The sun., 1918-07-12
DIES WHILE HOPING
TORETURN TO FIGHT
Boehm's Mother Gets Letter
Dated About the Time His
Hurts Prove Mortal.
PARENTS PHILOSOPHICAL
Lieut.. SlngletOn's Father Sure
Mistake Is Made in Report
ing His Demise.
PARENTS PHILOSOPHICAL

snsting In the Marine Corps June s.
1917. Yesterday tho name of Private
Christian Boehm appeared among those
who had been killed in action. In the
oficial notification sent to his home he
n reported az having died between June
and June IS.
In a letter written June 12 by Private
Roehm he told OF having been wounded.
but said that he was convalescing and
expected 10 return to the trenches in a
few days. He was rs years old, the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Boehm. His
father died three months ago and he Is
survived by his mother six sisters and
four brothers.
The father Of Lieut.. Jeuett Fitch Sim
gleton of 1913 William street believes
that the telegram sent to him by the
War Department telling of his sons
death On May 10 is a mistake. II have
personal knowledge of three instances
where boys were reported killed" said
Mr. Singleton, yet Investigation dis
proved the casualty reports
Lieut.. Singletons mother, who lives al
the Hotel Holly at SO Washington
Square. has two letters from her son,
dated June 6 and June IL, commenting
or parts OF letter which she wrote him
On May is. This fact seems to indicate
that there may have been a mistake.
Lieut.. Singleton, who is 90 years old. is
VI princeton ana ATTENDED
two Plattsburg camps before receiving
his commission. He left for France in
January. having been assigned to Com
pany F of the Machine Gun Battalion.
Expected to he in Action Soon.
when you get this expect again to
re in action" wrote George Chess Jr..
TO his mother. There is a whole lot
must tell you, which / will do when I
get back" Yesterday Private CHESS was
listed among those seriously wounded in
battle. According to his mother. who
lives at 4o9 East Ninth street. he is 81
years old and enlisted in July. 1917.
hoping to save his brother Henry, o5
years old, from the draft. He failed.
however. for the brother was indicted
in September and is also in France.
When Giess enlisted he was sent to
Fort Slocum and assigned to the 3o5th
Infantry. He trained at Syracuse and
ordered to France in September.
1917. Mrs. CHESS stated that she was
very troubled about the condition of her
younger son and that her husband also
was in a serious condition, suffering
from heart trouble.
Private Cadet Ffnocchio Of Clifton,
y. j.. was mentioned as wounded in
yesterdays casualty list. He Ia 10
years old and enlisted in the army nine
HlpIlNHS dSo. re was ~ itIilbcT VI Inc
washington Athletic Club of Clifton.
which has 235 OF its 400 members in the
service. His brother, who Is Of draft
age. left for Camp Dix yesterday morn
ing.
Private Charles f. Birk, severely
wounded in action. is son of Mrs.
Caroline Birk of 404 Woodlawn avenue,
Jersey City. Birk enlisted in the Regu-
lar Army July 16, 1917, and was as
.,gu 20 nf sIa Iptl, In
fsntry. He went to France In Septem-
Der. His father died five weeks ago.
The War Department notified Mr.. and
Mrs Gilbert Manda OF 1871 Valley road,
West Orange, n. j., yesterday that their
son. Private William Manda of the
Marine Corps. was severely wounded in
action on June and is now In base
hospital Manda enlisted in the Marines
two years ago, when he was 10 years
old. He sailed early last autumn.
Private Frank Levine. who was
drowned in France. lived with three
brothers at % Orchard street. New
York He was a member of Company
NJ 325th Infantry, having been drafted
eight months ago. He trained at Camp
Upton and sailed for France on April 90.
Two of Levine's brothers have since
been drafted, Jacob of Company u,
sosth Infantry. which is now in France
and Samuel of Company C, 304th In
fantry The fourth brother. Charles, IS.
IL Boy Scout and has been keeping
the apartment in readiness for his
brothers. return. At the death of their
mother the four boys came to this coun-
Try from Russia thirteen years ago.
They were reared by Mrs. Fannie
Feldman. their cousin, at 1928 Amboy
street, Brooklyn. Tuesday she was noti-
fed OF the boys death and on Wednes-
dav she received a letter which he had
written on June II.
In speaking of the reported injuries
OF his son. Private Conrad d. Ekblem,
the father said:
We'll. we've all been expecting It.
Ny three boys feel the sam way about
the Germans as ] do myself. and l
knew it would take bullets to stop one
o? them once he was given orders to
60 over"
Conrad Is the first OF the three Elk
blem boys who lived at 60 Midland ave-
nue., Yonkers. to see service. He was
wounded on June "a, the same day that
his brother. Olas. received a commission
as Lieutenant in the Aviation Corps.
The Youngest son. Alfred. 10. enlisted in
ne Naval Aviation Division in Decem-
Der and is now in training at Great
Lakes. III.
Conrad. who is member OF Company
B, Ninth Infantry, of the Regular Army,
part of the Syracuse brigade which
recently won honors at the Marine, wrote
nome some time ago. saying
Don't worry. mother. have been
IN the trenches, but am o X We get
plenty OF eats and rest and the barracks
are fine. The only thing lacking Is a
letter from home"
Word OF the death OF Sherman l..
Conklin was received yesterday by his
mother. Mrs. John w. Conkln of the
Cecil Apartments. Belleville and Third
avenues. Newark. Less than five months
ago the boy received an award Of the
Croix de Guerre. Conklin was "a years
old and graduated from Rutgers College
In 1916. He Joined a medical unit OF
the United States Army. but was later
transferred to a French unit as an am
bulance driver.
He was the youngest OF three brothers,
all OF whom are in war service. Robert.
one Of the brothers. is In France. and
the other. Archibald. is training with an
aero squadron in Texas. About year
ago the engagement Of Sherman Conklin
To Ellen Catherine Hovey OF 431 River
side Drive was announced. He entered
The service In August, 1917.
Private Patrick Arthur Hearn, who
enlisted with the Fighting Sixty ninth"
on the day that the United States de-
olared war on Germany, Is reported as
having died In France of pneumonia.
The notification reached his father,
lt...w In