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Two Western Pennsylvania Eight County Boys Killed in Allied Manhattan Shirts TONNAGE SUNK BY GERMAN 'SUBS' FALLS OFF HALF Hard Hit in Losses of WORK-FIGHT PLAN MEETS WITH STRONG The 110th at the Marne Drive on Germans Sale Begins Today I $4.00 One Hundred and Tenth infantry, son the late Sidney Marlin, of Indiana. Private J. P. Asaskevi, Company F. was in business here previous to enlisting.

Sergeant W. E. Oakes, Company son of Mr. and Mrs. W.

E. Oakes, Clymer. He has a wife and young child livimr at Dixonville. $2.50 $3.00 ones $2-15 I'AIilS. Ang.

14. Th allied and neiitrnl shipping nun), hy enemy hiiIi-uiarints during July rnnountdl to ton, compared with tons Ml ilk in 191 7. This mdiral det-rrOKe In low.ni is doubly MviiiUrant when Hie in iiirrehunt marine navigation resulting from the American shipbuilding rfl'ort i.H "iiNidrrd. The entente nations consiiurted (lnr-injr July a tonnttee in ff of to destroyed during the month hy ncni oncrutionf. The entente (ommtr tonk in 1SIM Hun itiii i than thnt lt in MH7.

LIST OF CASUALTIES if Y) nnit mnnriP i Chlleoat. ii yed years, Altoona; AMONG U.S. A. Walker. 20 years.

Altoona; (Warren A. Walker, 29 years, Altooni SUIT SALE Special Lots of Men's and Youths AH-Wool Well-Tailored Suits; sizes 32 to 48; at these bargain prices: j' -V-tJl WL ifftjK Kr freer 'ft t3, 4 ji It's 5 tK rvJ? I 4.88 $24Q ones 7.OO $22L50 9.83 Straw Hats Panamas Lcshorns 0PP0S1T10 FROM Gornpers Tells Sena- tors It Would. Production. REFLECTION UPON LOYAL WORKERS WASHINGTON. Aus.

U. labors emphatic crnositien ar.y work or ftgVt provision in tlic new manpower bill (e'stejidius the draft osep in Jn a letter from S-muel flonip- ers. -jtresirlent of the American Federa-ticnf Irfibor, reeeived today by mem- bernaaf the Ne-! litary ownnitte. TrHcPjetter viirrp; particularly to an omenijjiient proposed by Senator i Thorf of Co orads. propopiits to with- lra.r oa.sstticatioii viven for induttfial reasons where Tr.eu are ab- i sentifroni their work for moi than live Csys without cause.

The provi.sion. ns 44ed to the bid esterday by the was a modification of one propoiled by Senator of Missouri. eiimjjrtiattri the five djy limit. "ISTMny Judrnent." Mr. wrelVf th3 Thomw amendment, "'no i inetir! cf'Jld be enacttd with more injurious consequences to cont iniioiirt production than the enactment of sueh I measure as indicated.

The workman United States are doing their full Sliare of aervice and duty. They ale 4iole-heartedly supporting the war proR-rajn; they arc srivinp themrelves. I iheiiCJson.i, their brothers and other bloo-felatiorta on the firing line. They i ale ptbduon more man and more to tlvS. ngsresale thaij any man o- groupc of men in any other country on' live face of the globe.

"Ify-re and there may he- one or a few whoiraay have failed perform their btit I subinit, sir. to your serioas consideration, whether, if a bill wcrrf 'enacted into law which all the BURi OPEN SATURDAYS UNTIL 9 P. ALLEGHENY COUNTY CASUALTIES is ACTION. Private Harold A. Knapp, '--H IPm iMipce tol.

Serpeant William Iveefe, 1-iOti Kokert street, PittshurRb. Private Clifton Moffitt, 18211 Forbes street, PittsbuiRb. IHvat Ild f. Hryseiii. IIS lmclii avenue.

Millvale. Private tieorge Baiimler, Mid avenue, MilUaio. Private Domenico llomco. 1 2510 Main strecl, sharjlnif Private Seott. tilenshan.

IVivate trth (ir'ium. Newton. MISSIMJ IX AtTIOV. Private S. t'Soytl P21 Shetland avenue.

Pittsburgh. I 504-506 Federal North Side I more of ih" war department's; 11..1 Ii, wo-'j flv; llOV'O HPTI null in rtvuuu tin v. reeeisel la loea! homes, and to a ninth there came worn mat one ot e.nnloved bv the va. orstwhile occupants was "missing xLlli1-1 'a- cinpio.ta na ao action." Several of the casualties oe tioaal Tube Company before he enlist, worlta of our country would be justi- the allies turned the tide, tied SS interpreting as a-reflection upon Less th.in four months after his en-the'r-fervices and their loyalty, it would, trance into the military establishment, not create a reaction most unfavorable, James 23 years old, of Glenshaw. to owV common purpose in s-trvice and- feK in battle, according to a telepram in -wjiinins the war.

Preservation Laws Sought for Roads I i i XZ' Liicerty auiomooue company, aa Acts providing a maximum weight for member of the Shadyside United Pres-load 'tvhich may be hauled over 1m- byterian Church. Two of his brothers proved county roads, and prohibiting- are in the military service, one, Robert, the taove-ment of tractors and similar i at Camp Lee, and the other, Edward heavT-machinery by daylizht will ba Scott, in a South Carolina training curred early in the July period when received yesterday by his mother. Mrs. Annie Scott, of that place. He was n.

ir.ember of Company H. One Hundred nd Tenth Infantry. He went to camp Lee less than four months aso, and was transferre-d to Camp Hancock when the s-ere being rilled up there. He ot! otiIavpH Yiv an Tast camp. Beside his brotner ne leaves mother, one sister, Elizabeth; one' half-sister.

Miss Ethel Forbes, a teacher in the Fulton School; and two half-broth ers. jonn ana Aiexanuer i morning from tbe war department by Mrs. Martha C. Mullin, '421 Shetland avenue, her son. Private S.

Cloyd Mullin of Company Five, Forty-ninth Regiment. United States Marines, was reported as missing in action of July 15. Private Mullin is 22 years old, and enlisted in the marine service July, 1917. After training at Paris Island, South Carolina, he was stationed on the bat- i $5.00 $4.85 ones $6.50 ones 1 1 1 $20ones $2 .25 $3 0.00 ones $25.50 mm Let bather uourB 1 nest 1, 'T 915 -21 "Pervyi Marriage Licenses. aSy Eva i Vittstiurg fiiy warren liarrv Cratty, Elizabeth Monongaliela City Hutchison, Merle C.

Bradfor 1 Woiherspoon, Louise M. Auberle. William Manning, Ruth Askir-s, Joseph Touche. Josephine Xirsf-hell, Frank HuTiestea-l I'llLshuru 1 Lim 1 MoneaHf 1 Pittshurc Pittsburg Pittshuriv Pit churi? 1 IMtt-'huiK 1 Fitisbim- Pen PUtnDura Pittsinm' Buffalo. V.

Y. OuBms CarriK Wiikinsbiir-r irinsbur.y i IS' 1 Pitt-bur. North Ue-fcenit" )ptti-l Ft. Louis. IV: East St.

i.l. Pitt-bur-. East I-'M 1 Kant 1'iitsbur-t. 'amebic Cai negle Pittsburgh ttsbuigh Cleveland. Plttsburi-i.

Term in. Bertha Ilindes. Samuel Jr. MuKeen, Gladys K. Eisner, Z.

Lawrence Green. Elizat.tth M. Eagien. Ralph Hfibc-r. Eiva R.

Berman, Morris A Knarks. Mollie Lrau-ker. George C. Keesler, Nora A. Sperling.

John Staik, OathtJ ne McAfoos. Frank M. Bruce. Blanche E. Clarke.

John A Sulckt-n. Anna It. Niesen, Andrew Redfern, Lillian P. IviiiK, Oeor.ye VV Priest, itary F. Stoll.

Gottlieb lonc-ar, Marie Riser, Joseph Hildebrand, Emma Sperry. August I' Haupt, Amanda Galande, Samuel Lando, Rachel Winc-breser, Raymond H. Hoover. Clara Mitts. George Clark, Cora Olsen.

Olaf Prase, Elsie L. Smith, William Bailie, Ida Unger, Waxiau Kaceroaka. Katherine AMUSEMENTS. inprm mats kii DAILY BECAUSE OF Tremendous DemanJ A-VOTKKR WEEK OF THE SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT D. W.

GRIFFITH'S Sit rV Gladys Brocku'll In 'THE BIRD OF PREY' vonn hi.tkp.s. SKNGAJ.I. n.rs a i kw () i 1 v. BVr-- fc' i the mmm ii-'- presented to the Legislature at the next session by the Allegheny county commissioners. Commissioner Frank J.

Harris announced this yesterday, after several tftys of futile Investigation to find a tracior whicK has been scoring up the county roads aout The ban on tractors is suggested because the asphalt surface of roads is softe-and more susceptible to injury durinjE2the daytime. Th commissioners will let a contract-tomorrow for rebuilding 8,560 feet of the Noblestown road near Oakwood. It-will eost between $100,000 and $125,000. a Private Hugh E. Patterson.

Company One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, a son of Robert Patterson, of Blairsville. Private John Wilkinshow, Company a stm of John Walkinshaw, of Blairs- i ville. Private Owen of Company son of C. Serene, of Salisbury. Private Wyctb Farhart.

Company L. son of the late Dr. E. B. Earhadt, of Private Newell Phillips.

Company F. Indiana: resided, with his sister, i Mrs. Lisle Johnston, of this place. VANDERGRIFT E0YS SLAIN. YANl Rl FT.

Pa. Auk. 14. Three Yandcrgrift boys have been killed in action, and two have been severely wounded, according to received to- day. All but one v-rre members of Com- patiy L.

Tenth regiment of the Pennsyl vania National Guard, now the One Hundred and Truth regiment. Corporal Harry son of T. K. Davidson, was killed in action on July 16 by machine gun fire. Voting Davidson enlisted in the peventy-fourth 1 New York, early in the beginning of i hostilities.

David dinger. 13 old, son of David J. dinger, wounded action on July 2s. He was a member Company L. of the Fighting i A friend of dinger's, Louis Morris, years old.

son of Paul Morns, was xvounded on July 30. Morris was a. tfnut Master at the time of his enlist- o-ient. Fred Kaiser ami John Campbell, two other Vandtrcnft are re- I ported killed in action. LATR0BE BOYS KILLED.

LATlrOBTi, Aug. Hillet 22 years Old son of cinwfon, of Latrobe, was killed in action on "the Western front, Jitly 15, according to a telegram frotn the war department. On Wednerday, August 7, the young soldier's name appeared in the casualty list as missing in action, and the official' notification cf his death today is the first word received by his parents. He belonged to the One Hundred aird Tenth regiment. Blair Smith, son of Mr.

and Mrs. J. 11. Smith, of South Latrobe; Ben Byets, of Ligonier, nn.1 Ltroy Skelly, of Derry, all members of Company One Hundred and Tenth regiment, the "Old Fighting Tenth," were killed in action, according to a telegram received from the war department. Earl Truxal.

son of David Truxal, of Latrobe, was seriously wounded, Juiy 12. a telegram received last tveninsr. by his parents announced. Young Truxal was a member of ompany M. land tornierly a student of Carnegie In- jstnute of Technology.

Pittsburgh. Ben May, a son of the late Alex a'-Ia'- of Latrobe, and William Brown- field, of North Latrobe, have been wounded seriously, according to word received at their homes. Both were members of Company M. One Hundred and Tenth legiment TWO FROJI ONE VILLAGE. WAYNESBCRG.

Aug. 14 The Utile1 hauilet of Ruff Creek, near here. is. shrouded with sadness, for two of its youths, Harry Dunn, -23 years old and Francis Moore, 26 years old both of Company Iv. One Hundred "and Tenth regiment (old Tenth) have fallen on the Western battle front, according to a telegram today to the parents of the soldiers from the war department.

Dunn and Moore were shot in the fighting of July the former being fatally wounded and dying on July 30, while the latter was killed outright. Dunn, Moore, and Edward Moore, a ounger brother, had been lifelong chums, schoolmates, and worked on their parents' farms which adjoined. They were sons of Mr. and Mrs. Washington Dunn and Mr.

and Mrs. William Moore. The deaths of Moore and Dunn bring the total of Greene county's casualty-list to 13 deaths, all being in Company K. HEAVY LOSS OF LOCAL SOLDIERS PROBED (Continued from Payc One.) cover his retirement and permit him to prepare strong lines in his rear on which to stand fast. In the course of his discussion, General March said that General Pershing now has" 1,250.000 American troops organized into the first army corps.

Presumably the Americans on the British left flank in Picardy, identified by the. chief of staff as the One Hundred and Thirty-first Infantry of the Thirty-third Illinois' National Guard Division, are among those still brigaded for training. It appeared possible to some officers that the organization of the American army might be followed by an all-American attack at some point on the line which holds beyond Verdun, where there has been no recent fighting. No reports, official or unofficial, have been EHI II 3. 1 110 91 iyi frn II Uio irUattaUUJUUirUJ MOTOR Sales and Service ii i I 1 ALTOONA, Aug.

11. Nine Blair county boys, all members of i'ompany G. One Hundred and Tenth regiment, i "Fighting Tenth," were in the. battle in the Marne salient between July "i and Augrust 7. so parents of the boys were notified txlay by the war department.

Five others were woLnided. This is the largest Ii al list since United S'aUs troop-? bccaist actively engaged. The i KILLED fN ACTION. 'orporal Harry jear. 'old, Altoona; l)-iid S.

Carlson, 19 years, Altoona; Privates Harry i Unrren Stiver, J) years, Valley Georg-e. Brings, Sinking Valley: Charles Norman, Bald EaRle John II. iif-r. Tyrone; Charles tiurnshiie Sinking Valley. WOUKDED.

Serfcant Harry A. Smith. 21? Altoona; Corporal John P. Wolf. Altoona; Corporal Arthur A.

Glupt, Al- toona Corporal H. Brubaker, Dun- eansville. "WESTMORELAND'S LCSSES. GKKENSBTIRO, A 1 1. Ac- I to telegrams here last flight, three irt-ensliirfr members of the One Hundred and Tenth Infantry were killed in action July m.

The. (lead soldiers are Frank Stefl, Floyd Btookman ami Wilbur Hamilton, the latter a musician. Lieutenant Robert B. Herbert of Company I. One.

Hundred ar.d Tenth Regiment, is reported seriously injured In a telepram received by his father. R. Herbert of Greensburr. Lieutenatu Herbert was an officer in the National Guard of Pennsylvania for Me was with the command on the Mexican border and went with it to Camp Hancock. He is married.

He is a pradua'? of Yale and secretary-treasurer of the Tribune-Press Publishing Company, in Greensburar Private Wiibert Hamilton, a member of Company I. One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, was killed in action in France on July 30. according to a telegram from the war department to his parents. Mr. ajid Mrs.

Howard Hamilton, of Everson. The young man was born in Everson. His father is a conductor on the Pennsylvania railroad. INDIANA COUNTY INDIANA. Aug.

14. With six Indiana county boys repotted killed in a-ction and ten others severely wounded, residents of this county were brought face to face with the war by official telegrams to relatives of the killed and wounded received here in the past 12 hours. All were members of the One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, Those reported killed in action July were F'irst Lieutenant George Ro.rs Id -u eCl UCll UUl 111- 41 lean border. Corporal John Cummings. of vilie.

member cf Company was son of Dr. and Mrs. Elivard Cummings. Corporal Elmer Lockart. of Blairsville, member of Company conducted a barber shop in that previous to enlisting as a private.

Corporal John W. Cordes. of Blairsville. member of Company 1.. was a son of Mr.

and Mrs. John W. Corded, of Blairsville. He a widow and in infant daughter, born since he entered the service. Thty reside here.

Cook Harry Moorhead, of Indiana member of Company was a soli of Mrs. Phoebe Moorhead. of this place. Private Meyer Levine. of Blairsville, member of Company enlisted shortly before the Tenth went to Camp Hancock.

These from this district repotted severely wounded today were in action luly 29. They are: Sergeant Clark W. Wineman. Company son of Mrs. A.

C. Wineman. of Indiana served on the Mexican border. Sergeant Norman L. Duncan.

Company One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, son of Mrs. Klmira Duncan, of Indiana; served on the Mexican border. Sergeant James McHenry. Company One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, son of Mrs. S.

M. McHenry, of Indiana served on the Mexican border. Corporal Sidney Marlin, Company Wilder E. Martson, Canton, Me. Thomas P.

Glynn, Paducah, Ky. Harry Schneider, Brooklyn. Privates-Wounded (Degree Undetermined.) Albert E. Burge3s, Klpsan, Kent, England. Joseph Pietowsky.

Dinsmore. Pa. Missing in Action. Sergeant? Kenneth M. Brant, Meyersdale.

Pa. David JIcMinn, Newport, Ky. William Mafera, Brooklyn. Corporal James M. Loughridge, Seilersviile, Ta.

Privates Howard Averill. Ellistown. N. Y. Frank Capeliupo, Magicano Province.

Italy. Clyde Comer. Carmi. 111. Tony Dec.

Nuwski Lyblin, Russia. William Eaton, Ellensburg. Wash. James Gordon, Elizabeth, N. Y.

Everett Miller. Jesop, Ore. Robert C. Mossolder, Meyersdale. Pa.

Thomas D. Phillips, Philadelphia. AMONG THE MARINES. A marine corps casualty list issued today shows: Killed in action four. Wounded in action, severely, three.

Wounded in action (degree undetermined), one. Missing in action, two. Total 10. The list follows: Killed in Action. Corporal John D.

Stark, West Pitts-ton, Pa. P. Darby, Vermillion, Ohio. Herbert G. Klo.bas, Sharon, Conn.

Herman H. Souder, Philadelphia. Wounded Severely. Privates-Edwin C. Belles.

Wallula, Wash. Harry C. McKee, Fort Wayne. Ind. George M.

Robinson, Conshohocken, Pa. Wtunded (Degree Undetermined.) Private William A. Dodge, Molalla. Ore. Missing in Action.

Privates iSamuel C. Mullin, 421 Shetland avenue, Pittsburgh. Thomas L. Everett. New Madison, WITH THE CANADIANS.

OTTAWA, Aug. 14. The names the following Americans appeared in today's overseas casualty list: ouuded L. A. Curley, lingerstowi Md.

and J. H. Greenham, Detroit. Died of wounds A. J.

Grande, Hal- stad, Minn. i British Casualties Total 8.620 for Week! LONDON, Aug. 14. -British casualt'es report ou 111 tne wees enuuig touay 10 1 aled 8.620. compared with an aggregate of S.SfiS reported in the pr virus week.

These are divided as fclliws: Killed or died of wounds: officers, men. 1,411. Wounded "i' officers, men, 21. i of a of L. L.

a a of in 21 i I i I i I i i 1 i i Continued frtym rave One.) lacie S. Woodward, Mulilrow, Okla. 'orporals Vincent Frodl, Minn, liolfe K. Heifner. Titonka.

la. ll.i-vey K. (Jilbert. Munt Vernon, III. Suddaby.

Iut3ville, Ky. Mechanic Frank Wiskcski. P.ockaway Point, N. T. innrr Stanley H.

Little, Taft. Cal. Privates Alley. Mount Prospert, III. Tony T.

Rabtek. Berlin. Wis. William BalHki. address.

Charles H. R-isile, Woltham. B-'Vter. Scrauton. Fa.

It. Mcyersdale. Pp. W. Honoey, Porcbester.

Ma-ss. (leorce "'union. Fort Wayne, Ind. Henry l. Knrflehardt.

Alton. IU. incent l'ariev. Minersvilie, Pa. Flahertv.

Woburn. Mass. Albert F. Fopel. Dorchester, Ma33.

tieroux. Wakefield, Mich. William II. Gerow, Hail berry. Can.

Clyde A. Gordon. Choiek, Wis. Thcmns J. trorman.

New York. Beit B. Graphin, Unwood, Mich J. tjreen. Brooklyn.

William Griffith. Jcrmyn. Pa Ortli Grimm, Turtle Creek. Pa. John H.

Hasli. Klwood, Mo. C'nude F. lleldman, Shoy. 111.

Matthew Hods3, Fattou. 1 a. Thomas W. Hollis. Forsyth, Ga.

John Jiski. Hainesville. 111. iAlfied P. Base Horpital, Camp Mertitt.

N. l.eqn,!,.)- A Kennedy, Beaver, fa. William F. New York, Fiovd Laurin. Durhamville, N.

Y. Joe Leaver. Cleveland. Alfred I.ibstein, Brooklyn Arthur K. I.onsrdin, Cambridge, Mass.

William It. I.owrey, Gross. Kan. F.rnest I. Maccn, Ga.

ladi.slavv Maleszko. Harrison. N. J. George C.

Miller, Lancaster. O. Herbert Minniear. Biuffton, Ind. lohnnie K.

Nolan. Bar Creek, Ky Clarence .1. Orr, Hudson Fails, N. Y. j0f.pph rjuffsri- sw York, inhn W.

Hrames. Goodwater Ala. N. Tonv W. Shilliiifhiiri'.

Mount W. ya. Bntni Shulsks. Easton, Pa Ole snirmiK, New Auburn, Wis. Stanley Snowden.

Seattle. Wash. Charles K. Speece New Brighton, Pa. (ieorce Stafwisky.

Mayritid. Pa. Charles Tate, BinKhamton, N. Y. Leo A.

Taylor, Canton. HI. Kaiph W. Thomas, Pitwnt-Id. III.

Died of Wounds. Major Maynard A. Wells, San Antonio, Texas. Captain Mortimer H. Jordan, Birming-; ham, Ala.

Lieutenant W. Brown tiaxley, Balti more. Corporal Raymond L. Woodsmann. Ho- ooken, N.

J. 1 rivates- George H. Baker. Creston. la.

hauncey W. Barr. Edwardsport, Ind. rra Mark Ladlowvilie Mini, i- r-ol iltoona Ta Albert C. Corpening, Lenoir N.

C. (Thomas T. Dokken, Erie. N. D.

vviiiiatn uiener. Alempnis, enn Mortis W. Gray. Texola. Okla.

William E. Tilly, Roslyn. N. Y. Mikle Vanek, llo'ooken, N.

J. John Welsh, Brooklyn. Albert A. Klaiber, North Hackensack, N. J.

Frederick J. Hickey. Keene, N. H. flenrv K.

Kneily, Oneida, Pa. Karl Munc'h," MontraV. Ohio, Albert H. Oaklev Rve. Col William Ozemant.

Rockland. Tex. Leonard C. Snyder, Batavia, N. Y.

Henry Wagoner. New York City. Arthur W. Worme, Brooklyn, N. y.

Died of Disease. Privates Anthony Caprarullo. Hornell, N. Y. Bedford C.

Lam, Covington," Va. Gilbert J. Larson, Ellsworth. -Minn. Joseph R.

Lawrence, Como C. Michael D. Sullivan, Binghamton, N. y. Carl E.

Peterson, Cambridge, -Minn. George E. Readout, Liscomb la. John J. dquires, Willimantic, Conn.

Richard Trout, Desota, Kan. Private Dawis D. Balmore, St Regis Falls, N. Y. SECTION Killed in Action.

Sergeant William P. Webb. Smyrna, Ga. Corporals Edwin M. Dolan, Boston.

Joshua F. Farmer. WTison. N. C.

Privates Howard E. Brewer. New Brighton, Pa. Joe Cirino, Roxbury, Mass. Gaspare Coppola.

Alcon, Tarpani, Italy. William Corbett, New. York Citv. Perry W. Crabtree, Columbus.

O. James R. Dishong, Elk Garden, W. Va. Gavlord Clemont rosch, Milwaukee, Wis.

Louis Foreman, Fried, N. D. John Kadinski. Pittsfield, Mass. Harold A.

Knapp. Edgewood Park, Pa. John Edison. N. J.

Charles S. Norton, Chelsea, Mass. William David Shumate, Trenton. Tenn. Alexander Stanorski, Newadawa, Russia.

Claie S. Stephens, Nevada, Iowa. Henry G. Sutter, Harvel. 111.

Clyde Tomlinson, New Zion, S. C. Alton P. Wagner, Hewford County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frederick B.

Willyoung. Franklin, Pa. Died of "Wounds Received in Action. Lieutenant Christopher S. Tirpthy, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Corporal John M. Hafner, Wahpeton, N. D. Privates James J. Beran, Chicago.

Albert B. Ianko, Passaic, Ji. J. Thomas, R. Parfitt.

PhilUpsburg, Mont. Died of Accident and Other Causes. Sergeant Arthur Francis Taylor, AJo, Arizona. Wounded Severely. Sergeants-Harry T.

Ashworth, New York City. Harold H. Hummel, Pinegrove, Pa. Robert A. Richardson, Mound City, III.

Ernest E. Hollon, Milan, Mo. William J. James. New York.

Edwin A. Reed, Des Arc, Mo. Arthur L. Thomas, Beauxite, Ark. Wagoners Frank N.

Clements. Minneapolis. Ray G. Dawson, Salem, Ore. Privates Ralph Capatosta, Lowell, Mass.

Antonia Anonia, Italy. Frank Citerony, Kenosha. Wris. Edward P. Crone.

Covington, Ky. Heywood Dennis, Troy, S. C. Joseph W. Flaherty.

San Francisco. Thomas P. Glynn. Puducah, Ky. Robert Hattiner.

Aurora. III. Peter Kaioumins iiaveiniu, Mass. VU'S Dallaa. Tex.

I fe" oer? Kin ne Tcxa rk a na Ark the two boys. Riegie had been com-tr'-ncled for an ofticers WHEELING 0F11CER SLAIN. WHKELING, W. Aur. 11.

Second Lieutenant Albert Mountain, 29 jcrcs old of Company One Hundred jitid Tenth Infantry, was killed in action in France, according to a tele- gram received bv his father, James Mountain, last night. Lieutenant Mountain arrived in France -May Id. I i i I Cov'n Vuz.V- whip Louisiana, lie sailed for France last. April. Mrs.

Mmltn received her last letter from him Autcust 5. Pri Harold A. Knar.n. a member of the Sixteenth Infantry, and a son of Mr. and Mrs.

A. 1 Knapp of 222 Elm street, was killed in action. Young Knapp was 22 years old. was a graduate; of the Edge-wood hlsVi school, and is said to have been the first Edgewood b0y killed in this war. He had spent two years at the Henselaer Poly- technic Institute.

Troy, N. before war was declared, but left school to enlist. i Sergeant William Keefe. 22 years old, was killed in action July 29, a telegram to his parents. Mr.

and Mrs. William Keefe. 1400 Eckert street, said. He was a member of Company Fourth Infan- trv and enlisted June 1917 at Camn parcnts. ana eigne oroiners survive, one oroiner, Dsv.fl Keefe.

is a member ot onmanv Forty-eighth Infantry, and is soon to sail for France. Sergeant Keefe was formerly employed by the Pressed Steel Company DRAFTEE KILLED. Clifton Moffitt, 24 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A.

Moffitt of 1S22 Forbes street, was killed August 4. He went to Camp Lee last December and was made a member of Company, Three Hundred and Twenty-sixth In- i fantry. He had been a special deliv- ery man for the Pennsylvania railroad. He is survived by his parents, six sis- Mrs. Margaret Goddard of Okla-; homa City.

Mrs. Annie Lingelfllser. -Mrs. Bertna frunaope. miss iuia Aior- fStt.

Miss Jennie Moffitt and Miss Willa Moffitt, and brothers, John, Charles and Robert, all of this city. Mrs. Nettie Austin of 413 Lincoln ave nue. Millvaie. received word that her nephew, P-eed C.

Bryson, 17 years old, was killed July 19. He enlisted in tho marines last fall in Syracuse. He had made his home with his aunt in Mill-vale. George Baumler, 22 years old, son of Mrs. Victoria Rogers of 240 Maryland avenue, Millvaie, was killed July 29, according to a telegram received by hiu mother.

He was drafted February 25 and was later transferred to Company One Hundred and Tenth Infantry. EAST END BOY MISSING. Charles Otting, 1220 Main street, Sharpsburg, was notified by the war department that Domenico Romeo, a boarder at Otting's home, has been, killed, Romeo was 'drafted February' sent to Camp Lee, but later trans- ferred to the One Hundred and Tenth; at Camp Hancock. Mrs. Martha C.

Mullin, of 421 Shet-t land avenue, received a telegram notifying her that her son, S. Cloyd Mul-. lin, was missing in action. He was ai member of the marines, and was trained at Paris Island where he was assigned to tho Fifth Company, Forty-ninth Regiment. He had been in France einco April.

Orth Grimm, 20 years old, of Newtown, near Turtle Creek, was killed in action in France on July 26, according to word received in Turtle Cieek yesterday. He enlisted in the army in July, 1917, and went to France about six months afterward. He was a son of Philip G. Grimm, for 20 years an accountant in the Pittsburgh postoffice and prior to that principal of the Wlh kinsburg Township school, who died two years ago. Joseph Lusk, chief of police of Turtle Creek, was young Grimm's guardian.

Young Grimrn has three brothers in the service in Prance Iris, Stanley and Ordin Grimm. John Grimm of Chicago is a married brother. Mrs. Catherine Grimm of Newtown, his stepmother; Walter Grimm, his half-brother, and Edith Grimm, his half-sister, also survive. WASHINGTON COUNTY'S LOSS.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Walter Morris, 18 years o'd, member of Company II, One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, has been killed in action in. France, according to word received here by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George) Morris, of Addison street.

Morris is tho fourth conntv hov sol- i dier who has been reported killed in. action -since, last night. I Ferris and Private Deibe, C. Shearer. who was rejptrted killed last night, re- i sided in the same street.

Corporal Ionard Whit'-hill of Headquarters ji Company, One llunored and Tenth In- fantry, was the third Washington county boy killed. WAYNKSRCRG. Auk. 14 The names of two more so'diers of Company K. One Hun.ired and Tenth Infantry, I were added to the list of dead from this district this morning, when wcid was receivetl that they hud been killed in action Ju'y Waiter Riegle, L'l years old.

son of Mr. I I 1 I I i i I i I 1 I received, however, throwing any 1'gl't on General PersWing's plans or the part assigned to him by Marshal Foch ia the present offensive campaign. The primary purpose of the two blows Marshal Foch has struck has been realized. Both in the Aisne- Marne battle and again in Picardy, the attacks were defensive measures, to, I flee T'uHa from the menaea of ViA wedges the tniemy has driven in that (direction. The value of the drives in this letnect was nointed out bv General i March.

Officers here, therefore, anticipate a complete change in the character of the lighting in the next phase of the battle i with Koch's armies assuming the offon- give in the fullest sense of the word. and striking to force the enemy back in such a manner that he cannot avail himself of his old Hindensurg line defenses. It appears very probable to some observers that the Flanders front might s-ee the next blaze kindled with a double drive by British forces to pinch out the salient there as it has beeav pinched out ut the Marne and again in Picardy. Thev forsee also, however, the initia tion of movements of far greater scope in lien ayiicu tit iidiiiwuK the Germans out of the blunt wedge into which the Picardy and Aitsne battle front have been merged by recent actions. Discussing the work of the Twenty-eighth Division, comprising Pennsylva nia Guardsmen, in the Aisne-Marne salient.

General March said that the only report upon its casual i ties received was that 400 men had been hit during four hours on July 30 in the advance to the Vesle. The Twenty-eighth Division, General March said, was positions near Dormans on July 16 and participated in the advance acros-s the Ourcq river on July 26, when the attack against the German line attained its full momentum and thrust the enemy back to the Vesle. The Twenty-eighth was flanked on one side by the Forty-second (Rainbow), and on the other by the Third regular division. Its position in the line was between Sergy and Roncheres. The work of the American troops, both on the French and British fronts, General March said, continues to win the highest praise from the allied commanders.

General March was asked 33 to the truth of reports that the American forces north of the Marne lacked adequate air service. General Pershing's ditpatches make no mention of any Euch condition, he replied, and added that a specific report as to the operation of airplanes in action and the conditions in that regard had been asked of the American commander, the substance of which will be made public received. General March said no American t-oops had landed ip Siberia as yet. He did not have available figures on ihe tctal embarkation for France which he will make public on Saturday. banking business -try Potter Service.

fnisf Company rorxTT Bni.Drso jf -1 August Furniture I Sale We are able to make the prices for our August Sale so low only because the furniture wa. contracted for months ago. These prices will only good until the end of August. After that the original prices will again prevail and in most cases must even be raised due to increase in manufacturers prices. SNOTE THE SAVINGS! Refalar Reduced Price Price 4-Pc Dintof Room Saite in Jaco- i-fcM 0k, illustrated $282.0..

5175.00 YOU SAVE $107.03 Mahofany Bed Room 508.80.. 403.00 YOU SAVE 100.00 i-Pc. Ivory Bed Room Suite 275.00.. 210.00 YOU SAVE 65.03, r4-Pc. Mahogany Bed Room Suite 445.00..

315,00 YOU SAVE 130.03 4-Pc. Mahogany Dining Room Suite 400,00. 275.00 YOU SAVE 125.00 Ucanered Sofa in Veloar 275.00.. 175,00 YOU SAVE IC0.00 Antique Mahogany library 208.00.. 125.03 YOU SAVE 75.00 'Antiqae Mahogany Chiffonier 48.00..

27.00 YOU SAVE 21,00 Antiqne Mahogany Extension Table 58.00.. 33.00 YOU SAVE 20.00 Mahogany Chair in Veloar 125.08.. S0.03 YOU SAVE 35.00 Mahogany Chair in Damask 190.00.. 50.00 YOU S.AVE 50.00 Mahogany Serving Table 53.08.. 25.00 YOU SAVE 28.00 Fumed Oak Bookcase 42.00..

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83.C3 YOU SAVE 35.09 NOTE THE SAVINGS! "But remember, you can only realize these savings if you buy during the sale. Ii 73 ETk S3 1 cf hp I ana ions 2 rnfifuixfrn frf II I 'b-', TRUCK DEPT. I II I Station, 1018 Forbes St. HI i ii Ml is i "Mj rck YOU want courtesy, efficiency, safety and I i i I tr.i-r'Q. satisfaction in your er 7Te (9 orpos'TE ctTT (McElveen Furniture Company) Furniture Rugs Carpets 525 PENN AVENUE 529 THE BEAHTY 1R0SI SViCTPriiA TVVH'F.

I.1II.V nnn rrjTf Mat. iJ: Grnt 2iiM7 l-J OLHIO y.IKi 30j lit Till Meek I.adh-o at Mutmee Na "Follies oi Pleasure" -Next Vek BEAl'TV and Mrs. Lewis H.t-Tle of Aleppo townn- IMS. Before entering the service near here and Kiv.i W. Marshall.

i'iit MountPin was a in the son of Geoige Miirshall. merchant ot Duiiuesno University at Pittsburgh, Morris township, were killed, according where he studied for the priesthood, to word icccivc-d by the parents of HW parents, one brother and one sister live in McMechen, near Wheeling. i.

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