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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-18
HouSemates Here
Before the Var:
Met Again in a
French Ambulance

fantry. Both have been In France for
some months, but had never met until
they happened to find themselves in the
same ambulance on their way back from
the front to a base hospital. They are
rapidly recovering and expect 10 be sent
home soon. Neither has mentioned the
extent OF his injuries IN letters nome.
both being too much taken up with the
curious coincidence OF their chance meet
ing in the ambulance.
Wagner Is twenty-three years old and
member of Company y, ll2th Engi-
neers. He enetred the service in April
He went overseas in June, after training
at Camp Meade A brother, william
Wagner. is also in France.
Leahy is twenty-four years old and
drive above Verdun He is a member
Of Company F, of the 3l5th, and entered
the service last May, training at Camp
Meade and going abroad in July. He
lived with his father, Dennis Leahy, at
the Frankford avenue address
Private Joseph Horenstein, Company
l.. 316th Infantry, twenty eight years
old, was killed September 81, according
! TO a telegram received by his cousin,
! Miss Ida Wagman, 1857 PennsgroVe
street. He went into the service last
May,
/ Private Nell Cusato, Company 3, l1oth
! Infantry, Ia reported wounded Septem-
Der 10, but a letter dated October l9
! said he was well and made no mention
os Of his injuFyy He was formerly ern EN-
pany IN 1914, at the age Of seventeen
/ he enlisted, serving on the Mexican bor-
der. He made his home at 1888 South
Suntper street.
priyate James Curato, Company A.
18th Infantry. has been missing since
September 20 He is twenty-six years
old and was employed in q. candy fac
tory His home is at 1907 Hall street.
Private Lawrence G. Lew. COMPANY
| A, First Engineers. OF 81 North Yewdel
street, was killed in action October II
according TO word recently received by
his mother Until May, 1917. when he
enlisted. he was employed at Brill's
Motor Works. He was twenty-thres
years old ..
Private Ermindo Battista, Company c
307th Infantry, twenty-four years old
lost his life October 16 as a result oi
the premature explosion Of hand gren
ade. Born in italy, he came to thu
United States when o small child anc
made his home at 446 North Gross
street. He was formerly employed as 3
| laboreT.
Private Jacob Gsrson. Company /.
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Toddy's Entertainments
for Serpice Men Here
At the Navy Yard

At the Navy Yard
Seven-t thiry p. m, moving pictures and
musical program-Y. M. G. A. Hut.
Eight p. M, social. under direction oil
Mrs. Caroline Moore. Navy and Ma
rine Corps, Recreation Center.
Outside the Navy Yard
Eight. D. n dancing class. Kozy kor-
ner klub, Front and Queen streets.
EiCht p. M, dance-Sherwood Recrea-
ton Center Twenty-Five men IN
vited. See Mr.. McCalley, Central Y.
NJ. G. A. -..
Eight p. m, dancing class from 8 to
$3.50. All the latest up-to-date dances
taught, followed by dance at $3.50 y.
IN. Ship and Tent Club, 22S2 Chris
tian street Twenty-Five ents.
Motion Pictures
Seven-thiry p. m, lobby, Central Y. NJ.
G. A., -E..
annex OF Union League, Broad and
Spruce streets
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THREE BROTHERS
in NCASUALTYLIS
One Italian Soldier Is
Wounded and Two
Missing
SLAIN AFTER PROMOTION
Death Follows Elevation in
Two Weeks-Royersford
Man Is Cited


|
Three brothers Of Italian birth. but
.,,.. .,... .-
VINO hao neen living VI TINS CITY '"r
many years. were drafted year ago
and. refusing to claim exemption
,rorsb ,oro h,d hoo, naturaIized have
=, 49,.
/ been fEhtlng in France since last july
! Now two are reported missing and ono
/ severely. wounded
( WI. r.i.....z ,,,,,i, .,+o,,ucci
'"eH 're ''"'''
! and Joseph Antonnucch MISSING anu
/ Private Frank AntonnuCci wounded,
-,o bro,hors li,od with relatives at
Wv ''''''''' '''''
. 1924 Master street ana II ,, W 'opTn ha ,n,.",
the Two l'Sted as rnIss,nt Nui ;, w, ,..,,,,s
: 90. .s ~
are tEaou"leo' ,,;,-.,r-i. of
o,t.H l..u.eHn.' va, nt,,,d ,,,o ,yaeks a sf,er
! . 49, ,.aa tror, a second 10
nc e. ,i,,, l,tt,. according TO let
| s si,.sS t.,,,, . feIl,w. officer. The
! s.L ria,,,rort r1uzhRrris was un-
80" @,! ", r..s Ias, ,veek
csrsh,,t pichard a vaughan, OF the
III. Ts,ar,..,. tarn,orI,. ,he sixth Regi-
r,lrt n q r who died ot wounds, has
, boer cited for bravery in action He was
! the son Of Dr. f NJ. Vaughan, or hoyers-
| tora 20 and is commended for refus-
irg ,c eo to the rear after having been
seTereIv injured The citation says. He
| cortin,ied 20 command his platoon for
/ four davs. and by his braNer" ana en-
! rourape,nent 10 his men eNemnllneu tHe
/ highest qualities Of leadership.
! The combined casualty lists l"oaN con
! tain the names of l422 men lhc'uu''e
! l9l Pennsylvanians. The total for fni.- f
! adelphia and vicinity is eis"'H-'Mo'
! fourteen having been killed m acl'oI''
! four having died Of wouhds anu ln"-
of disease. TwentF-tour ,.., "a
wounded and twenty-etgh' are repol.e"
missing though in number OF instances
the families Of the men have nearu i'orn
/ them direct, TO the effect that theE are
! in French base hospitals recovering
| from wounds.
| rinu+anan, Henry S Shuster, of the
/ E,ifty-severth Engineers. died of pncu-
( r,nris on a transport bound for France.
( nnooraipo "a word lust received by his
Lrotnar DureIl Shrster. Of 1893 North
pork avenue The young officer enlisted
ain . :, h,,r,st ~ last year and
,,.orl,ed his way up from the ranks to a
! W"i iheu i'.9 ,.iss;on He and his
! lieutenant ,1 Co.. Lrrance to aid in
unit were uo o-,. in mat war-torn
| 'he re"api'"''''
country ,>,. ro,ard who was
L'eu'ena,t Co,ohor ia convalescent,
gassed early IN o''oue. t,,., l ~, VI. tatber
according 10 "o!u e,, $50 erect
/ VINO hNes at s'-U s ,Lr oo,,n,;e-
Lieutenant ToIand eaFheu mo
sion at the frst on'cers 1rs.'n Ia n,os
held at Fort Meyer, NIrsn'Aa anu n,.
assigned TO the 7o'th 'nlan''E g. y, :" Wi,
composed of drafted men from New iolh
and Pennsylvania ana "hlch tra'ne"
Camp Dix. Wrightstown y, =. ~
brother Of Lieutenant loiahn, Ut, ~ a.
Hart Toland, is an otcer IN 'ne 'neu'-
cal corps Of the navy: -s,,
Lieutenant kirR W. MdCHeIte' "oi'
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Tore Down American Flag

Charged with tearing down an Ameri-
can flag from porch in. Germantown,
Julian Tandeputte, Mutter street, above
I,ehieh avenue, Vas held for court un-
der $500 bail today by Magistrate PEN
mock at the Germantown police station.
Vandeputte says he Is a F'renchman,
hut he would give no explanation of his
conduct. When asked why he tore down
the flag, he refused to answer.
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Many Enlist in Merchant Marine

Washington, Nov, 1S.--The END of hos.
tilities apparently has given impetus TO
recruiting for the merchant marine. The
Shipping Board announced today that
the enrolment Of 1000 men last week
was higher than the weekly average
during the war period
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-18

Ward Harrison, of the General Flee
trio Company. one of the foremost H.
Illuminating eng ineecs in the United
States will read a paper, Accessories
for Industrial ana Protective Lighting
before the Illuminating Engineering So
ciety at the Engineers Club tonight.
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other Arrivals
NOTES or SHIPPING

The Norwegian stenfnship Harriet with
cargo Of sugar from Cuba, went aground
terday morning. She win be hoated TO-
day.
more. passed Cave Henry at p, m. No
vember ! /
thur for Buepos, Aires, put IN at Jackson
Nile. Fin, for repairs November ia.
steamship La R{es. for Tampico from
Phllsdelnhia passed Sand Key 0 a m. No
vember II.
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MorcmentS Of Ships
sun. Moon and Tides

sun rlgs 64s am sun set .,.. Ia pm
PHILADELPHIA
High water. II 80 am Low water SO am
High water ! Is pm Low water. S.4S nm
BREAK WATER
II gh walor. ~ am Low water. - am
High water SIS pm Low water. 2;l0 pm
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Arrived
Str FoiEer, Laimer, ballast. Jos c
Gabriel.
Cleared
Str ANTHONY Groves. Jr. Rristow Ralti-
more. passengers and mdsc. Ericsson Line.
Other Arrivals
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-18

Z Mhv he short Of helm when you have
LeaseF readers to select from. An ad in the
Ledsers Wil reach them.--Adp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-18

DURING CONyALESCENCE FROM INFLU.
ENZA mad pneumonia take Imperial
Granum Food. Nourishing. Streng hening
, Delicious. with no sickish sweetness Any
druggist--G5 cents.-Adp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-18

l04 SNYDER AVE. Two story brick dw6ll-
ing; nice home. Taulanc, 900 Walnut It,
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SKETCHES OF THE HEROES

Wagner and Fri
wounded. lived at
Frankford avenue.
before this country
got into the world
war. They went
into di IF fere n I
bra n C he s Of the
service. the former
into the 1l2th En-
gineers, and Leahy
into the 315th In
q .,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-18

A recuperatiye diet gii, influenza,
Horllek's Matted Milk. Very dlgsstIbls.--A6y.
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MACHINERY


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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-18

SITUATIONS WANTED-FENIALE =
WOMAN young, Wishes fey smali washs'
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Private Frank l..
yate Patrick LeahN.
the same place, 2750
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

troubling Canada, where, over a
considerable area, English is not
taught in the schools. 1t is no
question Of English, as such. Nor
is there objection to other Ian
guages being spoken as alterna-
tives. Buzz no country can afford
in these days to sacrifice to local
sentiment the indispensable medi-
UNI of speech which should be
common to all it's citizens. For
the United States, the English
language is the American language
the official languag eof the Repub-
lie. Indeed, some people think that a
distinct variant of the parent
tongue will here develop, and if this
does not happen, it will only be be-
cause the interchange of people and
print, back and forth across the
Atlantic, will, as it were, keep the
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

the horses and broken by heavy wagons
and cannon. Winter approached, her.
aided by chilling rains.
By the side of the fire in the lieu
tenants chamber it was cosy and COM
Portable. But the dog disappeared one
morning as the snow began to fall.
They hunted for him all day, and they
didn't find him until the next day, at
the foot of the very tree where the
officer had run across him in the month
Of August.
The regiment was shifted again.
That night, when they marched, Wotan
responded with plaintive call to the
cattle that lowed and the invisible dogs
that barked in the misty shadows.
Then suddenly he dashed across the
fields and returned in excited leaps tc
take his place in the ranks. He was no
longer the spiritless beast of other
days. He uttered cries of delight, he
jumped gayly in the air, and when the
men halted he barked, impatient to go
ahead
"Truly," said the lieutenant, che is
not an ordinary animal shall finish
by making something out Of him."
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

Nevertheless, in spite of his docility
and his gentleness he had less the air
of a companion than of a guardian,
never playing and never responding to
caresses.
"He is sad,' said the lieutenant,
noting that at meals he refused sugar
and scraps of meat.
"He is very stupid" answered Lieu
tenant Baron Won Pietz, struggling his
shoulders.
Time passed. Wotan had recovered
his glossy coat and his firm muscles,
but he did not recover his gayety.
The Saxon regiment changed quarters
frequently, Wotan trotting on the flank
of the column. Sometimes, when they
entered a village, he seemed nervous
and restless and whimpered during the
night.
In the course Of marches and coun-
ter marches they returned to the re-
gion. in which the officer had picked
him up. Everything was changed. The
trees of the forest were bare of leaves.
The fields showed dull brown under a
leaden sky. One could hardly recog-
nze the former roads, trampled by
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

Mitchell in many Of his political cam
paigns in the East. Lieutenant Kruss
was an enlisted man in the 1st Aero
Squadron of the New York National
Guard, the only aviation squadron that
was ever formed in the National
Guard. Later, he was sent to the
Mineola government flying station
when the National Guard was Federal
lied, and then to North Island. There
he was made civilian instructor, but
recently was given commission with
the rank Of lieutenant in the regular
army.
The trick flying or field work in
struction of Major Mitchell has been
under Lieutenant Robert Maircsse of
the French Flying Corps. The tail
spin, the Immelman turn, in which the
plane goes wing over wing; the
loop the loop, the half loop and many
other difficult feats in the air have
been performed by the former Mayor.
The first morning Of the trick flying
instruction Lieutenant Mairesse flew
the plane upside down over the sea
and his pupil was covered with a
shower of oil and grease. The dizzy
whirl of the tail-spin is not the easiest
thing in the world for the student flier,
and in this case, as often happens, the
student became sick and dizzy. This
did not lessen the majors enthusiasm
a whit, however. and he kept repeat
ing the feat until he conquered the
weakness.
Although Major Mitchell is mighty
busy with his various classes at North
Island, and is in addition summary
court officer of the aviation school, he
has found time for other demands
made for patriotic purposes. A few
days after his arrival at Coronado, a
society circus was given there by
guests of tho hotel. Major Mitchell
made a dignified ring master, led the
opening tournament and gave the open
ing whistle that launched the show.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Cuba

l.. B. (Buffalo): Could you kindly
tell me the origin of the name Cuba :?
The United States Board Of Geo
graphical Names few years ago spent
considerable time in finding the origin
of the name Cuba, and the result was
announced as follows: Cuba IS the
name by which the island was origi-
nally known by the Lucayan Indians,
who were with Columbus when he dis
covered it. One of its villages or cities
was called by them Cubanacan, and it
is reported that from the similarity of
sounds Columbus, still supposing him
self to be on the coast of Asia, i'm
agined that this must be the city of
Kubla Khan, the Tartar sovereign cele-
brated by Marco Polo.
The survival Of the original name of
Cuba is remarkable instance of per-
sistence, as the island has been bap-
tised and rebaptised many time since
its European discovery. Columbus first
called it Juana, in honor of Prince
John, the son of Ferdinand and lsa-
bella. After Ferdinand's death it was
called, in his memory, Ferdinanda
Subsequently this name was changed
to Santiago, after ST. James, the patron
saint of Spain Still later it was named
Ave Maria. in honor of the Virgin
Mary But none of these names held
and the Indian name is still preserved
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
The Tricclor

F. P.-When and how did the Tri-
color originate?
The Tricolor, the French national
standard, Of blue, white and red, di-
vided vertically, originated during the
first French Revolution. In 1893 the
leaf plucked by Camille Desmoulins in
the garden of the Palais Royal became
a rallying sign, and green was to be
adopted as the national color; but, re-
membering that green was the color
of the hated Prince d'Artois, they re-
jected it on the following day. They
at first chose, instead, blue and red,
the colors of the City. of Paris, and
later added the white of royalty, that
had been faithfully preserved by the
National Guard. This new standard
was adopted with enthusiasm. A few
months after the taking Of the Bastile,
Bailly and Lafayette offered to Louis
XVI the three-colored cocard as a
badge of the reconciliation with the
King
Thus the Tricolor originated as the
symbol of the liberty of the French
nation, and it continued as such even
when afterward the RECONCILIATION"
with the King ended with his decapita-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

They went into camp in a village.
Winter had arrived. 1t showed. Wotan
ran before the officer from door to
door, stopping, waiting for him, leav-
ing him with sudden turns and then
dashing back to his side. The lieuten-
ant chose for his quarters handsome
house, standing back in a garden. 1t
had pointed roof and was surrounded
by wooden balconies. Close behind him
Wotan ran from room to room, gallop-
ing up the stairways, drying on the
carpets his coat covered with snow
fakes.
They lighted a fire. But he refused
to lie alongside the wooden logs and
every nook and corner-the greenhouse,
the cellar, the shed, where a hundred
miscellaneous objects were stored; a
dog house in which some straw was
rotting. During the day he never en-
tered the house. In the evenings. when
the officer whistled for him to give
him his dinner, he did rot respond.
The orderly wanted to chase him away.
Then for the first time he showed his
teeth
LET him alone. When he gets hun
cry he will come" said the baron.
Night came on. The moon shone
down on the white surface of the gar
den. Wotan resumed his rounds, trot-
ting indefatigably from bush to bush.
A deep silence hung over the country.
The last fires were extinguished. The
clock in the church tower struck ten
A sound of footsteps and of laughter
came from the frozen road outside.
Then man advanced alone. A figure
appeared behind the iron grating and
the garden gate creakcd on its hinges.
1t was the lieutenant returning, some
what intoxicated. He whistled. Nothing
happened. But as he arrived at the
doorway Of the house, without a sound,
with spring SO sudden that the snow
hew from under his paws, the dog
jumped at the officers neck and
stretched him on the ground.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Army Salutes

NJ. O.-salute 10 the national flag,
the President of the United States and
the presidents and sovereigns of for
eign states, twenty-one guns; to the
Vice-P President Of the United States
and foreign ambassadors, nineteen
guns; to the President of the Senate,
the Speaker Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Cabinet officers, chief JUS
tice, governors within their respective
states or territories, governor generals
of foreign states, general of the army,
admiral OF the navy and the same
ranks in foreign armies and navies,
seventeen guns; United States and for
eign ministers plenipotentiary, assist
ant secretaries of war OR the navy
lieutenant general or major general
commanding the army and correspond
ing ranks in the navy and foreign
armies and navies, thirteen guns;
charges d'affaires, brigadier generals,
commodores and corresponding ranks
in foreign armies and navies, eleven
guns; consul generals, nine guns.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Making an Aviator of New Yorks Ex-NIayor

r OS ANGELES, May 11-From 7
o'clock in the morning until
4:30 o'clock in the afternoon
Major John Purroy Mitchell, former
Mayor of New York City, has been
working for weeks under fight instruc-
ton at Rockwell Field, North Island.
When the major received his R. M. A.
license he made record in aviation
circles, as he is the Oldest man in point
of years who was ever accepted for
flight instruction in the Aviation Corps
In spite of being beyond the age limit
Major Mitchell completed his course in
about thirty hours of flying, while most
men require thirty-five hours.
Major Mitchell became g full-fedged
reserve military aviator when he COM
pleted his fifth 'cross-countrv flight
Major Mitchell made the trips with four
other officer students and Flight In
structor Lieutenant Kruss. The trips
we're to Fallbrook, Roderick Mountain.
San Luis Rey, Ramona and Wsjas
Mountain, the pilots using maps ane
compass. The ex-Mayor made 100 per
cent record on the five flights.
When Major General George E.
Souier, chief Of the aviation branch Of
the Signal Corps, gave the former
Mayor of New York the commission OF
major it was generally supposed that
Major Mitchell would be in the ground
service on account Of his age. But he
was not content with this and passed
the rigorous tests necessary to enter
the flying service. as his ambition Is to
fly on the French front and as soon as
possible. Major Mitchell will be thirty
nine in June, and thirty is the usual
age limit for accepting army fiiers and
most Of tho cadets are under twenty
five.
1t would be interesting to know
which Major Mitchell considers the more
difficult~-acting "a Mayor Of the great
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

land themselves as England really
is, and not as England has been de-
scribed.
At this meeting the violent
speeches came not from Americans.
but from visitors to your shores, who
criticised the new American spirit.
The audience consisted largely of
women with generous and easily
stirred emotions, and the theory was
developed from the platform that
England intended to massacre a con-
siderable portion of Ireland's civil
population and so clear the land for
discharged British soldiers who
might need employment. Warnings
were uttered against plans by Eng
land to violate Irish women and
slaughter Irish children. Over such
balderdash one need not get excited,
but | do ask the question how it helps
the cause of Ireland. Ulster, which is
the real difficulty, was not men
toned, except most casually. But it
is Ulster that an England, commit
ted to Home Rule, has to face.
What the people cheered was a
proposal to make Ireland an inde.
pendent republic. Have the people
who quite honestly cheer an Irish
republic considered precisely how
their own situation as Americans
would be affected thereby? l find ii
hard to believe that America desires
solution of the Irish question which
might transform this island into 2
larger. Helgoland set right athwart
Americas main trade routes, where