Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-19
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The day was featured by the clos.
ing of business for i've minutes, the
establishment Of subscription booths
in department stores; and an address
by John L. Kennedy, newly appointed
fuel administrator. on the floor of the
Grain exchange which resulted in a
subscription of $2l2,4oo by the grain
men.
All these things heralded the be.
ginning of the three days intensive
Liberty loan campaign in Omaha and
in the state. Governor Neville has
asked that all the workers put forth
especial effort during these last three
days Of the week to bring in as large
volume of Liberty bond subserip.
tons as possible.
GET TOTAL OF $4,000. '
Mr.. Fairbanks talks were along
similar lines at each theater where
he appeared. He found the audiences
in generous mood and responsive TO
calls for subscriptions. The total
subscribed at the five theaters visited
was $4,000, as follows: Empress,
s., 100; Brandeis, $1,000; Boyd, $3.50;
Orpheum, $500; Strand, $4,6s0.
The totals for the days subscrip.
ton will not be available until today
At the Orpheum the larger sub
scriptions came from the balcony and
gallery, The committee that accom-
paisied the speakeE.had little difficulty
IN getting prompt responses.
y, Buying Black OF.
"I'li give you $50 to get. off the
stage" cried Rome Miller at the Boyd
theater after Charles Black had held
the platform for several minutes with
pleadings for lust a hundred more"
Mr.. Black accepted the $50, but
continued unabashed in his touching"
appeals, swelling the total by several
hundreds more before he finally re-
tired with all the honors. ~.
Mr.. Fairbanks was introduced by
John L. Kennedy at all the theaters
in WHICH he spoke. ..-'-.,
At the Empress he said i'll part:
1--WE may not all be able to go to the
front and fight in the trenches, but
we can do something; we can con-
tribute to the purchase of Liberty
bonds.
Back Up the President.
"When' congress declared war it
became the duty OF the president to
prosecute the war with all the en-
ergy of which the nation is capable
and it became the duty of every pa
triotic citizen to back up the president
of the United States, not as little as
possible, but as much as possible.
This great war requires money
and requires it in abundance. Where
is this money to come from! From
you and myself and other American
citizens, thai is to say, you and all
other patriotic citizens.
I'VE do not know how many bill >
lions of dollars will be required before
this war is ended. +. .~ s..
Asked AS Loan.
"Uncle Sam has no way of carrying
on the war except by the support OF
the citizens. In one sense of the word
the government is pauper until you
dig down in your pockets tor the
money which will finance this strug-
gle. 49,.
II do not doubt that even if the
government asked every dollar which
every citizen has it would be given as
a gratuity but it is not asked as a
gratuity, it is asked as a loan, and
the very best kind of loan.
"In the east there is all impression
that the west is not going to meet her
share of the Liberty bond allotment
but / am sure Omaha and the other
cities and states in the west will be
abreast of the tide when the campaign
is ended"
Addresses Ministers.
Former Vice President c. w. Fair
banks spoke at the evening session, of
the Presbyterian synod of Nebraska.
urging ministers to support the Lib
erty bonds and to stir the patriotism
of the people. He pointed out to the
ministers that they could do great
deal to increase the sale of bonds
when they return to their homes and
duties
Buys for Little Daughter.
Five minutes after the whistles
stopped blowing to announce the big
wind-up drive for Liberty loan sub
scriptions at 10 in the morning.
a member of the INSURANCE mems
committee hustling subscriptions OBJ
tanned a $4,000 subscription of DR.. T.
J. Dwyer for his little daughter,
Susan Mary Dwyer.
While the whistles were blowing,
gfoceryman, Charles Madison, tele-
phoned headquarters and asked to be
recorded as subscribing for 500
bond. "The whistles, brought it to
my attention." he said.
A force of 1900 men and women
are working and win continue to
work for three days in Omaha solicit
ing the subscriptions for the loan in
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