? V' i ' -v-iCY r EVEX1XG PUBLIC LEBUER'HILADELPHIA, 1TKIDAT,- SEPTEMBER i'lOlf . " TTERSFROM BOYS tN FRANCE BRIMMING WITH OPTIMISM AND STORIES OF HEROIC DEEDS rTGWtJ IM,' m- .;t."$ M w IIN K" s-4 m it i LmR mm mm, SLEEPLESS, TIRED, W STILL CHEERFUL .. w $Private De Roy Mark's Let- .? ter Home Brimming With Optimism .V'.A i. .. . . .-. - "IVUBUDY CAN Willi US" I' ' Intimate Discriptions of .Con ditions at Front Given in Hi'b Letter u The unchangeable optlmlim and en thuslasm of tli American troops In Prance (a reflectpd In every line of n letter from Prlvatp De Rov Mark, of 'the 103d Knglmrrs to his father Adolph Mark, 2207 North Rroad strept 'Tell the world for me. dad, nobodv -can whtp this man's arm." he said Young Mark had Just come through the severe fighting alone the Marne ,where the engineers had not onlv done 'wonderful work In their own line, but .had grabbed their guns and placed a Itallant part In rpelllng a Oerman counter-attack, and had reach d i biso camp for a brief rest when he wrote the letter to his parents After explaining that he hid not lnd his clothes off or been able to wash his face for more than a vvpek he said 'I Jtnow you will find" It hard to under stand how Impossible It Is to find a chance to write when things arp lint Wo hae just come through the 'Hell of Hells,' and I havpnt Known wlut It Ib to shap or sleep four consecutlvp hours In ages. ''I hae been driving a motortruck right up to the front line .ind back again at alt hours of the div ind night Up near the front, you know. It's not according to Hole to hae a light at night, so een vvhen I did havp n few minutes' leisure 1 couldn't tike advan tage of them Greatest Kvpnts In Hlstorr "I can't go Into details now hut T can tell ou this much 1 hae hid the honor of taking part in one of the great est eents In American hlstorv, and when I get home I will hae enough to talk about to keep m going for more than twenty-four hours "I hae picked up enou'gh souvenirs to fill four chests and 1 will trj to send some of them to )ou Including a helmet belonging to a late soldier of the Father Jand. I sav 'late' because the aforild Frits discovered 'too late' that the American Is no slouch when it comes to fighting." After explaining tha packages sent 1 to Rotators are apt to get lost , that get ting them requires the untangling of a lot of red tape, and that his wants are well supplied, he adds that his only nfced Is a wrist watch "But 1 expect to grap me a Germin prisoner soon and so get a wrlt watch he continues The boches are' our best .source of supply Believe ine lr the captured Dutchles have anv thing we want we don't waste an time taking r. 1U Tou know they strlpiour men of Jx aw,h Ini it Via. no.. 1.... ..... .... 1... 1.. WjSSl enough to get caught But we da leae A ,"vni ,vn Liuuiris . n maun vn inv-i, . ' s VariV ?Aii nf mir &1I....... !. a 1. ...... ...... jl ,J -" u. uu ,,.unn uaic urrii (Ml- tured, considering the number Involved. jVVe don't give up as eas as do thj jFritzes ' "I certainly wish I could describe conditions over here as thev reallj ar They are absolutely bevond vour com prehension If jou haven t seen them jourself 'I heard all sorts of tales he fore I got here but the realltv has the best movie on earth beaten to a frazzle "The llovs tnd the "(lair " "The way the hovs eland the gaff Is wonderful Up at the front for four straight das the artlllerv roared so on couldn't sleep except In snatches There was gas shelling at Intel vals and boche airplanes booming' along overhead Yet the bos bobbed up as fresh and full of pep each morning as If the were safe back In the good old lT Kven the Ones who had just come hick from the firing line wire as thinner as larks That's the spirit of the whole bunch and that's the a,rm) those lo(he skunks have lb beat Will thev do If Never In a Itunderd jears of Sundavs" Toung Mak has also suffered from the fallings of the armv postoffloe and joins the chorus of his comrades In knocking the mall service to the extent of a page or so, then goes on to st. "Well, I have become prettv well ac customed to the nrlng line, and though I have seen man wonderful and terrible things, that Is, terrible from the view point of a civilian, jet I can't work up any plty.for these Dutch You can't have any sympathy for a louie and thete boches are rottener than the rottenest louse that ever happened "I have seen them ljlng dead In piles and I have come to believe that the army saying, 'the onl) good German Is a dead German,' Is pretty nearl) true "And I have also had the satisfaction of seeing this much-vaunted and terri ble German army get one of the worst beatings it has had to swallow- during the entire war and from a bunch of boys at that bois who were mostlv igbw "till In grammar school when this war pT, started. And I tell jou that the Dutch wno opposes, us auring me great counter-attack (joung Mark is evidently re ferring to the Franco-American sweep across the Marne around July 18 to 20) know now. If they didn't before, that they have met better than their equals and that their chances of victory and world dominion are gone forever. Staff of Talented Liars "The German soldiers know, too, that ihe 'Gott mit uns' stamped on their belt lUCklea la as big a lie as the ones their Officers and staff tell them. and. believe me, the.. Dutch staff Is composed of (nighty talented liars " 5fW? -Private -viarn nnisnes witn a vivid w'Jiv Picture of a ruined barn, close up to the IftsSaSs front. Its walls mere shells, a big dut-out -ifr .. underneath. Its entrance throuzh a cam. sr:;i-VWfttlHaied trap-door, a bunch of soldiers E? WaB"' around the front door, singing :yyf8f"JaJi stun, boche airplanes buzzing . ., uulikBH Ha rna, ? til. mma In ,h itH 51. JP"W,, - U lull, Jl, IHC a", ' . 'ataLance "my home." he adds, "for the I- imt four nirhts. Bellevft tne. we have Pv$ ,' enjoyed It. We have even enjoyed the KCaaionai gas su-cks, can put on our lsks in our sleep now ana aon t mina era a bit. When time to go on Quty aea, we are up and away, right on i dot and glad to be on the job." Private Mark was nineteen years old I, had just graduated from the f;en- M'jHiCh School when he enllstel Si se pi tasi year in iiiq iv.u jngi icera was trained at Camp Hancock and I sent to France in May of this ar. Acquit German Editors park, H. J Sept. 13. Henry liter,' city editor, ana Jians von Mhaiuen. a. reporter tor the New Frele Zeltunr prior to a Federal ' th publishing house last Oc- nlered acquitted by Judge tMv Federal Court of , Mploaaf act 1 wanna a e KJr?fhM MyAt k WMkJ I'RIVATE DK ROY MARK His Idler In liU father Is liriiniiiiiiK with riillui'Ia'in, telling of experi- rntcs with 103il Kngineers START FUND TONIGHT FOR BLIND SOLDIERS Llinpai;il to Raise $150,000 to Be Laiinrhcil at Dinner in Adelphia 'Give the blind soldier a chanio ' Is th slcgan of the campaign to raise $ ISO 000 which will be launi lied tonight at a banquet In tne Adelphia Hotel The monev will be used to prepare the PennsvIvanU Working Home for Hllncl Men Tlilrtv -sth street and I-ancastei avenue, to accommod itp a hundred more Inmates when il victims of boche poison J gises arrive home The spai ions broom mil rug factorv and Iirge dormltoiles of the Institution have alreid) )een placed at the dis posal of the nation The Government has nnnounied polii v of using existing facilities for re-education and rehabili tation of sightless sodprs Instead of expending preLious time rn new org in lzitlons More than 300 persons will attend to night's dinner Alba Johnson iliainnun of the generil committee will preside Pinal Instruction will be given the mem bers of the teams of vvorkeis 'I here are tvvent)-flve teams of eight men each and ten women's teams Mis Clarence 1 W)nne Is chairman of the women work ers Actual soliciting will begin Monda) The first upon of (oiitrlliiitu ns will be madp at a lunelipou it the tainpaign headquarters in the Adelphia on that da) Throughout the week of the cam paign dill) luncheons will be held, at which the progress of the work will be made known The home, founded b) a blind man has operated siuctssfiillv for mort than fort) )ears It does a business of JU, 000 monthly mil is the Mth Ingest bioom factor) in the c'ouutrv A con tract now helng filled for the I nlted htares Government Is the lalBt-t single sale of blooms ever negotiated REFUSES HONOR WON BY BRAVE CONDUCT Private Thomas P. O'Neil De clines Promotion as Re ward for Valor Conspicuous braverv In ictlon during his baptism of file earned promotion to Corporal Thomas I O'Vell 210 East Benezet street, Chestnut Hill, but he declined It In a letter to a dose frjend In this city, Private O'Vell stated tint he hid declined the promotion as he was not seeking advancement, but inerelv sought to do hla bit as a prlvite Private O'.Nell Is twrntv-tvvo veirs old and a member of Compmv I', lOld t'nlted States Engineers In Mav 1117. he enlisted In the cavahv vnd was lilei transferred to tin hiita.h he Is now in Previous to his enlistment lie was a newspaper lepoilei In this cltv, a posi tion he assumed after gi iduatlng from l.a h-ille College in lllii On his college football ttam he pla)ed left end His mother, Mrs Patrick O Nell, re ceived a letter lecentl), in which he said ' e expect to be home soon, but there Is one thing sure, well not come back until the Job Is finished A biother, James J I) N'ell, tvventy foui yeais old, Is awaiting sailing or deis at Camp Merrltt N J , where he is convalescing fiom Illness COMPANY OF GERMANS ANNIHILATED IN RAID Sergeant Dearden Helped to Wipe Out Fritzes Making Night Call 'A company of Krltzes called on us one night, but only one-tenth of the visitors returned to their trenches" Such was the reception accord ed the prowling boches when they called unannounc ed near the Amer ican lines, said SergeanL John H Dearden In a let ter to a friend In this cltv Dearden Is at tached to Com pany B, Fourth Machine flun Bat talion, and has been fighting In France more than a vear. SERGEANT JOHN "After the last e. DEARDEN boche visit," the sergeant wrote, "we were given or ders'to go over the top, and we did To kWovv trat they r-ached the r Cestmtlon, the Yankees brought some boches back with them by way of souvenirs. Kvery Yank Is glad to be doing something prac tical for Uncle Sam " Sergeant, Dearden la the son of Robert B. Dearden, Jr., of Eleventh street and Sixty-ninth avenue. Oak Lane, and Is one of the few enlisted men. sent back to the United States aa an Instructor, He Is- now stationed at Camp Dix. Dearden was in action at Verdun. Del- leau Woods. Solssons and, other places whloli have figured prominently In, J he big ftwtfft- ov.ertbeve.'-JUe hmW-toT r- 1 iiuu V4n"Hx Soldiers From Here on Casualty Lists (onilnued from I'ace fine morning ncvvspipers contains 174 names Including nineteen of soldiers from this Pinto The nfternoon newspaper list to tals 185 n lines, Including those of clgh teen lennslvanlans Lieutenant Wilbur II. Small, killed Wi nctlon nn Jut) 30, was the son of Mr. and .Mrs Ilnrvev I) Small 2129 Chris tian street Ills bride cifi )ear lives In i Mnnhelm. I'a , l.leutcn-tnt Small enlisted In the old Third Iteglinent in IVbrunrv of 1912 as I a iiilvate A ciir liter he. was made a second lieutenant In April of last eir lie was appointed a first lieutenant. aim assigned in i-nimnv ij, 1121I1 IJeglmtnt with which he was servlnc when lie met his dentil The last letter written b him tu his parents was dated luly 20 nml was leceived here on August 1 The lieutenant was a .Mason, and a member of the I' 0 S of A Hefote entering the c'rv Ice he was a mill uirrlfi, nltsiLhed to the Vet I'hlln deliilili Sl.it Ion at Thlrtv -first and Mar ket streets Ho was a graduiile of the Southern High VI100I where lie won honors as n member of the rifle 1 lull In the old Third Ileglinent lip vv'as legarded is n marksman, and won numerous cups and inedils In tournaments He was t'ventv-tlvp vears old SKETCHES OF HEROES Lieutenant H llllani IMtvnril Myers, now leptrlid to Ijp In a bnso hoplti behind the lines was pipvlnuslv listed 'us wounded t-everclv UN home In this clv. ", 40,,fi K1,,"pr V" aermB,"own I ',1-i.inii.i .. ir. I , IHH IIIIKHII, ICmnpiiiv H, lOllli Infanti v. died on lulv 1" last fiom wounds received In ictlon I .iiiordlng t. word reielved todiv from the War Department bj his parents Mr and Mrs John Cotlgin 3SB1 f'onl street He was tlilrtv vears old and en llstid In tlie National (linrd In April of last vear Prlrate Peter T. Mustlen, reported of ficlall) todav as killed, livid at 3040 B street Ills de Uh 111 action was report ed hnrp unolliclallv on Wpilnesdiv of this week ( uriMiriil Charles Kenwortliv, 1GT (la street Mana)iiuk, died as the result of an accident lu France, according to in unollicl il rtport received here two weeks igo Ills 11 imp uppiats tod iv as hav ing been killed sergeant William A. Km, wounded, Is the son of Mrs Harriet K iv a widow living at 2121 South Isemlngei Mreet He wis onlv nineteen vi irs old when he enlisted In the regul it armv In 1 ti Is. of last ve.ir and wis sent to tletl)slnuj and liter to Camp Oieim, outli Caro Una, for training I.ventiullv he was ittarhed to Com pinv M, Flftv -eighth lnfnntrv and sent overseas last spring lip w is never much of a letter writer, his mother said and sin has not heard from him for three months In his last letter he had Iimented the fact tint though his older brother Edward wns nNo In France, he had not been able to get In .touch with liilu- Thls brother has bem slightlv wound ed according to a letter melvid bv Mrs Kav, but his name has never ap peited In anv of the otllcl il 11 ports i:d wird enlisted ihout six we,l,s after William Joined the colors and was also trained at Oittvslmtg and Camp (Ireene but wis flnallv assigned to the Twelfth Machine Cun Bittallon and went abroad In April of this v'ear He also om plilnul In his letters about his 'hard link In trvlng to find his brother Private Oliver K. lamUnn Ills wiltten to his wife, Mrs l.oretta Jamison 5516 Market street, that he has been gassed but would be out of the hospital soon lamlsfirf -who Is twefin w'Js married In March, jun before he sailed for France Befoie enlisting In Tim,., sl7 he was einploved as a mechanic Private liurles Cojne, seriously wounded. Is twent) three vears old and lived with his widowed motliei at 1204 lackson street He was hit b) four machine gun bullets during a dash across No Man's I-and, he wrote his mother and nilbht 'loe his leg In conequence One bullet struck hihi just below the heut hut was deflected by a little Sacred Heart bag which he as wear ing and onlv mule 11 flesh wound In his ribs 'The amulet certalnlv saved mv life ' he vviote 'I hive been here for seven weeks, but the doctors cant tell yet whether they will be able to s.UP ,m leg or not " Private Co) ne was a member of the Fplphanv Roman Catholic Church, Twelfth and lackson streets He enlisted in the tegular anny In lune of last vear and was ent to Oet tvsburg. where he was assigned to the Eighteenth Itegiment of Infantr) He sailed for France last Thanksgiving Div A brother, Thomas Co)ne, is In the navy. Hugler Walter 1. Trout. 168 Nrrth Sickles street wi, among the woundel In a lecent engigemeiit accoidlng to 1 letter received from him b) his parents Mr ind Mis Theodoip Trout ' We hid a Hg'it with old Fritz " Hit bugler vviote, 'and I got a miuhlne-gun bullet In the best I cant ten Jhe date I am now In a bise hospital, vv Ing to get well 31111 rejoin my regiment I am doing fine hrie in the hospital Young Tiout enlisted on August 20 1917 and was sent to Camp Hancock for his pielimluar) I raining He was at tached to Com,ian) M, 111th Inrantr) and has been In hir.nce since earl) last Ma) Previous to Joining the colois he was emplojed bv the Penn Mutual Elfe Insurance Compmv Private TlnnnaN O Kabbllt, son of Mr and .Mrs John 11 Babbitt, 3535 Xew Queen street, reported missing, Is now known to be recoveilng from wounds Mime where In France" On i gust Jl a telegram stating he was "oftt-'ialiy missing In ictlon July 30 ' wa received b) his parcnts.althcugh the) had already been In receipt of a card, dated August , written by the soldier, sa)ing, (letting on well , don't worry " During the last week several morp letters have arrived from him, and although he falls to state the nature and severity of his wounds, It Is believed lie Is now recover ing behind the lines One of his letters reads in part as follows ' Do not Wo alarmed at any distress ing news which may ha.ve been received, as I am quite O. K and having a rest from the front. Toward the end of Jul) things that I am not permitted to disclose occuired, and In the meantime I lost m) coat and all belongings, and later found m)self taking an enforced vacation behind the lines We certainly had a tough time, but I'm glad I was In for It all, and after a little while hope to be In It again. We have the boches on the run. and It Is Berlin or burst. In the midst of the gruesome ness of the affair there are also nu merous funny things happening, for In stance, a common occurrence Is a lit tle Yank, four feet fine Inches, standing luur ini mitJ incurs, sitiiiuillE berore a stx-foot German, who Is howl- Ing at the top of his voice, "Mercy I Kamerad : wife and ten children In the Vaterland " rlvate Runarll Tomllnnon, 3063 Tas- ker streethas been wounded In France, according to a report reaching here es terday. In a letter received here he writes: "There were two German women cap tured In the woods dre'ssed In uniform. They had been operating machine guna against ua They were tak-jn to head quarters. There siire areoi lot of things over here that I nev.tr would hava bt lieved until I .saw them myself, and tala t 3tk JM KILLED IN FRANCR Corporal Kenworttiy, who liveil at 107 Cay street, Alalia) link, is re- liorlril as having died from the cffecls of arrident in I'ranre snlpirs md they were dre-wd In 'gris "lilts ' The qnl) way vou could see them w is vvhfii they wruld move Tver) now anH then )ou would sen a sniper dlop out of the trees On top of a church near here In the (let man lines w is a Ited ( i-oss (lag but instead of being a Bed t'ross station It was a tna hlne-hiin nest The w huh ton of the 11I.it was a miss of guns Things are going fine with the old Third rtiglment. Wp have inoio than bren doing our share I don I know exactly how man) Cetmins I have to mv credit ' I know I got eight ind perhaps there were some mole ny way I hope war will be over soon so tint we 1 an come b ick to the good old U S A" Private prv Arthur sparks, who Is a winless operator In the lleadipiarteis Comp inv, 109th Ininntr). has bem un ntllclallv reported wounded In action Ills mother, Mrs Emm 1 Spirks BM'i Thompson street, teielvid a card from him from a, base hospital No details weie given as to "he nature of the wound or whin It was received Spaiks tried to enlist In the Natlonil dual it lu .lulv, 191C during the Mex ican tiouble, hut was tejected When war was declared he- succeeded In enlisting In the First Beglmept and was sent to Camp Hancock 'I hence he was -nit to a speclil chool for wireless npeiators Ealei lip was transfened to Camp I'p ton and silled for friann last Mav Ills last letter was dated .lulv 3 In It hi siid his compaii) was stringing wires betweui the- general s luailqu liters and the front-line trenches Ho said his iv pel ielice as a tell graph operator had given him the position of an obsirver In the trenches Prlv lie Sparks, who Is nineteen vears old lived with his mother Ills father died five vears ago Hi was giaduated fiom the West Philadelphia High School last vear Private t.eorge M. Weaver, of Wavne, appears In the list as having been wounded In action A sketch of Private Weaver was published a few davs ago when an official report of his wound was leceived Private ndrew !. ( denier, leported as wounded and a prlsonei lu n l,er man camp. Is one of the suiv Ivors of Compmv C. of the llnth Infanti v He was leported missing In action following the engagement along the Maine when C Compati) was almost w Iped out Wold that he was a. prisoner came through the American Red Cross to his parents at 6i Dicks aveiaje Chester had been a member of C Company of the old Third Itegiment for several )ears before the war. Memorial services for Corporal Thomas Paul tiilnnan, 661G Cedir ave nue, who was killed In action In Frame on July If, will be held on Monda) night .Solemn high mass of ruiulem will be lelebrated in his memor) in the Church of the Transllguratlon, Fift) Hfth street and Cedai avenue KILLED WITH CANADIANS J. F. Wileon, of This Citj, iMeet Death in Buttle Included among the names of Amer icans lu the Canadian aimv who lost their lives In action in Fiance, as le porteil on Mondav from Ottawa, Can, npptaied I F Wilson, of Philadelphia A letter was received In this city vesteniav fiom Private J F Wilson, formerlv of .'219 Spring, Harden stuet. who enlisted with the Canadlin army two )eais ago and sailed a .vear later It Is lonsldeted likely that he Is the man who gave up. his life In battle, as tepnited In the casualty list The iettei, arriving here on the sol diers thii iv -third birthday anniver sarv, is written under date of August 22, and savs, in part: We went over the top and slammed Fritzle back a few kilos Was all out of breath when we reached our objec tive from chasing Helnles What do vou mean. It wont he long beroie 1 111 back In Phllly again' The onl) wa) ovei the pond Is to leave a piece ot ni) anatom) nere vvouiu uwe to go back on leave, but will have to be here a few vears he''" ' 11 ' WAR TROPHIES COMING Trainloail lo Be Sent Here for Libert) Loan Campaign A train of German war trophies was assigned today to the Philadelphia dis trict for the Elberty Ioan campaign b) becretar) McAdoo This contains a display or trophies captured by the American troops In rrance during the recent fighting There are Oerman helmets, belts, uniforms, medals and equipment, and cannon, tt-anih ntArtara anH all trlnrifl nf nintnil- niiinn Th, train will make, a tour of the Third Federal Reserve District, stopping at all towns. A schedule will' be announced shortly. . Good News for Home Folk From Boys in the Service FIGHTINC AND PRAYING The xcar'a as good a over and the Qer- iitaitft pood tia licked, l'or the final heavy wallop Fate Amer. tea has picked And the boche hat information Qivi in a manner biting lVViere t7ie heavy guns are playing That he cannot Ilcfc a nation Where the boys are strong on fighting And the mothers keep on praying. It U plain to all our fellowt they must tnakr the Fritz behave I ........ .... .... ........ Since tnelr 6atn are most infrequent a"a 'hey'xt little time tot.iave s " craP " (nunrteraf tor. As the toe they keen on amfllno All thei blows persist m saying That the boche can't lick a nation lVnere the boys are strong on fighting And their mothers keep on praying. Mrs. Morris Heston. 1135 West Silver street, has received the following letter. dated August 11, from her son, William C. Heston, wagoner, 109th Infantry Supply Company, somewhere In France: Dear Mother: I .df'JUfJ "a, few .HneAtb ler'VoAi know. CITY WILL TEACH CRIPPLED HEROES Krusen'Will Train Men to Instruct Partly Dis abled Soldiers SCHOOLS AT BYBERRY Elaborate Sysl.cm Will Co-op-crate jTith Government in Reconstruction Work Tentative plans for a school of leach ing the theory of cccupitlons are being considered bv Dlicclnr Krusen, of the Department or Health and Charities, and officers of Suigpon Ceneral Oorgas'a staff as n pirt of Philadelphia's war The plan provides for the leaching of a corps of workers In those occupa tions btst titled for soldiers suffering frrtii pirtlv dlsibllng wounds and In juries. A siillable building will bp selected and pqulpppd and a staff of tnehers ihosen ringing from igrlciillunil ex pprts to teachers of technical branches of manv Industries Details are being wntked out and provision for the school will probably be Included In the 1111 budget of the Department of Health and Charities According lo the plans ns discussed at ilty cabinet meetings the classes of Instructors will later be detailed to train the returning soldleis and to aid them, In so far as possible, In securing lucra tive ociup itlons l'n until the present no announcement of thp cltv s plans ias been made, as all arrangements are subject to the ap proval of the surgeon general All that has been done to date Is bi line with the repent nctlon of thp cltv In tinning Its ntarlv lompleted hospital buildings at Hvberrv over to thp CJoV ernment as a nconstructlon hospital Tho buildings when lompleted, will cost the ciiv $1 5110 000 and will have a crt piclt) of lrn(i men Teachers trained bv the cltv will take over the instiuctlnn of wounded sol diers at Bvherrv and later. If conditions dimatid soldiers from other reconstruc tion hospitals in this section of the countrv CAPTURE WELCOMED BY GERMAN SOLDIERS Thev Admit Conditions at Home Are Bad, Says Phil adelphia Soldier Clerman soldiers are glad to bo cap- tuied and admit conditions are bad In the Central Empires Woid to that effect has been received from David Grossman, who is, attached lo the Third Division HeadquatterR In France bv his Rlster, Miss Fa)e Giosa mm, 3229 Berks street Trie condition of those captuied and their geneial attitude, he said. Indicate that the encm) Is on his verv last legs Warm praise Is given the Ited Cross bv Giossman, and ulso the French people, with, of couise, a big pat on the back for the fighting ' Yanks " 'If at anv time iluilug vour patient hours of knitting, he wrote, 'tne ques tion should arise In vour mind as to whether the tiouble Is vvoith while. just accept m) answer that It certainly Is worth while and tint vou and everv other member of vour society are big factors In the Inevitable success of this great fight for democracv. The Med Cross arm) Is as essentia In this, war as the army of flghleis over here or the .urn) of producers of war material over theie in the States tine army can not expect to pxist without the otlipr 'The hovs aie giatpful for their heivv knitted socks, which are used as sleeping socks when sleeping In our tents, in a park or perhaps on a farm outside the town None of us are worried about the coming winter. It seems that no calam- lt) howlers got into this man if arm) In speaking of the French soldiers and people, he added "Every French man Is In uniform and is iuh-' tignt(ng mi one front and then on another. Many or them have several wound stripes Thev were greatlv encpur iged by. the entrance or our country Into the conflict. Its wonderful when one stops to consider that the splendid condition of the farms and the healthy looking cattle are due to the unceasing effoits of the old women and small bovs who can often be seen doing a man s Job 'The war will soon be over and the folks In the United Mates better pre pare to get some exttu turke) dinners" Giossman went to Camp Meade last February and one month later sailed for France Coroner Holds Cop in Negro's Death Patrolman Robert Ramsey, Twentieth and Federal streets station, was held without bail today by Coroner Knight ror the Grand Jury In the death or Riley Bullock, negro, 2032 Annln street, shot during the race riots in bouth Phliadel phia In July, District Attorney Rotan consented to the release or Ramsey on ball Bullock 8! shot In the station house after he had been arrested. N'egro witnesses testified Bullock had been treated .brutally. some nvvful fight I have Been since July IB for one month straight. I received )our letters dated July 2, 13 and 22, but no Ledger since June Well, mother,. Just about two hours ago I took the! eats up to the boys and I bet rthere Were about 200 shells diopped nil around my wagon. They wre trying to stop me from getting the eats to the boys, but God was with me and not even a scratch was made; bo )ou see what one will do We hare Ood always with us' wher Ter we go, so plraue, mother, keep on praying for us bovs and we'll come out O, K. AH the boya are In good health; that Is, what Is left of them. I hope they don't take any more away. It lias been awfully hot the last couple of days, but nice and clear. I guess I shall see the old town be fore long. We get about ten minutes to wash, shave and write letters each day, so ou see we are giving them h . N'ow, today Is the first time I took a shave In two weeks and three days and I haven't had a bath for one week and four days, so you 'can see wa have them on the run. If you could see the place where I am writing this letter all mud and smoke around me and fireworks oyer head. So you can see how soft It la over here. I guess this Is alt this time. I wish you could ae. this country 'nowi I hqpa thW lt( yM-Jff'BOBdiliMHh. E. " ' 'mmmmm w x ' mmM iBgHFjjH BP i'mHPHk sVi LIEUT. JACQUES SWAAu LIEUT. JACQUES SWAAB DOWNS FOUR F0KKERS Philadelphia Airman Achieves Record in One Day's Flight in France Three German Fokker planes shot down In one dav Is the tecord of Eieu- tpnunt Tniiiups M Swaab. University of Penns)lvanla graduate nnd son of Mayer Rwiab foimerlv of Eighteenth and Berks streets, this cit). The latter now lives p N'ew Yoik Lieutenant waah achieved his triple victor) on Tuesdav, iccordlng to repoits from Prune, while returning from a flight over the enemv lines Two of the German fl)eis cnh(d earthward from a Get man sqmdmn which attacked the Phllidelphlan affpr he had encountered a single eneni) ah man and had brought him down Pursued bv tre enemv squadron as he nude for his own lines, Lieutenant Swaab was twice forced to fight, and both times he w.ih victorious He reach ed tl e Allied line arelv ' Griduitlng fiom thp Wharton .School of Flnanie In ltlC, Lieutenant Swaab enlisted Imriedlatdv upon the President's declantlon or a state or war with Ger naii) He trained at Hsslngton for 1 time Liter, at Pi) ton, he teielvtd con siderable personal instruction from Wll 1 ur Wright on the theor) of flight He sailed for France last December On .lulv 4, after he had been sent to lln Italian front. Lieutenant .Swinh made a flight over the clt) of Rcmp during the (elebratlon there of our Independent Day ' Oflliliil conlli 'nation' of Lieutenant SvvaibR feat his not vet bien made Prest reports, however, say he shot down two of the Geiman machines in llames and sent the thlid down out of con tiol Lieutenant Sua.li was a member of manv clubs here, among them the Aelo Club of Atnerlia, the Mercantile Club and the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternltv. He Is tvvent)-four ,ve,.rs old Ills rather Is a well-known biislht-s, man nnd Is a tile and Poor Richard Clubs CHURCH WILL RAISE FLAGS Holy Angels, Oak Lane, to Hae Ceremonies Sunday, Afternoon Oak Line will bp the scene of a big ! miotic demonstration Sunday after noon, when a service flag will be raised 0-1 the grounds of the Church' of the llolv Angels, or which the Rev. Daniel A Morrlsse) is recto? ' Father Morrlssey will bless the na tional banner and the remembrance emblem Addresses will be made b) the Itev William J Gaplgan, Drt Jpseph K Dixon, Or Herbett L Northrop tand George C Small. The American flag is the girt or Carles (', Dreudlng, while Svdney J Burgo)ne has presented tile Beivlce flag to the pirlsh Both will be unturled ttom a new steel pole, slxt)-slx feet In height, which has been donated b) A Ra) niond Raff In coniu-ctlon with thp exercises a Liberty Slug will be conducted by Albert N Hoxle, dliector or music at the Phil adelphia N'aVy ard He will be accom panied b) the Marine Band rrom League Island and a large delegation of ma rines and sailors Benediction of the most blessed sac rament will conclude the exerclseB. FRANCE BETTERS AMERICANS Father Hawks Writes There Is Less Temptation Than ,Here Tar rrom France corrupting our bO)s, I think it will teach thent good lessons In politeness, thrift and re ligion," declares Rev. Edward Hawks, formerly of St. Edwards Church, Eighth and York streets, now a chaplain of Fifth Battalion. Canadian railway troops In France They are safer from temptation In the battle zone than they would be in Philadelphia." he vv rites back to re assure Cafnoilc parents of the safety of their sons In Europe Father Hawks sa)s the American boys have made a splendid Impression on the Kngnsn ana uanaaians una American Daiianon ne Msiteti was iu per cent Catholic, he said, and the bat talion chaplain Is a priest. These sol diers crowd the church in their village at two masses. They arenas Keen as inusiaru, ne sa)S, ana mey are conspicuous jor ineir modesty, xneru j no oiuoier; no jingu, Kvery lad of them was pli)slcally per fect. They were all smiles and con tentment." Has Four Soldier Sons; Registers PotUrille, Ta., Sept. 13 bchuylklll County haB nearly 26,000 registrants under the war draft. W. D. Rutter, a farmer of ast Brunswick, who has four sons In "the army, registered himself. Fugitives From Lille Hint at Evacuation liy the Associated Preis I,omlon, Sept. 13 Numerous fugitives from the city of Llllo are reported by Belgian newspapers to be arriving: at Mallnea and Ant vvetp, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Central News 'Agency. Apparently Lille Is being evacuated by',th.Gafa,!p - CITY JOBHOLDERS TOLD TO "KICK IN" All But Police and Firenicn Asked for Campaign Donations SOME RESENT REQUEST Liberty Loan Will Take Money and Pay Is Not In creased, They Say Everv man holding a city job, with the exception of the police and firemen, received a communication today from the Republican city committee asking him to contribute toward electing the full Republican ticket at the coming election To soften the blow, thp words, "a voluntar) contribution would be appre ciated," were Inserted The request aroused the wrath or a large number of office holders. Coming on tho eve of another Liberty Loan, nany declared it was n great but den, and u huge number said the) would Ig nore it. Hv sending out the letters loda) the committee gets Its command before each unite holder In time to make four touches' on his salar) btfore election diij There are two pav dit)s In Sep tember unit two more In October. 1 hosp emplo) ps vv ho vv pre at a loss as to the amount to contribute received ver) definite Information from their ward leaders Each tlty worker Is sup posed to give from 1 to 4 per cent of his salar). In the big cit) jobs some of the contributions will run aa high as $700 Although the letters have not ' touched ' the police and firemen, they have come dangerousl) near them The communlcationa have been received b) many of the detective bureau The ' touch" on the orllceliolders Is especially unwelcome at this time, the) saj, because mail) lnve made a request for more pa), which, was not granted 'The policemen and firemen would be foolish to pi) any inone)," said Mav or Smith whtn his attention was called to the letteis 'I take the s ime position now that I took In pievlous )eais that their sal.ules are toojow to penult their making outside in)ineiits, hive nlvviijp taken the stand that policemen should not be in politics " Bridgeport Strikers Must Work or Fight ontlnueil from I'iikp fine dustrlal disputes Having evercUed a drastlt' remedv with retaliitrant em pIovrrH, It Is ni) dlltv to use means equallv well adapted t the end with lawless and faithless eiiiploes. 'Therefore I desire that jou return to work and abide bj' the avvaid If vou refuse, earlt one of jou will be barred from rmplovment in anv vvur Industrv In Hie tnmuilinltj In willed the Ntrlke otrurs for a period of one vHr. During that time the United States eniplovinent service will decline to obtn'n emplo) inent for Jou In anv war Industrv else where In the United Stales, as well as under the Wat and Navy DtVartments. the shipping board, the railway admin istration, and all Government ngencles and the draft boards will he Instructed to rejett auj tltilin of exemption based on vour alleged usefulness on war pro duetton, Slncerelv vouis, ' WOODUOW WILSON." The Brldgepoit strike has been In progress for several weeks the men demanding certain broad trade classifi cations and a minimum wage The questions at Issue were refened to the war labor board, which was umble to reach it unanimous decision Tlje ques tions upon which the board lould not agree were then sent befoif an arbi trator, whose decision was accepted by more than 90 per cent of the workers afleeted Those who refused to accept the decision adopted a resolution to con tinue the strike, a coflv of which was forwarded to President Wilson with the result that he directs the men to return to work 01 be inducted Into the na tion's military service i U. S. TAKES OVER PLANT OF SMITH & WESSON CO. It) the Associated Press Wanblnclon. Sept 13 The War De partment lias tawei) ovei tne smith & Wesson Cotnnanv. of Snt Inefteld. Mass . and will operate the plant and business to secure continuous production , and movent industrial disturbance. The compan) recently gave notice that it would prefer, to have the Gov. ernment operate Its plant rather than abide by a decision of the war labor board enfoicln gcrllectlve bargaining Snrliiflgeld. Vlu,. Sept 13--Eventa leading up to the action of the War De partment In taking over thp Smith & Wesson Co had their beginning In a strlkp or the employes or the pistol ractory jui) 1.', ior leaujustment ot wages and working conditions Ten days later the employes voted to return io,worK pending an aujusimeni oy Ma jor B H Gltchell, representing the war labor, board Announcement or the com panv'd tefusal to accept the finding) of the bcnul followed. On September 5 the- companv granted a bas'c eight-hour day. Tne concern is vvoruing exclusively on Government contrac s BROWNING TELLS WAR NEEDS Camden Congressman Is Back rrom lour of France Geneial Pershing needs more men and the navy needs more destrovers, accord ing to 'Congressman William J, Brown ing, of Camden, it memhei of the House Naval Anairs c.ommmep, wno lias just returned from a two months' lour of the war zone. 'The navy metis tornedoboat destrov ers just as urgently as the armv needs airplanes," lie said 'Give us additional destro)ers and we will sweep the sub marines from the seas That Is the lug need today. While, in France the memhei s of the committee visited the chisr battlefronH, Including Chateau-Thierry. The delega tion niaae us neaaqunrters in i-onuon and the members, while actually con cerned with naval affairs, 'kept their eyes open," as Representative Browning expressed It. LANCASTE1TRJGHT IN IT" Claims Proportionately Largest Number ot Men in Present OITensive Lancaster, l'n.. Sept 13 Proportion ate to Its population this county la be. lleved to have more men engaged In the present American offensive than any other community In the country Fight ing vvllh the Twenty-eighth Division, there are ipvvards of 1000 local boys who enlisted so rapidly at the outbreak or war that Lancaster was exempted from sending any men under the first draft. Engaged In the offensive from here are a machine gun company. Infantry company. Jruolt iunnly company, umbu- lance company, ana a Banitary corps. .- ) LHOWtwer ceit uraira ine nsjti nt! ms4 OIL NEED MENACE TO WAR PROGRAM' Senate Committee Told of 5 Daily Shortage of 60, 000 Barrels .1 PROBEll PENROSE , FOR Will Quiz Fuel Administration ' Officials on "Gasless Sunday" Order By the United Prcit Washington, Sent. IS.. The countrv Is facing a crisis In oll!J Production which threatens serlouslyio Interfere with the war program. Judge Marry Covington told the Senate Finance Committee today In discussion of the $8,000,000,000 war tax bill Covington declared the reserve of, crude oil Is bplng dppleted at the rate of 60,000 barrels dally. Development of new fields Is hampered by refusal of the Government to allow private cnpltal to develop oil deposits in the public do main, he said Senator Lodge, author of two resolu tions aimed nt discovering the reason for the lecent "gasless Sunday order of the fuel administration," asked Coving ton whether the fuel administration figures on tho gasoline situation are correct "I know who gathered those figures and can't vouch for their accuracy," said (ovington "But figures carefully compiled by the oil men show a very substantial shortage In crude oil The only reason the oil Industry has been able to meet the diversified demands on It has been the presence of a huge resei ve," Semtor Penrose (Pa ) announced that he would ask the presence of fuel ad ministration officials scon He declared that ns a result or the Garfield order forbidding the use of gasoline on Sun da) thp Penns)lvnnla coal mines were losing one day's work a week from the miners because of their Inability to travel bv automobile Sunday to visit friends and relating Manv of the miners have been In the habit of using small cars In returning to their homes ever the week-end. Pen lose explained Inability to drive them on Sundnv has necessitated their re turning on Mondav, using much valua-' ble time tint would ordinarily be spent at work, he slid Penrose alo asked why the Missis! slppl River should be the border line separating gasollneless Sunday from the rest or the country. Judge Covington said he was unable . to answer the question Pentose questioned the Inability of ob taining the right kind of nn administra tive board suggested by Judge Coving ton "Would vou select a proressor of liatln and Greek In some college as the light man to regulate the oil business?' he asked Covington said that while no protest had been made he believed that classl f)ing the tax on gasoline as a luxury was most unjust. 'It Is simpl) a consumption tax," Jie declared ' Gasollnp Isaa necessary aa con umy one-iourin pi tne gasoline ,kl consumption is used for pleasure pur- II poses " 0 Former Representative Fitzgerald asked the committee to eliminate from the bill the B per cent tax on gross In come or concerns operating more than three automobiles and suggested a flat 1 1 tax of f-'i on each automobile used for .,, I hire COL. KEMP TRANSFERRED Leader of 110th Said to Have Been Shifted Like Col. Brown Colonel George K Kemn, of the 110th .! inrantr). is lepoited to nave Deen ne- " tache'd from his command and Is be lieved to have been assigned to an Im portant post In France, as was Colone) Millard D Brown, whose transfer from the command or the 109th Infantry to become adjutant to General Harries at the lirgest American disembarkation . poit In F'rance, has been announceu. The 110th as made up of parts of the old Third and Tenth Regiments, X. G P. - According to letters received bv Penn- svlvanlans. Major I dward Martin, of ,-J vv ayne-.uurB, i-u , was ior a time aciing commander, or the 110th, but has since U1 oeen rcuevcu ny a reguinr aimy omcer. s IM.a 1 Ifltk lnf,nt,v' timi lilch na l.tA . trom French commanders ror its fighting fj.1 in the Aisne-Marne salient. ! Colonel Kemps family has received ?l no word or the change and his latest S letter home gave no hint or it. 4 ,Sl CAPT. HOLZ ARMY CHAPLAIN ; Salvation Army Worker Wins,,? Commission in 34th Division Appointment of Ernest Rlchaid Holz, i son of Colonel Richard E. Holz, the 'tl local commander of the Salvation Army ms u i-iiniMHiii 111 ine 1 juriy-iouriiifc? Division of the National Army, has Just' Been announced " irl Captain Holz has been a Salvation V Army vvoraer since nis youtn. ne graau. ,; 1 ated from hwarthmore College and after "5 stud) Ing theology In the army school vvaR ordained n. minister some mix eara A ago For the last six months bi haH been In charge "of the Salvation Army 4 neaaquariers ai Wilmington, uei, , On Monday night hundreds ot Salva- jt tlon Army workers will bid til m God- "S speed ai an imormai reception at me army headquarters, Broad street ajid Falrmount avenue. He will gq to Camp j . Dix. 1 .1 TOST AND FOt'MI DIAMOND WNO Lost Eentlrmrn'a dla- ax MlUItU ilUki mft" "ini iw - n- a hard to llrod & Walnut, to lt. to Rnrlnar ,t emu 1.- a m. n Tttna m uurueu wa in. a i in "', r da Upward S40 TVhI Kstat Trmt IUdg us . . . .... - --t'ij hUlTCASE Lost, sultctse, taken In ml l taK on 4 -t 1 rain irom uaiui- vuy, $, Thitruiv 1'Mh. initials A. I. 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