Pm wv " VT Jl if ' V ..r EVENING PUBLIG LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1918 'tl 1 PHILADELPHIA SOLDIERS UPHOLD CITY'S TRADITIONS BY BRAVERY IN FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY -fif W&i. a-MiTi fe1 tr. W n i rb t. K t If r B i IB I B Eb IM n K m I. KL' sa.t "ht "- W-.' '. Mftt). S. SHIP SAVES ! m U-BOAT'S VICTIMS ?k, Taunton's Crew, in Citv. & mil f 15 A Off Coast MANY WERE FAMISHED Some Found When Provisions Were Exhausted, but They Kept Courage Submarines prowling along the rvit recently were cheated outof near'v o acore victims by the steamship Taunton, according to memberH of the c "v of that ship, who now are In this c ty. In the last month the Taunton picked up forty men who had been cast adrift through attacks of U-boats on the schooners Madrugada and 1".l Pedro Itto In each case the blows were dealt at night. Speaking of the rescues, members of i the crew said. "We gao 'em u lift Just I as they would hae done to us" The Madrugada was shelled off Winter Bottom shoal, August 14. One of the shells missed Drevls Jonkers, u voung Dutch sailor, by a few feet. The crew stuck to the hhlp until It caug.H fire and then put off In boats. Carried Tn limn Tho submarine was ncarlv 250 feet in length and carried two guns "The men had been drifting for many hours," said Carl Johnson, supercargo of the Taunton, "when wn picked them Up oft Norfolk. There were twent-two of them and they were brac fellows, all, with death staring them In the face In the big seas. They had some "tins of biscuits and a few canned goods along, but had reached the stage where It was being given out carefully In order to go around " Asked about the spirit of the men, Johnson said. "Well, you might have thought they were on a. pleasure trip It was a misty morning when we picked them up We heard some one singing off In the dis tance, but It was some time befoie we could sight them Mglited Lifeboat "First the sound seemed' to come from one direction and again from another At last we spotted a big black line on n high wave. It was n lifeboat full of men. We had to use much caution In retting them aboard, hut they were all level-headed fellows and told us to take our time. They were soon In dry clothes. and when they had a good meal they were ready for another U-boat fight right oft the reel " A few clays after the Mndrugada's crew were picked up the Taunton saved a dozen sailors, of the Pedro Hlo, which was torpedoed oft North Carolina. "These men had been adrift a day or two," said Fcrd llenen. of the Taunton. "They were In bad shape and were on the last of their rations. All they could remember was a terrific crash to star- i -. . , , i. - tho board and every man made, for the boats. It was as black as pitch when, w run across them, but we soon got I plenty of lights and every matey lent a hand. And the way those fellows did eat I" CALLS 'BOCHES' SPRINTERS Georgia Lieutenant Writes Opiu V ion 'iof Kfliscr'a Army "lnt; worry 'aWirt me, mother, I'll be better In. a 'few' days than before be cause 'of 'a good 'resL' wrote Lieutenant Tj. V "Sttpbens,- or Atlanta, fla , to his mother "In "that city, from "over there" after hejhad reeovercrif.from a gas at tclc anibell8hrisk darling the big drive staj-ttd July.J8. He longs to go back into action. . TJescrlh;a -the Hun's fight ing ability Lle.utenaot- Stephens savs "What a- treacherous, cowardly lot they'are." he said "Therfll blaze away wluv their machine guns and do their best to kill air tn Americans on eartn KK. but when weget to within a hundred or BMfLJv' two 'ards f them, out they come with 5 JpS absolutely no weapons erf their persons. their hands high In the -air and calling Jfor'all thpy'j-e worth 'Kamerad, Kara trad.' With, soms few -exceptions they absolutely will not mix it with tho Americans. This Is no exaggeration at all, but a simple fact. 1 went over the top with the Infantry with the excep tion of the first all through the drive until I waB sent back to the hospital, and therefore I know what I am talking about. I tell ou. man for man, the American has It all over the hoche. As long as they are massed they fight. But Ket them separaieu, even a nine, anu r.&frm they are through. DEBS OFFERS NO DEFENSE Declines to Offer Testimony, but Will Address Jury 11 By the Associated Press Cleieland. Sept. 11 The fate of Eugene V Debs, four-time Socialist can didate for President, charged with vio lation of the espionage act, was placed 'solely in his own nanus touay. jomor. -.ii.uk. in ,h hand- nf :. Hirv . .V , i . of elderly men of property Presentation of evidence, which be-, gan yesterday, came to a sudden close today. The defense does not dispute the basic facts and announced that no evldence would be presented by It Debs alone will address the Jury None of bin counsel will sneak Judge West enhavcr allowed each side two and one half hours for argument. Joseph C Breltensteln opened for the Government, and District Attorney lMwIn S Wertz will close. All of the defense time will be used by Debs. WOULD RE-EDUCATE MAIMED YWflrlrPv TTrirps Srlinnl fnr Men ,n ,l"e nulnl,er ul "ours mey may re - MacKey Urges acllOOlS lor Menimaln opeUi as a result of a conference; "nX r.rinnlpil in Tiuhistrv ft v,nppieu in iimuBiry ? Establishment by the State of rehablli- 'arjtmtlon Institutions for injured workmen' tfir tlu'(cu ll' W.iciiiin laaucu ,,a mti- LTV. .UUI1 UJ U,.I .., , ...a.-.. .. - fSrttie workmen's compensation board. s,vi Tns ooara Degan a inree aays session .ivtiodav in the North American Building. 6i'nd will bear more than 750 cases, the "4iVlret number on record. ip! Many of the workmen are asking com- 'lieniatlon In lump sums, that they may : inter business or purchase homes. Mr. rK:Mackey stated, however, that the board ';W,tl8mall sums In nonessential undertak- HM? but would Insist that wherever pos- iV would not encourage me investmeni m " 'Jilble. tne injurea wormnen ue jraineu J-i .rid Instructed so he might continue In '" industry ritedustry TVm OF COAL, SAYS LEWIS jiaministrator Declares New Stor JT- ' nw TtneirwA la TloSniT ATflflo : HKV .. o Af,l. ... fton than 5 per cent of the city's eoal altotment will be ln cellars before Oflto, iur l, Tancis A. iewis, i-nuauei- urtty fuel administrator, told the urananco juanuracturers- -x-today in the Manufacturers') kirn la 7 Der cent more coal than has L; btfore been stored on that date ! b Mid.- ... rn tne weainer la one oi ine Drs,'Mr, Lewis saia, fnu- pe.witn its coai i eipeof ny hi-i imi! ntt.,.ij , .-w jt "ST--'V urt,r.,t -..".' W- V -V I I . Lieutenant Newbold Died Death of a Fine Soldier "Your husband died tho death of a very line soldier mid gentleman. I should be proud to go Hint way myself." These are tho words of Major Theodore Roosevelt to Mrs. Allco 'J. New-bold, telling her of tho dentil of lier husband, Lieutenant V. 1. Newbold, which was reported es terdny. "Ho was a mnn of whom I was really fond," continued Major Roosevelt In his letter, "and I in tended to put him In command" of a company nt the earliest oppor tunity. I know that pride In a man's behavior and death do not assuage the grief. My brother, Quentln, has Just been killed." Lieutenant Newbold was the son of U. M. Newbold. He lived at 129 Poplar htrcct, Wayne. Ho was married to Miss Allco U. CI dildge, of Washington, two weeks before he went to France, a year ago. U. 5. Transport Hit; All Aboard Saved ( miliiiuetl from 1'nKe One escape They were picked up by de-s-ti overs. Tho escoitlng ships Immediately dropped numeious depth charges whole It was believed the torpedo came from. Owlnif to tho speed With which the wai ships acted anil tho close prox - lmity of the U-boat it Is considered I po-s- slide the hubmniinc was either de stroyed or damaged seriously. THIRD ATTACK OAr SHIPS , CARRY I KG U. S. SOLDIERS The troopship torpedoed bs a Herman submarine and beached on the LnglWh carrying American soldiers to the war1 zone to be attached with anv degree I ,.f . .. t... i- i ... rr... "i nui.'i.t.-rr. iiv )t success by V-hmts Tho two other essels were the Anchor Line steamship I'uscanla. under charter to the Ciin.ird ane. and the Peninsular and tlilental iner Moldavia The Tuscanla was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish toast earlv In Februarj of the present vear. while carr.vlng tmopi. composed chlefl of detachments of Mich igan and vv scons n .Natlona liuards- men to Kneland of tlw U.12 iilllcers vessel was under convoy hm attacked The Moldavia was torpedoed and sunk May 23. presumably while carrv Ing American troops across the Uncllsh Channel from Lngland to France. Fifty- five Americans lost their lives " i.tiii in' ii u iniuui. ! i i' ivu i if BRITISH TRANSPORT VICTIM OF 11. Tin AT Vew York. Sept 11 The British pas senger steamship Mlssanable, 12,I'I0 tons gross register, and In the service of the uritisn Anmiraiiy as a troop transport, ))fln sunk b n suhmarl'ne ln vTOm ,1(mn ateis. nccording to information brought here by passtngers on a ship which recent!- sailed from a British Port The Mlbsnnnble. which had been V.tliWMK rtiimn-.i" fiiuiL-f ;i anu tiling supplies, was returning to an American port. nitlcer.s here of the army transport service and representatives of the Cana dian Hallway line, owner of the ship. sahL they had received no details of the sinking The vv'cl carried a crew of about 200. and was In command of Captain William Halns on her last out waid voage RESCUE OF SOLDIERS PLEASES WASHINGTON WHHlilnclon, Sept 11 (By I N S ) There were no lives of American sol diers lost when n British transport rtlth American troops on board was torpedoed bj a Herman submarine This statement was officially made this afternoon. No official statement of the attack has as yet been prepared. The only announcement so far authorized was: 'The Government has been advlseC that a British troopship, carrvlng American soldiers has been torpedoed and that all cf the soldiers were saved." OlhclalH were well pleased over the rescue, declaring that it showed that the escort and convoy system was work- ing ln splendid shape. , Ii 1.. -. w n i-i -. - V n Knmnloto cannrl will be forthcoming from Admiral Sims, commanding the American naval forces t )n foreign waters. in the Immediate , future Because the vessel sunk was British, of the British Admiralty, announcement of the attack was made public first from Lendon riniiT Tv All TITlr nnvnc rllllll 1AA UN till DUNUa Mayor Works to Defeat Revenue mil section Mavor Smith Is co-operating with layor Mvjan, New York, in an effort to etc: flic coptlnn r.-f Mio T.PW tvnp.rpv. """'i,V.lv...r..l."' " ..i" ." ".. .. enue inn which uiutiuro -i i " '"""on tho Me-'-- - iordiT In 191K His nlclpal bonds on the JU aoruer in lJlb. ills Mayor Smith said tho taxes would regiment was among the first to be ndVc to be paid out of the City Treasury, ' called out In the present war for guard a8 tne ,i,y has sold Its bonds under a i duty In the western part of the State. guarantee that they wf.uld be tax free. ; He spent eight months at Camp Han- city Solicitor Conntlly will vvrlto Sen- n.,. ',,fnr Ba(iin fnr iy,nrn ators and Heperesentatlves from Penn- .... .. -1 rnnn,nnnt:ll -. funiH TjAflH- sylvanla asking them to vote against; thls section CAMDEN STORE HOURS CUT - - Restricted to Nine to Five in n I,. , pl Urtier lO oavc Voai I, All stores In Camden will be restricted held today between BOO merchants and 'representatives of the fuel admlnlstra- ' Hon Hereafter they will open at 9 a, m. HHU Cle ill u ill iiicj iu ui?u wc unci, Ull.ll ,v u ..... .... - . ' j ,.., tiu. urday nights. It Is expected many hun- urtd tons or coai win oe saved STUDYING BERLIN MAP i - re American Soldiers Get Information,; Preliminary to Visit f Anierlcan soldiers In France have been given, maps of the larger 'German cities, inciuuuiK """.'" ,;..... i.m a he, of the streets and to acquaint themselves I wit" the roadg leading to these cities, ac- cording to Sergeant Charles McIIugh, vvho writes to his homo at Freeland, 'Pa. "We are getting ready for that march 'on Berlin," he adds. ( i a selective draft. This means that the men fittest to fight are to be chosen from all the rett to bear the burden and to win the glory. 'Register and be prepared lo go when you are among those selected from the million .on the roll. C'i.i. tf j T1 "Vi It t .wVVtifi y pi AMERICANS CAPTURE MAN WHO LIVED HERE Philadclphian Writes of See ing Former Fellow Resident Among Prisoners The experience of a Philadelphia soldier In seeing a former resident of inis city among prisoners of wnr taken , "' the Americans In their advance In Prance Is relnted In a letter received from Private Frank IJ. Frega, whose homo la at 3210 Chestnut street. i The letter was received by the soldiers mother and written behind the uew? ,1 Kr!"ce- whtro Krega Is serving tV """"V ' lORth Field Artillery He enlisted In 1915 and saw scrlcc on tho Mexican border. "I suppose you folks hae read in the newspaper., .nbout tno grDat 8UCC, ot our troops recently," he wrote. "And we are not going to stop going until we dou-n every hoche or capture them. One day I r.iw n n,.m. ..-i I . - " "mililll .l l"Ullll I , i ul recBnled as a former Phlla- delphlan Later this fact was certified , They all seem to bo well pleased to be prisoners and do not want to go back to fight for tho Kaiser again at any i cost m t, .. in. inomer, we fe own over bore now appreciate tho fact that the Lordl ii mi us more than eer There wns a largo ship that the German subma rines tried hard to get for a long time, and finally succeeded, but. thanks to the Lord, she had no troops aboard and most nil of the crew was saved The ship was used to convoy our troops from the United States to France. It was the J list Ida. 'That Is the ship wo came oer In, and they tried hard to get her then, but our strong convoy nt that time was too liuch for them, as after tliev mm iiro.i , . ,hou'.h't ")Zl T, ?.,, J B,ues ' Vve lnd nbom in onobe,,,Cr U US a0n; ,?,,',a?.l ut, 10'000 nbro:ld nnd a" on several times they beat It. and I gues" landd here safe. All Is going well so far. nnd I am looking for tho defeat of the Kaiser and his army real soon " PITTSTON MEN WOUNDED Privates Hughes atitl Stark iti French Ba?c Hospital Itlcton. Ia Sept 11 Private Lvan Hughes, Ilatterv II innii, i,ii.i a.ii . . - -. .., i,iii- , lrv, has been wnmirt,.,! i .. ,,. 'lcen wou,lat,'l il action in ' r,,ncp A card bearing the news was received bv his parents Mr -inf ii... n....i' .. ., .' . ...' fr loh mr.i.ni''''' oSt ,n is a ?,tinV?n 'i r! "'r1 othV , ' PJ "-il'Jn " aSC "' Wlsner street. West Pltts- than osnltal Private Hughes has been In service for ,,,n v, .,.,: ..ni.i . ll?.r,'"0 J.c?".'. hJnB enlisted when on y . 1'irri.rriti hiu II. n.i i ti 'a nu mber of ve irs pPk,.,.' it UZ n?T driver a t Stevens's coIHerv S e hlfh vulley Coal Companv? before he , enlisted ', ran nt. Word has been received bv Mrs. Anna Istark. Short street, West Plttston that . hr nn l'plltltn A l..n,t o,n.i. .. ' . ber of the 109th Field Artillery, is in a l rench base hospital BUfferlnu from wounds received In action. The degree of his wounds Is not known. iTivyie mam enlisted several vears ago and was among those who saw 'serv ice on the Mexican border. He received his training at Camp Illcketts, West Plttston, and Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. Prior to enlisting Private Stark worKed at Coxton for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, nnd also for the Vulcan Iron Woi ks nt West Pltttton. GORGAS LAUDS HOSPITALS Surgeon General Impressed Also by Courage of Our Wounded liy the Associated Press ParlK, Sept 11. Major Cleneral Wil liam C Corgas, surgeon general of the United States arms, following an Inspec tion tour today of the Paris military hospitals where Americans are under going treatment, said. "The cheerfulness and commodious arrangements and the genuine spirit of hopefulness of the wounded In the hos pitals has been the most Impressive thing witnessed by me since mv arrival In France. They arc well taken care of and the work of the medical department, which I have seen so far, has been above reproach. " PHILADELPHIANS ADDED TO ROLL ... CnnHnned from Tare On or(i juat received here. He Is abroad ( ... ., ,,.. . . , with Company L, 110th Infantry, Lieutenant Lynch's regiment was ln the thick of the recent fighting on the Marno. In a letter lo his wife he states: "After three days of terrible fighting , 'o drove the boche out of position and I havo been chasing him ever since, and , ne sure ,mg kepl ug runnlng. , nae ' fallen asleep In pools of water and laid out In the open with It raining every- thing ln the heavens. "War Is what Sherman said It was, and then some. If the Civil War was I hell, then Sherman would get tongue- i tied trying to explain this war" Lieutenant Lynch joined the old Third I . . . -. ... negimeni ... j une, isus, anu saw service I """ ....- -r . . - ..,...,-., Lieutenant Lynch's wife, who wns be- I rSre ner marriage .vuss iveiyn againa i oitey, resiues wiin ineir iw-o-year-oia son at tho Norfolk street address. His parents reside at 2305 Catharine street. 1'rlvulr I'red Jonra, 237 South Darlen ' street, is the first colored soldier from . Philadelphia whoso name has appeared n ,h --..mitv ii... na i ronorted to have been .killed ln action, although - word received by his wife stated he hat . died from WOUnds received In nn ncj dent. Jones was twenty-four years oid and was drafted last September. He was sent to France with Company B, 372d Infantry He also leaves a child Before entering the service Jones was k ' driver for a local meat merchant. rlmtr John Wnrk, Jr., 2508 South Felton street, who a few weeks ago was ' officially reported wounded, has since rilixt of his inluries. according to word received by his mother. A letter from France stated that he had been burled near Mars-sur-Alller. He was twenty- ,, Id Thrd n.efjment. with which he I "' ' h Me;lcan border. , -- n . m..,, Private Daniel J. Clceone, "Ported In today's list as kMled In action, lived here at 422 Wharton street. An unofficial report of his death was received ln this city last week. Private II. T. Osmond, Company C. 109th Infantry, died August 17 of wounds received In battle. He was twenty-two years old and enlisted In tho old First Heglment in 1316, serving with tt on the Mexican border. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence O. Osmond, 120 Gall street, received a letter from him, dated July .28, In which he said that (there was no need for them to worry, as God would look after him. Private J Osmond was a graduate of the North- cast xxiEH ncuuui. Private Edward Bailie. Company I, 109th Infantry, was killed Inactlan; c- PROUD OF THREE ROYS IN WAR, MOTHER SfiNDS THE FOURTH I TTifili 5r,M f TVf- ti... t uu. ui jij.1 o, AXMLIY A. Cook Awaits Call to Service Letters " Cheerful, So Doesn't Worry At They're Safe So Far Smiling a tremulous little smile nnd proudly fingering a service pin with its four blue stars, Mrs Harry P Cook. I 86(1 North Rucknell street, told tdday of her four sons three nlrcady In Franco and the other probably on tho way over all In the army. "He's a good boy," she said after each name. She doesn't know yet whether any of the three now In France have been In the danger zone, because they never mention any risks In their letters home, but keep telling her, "Don't worry about me, mother; I am all right." "So," she said, "I don't worry much. As long as I get letters I know they nre nil right." Tho four sons In the service arc Harry A. Cook, In France with tho supply company of the Thirty-ninth In- lantry; William T. rook. In the 103d signal battalion of tho Twenty-eighth l nn1 within six weeks was on his way Division, In France; Charles J. Cook, a to France. Ho arrived abroad last chauffeur, attnehed to general headqunr- ' Christmas Ue. He went first to Camp tcrs, In France, and Francis .1. Cook, nn ' Meade, but oluptcered for Immediate ambulance driver of Ambulance Com- service abroad, when a call was sent pany No. 19, who has been at Camp from Fort Jay for fifty chnulTeiirs Clrecnleaf and prornbly Is on his way Francis, who Is twenty-two years old, abroad. aso s a chauffeur. Harry Is thirty years old and has A fifth son, L'dward P. Cook, ot Bos been In the service since September 22, ton, Is now waiting to bo called Into the When he, went to Camp Meade With a Rirviee. an ln was recentlv tllnrerl In cumingem oi seiecicn men. Afterward ho was transferred to Camp Clrecne, 'BIG BERTHAJS A PEACH' Corporal Begley, 5623 Musgravc, Doesn't Mind Air Raids So Much "Tho air raids In Paris are honeys," in tho opinion of Corporal John F Hig ley, 5G23 Musgrave avenue, Oerman town, who has written a letter to the chairman of Local Draft Board No 1G. Corporal Begley describes many of his experiences. "Tho raids last an hour or two," he said, "but, then, jou get used to those things over here, and they become a mere trlfio compared to some of the other toys that are being used. Of course, 'Big Bertha' pays us a visit quite often, and, believe me, she Is n peach. Hven at that, I do not care about having a date with her, and If she should ever call around to see me, I'm going to have a sign on the door that I am out. "While I was stationed In Paris T played ln the Paris Baseball League, anu imeu it very mucn, for every time you KnocKeu out a nomc run you le celvcd a safety razor, I received a razor. "Our chief here Is Major Jphn Price Jackson, who, I believe, at one time was Commissioner of Labor of Pennsyl vania. Thoro Is one thing I vlll never forget, and that Is tho havoc caused In a place I was stopping by 'Big Bertha " I secured three pieces of the Bhell as a souvenir. If the smallest piece .of the shell had struck me I would now be In some other place than France " SIX HURT IN COLLISION Trolley Car Crashes Auto Injured Taken to Hospital An automobile driven by Israel Sieger, thirty-six years old, of 334 Federal street. In which six persons were riding, struck a trolley car at Paulson avenue and South Brond street boulevard last night, nnd all the occupants of the ma chine were. Injured. Sieger. Ben Beaver, forty-two years old, of 421 Dickinson street, and Pearl Brown, fourteen years old. of 1434 South Fourth street, were thrown to the street nnd suffered Internal Injuries. Charles Brown, his wife Mary and Jane and Leslie Brown wefo badly shaken. They were all taken to tho Methodist Hospital. PHILADELPHIA HEROES i II - I Ii ""1 1 I ft-"WT.tJ- . -n.! eVCk" HARRIS t&t WALTER LEITCH Wounded wcu-naaa tailor, for whom ho worked before en listing In tho old First neglment last year He was born In Italy and wns brought to this country by his parents when he was seven years old. He was nineteen years old and lived at 42,35 Ridge avenue. Private (.forge W. Hweeney, reported a prisoner, was reported missing ln ac tion August 7 He was the son of Mr and Mrs. George W. Sweeney, 1825 Mif flin street, nnd was a member of Com pany B, 110th Infantry, having enlisted In the old Third Regiment, N O. P.. ln 1912. He saw service on the Mexican border In 1015. Private Sweeney comes of a family of fighters, both his father and his grandfather having served sev eral years In the United States Navy Private Sweeney Is married, and his wife, Mrs. Viola Sweeney, had several letters from him before' his capture. A letter from a friend said Private Sweeney participated In the drive against Chateau-Thierry. Private Joirph Hockl, listed as missing ln action, was employed ns a barber at 963 Rast Chelten avenue, Germantown, before he enlisted in the army. Nothing further Is known of him at that ad dress. Private Junim Joneph Wales, son of Mrs. Mary Wales, 2961 North Taylor street, Is reported missing In action. Wales, who Is twenty years old, enlisted May 23, 1917, and trained at Camp Han cock. He has been In France for sev eral months. Previous to his enlistment he was employed ot the i:iectrlc Storage Battery Company. A brother, John, Is at Camp Oreen, N. C. rrlrate John Itonrlll, 1827 Tanker street, was gassed during an attack and la now In a besa hospital, according to his letter that reached here yesterday and told of the fighting July 30, In which he stated Company I, 110th Infan try, was virtually wiped out. The sol dier Is seventeen years old. I'lirate Frank J. Xaylor, twenty-two years eld. Sill Melon street. West Philadelphia, la listed among the soldiers wh'o'are missing ln action. He Is a mem- betr: of Company, J SUi. IflXanJtry,,. to. .-IB! fxru' aawri". 7jj -. .,.. V : . i ' 0fM!$$k l j &m vt0 ?J .- -. ; ssw:3 V .' 'A rwA& HARRY A. COOK WILUIAM O. COOK FRANCIS J. W CHARLESvJ. COOK COOK Charlotte, N C and went to France In May William, twenty-eight years old, enlisted In tho Sixth Regiment, N. I!. P., August A, 1917, but after ho got to Camp Hancock ho was transferred to tho signal corps, being an electrlclnn. Charles Is twenty-four years old. Ho was selected for sorlce September 22, Class 1. He Is tho only ono of the sons who Is married ROBINSON WOULD FIGHT AGAII Former Philadelphia Newspaper man Starts Into Third War "Jack" Koblnson, a former Philadel phia newspaperman, has left Chicago to get Into his third war. Ho went through tho Spanish-American trouble and tho lloer War, and then went Into tho United States army as a private. Ho emerged as regimental sergennt ma lor. In tho South African War he was private, corporal, and then sergeant In the British army. Now he enters the officers' tialnlng school at Camp Cordon, Atlantn, (la, and expects to win aisec ond lieutenancy In the Infantry. rtoblnson was born In Prince Ldward Island. Canada, and says he still is on the kid side of forty. He has worked on various newspapers throughout the country: lias mini pipe lines in OKln homa and In Canada; has drilled oil wells, operated a coal mine and a by- I products factory. Jie nns a son in tnc , navy, FRENCH DOWNED 280 PLANES Monthly Report Shows 629 Tons of Bombs Dropped By the Associated Press Paris, Sept. 11. During the month of August, French bomhsrdment airplanes dropped more than 029 tons of projec tiles, according to a statement Issued to day to the War Office i The statement says : ' 'I "In tho course of August, our bom bardment airplanes In day flights dropped more than 269 tons of projec tiles on objectives on tho battlefield be tween the Sommo nnd tho Alsne. In night attacks, our bombing airplanes dropped 366 tons of projectiles on rail way stations and enemy roads of com munication. "In tho same month. 280 enemy ma chines were downed, or seen falling out of control, and slxty-alx enemy balloons were set on fire." t Delirious, Cuts Oft Hand IxiuIh Kdwards, thlrty-fivo, farmer, residing near Kvansvllle, Ind , wanderea from his home while delirious from fpvnr nnd selzlmr nn axe cut off his left hand. He died within a few hours from loss of blood. LIEUT. FRANK L. LYNCH CORRMICHAE.L O'NEILL Cateftd Vbun the service he wns employed ns a spin ner In a yarn mill here. Naylor has two brothers ln the service, Michael, who Is a member of Company IJ, Flfty-scv cnth Engineers, and Thomas, who "Is at Camp Upton, N. Y Private fliarlea II. I'rlnre, Company it, mam iniantry, wns severely wounded In the shoulder, according to n letter from him received by his sister, Mrs. Susan Lawlor, 437 Shur's lane, Boxbor ough, with whom he lived. He was a mill worker and enlisted In the old First Ueglment. N. G. P., after war on Ger many was declared. Two days after he left for Camp Hancock his mother' died In the letter to his sister, Private Prince stated that he was rapidly recovering from Ills wound, lie is twenty-one years old. Private Wladyidow ltrrzku, twenty, two years old, Is reported wounded, do gree undetermined, in the official list His father, John Reczka, who lives at 910 Waterloo stieet, knows ndthlng about It, and has not been officially noti fied. Private Daniel MrC'toud, Company C, 109th Infantry, reported missing ln ac tion July 28, Is recovering from vvoundB reoelved In battle on that date, according to a letter dated August 11, received by his mother, who lives at 3432 North Fifth street. Private McCloud, who Is twenty years old. Is married and' lived with his wife and child at 418 Somerset htrcet before enlisting In July last year. Corporal Michael O'Neni, reported wounded In action on August 6, was at tached to Company A, Fifty-eighth In fantry. His home In this city Is at 1622 Wood street. The report that he was shot In the left leg and right arm ana that his right wrist Is fractured was published last Saturday. '' Corporal George A, Morrison, 946 Cedar street, Camden, was severely wounded In action on July 17, according tq word received by, his, parents. .Cor poral Morrison Is only seventeen ya'rs old, and has been in France since late In May, sailing wltn Company.FVWSth.in. fantry. Jl? JJBl!SSi WliuMl& ,Jfi the ?WTh'W-Jtettl'Peliniiylvnl KnllnitSLi fl um --'.; r J !.. '. ; ;IT Lt'TVT'&FMLZ'- sH .' f Vrp rm i w w wimm- j ,r.,v. -o , j . , .-... v, . MMB . ,.J., ,.iV. lJ.- She Least '-' i i jtelSliL jmm fN EXPLOITS OF ANZAC STIRRED BRAVE MEN New Zcalandcr Invariably Brought in Prisoners From No-Man's Land A hero whose name will long bo re momberod by tho fighting men In France Is Sergeant "Dick" Travis, of tho New Zealand forces, whoso deeds have been one of tho chief tonics among the Allied troops, Speaking of Sergeant Travis, Private Joseph U,evlr, a former Philadelphia newspaper man, In writing to a friend In this city, said ho was ono of the moRt efficient soldiers who ever went Into No Man's Land. "In order lo save time." said Devlr. "Travis had tho habit of capturing four uermans in ono haul. Going Into No Man's Land on patrol Travis always came, back with a Fritz and plenty of valuable Information. Ho was awarded a special roving commission. "Travis would crawl over No Man's Land at night nnd hide In n shell hole. "Sometimes this chap would bo; gone thirty-six hours. Helmets did not ap peal to Dick. His headgear was a Bacatvla cap. He never carried a rifle, bit had great confidence In his pistol and hand grenades. He carried the bombs In his pocket nnd they caused no end of trouble In tho lair of the bochc. "Sergeant Travis was honored with the French War Cross and was recom mended for the Victoria Cross. He was killed bv a Oerman shell on July 25. Ho had been In the fight ever since the beginning of hostilities In 1914." KEYSTONE MEN PRISONERS Names of Americans in German Camp Made Public Names of American soldiers who are prisoners of war at various camps In Germany were made public today by the War Department. The list, covering this city, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, fol lows: AT CAMP CASSET, JONES. ALFRED P . Hotel Sterllnt. Ka. tnn. Pa. JORDAN1. UERIinRT V , Hanover. Pa. BRADLEY. WATSON. Moorestown. N. J. TANOLE, FRANK. 10204 East Third street. Ilethlerxm, Pa. AT CAMP RASTATT POTOCHNY. VASII.Y. McAdoo. Pa. AT UNKNOWN CAJir-S RICE, FRANK J , 207 Broadway, Scran ton, re.. RANCH. EARL C . 101 South Gcoree Btreet. York. Pa WIM.1AMHOV WILLIAM W.. Lambert- vllle, N. J. WILSON. BARRY. 323 North Seventh street. Philadelphia. CIV1LLI. TONY, Lebanon, Ta. THOMAH, KAMU13L 802 Nectarine street Philadelphia. GREOEH, FRED, 1220 State street, Erie, Pa. KASZEWSKf. ANTONI, 2301 Marearet street. Philadelphia. TODD. Lieutenant VAN WINKLE, Orann:. N. J. SPROULS TO AID BLIND Senator and Wife to Help Raise 150,000 for War Victims Stato Senator William C. Sproul, Re publican candldato for Governor, and Mrs. William C. Sproul, will rtld the cam paign to raise J160.000 for tho Penn sylvania Working Homo for Blind Men, which begins next Monday. The money will bo used to prepare the Institution for the expected influx of soldiers blind ed "over there." Senator Sproul yes terday sent a letter to Alba Johnson, chairman of the campaign, agieelng: to be a member of the citizen's committee. Mrs. Sproul Is a member of the wom en's committee, organized yesterday at a luncheon In the Adelphla Hotel. Mrs. Clarence P. Wynne, chairman of the Drcxel-Blddle Auxullary No, D, Bed Cross, and captain of tho Bed Cross can. teen service, is chairman of the women's committee of the campaign for the blind. Her staff will consist of some of the city's most prominent women, virtually all of whom have been especially active m lieu cross wont. OF HONOR I years old, reported missing, has been a J member of the National Guard for three years. He enlisted In Company K, 110th Infantry, formerly the Third Regiment, and saw service along the Mexican bor ler with that organization. It was while it Camp Hancock that Washco was nado corporal. He has been n France llnce May. His mother, Mrs. Pearl Washco, received u letter from Mm early last month. 'In the missive he said he was ln a quiet sector, and for his folks at home not to worry about him. Cor poral Washco was an electrician. He made his home with his mother at 2816 Jackson street. Private Harry Million, prisoner, previ ously reported missing,. Several months before he was drafted, In the fall of 1917, he boarded at323 North Seventh street. Wilson Is said to havo relatives living ln a southern section of tho city. Before going Into the army. he was em ployed In a trunk factory. Nergrant Albert IJ. Horn, twenty-two years old, 319th Mnchlne Gun Battalion, was wounded, according to a letter re ceived from him here today. Ho Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Horn, 1108 Cantrell street, with whom he lived. Ho was drafted in September, 1917, and trained nt Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. His letter, written August 14, said his left anil was badly wounded by shrapnel, but he hoped to get back Into action. "And 1 will know enough next time to dodge," he says. Private John David Kelly, wounded, Is twenty-threo years old, and lived with his aunt, Mrs Margaret Mills, 6126 North Tenth street Ho has not been officially reported wounded, but ln a letter to his aunt, received recently, he stated that he was In a base hospital ricoverlng from a wound ln the left thigh. Kelly was drafted In April of this year. Before entering tho service ho was employed as a district manager of a chain grocery concern. Private Peter Mtvdsen has been offi cially repqrted killed on July 25. His sister, Mrs. Walter V. Miles, 3040 II street, Kensington, has just received n telegram from tho War Department an nouncing his death. Madsen was a street car conductor. He enlisted in the old Third Infantry, and saw service on the Mexican border, whero he was with Company C. Later lie was transferred to Company L, 109th Infantry. Two brothers are ln military service. Chris tian Is a chief petty offlcer on a trans port, and has crossed the sea six times. John Is a member of C. A. C. Company 6, and Is stationed at Fort duPont, expecting to go "over any day. First Lieutenant Ai Itlchard Walk, of Company K, Seventh Infantry, has writ ten to friends in Mlllville, Pa., announc ing the death of his chum. First Lieu tenant Malvern Nftbb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Nabb. 20 West Main street. He writes that after leading a valiant charge at Argental, eight miles from Chateau-Thierry, Lieutenant Nabb was Instantly killed' by shrapne). He was .riven a military funeral In the Ht- tie .French village Iwhw J.f.l.r(y v,.... .. .::... 'llm ...... m ,,muwmm ' 'Wy,IH m emmm" ..:...- . ix .jjtwfT' w r.:s . .: .rxvjKc , . a .t . 7inL i - ...-.. , ....,.-.... -. n When, Where and How to Register Tomorrow Registration tomorrow will lie between 7 o'clock In tho morning and 9 o'clock ln tho evening. Register nt the placo designated by tho local board In your district. If ln doubt resardlnR Its location, ask tho policeman on duty nearest your residence or consult tho list published ln tho Evhni.no Public Ledoer yesterday. Twenty questions will bo pre sented for tho registrant to answer, Including tlio following: Your full name, permanent home address, ago ln ycara and dato of birth. Your race, whether white, negro or Oriental, and whether you are a citizen or noncltlzen. If you arc a citizen of the United States, whether you are native born or naturalized, and If not a citizen to what nation you owo allegiance. Your present occupation, placo of employment and employer's name. Name your nearest rclatlvo, whether wlfo or other relative, glv Ing tho full name and address. Tho registrant Is required to state whether ho receives his mall at a place other than his desig nated address. SEES HARD BATTLES AHEAD French Officer Says Foch Has As sured Victory Though victory Is assured the Allied cause. Germany will fight to the end, and It will take several of tho greatest battles In history to bring the Kaiser to his knees, Is tho opinion of Lieutenant Mal les Logls Guyon light field artillery, French army. Lieutenant Guyon Is ln this country as military Instructor to preparo American soldiers for overseas duty. Ho stopped at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel while here. 'The Germans havo suffered disas trous defeats." ho said, "but It Is not time yet for any kind of optimism. This Is In reality the critical period of the war, nnd It Is not yet possible to esti mate how tho victories just won by the Allies will affect tho general result of the war. "General Foch has been able to chooso both tho time nnd nlnco of his offensives nnd tho location of tho battlefields, ono or the greatest advantages In military strategy, and there Is no doubt that Germany has sustained Irregarabln losses, but It has not yet been proved that the bodies cannot make a stand, "I do not bcllcva tho Prussians will ever again be a real menace to tho Al lies in the. broad sense of the military problem, but I do believe that we have still much hard llghtlug to undergo be fore wo can win." ELLIS LAUDS U.S. TROOPS War Correspondent Tells Rotary Club of Achievements Abroad The magnitude of the enterprise of the American Lxpedltlonary Force In France waM described by William T. Kills, war correspondent, in an addresB today at a Rotary club luncheon. In the Adelphla Hotel. v Other speakers were Thomas Simmons, Kmergency Aid, and J, Henry Scatter good. Pennsylvania Working Horiio for Blind Men. "Lloven hundred locomotives used In Franco were built by Baldwins, in Phila delphia," said Mr. Ellis. "Where the French used to assemblo one locomotive a month, the Americans assemble four a day. Tho bakeries of the Aemrlcan Ex peditionary force can bake 40,000 loaves of bread In one batch " Mr. Kills praised tho morals of the American fighting men In France. So high has been the standard, ho said, that Allied commanders conferred to consider means of bringing their troops up to the mark set by the Americans. DECORATEHUENTIN'S GRAVE American Visited Resting Place of Lieutenant Roosevelt "I had the privilege of laying a wreath on the grave of Quentln Boose volt," said Clarence A. Asplnwall, of Washington, D. C, just back from "over there," at tho Bellevue-Stratford Hotel today. Mr. Asplnwall Is a field secre tary ln France for tho Y. M. C. A. "Quentln Roosevelt was burled on July 14. I was at his grave Just a month later August 14. Ho was a brave and Christian gentleman. A splendid typo of youth, who will bo badly missed, but never forgotten. "I was the first Y. M. C. A. man In Chateau-Thierry. You never saw such bplrlt as 'our boys' displayed. The wounded came uacK rrom the battlo front singing 'Old Black Joe.' Their morale and desire to get as quickly as possible to Borlln Is simply astounding. It has electrified the armies of the Al lies." CAPT. BIDDLE BECOMES ACE Andalusia Airman Downs Fifth Enemy Gets Decoration Word has been received ln this city that Captain Charles J. Blddle, of Anda lusia, son of Charles Blddle, has brought down his fifth German plane, which brings him Into, the class of "aces," a designation unofficially adopted by the French people for all aviators who havo five verified scores to their credit. REPORTED DEAD; LIVES Atlantic City Parents of Lieutenant Hear From Friends Believed to have been killed bv ex ploding shrapnel during one of the battles on tho Veble, Lieutenant LeRoy Rlsley, of Atlantic City, who enlisted as an expert mechanic In one of tho first ambulance units organized at Allentown Pa., has been found to he alive and" still rendering gallant service. Although the War Department has been unable to confirm the report that had como through letters from friends of the soldier, the family had taken It as true when they received no further word from the young lieutenant. Lieutenant Rlsley, who Is still under twenty-two, has command of a; section comprising thirty ambulances and a truck, and although he has been right ln the midst of the fighting has thus far escaped without a scratch, according to the word reaching his brother and for warded here. IIF.I.P WAXTKD MAI.K MEN WANTED FOB WRAPPING AND TTINO IUJNDI.EH I1Y THE IJUnTla PUIILIHIIINO COMPANY. TTH AND HAN. HOM HTS. 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SUPERMEN, OFFICER WRITES Captain Gentner, of OW First Regiment, Lav ish in Praise NOT SLOWED BY FATIGUE Letter to Fiancee Tells of Gal lant Action of 109th at Fismcs Philadelphia's former National Guard I regiments which aro In tho thick of th I fighting In Franco with the KeystoaM Division are com posed of supermen, j according to a let ter sent to this city ay one ot me com pany commanders. Captain John M. Oentncr, Company C, I09th Infantry. who Is at present noting ns a battal I o n commander. spoke in gloWlng terms of the bra very of tho soldiers from this city. .The letter wns sent to his fiancee, Miss F. Ldna Parsons, ot Capt. cJohn v. Qentner. - Fox Chase, T he 109th Ii made up from parts of the old First and Thirteenth Regiments, N. a. p. "My boys are not men, they are bu pcrmen," ho wrote. "I have seen them, tlmo and time again, despite all manner of hardships, eager for the fray. Un washed for days, soaked with rain, fag ged for want of rest nnd hungry some, times they have been manyTiours with out food because of the battle they have pressed uncomplainingly forward. And yet they fight as well when tired as when Just brought Into tho battles a3 fresh troops." " Only Cnptnln Unscathed Captain Gentner made no effort In his letter to minimize tho danger that th'o men face and the hardships they aro forced to undergo. He told of the great number ot casualties, many of which havo already been announced by tho War Department. ' "So far I am the only captain In the battalion vvho has come through un scathed," ho stated. He also mentioned that Captains Campuzano and Moehan, who havo been reported as wounded, havo recovered and are again on duty, although they are behind the lines under Instruction. Captain Couhart Is now a prisoner In Germnny and Captain Gearty was killed In action. Four lieutenants of Company C, he said, wero vlctlmi of German bullets;; ' only one lieutenant who embarked with his company has retained his command. Captain Gentner also wrote there were several men under his command who suffered loss of limbs. Letter Written Under Fire His letter was written at 'Flames, shortly after the desperate engagement along the Marne, where tho former N-. tlonnl Guard troops formed the van guard of the forces that turned the German advance. It was Svrltten under Are; Captain Gentner reclining In a small shell hole, as shells burst all about. One, he said burst bo close that ho was showered with dirt. "The shells fly thick and fast, but for every one that comes wo send the bodies ten. That Is tho way vve answer them," he wrote. , "As I am writing this," the letter states, "stretcher-bearers nre passing with a wounded corporal. Ho Is ln a bad way, both legs have been shattered by a shell, but he Is conscious and cheerful. That Is but ono Instance of the tplrlt nnd determination of our men, and It tjiows ,the philosophical manner with which they regard being maimed. 'It Is the fortune of war," the men say, and accept their lot without complaint" UNUSUAL, YET DIGNIFIED FIAT 71. j, rtfA.. T The Master Car For immediate delivery. Choice of colors. 1827 CHESTNUT STREET Wrtfa or coll or our new and InterMllna Booklet "Lookjtta Into Your Otra F.v." A Series of Eye Talks No. T Our Next Talk. Wed., Bent. M. By Joseph C. Ferguson, Jr. "The Defter We Nee. the More We Know." III'.RR are some things such as health, happiness or good eyesight that can no more be measured In .dollars and cents vaiim l4 - than can the diam eter of the earth be meas ured by a yard-stick. Yet every day there are peo plo who thoughtlessly en danger both health and sight by resorting to lm-f proper corrective methods. Selecting eyeglasses from 'a counter display or "buying" them solely on a prloo basis are two methods that are quite often futile Bometlmea very dangerous. When your eyes need atten tion they are deserving of the very best attention that can be nad. Have them" examinee? by an Oculist, and Jn the event that lt? U m fiiuaocn uie neeuea nave mo prescription filled by a cap able prescription Optician. Prescription Optician 6, 8 & 10 gouth 15th iff, IT Do Vox Btamltu Xutt t " zzWJ3y2F-. IK fefeliz A I vl 4 m ri tt M a M t vi ,Jv
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