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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28

uChLt Va kAsOsA
only son. Ivanhoe
X. Metz" In a'base
hospital In. France,
o I broncho-pneu-
monia.
He enlisted Sep
tember. 1917, and
at the time of his
death was a cor
poral In d Squad
ron. Firet Marine
Aviation Corps. He
received a greater
part of his train
ing at the Aviation
Station. Miami
Ela He aailod for
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est son of the 312th Field Artillery. An
other son. Albert. is In the aviation
section.
Frank writes his mother to believe
no discouraging stories as TO the well
fare of the soldiers in France.
AS soon as they start that" he says
turn them over to the police. They
them"
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BreSS declared WIT
against Germany. Is
now serving on a
destroyer. in French
w a I g RS. Fortune
has smiled on the
youth for q few
days ago he was
promoted to 'phar-
macist's. mate. first
class.
Young Leary Is
the son of John
Leary, who for
eight years was en-
gineer at the Nc
Call public school,
Sixth and De Lam
poV St rootS Ho loft
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d1erS, VINO tneVe-
upon are very apt
to let 20 with their
fist. Private Philip
Dublin. attached to
Company p. 1o9th
Infantry. who lived
at 522 South Front
street. writes of his
experience wit n
kissing boches and
Of being gassed
twice and once
wounded. .
II am at present
in a ssifcation
camp waiting to be
sent back to my
CO m p a n "" no
,,,~lHAa bT Nns a =
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overseas about the middle Of september
In addition to graduating from. the
0uakertown High School. he spent three
vears kt State College and finished at
the University OF Nebraska: ps ne was
church and Sunday School in Quaker.
town. He was twenty-three years o.
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racy.
Three sons of
Mrs. A. Eujawa,
629 South Fifty
fifth street. are in
the service. The
mother was born
and reared In Ber-
lin, Germany. and
the father was born
In Poland.
One son is in
France aud his let
ters home are writ
ten in a strain de-
signed to cheer the
mother who gave
him to her new
country. He Is
Frank the young
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CRIP HOSPITAL TO CLOSE
philopstrisn Institute Will Become Cldh
for Enlisted Men

The Philopatrian Literary Institute
vhich has been temporary hospital
for infiuenxa patients will reopen to-
,corrow night as a service club for en-
iist.H men. as 1t was before the epi..
'Ssmic. The Institution was converted
Into an emergency hospital In thirty
James r. Heron. president OF the In.
stitute. said yesterday that the last OF
~ patients will leave tomorrow
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TWO INJURED AT FIRE
Soldiers Leg Is Crushed 1t Frankford
Arsenal Blsxe

A soldiers right leg was crushed and
civilian suffered slight burns on the
hands in a blaze yesterday afternoon
which destroyed the coal conveyor At
the Frankford Arsenal
The injured soldier 10 Robert Ham,
who was fighting the blaze. A falling
beam crushed his leg. William Byers,
OF 1859 Griscom street. also was in
jured.
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GERMANS KISS CAPT0RS
But Overjoyed Boches Receive
Indignant Punches in Return

German prisoners are SO overjoyed at
being captured by the Americans that
thew hug and kiss the khaki-clad SOL
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MELTING POT MADE SOLDIER
Philadelphia American Son Of
Pole and German Woman

German and Polish blood. fused in
the American melting pot. is fighting
for the United States and world democ-
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LOSE ONLY SON IN WAR
.Ouakertown Aviator Is Pneu.
8 monia Victim in France =

In a telegram from the war Depart
ment,, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Metz. Quak-
ertown, Pa, have ebeen nctihed OF the
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WINS PROMOTION IN NAVY

Independence Square Boy, Now
Pharmacists Mate, Likes Sea Life
William F. Leary. twenty-year old
Independence Square boy who entered
the Navy thirteen minutes before Con-
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Get this
it's
important!

" The other day a
man came into our
store-Perry's, 10th
& Chestnut - and
said he wanted to see
an Overcoat.
q One of our sales
men took him to our
sc on d floor. and
started to show him
some coats.
q After a while the
customer decided on
the over coat he
wanted, an d then
said to our sales
q "Do you knoaU,
Pve been to So-dnd-
Sos and to So-and-
Sos IN search Of
something like that,
but hey couldn't
show me a thing that
ca M e anyUheres
near 1t. They had
little or nothing OF
its class at all-ve,u
fen really high
grade OvercOdts. I
had no objection to
p1ice-I aUanted the
best and I expected
to pay for it. You
certainly have a
acoadertul lot of fine
goods here - more
than I've ever seen
IN one place, and I'm
mighty glad / came
IN. Yes, thank yoas,
that's th e coat l
aUant -PU take 1t
right along With
me-"
G 1t was one of our
handsome double
breasted beaver Ul- +
sters "a SIS gar
ment.
q You'll get W h a {
you want at Perry's
without S tin t or
lirnit-be your figure i
$40 or $85!
Fall and Winter
The Keota news., 1918-07-19
FIVE DRIVES AND HOW FOUR
RESULTED.

Picardy Drive-Started March ~
on a fifty-mile front between Arras
and Oise. stopped In just one
week. after the Germans had "a.
vanced about forty miles to within
striking distance OF Amiens.
Flanders Drive-Started April >
on q twenty -five-mile front be:
tween the Ypres-Comines canal and
La Bassse. stopped in ten days
after the Germans had penetrated
fifteen miles to within striking dis
tance OF Hazebrouck.
Marne Drive--Started May ~ on
a forty-miIe front between Coucy-
le-Chateau and Rheims. stopped In
\ week after the Germans had pene-
trated thirty miles to Chateau
Thierry.
Disc Drive-started June . on
thirty five mile front between
Stopped in three days after the
Germans had advanced six miles.
They were later pushed back nearly
half this distance.
Champagne Dgive-Started July
IS on fifty mile front between
Chateau and Main de Mas
siges. Continuing, with initial
German gains reported.
The Keota news., 1918-07-19

Paris. July 16.-In the desperate
fighting which is reported in the Off
cial communication from the war Of
flee last night. following the resump-
ton of the gigantic German offensive.
the American troops are given the
credit Of driving back the Germans
who had succeeded In crossing the
Marne southwest Of Fossoy. In the
long sector between Dormans and
Rheims. FrancoAmerican troops are
reported to be resisting the German
assault valiantly. and east Of Rheims
the enemy attack has met with what
IL characterized as ''an irreducible de
fense."
A French report says: The attack
Ing force was completely demoralized
and retired in disorder. We immedi.
ately counter attacked and advanced
our lines $50 yards. We took twenty.
seven prisoners. No further attacks
have been made on Vaux. I have just
received q semi-official report that
following the Vaux attack the Ameri.
cans advanced on the west side of Hill
ZVS 10 lax lu0S IuC AAd0o CAPSSSOV
IN attack and evacuated the hill they
have paid 80 much to hold during the
last three weeks.
The German prisoners captured in
the counter attack by the Americans
At the bend on the Marne number be-
tween 1000 and 1.500. They include a
complete brigade staff.
London, July 16.-The great Ger
man attack was definitely held up on
the whole front east Of Rheims five
hours after it was launched, accord
ing to the latest advices reaching
London. and the only German gains
worth mentioning were in the neigh.
borhood Of the Souain road and Pru
nay, where they succeeded in pene
trating for about one and one-half
miles on a narrow front. At both
these points the French initiated
strong counter attacks late in the
morning. On the front west Of Rheims
the Germans had rather more success
but the only important gain to their
credit for the mornings work was the
crossing of the Marne and a zone lit.
tie more than mile beyond on y front
Of about ten miles.
The Keota news., 1918-07-19
SPORT.

The Battenburg cup. carrying with
1t the rowing championship of the
American battleship fleet. has been
awarded to the race boat crew Of the
Arizona. which won from the Nevada's
crew in the final tests on July 1.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb. batting cham.
pion for the American league. 10 blaz.
ing the trail for the 1918 batting su.
premacy. Averages last week give the
Detroit star . mark Of .371. as against
1855 for George Sisler Of st. Louis, the
leader a week previous.
Thornton H. Thomas Of Colorado
Springs. president Of last years senior
class at Colorado college and football
and baseball star, has gone to Seattle.
Wash. He Is to take the course of
training for naval aviators now being
conducted at the University of Wash.
ington.
The Keota news., 1918-07-19
w EST Err N.

An interurban electric car laden
with ship builders overturned near
South San Francisco. Four persons
were reported killed and fifteen seri.
ously injured.
Enrolment for the United States
student nurse reserve will begin July
90, the women's committee Of the
Council of National Defense an
nounced. Arizona is asked for "A. Col
orado 4SO, New Mexico 80 and Wyom.
ing 95.
The Keota news., 1918-07-19
Knew From Sad Experience.

Mother said Buddy would have to
sprinkle the lawn and flowers every
evening till 1t rnined he had been do
Ing 1t for ever week. and was getting
pretty tired of his job. as the water
pressure WAS low. and 1t took him
quite n little while till he had every.
thing watered. Finally one evening he
said to his mother. Lets all have .
picnic tomorrow. and II will be sure tO
rain"
has II one-sided fight on his hands.
The Keota news., 1918-07-19
GENE RAJ.

Maj. Gen. William C. Langfitt has
been appointed chief engineer of the
American expeditionary forces.
Taxes collected during May by the
10 per cent charge on admission to
theaters. concerts, cabarets and like
places. amounted to &4.624.996. In Feb
ruary, taxes from these same sources
totslod $3.70S.00O.
The Keota news., 1918-07-19
DAISY FLY KILLER
Make Fun Of "Hymn Of Hate"

Make Fun OF "1ymn OF VAse'
1.-The German Hymn Of Hate bids
fair to become one Of England's ma
tional songs" writes Maj. Eric Fisher
Wood in 1.-THE Notebook Of an Intelli-
gence Officer" lust as derisive Yam
kee Doodle first composed and played
by the musicians Of British troops
early In the American revolution. was
later on the occasion of their final sur
render ut Yorktown. played ut them
by the bands OF the Continental army
and subsequently became one Of Amer
Ica's national songs. having today
popularity rivaled only by Dixie 1t
is truly an extraordinary sight to see
British regiment on the march singing
the Hymn of Hate at the top Of their
lungs and mt the chorus to hear some
clear tenor voice sing out. Whom do
we hate! and then the whole battal-
ions reply in n voice OF thunder
England
The Keota news., 1918-07-19
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PRooRE00 oo
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News servioa
ABOUT THE WAR.

American aviators extend raid fifty
miles behind German line at Chateau
Thierry.
British casualties reported In the
week ending July l3 totaled 1871 or
ficers and men.
in aerial fighting British ana
French airmen have accounted for
twenty-five machines.
On all the American fronts soldiers
Joined their French comrades In cele-
brating the French fete Sunday.
German diplomatists are again air.
ing war aims programs and engaging
in peace discussions among them
selves.
The French continued their progress
north OF Chavigny farm and east OF
Faverolles. Javage farm. northeast OF
Faverolles. was occupied.
Czecho-Slova forces. which cap
tured Nikolsk. northwest OF Vladivos'
tok, are now closely pursuing the Boil
shevist troops. which are retreatin8
toward Khabarovsk.
The British fighting forces In
France now aggregate 100000 men.
says the Havas correspondent on the
British front This equals the num-
Der on the front In 1917.
British forces. after landing on the
Murman coast. have occupied the Rus
sian port OF KEN. on the White sea.
the Frankfurter Zeitung says. accord
ing to a Rotterdam dispatch to the
London Daily Telegraph.
Further progress is reported in the
Paris war Offices announcement. an
operation in the neighborhood of Long
pont enabling the French to cross tho
Savieres river opposite Catifet farm
and capture COO Germans.
A large German patrol which at
tempted to raid the American
trenches on the Marne front was brok.
en- up and routed in confusion. Tho
Germans left several dead. which aid.
ed the Americans in establishing the
identity Of new German units.
1t is announced at Washington that
the number of troops dispatched to
France has grown to 100000. some
80. 900 men having left last week. The
formation Of three army corps from
the troops in France. each corps com.
prising from 225,OOO to 25O.O0O men,
was also made known.
The advance, made mainly BY the
Italians with the French on the right
flank, in the Albanian campaign. has
already reached a maximum depth Of
twenty-five miles on a front Of some
eighty miles, Strengthening the allied
line as it runs from the Adriatic and
links up with the Macedonian front.
The Keota news., 1918-07-19
FoRgIoN.

Vigorous restrictions to Be imposed
upon enemy aliens In England.
Siberia reported now wholly In con.
troll OF now anti-Bolshevik govern.
ment.
General PershinS. in general order
has decreed July II. Frances national
holiday. az . day OF celebration for
the American expeditionary forces.
The fall OF Foreign Secretary Won
Kuehlmann 10 regarded in Germany as
the Introduction of an open Pan-0er'
man regime under the control Of the
military leaders. special dispatches
from Holland say.
Spanish grippe continues to spread
rapidly In Switzerland. The military
authorities announced that on July 9
there were $500 cases In the Swiss
army and among interned troops. The
deLth rate so far has been compare
lively small
London newspapers agreed that the
principal point in Chancellor Hert-
ling's address In the Reichstag WAS his
hope Of an allied peace offer. They
pointed out that this 10 impossible. fol-
lowing his reaffirmation of the Brest.
Litovsk treaty.
Evidence secured from Austrian pris-
oners indicates that the Austro- Hun
garian losses during the recent often.
sive were in the neighborhood of 250..
900. Other reports made by captives
tend to confirm accounts OF poor
wheat and potato crops in Austria.
Gen. Baron Friedrich Won Falken.
hausen. the German governor general
Of Belgium. has decided. says the
Hamburger Nachrichten. that Belgium
shall be turned into federal state on
the lines Of Austria. Flanders and
Waloon. the newspaper adds. will live
separately under one king or q presi.
dent under German control.
Field Marshal Won HindenburE Is
dead. according to the newspaper Les
Nouvelles. His death is said to have
occurred after stormy interview with
the German emperor II great head
quarters at Spa. The emperor and the
field marshal are declared to have had
serious differences OF opinion concern.
ing the German offensive toward Par.
Is. The field marshal died from con.
gestion of the brain.
In recognition of the valiant services
OF the American troops when they
stopped the German rush on Paris in
the second battle Of the Marne. cap
turing Bois de Belleau. routing the
German machine gun nests and estab-
lishing themselves in commanding po-
sitions on the Marne sector. the
French authorities have officially
changed the name OF Bois de Belleau
to Bois de IL Brigade de Marine. and
have ordered all maps changed &C.
cordingly.
The Keota news., 1918-07-19
FORCE FOE TO FLEE IN DIS
ORDER ACROSS MARINE, AND
SKATER BRIDGES.
TAKE over 1000 HUNS
Y, 8. eARRAoE DESTROYS WAVES
OF ATTACKING GERMANS IN
NEW OFFENSIVE.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-10
OUR NEW BIRTH AS A WORLD POWER


forth with conspicuous ceaneSs 0y f
d.,t WILSON will indeed pause drifting in the
propulsion nations Of the earth no" F
departed being caught in this whirlpool OF
handed down to US by that great parrot anu
farewell address, which enoned US against
rnr alliances have observed for over
c.sury quarter tremendous stride we have no" taken "
constructive freedom OF other peoples
Ler all affairs and dwelling an
ol,ton presumed adding crowds ignob
ind ourselves spdany taking and flying to
tn. the The plunge We
from the old path OF
YIN the ou.re O.. foreign We have declared that
strength shall insist on the anu
restoration Of tho sovereignty territory must be eo
and made for the taking OF
frontiers lines of recognizable nationality
Going farther STILL development OF the peo
pes Of Rumana Serbia and Montenegro
with to the guarantees OF economic
and political independence territorial integrity the Balkan sate
tho establishment an independent including territories IN
indspub Polish population with Tree access " 'e sea- gnu
political and economic independence
The nteigencer reflections in spirit OF cF
cs the vital change in our national existence
ana tho most marked departures from security
No formerly step OF our own noosns 0u'
witt response the voice Of humanity hroted anu e
m thousand wounds and espd ha
we changing order which has maze all 'nnsS new
~ nation rlbulaton faces ne" RESPONSE
blty as world power position powerful factor IN
bringing and high hope or running
T., manifest destiny and incompatible dignity
IN the unacceptable that the united
should play her part into the fghtu caas
e cond do nothing herself with those nations that had been
holding the She double debt " france f0r 0eso
n for her second time England for the protection OF
If the United States OF
America had not alliance with these nations TO stop
The rayenng would have had to fight the Prus
sian mad man tell what would have been her
T., emitting loose from secuson have set sail
We shall safely anchor
s-e and On that great shine about for
,do shall have all the peoples of the earth
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-10
TIME WAS WHEN

We do not have to jog our mem
cries to any great liveliness TO recall
the great indignation displayed by the
virtuous Democracy that rallied
against the secretiye Republicans
who tourneyed to Washington TO
hatch their nefarious schemes" and
which aroused the .Demosthenean
fires Of the bush heaters during the
old campaigns Of f1amboyant trade
1t Is with great regret. therefore, that
we note that the former. arduous ad-
yocates OF political perfection. have
fallen into the evil ways Of their
peccable foes they were so wont to
cover with confusion.
To the pure. though, We presume
all things are pure. and that accounts
for the presence in Washington Of the
guileless Governor Cornwell in
clustered communion with the All
Highest OF Democratic party authority
in West Virginia, the Hon. Clarence
W. Watson, who, with deserving
Democrat" confraternity, were deciding
who shall be nominated for sacrifice
in the Senatorial contest this year.
Like Agrippa, Cornwell seems TO be
almost persuaded that he is the man
Of the hour.
But what shall become OF the old
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thanks. when return" she said i
will give you material for hook; yes
half n dozen books"
smiled in my sleeve | was hardly
in quest OF madame'S experiences rs q
diplomatic agent" but to sample" her
correspondence and cables before sent
them on ~ her---ihat feat, / surmlscd.
would not be entirely unprotitablc.
Madame Delibcs that night departed
for Adrianople, leaving me her address,
and all particulars of what was re-
uuired Of me. AS iirst-clasS woman
spy (Which l knew her tn be-. she
seemed highly mcthodical although II
greatly amused me TO thing that her
'uIprrSSinn" of the writer Of these lines
was 80 entirely favorable. AS secret
service agent myself would not trust
with any secret" the best woman liv-
ing.
interrupted by Another German Spy.
After Miss Henderson's outspoken
ppiniou of A1adamc Dclibcs l thought IT
best to hay. my exact whereabouts un-
known TO the English woman. simply
told her that WAS going to stay in Fera
for Z lew days with friends.
Installed in the Villa nrkka. attended
on by an aged French woman. an excel
lent cuok | quite enjoyed myself for two
whole days. \ locked writing desk In
AIadamc's sitting room particularly 'Ias-
cinatcd ME, so much so that could not
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-10

odium that was attached to Republic
An conferences held in Washington!
How can the present confab OF the
National Committeeman and Prince
Perfection be reconciled with the
contumelious contempt that once
ragged in their bosoms for the he-
publican "conspiracies" OF the DIG
DAYS? All. these non-partisan Demo
cratic times! What changes they
have wrought in the name OF patriot
ism, The Democrat can do no wrong.
And the poor Republican has naught
to do these days but compose him.
self to that frame of mind that III
spired the Victims Of the ancient
arena, turn to the Emperor's box and
exclaim, I'VE who are about to die
salute thee"
We may be assured of one thing
and that Is, whatever decision comes
out of Washington or whoever runs
for Senator he must bear the stamp
Of approval Of Prince Clarence or he
shall be inelegantly designated us
Mud.
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(Couttuued from tuesday,

AS had not told Madame p2l'DNs
my ma me" ] could only further Won
der Mt her clcvcrncSs in learning II SO
quickly Again suspected thai Mao
amo Delihcs suspected the secret ser
vice woman. Was ii a case OF dIamol"l
cut diamond onrc more:
"Ot course you know Berlin? You
have friends there"
granted these things. Madame thcn
"switched on" uu to general topics CON
corning Germany. which country she SAIL
She loved" ! did not believe hHr'
She also vrofcsScd the greatest admtra-
ton for England. that land OF real men
and women. she styled 1t. She aad
stayed in London for SIX months nenr"
h,r knowlcdgr Of English. AT this june
turc thought might as we'll cross
examine her.
Madame nnlibcs had come to Stamohrl
from Paris for II thorough change. MY
doctor Informed me-" sh" said. that nv
mental condition required total change
Of scene and climate. and Ne suggested
this city because hr thought its life.
ljmht. and cnlor would 10 beneficial T."
n,n Seriously. like tn" spot very
much hut l find that women with whom
one can make friends arc exceedingly
scarce. That Is really the reason why |
asked yo,; to come and sec mo- for Ehu
--cr-nrc So different from the sort 81;
European women living h"rc."
When remarked That Stamhaul nal
also hccn prescribed for me Ms mental
Pick mc-up'' Madame laughed nj the
coincidence. "i1ut am not lady
author" sh" mddc1. "Rcally. nm
afraid Of authors. ! always imagine
them thinking like Il book while they a"e
talking 10 you. and nj the sam" time
pitying your commonplace attempts ut
conversation"
"Rut You are not afraid or me- |
asked.
''Oh no. Now. Miss Henderson is much
moro formidable. 7 feel afraid Of that
wOman's face"
"Itn Yn1i. knnW' NIn,lnmn wont on AFT or