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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
KEYSTONE MEMS DASH
DEFIES MACHINE GUNS
Corporal Roy Stewart Tells
How 18th Division Is
Talk of France

The Twenty-eighth tKeystone) Divi-
sion-Pennsylvania's own--composed Of
National Guard units Is the talk of
France and the pride of the American
expeditionary force" according to let
ter written home by Corporal Roy
Stewart. 329 Springfield avenue, Chest
nut Hill
Corporal Stewart is a member of the
, 103d Trench Mortar Battery. His par
ents are Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Stewart.
The 103d Trench Mortar Battery is at
present stationed just a short distance
from the graves of Lieutenant Richard
S. Bullitt of Torresdale, and Lieutenant
Quentin Roosevelt, son of the former
President, Corporal Stewart's letter
states. Both the lieutenants met death
in action against the kaiser's troops
Lieutenant Roosevelt in an air battle
and Lieutenant Bulitt in an infantry
attack.
Unpleasant Doing Nothing
I'VE have had a rather unplea san
job of sitting around here and doing
nothing thus far" the letter said.
Jerry CHATS the nickname for the
boche avators) comes over nearly every
night and drops bombs on us. We were
a nervous lot at first. but don't mind
II now.
"Lordy, but old Pennsylvania ought
to be the proudest state in the Union.
Her old National Guard that everybody
scorned. Is the talk OF France and the
pride of the A. +. F.
"Our old division took this region
right out in open wheat fields and
charged bare hills filed with machine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
ALLEGED BLACKMAILER JAILED
Charged With Attempting to Oh.
tain 100000 From Morgan
Rx Tho 1S.oci1foJ DroSs

Lansing. Mich, Sept l7.-I'nable to
furnish $4,000 hail, !. B. Thorn a
janitor. arrested by Federal authorities
yesterday on charge of attempting to
blackmail the family of J. +. Morgan,
was taken to Detroit today by United
states Marshal Behrendt.
According TO the officers who have
been working on the case for more thnn
fifteen months. letters were sent to Mr..
Morgans daughter stating tnat the en-
tire family had been inocuated with a
germ that would produce death within
three years. The writer. the authorities
declare, offered to sell the antidote for
the germ" for $4,000
Thorn. who Is fifty years old, was
arrested at Il hotel here when he came
to keen an appointment with person
whom he supposed to be Mr. Morgan :
daughter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
POISONED BULLET
WOUNDS CITY BOY
Henry Keifer Writes of In
fected Leg-Out of
Danger
SAW COMRADES + A LII
One Youth Has Narrow Es-
cape From Two Bullets
and Shrapnel

The use of poisoned bullets by the
Germans against American soldiers Is
told Of by Henry Keifer, 22O4 West Le-
high avenue. who writes home from a
base hospital in France, where he is
suffering from infection caused by one
Of these bullets. Keifer was shot in the
leg, and his wound at first threatened
10 be dangerous, but he writes that he
4 will recover
Keifer was wounded on July 81, when
his company went over the top three
times before they defeated the Germans.
He saw many of his comrades fall before
he was wounded He is twentN-four
years old He went TO France after six
weeks training at Camp Meade.
Private James c. Blelock, Of Glersde.
has written lCetter home on piece
OF covering taken from wrecked
French airpane. In the letter he tells
Of seeing the grave of Lieutenant Quen-
tin Roosevelt. whose body was buried
by the Germans and whose burNne
place was later captured by Allied
troops.
Lieutenant severely Hurt
From a hospital where he suffered
from several wounds Lieutenant j. Ed
mund Kerst 1890 Chestnut street writes
home to tell how he was wounded. war
Department reports say he is in a Sc
rious condition. He Is forty-three years
old, and served several years in the Ma
tional Guard. He sailed to France with
Company NJ. 10th Infantry.
Parents of William Merkle, $685. Ger
mantown avenue, have received woI. in
l. in,
ton, but are waiting for confirmation
from the War Department
Corporal Joseph NJ. Murphy. 1929
South Twenty-first street. writes home
that he has been cited for conspicuous
bravery and recommended for a badge
of honor for rescuing wounded under
dre and gallantry in action. Corporal
Murphy enlisted in the old Third Regi-
ment, and was transferred to Company
d. 110th Infantry.
Corporal Joseph V. Reed has written
to his mother. Mrs. Ellen Reed. 1854
Fairmount avenue that he had a mar
row escape from serious wounds in aC-
tion. He was hit on the wrist by shrap-
mel, bullet grazed his knee and an
other went through his gun sling. Be
lieve me-" he writes, Il was smelling
flowers"
Shell Knocked Him Down
Sergeant James II. Farley son of
Daniel Farley, 20s6 East Lippincott
street. is in a hospital suffering from
wounds received in action, according 10
. letter from him to his father. a
shell exploding fifty yards away knocked
him down, and when he had recovered
-kks wits he found he had been wounded
In the leg. He lay in a shellhole three
hours before he was found.
The reunion OF two brothers, Joseph
@. and Benjamin s. Milton, in France is
described by them in letters to their
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. B. e. Milton, 377
North Sickes street.
They were separated in an American
training camp and found each other
year later on foreign soil. Joseph is
In the Seventy-sXth United states Field
Artillery and Benjamin is in the Third
Cavalry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
STATE CONTROLS CITY WORK
Permission Necessary for Needle
Repairs and Construction

In addition to securing priority or
ders from the War Industries Board
city officials in the future viii have TO
appeal for permission to make needed
repairs and improvements TO a State
director. b. Dawson Coleman, Penn
sylvania director of construction and
materials of the Council of National
Defense, is now in control of all work
He has been authorized to pass upon
the necessity for all building and re-
pair work in excess of $25O0. No per
mits will be granted by the Federal
Board unless they have first been APP
proved by. the State Council. The oh
ject of the double supervision is 10
eliminate the unnecessary tying up OF
labor and materials.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
TO COLLECT WORN CLOTHING
Red Cross Will Begin Campaign
of Collection September %

The Southeastern Chapter of the
American Red Cross, In common with
every other Red Cross chapter in Amer
ica. on September % next will begin y
one weeks campaign tn collect used
clOth'ng for the Belgians
At least 400 tons of clothing are to be
obtained in the Pennsylvania Delaware
division of the Red Cross, That Is the
rinimum allotment set by Red Cross
officials
The nationwide aim of the campaign
is 5000 tons of used clothing for the l0.-
100000 imprisoned people in occupied
Belgium and France.
Their. courage challenges our char
ity," the Red Cross slogan declares.
Let us match the courage of Belgium
with the generosity of America"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
Want Prisoners for War Work

Resolutions advocating the parole of
inmates Of penal and correctional in
stitutions that they may serve tbs
nation by working on farms, roads or in
other useful capacities, which were
American Institute of Criminal Law and
criminology, were sent today to the
Governors OF every State In the coun-
try and both branches OF Congress. The
resolution also urges Congress to enact
legislation authorizing similar employ
ment Of all United siptes prisoners.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
fire DESTROYS WAR PLANT
One Hundred Pottstown Work.
men Escape in S225.OOO Blaze

Pottstown. Pc, Sept, 17.--Fire which
spread with lightning rapidi'y, caused
by the explosion of oil in n shell-band
heating furnace, resulted In n s225.O00
fire at the North Americ"n Motors plant,
here Yesterday. More than 100 work
men had hairbreadth escapes from being
trapped. not even having time to pro-
cure their clothing.
The building destroyed was No. 2
shop. used to finish shells for the United
States. More than 1900 siX-inCh shells.
valued at 10000, were destroyed. The
Government also loses upward of $780,
900 in high-class mr. chinery, copper and
other costly materials. Twenty-one
lut utomobiles. which We're in storage.
we're burned One was valued at
10000. The Chadwick Company's loss
s at least $4,000
The breaking Of an oil pipe when run
over by a shell truck, originated the fire.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
SUSPECTED OF BURCLARIES
Negro Arrested in Swsrihmore to Be
Brought Here

Alonzo Madison, a negro, who is said
TO have completed recently a fve-vear
sentence in the Eastern Penitent'ary,
Was arrested by Chief of Police Swee-
ney, OF Swarthmore. after an alleged
attempt to enter the home of Mrs. John
Lurgrim, Swarthmore.
Residents of Swarthmore have been
terr6tized lately by series Of bold rob
berries Madison will be brought TO Cen
trail Station following hearing before
Justice veeiker 70 see II City Hall de-
tsctiyes can identify him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
BLIND MAN TO CARVE FLAG
Wooden Service Emblem Con.
structed bv Sightless Artisans

Little Joe" Lucas, who was an expert
cabinetmaker before he became blind,
has been delegated to carve the stars
on a mahogany service flag" which will
be made and hung in the Pennsylvania
Working Home for Blind Men, Thirty
sixth street and Lancaster avenue, in
honor of the relatives of inmates in
service.
Nearly 100 stars will decorate the field
of this unusual flag which the blind men
will he able to see" with their fingers.
one of the blind workers has fifteen rela-
tives in the service Twelve have sons
in the army. six have brothers any many
have cousins or nephews.
The unveiling of the flag will he a
part of the ceremonies during the institu-
tons campaign fpr sl50,000 for the eX-
tension u the home to meet the Govern
ment's need. Yesterday, the first day
Of the campaign, more than $1,000 was
subscribed The workers will report to-
dsy's results at luncheon in campaign
headquarters in the Adelphia Hotel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
BELClANS NEED! CLOTHING
Campaign for 5000 Tons Begin
Next Monday
Ry the AsSOciated Press

Washington. Sept, 17.-Five thousand
tons of clothing for the destitute people
Of occupied Belgium and France is the
object OF a campaign announced todfN
by the American Red Cross for the week
beginning next Monday.
As in the previous campaign the
clothing will he collected by the chapters
nf the Red Cross throughout the United
states Every kind of durable garment.
for all ages and both sexes is urgently
needed,
In A message fsking the Red Cross to
undertake the work, Herbert c. Hoover,
now in Europe. says millions OF men
women and children are facing suffer-
ing. and disease and some of them death
for lack of clothing this winter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17

Atlantic City, Sept. Fifty years a
resident of the resort and in the earlier
days a power in politics Louis A. Dom
nelly died yesterday at the City Hospi-
tai. He was seventy-fye years old, Mr..
Donnelly was also one of the best
known "i'i7erg ~ the vsSN =
most solely through his enterprise that
paid fire department was established d
here during his term as fire commits
Il ~ We orio .u,N
he conducted the old Empire Music Hall.
which had great vogue here In the period
its sand dune conditions. His home re-
Gently was at i09 North New Hamp-
shire avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
TO RAISE SERVICE FLAG
Chancellor Street Residents Honor Bows
Saturday

Residents Of the 5000 block on Chan
ce' or street viii raisa q sarvcS flag
Saturday afternoon for fifteen boys Of
the block who are In the military serv-
Ice. An American flag will be raised
AT the same time. A program Is being
arranged by Fred Bcge-. seal Chance!-
lor street. II Is planned TO have a Lib
crty Sing and band concert.
The string raising the two flags will
he pulled by two small boys Howard
Gladfellow, 52S2, and Albert Edwards,
5249 Chancellor street. At night several
girls Of the block. ranging In years from
eight to twelve, VIII hold bazaar for
the Red Cross. At a recent bazaar they
raised $13 to buy smokes for soldiers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
ESCAPED SPY BROUGHT BACK
Fled From Internment in South.
Arrested in Spain

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 17.-(By /.
\. S).-Robert Fay. German spy, who
escaped from internment in the South
and was later captured in Spain, was
brought 10 this port today aboard a
United States gunboat.
He was brought ashore in charge of
an armed guard and taken aboard a
rain for New York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
DENMARK HONORS DR.. EGAN
Former American Envoy Gets Highest
Decoration Awarded TO Commoner

Copenhagen, Sept. liking Chris
tian has bestowed the grand cross of
the order of Dannebrog on Or. Maurice
F. Egan. former American Minister TO
Denmark.
This is the highest decoration which
can be awarded a commoner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
District Loan Quota
May Be Half Billion

y Continued from Page One
army camp at Mineola would fy over
Philadelphia and some of the larger
towns nthe eastern section of the
district. added Mr. Norton and the
announcement drew an emphatic plea
from the coal regions for sight of this
air fleet.
Would Save Time
1--WE want to save time as much as
possible," said Mr. Ludlow, there is no
use wasting three weeks in a sort of
continuous Billy Sunday campaign If We
I we can get over the top in less Statis-
tics show that so per cent OF the war
work of the nation is done in the fifty
supplies of the nation, including coal,
that are produced in the Philadelphia
district. So it's fact. not a theory.
that practically all the money invested
In bonds here will come back to our peo-
pie as wages"
c. F. Hess, chairman of the Wilkes
/ barre district, told Of the work in the
coai regions
Forty Million Pledge
Forty million dollars has already
been pledged 10 the fourth loan in this
city-s20, 900. 900 by representatives Of
, sixty-seyen fraternal organizations and
like sum by the Italian residents of
the Third Federal Reserve district
Representatives of the fraternal
ORGANIZATIONS met in the Mayors recep-
tion room. City Hall, last night. and
! were addressed by several persons, all
cf whom urged the necessity of greater
effcrt in this than In the third loan.
The fraternalists raised $4,000, 600
/, during the third loan campaign.
The Philadelphia Real Estate Boards
I plans for the fourth campaign were
discussed at a dinner In the Bsllcvue-
Stafford at noon today. The Reil
Estate Board nearly doubled its q iota
Z III the third loan,
Movies Men Lay Plans
The Liberty Loan Committee of the
= motion picture men met yesterday at
1 1914 Market street with Frank w. Buh-
Z Isf in the chair, Further progress was
4 made toward perfecting plans for their
/. part in the coming campaign.
I, The following were made captains of
I the seven zones into which the motion
picture men In this city have been di-
4 vided: Jules T. Mastbaum, president OF
the Stanley Company, first zone, Gem
1 trail: Fred G. Nlxon-Nrdlinger, second
\ zone, West Philadelphia NJ w Taylor.
(. third zone. Northern Philadelphia CO.
! lumbus Stamper. fourth zone, Northeast
! Phiiadelphia Abe Sablosky, fifth zone,
/, Eouth Phiiade lphia Or. Walter Stuemp-
I 0r. sixth zone, Germantown, and John
I NcGuirk, seventh zone. Northwest Phil
odelphia, including Tioga, Manayunk
ara adjacent territory.
The district loan committee has COM
I61oted arrangements with the Emergency
V1set Corporation for the naming OF a
41oO-ton steel ship now being built. The
mnue will be chosen by contest during
~ fourth loan drive,
~ parade bureau Is working on
- for : mammoth parade on the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17

al. As we neared MeauX We saw our
first fugitives on a road that was
living stream Of troops in CamiOns, guns
and trains hurrying to the front And
the refugees went straight to the heart
of us
1T was June | when we took mp the
support line with French troops. hard
pressed by the hoChe holding the line
out in front. The news was that the
boChc was coming. our first =. G.. was
in the outer edge of strip of woods
that is now two kilometerS in rear. with
as much protection from any kind of
fire a spot in the sneedway. Rut from
what the French told us the hoche guns
had got up in smrl numbers and that
in their fights the bo"hr ha | fought with
machine guns. a prodigious quantity of
them. and gre1ades. Our position then
linked up on the left in front of cham
DillOn with tho Fifth. who in turn had
the Twenty-third on their left. The
Fifth had Wise's battalion in line while
we had the First and Second. with Sih.
ley in supnort. ON our right we"e the
French. The next day. the ID the
French began to drop back. tired ont
and outnumhcred. and that afternoon,
by prearrarged plan. they were to pa So
through and our line was to become
,,a,., ,' ~
,,a hod 49,, ,to 20 y" a." ., ,,, ',,,,
,,,,ia" ,r,a w., .,,n,
n,,a.,,, ~ w., "I,1 wa
riIor,a,ar, ,,.i,h ,,, W. 49,,
,,o,,,,, ,'aco..,.a
Like Baseball Field
"wa had dronned bacl, fro,, o,,, .oo-
closc-to-nature p g and irstaIlod air.
selves in n horse in la Voie rb,,eI n
little village hetwaan C,h,mniIIon and
I.ucy-le- -BuCagn. From ono side wa had
observation of tha north and ,rber Tho
Germans attacked at + n m we had a
box seat. They were driving AZ Hin
1853 from the north and northeast. and
they came out. on a wonderfully clear
day, in two columns across a wheat
| field. From our dista0 II looked fiat
and green as a baseball field. set be-
tween n row of woods on the farther
side. and woods and a ravine on the near
side We could see the two thin brown
columns advancing in perfect order
until two-thirds Of the columns. We
| judged, were in view, The rife and ma
chine fire was inCessant and overhead
the shrapnel was bursting. Then The
| shrapnel came on the target at each
shot. It broke just over and just ahead
of those columns and then the next
bursts sprayed over the very green in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
DEATHS

DEATHS
CADELL.--D'ed of wounds in Limoges.
France, Aug. 30. 1918, EDWARD E. CA
DELL. AGED 81 years. only son Of Mrs. Ollie
FRY.--At Wayne. Pa. Sept. II. GEOR-
GEANNA. daughter of the late Robert r.
and Drusilla c. Fry. Funeral service Thu 8
. y. M. at the Oliver II. Bair Building,
1870 Chestnut st. Int. private.
POCNTNEY.-Dicdof OF wounds in France,
sent 5. 1918. WILLIAM ALFRED PoUNT-
NEY, Of the Canadian Army OF Reserve.
aged 20 years Late of East Russell ST.
HELP WANTED-FEMALE
DRESSMAKER wants waist and skirt hn-
ishers: long season: half day Saturday.
Annlv 1893 Chestnut. second floor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
ROOMS FnR RENT

LOCUST. ssia-il - Beautiful.y Asrai1hs1
raor-s; electrlc usht and lstssm hSzk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17

MISUNDERSTANDING evening. between Green
Lane station ard Park drive. black hand.
hag rontaining ladies' apparel and unhriahcd
sweater; liberal rega d. 234 Real Estate
T-ust Bldg
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-05
With Our Soldiers and Sailors
SENDS HOME INTERESTING
 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM FRANCE

E. G. Du Bois, of the hardware de- partment of the Arizona Stores Con- pany, received a letter from his son, Frank R. Du Bois, Somewhere In France, this week, which tells much of the country of our interesting lit tie ally across the sea.
 He encloses some photographs of different scenes there and among them is one of himself and "bunk:es" sitting on the tender of one of the French locomotives, which is 50 small compared to locomotives that we know that we would be able to pass it for one of the original American locomo- tives.
 The young man states further that himself and all of the boys are en- toying good health, which is always good news to the folks at home.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-05
HARLEY ID. DAVIS WRITES FROM THE
 FIRING LINE

Harley D. Davis writes to friends as follows:
 My Dear Friends.
 You will be more than surprised to hear that have not forgotten you, but instead think of you every day. l have moved from place to place so often that writing has been out of the question. Today has been rather a treat as we moved early this morning and have the rest of the day to orr selves. One nice thing is that we have houses or what is left of them, all furnished to live in. We have been within hearing, also reach of the big guns for the past week. We had the experience of being bombed by air plane and of an evening have to ma',e from one to ten dives for cover. Ex- pect to be going up where I will see what kind of metal I am made of be- fore many das. yHave belonged to a machine gun battalion for the past ten days without knowing where it is. When assigned they were on the front and l guess they are still there."
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-05
GREAT SALINE BODIES
 FOUND IN OIL FIELDS

Drilling for oil in Louisiana ard Texas has disclosed the presence of great bodies of salt at depths of a few hundred feet. Beds of 2000 feet in thickness are common, while one drill hole passed through 5000 feet of solid salt. The presence of salt in all oil fields of the country is we'll known, but most of it is in saturated solu- tions. In eastern California and south ern Nevada great beds of crystal salt exist the mining of which would be far less expensive than to mine the salt of the oil regions two hundred feet below the surface. For some time the salt mines of eastern San Bernar- dino county, California, were operated by Los Angeles corporation, and the mines near Rioville, Nevada, also fur nished salt to many mills, but the low price of the sodiums made the profit small and the mining of the rock salt was discontinued.
 In part of Nevada and the north western part of this county, much of the salt has been thrown down with gypsum, and it is possible that there is some affinity between the two when held in solution.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-05
TO BONDHOLDERS

"The Treasury Department again reminds holders of four per cent Lib erty Bonds that these securities are convertible into IA per cent bonds of the Third Liberty Loan, and extends warning that this privilege lapses November and cannot be renewed.
 A statement issued over the sigma ture of Secretary McAdoo says:
 Holders of these 4 per cent bonds lose nothing by exercising the priv ilege of conversion and gain IA per cent interest per annum. Holders of 4 per cent bonds should not wait un- til the last moment to exercise the privilege of conversion but proceed to do so promptly. Delay will result in overburdening the banking institutions of the country and the Treasury De- partment by making it necessary to handle all conversions at the last mo- ment, and may result in the loss of the privilege of conversion altogether.
 Holders of coupon bonds are strongly advised to request issue of registered bonds in order to protect themselves against the risk of loss, theft and destruction of their bonds.
 "Official Department Circular No. IA, with forms of application, has been distributed to Federal Reserve Banks and banks and trust companies throughout the United States. These institutions are asked as matter of patriotic service to assist bond hold CTS in exchanging per cent bonds for 4 IA per cent bonds and in register ing their bonds."