I S tef&- Tm i 5 ',,. ",t liflSH FLIERS BOMB 21 GERMAN TOWNSSPECIAL CABLES TOWNS HIT ifrRPTTKHflURR? L'X iS MM UHlilkJU 1LULI1IU sTIore Than 100 Tons of Ex- ijplosives Dropped During &V Aiimist llOMB RAILWAY CENTER 4. r, I.. . Mannheim Poison Gas Factory &V Badly Wrecked Twenty- '?? r..... a l.-.l fej- , one values auui-kcu it bP Spieial Cable to Evening Public Ledper ISt" icmrtoht. 1918. to A'cio Vor. rimes to. Sh ilf nnilnn sllt 17. R' Durlnft August the Independent Itoyal Kfjif All; Forces mad? successful raids upon Eh np, fewer than twenty-one Important '&! fftWna In flprmmv In nrhlltlnn to a large j ! number of raids upon such aircraft Ma. Ifo-tlons as Buhl, lituiay, ircisaon. .mir- Ki'Wor.ir nnrt nthor inllltnrv obleCtlVeS. Tile IwP'totsl, weight of bombs diopped was well 13SS"' ... i ..i... t... ?t r ions, as ccmiyutcu nn ... . l;Mlght tons In May. slxty-sK tons In June BWand elirhty-cne tons In July. T noH InilnaFfi il nanlara OTpltlkllH of ?,'v",nVdromes. etc., attacked were Hrttein- bourg railway station, the Ilurb.nh f.ic- pftytorles, the Coblentz tallvvays. Ctilcisnc iw i. . . . . .. ..-.. i railways and rac:one, iranii'iam rui: "way. Bllllngen factories, liurcn f.ic- torles and Khrange railway junction. tnce each: Frankfort factories and rail-" IMi'ways three tlmei; KatNruhe station and ,.T.uxemhoiirc' rallwav station once eacn . Jdannhelm chemical factories and Met. .' ahlnn Mllwnvi ihrpA rimes -rich . OlYcn- burg station and railways, Hemllly rail way Junction, ivombach factories and Saaralbe chemical factory, once each ; SaarbourB railway wmUsliops and Jreves railways and workshojn three times each, and VulMngen blast tumacis once. The German territory brought (led nltely Into the wnr zone by British air men represents a belt of the lthine al ley 2BU miles long, from PoloKiie In the north to the Grind Duchy of Baden In the south The big Industrial centers on the Rhine contain In addition to Important rallivaw 4itnitlnri enmo nf (tin l.ircrst ESl munition, poison g.i, and electrical undertakings In western (Jermany. The profound and widespread moral effect of this persistent British air of fensive oer Germany N seen in the fact that at dozens of public imit.ng in the Rhine towns the excited citizens have passed resolutions protesting against raids', calling for their mutual limlta- S&StlonB, or In default of this for drastic J- ffinnd often Impracticable measures of de- Slfense. -u Cantured letters from places as widely separated at Mannheim and i ologne an leslify to the terror and panic Insplied ifeFpy i"e raids among the civil population, IFjI'prhlle the well-to-do families In Increas- wtivtiiimlker are rpkinir the temnorarv urlty of more distant Inland, towns, 'here are Indications that this latter fact Is causing Intense resentment among teni-felntr nonulatlon. who. being for iFthe moat Pki't engaged Pi svar nduslries. rre iJecullarly exposed to almost nightly 'fdanjrer from the British i alders. SIX DIE m PARIS RAID; $- io rnr pt.jnfs nnwNF.n ? J fj tltn A tliilfOff Prill B.-. "J ""-"'"' " m-'l- PaHn. Sent. 17 Six persons were IHrr-killed and fifteen otheis were injured In K-' Sunday night's air raid oer raris. ac- fK ' coraing 10 xne uais kico uy me ih--b- .. papers today. KT .' Unn nf the Iniuieil was a woman, the Ki .mother of six children m- J, "".One German machine, a Hotha, was R !? Drougni oown in tn loreat oi sum-. LMfS.ntene. 'ine two aviators ilea, pursuta Eft. py gendarmes. liUnachlnes accounted for bv the French jS'ikA.T'dlspatch 'ast night announced that Kfone oi tne nomDing pianes was nrougni it? Mown bv a direct shot from the artillery Itet 'defense of Paris, falling In one of the - r-iiuriuerii auuurun "ine uuuies in ii ut- filter and two men were louna in tne , WYAflrn-A "Jf ..'t.l t1.tn. C..n.ln.. t.n. 1 ...."Xil ttcum iiKimub ouuuaj, riirin.ii r. '.I... .. 1 ...1.. -n..nn nl.. Knlnpa Mnr1."npt nn fire sixteen cantlve i-&i Mlloons, says tho statement on aviation . activities Issued bv the War OfJlce last Lf7,rt-nlght. Sunday night bombing squadrons P. 'dropped forty-six tons of bombs on nilll- SJiry largeis oenina me uerman nnet RAfwlrom Jaon to Metz. The text of the ; SJt'jBtatement reads: Kix5.J ln STilpmhnp IS niir nvlntnra were. &Kxtremelv acthe and obtained notlce- "'ViS01 results, .otw-iinstanaing niarKeu KrjKnttempts by the enemy to protect hla f43',captlve balloons we set on fire sixteen ffihjof them. Numerous aerial combats were oemtaKed in. during which we destroyed BTAtwelve German machines. rI1!3s .uur .aviators carneo out oonioaru SMjintnta on the night of September 15-16 t'agxinst the communication linen, sta- rA2Jtlon and cantonments behind the SJCJenemy front The stations ai l.aon. fV5-Baroncourt and Contlans wera snowered r.Tt'htavlly with projectiles. Large tires and if. m J1. . ' AlllBBIir. A1XO I IL, d.llti .IVIt rut(lttlll- If explosions were oDseren, especially at SA ; Marl and Longuyon In all forty-six 3yi tons of bombs were dropped ' r r .- "Broker," Actual Sizm .r-! m 3TJJ2A 1 mm f-'. ii JP'rvwl !? .. i jl - i'-t ci ?i '? VM i crV mm JM- 1J mm A3H iVETWV WZt, J 2 & I 4 'i-LL. &f3 To retain K3 l2.Sf.M its goodness mm Mm m w . i fets on iour ne iii ' , r,r t kv', J-'-, - .'51 AMERICANS GAIN WISH IN BIG DRIVE Wanted "to Go to It" and Went at Pershing's Word ACCEPTED CHALLENGE Longed for Chance to Hit Ger man Nose of St. Mihicl Salient By CHARLES H. GRASTY I Special Cable to Evening Public l.etlper' i.upu,;oni. WI8, By .vtu, -rfc 7mr, (, I'arM. Sept. 17. They have had their wish, l-'iom commander-in-chief to doughboy they all shaied it. It wus "to go to It." They prayed to be shoulder-to-shoulder In their their own m m on their own front. And no matter how haid the job was, they wanted it on the load to somewhere. St. Mlhlel suited them tn a dot. The hae been In the neigliboihood foi weeks .mil months. The situation was a peipetu.il challenge tn their Xoith Ameilcin spirit nnd the longed for n I'h.lnce to lilt at the impudent nove which the Ceimans on th.it tiont had stuck far into the wet. If tliev lould cut It off the would stand wherp they could see Melz and l!ilc. and een l.ongwy Mien General reishlng gave the wind they "went to il" like u Hie de paitment to a tire. One could exhaust siineil.itlves with out doing Justice to l'.iris's enthusiasm oei this latent pi cot th.i' fighting Ameiicanlsm Is u specillc for German leiioiivm. The I-rench people are masters of expression, bu" for the moment word and gesture fall them They are too firll for utteiance. Till simph look at ou, suffused as to their iiinin? eyes with tears. All l'.irls speaks in the M,me vein of our soldleis, Parisians with moie rest een than Americans themsehes. I .Nothing since General Pershing's nr- ilal has aroused such an outburst of feeling as the news from Wocvie. Kew know exactly what has happened In the St. Mlhlel salient and behind, but ' everybody feels that It Is tiemendously , signlticant. .. .w. At a hotel where the woi Id gathers I Although the ground for peace pro at the luncheon hour an olllcer camo pnsaN bad been for some weeks prc- niio me iiiiuog loom wiui uie laiesi news from the scene of the battle, lie stopped to tell it to two oi tlliee friends and within a few minutes the news nun spieati over me room American women present could haidly collect themselves for their Joy over what their soldiers had done, but this mood alternated with one of sor row anil sympathy for the mothers at home. Manv of these women serve as nurses nt hospitals and there weie tears In their .smile", for they well know the price of the iitory and how the ambulances will be 1 oiling up presently, bringing new wounae.i to their caie. I noticed among those In the loom Solicitor (leneial Davis. Minister .lohn Barrett, of The Hague, en route for ference of prlsoneis. l,ad Ulster ICaye and Lady lladlield. two sturdy EJ American women; Mrs. Johnson, who S has been singing to the soldiers ai , eg Aix: rieneral du Pont. Barclay War-J burton and A. P McFadden. of Phlla- delphla, as well us manv American i ja officers, and all gathered in gioups'g discussing tne news. J a Later Admiral Sims, with several I g of his staff camo In, and was sur- j rounded by eager Americans. i e It Is pointed out that, one of the g results to be gained may be n final i !gj disillusionment -of the German people In respect to American strength in the p) war. '3 Even before this great demonstra- S tion of strength, particularly In the jfj last few days, the Cierman leadeis a themselves have begun to show their j demoralization in h concerted peace of-1 fenslve. They only succeeded In , producing oisgusi in uie rnicnte j 1 countries, ana mis eiieci is intensineu i by the American tiuccess. , The blasphemy and hypocrisy of the Kaiser's peace offensive, coming at a ' tlmo of Allied military successes, have confounded defeatism and hardened the common people In the Allied countries for a military conclusion and a dictnted peace. This sentiment . was expressed by an Amei lean soldier who bald, "I'd lather fight them than I have to listen to their lies." RAIDERS KILL FRENCH OFFICIAL Two Bombarding Planes Shot Down by Anti-Aircraft Guns By the Associated Press Turin, Sept. 17 Antolne Trouhat, tin - der chief of the nuestolrship In the Sen- ate, was killed during the aerial bom- bardment on this cit Sunday night. Two Herman airplanes which had participated In the raid on the legion of Paris Hunday night were shot down by anti-aircraft guns. They fell In the forest of Complegne. Three dead fler- mans were found In one of the pl-ines Friend or Enemy Which kind of cigar ) do you smoke? No man can afford to smoke the type of cigar that gets on his nerves. But every man can af ford to smoke the Girard, a friend that cheers, comforts, stimulates and inspires, but leaves not a trifling trace of in jury or harm. 11 Real Havana C Broker size ARD es v1 &l:ta :ufk: r rh l fci . j. . . "?-. Sfe.M'S.' feSJl ff ' EVEltoG' PUBLIC MANGIN NOW THREATENS FOE'S POSITION ON AISNE Slow hut Persistent Advance Out Foch's Strategy Shows Up Weakness of Enemy ny c. h. Special Cable to Erening Public Ledger CrifUrlolit. 1.9s. to .Veto York Times Co. Willi Hie French Armies, Sept. 17. The regular thythm of Marshnl Foch's Mrntegy Is nt least as Impres sive for the serious observer, nnd, we may be sure, for" the German Htnff, ns nny of Its more sensational episodes. Continuity in time with alternation In "paic these two characteristics keep the enemy harassed nnd rive the Allies always some benefit or surprise. The etnslon of the nrtle front toward the e'ist N particularly Im portant, not only because It brings us nearer the points the enemy must regard with special nn.!eiy, but he cause In what hae so long been Ul t sectors he will have very heavy wotk tn create defenses comparable with thoo further west. These sectors, too hnvo boon so slightlv held that whenever tlmj ,uc seriously attacked conIlet -ililo number of divisions musi ne ; iiioiiKiu n time to meet the1 Alsne Is thus threatened, nnd It seems oiet 1 !i p abandonment success! .ely i most Improbable that the encmv can of the Maine Somme mid Mouse i long hold the Alsne heights. Hut if Miliems shows how difficult it lias be- they :ue lost, can tho St. Clohaln block come for Merlin to nnd these divisions. I be letnlned? Or Is I.udcndorff already In this fait lies the confession of contemplating another letreaf GERMANY MAKING SCAPEGOAT" OF AUSTRI IN PEACE EFFORT Kaiser's Frantic Desire to End War Before Being Forced to Yield Separate Offer. Says Berlin Press, , Affecting Surprise Special Cable to Eiening Public Ledger ..,. . ..,. -n,,. iib,Pi sept 17 , . , ,, , ,' j ., Au-trla-llungary is again made the scapego.it In Germany's frantic effoit to nhtnin n iie.ii-i.' lminro sin. u fm.-Hil tn . , . pared by a heavy fire of pacifist and con- dilatory sprcches. the Rerlain press now UnanImniiI. declares thatfthls is a sepa rate, unexpected offer by the Dual Mon archy, for which the latter .State Is alone responsible The German inllitaiy party can thus avert the internal consenueni.es of suggesting peace after all the prom ises they hae held nut to the people for a strong German peace For pome time past reliable reports , have Indicated that public feeling against n hflng that A1rl;l ,.ou)(1 he nimpd for the crash waen It came, as she 0jEia52raHSJSg2jagJHEIEI2MH R c pairing and remodel ing at a 20 per cent re duction. Free storage c h ar g es payable irtri delivered. fkjF Septe Save 20 From Present Marked Prices 1 1. Kvcry piece of fur and fur frar ment in this sale is now worth much more than it is priced, nnd is increasing in value every day. . Wc bouRht long before prices "' reached their present level, and on every piece of fur-you buy vmi are practically assured of , ja 1 ,y jpj S ' S Ei , --i 4 S S S S a 40 per cent saving on prices that . :i : l. ...Enlnv must prevail ill m mm;. Fur Sets 47.50 Natural Raccoon 38.00 55.00 Taupe Fox 44.00 60.00 Taupe Lynx .... 48.00 92.50 Pointed Fox .... 74.00 97.50 Natural Squirrel 78.00 105.00 Jap Kolinsky ... 84.00 122.50 Natural Mink... 98.00 155.00 Moleskin 12 1.00 'I 282.50 Nat. Blue Fox.. 226.00 370.00 Hud. Bay Sable. 296.00 A Small Deposit Will Reserve Your Purchase in Our Fur 97.50 Natural Squirrel Set, $78.00 This set Includes a bmart cape, scarf and round muff to match. iP.IK'l " -" r- i& .1 LBpaER - - PHIi;ADELPHlA; TUESDAY, Will Likely Drive Germans FERRIS the substantial accuracy of the fig ures of the decline of thr German army which in my dispatches up to .luly last nlways seemed to err on the side of optimism. The tun of the tide has Justified those staff calculators on whom l depended. It l, then, a steady el,b rather than any one current that Is carrying ' to victory, hut tide may be and Is being helped by two kinds of In fluence. One Is the Individual ability of the Allied "chiefs, fiom generals downward. The slow hut persistent advance of (lenernl Mangin's army between the Allctte and the Alsne, where a inrner of the Hlndenburg lino has been chipped and Is In danger of a greater breach. Illustrates what deteimln?d nnd resourceful leadership can accom plish. Without any fuss, Mangir. has taken possession or Monte des Singes and the west end of Chemln des Dames, between Allomant village and Mennejean farm and the brick heap called the mill of L.alTaux. The smull French tanks once again proed their high value The whole Cierman position on the already had been blamed for other fall ute. Papcts of all shades, from the con servative Kreuzseltung to the moderate Tagehlatt, lay particular stress on the fact that this neace proposal was made nn Austria-Hungary's Initiative and pro. fess not to share ihe optimism of the Mapsburger After the lengthy discus sions of the headquarters meeting of the two monarchs. and of Von Hintze's visit to Vienna, It Is absurd to assert that the proposal was made without Geimany's approval and collaboration. Most of the papers express doubt as tn the success of the proposal, and some suggest that the w rong moment has been chosen. forgets V, S. War Ainu The invitation to a 'confidential un binding conference." Is held here to mean merely thit Germany comes to a neutral market to see how eager the Allies are to buy, so that she can esti mate how much to ask, forgettirg that ono of America's alms of the war Is to do away with confidential, unbinding dls- - Mavfeon & DeMairp 1115 Chestnut Street (Opposite Keith's Theatre) siier Let Us Give You a Fair Understanding of Just What This Annual Fur Sale Means to You! (My oaSR) ja- rJS. If 185.00 ' Natural Nutria Coat.l 148.00 1 A very snappy1 4H-!nch flare de-l 280.00 Hudson Seal Coats, 224.00 5K. ;na"dueawf,rh i Miawl collar and cuffs of silky SshBanwiWco'i,ara.e I nE w"uh beT model of unusual distinction. wIMfi m$M 1HH W -iE '"HIE Sri il BJ(V jl T Newest Fur Coats That Are Unmatchable at These Prices 83.00 Marmot Coats 68.00 timart I.ooe Belted Model, I.arze Shawl Collar 110.00 Natural Muskrat. .88.00 Three-uuartnr Length Full Model, I.nriiK Hhawl Collar. 172.60 Natural Raccoon. 138.00 Three.quarter Inisth Ixio Pelted Model. 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Karl's letter to the French President, .... ... .. i rlapmanv. wiucii is not yet iorgoiieii ""-' but says that this Is the first time Austria has sent a note ami '" time during the war that one of tne Central Povveis has acted without us Allies. People, It says, might Interpret this as a separation from wic "'""' - were It not for tho fact mi """-;"' t eportu have Just announceu .u world that Austro-llungarlan troops helped In the recent offensive. The Lokal Anzelger remarks that the failure of all former and similar under takings does not encourage optimism, The Tageblatt avers that the proposal Is a great surprise to the public and Is only Vienna's Initiative. "We must see nn honest motive be fore ptace. Every friend of l'famu-; ask whether this Is the right mom" for It. The Central Powers have carried on a peace offensive for a ear ami a half without much success Vc vylll not go into the details of the failure. 1'bIU to .Make (Inod Impreslon In the last few weeks' the paper adds, Germany has opened a rystematlc cam palgn of speeches for pence. Kvery friend of peace must approve Von layers Ideas, especially as regards the w-cst ami the colonies, but these words had hardly reached abroad when the en nese note hastens after them, which does not make a good Impression. The paper assumes, from the utter ances of Wilson. Dnlfour nnd Lloyd George, that Austria-Hungary Is not to be divided up and Germany's internal affairs are not to be "Interfered with by Ihe Entente President Wilson's Mur teen points, It says, are enslly reconciled with like Interests of tho separate bel ligerents, and It Is only a question of application. The note, however, over looks the important question of Alsace I.orrnlne. After all other steps have failed, there Is hnrdly another means to peace except a confidential discus sion. , .... The paper concludes that Austria 8 separate action, may, however, only en courage the Allies to a more desperate stand, vet the dual monarchy can rest assured' that the majority of German people will welcome Its peace step with sympathy. UPHOLD "RED TERROR" Bolshevik Government Won't Per mit Interference by Diplomatic Corps By the Associated Presi Amsterdam. Sept. 17. M. Tchltcherln, the Bolshevik b'oielgn Minister, has ad dressed a long and sharp note to the .; i .i .. .1 iwrnVrnii In renlv ;o,,StlproTesro?tSeVtemberdB wtatV'S tn the "ilea rerror, ixuiuiw lsvestla. The note conciunes: "We energetically rejected Interfer ence bv neutral and capitalistic Towers In favor of the Russian bourgeoisie. We shall regard any attempt by the repre sentatives of these Towers to overstep the limits of lawful protection of th ititn-.t of their countrymen as an at tempt to support vjhe Russian counter- revolution.' Charge Accounts Opened. Large-size Coats up to SO bust. Mail Orders Filled. 3. You can make a still further saving by buying during this sale, as the Government intends placing a heavy tax on all furs within a short time. i. Don't allow the lack of ready money prevent you from making a purchase at once, as a small deposit will reserve your pur chase in our storage vaults un til desired. Fur Scarfs i 30.00 Wolf (all colors) 24.00 i 32.50 Hudson Seal . . . 26.00 fa 35.00 Taupe Fox 28.00 35.00 Kamchatka Fox. 28.00 jl 35.00 Lynx I,lack or Trupb 28.00 1 37.50 Red1 Fox 30.00 1 42.50 Natural Squirrel 34.00 92.50 Cross Fox 74.00 H2.50 Mole (Large Stole) 90.00 1 137.50 Russ'n Kolinsky.110.00 Storage Vaults Until Desired 145.00 Jap Mink Coatee, $116.00 A moat appealing effect, with ahort aleevea and long rolling ahawl collar. Fur Sale jfift mmmmmmmmmmfl mm jriizsr.ca - ,'vw v SEPTEMBER 17; 19i?:f FROM BATTLEFRONTS GRIM AMERICANS SHOW NO ELATION First American Victory Will Loom Large on Rec ords of War ciTrnrcn J3ULLESS IS COMPLETE g. titm i n r a A All Ot. JMllllcI Sector Defied All French Effortl at Recntpure for Four Years By G. H. PERRIS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Vovuriaht, is in. bu Xew York rimes Co. Willi the French Army in Lorraine, Sept. 17. The bronzed nnd rather grlm-look-.5 Amerlcan lads whom I have met today showed no signs of national in i yet an evcnt ''as occurred that will loom large even In the abnormal records of this wnr. The first separate American nrmy has fought Its first victorious bittle on European soil, and it has made u wonderful clean nnd quick Job of it, Rarely can there have been a mili tary success at once so rapid and so complete. Some 200 square miles, forming n triangle with a base of twenty miles and with a depth from the apex nt St. Mlhlel of fourteen miles nn area occupied by the enemy for four years and during tho greater part of that time without challenge has been torn from him In two short days. His dead and wounded we can not count, but he has left behind over 13,000 prlsoneis and a great amount of material. It was In one of the French sectors, that I crossed the Meuse to the re covered tenitory. l-'or nearly foUt yeara the wedge or salient of St. Ml hlel had been a thorn In the flesh- of Krunce and her defenders. This block of hills, rising fiom 300 to (!(I0 feet above the Meuse on one hand nnd the clay plain of the Woevre on the otner. remained to the Germans after their Ineffectual attempt during the battle of the Maine to cut across the Meuse and to tuke Verdun In reverse. The superb resistance of lort Troy on from September 8 to 1.1, 1914, thwaited that effort, but on Septem ber 22 n large body of troops from Metz came through the Hap 0f Spada and captured the old French fort ot the Roman eamn on the cliff beside St. Mlhlel. From this fastness, while the Infantry was obtaining a foothold on the west bank of the river, the Ger man gunners amused themselves by bombarding the neighboring villages, Including Samplgny, where President Polncare has his country home. iiley were never auie iu cniargo their position at Chauvoncourt, but xiiey were never aoie to cniargo WRIGLEYS aglafllHRRl ft I I aaaaaaaaaaaaLalgaaagaH Gm ' K gaagaV aagaggaH H ggL. aaflaflagagcaH gaggggggga We will win this war Nothing else really matters until we do! ?A-&iMJi iT.'ii nHHBrVSF' , V A P-i wji j.r'HKn - , neither werb the French able to drive them out of the St. Mlhlel hills. In the splng and summer of 1915 the French mado desperate attempts to break through the .south side, of the salient, and aome of the hardest fighting of thone days took plnce on the slopes of ADrcmont forest nnd lower ground, whence the present at tack started. Then through the regular Phases of mine and grenade warfare the sec tor fell Into complete calm for three years. No serious action had taken place In the front of the southern Woevre and at St. Mlhlel the sentinels of the two armies from the promon tories on either" side of the rivet1, watched each other. The Immobility of this situation had a considerable and Important Influence upon tho nrmv of Verdun when the Crown Prince's offensive against that fortress was begun. There were only two railway lines Into Verdun, of which one. coming west through tho Argonne, was soon under German Are. Hence tho creation, under General Pe tain's Impulsion, of the famous motor wagon service, bv means of which Vet dun was saved. NO ILLUSORY PEACE Entente Will JVot Discuss Status Quo Ante, Says Rome Newspaper Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Covvrlaht. Ills, bu .Vcio Vork Times Co. Home. Sept. 17. "The Kntente Is ready loyally lo discuss a true peace, which would eliminate the fundamental reasons which brought about the exV ploslon of war, putting an end at least to the mos Important causes of con lilct; but, putting aside the uuestlon whether It Is opportune or even possible at the moment to talk peace, the Kn tente neither now nor In the future, Is ready to discuss an Illusory peace, made only of words, of diplomatic arrange- Diamond ' r, ,.,.-.. i'a&S&u-:- v; A large selection in suffi cient variety to suit all tastes. Good style is a scarf pin of octagonal cluster effect a large brilliant diamond, fyfn pb surrounuca oy a Doracr small diamonds $170. S. Kind & Sons, ino chestnut st DIAMOND MERCHANTS JEWKLnrtS SILVERSMITHS P.wj War Saving Stamps The Flavor Lasts vt ll" - ...'rt . i. '. . . . r i i t sX W.K,l-Afl ' .' . HOW A BURRO STRUCK GOLD This is only one of' the many interesting, instructive incidents and facts in a free, vest-pocket . booklet which ve are now distributing. A cross section view of a typical mine, and thu story of how mini are made Jo-day, are included. Send for A'o. i. U.-998, today JONES & BAKER SECURITIES WMtMr BlJf., Phil.d.VH. rhMM nll, Wtlnut 1W0 ;Ker', rue SM Nw Trk Plttiburih Cfeletf Direct frlctft If (r Bt ment," says the newspaper Temp, sum ming up the universal conviction both of official circles and of the general population here. The view taken Is that a peace of the status quo ante for the west, with a free-nand for the t'entral Umpires In the east, which Is obviously what Austria Hungary and Germany hope to be ob tainable, would be simply a disastrous pnce. the worst catastrophe Imagin able for the Entente, for the liberty of V.uropu and the whole world. Gaslens Order Applies to Naval Officers Wanliliigton. Sept. 17 (By 1. N. S.) 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