Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, November 14, 1916, Night Extra, Page 6, Image 6

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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA-, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1910
CRISIS ON SOMME
PASSED, GERMAN
LEADERS BELIEVE
Allies Will Never Break
Teuton Lines, Warriors
Assert
"MURDER, NOT WAR"
By CARL W. ACKERMAN
fiunce mnm:cHTs headquaii-
Tfins ON THE WESTEUN FIIONT (via
Berlin and Sayvllle), Nov. 14.
Germany believes the Somme crisis linn
passed. The belief Is based on the un
shakable and unanimous opinion of the men
who have borne the hammerlnff blown thnt
the Entente Allies can never break throURh
these lines of steel and cement nbovo nnd
below ground.
Furthermore, It Is pointed out thnt success
In pushing the German lines out of France
and llelglum would make the occupied sec
tlons of these countries n shambles n "No
Man's Land"; mnde such by French, Urttlsh
and Iielglnn guns.
This confident belief thnt tho Allied of
fensive. Is wearing Itself out Is held In the
face of statements by llrltlsh prisoners
that tho month of November will be one of
surprises. The result of tho great Allli-d
offensive was decided In July, German olll
cers here declared, when Uie combined
French and Urittsh artillery and tho Eng
lish tanks failed to break tho Ocrman lines
In their daring Initial dash.
Here Is the opinion of a captain at Gen
eral von Garnler's headquarters, an Intel
ligence officer who Interviews nil prisoners,
reads all documents found on battle llcld.t,
whoso business also Is the study of strategy
and who spent a number of years In Eng
land and France:
"The Allied offensive was decided last
June, despite the fact that It has been kept
up four months longer. They cannot pro
gress further because battles today are de
cided by artillery, not Infantry Mats nt
tacks cannot gain what they did at the be
ginning "We have almost as much artillery now
as the French, nnd when we shortly shall
have as much ammunition they can make
no more progress. At some places the
French have fifty guns on a 160-yard line J
on an eight-mile line they have 1000 can
non. ''But ono must remember that this coun
try Is worth ten times more to the French
or BrlttBh than to us, for It Is tho French
man's home.
"Tho French realize this moro than the
English. Tho French destroy only what
military necessity requires. The English
destroy everything with their artillery.
"Here on the Somme Is Franco's great
est tragedy, for If tho Allien expect to re
deem the entire occupied territory In this
fashion they will make Franca and Belgium
territory a No Man's Land.
The Immediate objective of the Franco
British offensive was to reach Bapnumo
and Peronne through a break In our lines.
They figured this would cause our with
drawal to other positions. No matter how
deep their wedge goes we will not withdraw
and wo still havo Bapaume and Peronne."
The Impression here Is that Hindenburg
will force such a price from the Allies that
they cannot pay ft.
The battle of the Somme Is being fought
by young men. Fully olghty per cent of
the English and French prisoners are be
tween nineteen nnd thirty. Most of the
Germans are the sumo nge.
Another matter of deep Interest Is the
part p'geons are playing In this great series
of battles. They have proved Invaluable,
especially when artillery destroys tele
. phonic communications with hidden Ger
man, guns. There are e'ghty of them In one
hayloft on the Somme. They are helping
out'as the eyes of the defenders. When line
communications are cut they are sent back
to artillery stations with bulletins telling
where Infantry is approaching, when cav
alry Is seen nnd where tanks are lumbering
toward the lines. Within a few minutes ar
tillery hell Is loosed.
It Is a wonder there aro enough men left
to fight after one night of battle In which
artillery' fire Is ceaseless and gas attacks
seemingly enveloping. Watching a battle
one night from a height eight miles away
the gas used by attacking British forces
was so strong we could still get the fumes.
While watching I met a young man who
lived most of his life in Newark, N. J., who
had been released from active fighting to
act as Interpreter for prisoners.
"This Isn't war," he said ; "It's murder."
Will Hear New Haven Plea Soon
WASHINGTON. Nov 14 Further henr
Ing of the New Haven Railroad's applica
tion for pcrmitslon to retain ownership and
continue operatlorrof its Long Island Sound
Kteamtrs, despite the prohibition In the
Panama Canal act, has been set for De
cember 14 In Washington by the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
Poorhousc Farm Yields Profit
SHILLINGTON, Pa,, Nov. 14. H. M.
Grill, steward -of the county almshouse and
farm, turned over to the county treasurer
$1422, the proceeds of the wheat crop on
the county's farm this year.
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Robert Miller, Atlantic City's new
chief of police, succeeds Malcolm U.
Woodruff, who took tho wrong side
of the bitterest political battle in
the resort's history. When he was
sworn in on Saturday Chief Miller
declared that he owed his success
as n policeman entirely to his sound
sense in taking tho advice of his
wife whenever he wns in doubt
nbout anything. Ho rose rapidly
from a street patrolmnn to detec
tive nnd then to the head of the
force at $2300 a year. The appoint
ment is for a life tenure, subject
only to good behavior.
BRITISH GAIN MORE
GROUND ON ANCRE
Contlnnrd from rate One
nitillerylng In the early evening was
active. French reconnnitcrlng advances
ngalnst our lines about Hnrdaumont
wcro repulsed.
situation ix thi: Doimun.u
UNCHANGED, SAYS IlEL'OllT
OF RUSSIAN AVAR OFFICE
PKTHOGUAn, Nov. 14.
For the first time since sjleneral Sak
haroft's nusso-Humnnians began their
smashing blows against Mackennrn'H ex
treme left wing, which rested atr Cernavoda,
on the l3anubr, In the Dobrudja region,
tho War Ofllco today reported the situa
tion "unchanged."
Rumanian forces defending the district
about Ilothenthurm Pass hae been forced
back under persistent enemy nttneks in the
Alt Hlver region, tho War Olllcc announced.
Teuton attacks In the Jlul Vnlley re
sulted in capture of tho village of Bum
beshtl, tho statement said.
RUSSIANS ABOUT TO RESUME
DRIVE ON LEMBEIIG; ARTILLERY
ACTIVE 0XTIIENA11AYUVKA
LONDON, Nov. 14 Tho struggle for the
heights of Narayuvka. southeast of Iem
berg. Is about to be resumed Russlin
artillery nnd German trench mortars, bombs
and mines are vying with each other ncross
tho half-dcvnstatod trenches to prepare for
Infantry nssaults.
In the Carpathians tho Teutons ngaln
took the offenslvo. hut were thrown back
by a Itusslnn charge with the bayonet
which Inflicted great losses. A Russian
get ral was killed hy an explosive bullet,
retrograd says The Russian statement
follows:
Western (Russian) Front Yester
day In the region of Gnrbuzov-Guka-lov
Mnjnr General Remezov. the gallant
commander of a brigade, was killed by
an exploslvo bullet while Inspecting our
position
On the rUer Narayuvka, In the re
gion of the villages of T.lpnlcadolna
and Bvlstelnlkl, our artillery bom
barded enemy trenches. This bombard
ment wns nnswercd with mine-throwing,
bomb and mortar firing. The battlo is
still proceeding.
In the wooded Carpathians enemy at
tacks southwest of tho village of Dom
bronla were repulied with great losses
by n vigorous bayonet nttack. South
of Dorna Wntrn persistent enemy nt
tneks continue In the region of Hollo
nnd Tolcsh
RUMANIANS REl'ULSE
UZUL VALLEY ASSAULTS;
CAPTURE 8.'t PRISONERS
HUCHAlinST, Nov. 14.
Attacks which had been mado without
Interruption In tho Uiul Valley on tho River
Casln, since October 19. were finally re
pulsed with sanguinary losses to the enemy,
tho Rumanian War Ofllco reported.
In tho counter-attack that followed only
eighty-three prisoners wcro taken nllve.
Three mnchlno guns nnd other booty were
tnken. Tho stntcment of the Wnr Otnco
says: , ,
"On the Moldavia front In the Uzul and
Trotus valleys our nrtlllery silenced enemy
guns.
"From tho Putna Valloy to Prevelus there
havo been nrtlllerying nnd some minor en
gagements. In the Prnhova Vnlley thcro
hnH been Intense nrtlllerying."
RUSSIAN TROOPS FLUNd RACK
TO TRANSYLVANIAN FRONTIER,
RERUN REPORT ANNOUNCES
RKRMN, via Say villa wireless, Nov. 14.
Russian troops that Invaded Transylvania
In co-opcratlon with the Rumanians, and
advanced as far ns tho Gyorgy mountnlns,
hnvo been flung back to the frontier by
General von Fntkenhayn'B Austro-German
forces.
This success for Teutonic arms was an
nounced by the War OIIlco today.
South of Rothcnthurm Pass several hun
dred moro of prisoners have been captured
by tho Austro-Germans. bringing the total
In the lecent fighting In thnt sector up to
six olllcers and 650 men.
EUROPE'S ARCH CROOKS
DRIVEN TO U. S. BY WAR
Accomplished Criminals, Who
Prey on High Society, Find
Fertile Fields Here
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Scores of
crooks, swindlers and confidence men, some
of them Internationally notorious, havo
come to the United States ns tho only rich
country open to them slnco tho outbreak
of tho Kuropean war, according to the
I'nlted States Secret Service nnd the
Bureau of Investigation of tho Department
of Justice.
"Society crooks," who for many years
plied their trade In Huronenn capitals and
at Monte Carlo, the Riviera, Ktretat, Ostend,
Rnden-H.ideri and other celebrated con
tinental watering places, have been driven
to this country by tho hard fortunes of
war. Among them aro several beautiful
women, famed for their ability to live by
their wits.
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GERMANY STILL HAS 0,r)00,000
MEN, SAYS BRITISH WRITER
Allies Must Strain Every Ncrvo to Pro
paro for Next Ycnr's Strugglo
LONDON, Nov. 14. The military corre
spondent of the Times, writing on man
power, says!
"Germany's wise economy of her young
contingents, her constant re-cxamlnatlon
or the medically unfit, her refusal of tho
claims of conscientious objectors, and her
success In restoring to the colors a high
proportion of wounded men, while using
her prisoners In factories nnd on tho farms,
have enahled her to maintain In the field
a full strength for a longer period than nny
ono thought possible.
"Dy a well-organized system of substitu
tion, Germany has been able to build up
200 field divisions and cannot now have less
than 6.B00.OO0 men In her field armies, lines
of communication and reserves.
'The Allies aro faced with the necessity
of straining overy nerve to place In "tho field
next year every man, gurf nnd shell thnt
they can produce.
"Russia still has ample reserves and will
produce lnrgo nrnllcs each year that tho
wnr lasts. Italy monthly Increases nnd
Improves both tho quantity nnd qunllty of
her nrmles, while Frnnce has been most
successful In drawing more men from civil
employment nnd now excels In tho art of
accomplishing great things In the field with
relatively slight losses.
"In a parliamentary paper on Irish man
power It Is estimated that there are 161,000
men In Ireland now nvallablo for military
set vice."
Confesses Murder After Conversion
GRAND JUNCTION, Col, Nov. 14. Fol
lowing his conversion at a Salvation Army
meeting hero last night, Androw J. Daniels,
twonty-threo years old. declnrcd that ho
was a member of a gnng of criminals who
murdered Policeman Thomas Russell, of
New York city, five years ngo. Daniels
says that during his career of crime he
stabbed five men, Including his own brother.
SESSANTA INN0CENTI
DONNE ERAGAZZI SON
VITTIME DEI TEUT0NI
Gil Aeroplrtni Austriaci Hnnno
Distrutto a Padova un Edificio
Dove Si Erano Rifugiati
i Non Combattcntl
VITTORIE DEGLI ALLEATI
ROMA. 14 Novcmhro.
II Mlnlstero della Guerra nnnuncla che
durante II raid dl neroplanl nustriacl sulla
cltta' dl Padova, dl cul parlava lerl un
comunlcato austrlaco, scssanta donno o
ragazil rlmascro ucclsl II raid nvvenne
sabato scorso. Kcco It testo del rapparto
del gcnernlo Cadornn:
Fronll del Trcntlno o della Carnla
I.'artlgllerla o' stata nssnl nttlvn.
Nella vallc del Tcrragnolo contlnuano
ad osservarsl rnpldl movlmentl dl
forze nemlche, cho pero' sono ostacolatl
dall'azlono della nostra artlgllerla.
No I pomerlgglo dl sabnto una scruad
rlglla dl neroplanl nemlcl lasclo cadere
bombc sulla cltta dl Pndovn. I.c bombe
dlstrussero un cdlflclo nel quale si
erano rlfuglate numcroso donne o
rngnzzl. la plu' gran parte del quail
rlmnsero ucclsl dalle bombo o sepoltl
potto le mncerle. II numoro dcllo vlt
tlmc, tutte borghesl, nmmonta flnora a
scssanta.
Un nltro romuntcato austrlnco, trnsmesso
qui da Hurlgo, dlro cho aeroplanl austriaci
botnbardnrono Ktnblllmcntl Industrial! n
pontclagoscuro o gll edlflcll della fcrrovla n
Ratcnnn con splcndldt tisultntl, e che tutte
lo macchlne rltornnrono Ron20. dannl alio
loro bnsl.
I,e truppe Inglesl opernntl In Frnncla
hanno guadagwAto una Importnnte vlttorla
Chronic Coaled Tongue an.
Bad Taste In the Mouth -,
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in the stomach, liver or kidneys,
if not promptly remedied.
Tho quickest relief comes
through daily use of Bedford
Mineral Water Naturo'3 laxa
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and elimination of waste moro
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contro le forze tedesche su dl una fronte dl
cinque mlglla a nord ed a sud dell'Ancre
Oil Inglesl oporarono un vlolento attacco
dl sorpresa, qundo I tedeschl non se Ip as
pettavnno. Iji baftaglln Impegnata su
qtiesta fronte non e' ancora termlnata, ma
gll Inglesl hnnno guadagnato un consldcre
vole tratto dl tcrrcno ed hanno fatto plu
dl tremlla prlglonlerl. Questl hanno dlchl
nrato cho essl rlmasero stordltl dall'lnten
slta' delta preparazlone dcll'nrtlgllcrln brl
tannlcn, peco prima che la fnntcrla fosse
lanclata all'attacco. Queato e' stato oper
ate In condlzlonl atmosferlche favoravol,
Un'nltra vlttorla l'hanno guadngnatn I
serbl ed I francesl sulla fronto della Mace
donia I sorbl nvevano Inlzlato U loro nvan
rata nella glornatn dl lerl l'altro nella zona
a sud-est dl Monastlr, e, alutatl dal fran
cesl, hanno gundagnato la plu' brlllanto vlt
torla che abbla nnora ottenuto 1'nrmata del
generale Sarrall. I bulgarl sono stntl cac
clotl dal vlllagglo dl Iven, a died mlglla
addentro nl confine della Serbia, e non si
fcrmarono se non quando I serbl 11 nvevano
splntl'due mlglla plu' a nord.
In questn bnttaglla I bulgarl hanno per
dutn i-crtlcl cannonl da campagna, vontuno
cassonl d'artlgllcrla cd unn grande quantlta'
dl munlzlonl dl ognl specie. Non si conosce
ancora II numoro del prlglonlerl e nl sa
soltanto che II campo dl battaglia , ZT
dl cndaverl. cv1
Nella Gallzla sambra che stJ -. ..
mlnclare la bnttaitlla, per II Mi " i
Lemberg. Lo form del general. nJl
sl preparano nd Inlltlare la nuova off.?
e la nrtlgllcrle sono. gin' In itltme vloi.?'
slma sulle alture .Sella Narayuvkl !
Cnrpazll gll nustro -tedeschl che i,.''1
tentato dl rlprendcl e l'orfenslva Bono US
rlcacclatl Indletro, on U
Nella Rumania la sltuazlone rclm..
ognl glorno plu'. 16 truppe russonHn?
a sud dl Cernavoda, Itcntnndo dl agri.,, 1
forzo dl von MackenHcn, o quest! C J '
battere In ritlrata artrettatament.
cvltaro II nuovo gravi perlcolo che la ,i. n
clavn nssal da vlclno. rtln-
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Ing marriage licenses, here todav i. J!!'
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Tnrrmnnn and Kthcl Snyder, 'trniu "
Wall nnd Rose R Shallenberger Umrr
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