Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-05
HEROOF 2 WARS
KILLED. ACTION
Lieut.. Seth Hcthcringlon
Fought Spaniards at
Age of Fifteen
WISTAR MORRIS MISSING
Drive in Argonne Took Heavy
Toll of Philadclphia's
Soldiers


Lieutenant Seth O.. lIctbcrinstou. son
OF former civil Service Commissioner
Albert c. ITetherington 1913? Choa'uu'
street has been killed in action; tiou-
tenant Wistar Morris son ~ \. sanders
Morris, of Ilaverford. H. wlss.ug and
lieutenant Essle Gordon Wagner aul
lieutenant Thurston L. Davies. son of
tho Rev. John VI. Dawes. ot tho First
Presbyterian church. Gloucester 'N'
have been wounded, according 10 'oie-
grams received from The War Depart
ment.
lieutenant Totherington met lbs
death durinl the American drive W tNo
Argonne. September 26 20 October g.
in which 50 many Philadelphia officers
aud soldiers were killed or wounded.
Lieutenant Norris disappeared during
me same Week I''u''"au' N7En',
ana Ll'ulr"',H' ''"'''@ "''' "J''''
carrier lh s'p''"'''''
Was spanish War Veteran
Lieutenant IfotlcriuEt5u yas attached
"a Company -. OF the "'5tn tnruuj-,
Philadelphia own regiment Of drafted
men Although tho youug Officer was
only thlrty-th-cc years old ho saw 8orv-
ice durins tno Spauisl-NmorI'an war.
serving at the age Of 0ttccn, on the sDaW
or Judge Robert I'aEIoW 'non colonel
oI u.e Nv rIS,,.rt,,,,.,,, -
ate of tho De Lancy School and tho
Hayerford school and was n noted
athlete and horsemau. He became as
socisted with tho Pennsylvania Rail
road In the motive power department
after leaving school and later was super
intendent of motive power for rail-
road constructed in Brazil by British
capitalists.
Contracting fever on the upper
Amazon he was forced to return TO this
country and entered the coal business.
He earned'his commission at the first Of
ficers' training camp, tort Niagara, was
ordered 10 dutF at camp Meade ana
aided IN Whipping 'he 'loIh regiment
into shape TOT a'''Ne SERVICE
81 want No Tears" lie urot.
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nc uau ur'u -, '"''' "0'''S
at FoIt N,ae''" ~ 50 NV '''' '''"''s -
but retuse" ..,,. i.,,-.-.. ..,,
no ne sa.u ~ ".i''."! uol9 VIII
get me otto" W. '".7 wal He was 4
strict uisclpll,la.. ."'., out was unitormN
Just anu was " popL'aI VIZ, ms men
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ter a. Lleu'''".' Ii's'vH' Is
oacterlo'Vs ,I,l.,,,,ar 1o,o.,Ia,.e states
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l"e 10 S,,,'o.t-,-,,., iIVHl nus
SON M ~ - 80 SeS'eIuay'
the oHlcer N.o.e uusou' 'orty
feet unue' siou.'' y, 'Iat utne' il
O'Clock AT p'e-'' i.e '-,I ms IouI'aHes
hau "o'" ,uv'' -a' I'''NS ""''oHt cor
tlnuouS'9 SIN" D. Il" i'o ueI.aTeu ue
was waiting Tor inc slghai 10 go over
The top at $50 the next horn'ng'
IF 1t is necessary that MAKE 'he
supreme sacrihce,' he addoo, "a"t
no tears but only rejoicing that was
able to give my life for my country
Lieutenant Morris was attached 10 the
Twelfth Aero Squadron, First American
Army Corps. when he disappeared Tho
last letter written home BY the officer
was on Septembor 27. and in this he
said that ba had been in action and
os or his s'o u,ane sU.''' "0''' ''''' - ''''
JJeutenant wistar Morris is a grad
- - ~. ,.a,,snta-I S,h,oI ord an
uato OF INC lndNeIloTu F''l''' anu ''''