U' i t 'S EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHniADELPHIA, TUESDAY,, &PRIE 1', 1919 !l 1I. T ' :$-' :fromwar ri i-F (Sidney Thayer, With Sufors, Among Soldiers Ifiu'Four Transports !,.? 'CROIX DE GUERRE rar j iW Philaclelnhians Who 1& figured in Big Battles Home uleuienant Sidney Thai or. Jr, of (Watford, who left his studies nt the diversity of Pennsylvania to Join tho tythlrd Company of tho Fifth aia- s has returned from Franco wear- tho Croix de Guerre and carrj Ing a ngulshed Service Cross citation. xna a conspicuous figure among 1)500 officers and enlisted men who wriifed, at New York lato yesterday on ' -... MnnViin. Tlieso were mo aiaui. wlth SB47 men: the Slboney. with 3297; h Alaskan, witn z-ib ana me un. '- 'hUne with 228, all of whom were caa- ff"nl Lpt Lieutenant Thayer, who Is but twenty. one vears old. went to l-Tanco m o-., 1("ho Bot into a number of minor en- if.caBemonts ana in jmy. "i "?"'.. fltho Unit In the batt o ru -n """ t Thierry when mo mamieo i Germans dead In their nslicnfirh iV- ihrmmh the terrible fighting Mli,.m nratlied. Then came tho bittle .Sin the BoU de Belleau and one after ; another tno onensivea u... ar.n.ivn fnllnued in radii succession. if but Thayer seemed to hate a charmed .life. k -.. --.... Yll.f Finally word reached the marines on ih nlrht of November 10 that the "'armistice would bo Into effect at 11 jiVlnrlr h following morning, so tney 'Wre determined to get one more drlel it 4a. thl rertlt. Prerjaratlons were hastily made, the engineers threw pon- tit loons across me ivieuso ngt iar num i" r&Alonito and at 12 o'clock that night .'A oesan their last ternne assaun oi n.u ffi ateat War. The onnoslte bank of tho rlverr'Wia well fortified with machine e. pim-ana protected by a sweeping an !?lrv Hairs r a hut thn marines had been Pabcjustdmed to German steel and In eight ni avm .Lucy imu iiul umj ianc --. ftj-5 f lArm 'lit i4in. ,m ltltnmpters be- f .. . . -"-" ,5nBna tno -aieuse. ' iJi'lha men suffered heavily In this last 'iMieaffsment." lh. lieutenant raid today. kf ".but it Is one lone to be remembered by wuiose Who survUed and certainly con- . vinced- the Germans tho Americans uere gsJiok entirely fatigued from successes. A., The realRtanpA arnn stromr that the j&tmjl had to advance cautiously; but they us; overcame the obstacles and when 11 fc0 -.11. ., .. ..! -. t. J .t.l , 1 . t..- Shata In halncr gone through with the ma- Knes, in all of their battles without a iuicratcn,- out nnally a nun macnine eun pJbulUt struck me In the right arm at 6 R-: o'elock on the mornlnc of the 11th. and EVX Was put out of action, remaining In a FShOBpItAl for four months." k Airc iiouioiittiii s iti in la aim id u DiuiCi .tut, lie said the wound was heallne ran- i-'idly and he Uould soon be able to use the L&llmb again. 6fcfsylvanla oflleers on tho Slboney who k , nwo itiinuiieu io uie xniriy-aixin in- ' fnttfr vhlrh la u unit mmnnaAil nf ;W3tcm troops and men from Alaska, : or ,tno Mnets-llrst DlIslon. Among f$ them were Lieutenants Thomas P Mc- iCIeery. of Washington; Howard J. iT Simms, of Ellwood City ; George W. WIN Steore, of Haerford. These men, particularly Lieutenant Ptj Steere, wero especially proud of tho h: achievements or the Ninety-first, which FJ4 ' first got Into action nt St. Mlhlel. They M V.,V OIOU .IIC MXm3 11. HID ,tC.Wllt,D K Korest and later were transferred to Sthe Belgians, becoming part of the Army of Liberation under the command of KW.the King of Belgium. There lho lleu- tenant said It was supported by the ar- iwery o mo xweiuy-eignm uiision. Other Phlladelphlnnii Phlladelphians on tho Maul who wore gl.jHivine xniriy-soemn uivision, inciuuc: l-fillam Accowlamn. llin Iilona stroft rn BHIfaivi e A.rrBKi wot vi, i-nin itu Firicii RrVAfMrcir Rutilmelikn. 131 Moore Mtrpet CBnl 'nckll. r,T North Thlnl slrfet j'Jientsel Blechrr. C2H Taskr strrrt, bamul JRrady. J04I Wolf street: Kusll IlroolvC. 17.TI rtWJHon street; John Corrlgan, 877la North nftioth street: Howard Coasrote. 2222 South ' Helton ttreet! Qua M Cotrob 1103 Market '.'trtl Earael Cli?toot2ky. 713 Tres atreet. . Mamnn ri'nnnn. .r42i nouio jMimrea Htrec. j, Jneillii irrwmTr. .oiv nouin oevenm Direct, f. 3tibn.' V. Dearie. 0130 Kerahatv arenue. f"Korarl.Davl, 1002 JIcKtan atrect: Emllllo il.Delconta. 102 Mountain atreet: inomaa r ay km. aps Rcinnard aireet: jonn J. riizzeraio, PgJUtjT llilll Dim. UIIU ..Bn.v, a.c-.u? aortee riachcr. 2314 South Eighth atreet rPiwl Olovdano. .1113 Mercy atreet; I'hllly ' mm J.AM nino a-HfeiaK htiat Ataair 'nOarael "l. Glantz. 821) Noith Slith alrect. Vllllam lianna. no.o uioaon a,puuc. cuwaru Jl'arley, 7617 Dlcka avenue; autaua Huher r i BtSa Xocut atreet: KranK J liuoarn. hiip') rrTJwar,d atreet; jvuroa j. iipwch, uu i 3 bV'rt Jerome A. Keller 2413 Pine Kv4r....'Tn,nna. .T ITtlv. 200 rairn street . pamgei ikoUIer. 'o33 Slooro atreet. Max jv.MM..Uii'l Tllrklnann atreet. John L, i .fjkAuiftnn Tj.y etreett Morrle I.ltxln 411 jfeC1.7lan,etreet; Jeremiah J. Murphy. Front tJaaaa Plna atreeta. and Joaeph Met afferty, piiJiBiHolbert 'atreet, , t , ... .. ,u tt.4zknty"Krt. .TimH J. Nlchol 110 North KtifFlfttentli' atreet; Frederic O Mayer; 213 Ija-Boutri Eleventh street: Thomas H Nolan l.12 Cuthbert atreet: Max uera. .-i bouiii IVrNlBth street: Sella- Olanoff, 410 Falrmount aayenue; narouei i-wuuew,. .'iM...t l'3iut John Vf. Queen 6481 Upland atreet. 11 vwii;ai-- """-. v' r.'rvi. .;,.r.i aQBeBliv Jiowan, j-- .jiliii.ui .&,.o, i2.ZVnrrrtv. KS4R Wood and avenue. Si!8harkev nata Taarhall avenue. a (- 'XLz flithn.,n to Anuth Stztleth street: ..i.i.fan a;tn IVatUlna atreet! John Tran.,228 South Carlisle etrteti Samuel ttiAJ'.SMjmon. 120" Worth Fifty-second street. 5,y4$eil,v'ctraI -:u'1 urvcii ,ri n,iu,w DEFENDERS OF DEMOCRACY tB i SfckGiX JBf illaaaaaaaaBPsaaaaaaaaaaaaBrRf.' aaaaaaaaaaar SrilsHiaaaaaaR JOHH MCBR!PL pcaci" WILLIAM J. SEITZ. Wounded- SAM. SALTON. Woundod CITY YANK DEAD, ANOTMRGASSED Name of Private McBridc, Reported Missing, Now on Death List 59 CASUALTIES TODAY MERCHANTVULE BOYS WIN 5 WAR CROSSES One Soldier Decorated Out- filled Himself at Own Ex pense and Went to France Merchant Ule, K J, boosts at least fho sons who will return from overseas with tho cooted war cro Kdnanl C. Hall, twenty -three years old, financed and complete!' outdtted himnir nnrl wont tn Prance Independent- lv In June, 1917. to join an American twenty-two earS old. ambulance unit attached to the French ' Pcrnnt Harry Salt., an older armv Later he was attached to Sec-1 Irothcr, who has sened In Tanama with tlon"lS. American Ambulance Field Sen- th " "my, Is lsltlng his parents Ice lie recehed the Croix de Guerre.0" a furlough at ruhey. Prlato John McBrlde, Company H, Corporal JIacGrecne, nineteen ears 109th, Infantry, formerly a National old, went to Trance In Max. 1917; .and Guard,msi1 ,Ul0 ha(i bcen mlsslng fron, entered the French ambulance service. I ' Later he enlisted In the American army 1 his unit since October o, I reported At one period of the xxar Greene, with a dead. few of his comrades, llxed In n shell Parents Abandon Hope hole fixe feet deep for three weeks All I A War Department telegram to the iu iiiw ur iunni """; 1 soldier's parents. Mr. and Mrs.-John McBrlde, 201G Manton street, failed to Thomas 630 XX'oodland axenue, Abraham Welnteln 7S2H nortram atreet William Wolrson. f,03 North Fourth street Joseph f Houshner, Chester, James J Ilraitj 44J4 Tine street .lamei Doonsn 2in -outh Flft-seenlh street Herman t) I eltnian 2718 Judson street Joseph Gamble 271't Xharton street 'esle t (lilrhrlst T.27 South Texwlall street James keii 3.'0 Spencer terraco Samuel Krnll 1.U7 South Twent-thlll street IInrr Munn 1J4J South St Bernard street, anj Norton Hol land, 2074 Jlldse axenue. rrom rennsjlrnhU Also Oenrge A nice ;ion nisworth street niward XX'eld 2120 Cedar street Michael Wykn 431H llermuda street: Harrj Armstrnnr 2310 Christian street William Bastlan 2110 Carol street and Ills brother John same address John II llrnwn tH7 North Mnth street Cornelius Brennan 1113 State stret Walter llmlerrj 4774 Melrose axenue James J c ex .1011 Ilolarnile street Charles Campbell 70 North ent seenth street Louis Cells. 1S01 Arch street llermsn Cohen nl North Franklin street Daniel P Connell 717 Treeton street Oswald Cullman. 4200 North l'nlrhlll street Charles Curran 2S10 Anna street lluith J Deene 1703 Hroxxn street DaxM TJIrk son, 2010 Toplar street Horace Flserman K14 North TwcriU -fifth street Wllllim J Felscher 4210 North Sixth street 1 llllam Fulton 2112 Kast llaltlmo-e street John F (lash 4010 Aspn street fames 1 Olh bon Tlr1 Tarrlsh sttect Daxld flamhle 2717 TVjplar street Thomus A Gordon 2010 Almond street nirrv xv liarp ihhiii iuae axenue IMwin It lleherllnx 3411 Haxer ford axenue John 7. McCartnej. nl Wiota street James IxiKUe. 20J4 Webster street James McDowell 1S44 Fast Cornwall street Charles Norton, 013 North Sixty-fifth street and Cleors- Potter 1213 Cast Itush atreet On tho Lorraine were Charles A Garland, who has been with the Tied Cross In France of 41 South Hroad streef John VX Hltan A loona JI ciael Frevlsn Bcranion Ji"'-- . ,. flr. r'nrnnrnl Oreenn wbr t t.-.,i.. r." .1 n.tnhae.i ir,et O Ker I man lire 1 orporai ureene xmib n T.lnder Homestead. Henry " Haunhton Bnled llin Ilalnbrldse street Robert V Amlerson Guerre 4n2t Twiner etreet Ilsmlllon v inernn V i'ln" "". n.1 '? "'.".'"."i'-V .' nt.H wienteen 1r9r. nl,l li Anllsterl In J I'lrlch Hrle an MIentown ambulance unit, February, Arrivals on tho Slboney Included Frank 19x7 ji0 ,, sent 0Pr after four IV lrllnser. Fourth National I'ank. una . , . . j n tn. -.roiT William F Prexnrd. 1700 North Alder street wce'"s training and soon xxon tnc 1. roix Herman N Deen Fort rtol Thomas s de Guerre for exceptional braxery under Meenahan shamokin and Joseph f Du- flre it A, as scn him by Geneial re- blnky. fecranlon tan According to his mother. Sergeant William G. Torter is on his way home from Trance He was cited for braxery and was axx-arded the Croix de Guerre 1 for scrxice xxlth Ambulance Corps, Sec-1 Hon G23 stationed in France. Granxllle G. Miller, twenty jears old, went to Italy xxlth tho American Am bulance Corps, .Section 573, and was axxarded the Italian xxar cross. Miller at ono time carried the Italian colors oxer the Austrian line xxhen the Italians took possession of a wctlon of con quered territory. He also xxon the Ital ian distinguished pen ice xxar stripes He Is noxv xvlth the Third Army of Olcu pitlon on Austrian territory Year's Delay in Informing Parents of Private Seitz'g Injuries William Jacob Seltz, of this city, a prlx-ate In the headquarters troop. Third Army Corps, xxounded In action nearly a jear ago. Is on the casualty list for the first time today. Ho was Gassed In May. 1918 v 1 Mr. and Mrs Jacob Seltz, H Sprlncer street, Germantoxvn, the soldier's pa rents, wero officially notified yesterday their son had been xvounded. Prlxnte Seltz xras so anxious to get Into tho army that he tried unsuccess fully to enlist three times. His number was draxvn In the draft In October, 1917. He wag taken to Camp Meade for train ing and sailed In January, 1918. He Is liter He was aw at (led the Croix de glxe the cause of death. No letters had been recelxed from him since September iYl!2K FrrSKK ST t... -ST , ,u. "JmS Argonne Forest, His parents had had but llttlo hope their son was still nllxe. rrlxato' McBrldo was twenty years old. He enlisted In June, 1917, during the Mexican border troubles, and when war was declared on Germany, went to Camp Hancock. He had been overseas since last May. Before going Into the army McBrldo was cmplojcd In the Schuylkill Arsenal, Prlvato Samuel Solton, whose name appeared on tho casualty list Saturday, was one of tho Phlladelphlans who re turned on the Haxerford when she docked hero two weeks ago. Ho was classified In an early casualty report as mUsIng and later was Bald to be wounded. He was found In a hospital suffering from shell shock. Prlx-ate Solton Is twenty-nine years old, and the son of Nathan Solton. 3036 Berks street. Ho trained for three weeks nt Camp Meade before sailing for oxersens early last summer. Prlxato Solton was injured by a burst Ine shell In the. Arrnnne sector Septem ber 29. Prexlous to this he participated In the battles of Belleau wooos anu Chateau Thierry, He Is now at Camp Dlx waiting to be mustered out of the scrx Ico. Itecuperatlnr at H' Prix ate Earl Harris, twenty-one years old, CB71 Ludlow street, on today's honor roll, Is at Camp Dlx recuperating from a xxouhd xvhlch ho rccclxcd last August. 1 Prix ate Harris was drafted In October, 1917, and trained at Camp Meade. He went to Franco In the summer of 1918 as a member of Company II, 368th Infantry. Ho returned to this coun try four months ago. Only flfty-nlno names appear In the casualty report for the nation. Of these twelxo are from Pcnnsjlx-anla and three from this city. CASUALTIES REPORTED BY GENERAL PERSHING Washington. April 1. The following names are reported on the casualty list issueu today ny tne war uopanmeni: OFFICERS' T.IST Wounded Slight!) LIEUTENANT Edgar T. Grossman, St. Aurustine, Fla. PENNSsXTAMA Wounded, Duree. Undetermined rntVATUS Earl Harris, r.171 i.ud'ow street. Philadelphia: AVIlford Tlnsley Sni der. Lancas'er. Wounded Slltthtly rniVATE William Jacob Seltr. 24 Bprinaer street, Germantoun. Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA OFFICER BACK Captain Shallcross Left Dix as Second Lieutenant Captain Wilmer M Shallcross. engi neer, lnxentor and member of General Pershing's staff, hns arrlxed at his home In this city after more than a year's serxlce in France. Captiin Shallcross was commissioned as a iecond lieutenant in Milwaukee shortly after thft beginning of the war. He serxed at Camp Dlx before going oxerseas and after fighting In the Ar gonne and Chateau Thierry and xvlnning txxo promotions was appointed to the genera! staff Ha xxent abroad with the Twenty-sixth Engineers, an organization consisting almost entirely of Milwaukee soldiers Captain Shallcross Is the youngest son of Thomas Shallcross, of B berry, real eBtate assessor and chairman of the property committee of the Board of Education. LowestPrices for 1919 Aspires to Jersey Senalc Mlllxllle, N. J.. April 1 Assembly man Tlrman M. Reeves haB announced his candidacy for the Republican nomi nation for State benator to succeed Senator J. Hampton Flthian, recently appointed Judge of tho Cumberland Countx- Court of Common Pleas. The Democratic candklile doubtlessly will be Judge Leroy Ix)der. 1 if- Caticw-a Cares For Both 1 fc!r bkins iiruy. W, x-utrcur soap-recora-it (nr hath mother and babe. t fhs mlrin Ktfr rlear and fused fcrteveryday toilet , t Vnr tittle 'clem trnilhlea w "- - . ----;-- 1 nd disfigure, bathe witn tuuxtppiy loucne 01 Business Bodies for Ford Gars Our body experts, the best in the country, have designed and built a Ford Business Body that for style, sturdiness and service is miles ahead of any Ford body ever made. We are now producing these bodies in quantities, and will deliver yours tomorrow if you say so $85 to $125 complete. For Ford one-ton chassis $165 to $225. The sample bodies are on display at our factory. 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The sale features the well-known Eureka Electric cleaner thousands of which are in use in Philadelphia today. Very easy terms of payment hold good during the month of April $2.50 with the order and the balance at the very convenient rate of $3.50 per month. The Eureka is' thoroughly guaranteed by the manufacturers also approved by Good Housekeeping Institute and our own Testing Labora tory. It is light in'wcight, easy to use, and costs very little to operate. The stock of Eureka cleaners we nave been able to secure will hardly fill the demand we anticipate. To make sure of your cleaner, we urge that you fill out the coupon and mail it to us promptly. , Visit the Electric Shop or moat convenient 'District Office and have our electric cleaner iexperts give you a practical demonstration of the Eureka. . This- entails 'no obligation. The PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY CROIX DE GUERRE FOR HERO Camp Monde Sergeant Gets Dec oration Ordered by Foch Camp Meane, 5I.il.. April 1. (By A. P.) Characterizing him as a man al ways "nt liana at times when men n souls wero tried," General Beaumont Bonaparto Buck, commander ot this cantonment, yesterday presented tho Croix de (Vuerre to Serjjeant Joseph A. Welz, of Company U Twcnty-tliird In fantry, for uinery In action at Chateau-Thierry. The order for the decoration came from General Foch, irarehal of Krance, the citation by tho French commnndcr-ln-clilef rcndlnc: "Xear Chateau-Thler-ry, July 1. 1918, ho (Serjeant Welz) ably and brnelv reorganized tho sec tions, after hninjr reached tho objec tle, and led lho groups of trench clean ers to dugouts and machine-gun neBts" In connection with the presentation thero wan n battalion parado and nil the onicern congratulated the sergeant, who In tho afternoon left for lho Pcnnejl anla Stnto College, where ho will flere as military lnsuucior. Mrs. Durjca at City Club Mro. Nina I.arrcy Durjca, of New York, w 111 address tho luncheon of tho City Club, 313 South Broad street, to morrow. Mr Durjca Is president ot tho Durj'ea War Belief, Inc., which Is accredited bj tho French Goicrnment. Indict Redfield'a Ex-Secretary Washington, April 1. U. Grant Smith, formerly private secretary to Secretary1 Redfleld, of tho Department of Commerce, was Indicted by a federal Grand Jury yesterday on tho charge that while In the government's employ ho conspired with certain exporters to obtain license for the shipment of large quantities of tin plate to Peru. Marine) Hurt in Anto CrtA Two United states marin war thrown from a, motorcycle early this morning- when they ero struck by a United States mall truck at Ninth and. Arch streets. The men are Fred W. Perrlt and John Elendorf, of th marine barrack, navy yard. They were painfully but not seriously In jured, suffering bruises and lacerations. The driver of the mall truck was named Fogler. The Importance of "Follow Up" vn33p3 All things need checking, the human machine most of all. 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