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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY; SEPTEMBER
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?7TBJ?S F?OM F?07Vr TELL OW 50 YS WIN GLORY FOR PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA
WK SOLDIERS
CLUB MEMBERS IN HERO CLASS
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ON WAR'S HONOR ROLL
! DISPLAY NERVE
PHILADELPHIA AIRMEN
A TTAIN NEW LA URELS
Captain Biddlc Takes Antagonist Captive in Clouds.
Captain Este and Lieutenant Sivaab, Out
numbered, Defeat Adversaries
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feptieutenant Martin Writes
fefHow Men of 110th Infan-
Whty toy Bore Hardships
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xAKfc MEW, NOT "BUYS"
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plfcmbcrs of Old Third Rcgi-
wih m.n tv n p cm:i
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Wnnnrls
? ''Just a little hit. about twenty-three
ajSC, day, of Hun hell" that Is the Intro.
c auction lieutenant ueorge w it. Martin,
'k Company A, 110th Infantry. gives to his
($., letter, written from a hospital In France
wj- iota, rnompson lomnn, ilia rnutn
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x" j: lutein Hirpei.
tleutenant Martin Is a yon of Mrs.
M. ij. C. Martin, of Narberth, and for
merly was a member of the old Third
'1)klm,nl V ii T Wlion Ilia f.lr , f a
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ucuairu lie hi v illllurillit. ii H f.lies-
ftM man. He came back to Philadelphia to
t he made ft first Melttenant under Pnlonel
, Qeorge E. Kemp. He Is a eteran cit
Jtha""6panlsh-Amerlcan war, and thitty
iilne years told.
to His wound, received while walking
j& back and forth alone his line of men
encouraging and Instructing them. Is
entirely healed, he writes., hut adds that
it will take some time to mend the
muscles, which were torn by a fragment
of Shell.
Vf "Ren! Show started July 1"
His letter In part follows:
"Without going Into what went he
ritors, I'll start with July 4 We had
been In action for about two weeks ;
but- the real show started July 4, at
about 2 a. m.
"Just picture us asleep under the
tars In an old orchard, artillery action
as usual, when suddenly the bugto
1'sounds the call to arms ! Men wake
silently: formations are In silence, and
we move out In silence, in lone, snaky
columns of files that fit into the shadows
and are Impossible to see at a greater
distance than a few feet. The In
fantry moves forward, using whatever
cov'er possible, and along about dawn,
which comes up as cold and unchaii
tableias a church congregation, we are
In a position fairly well concealed, hut
which we at once set to work to make
better.
"We had no hand-to-hand fighting. In
fact nothing but 'strafing' hy the Hun
artillery for about a week or ten days,
and then Krltz started his drive,
crossed the river at several places, and
the war was on.
Stopped Prussian (iunrdu
"Our division stopped the pick of the
Crown Prince's, forces, the Prussian
Guard divisions. However, we paid for
lt; but the purchase price was little
compared to what we obtained In
prisoners, suns, etc.
. ro ten me trutn. Tom, i nave lost
tall track of days or dates, things moved
.,?! vo last alter ine nan in ineir nrive,
Sfi because we put on a drive of our own
BiSf " "W LW IQIIIIJ cut nunic. . , tr nt('i
ine nun moving so last mat ne jeii
.'Jj'vait stores of ammunition, and his inlll-
I'tary railroads and rolling stock.
'"lt Is needless to say that our men
'beliaved In a manner which makes me
proud. I am a line officer of Infantry.
"There were times mat we moved so i
fast, taking one position after another, I
we.Kot so far ahead of our artillery that
we-,had to make all our assaults with
out Us support. But the assaults were
always made, and a position once taken
"waa never lost. We went so fast that
.jour food could not keep up with U3, and
onemeal a day frequently It was one In
forty-eight hours. And let me tell you
,it akes 'guts' to go Into action with
Mi .empty belly and work and fight the
way our men did. It sure does.
TELLS OF FIRST GAS ATTACK
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The atory of the first German gas at-
tack the first In the history of war-
4 lare was iota at i,u i-u lemine ny
PI.A j-nvaie uimuna i-tuiikiiii. o. ne ruuiui
Si..! Canadian Eattallon. laM night. U nil.'
&.'& t.. 1.I1.a.4 K.a a...an..A .. I(h Islaa rF
tiVS-.MO ll4lt inn auiuunr ni,,i mi" ,
gfVnta experiences, mere resteu .in nis
K'l'5-L'oeket o (Ileal notification ftom the Brlt-
iish. War Office, received three hours
V&ka Viol kla Virntriap liorl huan Is 1 11 Ail
K-T.fr CXW ntl. isi wtuiitw i t uvn n....
v,r' In action.
Franklin Is one of the comparatively
v? few aurvlvers of the Third Canadian Peg
tfi.'l. ... ...U.nV. ...nu U.,l,..u- .. f-nr.t .In.,
5i, trench before Ypres on April 2'J, 1315,
when the Germans launched the first
Mfo auacK in tne ntstory or wariare.
Sjjr Tne finira ana rourin tanauian J.egi-
riTOlB AiVl H. t.Krllt... ltf,lrl,L "'l -'
Iht ,tli nf lhaf uirnt..' ., n r. hilt .hU' '
M!' of the men are living todav I
rn"Vc "nnnnrnrn no,
nrjvu niiiLo rnurciii iu uiil
George Margrars Death in France
Reveals Romance
A romance and a will naming his
nancee as a Denenciary came to ugnt
wiin tne announcement
that Enoch
George Margraf. formerly
teacher in
the New York Institution for Deaf and
Dumb, had been killed In action. Miss
WfH get one-fourth of Margrafs estate.
estimated at $25,000.
Both were teachers at the New York'aucen trom no per cent to mi per cent
Institute, and were engaged to be mar.
Ht.rlti In Julv. 1917. Intending to he mar-
;;. Tiea in June, isi. uut tney neara tne
MifFCWUl oi tneir country.
'Marraf enlisted H
It ttifVPton. N. V.. and tw.
call of their country, and In February
He went to Gamp
montns later ne
waa in France.
In the nreamble to his will he asked
ithat Miss Dlsslnger he treated by the
executors of the estate "as she would
!,lave been had she been my wife."
r k POLICEMAN'S SON CITED
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VatC Webster Display etl Urav-
Uv Ft earn in it Wounded OITirf rs
wy ncstuuif, n uunueu vjiucerfi
J?rlvate James J Webster. H16 Camac
E! Mraet, has been cited for bravery, ac-
wBm.iZ7- r
-f tTdln to official word received by his
rTUjiwiner. roiice toergeant tnanen weii-
.T-i- f ii T'QiMi nuirUf uan
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llV,lh ami leff.r.nr, afreets Pr vole
f:'frt'TChater Is a member of the hospital
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f2:. eoroa. first iiattaiion. ine ciiatioii ioi.
KWliwBj
&iJ;Y'lF0 M'"nB wounded officers while
M-K'tinder heavy shell Are, and later for the
PsL-ia'therlni- of stray men lost from their
L:j'compatlons. He took command of tnese
L''W; wen.' and later returned In safety to the
CM taMallon commander."
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fejOi v ;J,euL uimbel nome on ruriougn
'l.UiilanBnl lAilli TtlorineH nlrnhfil Inn
f-Kills A. Glmbel. 1830 South Itltten -
h.inn Square, Is home on leave , of window display space for patrl
SStn Camp Jackson. Columbia, S, C, otic purposes. This committee Is work-
fbri he. received his commission In the
irtlllery. Lieutenant Glmbel left
at ine ena or nis secona year aim,
en ne is only twenty years oia
tit 'the Yale battalion and at. the
' k4HfAa training ottmn at naV.
iVHe win go to Camp Zacharj
MUavllte, Ky., where bis broth.
AWMei, jr. is
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Corf.ANOREWB-ASKIN Corp. JOHN BASKIN Pnv. JOHN GREJBER
KILLED WOUNDED KILLED
Corp-JANES D. MULCH Corp.JOSEPH BAILEV Corp-S. KIELBANSKI
KILLED GASSED MISSING
The While Lily Cluli, a I'hilailclphia tonal organization, lia an unusual
reronl for member injurcil in (heir ioiintrv' service
9 MEN OF CLUB FALL; PEACE BY XMAS SILLY,
OTHERS CHEER FRIENDS AVERS LT. SHELDRAKE
Tl.r Wl.;tn T 51.- Ar.l...c
lucmucrs
-l.liav.v- ii Illtv 1-jaif lUtlllU
Slain. Six Gassed, Wounded
or Missinj: ,
I'hterfui letters, admonishing lhoe
back home not to worry about their
welfare are being received here tegu
larly ftotn ten of the nineteen members
or the White Lily Club, of this city,
who are in France with Company H,
lni'th Infantry. The other nine boys
are out of action.
The deaths of ihre on the battlefield,
and the fact that three others have been
reported wounded, two gassed and one '
missing In action, have prompted the I
men still fighting the Germans to "cheer
the folk at home with numerous op
timistic letters.
While testing with his comrades be
hind the lines after coming out of the
irom-nne trencnes. one memner or me
iub write.
of "the Dutchman's last
chance.
Thls letter, the most recent received ment. Is his father,
from any of the .iiib members, was writ- "How long befoie peace will come, do
ten by Private Harry Grant to his you think?" he was as-ked.
mother. Mrs. Mary Grant, 506 South "Possibly a year from next Christ
Front street. ' mas, and then It will be six months be-
"We have Just come out of a terrific ' fore our armies are withdrawn from
battle." he wrote. "The Germans started Germany."
to shell us at midnight and kept it up Lieutenant Sheldrake says the hoys
all night. The next morning we went over there are confident they will go to
over the top under heavy machine-gun
fire from the enemy, with shrapnel and
bullets singing around our ears. We are
back of the lines now resting."
"I Imagine this Is the Dutchman's last
chance, for the prisoners we captured
are mere boys about sixteen years old.
"It is nothing, going over the top I
will tell you about It. You get the order
' tr. go over feeling a little nervous. Next
I five minutes to go. (You think of mother,
wife, child and other relatives ) Next.
I ready and over you go. Over, you for
' get everything hut the Dutchman in
' ft.nt of you and vou go get him that's
I oil "
Twenty-one other members of the
VIll.e .,1. 111.'. at CHLini itihauibn-
tlon at Frcnt and Balnbrldge streets,
iMho gtm remaln are waiting for the
,ya to join their comrades "over there.
Those members of the club who have
won places among the list of heroes in
the American Expeditionary Forces are:
Corporals Andrew Raskin and James
a..1l.
.1UIUI.
killed: t'rivate .lonn tirc.jner.
killed; Corporal Stanley Kielbanskl.
missing ; Corporals Hubert Rowan and
John Baskln, wounded; Private Philip
Dubln, wounded, and Corporals Ji.seph
Bailey and Kdnard Reynolds, gassed.
LABOR MUST HUSTLE TO WIN
Van Der Pyl Tell. Rotarian
Supreme Effort Needed in War
Only the utmost exertion ott the part
of American labor can bring victory
over Germany.
This was the assertion of Nicholas
Van Der Pyl. Department of Labor, in
charge of recruiting labor for war In
dustries, who last night addressed P.o
tarians at the first dinner of the season,
held in Kugler's.
Industry. Mr. Van Der Pyl declared.
Is not keeping pace with the army and
navy or the nuances provider for war
work. The Government representatives
, blamed this on the great labor tournovr
I aml advised the Introduction of a per-
.Plant. In the Ford plant where this
was done the labor turnover was re-
The meeting was presided over by
the recently elected president. Charles
Stlnson.
TO ASSIST SERVICE MEN
Inasmuch GirU' Club Will F'roviile En-
lerlainniennt
The Inasmuch Girls' Club has been
organized to provide entertainment for
soldiers and sailors. The organization
consists of a score ,f young wpmen of
west t'ntiaoeipnia wno nave neen assist-
j ne at the Inasmuch tent services.
Sixtieth and Locust streets lost of the
melnb(.rs were enrolled In the girls'
choir.
, . As the tent campaign closes next hun-
' rta ht i'i-iiintr wr.man list's nrrranlvArl
' tn -'ontlnuP their work at th. Inasmuch
.Mission, iu locust street, wnere .Mr?
i Kdna icons' will be their leaaer Thev
i ttiaat Cihlr4ov sfinriiAAna ri rid nrov fetv
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. .n u'e.rare or inn men in Tne servirp
! They also plan to hold a series of en-
ni cma -., ,nr ruini mc.,.
DIRECTS "WAR WINDOWS'
J. A, Koerlier Heaili Committee on Pa
Iriotir Slore Displays
Jerome A. Koerber. display manager
of the Strawbrldge & Clothier store,
has been appointed chairman of the
local committee of the national war
service committee on window displays
1 the function of which Is to regulate the
I lng with the Government
The other members of the local com
mittee are J. Tally, of Wanamakers;
J' Fields, of Glmbel Brothers; S. Silk,
of Snellenburgs: F, Krall, of Lit Broth
ers, and Mr, A!le.t, of Bonwlt. Teller
Co. The first practical work of
the committee will be in co-opefattcn
with.' the Liberty Loan committee on
'ltha Wvitn baftutwtui ,mgx
Herlin Is Goal, Phila. Licutcn-
ant Declares German
Troops Fed Well
"You people over here must foiget
any Idea of peace by Christinas The
hov over there don't want it. any they
won't be satisfied
with an thing but
the unco nditlonal
surrender of .the
Kaiser "
This is the mes
sage from the front
brought to America
hy Lieutenant
Charles K Shel
drake, .1946 Pine
street Lieutenant
Sheldrake will
I leave Philadelphia
today, after a short
visit with relatives,
to take an assign
ment us Instructor
at ' Camp Meade.
l.MCI.'T I'HAS K
sm:i.i)HAKi:
He is a member of Company H, 149th
, p-i(i Artlllerv
He went over with the
Halnbow nivision
George K. Sheldrake,
H former cantain in the Kire Denart-
, Uerlln. "Any man who thinks we iMn't
break the Illndenburg line Is irazy," he
said, "and any man who thinks we
wont Is twice as crazy
"Here Is an example of the terrible
slaughter of the Huns," he said. "An
artillery unit was ordered to move
across a field that had been shelled by
'seventy-fives.' The unit started down
the road, but it was plied so thick with
German dead, caught by the shell-fire,
that the whole line was held up while
the bodies were moved to the side of
the road The execution the Americans
ate doing among the Huns Is filghtful.
W0UNDED20 AID LOAN HERE
Fifteen of Pershing's Veteran. to
Campaign for Ronri?
Fific n wounded veteran of ili bat
tlefields of France will aid Philadelphia
in raising Its gigantic Liberty Loan
quota of J500.0no.000 during the fourth
Loan campaign, which starts Septem
ber 28.
This is the announcement of Lewis If.
Parsons, director of the Philadelphia
Loin ( ommittee. T.vo nundred vveiien:
of the golden "V." significant of six
months' service on the battlefield, will
tour the country in the Interest of the
fourth loan, Mr. Parsons says he has
learred
Mr. Parsons. In telling of th plan to
tend fifieen of Pershing's veterans, ftji
have been "through the hell of battH
Into every nook and corner of the city
lo tell the people what must be done
f Ameil.'a is 'o ,vin. said Philadelphia's
lrive mus be nMde "an unqualified suc-
ADVISES COMPULSION
TO END MINE STRIKE
Fuel Administrator
Potter
Wires to Dr. Garfield, Sug
gesting Drastic Measures
Drastic action to compel striking an
thracite coal miners to return to work
is urged by William Potter, State fuel
administrator
He has telegraphed Dr H A. Gar
field, national fuel administrator, ask
ing if "something more drastic" cannot
he done tn compel the miners to honor
the request of their leaders and resume
work pending an adjustment of their
demands.
The fuel administrator declined today
to explain what drastic action he would
suggest, hut It is believed he would
welcome action similar to that taken by
the President In the Bridgeport muni
tions strike. This was virtually an ulti
matum to the workers that they must
resume work or be Inducted Into the
army.
The State fuel administrator estimates
the dally loss In production of anthra
cite, hy reason of the strike, may reach
100,000 tons.
Every ton of coal now lost will hurt
this State, according to the fuel ad
ministrator, because the strikers are
chiefly connected with mines supplying
this particular territory
K. L. Cole, director of conservation of
the fuel administration, has issued a
statement urging that power plants be
located near mines.
October 23 Will Be.-Arbor Diy
Friday, October 25. was today desig
nated by Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer. State
Superintendent of public inMruetlon a
the autumnal Arbor Day for PenwivM
nil k .B appeal, iaaued for'tha jlWt,
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Three Philadelphia aviators Captain
Charles J. Piddle, Captain J. Dickinson
Kste and Ueutehnnt Jacques M Swahb
- have won new honors In aerial war
fare over the battlefields of Kranee, ac
cording to special cable dlspatohes from
the front today.
The feats are told of In dispatches
from the front hy special correspondents
of the Kvenlng Public Ledger.
Most thrilling of the latest tales of
air combat Is the one concerning Cap
tain Piddle, whose home is at Anda
lusia. After killing the observer and wound
ing the pilot of a Kokker, Captain Hid-j
die, with his machine gun trained on
tho enemy pilot, forced him guide
his plane to earth, where the Phlladel
phlan took him prisoner and marched
him five miles tr; the nearest American
camp.
Captain Kste was one of four Ameri
can aviators who, attacked by seven
Herman Fokkers, sent three of the urawai.
enemy machines crashing to earth. Cap- llrllllnnt Victory Agalnt Odds
tain Kste Is credited with bringing down Lieutenant Swaab's feat was a thrill
two of the three Germans. j )ng on(. ,,p ,vas one of Mve American
nie.ue.mni .cwnan peri.r.ueu me ..... .,,. .n .. duty .10n enemy
markable feat of shooting down three
German planes far hack of the German
lines, after he had become Inst from
' r-.,tuin irf.' i,o,. i Jn Haver-
ford. Lieutenant Swaab formerly lived
at Eighteenth and Petks streets, ami Is
a graduate of the University of Penn-1
sylvanla I
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Hrsl PrLnniT Taken In Air
Captain Middle's remarkable feat of
nieraiiy .lining ii priraup. ... i..- .. .
is the first of Its kind repotted, and Is
another crown of glory upon (he Phlla
I delphlan. Previously he had shot down
I a number of German planes, and mice.
shot down himself, lay In a shell hole
for several hours, then crawled sev
eral miles to his own lines
Venturing Into the air alone. Captain
Piddle, at a height of 6000 yards, came
In contact with a hoehe airman, also
alone. Captain Piddle elected to tlglit
ami me eiie... ,.u. e,e.. ...e lUa,.c,... ,
. . ... - -..-.! l. ..hnllaxua .
Virtually lost In t he c oud. the two ;
airmen me Captain Biddies first fu-
r,;Si';s:M'
the pilot. The pilot was still able to ,
gu'de his machine and Captain Piddle.
living in close, trained his machine gun
upon him and indicated he was to spiral '
to earth. i
iiL-'n nnii.'eman of the skv he
arched his prisoner home," the cable !
spatch says
dlspa
Cantain Kste. who. Is credited with
EQUITATION CLASS
FORMED AT CAMP DIX
Officers of Depot Brigade Put
Tl.,rl, Pnvnlrv Drill
t):jv
Camp nix, 'Wrlghtstown, X. J., Sept.
18. On orders from the War Depart
ment a class In equitation has been
started for the officers In the Depot
Brigade, and every morning now the
horses are brought to the area near
brigade headquarters and the officers
are put through the regular cavalry
drill so that they will be able to handle
their mounts with ease. Lieutenant
Colonel Hayden Is the Instructor.
Announcement Is made that the elec
tion commissioners from Jersey will be
at the auditorium tomorrow and Friday
from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m. for the put
pose of taking the primary vote of the
eligible voters of the State.
Leopold Lane, who was dramatic di
rector In charge of programs given last
winter and spring by the old 311th
and 312th Regiments, has returned to,
DIx again and has taken charge of ar
ranging the dramatic work for the
V. M. C A.
Colonel James WatBon. who aided In
training the men of the Seventy-eighth
division here and went overseas as a
lleutehant colonel of the 312th Infantry.
has returned here as an Instructor and
has been assigned to camp Kearny,
Cal. He was recently promoted.
The plan to have entertainments at
different times for the men from foreign
countries who are tiow In service is
proving successful, and this Friday eve
ning a concert will be given In the Y
M. C A- auditorium under the direction
of the Italians. A number of noted sing
ers will render n program in Italian.
The baseball grandstand Is now being
used by the song leaders, who have found
'it an Ideal place to group the men for
Instruction. Kvery morning some unit
may be found occupying the stand while
Song Leader Simmons, with the assist
ance of the regimental bands, leads the
men In mass singing.
; SPR0UL WILL RUN
I WITHOUT PLATFORM
State Lommittee Deems Landl-
date's Own Declaration of
Principles Sufficient
No party platform will be prepared by
the Republican State committee for the
gubernatorial campaign this fall. In
stead, the candidates will stand on the
declaration it principles put forth by
Senator William C. Sproulat the recep
tion tendered him early last spring In
Swarthmore.
Senator Sproul declared himself in
favor of the ratification of the prohibi
tion amendment The acceptance of his
platform by the committee commits the
party to the candidate's prohibition
plank.
Several reasons are assigned for the
decision of the State committee not to
draft the usual platform for the State
campaign. Senator William E. Crow.
State chairman, la ill. John R. Halsey,
of Wllkes-Barre, chairman of the plat
form committee, la a railroad attorney
and Secretary McAdoo's recent order to
railroad employes to get out of politics
prevents him from acting.
While the Republicans will have no
platform the Democrats will have two.
One, the personal liberty platform of
Judge Kugene C. Bonnlwell, the guber
natorial nominee, Is against the prohibi
tion amendment The other, drafted by
the State committee, makes no mention
of the "wet" question,
A campaign Itinerary is being pre
pared for Senator Sproul at the State
committee headquarters. He will so to
Pittsburgh Saturday (o attend the birth
dayVannlversary celebration of Mayor
- Babcook.. v"Bur"VP f,
'J2WJK? '.
nniiii in i iiiaiiiaxxaxi a
being the first American to make R
l,ondon-to-Parls flight with a Liberty
motor, was over the Herman lines Sun
day with three other American filers,
north of Ueney. It was the Philadel
phia's first flight over enemy territory,
and he was "drifting along" at a height
of 3000 yards, when the seven Fokkers
dived from a cloud. At the same time
the! American flight commander's en
gine gave out and he started to drop.
Two enemy pilots realized his plight
and started for hlin. Captain Este had
the same realization and took the same
course, diving In pursuit of the Fok
kers, Bpoutlng machine-gun fire upon
them.
Both machines wert Sown Ir flames.
Captain Este then teturned to the
i fight above, the remaining two Amerl
1 cans having been attacked hy the five
I other Germans. In a few moments an
other enemy plane went to earth and
the remaining four made a hasty with-
Hlr harrn.? split the pattol. Lieutenant
i J-waab was far nivpy from his compan-
im aviators and loi back of the enemy
lines when the barrage ended
He had
oi "is uiremon. nui i.eneveo ne was
"'" """ Allied lines and started to de-
"end at an airdiome.
Within 200 meters of the earth he
saw a German Fokker ascending and
discovered that he was about to make
n landing In an enemy flying field.
Qulcklv chanelnir his course he started
t Rscend, rising In the sun, which oh
scured him from the vision of the Ger
man pilot rising from the field. He "cut
loose" with seventy bullets and the
Fokker went down In a heap. Thus he
made his escape from the German flying
field, but he was still lost.
Ten minutes later ho encountered
eleven German planes and was attacked.
He dived quickly, then arose In the
midst of the boche squadron, both his
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Lieutenant Swaab,
.r.i...m "i-,,-, w..
"'ay ""tier the protection of a heavy
?" "n1. ub.equently made his way
"" " his own lines,
Captain Kste Is a son of the late
Charles Kste. and was ptesident of the
J. U. Este Company. 'He was a mem-
ber of the Philadelphia Kacquet Club,
the Philadelphia Country Club and the
i rii.ceiou tui.
CAMP MEADE ALIENS
TO BE NATURALIZED
! Soldiers of Foreign Birth Will
Keccive United Slates Citi-
zenship Next Monday
Camp Meade, Md., Sept. 18.
Approximately 1500 soldiers of foreign
birth who were never naturalized will
swear allegiance to the Stars and Stripes
here next Monday morning and thus be
clothed with citizenship In the land of
their adoption and for which they are
willing and anxious to fight In this war
against autocracy. It will be the third
time a naturalization court has been held
at this training camp, and the aliens In
khaki are looking forward to the day
when they will be made citizens of the
greatest republic with much Interest.
Judge Robert Moss, of the Circuit
Court of Maryland, will come to the can
tonment from Annapolis and administer
the oaths. The aliens are now filling; out
their application papers, and while the
plans for the naturalization ceremonies
have not been completed, It Is quite
probable that all of the men will be as
sembled In one of the big welfare huts
and will take the oath at the same time.
On a previous occasion, when Judge
Moss gave citizenship to approximately
1000 alien soldiers here, quite an lm
ptesslve ceremony was arranged. After
swearing allegiance to the I'nited States
the men rose in a body and sang the
national anthem and patriotic addresses
were delivered by Judge Moss and Gen
eral Joseph M. Gaston, the camp com
mander. It Is probable that both of
these men and Mnjr.r General Jesse Mel.
Carter, the commander of the Lafayette
Division, will say a word to the candi
dates on Monday.
Aliens who are selected for service
hy local boards and sent tr. this training
camp are, under authority of a recent
act of Congress, given their citizenship
before being placed In any of the units
which are apt to be sent to France. As
large Increments come In, particularly
from the big cities, the number of aliens
is continually increasing. Among these
soldiers are men of every nationality.
Some Germans, Austrlans and Turks
were given citizenship here a few months
ago, and are now In France with units
nl.ln nnlna, 4 U -. Inn,... .. , V. A I . Ut.tl.
A majority of the aliens are Italians,
however.
FIREMEN REQUEST INCREASE
Protective Association Seeks Sal
ary Rise Averaging $300 a Year
Salary Increases totaling $195,475, or
nn Inerense averaeinff S300 a venr enrh
to members of the Bureau of Fire are
asked In an ordinance proposed hv the
Firemen's Protective Association and
suhmltted for approval to Director of
Public Safety Wilson today by James
M. Slmlster. president of the associa
tion. Joseph P. Gaffney, chairman of Coun.
ells' Finance Committee, has been re
quested by the Protective Association to
Introduce the ordinance In Councils
when that body convenes for Its fall ses
sions. Under the proposed ordinance hose
men, laddermen, firemen, drivers and
chauffeurs are to receive $1400 to $1600
yearly ; steam engineers and tlllermen,
S16E0; lieutenants, $1700; captains,
$1800, and battalion chiefs. $3400, All
Increases are to date from June 30.
COAL STRIKEJVIRTUALLY OVER
Workers Return in Many Mines
of Mahanoy Valley
By the Astociated Pre.ii
PotUillle, ra., Sept. 18. The strike
of the miners ih the Ninth District Is
virtually over. Glrardvllle, Ashland and
Mount Carmel sections are working full
handedi while a break has occurred at
Shenandoah.
Shamokin Is the only section where a
majority of men are not back to work
Meetings held In the various towns on
Tuesday evening make a resumption of
work, certain In the'enure Jlahanoy,
toto'itoSixvV 7,
'i mi na mi .. jMaaa
V"j -i3l' fcnnriA 1lBfi -;
' niilMMfiiiWiflrMI i i m i If II1 ' " "mtEjii..UB
Chas Lepczyk J. Costigan
lied sr Wounds vicdywoands
Cmas. Huavmel cJerry Ccocco
Wounded killed
Philadelphia Soldiers
Fall on Battlefield
Continued from rnce One
slated that he had just come out of the
flenches "without a scratch." He wrote
that he had been on the firing line for
four weeks. He Is said to have met
death Aupust 15.
Casey went abroad with Company F,
111th Infantry. Ills brother. Corporal
Carlton C. Casey, Is with the tank corps
at Camp Colt, Gettysburg.
Corporal .lames (J. firlnilli has a frac
tured foot from a German bullet and Is
suffering from shell shock, according lo
an olllclal announcement received by his
mother at her home, 6022 Cedar avenue,
(irilllth, who is twenty-four years old,
Is in the insth Artillery, formerly the
Second Pennsylvania. The announce
ment stated that he was Injured In the
fighting between August 14 and 1!) and
that he was In a base hospital. Before
entering the service he was employed
for eight years In the olllces of the
Pennsylvania Itallroad. A brother,
Harry F. Grlflith, Is In the resistration
service In France.
Private Willis. u Illppensteel, twenty
three jears old, 512 Kast Wlshart street,
Kensington, was wounded July 26, ac
cording to a telegram received by his
sister, Mrs. Mary Blatau. He was a
member of Company B, Machine dun
Battalion No. S, and enlisted July 7.
1917. He was trained at Camp Gettys
burg, and left for France last April. A
letter dated August 2, written from a
base hospital, Informs his relatives that
he was blind for three days, but had re
covered. Prior to enlistment he was em
ployed filling shells at the Kddystone
munitions plant. A brother, James,
twenty-one years old, Is In the navy.
Private Jerry t'roeco, Company L,
Fourth Infantry, Is reported killed in
action. He was twenty-four years old
and was drafted In November. The last
letter received by his father, Gaetano
Crocco, Is dated July 12. Before enter
ing the service lie was a tile setter. He
lived with his father at 808 South Delhi
street.
Cut off from his company and refusing
to surrender even though surrounded hy
Prussians, Crocco met his death on the
battlefield along the Vesle AugUst 1, ac
cording to word which reached his par
ents in a letter written by a member of
the company. Official notification was
received by the father.
"I am too busy killing Germans to
write much of a letter," read the last
note from Crocco. "I have set my heart
on 'getting' at least 250 before I come
back to the good old U. S A., and
If the good work continues that won't
take so very long I have lost count
of those to date, but I have a pretty
good Idea and anyway I expect to go
over th mark I have set."
"Jerry was always In front and over
anxious to get to the boches," wrote
Croceo's friends. "We had a mlxup with
tho Gerlnans and he must have been
cut off from the rest of us. We missed
him and later found his body with sev
eral Germans lying near. 1 guess that
tells the story better than I could
write."
Private Charles Ipriyk, headquar
ters company, Fifty-eighth Infantry, re
ported died of wounds July 20." He
was twenty-three years old and enlisted
In July. 1917. Prior to enlisting, he
worked at the Aetna Powder Works.
His father, Stanley Lepczyk, lives at
2845 Livingston street.
Lieutenant John Sparks MkkIII, son of
Mr. and Mrs. K'lrk W. Magill, of Cyn
wyd, has been enrolled among the Amer
icans wounded In the Initial drive of the
Pershing forces In France. According
to n letter just received by his parents,
he was caught by n boche bullet while
charging.
"I got it," he wrote In a letter to his
mother, "while going up a hill."
MaglU's right arm was put out of serv
ice and his letter was written from an
American base hospital on August 10.
Sergeant .lamri K. Farley, Company
H, Fifty-eighth Infantry, reported se
verely wounded In action. He Is twenty,
four years old and enlisted, July, 1917.
He has a brother In the navy. Before
enlisting he worked at the Frankford
Arsenal. His father, Daniel Farley,
with whom he lived at 2086 Kast Llp-
plncott street, received a letter from
him, In which he says that he was
wounded In the leg and that he was In
' a shell hole for about three hours before
. being rouna uy a ueo tross unit.
PrlTate Martin B. Webb. 2030 Chest
nut street, wounded In action, Is twen'
ty-two years old and enlisted In the
marine corps In April. 1917, leaving for
France In August ot tne same year.
During his stay in this country he
trained nt Pans island. The last let
ter from him as dated August 19. and
in It he said he was on the mend and
expected soon to be released for duty.
"Lying In hospitals won't push the
Germans ncross the Rhine." he wrote.
He lived when In this city with his
mother, Mrs. Martha Webb, a widow.
PrlTate Thomas A. Coakley, 110(h In
fantry, the old xnira uegtment, was
wounded In action on July 29, accord
lng to a telegram to his father, Thomas
J. Coakley. 1249 South Hanson street,
from the War Department yesterday.
Young Coakley, who had previously
been reported as missing In action since
July 19, enlisted when only 17 years of
age.
Private Walter Richmond, Company
H, 111th Infantry, was wounded In the
Marne fighting, according to wora re.
celved by his father, K. Richmond, 5828
Trinity place. His name has not been
officially reported. The aon writes that
h. l In a hosnltal. recovering from
wounds, and that his company "went so
r.t'"r""" ".'.'I?.- "w. ,1.?. A.:.. i ... ..
fast after tne uermans vnv w iui
7amiu aokflrutiaii . & ttt4Wiv if
John S. AIaqill J.Gallgher
wounded killed
Private John Wark, from wounds re
ceived In thg battle of tho Marne, has
been received by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Walk, 2608 South Fallon street,
In a letter sent hy Chaplain Benedict,
of the 110th Regiment.
The parents believed their son to be
alive and well, although they knew he
was with his regiment at the fighting
front.
SIGHTLESS HEROES
OF WAR TO VISIT CITY
Seventeen Will Be Guests of
Working Home for Blind
Men
Seventeen American soldiers blinded
In battling with the German hordes will
"see" Philadelphia within the next few
days as the gues's of Frederick H. Mills,
superintendent of the Pennsylvania
Working Home for Blind Men. Two of
the group are Phlladelphlans. The exact
day of their visit depends upon the de
cision of Lieutenant Colonel James
Bordley, U. S. A., who Is In charge of
Base Hospital No. 7, Baltimore, where
the sightless heroes are now under ob
servation. Mr. Mills will defray nil expenses of
the trip. The soldiers, the first men who
have returned from the war blind, will
be taken fhrnugh the Pennsylvania
Working Home, the Overbrook School
for the Blind and other Institutions for
the sightless. They will also be taken
on a "sightseeing" tour of the city.
The seventeen ate under the care of
O. H. Burrett, superintendent of the
Overbrook rchool, who Is also director
of Base Hospital No. 7, which Is the
Government experimental station for
blinded soldiers. It Is there that the
men are tried out on various Hne4 of
work to determine the best method for
their re-educatlwi. It is said fourteen
of the seventeen nre of the type best
suited to broom making and probably
will eventually become residents of the
local institution, which Is the sixth
largest broom factory in the United
States and has already been designated
hy the Government as one of the chief
rehabilitation centers for blinded men.
While in this city the blind soldiers
will be guests at one of the noon lunch
eons of the workers In the campaign now
In progress to raise $150,000 for the
home in order to prepare it for the task
of caring for the expected Increase In
the number of blind men due to the vvaf
and consequently the speeding up of In.
dustry.
The luncheons are held dally In the
Hotel Adelphla to receive reports of the
canvassers. Five more days of the cam
palgn remain In which $120,000 must be
raised.
Lieutenant Colonel Bordley. who Is in
charge of all tho Government work for
blind soldiers, probably will speak at
Friday's luncheon. i
CHINESE IN CELL RILLS
SLACKER RAID VICTIM
Sounds of Death Struggle Un
heard by Moyamensing
Guards
-Man Ah Kin. a Chinese, killed Blacko
Doto, an alleged slacker, in a cell early
today at Moyamensing prison.
lioro, a mere youth In appearance,
waa strangled to death. His body was
found on the floor of the cell by a
guard. The Chinese, overawed by the
crime, was snuggled' In a corner of the
cell. ,
The appearance of the men showed
that they had fought for a long time.
Sounds of their struggle during the
night 'were drowned by a heavy down
pour of rain.
When Man Ah Kin was brought be
fote the prison olllclals he refused to
talk. He pointed to a' red circle on his
neck and several bruises to Indicate
that he fought In self-defense.
Doro resented being placed In a cell
with a Chinese and quarreled frequently
with Man Ah Kin, It Is said.
The Chinese was arrested with sev
eral others recently ut an Kddystone
munitions plant. He was charged with
violation of the exclusion act. He was
examined by Detective Belshavv and will
be arraigned at the Central Police Court,
charged with killing Doro. Doro was
among those rounded up by Federal of
ficials during a slacker raid In the cen
tral part of the city.
Officials of the prison board say it is
absolutely necessary In many cases to
place two men In a cell on account of
the overcrowded conditions.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
James n. Fersnion. lliR K Clarence at
rwol. "hV.1. r-r.'Jv?rJV, 10-8 E- Clarence at
Darry Hall. ..lets Keno at., and .Myrtle
Dryden. 0012 Havtrford avV.
Harris. 1R10 Montrnge at.
Albert .V Staples. Water Cap. Pa., and
..Lottie N Eck. 418 York road.
rrank C. Ebell. U H. N., 187 N Olenwood
woo'J a" aer,rude Waltt? W N. 01 en.
Odors M. Cieary. V. 8. X.. 2030 Mifflin at
id rtuth It, flelaer. 1800 Arch it.
W5"a.1hi!h'nniKk-. ,TH v,ne t- and Mary
A. Chlaholm. 77 Vine at.
hvA!?lt ' 'rhomaa. S, 20th at., and
, Olive O. Itennle. Scranlon, Pa.
John T. MacWatera, 4.V.-0 ,'. 20th at., and
Margaret llockln. Scranton. Ta
Frank Oreen 4030 llaverford ave.. and
Loulae Oaakina, 720 N. -CM it.
3oS.,u- l0""'"- Kik. Harbor. ,V. 3 and
Ottilia Fanalan. May'a Landine, N. J.
JJ!if vT K'W-lss Itadcllffe at., and
Ella MacMullln. Cormvella. Pa.
Richard I. Jlrovvn, SUM .Mldvate at and
Kdlth Olllftie. 3io Newhall at. " "na
Robert H. Jackaon, Jr., 727 Lex St.. and
Heatree Johnson 721 lix at.
Joseph Krupla, Jr., Camp Meade. Md and
Clara A, Wilson, Drexet Hill. Ta.
Harry C. MrOill. 3731 Walton ave.. and
. Julia A. Worrell, MB N. 41," ,?
Adrian H. Jones, U. H. A., 7"3 N. 11th at .
, andMarle Hacked. 2037 N. Front at.
Demont Skllea. Oap, l,ancaater Co.. Pa.,
and I Uertrude U. Weaver. Hinvrna. Pa.
JcI?phmSi. Clark. Overbrook, Pa and Mary
K. Oibb. Overbrook, Pa.
John Meholek, U. 8. N , and Margaret
, I)lon. '.'3'.'3 Bt. 'Alcana plate" "lr""
Horace T. ptlmmell, S0S1 N. 15th at..- and
Lillian Olckaon. Olney. Pa.
C-..: kP'. WIMn H, Cliy. U, 8. N., and
"M4 H loth"? " "" "g)na 8' Urown.
C, .P. Walter UY.nion. V..B. N. R.,!F..'H 1-"" J T.f T , V
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RED CROSS MAN
IS FIGHTER NOW
Reading Boy Throws Away
Insignia to' Combat Ger-
man Treachery
WRITES OF OUTRAGES .
Multiply Stories by 100 anth
You Have Nearer Trutb,
He Declares
f'ermnn machine gunners may wear
P.ed Cross badges on their arms whllet
they kill, and use the Bed Cross flag to f
hide machine gun nests and observation
posts, but the American hoy takes oft
the Insignia, If he happens to have one,"
when ho wants to fight.
This Is proved by Sergeant Edmund
J. Gable, of Heading, who, when ho
came In contact with German treach- '
cry on the field, tore the Bed Cross In
signia from his coat sleeve and seized a
pistol to Join In the fighting. Writing
in friends In Heading, ho says: "Take
the horrible things you have heard
about theso Huns and multiply them
by 100 and you havo about the truth. ,
"Mad ! It makes you so mad that tho
officers have difficulty In keeping the
noys from shooting prisoners," ho
writes. "I am a witness that the Ger
man machine gunners wear lied Cross
bands on their arms. For our boys Shot
them as they cranked their guns and
they lie but three blocks from here.
"Vepterday I climbed up a spiral stair-.',
way Inside of an old N'orman round,
tower, wall sixteen feet thick, ninety,
feet hlsh. It was a tangled mass of
German telephone wires Inside an ar
tillery observation post. And on top.
In a mass of bushes, was lying a big; ,
fled Cross flag."
Sergeant Gable sent the flag home to
his brother.
"It Is absolutely true that they delib
erately bomb or shell every first-aid or
hospital that they can pet to. 'iou get
so full of rage that long ago I tore off
my Bed Cross band, and I now Wear a
.45 Colt In lis place."
John F. Ward, of Allentown, Is with
the 134th Machine Gun Battalion. He
was In the marine drive, and he writes ,,
that he aided In the capture of a groupA
of Germans who were carousing In a
church when they were surprised hy the
Americans.
"Out of sheer blasphemous Insult to
the French." he writes, "the Huns were,
using the communion cups to drink
beer."
Dr. It. L. Stackpolo, of Butler, who
has been with the Rainbow Division In
tho thick of the . fighting above the
Marne, reiterates the Indictment In di
rect language.
"Anything you read of brutnllty nnd
ravage of property and women and
girls," he writes, "take It from me, be
lieve It, for It Is true. I havo seen It
and talked with the girls. Don't let any,
one say It is all newspaper lies: It Is
trUQ. too true, and beyond one's Imagina
tion." PROBE NEWARK'S FATAL FIRE
Eight Missing May Increase Fac-"
tory Fire Deaths to 19
7ie United Press "
Newark, X. J Sept. 18.' Investlga- ,
lion into the causes of the fire which .
late yesterday destroyed the plant of the '
American Button Company caused eleven
known deaths and Injured many per
sons, was begun today under the dlrec-
tlon of Mayor Charles Glllen.
The Grand Jury also may be asked
to determine responsibility for the trag
edy. It Is feared that the number of
deaths will be Increased to nineteen, as -there
are eight girls missing. Seven of
the bodies recovered have not been
identified. The plant was destroyed.
BIG FOOD MEETING HERE
County Administrations and Women
Aids at Bellevue-Stratford
A two days' convention of all county
food administrators of Pennsylvania
opened today at the Bellevue-Stratford.
Discussions were purely administra
tive, dealing with interpretations and
enforcement of food rulings. The meet
ing Is not open to the public.
Women deputies from the various
eounlles are also In session.
IICATIIS
MeCANDIXFP. Sept. 17. IMS. SAMUEL
OEOltdK, son of George and Lillian Mc
I'and'elT. nireri 1." months. Relatives and
friends Invited to attend funeral services.
Frl., 'J p. m . at residence of his parents.
2730 Vt Fletcher at. Int. private. Ar
llnRton rem.
KNIPB. Suddenly. 02(1 S. Mth t.. 8ept.
17. ANNA S., wife of William It. Knlpe. -Relatives
and friends Invited to the service,
Thura.. -'.30 p. m.. at the Oliver H. Balr
nirtg,, man Chentnut at.' Int. private.
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GIRLS WANTED
lfl yearn old. for office work tn n bank: n
experience required: state bb and salar:
ry
expected. I' 1113. l.eqger unice.
STENOGRAPHER for office In N. Thila.: Bet
a position near home: pleasant sur.: Kood
pay: perm, poaltlon. Y 48, I1. O. Box .3.10D.
HELP WAXTKO MALK
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est U. S. Employment Office. Mrlne this ad
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