against the Standard Oil
company of Indiana, charging viola
tion not only of the trade commission
act prohibitinj unfair business prac
tices, but of the Clayton anti-trust
law as well.
As an infringement of the Clayton
act, the complaint asserts that the
company is discriminating in price
between different purchasers of pe
troleum products and "that the effect
of this discrimination may be to sub
stantially lessen competition or tend
to create monopoly."
It is also charged that the Stand
ard Oil company of Indiana fixes dif
ferent prices in different sections, sell
ing its products at a lower price in
highly competitive areas.
Charge Competition Stifled.
The company is accused of stifling
competition in Michigan, Indiana, Illi
nois, Wisconsin, Mnnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Oklahoma by dis
tributing its products by means of
tank wagon stations and tank wagons
and refusing to sell in carload lots
or in such manner that the products
can be reshipped to other territories
where higher prices prevail, except
where such sales are made to other
Standard companies.
The trade commission complains that
the company sells its gasoline and
kerosene only to those dealers who
will handle other products of the
company. An advertising campaign,
designed to injure its competitors,
also is charged against the company.
Retailers Name Officers.
Fremont, Neb., April 30. (Special
Telegram.) R. R. Wohlford was re
elected president of the retail mer
chants' section of the Commercial
club at the annual meeting at Hotel
Pathfinder. Ray W. Hammond was
named vice president and C. C. Pol
lard treasurer.
America and Germany May
Agree on Pay to Prisoners
Washington, April 30. Negotia
tions looking to an agreement with
the United States as to the rates of
pay to be allowed prisoners of war
have been reopened by Jcrmany. The
approach was made through the
Spanish embassy in Berlin soon after
the War department declared that no
further allowance would be made to
German prisoners until the German
government agreed to reciprocate.
The United States government pro
posed that a schedule be drawn up
to govern payments to prisoners in
both countries.
New War Commission to
Speed Up Ocean Traffic
Washington, April 30. With a view
to speeding the arrival and departure
of ships in American ports the gov
ernment departments today created a
port, terminal and harbor improve
ment commission, to be put in charge
of all port facilities. The commis
sion's first aim will be to so link the
railroads and shipping lines that un
necessary delays will be eliminated.
April Bank Clearings Show
Big Increase Over Year Ago
Omaha bank clearings for April to
taled $255,924,953.97. a big increase
over; the total of $141,205,601.05 for
the same month in 1917.
Sundberg Bound Over.
Fremont Neb., April 30. (Special
Telegram.) Ernest Sundberg, Swed
ish carpenter, who was brought here
from Sidney on a charge of making
seditious utterances, was bound over
to district court at his preliminary
hearing today.
Sundberg pleaded not guilty. Two
witnesses testified that he said he
would rather buy whisky than war
savings stamps; that President Wil
son got the country into the war for
the money there is in it; that he
would rather go to the penitentiary
for 20 years than join the army, and
that if he could get back to Sweden
he would go.
Food Director Promises
Market for Nebraska Spuds
(From Staff Comipondent.)- "
Washington, April 30. (Special
Telegram.) -Representative Kinkaid.
who has been receiving many letters
from constituents complaining of the
low prices for potatoes and seeming
stagnation in the market, was told
today by Mr. Sweet of the food ad
ministration that a satisfactory mar
ket would be found for potatoes now
in storage in the Sixth district, and
that prices would be fixed around 7S
cents a hundred weight. .
Mr. Sweet, who has aided in ob
taining an advantageous market for
potato growers in Minnesota and
Colorado, feels no hesitancy in saying
that all the potatoes in western Ne
braska will be similarly taken care of
at prices statisfactory to farmers.
Uruguayan Minister Dies. .;
Washington, April 30. Dr. Carlo
Maria De Pena, minister from Urn-,
guay, died in a hospital here today.
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"Every Liberty Bond. Spikes a German Gun"
ISS Julius Man BjS
Announcing for Thursday
the event Omaha women anxiously await
MAY BLOUSE SA
Bringing with it thousands of Values of
a truly extraordinary nature
For weeks past we have been preparing for
this huge annual sales event
Watch Wednesday Evening Bee for details
Plan to Be Here Thursday at 8:30 a. m. Sharp
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not in a testing room but on the road; not with one or two tires,
but with 500; not on smooth summer roads, but on rough; frozen,
winter roads; not a few hours a day, but twenty-four hours a
day; not on light cars, but on 'heavy cars loaded to weigh
5200 pounds.
Under these severe conditions the average of the 500 tires
was 11,725 on rear wheels; 14,000 on front wheels.
When we knew what these tires could do, we said: "You're
real Kellys all right," and started to sett then.
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