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KIN TOBETOLD SITE
Removal of Bodies, Howevor,
Cannot Be Made for 3 Years
Under French Law
8 BIG CEMETERIES USED
Within n short time 12,000 "next of
kin" of soldiers who died overseas dur
ing the world wnr. will receive official
government notification Indicating ex
actly where they may find the grmes of
their loved onei.
Permission v. Ill be given them to ex
hume the bodies and bring them to this
country for burial, or they can rest
among their comrades In French soil, in
nn American cemetery. Itemoval of the
bodies of soldiers buried in France,
however, cannot be made under the
French law, until nfter three years.
Thli Is n rule of the French ministry.
Four and one-half million allied and
enemy dead lie under French soil.
Awarded I. S. C.
Colonel Charles C. Pierce, former rec
tor of St. Matthew's Protestant Epis
copal Church, of this city, who has just
returned from overseas, was In charge
of the Grnww llcglstration Serlce, un
der Oencral Pershing. He saw to the
burial of 78,000 American doughboys.
For his work he wns awarded th Dis
tinguished Service Cross, the mark of
the government's approval of the wa
he performed his arduous scriec.
"Should America demand the return
of her dead," nid Colonel Pierce, "the
same concession would hae to be made
to England, to Belgium, Italj and even
to Germany, to say nothing of Frnnce
herself, whose people would also desire
their dead disinterred and removed to
a place nearer their homes.
"I conferred with the French minis
ter of war shortly before I left France,
nnd I asked him what chance there is
of bringing the bodies of our American
boys home. He assured me, and soon
convinced me, that at present It cannot
be done.
"There is no such thing ns 'pull'
In the American army, when It comes to
haing a body removed from French
soil. The buck private who gave his
life has just as great a chance of being
transported home as the body of the
general, or the general's son. I em
phatically deny the rumor Higher offi
cers whose kin fell In battle In the
army were granted the favor of having
the bodies shipped home. Eery dead
A. E. F. man went through my hands.
Their bodies lie In France."
25-YEAR-OLD DEBT
PAID ENGLISH TOWN
BY FOE OF SPOONERS
Monoy Sent Abroad by Fining
Squire to Be Used in Re
pairing Roads
ROPER WIAY COMPEL
Robert Thomas, the "fining squire,"
nnd foe of spooners, has made repara
tion to the small town In England from
which he Is alleged to limo absconded
with the public funds more than twenty
five years ngo.
This wns made known when It was
learned today from England that his
stepdaughter, Julia Mortimer Enhb, had
forwarded a draft for $700 8.1 to cover
the shortage In his accounts in Cul
lompton, count) of Devonshire, Eng
land. The actual shortage was $750. Squire
Thomas, who wns then known ns John
Prlng Jacob", wns nsslstant overseer of
the poor and rate collector, mil, ac
cording to the charge In n warrant held
for his nrrest In England, nbsconded
with the $7H0.
AVord from Cullompton sns that the
funds are grentlj needed at the present
time, the lllage treasury being depleted
nfter the vnrtous war activities, and thp
fund probably will be used to Improve
the roads.
Xilthcr Squire Thomas, his sCp.
dnughter. nor Chief of Polire Hnllls
sey, associated with the squire In his
Hnerford activities, would comment on
the cne.
The squire comes up for re-election
In the fall.
INDEPENDENTS' HELP
Town Meeting Leader Gains
Strength for Council In
Sixth District
DEMOCRATS WILL CHOOSE
IGNORE CONTRACTORS,
HAVE BUILDERS' PLAN
Six Thousand Will Erect North
Philadelphia Houses,
Hiring Labor Direct
Deaths of a Day
HERMAN C. BARTHMAIER
Hero of Argonne Killed In Mine
Mnhano Cltj, Pa., Julv 31. Hurled
under a fall of coal ut No. 14 Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company mine to
dnj, Willnrd Mock, aged twenty-three,
a hero of Argonne and the Marne. be
ing connected with Co. II. 112th V. S.
Infantry, was instantly killed. Ills par
ents nnd n brother who served in the
world war surIe.
Independent lenders In the Sixth sen
atorial district may be forced to take
up AV. IV. Itoper as one of the council
manic candidates of the district.
The North Philadelphia Tenants'
Protective Association plans construc
tion of C000 homes by eliminating the
contractor and working directly with
trade unions. It Is estimated that this
number of homes Is needed Immediately.
In South Philadelphia It Is expected
that the 760 houses In the neighborhood
of Brond street and Oregon avenue will
I be sold bj the government housing cor
SAYS 3D DIVISION HELD
ENEi BEFORE PARIS
Soldier Writes Credit Is Not
Given Men Who Fought at
Chateau-Thierry
MARINES AT BELLEAU WOOD
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early has the Indorsement of such big ! to home buyers, and that real
Independents ns Francis II. Itceves and "' 'I1,V ' " """P.1 "V1 ' ,'h,e
i, , ,i deals. A step In the campaign to abolish
Ilajard Henrj. the hmnK corporation was made In
He Is making nn Independent fight , Washington jesterday, when the Clark
nnd has served notice that If be is not, mil repealing tlie creation net wns re-
Indorsed by the committee of one hun
dred he will make the fight single
handed against both Republican fattions
on a purely Independent platform.
Efforts are now under way to smooth
out the situation by huing Mr. Hoper
and Common Councilman VT. W. Mcnt
7lngcr withdraw In fnvor of Common
Councilman Hubert E. I.nmberton.
Mr. Hoper, who Is n former Prince
ton football star, wns npprnlser of the
port under the first Wilson adminis
tration, lie did not like some of the
President's policies nnd resigned. In
11117. he wns one of the big figures in
the Town Muting partj fight.
The three Democratic candidate"; from
the Sixth district will be selected from
a list of five men.
The five are Common Councilman
John E. (irahntn, 'Pw en ty-second ward;
David II. Hamilton, Thirty -tlghth
wnrd; Joseph P. Lodge, Fofty-secotid
ward; A. Hnjmond Huff, Forty-second
wnrd, nnd James Puguu, Twcntj -first
ward.
John Ilnugher, a printer, in the Six
teenth ward, has been designated ns
thi- Democratic candidate for the Third
district.
West Philadelphia Democrats have
ormed n permnnent organization to con
duct the couucilmamc campaign.
Wholesale and Retail Shoe Dealer
Dies
Herman C. Barthmaler, for many
years a prominent wholesale and re
tall shoe dealer, died Tuesday at his
home, 3110 North Broad street. He
vns sixty-seven years old.
Mr. Barthmaler Is survived by three
sons, Frank J., Eugene V. and H. C.
Barthmaler and one daughter, Mrs.
Frederick M. Devlin, all of this city.
Funeral services will be held In St.
Stephen's Church, Broad and Butler
streets, at 10 n. m. tomorrow. Inter
ment will be In Holy Sepulchre Ceme
tery. George Stahl
George Stahl, who served as n pri
vate with Company C. Nineteenth Penn
sylvania olunteer Infantry, In the
Civil War, died Tuesday. He was
seventy-eight years old. He was a
member 'of George G. Meade Post, No
1, G. A. R. Funeral services will be
held Friday afternoon at the Oliver H. !
,Balr Building, 1820 Chestnut street.
Interment will be made In North Laurel i
Hill Cemetery. j
Ablsha Stetson
Abisha Stetson, of Woodbury, N. J.,
who served as a captain with the Fifth
Pennsylvania Cavalry in the Civil War,
died yesterdny. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at
the Oliver H. Bair Building, 1820
Chestnut street. Captain Stetson was
a. member of Post No. 2, G. A. R. In
terment will be made In North Laurel
Hill Cemetery.
William Miller Hannum
William Miller Hannum, eighty-five
years old, died yesterday at his home in
A Hinge Green, Delaware county. He
was county tax collector for mnnj
j ears. He was a native of Concord,
Delaware county. His wife's death
preceded his by several years. He is
survived by a son nnd two married
daughters, all living In Haddon Heights,'
K. J. The funeral will be held Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his
home, 200 South Orange street, Media. .
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portid from the public buildings nnd
grounds committee.
The tenants' organixntion In North
Philadelphia met last night In Thompson
Hall, Sixth nnd Venango streets. A
committee wns appointed to draw up n
letter setting forth the violation of moral
nnd social questions -Involved In evic
tions resulting from demands for ex
orbitant rentals. This letter will be rend
In th churches of North Philadelphia.
Two meetings of the association will
be held Sntnrdnj evening one at Oer
rnuutown and Lehigh avenues, the other
at Cheltrn nnd Gerraantown avenues.
STATE ROAD BIDS ASKED
Proposals on Construction of 74.7
Miles are Solicited
ltlds will be opened hj the State
Highwnj Department August It), for
the (onstructlon of 74.7 miles of road
waj in various parts of the state.
There are eighteen projects and tli
total number of feet to be built 1
30.V.H11.
Among the stretches of road to be
built under these letting will be the
Lackawanna 'Iran. I-ormer bids for
this work were rejected because the hlds
were too high. The stretch will be for
71,003 feet of either bituminous surface
on a (onrretc loumntlon or for re
enfornd concrete.
"Tell the boys In Phllly who fought
on the Marne that the Third Division Is
erecting n monument at the bridge of
Chatcau-Trlerry In honor of the boya
who gave their 'lives there."
Private Charles J. Trunkes, of Com
pany L, Fourth Infantry, Third Divi
sion, now In Mesenhelm, Germany, with
the army of occupation, writes this mes
sage to the Evenino Pirnr.ic Ledo-eh.
Tho soldier was prompted to write
after reading a published query about
the division he has been connected with
for eighteen months. The query was
made by "Header," who lost one of her
brothers who went over with the Third.
"The division Is made up from men
from all over the states," he wrote. "It
earned the name of the Marne Division
nfter it stopped the German rush for
Paris twice at Chatc.lu-Thlerry last
summer. The kaiser called us a bunch
of New York and Chicago gunmen be
cause we licked his Prussian Guards.
"I don't want to say that the divi
sion won the war, but in 1020 when the
American tourists come over to look nt
the battlefields they will learn which
division first crossed the Marne river.
The regiment never received much
credit in the stntcs for what it did."
Calls Third Men "Real Heroes"
Private Trunkes enclosed n cllpplnc
from the Stars and Stripes with the
headline, "Former Third Division
Chnplnln Tells People In New York to
Save Welcomes for Ileal Heroes." An
other article from the Stars and Stripes
graphically describes the work of tho
Third Division. Part of It follows:
"During the days from May .31 to
June 4, 1018, when the Seventh Machine-Gun
Battalion of the Third U. S.
Division was making its gallant stand
nt Chateau-Thierry Uaelf, the other or
ganizations of this division were guard
ing nnd Improving other crossing places
of the Marne along an extensive stretch
of the river, both east and west of
that city. During the month of June
the elements of the Third were grad
ually brought together into a more com
pact sector.
"The great German offensive began
on July in, the extreme right of the at
tack falling on the Third Division."
The fifteen-day struggle Is then de
scribed In the article In detail.
Decisively Defeat Germans
"In Us two weeks of battle the Third
Division had decisively defeated n Gcr
man major offensive and then ndvnnced
approximately fifteen kilometers through
a terribly difficult country, fighting
every foot of the way, nnd when It re
tired from action its losses had amounted
to forty officers and 870 enlisted men
killed nnd 120 officers nnd .11.15 enlisted
men wounded, with an additional thirty
nine officers and 1723 enlisted men
gassed ; a total of 5080, though this was
probably considerably Increased later by
other casualties not at first reported."
The Evening Public Lkdoeh re
ceived n second letter today on the same
question. John Murtlin, of Cedar Brook,
N. J., sent clippings from newspapers
of the work of the Third Division which
he received from his brother, Sergeant
Philip F. Murtha, who.fnught with' tho
Thirty-eighth Infantry and is now with
the Vnlted States composite regiment
touring Europe with General Pershing.
Mr. Murtha writes:
"It seems that the general public Is
under the opinion that the United Stales
marines stopped the Germans at Chat
teau -Thierry. The marines nt that time
were In Bcllenu Wood."
SERVICE CLUB CLOSES
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Stephen'! Will Direct Efforts In
Helping Newsboys
Old St. Stephen's Club, on Tenth
street, between Market and Chestnut,
which has been for the last two jears
n service club for enlisted men, will
close Its doors tonight as a scrvlcu club
nnd t 111 reopen tomorrow as a news
boys' club.
The Rev. F. B. Kcable, associate
rector of Old St, Stephen's Church, of
which the club Is a part, said that the
club motto would be, "Some one docs
care." It the newsboys are shown
that somebody does enre for them, he
said, they will become better men and
better salesmen.
Access to the club will be free, In
cluding shufileboard, checkers, shower
baths and many other attractions.
Luncheons nt the lowest prices possible
will be served. During thowar 230,000
service men were cntcrtnlned there and
etters of thanks were received later from
them from all parts of the world. '
Louise C. .Duffleld to Aid Mothers
Miss Louise C. Duffleld, of 4603
Walnut street, has received an appoint
ment to the staff of the Mothers' As
sistance Fund Jn this county. Mlm
Duffleld is a graduate of the Pennsyl
vania School for Social Service. She
has been associated with the Pennsyl
vania Hospital, social service depart'
ment; the Philadelphia Housing Asso
ciation, and for the last four years has
been with the Children's Bureau of this
city.
Ij ss DALSIMER STANDARD SHOESstH
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One of Drowned Boys' Bodies Found
The body of Robert Torrester, four- ,
teen years old, son of Edward Forrester,
of Germantown, Pa., was recovered last
night near Burlington, Vt. The body of I
Warren Conrad, fifteen years old, also
of Germantown, drowned when the
boat In which be, Forrester and three
other Germantown boys of Camp Penn,
Valcour Island, capsized July 24 is
still unrecovered.
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Every fashionable lady will want one of
the new Velvet Hats just as soon as she
sees them our special price will help
her, too.
Pokes, tarns, picture models, all the varying
shapes in which Milady Velvet likes to dis
port herself, are here.
8.5010.00
Important Close-Outs
All dark Straw Hats in the house, priced to "t f
12.50 XmJJ
Georgette combined with Satin and Taffetas O C.f
light and dark colors. Values to 10.00 OtOU
Very special values in Sports Sailors two-toned 1 sfsOk
and solid colors. Worth 7.50 VJvJ
Late arrivals in Georgette Hots pink and white. CJ ff
Values to 12.50 0VJ
New York Model Hat close-out Bruck Weiss, ,-.
Cupid, Bluebird, Vogue, Frele" Heller. ValuesR SO
to 35.00 t,,c'v'
.Purchasing Agents' Orders Accepted
OPPORTUNITY
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CHILD'S NURSE
A family of ednrMlon, char
acter unit refinement, living at
Vtfiit Cheater, I'm one of rhlln
delphla'e most delightful snburhii,
reqiireii the nervier of a Trained
Chlld'a fnre. There are two
email ehlldren that will require
the oare anil attention of the
nurnr. The plate offers a eplendld
opportunity, where the earroand
Ingi and Home atmoiphere are
Ideal and the Hilary will be
atlafaetory. Ilos U 811. J-edgtr
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Buy Shoes Now
You'll Save 3.00 to 5.00 a pair
This is straight from the shoulder.
Shoe prices are jumping by leaps and
bounds, and today we cannot tell
where they'll stop. Thus we say "Buy
Shoes NOWl" both to our old cus
tomers and to the general public. And
this is disinterested advice in that we
say "Buy," whether from us or any
other reputable firm.
Our Semi-Annual Sale
Now in Full Blast
and providing unusual opportunities
to save. As conditions are, we may be
forced to withdraw the present sale
prices any day.
NiEDERMAN
930 Chestnut St.
39 So. Eighth
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Founded in 1894
First Anniversary S
Of Men's Clothing
Every suit of the best Kirschbaum standards.
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Cloths and Palm Beaches
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Palm Beaches, Scotch JL1.J?U
Braemars
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20, 25, Mohairs, Trop- 1oerk
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Homespuns, Cassimeres
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suits and topcoats fTJJ
33.50,' 35 Kirschbaum 97 CQ
suits and topcoats ' -'v
40 Kirschbaum suits and 33 50
topcoats JJJ
45 Kirschbaum suits and dlfZ CA
50, $60 Kirschbaum
quarter-silk lined suits,
silk vest backs
22.50 and 25 Raincoats
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Dusters formerly 7.50
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Dusters formerly 6.50
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Dusters formerly 5.00
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WAISTCOATS HALF-PRICE
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THE FLAVOR CMtiiRMS
Germany's New War
Against Ameriea
By STANLEY FROST, of the New York Tribune
With an Introduction by A. MITCHELL PALMER, former Alien
Property Custodian, and, an indorsement by the present Custodian
FRANCIS P. OARVAN. An accurate, detailed account of the menace
of German commercial methods, and aims for the immediate fuHir
Of the most vital interest to every American manufacturer and business
man. fftt, $2.00
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had I known how moderate your charges ae."
A BUSINESS man said this as he
- turned over to us the care of i
certain properties, which he had
been managing for two elderly rel
atives. He retained the right to
supervise all investments.
Two interesting booklets which
we shall be glad to send you,
explain our services fully
"The Trust Company as Your
Agent," "Living Trusts."
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