GERMANS ATTACK
AMERICANS WITH
GAS ALONG VESLE
Yankees Continue at Work
* With Engineers Under
Fire of Enemy
tt Itk the Ajserlcon Army on the
*>ale, Aug. 19.—The Americans who
ha\e dug In along the Vesle continu
ally are being harassed by the Ger
man artillery and gas projectiles.
The Germans made a vicious gas at
tack Saturday afternoon aimed at |
thoae Americans who are situated on
the north side of the Vesle. They i
Used artillery first and then followed
the flre of their guns with gusts of
tnuatard and "sneere" gas.
These attacks have not met with ;
any apparent success, and the Ger- ;
mans evidently are aware of the fact. '
This is indicated by their having sent
over four airplanes which by wireless
or other means endeavored to direct '
the firing of their noxious fumes so {
that they would be more effective. ■
The Americans have protective j
measures against gas attacks worked j
down to such a system that they are
not bothering them materially. On !
one occasion the Americans wore gas I
mask a and continued working on a !
bridge which the engineers were I
building across the Vesle. notwith- j
standing the gas turned against I
them by the enemy.
Anti-aircraft guns and shrapnel
drove off the enemy ajvators wuo
were trying to point out locations for
attack by enemy guns, and finally
the gas shells ceased tailing. The
next morning the bridge virtually
had been completed.
GATHER SEED FOR NEXT YEAR
There is another task beside seed
sowing which may well be undertaken
in August—this August in particular,
and continued for as long as it is prac
' "tical. This is seed-gathering. The
government is urging that all garden
ers save as much of their own seed
as possible. Plants from which we
intend to save seed should be marked
with a bit of string or a label, and we
should choose only perfectly healthy
and the most productive plants for
this purpose. Choose full, ripe ears
of corn, strip off the husks, and hang
them in a dry, airy place until thor
oughly dry. Leave the kernels on the
cob until planting time. Bean and pea
plants may be pulled up when they
nave thoroughly matured their crop,
and also hung in a dry. airy place un
til the pods are hard, when they may
be shelled and spread out to dry.
When dry they are best stored in
cloth bags carefully labeled. These
bags may be either put into tin boxes
or hung from the ceiling as a precau
tion against mice. Seeding lettuce
is pulled up and the heads put into
paper bags until the cucumbers,
squash, pumpkins, and melons, thor
oughly ripe fruit is selected, cut open,
and the seed freed from the pulp and
dried upon trays in the sun. then put
into paper bags for safe-keeping.
' e Wilder, in Good House
kge; . g.
Joy of Arriving Yankees
Amazes Vladivostok
By Associated Press
Vladivostok. Aug. 15.—A Japanese
contingent arrived to-day at Nikol
skoye on its way to the Ussuri front.
The transport carrying the first
contingent of American troops arriv
ed here this afternoon after an un
eventful voyage of seven and a half
days from Manila. The men were in
excellent spirits and crowded the
rails and rigging, cheering and beinf
cheered by the men of the allied
warships in the harbor.
The crowds on the waterfront ap
peared ali ased at the noisy entry of
the Americans, as contrasted with
. that of their less demonstrative al
lies. Groups of Czechs about the
docks were vociferous in their wel
come of the Americans, who will be
kept aboard ship until the arrival of
other transports, due to-morrow.
General Diedrichs, commander of
the Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia,
has presented a memorandum to the
allied representatives here setting
forth the urgent need of speedy as
sistance on a large scale, and that an
advance -on Irkutsk should be order
ed. He points out that if the allied
forces do not reach Irkutsk within
six weeks the delay will be tanta
mount to the loss of all Western Si
beria by the Czecho-Slovaks.
General Diedrichs says that this
would leave Russia entirely at the
mercy of the Germans.
Tokio. Aug. 14.—Along the Ussuri
front, where the enemy forces num
ber 100,000 strong, quiet prevails, it
is said. The Bolsheviki and Austro-
Germans are visibly affected by the
arrival of allied troops, and the
number or desertions from their
ranks is Increasing it is reported.
MAX WHO SLASHED
PATROLMAN LS HELD
Arthur M. Elsie, who badly cut
Patrolman G. W. Anderson on Sat
urday evenjtg. charged with felon
ious assault and battery, was in po
lice court this afternoon where he
was held under $5OO hail for his ap
pearance at the next session of court.
REGISTRAR NAMED
The county commissioners to-dav
appointed Thomas K. Rife, 1210 Sus
quehanna street, registrar in the
Third precinct, Fifth ward, succeed
ing John R. Fullerton.
I V T Druggists
Price Advance
For over a year now we
I** have succeeded in main
taining our old prices,
principally by virtue of a
big increase in sales,
which reduced our over
head cost.
For our fiscal year end
ing July 1, 1918. our sales
amounted to over a mil
lion dollars—an increase
of 58% over the preced- |
lng year.
We had hoped to bridge
the wax period without a
change in prices on
Vick's Vapoßub
but we find that our econ
omies do not keep pace
with our rising coats. It is
with srnoere regret, there
fore, that we are forced to |
announce an increase, ef
fective August 1, which
will make It necessary to* ■
retail Vapoßub at
300, 600 & $1.20
THE TICK CHEMICAL CO.
Greensboro, N. C.
MONDAY EVENING,
M'ADOO ORDERS
RAILROAD MEN
TO BE POLITE
U. S. Director Declares "Pub
lic Be Damned" Spirit Will
Not Be Tolerated
Railroad employes were specifically
ordered by Director General McAdoo
to-day to show courtesy in dealings
with * the public and to cease ex
cusing train delays and other er
rors with the plea "that Uncle Sam
is running the railroads now."
"The public be damned" policy in
no circumstances will be tolerated
on the railroads under government
control." said the director general's
order, addressed to "all employes in
the railroad service o£ the United
States."
The order follows:
"Complaints have reached me from 1
time to time that employes are not '
treating the public with as much con- j
sideration and courtesy under govern
ment control of the railroads as under
private control. I do not know how :
much courtesy was accorded the pub- j
lie under private control, and I have
no basis, therefore, for accurate com
parison. 1 hope, however, that the j
reports of discourtesy under govern
ment administration of the railroads
are incorrect, or that they are at j
least confined to a relatively few
cases. Whatever may be the merits j
of these complaints, they draw at- i
tention to a question which is of the j
utmost importance in the manage- :
nient of the railroads.
•For many years it was popularly
believed that 'the public be damned'
policy was the policy of the rail
roads under private control. Such a
policy is indefensible either under
private contfiol or government con
trol. It would be particularly in
defensible under public control when
railroad employes are the direct ser
vants of the public.
" 'The public be damned' policy in
no circumstances will be tolerated en
the railroads under government con
trol. Every employe of the railroad
should take pride in serving the pub
lic courteously and efficiently. Cour
tesy costs nothing and when it is dis
pensed, it makes friends of the pub
lic and adds to the self-respect of
the employe.
"My attention also has been called
to the fact that employes sometimes
have offered as an excuse for their
own shortcomings, or as a justifica
tion for delayed trains or other dif
ficulties the statement that "Uncle
sam is running the railroads now.'
or these are McAdoo's orders,' etc.
Nothing could be more reprehensible
than statements of this character
and nothing could be more hurtful
to the success of the railroad adminis
tration or to the welfare of the
railroad employed themselves. No
doubt, those who have made them
have done so thoughtlessly in most
instances, but the harm is Just as
great if a thing of this sort is done
thoughtlessly as if done deliberately.
"There are many people who for
partisan or selfish purposes wish
government operations of the rail
roads to be a failure. Every em
ploye who is discourteous to the pub
lic or makes excuses or statements of
the kind I liaave described, is help
ing these partisan or selfish interests
to discredit government control of
railroads.
"Recently the wages of railroad em
ployes were largely increased, involv
ing an addttion to raailroad operating
expenses of more than $475,000,000
per annum. In order to meet this in
crease. the public has been called
upon to pay largely increased pas
senger and freight rates. The people
have accepted this new burden cheer
fully and patriotically. The least
that every employe can do in re
turn is to serve the public courte
ously, faithfully and efficiently.
"A great responsibiliy and duty
rest upon the railroad employes of
the United States. Upon their loy
alty. efficiency and patriotism depends
in large part America's success and
the .overthrow of the Kaiser and all
that he represents. Let us not fall
to measure up to our duty, and to
the just demand of the public that
railroad service shall not only be ef
ficient. but that it always shall be
courteously administered."
HUNGER STRIKE MAKES
MANY SUFFRAGISTS ILL
Washington. Aug. 19.—Many suff
ragists, who are on a hunger strike
against their imprisonment in con
nection with the demonstration in
Lafayette Square, were reported to
day by their attorney as too ill to
arise from their heds.
Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, of Phila
delphia, and XliBS Lavinia Dock, of
FayetteviUc. Fa., were among those
said to be in an alarming condition.
CUT IN AUTOS MAT BE NEAR
Washington, Aug. 19.—The manu
facture of pleasure automobiles may
be curtailed 75 per cent, from Septem
ber 1 to January next. Steel men
have urged that steel must be con
served, and that a good place to make
the saving wc\uld be in its use in the
making of pleasure cars.
The War Industries Board has al
ready decided that no pleasure cars
may be manufactured after next Jan
uary, and manufacturers have been
so notified.
Serving in France With
27th Battery Supply
- - - ; ___
* Je
SIMON MICHLOVITZ '
Simon Miehlovitx, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Michlovltx. 602 Boas street,
has arrived safely overseas. He is a
member of the 27th Battery Bupply
Company, F. A
DATO ANNOUNCES
SPANIARDS WILL
REMAIN NEUTRAL
Foreign Minister Denies Note
of Protest Was Sent
to Berlin
! Sau Sebastian, Spain, Apg. 19.
Foreign Minister Dato to-day issued
a denial to recent press reports that
the neutrality of Spain was threat
ened. He said the cabinet "would
suffer noth'.ns to turn It aside from
a policy of neutrality."
"As to the famous Spanish note
addressed to Germany," the minister
continued, "it is impossible to pub
lish it because It does not exist."
He denied Spain had sent a note
to Germany concerning the alleged
torpedoing of the Spanish steamer;
Seruntes. He said tlie sinking was
due to a fire in the cargo of petro
leum.
TJiere have been persistent and
apparently well-founded reports dur
ing the last week that Spain had sent
another note to Germany concerning
the torpedoing of Spanish ships. Re
ports from Madrid were that a note;
had been dispatched to Berlin and;
that as soon as it was received there i
is would bo made public by Foreign j
Minister Dato. It has been reported'
that the note Included a notice to
Germs ny that Spain would compen
sate herself tor future losses from j
self-interne-1 German vessels in j
Spanish harbors.
The Spanish steamer Serantes, [
loaded with 10,000 barrels of oil,
was set on fire by two explosions
while anchored off Sixty.ninth street.
Brooklyn, on July IS. There have
been no previous reports that the I
Serantes was said to have been tor
pedoed.
Sergeant Smith Writes .
of American Air Victory;
Going to Get a "Licking"
; <£ '
SERGEANT JAMES H SMITH
One of the most vivid letters re
; ceived here since America got in the
war is one from Sergeant James H.
| Smith, E Company, Twenty-first En;
| gineers, France, sent to Roy S. Hat
| field, care of Central Democratic j
j Club, South Market Square. Sergeant
Smith most gratefully acknowledges
the cigarets forwarded: they seem
i to he mighty scarce where he is. His
1 thanks to Hatfield and "members of i
j the dear old C. D. C." are from the
j heart. Says he:
"The Americans are getting so j
I darned many men over here that
I after a while France will be so full
; of them they will have to put some !
i over the lines in Germany, but I j
expect to get over there before long,
J for we are going to give them the :
j damdest licking any country ever j
j got.
"Roy, the Americans are doing ■
remarkable work, both on land and
iin the air, and if you would only
i Vie here to see some of the stunts
; they pull off it would make you shud- |
der. I will relate a little stunt pulled
i off on Sunday last.
"Well, to start with, it was a beau- !
tiful day, not a breeze blowing, when
the Boclie get busy and three of them
I ventured over the line. These planes
are new type of planes—probably
I you heard of them by this time over
there—armored planes with four (
seats and three machine guns. They ,
were sailing along nicely all I
of a sudden two American planes !
dropped from the clouds; shot one
down and the other two 'partee toot I
sweet' over the line. Some French, ;
old boy.
"I ran over to see it and believe I
me it was a horrible sight. One of the
wires on the plane cut one man's
head clean off. and of the others,
three were smashed to a pulp. They
were the poorest clad aviators ever
seen. But these things happen every
day and we get used to them, though ;
it would be fine for you fellows over i
there.
' "The way things look to us this 1
war will be finished "toot sweet.' for
we are knocking h out of the I
Dutch. Every time the Americans j
throw out a Parage the Germans
don't put up much of a fight, for the
first thing they yell is 'Kamerad.'
Truck loads of them pass here every
day.
"Last night I drove in a bunch of
gas shells with that engine of mine, :
and if you ever want to see a man
move himself it is while putting on
his gas mask in a gas attack. Believe
me, it is some Job running a new en- ]
gine with one of them on.
"How are all the boys, Roy?"
5,70 MORE CAGGER
By Associated Press
Wa.sliiactuu. Aug. 19.—-Eighteen
states were called on by the provost,
marshal general . to-day to furnish i
6,709 white draft registrants of|
grammar school education for gen-:
eral military service. The men will j
entrain Septemher 6. Voluntary en-j
listments will be accepted until Au
gust 26. Pennsylvania will furnish I
206 men.
PLAN STABILIZATION OF
PETROLEUM PRICES
By A sse rusted Press
Washington. Aug. 19. —Plans for
the stabilisation of petroleum prices,,
recommended by the National Petro-1
leum War Service Committee in New
York last week, were accepted 10-,
day by the fuel administration, which
announced its belief that the agree
ment will prevent any radical change
in consumers' prices ol gasoline and
I other oil products.
HAXUUSBCTRG U?S£& TELEGRAPH
POLISH REVOLT
LEADERS PLACE
FREEDOM FIRST
Ask World Not to Interfere
With Death Sentence if
Land Is Compromised
j Washington, Aug. 19. —Held for
Austrian court-martial which will
I probably sentence them to death,
I 125 Polish soldiers Vnd officers who
led an armed revolt in the Austrian
Army In February, have issued two
appeals to the Polish people
throughout the world asking them
not to compromise the freedom of
Poland with the Idea of securing any
alleviation of their prospective sen
tence. according to dispatches re
ceived here to-day by the Associated
| Polish Press.
The officers and men are a part
of the Polish Carpathian Iron Bri
gade which revolted last Februab'.
seized arms and provisions and
marched from Bukowlna into Bes
sarabia under the command of Gen
eral Mufler. Part of the force was
captured by the Germans, but the
larger portion is said to have been
consolidated with the Ciecho-Slovak
army.
The revolt was undertaken delib
erately, the Polish soldiers declare
in one of their appeals, with the
hope of disrupting Austria and ob
taining freedom for Poland.
SOUTTER'S 25c DEPARTMENT STORE;
i
j Bay Here Not Alone Because Prices Are Lower, bat Because Qualities Are Better | •<
ODD PRICE SALE ?Q ||
A month ago we held one of these sales, but the weather was so inclement that many
at £/ C
people were unable to attend it. Consequently we will hold this big sale to-morrow, " <
m which odds and ends of desirable seasonable merchandise may be snapped up at F^ S Rih^ ls
great advantage. Malta© i
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Sale For Tomorrow, Tuesday, Only SfSSU™
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— - 1 . Bathing Bugs *
■ 1 ■ 1 f" T m\ XVater Wings
at 9C at Ik at 15c at 19c SSS |
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Pearl Buttons Men's Wash Ties Mahogany Candlesticks VlTef „ Dr^ 1 ™ 1 Made - ,,p Children's 4
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Indies' Handkerchiefs Skirting Stamped Card Table Covers Doilies Stamped Linen Guest Tow
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Pin Cushions Xiekol-platod Cups with doss ' *, of Mlllinpr> Trimmings Stan, P od Center- .
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36-inch Curtln Scrims, plain Crash Toweling Cut Glass Sherbets lifts
white V B Mercerized Napkins ————__—______ 3 Pie Plates ilor 20c J
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Lot of Millinery Trimmings ll,lcfs Jfdif > v^ h Skirts A/\ <
C"" Dinks Bathing Slippers Children's Aprons W ■ ■
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(suitable for ouUngs) * eckwolu ' . , , P Sterling Silver Vanity Cases O T ■ M 4
Metis Li&lc Suspenders Ijudies Neckwear Color!tc 1 § V A f m
Aluminum TooUipick Hold- Men's Canvas Fork Gloves Children's Drawers Tintex for dreing 4
?rs Children's Union Suits Oriental Laces Men's Lisle Finish Hose, all
fc _„_ ~, __ Ladies' Lisle Hosiery, black , colors i
poon Holders and white Side Combs 3-inch rnblcaclied Muslin Baby Pants
Filet Laces and Insertion , ( hi Wren's Black and White Kmbroidery Edges 36-lnch Longcloth Shopping Bags
Colored Edge Swiss Em- " 36-inch Percales CorSOt CoVCr Embroidery CWml Vases Children's Waists - 4
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LAST CALL-BIG BARGINS £=.- :
Ladies' Misses' and Children's Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats large Heavy White Dresses I l|
tf"> *. . Aluminium Saucepans 4
$2 to $2.50 value $3.00 to $4.00 values i $2.00 to $3.00 Values in 75c and $l.OO values - 4
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"ri k " P Hats Leghorns Hats A i\
Leading shapes and colors Sale Price, Sale Price, - _ MM ■ ■ <
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$3 to $5 values <ti cn 4. <to cn 1 Hair
Switches 1 ]
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Ladies Trimmed Hats $1.50 and $2.00 values _J., rp • J PhilHren'c Ti-immerl Venlse Bandings ,
in lisere and hemp Ladies' Trimmed Sailors Ladie s Trimmed
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Sale Price. SaK . Prfce, Leghorns Hats Indies' Drawers 4
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t' AC% 45-inch Tennis Cloth (plain <
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$2.00 values 7" " Shtrt,ne "' sa " <
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Hats Peanut Hats For ° ut - $2 ; 50 to . ss ' oo values Peanut Hats For Out- —pillow and spread CtS I"1
good shapes, best colors * n gs and Picnics Ladies' Trimmed Sailors i nKS an d Picnics ot Radios' untmnmed "
Sale Price, Sale Price, Sale Price, K1 , _ . 4
Sale Price, 2 China Candlesticks for 49c
39c 13c $1.19 7c J :
Panama Hats - Georgette Crepe Hats ■ ' A '
are greatly reduced for the Sale, and mean big in the new blues, white and gray are attractive ■
savings. bargains. 21 T
$1.50 to $2.50 values, at' 88f $2.50 values, at 81.19 WV ■ 4
53.50 values, at 81.19 $4.00 values, at 81.48 "*
$5.00 values, at 81.48 $6.00 and $7.00 values, at 81.98 Bungalow Aprons 4
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If 2Sj)j lc to 25c Department Store :
Where Every Day Is Bargain Day i
215 Market Street Opposite Courthouse ,
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Col Samuel G. Shartle
Named to Attend Berne
Conference on Prisoners
Cbambcrsbtirg, Aug. 19.—Colonel
Samuel G. Siiartle, United States
Army, of Welsh Run, has been nam
ed as one of the Army officers to
meet with the Germans in Berne.
Switzerland, in the conference next
month relative to prisoners.
Colonel Shartle had been for quite
a long time milltury attache of the
United Stabis at Berlin and speaks
German fluently.
ICE CREAM FOR ALMSHOUSE
Inmates at the Dauphin county
almshouse on Friday and Saturday
evenings enjoyed u treat when the
Sunshine Society furnished more
than twenty gallons of ice cream and
two boxes of cakes.
TO STUDY ASSESSMENTS
Counts- Solicitor Philip S. Moyer
will leave to-morrow for Wilkes-;
Barre to study the system of coal;
land assessments used in Busorno
county. It is likely that an expert!
mining engineer will be employed at
once to place valuations on coal land
in Dauphin county.
TEX PER CENT. INCREASE
POK WESTERN UNION
By Associated Press
New York, Aug. 19.—Postmaster
General Burleßon. in control of tele
graph and telephone systems, has
approved the ten per cent, increase
m wages of employes of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, it was
announced at the company's offices
to-day.
AMERICAN GRIT NEVER
EQUALED, WRITES SOLDIER
German Dead Covers Field, Harrisburg Soldier Tolls His
Mother in Letter Home From the Front
Grim, terrible reality is expressed
in the letter from the front written
by Sergt. Gordon Berkstresser, 15th
Field Artillery Supply Company,
Second Division, who took part in
the great drive in which the Ger
mans were driven back by the suc
cessful push of the French and the
American armies on the Soman.
That Sergeant Berkstresser has
been in the thickest of the fighting
is amply testified by some of the
passages in his letter, which de
scribed the German and Allied dead
remaining on the battle Held after
the battle.
"The roads were jammed, dead
horses and trucks on both Ales of
the road. Then at the first aid sta
tion were dying men, and men so
cut up they could not move, but
not a moan or cry from an Ameri
can soldier. Such bravery and grit!
The world has never seen the
equal."
The letter was written the third
day of the battle. It says: "I am
so tired I can hardly hold this pen,
but it has been two weeks since I
wrote that. AU you get is move
move, move, Rnd all your hear is
artillery, machine gun, and rifle
fire. This is the third day of the
AUGUST 19, 1918.
I Allied Drive. Yesterday I passed
over the ground that had been No
Man's land on the ntght of the first
offensive.
"Coming up from the rear, fol
lowing the guns of our artillery that
were Just back of our dough boys,
and firing so fast the Germans could
not get out of the road.
"On a little further a single Ger
man lay deud across the trenches and
into No Man's land.
"So fur the fighting has been tn
thick woods, \yhieh has been almost
torn down by artillery fire. To my
right is a wheat field, so full erf dead,
you can walk on bodies and not
step on the ground.
"There is a lad about seventeen
years of age lying on his back in
the wheat, with his heud on his hand
and a smile on his face, as though
he were asleep. But eternal sleep,
for he was almost cut in half by
machine gun fire. And a smile on
his face!
"At Regimental Headquarters an
other young lad was standing, in the
road, a piece from a high explosive
shell went into his chest and came
out his stomach. All he said, and
this to his colonel, who was stand
ing near, "can't you stop this awful
[ bleeding?" He died and his flesh
turned black.
"We have taken much ground and
are still going. The night before last
1 was sitting near an ammunition
dump and a German bomb Just
missed the dump by fifty yards. Our
anti-aircraft guns were shooting at
the plane, and when these shells
began tailing, "there was a scramble
for steel hats.
"So fur our regiment has lost Just
two men."
Sergeant Berkstresser was for
merly employed by Bowman and
I Company.
Ql E.NTIN ItOOSEVELT
PRAISED BY PERSHING
Oyster Bay, Aug. 19. —Within the
last few days Colonel Roosevelt has
j received scores of letters from officers
and men with the American Army In
Vrance extending sympathy in the
loss ot Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt,
who was killed while In combat with
a German airplane. The letters tell
of deeds of tlie young aviator and of
the admiration the men had Tor him.
General Pershing wrote a long letter
expresstng sympathy, and in it stated:
"Quentin died as he had lived and
served, nobly and unselfishly, in the
i full strength and vigor nf his youth,
' fighting the enemy in clean combat.
You may well be proud of your gift
[ to the nation in his supreme sacri
fice."
CHARLES I>. BRADY
COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN
Charles T). Brady, formerly Of Har
rlsburg, more recently connected with
big building enterprises tn Pitts
burgh, has been commissioned n cap
tain in the ordnance department and
assigned to Washington. His mother
is Mrs. Sarah A. Brady, of 1629 North
I Second street.
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