TWO CASUALTY
LISTS NAME 21
PENNSYLVANIANS
Total of 293 Names Included
on Lists Issued by the
t War Department
Washington, Sept. 7.—Twenty-one
Pennsylvvanians are mentioned In
the two casualty lists reported to-day
by the War Department. Included
on the lists are a total of 293 names.
Three Keystone state lads were kill
ed in action.
The casualties reported by the
commanding general of the Ameri
can Expeditionary Forces are dis
tributed as follows:
Killed in action 27
Missing in action 15
Wounded severely 164
Died of wounds 15
Wounded, degree undetermined 69
Wounded slightly 1
Died from accident and other
causes 2
Total 293
These are the Pennsylvanians
mentioned:
KILLED IN ACTION
Privates
Robert Warren Clarkson, Grove
City.
John Shubick, Coaldale.
William Bailey. Sharon.
DIED OF WOUNDS
Lieutenant
Henry Howard Houston, Philadel
phia.
Private
John Joseph Grejber, Philadel
phia.
W OUNDED SEVERELY
Lieutenant
William E. Park, New Milford.
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SATURDAY EVENING, BAHRISBURG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 7, 1918.
John R. Thomas, Whitford.
Sergeant
Lester S. Gillan, Schuylkill Haven.
Corporal
Charles Julius Pastore, Coraopolis.
Privates
Brotromos Evlombiatis, South Beth
lehem.
Henry N. Altemus, Nanty Glo.
John Bojchik. Hawk Run.
Mechanic William A. Metlin, El
wood City.
Theodore Tremblay, Philadelphia.
Stanley Froncezk, Jessup.
Fred MoDaniels, Shickshinny.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY
Lieutenant
Lawrence H. Richards, Pottsvllle.
WOUNDED (Degree Undetermined)
Privates
James E. Ashby, Lancaster.
Hyman Kauffman. Philadelphia.
Daniel P. Kelly, Mt. Laffee.
Clarence McCool, Philadelphia.
Leonard Plnkey, Coaldule.
Kochel Promoted
to a Sergeancy
Walter G. Kochel, a member of
the Harrisburg Reserves since the
organization for the home defense,
was last night promcrced to be ser
geant of Company A. by Captain F.
H. Hoy, Jr., in the presence of the
whole battalion, for meritorious
service.
The Reserves were given some
stirring work last night, chasing
imaginary disturbers of the peace
from uptown streets and going
through considerable training both
in riot duty, manual of arms and
setting-lp exercises, the latter being
conducted by Liuetenant S. E. Fit
ting.
This afternoon a detail from the
Reserves drilled men of the Pen
brook-Linglestown district at Pen
brook baseball field. Dr. B. F. Royer,
Commissioner of Health, speaking
under auspices of the Board of In
struction of No. 2 Dauphin district.
The upper end towns, except Hali
fax and Williamstown, are now un
der direction of men of military ex
perience of their own communities,
the work of the Reserves in starting
things moving having been finished
in that section. Tuesday drills will
be held at Hershey and Hummels
town and when Major Stine returns
the drills for the High school stu
dents will be arranged.
Postmaster Found Dead,
Believed a Suicide
Selinsgrove, Sept. 7. His skull
gashed by a hatchet, and throat slit
from chin to ear, John S. Rine, for
many years a prominent resident of
McKees Falls, was found dead yes
terday morning in his store-
Rine was known to have been d.a
pondent for seme time, and it is be
lieved that he managed to inflict the
wounds on his head, and then cut his
throat.
Rine had gone to the store alone
before daylight to make up an out
going mail. The dead man was post
master of the village, a director of
the Dalmatia State Bank, and owner
of the hotel, store and also of the
pretty home in the town besides all
the farm property surrounding the
hamlet.
BOYS GASSED AT''THE FRONT
LEROY RIFE
FIVE MORE LOCAL
BOYS IN_CASUALTIES
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jured severely in the big Yank drive
on August 8. He is now improving
as well as can be expected.
Another wounded lad is the son
of Stephen Gruber, living on River
road, above Coxestown. He was
badly wounded but his recovery is
rapid. He expects soon again to take
his place on the firing line.
Romping and playing together
when youths and close friends dur
ing their early manhood, Albert Lil
ley, 638 Muench stret, and Luther
G. McLaughlin, 1411 North Third
street, who enlisted in the United
States service four days after the
declaration of hostilities, serving in
the same company, Company D, of
the One Hundred and Twelfth In
fantry, were included among the
casualties of that company on the
same day, August 8. Lilley was
killed and McLaughlin badly gassed.
Prior to their enlistments, both
youths were members of the same
Sunday school class at the Otterbein
United Brethren Church, and were
working together as apprentices in
the local shops of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Notification of Lilley's
death was received by his mother,
Mrs. Lida Lilley, 638 Muench street,
and of McLaughlin's gassing, by his
father, Luther H. McLaughlin, 1411
North Third street.
Private Harry A. Shearer, of the
Machine Gun Battalion, One Hun
dred and Twelfth Infantry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Shearer, is the
third youth of this section included
in to-day's casualties. Official noti
fication from the War Department
to his parents is to the effect that
he was severely wounded. Enlisting
with Company D, Eighth Reigiment,
N. G. P., in June, 1916, he saw
service along the Mexican border.
He was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga.,
for training.
County Schools Unable
to Secure Instructors
While a number of applicants have
been received for county schools Su
perintendent F, E. Shambaugh and
Assistant W. R. Zimmerman reported
to-day that there were eleven va
cancies to be filled before every room
in the outlying districts opened. In
case enough teachers cannot be se
cured some of the districts will con
solidate schools.
Examinations for teachers who
were appointed during the week were
held at the office of Superintendent
Shambaugh. Vacancies which had
not been filled until noon to-day fol
low: Gratz. 1; Upper Paxton town
ship, 1; Rush township, 1; Jackson
township, 1; Halifax township, 3;
Wayne township, 2; Jefferson town
ship, 2; Middle Paxton township. 2.
RECEPTION TO PASTOR
MarysvlUc, Pa., Sept. 7. —Mem-
bers of the Duncannon Lutheran
Church congregation extended a re
ception on Wednesday night to the
Rev. J. C. Reighard, recently
elected pastor of the Marysville-
Duncanno ncharge, and his daugh
ter, Miss Mary Reighard.
ANNOUNCE BIRTH
Marysvillc. Pa., Sept. 7.—Mr. and
Mrs. Grant Roush, of Valley street,
announce the birth of a daughter
on Friday, August 30.
BAND SERENADES NEWLY-WEDS
Shlremanstown, Pa., Sept. 7.—A
serenade was tendered Mr. and Mrs.
Laurence Gribble, at the former's
home in Front street, Wednesday
evening, by the Shiremanstown band.
The young couple were married on
Monday evenin gat the bride's home
at New Cumberland by the Rev.
Charles Herges, pastor of the
Church of God of that place, Mrs.
Gribble, who has a host of friends
will live with her mother for the
duration of the war. The groom was
among Cumberland' county's quota
that left on Thursday for Camp
Greenleaf, Ga.
TO HOI.I) CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION'S OCTOBER 3
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an examin
ation for departmental clerk to be
held in this city on September 12
and again on October 5, 1918
Eligibles will be grouped as fol
lows:
(a) Those who have graduated
from a college or university of rec
ognized standing.
(b) Those who have graduated
from a standard high school or com
pleted a course of study equivalent
to that required for such graduation,
and have had at least four years of
office experience.
(c) Those who have had at least
a common school education and at
least one year of office experience.
(d) Those who do not qualify for
one of the above groups.
The examination is open to both
male and female and applicants must
have reached their eighteenth birth
day on the date of examination.
Application may be secured from
the Secretary, Board of Civil Service
Examiners, Room 205, Post Office
Building, Harrisburg, Pa.
TWO WOMEN ARRESTED
Jennie Burkes and Rose Coakley are
in Jail again. That is what police
say when these two women are ar
rested. for they are in the toils of
the law so often. Patrolmen Bathurst
and Lowry and City Detective Shuler
arrested them on the charge of steal
ing $75 from Francis Sealey, who Is
said by police to be an old man. The
women are said to have enticed him
Into their room at the notorious 12
Cowdcn street, and stole the money
They were arrested shortly after
midnight tbla morning.
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ISAAC FREEDMAN
CITY GUARDSMEN
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written, but I could not write as oilr
company took their placo on the <ine
and was Just relieved last night. Now
we go back fot a much-needed rest.
On the 26th of July we lost Captain
Jim (James Henderson, of Mahanoy
City). He was hit by a shell and
the entire lower part of his body was
blown to pieces.
"We have been chasing the Hun
and have been keeping him on the
run since the middle of July. You
have been reading back there about
the great American drive and how
they captured Chateau Thierry. Well,
I wonder if you know it was the
boys from old Pennsylvania that were
doing all the work.
"Little Mother, I wish you could
have seen tlio battle. After our ar
tillery got through with our bar
rage, there was nothing left of Oha
j teau Thierry but a lot of ruins. Fritz
started to run there and has never
stopped since. He left millions of
rounds of ammunition behind him,
besides much small stuff. But he
destroyed all the property of the
French people.
Enemy Cut to Pieces
"After we had chased him back
he brougiit up his famous Prussian
Guard, supposed to be his best
troops. But we sure had a surprise
in store for the tricky Hun- They
sent the 110 th. against them and the
tight lasted only ten minutes. The
110 th just cut them ti pieces. Out
of the entire Prussian division, they
brought back only two prisoners. No
wonder they call us the "Bayonet
Division."
"The same day that Captain Jim
was killed, Abe Martin was hit by
flying shrapnel and got an ugiy cut
on the arm, but he will be back in
the game shortly. Call up 'lke'
Freedman's brother and tell him that
'lke' was badly gassed yesterday (Au
gust 9) in the fighting around Fis
mes. It was sure a bad day for us
as we had r.bcut seventy men gass
ed. Several Harrisburg boys are on
the casualty list.
"We have had a dog with us that
went through the bombardment of
Chateau Thierry. Bill Bennet was
gassed.
"I suppose you would tire if I
told you all that I saw since our
drive started, but believe me I sasv
plenty. I saw the Marne filled with
German dead the day we drove them
cut of Chateau Thierry. But I won't
tell you any more as you would only
imagine all kinds of things.
Hospitals Are Shelled
"I took Abe Martin to the hospital
and sure had some time as 'Jerry'
sent over one beautiful barrage.
That sucker sure has some artil
lery and knows how to use it. But
most of his ammunition is no good.
While I was at the hospital with
Abe the dirty dog bombarded the
hospital and killed a major, literally
blew him to pieces. And then not
satisfied the pup started to shoot gas
at us and we had some time getting
gas masks on the boys who were
there wounded.
"I took carc of Abe first and then
helped with the other boys. Yester
day we took a bunch of prisoners in.
Among them were four boys, the old
est 20, and the youngest 14. They
were glad to be taken. I have a 'Gott
Mit Una' belt that I would like to
send home together with a German
helmet.
"To-day our boys had a game of
football, so you see they are feeling
pretty good.
"Very few of our boys are killed;]
most of them are only slightly gass
ed. Got my first shot of gas the
other night, Dut it was only sneezing
gas."
Freeilinan Optimistic
Such heavy Josses were inflicted
on the Germans in the deadly Yank
offensive along the Marne during
the early days of August that their
dead were piled in tiers of six and
seven deep, Isaac Freedman, former
Harrisburger with Company D, One
Hundred and Twelfth Infantry, re
lates in a letter to his brother, Jo
seph A. freedman. 32 North Sec
ond street. "I am sick and tired of
looking at' dead people," Freedman
writes.
Isaac Freedman was severely
gassed in France on August 7 dur
ing the advance, after he had been
on the firing lines several times. He
is now confined to Base Hospital No.
.36. with his condition improving as
much as may be expected. Among
the things that he misses in France,
things that he craves highly, are
clgarets.
Optimistically, he says in his let
ter: "Wait ttll those Harrisburg
lads who were drafted get over here.
We've got the Dutch on the run now
and they don't have any trenches to
drop in when they stop." And often
they stop, he says, only "because
they can't run any farther."
Former Academy Athlete
Letters received here tell of the
slight gassing in France of William
Bennett, of Company D, of the One
Hundred Twelfth Infantry, during
early August, "this is believed to
be "Bill" Bennett, former Harris
burg Academy football player and
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bennett,
Riverside.
Every Man a Hero
The Rev. Francis C. LaViolette,
Y. M. C. A. field secretary of the
One Hundred Tenth Regiment, In
valided home, says: ,
"The pluck and the courage of
this Pennsylvania regiment is be
yond description. I would glory In
being a Pennsylvantan Just to be
identified with a state where men
like these are made. When I get to
my home In Seattle I will have but
one message to the young men of
the Pacific Coast: 'Try to equal the
One Hundred Tenth Pennsylvania,'
I will say. I wish I could tell the
family of every tvyi In "the regl-
ment how proud the world will be
of their boys when the history of
the war is written. The turning
point came in France when these
Pennsylvania boys stopped the Huns
und every man of that regiment is
a hero forever."
Lieutenant Arthur Nelson, of
Kane, member of the One Hundred
Twelfth Regiment, formerly • the
Sixteenth, arrived in Kane yester
day. Nelson has been detailed for
duty at a southern camp to teach
recruits the latest methods of war
fare, says the Kane Republican.
Lieutenant Nelson states that H.
Company, of Ridgway, was the first
across the Vesle in the big advance
of last July.
That any 111-effects resulted from
any of the experiences of Lieutenant
Nelson, such as undergone by other
Kane and Oil Country men, is belied
by his appearance. He denies he
has taken on weight, but his phys
ical fitness, if common to all troops
of Uncle Sam, makes it easy to un
derstand why the Germans do not
wish to come to grips and are quick
to yell "Kamerad"— which leads by
way of illustration to the last of
incidents that Lieutenant Nelson re
lated.
"A runner was coming from
Ifiismette, under Are, making hid
way to battalion headquarters, and
walking along behind him was a big
Boche with a rifle. I guess the run
ner never saw him. Some yelled to
him, "Look what is following you."
He looked around, disgust registered
in his expression, but he kept on to
headquarters, the Boche following
him all the way and surrendering.
The Yanks are going to have a lot
of other Germans doing 'the old
Tray' act. The Oil Country men
have done their share."
JULY EXPORTS INCREASE
Exports of American goods In
creased slightly in July as compared
with June, while imports fell off
slightly, according to an announce
ment to-day by the Bureau of For
eign and Dbmestic Commerce, De
partment of Commerce.
Exports Increased front $485,000,-
000 in June to $508,000,000 in July.
For the seven months ended with
July the foreign sales totaled $3,-
483,000,000, as compared with $3,-
661,000,000 for the corresponding
period of the previous year.
July imports were $241,000,000,
whereas in June they reached a to
tal of $260,000,000. For the first sev
en months of the year the imports
were valued at $1,787',000,000, as
against $1,779,000,000 for a similar
period in 1917.
The gold movement in 1918 has
been of much less importance than
in 1917. For the first seven months
of this year $52,000,000 represents
the imports of gold; in 1917 the im
ports for the seven-month period
was $505,000,000. Exports amount
ed to $2,9,000,000 this year, as
against $272,000,000 last year.
The silver movement has in
creased in importance, the total im
ports being $40,000,000 for the first
seven months of this year, as against
$22,000,000 last year, and exports
reaching a total of $135,000,000, as
compared with $44,000,000 for the
first seven months of last year.
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TO DRILL HIGH
SCHOOL PUPILS
Board Unanimously Votes For
Military Training of Two
Upper Classes
Military training for .all pupils in
the Senior and Junior classes of the
Central and Tech High Schools under
the direction of the Harrisburg Re
serves, was approved by the city
school board at its meeting yester
day afternoon.
The offer of captain Henry M.
Stlne, of the reserves, to Dr. F. E.
Downes, city superintendent, was
read after which Dr. Downes spoke
to the directors on the importance
of starting such a course at qpce.
He explained that with the change
in the draft age limit and the other
intensive work of the government to
bring to an early close the war for
democracy with a complete victory
for the Allies it was almost a duty
to give to the younger boys as they
near draft age an elementary mili
tary drill course.
Dr. Downes, Captain Stine, Robert
A. Enders, president of the board;
Prof. W. E. Severance, principal of
Central; and Dr. Charles B. Fager,
Jr. principal of Tech, were named
as a committee to make arrangements
at once for the organization of units
for training. Because of the large
number of younger boys in the
Freshman and Sophomore classes It
was deemed inadvisable t extend the
drills to those classes as many of
the students are from 12 to 14 years
of age; entirely too young to begin
a study of military tactics according
to Dr. Downes.
Arrangements will be made for In
door drills during inclement weather
and fixed hours will be decided upon
by the committee. Other, necessary
details are to be worked out and
after the units are well organized
and have had several drills the ques
tion of an inexpensive uniform and
a rifle for each student will be taken
up.
The vote of the directors to start
the military course was an unanimous
one, every member being present and
giving approval to its institution.
Just before the vote was taken, Di
rector Keen told of his experiences
while at a training camp when a
number of drafted men arrived. He
explained the big advantage which
men with military training had over
the other selectives and said that
there was no reason why Harrisburg
boys should not go to training camps
with such experience.
Dr. Downes called the attention of
the shortage of substitute teachers
and said that it may be impossible
to get a sufficient number to fill the
needs of the district for the present
year. While nearly all the regular
teachers have been secured the dis-
trict always employs a number of
substitutes but this year efforts to
have an available list which will
meet all needs of the schools, have
failed. There are only two regular
teachers needed now, and pending
the election of persons to these places
two substitutes are now In charge.
Must Stick to Jobs
The directors passed a resolution
after a short discussion which will
prevent the reinstatement of any
teachers who resign to accept gov
ernment clerical positions. Recently
the question or whether leave of ab
sence should be granted to teachers
who enter Army or Navy service or
any charitable organization work for
the war. yesterday a ne*i resolution
was passed in which the directors
decided that in case any instructors
enter military or naval service, the
Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. work or sim
ilar enterprises, they are to be re
instated provided they apply for their
positions immediately after leaving
the war service.
Officials of the board declared
they were opposed to teachers leav-
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work Just because.of a larger salary
which Is offered. They went on rec
ord on this stand and decided that In
such cases teachers must resign, but
in other instances as sooh as possible
the instructors are to be reinstated.
HELD AS HIGHWAYMAN
Elliott Johnson, who Is said by
police to be a "floater." was arrested
by City Detective Carson this morning
on the charge of highway robbery.
He is said to be implicated in the rob
bery of Mike Gross, for which three
other men were held under $3OO bail
for court. Twenty-five dollars was
stolen from Gross by the four men.
it is charged.
SAVE PEACHSTONES TO
USE IN 11. S. GAS MASKS
"Save peachstones for the Red
Cross" is the patriotic message to
citizens of Enola sent by the Rev
C D. Rlshel. The Rev. Mr. Rishel
is collecting five bushels of stones
to be used for making carbon for gas
masks It is said that the govern
ment is now using 300 tons of peach
stones each day for this purpose.
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