New-York tribune., 1918-05-13
Major Paddock,
Pershing's Nephew,
Among Wounded
He Was at One Time in
Charge of Police
Camp Here

Major Richard Bolles Paddock, re-
ported yesterday as slightly wounded,
is nephew of General Pershing. He
has been member of General Per-
shlng's staff since the Mexican expedi-
tlon. Before that, as lieutenant he had
charge of the Police Department train
ing camp on Staten Island. He was
married in 1914 to Miss Anne Cunning
ham, of 46 Hamilton Place.
He was born in Lincoln, Neb., and
was brought up in the home Of General
Pershing's sister, Miss May Pershinr.
his father, General Paddock, having
been killed during the Boxer uprising
in China.
Major Paddock was graduated from
the United States Military Academy in
1914. Upon the entrance of the United
States into the war he went to France
as captain in the Signal Corps. and
was in charge OF the advanced tele
phone communication. His wife has
been spending the winter in California
bolies Paddock, jr. They now are on
their way East
Donald e. Stone, the American avia-
tor reported missing yesterday, was
porn In Mexico, Oswego County, N. Y.
He was a Hamilton College man. gradu-
atlng in the class of 1918.
Stone went to France in 1916 as q
member of the American Ambulance
Corps. Hc received the Croix de Guerrc
Tor daring work at Vcrdun and in
l9l1 was transferred, at his own re-
{n Ina
Lafayette Escadrillc
While training as an aviator he sus
tanned fall in which he had several
RIBS. broken and received other in
Jurles. On his recovery, however, he
returned to the school and in a short
time afterward won his pilots license.
In college Stone was brilliant stu
dent, being a Phi Beta Kappa man at
graduation. He was also one of the
leading athletes of the college, being
captain and quarterback of his varsity
team during his senior year. He was a
member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
The reported death in action Of Ser.
geant Rudolph Sima, of 1882 Avenue
A. brought to light the little romance
OF Mrs. Mary Kratnik, of the same ad-
dress. Mrs. Kratnik, who is a widow.
said last night that she and Sima were
to have married upon his return from
the front. A dispatch from the War
Department which she received late
Saturday night informed her that
Sima was serving with an ammunition
train when he was killed.
Sergeant Sima,y said Mrs. Kratnik.
was q Bohemian, coming to this coun-
brother here, she said, but his parents
still live in Bohemia. He was twenty
three years old and was occupied as an
automobile repair man. He enlisted in
the cavalry in December, 1915.
Joseph Vincent Rogers, mentioned in
the casualty lists as having died in
years old and an orphan. His sister,
Mrs. Ethel Becker, lives at 2484
Gravcsend Avenue.
Mrs. Becker said last night that she
had not heard from her brother since
Thanksgiving Day. 1916. She did not
even know he was in the army. Jo-
seph was brought up in ST. Vincent's
Home, Brooklyn. Mrs. Becker took
him from there when he was sixteen,
bus after living with her short time
he grew restless and left to make his
own way in the world.
Memorial services in honor of Lieu
tenant Melvin Lewis Stolz, of the naval
aviation corps, were held at Carnegie
Hall yesterday morning. DR.. Stephen
S. Wise. on behalf of the Free Syna-
gogue, dedicated set of pulpit furni-
ture in memory of the dead aviator,
who died at Pensacola, Fla, in 1915,
and delivered culogy on his charac-
ter.
John Kunisky, of 153 Sheffield Street,
BROOKLYN, who is reported as severely
wounded. came to the United States
from Russia only four years ago, part
ly to escape militarism. He enlisted on
May 80. 1917. He was working in a
doll factory at the time.