r k Wf .A .." "1 -V' '- "i ' - s . a -J EVEKiyU' PUBLIC lilSJt)G3J:it--rHlAPiSLrHtA SATURDAY, FEBKUABT S, 1919 JT WOUNDED HEROES CHAMPIONS OF FREEDOM BOCHES AFRAID OF PENNA. YANKS Returning Philadclphians Tell How Foe Ran Terror-Stricken SWORN IN AS MUNICIPAL JUDGES MAJOR F. E. KEENE TO WED FRENCH GfflL SPROUL PROTESTS FREIGHT RATE RISE SAFEHOME AGAIN -A! '. .-".- .aaHaaw r I l IVr. tf K Lf . i i ( Three Fhiladclpliiaus Arc Listed Amonsr Casualties i " Already Returned TWO FROM HERE DEAD Privntc Patrick, O'Btfcn Killed in Action and Alexander Mc Lean Disease Victim Honor Roll for the City and Its Vichihy Today KILLED IN ACTION rlral I'ATRICK O'nrtlKN, 7203 Charlton at. DIED OF DI8KASK l'rlrnte ALEXANDER Mel.KAN, 2137 North Tneniy-nlnth attest. WOUNDED SEVERELY Strtrnnta EDMUND U. IlEATTLE. 0320 Limekiln pike. Corporal ANDREW 1IOUHER, 3030 Allen at. Wnroner CORNEI.IUS ('REEI)ON, 052 Ea On tario at. WOUNDED (I)E(IRRE VMJF.TKK MINED) I'rttntn JOSEPH II. C'KMIKE. .1203 Clifford al. OIIANIU. IIRBKNK. 72S Sycamore at. GEOIUJE IIIIIII.EV, 837 l'ourth at. (In- correct nndrc(t!i.) RICHARD J. KAVK. 171 IIyool at. HOWARD W. DI'.IT. 3007 Wcat sWuC- nanna ave. CIIAKLEH J. KLOTSRUCIIER. 2339 North IJnncroft at. nnoRais (iriffitii thackerav, us Kalon at. CIIARI.EH Ron', 2C00 Fouth Thir teenth at. HENRY r. WEIIER, 4133 Green at. M'OUNDED SLIGHTLY Corpornla ELMER IIERKITT. 2H3 North Law rer.cn at. J. J. ROUINSON. Adam road. Creacent Mile. SOL WEISS. 322 Eat ThlrJ at. (Incor rect nddreaa.) llutler RENJAMIN I'lIVCEMAN, 070 North Sev enth at. rrlvatca .lORI'.I'Il.OAI'IJTO. 201 North Elahth il. JOHN Al LUTZ. 3111 Frankford ac WILLIAM V. IIKNNETT.l.W.M Wal nut at. - CHARLIE KUlTll. 3I1S Emerald at. ANTOMO t'AROrOLO. 7223 Haee man at. . . ADOLI'U C. (HUMMER. 3031 Frankford ae. LOUIS II. DEMCIIICK. 2120 South Third at - JGH5 K- "UNV. 2142 Kimball at. JOHN J. (1ROOAN. 873 North Twenty aecnth at. ) Threo men wliosc names appear on today's ofllclal casualty report hav a ready returned to their homes In this city. They aro Private Charles Klotzhlcker, 2639 Bancroft street; Scrceant Samuei Beattle, G320 Limekiln pike, and PrUaU Cornelius Creedman, 325 Kast Ontario street. , Private CrdVdnian was attached to Company yG, 103d Ammunition Train. JIo was severely wounded October 26, ivhcn through tho dark he drove a truck loaded with hlch explosives Into an open trench. 'Tho whole truck load went off," aald Creedman today, "and It's a won der I was not blown to pieces." Private Creedman was almost con tinuously In daneer of death at the front. With the train always loaded with high cxpIosUes, tho boys of the 103d never stopped for enemy flr. 'The roads we had to traxel were under fire all the time, and I can't re member a time when wc were not In danger," 'Creedmin said. lie Is thirty years old and married. The .total of rhljadelphlans on tho casualty list takes a silent drop today. Thcro aro only twenty-eight names on tho honor roll Yor this section today, rfhd of these fourteen are men reported wounded slightly. Nine others are clas sified as wounded, with degree undeter mined. Private Patrick O'Brien, Mount Airy, Is listed In the report as killed In action, and Private Alexander McLean, 2317 North Twcnty;nlnth street, who died of disease, are the only fatalities In the army overseas for this city reported to day. The threo remaining soldiers, on the list for Philadelphia are' wounded se- erely. One hundred and sixty-two from this State, more than two-thirds of whom are wounded, aro In tho report for the country today. Two hundred and sixty major casualties bring the nation's total up to 1680 for today. SKETCHES OF THE HEROES I'rlrate Oeorrc Johnaon, Coatesvllte, according to tho AVar Department, was wounaea in tne arm. in a recent letter . , , home he wrote that Private JFoundea, a comrade was klll- rnmrnAm Kiltrit efl h5' lhe same comrade Killed, htn tnat wounded While the Tuo him. "I was In the r ii j n- .. act of taking the Rolled Cigarettes making of a cigar etto for a comrade when a Rhell exploded near and killed my comrade, wounding mo In the arm," wrote the soldier. Private Johnbon Is a member of Com pany O, Eighth Infantry, and has been overscan since July last. He trained at Camp Hancock a month before sailing. He Is a graduate of St. Cecilia's Paro chial School and Is an athlete. Serrrnnt Edmoml II. Hrnttle, 6320 Limekiln pike, a member of Company O, 114th Infantry, was severely wounded October 12, In both ankles by machlne run bullets and nhrannel. Sergeant Beatty Is twenty-three years diu aim was lormeny or tne old Third Regiment of New Jersev. Whan fnn. cress. declared war on Germany he was sent to Sea dirt for training, and later transferred to a camp at Annlston, Ala., tailing for France In June Sergeant Define nas nro Drotners in tne service. Thomas, who Is a chief petty odlcer In the navy, and Samuel a, Beattle, of the naval aviation unit, Re.raeant Samuel TtentrtA n..!., nl..a home Sunday with a discharge from the service, visited his wounded brother In a French hospital on the day tho ar mistice was signed. Ho Is rapidly im proving, the returned hero told his par ents. Thomas B. Beattle, the naval officer. Is twenty-eight years old, and has served in mo nuvy ior iweive years. PrlTate Herman W. Lanier, 1719 North Twenty-sixth street, reported wounded, was really gassed, according o letters ho has written to relatives. He Is a member of Company C, 27th Pioneer Infantry, and served on the Mexican, border. Training at Hancock, he sailed for France In Mav. A hroth. er, Frank Langer, served during the naiaHn me same cqmpany. Private Cliarlea KlotililrLer iK JJancroH street, whose name appears among the wounded on the official cas ualty report today, wounded In tho battle ot the Areonne In the right knee and the right side, returned to this country last Tuesday. He was con fined to a base hospital In France for live weeus wiin JllP wuuiiiiB. Private George Griffith Thaekerr Company L. 4th Infantry, shell ahncVe.l In July, recovered nnil was gassed Oc tober IE. His mother, Mrs. Jenny Thackery, 145 Kalos street, Wlssahlck. on, has received War Department mes sages and letters from her son to this effect. Private Thackery enlisted in . the) regular army two 'months after this couutry entered the' war, and after wwm i wfcwj, r a l - -a- I .) " '' . I aM-f W" ' ... i ' .- iTfc....to' i . - ."'""" sWTW GEORGE JOHNSON.- GEORGE G. THACKERAY-Sorh EDMOND BEAHIE. Wounded Gjcrd- . WoundeJ WO UNDED PHIL A . DOCTOR EEL A TES BOCHE CR UEL TIES Captain E. J. Prosper Was Pris oner in German Camp for Six Months Convalescent in London, Wants to Go Bach With Conquering Army 'Jlils aittcle teas written hy Hcmv il, Xcelir, a I'hlladclphian mho h engaped In icconatructlon work abroad. (.Coprlghl, mil), bv Public Ledger Co.) London, Jan. 23. With a bullet In his chest, a p.ece ot shrapnel In his thigh nnd another In his hand, a Phlladclphlan lay nmong the wounded ot tho British division to Which lin was ntlanhMl. whllo." the men still on their feet fought des- I peraiciy to ward off tho bodies who surrounded them.. , But tho dUIsIon what was left of It was captured and the Philadelphia!! with It. That wi last May at Barleaux, uown oy the Chemln des Dames. SInco then ho hai lived through all of tho unspeakablo hOTrors of a German prison camp, has seen his comrades die like files from starvation. Ill-treatment, undressed wounds, disease. But ho sur lvcd It all and Ii here In London now, fit arf a flddlo again, but full of hatred for Oermany and oerythlng German. "You will necr want to go there on a acatton, will you?" I suggested Jok ingly as we sat talking tonight in the Palace Hotel. His eyes flashed and his Jaws snapped shut. "I'm trylnc to get back now." he said. "I suffered all the humiliations of a prisoner there; nrw I want to go .back with a conquering army." ' The Philadelphia Is Captain Doctot In civil life at home H J. Prcspcr. who was born and raised at 2307 Frankford avenue, and whoso father still llcs In the old family homo. Doctor Presner, a graduate of Temple and of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, nnd still a member of Doctor Conwell's church. practiced at 2900 FrankfoTd avenuo until he went to Lawrcnce Me, Pa, about a year before coming over here. I came across In May." halu Cap tain Preaper, In relating his experiences, "with the first fourteen medical officers from the United States. I had held a commission In the old Medical P.escrve Corps and I -volunteered to come over and Join the British In response to an appeal telling of their frightful need of medical men. With the other Ameri can officers I was sent across, attached to them, at the first opportunity after the United States entered the war, and, before we had sent cur own men over. Division Ordered Onl to Re-equlp "Wo went out to France and I was assigned to the Seventh Durham Light Infantry. In the British Fiftieth DUI sIon, Wo Joined In the third battlo of Ypres, but four months of constant fight ing cut up our division fo badly that, after wo got down to the Somme In the retreat of March 21, wo were ordered out to rest and re-cqulp. "But we had not rebuilt our strength very much when the Portuguese began to break up by Armentlercs and we were sent back early In April with the Fifty-first Division and checked tho rout before the forest of NIeppe. That was one damned good battle, I'll say. "We went down Bouth for a loiig1 rest then, for we were cut up worse than before, but when tho 27th of May show started, when the boche broke through on his way to Paris, we got word that ho waa coming over for us. We 'made a stand on what they called the Cali fornia Plateau at Barleux by the Chemln des Dames. Tho boche surrounded the plateau 'and our men fell thick. I went down with three wounds and, whan the thing ended, the bocne captured prac tically all that was left of the divi sion. . . "From here all of us wounaeu men INFLUENZA DECLINES UNDER CLEAR SKIES Decrease in Deaths and New Cashes Reported During . ' "Week' Influenza deaths and ne cases de creased this week, the former totalling 102, the latter 383, as compared with 121' deaths last week and 614 new cases. The clear, cool weather this week Is assigned as the reason for the decline. This week's new cases, by districts, were: North of Market street, 160; south of Market Btreet, 61; West Phila delphia, 113; Frankford. 14, and Ger """TVr, 35. The total of deaths from all causes, ending at noon today, was 750. Last week's total from all causes was 784, and the aggregate for the corresponding week last year was 759, Of the 750 who died this week, '369 were maleB and 381 were females. Deaths from all causes this week were : Typhoid fever .. 1 .. 1 ii Diphtheria and croup .... Influenza other apldemla dlacaeea ... Tuberculoid of tha lungs .. Tuberculoala menlntltla .. . other (orma o( tuberculoala nrariei lever :: "ii .. 0 i:ancer .. Simple menlnxttla ...,..... Apoplexy and aoftenW of brain Orsanlo dlaeaaea of tha heart ,... Acuta bronchltla ; ('hronln brnnchltia ............. . 2o . . lno .. 11 It .. 78 . 61 .. u . o ,. IS 4 Pneumonia Jironchopneumonia 'JL " Dlaeaaea of tha reaplratory ayitem... Dlaeaaea of tho alomach Diarrhea and enteritis Appendicitis and typhllltla .. Hernia , ClrThoala of tha liver ............... Acuta nephrltia and Urlsht'a dlaeaia ,. Noncanceroua tumqra ........ Puerperal septicemia Congenital debility Henljlty i llnml.U. ....... ... ......a....... .. II 4N 1 2T 1 28 3 48 All other violent deaths Bulcldd All other dliejsc Total . 750 ..Chemical Society Elect! Klectlon of officers of the Priestly Chemloal SooJety at the University of 'ftBWlVMUA retHUieu- juuown; a 1 HPLsaLsaLaH ,5K2S2S3ss;rv)'!nt. Tusrxy-.r tj CAPTAIN K. J. PRESPEK He if a Philadelphia plijsician from Frankfort! avenue who for six months was a prifoncr in a Ger man camp. Captain Premier h al present a, convalescent in London wero made to walk nil tho way to Sis solnlc, n good twenty-five miles,. Tho bocho did not bother to drees our wounds nor to feed us. For two daj we had nothing to eat and, on our arrival, wero given only a cup cf coffee made from acorns. Many of our men wire too seri ously wounded to "attempt to walk or even ciavvl so I picked out those In the best shape, had them tear doors and shutters)!! of deseited houses, make Ut ters of them and ho our motley proces sion started, with men barely able to walk ran j Ins those totally unable to move along tho rough country roads for two days with nothing to cat When we got to Sfcsolnle, we wero put In cattle cars and sent as far as Mont Cornet where, after a good deal of pleading, I was grudgingly given a few dressings for the critically wounded cases. J-'roni there we were .sent In a clvlllanlraln through Treves Into a hos pital at Cassel, In Germany. We ar rived six das after our capture nnd the whole transport a.s ho call such a group of wounded men In movement was In a most terrible condition, Men. Writ Like Fllea "But tho conditions that we found In the hospital camp were slmnly appalling. There were a number of men there cap tured In the March 21 and April 9 shows and they were dying llko files. "The food was terrible. After I became convalescent, I re quested to bo allowed to help In the work of caring for tho wounded, and this was wanted. I was put In charge of the eye, ear, noso nnd throat depart ment and minor surgery. Through this department, I was able t come in con text with tho mon Just back frcm the salt mines nnd from behind the lines. Then I began tq realize what the Hun really was. 'These poor men were absolute skeletons. They were nothing but Kln and bone. The Huns worked tlum In the mines from sixteen 'to eighteen hours u day on the samo slim rations ns wo g'.t In the hospital. There were 35,000 prisoners In the camp, Including men, of eighteen nationalities. They wero used simply as beasts for 'labor. They were forced to work In ,the mines until they collapsed from exhaustion and starva tion; then they were brought back long enough to build up sufficiently to stand on their feet and sent right back to the mines to go through It all again. "Because I had volunteered to work, I was 'permitted' to ask for things that my men needed, but nothing was ever given to me." . CAMPAIGN AT WAYNE FOR LARGER SCHOOL Residents Meet to Launch Project to Borrow $300,000 for. Purpose A campaign to obtain a new high school for Wayne was launched last night at an enthusiastic meeting in the Radnor high school. The meeting was attended by the Rad nor township school bbard and residents of the community. A resolution was adopted urging the erection ot an adequate high school building and it was decided to ask the voters at the next election to outhorlze a loan ot $300,000 for the structure. A site was proposed on Lancaster avenue adjacent to tho present school building. The suggested site has a frontage ot 800 feet on Lancaster avenue. To raise the proposed loan. It was pointed out. It will be necessary to In crease the present school tax from eight to ten mills. . It was proposed that the contemplated building should be used as a community center and also contain an auditorium, gymnasium and other facilities. Tho present high school was built to ac commodate 150 pupils and la overcrowd' ed now. Addresses were made at the meeting by Dr. Albert Lindsay Rowland, su perintendent of schools of Radnor town ship ; Professor Warren P. Laird, of the University of Pennsylvania ; PC. John C, Egbert, Dr, S. A. Crowther and Walter S, Merti. Memorial Treei to De Planted eea will he nlanted at Vallevr F by Colonial Chapter, Daughters of t American Revolution, In memory ot Lieutenant warren T. Kent and Lieu tenant Edmund Genet, sons of members, according ,to plans announced at a re ception In honor of Mrs. Herman K. Bomchur, State regent, at the home of Mrs, Frank Reid, ,4105 Pine street. 'Cawdtm MaVs Body Found inJUver ' ..... ...i - v. . J 1W Beaur w jom baviuwy. i3 j rerry TALES OF HARDSHIPS Local Boy, Blinded by Shell, Lay for Twenty-four Hours I on Battlefield How the artillery of the TwenU -eighth Division terrorized tho Germans In the Argohne forest was related by Sergeant Joseph J. Menagh, 3327 Band street, Philadelphia, who was "with tho 108th Field Artillery, Battery A. nand ar rived homo yesterday on the liner Sax onla, which docked In New York. "On September 26," he said, "for eleven hours long-range heavy guns pounded away destroying ccr thing for fnlles around. Scores of white-faced Germans ran Into the American lines terror-stricken.', - returning prisoner was Ficderlck G. Wadlc Company L, of the 109th In fantry, of 2639 Kensington avenue, "In No Man's Land a German patrol surrounded my squad," ho said, "and we refused to reveal Information and had to llvo on bread and water for five dajs." Among other Philadclphians mi the Kspagnc vveie Frederick Krlcher, 620 West Indiana avenue, Company ft, 3i:.th Infantry, who lost a finger In the Ar- Sonne, and Corporal John N. Patterson, u&nrmLrr from Illness UllndKl hlladelplilau lleturn On board tho Saxonla wero fourteen men who wero blinded while fighting with the American forces In France. Walter li Baker, a civilian, of Arling ton. N. J . who has btcn blind for twenty-six ears. Instructed tho men on , . .. a I humuiiiB, iiiv,.uiiuih 1H.I fl UllllllCIll III the lojage Among this group was j Judicial, legal nnd political circles Tho Corporal Hariy Klefrldcr, who was oath of. office was administered by Prcs bllnded by the explosion of a shell. He ldcnt J""1 Charles L. Brown, of tho lives at 1518 r-rnt Mnvmnen.lti,. .,, ! Municipal Court, w hlle the lommli-slons lives at 1518 Last Mojamenslng avc-from 0verncr Kproul vveic read by nue. and was with Company A, 315th Court Crier Lewis H. F.urcll Tho Infantry. After tho shell detonated, he ' loom was profusely decorated with said, he remained In the field for a.inoncrs- entire day before he was picked up by a ! 'rho (1oral '"splay was probab'y tho stretcher-bearer. During this time he I largest over seen at such a function In never lost consciousness. lho local courts. Baskets of American , ' ,08t '" sBt September 28. fro days after we started tho big drive '" 1,1cr,?un' sector." said Corporal Metrldcr. "A high explosive shell drop: I lost my sight on September 28, Fed In front of mo and blew my left eye out. It shattered my left arm, but djdn't bother my right eye, though 1 am loiany Dllnu now. Just say for mo that I nm In high spirits and thank. ful that I camo out olive. Sick and wounded Phlladelphlans on tho Saxonla Included Corporals Alvlon Hosier, Company K, of the Thlrty.-fourth Infantry, 849 North Twenty-fifth street; Privates JaineH McParl.ind, Company K, of tho 127th Infantry, 273C West York street, and Harry Ktngryn, 860 North Sixth street, of tho headquarters com pany, of the Ninth Infantry. Sergeant Slajor Clayton J. Blddle, 222 North Wnnamakcr street, Philadelphia, of the headquarters company of the SICth Infantrj-, returned after recovering from a shrapnel wqjind received on October 15. Covered 40.000 Mllea Willi nlnntrli Charles Roy Rice, w hose homo Is at 1430 Noith Slxty-first street, has trav - eled 40,000 miles with his motorcycle. In j ma capacity as uispatcn rider with Head quarters Company, 336th Infantrj'. ac cording to a letter lccclvcd by his frlrtids here. While on a dangerous battlefield mis sion. Rice's motorcycle was blown from under him by a pleco of shrapnel and on another occasion ho discovered twen-ty-flvo machine gun bullets lodged In a tire. Rico entered the service Septem ber, 1917, and nfter training at. Camps Meade and Gordon went overseas for duty April, 1918. LOCAL RADIO MAN HQME. Ship Bringing J. A. Byrne Buf- feted by Storm in Passage J. A. Byrne, formerly an employe of the HVENiwa Pudlic LEDocrt. haB Just arrived homo on tho steamship Dubhe, a cargo carrier, which was thirty six days making tho trip from Mar seilles. Byren Is a radio man In the United States navy. Tho Dubhe left Marseilles on De cember 28 and ran Into a storm just oft Gibraltar. It had a light cargo and was buffeted around for four days before It could make any headway against tho wind. From then on the voyage proved to bo a series or de lays, nnd the ship was forced to stop eight times In mldocean because of en Kino trouble. Byrne Is one of the three navy men aboard the Dubhe, the remainder of the crew being civilians. Anti-Saloon Leader Congratulated Dr. Howard II. Russell, 'founder ot tho Anti-Saloon League, has written to Dr. Homer W, Tope, superintendent of the Philadelphia district, a letter of con gratulations upon the ratification of the prohibition amendment. These two leaders havo been associated In Anti Saloon League work for seventeen 'years. COZY COMFORT WITH A MUELLER SKI? Saves Vi Coal. No Dirt Ituna 8; to 10 hours without attention, nullt to laat. Call or write for further Information Keystone Supply & Mff. Co. Plumbing- aod Ilratlnr Kuppllea S07 ta S10 N. Din rit.. rhlladelphla ia:& "Around the corner" Jrom the heart of Phil' adelphla. Two min utes from the apartment-house center. Special Diner Sgnday 51.00 and 51.25 ItaLiaR Hene-Matle Pastry Italian kitchen for American epi- RTHL latiai.-4r ' J. A. BYRNE tWL 'iaiaLak Wj-fmfmAESKT J m m$$nm8Fi'm The induction of Tliomas F. McNiclwl (at left) and Charles E. Ilurtlelt (at right) at judges of the ftlntiit ipal Court took place this morning in the Citj Hall i FLOWERS AND KISSES GREET NEW JUDGES , ' Assemblage in, "S.t '! " . . -ar -vT i i i municipal i.ouL'1 ai luciMt-noit Bartlctt Induction Thomas F. McNIchot arid I'harles i;. Hartlett weio sworn In us Judges of the Municipal Court today. Tho ceremonies took place In Kotm 076, City Hall, In the prcaenco of a large I !-nllinilnDP tnivlilitlnrv n-m .m-, (. a I Beauty roses, palms and bouquets wero 'cauiy roses, p.ums aim oouquets w , hanked tho whole front of tho la I com troom. ' The Judges filed on the bench of arge lhe courtroom nnd Uok their places a few minutes after 10 o'clock. The room 1 was crowded to the doors with relatives I and Trlentrs of the new judges As , Piesldcnt Judgo Brown ushered In tho new- judges, Justices of the Huprcmo Court, Judges from tho Common Pleas Courts nnd Municipal Court nnd others, those present arose. Crier Farrcll for mally opened tho court and then 'read the Governor's commission. Kvery one In tho court stood In si lence while Judgo Brown administered the oath of office. The new Judges tach held his right hand on an open Blb'o while the oath was recited When Judgo Brown finished tno oath and the Judges answered "I do" tho spictators showed their approval by applauding. While tho formalities were In prog ress tho following Justices and Judges stood on tho court bench with the new I , ,,, 1 ", ," Von MoDclizlskcr. of tho Su premo Court, who went through law school with Judge Bartlctt; Justices Simpson, Williams and Kcphart, alM of tho Supreme Courts Judges Martin, Fln Icltcr, Wcsbcl, Monaghan end Staakc, of tho Common Picas Courts, nnd all the Judges of the Municipal court. District Attorney Rotan, under whom Mr Bart lett served many years as an assistant, was present As tho new Judges came from tho bench they wero greeted and congrat ulated by their friends. Tho first to leech them were Mrs. Hartlett nnd Mrs. McNIchol. They kissed their respective husbands nnd then stood by while the long lino of friends passed and shook hands and expressed their pleasure. Judgo McNIchol takes the place made vacant by tho death of tho lato Judge Bernard Gilpin, and Judgo Hartlett takes tho placo mado vacant by tho resignation of William T. Wheeler. A NKS fl Special Sate Silver Leather Mahogany Vasos , Priced for Prompt Try This for Saturday Evening Dinner . $1.00 Celery Soup or Chicken Broth Sirloin Steak Creamed Mushrooms Roast Leg of Spring Lamb Mint Sauce Parisienne Potatoes or Mashed Potatoes Green Peas Lettuce Salad Ice Cream Coffee Cake Immediate Service Luncheons, 50 and 75 Cents A La Carte Luncheons and Dinners Equally Reasonable THE NATIONAL RESTAURANTS NEW JERSEY TOWNS CLAIM FOUR HEROES Soldiers From Collingswood and Iladdouficld Recover ing From Wounds ana Gas Four men from nearby New Jersey hac been mentioned In recent casualty reports, threo for wounds nnd one for gassing. One of the four Is back In this country whlli'the others are con valescing, and all aic expected home shortly. Chailes Albteclit. 330 Cattell avenue, Colllngswood, tneniy-two yeats old, was 120 dajs on thu lighting fiont hi France with Company B, 307th Machlnc-Gun Regiment. He was wounded whllo doing scouting work In tho Argonno Forest, but In now recovering, Albrccht knew how to speak German and ho was detailed to ci-cep close to tho German lines to hear what was being said and planned. The Germans heard Albrccht and tho captain who was with him nnd sent up rockets to locate the scoutH. in their flight the captain slipped and fell Into a swamp, but Al brecht rercucd him. A hell exploded near them which severely wounded Al brccht In tho foot and back. Corporal Walter I. Reeve. Colllngs wood, lay In a hospital for forty days with "trench feet," but has been finally returned to actlvo duty, according to let ters received by his parents. Corporal Reeve Is twenty-fit o ears old, but he was over tho top five times, on one oc caplon bringing hack twenty-one prison ers He is a member of Company II, 312th Infantrj. Thomas V Belts, twenty jcart old 215 Lake View avenue. Haddonfleld, whh gassed whllo asleep In a shell hole near Verdun. Ills life was 'paved by William C. Pajnc, now of Clemcnton, but formerly ot liaddonflcld, who carried him to safety Belts has been homo to tell his Btory and Is now at Camp Mer rltt. Ho Is a member of the 111th Ma-chiue-Uun Batter-. HI chum, William l'ajiie. vvas badly wounded carrying a copy of the arml stico terms to his company. Ho "was In a hospital for fort j--four dajs, but Is now recovering. He is expected home shorljj . Hears Sou Is Wounded; Breaks Legs When he received notification that his son had been wounded In action. Chris tian Grimmer, of 2931 Frankford ave nue, swooned, and In falling broke both legs. Tho notification stated that Pri vate Adnlph C. Grimmer, thirty-one years, of Comjianj' II, 315th Infantry, iiad lieen wounded In action November 10. - Q Glass Bronzes Lamps ' Novelties Clearance. sBlDDil Announcement of Former Pcnn Medical Instructor's Engagement Announced !riV,nc,,nV'."' of lho engagement of Major 1'loyd V.. Kcene. former Instructor at the University of Pennsylvania Med leal .School, now serving In Franco with Baee Hospital No. !0, to a Miss Mus slerc, a French girl. Is told In a letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Carnctt printed In this week's Issue of the Penn sylvania Gazette. The engagement was formally an nounced nt a dinner of officers and nurses attached to the hospital unit. J.ial?r. IvCcno nt Mini Busslcre at Chatel Ouon, where tho boeo hospital Is located. "It Just so happened thcro were ex actly 100 of us. counting In Keenc's Rlrl and his future parenls-ln-law," writes Colonel Cnrnett. "Ves, they were nil present. Wo took them Into the bosom of our family for tho first time nnd formally announced Miss Bussicre's and Kccnc's engagement. Wp presented tho mademoiselle with a huge bunch of American Beauty roses. Also wo presented her with a hunting whip (tint has seen service at tho front) ns being tho best weapon for making American husbands too tho line. We had lots of university and patriotic songs, and sim ply had to break up the party by fnrco nt 11:30, ns no one wanted to leave." Major Kcuie, the hrldegroom-to.be, recently was promoted from a captaincy, according to Colonel Carnctt. Captains Bacr and Musscr nlso wero made majors and Lieutenants Blrdsa'.l and Strodo were ndvanccd to the rank of captain. BAND FOR CHURCH ATTRACTION Russian Organization of 50 Pieces at Service in Thcntre f A Russian band of fifty pieces will Play selections at tho first of a series or gospel sen Ices, under the auspices of tho Weston 'Memorial Baptist Church, tomorrow evening In the New Coliseum Theatre. Market near Fifty-ninth street. The Rev. Dr. H Stewart TIIlls, pastor .&JLtno,3 fston Memorial, will speak on 'The Sheltered Harlot," Doctor Tillis has inaugurated the the atro services In an cfTort to reach men and women who refuse to attend church. Tho clergj-man met w 1th marked success last summer, conducting services In Car roll I'aik, npd by using a gospel car for street preaching. Th meetings at the New Coliseum will bo undenomina tional, Doctor TIIlls says, and tho object Is "to save souls." Music will be an attractive feature ot the theatre meetings. A chorus of fifty yolces. under tho direction of Frank Lmblck, will lead th0 singing, and there will be Instrumental music by l'rof. F. Nevln AVIcst and a brass quartet. THREE CLYDE LINES SUSPEND One of Them Is That Plying Be tween This Port and Norfolk . 1,ea.ufo ot high operating costs nnd Inefficiency of labor" tho Clydo Steam ship Company has decided to suspend three of Its coastwlso lines to South Atlantic ports, It was announced here today. The lines susuended are- Tne New J prk-Moblle-Tampa Line, New' York- llmington-Georgetown Lino nnd Phila-dclphla-.Norfolk Line. Orders havo been Issued to closo tho olllces at Wilming ton and other ports and to dismiss oil employes. Two of threo of tho ships will bo tiansferr.-d to tho Jacksonville and tho .New "lork-San Domingo service nnd nlno put In drvdock If operating conditions Improve.. serv ice over tho three suspended lines may be resumed, according to W. V. Lewis, general freight manager J E-CWLDWELL&f. CHESTNUT AND JUNIPKR STREETS JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS .! DIAMOND WRIST WATCHES I i Cummings Coal Re-Priced February 7th War conditions until now compelled widely ', differing prices to the consumer. Today, uniform rates at the anthracite mines permit us to readjust ours to the lowest standard prices. Regardless , of our heavy loss on high-priced stock bought to protect our patrons, we givi I tnem tne instant ueuent 01 mwer mine rat. Pur New Prices for Good Coal, Good $ Service and a bquare Ton chuted. cash: Egg, $100 Stove, $10.55 E. J. CUMMINGS Letter to Labor Secretary Sayij Action Would Check Roai. uuiKiing Governor Sprout has addressed a letter to Secretary cf Labor Wilson at Wash- - Ington, urging tho latter to use his Influ- :Y ence against any plan on tho part of the ' United Slates railroad administration toH raise rates on road-bulldtng material., ' Governor Sproul sa-s such action troulii discourage road construction and tend to '"5 Increase costs outsldo of labor. Tb let- 1 tcr Is as follows: j f "Hon. William B. Wilson, Secretary oY wi, tisiiuiKlon, u, j, g "Dear Mr. Secretary: Mindful of the necessity of going ahead with energy In tne undertaking and carrying out of' public works, the Commonwealth ot t Penns) Ivanla Is preparing to spend very ,,V largo sums of money In the construction 1 of public highways this year. We sure "5 embarking upon a great program which will give us a network, of main highways connecting up all of tho counties with fr tho principal markets. v 1011 cry appropriately have urged that public works be undertaken by the MHies. counties, cities and other munlcl- t pal divisions, with the Idea of stability A'. Ing labor conditions. We nre In hearty J sjmpathy with this and are not only plannng the road work, but aro planning other constructive enterprise which will help tho situation hero Bomewhat. "Wo nre much disappointed to learn. however, that tho Federal railroad ad ". ministration Is proposing a general lrj- creaso In tho freight rates upon the ma- , terials which enter Into road construe K tlon. r "I understand that crushed stone, , gravel, cement and other Items, which t ,' are the prime essentials In road con- ''. structlon, aro Involved In this proposed J, Increased In tariff. It seems to me that this Is particularly untimely. In view of tlln c-rnitrnl ntfnrt wHtrli In halnflr mailM ' to encourage public undertakings In road construction. "Won't j-ou kindly look Into this and use your Influence against any move uim the part of tho Federal Gdvern- ? ment wnicn win utscourage pudiio roaa construction nnd tend to Increase the '-? j nvnfo i11 1 altl a 4 1ra1st . il "Vour courteous attention will oblige us and stimulate us In our plans." ENGLISH 'chicken 75 DINNER A Todar. 0:50 to P. M. Hundar. 18 to 2 P. M. Maahrd Cnlatoea. Cbolre of Ilultrrrd Ileeta r Creamed Artlchokra. Crlerr 8at4 Coffee. Ilread and Hotter T .""! t ire 1 ream ana rake I POOTVll 35'37 Suth 16th , .,-. Galvanized Boat Pumps; !..!. Iterrer Co., 59 N. Sd St. iinn 4vvv, aiarKrt bh. Pipeless Heaters I ' Save 30 of Coal . lntalleil Conipleta OTTO STE1NACKI Tloia 403? 1 . si. . .... p . ijm ,rm i:. Of New interest in. Design And Of Most Unusual Extent In Variety Of Choice. Black Ribbon Bands With Jeweled Clasps. i Nut, $10.65 Pea, ) if 2 n .',J, tsr lUky. 1(31 Farry eufiaU KxtaNMlVfi Vamtjr of Season- .npiiWiRj'.ytJiaJBiiipiLiii 1 1 uiwi1" n"a, i ,".: 3?f '." ,$ 101-114 &oW,18hlUM 1 irn w a. wr ' 'TMS?"f i&firf& MiSff''",', K. KaaskML JaBHaMHr M T I '"111 llll.il llll 11 -WuL- ' K51'.t ..,-....
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