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DADCR'S[y[N|NG|
[A|RY TALE
THE STILL CRANES.
s. hAnY GRAHAM BONNER

81 have heard' said Mrs. Crane,
| That we puzzle people as we'll as chill
tlren."
It's true my dear. we do. That's be-
cause we are so very clever" said Mr..
Crane.
We don't mind admitting 1t. do
we?" asked Mrs. Crane.
Better to admit it than TO boast
about it," said Mr.. Crane. although
when l stop to think about it. l don't
see that it makes much difference
whether we boast about being clever or
admit ii. 1t all amounts to the same
hing in the end
''We!l. as it amounts to the same
thing in the end and as it is a little
kinder to ourselves to say that we ad-
nit it rather than boast about it-lets
always say in the future that we admit
we are clever That would be the SEN
| sibIe thing to do Mrs. Crane con-
tinued. "We would appear modest and
shy and say, We'll. if you say we are
clever we mus ber"
"Suppose r one does say we are
clever" suggt. ed Mr.. Crane.
"Dear. dear me-" said Mrs. Crane.
Don't think of such horrible things.
The very thought Of such a possibility
makes me very sad indeed"
"Sorry 10 have upset you," said Mr..
Crane 1--WE had better say in the fu-
ture that some great friends of ours
have called us clever and as we hate
! to doubt their word we have TO agree"
| Fine. Fine!" shrieked Mrs. Crane.
you are clever, my love, and this is
| the proof. You can give some reason
for making folks say so. But tell me,
as secret for as I am crane myself,
| I will never give you away, how did
| you ever hear, or guess, or think, in
the first place that we were clever
! family?'
'That I most certainly can tell you,'
said Mr.. Crane.
"And you will, will you not?" asked
I Mrs Crane.
Indeed l will, at once,' So Mr..
| Crane stood with one leg curled up by
! his side and looked at Mrs. Crane as
he began to talk.
MY DEAR" he said, 81 heard the
keeper talking only the other day and
| this is what he said:
"'Those cranes are the Smartest birds
| they can keep so still no one knows
whether they're alive or not. They
| look like statues.'"
| "What are statues?" shrieked Mrs.
| Crane.
mo wonder you ask, my dear" said
| Mr. Crane. 81 didn't know until l
heard them talking some more. And l
found out that statues were images Of
real people and animals made out of
! some material which had no life to 1t
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ASK FARMERS TO SELL
Estimate One Fourth PennsyIvanl;
Wheat is Still Held

Estimate One Fourth Pennsylvania
Wheat is Still Held.
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 30.-Farmers
of Pennsylvania were called upon by
Secretary of Agriculture Patton to
sell wheat from the 1917 crop in their
hands and not needed for seed pur'
poses as matter of patriotism.
Mr.. Patton estimates more than one
fourth of the wheat raised last year
is in the hands of the farmers.
"The public safety committee has
called attention to the need Of wheat.
A shortage exists, and I hope the
farmers of Pennsylvania will sell
now" said the secretary. "The price
is fixed at $3.50, so that nothing can
be gained by holding it any longer.
No one can get cent more by hold
ing it a month or two months. This
is a time when the wheat IS needed,
and I trust that the farmers of the
state will show their patriotism by
placing their wheat at disposal OF
buyers"
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Catarrh is Real Enemy
and REQUIRES Vigorous Treatment

Throw these makeshift remedies to
the winds, and get on the right treat"
ment. Go to your drug store to-day,
get bottle of S. S. S., and commence
a treatment that has been praised by
sufferers for nearly half a century.
S. S. S. gets right at the source of
Catarrh, and forces from the blood
the germs which cause the disease.
You can obtain special medical advice
regarding your own case without
charge by writing to Medical Direc-
tor, % Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. Ga.
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BREAK OFF WITH RUMANIA
Bolsheviki Government Sewers Rela
tions and Outlaws Russ Commander

Petrograd, Jan. 3O.-The govern
ment commissioners (cabinet an
nounce diplomatic relations with Ru-
mania have been broken.
The Rumanian legation and all Ru
manian representatives will be sent
out of the country by the shortest
route.
Lieutenant General Dmitri Grigori-
witch Stcherbatcheff. commander Of
the Russian forces in Rumania, has
been outlawed as an enemy Of the
people.
A semi-oficial statement says the
government decided to break diplo-
matte relations with Rumania when
the temporary detention of the Ru-
manian ministry failed to stop "the
Rumanian offensive"
The Rumanian gold reserves In Mos
cow are to be seized, the workers
council being responsible for Its re-
turn to the Rumanian people.
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TO RUSH COAL TRAINS
To Sidetrack Freight and Passenge
Traffic to Clear Tracks.

Pottsville, Pa, Jan. 30.-Orders
were issued on the Schuylkill Valley
branch of the Pennsylvania to speed
up coal trains by sidetracking other
freight, and even passenger trains
when necessary.
This order was issued largely on
account Of the dire need of fuel in
Philadelphia and is being strictly car
ried out.
The lack of empty cars again csus-
ed idleness at some collieries and
others worked with decreased output
for the same reason. The railroads
in this section employed augmented
gangs of men to dig the ice and snow
from the tracks, this being big job
at the classification yards at st. Clair,
where numerous tracks close together
necessitate the removal Of snow
considerable distance.
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II KILLED IN AIR
RAID ON LONDON
One Hostile Plane is Shot
Down AbIaze.
1863 C1k-RS WERE INJURED
Theatres Continue Performances Dur
ing the Eombardment-Only One
Fatality Outside City.

LohIun, Jan. 3Q.-G German airplanes
llade their ii st attack of the year
upon London and its suburbs.
Their bombs inflicted casualties Off
cially reported as forty-seven killed
and l69 injured.
All the victims except one OF the
killed and seven Of the injured were
in the London area itself. No serious
material damage was done.
The raiders suffered the loss Of one
machine, which fell in flames fr, III
height of 10000 feet, its three occu-
pants being burned to death.
A large number of machines c-me
over the coast in relays. Apparently
only three of four succeeded in get
ting through the barrage and dropping
explosive and incendiary bombs. The
gunfire lasted intermittently through
five hours. For two hours of that
time it was almost continuous.
There was an hours interval before
midnight when no firing was heard
except an occasional distant gun off
toward the coast. Residents who
were away from their homes at the
theatres or in the shops when the
raid began, decided it all over al
though the bugles had not sounded
clear" signal. More persons were
on the streets than usual at midnight
when the heavy guns began to boom
again In warding off the second at
tack.
The British flyers were more active
than ever before. Besides the Gotha
brought down by scouts over Essex.
one was pursued over London by the
scouting forces. The rattle Of machine
guns in the air was plainly heard
from the streets.
The night was one Of absolute clear
ness. There was full moon and no
clouds or wind. The population had
ample time for securing shelter. ade-
ouate warning having been given.
In the various sections different
methods of giving the alarm. have
been adopted. In some naval rockets
were fired, the reports sounding like
the booming of guns. In others color
ed lights were turned on atopR tne
lampposts and on towers and high
buildings. In one section two steam
sirens. All over town the police and
special constables blew the'r whistles.
The tube railways and the build
ings of strong construction were
crowded during the raid. The audi
ences assembled at most of the thea
ters saw the performances.
The loss of life in the raids was
the heaviest caused by any of the
now series of German air attocks,
which began early this winter, after
? period of several weeks respite.
The casualty list is the largest since
the raid of June IS, when ninety-seven
persons were killed ond 437 wound
Cd.
The last previous raid was on De
cember 1S. Ten persons were killed
and seventy wounded.
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Farmers Take coIIiery Jobs.

Hazleton, Pa, Jan. 30.-Haying
Nothing else to do just now than to
mark time waiting for spring, twenty
farmers from Quakoke valley relieved
the labor shortage at the Coleraine
colliery of the A. S. Van Wickle COM
nanv by taking jobs as laborers,, at
which work they will be engaged until
It is necessary for them to start their
blowing.
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OPPOSE Man-Power Bill.

Liverpool, Jan. 30.-The Mersey dis
trict Federation of Engineering and
Shipbuilding Trades, at meeting at
tended by 1000 members, adopted
resolution calling for all possible re-
sistance to any further call upon the
country's man-power unless the gov
ernment declares willingness to adopt
the Labor party's war aims, promises
to facilitate an international workers
conference and agrees to the conscrip-
ton of wealth.
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American Filler Killed.

Paris, Jan. 30.-Dumaresque Snen-
Ger, of Highland Park, IL, was killed
. few days ago while returning from
patrol duty across the Germon lines
near Belfort. He was a member OF
the Franco-American flying squedron.
He received his pilots brevet Octo-
Der 21. Spencer was twerty-one years
old. He was graduate of Yale. He
was soon to be commissioned In the
United States naval aviation service.
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Do Net Neglect It.

When you uce znedicated sprays,
atcmizers and douches for your Ca
ta: rh, you may succeed in unstopping
t.. choked-up air passages for the
time being, but this annoying condi-
l. IN returns, and you have to do the
c.-,-~c thing over and over again.
l.:tarrh has never yet been cured
by these local applications. Have
you ever experienced any real benefit
from such treatment?
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New Tax n Disappointment.

Harrisburg. Pa. Jan .30.-The
states receipts from the newly enact
ed stock transfer tax for 1917 amount
ed to s1S1 1,S6o.30, according to the re
port just filed, an increase Of more
than $4,000 over the first year of its
operation. 1916. The law Nas not
come up to expectations as revenue
raiser
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CLAIMS MANS BODY
For Twenty Years Wife Had Not
Heard From Her Husband

"CHkJ cars WIG Tau tNVS
Heard From Her Husband.
Milford, Del, Jan. 30.-Just before
funeral services were to have been
held over the body Of Harry C.. Butts,
steward on a Milford steamer who
was drowned in Philadelphia, his
friends were astonished when-a.s wo-
man who claimed to be Mrs. Bntts
arrived.
She proved her claim and ssid fhat
Butts had left her twenty years,sago
at Baltimore, and she had heard noth-
ing from him during that time. She
had read an account Of his drowning
in a newspaper.
The funeral was stopped ana lthe
widow had the body taken to barci-
more. Friends Of Butts had long sup
sosed him to be a single man.
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Burclarproof Cage.

A burglarproof cashiers cage, 40
Gated in a car house in an isolated dis
trict, has been installed by the Wash
ington Water Power company, says
the Electric Railway Journal. It is
described as follows:
"The cage is sheathed with iron on
the outer walls and the door, and the
windows are provided with steel cur
tains, counter-weighted, which can be
lowered for complete protection. In
the bottom of each steel curtain Is q
trap or hinged box which can be swung
inside or outside without at any time
affording a direct opening into the
room. Cash is placed in the trap on
the outside. which is swung in to give
the cashier access to it. A small peck
hole with sliding cover is provided
just above the trapdoor."
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GERMANY VIOLATES TRUCE
Shifts Men From East to West-Fear
of Rolsheviki ia One Reason

SnlIlS wen from East 10 "c6t-f car
of BoIsheviki is One Reason.
Washington, Jan. 30.-Charges that
Germany is violating the terms Of
the Russian truce by transferring
troops from the eastern front to the
western, were made by the war de-
partment.
The charge is made on the authori-
ty of an announcement by the Ameri.
can general staff, which says:
German troops on the Russian
front are being allowed to go home on
furlough. These soldiers are then
transferred to the recruiting stations
and sent to the western front.
THE troops are taken In this way,
man by man, for two reasons--first,
because it deceives the Russians. and,
secondly because the eastern troops
have been so Influenced by the Rus
sian revolutionary propaganda that
the German military chiefs have de-
cided to seperate the men and scat
ter them in unaffected western regi-
ments"
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GENERAL MARKETS

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES F1rm.
Winter straight, s1O.50@1O75. City
mills, $1150612.
RYE FLOUR = Quiet; per barrel,
s1025@11.
WHEAT-Steady; No. red, 1924.
CORN-Firm; No. 2 yellow, nomt.
nal.
OATs-Firm: No. white, es@s1,
POULTRY-Live, steady; hens, 80
631c; old roosters, 21@22c. Dressed,
STEADY; choice fowls 33c; old roost.
ers, 24c.
BUTTER = Firm: fancy creamery.
54c per lb.
EGGS - Firm; selected, 7667Sc:
nearby, zoe; western, Zoe
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Senator Huuhes Very Ill.

Trenton, N. J., jan 3O-The condi-
ton of United States Senator william
Hughes, of Paterson, was reported to
be worse at Mercer hospital, where he
is suffering with a complication of
bronchial pneumonia and septic pois
oning from an infection of the teeth
The senator is very weak and there
IS little hope for his recovery
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Attacked on SIx-N;iIe Front,

Attacked on SIx-hiiIe Front.
London, Jan. 30.-ltaly has assumed
the offensive against the Teutonic in
vaders in powerful drive, frs news
Of which came in admission from Ber-
lin that the Germanic lines mad been
forced to relinquish some ground
The Berlin war office statement
was as follows:
East of the Asiago as far as the
Brenta the Italians strongly attacked.
Around Monte Sisemol and to the
west the attack broke down for the
most part, except at Monte di Vabel-
Ia, where the enemy was able for a
time to gain a foothold. which was
lost to them by our counter attack.
'In the region of Coldeb-osso. be-
tween Frenzela, ravine, and the
BfenAa, the enemy's advancing attack
T1S Thrown back. Repeated attempts
broke down under heavy losses. We
took ten officers and $50 men pris-
oners. At Caste1 Franco, Treviso and
Mestre we dropped twenty-one tons Of
bombs with good effect Saturday
night, big fires being observed"
Berlin's own admission would make
the front of the Italian attack at least
nix miles From this it is apparent
that the drive is more than a mere
localized attack. Observers here esti-
mated 1t was an attempt to smash the
Teutonic lines back against the snow
covered mountains.
The Italians have frequently made
offensive assaults against the invad
srs. but this is apparently the first
concerted effort at a general offensive
against them.
A raiding patrol which set out from
the British lines northeast of Ypres
on Sunday night to attack German
position has not returned, the war
ohice reported.
The Germans tried to raid British
trench in the sector of Arieux (south
Of Lens). but were driven off.
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French Raid German Lines.

Paris. Jan. 30.-French raiders pen
etrated deeply into German lines
sc .,thwest of Settois lie Haut Upper
A.sace) destroying numerous dugouts
and bringing in prisoners, the official
settlement asserted.
On Sunday three tons of bombs
were dropped over the railway station
at Copfans. on factories in the region
Of st. Privat and elsewhere In the
enemy aviation zones.
In. the regions of Hartmansweller-
kopf and Four de Paris violent artil
lerying wan reported.
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Milk Drops Two Cents a Quart.

Wilkes Barre, Pa. JAN. 30.-Pians
of w. o. Washburn, county food ad-
ministrator, to reduce the price OF
milk in this city by systematizing
routes and decreasing overhead charg-
es. bore fruit when R. H. Parks, a
big dealer, announced a reduction of
two cents per quart. MIX has been
selling at fourteen cents, but the food
administration has been working with
the dealers to reduce the price to
twelve and there is a general move
uent on in that direction.
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TO PROBE ARMY MAIL DELAY
The House Passes Resolution to In
vestjuate.

vestigate.
Washington, Jan. 30.-Delays in de-
livery of mail to troops in France are
to be investigated.
A resolution to this effect. intro
duced by Representative Rogers, Re-
publican, Massachusetts. some days
ago, was adopted. The action was
taken after the postoffice committee
had been discharged from further
consideration of the measure.
Representative Rogers told the
house there have been shocking de-
lays in letters and packages sent to
American soldiers. There are con-
dicting claims to responsibility.
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Live Stock Quotations,

$3.50 S1s:sS: iisSt. sl5sIs7o; lPx Gni1 @i1:
ed, .2O@15.90: heavy, SIS. 5.s0615.90;
rough. S15.20@15.35; pigs, $1175@14.
CATTLE-Strong; native steers.
sS.40613.75: stockers and feeders,
s7.75m 10.40: cows and heifers, $6.256
saEEP@ ;a; S5.si Firm fS@l0,S wethers, 5000
i3.4O; lambs, s14.7561775.
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Food for Thought.

cam I the first girl you have ever
loved?"
He thought awhile and then made
reply:
"No, you are the kind of girl fell
low has to he educated up to-"
And that seemed to .et her to think
'nI.
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Three Aides For Baker.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-lncreas!ng
the number of assistant secretaries of
war TO three was proposed in an ad-
~,inistration bill introduced by Rep
sentative Dent, Alabpma. head Of
r,e house military committee. There
is now only one.
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OFFICERS WIVES CAN'T GO
State Department Refuses Passports

State Department Refuses passports
to France For American Women.
Washington, Jan. 30.-Passport reg
ulations of the state department now
permit only those American women to
go abroad whose services are impera-
lively required by some recognized
relief agency.
The explanation, as announced. is
that the presence of large numbers OF
free lance workers is beginning to
prove an embarrassment to the war
ring countries. Passports are being
denied also to the wives of American
officers in France.
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Vlll0L REMOVES
THE CAUSE OF
CHRONIC COUGHS
A Constitutional Remedy That We
Guarantee.

Lagrange, N. C.-'For years l
suffered with a chronic cough, so |
could not sleep nights and continued
to lose flesh. My druggist asked me
to try vinol. 1t cured my cough, l
can sleep nights and have gained
twelve pounds. Vinol is the best
tonic and tissue builder | have ever
taken."-W. D. Ren, Lagrange, NC.
We guarantee Vinol for chronic
coughs, colds and bronchitis. Not
patent medicine. Formula on every
bottle. Your money back if it fails.
C. P. Craig & Son, Druggists. Cam
bridge, and at the best drug store in
every town and city in the country.
ADV.
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ITALIANS SMASH
AS|AC0 LINE
Start an Offensive and Take
Enemy Positions.
CAPTURE 1900 PRISONERS

Austeo- o-German Positions Are Storm
Cd and Counter Attacks Are Re-
pulsed.
Rome, Jan. 30.-Italian troops made
: heavy attack on the northern noun
tain front.
They broke into the enemy lines.
Reinforcements which the enemy
was hurrying down the Nos and Cam.
pomulo valleys were dispersed bv the
artillery of the italians and tfeir al
lies.
The war Office made this report.
The Italians took more than 1900
prisoners. They stormed positions on
the heights east of the Asiago basin
and broke through at Several points.
resisting violent counter offens'v S.
Twelve enemy airplanes were
brought down. The Italians held mas.
tery of the air cva---uhere
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To Make Shoes of Fish Skins.

New York. Jan. 30.-Ffsh skins for
shoes-this is the promise 9s the re-
suit Of experiments made at Newart
NJ J., with the sFirs of the wha'
.r-poise and sturgeon
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10000 British Recruited In U. 8.

New York, Jan. 30-The British
Canadian recruiting station has re-
cruited $4,000 men In the United
States since last June, Brigadier Cen
eral w. A. White announced.
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Eaisehood Stjnos

FalsehOod is like a nettle, because
1t usually stings those who venture to
NEEDLE with it.
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The Weather.

Forecast =" +"is section: Partly
~'e,,7-- 49, - probably tomorrow:
northwest winds.
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The last previous raid was on De-
cember 1S. Ten persons were killed
and seventy wounded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-27
SHIPYARD NEWS
WANTED: A BRIDE!
EXCELLENT CHANCE
Shipworker in Merchant Yard
With $4,000 in Liberty
Bonds Seeks Helpmeet

I'm tired Of boarding houses; they
are not what they are cracked up to be-
This Introduces "W. II. NJ" ship.
worker In the Merchants yard at Har.
riman, who draws a good salary. has
$4,000 worth of Liberty Bonds. a
bunch Of war-savings stamps and 80,
wants wife.
The patrImonial candidate is thirty.
six years old. Hc has never been mar
ried He says the lady who consents
to become Mrs. "W. II. NJ" wont have
to worry about the future.
wv. II. NJ" states that boarding
houses are nothing more than a place
to roost and that he would like TO si'
In the kitchen and watch the tea kettle
boil.
81 want wife. want to sec her
bake beans for dinner" explained the
lonely shipworker 81 want to see her
singing as she dusts the parlor wan,
TO see her at the opposite side Of the
table coaxing mo TO eat. ! want the
domestic happiness OF q little home"
Other than that W. r.. NJ. does not
provide any specifications for pro
spective bride--just n good wife
The shipworker requests that thu
ladies interested in his propositions com
fnunicate with him by addressing Wv
II. NJ" care OF the Shiphuildcrs' News
Merchants Shipbulldlng Corporation
Hartman. Pa. They may call at The
shipbuilders' Office for additional infor
nation,
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H.ClATDEh.'
Wounded.
DIED

May. Prior to entering military life the
brothers we're employed as roofers.
Corporal Raymond c. Thoirs, twenty
two, of 52i Market street, Camden. died
of wounds October 4, word to that ef-
feet being received by his father. James
NJ. Thoirs, from the War Department
Corporal Thoirs enlisted In the Camden
company OF engineers, formed when the
United States entered the war
Corporal Frank Fitzgerald, 5l2 South
Hancock street, who was wounded. was
born and raised in Southwark In re-
cent letter home he tells how he carried
his major to a field dressing station af-
Ter the officer had been mortally wound
ed The officer died on the way and
Fitzgerald, though wounded himself,
brought In the MAJ jors body to the rear
ines so that it might be given fitting
burial He went to Camp Meade In the
| Private william Potter. son of George
Potter 1900 North Fifty-ninth street
was killed in action during the battle
| Of the Mouse He was thirty-one and
went to Camp Meade on May 26, 1918.
He had been at camp but short tim,
| when a call for volunteers was issued
| to fill the ranks Of the 3l6th Infantry
He was among those accepted.
Corporal William J. Frasch, twenty
| six, 224 North wilton street. has writ.
| ten frends here that he was wounded
| In the right arm in October and Is In a
French hospital. He Is a member OF
Company G. 3i5th Infantry. He was
| employed at the Schuykill Arsenal.