PHTPPppS Spi'sJir'iF'jf i ""fVfirf" wEmkiM i -. K BUSINESS NOTES Officials at the Amrrlcnn Woolen Com imity ore well satisfied with the prices received and the general reception ac corded Its blsr mnila niietlnnn. Although he prices paia were from 25 to 30 per . cent below the market level, the fact ' that buying was readily stimulated has already Imnnrtert n ntnhllltv to condl- i tlons that has been noticeably lacking since the signing of the armistice and the ending of Government buying. In general It tnav bo said that cloth prices are back to where they were , eighteen months ngo. From the chnr- j ncter of wool prices being named at the , uuswn auctions it wouia seem ns inpunn bottom has been reached for the time being. American Woolen has often adopted the auction scheme to clean up excess stocks at the end of a season, but has never resorted to It on such a large scale before. The guiding motive was to test out the market and clean up In ventory preliminary to tho formal sea son's opening next month. Now It knows whero It Is. The prospects of a good year for woolens In 1919 nre very bright. Job bers' shelves aro bare people are be ginning to buy clothes ngaln and the boys In France, whoso aggregate buying Is Important to men's-wear producers, will be soon bnck home. All this augurs well for a large civilian consumption. The Frnnklln Automobile Cnmpnny, which has devoted Its plant to work on Hlspano-Sulza and Rolls-Royce airplane engines, Is getting back to production again. The first week of peace showed a production of only four cars, the sec ond week seventeen cars, with a gradual Increase up to the present output of from seventy to eighty cars per week. Sontb Idea of the transition ahead can bo got by comparing this output with tho normal capacity of tho Franklin fac tory of 225 cys Per week. At present orders nre being received at rate of 100 per cent in excess of production. The 1918 production of passenger auto mobiles In the United States will run under one million cars compared wltl)i 1,718.000 In 1017, according to a com pilation made by National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. An estimate of 160, U00 cars Is made for the last quarter of the current yenr. Last year It was estimated 160,000 trucks were manu factured, which means there has been an actual Increase In this depnrtment In tho current year even If civilian trucks only are considered. The new cnmblnntlon of steel pro ducers which hns been organized under the Webb bill for tho advance ment of American steel Interests in ror elgn trade, will bo known as the North American Steel Products Corporation. It will be an exclusive agency for exporting merchant Iron and Bteel products of the following companies whoso combined nnnual Ingot capacity Is about 12,000, 000 tons: Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Brier Hill Steel Compnny, Lackawanna Steel Company, Lukens Steel Company, Mid vale Steel and Ordnance Company. Re public Iron and Steel Company. Sharon Steel Hoop Company, Trumbull Steel Company, Whltaker GleRsner Company, and Youngstown Sheet nnd Tube Com pany, Director (lenernl McAdoo has signed these railroad compensation contracts: North Pacific Railroad and Its subsidia ries nt $30,130,068; Richmond, Fred ericksburg and Potomac, $1,137,373. E. A. H. Clnrk has been elected presi dent of the Steel Export Company nnd has accepted, It Is ofllcially announced. Ninety-six thousand autotrucks nnd passenger cars were left on the hands of manufacturers by cancellation of War Department orders. In addition, manu facturers have 29,000 motorcycles and 36,000 bicycles that the Government or dered and' cancelled on the signing of tho armistice. It was estimated that about half of these "wheeled vehicles" would hav,e been ready for delivery by January 1. GOVERNMENT BONDS 2s, registered, 1030 1's, coupon. 1030... H-. registered, 1018 as, coupon, 101H 4s, -mist-red. 1021 4s, coupon. 1112.1 Ms, reslstered. 1040 8s, coupon, 1040 Panama 2s, registered, lORfl, . Panama 2s, registered, 1038.. Panama fls, registered, 1001,. Panama 3s, coupon OS 01 OOJi OUi 100U lOOVi 81 83 08 98 81 88 DIVIDENDS DECLARED Tho New York Federal Ilessrvo Dank, semiannual of 3 per cent, payable Decem ber 31. American Rolling' Mill Company, quarterly of Hi per cent on preferred and BO cents on common and stock dividend of 25 cents on common. All aro payablo to stock of record December 31. NEWS OF THE PORT TODAY'S ALMANAC HUN AND TIDES Sun rises... 7:18amlSun sets.... 4:28pm PHILADELPHIA High water. 8:.12 a mlHIgh water. 4:14 n m Low water. .11:03 a mILow water.. 11:35 p m niSEDY ISLAND High water. 12:27 a mllllrh water, 12:411 p m Low water., 7:40 a mILow water.. 8:11pm BREAKWATER High water. 10:51 amlHUrh water. 11:13 pm Low water.. 4:27 a mil. ow water.. 3:11pm ABRIVKI) Str Oloucestsr. Nlckerson. Doston. pass and mdse, Meitinanta and Miners' Trans Co. Str Kricsson. McNamee. Baltimore, pass and mdse. Kricsson Line. CLKARED Str Howard. Klrwsn. Jacksonville, pass and mrtje. Merchants & Miners' Trans Co. Htr Oeorge W Clyde. Korrest, Norfolk, mdse, Clyde S 8 Co. Htr Pawnee, lllch. Now York, mdse, Clyde B S Co. Str Kricsson. McNamee. Baltimore, pass nnd mdse, Ericsson Line, Steamer From Reported at Date Lake Oraphlte.Quebeo New York,,., Dec. 21 Lake (lorln. . .Bycney New York. , ..Deo. 21 Lake Acomak Now York. . ..Dec. 21 Potwood Eric 11 Jucaro New York.. ..Dec. 21 Walmer Castlo Liverpool New York..., Dec. 21 bt. Mlhlel Three Rivera New York.,,.Deo."2t Otsego Verdon New York. ..Dec. 21 Col, 15. L. Drake La Pnlllce New York.... Deo. 21 Metapan ... .Paullau New York..., Dec, 21 Petrolelne . .Ulavre Now York.. ..Deo. 21 Ucorgo O, Henry Rouen Now York..., Dec. 21 Gargoyle Philadelphia port Artbur. .Dee. 20 War Dracken , , 9Vi K Portland Dec. 20 Rrosund Phitade ph a Alborir Deo. Hi Hlmfaxe.Phllailelphla Copenhagen ..Dec. IB Kitnim Mnrcus Hook Gibraltar .. AngeloTdso , Philadelphia cienoa Tnomlna.,New York Oenoa Lapland. ...Now York Liverpool . Radlolclne Philadelphia Rouen Oilier Clearings Steamship From Sailing For llorgrstad .Baltimore Palo Blanco Magdnla . .Ilaltlraore Falmouth ,, llrk Flore .Baltimore Montevideo Brk Alexander Baltimore Rio Janeiro rtrk Svlvestlerne .Dec. 17 .Dec. 11 .Dec. IS i.Deo 19 .Dec. 17 Date ..Dea 20 ..Dea 20 ..Dea 20 .Deo 20 Baltimore Ruenos Aires rv nn Persian Tunisia France Jacksonville l'hlla Dea 20 ...... IBarry Sandy Hook,., Deo 17 Brk Asulf llahla l'hlla Pleura De Lva .Hil,irau .low urK.,j,liea JH ....ueolO Dartmouth Sandy Hook... Dec 10 Agios aeorsios . tllbraltar Hampton Rds.Dec-I7 Mongolian Trlncs ' Hull Phlla Dea IN Bamland , Havro New York Deo 17 SIIII'PINO NOTKN The steamer Rotlston. from dalveston fop New York, la reported off Tybee In distress The Spanish steamer Urklola Mend!, the first steamer from that country to trade with this port for many years, arrived at Ilreak" water this tnornlnir with a riran .... i.. to Oalley. -Davis A Co, Tho vessel w oni to the Mendl Line. "uiisim rn steamer n iveraan, Bound from I'onn. lulu to Philadelphia.' la in distress sTg miles off 81. Augustine. Florida. Tugs have bee" sent to the assistance, of the steamer. The steamer Sehome collided with the steamer Clenernl Friable In San Pablo Hay. California, during a heavy fog, The Sehome was baiHy damaged, Passengers on board the vessil were all rescued, although tw.i member of the crew are believed to have been drowned. Roth ships are owned by th ilnnteeello. Steamship Company, ThelRrlllsh sitiooner Wva C. from Cadis . i SI, .latin;;, with a rro of salt, akin. ,sV"l In mM-eswSM Is, leaky candlllo. fhi, fjv w ptohsfl by MR n sar (i ' 'iO ' KRUPP'S CANCELS DIVIDEND Gcnnan Munitions Company Formerly Paid 12 Per Cent Uerlln, Dec. 21. (By A. P.) Tho Krupp Company at a general meeting has decided not to pay a dividend this year. The great arms concern paid a dividend of 12 per cent In each of tho first two war years and 10 per cent last year. It was announced at the meeting that when a balance was struck nt the end of June the directors decided to pay a 4 per cent dividend this year, n part of which must bo taken from the surplus of 1916. Recent developments, how ever, so unfavorably affected tho eco nomlo situation that the directors were unable to recommend the payment of any dividend. STEEL MEN ADVOCATE CHANGE IN CONTRACT Under New Form Buyer and Seller Will Be Bound to Obligation New York, Dec. 21. Kfforts by domestic consumers to can cel their contracts on the books of the stoel companies during the Inst week has resulted In a decision to make Important changes In tho forms of contracts which will bo mnde In future between tho steel company and the buyer. Tho matter will be handled by the committee on con tract obligations of the Amerlcnn Iron nnd Steel Institute. This Is one of the old standing com mittees of the Institute nnd It Is the general expectation that tho question will be taken up within tho next few days for the first time and a decision on the new forms ronched In time to be presented to the directors of tho Insti tute nt tho next monthly meeting about the middle of January. Although no Information Is nvnllnble on what tho commltteo will do, It Is certain thnt under the now contract the nuyer. as well as the seller, will be bound to whatever obligations have been mndo regardless of what the nuoto.tlons for tho various products mln-ht iin in .... ,ri the meantime. Heretofore, buyers have considered their contracts merely as optktis on so much capacity of a steel mill, and often, when the tlmo came for filing specifications, tho contracts would bo canceled If the prices hndwlecllned from tho levels when the original order was placed. All this will be eliminated when the new forms come Into effect. And tho steel men of the country will welcome tho change, as It will mean thnt the disadvantage under which they have been working for yenrs will be done nwny with, and the buyers will be held to regard their contracts just as religiously as tho steel men have In tho past. There have been some rather large cancellations of orders from the XTnlted States Government as well as from for eign nations In tho past week or ten days, according to some of tho lending steel men of the country, but such nctlon has been expected nnd is llkciy to be continued during the cntlro tran. altlon period from war to peace condi tions. In tho caBe of some French war con tracts, however, requests have been made for substitutions of other piou. ucts for the war materials that had been ordered, nnd It Is considered likely thnt this matter will bo settled satis factorily, for the steel will be taken In various forms which can be used by manufacturln'g concerns In France. All the leading steel companies' man agements are firm In their position that tho reduction In prices announced after tho meeting In Washington last -week will not prevail on business taken be fore thnt time, nor on orders which are to be shipped during tho remainder of this year If such a thing Is possible. The new prices are ruling only or orders which hae been placed Blnce Inal Thnrsrlav rn rlallt'rlau rtfa &. last Thursday on deliveries over the first half of next year, despite the fact that some companies came out with an nouncements of Immediate reductions to meet the new levels. The Youngstown Sheet nnd Tube Company after send ing out tho revised schedule, followed it with a supplemental notice that the prices aro not for spot material If any Is to bo obtained or sold, but only on new business for 1919 deliveries. Bar tli Seeks Early Peace Amsterdam, Dec. 21. Richard Earth, member of tho German Government, hns proposed that the Council of Six send a delegation to Versailles Immediately to ask the Allies If they aro ready to conclude peace. PHILADELPHIA MARKETS GRAIN AND FLOUR WIIKAT Itfcelnts. 2.14, 228 bushfls. Th market ruled Arm. Quotations: Car lots in export ejevstor, Oovernmsot standard in. spsctlon, standard prlcss No. 1 red win tsr, 12.80: No. 1 northern sprlnr, ''JS No. 1 hsrd winter. 2.08i No. 1 red win ter. Bsrllcky. $2.37; No. 1 red. "mutty. 12.30; No. 2 red winter. 12.30; No. 2 norjh. ern sprlnir. J2.80; No 2 hsrd winter, J2.30; No. 2 red wlntei, garlicky. 12.84; No. 2 red, smutty, 12.38; No. 8 red winter. 2S2t No, a northern spring, 12.32: No. 8 hard winter, 12.82; No. 3 red winter, isrlicky. I2.80: No. 3 red. smutty. $2.20; No. red. J2.30: No. 4, srllcky. 12.28; No. I. smutty, 2.27; No. 4. garlicky, smutty, 12.2(1; No. B red, J2.28: No. . garlicky. $2.20; No. B, smutty, $2.20; No. B. car- lllw .m.iltw I" J CO'nN Receipts." 1702 bushels Supplies wro small, but trs.de was slow and values wero largely nominal, wo quoio jji;u hi oar lots for loral trade, as to quality and location. Sl.BO01.Tu per bushel, tha latter for choice old, . . . OATH ItecclPts, 182.423 bushels. Tho market was quiet but llrm at the late ad vance, quotations: Cr lots as to location No. 2. hlto, DlUH82o: stondard white, HlWHlvic. No. 3, white, .80V4W 81c; No. 4. W F&Uli-UeceV 200 bbls. and 3.1)00.340 lhs. In sacks, pemand was slow and tho market ruled weak. Quotations: To arrive per 100 lbs., n US- b. saiks Winter wheat, loo per cent Hour. $1.2501I.S: K"nsa wheal. 100 per cent flour. JHO-BOWIO-TB; spring wheat.lOO per cent flour. 810.604 ilYE FI.OUIl was dull and unchanged. Wo quoto at S8.TBOH.80 Pr barrel, In sacks, as to quality. PROVISIONS Thero was little tradlnir nd some vorle. ties were u shads weaker. Thy following were the quotations: City beef In sets, smoked and air dried. 4c; Western beef. In sets, smoked. 48c, city beef, knuckles and tenders, smoked and olr dried, 40ct Western beef, knuckles and tenders, smoked, 48c: beef hams. 00c. Tork, family. M BBoi hams. ,8. P. cured, loose. 87H38o; do, skinned, loose. 87O8TV401 do. do. smoked. 8080Hc; other hams, smoked, city cured, as to brand and average. 30J4W 40oi haras, smoked western cured. SO WO 4001 do. belled, boneless, 82c: plcnlo shoul. ders. 8. P. cured, loose, 20o; do. smoked, 30 He: bellies. In pickle, loose, 83c s break fast bacon, city cured, 42o; breakfast bacon, western cured, 4Bo. Laiu. western, reflned. 2HW2itV4oi lard, pure city, kettlo rendered, 280S8UC. REFINED SUGARS Tha market ruled Arm though quiet on a basis of Do for fine granulated. DAIRY PRODUCTS J1UTTEP. The market was quiet ns usual on tha last day of tho week, but prices ruled rlrrn under light offerings, The following were the quotations: Holld-rscked creum.ry, extras, lino; higher-scoring goods, 7UW72CS this latter for Jobbing sales; extra firsts, 117 0 (18o ; firsts, 112003c; seconds. MWmici fancy brands of prints Jobbing at T8(P7Se; fair to good, 872;. lsaaB Flno newlald eggs were well clean, ed up and firm. Ws quote: Frsa caaes, nearby firsts, 121 per cratei current re ceipts. 120.40 per cassi western, extra firsts, 121 per esse: firsts, S2O.lO02d.4O per rase; Inferior lots lower; storage eggs J1.1 HP ld.20 per rake; selected frrsh Jobbing at TBWTTo 'per dosen. CillSKaH lhs market, was qulst undsr light offerings. Quotations! ..New York, whole-milk, fancy, fresh, 37037Wo: specials hither) do, dn, fair to, good, fresh, SOW ftfttto! do, Wisconsin, wholsrmllk. fancy, STOShiCldo, do, fair to good. SOtfSOVic. I.IVB The market ruled Arm at the late ndJwinc wish oisn4 asssblss' tti IkssksJ Sfrrtdsw- The luotatMwa mu si oflat ., " ti EVCTING PUBLIO GOSSIP OF THE STREET RAILWAY CHIEFS MAY HAVE PLAN Executives' Committee Expected to Make Proposals nt Chicago Meeting Soon Considerable Importanco Is attached to the meeting yesterday of the railroad executives In New York nt tho drond Tcrmlnnl to discuss legislation which they have been preparing for the return of tho roads to prlvnto control. It Is tho general opinion 'In tho financial dis trict that tho executives nt this meeting will agree upon some definite plan which can be presented for ratification at tho meeting to be held shortly In Chi cago. Sentiment over Director General JIcAdoo's five-year plan, which seemed about equally divided hero In financial circles, now seems to be shaping for a change, with a majority opposed to It. p. n. n. nonds One of tho main topics for discussion In the financial district yesterday was the $50,000,000 ottering of Pennsylvania Railroad bonds. The announcement came at last In the nature of a surprise, ns It was freely remarked for some days paBt. even no late as Thursday, 'that tho banking house which formed tho syndlcnto to distribute tho bonds had dented thnt such financing was Intended at tho present time. A majority of bankers nnd brokers, however, concluded that tho matter might be delayed as late as February next. Thero are no two opinions ns to tho quality of tho bonds, ns they are universally regarded as tho bcBt of their kind on tho market today. Ono house which either hnd nn Inkling of tho details or has n very good gdesser on Its personnel and hnd been taking subscriptions on the Issue for some days( "If as and 'when" said yes- . , . ' I "" ," "c" B"u yes i it-iuujr mm iney nan secureu more suu- scrlptlons for these bonds than for any other bond since tho house was estab lished. The fact that they aro free of Pennsylvnnln Stato tax Is a strong recommendation for them In this terri tory. This Is the first largo piece of railroad financing that has "come across" for several months past. It was of course preceded by the recent offering of $10, 500,000 Chlcngo nnd Northwestern Rail road, which was heavily oversubscribed The proceeds from the snle of tho bonds will be used for extensions nnd better ments, also for rolling stock In nccofd anco with the recent order of Director General McAdoo. At 1 o'clock yesterday a dispatch from Now York stated that the Issue had been largely oversubscribed. Cnssatt & Co., said thnt they had never received ns many subscriptions for any Issue ns they had for this one. and thnt their total subscrptlons would amount to a very substantial fraction of tho total, $50,000,000. It Is generally acknowledged In finan cial circles thnt the oversubscription In dicates thnt thero arc large sums In the hands of Investors awaiting gilt edge Investments. Some Hopes Dissolved The rumor thnt tho money committee of the New York Stock Exchange would soon dissolve, received n "bump" yester dny when It was reported that the Treasury Department hnd stepped In to forestall suggestions of disbanding the money pool ana its restrlctlpns on Stock Kxchango loans, by requesting the com. mittee to keep Its regulations In force till after the close of tho next Liberty Loan. A prominent banker said In this connection thnt ho had never given any attention to the rumor, as ho could see no reason for nny expectation for easy m0ney so long as another Government ... . b loan was pending. It was Btated a few days ngo that N'ew York bankers were In favor of removing entirely tho restrictions nn Stock Exchange loan operations, but that sucn action was dependent entirely upon the attitude of tho Treasury Department nt Washington. In tho meantime a member of the com mittee Journeyed to Washington to con sult with Treasury ofPcIals In the matter of removing restrictions. Since his ie turn the money committee has been ad vised by Washington that It Is the wish of the Treasury Depnrtment that the money committee continue to exercise Judgment over tho local money market for the present. J''94 .spring chickens, according to quality, JHW32c: roosters. 21022c: duiks. relcln. 82 j83e; do, Indian Kunners, 2S4P30c; geese, 2S82c: turkeys, SOttaSc: guineas, young, Kr..pa"' weighing 1V4 2 pounds nplece, S1O1.10; smaller slues, 008Sc; do. old. I';r Pair, 7BWR0c; pigeons, old per pair, 30SJS5c; do, o(ung. per pair, 2380o. FRESH FRUITS The market was generally firm with de mand equal to the limited offerings of do. sirable stock The following are the quo. I? '19.1! i Apples. New York, per bbls.. King. It. 50W7. -.; Haldwln. S4il.30; Hubbard: ston. S4il2r; Greening, S4j0.2S: arlous varieties, S3WB. Apples, Pennsvlvanla nnd Virginia, per bbl.. Hen DaMs. J2.B0C5; Oano, SS.BOOBt stajmnn Wlnesap, J1H; box, S29P4, Orunses. Florida, nar pral. J2.n00, Tangerines, Florida, per strap, 37 Clrapefrult. per box. I2.80BB. PinV. npples. Porto lllco, per craie. SU.BOOO.no, Cranberries, Jersey, Mr bush. -box, J33: do. do. per bbl (14. .10018. Strawberries. Florida, per qt B0O90c. 1 VEGETABLES Tho market was quiet and without Im portant change. Quotations: White potatoes Eastern Bhor. per bbi,No. 1, I.SOS.BO; J1"' Jt'i MP.?."0',. Whu" P'Ioes, Norfolk, per bid., I3.L'. White potatoes. Jersey, per S-bush basket No, 1. 8000o. No, 2, 60 ?SZ,u wW,f,,,0i p- No' 1. P" ...u ihb., .a.uwW.a. ,II,IV IMIIMIUC", IfElIi H f. Kwm Mlalfi.. V.am per bbl., No, 1, "J 4. SO fl, 80; No. 2. I2.B0O .1 iiu. nnni poiaioes, ueiaware ana Mary ,.,)d.Abu,J",h;mD,irf,' "v1' '?: No- 2- i40 f 1.80. Cabbage. Danish see1, per ton, $V8 W28. Onions yellow, per KiU-lb. bag No. 1, St 83S81.70; No. 2. BUBOc, IiHBS15l Turkoys of flno quality were In good request and firm with salea of fancy nearby stock In some cuhcs as high as 4Sti 40c, Other descriptions wero quiet and showed little change. Quotations: Turkeys, fancy, nearby, 4344o: exceptional lots higher; do, western spring choice, 42048o: do, do, fair to good, STitMla; do, da common, 3 Oiff 35c; old toms, 88W4flo: do, do, old hens. .IMWtllc. fowls, fresh-killed, dry-picked. In boxes weighing i lbs, and over anlere, 89c: weighing 4 lbs. apiece, 38c; smaller sizes. 2H(30c, Fresh-klled fowls, In barrels, fancy, dry-ptcked fancy selected, 34 Vis; weighing 4Vi lbs. and over apiece. 84r; weighing 4 lbs. apiece, 82o; small a lie, 20O 28o, Uld roosters, dry picked, 27o Itoastlng rhlcVens western, dry ricked, in boxes Weighing. 4 Vi lbs, and over apiece, 8Bc: welghina tils. cpl' 4n: weighing SU lbs. apiece. 82&890I weighing 2H1JP3 lbs. apiece 3031c. Itoastlng chicken", weatsrn. In bbls. Weighing 4 lb. and ovor apiece, 8iq: welghlns; 8H lbs. apiece, 82c, weighing 2H 8 lbs. aplere, loljaio. Droll. Ing chickens weighing IHO! lbs. apiece 42044c, Ducks, nearby fancy, spring, 400 42o; do, western, dry-picked 88(?40c. aeess. western, dry-picked Choice. 30082o; fair to amort. 27tr2Uc. Mnuabs. per dosen Whits weighing 11 to 12 lbs per dosen. I8OH 2fl Kbits, welghlnir 0 to 10 lbs, per dozen. T(I J, Mli white, weighing 8 lb, per dosen, JaO .80: do. do. T lbs. nsr dozen. S 4 OOOBi'd", do, AOQUj lbs. per dosen. S84i dark, il.si 02.00; small and No. 2. SI 02 80. nulneu. young, per pair,, 7ScOll.25: old, BO67B0, NEW YORK DUTTER AND EGGS New York. Dec, 21. MUTTER Iterelnt. 7801. Higher scoring, lino, outsldot extrss. JnoiTOVsc; nrsts, impiiavic; seconds. Bit; SVtoi Imitation creamery. TDWBOui Btuts dairy. 47BOc. Kuun iieceims nmi rases, jsxtras. 80 TOci nrsts B50nnCi refrigerator, snial marked. iB5j dirties Ho, 1, OOOTOct Kf., 9 JinhfUt phivki. AsesHrti afn. .Zu,: 7,1ci san Vaelne eoa laofteVl browp ., 7sTfl lx 9?, B()1 Wis LEDGER - PHIEADEEPHIA", SATUBD'AY, GEO.G.BROOteje. Killed Gorp.G.O. waunaea LOUIS O-BOUCHAIiD GEO. DONALD wounaerj u-ttci SeftJhF.M.BAVNES OOS.MSHUGH, rii9ing Miaatncs PRIVATE THOMAS WEIJSTER Killed in action Soldier Killed Driving Wounded Continued from Puce Two Mrs. James Dopald. C449 Haerford avenue, of their son's Illness and also the fact that he had been awarded a medal for bravery, l'rlvnti- Donald was a member of tho medical corps, replace ment unit. He attempted to enlist nt the out break of the war, but was persuaded by his father, who was badly in need of clerks nt his store. Fifty-fifth street nnd Haverford avmue, not to enter the serv ice until It was absolutely necesaryl Donald wns manager ui nls father's store and at that time It wns Impossible to secure nny one to take his place. Finally, when his draft board called him to the colors, he did not claim exemp tion and was sent to Cnmp Crcenleaf In June. On his wav north to an embarkation point the young prlvnto wns taken 111 and wns sent to a base hoipltnl In Allentown, where he remnlned for a short time. It Is believed that Donald and a nmk.R nt ot nrn d pr wpm linlsnnpd either by accident 01 uanixii. The last letter received from Donald, dated Sep tember 29, Informs hla parents thnt he was well nnd woulu be nblc to write for Borne time as ho was on nis way up to the front. Tho parents re eclved ofllclnl word of his death from the War Department on December 12, although they hnil been advised of tho fact prior to that time through letters from Clnrenco Smith, who wns stationed at tho base hospital whero Donald died. A brother. J. Howard Donnld. Is with the artillery at Camp Jackson, H. C. The parents have communicated with Wash lngton In an attempt to ascertain tho data of their son'H dpafh nnd also some Information concerning the presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal. Trlvate Charles 1'rancls Mnnaban, wounded, Is twenty-one years old and a member of the medical unit, 318th In fantry. He was drafted In April, 1918, was sent to Camp Lee and embarked for overseas duty In May. His parents, Mr and Mrs. John Monahan, 1618 West Cumberland street, were notified by tho War Department last week that their son had been wounded slightly In nctlon on October 6, but a recent letter from the young soldier stated that he had been gasd ""d wnH recovering 'grad ually, Prior to enlistment he was cm ployed by the Kunkle Coal Company, A brother, John J. Monahan, Is now In France with tho 316th Infantry, and another brother, Joseph J, Monahan, is also overseas as n member of the 130th Field Artillery. rrlvute Kdwnrd Iteln, Company D, JlBth Infantry, thtrty-onq yenra old, was wounded by gun shots In the left arm on November T, nccordlng to letters nnd nn official notice received bv his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Rein, of 2228 Dickinson streot. The son writes that ho Is being well enrod for in a hospital and Is rapidly Improving. He Joined tho colorH In September, 1917. trained nt Meado and went overseas last July, A brother Is In tho navy. Lieutenant George K. fllttrsple, wounded, Is twenty-six yenrs old and was commissioned nt the first officers training camp nt .Fort Niagara as a aeo end lieutenant, hut lias been recently promoted to a flrnt lieutenancy. OIllss plo Is with Company M. 313th Infantry and, according to the telegram from the War Department, he was wounded on September 28. A letter from Captain J, Lloyd, 4057 Spruco street, dated Octo her S, says: "I nm writing this at the inuinnm nf vour husband, whn wan hi .iy shrapnel In both nrms nnd the shock also broke the- right nrm, therefore mak ing It impoBBiuio iur nun in write, ite Is getting along very well nnd we are anticipating a rapid recovery." Prior to enlistment the young lieutenant was In partnership in a tourist agency with his father, wllllam Gillespie, Mrsf Viola GIllMPle, wife of lieutenant Gillespie, Uvea nt 1049 So th Frnzler terrace Private Leon Felnsteln, wounded, didn't want to alarm hla mother, go he never mentioned tho fact that a piece of shrapnel had put one arm out of business for aevorn! weeks. It was only through friends that his. parents, Mr, and Mrs, Nathan Felnsteln. 12S2 West Glrard avntfe learned of his Injuries. A few days ago they received a letter written after the conclusion of the nrml. tlen, saving that 'the big show was over" awl that ho,, "had known In Ms heart! Jl.ftlO" that no harm wouM corns i "ninv I 1 I " I !T47.f 'n.ten I, yitl, th' 8M ON FREEDOM'S ROLL OF HOPPED Scrrh MEED uioj ui Gorb.WQ.BARRINGTON A.V.SCACHE wouncicta wo c LEON FlHHSfeiN Wounded Honor Roll for the Citf and Vicinity Today KILLi:i) IN ACTION Lieutenant ,,m!IKI.;n T' Kl.NT. Clifton Heights, n reMously reported missing ) Corporal ANDKinv CONI.IN, .vn Ellsworth st. TIIOUAS 8. Wl'llSTEIt. 0037 Rein hard st. hikii or woi'Mis Nergrunt lir.KI) IIAUNITZ, 1IS37 Oxford st. Privates FRJMJ"; JfKMS 154(1 Kuan st. uiiVVtll ,'-hi:i'lt'i:K. L'l.'ll Seibert st. ...'';.".".. itntbnrnurfh. V.l'VSK..,"JI'.KNi lnI3 Yrk st. .VRUI V4. k,wi'i:i i;t w. .Montgomery WII.I.IA.U WKI.KKK, .1010 N. Amcrl can st. DIKII OP DISllASK I'rlintes '"in"'";'' NATLE South liar- ul:i"iti'I.,,t,i.U"' Mw Haverford ave. WILLIAM .N.KIMA.N.V, Jr.. 17U1 Unity t , Frankford. wolm)i:u m:vi:iiely Lieutenants iwiJi ,1:' (III'''1K. 1040 South . .tfy'ler terrace. m . ?i "' -N':''. 3J22 Chestnut St. wii iivl'Vf'.v. ''Ported. I ltll.LLV.lt if. McllLMtV. Ridley Park. NergeantH n"I'lI!lly,. W-U- M"J Vorth Fifth st. ItKIIAltl) ; m:SKVV. 5J0 Spruco st. CornoruU ,l)ll!Ifll.').,.,'L)lt'IIAKI, 3o Tuiip st. Altllllh IJL.NN, dl3 U,ist W estmorelun nd li'rr'i'M"? "K'N. SS2S Dickinson st 1U11M M. ItKIMIAN. 700 Tulip St. I'rUnteM vunk.1'- ,I0N':S' -i3 ""I" "- M"". I:lmJi"Jt"l"rr';"W'""'11, -130 ,on- i!ii'iVViiM,',i,.,.M?ANi M13 Cherry st -. 134U North Eleventh WMll'lrH,ii,,J'',3-,S r!"rl ' FKANK llAlt.MCS .MAXI.KV. Darby. WOUM)KU (I)i;01li:i; LXULTKlt Ml.NEI)) Captain A,iia:verfo';d.I'l,KK'NS' ranm0" rm"- Sergeant (iltOVLR c. WKLCII. 817 North 21st st. Wagoner ,',hTl:li,J S'MAMJS. Jr.. 0108 Callow- Corporals JOHN P. McMAIION. 1720 Wiley st. K,'AI11) J. IIALUV. 2344 Hast Al. !,tIJ,'tilol'll.lV1V,R,TV' .1,ryn MaT . u. nut t'lj, U103 Lunsdowne uve CHAULES T, KKLEJl"v. 4M3 Chestnut J0"!!' A" McI,0'KLL. 4143 Lancaster ntV.V'il1e'S CATANAtil. U30I Hustle- 1"nl,1'sf A" CK00K' 237 Nonh Twenty. l'KA.Mi HICCIIOV. 1113 Tree at limi lAltll lSI('Kt;Vi:iN. llnsdowne. nm vii vifsii'i' ii roj'ously reported ) "Aee-d5l,"K,,,,;' "" (IL'OKIIK 1IHADLEY. lait st Alban at JMI'I'JJJf "V l'!llili MV? kn?fi : : sVil'i l HO.N.NLLH. HJ4 North ""Ardmo":. IIII'T' 2" slmP" "ad, ITrrrillt 1". KELLY. Clifton Heliihts CIIAKLEH M. KKIlftciliKK. 32(111 Joyce HAItltV KlNdSTO.V. 2a Sharswood nt "nViVIt A- ,"rAIi. 55S" "tiuti; WL10H1LY tVOl'MIKIl Prliatrs ll.MtKV J. FISIIKK. lfllft Ogden st JONEI'II J. .llcCA.NN. 2034 Tea" Oxford FUANK P. TfiniN, r.140 .Marlon st AIItl'AV HCIIIINHKIK. SJ.'S Emerald KLMKB C. Ki:ili:i. 2337 North Fourth Kl'wiN J. McfiLADK. 234li South Bev- entv. first st JXMES V. COItCOKAN, in;o Parrlsh at FKANK .1. I'IMCIIKK. .'217 ker.ha " ave' NWil-KI. KIIIII.KIt, MH Morris St. " flKHUIIK . W. IIAOmekt, 130J North l.nnit'ert at HEUIIEKT ItlNCII. 3.110 If st IMItltY W. Iltlltll. kiki fth st WILLI M I'. CALLTJ.M. 34111 Magee st WALTER CKAin. 1320 Broadway. II Mill V J. FISIIKK. 1010 Ogden st AI.IIEItT J. (IHAMEIt, 2413 Kouth 73d 41"(ll(OK KOELMAN. 2007 Klpp at CIIAKLICH J. OEOIM1E, .loos' Herman town ave ERNEST P. WIOMAIEIt. 1414 Ker- hntlah st I1ENIAM1.V 1). LEVIN. 3118 Ara minirii nve. ((lfTlclully n ported mlrslng ) HERIIKRT M. (IOLI)MkierT 3S4H Hprure st F.IUER 8 WAVNK. 2021 N. Camac st NAMI'EI. J. FOHTF.K. 23N N 1st ath .MICHAEL J. MrKKOWN, 41114 lira "n at Itl'DOU'll HOPEWELL. 203 East IIARIIY SI. KELLY. R2i Pine road CIIAKI.KS F. MONAHAN. 1018 West Cumberland St. UVWHKNCK O. MOUMIKK. 120 nasi Hnrlrnr ave,. Ardmnre. ROLAND F. OLIVER, 1210 82d St., jn'irJldMtANZ, 2H3S pirklnson st, IIIMOV UTANKI'H, 1020 Houth ttii st. HARRY WHITTLE. 0213 llulst ave. MISHINO Privates JONKPII MclUinil, 777 BnytH 20th st JOHN K. tlREKNHALOE. 2300 South Cleveland ays. Machine Oun Corps, entered the servlc thirteen months ago and sailed on July M' """ " P"l0t M l C" DE0E1MBER 21, 101S HONOR DAR.NITZ Corp. As. DUNN xYrjivnu la areaetj CBfYOUnaCU A.MALANDRA u ncJscJ woundcu GEO.L.HA'SSOfH CortsJ.DAlLYEY M-iaftin Woonaca Mende Ho wns a salesman before en tering the nrmy. Corpnrnl Louis ). Ilouehard, olllclally reported as severely wounded, Is a mem ber of the 302d Mechanical Repair Cult, Q M Corps. He Is Soldier's Kit forty years old. and . ... enlisted on Novem- Heats Hun Home fr 28. of last yenr. in response to a Gov ernment nppenl for expert mechanics. This nppenl came In the form of a War Department letter, offering Corporal Ilouehard, who Is nn expert on sewing machines, tho rating of sergeant, stating' thnt tnere was a great opportunity foi promotion. Although Joining the light ing foices meant the giving up of a good salary, ho immediately offered his Bervlcea to his country. Ho sailed for France on January 8. The ofllclnl tele gram telling of his injury, stated that he was wounded on November 10, tht dny before the armistice wns signed Apparently It Is Corporal Bouchard's intention to give his wlfo a Christmas ,irHo tnr indnv i,ia l.orMino- n .i kit bag 'arrived at his home Howe er. I nn M-nr.l l,n ,-nm.. frnm 1,1m ln,llnn.l , Srrtzfinit Kdwurd .J. Ilrlni. Jr.. t?nRiArl. is a member of Company 13, 3 1 9th Ma- o ""nlen'Tron3," tllS"ni$!v "XSK I ScrWw than 6 feet 1 Inch tall. Sergeant Helm wna ilrnftnd (Vlnhnr R 1017 l.dn.j , Camps Meade and tJordon, and sailed for France last May. He wiote his father on I.5'8 Letter Day that his whole body had been burned bv mustard gas The nrmy surgeons thought at one tlmo that he would not regain his sight his eyes were so badly affected, but he re covered, nnd expects to arrlvo at his home. 3180 Tulip street, in the near future. Prlwite Eugene C. Everhurt, Jr.. twenty-three years old, formerly of Norwood. Pa., died November 3d from wounds received In nctlon, according to a telegram received by his parents. Ho enlisted In the 136th Machine Gun Rt.t tallon, went over In Juno and served in Franco and Uelglum. He wns tho only great-grandson of tho celebrated marine artist, James Hamilton He was asso ciated with his father In business 'J,1,' """''I'1' -""elliigb wns reported In a Wnshlngton telegram, dated De cember 12 as missing In action on No vember 11. the day the armistice was signed On October 19 he wrote his sis ter, Mrs Anna Gallagher, 777 South Twentieth street, Inclosing his Christmas coupon, saying that he was well and had been "over the top" three times without Injury. No word came from tho missing soldier nfter that until tho olllclal dispatch arrived His sister sent him a Christmas package, however he llovlng that he had only been lost from his company and expects to hear soon that he hns rojolned his regiment or been Invalided home Private McHugli Is a member of Company C. 310th In fantry. Ho was Inducted Into the serv ice In November. 1017, trained at Camp Meade and sailed for France last July Private Jolin 11. Orrrnlmlrji, twenty three years old, of 250U South Cleveland uveuue, iuiu a meiiiuer 01 company M oiuiu iiiiiiiiiij. in lflth Infnntry, Is reportid missing Ipfo the last (lay of the war. However; ' In 11 letter to his parents, duted Novem-1 nor -u, ne accounts ior nimseif, saying tha he got a little mixed up In his bearings at tho battle of Sedan and failed to find his conjpuny, hut was onlv awav for u few ilavs it ,..,, drafted, trnlned nt Camp Meade and sailed for Franco last July. Ho Is sin gle and made his home with his parents nt the above address Prior to Joining the army he was employed as a cleric hy the Pennsylvania Salt Works Private Mlrbnel Mil r Me. reported dead of disease, lived at 1222 South Harmon v Btreet and Is twenty-live years old Relatives received a telegram a few days ago saying that ho died of pneu monia October 10 Corporal VVIIIIam It, Harrington, wounded bv shrnnnel nbout ninh.. unlisted In the old First Regiment, n' w. 1-, it, ihhj ui luoi jfur, wns trans ferred to the 103th Infantry nt Comp jiuinuwiv iuiu wrui utmueaa last May Ho hnd some preliminary training at I,nnsdowno nnd finished his course at Hnncock Ho was mnde n Corporal shortly before lenvlng for France Ho was gaBsed slightly early In the summer, but wns able to may on the Job. According to a letter to his par ents, who live at 221 North Wilton street, he was wounded In the head on October 4. but did not get to 11 base lios Pltal until October 0 He wan e-iven 1 fine care In the hospital, he added, and nn jmiii iukii iriuuia iu me lieu t. TOSS Young. Harrington was a pianist before Joining tho colors, (Sergeant Reed llurnlti, who died of wounds received In nctlon. Joined the colors In September of Ust year, was trnlned at Camp Meade nnd went to France In July Inst, as a member of Com pany L, 31Bth Infantry. Sergeant liarnltz was a widely known amateur baseball player, having held down the shortstop Job on the It, (J. Dun & Co.'s team of the Main Line League for three seasons before Joining the army He was twenty-four yours old and lived at 2837 Oxford street. Curporul (Jeorce 1), llonpes, wounded In action October S, enlisted In April of 1917, when only nineteen yenrs old. He was attached to tho 103d lCnglneera, trnlned at Camp Mcadti, which camp he helped to build, and later at Camp Han. cook, where he remained until May of this yeur, when he went overseas. A shell from n trench mortar caused hit injury one night during the heavy fighting In the Argonne Forest when his regiment was building a narrow, gauge railroad, Tho young soldier Is the son of Mr, and Mrs, Hoppea, of 8105 Lansdowne avenue. Ha is a graduate of the Drexel Institute, HI family has, md every effort to locate Itlm and -discover how nerlouMy ho ha been Injured, but so fur without success. the possible date of his return to this 'iltlv. . In "ncrlino I HeVfnrll sffSh country. Tho tag on tho bedding roll , V,1. , ,, '"', !? I5,lch,iri' l,"rth was In his own handwriting. h "",', ",u5 ,Vn,n!,f "f ,llLG"man ulLr,'f" BERLIN ACCEPTS HINDENBURG IDEA OF STRONG ARMY Officers Receive Instructions to Conceal Plans of People's Guard London, Dec. 21. (Hy A. P.) The German Ooernment hns accepted Field Marshal von Hlndenburg's plan to form a People's Ounrd, or national nrmy, ac cording to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Dally Mall It Is said that the Ger man army, under this plan, will be stronger than ever. All ofllcers have received Instructions to keep the details secret Women will be employed for auxiliary sorlces. Count von nrockdorrf.Rnntzau, Ger man minister to Denmark, has been appointed Foreign Minister of Germany, In succession to Dr W. 3 Solf, according to reports from Berlin. Munich, Dec 21 (Hy A P ) Doctor I.uppe. Mayor of Frnnkfort-on-tho Main, announces that the German national ax Hcmbly will meet theie Chief Durgo master Vngt has gone to Uerlln to make nirangenients for a meeting Ilerlln, Dec 21 (By A. P ) The eh ctlon of a new central executive com mittee hns been completed. The social members nre largely in the majority, glv Ing tin- cnhlnct a support it heretofore lucked Not only nic many of the mem bers renily able men, but radicals Ilka t'.eorg I-tck-bciur. Dr August Mueller and other. members of the uld executive com mittee lime been eliminated FESS WARNS REPUBLICANS Tello Majority of Next House , "Scransbio" Must lie Avoided I HiiHlili.Rtm,, it.c in (Hy A. I') He llesentllt n Fm.M. nt nhln linlrn,m. of the liepublkan congressional com- ttnuilng nsralnst a ser.imi.ir, f,,- nai. lion" now. "The country must nwalt 1020 to place full authority of the Government in ine Keeping of tile Republican party , , ' n .!. . iiiuiiv,(iii (in 1 i , said tho statement. "Whether this will be doii. oi not will depuul upon how we Vi";, ';,Urtu,y Glv'n u" 1V lic People. If the House now, in Its first opportunity since It bus come under the control of ' our p.irt. proceeds to iffeet nn oiganlza tlon upon any ground otlur than the countrj s tlfare thtougb patty solidar ity, It will In; a hviIiiuh mistake, too nppjiciu fur any comment. "The vote of confidence In the last ecctlon, which as emphatic ns to Its significance, will be ns quickly with drawn as It was glvin if either personal ambition or factional rivalry he per mitted to descend to any bitter sciamblo for position, either In the hpeakershlp or the assignment of committees'. No such consideration can In- allowed to dlctato our first olllclal act." DID RUSSIA BACK REVOLT? Bolshevist Clnini of Financing Uprising Stirs Berlin Ilerlln, lice. 21 (Dy A. P.) The question of whether tho German revolu tion wns financed from Russia Is ngi- :'","V,r,.V'l:B;..i,ec,J.TJnl'on celVed arcn sums f ,8XnZV ceiia large sums from Russian sources. ,.?.T.e., "r..,'1e . r":1:l,,st.. newfpapers J ' ".". .""""'u " Wireie, iniY Una . ..i,i i,-. -.. ' esM anvthinir direct. v thnv wpp pI & &?Ln? hadcom ' leSlnrCl' ""nt Oycnr Cohen c"-'rn",n Vli'w,,;'r'-'t'lry ' Justice, had ContlOl Of 10,000.0(10 rubles for tho fur- ithernnce of the-German revolution, nnd altogether 24.000.000 marks had been placed nt the disposal of the German revolutionists by Russia. Hugo Hnase denies the Bolshevik emissary's allegations outright LEAGUE WON'T END WARS Vice President Marshall Urges Reciprocal Trade Agreements Carlisle, Pa Dec. 21. Vice President Marshall. In an nddress before tho ' Carlisle Chamber of Commerce, gavo 1 his views on some questions now under I discussion In connection with the Pence Conference, prefacing his remarks with I the explanation that he had no thought! of endeavoring to affect President WIN I son s negotiations. wo wie iiuriHiun 01 n worm league or understandlnir to prevent war. which. I ho said, all right-thinking men agree is desirable, Mr Marshall declared that until nil men are of goodwill wurs will not cense unless nations desire pence at any price. Ho said the Allies nnd the United States could go very far toward promoting pence, but predicted that un less reciprocal trado agreements aro made between these associated nations, existing cordlnl relations can not lust. I'rglng extension of the American mer chant marine, ho voiced opposition to Government ownership, but deelured it preferable to ship subsidy. PHYSICIAN SLAIN IN HOSPITAL t i . 11 ti. ,p Japanese Doctor Alleges His Vic- tint Culled Him a Spy lliiltliiiore, Dec 21. (By A P ) Dr. Mobruy Ishlda, 11 Jnpnnese, nnd a mem ber of the medical stuff of the Sheppnrd I'rntt Hospital here, shot nnd Instantly killed Dr. George II Wolfe, another phv sliinn of the hospital, In the oillco of tho Institution today. Jealousy over one of tho nurses prompted the deed, accord ing to the police, who said that Ishlda told them he shot Wolfe becaufce he was- Jealous of him. Hospital physicians who disarmed Doc tor iBhldii declared, however, that he told them that Doctor Wolfe had con stantly accused him of being a Japanese spy nnd had circulated false reports re garding his conduct toward nurses In tne Hospital Doctor Ishlda Is n professor of mental diseases at the Johns Hopkins: I'nlver slty Medical School DANIELS PLANS REFORM May Stop Practice of Breaking Up Ships' Companies WllKlllllKtnn. Dec. 21. (By A. V ) Secretory Daniels Is planning a reorgunl- zntlon of naval practice to stop tho fre- i ''ent manges or ouicers nuoard t e i ships of the fleet which have been the rulo during the war. Commanders of tho i ig snips navo onjecteu to naving their bhlns' companies constantly broken up I The Secretary said todav that lm Mediately after the naval review In Now York harbor next week, he expected to have conferences on the subject with Admlrnl Mnyo, commanding the Atlan tic fleet, and Rear Admiral Blue, the now chief of the bureau of navigation WANTS TO PAY SOLDIERS Raker Asks Immediate Legislative Authority From Congress Wnhh'iiEtnn. Deo 21. (Bv A. I" 1 'mmedlnte legislation to permit the War wepnrinit-ni to pay in iuu soldiers re turning from overseas for hospital trcnt. ment wns asked of Congress todav by Secretary Baker In letters to Vice Pres ident Marshall and Speaker Cltrk, He said 90 per cent of the soldier patients arrive in the United States without serv ice records or other papers showing tho date to which they wero last paid The Secretary suggested a law author kins; tho War Department to pay tht men upon their personal affidavit as to the date, of last payment 4 wJMJo oj thiilr ftKOMnts. . I.UMi committee, Issued a statement to- Three dnys later, south of Solssons-- ,' day In reterenci. to the organization of he was gassed and sent on hl ..2 'lIu' mXt ?,K by the Republicans. 'trip to the hnsnltnl wLSv sec"a , iie.illlng disastrous results of former I Ihir.i . .f " Wh lie vu dl , , iltlltreilt'eH 0er lllirlv nrirnn Tiittnn rtn.l cfi U)n,iiii.i.is MUlll 17 J$ ... nsuwr. t rt SOLDIER'S HORSE h BLOWNTO PIECES rmiadelnlna berccant I Awoke in Hospital With Broken Vertebra fi. HOME WITH DECORATION' B Bayoneted and Gassed, Hcr1 wears Cross for Capturing "a German Officers' A shell exploded on tho hcrso'T Sergeant John F. Dlnlch was rldlne lit tho Argonne Forest battle When Ha "l . ? recovered consciousness tivtiiv.f., & hours later he had a fractured verln- t bra. j sergeant DIaleh Is home today on. a. X furlough from Wnlter Reed HospltalUrS J Washington, to spend Christmns wlftw gf his wife and baby nnd father at 101 Jn West Venango street. -i tuning or nis experiences, the wounded I lnd. who wears the Distinguished Service: Cross for capturing two German offlijsj"' -;l single-handed, said he was lucky to bar" A alive. T II In the Chatenu-Thlerry drive u. Ge" man soldier ran him through the abdt5- men with u bayonet. It looked llko tha., , nil of the war for him then, he sal&7- but he recovered nnd went back to 'm&4, unit, f mnpnny A, First Dnglnecrs, rest! A' fnmigny on September 3 a pIASs" he r'tofo r,,oUVVS " B Uh the first-aid treatment J? f .. "IIIWIICIU. vna B "assert Three Days I.nter ically unfit for servlen n, ,...?2Kf charge of a company, so ho wag mailak'"fi, dispatch rldfr. -rr It was WhUft In h3Q sAt-ifMA , i-icit - -- t uvai.c Vats". ), tUffl J made his third and Inst trip from the battlefield on a stretcher -nolno- ln. .,"- si .,,,.'." ,,nt0e Argonne forest. he, r ,a ''millimeter shell struck mv" 1 iie in me orew. If exploded Inside J T him and hurled me Into the air. That& Is tho last 1 remember until I woko ' up In a hospital twenty-four hours later. A nurse was trying to give me.?, ' nourishment when I was revived. Sho . told me my spine wns fractured. "Rut my experience was nothing oomI pared to thnt of the boys In the Infantry-'"' i nnd other organizations that fought In the great battle of the Argonne forest.,''?' .' which forced the Germans to give up, Many From Pennavltnni.. .. t "The sacrifices of these men should""''' 4,! never be forgotten by the nennia ..er1,'. J, I'hlladelph'n, because a great many ofw fll the men In that battle were Ponnsylvaw.Jr .li nulla. ii was me most bloodx battle of the war. . ,T "I believe Pennsylvania has sufTered the greatest casualties of any State,JttJ the nation." !wf Sergeant Blalch smiled broadly Vhen ne toiu or tne capture of two German lieutenants that won him the dlatln'.' gulshed servlco cross. The Incident hsua' Its humorous side. Ms. Vfil "T fminil Rnmn f2-mnn.. I. J ,-V..ZkI near Cherry Chateau, south of the V&fUTaSA r..t iu wic ciiwuiico ana asKed iaivi many wero In there. 7 J " 'Ncln,' was the answer I got, iSjicf. at the time I thought he meant thereA were nine. Later I learned that he, .JiiEl trying to tell me there wns nobody there " 'W.,11 u -ii..i i :' .Mde -..... tii;, vtiviucT meets amongiyptu I shouted and began to toss In ho.Si grenades. When I thought they were'.'nU dead I mopped. It seems, though, tliifi ,.cj iiuu Hitmen in a nine noie, ana wereu-, not hurt. In a few minutes they cama' out with their hands up, and I took theni"Sf 10 neaaciuartcrs. Tncy gave conslderdblp valuable Information, and I got a IjJ kiii&uiaueu oerviuu lross. Was P. H. II. Fireman Slflrpnniil nlnlpl-i la fnanl, . .. 1,1 m v.n.- c.,.,4 t m.i.L ,Tr. J oi.ip,., nevvsnnner mute VnVri., ti itn '";" wf.p,",er r",e can" '" !fl .V,- f'f,5"'w" ears a" th el4ei "'""" lowneu me organization or mor Ing newspaper carriers that now exfS Blnlch was a fireman for the Penn- sylvnnln Railroad when he enlisted In "d"lt .itaJsV. H S3 If' tho KnBineers on March 4. 1918. Be- 't1 . ,1.. , j ',,..' .?-, -u J"rBr "" ""' "c ":,,,:u u" enlistment in t ', ,""na?,-. , , , . Hi ne win go uiick 10 me nosnitai next 1 ? Friday for an operation which he thinks, J, will repair his Injured spine. ' "r) "And. say," he added, when he had ". & finished telling his experiences, "dohV V rorget to tei mem I said to help the Red Cross." w 1 FRENCH LOST 1,400,000 DEAD" Man Cost of War Revealed in De"1 bate Over Demobilization ' Paris, Dec. 21. French soldiers to ' tho, number of 1,400,000 were killed during tho war, according to a state ment by tho Socialist deputy, Luclon Vollln. in the Chamber of Deputies during nn Interpellation of tha Gov-,, ernment on demobilization. , Deputy Vollln nsked that tho sol dlors bo returned to the soil nnd the) factories without delay, and continued; "I betray no secret when I Bay thftt- '" the problem of demobilization presents Itself thus. We have mobilized 6,900,. 000 men; we havo had about 1,400,000 killed, while 800,000 recovered frorh' wounds. We uro going to demoblllza " 1,200,000 reserves, territorials and i,onila of families " "ea"H ol fum""!8' CZECHS CLAIM ALL BOHEMIA 't .tf(r Will Not Admit Peace Council' Hub Any Jurisdiction . Prague, llobemlu, Deo. 21 (By A. P?l The Czccho-Hlovak republic recognises no part or me territory witnin uonenHtt "u P"rl "l "" verruury wiiiiin uoneui) ,, ?h open to any controversy to be settled.,, 51 y the Pence Conference, as BUgRosUdl M "' , "'" .." i ira". n i v y ueclared today by Premier KramariMr B " " Ue egat Ion from Qerman BohemlC' ,fl 4"" wi'n"!' ' Witicu,mr nm , vvlthdrnwul of the troops of occupation. i"fl fyllV lviw9j sa, iviuviiu niiu ait4A ms STka vrjstt rested and the restoration of quiet and order. . , The Kntente, ITemter Kannafil set forth, had signed an agreement by wnicn tne enuro country was aeciurea to belong to tho Czecho-Slovak Ktattv,.v Ho assured the Germans that their cultural and national development wouW , be assured them and added that he dss- J l sired the return or the troops of occup tlon ns Boon as .possible. U. S. TO RELEASE SHIPJ5 1 1' w-i- Plans to Free Part of Tank Fleet itl'K , in Announced , New York, Dec. 21. Plans for (Ui! 'a prompt release from Government realms r, Blliuil in H part ui mo jieei ox i- ISMIK 'l steamships, eighteen of them PiifllM, gregate tonnage of 1.100,000 dcadvrpwlt iumi, w?m nnnuuiivvei nere loaar the United State i!puJnT board. C Only llioa rfcmlr4 br atunlvina: tha. w. mfij4.mJBmm . wnti TWM.W, S.'.'WV Tm win D.I 'inn. . 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