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The Washington times., 1918-09-10

Let's inaugurate the scheme
of plastering a YELLOW TAG
on Stacker automobiles on gas
less Sundays. Let physicians
and others who MUST drive
on Sundays obtain blue tags
from the fuel administration,
and then let EVERYBODY
paste the Stacker with a yellow
sign.
The Washington times., 1918-09-10
HEARD AND SEEN

Had a nice call from Lieutenant
HEADLEY and Hack Inspector
MAURICE COLLINS the other
day. Both gentlemen were looking
fine and dandy. Come again
The Washington times., 1918-09-10

Capt. TOM KIRBY says his
brother, the well-known JOHN
KIRBY, is now attending the school
for army chaplains at Fort Zachary
Taylor.
TOM GRANT is mentioning at
Wildwood, N. J.
The bootleggers got an awful jolt
yesterday when they paid their good
money for a fine ride on the w., B.
and A. and then found all the rum
shops in Baltimore were closed on
account Of q primary election being
held.
Colonial Beach Notes.
Capt. BLANCHARD ROBEY
tripped on the pilot house Of the
S. S. Alert Saturday and fell over
board.
He was rescued by Sergt. J. T.
JONES.
Deputy Sheriff ]. T. JONES shot
mad dog last Saturday night
The gasolene-less order was en-
forced on Sunday by Constable J. 7.
JONES until 4:25 p. m, at which
hour President ]. T. JONES of the
taxicab company took BILL SCHLO-
BONN for a ride.
NJ. A. LEESE agrees with me
that our leading non-essential is
that monkey-trap at Sixteenth and z
streets northwest
For This Relief, Thanks.
Perhaps it was easier to make
rhymes for ''the boys in blue" than
it is to make rhymes for "the boys
in khaki" and for that reason there
seems to be a complete failure Of the
popular war song crop.
Those firemen who threaten to go
to Congress for revenge against the
Commissioners for the recent pro-
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RubDER FACTOR
IN GREAT WAR
Allies Would Be in Serious
Plight Without C0mm0d-
ity; Germans Obtain 1t
Only Through Smugglers.

Rnhh.r has been said to be the fourth
,,., oos.tt,. :, ,ho world ,ya,
Men, MUNITIONS ioous III" '"'o'i
their Importance ranks as they are
named The allies would De in Il Sc
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,Io,,r forp,s COW ,ffic;ale nf the r. +
coo,r;oh p,,,,,a,. ,,,,,,,,,, ,nsnnfar-
.nrarr - ,.,,hher .nnaa a. .v.ry rom
o,,;,,h,. ,,r ,sa ,rh. n,.ograxs If the
,,,,n. ,,a,,,a H., s1,uad ~, ,luost tn tho
,,oi,,. ,e a.,o., ,,a thousands womb,
.,,,ar .na Al. i, rpronean haze hos
,i,oi. ,,.;tho,,, ,,,o ,;5 of rrhh.r
.,,,.r,o, .,a hoy, er,,;.s baya a ire
,,,.,,aons .,,.o,,,go var rha enemy
I,,, ho,,,,,r,n ,,3o,,no,. r,hhe, sunn,y
,rh;s .a,.a,,,e,,,a ,napirasts itself in me
~ ~, ,a,a, i, ,be frnn, limo trenches
ana hahina The limos in the hospitals.
p,,h,,er i. ;,,,ti.na,.o,l. ~ Submarine
,,a,,,s.,.,,r ~ ,ir,,au, and liripihle
,,n,,ea, ,s,,,,ot;,n. in ,ho trenches
~ $40, har. ,.o,arnroof cloth :
~, a,,a r,,hh.r hoots-and the agnnies
:. .h,,,,..,,,., =, so,a,.r, ,ro allcviated
~. ,,a ~, ,.,,,,,,.r ,,n,;apces
v,h,,. ~ p,nssians, omhulances.
..,,,,,,,4ian ,na s,n,,v trucks are
.,a,,.,,, ,,,,,,h,in. ,,,n,r IN stee, tires.
~ ,.,,. a.',.;.ads .nrinc wheels
..,.,o.,, p,;,;sh .Erenc,, and Italian
,a ,,,,.,g. IA vusiftly
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AT THE CHURCHES

"a. n' Lewis NJ Shines, superintendent
DAILY Addition Sunday school at D. IN,
Mrs. l.. T.. Sargent, superintendent.
Morning worship and sermon at IL
o'clock; subject Of sermon. Seeing
Him Who Is Invisible" Evening
Worship and sermon at S O'Clock; sub
ject of sermon, The Young Man VINO
flnnked." Epworth league devotional
service at 7 o'clock: topic for discus
sion, '"rhc Ruin of Masterpiece"
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at
! y o'clock. The Womau's Home Mis-
sIonary Society viii meet Thursday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs G. r.
perrH.t3I5 East Front street. y com .
Portable pew and a welcome for you
always at this church. Following is the
4 order Of services for Sunday;
Morning.
organ voluntary, "Adcste Fldelis"
tlHaGrt).
rrocsssional, Nearer, My God, to
Thtc'
Hymn. 80 Worship the King
Giay inj.
APOSTLES Creed. Prayer.
Solo. 40 Lord. re Merciful," Mrs. \,
j.. Hoblitt
/ Responsive reading. Gloria Patri.
Scripture lcsson.
offertory. Theme in A. Itirdl.
H Dnet "Springtime Of the soul
Mi,,f,ie Ifart). Misses Henley and Eer-
lrg.
! Sermon, Seeing Him Who Is invis-
t ible"
! Hymn. Lord OF our Life, Unknown
/ Ghykes1.
Beneaiction.
organ I'ostiudo in T. Fiat tFauIkcs)
Evening.
;,rsan. prelude, 'Intcrmozzo" tMas
cHenD. 1e
Professional, onward, Christia,
Soldier"
Hymn, Lord, Hear Is for our Ma
q tive Land.
Prayer.
Duet "Hop" Ecyond' tWhite)
Messrs Ferry and McAllister.
Scripture lesson.
offertory. "Nocturn" tMendelssohn)
Solo selected, Mrs. McAllistef.
sermon, "rhe Young Man WI,
FUNK ed"
| Prayer.
Hymn, Am | a Soldier" tArucl.
Bencdction, thine IL the Kingdom
(GHuD.
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Emmanuel Baptist.

Corner of Woody and Pine streets,
w. +. Lockwood, minister. Sunday
school Is called at .: l5, Or, j, w. How
ard superintendent. Morning worship
is called ut II O'clock Bruno Chilin-
ski, the boy vtalinist, will play. Mr.
Chilnski is leaving the city, So that
this is one "f your last opportunities
Of hearing him. Il. Y. +. u. services
at seven o'clock. Evening worship at
S O'clock Tho Ladies' Aid society and
Mission circle will meet together II
an all-aay session Thursday in the
church parloiT. zach lady is to bring
/, her own lunch There will be an ad.
tlroSe Ny tn" pastor at gao y, III. ....
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M ornIng Service.

"oiH'f9 oeFSlCe.
Prelude, March Mii.,airr' ,L.IipalI.
Professional. THE s,on If God Goes
Forth to War"
Invocation ana Gloria,
pSultcr.
Hymn, Lord Of All I!rinp."
Scripture and Prayer,
Thrcefold Amen. -
Anthem, THE Heavens Are Trlliug."
With organ aud piano accompaniment.
Offcrtory, "Sunplieation," Irysinger.
Vocal solo, Come Unto Him tMcs-
siahl, Mrs. Walter Pop.
Hymn, "I Heard the Voice If Jesus
Say"
Sermon.
Hymn, More Love to Thee, O
Christ"
Postludc.
Evening Services.
Prelude, "Marche Nuptlalc" ,Roclt
weld,
Professional, Onward, Christian
soldiers" .
Invocation.
Hymn. go, Gould / Speak"
psalter.
Anthem, "Consder and Hear Me
pflcuger.
Scripture aud Prayer.
Threefold Amen.
Vocal solo, "IIow Lovely Are Thy
Dwellings" Miss Frances Myers,
Offertory,
Ladies' chorus, no Evil Shall Be
fall Thee"
Violin solo, selected, Bruno Chiliuski
Hymn. Thy VIII BE Done
{ Sermon.
Choir hymn. Knocking, Knocking
Who Is There"
Hymn, Gwen Song l. flushed in 81
lencc."
| poStludc.
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o'clock; Sunday evening Worship and
sermon, 3 o'clock, Senior Epworth
league, Sunday evening, : O'Clock; Jun
Tor Epworth league Wednesday after
noon. 4: 80 o'clock; prayer meeting
Wednesday evening ~ S o'clock. The
Hard Times social that was to have
been on last Friday evening was post
poned on account of the serious fflnass
Of one of our members and will be held
next Thursday evening in the basement
of the church. a cordial welcome for
IAN at this church
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Trinity Methodist Church.

Corner of Hazel and South Sixth
streets. west. Rev l., II. Moblcy. pas
tor, Residence, 307 South Sixth street
Mcst. Sunday school, 10 O'Clock sun
day morning. j. II. Nottingham, In
charge of the upstairs department and
". G. Bcll of the downstairs depart
ment, school Is graded Sunday
morning Worship and sermon. II
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He Is Colonel at Is
But That's His Name

The youngest colonel in the world
IS of age and he is IL fun tiedged mem
Der of Uncle SANS forces. No. he's
not Il. but Is is the age when the
United States says II boy Is man
enough to he a soldier. ~ -.
!, He Is Colonel A. Rowe OF San Fran
Vtsco aud he Is now n fullfIedged pri-
vatc in the ranks, This does not mean
that he has been reduced in his grade.
Ills first name Is Colonel and his
previous military knowledge has been
confined 10 leadership in the Boy
Scouts +
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Emanuel Lutheran Church.

AZ West Alder street, r. '. Ander-
son. pastor; residence, 531 North Third
street, vest Sunday school. 10 IA. m. =;
morning worship II; evening service,
o'clock Thursday afternoon the La
dies Aid will meet with Mrs, Gust OIL
son, 1903 Vine street Friday evening
at s O'Clock Rev. y. j. frosbcrs, A. NJ,
OF Great Falls, will give a lecture on the
war. There win also be musical mum
berS.
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St. Francis xavier's, Catholic.

Masses at &, I 10, S:l5, @:l5 and 1870.
the last one being a high mass. sun
day school at 2. Reception of rahfi
dates into BOYS sodality ut g. ~ 80
rosary, sermon and ben"diction. Al the
1915 o'clock mass the men of the par
Ish viii receive holy communion in a
body. on Monday and Friday even
ings at 80 Instructions in Christian
doctrine at the rectory. Wednesday
evening at { 80 May dcvotons begin.
On Friday evening the young women
Of the parish will meet for Red Cross
work at the MISSOURI hotel. 4
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(Cuntluueu FROM rage oHcp
But here | had him clearly at a dis
advantage--my own automatic was al
ready In my hand. shot him straight
between the eyes
THE girl shrieked and started to-
ward me in fury. She had no weapon
50 l thrust my revolver into my hol-
ster and grappled with her. She
fought vixenishly for "A few minutes,
but then suddenly relaxed in my arms
and began violently sobbing, After
that she very quietly accompanied me
to headquarters.
Once over her tit OF fury, she made
no pretense that she had been other
than 4 spy in our camp. But she said
the man had compelled her to do this
work. She was q native of Belgium
but OF mixed Flemish and German
parentage. She said the man was n
Gcrman-she had known him to be all
the while--but she loved him. and 1t
was only her love that had persuaded
her to act as informant for him. Now
that he was dead she said she did not
care what became of her, what pun
ishment was given her.
You can kill me TOO. | didn't like
TO do the things | did when the men in
your camp We're always SO friendly
and kind to me- she said. but 7 would
do anything my man asked me to. lie
could make me do anything
Captain Fa1lun found in the dead
spy's pockets papers showing that he
had knowledge. of times ANA roads foI
convoy movements and trench relief ;
also other Information of military inn
portanc", Tie girl spy showed CAP
tain lall"n Il dozen homiuu pigeons in
"a capnouflaGr cote in the ruined house.
For an infinitely smaller uffcnso
against military Inw tine Germans stood
Edith CaV"h against Il wall and shot
hsr; but this B"viar piri spy. when
tried, escaped with 81 s,rlt, nee. IF q
vpars' Imprisonment
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Swedish Congregational.

$50 West Spruce street; Rev. n. J..
Eoiin, pastor sunday school and Hiblc
at II a. IN. aud =. IN. The Y..z4G s.
VIII hold special meeting at the Mill
town chapel ut 80 Sunday afternoon.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evering at
IS O'clock. Special music at all serv
ices. Everyonn is welcome.
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First Evangelical Lutheran.

Corner Hazel and South Sixth streets,
Gustav Merit. pastor.-Sunday school
at 10 a. m, Worship at II a. IN. y
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Letter 70
Or. kiisner & Co,
ainQhamton, N. Y.

p .ovs What Swamp. Root vii! Do For
- You. Ez
Send ten cents to DIR. kilmer & Co,
Binkhamton. n. r., for a sample size
bottle. II will convince anyone. You
win also receive booklet Of valuable
information. telling about ths kidneys
and bladder. When writing. be sure
ftnel. Medium and large size bottles
tCr sale at ali drug stores.--Adv
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First Methodist Episcopal.

Conner of East Main and Washing
ton streets, Rev. Charles -. Crouch.
u. D., Sunday school at 9:la
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TIA" following is the program IF Inu-
sic for services at the Pre- sbNtcrilu
church Sunday:
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Girl Turns Spy Just to
Please Her German Lover

(Continued From Page Once
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The cold figures ofthe log underwrite t
lasting strength Of Goodrich Tires; for
are could hide a weakness in that m,
tlplled mileage. Those records and t
tires stand surety for Goodrich Tires of lo,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-10
THREE BROTHERS HELP
IN FIGHT FOR LIBERTY
One of Sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Burns Wounded
in Action

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Burns. 1905
West Clearfeld street, are proud of their
three sons-Stanley c.. twenty-four
years old; Leo W., twenty-one years old.
and j. Ralph, twenty-seven years old
all or whom are in the service.
Stanley, a private Of Company K.
10th Infantry, has been wounded in
action. He is recuperating in a hos
ptal in southern France. Lee is a mem.
Der OF Company L. Fifth Regiment.
marines, and Is in France awaiting the
call to action. The other son. j. Ralph.
is lieutenant stationed at Camp Pike
Arkansas. as an instructor. He is mar.
rled and has a four-year-old son.
Private Stanley Burns was draft,
last October and sent to Camp Meade
later being transferred to the Twenty.
eighth Division, then stationed at Camp
hancock, Ga. He went overseas with
the division last May and two months
later-July 29-was wounded in the
FOOT while the Twenty nty-eighth was en-
gagged at the Marne. In letter to his
mother. dated August II. he said tho
wound was healed and that he was able
to be about. August 10, he said, a
number of American women visited the
hospital bringing ice cream, the first
he had eaten since leaving the United
States. He was formerly cashier ar
the banking and brokerage firm of Ar
matt & Brown.
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Good NeWs for Home Folk
From Boys in the Service

have been In France three months now
and. believe me, We have seen more
action than lots of other divisions that
have been over here six months and
longer. / have had so many escapes
from death that 1t Is getting to be a
common occurrence. But this is the
way dope 1t out: God has been an
swering your prayers and fathers and
every one else's that prayed for me.
Believe me, when fellow gets over
here he realizes there is a God.
A few days ago our company was in
the town of r The Germans had
the town surrounded, SO they could see
every one who left it or entered n
Their airplanes were flying over It and
they had snipers In the town. Our
wagon train had left rations up on a
road about three miles out of tbs
town. About nine of us went out and
brought in the rations without even
a man getting wounded It was a
very dangerous mission, but we all
came through o. X.
Later. when we were relieved, our
company left that town in broad day-
light and we never lost a man. God
certainly looked after us. You have
heard of Germans sniping with a rife
at you. Well, had them snipe at me
with six-inch shell, which is heavy
artillery. You see, there was street
In this town that was covered with a
German battery. Every time a man
would walk down the street they'd
shoot a shell at him. Phewi But they
certainly nearly got me.
My time may come soon, but God
Is listening to your prayers and mine,
too. We still have the Huns on the
run. and the war may end any time.
Nobody on thia earth knows just when.
GEORGE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-10
DRAFT BOARDS NEED HELPERS
Part.Time Clerks and Typists
Asked tn Noluuteer

Hundreds of volunteer clerks and
typists-both men and women--are need
ed by the fifty-one local dract boards in
this city.
The call is not necessarily for the
registration next Thursday. hut for the
ensuing weeks, when the boards will
need clerks to make records and file
Questionnaires and typists to All the vari-
Gus forms and send out notices.
"It Is a patriotic SvrVice--that will
aid the Govern"0ert draft machinery
considerably in the huge task of classify
Ing and examinii the tens of Thousands
s of new registrants," said l.. c. Carson
chief clerk of the Philadelphia appeal
board.
Persons can give their services AT
convenient hours to themselves-for in
stance, several evenings per week. There
is pressing need for persons that can
operate typewriters
Volunteers should apply to the local
board in their home district and leave
their name and address, with informa-
tion as to when they can spare time TO
aid the draft officers"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-10
Philadelphia Soldiers
in Today's Death List

Corporal Walter A. Hausler, 91S
Wagner avenue (iarine).
Corporal J. Palmer Fullerton. Jr.,
900 South Forty-seventh street.
Private Francis Leo Caville, 613O
Kingsessing avenue.
Private Horace j. Wolfe, 7l6 East
Thayer street.
Private James Bunting, 5i32
Chestnut street.
Private James Alfred Dougherty,
2721 North Bonsall street.
Private Charles A. Heals, SIG
North Thirty-third street.
Private George CosCki. 553"
Sprague street.
Private Angelo Inverse, 926 Cath
arine street.
Private Nathan Lazzar, 2il6
North Myrtlewpod street.
Private George Taylor, jr.. BIG
Tracy Street.
Private Hewitt, Logan
(Marinc).
Private }. Preston, Germantown
Canadian Army.
September 10. 1918
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MOTHERS LETTERS
IT'S a mighty good job that our fellows
haze got.
And they're big enough men for the
task.
They are fighting for US and the fighting
Is hot,
And tits little from us that they ask.
lust a fep pords from home! They are
bearing the brunt
NJ the battle and standing the test.
All letters are helpful TO boys at the
'front.'
But he letters from mother are best.
In the heart Of each man there's bit
And that bit by his mother Is o,oned
There's a chamber Of tenderness, comfort
..d % there she's forever enthroned.
That part OF him never 9ro'os up hdnN
He's her babv. Who cares for the restf
He f0hts and our thanks are his only
retUdrd-
But the letters from mother are best.
Mr. and Mrs. George q. Brooke, East
Pam street Germantown, have received
the following letter dated September 16)
from their son, George q. Brooke, Jr.,
now with machine-gun company the old
sixth of philadelphia In France:
Dear Mother-Your cheerful letters
are received by me quite regularly.
Sometimes l get them In less than
three weeks after you write them.
But YOU should have gotten one OF
INV letters by this time. too This Is
the third letter have written to you.
The 6rst one wrote June 12 then
i wrote you nbout the last week IN
July. / an stiil ~ pne vhole. We
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DOYLESTOWN HEROES
FILL TOWN WITH PRIDE
One Killed and Seventeen
Wounded or Gassed in
August Fighting
Doylestown, Sept. 10.

Doylestown is aflame with patriotism
today. Company G, 111th Infantry. COW
cred itself with glory in the fighting in
France between August 10 and Is, and,
while the Bucks County men haven't
been mentioned in the official casualty
lists, letters have been pouring into the
county ever since last Friday, telling the
story of how the Doylestown contingent
In what was formerly the old Sixth
Pennsylvania National Guard won its
spurs, even II 1t did mean the loss of
some men and the wounding of many
others.
From present sources of information
1t is definitely known that at least one
Doylestown boy was killed in action and
at least seventeen were wounded or
gassed. There is anxiety in some other
Doylestown homes pending the arrival
Of more news In other letters, but the
general feeling Is that mo news Is good
news" and that the worst of the list is
known.
There are three Atkinson boys in Com
pany G. Albert Atkinson Is a sergeant
George Atkinson is sergeant. John At
kinson is mechanic. They got" two
of the trio-George, wounded: John,
gassed Sergeant Albert escaped with
q whole skin" Somewhere in France
with a Massachusetts command, is the
fourth Atkinson-Lieutenant Daniel At
kinson.
Then, there's the Bregan family, Mr.:
and Mrs. Adolph Bregan. They've got
three sons in France. Two are with
Company G, and the third is in the 3l0th
Artillery. The Huns got Private
Louis A. Bregan, and they got him good,
for with two bullet holes in his right
arm. surgeons found it necessary to
amputate to save his life. William,
younger brother. and fighting in the
same company. like Sergeant Albert At
kinson, was luckier than his brother
and came out of the battle unscathed.
The third brother. in the 310th Artillery,
is John Bregan.
In earlier letters, Private Moses La
zaar was named as wounded. Letters
just received tell that he has died.
Private Lazaar's mother and father are
dead. There's sister living near
Doylestown.
Excerpts from letters tell of the grill
ing 100 hours through all of which the
men of Company G stood firm, when
they weren't going forward. and how
when II was all over they had their
orders to go back for the rest period 1t
was best summed up this way: s."
I'VE were tired and hungry, but there
was plenty of food, for there weren't
quite as many of us to eat it,"
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ALMA GLUCK LAUDS SOLDIERS
Victories History
Most Thrilling. She Saws

THE recent victories of the American
troops in France to me constitute the
most thrilling episode in all history"
In these words Alma Gluck, the singer,
last night paid tribute to the fighting
men Of her adopted country. Accom-
panied by her husband, Efrem Zimbalist
Madame Gluck is staying at the Belle
vue-Stratford.
And. curiously enough. " Madam
GluCk continued this wonderful show
ing is the best argument against pre-
paredness that ever could be advanced.
Without being prepared, this great coun-
try within one year placed a fully
equipped army Of 1900, 900 soldiers in
a foreign field. It's nothing short of
marvellous.
Madam Gluck said Philadelphia most
likely would hear again from her" in
the coming Liberty Loan campaign.
IAN Uncle Sam has to do Is to call
on me-" she said, "and I will be ready
to do whatever is asked of me for the
cause of America"
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PENNSYLV LVANIANS HEROIC
AGAINST TERRIBLE ODDS
Half Dozen Keystone Men Among the Small Band That
EmuIated Leondas Fismette on
August 27
August 81

face of the terrible fire. Then the Ger
man infantry rushed the line. Still the
little band of Americans held on.
Repeatedly the Germans charged
against the thin line of boys in khaki
only to be driven back. Then the Ger
mans tried to gain the town by trickery.
The official report OF the fight, whichHol-
lows. exposes the German ruse:
During the attack of the enemy some
one in American uniform ran among our
troops shouting that further resistance
was useless and that one of our officers
advised everybody to surrender Out of
our troops engaged only two officers and
about thirty men retreated, fighting and
firing, and reached the northern bank
of the river"
The soldier who spread the report is
believed to have been a German in
an American uniform.
Spies in u. s. Uniform
Just before the attack a German sol-
dier named Max Kauv. Of the 468d Ger
man Infantry, was shot and mortally
wounded by our men far inside our
lines. He had lived many years in the
United States. He was well Stoke d
with food. 1t is altogether probable
that the man who shouted Surrender /"
In Fismette was another German soldier
spy. r
Surrender? He'll, should say not"
said Lieutenant Turner to his men.
I'VE will fight 1t out" he added.
This was in the dim light Of early
day and the dense smoke Of bursting
shells. Again and again the enemy was
driven Off.
The Americans. almost surrounded,
dropped back during the evening, fight
ing from house to house in the streets.
They finally took refuge in a disman-
tiled and roofless dwelling, about 900
feet from the bridge to Fismes. There
they made their final stand until COM
PEELED to retreat back across the river.