16,000 CASUALTIES
OF MAJOR DEGREE
TO BE REPORTED
War Department Hopes to
Clear Up the Arrears of
I Names Within a Week
Washington, Doc. 7. The War
Department announced yesterday
that 16,000 major casualties, In
cluding killed In action, died of
wounds, died of disease or other ,
causes, severely wounded and miss- j
ing, have not yet been finally re- j
ported to the next of kin. The ar- i
rears in minor casualties is much !
larger, it was added. I
From cable reports now expected, j
the department hopes to clear up ,
the arrears in major casualties with- |
in a week, except for a few names j
with respect to which identification j
lias not yet been completed. The |
minor casualties not yet reported to j
the next of kin represent slight
wounds involving relatively brief i
disablement and in most cases tho j
men sustaining them already have |
been healed. The total in this class !
also includes many duplications, the |
same soldier having been slightly j
wounded two or more times.
Few of Wounded Reported
The official statement issued to- ,
day shows that of the total major j
casualties reported by General Per- 1
shing on November 27, 50,928 have
been reported to the next of kin,
with 7.550 still to be reported. Of
the 14,565 missing and prisoners of
war sent in by General Pershing 14.- ]
093 have been reported to relatives,
but of the 189,955 total wounded
only 69,841 have been cleared up ,
finally.
Mrs. Thomas Nankivell
Dies at M.llerstown
Millcrstown, Pa., Dec. 7.—Mrs.
Martha Vaugh Nankivell, wife of
Thomas Nankiwell, died on Thursday j
at her home, in East Main street. ;
after an illness of about a year. She .
was 71 years old and is survived by i
her husband three daughters, Jen
nie, at home; Mrs. Emma Hall, a
trained nurse in New York City; ,
Lillian, a teacher in the public
schools, of Steelton, and one son, j
Thomas, of Millerstown, also three
sisters, Mrs. Mary Love, Mrs. John
David, of Nebraska; Mrs. Samuel ;
Rhine, Juniata county, and three ]
brothers, Will Vaugh, of Canton,
Ohio; George Vaugh, of Mount
Union, and Wilson Vaugh, of Hunt- !
ingdon.
She was a member of the Metho- .
dist church. The funeral will be
held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
the Rev. Victor Nearhoof. officiating !
assisted by the Rev. C. W. Walt- j
man. Burial in Rtverview cemetery. I
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gentle tingle, loosens the congestion j
and draws out the soreness and pain.
Musterole is a clean, white oint- ;
ment made with oil of mustard. It j
is fine for quick relief from sore
throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff i
neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache,
congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lum
bago, pains and aches of the back or
joints, sprains,sore muscles, bruises,chil
blains, frosted feet, colds on the chest.
Nothing like Musterole for croupy chil
dren. Keep it handy for instant use. ;
30c and 60c jars; hospital size $2.50.
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State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
County—ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that !
lie is senior partner of the firm ot'
F. J. Cheney & Co.. doing business in
the City of Toledo, County and .State '
aforesaid, and that said tirm will pay
the sunt of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for any case of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use of HALL'S t
CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK J. CHENEY. |
Sworn to before me and subscribed
In my presence, this 6th day of I
December, A. D. 1886.
(Seal) A. W. Gleason, Notarv Public.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE is |
taken internally and acts through the |
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the J
System.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free. I
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. J
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Nuxated Iron increases strength
and endurance of delicate, nerv
ous. run-down people in two
weeks' time in many instances. It
has been used und endorsed by
such men as Hon. Leslie M. Shaw,
former Secretary of tile Treasury
and Ex-Governor of Iowa; Form
er United States Senator and Vice-
Presidential Nominee, Charles A.
Towne; General John L. Clem (Re
tired) the drummer boy of Shiloh '
who was sergeant in the U. S. i
Army when only 12 yeurs of age !
also United States Judge G. W '
Atkinson of the Court of Claims
of Washington and others. Ask
your doctor or druggist about it
f MACKABEES' ANNUAL MEETING^
Harrisburg Tent No. 261, Maccabees, will
bold their Annual Meeting and Election of
Officers Monday evening, December 9, at
304 North Second street.
All members arc requested to attend.
E. L. CUNNINGHAM,
Commander.
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SATURDAY EVENING HLAHFISBTJRG *TEIJEGftJLPK ILUMBKK 7, 1918.
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GERMANY FINDS
NO CHEER FROM
1 WILSON SPEECH
; Huns Look in Vain For Com
forting Word or Place
at Peace Board
I Horlin, Dec. 7, —The summary of
i the address delivered by President
' Wilson before Confess last Monday
! which has reached here is prcsuni
| ably Inadequate and hence there has
j been little comment on it in tlie
I newspapers. Germans seek vainly
j for comfort in the message and in
; Mr. Wilson's program, in which it
| is supposed that America and the
| Allies have pledged themselves that
j Germany will have only a shadowy
, existence at the peace conference.
A large majority of Germans be
lieve in President Wilson's good in
j tentions and all their hope are cen
tered in him, hut there is a general
fear which amounts almost to a
j settled belief that he will • e unable
Ito force his program through. The
! titling Am Mittug says:
"It is almost unimaginable optim-
I ism for one to hope that Wilson's
i intervention will mitigate the de
; structive conditions of peace."
Othei comment seem to recognise
that President Wilson may not be
the dominating ligure that Germans
' have expected him to be. Some pa
pers declare he approved of "Amer
, ica's imperialistic naval policy" and
I has failed to cheek the Entente's
! "piratical economic plans."
New Outbreak of Influenza
Reported at Mount Wolf
! Mt. Wolf, Pa., l>ec. 7.—Virtually a
j new outbreak In the Influenza epl-
I demic is existing here. More than
100 cases of the malady are reported.
I Entire families are down with the
| disease, which of late had been on the
wane. The borough schools wen
closed on Thursday for an indeflnlte
period, or until conditions Improve.
Two of the grade teachers, Miss Eva
j Fisher and Sfiss Pearl Shenk have
I contracted the disease.
j KIRHIIKV ELECT OFFICERS
Mt. Wolf, Pa., Dec. 7.—IS. A. Grei
| man was elected president of the
Eagle Fire Company No. 1. at Its an
[ nual meeting this week. A full coni
| plement of officers was elected as
i follows: Vice-president, H. S.
! Kunkel; recording secretary, Albert
' Hofft financial secretary, H. A< Kann;
' treasurer, A. H. Ness:- trustee, J. J.
j Kudos: chaplain, the Iter. H. YV.
I Jiuse; tire chief, C. F. Sipc; assistant
I tire chief, Harvey Kohrbaugh; fore
| inan, Lester KautTmun: assistant
foreman, Lester Jordon: delegate to
county convention. Albert Hoff. The
delegate to the state convention will
be elected at the regular monthly
session in January.
LIE! TEN AYT EYIIGH GASSED
York Haven, Pa., Dec. 7.—First
Lieutenant Harry Emigh, a former
| resident of York Haven, connected
; with Company C, One Hundred und
' Twelfth Machine Gun Company,
: Twenty-eighth Division, was gassed
in action and is now confined to a
base hospital. Word to this effect
was received here by his aunt, Mrs
John Fetrow.
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infantry to the Rhine
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i Colonel Charles H. 1 lowlands, who I
1 i is leading the fine Hundred Sixty-1
j fifth Infantry, formerly tho Sixty- j
i ninth of New York, on its trip to the ,
j I thine, where the regiment will police
i! the Khinc districts ussigncd to It. i
[Colonel Howlands was l'o> merly com- 1 <
1 mander of the Three Hundred Forty- j
1 third Infantry regiment of llinois,;
i of the National Army. The Sixty- ■
ninth lias been recruited with troops
from Texas and Oklahoma.
SCHOOL HOARD REOKGAM7.es i
Alt. Wolf. I'a.. Dec. 7.—At the an- j
i nual reorganization meeting of the :
, Mt. Wolf school board on Thursday |
i night officers for the ensuing year
' were elected ns follows: . President,
Henry Wolf; vice-president, I). Y\ |
Herbst; secretary, E. A. Oreiman; |
treasurer, A. H. Ness.
j
Suburban Notes
DI'XCAWOY
The Kev. J. Edgar Heckmnn, dls- !
[ trict superintendent of the Harris- ;
I burg district, will preach in the ■
| Methodist Episcopal Church to-mor- :
| row morning. He was a former pas- I
I tor.
I P. Y. Duncan, cashier" of Duncan- I
| nou National Dank, is convalescent j
after a long siege of typhoid fever, j
Mrs. Emma Buckman has return- i
j cd to her home at Philadelphia, after!
| spending several days with Mr. and >
I Mrs. James Wilson.
AN.NVILLE
Mrs. Mary Stehman. of this place, i
' is visiting friends and relatives at!
! Philadelphia. • j
J Master Gardener Snylor Is spending]
I three weeks In the Cutskill nioun- !
| tains.
Mrs. Jacob Hehm and son Parke,
are 111 with influenza.
I Miss Dorothy Fencil has recovered !
j fiom an attack of Influenza.
! Lieutenant Edward Smith, of the.
) United States army stationed at j j
j YVasliington, D. C., spent a short time
here with his parents. Mr. and . I
J. Frank Smith.
Lieutenant YY llllam Kenflng, of
Home, N. Y'„ spent a short time <. j
town the guest of friends.
Mrs. Alber. Bnrnhart has returned j
to Annvllle after spendtnrr a week |
I at York.
Miss Lucina Fry is confined to her j
, heme with Ihfluerfza.
Mr. and Mrs: Eli Miller and Mr. !
; end Mrs. John Markey motored to
! Conewago on Tuesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth YVhitmeyer has re
-1 turned to her home here after spend
j Ing two weeks at Harrisburg.
Lieutenant Joseph Boltz of the
j United States army Is here on a short
| furlough.
] Paul Whltmeyer of Washington, <
I D. C., is visiting his parents, Mr. and
j Mrs. YVhitmeyer.
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Ebersole. of near
' Mlddlelown, visited lricilds in town
recently ■
C. V. NEWS
Auto Protective Society
Holds First Meeting
MoolmiiiCf-liiH'K. Pa., Deo. 7.—At
the meeting of the Cumberland Auto
Protective Society held In Franklin
hall on Thursday and presided over
by the president, J. J. Milleisen, the i
following officers were clectvd after
Hie transaction of other business:
President, J. J. Milleisen; viee-prcsi- j
dent, 11. W. Shaull; secretary, James
L. Young; assistant, D. L, Hertzler; ,
treasurer, A. E. Siebor. solicitor, I
James 1,. Young; d.rectors, three
years, D. W. Hollar, Camp Hill; G. i
R. Westhafer, Mcclianicsburg; two;
years, 1. C. Hess, Shiremanstown; '
Charles E. Weary, Meehanicsburg, |
Route 4; one year holdovers, N. W. i
Albright, Meehanicsburg, Route K; B.
F. Enek, Williams Grove; detectives, j
Harry J. Sheeley, Meehanicsburg; 11. i
A. Fair, liotite 2; William H, Hoi-1
linger, liewisherry. Route 1; Roy
Shettle, Merl Shettle, Meehanics
burg; Clyde Adams, Route 5; 1. C.
Wertz, Shiremanstown; N. W. Al
bright, Route 6. Charles Nailer,
Route 2, Guy Hollinger, Meehanics
burg; Harry R. Whitman, Lemoyne;
Emanuel Crone, Route 3;' C. E. Arm
strong, Allen; C. A. Thomas, Roiling
Springs; J. B. Spera, Dillsburg;
Charles S. Meily, Route 5; Daniel 3.
Fair, New Kingston; G. S. Westhafer,
C. S. Marklcy, H. W. Shaull, of Me
ehanicsburg.
The following committee was an
nounced by the president: Doorkeep
ers, J. L. Basehore, J. R. Prowell;
. membership, John llasehore, George
I Berkheimer, George Roycr; transfer,
Abrarn Gutshall, C. H. Sollcnberger;
: fines, Tolbcrt Gross, R. C. Enck,
I Grant Kann, George Zacharias, G. B,
; Hnrtz.
FIREMEN ERECT OFFICERS
Mecliuiilcslniig, Pa„ Dec. 7.—Offl
' cers of the Washington Fire Com-
I puny for the ensuing yestr were elect
!ed as follows: President, F. S. Mum
! ma. vice-president, C. M. Cocklin;
i recording secretary, Charles Gelz;
[financial secretary, Harry Mlchcner;
j treasurer, C. N. Williams; foreman,
i F. S. Stehle: assistant, Wilson Kapp;
! chief engineer. E. S. Weber; first as
: sistont, Joseph Coover; second assist
ant, W. C. Harrold; first fireman,
j Philip S'rawsluiugh; second fireman,
I Harry Jacobs; third fireman, A. L.
j lieistlino; host, C. M. Cocklin; direc
tors, three years, A. F. Bihl, J. C.
i Rupp; chief truck driver, J. M.
I Hart, assistants, C, M. Socklin, Rob
| ert Meloy, Harry Michcner, Clyde
I Schaull, Robert Wise, Harry Steph
| enson, A. D. Mcf.ane, Jr., John Ja
i robs. Herbert Seyler and Arthur
I Houston; chief fire marshal, George
| McLane; directors, A. F. Blhl and J.
; Weaver.
HETFUNS FROM FRANCE
Mccliitnicshui'g, Pa., Dec. 7.—Word
'lias eonie to Mr. and Mrs. George
j 1-1 Arbegast, West Keller streot, of
i the safe arrival in the United Stutes
|of their son, Wilbur Arbegast, on
I the Muretanla. He Is a member of
| the Three Hundred and Nineteenth
i Aero Squadron, Camp Mills, Hemp-
I stead, I-ong Island, N. Y.
YORK HAVEN SCHOOLS CLOSED
York Ifii veil, Pa.. Pec. 7.—Three of
the borough schools have been closed
for the past week as a result of the
teachers being afflicted with Influ
enza. The schools closed are those
taught by Robert Shupp, principal;
the third room. Mrs. Robert Mickey,
teacher, and the primary. Miss Rosa
Lentz. teacher. inlluenza has been
prevalent In the borough for several
months and seven deaths have occur
red. The epidemic appears to be on
the wane.
M MSTITITH MAIL CARRIKR
York Haven, Pa., Dec. 7.—Henry
Clemens several days ago received
his commission as substitute to John
Clemens, local rurnl mall carrier. The
appointment was made by the Fourth
Assistant l'pstniaster i Uensrnl at
Washington. Rural Carrier Clemens
bus been without a substitute io> I
jcuiellnie. I
Letters From France
Raymond H. Suydam, Company F, 23rd U. S. Engineers,
Writes Entertainingly to His Wife, 358 South Thirteenth
Street, of His Adventures at the Front; the Last Letter
Was Addressed to His Former Employer
Friday, Nov. 1, 1918,
"My Dugout,;'
"Somewhere in France."
12.10 P. M.
We are now in our new camp and
there is a great difference In our way
of living as we now live like field
mice. We are dug in the side of a
bank so as to be out of the way of
shrapnel as a shell breuks and sends
it Hying all around. We have been
under shellfire ever since we landed
here, which was Monday. I have
written to you every day since then
but am waiting for blue envelopes to
send it as it Is a long letter and I
do aot ant to bot'jiwr the officers as
we are awfully busy. This is some
life, as we work from daylight until
nightfall and then crawl into our,
dugouts and go to sleep, as we are
not allowed to have a light at night
on uccount of the airplanes. It is a
great life. I do not know whon the
blue envelope will arrive so I am go
ing to send this one through our of
ficers, so you will know why you
have not heard sooner. When you
get your blue envelope you will have
a nice long newsy letter to read. 1
believe the war will end or the
| fighting will be over by Christmas
and then 1 will be coming home to
you soon.
Plenty of Souvenirs
Well, I have been all over what
j was No-Man's Land a few weeks
ago; Talk about souvenirs—helmets
and all things. Little graves scat
tered all around and -unexploded
shells. It's a wonderful sight and
1 cannot be described. Barbed wire
I around! 1 have been under shellfire
| and it is a great experience. When
l we hear an Austrian whiz-bang (big
shell) coming we all duck for a shell
hole and you should hear the shrap
nel whistle. 1 have a piece that fell
about ten feet from me. It's not
dangerous "ducking" shells, so do
not worry as we will be out of range
of Fritz's guns if he keeps moving
as he has lately. 1 wish you could
have heard and have seen the sight
1 did last night. At midnight our
army started a heavy barrage and
it has been going evef since. It
sounds like the roll of a base drum,
only it's much louder. My ears ring
like a bell and I didn't sleep a wink
from midnight on, as my little cot
just vibrated all the time. The sky
was full of shooting stars, etc., and
tile horizon was a flame of red. It
as one of the most wotiderful sights
J have seen. Every now and then a
shell would burst, screaming over
our dugout. No one can realize what
war really is until he gets up here.
It's a big joii. Sherman said war is
hell, but his was an old-l'ashioned
| .var. 1 • wonder what he would call
! this one! It's worse than hell.
I I sure did se a pretty sight yes
j terday morning. I saw a Bochc plane
j brought down out of the air. Be
! lieve me he will never make a raid.
! i have also seen two balloons go (
! down in flames.- 1 have so much to j
tell you, but ant not allowed to. You
will have to wait until 1 come home |
then I'll tell you heaps of things, j
By the time you get this letter I j
tliink Fritz will be quite a few miles !
nearer home. He's not such a long j
way from Berlin now and the front '
is getting closer all the time. I am j
now seeing things that I have al
ways heard so much about. Well, I !
gtiess 1 lost that little bet we had :
between us that Mctz would lie taken |
by the first of November. O, well, [
the Hun is licked and knows it. The
Hun tried hard to get Verdun and
never did and we haven't even tried t
to get Metz. This is a great old war, j
believe me.
Monday, Nov. 4, 1918.
"My Dugout.
Somewhere in France."
Well, here I am again In a new
camp, and Buss and I have just fin
ished our dugout. It is hard to teil
how long we will be here, but here's
hoping it Is until the war is over,
as it is some job digging a home.
We left our other camp Sunday and
came here in trucks. I really like
this place better than the last one.
but It doesn't make much difference
as the life is the same. Wc work all
day and go to bed at fi P- m., as w>-
aren't allowed to have lights hurn
Ing. I tried awfully hard Saturday
and Sunday to write io you, .bill
didn't have a minute's time.
Don't worry about me not coming
bn<-k to you, becnusc I will come
home. No dnnger of any shells I
from Fritz now. He Is too far away
and is still on the run. We aren't
under shellfire any more.
No Time For Comforts
I sure would like to find one of
those Y. M. C. AT.'s thnt I have nl
i ways heard so much about up here,
jWe can't buy a thing anywhere. I
Isure do hope thnt 1 will be able to
get hold of some paper as I don't
have a bit. Rnss gave me those two
sheets.. I hear there is a "Y" about
four miles away, but I don't have a
bit of time to go over and find out.
Believe me, wc know what war Is
now as we sure do work.
You should see the mud over here
and should also have seen your
hubby to-day. lam mud from the
knees down. My spirals are a cake
j of mud and my feet soaking wet-
To-day every truck that passed us
threw a lot of mud all over us and
the mud Is about six Inches deep.
I haven't shaved for over a week or
taken a bath for over two weeks, nnd
I have heen wearing two pairs of
socks (change every day) for two
weeks. I haven't had a haircut for
two weeks, either. How's that? Oh,
when I come home I'll be atl nice
and clean and fixed up. I hnven't
f hanged underwear for two weeks,
either. No, It isn't because I enjoy
being dirty—lt Is Is because I don't
have time to clean up. I only have
one suit of underwear with me be-
I sides the suit I have on, and I want
; to save it for about a week for It is
j hard to tell when I will get a chance
to chnnge it. By the time I do I
guess this suit will be stiff enough
to stand up in the corner of my dug
out. Oh, It's a great life!
I saw qnite a sight to-day. I saw
a burying ground of some German
■ soldiers. It was a regular cemetery,
and by the looks of some of the
graves and tombstones they must
have expected to own France nnd
make it another country of Kultur.
They had a large monument in. the
center of the cemetery with a bronze
plnte on it and the names of the
Huns who lost their lives protecting
a wood.. It sure was pretty, but
here's the sight—at one end of the
cemetery a large shell had landed
and a bunch of the Huns "arose."
There was drled-up flesh and bones
all around in the shellholes. I saw
one large high-top shoe witji the
drled-up remains of a leg In It. I
will be g'ad to forget some things
I have seen.
November I, 1918.
•'MY DI'GOIT." "SOMEWHERE IN
FRANCE."
It's hard to tell'when I'll get n-.y
vacation now as we are up here (
where the shells go screaming over
head and everything is war and va- !
cations come last. We can't spend I
a cent here as the nearest Y. M. C. A. |
Is about two miles away and it's a
wild road to travel on.
Did you ever live like a field
mouse? Well, that's what our home j
resembles now. We sure have dug 1
In and you would too after hearing
"whiz bangs" go over you and shrap- I
nel fly all around. The night after j
we reached this place two lieutenants j
from the medical corps, who were
connected with the hospital nearby, [
received to beat It quickly as j
the Huns were shelling the hospital. >
They told Russ and I we could have !
their dugout and the two cots In it j
If wo wanted It. We took posses
| slon the next morning. It sure is a ,
cozy little home for being below the
ground. We have quite a few mice
with us and In the night they run
all over us. They're polite little
devils as they never run over our
face.
I'nArr Fire
We are dug In on what was No
Man's Land a few weeks ago. No
one can describe No Man's Land.
Shell holes all around and graves
scattered here and there. Each grave
has a wooden cross on made of two
limbs and an Identification tug hang
ing on the cross and some graves
have the soldiers helmet on the head
end or his gas mask. Unexploded am- j
munition and useless war - material j
all around. Hun helmets scattered j
around too. I wish you could see i
some of the elaborate dugouts the |
Huns were forced to give up without
time to destroy.
Well, I have been under Are every
dny since being here and to tell the
truth I sort of like It. Those shells
sure do scream and moan as they
pass. We prefer the ones that moan
as they're farther away. When the
shells go off you should hear the
roar and see the dirt and shrapnel
fly. You should also see us throwing
ourselves flat or diving In an old
shell hole to get out of the way as
its bad stuff to stop. I thought I
had a little thickness to me but 1
have discovered I haven't us 1 sure
can make myself thin when I'm hug
ging old mother earth. The other
day the Hun was shelling the tleld
hospital above us and three pieces of
shrapnel went sailing over me and
dropped about twenty feet away. It
sure did send dirt flying over me,
too. When one of those boys come
screaming by the only thing to do is
"duck" and pray to the Lord to keep
them high.
I am a great sight yesterday a.
m. Two Hun planes started on a
sight-seeing trip over our lines. They
had no more than gotten up when one
took a pitch and scrashed to the
earth. He fell just as a bird does
| when shot while flying. The other
j plane sure did beat it for home. I
I also saw two observation balloons
! go down in flames and the observers
| jump with their parachutes. I'm see
j fng and doing and dodging real
! things now and I wouldn't miss this
; experience for money. The boys back
j home don't know what they are mis
j sing. It gives a fellow a chance to
! find out what he's made of. And, If
j anyone ever tells you that it's the
! shells you hear that don't hurt you,
j but the ones you don't hear that do,
j you tell them they're all wrong for
I I know. I have heard them corning
J and just had time enough to fall flat
l before I heard the shrapnel whistle
or had dirt thrown on me. It's a
great old life and I'll have lots to
tell you that I'm not allowed to write
about. (
Talk about a noise last night. I
never heard such a continuous racket.
This store closes regularly on Saturdays at 6 o'clock and will
not be open any evenings preceding Christmas.
This store has six large floors filled with merchandise of de
pendable quality and infinite in variety.
SHOP EARLY
Founded 1871 Harrisburg, Pa.
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It sounded like the roil of a drum.
Frits was eating; steel. It started at 1
midnight and died down this p. m.
From midnight on I didn't sleep a
wink as my ears were ringing and
iny cot vibrated from the roar. The
horizon was a bright red. To-day a
captured Hun officer said, "Why In
hell don't you put bayonets on those
big guns. You had them right in our
face." I bet by Christmas all fight
ing will be over. The Hun Is licked
and licked badly. I saw prisoners
to-day who couldn't be older than
lifteen years. When Sherman said,
"War Is Hell" he was speaking of an
old fashion war. If that war was
hell. I wonder what he'd call this one?
Well, Boss, I'll close with best
wishes to all at 358.
Yours as B-4,
SOCKY.
■ Itay H. Suydam,
2d Bn.. Co. F, 23d Eng..
A. E. F„ Via. N. Y.
JSjoamanZ
ANNEX
Gilbert Building
Opposite Courthouse
A {rood place to visit for gifts of the unusual character.
The high-grade kind of holiday novelties for which Henry
Gilbert & Son were noted. Having acquired their entire line
of novelties we arc closing them out at prices that are re
markably low for quality articles that were purchased before
the war prices went into effect.
Toys, Toys, Toys
An abundance of them here to select from. Come in and
seek suggestions. Your gift problem will be greatly simpli
fied.
IFe Close Saturdays at Six, and IVill Not
Be Open Any Evenings Treceding Christmas
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Serious Disorders Are
Reported in Berlin
London, Dec. 7.—Serious disor
ders have arisen In Berlin and con
siderable firing has occurred In the
principal streets, according to re
ports reaching the Dutch-German
frontier, says an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Amsterdam.
The trouble Is said to have been
caused by the German Bolshevists.
FLIER CONQUERS STORMS
Washington, Dec. 7. —Despite
heavy snowstorms over the Alle
gheny mountains, which forced an
ascent to 12,000 feet, the trip from
Pittsburgh to Washington, a distance
of 175 miles, was made in seventy
five minutes yeslerday by Glenn
Mart in a bombing plane equipped
with twin Liberty motors and piloted
by Major Harley W. Lake, inspector
for the division of military aero
nautics.
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