ife 'itf 6 .WTJTT,W sFvt vTEIWIIlW 1 '. ' ,' ' O'Vi" i ' T VjMSY !:, ' . jii 4 raKMBE( r'Wwwm&i Jm.8 nira i $i ,1VA, -.rH '4'wifl( . jhii i , v ., ', yi- i - m',Trif ji ii '" ' V IVV , iv . ..., "-.av3Pwvjcr EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-felLAbELPklAr THURSDAY, SEPTlilER 19, iftfc iv y - TirfA" i", r i.." n" - . " I ' M Sfc I - . . - WS OF PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS IN BATTLEZONE AND IN WAR CAMPS I fPATH TO flinRY" PUTNAM, U.S. ACE, DIES IN AIR FIGHT CHESTER PRIVATE A PHILADELPHIANS, HEROES IN BATTLE ONE SAILOR DIES; 1000 GRIP CASES Disease Spreads to Civilian Population Krusen Not Alarmed i, a. - -- v xw .'7. iimA n .it DIED LIKE A HERO V J I ?4 $ l-tt."A rr k J Flier and Companion At Gebrge Mitchell Receive Word of Son Killed in Action mj Americana mu jruunu wt German Sien in France. tacked by Squad of Seven German Aviators HAD WON 12 VICTORIES Ifi yjttv . . . I 53p City Boy Writes E ' - C' mrcrpmirc niTTPAr.ps 400 NAVY MEN TREATED COL. A. MINER WRITES fgT Ei.'. ifeS- Tl,.n Tl.. r f- AT- " i Downed Five Teutons in One i Day Shot Twice Through Heart Many Sufferers Not Severely Attacked and Doctors' See No Cause for Fear His Command, 109th Artil lcry, in Rest Camp After Turn on Firing Line "X JL 1 JL UW Ul T AU& i'AV-1 l J y W-' W.B.CONUGY W. C.SAMTH ejAAieS HENUE.V rREO O, WADLE EDWARD "Y. OAMTH Misslns Wounded Prisoner- Prisoner Wou.nded Says William B. Clare in Letter tf.' . i Fn-lk BiK Milit5 '' HM$vw Hi flHR3Es ! a ,' !4HPi HHI' t VH LJSfi:fl y i, "I've been shelled so much I fet ; Itke a peanut; In fact, I feel lon'nm when they let up for a few ml utrs." writes William B. Clare, a Ph H 1lphta ' boy with a hospital unit In I"i t. In a letter to the Soldiers' Club, of Smith, Kline '& French Co.. which has sixty-one members In the service. Yeung Clare's home here Is In Linden ttreet above Towersdale avenue, where his parents live. The letter was written just before he Bw went out with, an attacking roree that fcMYt y was to cross a river during the night. " hM U-. . t.1 .mil. 14 Um net (via sav oaiu tio nuuiu i lie li lir t luur back, but If the club didn't hear from him to watch the casualty lists. He came out without a scratch, howexer, and wrote that he hoped his Rood for tune would continue. His first letter follow", In part: Go Forward Always "We have been In the. line since July 4, and going forward day by day All along the line there are ruined French villages all renamed by the Her mans. I'ven the streets are renamed, such as. Von Hlndenburg Wok, or Kaiser Weg or something similar. The funny tiart Is the main road they called the Path to Glory and It led to Paris. The Yanks have renamed It the Path of Glory again, only this time the slRn posts point to Berlin Instead of Paris German ammunition lies all along the road here and there a shattered Run testifying to the accuracy of American gunnery, and then the piles of German dead, sometimes fifty or sixty to a pile, then a little pile of four or five with a single khaki uniform, his hand on his "Oaf showlnp he got his bodies before ,they got htm. It's always thus, all along the line. It's costing us blood and men to drive through, but damn them, they can't stop us; they won't fight square. While the main German army, the First Division of Prussian Guards, arc re treating licked to a frazzle by the insig nificant Yankee militia they scoffed at; while they are retreating they leave be hind them machine-gun nests manned by Bavarians with plenty of ammuni tion to hold up the line, and when good Americans charge them with cold steel and they are on the verge of being cap tured they throw up their arms and yell 'Kamarad.' The dogs think they will fret meTCy after Americans have seen their buddies killed by their side Do they get It? Xo! Xo prisoners cap tured here" only when they are caurht by companies and to date we have caught 40.000 since July 15. Xot so bad for the militia. In It? Especially v .Z"'n "lc Rrp ngnung tne rar-famed JJ&.- Prussian Guard, the elite of the German 3 t'', P army. i-K- Women n.lnv !',! : "The dirty docs even uru wnmpn T &: tf Was in th rOr nf a nhqpira .., n .! woods that vas full' of machine-gun nests In trees. A whole regiment of the so-called Insignificant militia, wbo hall I from Phllly, charged up this hill toward I those woods with machine guna spitting , fire and the rat-ta-tat-tat of the bullets making a deafening noise and the bullets olng- plng-plng-plng all around you, men dropping by your side cursing tha Huns. When we reached the top every Hun machine gunner yelled 'Kamerad' Sand when the cold steel began to go home I saw. In two different Instances, German soldiers repeal themselves as women. And they expected mercy be cause of their sex and like the fools we are, they were given it. God knows how many good Americans these Ama zops killed. It's hell, I tell you the way these Germans fight. They use every cunning device they can. Their artillery Is good but the Infantry can't fight with 'out It. They even take their airplanes and paint the French colors on them and swoop down back of our line and 1 pour machine gun fire into our lads t waiting behind some trench. ASK IRON WORKERS TO SIGN AGREEMENT Wj- War Labor Board Hears De- mand for Wage Increase Af 1 fecting 10,000 Men Negotiations for an agreement to abide isa?', liy the ruling of the national war labor a ooara occupiea most or toaay b session tytfL "of Uie hearing being held .in the Federal jy? yDulldlng of the demands of the Amalga mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of Xorth America for an increase In wages for workers In the East to meet the standard In the West The hearing Is being held before three representatives of the war labor board, W. F. Ogburn, Sam Evans and Robert M. Buck, of Xew York. V Ten thousand Iron workers employed i4i"by eleven big mills, most of which are Brcfe ."working on Government contracts, are Kv .invovea in tne nearing. TrouDie started '" in July, when a threatened strike was B'&ljsjr .prevented by the leaders for the work- Jf, jgers, who presented their case to the war F-V2R -l&Kir board. 'ijfy& - - .-. .t . ' 1J" xn iirsi c6e laKen up was me con & ltroversy between the Reading Iron Com- Kpny, oi iteaaing, ana lis employes, and ll. board's decision In this case prob- M ' i&f y ? accepted as a precedent r'jVlleP rulings In the other cases to be V.TsJlwMd. f ,' jff7?',JWhen the case was called the employes -iiktd George Schuman, general man "bJsoiimr and representative of the company. 3l-xXIQ., sign an agreement to abide by the ' tj.mrAlm Hff1on Rohntnnn nrnpnti1 Ilia -. rv-vH ww.w... vu. ...... ........ ,.. .agreement to Frank Hminx, president ;f the company, at Reading, and his de liiatelon Is being awaited 'SJjtThe workers ask Increases to agree "-with the 116.50 a ton paid to puddlers Vest of the Allegheny niver. The scale Hn the East Is $12.S0 a ton. An Increase 24 per cent Is asked for bar Iron leers, and in, pen cent for sKeip iron trackers- A$b tusoclailon Is represented by Its bswoclate president, D. J. Davis, and SI. PF.-Tlhe, secretary and treasurer. 5r . , i " ,' 1.xli R MeP.ll Til yr-r"" - ---., " . .. , Mcueii, presiaent o um a, BHectrlc Company, has been trip ipr several aays, out i cHHH5 'Vv ! ilk llhM-!iLi ;iHll Wv- ysSliis-W Bfit) (rl ItHrrlfl & Ku tir IIELPKD WIN 1110 MCTORY Colonel William Milclicll (top) ili rerteil llie arrial ork of llic St. MihicI ilrivc, uhile Colonel Eil wanl I. O'Hcrn (belo) directed the big guns 57 U. S. SOLDIERS IM rrDMAM rAlUDCiH pnlls,e1 ns an aintor with the La Ill UliMAlM LAlVlrO faette flying snuadron ami brought I down his first enemy machine January 113. 1918 He was awarded the French Eleven Arc Pliilatlclphians and Thirteen From Other Sec tions of Pennsylvania fly the Vnited Press WnMnctnn. Sept 19. i The War Department today located Yankee prisoners In the following Ger man camps At Camp Sehweiclnltz R. G Mills paugh, Topeka. Kan At Camp L.vndshut R F Raymond, Boston At camp (unknown) r. (!. Wadle, Philadelphia; C. H Betty, Timpas. Col ; W. r. Merget. Hemline, Ph.; R Brown, Pleasant Hill, O . II M. Thorshelm Thompson, Iowa , L. Adams, Parfshvllle, X D. ; A. L Whlton. Xortonvillc, X. D. ; G. D. Tlbbets. Bennington, X. H : A B. Holbrook, Rockland, Me.; J J. Collins, Xew Haven, Conn ; II. C. Herdort, rittnburgli; L Strausi, Xew York city: M. F Williams. Brooklyn, W. Va ; T Holahan, Xew York city; R. C. Harri son, Lafayette, Ind. ; I. J. Hartle, Mry rrsdnle, 1'n.; J. 11. Kestler, Hulthnore; A. Hauser. Laurel, Cal. : C K. Perkins, Winchester, Mass ; A. Ilrlenlak, Phila delphia; K. Voelmle, I'lilluilelphla; F. Mysllwlen, Chicago; . Fuchs. Colum bus, O. ; S. Radclirr, Chicago ; G H. Kis sel. Xew York city; J. J. Heney, Phila delphia; K. K. Pnjtler, lUoomnlmrjr, ItitTh J. V. PoUcek, Tipton, Iowa, S. Xaz zaro, Branchllle, Conn , J. Hendersoji. Rockland. Mass. ; W Hunter, Spring Valley, Wis : 13. . Aiiilrrnou, I'hlluilrl plilu; II. Arostn, I'lilladrlphlu; r.. 8. Gnstrork, Philadelphia ; K (ioremnn, Ilrldgeport, I'u.; II Greenbere, Brook lyn, X. Y ; .1. I. nnmlnirk, Philadelphia; It. II. :lblon. Ilunmore, Pi.; J. K. Brenner, Davidson. Mich.. C" J Brown, Bucltholts, Tex ; J. (Irjilileilrr, Ncintl roke. Pa.; W. O Tleralen. Brooklyn, X.Y ; A. C. Braun, Cottage Groe, Wis. ; B McGulne, Milwaukee; II II. (Iraliuin, New ltrldhton, I'u.; S. Golinottl, I'hlla delphla; C. ! Gutis, Johnntown, Pa. ; F AV. Raymond, Chicago; P. Goldstein. Xew York city ; O. Kcksteln, Xew York ; I,. Clark, Mejersdulr, IM ; II. B. Flaher, Berlin, Vn. At Camp Limburg J. Srnrlatn, Pitts burgh; J. II. rrrle, Jr.. Phllndrlplilu. At Geisscn L. It. I.enhurt, omerllelil. Fa. FRENCH BELIEVE IN U.S. LEWES CORPORAL SAYS They Say War Would Be Lost Now but for Amer icans If the Americans had not entered the war it would be oer now. but the Ger mans would hap been llic Ictors this Is the opinion of Fri-nch people us expressed to Corporal W Sterling Jones and related by him in a letter to Ills uncle, W S Holland. 1314 Parrish street. Corporal Jones is in the First Company. Twentieth L .V. Engineers, in France. His mother is Mrs D. P Jones, of Lewes, Del. "I suppose ou hae t,een the slogan," he adds, "our fellows use when going " ' i"i rieii, Heaven or Ho boken by Christmas." "Most all the Yanks you see in France are actually bloodthirsty and they hate the Germans or anything of German origin. If you could tee what they hae done to old men. wjjmen and children you would think the same, and I sup pose you do. anyway Imagine your daughter made a mother without her consent, or your son, perhaps only six, seven or maybe ten years of age. In oculated with germs of some terrible disease which, even though it did not destroy him, would make his children blind, crippled, or something of the sort? Can you Imagine such things? I have seen them all " Corporal Jones wrote his letter on the stationery of the Hotel de Paris, and he asks his mother to send cards to several French families he has met. "I like to make friends with as many French people as possible," he writes. "You know they believe 1n Uncle Sam, and I don't think they are wrong." HELD IN GIRL'S DEATH Negro Women Accused of Helping .Man Drug Her Mary Hardy, Lombard street above Seventeenth, and Mary Owens, Chad wlck street, below Locust, negroes, were today held by Magistrate Persch to await the action of the coroner as a result of the death Tuesday In the Pennsylvania Hospital of Marlon Draper, 1330 Rodman street. The Draper girl, a negress, eighteen 'years old. died of an overdose of drugs. District Detective Canon testified that Marion Draper told him before she died tnaiiiwo women iitu uer wune a negro By the Associated Press Willi the American Army on the Lor raine Front. Sept 19. First Lieutenant Pavld K. Putnam, of Xewton, Mnss , American ace of aces, was killed late Wednesday after noon whlio on patrol nlong the Amer ican lines. Lieutenant Putnam was flying with Lieutenant Wendella Robertson, of Fort Smith, Ark., when they were attacked by seven German machines. Four of thee made for Putnam's nlrplane and ' tlireo attacked Robertson's. Tho at i tark was sudden and unexpected and tile enemy was able to fire from above. Lieutenant Putnam was shot twice through the heart His machine glided to the earth at Limey, within the Amer ican lines, where he was found by his comrades Lieutenant Robertson re turn! (1 safely. Lieutenant David R. Putnam, a de scendant of General Israel Putnam, was credited with twelve aerial victories war cross March 23 after having won five victories In the air. He was later decorated with the military medal by tlio French Government. Lieutenant Putnam was transferred to the American aerial corps as first lieutenant early In June. Ills achieve ment June 10 of bringing down five German airplanes In one day has been eclipsed only once during the war, Avi ator Rene Fonck, of the French army. having destroyed six machines In one day Lieutenant Putnam's last aerial victory was reported September 2. 34,000 MEN FROM CITY TO GO INTO NEW ARMY State Expected to Supply 207,000 Under Plan An nounced by March Philadelphia probably will supply 34.000 men the strength of a full di vision and an additional brigade to the new war program announced by Gen eral March, chief of staff. ' Tho plan to havo five fully equipped American field armies in Hurope by July 1, necessitating the inducting of 2,700,000 men into the army serslce. disclosed today by General March, will bring many big calls for men to the lo cal hoards In this city during the ensu ing months. Kstlmates, based on the oroportlons of the new registration, from which the majority of the new men will he taken, gles Pennsylvania a quota of approxl. mately 207,000 men to be called to the colors to carry out the man-power pro gram If this 1h carried out In accordance with tho percentage of registrations, the State will furnish Uncle Sam's forces with a trifle more than secn full fight ing divisions. If the cllglbles were seg regated Into all-Pennsylvania units. Of that body Philadelphia could lay clafhi to one full division and a brigade of Infantry two regiments. General March yesterday stated that here would be in existence by July 1, 1019, nn army of 4,800,000, or nearly five field armies with an average strength of nearly l.ooo.ooo men each. At present. General March said, there are 3,200,000 men under arms. It Is planned to call 2,700,000 addi tional men in the new draft between now and next July, which, added to the 3, 200,000, will make a grand total, with allowances for casualties and rejections, of 4,800,000. There is a general opinion among army officers that the newly-summoned selectn will all be in Europe by the lat ter part of July, meaning that the calls for the 2.700,000 men must be started without delay. General Crowder estimates that half of the 2.700,000 men to be called will be obtained from tho registrants of nlniteen to twenty years and thirty-two to thirty six years. PHILADELPHIA HEROES RETURN Captain Brown and Lieutenant ISolan to Instruct Dix Recruits Two Philadelphia officers Captain Henry P Brown, Jr., and Lieutenant John 13. Nolan have returned home as Instructors at Camp Dix. Captain Brown has reported at Camp Dix after a lslt nt his home at Chestnut "Hill, and Lieutenant Nolan left for camp late today, after visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs Thomas Howard, 438 Wood lawn avenue. Lieutenant Nolan was the first Ameri can officer to enter Chateau-Thierry af ter Its capture by United States troops He formerly was a newspaperman and was a member of the football squad when he attended tho University of Pennsylvania Captain Brown won the Croix de Guerre for bravery, and was wounded In France. His gallantry In the action in which he was wounded also won him the promotion from first lieutenant to captain. "Some Germans may throw down their arms and yell 'Kamerad I' when they get In a tight place, but not the Prus sian Guard," Lieutenant Nolan said of the action before Chateau-Thierry. "Those Prussian Guards fought like ttrers. They stood ud like men. killing And being killed, until they were wiped out. If our boys had not been as quick, as well trained and as brave as the Guards, we would have lost out," Appointed to City Positions City appointments today Include Hnrrv W. Mulllken. 183S Delhi .!. WJESASKSl"ShJSSlrVAf SSv. e$W teenth street. Inspector, Bureau of Street -.oVkhStrrLJfe J Miggins Samcl GeoNMOTti MlSSIIT Prisoner E. VOELAAUE Prisoner P.E. Gf2EEW Prisoner CHARLE5 HUMMEL, W. SLEMMER, Wounde3... Killed--- BIDS SOLDIER SON FIGHT ON TO END "Until Germany Subscribes to President's Peace Terms," Advises Harry C. Cope "Fight until autocratic, beastly Ger many pulls down her Imperial eagle In submission and unqualifiedly subterlbes to the President's peace terms." This Is the advice of Harry C Cope, an attorney of Bethlehem, Pa., In u let ter to his soldier son. Second Lieutenant Charles H Cope, who Is now in France, undergoing special Instruction at the Saumur Artillery School. The letter. In part, follows: "Won't dear old U. S. be a command ing figure In world politics after this great war? Talk about respecting the Stars and Stripes In foreign countries: President Wilson's message to Congres stating the war alms of the Allies, (Jan uary 8, 1918) was a master stroke of genius and ennobled the war as far as the Allies were concerned. 'At first many thoughtless people tried to ridicule the lofty thought of the message and considered it as nn Impracticable dream, hut it caught the heart of humanity, gave the Allies an Ideal they could fight for with enthusi asm and was unqualifiedly accepted by them. "At once It placed the United States In the lead and we may now feel as sured that where our flag files it will be loved and respected, for 'America In this war seeks no material profit or aggrandizement of any kind. She Is fighting for the liberation of peoples everywhere from the aggressions of au tocratic force." (Dedication of Red Cross Building. Washington. May 12, 1917 ) "And again. In the message stating the Allies' war aims: 'Whafwo demand In this war, therefore. Is nothing pecu liar to ourselves. It Is that the world be made safe for every peace-loving nation which, llko our own, wishes to live its own life, determine Its own Institutions, be assured of justice and fair dealing by the other peoples of the world as against force and selfish aggreslon.' "That is statesmanship of the highest order, and thank God, nnd that It was an American President that made the dec laration, and that it la the American nation that is offering up tho precious blood of Its brave, manly boys to make that declaration good. Fight for It, boy, until autocratic, beastly Germany nulls down her Imperial eagle In sub mission and unqualifiedly subscribes to It herself." ave her life to u. s. I Mii Tcllie J, Ward, 228 North ?f ,,.reet "ho "e.d ln Fr'ice: fi&k-i J&k? J MBfcv B3&- &m. W' ilP'i! iPH -3iMi WHK ItAMM A HH 1 wWA 11iPHi ::'dZ3HV J.DDoammicx: E.G.Amoerson E,S.GasxR.cck le.AcosrA Prisoner Prisoner HEROES FROM THIS CITY ON THREE CASUALTY LISTS Continued from Tnse One and wounded soldiers of the American expeditionary forces were landed In the United States. Thcro were 447 landed In the preceding week. SKETCHES OF HEROES MIkh Nellie J. Ward contracted pneunomls that resulted In hor death while on duty, according to a letter writ ten by her twin sister that was received by their brother, Wllllain II. Ward, 228 North Paxon street. Miss Ward, who enlisted with her sister ns a nurse In the Jefferson Hospital unit, was twenty eight ears old. Both she and her sister were nurses nt the Pennsylvania Hospital before they entered the coun tryBa service. Her sister Is Miss Katharine Ward. A funeral with full mllitaiy honors was glen the dead nurse, and the Mayor of the town where she was bur led addressed tho largo number of sol diers who followed tho body to the grac, pledging that her gr.-no would always be kept green. She was born In Fetcrson, Mass. After training at the McLean Hospital. Wa erly, Mass., and tho Massachusetts Gen eral Hospital, Boston, she came to Phil adelphia in 1916 to take up her work at tho Pennsylvania Hospital. Trlvate Km In C. Garrett, Company G, Sixteenth Infantry, has been severely wounded, according to information re ceived by his mother, Mrs. George L. Garrett, 431 West Stafford street. Gar rett had been offered a chance for a commission, but refused, because ho wanted to get more fighting experience as. a private. Ho waa wounded July 18. a bullet passing through his body and missing ms spine by an Inch, Samuel Geon'nottl Is nineteen vears old and a brother of Detective Jerry lleon-u" ' i wn m, I. T netti. a member of the "murder squad" whereas President Wilson has In a of the city force. He was reported mist- I series of admirable speeches and offl Ing In action July 15, after having par- c'al addresses laid down In principle tlclpnted in the drive on Chateau-' tho essentials of tho new world order Thierry. His parents, after a vain ef-land Is in a strong position when he fort to lenrn whether he was a pris oner, gave him up as dead. Today De tective Geonnottl received a letter from tho American Bed Cross ami a telegram from the War Department, saying the younger Geonnottl had been located In a German prison camp. He was a mem ber of Company B, 110th Infantry, and lled with his parents at C28 Carpenter street. Private William II, Conley, twenty flvo, is officially reported by the War Department an missing since July 19. Conlcy's mother. Mis. Patrick Conley, 8612 Filbert street, received a letter from him Septemher 5. In which he stated he was well and haing a good time. Conley was one of twenty-one to enlist from the Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster avenue district, nnd the first to be in the casualty list. He enlisted In June. 1917, and sailed for France In May of this year. He was employed by faamuel Cresswell Company, Twenty third nnd Cherry streets. Conley Is att tached to Company A, 109th Infantry. Prlrate James I llljtRln, nineteen, son of Mrs. Ksther Higgins, 316 North Thirty-eighth street, is officially reported missing on July 30. Since then his mother has received two cards, printed Government forms, but signed In his own handwriting, stating "I am well, letter follows." HlgginH enlisted. In June, 1917, trained at Camp Hancock, and sailed for Frai.ce in May of this year with Company A, 109th Infantry. Before entering the service he was em ployed as a cabinetmaker in a furniture mill In this city. Private William Callahan, 2314 South Carlisle street, has been wounded and is now In a base hospital In France, ac cording to an announcement made last night by the War Department. Previous reports received from the Bed Cross stated that he was In a German prison camp. The soldier Is twenty-one years old, and was at tho front with Company jj. nutn inianiry. lie was reported missing July 15. A brother, Patrick, Is also In the service. Private Kmln C. Garrttt, Company G, Sixteenth Infantry, has been severe ly wounded, according to Information received by his mother, Mrs. George L. Garrett, 431 West Stafford street. Pri vate Garrett had been offered a chance for a commission, but refused, because he wanted to get more fighting experi ence as a private. He was wounded July 18, a bullet passing through his body and missing his spine by an Inch Prltate Teter Kefaloa, killed July 15, was a former resident of Riverside, N. J., where he was employed In the hosiery mill of William F. Taubel. He was twenty-sljc yeara of age, and was not well known In Riverside. It is thought he was a Greek. He left the town In one of the first draft groups. Private ltunell William Mlllerr, sou of Mrs. Catherine Gibbons, 5227 Master street. Is reported missing since July 20. Miller enlisted November 1, 1916, at the age of nineteen. From then until Janu ary he was at Fort Slocum, when he was sent to the Mexican border. He sailed for France In June of last year with Company A. Twenty-sixth Infantry, the Rainbow Division, jierore entering the service he was an apprentice car bulldir in the West Philadelphia shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Thirty ninth street and Powelton avenue. Official notice from the War Depart ment yesterday confirmed the report that Sergeant Elmer V. Patterson, Jr., 417 Ludlow' street, had been killed In action. Letters received by his family last week told of his death, which fol- how the pto-oo l "' Prisoner were reported unofficially on September 10. Both men wero members of tho old First Regiment. Private Stanley H. Berry, 187 West Weaver street, whose death Is reported officially in tho casualty list today, was reported killed In action In an unofficial report received here on August 13. The name of Private William J. Slemmer, 221G Scpviva street, who was unoffi cially reported Inst Monday as having lost his life In action, appears In the casualty list today. Iteporls that Corporal John J. Gal lagher had fallen In France, where he Is detailed with Company K, 109th Infan try, hro without foundation. Two days go his parents, who now reside at 1823 Stiles street, received a letter from him. In which he stated that everything was going fine, adding that he did not be lieve It would take long to "clean up" the Germans. "Tho Germans stoop to pull anything," he wrote, "and ou have to watch them all tho time." When Gallagher sailed for France with his regiment his parents wero living at 916 Tasker street. Tho soldier was a member of the old First Ilegtment. Kaiser Losing Nerve; May Go in Seclusion Continued from Taite One would like to see the Entente Inveigled Into formal secret conversations. Raines Disarmament Question In opposition to that section of opin ion which wants to see tho Austrian proposals rejected out (if hand, there Is a growing Insistence on the necessity of Issuing a reply which will give tho German war lords no opportunity of rnllvlne their people. The Westminster I,. ..- . i..i. ..i.i. ,.t iv,t simply refers back to his own utter nncea. tho Governments of tho Entente have not yet spoken with the same clear ness and fullness, and that thero is everything to gain by a. united joint declaration. The basis of that declara tion, according to the Gazette, would be dlfarmament. "The only fruitful question which can be put to the Prussian militarists Is, will they disarm? That and nothing else Is the test of the extermination of Prussian militarism. That alone, with the necessary safeguards, is its own guarantee, and there Is no other founda tion in which a league of nations can bo built." The Manchester Guardian and London Star nrguo strongly for the view that the Allies can so present the case to Austria that her desire to quit the war will be greatly Increased, her an tagonism to Germany stiffened, her re luctance to send further re-enforcements to the French front deepened. "Or," says the Guardian, "they may make such nn answer as will throw Austria back In despair Into the Ger man arms." This point of view is dismissed as "the fear of a small and timid minority" by the Northcllffe papers, which de clare that a fiat rejection of the Austrian proposals "such ns has just been given by President Wilson" cannot drive Aus tria back into the arms of Germany he cause she Is already in them, and there Is no reason to suppose, she has any Intention of leaving them. Though noth lng( can yet be predicted with certainty, it 'is (he opinion of the best judges, whom your correspondent has been able to consult, that tho Entente Govern ments will agree to the policy of a united reply which, while refusing to enter a. conference on the lines sug gested by the Austrian note, will leave the door open for further proposals based on the acceptance of certain es sential principles necessary to a stable peace. SEVEN MORE MADE OFFICERS Philadelphia Among Men From Nearby to Get Commissions Seven Pennsvlvnnlnns and men from elsewhere In Pennsylvania and from Delaware and New Jersey appear In the list of officers' commissions announced by the War Department. The list fol lows : TCnllsteri men to se second lieutenants. engineers D. J. Coolldge. Jersey Shore. Pa.; It. w. jiacaman, womeisaorr, t'a. ; Armando Tunon Riccl. 1314 South Six teenth street, Philadelphia. Enlisted men 10 c secona lieutenants, quartermaster W. R. Abrahamson. Camden. N. J.; J. 13. Byrne. Atlantic City: F. E. Hartweg. 1320 North Sixth street, Philadelphia; R. C. Jordan, Erie, Pa. ; Pi A. Martin, Trenton ; A. J. Schelly, Allentown, Pa.; P. A, Vanne man, Jr., Cynwyd. Pa.: Raymond S. Wood, 1928 Roberts avenue, Philadel phia. .... Captain, medical corps William Mc Keague, 3131 North Broad street, Phlla. delnhla. ., , First lieutenants, medical corps A. A, Collins. Oxford, Pa.; Leo Gerald Flan nery, 2356 North Broad street, Phtlade). Phla ; V. M. D. Marcy, Cape May, N, J, ; Robert Cade Parrish, 6301 Chester ave nue, Philadelphia, Second lieutenant, sanitary corps Elmer M. 8tevens, 543 Olney avenue. Philadelphia. City's Dalapce Decreases The amount paid Into the City Treas ury during the last week was 17, f7 R8 mH hA mvmtnli amounted to Prisoner J,og8,286.84. The balance on, hand; not Committee Gives Rules to Prevent Disease Spread The Philadelphia Tuberculosis Committee today made public these recommendations to prevent spread of Spanish Influenza: "When obliged to cough or sneeze always hold a. handkerchief, paper napkin or fabric of some kind be fore the face. Spanish Influenza, as well as tuberculosis germs, are communicated by promiscuous sneezing. "Sterilize dishes nnd silverware after using. "Uso Individual drlnklnfr cups a well as Individual towels In homes nnd offices particularly -when some member of tho family or working force has tho slightest suggestion of a cold." Spanish Influenza, which developed re cently among sailors and marines In the Philadelphia Navy Yard, has spread to the civilian population of the downtown section, according to Director Doctor Krusen, of the Department of Health. One sailor Is dead of Influenza, pre sumably of the Spanish form. Doctor Krusen said thero was no oc casion for alarm over tho spread of the disease downtown. Tho cases wero not numerous and very few were severe enough to require hospital service. Tho Municipal Hospital hBB been made ready to receive Spanish Influenza sufferers. Dies In Naval Hoipltal The victim was a sailor stationed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He died early today at the United States Naval Hospital, according to announcement by Chief Surgeon Pickerel!. The disease continued to spread among tho sailors today, Doctor Plck crell said, and more sufferers were be ing treated at the hospital. Ho said nearly 400 sailors and marines were being treated at the Naval Hospital and at tho Leaguo Island Hospital, Doctor Pickeroll said It had not been (established whether the sailor, whose aeatn occurrea, was a victim or apanisn Influenza. Death was due to Influenza, he said, but whether or not It was the Spanish disease was not known. He- said every effort Is being made to check the spread of the disease by isolation of those who havo already fallen victims. t Many additional cases were reported today from the navy yard. Doctor Plck erell said he had no authority to speak of conditions at the navy yard. It Is understood, however, that several hun dred sailors and marines are in the hos pital there, although information rela tive to the spread of tho disease was withheld by authorities at the navy yard hospital. An appeal for the observance of ordl. nary rules of sanitation to prevent the spread of Spanish influenza In Phila delphia was made today by the Phila delphia tuberculosis committee. This was done at tho suggestion of Surgeon General Gorgas, who has asked the committee's co-operation In check ing an oiseases mat in nny way influ ence the production of war material. According to General Gorgas the de- siructiveness or tne miluenza germ in France and England was for a time a limiting factor In the output of muni tion plants. in calling on pnuaaeipnians to aid In everv wav nosslble In the nreventlnn nf an epidemic that will in any way re- inrn tne country s war program. It. N. Whaley, secretary of the committee, said: "A recurrence at this time of such an epidemio as the scourge of grippe mat swept American twenty years ago would be a tragedy." It is estimated thero are now more than 1000 cases of the disease In the city. Phislclans today wore kept busy answering calls to homes where It was feared some member of the family was stricken, and in this way many cases arc being discovered before the viftlms havo a chance to ciiculate and spread the disease. Shipyard Take Precautions Fears that the epidemic of Spanish In- 'fluenza, wh4ch Is sweeping the Atlantic seaboard, may cripple the shipyards led Colonel Philip S. Doane, head of the health and sanitation section of the fleet corporation, today to determined efforts to check tho scourage. "It 1b quite possible that the epidemic was started by Huns sent ashore by bocho submarine commanders," .said Colonel Doane today. "We know thnt men have been ashore from German sub marines. It would be easy for one of these Germans agents to turn loose Spanish Influenza germs In a theatre or some other place where largo numbers of persons are assembled, "As yet the scourage has not obtained a grip on the eastern shipyards, and It is the mission of the health and sanita tion section to see that It does not. League Island Navy Yard, the Charles town Navy Yard at Boston and the naval training camp on the Great Lakes have been placed under rigid quaratlne. To have the scourge gain a grip In the ship, yards would likely prove disastrous to the shipbuilding program, and we havo sent warnings to all shipyard officials." RUSK WORK ON CITY PIERS Lack of Materials Overcome, Port Terminals. Near Completion Work on new municipal piers Is being rushed ln order to Insure early comple tion. Inability of contractors to get oak pilings because of congested rail road traffic delayed construction at Cherry street for a time, but this diffi culty Is now ended. Iron work Is pro gressing rapidly, and a number of the big frames are already In place. The new piers at the foot of JUcKean street are fast nearing completion, They are the largest ever constructed at this port. They are 250 feet wide, 900 feet iong, with a deck space of 300 feet on each side. The cost s about 1,500,000. The MoKean street nlers hv nlroarfi. been taken over by the Government, and Director Webster, of the Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, believes that the Cherry1 street pier will also be taken over when completed. The port will benefit ln the event of the Capital Issues Coirmlitee permlttlnr the city to sell bonds to the amount of Id, "Ho died llko a hero," Is he word that comes back from France telling of the death of Private Walter Mitchell, of Chester, who was a member of Company C, 111th Infantry. He fell while charg ing up a hill, with a bullet through hla head, according to a letter to his father, George Mitchell, a member of the Chester board of education. The 109th Field Artillery of the Iron Division has been In action, but ther have been no recent casualties, writes Colonel Asher Miner, the commander. The 109th Field Artillery Is the old Third Pennsylvania Artillery of Wilkes Barre. The regiment has returned to rest camp from the firing line. More letters telling of casualtfeS among Infantry units of the Iron Division aie coming In, telling of th fighting at the Marne. Private Daniel E. Reppfrt. of 7Ioyer town, with Company K, 109th Infantry, was killed In action. Ho has two broth' trs In, the service, one of whom, Peter E. Reppert, recently received the French war cros for braery. Colonel's Hon Wounded Captain Laurence H. Watres, of Scranton, with the 108th Marine-Gun Battalion, ha been wounded In action, according to word, ncolvcd at his hotnei He Is a son of Colonel L: A. Watres, Private Chanceford Stambaugh, a drafted man from Spring 'Grove, was killed In action. Private Aboyl Snyder, of Alburtls, fell lighting on July '28v Amos A. Conrad, n marine, of Boyer town, died of wounds received July 19. j From Lancaster Courity, Martin Har ncr, of Quarryville, has been killed In action. Edward A, Hlrmenz, a Lancas- ter boy with the Canadian army, has been killed Private James Watts, a machine gun ner, of Grcenshurg, died August 15 of wounds received in action. From the tame town, Gilford Maxwell and Edward II. Eyrlng. both of Company I, 110th In fantry, are missing. From tho Eiston unit In the machine . gun battalion of the Rainbow division. Russell Troxwell has been blinded by gas and Ephralm B. Davis has been wounded. Before ho went Into battle. Private Charles M, Doll, of Company A, 149th machine gun battalion, wrote to his mother nt Easton, leaving word that the letter was to be posted In tho event that he did not return. He was killed In action. Lebanon Man In Hotpltal Private Lelghton F. Smith, of Leba non county, of Company O, Twenty- ' sixth Infantry, recently reported miss ing. Is wounded and in a base hospital. Private Milton Lee Dunmlro, of Mc Veytown, with Company M, liathln fantry, was wounded August 1. 1 Private Oliver R. Paugh, with Com pany II, 319th Infantry, a national army regiment trained nt Camp Lee, was wounded July 27. Charles Ruch and Allen Hoffman, of Welssport have been wounded. FRENCH STUDENTS ARRIVE Sixty-two Girls, Winners of, Scholar ships, to Enter Colleges By the Associated Press New York, Sept. 19. Sixty-two French girls, advance guard of 130 who have been awarded scholarships In American colleges as part of a move ment to strengthen the ties of Franco. " American relationship, arrived hero today. Chaperoned by Mrs. Stock Miller, of Denver, nnd Dean Mary L. Denton, of Carlton College, Mlnnesotn, the students were met by Dr. Robert L, Kelly, sec retary of the Association of American Colleges, which arranged for their com ing. The cclleglarts, selected In French schools by Mrs. Miller and Dean Denton, will be matriculated in colleges In vari ous sections of the country. Major General "Wheaton Dies Clilraro,. Sept. 19. Major General Loyd Wheaton, Civil War eteran and fnmous as a Phllllplne warrior, died here yesterday. He was eighty years old. General Wheaton rose to his rank front 'a sergcantcy before his retirement In 1902. UKATIIW HOAUI.AnI). Sit. 12. CAItOLINA B.. wife of Hi) wood HoagMnd and daughter of Mnry AT. and la'e lealah Illlllnssby, at?d 4'.'. Relatites and friends Invited to funeral HervleeH Krl . '2 p. m.. ut Krn Mawr A. M. n. Church. Drjn Mawr, Pa. Int. private. aiennn Km, lli:i,l' WANTKD FKMALK HOUHKWOKK White elrl for snerat houw. work; small family: w-ases ID, 2410 N. ri4th St.. or phone CUerhrook 421ft W. HOOKKnnPER. experienced Burroughs oper ator: stato experience, education, salary, how soon available. M 220, Ledger Office. CH&m Popular Prices for Particular People Re; The Specialties nrpsv J intc asv J of, svcholoKV enters into the art of eating ! well as the science ' f cooking. Both angles are considered at Chert restaurants. Dainty specials are daily surprises of Cheri service a true stimu lant to jaded as well as healthy appetites. Not the kitchen camouflage of discard, but real food of highest quality, de liciously prepared by skilled chefs. Popular Prices for Particular PcoplewillprevaUuthewat- ' time economy of Chid. 132 South 15th Sr.;(S) 124 South 13th Sl (o?Eut) QHEL mc ). O. 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