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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
AMERICANS WIPE OUT
GERMAN RAIDING BAND
Only Two Left Alive, Bucks
County Doctor Writes
Home

Every man In my unit would rather
fight than eat" says Dr.. John j. Swee-
ney, of Bucks County. in a letter home.
He tells of the disastrous failure of
German attempt to raid American
trenches at the point where he was sta
toned Every man except two was
killed. and one Of these was shot to
pieces" he. says,
These birds from the Keystone State
are bloodthirsty.' his letter continues.
land the officers really have their hands
full preventing them from going over
the top at any and all times to root
the snakes out of their nests Last
night they raided our lines. thinking to
catch us by surprise. but when the bar
rage lifted they found our boys waiting.
with bayonets fixed. and In five min
utes it was all over"
Lieutenant j. Armin Stackhouse. Of
Amber. writes to his wife telling how
he went to the front lines with a de-
tachment that was conveyed in $500
motor lorries.
1--WE passed easily $4,000 people, on
the trip through what was once beau
tiful land, he says. "Old women were
sitting among the ruins of their homes,
crying bitterly: others were engaged
in trying to salvage personal belong
ings 1t looked as if a. cyclone earth
quake and fire, all rolled into one, had
devastated the country but we'll make
the Huns pay in the end"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
BRANDS GERMAN
OUTRAGES TRUE
Capable of Anything De.
spicable," Writes Private
Frank B. Ryan
AMERICANS In CONTRAST
Lansdowne Soldier Describes
Many Interesting Episodes
Witnessed in France

mo matter how terrible story may
seem, stamp 1t as true. The Hun is
capable OF anything despicable."
This is how another boy from here
speaks Of stories OF German outrages.
He is Private Frank B. Ryan. OF Lans-
downe. and hiseletter to his mother is
descriptive Of the many things he has
seen In France. He Is a driver of a
motortruck in an ammunition train.
= Ryan tells one story to show the con-
-trast between the bravery or the Amer
leans and the "Kamerad" of the Ger
mans. AZ saw an American helmet" he
writes. with bullet hole through il.
from front to rear. showing that the
wearer Of It was facing the iire. Neither
did he throw up his hands nor shout
'kamerad' when his supply Of aminuni-
ton was exhausted"
In another letter he writes:
Just now we are camped In place
recently occupied by German troops.
After they were driven out the L. S.
infantry came In and took possession
All about evidences OF a tough fight are
lying. American and German helmets
lying about, dugouts galore. machine
gun nests. immense quantities OF Ger
man ammunition, discarded rifles, cloth
ing, soap, everything imaginable, show
ing that the Hun was retreating fast
with our boys in hot pursuit.
ITO make it more pleasant, these boys
are from the vicinity Of Philadelphia
No doubt Dick Shoemaker. Thorpe and
Leslie Craig were all in what Ia now
considered history making battle"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
13 AMERICANS HELD
IN GERMAN PRISONS
War Department Locates More
Men Taken Prisoner
by Enemy
By the Associated Press


Washington, Sept 20
The names of thirteen American SOL
diers. including i've lieutenants. held
prisoner in TPrmanv were announced
today by the War Department Al the
same tim" the department announced
the safe return to his COMPANY of Lieu
tenant Arthur NJ Roberts. of Rirmng-
ham. Ala. previously reported n prisoner
at Camp RRstatt. Germany. Whe+ her
Roberts escaped or merely had been
enormously reported captured was not
indie ated
The list Of prisoners follows:
At Rastatt--iieutenan Thomas T.
Shea, Springfield. Mass G. T. Fergu-
son. Cambridge. Mass. Albert William
Stevens. Grimes Pass Idaho
At Karlsruhc-I Lieutenant Edwin Rus
sell A,brrtson. HSlsdair. y. \.
Al Skalmiersrhuetz- Lieutenant David
e, Calkins Jacksonville. Fla.
At Cassel-Frank Funch and George
Brand. privates. address unknow1.
In hospital at GO"ttingen n---Prrvatss
Moses Nathanson. Brooklyn Ralph a.
Madsen. Newark. Y. j.
At Merseburg M'Chael Kearns pri-
vate. New York city.
At Darmstadt-Pau Foster, private.
Floydada. Tex.
At Langcnsalza Joseph Minando, De-
troit. Mich.
At unknown camp - Nester l.. An
drews. private. Piney Creek. y. ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
FRANCE AS WE DEVOTEDLY SERVE AT HOI

diana avenue, has been killed in action
according to word received by his family
from the War Department. Despite
this. the soldier Is reported missing In
todays .oficial casualty list. He was
selected for the National Army last
September and sailed for France after
training for three months at Camp
Meade. He is reported TO have been
killed July 25 while fighting with Com
pany l., 109th Infantry. He has a
brother In the Italian army. His parents
are in Italy.
Private Harry Doyle, reported unof-
ficially as having been wounded in ac-
ton, was one of the members Of the
White Lily Club, social organization
of South Philadelphia that has given
more than thirty of its forty members
to the service He is IN France with
Company ID, 109th Infantry.
Corporal Edward Reynolds. reported
unofiicially as the victim of a German
gas attack, Is another member OF the
CLUB. He is with Company B. 109th
Infantry.
Private william Gantte, 1880 Lombard
street. Ia the second colored soldier of
this city to be named among the cas-
ualties. Gantte Is In Philadelphia now
with nineteen other wounded negro sol
diefs from the hospital at Lakewood. n,
j.. here to assist IN raising funds for
the Mercy Hospital.
He Is a member of the 302d motor
supply train. and Ia suftering from the
effects OF n Hun gas shell, received
while he was helping III, a shell hole
in a road in the Toul sector. so that his
truckload of supplies could reach the in
fantry, further on.
,,,t1 tha nt,e ,f
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20

he sailed for France He had been made
a corporal.
In the middle of August Mrs. Murphy
received the last letter from Hooker
Writing under date Of July 25 he denied
all reports that the American army was
not advancing rapidly His mother had
written Of talk that was common in her
neshborhood that the stories of the
American successes were false,
THE Americans are doing big things"
Hooker wrote. And the men who say
they are not should be stood up against
a wall and shot. In the big push we
moved so rapidly that We ate in the Ger
man Kitchens the enemy had Just left
and used some Of the food they had
cooked. The Germans are some trav-
elers."
Hooker before he was selected for the
National Army was a Park guard. Be-
fore that time he was in Troop b. Fourth
United States Cavalry, for three years,
and saw service in Hawaii and the
Philippines. He was an amateur base
ball player and at various times played
with a number OF teams here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
WIDOW WOULD HA We SONS
STA Y AND FIGHT 1T OUT
Mrs Elizabeth Murphy Informed One OF Her Boys Is
Missing in Action, Voices Patri
otto Sentiment

Il want to sec them stay over there
and fight it out just as their father
would want them to do If he were alive
today"
Mrs Elizabeth Murphy, SAT North
Sixty-ffth street, made this statement
today after she had received notification
from the War Department that one OF
her two sons with hthe American forces
in France was missing in action.
The boys are descendants OF General
Joe" Hooker, Of Civil War fame. A
third son died shortly after the two
boys went away TO war and the widow
now lives with her two daughters. Her
husband has been dead fifteen years.
When a state of war was decla red
to exist between this country and Ger
many, the two younger Murphy boys
wanted to enlist Their older brother
was then an invalid.
]. Henry Murphy enlisted first. He
is now battalion sergeant major in the
headquarters company of the horse bat
talon of the Second Army Division in
France. Later j. Hooker Murphy spoke
to his mother Of his desire to enlist.
His invalid brother was near death at
that time
He can't go away" Hooker told his
mother "and some one should go in his
place"
Mrs. Murphy refused perm!ssion at
that time, deciding that she needed her
boy at home. She said, however, she
would have no objection II he was
drafted.
In September Hooker. who is twenty
six years old. was drafted and sent to
Camp Meade. Fifteen days later his
invalid brother died. victim of tuber-
culosis. Hooker was sent later to Camp
Hancock, where he was assigned tn
company A. iosth Infantry. with which
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20

SPENT NIGHT UNDER BARRACE
Germantown Sergeant Major
Tells Of Lonely Experience

Sitting alone In the dark In a de.
serted and ruined French village, with
shells screaming overhead and bursting
al around--this is the experience de-
scribed in letter from Sergeant Major
Robert w. Magill. 127 East Tulpehocken
street, who is in the tO6th Telegraph
Battalion. signal corps
Il shall never forget my feelings" he
says, the first night | was under a
barrage. | went up on my motorcycle
and arrived In a little deserted village
at a. m. No one was in the town ex-
tept myself, and there was not one
house In the town standing Each one
was mass OF ruins, and ! sat down on
stone to await daylight
Il had only been there about ten min
utes when the Americans in back of the
town started barraEe, and, OF course
the Germans answered II. 1t was ter
rife. and | must admit felt so funny
sitting there all by myself, with the
shells splattering all around me. How.
ever after that night, II didn't bother
ME so much"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
DEATH BATTALION CHIEF SLAIN
Executed for Part in Counter.
Revolution, Says Berlin
Rv the limited Pyess

London, sept. 20--Madame Alexandra
Bedschka jeuna, organizer of the Rus
sian women's battalion of death, was
narticipation in a oi,nter.revoiution. ao.
cording to a Berlin wireless dispatch
made public here today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
AIRPLANE EXPERT HELD
Employe of Curtiss Plant Said 10
Be in Paw Of Germany

today:
A man was arrested Yesterday in the
plant OF the Curtiss Engineering Cor
poration at Garden City. where for the
las three months he has been employed
a. an expert in the airplane assembling
department. He Is known as Edward
F. Marchenet
A member Of his family informed
army intelligence operatives who have
been investigating Marchenet for sew
eral weeks that for the last eight years
hs has been in the employ of the Ger
man Government. his specific task being
to ascertain the extent Of the accom-
plishments of this Government in the
development of airplanes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
MOVE TO STOP SOARING COSTS
Z. S. Proposes to Standardize
Wages and Prices
r.. tho Tuifod pross
By The uifpd Pres

Washington. Sept. 20.-As one step III
stopping the ever upward trend of prices
and wages. the Government proposes
soon to set standard wage In each
line of war work. At the same time
a more careful checking on prices will
be attempted. and insofar as possible
standard or fair price lists will be en-
forced.
. The Standardization of wages prob
ably will be undertaken in few weeks
through presidential proclamation.
Z .s likely the Government will tell
producers that they cannot have raw
materials unless they sell their goods
at a fair price.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
WINS} SECOND BRITISH MEDAL
Lieutenant Mccarthy, of Phila.
delpltia, Recovering From Cassinx


Lieu tenant Cornelius T. Mccarthy, U.
$. Mefiical Corps. has been awarded
anothdr British military cross. his sec
ond lieutenant Mccarthy is a 'Philadel-
pnlan and is with an American unit at
tacned to the British army. He IL now
IN Slackpool. England. recovering from,
slight gassing. His address Here n
south Thirty-eighth street.
He won his first military cross Far
bravery. In caring for British wounded
IN tha front lines. establishing first.aid
stations. In letters to friends here he
makes only brief mention Of the second
decoratioh and details of the feai for
Myfnich he was honored are not t~owne
ms latest military assignment was with
army. 1 TIE"
-, nr. Mccarthy was born in Philadel.
school IN 1909 and from the Medical
nsh9ol OF the University of Pennsyivania
rh,,I ~ JIG. lie was on the stan. of the
General Hospitals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
NAMES GUNS FIRING on METZ
=. S. Nine.lInch and Larger Cali.
Der Attack German Stronghold
BY the Associated pyess

Washihstohs Sept. 20.--The forts Of
Metz, the German stronghold in 1or-
raine. are under the fire Of American
guns OF nine Inch and larger csliber.
members Of the House Military Conn
mittee were told today at their weekly
conference with Acting Secretary
or;S,.,n Crrcweii and other war Department
The Identity OF American troops par-
.uolpatins N the drive that wiped cut
me ,,.'., 81 Mi5iel salient and brought Nets
within range of the heavy guns. has
General Pershinr, ''' W
ordnance. particularly eisht-in ,InW,t1.
ers, increasing. the officials said. The,
production Of motors was said TO nave
passed 1000, OF which $500 have gone to
the navy and the Allies : y,
.. Liberty motors now are being used in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND WEAKER
Physicians Gravely Doubt Recov.
cry From Relanse

st. Paul. Mimi. Sept. aO.--Archbishop
John Ireland. of the st. Paul Diocese of
the Roman Catholic Church, who has
been i'll for a long time. is gradually be-
coming weaker. II was announced at his
home here last night
Last winter Archbishop ireland suf!
fered a breakdown and since then has
never fully recovered. His physicians
said that they have grave doubts
whether the archbishop would recover
from this relapse. ~,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
Wills Admitted TO Probate

w lis prchated today included those Of
Estelle B. Coates, lls West Penn street.
who, in private bequests disposed of
property valued at $4,000; Emanuel
Bradbury. Ocean City. n. j., $4,000 ;
william c. KepDeler 8109 Webster street.
street. S7s47: Josephine B. Haldeman.
1891 Race street. 5000: Csthsrine NJ,
johnson. 1924 North Twelfth street,
,ss77s Melinda Bolton, 2030 North
Broad street. $500. and Emily Rouff,
2i24 Poplar street. s3500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
KILLED IN AIRPLANE'S FALL
Mechanic Dies and Pilot Is Severely
Bruised

Albany. Ga. Sept 20.-An airplane
from Souther field fell near Dawson,
Ga. today. killing the mechanic. Walter
Hilton. of California. and badly bruising
the pilot, Lieutenant Ming. of Austin
Texas.
The lieutenant said he lost control
while in tail spin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
King Custafs Youngest Son Dies

Stockholm. Sept. 2O--Prince Eric.
Duke of Vestma inland. Youngest son of
King Gustaf, died today Of pneumonia
which developed from Spanish influenza
The Prince was twenty-nine years old
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
DEATHS

fSBlNsoN.-nied at saranac Lake, n.
:, -, Sept III, ut y. m, WILLIAM EYRE
son Of the late VIM. r Robin.
son sen ann Mary Mason Robinson; In his 5Sth
SehIr Funeral will be at the Church Of the
hhedeemer' I Bryn Mawr. Pa. Mon. Sept. ~,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20

r0CONO MT. SERVICE CuRTAu;ED >
service to Tobyhanna via Pennsyivania R.R'
will be discontinued. Trains wiz continue TO
and from Stroudsburg connecttug with Lack
awanna r. R.-Adp. - +
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
LOST AND FOt,yD

LEaTHER BAa,-Iost, Monday eve. sent.
Intcrna tional Correspondence School psper:.
mn1 nnd G9thasr 9aas valuable papeIs; also an East
to Phfla. Reward $oS. p dill Led Offics
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20
ROOMS FOR RENT

CHESTNUT, 482i-Furnished room. suitH Sc
for one or two gentlemenl private family.
HAMILTON, s4i7-Nicely furn double or
single rms. for gents. twin beds; conv, to
subway and cen. car line; desir. toc. ! phone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20

ZOO PINE ST: BundasGThfes rooms and
crernlses or Taulsne. 900 Walnut q.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-20

Only outside room IN building available.
National Fuel Co.. t73a widener Blds. Phpee
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-09
Fleet Cooperation Wln-
lave Many Men at SlUl!

II the present plans of the En,er-
gency Fleet Corporation at the Bar
Der Asphalt plant at Maurer are car
ried out within q short time n large
force Of mechanics and unskilled Ia
DOR will be employed at the former
Barber plant near Amboy avenue.
which the feet corporation took over
a few weeks ago.
At this time there Is a large force
of over 200 laborers at work at the
plant erecting a large foundation OF
which the new buildings which the
Emergency Fleet Corporation will
erect are to be placed and the work
Is being rushed along as fast as pos
sible.
When the plant is under operation
feet corporation will make Swiss boil
ers for a number of new ships which
are now being built at the various
ship yards in this section of the coun-
try.
The corporation at a recent meeting
of the Board of Water Commission
ers asked that a new pipe line to sup
ply the needs of this corporation be
run to the plant. Superintendent Ma
son who was authorized by the COM
missioners to take this matter up with
the corporation officers expects to
have a conference with them next
week at which time he will explain
that 1t will be impossible for the local
water board to furnish the fleet cor
poration with water. as 1t would be
necessary to extend the pipe hne fully
5000 feet out through the streets on
which there are very few houses and
from the present outlook. on which
houses will not be erected for a long
time to come. The cost would be
fully $4,000 and the return would not
be enough for the money expended.
as the fleet corporation would use
only about $4,000 gallons of water a
day. :
Henry Maurer & Sons at Maurer
have a water system of their own.
having also their own fire hydrants
and Superintendent Mason will explain
to the fleet corporation how he has
taken, a survey of the springs in that
section and the feet corporation can
drill wells at a small cost at Spa
Springs and get a supply of water that
Is estimated at fully three and a half
million gallons a day and how in the
long u this would be the best plan
for the new plant.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-09
Ca Your Webbed Feet.

A Maine inventors mechanical sub
stitutes for web feet are bags to be at
tached to a swimmers legs, opening
with the kick and folding with the re-
turn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-09
DEMAND FOR ROOMS AGAIN
j56 QLEks FOR &P

In order to meet the demand made
upon It for rooms. the United states
Homes Registration service IN tne
Board of Trade building will remain
open t~wenty-four hours eacn Gay n
til further notice. Two clerks VIII De
required to operate the files during
his time. Miss Nellie Harris, the
| present clerk, will remain In charge OF
the day files and a new clerk VIII De
employed for night duty.
The great demand for rooms at the
present time il being MADE Dy the
refugees from South Amboy. who up
| on reaching their homes ind them
in such shape hat they cannot ne
occupfed with safety. In order Ia oD-
| tam Temporary shelter until their
! homes arc repaired the people return
to this city m seek rooms wnicn
they may be able to rent hroush
the registration service.
Great difficulty Is being experienced
by the service Ia obtaining rooms Tor
| these refugees, rs the demand is f.r
In of the supply. Everyone
In the city who may have a vacant
room about the house Is urged. plead
with, not only along patriotic INES
but for the sake of humanity. TO list
| their rooms at once so that these ret
ugees NAV have q place TO live for the
next ten days or two weeks while
their homes are being put In shape.
Another thing which has caused
the service a great deal of trouble is
that many of the people who listed
rooms with the service. have rented
them. aud then failed to notify the
service that the rooms have Deen
rented. This not only makes<t hard
for those in charge of the service. but
also hard for the refugees who have
tramped for many hours since the ex-
pfosion. When they call at the SER
vice for rooms. they are sent to some
place of which the service has re-
corded and upon arriving there are
informed that the rooms are rented.
The only thing to do is to tramp back
to the service and get another room
and begin their tramp all over.
The service requests that everyone
list what rooms they have, so that
these people may be cared for,
those who have rented rooms n
which are listed in the service files
notify the Office SO that these refu-
gees, many of them already suffer-
ing with exposure are not sent out
on a wild goose chase.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-09
BoOz and Whitehead
Hurt When Car 0Verturns

First Lieut. Louis r.. Booz and
Second Lieut.. r. Lee Whitehead. of
Battery f, were both badly injured
last night when an auto which Booz
was driving overturned at Oak and
Market streets in trying to avoid hit
ting another auto which had come
upon them without a warning.
1t was about $40 o'clock when the
ofhcers. who were on their way to the
plant of the Barber Asphalt Works
at Maurer. reached Oak street, COM
ing down Market street and were
about to turn when the other ma
chine swung into view and-to avoid
hitting II Lieut.. Booz swung hard to
the curb m the result was that the
machine overturned and both officers
thrown out
Lieut.. Booz was badly bruised and
at first it wns thought hat he had
been severely injured, but at the hos
pital, where they were rushed, 1t was
found that no bones were broken but
that he was well shaken up. Lieut..
Whitehead had a bad cut on his lace
near the upper lip and he lost three
of his teeth and was badly shaken up.
Both officers are being attended by
DIR. J.. G. Wilson.
The machine which they tried to
avoid hitting and which caused all of
the trouble did not stop. They were
picked up by another autoist n
rushed to the hospital.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-09
City Lost $4,000 Through
Hose Burned at Fire

1t was learned at City Hall TODAY
that when the local fire department
responded to the call for help at the
T. A Gillespie plant at Morgan on
Friday night they took with them all
OF h new hose which they had and
that when they left there the hose
had to be left behind and as a result
1t was DESTROYED by fire. 1t consisted
of over 1000 feet of hose and at the
present market rate IS worth today
about 81 a foot which means that the
money loss alone will be at least
$4,000.
The aldermen are discussing the
matter and 1t Is expected that at the
next meeting the matter will be taken
up and that an effort will be made to
see IL the shell company will furnish
some new hose to this city or the al
dermen will have to put up the
money.
1t is understood by the city officials
that when the attention of the Gil
'lespie people is called to the fact that
this city lost nearly all of its hose in
the fire that they will gladly furnish
the new hose.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-09

This 7amous SS!s1 ..7ds from s35
acid Of grspss and lemon Juice. COM
kinsd with lithia. and . been used for
generations 10 clean IND stimulate
oiurgfsA kidneys. also to n~eutralixe
acids in the urine % IL NO longer irri-
tAtss. thu ending bladder wsaknsss.
yad Salts 10 . life ssvsr for regular
peat eaters Il u Inexpensive. eann0s
Scscsnt Hthia-watar drink-AAv.