The sun., 1918-10-11
Son Of Publisher, Reported as
Missing, Located in Ger
man Prison Camp.
MITCHEL's NATE is HIT
Sergeant Who Served With
Ex-Mayor Receives His
Second Injury.

action, Is prisoner OF war at FRED
richsferte Rastatt. Baden, Germany, ac-
cording to a cablegram received by his
father. Frederick A Stokes, president OF
the publishing house OF Frederick A.
Stokes Company. The message. which
was from the International Red Cross at
Geneva, arrived a day before the official
announcement in Washington that he
was missing. He is well. according to
tho cable
Lieut. Stokes. who once was re-
porter for THE SuN. has twice been
wounded, once on April 20 and again on
July 15. His last letter. which arrived
August 1, said that he had been trans
ferred from the 165th Infantry. with
which he went 20 France, and that he
was on his way to join HIS new unit.
Lieut.. Stokes is Yale graduate. He at
first entered the publishing business with
his father. He Joined the STAFF OF THE
SUN January I. 1911. remaining with
this newspaper until July 10. 1912. At
the time he entered the army he was
on the editorial staff of the Ameriodn
Magazine.
A member OF Squadron A, Lieut..
Stokes served with that organization on
the Mexican border. He was graduated
from the first Plattsburg Training Camp
and was ordered to Camp Upton, leaving
there with his company for overseas.
Casualty lists yesterday recounted the
deaths of two American aviators In air
plane accidents abroad. 1t Is believed
that Lieut.. John II. Wilder OF Fredonia.
~ % HIS duty
was to test new airplanes and II Is
thought that he met death in this man
ner. rather than in action. He was %
years old and q State Normal School
graduate.
Lieut.. Elmer f. Rothenberg OF Lafay-
cite, Ind. was also listed as killed. he
left Purdue University to enlist in the
Aviation Corps November 3, 1917. and
received his training as pilot at Kelly
Field. Texas. He was commissioned last
April and reached France June 4.
wounded Second Time.
Sergt. Albert G. Wilson. who was in
the same company with former Mayor
John Purroy Mitchell at Plattsburg and
who was in q brokers' office In Wall
Street before entering the army. has
been wounded for second time, &C
cordlng to a cablegram received yester-
day by his father, Albert G. Wilson OF
43O East Fifty-seventh street. Sergt
Wilson, who is in Company of the
3oTth Infantry, had his left arm frac-
tured by a German bullet on September
-. He had only recently returned to
the front from q hospital after having
been gassed-
second Lieut.. Austin Withers Wool
ford OF $50 East Twenty-hrst street.
l. h.
Infantry, was wounded severely Septem-
Der -.
Mrs Mabel Brouillet Of s22 Palmetto
street, Brooklyn. received a letter yes
terday from her husband. Corporal Philip
Z. Brouillet Of Company X, S07th Infan-
try, describing outpost duty in advance
of the American lines. Within a few
hours a War Department message in
formed her he had been wounded Sc
verely September II. Brouillet's letter
told of a recommending patty which
cleared the way for the advance Of
troops In large numbers.
1--WE first went down a hill toward
the enemy lines" he wrote. THE hill
was about like the one We used to walk
up to Palisades Park. When we got
down We crossed shell holes. marshes
and swamps until we came to the po-
clliJH VIC lou lIluot
remember that all movements OF troops
are done at night.
Night of Waiting.
81 was told to guard the entrance 10
a river bridge with my squad. Shrapnel
was falling as we crawled into little
dugouts. with Just our heads out watch
ing and waiting. Can you imagine ones
feelings placed like that, not even know
ing the ground six feet away? II was
a pitch dark night. too. Well, anyway,
morning came, and daylight is the one
thing a soldier prays for. Even in the
daylight We couldn't move around much,
as We were under the observation of
Fritz from the top of the hill. That day
I had one meal. and as We did not know
how long we were going to be there
had to be careful with ourt cats, and
they were iron rations It was almost
impossible TO get food to US. as the hill
We came down was continually being
shelled.
about 2 or s O'Clock In the morning
two platoons Of another company came
out and took up position about 200
yards In front OF mine. Soon they began
to shoot up things.and l presume that
Jerry. having heard no firing from that
spot before, thought he was being at
tackled. The signal light went up and
a barrage started"
Private Samuel Roshke, killed In ac-
ton August II. lived with his mother.
Mrs. Mollie Roshke. and his brothers,
Max and Abraham, at 90 East First
street
Abe Dobovits OF Newark, killed with
the marines In France. had bought five
Liberty bonds on the instalment plan,
and his father. Julius Dobovitz, Of l25
Sixteenth street. Newark. at his sons
request. Is going to continue the payments
on them. When Abe was IA years old
and student in the Central High School.
Newark, he enlisted In the Regular
Army. His father obtained his discharge
because of his youth. Three months
later Abe enlisted for a second time, on
this occasion In the marines. That was
In March, 1917, and the following May
he went to France with the Fifty-tifth
Company of the Fifth Regiment. He
was born IN Russia. and came here
eleven years ago. His father Is natural
lied.
Two Days without FOOD.
William Fl. whelan of Company f,
306th Infantry. reported missing August
rs. wrote his sister. Miss Nora whelan
OF Sayville. L. l., August 20, telling her
he had just rejoined his command after
having been separated from It for a
week. for two days OF which he had been
without food or water. His brother
John A. Is a corporal In Company X of
the Sf0th Infantry.
Samuel Friedman OF the 3o7th In
fantry. killed the German soldier who
wounded him in the leg. according TO a
letter received by his parents who live
at 6S4 kosciusko street. Brooklyn.
Friedman was In hospital. recovering.