Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-18


rveuty-threr have been wounded. two
ar" missing. three, previously rsp,r.cd
missing. have been located al Camp
Bagtatt, Germany while tnire from
nearby towns are dead
SKETCHES or TIE HEROES
LIEUTENANT GEORGE BOWER.
marine corps. was wounded on Spptcm-
ber L., according to "a cdbls gran rr-
re ,nd by his father. George l.. Bower.
OF TOrreSdalc. a member Of ih 70
r.l manufacturing firm of Henry Bower
and Company. Gray's Ferry roau. luu..g
Bower enlisted iu tn" sumner Of last
year when just past his twenty first
birthday. He showed a uatural aptitude
for a soldiers life. was rapidly pro-
NOTED and eventually won his commits
sion through sheer merit Lieutenant
Bower is graduate of the Episcopal
Academy and Of the University Of
and is progressing satisfactorily Hts
father has been informed
LIEt tTE>i>T CLINTON ' T..
NEWBOID. officially reported prs
ontr. a. camp Rastatt, Germany had
previously been reported killed by lIa-
lOr Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. The latter
wrote to Lieutenant New bpld's wife that
her husband had died the death Of a
very fine soldier and gentleman"
As Lieutenant \eWbOld was later Of
firially reported missing. Mrs. Newhold
refused to abandon hope. went to Wash
inEtOu. bCsieged the Red Cross officials
there aud Yesterday was successful Ia
receiving definite word that her hus-
band was alive and well. though Cor
man prisoner.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Newbold we're
married during the short furlough which
preceded his departure for France. His
wife was formerly Miss Alice Eidridge,
A of Washington. II. &.
Lieutenant Newbuld Is . graduate of
,he central II gh School Of Washington.
and atterWdrd attended the University
# PenuSN NlVania. He left college before
the end of his course 10 90 into business
for himself. and at the time of his en-
Iistment iu the officers training corps
was a patent attorney at Akron, .. lie
was commissioned on August 10. l9I I,
as first lieutenant
The father of Lieutruant NrwbOld is
r NJ NewbOld. a special agent OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad residing at l29
Poplar street Wayne, where the young
officers wife il at present making her
home.
SERGEANT FREDERICK T.. BAUER,
killed in action, was the nlnetcen-Sear
old son Of Dr. and Mrs. Lois g. Bauer.
1881 North Nineteenth street Tell
mother | died game was his last mes
sage, forwarded By comrade to his
member of Company q, l09th Infantry
He enlisted i'm the old First Regiment, in
1915. served on the border aud at Read
ing. Pa. trained at camp Hancock, and
went overseas on May >, 1918.
lie received his sergpant's chevrons
while on the transport. ON August 3
he wrote home that he was In good
health.
Bauer was employed by the Electric
Storage Battery Company. Twentieth
street and Allegheny avenue, and was
born and educated in Philadelphia. He
Is survived by his parents. brother
August \. Bauer. and three half
brothers.
PRIV ATE WILLIAM j. CREESNN,
JR, was wounded in action ON Septem-
her ~. He wrote TO his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William J. Crrenan, of 1890
South Fifty-third street. that he was
feel good ! am sending YOU the piece Of
shrapnel that they took out of my leg. -
he added. He is a member of Company
*. Twenty-eighth Infantry.
LIEUTENA>T JACOB FELDMAN.
killed in acton on September 3, was the
Merchautvillc, y. j. lie was formerly
employed at the Philadelphia pOstotce
and was a member Of Company II, llOth
Infantry
PRINAlE NICHOLS SOUTH. re.
ported wounded in action, was only
old Third Regiment. He saw service
on the Mexican border. This is his sec
ond time I'm the hospital being badly
gassed last June. His sitter. Miss Alice
Scutti, received a letter informing hel
that hc Is rapidly recovering az has,
hospital.
PRIVATE JAMES =. BARRY
wounded in action, lived at s34 Soutl
Vogdes street with a sister Mrs. MARY
ShOtwelL He enlisted in the NatiOna
Guard IN June, 1916, served on the border
and went overseas with Company &
ll0th Infantry in May. 1917 in "A let
ter dated July 20, he tells of going Owe
the top, Last night we returned from
our nrst trip to the front We nav,
gone over the top, ! have played foot
ball, baseball and every other sport bu