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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
WEDDINGS WEDDING, POSTPONED
80 YEARS, NOW ON SCHEDULE
Sergeant Weddings Fiancee, After Long Wait, Is Ready for
Wedding, and Wedding Presents Are Beginning
to Reach Camp Meade Soldier

Pennsylvanians and Philadelphians
are named in the list. At least two
Of the majors. Dav r. smith and
James H. Fl. van Zandt, are Pennsyl-
vanians. A number of the captains
and many Of the new first lieutenants
are from the Keystone State. Most of
them are graduates at the first off,
GERS training school at Fort Niagara.
Those promoted were:
To be majors - Captains William
Frederick Carlop. James German. Lem
uel B Schoield, David r Smith. Thomas
Swami, Degrover Van De Doe, James
Henry Howard VanZandt.
To be captains-First Lieutenants Lath.
rop Rowan. kevorlI COStikyan. Marshall
w, Crane. Francis 8. Hossback. George
n l~vors0n. .Jr.. John Lewis Jeffries. Jr.,
Leonard +, Kolmer, Sigmund ]. Laschen-
ski, Oscar Levine, DeCourcy w. Orrick.
James Doddridge Patton. Eugene Pros
trodnick, William P. Rogers, Bradford Fl.
Smith. John w Taylor. Joseph Vincent
Thebaud. Charles H. Jetzol, John Donald
Wysor.
To be first observation-disclosures Lieu
tenants William Bouner Aurandt. Elmer
Robert Baker, Harry NJ. Barclay. Paul
j. Best. Boyd E. Batchen, Carl B.
Botham. James f. Birg, Oscar A. Billion.
Frank Ray Blossor. Raymond william
Bryant, Frederick c. Bubier. Guy W
Burns. Dexter Bush, Andrew p. Carston-
son, Chowning Cauthorn, Alcid j. Char
tier. Harold John Clark. Sheldon Chalk
ley Collins, Carl H. Davis, c. Olden
Davis. Malcolm Wallace Edwards. Hill
lery F. Farrell, Harold L. Field, Fred
erick J. Flaherty. Oscar Fulton. John j.
Gleason, Vance X. Goss. John Hudson
Hall, Jr., Amos +. Hamburger. william
c. Hayward, Charles A. Henry. John c..
Hildebrand, Jr., William A. Hiles, Harry
Hosford. William f. Jenkins, Irving
Klein, Charles ]. Kiotz, Frank r.
Knutti. Fred W. Koshler. John Jacob
Kreig. Edward L. Lloyd. Jr., Charles
II. Mcdonald. Thomas r. MacFarlane,
Edward MCGOWAN, James Henry Ma
honey, Jr., Kenneth III. Marriott. Edwin
p. Matthews. Jr., Joseph Carlisle Mat
thews, Campbell Mocker, Joh DIETRICH
Meyers, Russell D.. Morrill,. Herbert L
MUIR. Walter Ellsworth Ogilvie, Jr.. Ros-
coe n. Palmer, Samuel O'Keefe, John
Morton Parker, Ernest Christian Porter,
David H. Picker, Darrell Hudson Sans.
Frederick A. Sherrer, Malcolm R. Stills.
Horace Franklin Smith. Oliver A. Smith
Walter Talmage Sorg, Albert G. Springer,
Charles Elmo Sronce. Jr.. Milton W. St
John. Thomas Edward Sullivan, Harvey
W. Swisher, Henry Francis Vacho. John
Z. Ward, Paul To~slee Webster, Irving
: Weintraub, Robert H.. Worblow. Albert
Worthein, Richard p. wooley.
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flag is floating over the broken walls
or is thrust, in the rafters of ~tileless
roofs-little pictures of war which re-
main In ones hear as s]tretchers are
carried in and strong fellows help in
their limping comrades as tenderly as
women, while round about big shells
are bursting from long-rangc guns.
In all these places. there are Ger
man wounded, and down the tracks
from Bapaume came many German
prisoners captured a few hours ago
in a new battle on the heights outside.
They seemed to me a most wretched
looking lot Of men, and I saw some
hundreds of men newly caught. They
had a dazed, serseless look, and were
dropping and downcast like beaten ami.
mails. They were the worst looking
set of Germans I had seen in recent
days, and no wonder, for they must
have had a dreadful and terrifying
time, without rest from pursuit, and
had been river into the fight relent-
lessly by officers behind the lines.
The roses on my table plucked in
Bapaume are sweeter than things
that lie about these battlefelds, but
the sweetness of life to the British
soldiers Is that their courage and sac
rifce have not been in vain. Today,
as on many recent days, they are
reaping the fruits of victory from one
end Of the line to the other, and the
whole British army is moving for
ward with a great vision in front Of
1.-THE vision Of the last victory,
which will end all this fighting.
l hear that up in the north the
enemy is drawing back near the Lys,
and 1t is possible that British patrols
are in Bailleul.
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Camyp Meade, Aug. 81.

Thirty years ago a young man OF
twenty-four years proposed 10 a young
girl by the name of Miss Eliza Kelley, of
Loogootec, Ind. That young girl ac-
capted him. III young mar whose
name appropriately enough, was Francis
A. Wedding. was about to enter the
army and the two decided to postpone
the wedding until Wedding got out of
the army.
Well. Wedding. now sergeant. has
been in the army for three decades.
He has served nine enlistments and
has been In many parts of the world.
He had hoped to get overseas and fight
some of the battles OF this big war,
but he was turned down as physically
disqualified. The sergeant, at the time,
was instructor in the machine COM
pany OF the 315th Regiment. Philadel-
phia'S own. His rejection for over
seas service was a disappointment.
Throughout the thirty years Wedding
did not forget his engagement. To all
appearances neither did Miss Kelley. A
short time ago Wedding sent word home
to his fancee to get ready to the we'd
ding. He old her that he soon would
get his discharge from the army, Ser
geant Wedding has promised he flu
ture Mrs. Wedding that their wedding
will be the biggest thing in weddings
ever pulled off in her home town. He
says the people who have been talking
about Weddings wedding for thirty
years will be talking about the We'd
dings' wedding for thirty years after.
Sergeant Wedding, at the present
time. is in the Twenty-ninth Company
Of the depot brigade. The officers and
noncommissioned men of the company
who have heard about tha earning wed-
ding presented Wedding with a wedding
present in the form of a silver shaving
mug.
Wedding has acquainted the future
Mrs. Wedding with the pleasing fact
that they will have a perpetual wedding
present from the United States Gov
eminent in the form of a monthly check
of S67 which will be his pension for
thirty years service. The couple will
live at San Diego, Cal
One hundred and one officers of this
cantonment have received promotions
for good work. according to an an
nouncement made at division headquar-
tiers his morning. Seven OF the num-
Der were promoted from captaincies to
majors. eighteen from first Lieutenant
c!es TO captaincies and seventy-six from
second lieutenancies to first Lieutenant
cies. Among the first lieutenancies are
men who have come from overseas and
who won their promotion by their good
work in the wa some.
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factories, shipping and warehouses:
filled with bandages and surcease of
pain for the wounded-the stores of the
Red Cross? Had he not gained amuse.
ment every day in his statements OF
neutrality and friendliness. as he met
the correspondents in the embassy? Yes.
it was more han painful for him to
leave America. There would be no mess
of spy code messages for him to read
each morning. There would be no morn
ing copy of the ewspapers to gloat
over-as its columns told of the destruc.
tion wrought by the bomb-planters OF
the German spy system.
"Ah, America" he whined again,
no. 1t grieves me TO say goodby -
Then he turned at the sight of Albert.
"Well?" he asked.
Everything is arranged! Your ex-
cellency."
Good =" Then Bernstorf turned and
masked his smile with a blinking of his
crocodile-tear smeared eyes. as a new
shower of flowers was tossed at him
from 1ro-Germans on every side. Sud
denly he stared. Harrison Grant of the
Criminology Club was facing h'm-and
holding forth a small package
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
EAGLES EYE" PREVENTS GREAT DESTRUCTION OF SHIPS
WIEN AMERICA HANDS Won BERNSTORFF HIS PASSPORTS
Secret Service, Handicapped BY
Regulations, Is Unable to Wholly
Prevent Crime, but Manages to
Capture Bunch of Criminals

II got him" was her simple %nnounce-
ment. Hit him on the head with the
butt of my revolver. l was afraid to
shS oSooS IItt both n were IS so close tog Drass.a
her hand. then hurried to the fight again.
But the fight was over. The. bomb
planters had been subdued. Outside there
sounded the clanking of a patrol wagon.
erick VIII, Bernstorff and Albert watch
ed in vain for the sight of explosion or OF
fire. Germany's last. great destructive
plot against America had failed.
Weeks later, Harrison Grant and Dixie
Mason stood on the balcony of the Grim
inology Club, looking down into the street
below. Here, there, everywhere, news
boys were shouting the news of the dec
l~aration of war. From far away came
the sound of a military band. Then,
marching down the street, their files
brightly in the sun, their strong. sturdy
forms showing the s~leek-muscled
strength that only American fighters pos
sess. marched the crack Seventh Regi-
Harrison Grant watched, his eyes gleam-
ing happily.
IA anything to give me so much happi-
ness-and yet. so much sorrow
And why the sorrow?' She looked
at him quickly.
because, now that we have finished
our work for the safety of America at
hOi1c "o poits
morning my commission as a captain in
the Army In~telligency. My work Will be
abroad"
And mine will be abroad also" said
Dixie quietly. 7,
Abroad You--?"
Tn the Red Cross
Harrison. Grant laughed happily. They
had stepped in the clubrooms now. the
heavy curtains Of the windows falling
behind them. Grant took the hands Ct
the girl he loved into his-and held them
tight.
do you know" and there was a
strange little hating in voice, II be-
lieve that ! could make a record for my
self IL ] only knew that"
What, Harry"
'"That-well. that there was a Mrs.
Harrison Grant watching my progress
and"
"Well?" Dixie was smiling. Grant
slowly drew her toward him. "Well?"
she asked again.
Harrison Grant .stammered.
"And-and, Oh, you know what I
mean !" Then, his words failing. he
looked quickly over his shoulder. saw
that no one was watching. drew the
little Secret Service girl tight into his
embrace-and kissed her.
THE END.
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"Since everyone is making presents,
Your Excellency,' said the detective with
the slightest tinge Of sarcasm, IT
thought it only right that I should make
one also"
He handed the package to, the Am
bassador. Wonderingly, Bernstorf I'M
fastened the string, and took the paper
from the package, then he stared.
Checkers - he said wryly.
Yes. Your Excellency," answered the
president of the Criminology Club. with
a laugh, ''it's your move you know
And before the Ambassador could ret
ply, Harrison Grant was gone. to reach
the deck of the ship and make his way
TO the dock. There he saw the hurry
ing form of Dixie Mason-and rushed
to her.
Whats wrong?'
"A great deal. There's a plot against
the harbor. Where are your menu
Scattered about the dock. /. can
gather them all up in five minutes -,
Hurry. There Is no time to lose ~
A rush by Harrison Grant. A hasty
summoning of members of the Grim
inology Club.
Then, as the Frederick VIII moved
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
IRON DIVISIONS VALOR
DESCRIBED BY BUGLER
R. Trautschold, Of Tooth,
Writes Mother of Penn.
sylvanians' Courage

The story of how the American troons
from this section threw back the prize
soldiers of the Germany army-the
Royal Guards-on July II, during the
hghting In France, winning for them
selves the name of Iron Division" ia
told In a letter received here by Mrs.
Nj. Berger. 5009 Bonsall street, from
her son, Bugler William r. Trautschold.
of Company I. 1O9th Regiment.
Trautschold was wounde July % ter
days after he wrote the letter in which
he described the first engagement he
was in.
we started for our sector on July s."
he wrote, where we stayed until ,July
is, when the Germans came at us. We
had quite a lively time of it from then
until today. There were some CASUAL
ties in our regiment. but none in our
company.
ION July II we drove the Germans
beck five miles. We We're then released
by French troops. Today we received
word from General Pershing that we did
great work. and they a changed our
name from the Keystone Division 20
the Iron Division. That means much
to old Philly, because we held on like
iron and did not give way at all. We
were fighting against Germany's best
troops-the Royal Guard-and in -four
days we captured nearly 10000 men.
I'VE let them come at us and then
got on a hill. While they were fighting
US from the front, some of our boys went
to the other sid of the hill and trapped
them. We also caught several German
spies in American officers clothes"
In the letter Trautschold tells of the
almost continual rainy weather and OF
sleeping in the mud and drying out
when the sun came out at times durtng
the day,
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oown the harbor OF New York. Harri-
son Grant, Sisson, C~avanaugh, tewar
Dixie Mason and other members OF the
Secret Service leaped into automobiles;
town.
In the NANCY room Of the bomb.
maker the captain was giving his ANAL
Bernstorf's instructions.
Plot q Has every one a
Failure bomb?"
Yes"
Very well. Remember what Doctor
greater ever than the Black Tom. We
must see that each bomb accomplishes
more than Its obiect-it must he placed
in such a way that 1t will either start
other d%etonations as a result Of its own.
For instance. the munitions ships. The
explosion Of the bomb will cause an
explosion In the hold Of the ship where
srs s,orsa. r Tsen t s1sSsr nrs t sed powder wSr
factories on the Jersey side. to say
nothing Of the chemical works. See
that they are all destroyed. Remember
always that America soon is to be at
war with Germany. and we must work
while there are still no provisions made
for the safety of the industries. America
must be crippled even before 1t has a
chance to enter this war; So not one
Of you must fail! Now go"
Inc HleH CToWueu lcTln. lHtN u
ried down the s~tairway-into the APP
parently empty hall beneath. And
them"
From doorways. from beneath the
stairs, from outside. from everywhere
came members Of the Secret Service, to
leap upon the bomb carriers, to take
them by surprise. to carry them Off their
feet by the suddenness and severity Of
their attack. One by one they were
downed. Then three men were sent up
the stairway by Harrison Grant to cap
ture the old bombmaker himself and the
remainder of his supplies.
Here and there about the hall. the
fight surged. Harrison Grant suddenly
swerved from his attack upon a bomb
planter, as another leaped Upon him from
the rear. and. clutching his hands tight
about the detectives throat. sought to
choke the life from him. Grant gagged !:
his eyes bulged. He struggled to stiffen
the cords of his neck against the clutch
ing hands from the rear. But in vain.
The world began to grow dark. He
weaved-he stumbled-then suddenly
felt the hands loosen their grip as there
came the cracking sound of a blow. Two
arms closed about him Harrison Grant
opened his eyes-to look into those Of
Dixie Mason.
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sound that almost lifted my hair
through my steel helmet. Shell after
shell Of large caliber screamed over
head, and some Of them had a COB
bling noise as they spun at lightning
speed.
The believing gum seemed to shake
these old battleields and stir their
troubled earth. Field batteries within
short range Of the enemy were knock
ing like postmen in the London streets
with double rat-tats as children might
dream Of them at night.
The New Zealanders and English
troops were attacking Fremicourt and
the high ridge northeast Of Bapaume
overlooking Beugny. while Riencourt
was being approached by other Eng.
lish troops. and further south the
British were working toward Beaulen-
court. Successes in these attacks
would give the strongest defensive
lines around Bapaume, and put the
enemy in a perilsus position.
The New Z%ealanders have never
been still since I went among them
one month 6 in Hebuterne and Ros-
signol wood, when even then they
were marrying the enemy out of his
lines. Since then, after August 8, they
advanced thirteen miles, and always,
as one of their officers told me-, have
been leading the hounds in the pack
on the way to Bapaume.
New Zealanders In Hard Fighting
At the beginning of the British adj
vance they attacked Puisieux. Joined
upon the right with English troops
in the valley Of the Ancre and helped
to take Beauregard Dovecote, an i'm.
portant spot which the enemy defend
ed desperately, so that there was hard
fighting there. Three Of the forward
observing officers Of the New Zea-
landers, very gallant fellows, took
twenty.three prisoners unaided. About
900 German birds were hauled out Of
the Doveoote by their men.
They then Joined with the English
in a big attack on B%ucquoy, Irles and
Achiet-le-Grand, and afterward cap
tured Loupart Wood. which l saw
yesterday, as many times in the old
days, with Its thin fringe Of branch
less trees staring away for miles owe
the Somme battlefelds, on the EFT
side of the Albert Bapaume road.
Grevillers fell to them-Grevillers
with It's ruined church through which
the sunlight streamed, and into which
German shells came crashing. and
then with English troops fighting
most splendidly on their right they
flung a loop around Bapaume by the
suburb of Favreuil. The taking OF
Beugnaire, Bug nature" as the Tom
mics call 1t. by English troops sealed
the fate Of Bapaume, and when the
New Zealanders and their English
comrades swung down northeast OF
the town almost to the railway the
enemy saw that his game was up In
this part Of the world. and decided
to quit.
Bapaume Now Safely British
The New Zealand boys had no need
to take 1t by storm. They entered
fighting through machine posts out,
side and took possession of Its streets
having only three casualties in the
town itself. That was Thursday and
now Bapaume is safely British. with
the troops dribbling away over the
heights beyond.
Not many casualties come bach
from this new battle. I saw SOM
slightly wounded men here and there
in advance dressing stations. nxet
UP II old ruined farmsteads behind
the present lines. where the Red Cross
HHH. HNHN1 WHH.. .I"U ..IN
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By PHILIP GIBBS
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Continued from Page Ono
the dawn lightened its trees, sticking
out of deep swamps, from which there
rose watts of stencil, where dead
things lay rotting. Sandbag emplace.
ments, where men had little shelter
from storms of fire, were white against
the charred earth, and black stumps
were everywhere for miles up this
valley to Irles and Achiet.le-Petit and
Grevillers and other places near Ba.
paume, where the. British had been
fighting hard these last few days.
All this tumult OF the tortured
earth, all these pits dug by shells, all
this wild destruction of places ruined
in the first veal of the war and man.
gled ever since, We're strewn with
relics of German life and German
death, newly Uttered here. Their great
steel helmets, p%unctured by bullets or
torn like paper by shell splinters, lay
in thousands, with gas masks and
rifles n cartridge belts and gray
coats.
Transports Pet Dog Killed
Along every mile of the way lay
rows of stick bombs, never used
against the British, and dumps Of un'
exploded shells, hideous in their poten'
TALLY. A few dead horses lay on
each side Of the tracks, as they had
gone trudging up with the British
transport before being shot. Beside
one horse lay a dead white dog. the
pet of the transport column.
For a picture of war an artist like
Orpen should have been here, but the
men hereabout had other work to do
They were getting on with the bust
ness Of bringing up guns across the
Wild wastes of cratered ground, fill
ing up pits in the roads for the trans
ports to pass, tearing up broken rails
| hat new ones might be laid, riding
and marching forward to support their
comrades In another day of fighting
They were mostly New Zealanders
on this way, and although bad stun
was flying about-the enemy was
crumping Grevillers and Achiet-le
Petit and scattering high velocities'
about in a vicious random way-many
Of these lads did not trouble them
selves to wear steel helmets, but kept to
their SLOUGH hats with the dandy red
band.
| poked my head into a tent to gel
some direction and found a New Zea
land officer just waking up from a toe
brief slep. How are things going"
l asked, and he said: "Oh, fine! Oui
boys have done greatly and are still
going ahead"
He sat up to tell me some of theii
adventures, how they found machine
gun nests, how the Germans counter
attacked a day or two ago and go
very near to the field batteries. which
were far forward.
Gunners Take Prisoners
What do you Think" he said
Those gunners of ours fought a
pointblank range until the German
were nearly up to their muzzles ant
took seven prisoners of their own
which is not In the artillery contract
The" are deyilish amused with them
selves and have reaso:- to be-"
So ! went on to Bapaume witt
~quickened pulse owe trenches takel
only Thursday and still bristling wit
parts of German machine guns. whicl
were densely emplaced along the line
The New Zealanders wer. organizin
their own defenses in the old GermaI
trenches, oiling their rifles. The
pointed out the best way into b.
paume. Through belts of wire ! Wen
on across the railway, which ] crosse
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-07-25
A PATRIOTIC coNJUoArIoN.

the extraordinary efforts everywhere
In America to increase production.
In every community in the country
food 10 being produced In back yards
and vacant lots that never before were
used for this purpose. Last year. ac-
cording to the United States secretary
of agriculture. the home-garden move
ment was estimated to have stimu-
lated the planting of from two hun
dred to three hundred per cent more
gardens than ever before had pro-
duced food in the United Stntes. This
year. 1t Is expected. even last years
record will be surpassed. Every fam
fly with available ground has been
urged to plant and cultivate home
garden.
Eat all the vegetables and fruits
you need. use them to the utmost to
lessen your demand for other food
stufYs. But can. dry. brine or other
wise conserve all the surplus.
By conserving the surplus the home
women and girls in the country and
In the cities and towns will be doing
their part to lessen the national de-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-07-25
Special Considerations.

A single period Of processing in the
water bath has been found generally
satisfactory for the canning Of fruits
and such acid vegetables as tomatoes.
Lima beans. peas. corn and certain
other vegetables having a high protein
content. or which, because of their
thick consistency. do not allow the
heat to penetrate to the center Of the
can readily, are more difficult to ster-
ilixe, and hence, where the hot-water
bath is used, either by the single-con-
tinuous or by the Intermittent process.
a small percentage of loss by spoilage
may be expected. However, :c-upu-
lous care In the selection, preparation
and processing Of these products will
reduce this loss to q minimum.
A single-period processing with
steam under pressure Of 10 to IS
pounds. In pressure Gamer or cooker.
II strongly recommended for the ham
ding of such products. for BY its use
loss due to insufficient stseil1ntiea
may be largely eliminated.