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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

THERE is modest little home at
l. $3.50 Spruce street. Although 1t IS
Just like the other cozy-looking dwell
ings in the row, in the eyes of Uncle
Sam it is perhaps the most important
From this home of Mr.. and Mrs. william
NJ. Wilson four young men have gone 10
fight for the stars and stripes.
They are Paul NJ. Wilson, his brothers
Robert NJ and william. Jr., and Louis
A. Ferry, a brother-in-iaw. All Of them
are now right in the front of the big
boche chase.
Paul Wilson, who is eighteen years
old is with Headquarters Company.
10th Infantry. He enlisted last Sep
tember. Robert is with Company Is,
Pioneer Infantry. and enlisted last July.
William is with Company G, 146th In
fantry, and has been soldier since last
April Ferry is with the quartermaster
corps.
Up to the present Paul has had the
most action, and the more he gets the
more he seems to like it. Listen to
part of his letter home:
Afraid OF the Nanks
"Oh. Jerry is afraid of us Ianks. All
night long he thinks we are coming
over at him any minute. Consequently
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
TAKES PICTURES
OF HISCAPTIVES
Philadelphia Machine Gun
ner. Samuel Mehr. Sends
Them Home
| ALSO GERMAN MONEY
Foes Glad to Be Captured. He
Declares. Having Fought
Long Enough

Like tho American Indian OF the vest
ern Mains. who scalped his victims as
proof positive of their downfall. one of
pershing's machine gunncrs is not only
capturing Germans on the western front,
but insists on their handing over their
photographs as souvenirs of the event
These evidences of herolsm, IN adul-
ton to German mark notes, COINS ana
postcards, have been received ny Mt.
and Mrs. Abraham Mehr. Of 1910 West
Susouehanna avenue. from their son,
who has been seeing active service on
the firing line for the last six months
lie is Samuel Mehr. of Company Il,
Fifteenth Machine Gun Battery \. T..
f. and he has a wholesome contempt
for the treacherous German, VINO, he
declares. is easy to beat Mehr does
not confne his efforts in taking pris-
oners to mere enlisted men. one of his
captives was an infantry captain, whose
picture was confiscated with slight con-
sidcration for the victims self-e%9lted
rank
Another German was playing a ma
chine-gun tattoo on an advancing cci-
umn of American infantry. when the
Young soldier wounded him in the hand
The German surrendered forthwith and
to show that he was entirely sincere
about the matter, handed over his pho
tograph and belt for good measure. or
the metal buckle of the belt was in
scribed the inevitable "Gott Nit Cns"
Mehr, who is twenty-five years old
and unms rried. declares that tho Allie!
| are winning everywhere and looks for
| the war to end in short time. The
| Germans, he declared, surrender at every
| opportunity and are apparently tired o
| warfare.
| one German he took captive threw hil
| helmet away and declared that fou
| years was long enough to fight for tn,
| Kaiser The boche added that he hope,
| the Americans would reach Berlin an,
| capture the royal family.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
PNEUMONIA KILLS SON;
ANOTHER IS WOUNDED
Police Sergeant Davis Gets
Bad News of Boys in
Service

An hour after a letter told street
Sergeant William Davis, of the Sixty
fifth street and Woodland avenue police
station. that his son. Sergeant William
NJ. Davis, of the marine corps had re-
turned to this country. wounded.
telegram advised the father that an
other son. Lee W. Davis, an acting SER
gcaut had died in Pittsburgh Of pneu-
moua.
Acting Sergeant Loe ". Davis had
been selected to attend the University
Of Pittsburgh and lator was placed in
charge OF squad Of thirty men dong
motor repair work. lie contracted pneu-
mouia while on duty and died Tuesday
night in a Pittsburgh hospital
The letter from the wounded son was
sent from the Charleston Navy Yard.
The. marine corps sergeant informed ms
father that he had been wounded in ac-
tion and had been iuNalided home.
street Sergeant Davis has third son
i'm the naval coast defense reserve.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
KAISER HARD HIT
BY SHELLOGRAMS
Even Demure Young Ladies
Invite Him to bad
Place"
1000 MESSAGES ARE SENT
No Censor Will Interfere. No
Matter What Bond Buyers
Tell Wilhelm
1000 MESSAGES ARE SENT

II Kaiser wilhelm reads half of the
1000 messages penned for his special
benefit by fourth Liberty Loan sub
scribers at the Statue OF Liberty booth.
he will have some hint OF the warmth"
of feeling Americans have for him.
More than one-half the messages,
many of them sent by women, to in
vite His Majesty to go to Il place motor
ious for its heat.
Some of them are couched in more or
less polite terms, while others tersely
tell him where to get off, Miss Martha
Brown, of Jenkintown. frankly wrote
III I'd say what l thought OF you, Id
be arrested"
Each person who subscrbes to the
Liberty Loan through the Statue Of
Liberty booth is entitled to send a
shellgram to the Kaiser. These mes
sages are engraved on machine-gun
shells at the Franl<ford arsenal with
the hope that. the shells will soon fall
on German territory and the messages
be read BY the Germans.
Censorship
We're fighting to beat black
hearted outcast and his people, con-
ceived in hell born in Germany" wrote
George J. Mitchell, of 1923 South Will
ton street.
COHlunttee members IN CnarBe OF the
booth agreed that none of the messages
would be censored. SO people have not
hesitated TO express their bitterness to-
ward the German Emperor.
II wish you a slow, torturing death
at stake" was the message of Louis
J. Taws, Of 1854 Lincoln avenue, Ger
mantown, given with his fourth sub
scription to this loan.
May confusion and death come to
all enemies of democracy" Such was
the wish of w. p. Cunningham, 405s
Haverford avenue.
Fred Koch, of 6S2 West Coulter street
wrote: God help you when we cross
the Rhine"
"On the Run"
James w. Close, of 2309 Souti
Twenty-second street hoped the Kaiser
would spend his next vacation in the
hottest place.
AT last we've got you on the run
We won't quit until we send you &c
your just deserts" SO A. G. Heroes, oI
1892 Usage avenue, sent his greetings
Charles NJ. Schwab, Il. +. Stotesbury
and various other prominent men anC
women of the Philadelphia district were
among the first to send shelgrams tC
Germany Their messages We're no less
( heated than the many later ones.
Subscriptions at the Statue of Lib
erty booth TO date total $3S7.9O0. Tn,
! booth Is under the direction of tn,
/ Emergency Aid aides. Mrs. Norman
/ Macleod chairman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
U. 5. TO BUILD DRYDOCKS
Piez Says Two Will Be Con
structed at This Port

The Emergency Fleet Corporal ion
will have constructed ten or more dyy-'
docks Of the latest type and Of capacity
sufficient to accommodate the largest
cargo carriers afoat.
According TO Charles Piez, vice presi-
dent OF the corporation, this is not
merely being considered, but actually is
going 10 be done, He said Philadelphia
VIII nave two or more of the docks,
which will add TO the importance of this
city as great world port.
The docks will have a capacity Of
from ten to twenty or more tons. The
wings will be built of steel and the pom
toons of pine wood.
Each pontoon will be 10 feet long.
and the number of pontoons used i'm
each dock will be regulated by the size
of the dock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
INTERNED GERMANS BUY BONDS
Prisoners at Fort Oglethorpe Get
Permission TO Invest
Bv the United Press

Washington, oct. 17.--lnterned Ger
man prisoners at Fort Oglethorpe, Ca,
are buying Liberty Bonds.
They expressed their desire to do so
to the authorities Of the interment camp.
A. Mitchell Palmer, custodian of alien
property. gave his consent
\ great number of these men We're
formerly in the German marine service.
serving on board ocean liners plying
between this country and Germany be-
fore Americas entrance into the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
ARREST COP FOR SHOOTING
Charged That He Killed Negro
After Gambling Raid

Superintendent Mills has ordered the
arrest and suspension of Louis McClain
a policeman of Marvine street above
tatharine. McClain is accused OF shoot
ing Ernest Benson, negro, Webster
street near Twelfth. who was killed on
Sunday while running away from a crap
game.
McClain surprised several negroes
playing at Thirteenth and Webster
streets. The negroes fled. and McClain,
in pursuit. fired several times with his
revolver. Benson fell to the sidewalk
and died in the Howard Hospital.
Police gave out the story that the
negro died Of a fractured skull, sus-
taned when he fell. Superintendent
Mills asked for an autopsy, which was
made by Doctor Wadsworth. Coroner's
physician. The autopsy showed that
death was due to a bullet wound.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
CLOSE BRITISH MISSION
Officers Leave Here After Sending
5000 Men Into Army

The British Mission. Sixteenth and
Chestnut streets. where more than 5000
men enrolled in the British and Canadian
armies, has passed out of the war activi-
ties of this city.
The headquarters were permanently
closed last night. after the attaches
disposed of a few details and sending
the last recruits. officers of the mission
will leave for New York on Saturday.
Ten men constituted the quota. They
were given their transportation, and
then the offices were closed. The mis-
sion opened in June, 1917. Hereafter.
all the subjects of Great Britain will
he included In the American forces, un-
der the new draft regulations and con-
scription agreement.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

war. with it's horrors, ravages and
deprivations (for them) never eX-
listed. You've got to hand it to these
folks--they are dyed-in-the-wool sports
If only our folks back home took it as
they do it would be an immeasurable
relief to the boys out here.
Every month here adds a decade to
a fellows life, so If | last a year | eX-
pect to usher in the twenty-tirst century
with due ceremony"
Sergeant Schwarzkopf is attached to
Company c, 3l6th Infantry. lie was a
selected man from Local Board No. %,
Twentieth and Berks streets. lie made
a number of attempts to enlist, but was
unable to pass the physical tests
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
Fine Spiiters 81 Each

Excuses of forty-one men taken before
Magistrate Mecleary in City Hall yes
terday for splitting on the sidewalk were
of no avail and each was fined 81 and
costs. The Magistrate said that he had
given everybody chance to understand
the warning of the police authorities is
sued Monday and that he proposes to
impose fines in all such cases brought
before him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
DIR. Deayer Wins New Honor

DIR. John B. Deaver has been elected
by the trustees Of the University OF
Pennsylvania to succeed DR.. Edward
Martin, now maj Jor in the Medical Re-
serve Corps. Doctor Martin held the
John Rhea Barton chair of surgery in
the University. Doctor Deaver has been
professor of the practice OF surgery at
the University.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
Man Dies, Wife Overcome by Gas

Mrs. Archie Love was found dead and
her husband unconscious in a rooming
mouse early today, at sos North Marshall
street. The room was filled with gas.
II is believed that the couple retired
leaving a gas jet burning and the wind
extingushed the flame during the night
Love was taken TO the Hahnemann
Hospital.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

officially confirmed
by the War De-
p a r t m e n IS cas-
ualty list. With
him passed another
of Pennsylvania s
sons who did more
than their share to
make the Iron Di-
vision famous.
Lieutenant Prit.
chett was the son
of Ma jor William
B. Pritchett and
+ a n ME Wilson
p rit C h e t t, 1909
J NJ o n u M ent road.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
SERGEANT PRAISES FRENCH
Schwarzkouf Would Be Glad if
Were as Brave-Spirited

Here's "win-the-war" item to paste
in your hat. Collectively we call it
morale individually. spirit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
U. s. REPORTS DEATH
OF LIEUT.. PRlTCHETT
Son of Major Slain After Wife
Entered Presbyterian Hos.
pital Service

The unofficial report announcing the
death in action of Lieutenant Frederick
r. Pritchett September last, has been
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29

Read the advertisements in the home papers. Usually the mer- chant that advertises has some. thing which he believes to be a little better in price or quality than tLe other stores, and 1t is these extra qualities or values that he advertiSes. These are the things-quality and price that you always have in mind when purchasing household sup plies. It will pay you to read the ads.
 A nice full line Of paints and oils at the Arkmo Lumber Go.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29
'The Best War Speech By a Girl

The best war speech I have yet heard was by young girl who did not know she was mak- ing speech. Another girl leased her because she had not heard from her sweetheart in France, and this girl answered as follows I know 1 haven't and I may never hear from him. but I know he is man and he volunteered when the war first started and stuck to 1t until he was promot. ed. and your sweetheart hung around here until they made him go and then as soon as he got in. commenced begging for fur tough and he's scared to death now he will have to go to France. And l would rather have a dead sweetheart in France than to have a live husband at home that I was ashamed of.
 That is the kind of spirit that makes an American climb out of trench at any hour of the night believing in his soul that he can whip any six Germans alive; and to complete the story it should
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29
A Cash Offer

The Independent has made a special clubbing rate with The Memphis Weekly Commercial Appeal by which we will furnish both papers for one year for the sum Of s1.75. The Commercial Appeal Is one of the largest and best papers in the South, and we hope to receive many new sub- scriptions on this offer: S1. 5 cash for both papers. 35-tf
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29
HoW'S Thiss

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine
 Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty five years. and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Poi. son from the Blood and healing the dis eased portions.
 After you have taken Halls Catarrh Medicine for a short time you will see a great improvement in your general health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi- cine at once and get rid Of catarrh. Send for testimonials. free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. Ohio.
 Sold by all Druggists. Iac.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29

be added that the girl has since heard from him and he said he didn't want to come back at all unless he could come eack with a record that would satisfy her.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29
Engines For Sale

1 have three gasoline engines for sale as follows:
 | horsepower Temple
 3 horse. power Cushman 5 horsepower Fairbanks. Morse.
 Can be seen by calling on Wise Bros. , If c. c. Hummel.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29

the regiment in prayer once a week and draw his salary. A chaplain is the official postmas- ter of the regiment. is librarian, and is subject to all sorts of calls. A chaplain these days has to jus tify his presence on the payroll by his works as we'll as by his religious faith.
 Private Edgar M. Mcbride. Go. F. 4th Replacement Regi- ment, writes to the Marshall Re. publican in part as follows: II like Camp Pike fine and most of the boys that are with me do. We have plenty of good solid food but Of course not many pies and cakes. From what I learn from boys who have been in other camps. Camp Pike is as good as any of them, and I wish the boys would quit knocking on this camp for in so doing they are knock ing on our home state. There is nothing like letter from home to a soldier boy"
 Camp Pike is to see S4.O00.O .OOO| spent in improvements and ad- ditional barracks during the coming fall and it is hoped they will be completed by the first of December. One half of the sum will go for the new home for the ,, Central Officers Training School, which will be located about two miles north of the pl esent loca. tion and will house 10000 stu dent officers. Camp Pike will be the only infantry school for off cers west of the Mississippi riy- CT. The other money will pro vide quarters for six additional battalions to the 162ud Depot Brigade and barracks for de- tention quarantine area.
 Once again let word of warn ng be given against writing the sort of letters to soldiers that will induce them to come home against the orders Of their su perior officers. They may pay very dearly for the few short hours spent at home. During the last ten days a number of pri- yates have suffered court martial for desertion and absence with out leave, the penalties ranging from confinement at hard labor for six months and forfeiture of two-thirdS of the pay. to ten years at hard labor and a dishon orable discharge with forfeiture of all pay at the end of the term. James Clark, an Arkansas boy in Go. 40, 10th. Bn., writes home: "The Y. M. 0. A. sure is home for the soldiers. They furnish us with writing materials. pen and ink, and lets of magazines. At night they furnish us free en certain ments Sunday they have Sunday School and Bible School. They have tables and chairs so we can play all sorts of games. Have pianos and photographs for music. They furnish us with baseballs, bats. basketballs. They furnish us with wrapping paper and twine free. Something doing at the "" halls all the time. We sure do appreciate and enjoy the kindness of the Y. | NJ. c. A"
 ERWIN FUNK
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29
Camp Pike Notes

If the relatives of soldier or sailor abroad have received DO word from hum for an unreason- able length of time and desire to inquire as to his welfare: or if they have received word that he has been wounded and desire to receive additional information: or if they have been notified of his death and desire to receive additional information, they should write to the Bureau of Communication. American Red Cross, Washington, D. c. or Red Triangle League, 603 A. o. U. W. Bldg, Little Rock, Ark. giving the full name of the soldier. his rank when last heard from. his serial number. the name of his unit, his age. and the date when he entered the service. By giv- ing this information in full. it will be much easier to find the record of the soldier and to also make certain that they have the right man and not someone with a similar name. It is well for relatives to make certain that they have the correct serial or identification tag number of the soldier to avoid all uncertainty.
 R. C. Pier of St. Louis, for. mer camp general secretary for the Army |. M. c. A. at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill. Okla, has succeeded Chas. kurtzhalz as camp general secretary of the Camp Pike "Y". Before going to Fort Sill. MT. Pifer was stu dent secretary for the college
 ! s" of Missouri. He was for a number of years religious secre- tary Of the Dayton, Ohio, city ". one of the best kLown as sociations in the United States.
 You cant tell much about soldier at Camp Pike byhis name. White is coal black, while Black Is white. Little is six feet tall, and weighs POS, while Short goes him an inch better. Small weighs PIT. Long is short, Rich is poor Poor has an independent income, and Sharpe is dull. Oleson was born in Ireland. Murphy was born in Rome. and French is a Cherokee Indian. Singer can't sing note, Merry is a grouch, and Miser never saves a cent.
 When you get the address of a soldier and you can t tell wheth- CT he is in Co. I or Go. J. always make it Co I. Owing to the simi- larity ot the two letters. there are no companies known as "J".
 T like to sit inside the 'Y' when I have finished eating pie and other things, and watch the movies and the games and speak CTS with their famous names, and all the sings; for they are en tertaining quite. They teach us not to kick and fight about the soup, but do our best whatever come, and if we can add on some. and not to droop. The bravest man that lives they cry. is he who works without a sigh. and if perchance a fellow kicks him in the slats. he doesn' grab some baseball bats and make him dance. An. nc! he tells the frothy guy that he should wait, till by and by. and kill a Hun, in stead of kicking up a fuss and killing some poor saintly cuss. and so tis done. The 'Y" has books and games and stamps for boys in all the army camps. and lots of such. And so I give them three cheers. for they make bright our darkest years. and help us much. "-R. J. Meeker.
 Corporal Hodges came back from Little Rock the other night
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29
For Sale

Six room house and three lots near school house. 14-2tp A. H. Bacus
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29

Let nobody get the notion that patriotism is adjourned.
 After we have done our best over here we are still far short of the work being done by the boys over there.
 Foch knows the difference be. tween summer vacation and the initiative.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29

Swat the fly by buying screen doors and windows from the Arkmo Lumber Go. 45 If
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29
Boiler Flues For Sale

I have , 3 inches by F feet boiler Aues in fair condition for sale. Apply to
 14-2t W. $. Snow.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29
Wanted

Have four men, three of whom are experienced rice growers who want to share crop 400 acres of rice next season. For full par. ticulars apply at the Independ- ent office.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-29
WANTED. FOR SALE. ETC.
For Sale

One Registered Red polled male. c. Koch I5.4tp
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-28

life The soldier IS picked Whether be be sol
der in soldier OF the cross his his
loyalty his love and faith challenge the confidence Of
and the alteration If he falls he has paid
the mortal debt with honor survives though Grip
pied, he is disabled His crutch tells
and carries its appeal and there eloquenee
though silent resisess in the empty sleeve.
First OF al, on Bonded knee should pray God TO
forgive Then erect Christian men, soldierly
20 the flag and the fray-wherever they lead US
over the through France Flanders the
low Noln. Bonn. Kobenz -tumblng the
fortress Of Ehrenhresten the Rhine pass
daming the mouth OF the Mozee with the debris
ruin make it, then on. on 10 Perrin the Black
Horse Cavalry sweeping the Wilhelmstrasse like lava
down the mounainside the junker ana the RATHER
aying -efore the tunes being pixie Iankee
Doodle. the being Han the French Republic Hail
The Republic OF Russia-welcome the commonwealth Of
the Naterland with the kaiserno parey with
actocraey, absoIutsm ard The divine right OF hn5-
hell with the Hapsburg and the Hohenzollern