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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
TREASURY URGES
DOUBLE ZEAL FOR LOAN

Washington, Oct. 9.--"At the present
rate of going and with the present aver
age per capita subscriptions" said a
Treasury loan review today. the fourth
Liberty Loan may not reach the desired
goal within the allotted time"
Prompted by unfavorable reports OF
the last few days, many Liberty Loan
organizations throughout the country to-
day adopted the slogan double the
third" as a campaign cry.
Liberty Loan speakers" said the
Treasury loan review. were asked to
impress this slogan upon their audiences
and newspapers urged to tell readers the
fact that the basis for subscriptions to
the fourth loan should be the third loan
subscription multiplied by two"
Officials are frankly puzzled over the
situation shown by their reports. In
spite of most favorable accounts of ,local
achievements coming from all parts OF
the country, discouraging totals are
shown in the subscriptions cleared
through the Federal reserve banks. Com
pared with the third loan at the same
period of the campaign. the fourth Is be-
hind in actual money returns
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turned home and gone off again with
the war relic train before sne received
any Official notification that he had been
wounded.
There are thirty-nine names on the
days nonor roll for the city and dis
trict' three Philadelphia soldiers having
been killed in action. the same number
having died Of wounds and two from
disease while twenty-five have been
wounded, A young soldier from Lans-
downe has been killed and a sergeant
from Fallsington has died of wounds
The official casualty list released for
the morning papers today contains 3l2
names, including forty from Pennsyl-
Vania' while the afternoon papers list
contains $40 names, including forty-five
PpnnSNlNaDiaps ...t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
PRISONERS DIG GRAVES
Sent From Camden Jail to Help
Relieve Funeral Stress

Six prisoners have been sent from
the Camden County jail to assist In the
digging Of graves al Evergreen and New
Camden Cemeteries to prevent delays
for funeral professions reaching the
cemeteries with victims Of Influenza and
pneumonia. Including yesterday, l06
deaths from pneumonia and six from
influenza had been listed at the city
Hall. where burial permits are recorded,
while records at the offices of the Board
of Health showed 2405 eases reported by
fifteen physicians, with thirty doctors
yet to report.
Cooper Hospital is filed with patients.
and IL has been planned to open an
other ward. The Homeopathic and the
Municipal Hospitals also are crowded.
while at the Emergency Hospital ar
rangements are being made for the
opening OF another ward on the first
floor for the accommodation OF about
fifty more sick
Through the cooperation OF officials Of
the Victor Talking Machine Company
twelve OF the women employees at the
plant who have had training have Nolun-
teered for work in the emergency ward
at Cooper Hospital They are to serve
In three details of eight hours each.
and their salaries will be paid by the
company
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
INFLUENZA GAINS IN STATE
Believe Crest of Epidemic Has
Not Yet Been Reached

Harrisburg, oct with the report
ing Of 157 new cases of Spanish infiu-
enza here, members of the city Health
Board said that there appears tn he no
abatement in the epidemic. Two more
dea this due TO the disease occurred here
yesterday
The western part Of the state report
cd few cases today, but in the east
Lancaster repoStsd 1000 cases. with
PhoeuiXville. Coatesville, Wrightsrllle
and other towns in that section, and
some Of the mining communities. sending
in statements OF more cases.
Reports reaching me indicate That
Influenza is still increasing in the state.
and the raising of the anti-congregating
order Is not anywhere in sight" said Dr.
B. Franklin Royer. state Commissioner
of Health Reports from Philadephia
and Chester are to the effect that the
crest has oeeu reached. hut il is still
too early to talk about that point be-
ing touched in Schuylkill County or the
STATE al large.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
WAR PLANT NEEDS NURSES
+. G.. Budd Company Appeals for
Volunteers

In order that necessary war work may
be interrupted as little as possible by the
grip epidemic Miss \. Lidie Fite. chief
nurse of the welfare department of the
T.. q Budd Company. has issued an
urgent appeal for women to volunteer to
help fight the scourge among the en-
ployes No special experience is needed.
she SAYS. Any practical women can
perform the duties of nurses aide,
The situation at the several plants OF
the company is fast becoming critical,
Miss Fite said, More than 500 employees
already have been stricken, and unless
the spread OF the malady Is speedily
checked work necessary to the war will
suffer Virtually all of the 1000 em-
plOyes of the company are engaged in
making supplies for the nations armed
forces in France.
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WILL. PENNSYLVANIA COME
THROUGH WITH THE
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
OR WILL. 1T
GIVE THESE MEMS ACTIONS
THE LIE?

designated by President Wilson as Lib
erty Day.
we can't stop to have a band and
speeches. said Captain Lederer THE
men are too busy rushing supplies to the
boys over in France to observe any 'hit
hip hurrahs' for doing only their duty"
To date the civilian employees OF the
Quartermaster Terminal, at Greenwich
Point. have raised $4,000 for the loan.
The committee in charge of the cam
pa ign has set a voluntary quota of
$500, 600 and expects to raise the greater
part OF II at a big celebration to be
held Saturday afternoon.
In spite OF the influenza epidemic. the
employees will hold a big open-air loan
rally. The terminal comprises num-
Der of buildings and covers a territory
of about five square miles. More than
$500 men are working there, and every
one of them has promised to attend
the meeting. There will be three six
round bouts. in addition to speakers for
the loan. and a band concert.
The Mortgage Trust Company of
Pennsylvania has subscribed $4,000.
In southern Jersey
Three countries i'm Southern New
Jersey report subscriptions aggregating
sZ lsOUU TOT the HTSl rev utNS OF lnt
campaign. The counties are Burling-
ton. with s74.650 Atlantic. with s34,-
$50 and Mercer. with S101,S00.
Towns reported today that have won
honor flags are Ogontz Marrysvile,
Devon. Berwyn. Newville, Merton, VII
lanovs, Cynwyd. Stokes. Poges, Wynne-
wood and Bridgeport.
of the above towns. Merton with a
quota of S3S,5O0 has subscribed s239,000
The Maine Line district has more than
subscribed its quota with total to
date OF sl,619,900.
Bridgeport. which today exceeded its
allotment of $465.OO0 attributes its sue
cess to the registration plan. On the
first day OF the campaign the people
OF Bridgeport were asked to register
their subscriptions to the loan.
Nearly half the population Of New
Vile is on the subscription list. Re-
ports made today show that its quota
was raised at the rate of $1,000 an, hour,
the town going over the top for $4,000
in seventy-two hours
The retail stores committee has Sc
cured 10 date more thaq 5000 ,subscrip-
tions, totaling approximately S1,100,-
900.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
II MORE GRIP DEATHS
in DAY IN GLOUCESTER
Fewer New Gases. However.
and Epidemic Is Believed
| nder Control

Although there have been twelve
deaths from influenza in Gloucester
since Yesterday noon. DR.. Harlan :
Miner. president Of the Gloucester Board
Of Health. believes the epidemic is al
last under control Fewer new cases
have been reported in the last twenty
four hours than in any similar period
since the epidemic started
Among the twelve who succumbed
since yesterday, six are shipyard work
ers. the most prominent Of whom is
Howard Barcklow, 2l6 North Broadway.
Gloucester member of the New York
Shipbuildtng company's baseball team
Barcklow played first base and was one
of the best hitters ON the team lie
died in the emergency hospital at the
Gloucester Fire Company last night.
The others are Edward Walmsley, 3l9
Warren street. and Harry Hess, sixth
street, both of whom died in the emer-
gency hospital at the puSey Il Jones
yard Charles Beyer. superintendent of
the PuSey 4 Jones plate and angle
shop; Andreas Mcleod. of New Ro-
chelle, y. Y, employed in the same
shipyard. and John Hickman. 1871 King
street. Henry &. Clark. a marine sta
toned at the naval aviation barracks at
Gloucester. died last night. The body
was sent to the Philadelphia navy yard
to he shipped to the home of his parents
at Macon. Tia.
Seventeen patients being cared for at
the fire house have been transferred to
the detention house Of the gloucester
immigration Station. There are now
fp " "a 10 "A "a
at the latter place. twenty-oue of whom
are soldiers who contracted the disease
while standing guard Al shipyards.
Among todays funrals will be that Of
Dr. Frank Dedaker, who died sunday.
The service will he held at his late
residence, 302 Monmouth street, this
afternoon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
DRAFT ORDER LISTS RECEIVED
Men in Sept. II Registration May
Learn Status From Boards

Lists of the serial numbers, drawn in
Washington to establish the order of
liability for army service of men from
eighteen to ,forty-fiye years old, who
registered September 12. have been re-
ceived by the fifty-one local boards.
They have been posted in the boards
offices, where registrants may now learn
their status.
A registrant may find his serial num-
her by looking down the list until he
finds the number assigned at the time
of registration.
Members OF several OF the local boards
have been stricken by Spanish Influenza,
delaying some Of their work. The de-
lay, however, Is not serious, as all
physical examinations and inductions
have been postponed on account Of the
epidemic. e.. = r
None Of the September 12 registrants
appears in the October calls. These
October contingents probably will not
start for camp until November. when
there probably will be heavy. drafts in
order to overcome the delay resulting
from the epidemic.
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1VFLUENZA KILLS
THREE OF FAMILY
Frank Connell. Wife and
Daughter Are Buried in
Same Grave
DOCTOR AND NURSE DIE
Give Lives i'm Service of Pa
tients at St. Joseph's
Hospital

Father mother and daughter. victims
OF spanish Influenza. win be buried ir
the one grave at camden today
A doctor and a nurse at 81 Joseph
Hospital have given their lives 10 min
lister to the stricken
Z Another woman died within twenty
-four hours after the husband she had
nursed passed away
, Three members of the Connell family
1e3 North Twentv-th"d street cam
den. died Of pneumonia contracted
through Influenza Frank J. Connell
died irst The death Of the wife. Mrs
Carrie ~. Connell. followed Then their
daughter Florence. ten wears old, died
Funeral services will he held At 3 80
O'Clock this afternoon. with burial in
Arlington Cemetery.
DR.. Edw n VI Smith aud Miss Rose
Cumming a student-nurse AT st .Io-
seph's Hospital died a the institution
yesterday martyrs to duty In minister
ing to influenza patients. Doctor smith
was born in Naldosta. ga and was a
fourth-year student at the University
of Pennsylvania He gave hs services
10 the poor during the height Of the
epidemic aud two days ago succumbsd
dying yesterday morning
Miss Cummings lived a. 1906 powelton
avenue and had been 2 nurse in training
for year She had devoted herself
sssiduously to the task of attending the
III and several days ago was stricken
Within twen'y-four hours Of the death
OF her husband from pneumuDia. de-
veloped from influenza. Mrs Sadie IL
mer died In the home Of her mother-in-
law, Mrs. Alice Ulmer Monday. John
Ulmer. the husband. died sunday Their
home was AT 2OO2 Mexican street. Ar
rangsments fcr the funeral have not
been completed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
REALTY MAN DIES OF GRIP
John f. Lewis. Liberty Loan
Worker. Succumbs in Tioga

John t., Lewis. Tioga real estate
broker, with offices at 1924 West Tioga
street, died of influenza Sunday at his
home, 2lO9 West Pacific street Mr..
married Florence Goidner March g. 1914
He il survived by a widow and two
sons. John G. and Raymond II. Lewis.
Mr. Lewis was a member Of Richard
NauN Lodge No. 3S4, of Masons. He
was conveyanCer OF three building aud
loan associations - Preparedness. the
Efficiency and the Mutual Friends. He
was a member OF the Philadelphia Real
Estate Board and was appointed on its
fourth Liberty Loan committee
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
GENERAL WOOD IS 58
Training Boys for Overseas.
Hopes to Accompany Them

Camp Funston. Kan. Oct 9.-Major
General Leonard Wood today celebrated
his birthday anniversary. having reached
the age of hfty-eight years. Denied the
opportunity of overseas service with the
division he trained and which is now in
France, General Wood is now In COM
mand OF Camp Funston. where he is get
service.
General Wood still clings to the hope
that he will be allowed to go overseas
with the boys now training under his
direction.
|. General Wood. sometimes called 'the
Prophet of Preparedness" constantly
breaches against overconfidence. He tells
his soldiers that when any one asks how
"Intil We win i'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
SKETCHES OF THE HEROES

. l.,
member of the First City Troop and
prominent socially in this city. has been
killed in France. according to a cable
gram To his father. Charles +. Ingersoll
1873 Rittsnhcuse square. widely known
| flnancier. The cablcgram gave no de-
/ tails and II Is not known whether Cap
tain Ingersoll met his death in action
or by accident
Captain Ingersoll commanded Com
pany II. of the 3I3th Infantry comprised
OF drafted men OF Baltimore, in which
several elphians-Captain Efing-
ham b. Morris. Jr.. Captain Gurney
Smith and others--~ere COMPANY COM
manders. Major General Joseph r.
Kuhn was the division commander. The
SeVenty-ninth landed overseas several
months ago to join the Fifth Army
Corps, commanded by Major General
Omar Bundy.
While II was generally supposed that
the Fifth Corps might have been in the
engagements which resulted in the re-
duction of the st. Mhiel salient, there
has been nothing yet officially reported
from France to give that impression.
Captain Tngersoll. who IL twenty
eight years old and unmarried was a
member of the First City Troop when
the war against Germany was declared
Of the fellow troopers he went to Fort
Niagara to the officers training corps.
and was commissioned captain of
cavalry. Later he was transferred to
the infantry and sent to Camp Meade.
where he was placed at the head Of
the company of Baltimore boys.
lie was educated at st. Paul's School,
Concord, y. H., and was graduated from
Princeton University in 1912, and later
at the Law School of the University Of
Pennsylvania, lie was admitted TO the
bar and had established offices at 1904
Morris Building. Captain Ingersoll Is
survived by his parents. three brothers
and two sisters. Miss Anna Warren In
gersoll ard Mrs Orville Bullitt, one of
his brothers, Ensign Charles Jared In
gersol. is in the navy. and the Others
are John II, w Ingersoll and Robert
Sturgis lngersoll.
SERGEANT BERNARD n. ROGERS.
died Of wounds. was a nephew OF. Judge
Joseph +. Rogers of the Common Pieas
Court. Sergeant Rogers was only seven
teen when he enlisted in the old flrss
Regiment. y. q. r.. In the spring OF
1915. After serving through the Mexi-
can border campaign he was honorary
discharged and acted AS clerh
for his uncle until the First was is
mobilized to do guard duty through
the state. lie responded TO the call;
was later sent to Camp Hancock anu
attached TO Company X, l09th lntanlry'
The youthful soldier passed away on
September 6, according 20 Letter re-
ceived by his sister. Miss florehce
Rogers. 1914 Glenmore avenue,
In his last letter home sergeant
Rogers spoke enthusiastically OF army
life and added: "Who would nave
/ thought two years ago that good plu
! August of 1918 holding down a front
! line trench in the greatest war the
I world has ever known"
PRIVATE FRANCIS NJ h1
severely wounded is the son OF mr anu
I Eleventh street. lie enlisted IN tht
\ regular army In August OF 1917. wa
| trained al camp Greene. assigned 70 tns
Twelfth Machine Gun ReRiment ana seni
oyerseas last January. ~ Iett<I oseso so
septsmb>s heree'e ~ ''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
Nurses Are Kidnapped"
SO Great Is Demand

Nurses arc being kidnapped. 50
great is the demand for their serv.
ices on influenza patients.
Just as she left case on which
she had been engaged nurse was
approached yesterday by man
who put her into taNicab and
whired her away to his home, of.
fering her any salary to nurse his
wife.
The Visiting Nurse Society has
had several OF its nurses waylaid
ON their way home at night and
taken TO spend half the night min.
istrring to sufferers in their negh.
borhoods.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
ARSENAL WALKERS BEAT GRIP
Frankford Men Go to Work on
Foot. Avoiding Crowded Cars

Walking clubs are being organized by
the employees Of FrankfCrd Arsenal as
an influenza preventive measure As
the bulk OF the arsenal workers crowd
the cars and thus expose themselves to
the danger of contagion. II was decided
that half-hour walk to and from their
homes was better than contracting the
disease.
This plan is being urged as probably
the only solution to the crowded con-
ditions OF the cars, which has been Civ
jng officials of the arsenal some con-
bern. Most of the workers live within
walking distance OF their work. and they
are enthusiastic over the scheme 20 help
prevent the spread of Influenza and get
a little beneficial exercise.
4. In addition TO this, an order has been
issued requiring the workers to take
exercise IN the open air AT certain PEE
RODS. Reports received today indicate
that there Is some slight decrease in the
number Of arsenal workers incapacitated
by the epidemic
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
DR.. COLL HAS INFLUENZA
Second of jersey Soldier Vote Com.
missioners to Be Stricken -

Atlantic city. oct 9.-Dr. FTaICIs
B. Coll, secretary to the County Board
OF Taxation, Is the second of the cleo
ton commissioners appointed by Gov
ernor Walter H. Edge TO take the soldier
vote in Camp Dix during the recent
primaries, to be prostrated by influenza.
Prosecutor Edmund g. Gsskill. another
commissioner. IL slowly recovering af-
ter critical attack Of the same Illness.
Doctor Coll. former Philadelphian and
graduate OF the dental department. Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania is in preca-
rious condition, the physicians being
compelled to resort to the use of oxy-
gen. lie is noted athlete and swim
mer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
EPIDEMIC CAUSE OF SUICIDE
Commandant Of Camp Grant Kills Him.
self in Quarters

Camp Grant. Ill.,. Oct. o. Colonel
Charles b. Hagadorn. acting comman-
dant Of Camp Grant. committed suicide
in his quarters at the cantonment. His
body. with a pistol wound in the head.
was found in bed yesterday.
Colonel Hasadorn has been in command
OF Camp Grant for month. Officers
at the camp said he had been showing
the strain imposed on him by the pnen-
monia epidemic. He had been troubled
by insomnia.
Colonel Hsgadorn was drawing in
structor at West FONT for fourteen
years and was military attache in Petro-
grad and chief of staff in the Canal
Zone He was unmarried and his home
was in Elmira.'N. Y. sttt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
Or. W. A. Van DERVEER DIES
Former Surgeon at Hahnemann
Succumbs to Pneumonia

Word Of the death Of Or. Warren A.
Van Derveer former assistant sur
geon at tIshnemann Hospital has been
received from Portsmouth. Va.
Doctor Van Derveer was Surgeon in
the navy and was transferred TO Ports
mouth from League Island several
months ago. He contracted pneumonia
while on duty at Portsmouth
He was son OF Dr f-ogg- W. Van
rtrveer, Of Mount Holly. ~ i. His
widow was formerly Miss Anna + Ha .
ris of Mount Holly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

rats Is The ,cord that came from
France
Right IN the Hne OF the HUNS
oduaHcc
Thcy placed the men from The Rcy.
stone State
To hold the Keystone Of our fate,
Faster aud faster the groV ranks
came.
Led and fol!oiccd bU gas and dame.
TO brcdk their woy TO the coast At
BIT the Gudrd held fast t,
Then' as the rithcring tempest
broke.
1hc great tied Marshal launched
his stroke.
AHd right at the front he placed
again
1hc National Guard Of TIC state Of
PENN
ClerE and larVsr, a ycar before:
BW HcD broke the best OF the
PrUsSidn corps'
IN front Wds Deah-there ras
Freedom. too
And He Guard Weni thrOUgh,
DR.. Arthur Hobsor. Quinn. Dean
of the College. University Of
PENNSYLVANIA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
COAL BURIES GRIP SUFFERER
Negro Driver Recovered and Met
Accident on Return to Work

Neither the influenza nor the expert
ence of being buried under nifty tons
OF coal has had any bod effects on
Richard Brady, negro. of 3l2 East
Haines street. Brady. coal driver.
had just recovered from an attack Of
~-ip Monday. He was loading coal
into his wagon. when the entire load
was spilled on him and he was swept
into the compsny's bins, fifteen feet
below
Twenty men dug him out and IN
thirty minutes
Brady was taken 10 the Germs ntown
Hospital but he had regained cons
sciousness before he reached II and was
sent home In few minutes. without a
scratch to show for his experience.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

Frank Griffenberg, forty-four years
old. 562I Germantown avenue, died at
his home of pneumonia following an at
tack Of influenza He has been i'll since
last Thursday Mr., Griffenberg was
born in smyrna, Del, but has lived in
this city for twenty-five years, for six
teen of which he has been in the meat
business His funeral will take place
saturday. lnterment will be made in
Chelten Hills Cemetery He is survived
by two brothers and two sisters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
Divinity Students Dig Graves

Owing to the scarcity OF labor and the
employees afflicted with influenza, the
Catholic diocesan authorities have
called for volunteers among the students
of st. Charles Seminary AT Overlook to
aid in digging graves in the Holy Cross
Cemetery. Thirty OF the seminaries
have responded for this work of mercy,
and will continue as long as their serv-
ices are needed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
Bank Official a Victim

William j. Hardcastle. thirty-seven
years old assistant secretary OF assist
Trust Company. died today In Media OF
pleurlsy caused by influenza. He was
prominent in Masonic Odd Fellows and
Methodist Church circles. He leaves
widow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
FATHER 0'DRISCOLL DEAD
Germantown Seminary Teacher
1 Victim of Influenza

After few days illness. the Rev
William O'Driscoll. of ST. Nincsnt's
seminary. Germantown. succumbed yes
terday 10 an attack Of influenza fol-
lowed by pneumonia. His mother was
with him AT the time OF death. He
ras native OF Brooklyn and had been
studying for the priesthood in the order
NJ the Congregation OF the Mission for
nearly eleven years, and would have
been ordained had he lived few months
longer ar
He had received all the minor orders
and was ordained deacon by Cardinal
Gibbons lsst May In the Cathedral in
Baltimore. No arrangements have vet
been made for the funeral