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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
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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.
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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.
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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!.
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MK. CHARLTON
Manaslnc Director, Philadelphia Musical Academy, ahowlne private
once ana atudlo. with Mason A Hamlin Urand Piano,
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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
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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.
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Mason & Hamlin and Heppe -Marcellus pianos selected
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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.
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