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TER HEROES
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TO BE HONORED
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tCongressma n Butler to
rpjjeak at Memonal Scrv
F ice Sunday
t&
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aware County Guardsmen
J Tell Folks at Honlc Thrill-
, ine Talcs of FiclitinR
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M .Chester will honor Its dead and wound.
pfgncil heroes Sunday.
Kp Stirred by the stories of th" brave
Yp part their boys took In the fig''''" on
the Vesle, at Flspcs nnd Flsmette.
Er Chester people Intend to make It a "Hero
(!(.'-. . j
B 'l iiinv tnnr win n nnp rpmpmnprpn.
After months on tho anxious scat, when
'littlo was heard of Delaware County's
uii ' "NTm 4tnn I !iinvrlDmAii (tin Man's Id VlfiCMtla
fci? flirts' in nnnr In. In newsnnnpr fllsnatches
f$$'ni ,n Otters from the boys, telling
Blorlous tales of the heroism of Chester
$ toys.
Raymond O. Carroll, war corre-
.hmJa .. Ik. T...1.11.. T I..... ...n.. thlk
)' first to send them news when lie told of
m ' we death or Cantaln lclmunu w. iyncn.
M at' Fismette. Then came the soldiers'
mall, big batches of It arrhlng In the
last two or three days, and, though It
y brought mourning to many, there came
with It tho realization of the big things
done by the men who are fighting for
th-m In Prnnpi
a? Ac" So, Sunday has been set aside as Hero
Dav. and Thomas S. Butler, renresenta-
ft? " tlve In Congress from tho district, will
K,a be the principal speaker at tho municipal
memorial services. Congressman Butler
tV Pnt four days with the Chester boys,
SLvlo 'he home folks.
RrQ. flnftTmation reaching here today
g-t.'i shows the following boys from this olty
. j. nuu ue mil iiute u iiicasuKts liuih nitii.
g ' ,and county who were members of Cora-
rjy pnies ana v., or unesier. ana torn-
f Regiment, now Included In the 111th
K" t Infantry, were either wounded or
bmodu uii liic uctiina ul illu , cam uuiiufi
, the battle at Flames nnd Flsmette:
i Clyde Montgomery, Jt-hn J. King, Al
bert Lykens, Fred Bailey, Clyde Myers,
Lloyd Hardy. Edward W. Burns. Elcenzo
1& Parent and Guy F. Bailey, all of Ccm-
k - piiica ? miu K,t ul vilCBLcr , .Juim Una
's serman, William Blllough. Clarence A.
L, TlartA TTnma. Tntinnn P'Tn,,! T. f,,
ties, Urban Lloyd, John F. Pole, John-
.; D. Carr, William McKerney, James
f Pamnhatl n A11.af T Cirnff nf
v, Cowpany H, Media.
gl. Private William L. Glass, of 609
f Parker street, a member of the First
' pnnsvIvan,a Cavalry, Is confined In a
lai French hospital recovering from gas.
in a letter just received here Glass
jjRSj.'lPalrH.a slowing tribute to the physicians
j&(H nurses oi me itea uross, wnom ne
Vjdeclares saved his life.
Private John J. Campbell, of Ridley
ark. Supply Company. 31lth Q. M. C.
fewwritlnr from the trenches tells how the
W'Chater boys are fighting In hand-to-
(gthand tut? with the boche. Ho was In
j&tth battle when Owen Dougherty, Ed-
Slif.K ".Tfnt' .. nntAf llpl! nlaita, nra a tirm
tured.
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A WRITES OF 109TH'S VALOR
)jt Wounded Member of Company C
tegi-- Tells of rraisc Won
& i Prlvate Phllln Dubln. wrltlnir from
i-ji1 a base hospital behind the lines In
m France, describes an attack of Com-
titt& Pny jj, main iniamry, on me uer-
a1"! rul noHitinns .ruiv n. I'rivntn i.tinin.
vmm -jrnlindArl In tha nttnrlr
jr' - we went 10 me lines on juiy o ana
E'S'Mlot Into action the next day," he wrote
' yn a leuer to nis tamer, uavio uuom,
1Ui1 52S.nSouth Front street. "We did good
j$fw,wprk and were praised by the Major
Rlo-4 V7"1UI ifl UlillllUllll UL (I1U U1WBIUU. V C
Kfure did give It to them.
B'i2i aiwi ui Liiciu iicive inacnine Lruns.
and they put un an awful fleht. -Thev
If attck to their guns until we are .ilmmt
17 on ton of them and then thev ahnut
Piilt.,Irnerad- "
?... Privato Dubln Introduced h q Ipttpr
iX.wltn Pra'se of the work being done by
KuA'.tha Rpd Fret
f,!y A'"' "T am In tho hnaa t.nDnUl a M.
l - ... ... ...v m nuaiJiLni ul jiitraciiL
f KM Vr rialni flv.A ', 1. , t.r
WhX celved a package from a voumr ladv n
KKR.a Christmas gift to the Sammies over
iKpjiTe written to thank her. 'The Red
izz 'nrn. Hr nnmn in in natm t i"ini. r
il " Vma Fi'c ouic uu uuase me uiues
5rjiWway from the boys.
CttttT "Just before we climbed into nur hcH.
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C'fcv wenl ln lo aKe a bath. Maybe you
fiW1", ' libii l uume Dam. It was
hjijrorth 10 after coming out of the
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EULOGIZE SLAIN OFFICER
01d Friends of Captain Cromie
itMSA ray n,m tribute
Jl" I" TTl m .
'i(SU Tribute was paid today to "P.ni.in
PWi- r?m,fc ?rlvsh ilaval attache, killed in
IfVsi- weeks ago, when
uifiK i. r
commander and
Mrs. G. Truman
&5ase,y' Jr- visited
Philadelphia.
Commander and
Mrs. Swasey were
close friends of
Captain Cromie
when the latter was
stationed In Hong
kong In 1913.
"He was a splen
d I d fellow," said
Mrs. Swasnv.
"Broad minded, big
hearted an dthor
oughly competent
fiA9Watn CROM,E- leader of men. ho
" Mti . . """ "'"en lovea Dy
' yjrjw members of his crew and by most
" i othera with whom he came ln contact.
P"; "Wevhad lost sight of him since the war
L . ; ulhfm cnl m .,,BKanJ Inl. i
ica In different Darts of the worM
Was deeply shocked and grieved to
oi nis aeain.
feptaln Crcmle." she contlniiH
.one or tne nrst liritish submarine
10 earn me aisunguisnea service
r medai . He won this by his
ess tn. sinking a number of German
n, inciuaing me cruiser undine,
li- was sent to the bottcm In th.
lc;" when Captain Cromie was in
mand of the British submarine fln.
in those waters. The Dlcture I am
glvtag you probably Is the only cue of
VUim vromie in me unitea states."
GMnmander SWasey has lust returned
jrrance ana 13 at present awaiting
w ui-udl-o.
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TKS" FOR BOYS IMPERILED
'"hfflte of Lancaster Cigarmakers
,i, Threatens Supply
mr, rv cein. iz. smoxes ror
jrs trill be .seriously delayed, If
1 of the clgarmakera In th Lan-
tobacco belt are carried out. A
t nnn ur incressea wages nas
Blanned. The blr Mrndelsnhn
factory ( Idle today, and the cm-
nave mea a aemana ror increases
a'taouaana. They declare, they
rotMivtag.a -living wage."
1 are furaisning ir-
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WAR HEROES
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Corp.FRAHKeJ.aKANE,Corp.FRANCIS C. WILIIMH H-DAWSOMidOHH cJ.BROWN.
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hUKKIIIh ".& wm&F $ jKS mu KgHsflSi.ciir - ati
CoroMirUiFI rrn rl h SMIT
Corp.MICHAEL
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.Yftundea-" Wounded
PHILIP DUBIN,
M'-'ftUCHwjgnJea
Woimdo
GtOROE. M.
HAlG"Wour,aea
Corp. THOMAS' C.
REED Mirinfe
Philadelphians Die
on Battlefield
Contlnned from Tnce One
Private Joseph 1 Paley, 1920 South
Sixteenth street.
Prltntn Frank FUenhart, 546 North
Fifty-fourth street,
Pritate John W. Vorter, 665 North
Tenth street.
Farrier Thomas Edward Condran,
839 North Twenty-seventh street.
GASSKD
CorporuF James ('. Itrnk, 111 Tusker
street.
Private John ltosell, 1827 Tasker
street.
Private John Alexander Kennedy.
2831 North Bambrey street.
MISSING
Corporal Thomas C. Heed, 2126 Wood
street.
Corporal Francis G, Crogan, 3025
Gray's Ferry road.
Pritate James J. Daly, 4426 Lancaster
avenue.
Private Augustus G. Goodwin, Browns
Farm, Spring Hill.
Private John J. Drown, 1834 McKcan
street.
Pritate Antonio Kasiewskl. Miller and
Duncan streets.
Prliute William II. Dawson, 2643
Reese street.
Private Thomas W. Goldsmith, 26
North Salford street
Private Albert K, Mars, 5226 Catha
rlno street.
FROM XKAItnY FOINTS
Private Joseph Rickey, of Drexel
Hill; wounded and shell-shocked.
SKETCHES OF HEROES
Second Lieutenant W, K. Juukln has
been killed ln action in France while
fighting with the Eighth Field Artillery,
according to word received here by cable
today. He formerly lived at 1851 Wllllng
ton street. Lieutenant Junkln was killed
either late In July or early ln August
during the first engagement he took part
In when a shell exploded ln the position
held by his company.
Corporal Thomas ('. Herd was reported
missing August 15. Tho last advice from
Corporal Reed was a letter received by
his brother George, with whom he lled.
dated August 8. In tho letter he said
he was In a lmje hospital mffcring from
a wound of the leg. He said he would
likely be confined there for a month. For
this reason his bruthr believes the rrUs
!ng rnpoit is a mlstnke, and thinks
Thomas Is still In the hospital.
Thomas answered the President's first
call for volunteers In April, 1917, and
enlisted ln the old Third. He trained at
Camp Hancock. He Is twenty-five years
old and was employed at Baldwin's Loco,
motive Works before enlisting. A
brother, Walter, is a corporal in the same
company. They lhed ln tho rear of 2126
Wood street.
Corporal T.ouis P. Nelson, officially re
ported missing since August 12, wrote
a letter to his father, Samuel Nelson,
dated August 20, saying that he had
been wounded and taken to a base hos
pital, later being sent to a school of
machine gunnery. Corporal Nelson Is
a graduate of the Southern High School,
and lived at 2131 South Thirteenth
street before his enlistment ln 1914. He
was In the old Third Infantry before be
ing transferred to Company B, 109th In
fantry. Pritate Joseph K. Paley. 1920 South
Sixteenth street, has written a letter
stating that he la in a hospital, recover
ing from wounds received In battle, en
listed ln Troop G, Pennsylvania Cav
alry, on his seventeenth birthday anni
versary, last year. Prior to enlisting
he was employed In the office of the
Atlantic Refining Company,
Pritate Joseph Simon, nineteen years
old, has been wounded, but Is recovering,
according to a letter to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Simon, 1840 South Mole
street. Simon made light of his In
juries and said he was anxious to get
back with his company. "They were
still giving Jerry h when I left," he
said ln one of Ids letters. "I had to
laugh," he said In another, "because I
had the privilege of helping to pile up
some of the dead Germans. Some of
them were In plies of one hundred, and
there were several piles of them." Simon
Is a member of Company O, 110th In
fantry, formerly the Third Regiment,
Corporal flm Greway has written to
his mother, Mrs. J. CJreway, 632 West
Lumurw DLrcci, mui uo una ueen
wounded In the left leg and Is rapidly
recovering In a base hospital, Corporal
Greway waB a toolmaker at the Hale &
Kilburn plant here before he enlisted
in June, J917, In the old First Regiment,
now tho 108th Infantry.
Private George M. Ualg, In a letter
written to his mother, Mrs. Lena Hale,
210 East Louden street, Olney, told of
un Inlury to hla fcot. ... ,.
Private 1talaf-i this city
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LISTED TODAY
GOL05MirH. A. K. MARS.
Mt's&ing-.. Missing"
S.6t.COLtMiM FIPAWK R
AHERKbhellShoeK ZEALAN Killed
thirty-two years ago. Two years ago
he went to 1:1 Paso, Tex , where he fol
lowed ills trade of blacksmith. He
enlisted In tho .army and sered on
the Mexican border. Vfhen war was de
clared ngalnst tho bocho he again en
listed, and Is row serving with Com
pany C, of the Eighteenth Infantry
I'rltnte Jacob Smith went to the army
recruiting olllce hero in the bummer of
lk iiiiu was HL-veinvii hi unue unu ,
turned over to a recpraing cicrK. wno
asked him Innumerable questions.
One
of these was:
"What namo do you want to give for
your emergency nddrcss?"
Young Jncob paused, perplexed. He
Is nn orphan. Then he happened to
think about a man he had met In a
lunchroom earlier ln the day and to
whom he had told his story. That man
had given him a card and said, "Write
to me."
The card reposed In the bottom of
Jacob's coat pocket. He fished It out
while tho clerk waited and tossed it
upon the desk.
"Just write in that name and ad
dress," he said.
The clerk wrote:
Emergency address, Howard K.
Buck. 141 Manhelm street, Philadel
phia After he got down to Gettysburg,
where he was assigned to Company A,
Fifty-eighth Infnntry. the youngster
wrote to Mr Buck explaining what he
had done. The lad could not have done
anything which pleased Mr. Buck nnd his
wlfo more, nnd they adopted him.
A week ago the Bucks, who have
since removed to 1729 Montgomery ave
nue, received a cablegram from the War
Department announcing that Corporal
Smith had been severely wounded In
action on August 22. Then yesterday
a brief letter came from the corporal.
He told them to be of good cheer; that
ho was pretty severely wounded, but
would come around all right, and that
he would keep them posted as to his con
dition. Private Frank Peter Zcalan, 2418
North Howard street, reported killed In
action, is listed officially as Frank P.
Glenn, a name he assumed when enter
ing the army. Zealan was 23 years old,
and attached to the Thirtieth Machine '
Gun Company. Ho is said to have met 1
death Julv 15. His sister, Mrs. Frances '
C Chlddi'nton, lives at the Hancock
street address. His mother lltes In Wilm
ington, Del Before he entered the
sertlce, Zealan was employed here as a
chnuffeur. and lived with his sister.
Sergeant Simon I.. Illocli Cohen, who
wns reported to havo been killed In no
tion, Is now known to be alive and ln a
military hospital at Newport News, ac
cording to a statement made by Reuben
Cohen, 621 South Seventeenth street,
father of Sergeant Cohen, who recently
received a letter from his son. Sergeant
Cohen was severely wounded while fight
ing In France and wns sent to a base
hospital for treatment. Following a rigid
investigation, the records were corrected
nnd Sergeant Cot.en was lnvalldd home.
Corporal Frank J. O'Kane, twenty
three, reported ns wounded severely. Is
now In baso hospital No. 26, "somewhere
in France," according to a letter re
ceived bv his sister, Miss Margaret
O'Kane, 4854 Tarrlsh street. Corporal
O'Kane has two sisters, Mlsnes Anna
and Margaret, and a brother, John,
who make their home with Mr. and Mrs,
.UB.
W. Robertson, of thnt address. The company ir a. tew aays, wnicn gave rise
letter from Corporal O'Kane Blmply ,0 the "Port that he was missing,
stntes, "I stopped 'one' with my hand Lieutenant Wilson Stevenson, of Flf
and am laid up for a while, but will get teenlh and Cayuga streetB, a friend of
back Into the fighting soon." Patrick
O'Kane, father of Corporal O'Kane, is
employed at the Baldwin plant.
Pritate John J. Ilrown, Company L.
110th Infantry, reported as missing In
action July 26, may still be alive. His 1
aunt, Mrs. It. McDermott, of 1834 Mc-, saw service at the Mexican border. On
Kean street, received a postcard from being recalled to the colors when war
him saying he was well and ery anx- with Germany wns declared ho was Fta
ious to receive some mail from home, tloned at Camp Hancock and then at
the postmark being, August 6. An Intes- Cnmp Upton. He sailed for France on
ligation is to be made to nsoertaln If he 13 May 2. He Is a member of the 109th
still nlltc. Private Blown, who is twenty-j Machine Gun Company,
three yeara old, enlisted In Company L, 1 Tne young hero, who Is only twenty
of the old Third Regiment, now the 110th years of age was born ln tns cty and
Infantry. Ho was a motor truck driver educated In the Philadelphia schools,
for a wholesale Arm before going Into Beforo joining the colorB he was a hard,
the service. His parents are dead. wood flnsner at tne victor Talking Ma-
Private Albert K. Mars, Company L, chine works, In Camden.
110th Infantry, reported as missing In Private Antonl Kasiewskl, missing. Is
action July 25, was In Paris on August twenty-two yeara old, and was drafted
18, according to a letter received by j Into the service In June, of the present
his father, Samuel C. Mars, 6225 Cath- year, and sent to Camp Meade, where he
arlne street. The letter stated he had spent about three months In training,
been ln action, made no mention of In- 1 He was sent to France about five weeks
Juries, though this might be due to the ago and was reported missing In action
health of his mother, and that he ex- , a little more than a week after his ar
pected to return to the trenches, rival on the other side. He has a
He was a member of the old Third Regl- (.brother, Walter, who Is also In the serv-
. .i j..... .u , 1 'lee. and two sisters. Helen and Mary
ment, and was on dtuy on the Mexican
border previous to being sent to France.
Private William H. Dawson, Company
L, Fifty-eighth Infantry, Is reported
missing in action August 6, Dawson,
whose wife and two children live with
his father, George W. Dawson, at 2643
Reese street, enlisted in October last
year. He Is twenty-three years old and
worked at the DIsston Saw Works be
fore he entered the army,
Prlruto John Alexunder Kennedy,
Company A, 103d Engineers, Is In a hos
pital recovering from being gassed, de
spite the fact that he is officially re
ported missing In action August 6. His
wife, who lives at 2833 Bambrey street,
and his mother, Mrs. Mary J, Kennedy,
who Uvea across the street, both re
ceived letters from him dated two weeks
later, which he wrote In a hospital. He
Is twenty-eight years old and was
drafted last September.
Private Prank J. Naylor, Company I,
Thirty-ninth Infantry, reported missing
In action August 3, wrote his sister, Mrs.
George Sweatman 3811 Melon ftreet, un
der date of July 30, that he had been
ln action for- the first time and expected
to, be sent to' a reftcamp. He went to
France In May oi -U8. A brother In
the Dervlco U PrttfovraijUcflael J. Naylor,
fiiro
of the Fifty-seventh En-tlncer. who has
four children living here.
Prlrate James D. Daly, missing since
July 28, was a member of the Supply
Company of the 109th Regiment, hav
ing enlisted In July of last year. Before
that time ho was employed as a clerk In
a seed store In thin city. He Is a gradu
ate of Vlllanova College, and lived here
with his aunt, Mrs. Katharine Mc
Swtgan, at 44S0 Parrlsh street. Mrs.
McSwIgan has since moved to 1428 Lan
caster avenue. Tho last word received
from Daly was dated July 1 and told of
his good health at that time. He was
thirty years old.
Xergeant Mlrhael Kranrls Lory, a city
fireman beforo he enlisted In the army,
Is ofllclally reported as missing, although
a letter received here last week by his
wlfo said that he had been wounded
and shell Rhocked, nnd was now ln a
hospital behind the lines.
"I was sent to the hospital nfter get
ting a terrible shaking up." he wrote.
"Several of tho men beside me were
killed. Including James Mulch and John
Basldn. Out of my compnny twenty
were killed and sixty were wounded, bo
you can see wo suroly met the Ger
mans. However, we gave them a ter
rible beating and they loBt ten to our
one."
Sergeant Lucy was attached to Com
pany B, 109th Regiment. He Is re
ported as missing since July 30, but the
letter Is dated August 8. Ho Is thirty
nine, years old and a veteran of the
Spanish-American war, ln which he se
cured the rating of Bergcant. Previous
to his laRt enlistment ln the serxlce he
was a fireman attached to Englno Com
pany 43 at Twenty-first and Market
streets. Ills wlfo and child live at 663
North Thirty-third street.
Private John llnakln, mentioned In
Sergeant Lucy's letter as hating met
death In the battle In which Lucy was
wounded, lived In South Philadelphia.
PrUate James Mulch, who lived at C23
South Hancock street, has been reported
before as killed In action.
Sergeant George F. Mellugh, who was
wounded ln the great battle of July 19.
hasnot been listed among the casualties
as yet. In a letter he wrote to his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. McHugh, 2739
North Nineteenth street, he told of be
ing wounded, adding thnt he was ln a
base hospital and getting nlong nicely.
Ho Is twenty-four years old, and en
listed In August of last year ln the
regular army and was assigned to Com
pany D, Fifty-ninth Infnntry. He trained
nt (.ettysburg, was later sent to Camp
orcen. and then again In April was
transferred to Camp Mills. N Y. Ho
sailed for France In May. Just before his
regiment went over, Sergeant McHugh
married. His wife lives In this city nt
1516 North Eleventh street. Before en
tering the service, tho soldier held a po
sition In the United States Mint here
Sergeant Coleman Ahem, Company C,
109th Infantry, Is In a hospital ln France
suffering from shell shock, according to
a letter received here by n cousin with
whom he lived, Mrs. M. O'Flynn, 2036
Cherry street.
Private rhlllp Dubln, who wns
wounded In action, enlisted when he
was eighteen years old ln the old First
Regiment, N. O. P., and Is now with
Company D, 109lh Infantry. He has
written to his father, David Dubln, 522
South Front street, that he Is on the
road to recotery.
Pritate Joseph Dlpaolo, 1822 Indiana
avenue, reported wounded, is a native
of Italy, but had been here for several
years. He was called In the September
draft, sent to Camp Meade for training,
nnd had been In France since May. He
Is twenty-seven years old.
Private John Rasiell, J 827 Tasker
street, has been gassed and Is now In a
base hospital. A letter Just received by
relatives ln this city conveyed that in
formation. It also told of the great part
that his Company I, 110th Infantry,
played In the fighting on July 30. Ros
sell, who has been lm France since early
last spring, is only seventeen years old.
Corporal l.ouls P, Nelson, officially
listed today as missing In action, was
unofficially reported missing last Mon
day. Corporal Francis C. Groran, listed as
missing since August 12, is the eighteen
year-old son of John Orogan, 3025 Gray's
"fry roaa. a year ago last April the
you'n r seventeen left home and the
Pex' n,n, hl father knew was that
he had enlisted In the Third Regiment
National Guard. For a short while he
was put on guard duty, teh sent to
Camp Hanccck, where he was assigned
to the 110th Regiment. Later he was
transferred to Machine-Gun Battery
Company M. He went to France last
my una was maae corporal after land
ItlfT H-Uh 1m... l-a, i. ..
.... .lie moL iciLcr receivea rrom him
was dated August 2, ten days before he
was reported as missing. In this letter
the young patriot told of the devastating
work of the Huns and said that not a
building was standing In the place from
which he wrote. He was a member of
01. iiuoneis -w-atnoiic Church. Mr. Oro
gan has an older sen, Charles, twenty,
eight years old, also at the front.
Pritate Thomas W. Goldsmith. '(
North Salford street, listed as mlslng In
action slnco July 28, has written both
his wife and mother since that date, as
surlng them that he is safe and enjoy
ing the best of health. In a letter to
his mother, Mrs. Goldsmith, 6705 Spruce
street, he says he was absent from his
1 . . V. '
, me lamny. wno is now training a unit
at Camp Dix, also assured Mrs. Gold
smith that her son was safe when he
left France, which was after the date the
boy was said to be missing.
Goldsmith enlisted on May 6, 1916, and
Ice, and two sisters, Helen and Mary
Kasiewskl. His sisters live at Miller
and Duncan streets.
Prlrate Joseph Hockey la listed as
wounded. A letter received from him
yesterday by his mother, Mrs. J, B,
Ward, of Drexel Hill, from somewhere
In France, dated August 17, follows:
"I have been up at the firing line for
some time. I am now In the hospital,
but will be all right Boon. I was shell
shocked and slightly wounded ln the
left leg. but will be O. If, soon.
"It was In the battle of Flsmette that
I became disabled. I was up on a cliff
when the Huns started firing on our machine-gun
emplacement I broke the
pin on my machine gun and went back
for a new one. On my way back a
shell fell four feet from me and knocked
my helmet and my mask off. A piece
of the shell injured my leg. I rolled
down the hill and became unconscious.
I feel pretty good now. Our outfit, the
109th Machine Gun Company, was In
the Chateau-Thierry battle, the battle
of the Marno and now the battle of Fls
mette, I have seen some awful sights,
but don't worry, the war can't last much
longer. I nope I may return safely, but
you never can telL Qood-by, Oo4 bless
yeu."
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PHILADELPHIA G.RL AND HER "BROTHERS"
HHjV X'l-WB. Ill
Corporal CLAYTON Corporal FRAHK
G.TWiaS WfcWfcL
Not having brothers of her own lo go to France, Alius Fei, who lives
at 5443 Pine street, has "adopted" four youiiR men whom she met
while vlBitina Camp Dix. These "brothers" are Sergeant Raymond
Walter, Labadnia, Mo.; Floyd Albcrtson ond Corporal Frank Drewel,
Washington, Mo, and Corporal Clayton G. Twiss, of Casanova,
Mich. All are members of Battery F, 336th Field Arti'lery, and
arc now in France.
LT.JUNKIN SLAIN
INFEST BATTLE
Cablegram Tells of Heroic
Death of Uptown Church
Official
LEFT Y. M. C. A. WORK
Second Lieutenant W. S. Junkln, of
this city, who abandoned Y. M. C. A.
work In Franco to become an active
fighting man, fell in his first battlo and
died of wounds.
Lleutcnnnt Junkln, whose home was
at 1851 North Wllllngton street, was
superintendent of the Sunday school of
the 'Central North Broad Street Presby
terian Church and was a member of
the Philadelphia Sabbath School Asso
ciation and the State Sabbath School
Association.
Word of his heroic death In action
was received here In this copy at a
cablegram sent to Mrs. William M. Hln
kle, 1323 North Thirteenth street, whoso
son was a close friend of tho lieutenant:
"Heedless of nil danger and under
heavy shellflre, he commanded Ills pla
toon while tiring rolling barrage until
struck, by a shell. He died later of his
wounds."
Lieutenant Junkln was nttached to the
Eighth Field Artillery. He won his com
mission from the the ranks, having en
listed as a private In Frnnce. He went
to Frnnce ns secretary of a Y. M. C:
A. unit, but soon tired of that work
because it offered no chance for actual
conflict.
A memorial service to which all his
friends are Invited will be held Sun
day, September 16, at 3 p. m. , In the Cen
tral North Broad Street Presbyterian
Church.
NEWS OF DRIVE STIRS
WILD ENTHUSIASM HERE
Big Men Directing War Af
fairs Express Delight.
Crowds at Bulletin Boards
Raise Deafening Cheers
Shipyard Workers All Along
Delaware River Become
Demonstrative When Word
Is Received
Big men directing affairs vital for
the boys behind tho guns were de
lighted today with the news that Gen
eral Pershing was driving the Germans
before him In the great American offen
sive Just launched.
Pennsylvania troops are In this vic
torious rush.
To etery shipyard In this section the
Ktenlng Public Ledger flashed the news.
It was set up Immediately on bulletin
boards and tens of thousands of war
workers cheered repeatedly.,
News of the mighty "push" electrified
crowds assembled before tho Ledoeb
bullctn boards at Sixth and Chestnut
streets. Chestnut street near Broad,
Broad street and Erie avenue, and a
dozen other places where the news was
first displayed.
Nearly everybody In the big throngs
had a son a brother a cousin or other
telatlve In the American overjeas forces,
nnd many said Bllent prayers for the
men ensaged In the'great adventure."
"Splendid, splendid," commented Fred.
erlck Holbrook, president of the Ameri
can International Shipbuilding Corpora
tion. "My son probably Is taking part
In this history-making drive."
Mr. Holbrook referred to Lieutenant
Cabot Holbrook, who Is serving In
France with n ammunition train.
Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles, as
slstant general manager of the Emerg
ency yieet Corporation was equally en-
Gteanews." he said. "V.th our
success we must remember to keep pre
pared against a come-back by the en
emy I always suspect them of having
a shot left In their locker."
"nullyl" Hhouts General Waller
xrn in,--nnml L. W. T. Waller, the
grUxled marine corps veteran, who
fought In scores of engagements and
who is the oldest man In point of serv
Ice In that famous organisation, let out
an explosive "Bully !" when he heard the
news. .. ,, ,
"Only two days ago," the Major Gen
eral said, "I predicted absolutely where
the French and the British drives would
start. Without any Inside knowledge on
my part It seemed to' me that the Amer
ican push would start where the report
nVclarH It did.
"Wu in srolnr to lick those Germans
to a, fare-you-well. If the spirit of. the
people of thls' country keeps right pur
knvi ara coin right. ahead and smash
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. SLAIN iN FIRST BATTLE
Second Lieutenant W. S. Junkin, of
1851 North Willington street, word
of whose death from wounds re
ceived in his first battle in France
was received today.
P. R. R. FREIGHT WRECKED
No One Hurt in Accident at Nine
teenth and Lehigh Avenue
A west-bound freight train on the
New York division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad was wrecked at 2 o'clock this
morning at Nineteenth street nnd Le
high avenue. Kmployes of the company
reported thut the train ran Into an open
switch.
A loaded coal car turned over, strik
ing a corner of the bridge and damaging
a concrete pier. No one was hurt.
Tho locomotive and six cars wero
overturned, the engine and caboose be
ing destroyed. Wreckage was scattered
along tho track.
How Big Men Here Feel
About Drive by Pershing
"Splendid, splendid. My son prob
ably Is in tho drive." Frederick
Holbrook, president of the Ameri
can International Shipbuilding Cor
poration. "Great news." Rear Admiral
Francis T. Bowles, assistant gen
eral manager of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation.
"Bulb'! We are coins to lick
hose Germans to a fare-you-well,"
Major General L. W. T, "Waller,
commander of the Advanced Base,
United States Murine Corps.
"Very good news. Have been
looking for It for quite a while."
Rear Admiral Helm, comman
dant, Fourth Naval District.
"That's fine." Rear Admiral
Tappan, commandant, Philadelphia
Navy Yard.
remember that you can't make an
'omelette without breaking eggs. And
tha bigger the omelette the more eggs
you have to break."
Rear Admiral Helm, commandant of
the Fourth Naval District was greatly
Interested in news of the drive.
'That Is very good news." he remark
ed. "I am very glad to hear It. I have
been looking forward for It for quite
a wnne."
Rear Admiral Tappan, commandant of
the Philadelphia Navy Yard had Just
finished a long-distance telephone con
versation with iew lork when the
Evening Public Ledger told him of the
American drive.
"That's fine," he commented.
Shlpworkers Cheer Wildly
When word of the offensive was flash
ed down to Hog Island by the Evening,
Public Ledoer It was set up Immedi
ately on seventy-five bulletin boards
throughout the yard. In a few minutes
the newB had spread to every way and
every shop on the reservation. When
the noon recess came crowds assem
bled around the boards and cheered.
So It was at the other Delaware River
shipbuilding plants. To each plant the
Kvenino Punt.10 Ledger sent the great
tldtngB, which were at once bulletined
to the employes.
Workers at the Merchant Shipbuild
ing Corporation at Marrlman, near
Bristol, burst Into a roar of applause
when the news of the capture of seven
teen towns by the American ofrces- was
announced. ' s
The men had gathered to witness the
noon boxing bouts when the news was
flashed to the .shipyard. Curley
Magulre, the Philadelphia wrestler,
broke the news, which had come from
the livening Publlo Ledger.; The bouts
were delayed more than ten minutes
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GIRL "ADOPTS" FOUR SOLDIERS
She Makes Sweaters and Socks for
1 Foster Brothers
Lacking brothers of her own to go to
Franco, Miss Mae Fel has "adopted"
four youthful fighters, who will do all
that brothers could do to exterminate
the German. ,
And she. In turn, will do all sho can
to aid her adopted brothers and see
thnt they are well provided with all the
comforts that soldiers can enjoy.
Mtss Fel, while at Camp Dix, met
through mutual friends her four
"brothers," Corporal Frank Drewel, of
Washington, Mo. ; Sergeant Raymond
Walter, Labadnia, Mo.; Floyd AlbCTt
son, Washington, Mo., nnd Corporal
Clayton G. Twiss, 01 Casanova, Mich.
All the young men are members of Bat
tery F, 836th Field Artillery, and are
now In France.
Miss Fel lives nt 5443 Pine street nnd
Is busily engnged In innklng sweaters,
wristlets, scarfs nnd warm bocUs for her
adopted brothers.
Owing to her youth she has been re
jected by the authorities for service In'
the Red Cross, but she Is determined to
do her share, and declares that If possi
ble sho would go as a soldier In the
ranks.
0LDFIRST,N.G.P.,
MET NO DISASTER
Report 109th Was Wiped
Out False, Says Captain
Just Returned
STILL READY FOR FRAY
Reports that tho old First Regiment,
N. G. P., now a part of the 109th United
States Infantry, wob vhtually wiped out
In the recent battlo of the Marne, are
absolutely untrue.
This Is the news brought home by a
Phlladelphlan who was a captain In the
regiment, and at the time of the historic
struggle was acting as statistical officer,
and therefore had first-hand knowledge
cf all casualties.
This officer arrived ln the city a few
days ago, having been honorably dis
charged from service because of a
chronic physical disability which dis
qualified him for the fighting front. De
spite his ailment, however, he went
through the four-day German birrnge
near Chateau-Thierry, and also was ln
the terrific fight at Flsmes, where the
109th received Its worst punishment.
Losses Uxaggrrated
"Reports of terrible casualties suffered
by the 109th are grossly exaggerated,"
he said. "It is true that the regiment
paid heavily for tho glorious record It
has achieved, but It Is far from being
cut to pieces, as somo of the published
letters from Philadelphia soldiers would
lead the public to bellove.
"Most of these letters are written by
mert In companies that suffered severely
and the writers have Jumped to the
conclusion that the whole regiment fared
the same. This, however. Is not so.
There was one company that came
through the fight without losing a man.
Tho companies hardest hit were L and
M. Lieutenant Thomas Fales and Lieu
tenant Goward, of this city, were ln M
Company.
"When I left the regiment August 9,
Itt hardest fighting was over, and up
to the timo I sailed from France, August
20, It had not been In any other big
engagement. And I can say positively
that when I leftft there were still a
great many of the boys of the 109th still
alive and Itching for another crack at
the boche."
Thinks Fales Is Dead
There Is littlo liopo that Lieutenant
Fales Is alive, as hinted yesterday, ac
cording to this officer.
"I saw him sitting on the ground be
side a road after tho first hard fight,"
he Bald. "He was not wounded at that
time, but he was nearly "dead from ex
haustion. I did not see him afterward,
and it Is a moral certainty that he fell a
victim to his heroism. He was among
those farthest front all the time."
Colonel Millard D. Brown, son of ex
Sheriff Wilson H. Brown, who com
manded the 109th during Its ordeal of
fire, has won the undying admiration of
his men, he said, by his remarkable
courage and coolness and by his treat
ment of the soldiers under him.
TRANSPORT SANK STEAMER
Eleven Out of Crew of Forty-two
Were Picked Up
How the transport on which ho
crossed to France ran down and sank a
small steamship late one night Is told
in a letter to Mrs.
Joseph T. Golf.
4044 North Reese
Btreet, from her
brother, Private
Joseph E. Helm,
Head quart ers
Company, 315th In
fantry. "We had a good
Journey coming
across the pond,"
he writes, "but bn
the fifth night out
we met with an ac
ts I d e n t. It was
about 11:60 p. m.
A small steamship
Private cJO&EPH
E.HEIM
Bui in our patn
and we crashed
Into It. It went
down In eight minutes.
it carried a
tVA mnnnvA
crew or forty-two men.
to save eleven of them, rlsrht in.
and three whites."
Young Helm was employed by the
Bell Telephone Company. Helm Is a
chauffeur, and In his letter expresses
Rrlde In his new car, but adds that as
e Is driving the colonel of his regi
ment he Is kept busy from early morn-
ins unit, ., ai iiieiii.
MAY NOT GET SOLDIER VOTE
Jersey Officials' Plana Checked by
iiiiui,uu o VJJUSUIOn
Trenton, Sept. 12. With virtually all
his Plans comnleted fr.r Bunding ui.tinn
commissioners abroad to take the voles
of New. Jersey soldiers. Secretary of
State Martin has encountered a set
back from Washington by word that the
Government authorities are considering
refusal of permission to allow the com
missioners to go across the seas on the
DT.UonfdexheRetutthonr m'88ln '" "Ptlca!
wSff. "SSfSZ !? .rnd to.?. to
up the matter.
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BERKS HERO DIES
SAVING A FRIEND
Charles Rissmiller Shot -by J
Sniper While Carrying
Wounded Man,
EMAUS BOY IS KILLED
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Dunmorc Youth Sends Word
He Is "Dying Happy in
Country's Service" '
Another gold itar has been added, to
Berks County'e honor roll. This soldier
hero bears the .wmo name as that of the
first Berks man to die In action. He Is
PhartAa Tlleon,!!!,.. n.,.4 t... ....a 1.1- llfl-l
.., cl, .. , ,p,H,
on July 5 while carrying a wounded
compnnlon to safety. Tho first Charles
RlssmlUer was killed November 28, lost
year.
A. letter from ManJcy Gregory, a
comrade of Rlssmllltr, whose home was
In Leesport, to David II. Kline, of that
place, says RlssmlUer was shot by a
sniper while he was carrying a wounded
friend to the shelter of a shell crater.
The sniper's bullet went through Rlss
mliler's lungs, hut the man he was
carrying wns saved.
Achilles Karaoustas Is the first Read-,
Ing Greek to gtvo up hlB life In the
service of his native land and his
adopted country ln the war. He was
killed July 11.
In a letter from First Lieutenant Wil
liam J. Huston, received by Mr. and
Mrs. William Ruth, of Emaus, they
learned the manner of tho death of their
ton, Corporal William F. Ruth.
Killed By Shell
Ruth was killed by a shell July 20,
and was burled by Chaplain Schall, of
the 110th Irfantry, formerly of the
Fourth Pennsylvania.
While on his deathbed In France as a
result of wounda received on a scouting
expedition, Sergeant Duane Salsberry,
of tho 109th Infantry, asked Private
Andrew Summa, of the same unit, to
send word home to his parents, In Dun.
more, that ho was "dying happy In th
service of his country." Salsborry'B
parents are Mr. and Mrs. F, D, Sals
berry. Although he wns recorded missing In
action ln the list given out by tho War
Department August 7, Mr. and Mrs.
Silas Rosser, of Scranton, ha,ve Just
learned that their son, Eugene Rosser.
a member of the 109th Infantry, Is in
a French hospital recovering from
shell shock.
Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Arnold, of Athens,
have received word that their son. Lieu
tenant Floyd Arnold, has been severely
wounded tn action. It Is understood
that he was Injured a month ago during
the thick of the fighting on the Ameri
can front. Lieutenant Arnold has been
In France for seven or eight months.
Notification of the deaths of four
Lycoming County men from wounds re
ceived In action ln France has come to
Wllllamsport. Corporal Samuel Arthur
Bovee, a member of the Fifth Regiment,
United States marines, who was wounded
ln tho fighting on July IB, died twoay
later. " s
Unltyvllle Boy Dead f
J. W. Budman, of near Unltyvllle, has
received word that his son. Private
Judson Eugene Budman, died June 14,
He enlisted ln the marine corps May
8, 1917, and landed In France a year
later. He was twenty years old. His
brother, George Budman, Is In an avia
tion BChool at Chicago.
Frank Raymond Bower, son of Jirs.
James Bower, of Lycoming Creek, died
In France August 8 from wounds re
ceived In action July IB.
Another Hazletonlan, the sixteenth to
die for democracy, was added to Hasle-ton's-
honor roll when dlBpatcheB an
nounced that Thomas Helm, thirty yeara
old, prominent In the Moose and Elks,
had been killed In France.
21 MORE GET COMMISSIONS
Six Philadelphians Among New
Pennsylvania Officers
Twenty-one more Pennsylvanlans, six
of them from Philadelphia, have been
awarded' commissions In the army,. It Is
announced from the office of the ad
jutant general In Washington. Their
names follow:
Second Lieutenant, Ordnance "yTfl
llnm W. Popklns, 2060'West Boston avs-,
nue, Philadelphia; John Brade Sword,
247 Hansberry street, Germantown.
Enlisted men, Second Lieutenants,
Ordnance Floyd W. Snyder, Wyalus
Ing i William H. Franklin, New Cumber
land. Enlisted men, Second lieutenant, quar
termaster Albert R. Culp, Lebanon;
John W. Little, Glenslde ; Barney ,Mo
Nulty, Allentown; John M. Walker,
unester. , lm
First Lieutenant. Chemical Warfare.
Service John F. Hart. 1846 South Six-'
teenth street, Philadelphia.
Captain, Medical "John A. Brooke. 407
Flanders Building. Philadelphia;, Gaily
B. Dunkle. Washington; William. J.
Scanlan. Shenandoah; Frank S. Ullom,
Waynesburg
First Lieutenant, Medical Albert J.
Craig, Fort Washington; Irving O.
Mahr, Loganton ; Wilbur S. Wallace,
East Brady.
Enlisted men, Second Lieutenant, Sani
tary Wlll'am Moore, Jr.. B837 Whitby
avenue. West Philadelphia.
Second Lieutenant, Motor Transport
Corps Howard C. Hanson. Canonsburg.
Chaplain, First Lieutenant A. J, F,
.,1UDJ Horn,
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Phlladelphlan Heads Medical Body
Dr. William L. Clark. lecturer on ap
plied electricity at Jefferson College, and
a recognized authority on the treatment
of cancer by x-ray and radium, has
been elected president of the American
Electro-Therapeutics Association, now
meeting In Boston. .
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