Bemorralt atc Bellefonte, Pa., November 15, 1918. RE w- ——— Te Correspondents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real mame of the writer. mae P. GRAY MEEK, i. ‘Editor. Terms of Subscription.—Until further amotice this paper will be furnished to sub- scribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 175 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 WITH THE AMBULANCE MEN IN FRANCE. Centre County “Boy Describes the Sights Witnessed Right On the Battle Line. The following letter was written by Charles M. Emerick, son of jury com- missioner J. A. Emerick, of Nittany, to his sister in Williamsport. The young man was a student at Buck- nell, in his Junior year, when the war broke out. With patriotic zeal Buck- nell University promptly contributed an ambulance unit and “Mack” Emer- ick was among the number. He went to France early this year and the fol- lowing letter was written to his sis- ter in Williamsport: You see I have not written to you for a long time but it is this way. I had not received a letter from you for a long, long time and when I did re- ceive one from you it was useless to write for we had no way of sending our mail. We left our quiet sector that we were all kicking about and after about a week or ten days moving we are placed in reserve in the drive which every one knows of by this time, then three days later our division took up the push and sure did get and keep the Boche on the run. We, I mean the whole army, advanced so fast that now, after a three days’ stop, communica- tions have not yet been established with the exception of those that are absolutely necessary for operation. Now you see I had a very good rea- son for not writing, and besides, since we came here every one has been pret- ty much all in. After we left our old sector we had about ten days of good, gypsy life; the good weather made it more favor- able, and we all enjoyed it. Then when our division went in we still kept on the move, 2s we followed up very close and moved every day for five days. We had our camp in the towns before their capture was an- nounced, and you know we stay pret- ty well in the rear with our camp. To give you some idea of the advance, one day the French cavalry advanced twelve kilometers without meeting any Boches." Then they hit*a machine gun and they came back like the “Six Hundred.” Within a few hours after the Boches are out of a place, we are there after the wounded, and have gone within a few hundred yards of the first line. It is real work and al- though dangerous you can’t help but like it, and want to do it, when the rest of the fellows are doing the fight- ing, and I think we should go as close as they do, but of course that would be foolish. I can’t help but speak of the French cavalry. They are some bunch and you should see their animals. They are right. I saw several companies the night before they went in. It was a moonlight night and they were lin- ed up far in the rear. You have heard of the lancers used by the French cav- alry. This was the first time I ever saw any and it sure was a sight that | Everything glit- | I never will forget. ‘tering in the moonlight, the straps and accoutrements clashing, and of course you could hear the horses gnashing on their bits and once in a while a neigh. This was a sight you seldom saw in this war. I think such contraptions are of little use and it is downright slaughter to send in men ‘thus, as a few machine guns can ac- count for a whole regiment of caval- ry. Such splendor and glitter are past. You should have seen the field when they were stopped. It looked like a chicken yard after having been raided by a regiment of weasels. I don’t know if I should tell you some of the real things or not. If you FRED M. HULL BELLEFONTE Killed in Action in France on Septem- ber 26th. The young man was born in Belle- fonte on May 7th, 1886, hence was 32 years, 5 months old. He was sent to Camp Meade on February 27, 1918, and went across in July. Over there he was assigned to Company K, 314th infantry and just how he met his death has not been learned. French, negroes, Germans and others all at one spot. Really one sees little difference in the death of an animal or man; each goes where he is told and you see them lying side by side until we sol- diers, many days later, bury them and place'a wooden: cross over the man with the inscription, “fell on the field of honor,” and send a notice to his relatives, while the brute gets noth- ing buf a hole, and really I can’t tell sometimes, which to regret the most, for there is no difference in the death, as the man is mostly a victim of cir- cumstances as well as the animal. I guess this will be enough of this kind of material. We have had five cars put out of service by shell-fire but so far no one hurt. One fellow was standing at his radiator and a shell hit the car, wounding seven Frenchmen, another American, but not hurting him. It blew the top off his car and up onto a tree. I have ben fortunate as I haven’t even had a puncture in the work, and have been on service every day since the 31st of July, working for seventy-two hours straight with- out any sleep. The last night put the bug on me as I got caught in the worst convoy you ever saw and it took | me from 10:30 until 4:30 in the morn- ing to go four miles. It sure is no joke to haul wounded who are pretty badly hurt and have to look for shell-holes, bumps, etc., and if there are officers near, you get the side of the road and ditch; the can- nons and artillery trains keep in the middle. of the road, as’ the French drivers are mighty unsportsmanlike and all seem to believe in the heaviest car holding the road. I am learning to swear in French and believe me, it helps a lot. . This will be all now. Write when you get time and give my love to all and regards to the rest. MACK. rr Boys in France Rejoice Over Ap- proach of Peace. Monday morning while all Belle- fonte was celebrating the dawn of peace W. Homer Crissman received a letter from his son Luther, who is with the supply company of the 109th artillery, telling how the soldier boys in France celebrated the news that peace was near. The letter was writ- ten on October 15th and at that time the fact was known in France that Germany would have to give in very shortly. Corporal Crissman’s letter in part as follows: In France, Oct. 15. Are we a happy crowd of boys? Well, I should say that we are, for I know that you have heard the great news long before this letter will reach you. Just at dinner time we heard from some truck drivers that the Ger- mans were evacuating allied territo- like to hear some real war tales, I might be able to supply some of the | I guess you have pretty good , nerves so I will tell you a few of the | it was quite so near. things I have seen. Now I don’t want | m. it was announced to our officers by you to get the idea I am trying to im- i the colonel and they in turn announc- facts. ry. Of course we knew they were for we have been driving them back, but as to peace we could not believe that About 1:30 p. press you with what I have gone ed it to us. You never heard such a through, I only want to tell things as | noise in all your life. It is now about | { 8:30 p. m. and they are still at it— | they are. In the first place the infantry goes bands playing and everything else, so | forward and is followed by the artil- ' that I guess there must be something | lery and our outfit, and no one has time | of it. I’m not an’ to bother with the dead. advocate of “let the dead bury the dead,” for they fail miserably. Nat- urally, you know what you find, and it has been pretty hot and raining. Hence the whole air has a’ good odor of a certain smell that is not ripe peaches, and worse than rotton pump- kins. where, along the road especially. You see dead bodies every- Some standing up in the ditch right | where they were killed, others lying | on their backs with faces and limbs twisted in all sorts of positions. Men without heads are a common sight. Horses with legs turned toward heav- en and tails on a line with the ground, | still add to these weird sights. More remarkable sights than you can see anywhere. lain in such a position for three .or four days they turn a very dark blue or black and the odor creases. If you take the time to look or think about it, it sure makes a hideous sight but it is surprising how easy it is not to mind such things at all. You can see English Tommies, in- | And after the dead have! { action again, and believe me, we have I have been wondering how the peo- ! ple back in the States have been tak- | ing it. I will bet that they have been | going some and that the whole coun- try is just about wild over it. I know that we are. Just to think of it! We may be home for Christmas, and if everything goes right that is just where we will be. Won’t we be a hap- py crowd? I can hardly wait until the time when we will set foot on U. S. soil. It will be a great day for all of us. We have moved back to a rest camp, and I think we will never see seen plenty of it and I am very well satisfied. All the boys in our compa- ny are well and happy. Will close now as it is time for re- treat. LUTHER. ee QA rm mn — Notwithstanding the fact that the churches in Bellefonce were clos- ed five weeks the attendance on Sun- day was not as large as it should have | brothers and sisters: been, but the services in all the churches were unusually interesting. WILLIAM F. TAYLOR BOALSBURG Died in France from Wounds in Action. Private Taylor was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor, of Harris township, where he was born 23 years ago. He was sent to Camp Lee for training early in July and went across in August. In France he was assign- ed to Company H, 314th infantry and Received RALPH ILLINGSWORTH DUNLAP PINE GROVE MILLS Died of Pneumonia in France on Octo- ber 12th, Private Dunlap was a son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Dunlap and was twen- ty-one years old. He served with the Boal Machine Gun troop on the Mex- ican border, trained at Camp Han- cock and went across in April. He fought with Co. A, 107th machine gun was wounded in the Argonne forest. battalion. DEAD SOLDIER A HERO. Red Cross Nurse Wrote Parents of AAAS UNS SP SP PI ISIS SPP IPSS PPP PPP PPP PP PP SS POPP P POPP PPS PAPAS Death of Private Ralph I. Dunlap. | Ralph Illingsworth Dunlap, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Dunlap, of Pine Grove Mills, was the first mem- ber of the original Boal Machine Gun troop to make the supreme sacrifice. The first news of his death was com- municated to his mother by a Red Cross nurse who was with him to the last. Her letter is as follows: October 14, 1918. From C. Ferguson, U. S. Army Nurse Corps, Base Hos- pital. No. 23, A. E. F. France. A. P.O. 752. : . Dear Mrs. Dunlap:— No doubt you have been notified of your son’s death from pneumonia. He was admitted to our hospital Oc- tober 8th, and was very ill. He re- mained conscious almost to the end, dying at 10 p. m. October 12th. The chaplain was with him in the after- noon and your son was ready to go. The chaplain returned in the even- ing and stayed with him until he passed away. : We are all very sorry, for your son was really the nicest, most apprecia- | tive young man we have nursed. He thanked us all for what we had done faith,” was well exemplified. Interesting News of Those in the U. S. Service. Word has been received in Belle- fonte that Cresswell Hewes, only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hewes, of Erie, had been wounded in action in France. The family is very well known in Bellefonte, having formerly lived here, and the young soldier, prior to induction, was a student at State Col- lege. He was called for service in February and in France was assign- ed to Company D, 6th machine gun battalion. Just how serious his -wounds are is not definitely known. Misses Emma Waite and Lucy Mil- ler, members of the operating corps of the Bell Telephone company of Pennsylvania, went to Wilkes-Barre on Monday where they were until yes- terday taking instruction on the im- proved switch board and also under- going an examination for the U. S. service. Both young women regis- tered at the call for service and have made all arrangements to. leave for - Washington on Saturday. for him. The doctors ~werked over! him, hoping to save him: even. to fhe’ last. They thought if they could pull him through that night he might re- cover, but all efforts failed. He was buried in the little cemetery on the hill—of course it was a military funeral and he was dressed in full uniform. Must close, hoping this letter may be of some comfort to you in your sorrow, and you may be proud of your son, who died for liberty and justice. Sincerely yours, CATHERINE FERGUSON, Nurse. The family not having received no- tice from the War Department until after they had communicated with the Department, can’t express their full gratitude to the Red Cross organiza- tion, and especially this splendid nurse, for her consoling letter. Ralph I. Dunlap was born at Pine: Grove Mills April 16th, 1897, making him 21 years, 5 months and 26 days old. He was educated in the Pine Grove Mills schools, graduated from High school with the class of 1915. Shortly after graduating he enlist- ' ed in the Boal Machine Gun troop and served with that organization on the Mexican border. When the United States entered this war he again went with his troop to Camp Hancock, Ga. After several months’ training there he left for Camp Upton from whence he set sail some time in April, land- ing in France some time in the early part of May. His parents, brothers and sisters, as well as friends, have received cheerful letters from him very regu- larly ever since he landed in France. Writing from dugouts and places full of danger, he would always picture . something beautiful, never complain- ing in the least and assured everyone he would be returning by Christmas time. Letters from his captain (Wilbur F. Leitzell), and other members of his battalion, tell of eighty-seven days of the hardest kind of fighting they have put through. He was in the hard drive on the Argonne sector, helped take Monfaucon, and had crossed the famous Hindenburg line. Another member, who stood close by him in the trenches, writes that when they urged him to leave, seeing he was ill, he refused to go and stuck to his post until he was forced to leave. His du- ty to his country was indeed well done and his memory will last through the ages. In addition to his parents the young hero is survived by ' the following Leah and Kath- ryn, of Philadelphia; Jack, of Colver, Pa.; George, of Pine Grove Mills; Randall, of Cherrytree, and Edythe, at home. Memorial services were held Sun- day morning at 11 o’clock in the Methodist church at Pine Grove Mills. The officiating minister was Rev. I. C. Fisher, who was assisted by Rev. L. N. Fleck, of the Lutheran church. The text—II Timothy 4:21, “I have fought a good fight, I have A letter received from J. M. Heinle, who is training with the marines on Paris Island, S. C., states that he has been detailed for, extra duty in the electrical corps. He further states that “this army life is some job. They keep you busy all day and the great- er part of the night. It was pretty tough the first week but I am getting used to it now.” Mr. Heinle was pained to hear of the death of Harry Ott, who worked for him several years and whom he characterized as a “very nice boy.” In the Canadian casualty list last Friday appeared the name of C. Stan- ley, Howard, Pa., as gassed. Lieut. Horace A. Hartranft has been home from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, this week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Hartranft. Latest word received from Arthur T. Ward, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Ward, is that his condition is consid- ered very grave. Private Ward is at Camp Greenleaf, Ga., and two weeks ago suffered a relapse while recover- ing from an attack of influenza. - COP es Deserved Tribute to a Good Woman. The following tribute to Mrs. Har- ry Ash Pearce, who died on October 15th, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Cooke, in Balti- more, after a few days’ illness with influenza, appeared in a Panama pa- per on October 17th: A sad cable received yesterday by Mr. H. A. Pearce announcing the death of Mrs. Pearce at the home of her parents in Baltimore, Md., may be said to have plunged the whole Canal Zone into mourning. Mrs. Pearce was one of those whose life on the Isthmus covers a period of about ten years. - She was an active member of the Red Cross, and an ardent worker for the interests of the boys “over there.” She will be remembered as giving freely of her time and wonderful en- ergy during the third Liberty loan, which brought forth such good re- suits. Mrs. Pearce was ever ready to as- sist the helpless and needy, always rendering invaluable aid when the hospital ships arrived in port. She was always seen going about from car to ear giving words of cheer and dainty delicacies, scattering sunshine among the bed-riddem sufferers. She was one of the rare personalities that fitted in everywhere. Her kindness to those of the simpler classes was well known. She was a woman of many and sincere friendships, and her death leaves a large void in the life of the Canal Zone. Much sympathy is felt for her hus- band in his bereavement, and the dear little boys, Donald and Douglas, who have lost a devoted mother; and in sympathy with them the entire com- munity feels itself bereaved of one of its most valued members. Mrs. Pearce will be laid to rest near hor childhood’s home at Bellefonte, a. ces ——The public schools opened on Wednesday with a normal attendance. The school board is considering the fact of holding school on Saturdays in order to make up lost time, but no decision has yet been reached. finished my course, I have kept the FRANK B. CRISSMAN BELLEFONTE Reported Wounded in Action in France. Date Unknown. Frank Crissman is a son of W. Ho- mer Crissman and was born in Belle- fonte about 26 years ago. He went out as a trumpeter with Troop L but in France has been serving with the military police which have on two oc- casions been cited for bravery by the French high command. NO MORE MEN TO BE SENT AWAY. Final Instructions Issued by Provost | Marshall General Murdock. The sixteen young men summoned ' to Bellefonte on sonday to entrain | for Camp Crain, Aiientown, on Tues- i day, were soldiers of Uncle Sam for i a day only. At midnight, Monday i night the local exemption board re- ceived orders cancelling all move- ments of young men to camps until i further orders and Tuesday morning | the young men were discharged from | the service and sent home. On Tues- | i day the local board received the fol- | lowing order from Provost Marshall i General Murdock: | The Secretary of War on Monday | issued the following order to the Pro- vost Marshall General: “You will at once instruct State Headquarters and local district boards immediately to discontinue all work connected with the classification of men who on Sep- tember 12, 1918, had attained their thirty-seventh birthday. You will further instruct said local boards to continue to completion as expeditious- ly as possible the classification of all registrants who én September 12, 1918, had attained their nineteenth birthday and had not attained their thirty-seventh birthday. You will, finally, at_.the earlies appropriate moment direct all local and district boards ‘to ‘issue ‘questionaires to’ all registrants who'“on “September 12, 1918, had attained their eighteenth birthday and had not attained their nineteenth birthday, and to proceed with and complete as early as possi- ble the classification of such regis- trants,” 2 In entering pursuant to the fore- going instructions upon what seems, in view of the mighty events of the day, to be the final work of this char- acter to be <ione by the selective serv- ice system, I extend to the members of that system my personal congrat- ulations upon their truly great achievements of the past year and a half, achievements that have taxed to the utmost the time, the ability and the endurance of all those engaged in the work, and that have furnished the army to which in large measure must be given credit for saving the world both civilization and government by the people. To you, members of that system, must come a sense of duty well done which only a loyalty, patri- otism and devotion such as yours can bring. The country and the world knows that it owes to you a debt of thanks and gratitude which cannot be measured by words but only by the affection, the respect and the esteem, now yours, of those among whom you live and from whom you have taken that which was beyond price. In undertaking the completion of your work under the orders above giv- en, I bespeak of you the same inter- est and tireless energy which has characterized your work in the past. v MURDOCK. ——— BIRTHS. Haupt—On October 2, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Haupt, of Bellefonte, a son. Young—On October 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young, of Bellefonte, a daughter. Davis—On October 5, to Mr. and Mrs. P. Davis, of Bellefonte, a son. Irvin—On October 14, to Mr. and Mrs. Archie T. Irvin, of Bellefonte, a daughter, Elizabeth Irvin. Stevens—On October 16, to Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Stevens, of Bellefonte, a son, Franklin Keith. Miller—On October 17, to Mr. and Mrs. John H. Miller, of Bellefonte, a daughter, Mary Linn Miller. Bornski—On October 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bornski, of Benner town- ship, a son, John. Owens—On October 26, to Mr. and Mrs. James H. Owens, of State Col- lege, a son, John Roy. Shultz—On October 27, to Mr. and Mrs. George Shultz, of Axe Mann, a daughter. Yarnell—On October 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Yarnell, of Bellefonte, a son, Kryder Coburn. Norden—On October 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Norden, of Bellefonte, a son. Smeltzer—On October 30, to Mr. and Mrs. Orvis C. Smeltzer, of Ben- ner township, a daughter. = 1 memati MARRIAGE LICENSE. Wade A. McKinley and Helen V. Bloom, Milesburg. Albert Irving Doerr, Erie, and Ma- bel O. Brungart, Rebersburg. Terms of the Armistice. (Continued from page 1, Col. 5.) mark and Holland, that all restrictions placed on the trading of their nations with the allies and associated countries, whether by the German government or by private German interests, and whether in return for specific concessions such as the export of ship building materials or not, are immediately cancelled. Thirty-two—No transfers of German merchant shipping of any description te any neutral flag are to take place after signature of the armistice. DURATION OF ARMISTICE. Thirty-four—The duration of the arm- istice is to be thirty days with option to extend. During this period, on failure of execution of any of the above clauses, the armistice may be denounced by one of the contracting parties on forty-eight hours’ previous notice. TIME LIMIT FOR REPLY. Thirty-ive—This armistice to be ac- cepted or refused by Germany within sev- enty-two hours of notification. Official Election Returns for Centre County. The official returns of the general election on Tuesday, November 5th, for Centre county, are as follows, without the soldiers’ vote which has not yet been returned, and may not be for a week or ten days. The sol- diers’ vote, however, while it will af- fect the totals, will not make any change in the results, either in Cen- tre county or the State. The compil- ation was made in the presence of Judge Quigley by prothonotary David R. Foreman, and W. Harrison Walk- er and J. Thomas Mitchell. Judge of the Supreme Court: Edwin M. Abbott Joseph W. Bouten............ 159 Henry Budd... ......... 120 Augustus V. Dively 81 Bdward J. Feox........ 699 John W. Kephart..... 2115 Joseph J. Kintner........ 190 Charles B. Lenahan............ 111 Alexander Simpson Jr......... 308 Judge of the Superior Court: Stephen H. Huselton........... 888 William David Porter.......... 2868 Governor: William C. Sproul, R..... William C. Sproul, W.... Kugene C. Bonniwell, D Eugene C. Bonniwell, I. Charles Sehl, 8..........,. HH. J. Fithian, P............. °° Robert C. McCauley, S. T Lieutenant Governor: Edward E. Beidleman, R...... 3671 Edward E. Beidleman, W.. 18—3689 J. Washington Logue, D...... 2502 Dalton T. Clarke, S....... de T F. KE. Whittlesey, P........ ve 241 William R. McKnight, S. T.... 2 Secretary of Internal Affairs: James ¥. Woodward, R.......3636 James F. Woodward, W....... 10-3646 Asher R. Johnson, D.... 2580 William Adams, S.... 54 T. H. Hamilton, P 218 2 William J. ‘Burke, R....... .... 3638 Thomas 8. Crago, R,.......... 3529 Thomas S. Crago, W...... . 26—3555 Mahlon M. Garland, R.... 3571 Anderson H. Walters, R.. 3513 Anderson H. Walters, W. 13-3526 Joseph F. Gorman, D..... 2574 Paul tkeler, D.......... 2479 Paul Ikeler, F. P..... .-10—2489 J. Calvin Strayer, D.. 2515 J. Calvin Strayer, F. P 15—2530 Samuel R. Tarner, D..... .2490 Samuel R. Tarner, F. P . 14-2504 Cora. M. Bixler, S....,.. rtea John C. ‘Euler, S...... 43 Il Henry: W. Sehiegel, S, ..39 Harry V. Vaughn, S.. "45 O. D.: Brubaker, P..: 225 Albert Gaddis, P.... 198 Elisha Kent Kane, F 207 B.-L, McKee, P........... 191 John W: Dix, 8, T............. 9 Oliver McKnight, S. T 3 Calvin B. Power, S. T.. 6 Lewis Ryan, S. T 8 Senator in General Assembly 84th Dist.: Summerfield J. Miller, R 361 Matthew Savage, Dl. as 3666 ¥. 8S. David, §.......... =. “ 49 Wo H. Watt, Po... 000 196 Representative in Congress, 21st Dist.: Evan J. Jones, R Evan J. Jones, S...... Evan J. Jones, W..... William HE. Tobias, D. Harry 'W, Brown, P........... Representative in the General Assembly: Ives Y. Harvey, B............. 3892 Ives L. Harvey, §....... ..... 135 Ives I. Harvey, P..... .. 240—4267 John. Nell, D................ Road Amendment: For Vistxwisennasein 2326 Agatti 1667 Philadelphia Amendment: Por 1288 Against CL 0s 1579 eee — CARPENETO.—Joseph Carpeneto died at the home of his daughter-in- law, Mrs. Louis Carpeneto, yesterday morning following an illness of five months of diseases incident to his ad- vanced age. He was born in Italy eighty-one years ago where he mar- ried Louisa Fero. He came to this country forty years ago and located in New York city where he lived un- til coming to Bellefonte twelve years ago to make his home with his son Louis, who was the last of a family of nine children. Mrs. Carpeneto died in June, 1918, and his son Louis on the fifth of September. He is sur- vived, however, by two brothers, Lou- fs, in Beunos Ayres, South America, and Anthony, in Italy. Funeral services will be held at the Catholic church at ten o’clock tomor- row (Saturday) morning by Father Downes, after which burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery. | KELLEY —Mrs. Harry | etter, who moved to Bellefonte from Snow Shoe only last week died ip a Philadelphia hospital yesterday morning. She had been taken to that’city for. appendi- citis but the case had developed so far as to be beyond operation. She was the mother of John P. and George Kelley, well known Snow Shoe business men. No arrangements as to the funeral were known at the hour of our going to press. Il Il SHEASLEY.—John and Mary F. Sheasley, of east Lamb street, are mourning the death of their little daughter, Gladys E., who died on Tuesday, after a few day’s illness with pneumonia, aged about nine months. Burial was made in the Union ceme- tery yesterday afternoon. A ‘ il SPOTTS Mary Jane Spotts died at the county home on Willowbank street on Sunday following an illness of some weeks, aged eighty years. Burial was made in the Union ceme- tery. ——The best oleo in town for least i money.—Gross Bros. 45-1t* -
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