Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18

street, He 10 23 years old and snlist.
ed in a Canadian regiment sbout "a
,nonths ago. This 10 the second t;,.s
80 Nos been wounded. Mrs. ,,h,,.:-
ard also has another son. o..
houinard. q. lighting with thu e.
madam forces.
Besides the mother. there ara thr..
sisters living IN this city: M. A.
Begeron. Miss Vlaire couinara 80
| Mrs. Eeprem Allard ana
| Both Alphee and Omar c..,
are well known in thi. c,,,, lnaso
| they resided before thsv ... nets
| the service. ''el0o
Rockland, Me-, Sep 17-n.,o.,
| OF Lieut.. Albert d. HoArook $500.
| Cay received word that /. =. ,'s,er
/ man prisoner The former n yer
| athlete was reported missins
| ton last June. Today's news" a.
from Congressman White, who Y, NE
| egraphed that he had just been ad.
| vised by the adjutant generals Of
| fee that Lieut.. Holbrook is a prison.
er, but the department has not been
| informed what camp he is in. Lieut..
Holbrook is a son Of Fred H. Hol-
brook OF Camden.
Rumford Me-, Sept. T.-George
Chase, 21S Knox street. has received
! official notification of the death Of
his youngest brother. Private David
l. Chase, %, of the Field Artillery on
Aug. l, from wounds. Private Chase
served on the Mexican border. He
enlisted in Manchester. N. H.
Fort Fairfield. Sept. 15-Another of
Fort FairfieldS brave sons has yolun-
tarily given his life for the cause Of
Democracy. Mrs. Sandy Gibson has
received a telegram acquainting her
with the sad news that her youngest
son, Lester, was killed in action on
August 20. Lester volunteered for
service in Canada in April 1915. and
joined the 10th Canadian Battalion.
He was transferred to another bat
talon. however, and was serving in
the Signal Corps of tho Canadian
army at tire time of his death. He
had been in France since Sept. 1916
and was only nineteen years OLD last
July.
Another son of MIS-. Gibson, Ersey
Achorn, is serving his country at the
present time in the 301 Ammunition
Train of the L. :. Army. Besides the
brother there is left to mourn the
loss of the brave young fellow. his
mother, Mrs Sandy Gibson and three
sisters Mrs. II. Z. Bean and Miss
Fern of this town; and Mrs. Dudley
Bean of lreSque lscle: also q brother,
Lewis who is employed with Boyd
Bros. of this town.
Orncville. Me. Sept. Sylvanus
Hoxic, whose name appears in the
casualty list as from Nicolin, Me-, is
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hoxie
of this town, who have had no notice
OF his death from the War Depart
ment. probably due to the error in
address. They have received a letter
from Il lieutenant of the 104th Infan-
Try, stating that their son was killed
in action July 81. He was one of the
first to go from this section to Camp
DeVens. Besides his parents he
leaves four sisters and two brothers.
Bangor, Nc, Sept. 16-Mrs Sylvia
Savage has been notified that her son.
Private Clyde Savage. Co. Il. 102d In
fantry. reported missing in action
July 81. has been located in a prison
camp at Rastdt. Ger. DIR. Howard +.
hane OF bangor is in the same camp.
Bangor, Me. Sept 17.-Maj. Will
liam f. Southland Of the 1Osd Infan.
Try, who recently cabled that he was
slightly wounded. was more serious.
Iy injured than at first supposed, ac-
cording to n letter written from the
hospital. He was leading his battal.
ion ut The battle of the Marine when
a bullet entered his right cheek.
The surgeons have decided to allow
it to remain, as to remove il would
cause Il deep scar. He was also pain
fully laccr&ted in the arm by barbei
wire.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Klein have
been notified that their son. Samuel
Klein. is missing in action. He was
in the 1olst Infantry. cnlistirg in
Boston, where he was employed. An
other son. Kenneth Klein Of the
lO3d Infantry, was killed in action in
July. A third son, Claude Klein, Is
in the quartermaster department at
a Texas port.
Milo, Nc, Sept. l7.-Some time ago
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dean We're noti-
fed through letters sent by com
radcs Of relatives in Milo that Bert
Eean he'd met death on the rattle.
field during the July drive, but as
confirmation was lack
ing and his allotment continued 10
come regularly ,hcy were loath to
believe it but watched and waited
in vain for a letter from their SON
Official confirmation of his death in
action July Il, has now been receiv-
cd but no particulars were given.
Private Dean was 20 years old. he
was member OF Co. f, enlisting in
1918 and went to the border In 1915.
When the reserves were called out
m the entry of the u. S. into the
war, Private Dean again rallied to
the colors and was sent overseas
with the 103rd. Private Dean la sur
vlvcd by his parents and a brother.
Frank Dean Of Milo and sister,
Mrs John Parker of Bangor. His
Mrs. Susan Dean, also
survives