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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bailey and Mr..
and Mrs Harry Mosher Of wiscas-
set were Sunday the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. James E. Norman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28

Miss Katrina Medina and Miss
Hazel Taylor passed Saturday and
Sunday as guests of Miss Mildred
Weymouth of Readfield.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28

Will D. Jones and Ernest Bowler
of Palermo were Monday an this
city calling on Mr.. Jones brother
Fred Jones.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28

A clergyman in Syracuse. aged 70.
has become telegraph messenger
toy to help win the war.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28

Following is the order Of Memo
rial exercises to be observed next
Thursday afternoon. May so. under
the auspices Of Seth Williams Post.
No. 49, G. A. R.. following of tue
decoration Of the graves of the conf
rades in the various cemeteries Gf
the city. which ceremony will be
conducted Thursday morning, the
Post being assisted both in the morn
ing and afternoon exercises by the
members of Henry G. Staples Camp.
No. So, Sons of Veterans:
Formation of Line
The line will be formed on Water
street at 2.15 p. NJ. under the direc-
ton of Marshal Joseph p Grenier
Carriages will be formed on the
south side Of Market square, facing
Water street Members Of the city
government and clergy will be as
signed to carriages by Past Com
mander 4. 3. Perkins.
Platoon Of Police. J. s. Tyler chief
Joseph p. Grenier. Marshal of the Day
Aides. John c. HoweS and w H. Malloy
Augusta Cadet Band. Frank A. Dennis
Director
Henry G. Staples Camp. Sons of Vet
Grams
Seth Williams Post No. 10, G. A. r..
George +. Gay commander commanding
Disa bled Comrades in Carrla ges
Boy Scouts of America, Frank j. Con-
don commanding
Daughters of the Republic. Miss Mildred
Shea captain commanding
Seth Williams Independent Relief Corps
Gen. IhIl sheridan Circle. Ladies Of the
q. 4. r.
Seth Williams National Relief Corps,
No. Sc
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Orator and President Of the Dav
Rev. William r. Wood. Hon. Willis -.
Swift, Governor carl r. Milliken,
Ex-Governor Frederick w.
Adj, Gen. George Mel. Presson
United states Officials. .ugusta CITY
Government. Clergy and Citizens
Route Of Procession
Up Water street to Bridge IN
Bridge to State. down State street
to Monument park, where the col
umn will mass and Memorial services
will be held; after which and at the
sound of the assembly the Post and
Camp will reform and march to the
Penney Memorial church. the rest If
the column will he dismissed.
Exercises at Monument
Music, Augusta Cadet Band: ad-
address by Commander George +.
Gay; prayer, Chaplain James W.
White; presentation of wreaths. etc,
Mrs Lucy Ware; decoration of mon
ument, Past Commander n. ".
White, assisted by Sons of Veterans;
address. James w. White: music.
Augusta Cadet Band
Memorial Exercises at p. NJ, Pen
new Memorial Church
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28

voat pocket, and when he got no",'
hung his coat in the closet. He recehH'
got out the coat to wear for the mo
time since the banquet and found '"'
potato had grown a sprout more thd'
six feet long
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Alice Nielsen tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28
FOR OBSERVANCE OF
MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 80

Program for Afternoon Exercises, In
Guiding Parade, Exercises at Mon
unent Park and Penney Memorial
Church
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-28
Cured without pal1

Safe, easy treatment, p Hs..s
on SO years successful p ,.n.
tice In Maine. Cure gua'%es y.
teed. No operation OF ~ W
tention from business i'"
consultation, free letter.
Or. CT. FiSkE.Ee; pu
Specialist on Diseaseeoi ne.t,ss
IS Pleasant Az, " oodf :, I oistno
New Dewitt House. LS
Saturdays 10 AN - H.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
MEN FROM THE JAMS
VALIANT AS FIGHTERS
Woodbury. Youth Writes of
Bravery of Italian
Ardiii

Wondrcus tales OF the valor OF the
Arditi. assault troops OF tine Italian
army. who go over the top with gren-
ades in either hand and knives in
their teeth, are contained in a letter
written from the Balkan front by Louis
H. Moffett. Jr.. of Woodbury., y. j.. a
private in the United States ambulance
corps.
The letter was written to his father,
Louis B. Monett, Sr, head OF Pierce
Business College.
According to Private Moffctt, sor<
OF the Ardlti are recruited from the
Italian jails. yet their feats of bravery
have been such that today they are the
idols OF the Italian populace and moth
ing is too good for them.
Likening the predicament of those
hearing an approaching shell to tina,
of a person in a railroad tunnel. aware
of an oncoming train without knowing
it's direction, Moffett tells In a graphic
manner of the feelings OF the soldiers
when n projectile is coming toward
them. Its scream can be heard a mile
distant, and one has plenty Of time
In which direction 20 run.
"One soon learns to watch the ltal.
ians," he writes 81 think they can
hear the .Austrians put che shells In
the guns for you will be walking along
all unconcerned when suddenly you will
notice there isn't an Italian in sight
Then is the time for YOU To- hunt 4
hole"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
DRAFT ORDERS IN GRIP CASES
Major Murdock Takes Precaution
Against Spreading Disease

Major W. c. Murdoch, state draft oi-
ficer has issued notice to local boards
that they may suspend mailing of ques-
tlonnaires. If. in their opinion, the mall
ing would spread influenza. Major Mur-
dock has also cautioned boards to see
that records are kept where registrahts
have died from influenza or compIlca .
tions during the epidemic. He also asks
them to see that proper classihcatlon Is
given to registrants whose status may
have been changed by deaths OF depend
ents or by deaths Of persons whose de-
mise entails obligations upon men OF
draft age
A-numbes Of local boards have tele-
Eraphed that they have been unable 10
proceed with classifcations owing to the
epidemic and their medical members be-
ing engaged in caring for sick people III
their districts.
Major Murdoch has congratulated
local board No. 40, OF Philadelphia
which has not only completed classified
tion, but raised s12l,9O0 subscriptions
for Liberty Bonds among its rcEistrants
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
FIFTH WARD CASES MONDAY
Judges Fix Date for Arguments in
New Trial Motion

Argument for a new trial of Isaac
Deutsch. Ware leader of the Fifth Ward
Police Lieutenant David Bennett and
: their co-defendants in the Fifth Ward
conspiracy case will be heard Monday
next by the Chester County court. This
date was fixed yesterday by Judges But
Ter and Hause. Judge Hause was the
trial Judge when the defendants were
convicted on both indictments presented
against them.
The Board of Health of Chester
County prohibited a session of the GRIM
inal court because of the influenza cpl
demic, but the court decided argument
in the Fifth Ward case might go on.
]. Paul McElree. of counsel for the de-
fense. was instructed by the court to
inform William A. Gray. chief counsel
for the defense, of the date set. Mr..
McElree is convalescent from an attack
of Influenza. Assistant District Attorney
Joseph II. Taulane is prepared to pre-
sent the Commonwealth's side of the
argument.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
UNCANNY SHELLS PURSUED
CITY SOLDIER ALMOST HOME
A. Seepan FOUNDED Thery. Hit hen Being Car.
ried to Hospital and " as in Bontbarded 4red;
Then J-Bodt attacked
THERE is one returned soldier in this

TNHERE is one returned soldier IN this
l. city who believes he was singled out
on all occasions by German guns and
German frlghtfulncss.
lie is Anthony Joseph Seeman. the
first Syrian IN the American army to
be invalided home to Philadelphia. See
man enlisted July l9, 1871. when he
was only eighteen years old. though he
claimed TO be nearly twenty.
May Of this year saw him I'm France.
June found him in the trenches, and
when the Germans started their July
push Seeman saw his company dwin-
ding away beside him.
When the Americans made their brill
liant advance at Chateau Thierry the
young Syrlan's run OF III luck COM
menCed
July rs he received three wounds, one
in his thigh, one in his back and two
inch piece Of shrapnel in his body. In
addition, a particularly loud explosion
burst one eardrum. To complete his
days misfortunes Seeman was gassed.
Half unconscious. he was carried back,
but German airplane bombed the
stretcher on which ne lay, and he and
his bearers had to take refuge in Il
dugout just captured from the Germans.
When Seeman was finally deposited in
hospital behind the lines at Chateau
Therry he found himself still pur-
sued By German bullets. The hospital
was bombed and men on either side of
him were killed Seeman himself Won
ders how he survived the experience
Convalescent he was taken to Paris
and arrived there just in time to see
the last bombardment of that city by
! the long-range German gun on August
g. Even once away from French shores
| Seeman was still in danger as his ship
/ was attacked by six submarines and a
! sister convoy was torpedoed.
Seeman told of seeing one German
| boy-not more than sixteen who showed
| himself above the German trenches ber-
ging to be captured. II was learned
that this boy was born in America and
had been forced into the German army
against his will. His mother had told
him to surrender to the Americans M
! the first opportunity and he did so after
he had been in the trenches Just one
hour.
Seeman. though the son Of Syrian
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
SENTRY FORCETS HIS FORMULA
Boy Too Nervous in
Dark to Continue Quiz

\ chance meeting at night between
two Philadelphia boys. one of them ap-
parently "a little nervous" on the out
skirts of Camp Greenleaf. Ga, is related
by David Miller, corporal, in a letter
received from him yesterday by mem
hers of his family
We have mostly all new soldiers
here Corporal Miller wrote, "and they
have to do their share of guard duty. I
had occasion one night to go to see our
sergeant over the hill about half "A mile.
II was pitch dark and guard duty is
nervc-racli.ng to one who is not uCcus-
toned to 1t.
"A guard told me to halt and stop
ped. He was nervous, so | asked. Don [
you know what to say (Hes supposed
to ask. Who's there.D NO he an
swered i just came in from Philadel-
phia last Friday
"Then | walked up and found that
he was from the northwestern section of
the city. When | told him who ] was
he said a friend had asked him to look
me up when he got to camp"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
OAK LANE HAS PRIDE
in SOLDIER BROTHERS
Percy and James Neeld,
Twins, Serve With Charles.
Parents Do Bit

lIany residents of Oak Lane know the
Neeld boys and are proud of them. The
boys. the sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
w. Neeld,-are Percy L. Nceld, Charles
Webster Neeld, Jr.. and James Noble
Neeld Charles and James are twins.
Percy. twenty-four years old enlisted
last December in the gas defense de-
partment of the army, After spending
some time in this city he was sent to
Washington and rose to assistant chem
ical master. Recently he was trans
ferred to Cleveland, where he is working
on a new development of the gas mask.
He Is "A graduate of the Central High
School and the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy.
James enlisted in the army last Sep
tembcr. IN the quartermastcr depart
ment, and was sent to Governors Island.
| Thence lie went to Camp Mcigs. While
at this camp he was selected. with six
others. out of COO aspirants, to go to
an officers training camp in Florida.
| Following his examinations at the train
ing school he was ordered to Newport
News, where he was made assistant
camp master. He was graduated from
the Central High School and the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
Charles w. Neeld, Jr., was drafted In
February and sent to Camp Meade. He
soon was made a corporal He went to
| France last July. In Il recent letter to
his parents Corporal Neeld spoke highly
of the treatment Uncle Sans men are
receiving at the front and of their dare
devil bravery.
While their three sons are doing their
bit. Mr.. and Mrs. Need also are doing
their part. Mrs. Need is engaged daily
in Red Cross work in oak Lane and is
a member of the Navy League. Mr.
Need. who for years was president OF
the Germantown sectional school board
| is chairman OF the miscellaneous COM
! mittee of war resources and is a worker
| for the Liberty Loans
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
BOCHES ARE YELLOW
SAYS PHTLADELPHIAN'
Harry e. Cornfeld Writes He
Is Convinced German
4 Armies Are Beaten

Germans are yellow" and the Teuton
armies are beaten. according to Harry
@. Cornfeld. OF Headquarters Company,
Eleventh Infantry. who has'seen sufllci-
ent to confirm his statements.
Cornfeld has written n long letter to
Walter ]. Rosenberger. sec"n'ary of the
Smith. Kline & French, Soldiers Club,
describing many of his experiences in
France. Cornfeld was employed by
the company before he enlisted
During the last three weeks" he
writes, II have learned more about war
than / have learned In the past four
years War might be what Sherman
said 1t was. but the average fellow can
stand 1t. The more ! see of the Ger
mans the more | am convinced that
the German army Is beaten, and nearly
every German is yellow
II have seen and still see American
boys lying dead in fields and along the
roads. and not a few American graves.
The dead are buried as soon as possible
when | see these boys it makes me
wonder whether there still exists in the
states that same bunch of pacifists and
pro-Germans that existed before we left
or whether there Is still one person
who would be willing to deal with live
German on an equal basis.
II was in a large and once beautiful
French city only about twelve hours
after the Germans had hurriedly re.
treated and 1t was shameful to see the
damage done to harmless French homes
of no military value whatever. The
place had been bombarded by Allied
artillery. but only places Of military inn
portance were shelled, All the damage
done to the houses was from the inside
Furniture. bedding. food. paintings. jew
elry. clothing. kitchen utensils. drapcries
and other things of value were either
carried off or cut up and destroyed and
scattered over the streets.
II forgot to tell you that some oi
the boys get fresh milk every day. You
see, when you first come into sector
evacuated by the Germans you can ge
anything from safety pins and women''
socas to automobiles, cows and goats
= and a number of companies having
wagon trains catch a COW and few
goats and have them trailing after 6
wagon whenever they move"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
more COAL" "-PERSHING
Commander Says Larger Produc
ton Will Hurry Peace

1.-The more coal your produce the sooner
we shall have peace" is the summary OF
cablegram dispatched by General
John j. Pershing. and received by State
Fuel Administrator William Potter.
Let there be no shortage of coal" the
cablegram reads. Lack of coal means
limiting our war industries. and that
means that the army cannot be provided
with means to deliver the telling blows
needed to end the enemy's resistance
The more coal you produce tho sooner
we shall have peace"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
HOUSING FOR U. S. employees
Accommodations for Quartermas
ter's Dept. Workers Completed

Housing for 1000 men working on
the great terminal of the quartermasters S
department along the Delaware river
front from Snyder avenue to League
Island has been completed.
The terminal when finished will be
the largest in the country for the ship
ment of supplies to American overseas
forces Several units Of the big group
already have been built
Less than a year ago the stretch of
water front taken over by the quarter
master was all waste land
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
JOBS OPEN FOR CRIPPLES
u. S. Labor Bureau Placing
Manned Men i'm Good Positions

The United States Labor Employment
Service Is calling for more applicants.
men and those otherwise handicapped
have been placed in positions. Men
with one leg are often put to work on
watchmen for buildings and switch
crossings. The demand for such men
has been so great that the department
has exhausted its list of applicants.
Their pay has ranged from SIS to $50
a month.
This department Is in charge of X.
NJ Coolbaugh. 1921 Arch street.
The serious shortage of caskets and
of labor in establishments making burial
goods especially in the section east of
Pittsburgh, has caused a, w. Clapp.
chief of labor section, priorities divi-
sion, to notify the employment service
, that manufacturers of such goods are
placed on the preference list, Glass 4.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
45OO PUT IN STUDENT CORPS
Many Pennsylvania Draft Regis.
trants Inducted by War Dept.

More than $500 Pennsylvania young
men have been inducted into student
army training corps established In the
thirty-three colleges and normal schools
of Pennsylvania by the War Depart
nent according TO figures compiled at
state draft headquarters.
Three of the state norpal schools
West Chester, Indiana and Mansfield
have opened classes. 1t is expected this
number will be increased within the next
ten days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

dear mother" Egner wrote:
at was yesterday afternoon that
| was told that | was to be decorated
with twelve others from the section to-
day. 1t certainly was "A surprise to me.
| knew that some of our boys were
going tC be cited. but AZ for me |
never gave It thought. Besides the
thirteen individuals, the section, No.
SOB, also was cited, which allows US to
have the CroiX de Guerre painted on
our cars"
The Hollow square
The young soldier described how sew
eral regiments formed a hollow square
and how n French general conferred
decorations on various commands, in
Guiding two American reg ments. after
lauding the American army for its VIC
tories and the inspiration it brought
to the Allied arms.
After the general was through
Egner continued. then came ours. our
names were called out and we stepped
to the front and formed line facing
the rest of the section. We were dec
grated by the Mcdicin Divisionndire
who is over all the medical work Of the
division. As he came to each one. oui
French Lieutenant read aloud the cita'
ton of each one in French. SO thirtcer
gf us had the CroiX de Guerre pinned
on our left breast"
| He closed his letter with the state.
mcnt, May God let His face shine
upon you, mother, and give you peace
and health, now and forever more"
| silent as to Bravery
Nowhere in the six-page, censored
! letter did he even hint at the acts o.
! hero!sm which won the war cross fol
| himself and twelve companions.
Private Egner is twenty-three year
old and enlisted in May of last year
| He was a Northeast High Schoo
| student and was employed as de
signer when he answered the call to
the Colors. His father, Allan ID. Egner
wrote him August 20. informing him OF
his mothers death, but the letter evil
IDENTIFY had not been delivered a montl
later.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

part of the city. to
die In battle.
He was n cousin
of Major Thomas
S. Lanard. com.
nander of the state
Fencibles.
1.anard " a s
twenty-seven years
old. and lived at
3 3 I s RiChmond
street. He was a
son of MIR. and Mrs
Jacob Lanard. His
father Is "a retired
captain Of the
Philadelphia Blu
reau of Fire.
Tho NnnnU mn r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

~ - -
led this afternoon
from his home. 22u9
South FELTON, street.
Hawthorne caught
cold on a hike sew
eral days ago. IL"
developed p II @ u
monia, whicA caus-
ed his death.
lie was a mem
ber of Kraus &
Hawthorne. OF the
Parkway Building
and was thirty-five
years old. lie wa $
a thirty-second de-
& r G @ Mason. a
member of Hamil-
ton Lodge No. pa,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

United States ann
bulance service. in
forming her that he
had been decorated
with the CroiX de
Gucrrc.
The young man.
\ half hour after
the coveted war
cross had been pin
ned on his breast,
5 G p t G m h cr &c,
wrote OF the honor
20 his mother. un-
aware that she had
died August 25.
In his letter. ad-
lragC9I tn tt,,,.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

a second lieutenant on October /.
Lieutenant Flick attended the Ken
sington schools and was a member of
Union Tabernacle church. lie attended
night classes Mt Northeast Manual
Training High School. and then took a
position as clerk with the American
Engineering Company. He was in the
employ of the company five years before
he entered the army service.
Flick was elected president of the
Boys Club Federation at the convention
held in Buffalo. ~ Y,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

entered the service in February and
had been In France month, ne traiheu
M Cnmn Meade and was inemDer or
company A., 31Sth Infantry, His par
ents last week received letter from
him dated September ?. To-day they
Of their sons death in action.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

November.
Drafted Novem-
Der 4 and sent to
Camp Meade from
there he was trans
ferred to n head
quarters company
as a private at
Camp Greene. y. G.
Promoted to cor
poral February IL.
Promoted to bat
talon sergeant ma =
| jor February %.
| Promoted to reg
mental sergeant
major March IS.
| Went overseas s
May %. and after
J three months in an
officers training
camp in France
was commissioned
-.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
FIRST vENANCO MAN SLAIN
S. A. Lanard, Cousin Of Fencible
Chief. in France a Month

Private Samuel A. Lanard, unofiicially
reported killed In action September %.
was the first resident of Nenango. in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
SON DECORATED; NEWS
FINDS MOTHER DEAD
De Fores, Egner Wrote to Her
When He Received Croix
de Guerre

Nearly two months after his mothers
death, letter was received today from
De Forest l.. Egner a private in the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
SOLDIER RAPIDLY PROMOTED
Philadelphian Rises From Private
at Meade to Lieutenant

Here is a record OF the rapid promo
tion of Lieutenant Gustav a. Flick.
2548 North Water street. since last
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
Eff. HAWTHORNE BURIED
Soldier Well Known i'm Theatri-
cal Circles Pneumonia Victim

T. Frank Hawthorne. Company T..
Evacuation li0-p'tal, Camp Grecnlcaf,
widely known in fraternal and theatrical