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Show INTEREST ON FIRST LIBERTY BONDS DUE Coupons Are Pouring in Upon the Federal Fed-eral Reserve Banks by the Bushel. WASHIXGTOX, Dee. 14. Interest coupons of tbe first Liberty bonds, representing; rep-resenting; the initial semi-annual interest inter-est payment of the Liberty loan, ,lue tomorrow, to-morrow, poured iu upon federal reserve banka today literally by the bushel. If all bondholders Were to present their coupons $.j5.000,iu0, or per eent on the $2,000,000,000 total of the first loan, would-be paid out tomorrow and nearly nine million coupons would be exchanged for money. Many purchasers, pur-chasers, however, probably will not exercise ex-ercise their option of receiving any interest in-terest paymeul at this time, and will hold their coupons to be cashed iu later. Coupons may be cashed at banks or postoffiees anywhere in the country. Holders of registered bonds will receive their interest payments bv checks to be mailed from the treasury.' Persons who. on November lo. ex-ihansed ex-ihansed 3'.. per cent bonds of the first issue far 4 per cent bonds of the second issue, will receive five months' interest at the 'lb per cent rate and one month s interest at the rate of 4 per cent. Holders Hold-ers of interim certificates mav obtain their interest bv presenting the certificates certifi-cates to the hanks which executed them. The thousands of subscribers who are buy i iifr bonds from banks or employers by weekly payment are not entitled to receive interest unless they have actually coir, j ' -: ci payments. The first interest payment on the .second Liberty loan will be due Mav IJ. |