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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA MONDAt, SEPTEMBER 18, 1916
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GERMAN-BULGARIANS REPEL RUMANIANS
'8Y FAVOR, NOT RIGHT"
WASHINGTON. Sept IS. Great Britain
IJThod" hereby the Entente Allle. be
sw.i. ih embarrassment to Amert-
Hmuu' v - ... . .. -i-
due to the Allies' man cenaorsmp may
" . ... Ikal a. far fin am 111
f?LeI to nrevent the use of the re.
1 SKory methods authorised by the revenue
j fiTrecenlly leased Congress.
i The w British reply tc the American
.itt-u lial Wll De nanuea o iiicaiuiiiiii
KLVsey In London either late today or to.
2!Tlrned In diplomatic circle this aftcr
Z that the reply reasserts the Drltlali
2mm that It" blockade of Oermany In every
I Say Justifies the holding up ana soarcmng
V .. .- HM, mm Amnrlra.. The British
'r.51..r1t ralteretts that the provisions of
vSTiucue convention whloh were Intended
VCVwke tho pessage of mall free and un
Imnperea ao i.m iw - -
.".: -in tm Admitted. It was learned, that
& business men of the United Stntei have
Win nunpirvu . ........ ".. ..
iwii countrlea through the rigid enforce,
itnt of the mall March, nut It will be set
C- iht clans alrtady In effect and con.
Smolated wilt obvlato this. The new pro.
- ESn the neto will eet forth, will provide
' far! the expeditions censorship of all malls
'. T?a -ui duelers that this concession Is made
'. r favor rather than by right" and be.
' aaase 01 me uniiw-" .-. -..... -.-.
1 wtween the countries.
" Ta.t whit action will be taken by this
.-Government on the new rrply will not bo
"kftewn for some time. While It was ad.
mltted at the State Department that It was
,?!; ih renlv was corning omclals re.
' i fused to discuss Its contents In advance.
'' Jil Is expected, however, that when the noto
lB." .0 1.... T .-.In. lll rn In
OE... . t ,,. nnrt talcA It tin. narsonallv
, trifi President Wilson.
I'i'To add to the complications comes the
J Jwiouncement, through German sources,
Mut manufacturers mere unoouoieaiy sci
G'nnder orders from" the Government are
W itwtndlng acceptance of goods made to
.fJ.JUnerlcan oraers unaer comrow.. u von
- K.sectlon with the latter proposition cable ad.
' tHei from Derltn say that the agents of the
I, Aerlcn llrms In Germany, whose liability
,'' nu well Into the millions, hava mado an
!' ImimI for reltaf to Ambassador Gerard, who
Kit faJwirdlnc flia facts here for the benefit.
etthe State Department ana JTesiaent VU-
aim.
tThe State Department still Is awaiting
iomplrte details of the new British re.
t: . v. ,.. AMM..A .iu iri.
ind and the Scandinavian countries. Until
Vail facts aro available no action will be
' token by this Government. It was Intl-
d JtiHW, however, tnai mere woum oo jiu
Molnt protest" no marier wnat mo laoia
fcay bt. While' this Government will glad,
lv keD Holland n'dvlsed of Its every move.
iJ$M policy settled upon Is understood to be
tee ot complete inaepcnuenco in nutiuu
tkvBil affairs. ,
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The Rumanians nnil Russians have received another setback in their
iiroposca invasion or uulR-aria throuRh tho Dobrudja and havo fallen
back to the line Ccrnavoda-Constanza. Tho former town is ninety
rnllcs cast of Bucharest This lino was formerly the stto of the
unnble to make any progress with their left
wine elnce they occupied Orsova.
SOFIA. Sept IS.
Advance of Bulgarian troops and their
allies Into the Dobrudja province of Bu
mania continues, the War Office announced
today. There has been hard fighting at
several points, the enemy suffering "enor.
mous losses."
Impulse of enemy attaoks on the Mace
donlan front Is also reported.
The ofnclal statement follows:
On the Macedonian front our right
wing fought a stubborn battle at
Lerlne. On the left bank of the Vardar
a weak enemy attack on Doiujcii was
repulsed, We captured some prisoners
and three machine guns. On the Struma
front the enemy's Infantry attacked,
but was thrown back.
ItumanlAn front: At Dekla there
was weak artillery fire on both sides.
Wo sank a barge nt Turnsevern.
In the Dobrudja our advance con
tinues. The enemy occupied Kobadln.
Our cavalry occupied the station at
Adjemllar. Sixteen wnjeona ot food
werfc captured, A brlgaib of the enemy
attacked our columns at Vulutche. It
was repulsed with great losses, leaving
prisoners, eight caissons, a .gun and
four machine guns.
Enormous losses have been inflicted
upon the enemy.
prisoners are axcluelvely Germans and
Include thlrty.four oncers. We also
captured twenty machine guns and two
trench guns.
Our gallant Crimean cavalry squad
rons attacked two enemy batteries, and,
having sabered the attendant gunners,
threw three guns Into the ditch and
captured four limbers. The latter, how.
ever, they did pot succeed In carrying
away, as In approaching a German bat
tallon.opened a fierce machine gun and
rlMe fire on our cavalry. ft
The German statement says: w
Front of Prince Leopold of Davarla .
Along the whole front south of Plnsk
an Increase In Hussion firing activity Is
apparent
Wert of I.w4k the enemy de t
tacks during the morning, afternoon
and evening alone a twenty.Vllemeter
line from Zaturse, on the Turla, to
Pastomyty on troops under the chief
command of General Tersctansy ano
under .General von der Marwlts with
strong forces, which came forward In
numerous waves. Both guard corps
were among thesa forces. The thrust
completely failed, with the most severe
losses. Reports state that at certain
places ttfe losses were fearful.
On the front of General von Boehm
Hrmolll, between the Sereth and tho
Strip., north of Zborow, most vigorous
rttscks on the German lines under Gen
eral von Eben broke down.
SIR CAVJSHMSH B0TL1 SIM
Former Govnriwr ot MewfoMndtflspi
Held Many Qavernnwwt Pcwfofon
LONDON. Hept. li.mr oVvetrfte Boyle,
who was Governor of Newfoundland ill
1101, died here yesterday.
Sir Cavendish Boyle, who wan born ht
1H9, was knighted In HIT. He was Colonial
Secretary, Bermuda, 1IS1-S8, and Govern
ment Secretary In British Guiana, lilt.
1901, and was delegate for British Guiana
and Bermuda In reetproeal negottaAleam
with the United States hi 1. In July,
1914. Sir Cavendish married Mks Lo1m
Sassoon, a niece of the tote Arthur M
soon, who was an Intimate friend of Xla?'
Kdward.
fcmpcror Trajan's fnlls. The arrows on the right indicate how the
ucrrnans and Bulgarians arc spreading out fanllko in their1 invasion
ui numanian territory.
Meantime, the Rumanians continuo to advance
in Transylvania.
BRITJSH FORCES ARE NOW
CLOSING IN ON THIEPVAL
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LONDON. Sept. 18.
arklsh troons were defeated by a Brlt-
; flying column sixty-five miles east of
SlilK Canal on sunoay, me war umco
uoced today. Tho attack came as a
nlete sumrlse to the Turks, who were
by German officers, ond they suffered
Office statement describes the
jhkl, which followed a forced march of
,Uty.flve miles by the Drltlsh, as follows:
H: - On the rgyptlan front a mobile cot
- -urnD'of Anzao (Auslrllan and New 55ea
i "land army corps), mountea troops ana
' V tamel corps, with artillery, left Blrrel
1 ,;?eut September 16 to make a recon-
,i.olncQ westward of CI Apsn. Tne
rneeluftn reached the enemy posltldns at
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4rrr unit wnKHr, nuny.iiifw immw ..vi.
tkA raniil
at dawn on Sunday.
Contlnned from rase On
wide stretch ot difficult ground, strongly de.
fended." wired ono correspondent. "The
first news of success came from an airman's
wireless, which said I "A tank Is walking
up the high street ot Flers with tho British
"army oheerlnc behind.
It was an actual fact One ot the motor
monstera was there enjoying Itself thor
oughly and keeping down the German
heads."'
Other correspondents described how the
"tanks" pushed their way through and over
brick cottages, crushed German machlno gun
positions and dugouts and told how sur
prised were several German officers made
prisoners and hauled aboard the land battleships.
j
One of the "tanks" gave wonderful ho'p
to the Hrltlsh rtgfitlng for Courcelette. Tha
Qermans were defending stubbornly from
behind the ruins of a sugar factory when
one of the new monsters, dubbed "crema
d menthe." went lumbering out toward the
Teuton position, spitting Arc.
"It advanced upon n broken wall, leaned
up against It heavily until It felt with
a crash of bricks and then rose on to the
bricks and walked straight Into the midst
ot the factory ruins," said one dispatch.
"From Its sides cams flashes ot ftro and
a host ot bullets and then It trampUd
around over the machine-gun displacement,
having a grand time. It crushed the ma.
chine-guns under Its heavy ribs and killed
the machine-gun teams with Its deadly
fire. ,
"Soma of tha monsters hd wonderful
adventures. They went straight through
the shells of broken houses, straddled on
top ot German dugouts and fired enfllad.
lng shots down the German trenches. From
one dugout came a colonel with a white
frightened face, who held his hands very
high In front of. the tank, shouting 'Kam
erad, kamerad.'
'"Well, come Inside then said a voice
from Inside the beast and a human hand
came forth from a hole opening suddenly,
grabbing tho German officer. For the rest
of the day the tank led that unfortunate
man around on the strangest Journey tho
world has ever seen."
PAIUS, Sept 18. French troops sur
rounded the village ot Denleeourt south
of the Somme. In heavy fighting last night,
It was officially announced today.
The Germans counter-attacked . savagely
on the whole front south of the Somme,
where the French soored Important gains
yesterday. Three particularly violent at
tacks were made east of the village of
Derny and south of Denleeourt, where the
French repulsed the onslaughts and then
made further progress, completing the en
circling movement
Twelve hundred prisoners and ten mitrail
leuses were taken,
garian positions are now firmly In the hands
of the Serbians.
On their defeat west of Lake Ostrovo the
Bulgers retreated to a strongly fortified
line along tho heights of Kalmatschalan,
but these tha Serbians captured, together
wllh a large quantity of supplies.
The official announcement of the new Ser
blan victory follows;
The Serbians have captured the seo
ond lino of Bulgarian trenches at Kal
matichalan. They took ten machine
Runs and a large quantity of war ma.
terlals.
RUSSO-RUBIAMAN FORCES
RETREAT 50 MILES FROM THE
BDLGAR FRONTIER, BERLIN SAYS
BCrtLIN, Sept. 18.
nusso-numanlan forces already have
retreated more than fifty miles from the
Bulgarian frontier and are falling steadily
uacK on tne uernavoaa-conatansa. line,
where a great battle Is expected.
In an attempt tp relieve the Teutonlo
pressure In Dobrudja, the nusalans are at.
tacking In force at several places along tho
Auatro-German front At only one point
before Hallos did the Husilnn attack meet
with any success.
The Humanlans have abandoned many
guns In their hasty flight before Macken-
Bon's forces. German airmen report that
the Itumantans are hastily strengthening
their lines south of tho Cernavoda-Con.
stanta Hallway, the capture of which would
virtually cut umanla off from communi
cation with Hussta via the Black Sea.
The Austro-Germans continuo their re
tirement In central Transylvania and are
holding their wings firmly against Ru
manian attacks. The Rumanians have been
HALICZ AGAIN THREATENED
BY RUSSIANS; 1'ETROflRAD
EXPECTS 'CAPTURE HOURLY
LONDON, Sept It. Gradually and lrre
slsttbly tho Russians are closing around
Hallcs. sixty miles southeast of Lemberg.
Twice reported taken, under bombardment
for two weeks, the Teuton garrison still
holds out, while the hostile tide breaks
nearer the walls ot the city. Experts here
expect to hear officially at almost any mo
ment ot tts capture.
Tho Russian War Office reported yester
day that lighting Is In progress from south
of Brxezary, on the right bank of the Zlota
Llpa, to the railway which connects Ilallcx
with Podvyscke. At both places Important
successes have been won by the Russians.
At the two points named 1723 prisoners
have been taken.
The Russian official report follows:
In the region south ot Bnsexany, on
the right bank of the Zlota-Llpa, stub
born fighting Is taking place. Our
troops, having dislodged the enemy,
captured part of his positions, and took
prisoner fourteen officers and 687 Turk
ish men.
In the region of the River Anratuvka
and the railway line from Podvyscke
to Uallcz fighting continues. The en
emy here has already suffered great
losses In killed and wounded and left
In our hands about 3174 prisoners. The
"A A sharp engagement follpwed, during
4 K.t.1.1. & ..J .... -.-. lunlthla
Tat several points and Inflicted consld-
j;.:.erable casualties, while the artillery
fj surprleedthe Turks.
F 1 fltto .I-mh A A Mn ..v..nl Tini4lll.
' ; mong whom were German officers.
V Hiding rapidly back to El Arlslt, we
Jvrtoek tome prisoners.
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'; jfAUANS LESS THAN 13, MILES
r.; mum tuikste; skiu xmuu
ife MNE OF AUSTRIAN TRENCRES
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a.iaw-ia, oepi. is, ah 4iiinit 11.1.
I froktft the Austrian third line In the region
rwi Monralcone after three days or nerce
Ming.
.On the whole front from Gorilla south to
sea the new Italian drive on Trieste is
oeeedlng 'satisfactorily. A whole series
Austrian nosltlons from OnDaochlasella
ljwiiward through Pletra Rossa have been
ViTlll 1 .. .... . ., Jl... t...l n
Mrench positions In the valleys.
J'-Adyancod Italian lines are now within
; than II mllesf Trieste. ,,
C Heavy rulnnrnrma hifva Inturfersd with
-'the progress of the offensive, preventing
"Jrl observation and thus Impeding the
ury attack. But despite these oesta.
; Padorna'g men drova the enemy down
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flllry attack. But
astern slopes ot Hills 141 and 208 and
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several other dominant nosltlons hold
up the Italian advance along the Val-
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SERBS SMASH SECOND LINE
OF BULOARS IN MACEDONIA
AND TAKE MUCH BOOTY
8ALONICA. Sept. 18. Serbian troops
have smashed the second Bulgarian line ot
defense In Western Macedonia, It was of
ficially announced here today. The Bui-
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Mother, Sister or
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everyone needs
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We will get right down to plain facts
a business man appreciates a busi
ness talk. September in Philadelphia
usually has an average temperature of
80. Not fur weather. Hence no fur
business.
This year we wanteda big Septem
ber business, and we are getting it.
Here are reasons told in cold type.
Tomorrow Begins the Second
Week of .
The Greatest '
September Fur Sale
Ever Held
in Philadelphia
At 20 Off
Marked Prices
A Small Deposit Will Reserve Your Purchase in Our
Storage Vaults Until Desired
Fur Sets
Novtmbtr Sipttmbir
Rig, Prtem SaU Price
30.00 Hudson Seal 24.00
30.00 Natural Raccoon .... 24.00
32.50 Black Fox ,.. 26.00
32.50 Skunk 26.00
45.00 Beaver .. 36.00
55.00 Red Fox..'. 44.00
75.00 Kamchatka Blue Fox. 60.00
75.00 Battleahio Grey Fox. 60.00
80.00 Black Lynx 64.00
90,00 Pointed Fox 72.00
95.00 Baum Marten Fox. . . 76.00
110.00 Fiher 88.00
110.00 Molo ., 88.00
110.00 Kolinsky Q8.00
1 20.00 Cross Fox 96.00
1 20.0Q Slate Fox 96.00
1 20.00 Dyed Blue Fox . . f . . 96.00
325.00 Hudson Bay Sable... 260.00
360.00 Natural Blue Fox . , -288.00
850,00 Silver Fox , .680,00
Fur Coats
Septembtr
SaU Prfce
48.00
56.00
7600
November r
Reg. Price
60.00 French Seal Coats. . .
70.00 'French Seal Coats. . .
(Skunk Collar)
95.00 Natural Muskrat Coats
(Hudson Seal Collar, Cutis and Helt
120.00 Hudson Seal Coats. ..j,;96.00
140.00 Raccoon Coats 112.00
1,50.00 Caracul Coats 120.00
1 60.00 Leopard Skin Coats.. . 128.00
(Collars of Raccoon and Badger)
165.00 .Hudson Seal Coato. .. 132.00
((In. Border and Collar of Skunk) j
190.00 Nutria CoaU 152.00
190.00 Hudson Seal Coata. ..152.00
(8-ln. Border ond Collar ofSkunk)
200.00 Sable Squirrel Coats. 160.00
210.00 Hudson Seal Coata. ..168.00
(In. Border and Collar of Skunk) -"
300.00 Hudson Seal Coata. .-240.00
(t.ln. Border and Collar of Skunk) ,
315.00 Hudson Seal Coata. ..252.00
(.n. Border and Collar of Lynx) '""-''
350.00 Moleskin Coats 280.00
(Deep Border and Collar of Skunk) "-w",ww
475.00 Natural Mink Coat. . .380.00
Your Furs for the Fall and Winter Season Should Be
Purchased Now Because
ej Prices during the September Fur Sale can
not be duplicated after September 3ptb.
ST A small deposit will reserve your purchase
for feW delivery. .
All Pure purchased during tha September
Sale will appear, on statements rendered
Pecember 1st, upon request.
J Patron opening Charge
havi bills
'ga Account .BBr
rendered December let. '"
ej Choice it practically unlimited at tttle.se.
son of the year, -
J Every ertlcla bears our label, -wWeh aiiuree
you of qualftv, style and wsrfcssenssilp,
NOTE Due to Lack of
Enery Kind of
Space, We Quote Opty Specimen Values, Aeeortmorte to Sotoot ffom .As
Fur. Mito' Coate oM Extra Largo SUo CoaU Urn U if, M,
PURCHASING AGENTS' ORDERS ACCEPTS