New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Sirens, Bells and Red F;,.
to Feature CeIebrat;on
Here Friday Night
Big Parade Planned
For Liberty Davn
Police Department Pledc.a
to Raise $50,OOO,0oo
in 22 Days

The organization Of the city for -.
conduct OF the Liberty Loan csmoa;r,
which Mayor Hylan will open in ci,,
Hall Park Saturday is almost compls,,
/ The plans of business men. women An,
churches arc being perfected, and y.
Police Department, labor organi,atjo,,
and host of less important establisA
ments have made their plans for the,
individual drives. ell CT which will !.
coordinated in the city's effort 10 ey.
ceed its quota of bonds of the Four,
/ Liberty Loar.
The Merchants Association has A..
sumed respons ibility for The organirs.
/ ton Of a RAINBOW Division" 10 mar.
! ticipate in the parade that is TO aka
( place October 10, Liberty Day An
the business interests of the CITY ey.
cept the banking and fiduciary insti-
: tutions are to be represented. Thar
3 repre- senta atives Will be the sc,us,
buyers of bonds in the various trades
( and businesses. There also will IA
soldiers and sailors. Rcd Cross nurses
and soldiers mothers. each individual
an emphatic reason in himself for the
/ purchase of Liberty Bonds
Such din as never before sslutsd
the cars of New York and msy never
again be beard, unless some spectaculs,
attempt TO lombard tie city is staged
by the scenic artists in Berlin, will
usher in the fourth Liberty Loan
Sirens to Open Celebrations
Ten giant sirens. installed in til.
various boroughs under police sures.
vision te give warning of enemy St.
tacks. will loose their believing alarms
in gigantic chorus Friday evening ts
the first time. and to their titanic hoot
! ing will be added the entire whists
bell and horn power of the city.
At 7:55 p. n. tho uproar will b
turned loose, and after FIVE deafenn,
minutes the ten sirens will cease AMI
the congiomerate voice Of New York;
factories, churches. steam ships and
automobiles will take up the refrain
At 8:15 they will fall silent. and 9
$50 the sirens will below agsin 10
five minutes, sounding the recall, Al
safe."
These ten sirens. each installed on
factory which maintains at least tw'
hundred pounds steam pressure nigh
and day. have never been Thoroughly
tested because of the impossib lity 0!
warning the entire public OF what Il
expect. Unlike the powerful steamship
whistles which grunt and rasp alons
until they finally blare into their trui
notes, the alarm sirens speak at oncf
with their characteristic voice an!
sweep through their vocal arc with thi
ease OF q searchliqht beam brushing
from horizon TO zenith. Each Of then
has fifteen mile range
Police Quota S50,o0o,oo0
( Besides their contribution TO th'
Liberty Loan ewes noisy announce
ment. the Police Department has IN.
! der,aken to sell $50, 100000 worth Q!
bonds and is going TO distribute 1,5oNt
! 600 copies OF The Stars and Stripes
/ the official newspaper Of the America,
expeditionary forces.
The Fire Department has given pei.
mission TO burn red fire at 1000 street
intersections and the sky above NsF
York viii blaze red Ct the same mo-
ment that the air shivers for fifteen
miles around TO the blast of the raid
alarm sirens.
A III previous Liberty Loan cam.
psigns, the Liberty Bell booth in CIV
Hall Park viii he in charge OF The
Mayors Committee OF Women on No.
fional Defence, and il is there tss
/ Mayor Hylan officially will open he
municipal drive Saturday noon. mrs
". Bourke Cochran viii be head Of tie
( committee il charge OF the boota'
Mrs. T. l. Strange is arranging dalN
programme Of speaking.
Concerts Every Day
There will Re concerts every ds
also. Martin Nogel. Assistant unH@
States Treasurer, VIII be one OF tas
first speakers. Among the bond ser
lers will be Miss Estella 0'Brien. MIS-
/ George Gordon Battle, Mrs. MsEul
Nogel. Miss Madeline Reece, Mrs. IaA
Tucker. Mrs. Harry Duryes and A's
Josephine flannery
The booth Will be decorated with tas
city colors. and fagpole IS being u
up, from which will fy the flag Of oa'
Of the twenty-five allies Of freedom o
each of the twenty-five days OF the lo'a
campaign. The first dav of the dFle,
will be Belgian Day and the rag -. :
Belgium will fly from the staff. la'
last day will be United States Day :,
A forest Of fagpoles will sprou' !.
front of the Public Library on la'
Avenue of the Alllesv before SaIl.'
day, and on that day they will blossoa
with the flags OF the twenty-five l0s. !.
Of Germany. The game plan VII "
carried ont at st. Patrick CathedTs.
The unity Of the twenty-five al;ss
has been vocslized by Sousa, who i hss
composed the Flags q FresoOTI
March which will he PLAYED st .. ..
public places and gatherings du'As
the Liberty Loan drive. ~.
William g. McAdoo. Secretary ol wv
Treasury, viii make his last pubic ~
pearancc until after the fourth Llpe.s
Loan campaign is ended al CsrnegF
Hall tomorrow evening. The Llne,s
Loan Committee announced yesteluH
that the demand for tickets W.
cXtraordinary.
The East Side division of the four
Liberty Loan drive will have dnn. ND.
this evening in Clinton Hall. Isl Cass
ton Street. which all team captains, W !.
attend. Among the speakers VIII
Judge Otto A. Rosalsky. of Gene.
Sessions; Deputy Police Commissloas
Frederick \. Wallis and Benlsqes.
Strong. governor of the Feder'l F
serve Bank.