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MY MANGIN
REMARKABLE
tf
.Wftiich
Army Creeping
'SlmV'ly Forward Toward
.
Fort Malmaison
T-TO-FOOT FIGHTING
icratc German Resistance
K.
Is Being Broken Down by
!3ffi:-( r ... -n
Kmv ViOiisiuiii i ressure
?i By G. II. PF.RRIS
i?acial Cable to Erenlnt Public Ledger1,
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WttJZuL.u J , .?'
EL""Wth the French Armies. Sept. 21. .
"' For more than a week nast the French
Ktff'ljaye been pounding and biting at the
B4&' outer- works of the Hlndenhiirg line,
w v i. .i . rt .i ... . .
M-Vjust outside. St Quentln. Wednesday's
tion a 8lx-mlli front between the vIlIaRes
rfptHotnon and KMlpny. that is to say
on both lde of the Somtne and In the
wj railway triangle west and southwest nf
jT;
1 ,'Rcrne. bromrht them Into the old Pran-
BSJyn- '.'
1 trenches of Inst March and - J?'01""1, "" t',le ,"a"K, "f nl,,N, ,,e,,VlT ! as rec-He'd iestrd'iv bv bis m,ent
o the broad, bare plateau whirl. "'" ll"ill" f" '") "' '"" l-h- " r" ' V ' ' , , ' ,',,'
verlooks St Quentln's suburbs ' '" e'ench mid (Ireek forces have Three Mienaiidniih bos have been kill
st. ' ' ! taken the vlllane of Tushln and have' r, n s.tnn: Private .Morris L.zar.
si mv.h.iii.1. (..n.i,.. nr i... t ...i. .....
RWi'Nsrell on to
rTw directly ov
. torthe ea
The easy slopes of Snvy and Marjnrlti
V-1 broods and the hamlets of nation and
Jf6ntalne-les- lerez were held stoutly by
hjtmerous Krnups of enemy machine
KUnners. supported by frequent tiar
rsites from hatterles hidden in the hieli
woods behind St Quentln Most nf the
progress was made b slow Infiltration
Durlnr the day all the points named
fe Jre occupied, and during last nlclit
IB? Jlfrench troops entered nnt- place on the
j&t, south bank of the Somme, It was foot-
td-foot fightlnK, in which for the moment,
no easy or rapid success Is to he ex
pected. Under similar and een harder condi
tions the army nf Oeneral Mangin Is
, Creeping forward- toward Kort Malmai
son. Any one day's progress looks very
'smallrbut the total gain In the la.-t fort
night In a sector tha. vital Importance of
which has been lately Insisted upon by
German writers like General von Harden,
- iwho think It more essential than the
St. Gobaiu massif. Is remarkable.
"pologne farm, which was taken on
Tuesday and was the object of repeated
German counter-attacks Wednesday.
stands at the crest of the leg-shaped
ridge which runs from the western end
flr me unennn-ues-names uown to tne
... .1 . .,. . - . .
4Jsne, and is only a lew teet lower than
IK Malmaison.
iiet' ' .1 r)ne of Ihn i-olint Ar-nttapks iWvtmtoA
4tom the Jouy ravine, whs made by
thirteen companies. Including some of
liS1 ' the Grenadier Guards. The French had
w-. . . -. -...i .i ..
CV. u IV Bvc wJ Ml Hi"., nil' inen cunie unch
Tne i.enemy i?rt many dead and wounded
t Mi . iwnuiii hi ii i j u in iuuri n.
. -Ti
.The worst difficulty now before Man-
Ii'" ! 'min't men Is the fan-shaped gully of ,
RM Joiiy. with the caves and gullies In Its '
U&V 'wn-thAPn .rid I
,- ..w. . ..... v. .
u
mBERLIN ADMITS BREAK
t
In SIEGFRIED LiVfi
SS'ilV Br the Associated Press
i' Amsterdam. Sept. 21. A semiofficial
nrton"th- rrent fthtlntr Inanei! In
"Belrlfri by an army expert says:
pj;Arter tne Asio-rTenrn forces naa
KgSMeavored vainly since September S to
sKlcre'ate a suitable base from which to
attain their aim of breaking through
pf.jthe Siegfried position, Marshal Fooh's
u,... ..u iiB .oiu iu .i Hi
l",1SommeatUCk '""" I,avrlnc'ollrt to th
"The attack at 5-50 a. in..
with
the, heaviest fire reaching deep into the
Tear of the terrain. Numerous tanks
rattled forward before the Anglo-French
Infantry, while a strong squadron of
battle airmen descended verv low In
.order to shake the German defense by
machine-gun tire and bomb-dropping.
"On the flanks at Gouzeaucourt and
Trescault our troops held out
"The British thrice rtormed against
Gouzeaucourt. while Trescault held
J5jv.vatain8t four partial attacks.
t, . " ii center tne lintisn succeeded
in pressing in tne Herman lines. After
bitter fighting, which swayed to and
fro, Epehy and Ronssey remained in the
2i3 hands of the British.1
p: "The report adds that after further
bj.r siuikii riieparuLiou mere was an-?-?(;.
other British onstnuE-ht -t r. tn , ,
!?'', but all attempts to advance were foiled I
a- vf uiai-uiuc-suii ore irom tne ruins or
,1 jmnl.. .ml . 1. . . .. I.. .. l. . . -
IWSjjthat point was defeated by a German
jgTVcounter-attack. A fresh attack on VII-
m 'rn uuisian at o ciock was repulsed
IH&lt asserted.
ftf-ir' " 'reucn enons to gain gioima in
P-ffl, the St. Quentln sector and broaden the i
Sn vfti CK'n area routh of the Somme ,
iin.,,nA-BDf..i ... '
Lit'iiicewiae were
-..D,.u., , ,-epon
tlnir occurred nn ....I..
- snaien.
Wit. .-". .1 All the fiehtlnir nMiri.. .n .........t..
'.-;" .1-.-. ;ir'o":rrrv.'" " "
'Infront pf the Siegfried line, in spite of
a - -- - " '"6"i"i iiiic. in none
tk J Katat exertion of the enemy,'
4 ucviurcu.
r-.YA
jaj'Vs p
&GERNAN DEAD FILL
..- .
FRENCH CEMETERIES.
By the United Press
nth the llrlllah Arml., l I--...
Sent. 21. The Auptrallnnn hav. ,..'
.-i ranced north of St. Helens nn.i nr. n,.,
tir ii
;& lthln h" a mile of the St. Quentln
-, Canal. This Is the nearest point to the
larnaln defenses of the Hlndenburg line
3v&ween Havrlncourt and St Quentln
ft!?' . Th villains of Holnon and Letup
,, ...v.. ..an utcti leai-uru unywnere oe-
k.-.,- u- --7t -ii.. , i . """i,itc
rav en'rely cleared of the en-
plre
my
r' '" "" "" ""' " "fiman graves
ii in .vat em n ? n .
F?V4 i7 2 j I ."'""'ij i np
KTr erUeat date was Anrll 17. tn tuaBt
(fi-M AngUBt 26. reveallne the wear ami
Citear fn the German army in the lant
C&'?UI! nontn(f on a small and com para-
W?2& iLtn i iPi?ri lon.lPfl,he n.n '
jb f "" t-ii nnii(.'f m ine
v,norta are nnaing many populous ceme-
"!' terfrfS beVOnd the Hindcnhurc- Hn.o
f'iEii fnaieiam Cnt Slvles n Wr M.....
&A.Zt .. . .. .. -"-.uic
J?.Tr3,,w '" nelu' -' Announcement
Jittat opticians throughout the counttylas well as much booty were left In our
fcWIIt . eliminate thousands of styles In
etaele and eyeglass frames as a
ure to conserve cold is made hv
il .war service committee ,,f .hi
cat industry with one-fourth nr
k illation's population wearing eye-
ea. It waa stated, several million
riiara' worth of gold annually goes
m-
Mi Official War Rennrtu
iPUl. ', VIMI-lrtI " HCJJUriis
VRExni
Pari. Sent "1
I'ftPurlng the night French troops
h'Wsvatinr in ine region pf St. quen
itfa-eaptured Benay and made progress
rarth of that village, A counter.
v 'gfkack by the enemy upon Castres
T,'rm frepulsed,
,. "SYre waa acuvuy o- our own ana
.Wtr-encmy a artillery In the region of
p-lfc' plateau north of the Aiane.
- -sn ijurruinti .wo K.irinuiB uy ine
;,4rmanB upon our posts; at Arra-
art and Ancervllters (northeast of
eytlle) were without result.
,
in War Work Day, October 5
. SeDt. 2L eln recua-nltlon
work bstlnc done by millions
B. women. Secretary of the
aa aencnatea natur.
'-W".l;'n
Allies Strike Foe
Along Four Fronts
Continued from I'me One
over fifteen kilometers liberating over
ten villages," the statement said.
'Our Infantry has passed the line of
Krnlevo, SIikkov, Driigojel ami Pol.
ochko. Our cavalry Is operating north
of these places,"
fly the Associated Press
Paris; Sent? 21. The Allied forces
I In Macedonia Serbian. French. Brit-
, Ish and Greek are continuing their
i rapid advance, The Kronen have
reached I'oloshko. nineteen miles east
I of Prllep, the objective of the drive
i In the ilomistlr sector.
The Serbians have pushed acros
the Cerna. gaining n foothold on the
left bank near Dunye, south of Prllep.
Kreneh and (.reeks have captured
Tushln and penetrated Dzenn.
In the Lake Dulrnn region the Milt
I Ish nnd Oieeks continue to progtess
land have defeated Hulcarlan counter-
aU?ck- , , . ,
"" ""-imi luiiiiiiiiiiicHiioii concern-
''"K operations on the, eastern front.
,,,,,. ',.,,., ...,, ...i... n
"tn unlin nf Hm it,-,, ,,,., pn.i.inn
of the enemy rear guards, the offen-
v between the Cerna and Vuidnr
ineift i-uiiuiuieu ine pioares tiKiav.
Allied cavalry have i cached the renlon
foothold on thn loft bank of the
Ce.?I,1!!1ITllllL0Blo1" "f 1ml , ,
...,..... ...,t .t- .. i.. i. .i
in-ruiuauili; llirn UIUKI r.t III llir lll -
taction of Konoplshta, where th
haV
traversed partlculai ly
diflkntlt
gained a foothold on the town of
Dzena.
"liecausc of dltllcult lomiiiunlca
lions over the ast amount of ground
covered by the operation. It !. not
possible as yet to estimate the number
of prisoners taken, but it Is known that
ltt.ODo prironeis and eighty cannon
have been eaptuted.
"The offensive of the Creeks and
Hrltish In the Ijike Dolran region,
which has been marked by furious
battles, continues to progress. Vio
lent counter-attacks have been made
11. vniu uj I.UIK.M 1,111 lllirtl!.
..oiidoii. Sept L'l
Milking n heavy blow In Palestine.
the British and Fiench armies, as-
sisieu ny me AiaDs. nave lutllcted, a
defeat oil the Turks which may spell
disaster to the Sultan's tlghting forces.
The Turks have been liurled hack on
a fifty-mile front between the Medi
terranean anil the Jordan, north of
Jerusalem.
Plunge III Miles .
The Allies swung forward In the
Holy Land nineteen miles In the
. oii.isi!il e....in.. ..r..! mom ti.im iuk,i...
!-,. .... .... ...u.. ...UK .,..,...
mlles further inland. More than 3000
prisoners have been captured and
great quantities of war materials won.
Australian cavalry Is In pursuit ofi
a large column of Turks west of the"" ""'""- " up unee onoKes.
Jordan, which seetjis certain to be cut i Relatives 'of members of this company
off. The fate of this force, estimated ' take comfort in a letter of Caotaiii
at IS, 000, seems to have been sealed
by the capture of Mugler, an impnr -
tant junction of several roads leading
to the east, fleneral Allenby is be-
hind them uow.nnd their difficulty has
been still further increased by the
Arabs, who have cut the Hedjas Rail
way east of Luke Tiberius. i
Push On In .Macedonia
Tfl 1 1 all l.'Vtiti rli Un..!.!,,.. . ,1 f..n,
' forces are pursuing the enemy In!
' Macedonia, More towns have been ,
captured and a new advance made to-
ward Prllep. The Bulgarian resistance !
has stiffened In the Monastlr .'eglon. !
The Rritlsh and Greeks In the Dolran .
region have hurled the enemy back-
In splte,rol stiffened resistance,
II v the Associated Press
Willi the French Army in France,
, Sept. 21. The progress of Oeneral
i .Mangin h army toward the western ex.
tremity of the Chemlndes-Dames has
t uii.cu hit- c-iiT-iii. it. viuieiii icruciions
' F've vigorous counter-attacks were
made against the new Fiench posl-'
tlons east of the Molsy Farm 'and ,
north of Allemant. In every one of been In France more than n year,
these unsuccessful assaults the Ger- Joseph Slnconakl, nf near Port Car
mans lost heavily. hon. has received word that his son.
The French troops have stoutly private Frank Slnconskl, is missing in
maintained all gains made in this re- action. He enlisted November 2. 1917.
glon and have succeeded In organizing n Company H, 112th Infantry, and went
their new positions. Only about three- overseas in February, 1918. His mother
quarters of a mile of ground now sepa- received a letter from him the day after
rates the French from the height on he was notified that he is unaccounted
' which stands the ruins of Fort Mai-
, malson. It Is most dltllcult giound. ,
however, and excellently adapted to Pihate Walter V Ireland, of Park
the kind of defensive fighting the Ger- ers Landing, a member of Company I.
mans are carrying on. I 320th Infantry, has been severely
It Is heavily timbered and broken ' wounded ami gassed In France,
ground. Deep ravines, and steep slopes
make It impassable for tanks, but
furnish the best possible positions foi
machine guns which the enemy has
assembled In great numbers.
It is the plateau of Chavigpon the
Germans are defending here so des
perately. -More than 430 of their dead
! n'pm lck.d mi over a sDace of a
. ))af a qua,.tpl. f a ,,,
,!..... .iu.-i.nr ilm i-eceni Hubiiiiir. Tlie I
.!.... .ln..l.... l,a eOr.url Hl.llttll.-
, possession of this plateau, which Is
"i' "" ".-"" " :
It the key to the positions north of the
I Chemin-des-Dames. would compel the
enemy to abandon a pari oi ine ni. i
, oob.in r.. . ;
I
BRITISH DRIVEN BACK,
,, rf-.w i urn
HULLrAKlA LLUIMO
Ry the Associated Press
London. Sept. 21. The following offi
cial statement covering the fighting on
September 18 has been Issued by the
Bulgarian War Office:
"Fast of the Cerna w were undis
turbed by the enemy. Wc occupied new
turned ny tne enemy. - ta-tuM'ru .-
pTwltloiiH previously aliened which we
are consolidating
. , .. . .
"On both sltles or ltKe noiran Heavy
nithtlnc ueveioiwo pomn tim n, ui
r....... ...- unnther ti-..ivsK iip.ivv
' linmhnrritiiput In which the enemv ftred
sn nno rIiMIk. .;i force of three British
and two Greek divisions attacked in close
.masses and succeeded In penetration
our auvanceo ijuuhu ai'Pfiai jiiitff?.
but we immediately cdunter-attaaked
t .iwv-u thm r,tt at nil nnlntf lt'iv.
1ni? n InreeY number of hilled and
,", - ., .... ,he Hpl(i, ior than rnn
,,.mnuiiilpd British and tlreek nrlsoners
hands."
! '
aitvr n n rticf lonrrj
tlUUlJ Jl UIC, JlUC,l
GIVEN TO GERMANS
lly the United Press
aria. Sept. 21. -The most stubborn
fighting seen In weeks is taking place
,n lhe reglonB ,jf fambral. St. Quetln
In the regions of Cambrai. St. Quetln
and Solssons, where the armies of flen
erals Byng. Itawllnson, lpbeney and
Mangin are batterlg against the very
gates .of Germay.
with a ueaperauon noruering on
i panic. Crown Prince rtupprecht, Oen
I eral ton Boehn and the German Crown
Prince are tnrowig troops no tne meiee
with orders to hold or die, retake or
be killed.
Field Marshal von Hlndenburg real
izes the menace to his far-flung fortress,
behind which lies the Hun frontier and
is thua attacking. The Allies are meet
ing the atacking Pruslans In mldfleld,
In gome of the wildest, fiercest grap
ples of the war
French President at Front
rrl. Sept, 21. President Polncare
visited cantonments and troops In the
liberated regions on the St. Quentln
front. From an obeervatlon poati ha
-watched tha fighting at Colomba. (arm
EVENING PUBLltf raDGER-PHi
ini;u "nYiiiiT rrrr -r
MORE KEYSTONE
MENGIVE LIVES
Two From Chester. Three'!
From Shenandoah Among
Dead
ENGINEERS HARD HIT
,,"r;l:'i,:;i::MSAUiGiLLEn sharply :
nrid RAPS DEMOCRATS
Several more Pennsylvania bo have
len killed In action, or have dleil of
Mounds received In anion
Atnnnc them are I'rhnte rlareiue
i Hlvthe nml Private William Smith, of
Cieter. both members of Cntnpanv It.
I ,.;,.,, nfnllry Hlvthe was sewn-
. ,
, ,,,p" ,",r" ol "" h" enllMed. and
' a TVnnivlvanLi Imv hi Hip Thirv-
! -iifhlh KePln,cnt has .lied nf moiiiuI.-
t -coIvpH in nrttnn t tii. wi Up n
i - --
Servant Harry 1. Modce. of Maxleton.
with Company I.. Word of his dentil
Company M. Iltth luf.intty: Adams
Kiveder. Compain I. Fifty-eighth In
fantry, and Human llorof-ky. Cumpany
H, Thltty-nlnih InfanWy.
Private Isaac Preston McSliane. of
Jefferon ille, ha been killed In action
Sergeant Kiank James Mitchell, of Mat
tery A. 1; til Field Artlller. of Heth
leheni, wa killed In action August 22
Lieutenant William K. Helllnell, nf
Compan
111th Infantry, old Sixth
Itegitnent. has returned from the war
,7one and Is visiting his friends in Clies-
ner Melllweii was formerly of Com-
piln
,t
, one of the Chester companies,
was transferred after teaching
France. He was with the Pennsylvania
boys in the drhc from Chateau Thierry
to Flsuiei. during which he was under
, Are constantly. Lieutenant Helllvrall
'has been assigned as Instiuctor at Camp
Hlx.
llrlilitrs It 11 1 It Despite snlprrs
John Sterner, of Company I), Penn- !
sjlvania Kngineeis, in a letter to his
, parents at Pottsville con firms stories
',.,, ,., .... .. ..
mat ins company nas siiITercil more
heavily than any other command at the
front. He says only sixteen serviceable
men were left ou' of the company, but
"Jack" Reese to his father. Representa-
, tlve Frank C Iteese, In which he says
all wounded men of Company D will
recover.
Mr and Mr. Kdwln It. Uriel, of Read
Ing, have received notice of the death
in France of their son. Walter Uriel He
was a. machine gunner In the Rainbow j
Division. No details have been received.
Amnion Ilohl, of Oelgers Mills, Berks ,
County, has received a letter from his j
son, Harmon H. Hnhl, a musician in '
France in one of the army hands. He j
describes how another Ilerks man in the I
same band. Itav A. Master, of ToDton. .
waa.kllled lecently In battle. Ilohl also '
war wounded. The men in the band
were In service as stretcher-bearers.
Mrs, J. S. Beck, of Sliauesvllle. has
received a message that her son, Kdgar
Raymond Beck, was sei lously vvoundel
In France August 29.
Sent Money Front GerniHii Head
Mrs. Frank Bauinens, residing near
Tortage. has been notified that her son.
riitun iiuuiiieno. 1-, mi.-nitih i.i .....iuii
He Is attached to Company M. Sixteenth
Infantry, and was among those who
answered the first call In 1917. He has
for In the letter was some German
money taken from the dead.
THREE LANCASTER HEROES
One .Killed in Action, One
Wounded tind the Third
Missin"
l.B,..r, Pa.. Sep.. 21 -Three more
Lancaster County boys. William Snence.
Paul It. Smltli and ltaymond Gross,
are rf,mrte,i the casualty lists, the
M ,,, .,,,,,, , ,,, ,hr
--" ""-" nf thp
, i tii'Tt ri i . Tu'ri """..' 'i
iiiu tiiAiu jvtrfciiiieiii "1 nit" i rinisj i am
, National Guard, which he Joined at
1 Vl- ,.. ...t.U I. I.. I...lkn. Ck.U.. Iln
utit:i iwi in. in if inn utiiicr-. ur
was the Mm of Mr and Mrs. F.llswcrth
.Spence. of near Penn Hill, Kulton town
ship, who were notitled of his death yes
terday. It Is rumored In Chester that
Ills brother Charles lias also fallen.
There Is no confirmation.
Paul ft. Smith is a stn of Jlrs. Sadie
Smith, of B4fi Walnut street Columbia
and a memher of ( on pany B, 109th
llachlne Dun Hattallou. In wntclt lie en-
listed on Slav 31. 1?17. He trained at ''a''" """"""""""'" "", """. "' ' tlronchopneumonla
amp Hancock. His 'last letter expressed September 11. publishes two orders from , ui,.... of the re.ntratory .j.tem...
Helr in meet the bodies lie olti- the commandant of the Austrian troops , I sea.ea of the stomaeh
a desire to meet tne nocnes, lie oiu c...i,-n ni,-nina - Diarrhoea and enteritis
daily reported as wounded on Au- m southern i araine. , Appenaicltla ami tiphliils
usl j5 ' The first order proclaims a state of ' Hernia. Intestinal obstruction
itaymond Crcvss. son of lire. Carolina ! siege and threatens death to every one ' -'S.i,ce?5uV'tuS'nrii,,rl"ht'" dl"a"'
Cross of 101 Mannheim pike, a member who keeps bombs or other explosives. , puernero I ptlcaemla "!!!!!!!!!!!,' !
of Company I.. 111th Infantry, Is offl-iThe other order Is an appeal to the Puerperal accidents
dally teported as missing more than a- people of Odessa and Its suburbs to ' "mu"o. '
mnnth. Jross was twenty-three years ifceep calm during the spreading revolu- I All mher violent 'deiiiha' . '. '.'.'.'.'.'.'. '.'. '.'.
old and enlisted In Philadelphia. .luly S, , ,oliary movement and not to join In Wd.t.-,".;.
mil. niKW'i leivn .r..r.. .."...
was dated August
SPROUL IN PITTSBURGH
Republican Nominee to Attctwl !
Mayor Babcock's Corn Rouet
Senator William C. Sproul. Republican
gubernatorial nominee, and the other
candidates on the Itepubllcan State
ticket, are In Pittsburgh today attend-lno-
the annual corn roast given by
Mayor K. V. liabcock on his farm near
' Pittsburgh.
I Senator S
Senator Sproul left last night to Join
the party after conferring in New York i
with .National Chairman Will II. Hays i
If the plans of Senator Penrose and
Chairman Hays do not go astray only
three Pennsylvania districts will be rep- i
resented by Democrats In the next Con-,
Kress. ,
M'ADOO TO OPEN LOAN DRIVE
Will Speak in New York Next
Tuesday Night
By the Associated Press
New York. Sept 21 William G. Mc.
Adoo, Secretary of the Treasury, will
deliver the principal address of the
fourth Liberty Loan campaign at a meet.
Ing in Carnegie Hall next Tuesday night,
four days In advance of the drive, ac-
said, would probably be the only one
j,tr. McAdoo would make, during the
.r,ilnr to an announcement here hv Ihe
loan eommiltre for tire .Second Federal,
;naa
Philadelphia Heroes
'" '"" ! r 1 I
Bf Mk. sWW. I
www iW
FRED F. BELLI
Miasing' '
J.A:BgNGORB
Miieo-" '
, , r ,
Actui": Leader ol rloii.e Ke -
D
pnhlicans Attacks Ma
jority's War Record
ment. N. fi. V.
AI A K E S COMPARISON ,T1" .' -aptaln orf fought on
uvuai j-.iiiuv.s Srti-I he was discharged was revealed
'today by Stanley llowprs, a partner of
. . former SherlfT Wilson II. Itrown. father
speaker Clark. Kitcliin. Dent)" f'"')nei Miiiani n. iirown, who com-
.,.,( l.rr;s Cjt(Ml j,S Hostile
to Preparedness
lly the Associated Press
Vt'a.lilhitun, Seit 2
P.epresrntatlre Glllett. of M.iss.ohu-s-etts.
acting Republican leader. In n'
lieei'h In the House today attacked the
war record or the Democratic majority,
contracting with It that nf the IJepub
Mean minority He said the election of
a Itepiiblii.in lions,, this ear would
biing no inciiiiragpinent l,. tin. u-ie
, "for he know, who have been his fiercest
foes and who he had most reason to
fear. '
I Speaker Clark. Democratic Leader
I Kitcliin and Chairman Dent, of the
i House Military Committee, were singled
I out for comment on their attitude and
activities, and Chalimnn Ferris, of the
I Democratic congressional campaign com-
mittee, whs accused of unfair criticism
I of the llepuhhcan record for campaign
pill poses.
"Would the support of the war have
I Keen any less vigorous if a Republican
i had been Sneaker insteml nf iu- i. .,,,..-....
''hninp Clail.. who oiiposed the diclara-
tlon of war and went out or hi- u-hv
to .lefeat the draft?" asked Mr. Gillett.
'Would the Mnevvs of war have been
any ls iiniply or more sertionallv pro
vided If a Itepiiblican had been at tlie
head nf the Ways and Means Committee
instead of .Mr. Kltchin, wlio also voted
against the war and against tlie draft?
Would mcessry war legislation have
been retardeil any mole if at that mo
mentous juncture a Itepubllcan had been
chairman of the Military Committee In
stead of Mr. Ilent, from whose hands
tlie Administration program of the diaft
had in he taken and carried through by
a Republican? And so I might proceed
with the other committees."
KerrU's Party L'nfairiieKH
Mr (illicit said he believed that Mr.
Ferris "was the first to stain the
columns of the Iteeord with a partisan
tinge from which they had so long been
free." He added that the speech was
intended as n, campaign document.
Mr. Ferris s recent allusion that the
last two Democratic Congresses appro
pi lated more money for the army and
pavy than the preceding two Usiubllr
can 'Congresses, declared Mr. Gillett,
"shows that some III the Uemdcratlc
party recognize public opinion too well
to dare say with Mr. C'nel that they
thank God we were n"t prepared when
the war broke out."
Mr Gillett asserted that "during the
fifteen years before this war It was the
main body of the Itepubllcan party and
its leaders which vigorously favored
preparation and it was the main body
of the Democratic par(y and its leaders
which denounced and defeated It " He
said last winter there were four seats
In the House vacated by Democrats
"who had returned to private life for
motives of self-interest In order to In
crease their pecuniary Incomes, " while
four vacant Itepubllcan seats were those '
of men who went to "serve their coun
try not at ottlce desks, but In the fight
ing ranks."
Party Kerordn Contrasted
The statement of the National Secur
ity League, selecting eight measures of
the last two Congress which it regard
ed most vital tn the war. was pointed
I ... k.. At i-Miioi. .,u ui,nn-in. tiiut keeen !
men voted wrong on all eight measures.
Of these seven.' he said, "six were I
Iiemocrats and one Itepubllcan. Forty-
seven men voted right on all eight I
measures arm oi mem iour were wenro-i
cratsand forty-three were Republicans. ',
The next Congress, Mr. GUett con-(
eluded, will have to face the post-war
. m . i ... r-
problems and because of Industrial cen- I
ters being tn tne northern htates, lie i
argued, a Itepubllcan Congress could
better solve these than a Democratic
House composed of many Southern ,
members. !
UKRAINIANS THREATENED
. ;
k . r ia.Ti
Austrian Lonunnndnnt Proclaims i
Stale of Siege in South
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger i
,..,, ,, .v Vorfc Ttm Co
Klho,m Sept. 21 The I.emberg
i-....i.t, ui.. i- i. io,. .
een(,ra strike which has been tire-.
pared. A threat Is made of the demo!!-
tlon of those parts of the town In which
i revolts occur.
CLUB TO RAISE SERVICE FLAG
White Lilies Will Flv Banner,
With 110 Start-
The White Lily Club wll ,lionor Its for the rVox de Guerre, for'bravejy In
heroes this afternoon. A service flagl.... ,,, i,. ,... ..-.... u
containing 110 stars will be raised at
4 o'clock at Hollywood and Wharton
streets.
Tho White Lily Club has been hard
bit by the war. which has taken many
of Ita members, several of whom have
been wounded and gassed.
The j(en-M Friendly Union Band will
ay nt tjle cremonies attending the
raising nf the flag, and the speakers
...ii, V. L-Hn-U If .nv aJU... r ....
will be Kdwln It. Cox, candidate for the
legislature; Thomaa McNIchoI, attor
ney; John Hlckey, a political worker of
lhe Thirty-sixth Ward, and Harry
Strickland, president of the White Lily
Club.
Auru.1 W. S. S. Sale. $l.ol'r Capita
Wa.hlngton. Sept. 21. Knough war
savings and thrift stamps wire .sold last
mnnth I1L04 for AVerV tierum. In IliJt
LTnlted States to raise the average n.t
capita holdings of these f'baby bonds" to
$.6.41. The Treasury today reported
Anviiflt saten as 11119. A.i.x anu n.i ....
sales to September 1 as 3682.081,000.
Ohio-led all Slates in Aurl 'hnik , i
Sleaof ijVjoo'liwrclillS
WKW .!""
tkta.,
"UNFIT'! OFFICER
LED FIERY RUSH
Philadclphian in Two Bat
tles After Discharge
for Disability
i HEADS MEN IN CHARGE
Captain George M. Orf, of
. 109th, a "Civilian" in
Murnc Victory
Captain (leoiBe M. Orf.
this city.
juent thrnugh the terrlllc tiBlitlt
tiR near
' l,at,a,uThlprrv nnl nt 'ismea aner
Ihe had been discharged fiom the army
for physical disability.
The olllcer, who has Just returned
from the battlefront, xns attached to
Ihe lnnth Iteplment. which includes
many members of the old Kirst ltrl-
niiiiiuru irif luyin mini u received us
baptism of fire Mr. Mowers learned the
story from letteis from others members
of the regiment.
Captain Orf. who Is now nt his home,
f'317 Ross street, Gcrniantown, received
the paper which made him a civilian on
Ihe afteniMin of July II lie Imme
diately wrote to tlie military authorities!
asking that It be revoked. It set forth
that he had been found to have an In
ternal ailment that unfitted him for
front-line duty. He hail been acting as
statistical otllcer of the regiment.
At midnight of the same day Ihe Ger
mans launched their attack. The bar
rage they laid down was described by
French ofllcers as the worst of the en
tire war. The bnche was hoping to
crumple the morale nf the Americans at
the start of their participation In the
war.
Captain Orf could have avoided fx
posing himself tn the perils of the furi
ous attack. He was no longer In Gov
ernment service, because of the bit of
paper he cat tied Inside his shirt. Ac
coidlng to'hls comrades in the fight, how
ever, he forgot all about the discharge
and plunged Into the fray at the head
of his men.
t'Hiitnin I'nsralhed
II was In this engagement that Com
pany M, In which Lieutenant T. W. 15.
i-iues was an oiiicer, covereu usetr Willi .
glory. At the end nf the tight
Falcs ,
was the onlv officer left. alive.
Captain Orf came through the battle
unscathed. In the brief lull that fol
lowed, however, he had to endure a bom
bardment of Jokes from his. fellow war
riors that was almost as bad as the fire
of the Germans. They had learned of
his discharge and Immediately refused
to address him as "Captain." It was as
"Mister" Orf on every hand The or
derly who served the officers' mess
scored off the ex-cnptaln by asking whs
he didn't fall In with the enlisted men
If he wanted "chow."
Captain Orf took his "kidding" ns
stoically as he had taken the hall of
German shells He wait hoping the dis
charge would be revoked, in which case.
he figured, lie could (to some "kidding" i
of his own In rebut Int. ',
While waiting for the revocation, he I
went tlirougn the second hard battle
fought by the 100th. This was at
Flsmes. Agalp, Captain Orf escaped In
Jury, but it was In this fight that Lieu-
tenant Goward, vvbo had been placed In
command of Company M. and I.leuten- '
ant Kales. lost their lives. ,
Army Holes InReiblr
After his terrible expel lences In the
two battles. Captain Orf felt he had
proved his ability to serve In the front
line. nut army regulations are In-
flexible. The surgeon who had examined '
hhn had recommended his discharge '
anu on August '.'. atter iignting nearly a
month as a civilian, he received orders
to proceed; to the chief embarkation port
and take ship for home.
He arrived In this city last week.
When onestlnneil ahout Ms .mini... ....
' ...... ... "lio m-
pertence as an -oujsiuer in battle, ho.
merely smiled and launched Into a !
eulogy of Colonel Brown
captain urr corrected rumors
that
tne luyin uau oeeu cut to Dleees." Rav
ing the report was caused by letters I
written home by men in companies that I
h"capUlKrf wmhe Inducted Into the!
service again In a few days as "an of-
fleer in the Ordnance Department. His 1
ej.perirni:e ui nineteen years in the I
I'etius vlvanla guard will make him in.
valuable there. j
" "
0 INCI 1IRN7A M7ATUC IN WVVV
O lllrLULllirV ULAlnd In TILCih I
,-w c c i t? r
Une ' apanwll form City Mor-
tulity Js 414
,,.,,,. lhlo. l i...
ported during the week. One of the
cases is reported as of the "Spanish"
form. Deaths totaled 414 as compared
"" 374 last week and 187 during the
''MnS wfrS Jl"US"lu. follows:
Stales. 214: females. 200: bovs. 64:
v;lrls, 63. The causes weie:
. Tphotd fever 3
Whooutr.K c-uuith .
Diphtheria and croup
:t
innuenza
Other eptcWnlij Oinrasm, . . ,
Tuber. uio.is ut the iuns...
HI
I
34
Tuberculosis menlnKllls . . .
Other forma of tuberculosis.
Apoplexy srid' nftVnlmr of 'brain! '.'.'. '.'.'. is
"'"buY .of. the -heart SO
ciiraile t?0mliltl !:. ! "I !. ! ii Ii:::: ?
ancer
Pneumonia
Total
1H I
CITED FOR CROIX DE GUERRE
'Sergeant Harry H. Pubanz, of
Philadelphia, Honored
1 ter?ennt Harrv H. Pubanz 12Jtl Knuth
Twenty-seventh street, has been cited
Infantry, regular army, now In France.
Word of his citation has come In a let
ter from him to a friend here.
Sergeant Pubanz, who is twenty years
old, was a machinist In the employ of
Merchant & KvanB, of Twentieth street
and Washington avenue. He enlisted
In July. 1917. and received his training
at Gettysburg. He waB promoted to the
rank of sergeant just before he sailed
for France In March of this year.
JAIL FOR. SEDITIOUS SAILOR
ShiP'8 FirM 0fr,C" S""e"f"! for 0i
loy1 Utterances
)y lne Associated Press
'
i Panama. Sept. 21. -C II. Koos. the
first ntticer of a shin lying In the Pana
..... fnnl hat. h.n mnt'lnl.H I.. 1.a
f-.n1 YAna f'nlie. nt ftlslnVnt lttlline.a
anl sentenced to six months In the pen
and sentenced to six months In the pen-
Itentlary.
born, int Germany, but ted
jwrv.snTgs'"
? Vk !?'
'SlV
-v ':
SCALES OF
TURN IN SIX MONTHS
Review Shows How War Situation Has Been Entirely
Reversed to Favor of Allies Americans Do Their
Part in Turning Enemy Back
My the Associated Press
Six months ago today the great Ger
man offensive began. For weeks -victory
seemed about to perch1 n the Ger
man banners. Today the Allied star Is
In the ascendancy.
Anxiety and encouragement, depres
sion and Joy have succeeded each other
since at dawn on March 21 the great
est battle of history began. It has been
ii period of almost Incessant lighting and
of bewildering changes In the situations
that developed from day to day and
from week to week.
Moving with a swiftness that carried
concern to every F.ntente nation, the
German forces swept over the Hrltlsh
lines In Plcardy and rolled westward like
a tidal wave during the closing days of
March, until at last the British reache'd
positions where they could stand "at bay
and the French had come to form a liv
ing wall befoie the gray-clad host of the
German Kmperor. Then the offensive
stopped,
Serond'Attark Stopped ,
Hardly had Us rush been checked than
the line between Lens and Ypres was
attacked by the Germans and again the
Hrltlsh lines swayed backward.
nils
advance of the enemy went on until It
reached the high ground to the south
west of Ypres and then It too was
stopped by the stubborn fighting of the
Allied armies ,
A pause followed or nearly a month
and then, on May 27 the Germans sud
denly broke through the French lines
north of the Alsne River and smashed Six months of the warfare of mo
their way southward until they had I tlon, however, has taught the Allies that
reached the Maine over a wide front I a trench Is no stronger than the. troops
east o'f Chateau-Thierry. j that man it. In this faqt lies the hope
American foices had taken part In, of the F.ntente nations. New method.
the tlnal phase of the battle along the
Mnme and had been Instrumental in
Btopplng the' Germans at Chateau
Thierry. In this battle came the first
notable contribution of America to tlie
military fortunes of the Allies.
ierinans Are Cheeked
The sanguinary check of the Gentian
offensive east of Montdldler gave the
Allies hope that the German tide would
be safely stemmed and this feeling was
heightened during the succeeding three
or four weeks by a series of local
,, , ,h rro... frnm SnlaSons to
chateau-Thierry by which the Germans
were driven DacK steaany irom points oi
tactical value.
On July 18 Marshal Koch launched
an attack which has changed the whole
WAR-TAXBILL
CAUSES CLASH
Senate Committee Begins
Task of Rewriting En
tire Measure
SOME LOOPHOLES SEEN
Alternative Feature Roundlv
ltcriluil. ic.iiiuu nuuuuij
Condemned Luxury Taxes
Likely to Stand
By fie United Press
Washington, Sept. 21.
Announcing a determination to get
the $8,000,000,000 war tax hill through
before the November election if pos
sible the Senate Finance Committee to-
, . ..ii:, .!, ,AnD,.PA .,it.
UJ '-k" icumuu u. mc nnit ......
passed the House late yesterday, 350
to- 0.
Radical changes in some of its chief
provisions tire In prospect. Senator
Smoot's recent characterization Df the
bl" a8 a" "W '" enra1"' co""
curred In by Senate committee member,
They set out today to rewrite tho cn-
tire mil
'rh f-1ii nf Tlmise nnH Senate ideas
nlay prevent tlnal enactment of tin hill
until after elections,
'Hie cmei tiame-
Bround between the two houses probably
will be the tax on profits. The Senate
committee is wnouy out oi sympaiii)
with the House alternative war and ex
cess profits tax plan.
The, alternative feature of tills plan
Is roundly condemned by most members
of the Senate committee who declare
that if two plans can he legislated Into
a bill a dozen or thirty Could Just as
well be provided. The more limds of
alternative taxes there are, they argue,
the more loopholes are jnovlded for es
cape from the maximum that ought to
be pijld. ' .
Up to this point the Senate committee
Is almost unanimous, but when It comes
to substituting a plan for the House
provision, every member has a different
idea. Among suggested provisions are:
-Tax war profits 80 to 100 per cent
and excess profits 60, any concern that
made both war and excess profits to pay
both taxes 'while those not making war
nroflts pay only the excess profits tax.
'i I I'ut a flat tax of from 8 to 15 per
ai! I cent on all business regardless of
it ''whether profits are due to the pcrcent
2K, age of profit in the taxable year as com-
t , pared with profits In three prewar
tl years; no business to have any exemp
3!J tlons of any kind.
Is i Increase present excess profits taxes.
-V .. The luxury taxes seem likely to re
main largely as fixed In the House bill.
They range fromv10 to 20 per cent on
various articles aenominatea luxuries
""."JS"? "be made to reduce the
I llrmor tax of J8 a gallon to $5 on the
ground that tne tugner rate will make
withdrawal of whisky from bond for
sale firohlbltlve and will produce less
revenue 'than the lower tax.
As the bill passed the House It Is
estimated it will raise In round figures
18,100,000,000. Of this $3,200,000,000 is
to come from war and excess profits,
$2,377,000,000 from ,lncome and from
all other sources, Including liquor,
estates aad luxuries, $2,523,000,000,
MAY STOPGAP BUILDING
Attitude of Highways Council
r,L-,v tn Halt State Work
Hv the Associated Press
Ilarrliburg, Sept. 21. Unless the na
tional highways council recedes from Ita
present position and expresses a more
liberal "attitude, road construction In
Pennsylvania will virtually cease until
after the war. This waa announced In
h statement Usued today by J. Penny
Q'N'elll, State Highway Commissioner,
who pointed out that there are. sixty
four roads now under construction In the
State, Of this number he declared the
Highawsy Council had taken nnai action
Ifllllf tn nine.
"This means," he, said, "that work
must stop unless the Highways council
gives Its approval. wlthmttVhlch no'
- wffllHI WMBvlll'l . l),w!ci7vTrn
VICTORY
complexion of the situation. From Fon
tenoy, on the Alsne. west of Solssons,
to Chateau-Thierry; on the Marne, the
German lines were torn to pieces and
the Marne. 'salient threatened to collapse.
It was only by the most savage fighting
that tt.n M.Mnan. iili,WBfl,lA,l In .ai-ln
their army from disaster and finally !
succeeded In retreating across the Veslo
Illver.
On August 8 the French and Hrltlsh
stormed the Germans lines In Plcardy
from the Ancro itlver to Moretlll. north
of Montdldler, and sent the enemy reel
Ing back toward the Somme. The next
day the French crushed In the German
front south of Montdldler and then, link
ing their lines with those of the British,
further north, foiced (he. Invaders back
to the eastward.
Less than two weeks later the German
lines southwest of Arras were attacked,
and these gave way and tho forces
holding them Joined their comrades fur
ther south In a retreat, which has now
vlrtuall reached the German lines ns
they yvere on March 21, from Arras Jo
the Chemln-dcs-Dames. southwest of
tolssons.
While this retreat was going on, the
Germans began a withdrawal from the
Flanders salient, and today they are
nearly back to the lines from which they
sallied to their attack late In April.
Feat uf First V. M, Army
The first American field army .has
obliterated .tho St. Mlhlel salient and
straightened the line east of Verdun and
now stands befote Metz Into which
American shells are falling.
Of attack, the employment of "tanks"
and a higher morale than ever before
Ik the history of the war will be relied
upon in the fighting to break the enemy's
defensive lines and force new retreats.
Germany has lost her chance to force
peace upon the Allies before Amerlflin
armies enter the fight with all their
strength. This was her hope In March.
Losses of a serious nature were suffered
by 'the Allies during the'long battle, but
'they have been more, doubly offset by the
Slnflovvlng American legions. Germany's
losses, on the other hand, aennot be made
good, Hopes blasted, crack divisions
broken up and seeming victories turned
Into defeats have sapped the morale of
the German armies, which today nre on
the defensive, everywhere.
Hm T HAN nRIVF I
maa uvi '" ( ,
Dl 1 Li A IILl. iflLUl i
,
Allied Industries Hope f or 1
$10,000,000 Subscrip
tion in One Day
GREAT OPENING EFFORT ,
Battle Planes and Anti-Aircraft
Guns in Sham Bom
bardment of City
The Allied Textile Industries will
endeavor to go "over the top" In the
fourth Liberty Loan with at least
10,000,000 In one day Nrplemlier 30.
The fourth Liberty Loan campaign '
vill nnen In thl eliv n w.el fr,., ..i '
tint today ,
with the greatest demonstration ever at
tempted In the city.
While twenty battleplanes fly over the
city and khaki-clad soldiers from army
cantonments march with veterans of
past wars and representatives of every
phase of business and social life, anti
aircraft guns will boom the message of
the opening of the great drive to the en.
tire city In a sham bombardment of the
aerial fliers passing overhead.
This Is what the Philadelphia Liberty
Loan committee, has planned thus far,
nnd more Is to be planned. Other
features will he arranged from day to
day until nxt Friday, when It Is prob
able that the program will have been
definitely prepared.
(overnor Invited
Governor Brumbaugh and his staft
have been Invited' to attend, near Ad
miral Helm, commandant of the Fourth
Xaval District; General L. W. T. Wal
ler, U. S. M. C, and a host of other of
ficers of the army and navy will par
ticipate. Shipyards will be represented
by floats depicting the. work being done
dally in these plants; likewise will the
nrunltlons and other war plants be
represented.
Camp Dlx soldiers and details, from
the army and navy stations In this city
will march in the military division of
...c .i..uc. yv regiment irom Lams
Meade will also take part.
r I
P.eprerentatlvea of the textile indus
try met in the Beltevue-Stratfnr.1 h.i
last night and discussed plans for their
campaign. Justice Robert v unh.
zlsker addressed the meeting, after which ' service. His brother-in-law was drafted,,
it was decided that an effort would be I and soon after his Bister died from
made to raise 10,000,000 'for the loan worry. Before being drafted he worked
in one day, September 30. J nt Budd's ammunition plant. He lived
Banks are urged to make every elTort with his mother. Mrs. Anton) Belli, at
to have their quota of the loan sub- 1821 Xorth Nineteenth street,
scribed. A campaign o educate the peo- ' Prlrate Joseph A. Bongord, 113 Gay
pie to "borrow and buy" will be waged ' street, Manayunk. Is named on the of
and every person will be urged to use his Aclal casualty list today as having been
bank ci edit in purchasing bonds. Banks ! killed In action. A report of his death
also will be urged to purchase as manv was made unofficially three days ago. I
Ponds as their expected earnings for six
iiiuiiius win permit.
Buy your bond where you live" will
be the slogan of the 1TO0 fourth Lib
erty Loan workers In the Twenty-second
ward, Germantown, who opened head
quarters today at 15 West Chelten
avenue.
Fraternal .Order to Help
All resources of the Hoyal Arcanum
will be devoted to furthering the fourth
Liberty Loan during the drive. Judge C
Arch Williams, supreme regent pf the
order, stated today. An elaborate plan
has been Instituted to enable' Royal
Arcanum councils all over the country
to take an active part. The gmnd
regent In each State Jurisdiction has
been appointed State chairman of the
Hoyal Arcanum fourth Liberty Loan
committee, and the entire 175.onn mm.
bershlp of the order has been organized
uiiu a unit, lur punning me drive
Supreme Regent Williams, In outlin
ing the plan, said: ,
"Kvery one of our 1700 councils has
several members In the army and navy,
some In France, some on the seas and
some In training camps. As devoted
brothers we must stand back of them to
the limit of our ability. As patriotic
citizens the members of our order must
sustain an oi our gallant soldiers and
sailors; hethernwbera ,qf our, order
r: ' ' ''El
CURB INFLUENZA
AMONG SAILORS
Fourth Naval District Gets
Control of Epidemic.
Hundreds Cured
PATIENTS ISOLATED
Fourteen Deaths Among Sail
ors Due to Complications
With Pneumonia
With many of the patients virtually
cured and only a lew new cases re
ported, the Spanish Influenza, epidemic
among sailors of the Fourth Naval Dis
trict apparently has been controlled.
Several hundred of the 067 sailors In
various hospitals will be discharged ns
cured In a few days. It Is said.
Of fifteen deaths, fourteen of them ,
among sailors, five were due to com- '
plications with pneumonia.
Of these five cases, one was a civilian.
Thomas Phillip, of Wllkes-Barrc. who
died at Pennsylvania Hospital. Deaths
among enlisted men are dlyided between
the navy yard hospital and the Wlssa
hlckon barracks hospital at Cape Mav.
About 100 sailors will be moved to
the City Hospital for Contagious Dis
eases today. These men were to have
been moved yesterday, but bad weather
prevented. Methodist Hospital has dis
charged eleven patients as cured, and
only hlne remain for treatment. One
new case was admitted to Pennsylvania
Hospital.
Dr. O. H. Klein, of the Pennsylvania
Hospital stair. Is In a critical condition
from the disease, but Is believed to have
a fighting chance to recover. He was
about to take up new duties In the
Maternity Hospital when he was
stricken.
influenza Is a contagious disease
which physicians are not required to
report to the Bureau of Health. In order
to obtain a closer knowledge of the
spread of the epidemic among the civilian
population the Board of Health will
meet today and take measures to make
the disease reportable.
Dr. Paul A. Lewis, director of the
laboratories a Phlpps Institute, Seventh
and Lombard streets, has Identified the
"Evanish" Influenza bacillus. The result
of his research is identical with that
conducted by physicians at the Penn
sylvania Hospital. The germ Is the
well-known Pfelffer bacillus, the cause
of the old form of grip, it has been
treated as such by naval and city doc
tors and has readily yielded to treat
ment except in cases where pneumonia
developed.
influenza epidemic
AT FIVE CANTONMENTS
Wa.hlngten. Sept. 21. The outbreak
of Spanish influenza at five additional
army training camps was announced last
night by Surgeon General Gorgas,
T S&X teTiAa1" whlch
The total number of cases reported
from all camps Is 9313, with eleven
deaths. The greatest number of cases',
6S83, was reported from Camp Devens.
Mass., while Camp Lee. Va.. had 1211.
i and Camp Upton. X. y., 602. Camp
,.t.?'?'- T H
,' fleers believe resulted from the Influenza
epidemic.
The camps included in tonight's an
nouncement with the number of cases at
leach, were Camp Gordon, Ga., 136;
! Camp Syracuse. N. T., 64 : Camp Hum-
j phreys, Va., 56 ; Camp Merrltt, X. J.,
182, and Camp Lewis. Wash., 11.
nrlstol, la Sept. 21. The first case
of Spanish Influenza found among ship
workers at the Merchant shipyard
proved fatal here when Walter Wall,
aged sixteen, died of the disease.
I,e was employed In the service bulld-
'" """ "ecame in on aionoay. several
other cases, which bear symptoms of the
same ailment, are being closely watched.
llniton, Sept. 21. More than 120
deaths' from Influenza and pneumonia,
fifty-five of them In this city, were re
ported in Xew England during the
twenty-four hours ending at 10 o'clock
last night. Although the mortality was
the greatest In several days, the health
authorities said they were confident that
the worst was passed.
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Philadelphia Men
Slain in France
Continued from I'Age One
commissioned before the denarture of
I the Twenty-eighth Division from Camp
j Hancock. How he was wounded has not
I been learned.
Just before the division crossed tn
France Lieutenant Hallowell married
i Miss Gertrude PJillllps, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Dayton Phillips, cf
the Hamilton, this city. Mrs. Hallowell
accompanied her husband to Camp Han
cock, and was with him until his regi
ment: sailed for France.
Lieutenant Hallowell Is a great-grand-
son of the late Frederick Fraley, who.
was president of the Western bavlm
Fund Society' and of the Philadelphia,
Board of Trade. The lieutenant's father
I, controller of the Western Saving Fund.
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109th Infantry, Is reported missing in
action since July 15. He Is twenty-
eight years old and was drafted on
April 2. 1918. He is married and has
nn. child. He has a brother In the
GRIP DECREASES AT 1EE
Will Be Clear of Influenza in
Week. Surgeons Say
Bv a Btaff'Carresvondent
Camn Lee. PeUrsburx, Va., Sept. 21.
famp surgeons have checked tne epieati
of Spanish Influenza at this cantonment,
and are confident hat In a fortnight
the camp will be rid completely of the
malady.
There are several hundred' cases In
the hospitals, but the number of men
who are being discharged from the In
fluenza wards ureal ly, outnumber th
.new patients." No deaths due to tha
malady "were reported today.
One thousand and nineteen soldiers
and ihtrteen nurses were naturalized
late yesterday afternocn at a special
session of the United . States District
Court held tn the Liberty Theatre.
Governor Davis, of Virginia, ad
dressed the new citizens and outlined
the-outles and responsibilities of all men
sworn to uphpld the Constitution. A
majority of the new citizens are natives
of Italy, and, following the naturaliza
tion proceedings, participated In a cele-.
hratioii In honor of Italy's natal day;
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