Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-12
BERKS HERO DIES
SAVING FRIEND
Charles Rissmiller Shot by
Sniper While Carrying
Wounded Man
EMAUS BOY is KILLED
Dunmore Youth Sends Word
He Is "Dying Happy in
Country's Service" :
EMAUS BOY is KILLED

Another gold star has been added TO
Berks Countys honor roll. This soldier
hero bears the same name as that Of the
first Berks man to die in action. He 10
Charles Rissmiller, and he gave his life.
on July while carrying wounded
companion to safety The first Charles
Rissminer was killed November 2s, last
year.
A. letter from Man'ey Gregory. q
comrade of Rissmlller. whose home was
In Leesport. to David H. Kline. Of that
place. says Rissmiller was shot by
sniper while he was carrying a wounded
friend to the shelter of a shell crater.
The sniper's bullet went through Riss-
mller's lungs, but the man he was
carrying was saved.
Achilles Karaoustas is the first Read
ing Greek to give up his life in the
service of his native land and his
adopted country in the war. He was
killed July II.
In letter from First Lieutenant Will
liam j. Huston, received by Mr.. and
Mrs. William Ruth. of Emaus. they
learned the manner of the death Of their
son, Corporal William F. Ruth.
Killed BY Shell
Ruth was killed by shell July 20.
and was buried by Chaplain Schall, Of
the 10th Infantry, formerly Of the
Fourth Pennsylvania.
While on his deathbed in France ~ =
result Of wounds received on a scouting
expedition, Sergeant Duane Salsberry.
of the 109th Infantry. asked Private
Andrew Summa, of the same unit, to
send word home to his parents, in Dun
more, that he was dying happy in the
service Of his country" Salsberry's
parents are Mr.. and Mrs. F. d. SAILS
berry.
Although he was recorded missing In
action in the list given out by the War
Department August 7, Mr.. and Mrs.
Silas Rosser, of Scranton, have just
learned that their son, Eugene Rosser.
a member of the 109th Infantry. IL in
French hospital recovering from
she'll shock.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. Arnold, Of Athens,
have received word that their son. Lieu
tenant Floyd Arnold. has been severely
wounded in action. 1t Is understood
that he was injured a month ago during
the thick Of the fighting on the Ameri-
can front. Lieutenant Arnold has been
In France for seven Vr eight months.
Notification Of the deaths of four
Lycoming County men from wounds re-
ceived in action in France has come to
williamsport. Corporal Samuel Arthur
Bovee, a member of the Fifth Regiment.
United states marines, who was wounded
In the fighting on July 16. died two days
later. -t'....3 ... ~ aH'-4.
Unityville BOY Dead e
]. w. Budman, Of near Unityville. has
received word that his son. Private
Judson Eugene Budman. died June IL.
He enlisted in the marine corps May
8, 1917. and landed in France year
later. He was twenty years old. His
brother George Budman, is In an avia-
ton school at Chicago.
Frank Raymond Bower. son Of Mrs.
James Bower. of Lycoming Creek. died
in France August 8 from wounds re-
ceived in action July 15.
Another Hazletonian. the sixteenth to
die for democracy, was added to Hasle-
tons honor roll when dispatches an
nounced that Thomas Helm. thirty years
old prominent in the Moose and Elks.
had been killed in France.