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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
MRS. BAYL|SS LEE
TELLS COURT HER
EXPENSE IS HIGH
Laundry $35, Groceries $82,
Meats SGT and Cakes SIS
Per Month--She Contends
for $1,000 Per Month.

Mrs. Minnie Peters Lee, suing Bayliss
q. Lee for a divorce, in her petition for
alifnony pending the trial Of the suit,
Monday declared on the stand in Sec
IN which she was accustomed to live,
the society she was associated with, and
the high cost of living, made It impera-
tive for her to have at least $1,000 a
month to live on.
Hats, clothes, furs and shoes alone,
she declared, averaged $3.50 a month.
Mrs. Lee then read to Chancellor Peres
an itemized statement of what her
needs would be for a month. Rent on
her apartment from Sept. ! will be $50.
Laundry costs her on an average OF S35,
Her grocery bill Is about $50, meats and
eellor took exception to the cake item.
but Mrs, Lee laughingly remarked that
she had a right to have cakes, Her
maid Is paid $40 O month, her drug bills
exceed $40 and her Incidental expenses
are very large, she says. Mrs. Lee ex-
alone. but her son and the maid.
A. b, Knipmeyer, attorney for Mr.,
Lee, sought to prove that Mrs. Lee got
an income from her life estate and
from her own property. Hhe questioned
her as to certain items OF money she
had received before her marriage q
Mr.. Lee and purported to show an audit
OF her private accounts from 1912, the
| year her former husband, Maj. Eldridge
| Wright, was killed, until her marriage
to Mr.. Lee.
j.. Wv. Canada, attorney for Mrs. Lee,
did not object but was insistent on
knowing II the personal accounts OF
| Mrs, Lee has been really audited prioi
| to her marriage to Mr., Lee, Mr., kntp.
| meyer said that the moneys referred
| to were taken from the bank stubs II
| Mr., Lees possession. but the audito
| was unable to trace the source OF tn
| incomes referred to.
Mrs. Lee admitted her income iron
/ her own property was more than $2,0ot
but said that she had to pay that al
interest on $4,000 which she owed hei
son..
The a%ntenuptiai contract was sub
mltted as evidence.
Chancellor Peres asked attorneys 4
get together and fix up a schedule o
actual needs and sec II they could no
agree on an amount and present brief
to the court, He took the matter un
der Amusement, awaiting the briefs. l..
Mrs. Lee Is asking for a dx@orce, all
mony OF from $t2, 900 10 Sl5, 900 a yea
and possession Of a piece of Madisoi
avenue property worth $3.50, 900, which
she SAYS Mr.. Lee decided to her bu
never had the deed recorded for he
when she signed away her inheritabl
rights as to his property In h mar
Rage contract.
Mr.. Lee has as yet not filed answe
TO the bill for divorce.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
HERE and THERE

Mr.. and Mrs. ], c.. Cockroft are
spending a few days with Mrs. Cock
roft's mother. Mrs. Emma Childress on
South Wellington street.
Or. w. s. Frant6. dentist, Monday
resumed his practice at 170l-l704 Cen
trail Bank building, after nine months
with tho Sl2th engineers OF the S7th d.
vision.
Mrs, Marie McLendon and Miss
Myrtle Rpnfanti are having a delight
full trip p the East. They will visit
City and New York before their return
home.
Miss Gladys Coulter has arrived home
after a year at the conservatory Of
music in Cincinnati. Since june 20
lumbus and Cleveland.
Mr.. Charles Il. Smith has returned
home after an enjoyable trip in the
East. Mr.. Smith attended the meet
ing Of the American Optical association
In Rochester, N. Y.
MIR, and Mrs. William Sampson left
Saturday evening for o visit with rela-
tiyes in Cincinnati.
DR.. Nj. G. Spingarn has returned after
3 months service overseas n has re-
sumed his practice IN medicine.
Mrs. NJ. P. Hicks and daughter. Eliza
18th, of Chattanooga, Tenn. are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Terrell,
on McLemore avenue, Z
Miss Blanche &ippetoe, OF Terre
Haute, Ind, Is visiting her brother, Mr..
ii, y. Rippetoe, on CASTOR avenue.
Charles Cason, secretary OF the VAN
derbilt alumni association, was In
Memphis Sunday for a few hours en-
route from Nashville TO New Orleans
sistant to the Rockefeller foundation
with headquarters in New York effect
i've Sept. l, will him to relinqulsh
his Vanderbilt connection and he will
be greatly missed by his many friends
throughout the state. He served AZ
n term and was assistant clerk sew
eral terms and was regarded as one
Of the most capable officials in the
state,
DR.. and Mrs, Sidney Meeker have ar
| rived In Memphis from Chicago where
DR.. Meaker went after being discharged
from the army several weeks ago upon
his return from France. They made
the trip by automobile, DR.. Meeker will
resume his practice and will have offices
in the Bank OF Commerce and Trust
building. He was u captain In the med
ical corps,
Miss Ida Mynders left Sunday morn
ing for a trip through Florida. Miss
Mynders will visit her uncle and aunt
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas g. Hutchinson
at Jacksonville, and wih later motor Il
Palm Beach, Tampa and Arcadia, re,
turning home the latter part OF August
City taxes win soon be delinquent
Don't be caught In the final rush I,
pay. adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
ENTE ENTS
For Son and Daughter.

Mr.. and Mrs. "A. Klein entertained
Sunday afternoon and evening for their
son and daughter, Mr., and Mrs. e.
Klein, at their lovely new home on
Harbert avenue
Mrs. A. Klein, In a handsome gown
Of black embroidered georgette, was
assisted In receiving ner guests by Mrs,
u. Klein, who wore an attractive hand
embroidered white crepe meteor, and
Miss Flora Klein in d stylish model
of taupe georRette,
Miss Ruth Newman, Of Scranton. Pr,
in a dainty frock OF pink georgette,
served delicious punch to the many
guests present.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28

Don't worry about eczema or other
skin troubles. You can have a clear,
healthy skin by using Zemo, obtained
at any drug store for 35c, or extra large
bottle at $l.00,
Zemo generally removes pimples
hlackheads, blotches, eczema and ring.
worm and makes the skin clear and
healthy. Zemo is a clean. penetrating.
antiseptic liquid, neither sticky nor
greasy and stains nothing. II Is easily
applied and costs a mere trifle for each
application. 1t Is always dependable.
The 3. W. Rose Co. Cleveland. o.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
BUYS HUGE
TRACT OF FOREST

The purchase by r. J. Darnell, Inc,
OF $4,000 acres or virgin forest land
from the Pioneer Cooperage Co. of st.
announced here Monday by Elliott Lang
Of the Darhell company. Mr.. Lang de-
clined to say what sum was paid for
the huge tract OF land, one Of the larg-
est to change hands in the South this
year.
The 20 owners of the tract plan to
erect a huge band mill on a convenient
site n begin cutting out the timber
In the relatively near future. The tim
Der on the land is largely oak.
The Pioneer Cooperage Co. originally
owned 0,000 acres of West Carroll par
ish forest land. and still retains the
majority Of their huge holdings.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
WEDDINGS
Hansford. Smith.

A quiet but pretty wedding was SOL
omniEed on Sunday morning at 5 o'clock
All the Pepper Memorial Methodist par
sonage when Miss Olivia 2. Smith be-
came the bride of MI. g. M. Hansford,
the Rev. Otis c.. Andrews officiating
in the presence of the immediate rela-
tives.
Vicksburg. Miss, their future home.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
Miss Jacobs Hostess.

Miss Flora Jacobs entertained a num-
Der OF her friends on Sunday afternoon
In honor Of Miss Esther M~oskovitz, OF
Nashville, Tenn,
Miss Jacobs home was artistically
decorated with summer blossoms and
after o delightful afternoon and Ice
curse was served, the cakes bearing
the initials OF the honoree.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28

Escountess Drumlanrig. wife OF the
eldest son OF the marquis Of Queens
bury, recently gave birth to a son, The
infant, Of course, Is heir to the title Of
marquis of Queensbury. V~iscountess
prumlanrig, before her marriage, was
known rs Miss Irene Richards, a beau
tful English actress. He'd wedding in
1917 was n Of London's sensations OF
that season.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
-cRENsHAW.
IRON,

DR., and Mrs. A. Il. Boone
tho engagement and approaching mar
to Mr.. James Wallace Crenshaw, n
OF their niece, Ellen Virginia Geisinger,
to Mr.. Carlisle Mitchell Heron, the
double wedding to take place at an
carly date.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cockroft-L

Mr.. and Mrs. s. l.. Cockroft announce
the engagement and a%pproachin mar
riage Of their daughter. Elizabeth
We've, 70 Mr.. Lawrence Tyndale Low
cry, of Los Angeles. Cal, the wedding
to take place In September.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
Vescovo. Garbarini.

Mr.. and Mrs. p. j. Vescovo announce
the engagement and approaching mar
OF their daughter, Ida, to Mr.. Jo-
seph Garharini. the wedding to take
place Oct. 10.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
Lawn Party For Church.

A lawn party will be given by mem
bers Of the McLemore Avenue Presby-
terrain church on Thursday evening on
the lawn OF Mrs. l.. p, Huffman, BIB
McLemore avenue.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
Toomhs.Tnrnhnll

DR.. and Mrs. Reuben Saunders Toombs
announce the engagement Of their
II. Turnbull, formerly OF New Orleans,
the wedding TO take place in the fan.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28

Children and all interested in the
community singing at the welcome home
block party are requested to meet at
Peabody school on Tuesday morning at
10 o'clock for a final rehearsal.
Mrs. v. c.. Moseley, chairman from
Peabody Parent-Teacher association,
and Miss Bloom, instructor from the
war camp community service, will be
In charge.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
MEETINGS OF MEMPHIS
WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS

The president, Mrs. f. ], Byrne, calls
a special meeting of the Rozell Parent
Teacher association for Tuesday after
moor at $3.50 o'clock. Matters OF much
the question of the lunch room man
Agement.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28

The well-baby clinic will be held
Tuesday at the Jewish neighborhood
house, 291 Market square. at z O'Clock
Mothers with babies two years or under
are invited to attend.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28

st. Brigid's P~urgatorian society will
hold its regular monthly meeting on
Tuesday afternoon at 3'o'clock at the
rectory, 15T OVerton avenue.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
Old Floors Refinished.

New floors, screens and metal wealth.
er strips installed anywhere. Chears
Floor & Screen Co. adv,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28
BUSINESS AND SOCIAL.

DIR. j. B. Blue
has returned to the city.
1924 Exchange Bldg. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28

Miss Ida Mynders left Sunday morn
ing for a trip through Florida. Miss
Mynders will visit her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas g. Hutchinson,
Mt Jacksonville, and will later motor to
Palm Beach, Tampa and Arcadia, re-
turning home the latter part OF August.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28

City taxes win o be delinquent.
Don't be caught in the final rush to
pay. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28

DR.. Nj. G. Spingarn has returned after
3 months service overseas and has re-
sumed his practice IN medicine.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-28

l.. Mrs. NJ. p. Hicks and daughter. Eliza
18th, of Chattanooga, Tenn, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Terrell,
on McLemore avenue, 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
1paths

=. ARMsTRoNG.--Fcb at Cape May.
n Ns,, "a i've! JOHN Il ARMsTR9,NG eS,S. ssed "a
be was a member, invited TO services. Sat.
io;go iSn a. f. H. residence od his srothcr' WI
BARGrELp.-Feb. g.. ERNEST t.. hys.
mani. aged IS. IReis,Ives and friend. in.
yted s,,sas: e ,tsnnssrai: Sat-; p m: ts2i sslmoSs
SsSnd RmaS. sF%sS %s1 be etGF%ssd vie~sd
5s5ss 9sS
yes apd friends Invited to funeral ssrvicss sss
BERTofIfEsTi. .6Psb. PSRoS Z. Of piear,sy. leu VMARY MARY
GRACE, daughter of late Samuel and Mary
4: gertolst;, graduate nurse Of U. OF Pa.
Benjamin fBc BSi,oc aiia Columbia Columbia az ave- UNIT Int
private. sat. Bertolet Buryins Grounds.
BiNNst-Feb. q. WILLIAM EDGAR, hus-
hand hand, Of Eva Rogers Binns and son OF late
tives and friends.- also Germantown Lodge.
ices. Sat; a;t5 p. m. 81 W. johnson st. Int.
BooTEEMAN..rsb. :: BERTHA: dsush-
stephens % Church invited 't to funeral funeral, Mon.
$50 q, m. parents residence. $685. \. 1o,h
a. m. Int Holy sepuichre Gem. Auto
BoTTo.-.Fcb. o., JOSEPH T. BoTTo;
late Dominic and Louisa Botto. Relatives
and friends invited TO funeral e9ao n 18th
Lady OF the Eternal. Sat. 10 a. m Int.
hGss BoYp.MFeb. 4. ANNA v Cn.e Kelly.
wife of Robert A. Boyd. Relatives and
friends invited to funeral. Mon, $40 a. m. !:
requiem st. Michael's Church 10 a. m. Int
HOLY, SspulchEAs re- Gem l,61Y Aqt9 funeral. ,.,,
pbiin ADaM and MssS Ann n BraSy Reistives sG S and and
friends invited TO funeral. Sat. $50 a. M.
oI32 N. Tairhlll st. High requiem mass ST.
Gem. Auto funeral.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

:, CoRPoRAr.-charlton J. Richardsssritts-
Ngy,6 yT,SSp,y rS,S sIT:s,: rsiIsSSph,e , v,'
Tspper. .tsia. sprice street, Pblisdeiphla:
ipamSs ',s,-Tb! Jsr9s s,n;r Ero Jossph yoni,is
Michael J. ilerrick. McKccs Rocks; Thoinas :
sonIS sSSsd1 RI rrI2 John MsDsT%S $40
Wounded Slightly
sERGEANTs Frank J. Downs. Potts
vilc irwin Nackmsn, Phocnisvillc: Samuel
iror,zSsIS ifrSd SIGslc, ~ Pl'ssHrgh Arms Dne;y
Charles j. >Klcc. Honesdaie.
6, ,PRtvATES-william ". smith. Blossburg;
stefan stasik. Duquesnei Tom Tsnksis > kls.
THo%sF wens GfSfd rssSrsR
ioyns, a22d Callowhlll street, Philadelphia;
ncr .PlitsbGrsG Joseph Lanerty. sssa RlSh- anSh
mond street. Phila delphia; Angelo Name,
Sson Hsr2 FEDERAL MhS
delphia: Donoto snviuo. Gaiitzin.
Died Of Disease. rrsyicosly Rcporpted Died
Of Wounds
PRtvATE-Enos W. Burke. steeiton.
Killed In Action, Previously Reported
Wounded Severely
PRiNATE--Frank W. Corbctt. 3i16 Gus
ter street. Philadelphia.
"Vunutu. perree tnHefermlned, PFeytOuhIy
Reported Missing
PRIVATES--Iohn n. GreenhalRh. 25O0-
south Cleveland street. Philadelphia: John
Pogursky' westmoreland City: Albert Whit
man. st. Mary's.
Returned to Duty. Previously Reported
Missing
PRIVATES-Harvey G. Kehley. Bethle-
hemi George q. Kemmerley. Lancaster; Jo-
seph Olveri Ardmore: Daniel l.. Rigglcs.
Hyner.
Returned to Military Control. Previously Re-
ported Missing
PRlNATE-Harold $. Prcsby Altoona.
NEW JERSEY
Killed In Action
- PRtNATES - George Gadons sky. Jersey
City; Chris Riedel. North Bergen: Frederick
william wagner. Jersey City.
Died OF Disease
PRlNATES-John +. Reed Trenton Jo-
seph A. Roach. Plainneld.
Missing in Action
PR1NATE-Francesco Martino Hoboken
wounded. Degree Undetermined. Previously
Reported Died OF Wounds
PRlNATE-1Trcd Goodwin. Newark
Returned to Duty. Previously Reported Died
From Accident and other Causes
o. iT0RPoRAL-Henry Miller. North Plain
Wounded. Degree Undetermined
T, SERGEANTS-Thomas Dystrs. Paterson:
hezekiah johnson. Jersey City.
ciEtoEYr0hALs citv, Y,cbcASaLs - Edgard 9. Mann. Jersey
tor Eugene Segsle. West Hoboker.
PRIVATEs--Cas simier Saxnes. Van Buren,;
u y an rensselaer,. Ridgewood: Vite Bennardi.
aria avn"
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Honor Roll for the City
and Its Iicinity To-day
DIED or DISEASE

DIED or DISEASE
Civilian
FREDERICK BoUEN. iac Fairmount
ave. incorrect Naddrcss)
Private
JOHN ". JOHNSON. 1890 South cieSe-
Ian ave.
KILLED ~ ACr1oN. PREylousLy
REPORTED WOUNDED SEVERELY
Private
FRANK W. CORBETT. 31is custer st.
WOUNDED SEVERELY
rrl,ates
ROBERT GREEN. sal Bainbridsc st
CLARENCE q. INDY. 105 Wl nnewood
MICHAEL MONAGHAN. 1924 South
Twenty-sixth st.
CHARLES j. SIMPSON. eOi3 South
Sixty-nfth ST.
WOUNDED DEGREE UNDETER-
MINED)
Sergeant
GEORGE VI. LANE. 57is Pesri 81
Mechanic
WILLIAM u. SMITH. 1918 North Tweni
ty-slxth st.
priyates
MAERY 7; raTcTT iSls g,G so5.S sD5@So TS,r. ST,
teenth ri.
wGsN M1SNB,! rnEpfoasll pHGhhh RHfohTED fS
MISSING IN ACTION
Corporal
JOHN u. GREENHAIGH. 250o South
Cleveland ave.
Privstes
WILLIAM LUMP, 20IO Dsuphn Vt.
D0MENiCO RosETTI, 2oia Ferdinand
MICHAEL TANSETTI. 5o25 Lancaster
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY
Corporal
NICHOLAS FALELI4>. 1866 South Tenth
ST,
JOSEPH :. CARROLL. .6O6 Rhswn ST.
Uolme sburg.
Z. MICHAEL CL>RKsoN. 1921 South
ANTOSIO DEMBOwsKI. 3ole Almond
FRANK y. CoNyEIY. tG29 cabot st.
JAMES II. CROSSIN. .4i Pine At.
JOHN HEBRON. ?0n0 Cayuga st.
ALDO BORSART. 1912 South Mole ST
yINCENZO LEPORACE. o43 Cantrcll 81.
CLARENCE q. ZIMMERMAN. 2oe1 East
EMIL G. RoBDE. 1880 North Fourth st.
ROsSO STARR. 332 Stevens St. Cam
ASTHoSy sTIi ' MORTIMER. 1857 North
David MOSS. 5osa Dunield St
WILLIAM VI. SMITH. so3 North Second
St, Camden, y. J.
CARNEGIE YOUNG. G2a6 Callowhill st.
JOSEPH I.tETERTY, $3.50 Richmond st.
MICHEiANGELO ROMANO. Ioi Federal
at.
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Plan Tax to Make Men Vote

Easton. Ia, Feb 7.-AJamenting the
fact that only about co per cent OF the
citizens vote. the principal offenders be-
ing the so-called Intelligent classes"
William Tonkin. former chairman OF the
Washington party in NORTHAMPTON
County. proposes In an open letter that
each voter he charged with So taxes at
the beginning Of each year and that y:
~ when he votes at tho primary and 81
when he votes at the general election.
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Twenty-sixth street. when he returned
from a furlough at Camp Dix He
landed in this country December %.
Monaghan came from Ireland five years
ago and enlisted November /, 1917. He
was placed in Company g. Seventh In
fantry, at Fort Slocum.
Lieutenant Henry Ward Marston. Jr..
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ward Mars
tor. according to report from Paris
yesterday. died in
Learn of One French hospital
Sons Death " lille mnem ''' rnnn,ysd o"J
at Dying Bed Of the, notice of their
m. sons death they
ONher ooH were at the death
bed of another son,
Private James l.. Marston, marins
corps, in a Washington hospital. Pri:
vate James Marston was victim OF
pneumonia. he was brought to Washing
ton from Paris Island, s. C.. suffering
from bronchitis.
lie was a vocalist and gave several
rec tails in witherspoon Hall before the
war.
Liuetcnant Marston was member
OF the French Aviation service. He
was twenty-one years old and mad mar
ried in France. He Is reported to have
died on February ., but the details OF
his death were not learned.
Previous to entering the army James
Narston was studying in Belgium. While
the brother lived with his parents In this
city at 5000 woodbine avenue, over
brook
Private John Finnegan is one OF three
brothers in the service. He was wounded
i'm the left shoulder in october, accord
ing to government message to his
mother at I140 South Twenty-fourth
street He was wagner with the sup
ply Company. 315th Infantry. 4 brother.
THOMAS. is with the Fifty-fourth pioneer
Infantry and has been Ill. The third
brother. James, is in the navy.
Private Richard Joyce was wounded
in the arms and shoulders few days
before the end Of the war, according to
a letter from the soldier to his mother,
Mrs Joseph Joyce. 1886 Albert street.
He is in Paris base hospital, he wrote.
Joyce entered the service in December,
1917 was trained at Camp Meade, lie
Is member of Company T., 316th In
fantry, and is twenty-five.
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HEROIN GERMANY
ENJOYS COMFORTS
Private Dcvanncy. Ger
mantown Boy, Writes of
Home in Occupied Area
WITH LOST BATTALION
Three Philadclphians Listed
Among Dead in Days
Casualty Report

Private James L. DeNanney. Phila-
delphia boy attached to the Seventy
sixth Field Artillery, who was with
the Lost Ba, alon" in the Argonne in
September. is now surrounded by the
comforts" of a German household
He Is doing police duty in Germany,
but writes Interestingly to his mother.
Mrs. Sarah A. Devanney. 2S5 East Wood
lawn avenue. Germantown. Of his ex-
perienccs in the war
He came through the various attacks
in which his unit participated with only
slight dose of gas. His father, Ed
ward Devanney. a lieutenant in the
English Royal Rifles. was twice wounded
Mt Verdun. Private Devanney mentions
in the letter close call he had. He
wrote:
Il had been looking for the chance
70 write a letter TO you, mother, for
long time. but could not get an oppor-
tunity until one day at daybreak on the
morning OF July IS, I slipped away in
the woods TO write. had only began,
sitting beneath tree, when an officer
called me TO go out on detail, and |
felt little pceved about being dis
turbcd, but later was thankful to the
officer.
''For almost Immediately after I
out a shell dropped directly where |
had been sitting and tore the tree 10
splinters, scattering my writing ma
terials in every direction
Frperieuces Something Terrible"
Private Devanney now looks back on
his experiences on the firing line as
"something terrible" THE German beds
are soft and we American soldiers are
treated very well here he wrote in
conclusion.
Private Devanney enlisted May 20,
1917, and has been overseas since July
last. lie had served four years in the
pavy before enlisting in the army. His
father, who Is ffty-two years old. en-
listed in the British army five months
after his son had Joined the american
army.
Three Philadelphia Fatalities
The names OF thirty-three Philade-
phians appear on the casualty list to-
day. The report for the country totals
1914 heroes, and included are ninety
one Pennsylvanians.
There are three fatalities in the re-
port for this city. Frederick Bowen. 4
civilian. whose address is given as 132
Fairmount avenue, and Private John NJ,
johnson. 1899 South Cleveland avenuc.
are reported to have died OF disease in
France Private Frank W. Corbett. 311s
Custer street, who was previously classi-
fled as wounded severely. is now reported
officially TO have been killed in action
The thirty remaining on the report
are classified as follows: Wounded Sc
verely. four wounded. with degree un-
determined. eight, and wounded slightly. !
eighteen.
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Robbed on Busy Boston Street

BOSTON. Feb. 1.-Two men held up
Elisha n. Wilcox, superintendent of the
General Fire Extinguisher Company. on
a busy street in the downtown district
here today, robbed him of the weekly
payroll, amounting to $500, and cs-
capped.