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EVENING I'UBLIO LEDGER-PnttABTOPIIIA FBIDAY, MAY 3. 1918
WORRORS OF WAR FORGOTTEN MOMENTARILY TRICK, SAYS O'NEIL
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0RS AS MARKSMEN B Y FREOUENT RECREATION SA YS WAR NURSE1 OF ALLEGHENY LlST'i- jk
Fast Place in INutioiinl Army
'Aww-tlccl In Pennsylvania
Troops '
I
INFANTRY LEADS
AMnery Ranee Heine Con-i
ttntctrtl for Training Bijj (Jim '
Handlers Before 'Going Over'
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' ttv n Staff CorrftpoHrtcHf
Cv.m Mesile, Admiral, Mil., May 1
AKhotijch denied tlio honor of li
ttw flcst National Armv illviimi
r&i, finance the Liberty rnlim ,..
not? be, denied first place In the fh-lii or
utwK arms, for iho JHth Infantrv. an
f alfelrYnnsylvnnlR. unit, has captured the ;
rin-mngo championship.
; nofftelally this orKunlaatlon n.nnW
in first place for marksmanship not
totuY li the Utile Tcnn outfit, lmi in li .
entlr National Army. On tlm ml.
rhfe thirty-two of Its men unahnul in
rapid flro on the 100, 200 and 3n anl
'fawtes.
Their scores on theso ranees have
r$n,f6r them high honor as liiindht-
, f, JBnfleld rifles, and testify tli.a 1 1 .
,r Capable, or taking their places alons-
fk(H( thp bent snipers ntid sharpshooter
i (n, the army with tho exception r
thfeo men the 1ion.nr soldiers sio l'enn
Vylvanlan.t and four hull from l'h'lla
- rtclphla,
lr ,kiK, rnpiu-urB jjrai lice a soiuier is rr-
quirea to nro ten snots on each range
i nd Is. given onf minute In vvhii-li to
flrp each strinjr of ten lead pellets. Only
clean hits on thn target are counted and
each, hit count) one. A soldier who
(Ires a string of ten shots at onch of
th three targets l considered a good
marksman If he can win a total of
"'.chxhteen or twenty hits Not one of the
thlriy-two honor men fell helow twenty
five and several Mitred twcntv-clKht and
i belter.
rirt Honors Divided
A Fhiladelphlan. Joseph is. Tost, M
Company, scored t went -nine and di
vided' the flrt honors with William J
,F!nstermacher of Hcrwlck, I'a.. who is
'member of K "'onipany
lieutenant Colonel. W. II. fiury. enm
1 minder Of the teRiinent, In warm In his
praise of tlm men. who have brought
such credit to his trRliiient and Is con
fident that their record will not be
equaled by any unit In camp.
Here Is the honor roll of the prldeful
" Pennsylvania roldlers In the Seventy.
Wnth Divl Ion Tin- total score of iat,h
man follows h..i mime-
Carl K. Mnr'rilT. A i oinpany. New.
port. Fa. ?1 . PannoiKl S Wlnnate. U
, Company, IVf.Ishnro I'a., 15; Hubert R.
Vajfvetchen, H mpany. Canton. I'a..
ti; .t-ouls V 'z.iiii. It Company. Old
Forea, Pa. ?' Willium K. Campbell,
C Company Jrrs.v Shorn, Pa . 27 C .1.
T McHenry Dt'nmniii), Philadelphia. SO;
LkUUnant Kdw.ud !:. Mjlln. K Coni-
. pauy, Lancaster Pa, 6; Daniel W
'Harmon, P Comimnv, lierwlck. Pa. 23;
Charles W Ptircel ' .'omianj, OranKe
vlt. Pa-, 2G, I,leutfimnt T. Ilromle
I'ioiJd. V Company, Philadelphia. 20;
j,Jamea M. CunmnKhanv, ' onipany.
F,Scranton. Pa , 25 , Paul 1j Toinaruy,
II company, va3ninKion, 1 . , -o ;
.Morris O. Schuck.r, II Company, Sayre,
i.'TTa., 17; Truman K Kline, II Company,
Jersey Shore, Pa, 2r; Kdward A.
Xeonard, H Companj, Willow Anna. Pa,
SJ; Lieutenant Joseph S. Kauffman, II
, Company, raltatille. Pa., 20; Philip F.
Kamey, I (.'ompanv. (,'rcene, N. V, 2R;
teaxim&. 'iar. . - . . ; ,. ....;. -,., , x ;; .;.s....T.-:..aass.M. 1
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lone llelcian wnr-liipiii!! id tin- r.-ni.iin- of In- imiIipiI i l mi llie ,ir uiru. Ill'- pliolourjpli wu- i,ik n ! tin-
Docliircs Sprnul Committee
AIhiIp lp liy o0 Per Cent of
His Own Friends
I'HMmii-rIi. May I. ,T. Penny O'.Vell,
before leavlnn for tho Mast nfter ntleiid.
In to the opening nf Ills head
nuarters here, nald: "More than B0
tier cent of the names tnrlmled In the
roinmltten anuouneed by Sprnul's lieu,
tenants are my friends nnd are worltlnff
In my Interests. They did not know
that their names wero to be used In this
connection, and It was all n plcco nf
trickery." Mr. O'Nell added:
tflnce the Penrose lenders held their
meetlnir heieand found it necessnrv to
1I1 1' Im' the voters by namlnc mv friends
11 4 ninlnhers of their committee, I pre.
ilu 1 that I will carry Allegheny County
l, ni l".i-i 411,0110 votes. Instead of my
orlRlnal estimate of 20,000 On that
committee were nlaccd such names as
K. V Pitts mv Biisinraa parmer . wun; me marine corp:
Kerr nnu t
1 to me. 1
tour or '
fnriv-DKvoti ioiiniii-s. There Is no doubt
I of the sentiment cxIstlnK In these coun-
I ties I found my candidacy belnc sup- 1
ported liv pollllcal orRanl7.atlons. prohi
bition and temperance noddles, civic
land other association" M '
The o'Nell patlv left last iilRht for ;
' Wllkc-ltarrc, win-re thev will be Joined
by (iocrnor IlnimbaiiRh nnd Attorney
I fiencrnl Itrown. At Iho Scranlnn meet-
Iiik Saturday night. Mayor Council will
preside.
prominent persons who will attend ore
Hiinaciii-r ieneat t.
Members of the Kinerftcticy Aid will
W T Waller, of I net as ushers A mailmt band will b
one Ol inc icaiurcs 01 inn luncncun,
MIMTAHY .MUX '10 SIM5AK i
Will
Warlinic I'rolilltilnm As'ofialion
C.Io I.tmrlicnii at City Cluli
A luncheon will he ijlen today In the!
City Club, Ilroad slret below spruce, I
by the wartime prohibition association,
nr. IrvlnB Flshef, professor nf polltl
cni ei'onomy at Vale t'nlerslly and pies-1
Irtent of the National Prohibition -anclHltou,
will I'" I he " lib r P' aki i I
Captain cin.in. of in llnii li i".il
navy, aim v ill p. . I. Vinonc mini ,
A" fT
Hylandi
Union Suits
.All fabrics. All sizes. Com
fortable, stable and wear
able. Hyland Union Suits
rue the best obtainable and
sold here only.
IViANN & DILKS
1102 CHESTNUT STREET
.'.llllr.l !l Ml llie
aiitliore
One of tin' I'rinripal Forms of Dirvision Was llors"bnrh Hiding in the Hair
Pilled Fields and lioads or on the Dimes of the Belgian Coast
Crass'' Conducts Its Work
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The '
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"AT THE ' VCK OF Tlir. FKONT"
A WAIt MKIi:S tllAUY No, 19
(t'tflilil'iltt fit, b'j 'iilfhr Ltdw foHtlimiul
AN
iteons with us. friends of mine from saw to II that wic w'l xuiM'"""
thp VMft. fiften we roso prl nnd with Mdiiiw to d all the wmk andt
fcale before dim ftom 8 to 8 n. in. Wei our hunie siM-lety now p.iiil th' niii'-f-wfi-c
verv nauulitv for dlsohoiiiK1 wiI.pIhs, no v had a plentiful siipplv
NOTHBR pastime which we enjoyed rules: we used In wander out of of h lp. The limit i'".id uit-iilc n
that summer was rldiiiK. in a prf- tmunds to the cast of us. cxplnrlns tn- ; rnnii.tt.' miiimiii 01 1.1 n-n "
.!,.. i. ..,.. i unr,k. ..f ii,a Pr,.miur Ward tne natrie line. Til" nesi or li i rink-mx in inim oiki '. '""
vious chapter 1 spoke of the 1 rentier I uh ,io ,,,,(, thimcht ,he (i,.t,s . to France. This i..n.l. wi'h n I h
(1 Hides nfllreri. These men. before I ,vre ndtish omccrs, as thev wore stiaw senti-lmxes pl.iciil i.ii
W donned khuKI. were n plcturewiue hhakl. and instend of nsklnu- for tiasa- .it wu nloim It. with miHi n -. i
Imily of cavalry. They wore crimson ,,..( tn(.v khIuIciI us! Hometlmes, at attention and sliouiini; Im tin
JUHt two of Us nuiscn went off ulone.
in' even Mlncly, followlm; the little
narrow footpaths a Ions the rnrnticlds
for miles und miles; or, when the
i". ups were withered, dolloplnir across
country. Twice my horse bolted, and
once u shylnK pony named Kokn
tbeew me nnd I returned In one of our
lidiim lircrehcs, bottlP-Kt'cen tunic
and Ba little red forage raps set at
a rakish iiimle on the side of the head.
They all belonged to the IIcIrIuii nobil
ity and most of them once possessed
old chateau i now desecrated by Her
man ti-ooDH, Their lidluit is well known
In sporting circles; tliey are among the
-;ill n
cmimpon no rsemen or in . . u. i w y , Bm,,utanW!I B,unll.,i lltl, wllIl ,HM.
lilt wtni'u . i.f-.-i au iiit- ri.i,ir,n ...,. .
Show and slial.eii hands with KIiib
Heorite of Kmilnnd. Their horses were
superb, some of them worth tlouo or
more.
Sliotvnl O'ralltiitle
We hud nursed some of these men.
'a ted thumb. Hut 1 was on duty
HKiiln next day.
Crates of Pajamas
About midsummer we were moed
to the officers' ward.' which was a new
departure. Formerly the officers had
and to show their gratitude three or been nursed with the soldiers, but now
four times they invited us out rldinn
One occ.i!-iii) iim-s In my nvmorv al
wavs. It w .1 hiulnKtime. before the
April rush They Invited us over to the
seaside village of Hray-Dune, among
tho sandhills. Wo went In one of our
ambulances, seven of us. Arriving ut
nn inn. they had prepared for us a
ohumpaene luncheon. After lunch
the soldiers were moved Into the huts
outside, und the main building was 1 stolidly oil.
used only for the large staff. There '
was a theatre. A-ruy rooms, receiving
room (where tho newly arrived wound'
ed were examined), officera' kitchen,
nnd just 0110 small ward of eight beds
for the officers. -M friend and I
word to every motorcar
tho busiest thoroughf.il 1
It was unite strulalit Mini-'iin
the horizon In both lli'.ii"i
trees, denuded of tin lr low it In 1
tui'Pliug overhead, lb 10 .iMill. 1
tiirlorrles, troops of lliiti-h .111,1 I
glan soldiers, little ron. i.v ul null il
Ipusps." consisting nf mnlnm' gun
mounted on tiny ais. i-iih i.ullnl bv
two handsomp trained 1I01:'. c m- 1 ut it
InUllitfet't ctnituri'S led h tlu.r own
kind Mililli rsl, lleil i'iw. anil. ul. nice
general statT cars ami Lot l.'it imt
least, every now und then limlif- nf
gray-uniformed clu-clv rinppul liei
man prisoners, suriiutnibil In A1.1I1
e.ivalry or Helgltin guanN, maichrd
were put In charge, one on night and
fnuttecn IovpIv horses were led up by 1 one on day duty, and there We mude
orderlies and we mounted. Then we some very good friends whom we have I the rood
Hew over the short .turf, dunes and since met In London when the had owned by
1 sandy valley for mllci and miles. At ' leave or were mmulescent. once we
one place the.v had prepared tienche. had u HeUian captain of an airplane.
hurriers and ditches for us tn .tump. 1 wh fell P.tKiO metets and only
' while iieurbv was a sund cliff about fractured his shoulder blinle. Wc
I fifty feet high, almost perpendicular, tried to give these men something of
Bruce E. Kline K 1 ompuny. Hot wick, 1 After galoping up me mop. m - 1 uie comions ine woutu nave nuu m a
,' . ,... ,, .. 1 i,m..i,.li the liaises nut all four feet lindon hosnltal. Oil tlm IctliTs 1
if.'L"-n-. p.. !..' i.-,'.i, ', inu.V' I together. leaned back on their ' wrote to lied Cross sewing parties! 1 walked slowly behind them to their
Had I'rocessloti '
Often this hume mail w.i. 1 In- iiu
of u slow, sad proci'ssl'in, wlm-li. I'm v -lug
our gales, headed hv n 1 111 1 t t l.tm
draped Willi the Mhed flag-. ..ml f.
lowed by tile cure, some oidrilir" mul
somelimes nurses, walked lowlv 1
to a little plot of grniih.l
Us in the midst of tin. 1 01 n
fields, wltir-e crop vvn-' little iiii-.-ji.
Never shall I forget the tiinei.il 01
some ga-.i-il Ilttilsh soldiets who died
at our place. We placed them Mile liv
side in our I ted Cross iimbulunce'-.
ilrupi'il with the t'nion Jack, and all
our doctors and ntuc in uniform
I, Company. Julian. Pa . 28 ; Wilbur It.
jVYjire. It Compaiic Montgomery Pa.
tS; John li. Anderson, M Company. I
'TunKhannock, Pa, 2ft; Daniel K. Heck- I
. eru, 31 Companj Northumberland, Pa., j
IS;, Lieutenant Limvood p McClure,
Headquarters Cj6np.in. Norristown. I'a.,
t; Sam it. Hdu-anls, Headiiuarters 1
Oonipany. Oliver .Stirlngs. Tetm.. 28 ;
Chester Sanns. Headiiuarters Comnanv.!
."Washington, D, '. 25; Philip Iteppellu. I
Heartfiuarter:) Company. Mount Carmel, ,
:T:it, 25; Isaiah l-'oust. Headquarters I
Company, nivcrslde, Pa . 25 ; Thomas
KornaskL Headiiuarters Cotnoanv.
' 1 Afount Carmel, Pa . 27 ; Joseph L Sel
lers, Headquarters ( oiiipany, McAUl
Stervlile, Pa, 28
To Have Artillery limine
Announcement made In tlielOvi;Mis.j
TTt t, T.wnnrn ,.,, Tii.ib.i..,. ,1..., ,hu
: 1 .Liberty Divlalon would be given the bulk
$rttwar training at Little Penii. wldch
K, eliminate an extended training
jirKit' In France, was verified officially
toafcy when annnuiicemetit was made
thkt an artillery range Is to be con
structed in the lower vnd of the camp.
haunches.. and so slid' down this And the handsome harvest we received
iiff' It wn nerfect rtdlnz. ror iney
never indulged In uny monkey-tricks.
Then, rleurlng the bank on to the i
seashore and finding it low tide, we
raced for several miles hark to Itray- t
Dune. I
t'pon nnother occasion we weitt for.
u luncheon putty ut the farm where
their rolunel and major were qtiar
tered. The walls were decorated with
startling pictures from periodicals of
voung ladles in bathing costumes, etc. 1
wio walked around the picture etillHT.
the old colonel explaining do us that
the choicest works of art were miss
ing, us he had sent his young lleuten
ant around previous to our arrival to1
censor and excise the more advanced
aitlstic productions! We Invited them
back to afternoon tea In our tree-1
shaded garden, and once we even had
a dinner party out there by the moon
light In their honor.
Nearby was a farm which was the ,
headquarters of the Blue Cross. Here'
all the wounded und convalescent ,
hnrsen were attended under the charge I
(several farmers who occupy dwellings i of I.Ioutenunt JI . 'Many uf these
enj the reservation have been ordeied horse. were well again and fit to tide,
to, vacate aim as soon as tliey leae . Lieutenant II turn ms inure
actual work on the range will hi gin. ' Into a regular riding school and taught j
'The range will be used by the light artll- j many of the Sisters to tide, taking
lerjr tintta and machine-gun battalions. mis out in parties when off duty. "We
.Division eurgeons continue to dls- went long expeditions Into V ranco ly
to reward my literary lalKirs! Crate
upon rates of lovely pajamas, socks. I
bed linen and even fancy tr.iy cloths.'
We mude our ward u most attractive BACK
place, and tried to make up lo those t
poor fellows for having no home or '
friends hut only miserable thoughts of
their home tolk under Herman rule.
The officers shared the same food
as the staff and hud evening dinner.
We used to bring a little table from
;ne wutd outside our windows into the
front garden, and. with our two or-1
lust resting place.
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AT IUNCOCK
AFTER SWIFT ItUN
I'enn-vl" Kovs Tate Southern IIoc
piulity on Trip With New
Motor
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denies to wait on us wo u.ed to dins I Tn ,, K!),'1(1- At.tlll;.ly "h !
oy mooniigni wiui inose ine u mui,llrf to ,,,, ai,.r HUl s,f
and Kpi-'cuy trip In motortrucks to Camp
were able to walk. Once or twice they
came riding with u. nnd one of them,
a Premier tlnldcs Offiicr, vvni taken
to Kngland by my friend S , to
convntpsee at her own home, where
slv motored him all over our lovely
country und managed i huvo u very
good' time.
A Kcul lluspilitl
Our hospital was now tnp-hul'. Wo
had. every appliance and uriiitigement
that rou'd in. ike for the well-being of
a modern war hospital. The milltaiy
Jackson, Citumhla, s C. a tot.il
tanec of 2Ji miles
All along tie- line the men made
Pennlvanla f minus not only because
of the .ease with which the trip In new
motor over had roads was accomplished,
hut also by their conduct, which was
without a fault
Tliey likewise cm led .iwnv athletic
honoi!-, for while at Camp Jackson they
pluvid tne Kiglit.v -flr-a Division team.
inning bv a reoie of I to 0 In a flve
'unmg game.
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Wjfisted States Tires
ar Good Tsres
Tires to Fit Your Needs
B
qualify scores of men who fall
'measure up to the rigid physical re
qureettenta. Today's list of rejections
eontfcln the names of the following
I j Phlladclphlana'
j. L. lialsen. Local Hoard 31; Joseph
yV Hoffman, 18; Leonard K Campbell.
3S;, Jabn Callus. 8 : William Hlckhani.
fif Vlnclmo Itadano. 3; lheri L "!ar
ttUf ifi . Salvatoro Plzzl, Willow Urove
llttln tinfrenuented lanes. It was lie
who initiated us Into the fearsome.
Joys of a mllltury "charge." We Just
guve tho horses rein nnd they went
like a shot out of a bow. It was like
sailing through the air on an airplane,
with a thunder of hoofs and cloud of
dust taking the pUite of the roar of
the engines and ,the smoke of guns.
Uuiiug the Mitnmei we had two sur-
C0NSERVMG L'EATMEE IS
PRACTICAL PATEIOTIS:
h-t-t C I rlw ilifllmg
HljV "t ttnm
' Vncle Kam wants you to wear (rw 4wo t lum .
rstiliRi Alinntv Afuhp it n nrtlnt t; im r m ntty ra1l
tht you may be u properly ehod pdti-tdi oh n VTIO-N i. i.ou hiioi i)
J41'NA1V MAY 5. '
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FOR WOMEN OFFERS
Genuine Cordovan Calf
Military
$8 OXFORDS
THIS WEEK
.50
at
A
Tnilu
.Supreme
.Style
Wit hou t mitstion
I Ikt Mewttt exclusive
.wnra i me leaamp
mttfartt oxford tn Phila-
dtteMe. Atade tn nenuine eor-
t.U cjA welted salts. We alone
ore vriViUged to offer ueh a splendid
pjcfv4 lor fifiO below the samo quality
where. Liaose yours ita tivfK tvhue
,p4 MpmeiU Units.
41 ttttiftiii St. W Floor. Saves $2
thii
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The Wool
Market
Has Been Virtually Commandeered
by the Government for the Year 1918
This Can Have But One Inevitable Result
PRICES must advance.
Long-headed men who
keep themselves in touch
with conditions which vitally
affect their purse are buying
clothing" for future use every
day in the William H. Wana
maker Store.
They know that the prices
which rule now
$20, $25, $30 and $35
will advance fifty to seventy-five
per cent for precisely
the same quality a year from
today.
The very best advice we
can give our customers is to
buy clothing now.
William H. Wanamaker
1217-19 Chestnut Street
uv
National economy has no
place for haphazard tire
buying. The Country's need de
mands conservation.
Your own responsibility as
a motorist requires that you
treat the equipment of your
car as a business proposition.
Study your tire needs.
Select and buy the tires that
will give utmost service per
dollar, on the roads you travel,
with your driving.
There is a United States Tire
scientifically planned to meet
every motoring requirement.
The steadily increasing sale
of United States Tires is an
evidence of their solid worth.
Steadfast performance has
proved their unfailing reliabil
ity and long-service economy.
Equip now with United
States Tires.
Let our nearest Sales and
Service Depot dealer help you
to select the right ones.
United States Tubes and Tire Accessories Have All the Sterling
Worth and Wear that Make United States Tires Supreme
'Nobby 'Chain' 'Royal Cord Usco$ 'Plain1
PHILADELPHIA BRANCH
329-31 N. Broad Street
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