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AY AlOKMXG. THE 1M TTS15 I K(i II I'OST khiij; 1, 1 lll'VO Jiiiiiiii2 aai Z3LCSTORE HOURS 10 to Open Till so Taupe Fox Furs 11 i scarfs in i le incv in nil's ami tail BUY A BOND! Of the Fourth Liberty Loan It's a mighty poor American who expects thanks for buving LIBERTY BONDS, when he is only LOANING his money to HIS GOVERNMENT getting INTEREST on the BEST INVESTMENT in the world and at the same time PROTECTING his ALL. I.ll-rty llond- on Sale Hor Main Floor. open animal 1o match. Fox.

Silver large, fluffy set: effect villi head AKo Kamchatka Fox an.l Black Real $G5 and .00 I '( MM 303-305-307-303 Smithflold $45 iS OPPOSITE POST OFFICH Willi' Sets. Values. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR MONEY UEFUNDIID Ori'iincl Floor.) 'U 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 i mi 1 1 Li i in 1 1 1 1 ii ii ii I ii ri mi! in i ii ii ii ii mi 1 1 1 i i.i 1 1 rii in inn i rn in 1 1 1 ri mmim 1 1 1 1 1 1 mi iiiiiirmuii 1 1 1 1 1 in i ri 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i.l 1 1 1 ri 1 1 1 1 1 1 in 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Greatest Suit Salo Has A soldier Facing ibed ourth or i jf i JLearn iur iou Nation's Total. 'OMEWIIERE IX FRANCE today, at this very minute, I That Enables Fashionable Women to Save From $5 to $20 i An extraordinary purchase of 451 High Class Women's and Misses' Suits bought at such unusual price concessions that enables us 1 to launch one of the greatest value-giving suit events offered to the women of Pittsburgh this season. AREA IS NEAR $150,000,000 Pittsburgh area is running strong, as well as Western Penn there is a soldier looking straight into the face of death.

He is doing this for tou. By night and day, in storm, in rain, in cold and gloom, facing a sylvania and Northern West Vir-, hundred deaths he never hesitates ginia, anrl present indications are llt i1Ilt -uu. The Sails illustrated hare been sketched by our own artist from the garments offered in this sale. 3ut a thought of hesitation and without a thought of reward. that your section of the Fourth Federal reserve will finish near the top of the nation's honor roll." IV liar? established a reputation of GIVING II BEST SUIT VALUES IX THE Ur A THE PRICE Come, let your ozen eyes be the What are you doing for him flashed today? This was the informatio: KUY LIBERTY BONDS WHOLESALE NOT RETAIL xp' fm -M IP judge.

from Cleveland to Pittsburgh Lib-j erty loan headquarters last night, and while the report was optimistic, the district leaders still stress the' fact thai efforts of the workers throughout the area must be hold at hijsh pitch in order to put Pittsburgh I and the KurroiWiding districts in the! I'inal li.t of honor. I $2.00 Down and $2.00 Weekly for a $50.00 Bond $4.00 Down and $4.00 Wiekly for a $100.00 Bond ofticial fiijurea for Pittsburgh Th prop are lacking-, an unofficial estim SAVINGS- AJVD TRUST CO. Or PiTTfiluRGM 1 API TAJ. AND SURPLUS 9.000,000 mm I1 I $3ij A Mil r-p II tw ate of ihe Fourth Federal reserve district campaign was issued at Cleveland headquarters, shewing that the district is soaring toward the mark. The estimate, taking in in-vi'stments up to yesterdav afternoon.

va The district quota is HAS ONE-FIFTH OF TOTAL. This i.s well in excess of one-fifth of quota for the entire district, and that there is room for enthusiasm i.s indicated by comparing the figures with nation's total, announced at lat night, showing SsnOOOOOoO iii jK 51- the entire country, or only one- i iwelfth of the quota of Exclusive Model Suits-One of a Kind Fifty Distinctive Styles in Fall Suits These Stunning Suits and Twenty Other Styles Laughlin, captain of the team in this section, reported many 100 per cent companies Thursday afternoon. Total subscriptions for the district now are and the average investment per employe is $yb. Mr. Laughlin reported the following companies "Over the Top." Pittsburgh Cold Rolled Steel Company, $17,010.

a rr capita investment of Verona shops. P. R. Verona Lumber Company, Suburban Water Company, Rodman Chemical Company, employes, Voliinger- Andrews, employes, International Oxygen Company, Valley Forge Company. Verona Steel Castings Company, Tool Works, Team No.

11; Captain A. A. Corey, reported eight honor concerns Thursday, as follows: Carnegie Iand Company, 19 em if i iiiM indicates that the district of which -stern Pennsylvania is a part, has subscribed one-fourth of the total reported to Washington for the entire nation. A report of interest last nigtit was 'hat Armstrong county, with a quota of $300,000. had gone 'over the top." I niontown and other Fayette county cities and Connellsville are 'way past the 50 per cent mark, and with Warren, reporting $426.

1M), indications are that Warren. Youngstown and Marri-t ta all running strong, will reach the Fashioned from Chiffon Broadcloths, Silvertones, Tri-cotines, Velours and fine Serges in plain or fancy tailored effects some with large collars of fur others braid trimmed or plain tailoredlinings of finest silks Suits actually worth $55. $60, yes, and more, offered in this Sale at Perfect tailoring and gorgeous fur trimming their dominant features. Developed from rich SilvenoDes, Duvet (f Laine, Velours and Chif- fon Broadcloths with loos'' flaring panels and new choke cidlar regular and extra sizes offered in this Sale at. $29 Including models for every type plain tailored suits braid trimmed suits military suits youthful belted suits suits in every fashionable styl of the season.

Fashioned from Broadcloths, Foplins, Oxfords, Pin Stripes and Serges Values to $4 0 offered in this Sale at ployes, Jlonongahela Iron and Steel Company, 111 employes, Homestead Valve Company, 75 em- ployes. Carnegie Natural Gas I 100 per cent mark shortly. w. reported last lncht an investment of and a feature of the drive here was that subscriptions were practically all in small tivnominations. Lawrence county is all set for a jrrand celebration tonight in New ICvery woinaii who attends this sale is positively goin SUIT that has been offered anywhere this to get the season at Colors are rose-taupe, oxford blue, plum, seal brown, burgundy, reindeer, delft blue, navy and black your choice from three bit? lots at three special prices $29.50, $49.

,10, near, these prices S.19..10 or these, Co. Sfooiid Floor. I I in-lmiin Castle. The county is on the last stretch of the drive for ita mints, nnrl i ran iTininniriTnnrin nnnuiiiiiiiiiii iihiiii i mi 1 1 1 inn mi run i ri 1 1 run mi i nun 1 1 mi 1 1 1 1 1 mit 1 1 iiiiiii immm mi immi i milium iiiiimmmimiimmmiimmi in 1 1 1 imnmiimi: mimimmmii announcement of oversubscription is expected hourly. FREDERICTKSTOWN FIRST.

MownnucTTac' QPQL iQC-TQ ELmi tit' Company, lt employes. K.err and Ingram, 19 employes, a per capita Investment of "Daily Messenger," Homestead, 10 employes, $1,700, per capita subscription of $170; Mc-Crady Brothers, 22 employes, George H. Hail Company, 10 employes, F. F. Slick, captain of Team No.

14, reported that in his section total investments to date are' $185,000, against a third loan total of $135,000. In this district the Carnegie Steel Company. Neville Island, with 237 employes, set its quota by the monthly pay roll basis of $36,000. The investment up to Thursday morning was $49,700. Team No.

13, Harry Davis, captain, reported three honor concerns during the day. The Carnegie Steel Company, Clairton, holds a record of 95 per cent of the employes subscribing, the total to Mr. Schwuh. will include men ami women. this il.nti'-r, Mr.

Schwab will to iho" Syria Mosque tor the big women's Liberty ino-tini. Liberty Loanettes Wilson Buys $1,000 Bond, Starting Raliy Which Nets $40,000 In of the popularity of Mr. in his home town, hl.s posit'on Schwab to Speak At Women's Loan Meeting Wednesday Schw; LOAN DRIVE IS LAGGING; YESTERDAY'S in (1, i a nce.s public eye and his recent tier-concerning labor which have An Irish booth will be a conspicuous feature of the all-nations display at the court house on Liberty day. October 12 It wfcl be conducted by Mrs. R.

B. Mel- ion, Mrs. T. Chalmers Darsie, Mrs. D.

L. Gillespie, Mrs. Charles Arbuthnot. Mrs. F.

G. Kay, Mrs. W. H. Shiras and Mrs.

J. Stuart Brown. Miss Ade- laide Jones, Miss Betty Brown. Miss a urac't country -j rinds will desire -wide attention, thou-to hear Mr. Schwab.

To meet do.Jre I made to a ccomoda t.i every effort will be the greatest jiossi- being toy.Otw. ine third loan quota i WASHINGTON, Oct. President Wilson, by purchasing a Sl.OOO ImihI at a theater here t(-nijrht, started a rally which resulted in the sale of worth of Liberty bonds. Gretna Schoonrnaker, Miss Polly Shaw, Miss Augusta Loovy and Miss Augusta Dav Hall will assist. SUBSCRIPTION Charles M.

Sihwab. "he 'man who bui-ds ships for I'lie'- Sam," is coining to his home town, Pittsburgh, to peak for the Liberty Joan. He i.s coming in resj.ton.se to an yippeal from the worn-en's Liberty lean committee Allegheny county, Mrs. Ci uence P.ei.-haw. chairman.

was liaJ.iuo. Morris and Eaiiey, of Wilson, in Mr. Davis' district, has reached the 100 per cent mark with an investment of The Monongahela Tube Company, Wilson, reports subscriptions in excess of the monthly pay roll. Team No. 10 turned in an interesting honor report Thursday.

The Spang-Chalfant company has an investment of for the present loan, against $18,000 in the first drive, $75,000 as a quota for the second issue and in Washington county, was the first in that section to report having reached its allotment. The town has the distinction of being the first in all four loan drivs. Keai Americanism was injected into Pitts-bursh's campaign Thursday- evening, when it was announced that the D. O. Cunningham Company, glass manufacturers of the Southside, had subscribed every cent owned by the concert to the fourth Liberty loan.

The company, re-n-ntly dec'ared non-essential by the i.iovernraent, will close its works tomorrow. II. Cunningham, the president, f-tau-d last night that more than the entire riches of the concern, had been invested in Liberty bonds, and that as soon as the plant closes Saturday, ho will go to Washington and take an endeavor to get into the army. T. C.

Ham, manager of the manufacturers' division of the campaign committee, issued a statement Thursday aftirnoon in which he highly com-nionded the work being done by the employes of the mills, mines and rail-toads in the Pittsburgh area. Favorable reports are being received from all ections. Mr. Ham says, and indications are that th manufacturers' drive fc-ill he a great success. Many reports were received by Mr.

Ham late Thursday from his captains, the subscriptions in each instance showing that employes of the concerns in question had reached the I'M) per cnt mark or even better. Many of the companies are fixing the loan quota oasis on a month pay roll, and the Thursday returns show that the con- cerna adopting such methods are meeting with an enthusiastic response. Returns from the committee of 136 women who canvassed Knoxvilie showed last night that the borough had overtopped its quota of $150,000 in the first three days of the campaign. Liberty loan workers there last night expressed the, belief that the borough would double its quota. SHOWS GAIi He will speak in Wednesday, and all invited to jiear thH war administration Syria Mosqu- next Pittsburgh will "bit; man" of the by the women's entered the port of Norfolk.

today i E. E. Palen of the shipping board's I division of operation, organized a sales crew and gathered subscriptions for bonds from men and officers. Hear Admiral Cow ie. in charge of the navy's loan campaign, announced to- night that naval officers and men had i subscribed more than $5,000,000.

I The St. Louis district telegraphed headquarters today that with one-third of its quota -subscribed, 173.3?" persons in 205 of the counties of the-district had taken bonds. Eight counties in Arkansas and two each in Kentucky and Mississippi, have gone over tho I iiuniuer or persons. There neces- I sarily will be certain reservations of seats boxes, but these will be Kept tt a minimum and no sea' will be reserved after an hour to be announced. i Althoigii ofhcialiy known on the governrn-enta! records ns director gen- eral of the Fnite.l States shipping board 'and emergency tleet corporation, Mr.

Schwab is known to many as and ha -i proved thus far as successful i in his Government "job" as he did in" ithe industry. To accommodate the mrriy rules governing the issuing of tickets to the Syria Mosque meeting will be a'limunc as early as possible. A feature jla lined for today's nooji lnucheen at. P.aer's 'auditorium lor chairman will be an nil-c dress by Lieutenant Maurice Kiehlin of the French cavalry. Lieutenant i Steiilm was in France three years in front line trenches, and will descr.be German atrocities and rx plain the life of old -rs tin- front days, lv.vevrr.

appealed to Howard Heinz, anoMn-r a'so "drafted" by the Government- as Federal food administrator of Pennsylvania, who jersonaIIy interviewed Mr. Schwab and the latter promised to do whatever he could for the women of lii.s home town working for tin- Liberty loan The result was that although the was necessarily changed several times, definite word has been received that. Mr. Schwab will com-' to Pittsburgh next Wednesday, arriving at East Liberty at 1 o'clock. Tt natively, it is planned to entertain him at dinner preceding the public meeting, Mrs.

Kenshaw- returning a recent favor of the men's committee when the latter permitted the women to "borrow" Secretary of the Navy Daniels for their trench luncheon. The return will take the form of a dinner bv H. C. McEMowney, head of the moif for the third. The present investment is far in excess of the monthly pay roll.

committee. Mr. Schwab, famous as one of "Carnegie's young men." later li ad of the Bethlehem Steel t'ompany. and then "drafted'' by I'i esident Wilson to put the nation's ship building j.lan through, has been forced to decline scores of Campaign for Six Billion Moving Only at Half Speed. Employes of the A.

W. McCloy Company were the first of the local business houses to obtain TO. per cent in the fourth Liberty loan drive. Monday, through the personal efforts of C. F.

Koehler, general manager of the 1,500 Turks Taken Near Damascus invitations to speak in the Liberty 1 loan. The "job" lie was asked to take was big even for a "big man," and he was "on the job." Mrs. F. C. Irish, chairman of special company, every one or the lb employes i subscribed for one or more bonds, and the company's quota of was ex-1 ceeded by over SPANISH "FLU" SLOWS UP EAST top.

From San Francisco tonight came t'nK message "Reports from all parts of the district reflect a more intense canvass than there has been in any previous loans." The American consul at New Castle. Australia, reported in a letter dated August fi, that Americans there already had subscribed $5,000,000. Dallas, Texas, raised S3 per cent of its quota in two hours. Bay county, Michigan, which includes Bay City, went over its quota on voluntary subscriptions alone. WESTINGHOUSE $3,653,300.

LONDON, Oct. 3. Australian mounted troops 'operating in the region northeast of Damascus, in Syria, on Wednesday charged and captured a Turkish Column. Fifteen hundred prisoners were taken and two guns and forty machine guns were captured, according to an official statement issued today by the war office. The statement says: "On Wednesday Australian mounted troops operating in the vicinity of Kub-bat-El-Asafir.

17 miles northeast of 1 1 niv.iLS-.'"rTtti The bakers of the county are engaged in a great "Pershing drive" on the fourth Liberty loan. All branches of ihe business have been organized. The Na- tional Biscuit Company has donated the services of its whole organization, in- eluding 2,000 salesmen. The workers have been inspired to fever pitch by a cablegram from Genera! Pershing which reads: The American army in France is -eyi a i i The most interesting report in the manufacturers division Thursday was that turned in by WestingCiouse Electric Company workers. The Union Switch and Signal plant has 3.510 subscriptions for a total of the air 11 ore by the pa -r )0-' Lfrs year- L'amascus, charged and captured an en- brake plant has 3,510 subscribers, the emy column, securing 1,500 prisoners, guns and 40 machine guns.

iota! investment being the elec- two Senator Lodge Again Attacks War Primer with the American baking industries i i whole-heartedly in their fourth Liberty drive. Joint co-operation in thp i most important factor in winning the "Enemy airdrome and railway establishments at Kayak were heavily bombed from the air." DROWN Cor-- Bl. IU. Cap Toe. Lap Seam -t Back.

Heavy Edc. Single Sole. Medium Heel. Pont Overlook This Opportunity! The Stetson Shoe Shop Meets Uncle Sam More Than Half ay The United States has standardized shoe values, commencing1 Oct. 15th, and the prices are to rang-c from $3 to $12.00 for Shoes manufactured after this date.

(Deliveries at above prices would be made about December 15th.) Rayak is on the railroad line between Damascus and Beirut. 'JO miles northwest of the former place. WASHINGTON. Oct. 3.

a Lodge, of Massachusetts, who recently denounced as pro-German a publication called "Two Thousand Questions and Answers." read to the Senate today, a letter from the Review of Keviews Company, denying the charge of pro-Germanism ami stating that the publication was prejjared in the Review of Reviews office and was not anonymous as charged. The letter, said George Creel, chairman of the committee on public information, who had war. and with it success is assured. As a prelude to the opening today of th! Liberty loan campaign in tie borough and vicinity, a parade and a. mass meeting were held last night in Hays by the citizens.

The parade preceded the meeting, held in Schmelz Hail. Burgess John Hamilton was chairman of the meeting. Private Simmons of Pittsburgh, who was wounded in action in France, gave an interesting talk. Other short addresses were made. The Allegheny Plate Glas Company plant at Giassmere has become a 100 per cent organization in the fourth Liberty loa.i campaign.

All of its employes have subscribed. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. More than $200,000,000 subscriptions to the fourth Liberty loan were reported today to the treasury department, an increase over the daily average heretofore recorded. Up to the close of business last night the total officially tabulated was This is the recognized harvest from four days' campaigning about half the rate at which subscriptions must come to reach the $6,000,000,000 total.

Today's reports did not Include the Kansas City district, where the campaign has not actually started, nor any subscriptions not by initial payments in the band.s of the banks. Toledo, furnished t'ie spectacular feature of today's campaigning by. achieving its quota, from 72.000 person. The city's campaign managers telegraphed that this was only a beginning. Sutwcript'ons by districts were announced as follows: Boston.

New York, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis. Minneapolis, HHMKVA; Dallas. San Francisco. Closing of and the abandoning fif public meetings on account of the influenz i epidemic has interfered seriously witn loan canvassing, particularly in New England, here it may be necessary to cancel engagements of the Great Lakes naval band next week.

In spite of this handicap, however. 10P.25S persons have boug'it bonds in New England and communities have over-subscribed. fSj New ThriU Last written a special introduction to the i work, suirtrested that after a.OoO conies Germans Removing People of Alsace GENEVA, Oct. 3. Herman military' authorities hive begun to remove the inhabitants of Alsace, according to the in expectation of a Franco-American attack on ihe frontier.

The inhabitants of 2" villages, including Ferrette, Goutaron and Wink.l, already have been sent to Bavaria. Some of the villagers have escaped across the Swiss frontier. Fear of disorder is ramo int throughout Alsace-Lorraine, not only among the civilians, but also the military forces. Food is scarce and little fu-l available. The German authorities in Alsace-Lorraine, the "Democrate" adds, are afraid of a general uprising in these provinces when the allies cross the frontier.

works, according to late.st rf ports. ha Investments of or 25.523 subscribers. The grand total for the entire Westinghouse works is 32.001 subscriptions, for an investment of Much attention Is being attracted to the Westinghouse campaign, for the workers have erected a thermometer arch on Fifth avenue between Smith-lield and Wood streets. On this sign progress of the drive is being brought to the public mind, and each day the thousands c.f persons who pass the big thermometer are assured by the grow-red line that the Westinghouse workers will finally attain their self-set Of $5,000,000. Manufacturers' Team No.

4, in the Rankin district. Frank. Lanahan, chairman, made tTie following report of honor concerns Thursday: Pressed Steel Car Company, subscrip- ions Of $5 O.000, Lockhart Iron and Steel Company, 7'X) niployes, $125, 000. Montour railroad. 205 employes, $20,200.

Is Moines Iron and S-teel Company, I "OK. I'ort Pitt Malleable Iron Company. American Steel and Wire Company reached the' 100 per cent mark Wednesday and a big celebration marked the victory of the workers. ijraham Nut Company, 311 employes, basing the quota on the monthly payroll of $30,000. has topped Lie mark, with a total of S3S.SO0.

Team No. 17. W. K. Moritz, in the Hoboken district, reports that the Hlaw-Knox Company has entered the honor list.

The employes of this con- rn. together with the company, have a total Investment of $250,000. The Verone district of the manufacturer' division das an enviable record ta Lb way of honor concerns. John K. had been circulated that charges be made in references to the reasons for the United States entering the war, but aside from this there was no word of criticism from anyone "until the national security league wished to make a political attack on Mr.

Creel." Senator Lodge said he desired to correct any misstatements he had made, hut renewed his attack on the book. One of its advertising circulars, he said, reads: "Did the Germans warn the THE STETSON SHOE SHOP BELIEVES -IT IS ITS PATRIOTIC DUTY TO ASSIST IN MEETING THIS REGULATION AT ONCE. Therefore we announce, commencing Saturday, Oct. 5th, no Shoe in this house will lie sold for over 12.00. 1500 Pairs of $13, $14, $15 and $16 Shoes Will Be Sold at i.00 There are many pairs in this lot which are heavy leather lined and cannot bo purchased after these are sold because the Government does riot permit leather lining in any shoes manufactured after October lath.

They are Yici KiJ, Cordovan, Kangaroo and Tan Cresco. Former customers will recognize these extra values but you will have to come early if you wish to purchase them. la the "Hero day" Liberty loan drive Mrs. J. H.

Creighton. in. 0f the booth in the Jenkins Arcade, took in Si. instead of $1,700, as yesterday an- 1 nuutx-ed. i TALES FROM THE "FRONT PHILADELPHIA'S GAIN.

PHrLAIlELPillA. Oct. 2. Representing an over-riight gain of subscriptions to the fourth Liberty loan have reached in the Third Federal reserve district divided as follows: Phi.adt iT'ti'a. Eastern Pennsylvania, of Philadelphia.

New Jersey. $1,416,000: I Delaware. 400. Delaware's total i than reported yesterday, due to an error in calculating Wednesday's figure passengers on the Lusitania?" "The answer i.s in the book, I under- stand." he continued. "If that is not I by indirection or by implication a de- fense of Germany in one of the very most villainoua things she ha.s ever I done, and that is a great deal, I then 1 cannot understand what an or- dlnary means.

It seems to me very strange that a book of this sort should have no inhibition placed upon it when the secretary of war most wisely has excluded from the camps of soldiers' libraries books which certain- Iy are oo more objectionable than this." The Stetson Shop HOLBP.OOK I'KTTV. Jenkins Arcade III lift It INitvbu. Now King of Spain Has Spanish "Flu" MADRID. Oct. 3.

(By the Associated Press.) The health of King Alfonso, who is ill with influenza, continues poor today. Members of the royal family will leave San Sebastian tody for Madrid, 'jut the king will remain behind far a few day a. 1- rom Kaieigh. N. Kaiei tomgnt came biind girl, a mil! for $)0o bond, Negro farmer, ubscribed the story of a little worker, who In Caddo parish.

La. David D. Baynes, OPKN 10 A. i. P.

M. sATriiliAY UNTIL 10 P. M. This rcpieer ts his entire bank account. When a United stales merchantman.

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