Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-09

| ing when he was killed.
Private John n. simon. Jr.. son of
Mrs John n. Simon. 1851 North sixty
second street. has been located in Camp
Giessen Germany He was reported
missing on June 1.
| Private Simon was connected with the
ambulance corps. According to- a let
| ter received by Mrs. Simon from lieu
tenant with that unit, young Simon left
| with his machine on June | TO go TO
an advanced post. Half an hour later
second ambulance driver started for
the same post and on the way found
Simon's car abandoned. The wounded
In the missing drivers car were trans
ferred and brought back of the lines TO
base hospital Later, when 1t was
found Simon did not return for his car.
the fact was established that he had
been captured He was not located,
however. for nearly two months ms
mother only hearing of his whereabouts
to-day when telegram was received
from the War Department.
Private Frank stanke. whose home
address was given as 1913 Passyunk
avenue, died Of wounds received in ac-
ton, according to the official list. There
is no such address on Passyunk avenue.
Private Gtbble, who as yet has not
been further identified. is reported to
| have been killed while serving with
| Company D. 10th Infantry. word or
! his death is contained in letter re-
ceiyed here from a member of the com
| pany
Private McPoilard is also mentioned
in the letter az having met death at the
same time. The letter. in part. follows:
n Company fought like tigers. Came
ont Of the first big battle with one lieu
tenant and two privates killed and
seven men wounded when we We're re-
| lieyed from the front on July 20 we
we're taken to "A wood for rest. On the
frat night an enemy airp ane came over
and dropped five bombs. two on ID Cofn-
pany killing twelve men and woundlhg
twenty. Bob Wilson. tniontown Shaf-
! fer, Footedale. Sechrist ana Grahatn'
| Connelisville. Gibble and McPollard,
| pb,,adeluhia. and others were killed and
linn Skiles and Il. Jefferis, Of Union
| town, wounded.
| How n number of other men. mem
| bers OF the 10th Infantry. were killed
and wounded when Hun ariators dropped
a bomp on a stone house is told as foi-
| lows:
at 4:30 p. m, July "o' II was oiuwn ~, ~
nieces bv large German shell. We all
we're buried for time. twenty men be-
in, killed and twenty-five wounded.
pisbop Of Connellsville. was killed ana
| charles Long. of Connelsville street,
Irniontown, wounded. Frank ZacoNlc. OF
| I-njontown, who was standing Two ieet
From, Long. was hit on the legs. mead ana
nscl hut not badly wounded. Many OF
tho men suffered from the effects of gas
which accompanied the shelling
| "D COMPANY did some fine work in the
first battles. Five times was that com
many repulsed In an attempt to take
!
went over the top. killing and capturing
MANY of the enemy. For three Gays
wo didn't have time to wash our races
| and didn't have a bath for three weeks.
private Florenz J. Fenton. who Is only
seventeen years old. has written 10 ms
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Fenton'
sO5 East wishart street, that his left
walking stick Is out OF COMMISSION I"e
letter. written in jocuiar veih' Is III.
| terpreted by his parents to mean tIs nc
he has been wounded in the LETT leg. HIS
iat,ar Informs them that he was
wounded August and is now in nos
nitaI from which he does not expect 10
ha discharged before Christmas. BEFORE
tho war Fenton was textile WORKER
He enlisted in July. 1917. ana was
serving with Company {. fltty-elsh.h
Infantry, regular army. wnen ne was
wounded. He has one brother' Waltei
Jr serving with the Sixth Cafairy IN
France and another. Harry D., Is III
training at Camp Greene ~
arother-in-law, Frank j. . .-Delahehts
,,,ho made his home with the Fentons'
;s al.o serving in France with csrairS
regiment.
| p.,r.t. lanes Cack. listed as wounded
IN the Official list, gave an address al
biS south Randolph street as MS nome
u, ,bis city. That address is OF MIR
WOW factory, where the soldier workeo
81 ,hree or four weeks before he en-
tsrsd the service. Nothing further is
known of him at that place
pr,vate william Il. Palicio, 1908 North
r1hirteeuth street, carried A wounded
compauion a mile and halt throush
so,ds sbelled by the Germans after ne
himself had been wounded ,wice III 'ne
I.f, log and once in the shoulder by
shrapnel.
p,lacio Is eighteen years old, and en-
,,,sd IN August 80. 1917. Al Camp
hancock he was assigned to Company
= 10th infantry. In letter to his
mother. dated August ,, and written
from Base Hospital No. 81, he tells the
story of his exploit during the battle
T., vbich his lieutenant colonel was
killed. I,
paIacio wrote. "They kept shooting at
us till their ammunition ran out, then
iumped out and hollered kamerad.' We
| gave II TO them. The Americans are
sti,l driving them back. The Red Cross
and the Y. NJ c. A. are certainly doing
fine work over here"
Tn a letter dated August "A Palacio
says:
-T am feeling quite better My
wounds are healing up fine and expect
to get out soon, when I am going to
take another whack at the 'sweins.' as
we call the Germans. can jumT
around a bit. The people in the States
want to wake up to the fact that Amer
ican boys are fighting hard day and
night. They ought to buy all the Lib
erty Bonds and stamps they can af
ford"
Private Ike ShaeGer. of 1884 Wyalus
ing avenue, wrote a letter home whil'
he was in a hospital. and said not
word about his wounds, writing. 81 an
well and happy" The captain Of hi
, , company in a postscript told the boy
mother. Mrs. Rose Shaeffer. that he
boy had been wounded in the thigh.
ITO read his letter" said Mrs. Shaeffe
Yesterday, 'one would think he WAS at
, tending a party instead of fighting In
: great war. He always sees everything
in a happy light, and ! never shall know
|, how badly he is hurt II depend on hin
for the information
] The boy ran away one Saturda
afternoon and joined the colors IL
g Georgia. Five days later his mothe
received a letter saying he was sol
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