Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-04

in April. 1917. lie lived with n sister
al 1G Osborne street, Wissahickon.
Private John r. bradley, both reported
as missing in today's official casualty
list are actually
RpDOrfed Missing, with their respec-
Soldiers " rite They busiiy engaged in
tr, san g,,L,;,u battling the bochcs.
according to letters
received from the
young soldiers by their relatives.
Both declared that they were in the
best ot health and spirits and were
h'y great time right up on the
firing line
Corporal niarabolla Is nineteen years
old and enlisted in october of 1916. lie
Is now attached to COMPANY l.. l11th
Infantry His parents live at 251 North
8N,y-second street.
Private bradley is twenty-four years
Did and lived ut iS31 Lancaster avenue.
Infantry a younger brother is also
IN The service of Uncle Sam.
Sergeant Lantus johnson, who died of
influenza on a transport bound for
France has been buried with full mill
tal\ honors in the hillside Cemetery.
lie was born in karlstrona. Sweden,
and came to America when child
WIth his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Olaf
Johnson, 1923 Mexican street. few
years ago he joined the Sixth Cavalry
a. q served s'N years in the Philippines
and on the Mexican border After hi
discharge he was employed as gun
tester at Eddystonc, Although widower
~ The father OF a daughter, johnson
aiNcd exemption IN fhe draft.
Funcral services were held at the
:. ohnson homo last week. The Rev. { a.
''' E'"doI, pastor of the GustaVus
"ophus SwCdi Lutheran church
SA.'enth and Mexican streets, oflica ed
Private Francis !. Corrignu. who dico
htr n
victim ot epidemic influenza. lie was
sex for only five days Private Corri-
wins. He enlisted in October Of last
%taG wa, trained at Fort Slocum, New
York and sent to- France In August of
,alE r., year as a member of the Eightieth
tI'Iu NrtiI.,rN lie was twenty-five
years old and lived with an aunt at 1906
1Ecrsol street.
Private Max Schlossbcrg. officially re-
ported today as having died of pneu-
upula. was still another victim of in
luonza. Though his name appears on
he war DeDai ,mou, ls .s d di nf d. s-
case, his aunt. with whom he lived ut
sl2 North Marshall street has received
no notification of the fact. He was nine
t,cn years old and previous to enlist
mCnt in September of last year, was
employed at Il big local bakery, The
Young soldier was a member of Com
1anY VI, Ninth Infantry. D. gu ar amy.
Private Francis W. Fngnn. killed in
action, was aboard the Moldavia when
| that transport was torpcdocd, but es-
capped injury. lie
EScaDed Torpedo, was instantly kill
Killed by Shell ever! v during the
heavy lighting of
August 80. Private Fagan was twenty
| one years old, and enlisted in the rogu-
| lar army in July of 1917. He WAS train
| ed at gettysburg and Camp Greene.
| ana sailed Tor FRANCE h May OF TINS
| ysar. Tho young soldier made his home
! Mth two sisters at 3i66 Reach street.
| Previous to- joining the colors he was
| employed 10y a local firm of electrical
| with one of the Pennsylvania units.
| Private Fagan was member of Com
pany y. Ffty-eghth Infantry.
corporal Charles W. Dorrites, wound, 1i.
/ mother, who lives at 25O5 Garnet street
| that h. has virtually recovered and eN-
poets to rcioin his regiment very short y
| He IS twenty-five years old and en-
iIegimen,, y. q. p, and Went to Franc.
in May of this year as member OF
Company II. lo9th Infantry. He was
| lormerly employed at Midvale.
Private Maxwell \. Kctzer, mournec
as dead or At best. prisoner in Ger
| many nstoundcd his parents by walk
ing into his home al ?6' N0rth SlMtl
street last Friday night The young
had been painfully wounded and alst
| blinded by gas during the heavy bonn
! sardmcnt put over 10y the Germans OF
July Il. Picked up by ambulance, men
he had been taken to French hospi
| al For two weeks he was in no Condi
tiun to tell who he was or what uni
ne belonged to. When he was able I,
make his identity known the trencl
| hospital authorities failed 10 report hi
presence to his commanding oiilcHr,, -
| hat he was officially listed as missing
Finally he was transferred to an Ameri'
can hospital. but for some unknown rea'
! son The authorities of that institution
| also failed to report his presence. Event
ually he recovered sufficiently to b.
brought back to the United States an'
aiken to "A convalcscent hospital in New
! Jersey. He is now At his home ON
| yack!s leave. Private kotzer enlisted
| Il the National Guard of PennsylNanii
| in tho summer of last year ana Went 7,
France as a member Of Company |
l1Oth infantry.
l36th Machine Gun Battalion. wa
| wounded September IS, in the fighting
otth OF Nerdun. Private Ascough wa
drafted in April, and after training a
Ills parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James As
cough, live AT 4i05 North Ninth street
lis name has not yet appeared on III
| ,fiCial casualty list, but word OF ms IN
uiy was received in Il letter from In
oung soldier himself
Corporal John J. Branneily. 3l5th In
fantry, was severely wounded in tn
battle OF the Meuse. according to "A lei
ter received by his parents, who live a
; 1927 Mexican street. He was dratte
in November Of last year, trained a
| Camp Meade and went to France in Jul,
DoraI Brannelly is graduate of III
Epiphany ParOchial School and of III
Southern High School and was employee
in the drafting room of the Philadelphia