t V 1 1 J" - fc'V i-C P.47; v '-.? 4 -it' r- il rf lv V Tim: fypiM i ii.iCSjiijfcSMiiwhi',n ' '; ' n fTvmiR m war AMBULANCE WORK to Driver Tells of Grim Job Rushing Wounded to Base Hospitals THE DOOR MARKED "MORT" lUce With Death Through Gloomy Night Lost Despite Speed in Transit jfchs lite ot an Amrlcnn ambulance t rlvtr on th baUte front tha fun ot It and the trely and Incident like carry ing a. wounded nrlaoner German captain. ot Cleveland, Ohio. U. 8. A., are described In a letter received from Frank A. Lewis, ttt Philadelphia, writing- from "somewhere tp France." Explaining that tne two aajrs 011 auiy mean harder toll In preparation than the two days "on duty," Lewis fanclea taking the reader with him on the "run." After a forced sleep amonr the rats ana Dumps ot their little dirt abrl, they are rudely awakened by their chief, swallow a cup of .luke-warm coffee and are off, four cars ot them, for tha posts. Passing; spare time on arrival at M by tossing the ball, they next eat, accord ing; to Lewis, who Is amazed by the "pollu mess test," at which "unshaven wonders Whistle a bowlful of soup through their whiskers" and vie with the "bean balan cers." "Eating" Is the fundamental of the pollu'a character," he writes. "It Is at once his main pastime and hie most universally dexterous achievement He lives, breathes, sleeps and fights for the privilege of experiencing his next meal, and, paradoxical as It Is, he eats only twice a day. at 11 a. m. and 8:30 p. m." CIUNS BARK AT ENEMY PLANE The day passed without Incident, save for a clrcumspeot visit to an unexploded German shell lnbedded In a tree and the hostile swooping of a German airplane, at which the French guns bark angrily. "At about 7 p. m.." the letter reads, "the French start a barrage. Soon the whining of the speeding explosives becomes a con tinuous hum. The reverberations are Inces sant. Ernie Is. a little nervous and you take advantage of that tendency by creep ing up behind him and dropping a stems en his steel helmet He starts and turns pale, while the rest of us contort our shiv ering bodies In spasms ot mirth. The same Joke was played on you three days ago by a humorous artillery lieutenant and Ernie's reaction not only tickles you beyond words', but restores In part your self respect." Alter nearly two hours of waiting they are sent to Au n , two kilometers dis tant where at midnight the first two couches arrive to be carried to the hos pital. The medlcln-chef points out that the sous-lieutenant with blood oozing through the bandage on his neck Is 'trea grave,'" Lewis relates. "We must drive 'douce ment mats si vtte qu'll est possible.' 'We wind up and proceed at a crawl. The night is black; no moon Is out The road Is un surfaced and pockmarked with shell holes. The cumbersome volture jerks, half mails and picks up with a Jump as we. try to ease by the long lines of artillery carta and pack trains which are feeling their way In the opposite direction. Every bump brings forlh a cry of pain from within. 'O, la I la ! la I Voulez-vous me tfrer?1 groans the lieu tenant, whose neck Is broken. You and I talk as much as possible about other things. We try to forget that we're racing with death. . AGONY OF THE WOUNDED "By the time we are within a kilometer of B both men. are giving vocal vent to their feelings ; the pollu with the broken leg yells only when we strike a particularly bad bump, but the poor lieutenant, whom we also are beginning to wish dead. Is screaming In a waking nightmare of pain; he no longer speaks coherently or begs us to kill him: he simply raves In utter, un bearable, Insane agony. We no longer swap idle chatter. I can see your knuckles whiten on the wheel, even while my own Jaw msucles begin to ache from the uncon scious tenslo". "Finally, after ages of this, we turn up the long, steep grade thit leads to the hos pital. You have to shift Into first and the banging of the motor counteracts against the commotion from within. A few minutes of this and we turn Into the big courtyard. You forget about the drain gutter and the front wheels hop a couple of Inches In the air. We hold our breaths In uncomfortable expectation but only the short wall of the pollu reaches our ears. "We don't stick around to' watch the braves unload. We've seen sights such as this before : besides, we want to sleep well. They lug the pollu through a door marked 'couches': the other stretcher, with it. ,. shrouded burden, goes through another door over the sill are the four letters: MORT.' " Back they go to sleep, but are kept at work luntil 5 a. m., when they snatch six hours" sleep. Mess Is forgotten for duty and In the evening duty again calls them away from their meal. In spite of the fact that it Is a chocolate-contraband day, they buy chocolate for their meal. BOCHE BOMBS EXPLODE "We are the first car up to C this night" the letter continues, "c a a night post; that Is, the road Is partly In View of the Germans, especially the saucleses (observation balloons). As we pro. fceed" along the open stretch we expect at any moment to hear a machine-gun bullet dig through the air near our ears; but nary a sound. It Is still fairly light and wo make the run at full lurch. They have a 'gassed' couche already to turn over to us. He froths and gasps for aid and we know he's suffering a great deal but we can drive fast with him, for there are no broken bones to Jar. As we run through the valley tha shooting become more Intense. A few of the Boche 'obus' bombs explode where w can easily see them. Our consignment signals a desire for great rapidity and we gladly comply. At about 4 we are called again, this time to take charge of what Is left of a captured Boche captain. He speaks very intelligent English, In which tongue he expresses some surprise at seeing us. We're delighted to know that he was a resi dent ot Cleveland, O., during the five years immediately preceding the war. You ask bird If he doesn't begin to wish he'd stuck around to take out naturalization papers. Me doesn't thoroughly commit hmself ; but we learn on the way to B that he's been en more agreeable parties than the pres et." MINERAL OUTPUT INCREASES Total Production In New Jersey Nearly $40,000,000 TRENTON, Oct 15 According to sta- srtlstico Just collected Jointly by the office mt the State Geologist and the United . ttes Geological Survey, 'New, Jersey - produced nearly 140.000,000 worth of mln- ; saa, products in 118, thus making a total 'mh of more than 10,090,000 over the 111 "L JI1U. ft chief Increase was In clay and clay wavueis. wnicn amounted to more than l,t,9v4, or about )Z per cent of the total crease. There -were also large Increases its JHrUanfl cement and Iron ore and smaller MtaoMM. In ean4 and gravel stone and mln ral water. 10 Nx4 JMueator Dead E CAMJKUIXJK, Mass.. Oct 15 Frederick K Henry JJyfcee died suddenly yesterday. He J mm rMMr known us an educator in this roup try aa uanaem. jn ivii no necame .tdnt of the Connecticut College for v. win at. Kr London, resigning last year to atr tii.;isai lHfcnp work. He had Un . 1 ih. stats etf JM University of To roato ..M1 Cotvunbi vMvwatty and was t"? antfe ? Sfny Bntflca ? t PJUNCE OF UDf NE SENDS CARD TO ITALIAN GIRL Head of Italian Mission Recalls Royal Reception Given to Envoys Inclosed In a letter to the Evicnino Lxoonn today wait a postcard from his Highness the rrlnce of Udlne to a little Italian girl, ,'Rprlna Anna Maria Dell'Ollvaatro. 3 Willis avenue, rennsgrove, N. J., U. S. A." The letter was from I. do Parente, sec retary of the Italian mission to the United States and secretary of the Itallnn legation at Berne, Switzerland, asking that tho card be forwarded to the slgnorlna. Secretary Parente tells the little girl that the Prince of Udlne thanks her for her "kind thought of the flowers" and regrets that he could not see her personally. The Prince did not accompany the mission when it vmo a i-nnoaejpnia, so Hignorina Anna was disappointed In her plan to present him vllh a l.tttnllaf Amwb.. .... .t-- wrote him a letter In care of the Eveninq redder, lening him about It In n rmatarrint In Iti lAftar tn v, ts,..,i.fl LcooEn, Slgnor de Parente request apology for the delay In Answering the little Italian lady, but suggest that It may show, how ever, "how vivid Is our recollection of our splendid American tour." The postcard pictures an airplane soaring above the billowing clouds, with three ver tical tall planes colored In the Italian red, white and green stripes. il'tiii'HWBmil&i'MtGiMimmmm n fesmmmsBmmmnmummmmuim m i . ... .. MB. CAMlM.i: W. ZECinVKR In nil tualo it hli Maon & Hamlin piano. Mr Zrckwer I undoubtedly one of the hlsht musical aulhorllln In Phllsd-lphla With -Mr. Kahn he dlrecta the muilcal work of th Arartmy. Tho JIaaon & Hamlin la now tha official lnatrument of tho Institution. nfegm MK. FKKIIEH1CK K. IIAIIN Inthts atudlo at tha Philadelphia Muilcal Academy Mr Kahn and Mr Zeckwer are tha Muilcal Director of thla famoua lnifttutlon that has mada the Maaon & Hamlin Ita official lnatrument St planna wero e cured throush C. J. Htppa & Hon, the Philadelphia representative!. J" '- , ' J4')LJ ifaw'tt ' B!B 3 il'i ''!''' MK. CHARLTON Manaslnc Director, Philadelphia Musical Academy, ahowlne private once ana atudlo. with Mason A Hamlin Urand Piano, 1 p v 1 MAIM FACTORY. MAS OX 0 ii)$m-ipHn;AT: KEYSTONE STATE BOYS HOLD BOXING BOUTS Soveral Interesting Ring Con tests Stngcd by Pennsylvaninns nt Camp Hancock The Pennsylvania boys at Camp Hancock staged their first series of boxing bouts for tho delectation of the Augusta fight fans, and that they succeeded In their endeavors waa attested to by the reception accorded tho various mitt pushers. The bouts were staged under the management of Wlllam Wnlsh, a well-known fight promoter, and ho succeeded1 In matching boys who wero real good, with a capital a. Kid Wiggins ntnl Young Moody opened festivities, ntnl at tho finish tho Kid had something on his opponent. Johnny Dawson nnrt It O. Brown staged a hurricane affair. In which both men showed to advantage, hut Dawson had to be content with tho short end. Action predominated In the net-to be tween Harry Kllburn, the pride of Com pany B, of tho HOthsjand Roy Benckert, also of tho 110th. By winning all the way, In undlnputabio fashion. Kllburn copped the title of featherweight champion of tho regi ment Benckert tried hard, but lie was up I.IUVIH Ml .lipnv HAUXIM CO,. BOSTON. MASS, EjpEniA against It, and had to be oonUnt with th short end of th laurels. And what a pippin the wind-up proved to b. Knockout Samson, who Is well known to Cstlo fan of tha East fought a steady uphill battle against Jackie Clarke, A man who has decision over the best middleweight In this country, and desplt a hurricane rally, In which each man threw caution to the winds and slugged until the audience expected to see them both halt from the terrlflo and unceasing mauling, the best that could be given either man was a split on the afternoon' proceeding. Great credit Is duo the men for their efforts to please, and the bouts' can he cited as nnexample of the splendid training the men undergo, for all tho contestants were In wonderfully fine condition. And now a fow more words a to the fight. Clarke Is an elusive man, and used remarkable science, and only the dogged perseverance of Samson's, who was always after his op ponent all the way, gave him an even break. Samson Is a man that can't be stopped, and woe betide tho Huns when a regiment ot .Samsons get on their tracks. ' John Mitchell on Liberty Loan Tour SCRANTON. Pa., Oct 15 John Mitchell, former president of tho Unltnl Mine Work er, addressed five largo meetings of miners In this valley Sunday on the subject ot the Liberty Ixnn, Mr. Mitchell was greeted by exceedingly large crowds and In passing through tho towns of the' valley received an ovation wherever seon. He spoke in West and North Scranton In this city this after noon and In Pcekvllle. Archbald and Car bondalo In tho evening. The Zeckwer - Philadelphia Musical Academy selects i1ftaeon& Pianos from C. J. Heppe & Son Philadelphia's Leading for use in its studios Last fall when we became the Philadelphia agents for the celebrated Mason & Hamlin pianos it was with great pride that we announced the high compliment paid to us by the appointment at the hands of the manufacturers. During the past year our faith in the superiority of these instruments has been more than confirmed. If such a thing were possible, our faith has even been strengthened. On all sides we have been openly congratulated. Even our competitors have passed extremely favorable comments about the Mason & Hamlin pianos. Musicians, artists and prominent musical authorities have been numbered among our patrons. Even Philadelphia's leading publisher has personally called on us to express his personal congratulations and to state his admiration for this fine line of instruments. To say the least, this has been most gratifying. 21 Pianos Selected by this Academy another proof of Mitson & Hamlin Superiority Can it be any wonder then that this year we take added pride in announcing the sale of twenty-one pianos to the recently combined Zeckwer-Hahn Phila delphia Musical Academy? In competition with practically every other piano represented in Philadelphia, the Mason & Hamlin piano although the highest in price was unanimously selected by the directors of the academy as being the instrument that in merit entirely filled the requirements they desf'red for their conservatory work. Surely this unreserved endorsement by musicians of suchyhigh standing arr Mr. Camille Zeckwer, Mr. Frederick E. Hahn, Mr. Charlton Lewis Murphy, Miss Aline van Barentzen and the other instructors of the Academy among musical people should be very convincing proof of Mason & Hamlin absolute supremacy. 23 Pianos tahen in Exchange from Phila delphia Musical Academy to he offered on Sale Tomorrow In the transaction with the Philadelphia Musical Academy we received in exchange several excellent instru ments, some of which have been entirely rebuilt in our repair department. Among these instruments are seven (7) Steinway uprights, ten (10) Decker Bros', one (1) Straube, four (4). Brinkerhoffs and one (1) Estey all uprights. These will be offered for sale tomorrow. The prices will range from $ 1 25 up. No better opportunity could be found to secure a real high-grade piano for the studio, music room orpractice work. Remember the date tomorrow. A complete line of ' Mason & Hamlin pianos is always on display at our Chestnut street warerooms. Mason & Hamlin Pianos Uprights, $600 up Grands, $900 up G. J. Heppe & Son 1117-1119 Chestnut Street 6th and Thompsdn Streets Philadelphia fO GAS FOX PLEASURE British Will Enforce Drastic Regula tions November 1 LONDON. Oct It. A draitlo new order will go Into effect November 1 which Is adequately summarized In a headline In the Time, "No Petrol for Fleasure J Bteps to Prevent Evasions." The order Includes all motor spirits, also liquid substitutes. Injured In Fall From Freight Car Falling from a freight car at Wayne Junction, Frank Ledell, twenty-two years old,a brakeman on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, who gavo an address of 6 Morris avenue, suffered severe lacerations of the scalp. He was treated at the Oer mantown Hospital. & ENLARGEMENTS "THJ TTn KIND" flElMD p-or PftlCB tlgf 8l2xHifT8l2 Hahn Hamlin IH Musical Conservatory chooses the world's finest instruments Mason & Hamlin and Heppe -Marcellus pianos selected T f , , Little Finger Rings An inviting stock of fash ionable and appropriate little finger rings. , Very pretty is a twin gypsy ung of gold with large dia mond and sapphire, set with four small diamonds and caliber-cut sapphires in platinum settings $125. S. Kind & Sons, 1110 Chestnut St. DIAMOND MERCHANTS JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS IHMIJt Chestnut1 Btreat, llillad.lphla t "I i V Hi i m TXOEMXM iaMaSMuMWmlB mmmm
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