Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23

tnothcihliy Reported
Lieutenant Joseph +. Hopes died from
wounds received in action July 2S His
father. Joseph B. Hopes. has been noti-
fed by the War Department Of his sons
death The young officer. who was twcn-
tv-fOur years old, was a student at the
wharton School of the University Of
PENNSYLVANIA when he entered tho Of
ficers' training camp at Fort Niagara in
May 1917.
lie graduated the following August
and received his commission a few
weeks later. when he was ordered to
France He was assigned to Battery
f. Twelfth Field Artillery He was a
member of ri Delta Epsilon Greek letter
fraternity.
Corporal william T.. Curry was killed
in action August .. He was a member
Of Company I. 10th Infantry. which
was formerly a part Of the Old I'Nrd
Regiment. y, G. p. He enlisted last
March and was sent to Camps liam
cock and Upton for training, depart
ing for France last May
Before enlisting Corporal Curry was
employed by the Philadelphia .Srcam
Fitting Company. Several letters re-
Gently sent to his mother, Mrs Mary
Dever. 24"l Panama street. stated that
he had seen action and enjoyed The If,
Of a soldier. Solemn requiem mass vii.
he celebrated Saturday in st patrick
Roman catholic church, Twentieth ant
Locust streets.
Corporal Leo VI. Grout. killed in ar.
ton has not been reported on the Of
fetal list as yet but his wife. who was
formerly Miss Myrtle Jones, daughter o.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jones of 53i
Yocum street, has been informed Of his
death by the War Department.
Grout was twenty-five years old wheT
he enlisted in the First Regiment II
the spring Of 1871. He was trained a
Camp Hancock ana finally assigned tc
Company f. llOth Infantry. and sen
overseas in May of this year. iIc wa!
maChinist by trade. He MARRIED Mis-!
Jones while on furloush, two weeks be
fore he sailed for France.
Letters Explain Condition
Corporal Laurence Il. Dunn. who was
wounded two months ago, is now wei
on the road to recovery. according to I
letter from tn" young soldier received
by his parents, state Representative
James \. Dunn and Mrs. Dunn, of BIB
Minor street. Corporal Dunn's righ
arm was badly shattered by shrapn"l
but has 50 improved under trcatmcn
that H., expects 10 be able to leave tn
hospital soon lie was Injured in tn,
fighting around CumpI. gne on May >
last.
,;.,,.no, D,,io, ~ co,der or +h,
uorina n,.,,., ,,e,,,,,.tod ,evaraI,. ,yuurdr
-, ,b., otli,iaI ,..',.It, liut Iast yaaI; wa
shot tom times acrordin, to n Irttcr re
rniysd hv his uarents One bullet wen
through hts right forearm auothr
through the calf of his right leg, Will
eight pieces of shrapneI struck him i
the left leg. His condition, while sci
ious, is not critical, he added.
The Canadian casualty list, made pub
! lie in Ottawa today, gives the name
| of two men from Marcus Hook "A
among the wounded They are H. c
! i, rsiu and ". Watson. no street ad
| dresses or names of nearest relative
| are given by the Canadian authorities.
| Private Lyman Rohr, dead from
wounds, was twenty-siN years old, ant
| enlisted in october of last year in tn
| 1896 Engineers. lie was trained a
| Camp Hancock and sent to France il
May Of this year lie died on the eve
| ming of July Is from injuries receiNct
when the Americans blocked the Ger
man attempt to penetrate beyond tn
Marnr, according to a telegram receive
from the War department by his pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs Henry tohr, o
| .AndrOss avenue, Upper Dublin township
/ Montgomery County,
John Francis SharkeS, a private |
| NJ Company, liVth United states II
| fpntry, is reported missing in action. IN
young solder was only sixteen yeal
Cd when h enlisted IN 'clouef' -