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New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
+ ather Reveals Son
AS Army Cloth Thief
Young Man Sentenced to Fed
eral Penitentiary - Two
Clothing Merchants
Also Arrested

As result Of evidence obtained bv
ms father. Louis Gross. of 745 Trinity
Avenue, The Bronx, pleaded guilty YES.
lerday Of the theft OF fifty yards Of
army uniform cloth, and was sentenced
TO years Imprisonment at Atlanta.
Gross was employed by the New York
Uniform Company, where his father
was an inspector. The elder man dis
covered the loss of a roll of cloth.
Investigation by Lieutenant Donohue
and Private Irving Goldberg, of the
army Intelligence Bureau. disclosed
'that the SON was the thief
Gross WAS arraigned before Judge Ed
WIN ;. Thomas in the Criminal Branch
OF the Federal district court. The lat
ter SAID that, according 10 Assistant
United Stated Attorney Axman, Gross
had served two and a half years in
PRISON IN Clinton County for grand lar
ceny.
AS a result of admissions made bv
Gross. Morris Bellos and Morris Kat.
partners III a drygoods store at S09
East l6lst Street, We're arrested last
night, charged with receiving the stolen
goods.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Official Statements
West
FRENCH


PARIS, Feb. IA tDAY).--A German at
tempt against small French post north OF
Pargny-Filan Aisne 'front.' was repulsed.
There were lively artillery actions in the
region east of Rheims, in the Champagne.
In the large raid yesterday American bat
terios gave very effective support. French
troops organized the positions captured on
that day in the region southwest of Butte
dn Mesnil. The nu4nber of prisoners taken
by ts..,t the - French an now enumerated ex-
tNIGHT) Northwest and east of Rheims
carried out raids and brought back pris-
oners. In Champagne both artleries were
quite active. Our batteries caught under
their fire and dispersed n strong enemy con-
centration reported south of La Dorn1oise.
BRITISH
LONDON. Feb. IA tDAY).-Except for
some hostile artillery activity southeast of
Epehy and in the neighborhood of Bule-
;ourt, there is nothing of special interest.
GERMAN
BERLIN. Feb. 1.-THE British and
French kept up their reconnaissance
many parts of the front. AS result, there
were violent engagements north Of Lens and
in the Champagne.
The French obtained a footing in salient
of our position southeast of Tahurc.
In Flanders and on the Heights of the
MeLse our infantry brought in some prs-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Died Serving Their
Country Abroad

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA. - These
deaths from natural causes were re-
ported to the War Department to-day
by General Pershing:
WEBSTER. Homer T.. private,
meningitis, Ccntralia, Wash.
BRICkLEY, Raymond, private,
pneumonia, Blutfton, Ind
DAVIS, Orin, H.. private, Pneu-
monia, Marietta, Okla.
CONDON, Edward j.. private, CO.
ronary, Scleross, New Haven, Conn.
BURNETT, John, private, of To-
pella, Kan, was crushed to death by
a crane, December -.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Glass Found in Bread
AT New London Base

NEW LONDON, Conn, Feb. IL
Ground glass ard mercury is said to
have been discovered in bread which a
baker delivered this week at The sub
marine base Samples Of the bread have
been sent TO the state laboratory for
analysis.
Inc analysis has not been completed
and officers are unwilling to be sapcitlc
IN their statements until the chemist s,
report has been receivsi They said.
however, that the bread contained a
foreign and dangerous substances which
was discovered III time 20 prevent seri-
Gus results.
The baker, naturalized citizen, has,
heen questloned and has co0perated
IN the inquiry. Although he is not
under suspicion himself, the con
tract with his bakery has been cam
cclled
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Cavalry Hunt Slayers
OF Officers in Arizona

BISBEE, Ariz., Feb. l4-Two troops
OF United States cavalry and posses
from half ooZen counties were coon
Grating to-day in an effort to capture
Thomas Powers, John Powers and
Thomas Sissons, sought for the muir
der of three Graham County officers in
q fight in the Graham mountains last
Sunday. The fight occurred when the
officers attempted to arrest the Powers
brothers as alleged draft evaders.
Cochise's stronghold, wheYe the fupi
tives arc believed to be in hiding. is
situated in the Dragon Mountains
and is considered one Of the greatest
natural forts in the Southwest.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Health Conditions
In Camps Improve
Weekly Report Shows Decrease
in Measles and Pneumonia
Cases

WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.-Contnued
improvement in health conditions at
all army camps and cantonments is
noted in the War Departments sum
mary for the week elded February 8,
made public tonight. The hospital
admission rate decreased from the pro
ceding week, while the death rate, al
though slightly higher tnan the pre-
ccding week, was well below the aver
age for the last two months.
Measles and pneumonia continued to
decrease, while scarlet fever and
meningitis showed slight increases
The total number Of deaths in the
National Guard was sixty-eight, of
which forty-six were due to pncu-
mcnia. The regulars had sixteen
deaths, six from pneumonia, and the
National Army ninety-siX deaths, fifty
four from pneumonia.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Red Cross to Confer
At Paris ON Italian Work

ROME, Feb. 14-Robert p. Perkins
and James Byrne, of the American Red
Cross Mission to Italy, left for Paris
last night. They will confer with the
heads of the Red Cross Mission to Eu
rope and contemplate arrangements re-
garding the work of the American Red
Cross LII Italy
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Aviation Cadet Killed

HOUSTON, Tex. Feb. 14.-Donald v
Gleason, of Delhi, n. Y, aviation cadet.
was KILLED to-day when the aeroplane
IN which he was making 'cross-coun-
try fight from Ellington Field dropped
INTO tail spin and fell to earth near
Texas City. Three other machines.
which accomI aMied Gleason, landed
safely.
ALBANY. Feb. l4.-Donald w. G]ea-
son, the aviation cadet who was killed
eo-qay while making a 'cross-country
NlGht IN Texas, previous to cnljstin..
IN the aviation service last spring, was
employed in the Senate document room
at the Capitol. He was twenty-nine
years of age. and previous to becominp
state cmploye had attended Rensse.
laer POLYTECHNIC Institute at Troy. His
father, W. B. Gleason, is employed in
the senate document department here.
Young Gleason was a nephew of
lafayette B. Gleason, former secretar,,
OF the Republican State Committee.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Farm Implement Week
Is Set bv Government

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-The food
administration has approved the nlan
to make March to.0 a farm imple-
ment and repair week. Every farmer
in the nation will be urged to inspect
his machinery during this week and
Immediately place his orders for re-
pairs or new parts.
The movement is considered neces-
sary because of'the scarcity of steel
parts and also as mears of raising a
maximum food crop.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Italian Front
ITALIAN

ROME. Feb A.-There was frequent and
harassing artillery fire in the Giudicaria Val
ley. on the eastern edge of Asiago Plateau
and along the middle Pave Between Garda
and the Adige small parties of our ardit.
tstorming toops). after crossing several
belts of wire entanglements, reached the
enemys advanced line at two points, killing
various sentries and capturing few others
East Of the bridgehead at Capo Sile we
exploded mine, blowing up an enemy ad.
vanced post. The entire garrison was kille,
by the explosion. We captured a few rifles.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Gen. Poore to Try 40 More
Negroes in Texas Mutinv

Ell PASO,. Tex, Feb Brisadicr
General Benjamin Poore announced to-
day he had been appointed to head the
court which VIII try forty more negroes
OF the 2Ath United States Infantry on
charges OF murder, mutiny, assault and
"liiui dlsobedience OF orders, all grow
ing out of the rioting in Houston
TeX;, on the night of August go.
The trial Will open at Fort Sam
houston, San Antonio Monday.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
British Zine in Italy Is
Considerably Lergshened

OTTAWA, Ont. Feb. 14.-The Brit
lsh line in Italy has been considerably
longthened to the east of Montello
Ridge, along the Piavc River, accord
ing to a London dispatch to the Ottawa
agency of Reuters, Limited.
The line now extends to some miles
east of Nervesa.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
The Great War-12 20 4th Day
"Somewhere in West Street :"
BY Haywood Broun
Oust Jnch from Franco

Thinking that might be interested
space the department.
of
might be we'll look into the possibilities Of
dehydraton vegetables This the by which
removed from vegetables and would cut the tonnage to about
vegetables "Make General
Dehyrao West Street. New York; said the cable of
the officer wished to be helpful Several weeks elapsed
and then Washington what address
West Strcct?' said the message from
Tomorrow: "Dccoded'
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
British Filler Killed in Texas

FORT WORTH, Tex, Feb. 14-Avia-
ton Cadet Clifford N. Murray, Royal
Flying Corps Squadron, Of Welshshlre,
England, was killed at Benbrook Field
hero to-day when his machine fell.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
UmCIe Sam s
POLISH LEGION

nVER 10000 descendants OF
the nation Germ uny
Helped destroy hare en-
listed IN the United States IN the
N9ht for their freedom, qrhjle
POLISH regiments already seru.
an9 nndcy the tri-colo1 of France
continue the Tong tradition OF
Friendship betWeon these two
peoples.
Read this most interesting
and quite unusual 2ro1' occount
m TAe Sanddy Tyibme for FEB
21tolY l7th.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Further
rechecking Of the Tuscania's dead,
missing and survivors, lists to-day
disclosed that Private Otto Ray, Of
having been buried on the Scottish
coast in a trench with eighteen other
victims, previously had been reported
to the War Department as a survivor.
When the name was received yes
terday it was thought to have been
garbled in cable transmission and be-
lieved to refer to Private Otto Mowry,
of Kenosha, Wis, whose name now is
restored to the list OF those not yet
accounted for
New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
No Doubt Tuscania
Was orpedo Victim
British Admiralty Officially Es-
tablishes Cause; Satisfied
With Convoy system

LONDON. Feb. 14-Thomas 7. Nc
Namara, Secretary to the Admiralty,
announced in the House of Commons
to-day that it had been established
that the steamer Tuscania was torpc-
dOed
Hc added that the Admiralty was
satisfied with the system of convoy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-23
RAN THROUGH FOES BARRACE
Corporal 7. F. Dixon. Jr., Saw
Guards Go Over Top

peunSylvanians. former national
guardsmen. charged right through the
enenys barragc when they got the or
der to 70 over the top. Nothing could
stop them.
by Corporal +. L. Dixon, Jr., as he
saw II from an observation post. in
letter to his father, 7. i. Dixon. OF
Chestnut Hill. Young Dixon Is in Bat
terry l.. 1Osth Field Artillery. He
writes az follows:
1T was the first time | had actually
seen the doughboys go over the top, and
ii surely was wonderful sight
I'VE were waiting for the word to
come to open n barrage for our dough-
boys who were going over the top. Tho
hour set happened to be 2:30 y. IN. II
was beautiful. clear uay, and our OH
servation was perfect. It was not hard
to tell when II was 2:3O. as II seemed
that all hell had broken loose behind
me The air overhead was fairly alive
with shells of all sizes and making the
most terrific noise, everything from a
Whiz to a roar.
Then the doughboys went over The
Hun started a countcr-barrage on them.
but they were right through 1t and kept
on going. 1t was a sight I'll never for
get. Don't ever let anybody tell you
that the National Guard can't fight"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-23
HAROLD P. MOON dies
Son of Former Congressman Was
Prominent Attorney i'm This City

After an Illness Of more than year.
Harold Predmore Moon, prominent at
torney, the son of former Congressman
Reuben O. Moon. died yesterday after
noon at his home at Noble on the Old
York road. Fer fifteen years he hao
been a member of the Philadelphia Bar
Mr. Moon was educated at the East
burn private school and at Swarthmore
College, where he was reputed as an
athlete Later he entered the law
school of the University of Pennsylva-
MIA, but finished his legal education in
his fathers office. He was member
of the tnlCn League and of the Hunt
ingdon Valley Club.
Besides his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Reuben O. Moon, of the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel. he Is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Attaresta b. Moon, and two
children. Harold Predmore, Jr. and At
taresta Bodne also by one sister. Mrs.
Clarence X. Musselman.
Mr.. Moon is n descendant of a family
prominent in the legal and educational
affairs of both Commonwealth and ma
ton. His father Reuben o. Moon, was
nominated by the Republican party in
1903 to fill a vacancy from the Fourth
congressional district occasioned by the
death Of Robert II. Foerderer. He was
elected, served several terms In the
House of Representatives and was
chairman of the Committee on Revision
of the Laws.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-23
SWARTHMORE LAD CITED
Corporal Russell A. Yarnell
Wears Croix de Guerre

Five Swarthmore freshmen are In the
famous l11th Trench Mortar Battery
which has been cited three times FOR
bravery in action.
This is the battery which was thrown
In the path of the Germans. In their
last drive In the Champagne sector. Or
ders were to hold the enemy AT al,
costs. The story Is told by Corporal
Russell A. Yarnell. of Swarthmore, VINO
won the Croix de Guerre ard vas Sc
verely wounded. in n letter home.
Pitted against these mere boys com
manded by Captain Charles Gill, OF 6al-
tlmore, was a crack division OF tine
Huns For sixty minutes the battery
outfought and outgamed the entire GER
man division, and in those fateful sixty
minutes the Germans reelcd. WV ~"
infantry started the drive that took them
fifteen kilometers into the lines nelu uy
the Germans.
While seven of the freshmen enlisted.
II was fated that only five Of them
should arrive over there, Besides Nar-
nell. they were Sergeant Carl Mlchae',
of Baltimore: Private George Holmes,
Of Atlantic city; Private John MealS.
of Baltimore: Lieutenant Clinton
Walker. of York, Pa Fennimore Baker
of Baltimore. and Marck Elliott, of
Minnesota, enlisted at the same time. bur
fate decided that they should stay over
here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-23
HOOK" MYLIN IS WOUNDED
Franklin and Marshall Football
Star Spent Day in Shell Hole

A whole day in shell hole. wounded
by a German sniper--and he never ex-
pected TO get out alive--ts the story
told by Lieutenant Everett Mylin. the
Franklin and Marshall football star, bet
ter known as Hook Mylin, in letter
home .
Had the honor OF starting the ball
rolling for my regiment writes Lieu
tenant Mylin ~ was charging up Il
hill after a boche. whom ! got, when "A
SINNER got me. | lay in shell hole
from 10 o'clock I'm the morning until 5
o'clock IN the evening. and never .eT-
pected TO get out. as machine-gun bull
lets were flying so thick over me.
Then | took a chance and crawled
out"
, The leutenants company was In the
battalion commanded by Major Alfred
Il. Allen. Of this city. who was killed
in action September 80. Lieutenant
Mylin was wounded september 20.
At Franklin ana Marshall Hook
Mylin was captain OF the football team
and one of the greatest quartcrbacks the
game has produced, lie was captain of
the football team at Camp Meade last
winter, where be trained with his unit
In the 31ith Infantry Of the Liberty Di-
vision
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-23
lO9TH GUNNERS ROUT FOE
Colonel's Report Records Former
Third Artillery's Nalor

After nearly a month in constant ac-
ton in the Argonne forest, the 109th
Artillery Regiment. formerly the old
Third Artillery, National Guard of Penn
sylvania. went back to the rest sta
ton with twenty-one dead and 15l
wounded. among the latter being the
commander. Colonel Asher Miner. and
Lieutenant Colonel Olin +. Harvey, Jr.
This tells briefly the story Of that
heroic month when the regiment stuck
manfuly to its guns through some Of
the thickest concentrations OF German
shells and poured $4,000 rounds of high
explosive shells into the enemy as re-
lated by Colonel Miner himself, in Il
copy of his official report. just received
by his wife.
The Luzerne County reglment--for it
is made up almost entirely of men from
Willxes-Barre. Hazleton. Nanticole,
Pttston. Plymouth and towns nearby
cleaned the enemy out of that famous
forest It was their big shells that
blasted the way for the infantry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-23
GOOD SAMARITAN" DIES
Capt. Lund to Lie Beside Friend
for Whose Burial He Paid

The Good Samaritan who searched
every undertaking establishment In the
city until he found the body<of his old
friend is dead. He will be buried in
American Mechanics Cemetery beside
the friend for whose burial he paid.
Captain A. +. Lund, skipper of a Nor.
wegian bark, was the Good samaritan.
Arriving here week ago he learned
that the body of Captain John Bognsen
had been washed ashore from his tCrpe-
decd ship. Lund finally found the body
when Mrs. Margaret Trimmer. 161 North
Ringgold street, entered the undertaker's
office and, with tears in her eyes, begged
the undertaken to bury her husband.
woman 500 to pay the funeral ex-
penses.
Then Captain Lund was stricken with
influenza. He died last night in a hos
pital, and his body was taken to the
same undertaken who had prepared his
friend for burial
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-23
BURSTING SHELLS CHARM
COLONEL PUSEY AT FRONT
Deacare County Soldier Who Enlisted Hhh Son. Goes Int
Thckea Of Battle Just for the ThrW-Nearly
Captured Once
y1ENTuRING into the danger zone
' around the front-line trenches whi

n
around the front-line trenches while
a battle is raging is not considered in
any way conducive TO ones physical
well being or longevity.
Yet Lieutenant Colonel Fred Taylor
Pusey, chief quarterraster of the
Twenty eighth Division, United states
| Infantry, finds the experience thrilling
and fascinating
Colonel Pusey, attorney and former
member of the State Legislature from
Delaware County. enlisted with his son,
Stuart .. Pusey. directly after the
declaration of war. The latter Is now
a first lieutenant In the i0sth Field Ar
| tillery and. according TO recent dis
patches from the war zone. has been
cited for bravery under fire He Joined
the colors at the age of eighteen, Whue
sophomore at Yale, where he matricu-
lated after graduating from Hill School
Although his post is one that guaran-
tees almost absolute immunity from M
jury, Colonel Pusey has not been satis-
fled to remain Ia comparative SAFETY
behind the lines. He is ever in the thick
of IL, seeing that the men in the trenches
are properly supplied with sufficient food
and equipment In so doing, he has sew
eral times exposed himself to injury from
shells that burst almost at his feet and
with four other officers was nearly cap
! tured on one occasion when he Nen-
| tured zoo near the enemy positions.
( In recent letter to hts wife. Mrs.
/ Nellie -. Pusey. wuc Is staying at the
/ Rittenhouse Hotel until the men Of the
family return from overseas, Colonel
! Pusey writes:
The big battle is still on. II Is all
| wonderfully thrilling and fascinating,
with the cannonS roaring and shells
whistling over ones head machine guns
! cracking in the woods, airplane fights
sbove and roads jammed with our NOV
ing artillery; trains of anununition sup
! piles and autos and ambulances return
Ing with wounded and those who have
not been picked up by ambulances being
carried in on stretchers--on the shoul-
ders Of boche prisoners on their way to
"A good meal"
Speaking of his experiences with ex-
! ploding shells. Colonel Pusey says:
THE FIRST day had some hairbreadth
escapes from high-eXplosive shells. one
of which splashed dirt and leaves in my
face and another threw big legged
steel splinter into the side Of the hill
beside my path, missing me by an inch
or two then, later, machine-gun bulletS
came knowingly close and one fellow |;
few feet away got three of them. which
finished him."
Colonel Pusey has an honorable mill
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-23
HOME WITH WOUND STRIPE
Captain William J. Eggleston Re-
covering From Gas

\ wound insignia and two. service
stripes on his arm. Captain William J.
Eggleston Is invalided home and is
spending his furlough with his mother
Mrs. Mary A. Eggleston, 2o52 Medary
street, Germantown. lie was gassed in
the fighting at scissors.
Captain ggleton entered the army as
a dentist, but was not content 20 work Il.
the dental infrmary behind the lines.
He longed to see real service, and his
craving was appeased when he was pro-
NOTED from first lier. enant to captain
and assigned to the artillery. He fought
at Chateau Thierry and other important
points.
Captain Eggleton is Canadian by
birth He received his military training
at a Canadian camp. but requested that
he be assigned to the American army so
that he could see earlier service. AS
Doctor Eggleton. the captain took a
postgraduate course at the Royal Uni
versty, Toronto, Can. He was dental
surgeon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-23
BISHOP OLMSTEAD dies
Colorado Prelate Was Former
Rector of Bala Church

The Rev. Or. Charles Sanford Ohm
sted. of Denver. bishop of the diocese
of Colorado and former rector Of st.
Asphs Episcopal church. Bala, died
on Monday night at his sunmer home
in Saybrook, Conn.
While he was rector of the Bala
church he was elected the third bishop
of Colorado and was consecrated May
/. 1902. His rectorship at st. Asaph's s
began in 1896.
The bishop was born in Olmstedvlle.
y. y. February S, 1853. attended st.
Stephens College, New York, and was
graduated from the General Theologi-
cal Seminary in 1876. He was ordained
priest a year later. and before coming
10 Bala served as rector of churches in
Morley and Cooperstown, y. y.
His wife. who survives him, was Miss
Mary y. Deuel., of Fort Edward, y. V.
Bishop Olmsted was the author of sew
eral CSSaNS and books.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-23

,,,.-.. .. 'NtNfl al HIlSGly-
"'i"" d. - '''"7O-> men who have been
approached on the subject offered to
give trees. and Miss Hobson Is confident
the small amount OF money necessary
70 pay for the labor of preparing the
streets and planting the trees could
easily he raised through private sub
scriptions. The trees would be planted
on Broad street south of Waput and
nortA Of Arch
School authorities O; Harrisburg con-
ceived IL similar idea recently and, due
to their efforts. Governor Brumbaugh is
sued Il proclamation setting aside Fri
day, October 20, as Autumn Arbor Day.
when trees in memory Of the heroic
soldier dead Of the state should be
| planted.
NGrbcrth, Pa. has already set out four
trees in memory of its first war heroes
! and other towns in the state are taking
, UP the proposition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-23
QUARTERS FOR SHTPWORKERs
Twenty.sixth Ward Dwelling.
Purchased BY Shipping Board

New quarters for the governmental
WORKERS at Hog Island were obtained
today when the United States shipping
board purchased Il number of1wo-story
brick dwellings in the Twenty-siXth
Ward. The shipping board also acquired
IRON Charles A. Shetzlinc. "a tract of
ground In the Fortieth ward to be used
as site for several hundred new homes
The dwellings bought are 1900 Ia
las Johnson street and from 2S0o to
2SOS South seventeenth street.
The lot purchased contains nine and
eight-tenths acres ana is situated at a
point northeast Of SeVenty-irst street
and northwest Of Growers avenue in the
Fortieth Ward The tract is assessed
at $4,000.