New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Harvard Athlete
Falls a Victim to
German Bullets
Major Howard w. Beal
Dies of Wounds Received
at the Front
N. Y. Boys Win Glory
Display Spirit of Bravery as
They Meet Foe on the
Battlefield

would soeuer sec hlm wounded
Than fail irso tbo hands OF those des
sIr. said nl fraok A. Trough. of lHo
East laiih street. Yesterday whom he
learned that hls son, Francis, Nom.
hcf 81 'ho Marine Corps had been
r,eueasd u ec'lou ON juiy ~. although
csterdeq casual'v hst reported him
.s nfssing
Private Hrnurh waa "a graduate or
Nmhcrs' ,nllepe. cle.s 81 iolt He was
"a wears nld AMI es...sied last year.
Rcfnrt America entered The war he
,yas athletic coach at Worcester Poly
tcchnic Institute
Nalof Howard W Real. reported "a
having dici ~ wounds. was well known
in Ntw York. especially 20 Harvard
men. for he was graduated from the
Harvard Medical School IN 1898 and
made am enYinhle reputation on the
.arsity football team When the Span
ish War broke out he saw service AS
un army snrReon md passed several
years in the Philippines. In 1903. he
retired from the army and practiscd
mediciac at Worcester Mass.
A. tho outbreak Of the present war.
no Sail,d on tho hrst Red Cross ship
that left this country on September 4,
1914. He organized the American
Womans Hospital at Palrcton, Eng
land. remaining ns it's head for four
teen months. I'm December 1915 cX-
haustcd b. his efforts, h returned to
this country. When the United States
entered tie war he sailed with the
10Th Engineers on August G 1917. for
France. On July 1S, he vas wounded
near Mcntdidier and died there on
July 20.
Sergeant Harry Gebstein. of 52S East
135th Street, had been previously re-
ported killed. but his relatives were
made happy yesterday by an official an
nouncement that he was alive, having
been severely wounded in action.
Corporal William Ruckert, of Glen
Ridge. N. j., reported yesterday as
wounded, has had his name on the
casualty list three times. He was in
the first contingent of marines to go
eighteen years old. His father, a
native of Germany, readily consented
to his joining the service.
Private Charles Sankavitch, eighteen
years old, of 146 North Third Street,
in France, and his parents are exceed
ingly proud of him. He ran away from
home in May, 1917. and enlisted with
out the consent of his parents. Re-
Gently he wrote home, saying, "The
Americans are knocking hell out of
Fritz. l have already killed two Huns
that l am sure of, and Pm going to get
more of them. | am going to make d
record that will make father proud
home Sankavitch is in the Gath In
fantry.
Sergeant Peter ]. Roman. of 471
Spring Street, Elizabeth. N. j., vowed
vengeance on the Germans when the
Lusitania was sunk. He went into the
regular army, expecting the United
States to get into the war quickly. But
he did not get to France until last
September. Yesterday his relatives
learned that he had been killed in &C
tlon last month
William NJ. Farrar Jr., twenty-three
years old. of Orange, who, as private
IN the marines, captured five Germans
slnglc-handed in recent engagement,
has been made a corporal, according
to word received by his parents. Yes
terday they learned that he had been
wounded in action. At home he was
prominent in athletics
Sergeant Thomas II. Erb, of Maspeth.
l.. L., who twice distinguished himself
oy refusing to leave an outpost after
ne had been wounded during a four
hours bombardment, has died of his
wounds. according to word received bv
MS mother. He was twenty-three wears
old and member of the 165th Infan-
try He also served on the Mexican
border.
William ]. Kenny, a private, killed
in action. was one of three brothars
who answered the country's call at the
three sisters at 1853 Halsev street s'
brooklyn. He sailed for France in
April, after course at Plattsburp
lr letter to a sister, received about
the same time she was notified he had
been killed. he said:
ms life is vacation full of ad-
ventures. | have seen real fighting
and it is great"
Charles r. Lanxrehr, private, nine
.een years old, listed es wounded, was in
the Ihlrtieth U. S. Infantry. In re-
cent letter to his mother. Mrs. Anna
.angrehr, widow. of 73C Columbus
Avenue, he said:
\. am writing to ask you whether
New York City has been bombed bv
the Germans. We heard yesterday thai.
the German airrlanes and airships had
raided the financial district in New
York City. hope that It is only a
rumor. {"
1T does not seem possible that thos,
damnable Huns could ever ret info
New York. Yesterday some others in
the regiment and myself made can't
urc OF quite number of German sol.
diers, among them a captain. When
we were bringing him to our so-called
guard house, the captain said to orr
lieutenant:
II don't know what you madmcn
are going to do with me, but if YOU are
gong TO kill me, would like to mako
a request and ask you give me ,he
privilege Of letting me see -FOUR three
inch machine guns. Those guns have
done more damage to US ther ANYTHING
else and we certainly fear them"
Sergeant Edward K. Palmer. killed
IN action in France, was eighteen wears
IN the regular army, and saw service in
the .2anish American War. in China
and Japan, and was with General Per.
shlng on the border. His father was q
veteran Of the Civil War. In recent
Letter to his mother, Mrs. Caroline n
Palmer, Of 427 Monmouth street Trcn-
ton, n. j., Sergeant Palmer told of