wmjm O '.., 1 , A til la ,' " it m .''''. . ' "" f : V HtfV m 1 EVE&liNG MDER-PHILA1LPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2i), 1917 AMERICANS RON FRENCH TRAINS; USE GAS MASKS ten Philadelphians Among Those Henri Bazin En j&" counters in Tour JOHN V. NEWLIN'S GRAVE WHERE CADORNA WILL MAKE HIS FIRST DETERMINED STAND fppSBl . . By HENRI BAZIN HUB CorrBomlmt of tie Ertni'o Lrxtgcr icllh thtt American Mmu in Franca AWBlilCAN FIELD HEADQUAIlTEnS, "f'SfVL 23. ,' . Tfis engineers are the only operating .-ali-"jot men in France 'wearing American khaki. They run their French trains with helmets upon head and cas mask hanging from hip. Tliclr equipment nnd "methods are American, but their !lfo Is that of the French soldier, oven to their grub, since, en bloc, they are temporarily 16a,tied to tho French army. They use tho French front system of a man walking ahead on bombed portions of the railed line, wV.-h, of course, limits the speed of trains, but has obviously greater advantages. Their regiment was one ot tho several recently reviewed In London by tho' King of Kng land. I found seven among those to whom I talked who hall from Philadelphia. I wish the rules applying to correspondent's work would permit mo to mention their names. thRt the Kvenino Ledger might thus give their greeting to 'their people. At least, I can say they are well and hearty and very much on the lob. AT PHILADELPHIAX'S GRAVE Upon a Journoy from jolnt to point to day I passed a hospital. Our car stopped foj water and I wandered off a short distance, where I saw tho hospital ceme tery. I always look In every military ceme tery I can. with the vague Idea of some time finding my brother's grave. Perhaps some day I shall ere this war la over. In this one 1 could And no trace. But upon ono cross, decorated with the cockade of France, I found the last resting place of a Philadelphia boy, John V. Ncw lln. who as a volunteer In the American am bulance 10H his life under fire on August B, 1917. The grave was evered with a great bronze palm, surrounded by growing panties, t'pon tho palm wcro the carven words, "American Field Service Mort Pour la France." I had a tiny American flag-In my pocket, ono I had bought In April When we entered the war. and I took It out and entwined it' about a bronze prong of the wreath. ,1 also took a photograph of the grave with the intent of requesting the Evening Lbdoeh to send It to Mr. New nil's people. But under a new ruling I am denied; sending It I hope this ruling may bo amended a little later tha may forward both the print and the film. The grave Is ono of a long row. nil alike, all with the Cross, tho tricolor cockade, the aluminum Identification plaque upon which 1 are stamped name, service ana aaie ot upaia It Is, as all "the others, beautifully cared fot In a tenderness of gratitude by the peopll of France. JLENIE.VCY TO PRISONERS The difference between French and Boche. methods as to treatment of prisoners wa; forcibly brought to my attention c-"ay. Ve had .stopped -In a village where presently another American division will have 11. headquarters- At present it is entirely French, and' our uniforms were the wonder of the inhabitants. "Volla des Amerlcalns I" they had said as we entered, and In a " "twinkling our car was surrounded by French klddjea. Nearby was a French caserne" or bar racks. In Its courtyard I saw a young Bocho. prisoner walking around an Imagi nary square" with a knapsack upon his back. He had, It seemed, attempted to es cape, and being far from Boche lines had taken a last chance. When recaptured, In stead of being brutally punished after the Boche method with French prisoners, he had been merely given the simple task of a four-Siour. walk dally, two In the forenoon and twp- In the afternoon, with thlrty-flve pounds of sand upon his back. It js. not too much to say that tho Sam mee, or the Pollu, or the Tommy on leave, on fiirlough, en permlsslon'(as the three are tho name)., form and wll", form an Important element In the victory to come, for absences from the fighting llpe aid much In maintain ing morale In the armies to which the light ing man returns and much in maintaining the morale, too, of thoso behind the lines. Mil X. &Y MP ITALIAN . j$F -J? y !&&&2?fi8k VENICE o to zu i i an . ...I, i. . , iM i I, nHm i JM)-wWw n i i m .- i ...., i,,...- wap- ITALIAN LINE. LINE BEFORE AUSTRO-GERMAN ATTACK INDICATE CAQORNR'S NEW LINE. MOUNTAINOUS TERRITORY SHADED!, WITH CATTLE AREA EMPHASIZED. PLAINS OF.VENETIA. WHITE. The Italian commander-in-chief is making n tremendous effort to save his third army, stationed at the Gulf of Trieste by falling back approximately sixty miles to the Tagliamcnto River, as shown by the map. Among the large cities included in the territory which will be given up nre Udinc, Tareento and Cividale. CIltCULATORS OF FALSE WAR NEWS ARRESTED Seven to Be Interned for Disseminating " Stories of Disasters to U. S Forces NEW YORK. Oct. 29. Seven men are tinder arrest hero today who, nccordlng to agents' ot tho Department of Justice, have been circulating false stories concern ing disasters to our military and naval .forces. Ono of the men was arrested while he was loudly proclaiming In a public resort "what, the Kaiser's military machine would do to tho American troops" and was in timating ho was In possession of informa tion that reflected on tho patriotism of American soldiers. Tho seven will bo in terned for tho duration of the war. Cadorna Will Make Stand on Tagliamento Continued from Vnsn One units forming nur Kerond Army which In cowardice retired without fighting or sur rendered to the enemy allowed the Auxtro Germany forces to break Into our left wing on the Julian front. The vnllant efforts of other troops did not enable them to prevent tho enemy from advancing into the sacred soil of our Fatherland. Wo nro withdraw ing our lines according to the pljns pre pared. All stores and depots In tho evac uated places were destroyed. "Tho record" of many memorable battles fought with success by our brave toldlcrs during two and one-half years of war Is sufficient to assure the commander-in-chief that the army to which tho honor and safety of tho country aro confided will know how to fulfill Its duty." If Italy's morale holds up it was regarded as certain that Cadorna would he able to make a stand on tho plains. Before that time It was expected that Allied aid would bo reaching Italy. The political effect of the German drive was more feared here than tho military results The Italians aro said to bo out numbered In men more than four to one along virtually the wholo ot tho attacking front. The Germans massed their men behind the lines and smuggled guns Into position at night. Their bombardment opened with a terrific fire from guns whose positions had not oven previously been suspected by tho Italians. No such artillc-y fire has been attained by the Germns alnco Verdun as that which was poured over the Italian positions. Outnumbered In guns and men, Cadorna's troops from that tlmo on were victims of a great war machine pursuing the same tactics which the Germans so successfully adopted In Rumania and a war machine led bv tho master who conducted that Ru manian campaign General von Mackenen. How tremendous Is the driving power of this great machine Is Indicated In the fact that several hundred square miles, won Inch "by inch in Cadorna'H great offensives of last summer and during a general cam paign that lasted three months, Is now In the enemy's hands after a bare week's push. By enormous massing of men and guns the Germans simply smothered the Italians. They swarmed through mountain passes; their sheer weight toppled over Italian defenses. Tho Teutonic armies are now less than ten miles from Udlne, the Italian railroad center. What Rome frankly declared was tho "cowardice" of certain of Its units in tho second army permitted a Teutonic flanking move which swept the enemy wedge through tho Italian lines. Gorlzla was retaken. Tho Invaders crashed through to tho Italian plains. Cividale, an Italian clti, was taken. It Is expected that Cadorna will make every effort to form a new defensive line on the Tagliamento River, approximately thirty miles back from the lino on which the fighting was In progress today. This river Is. the first natural defense barrier In tho plains section. With a comparatively flat terrain clear to this river there was faint hope here today that tho Italians would be able to stop the German advance much before that line. France was relied upon to make the first contribution to Italy's needs. The French Cabinet met last night for consideration of tho problem. tonco of seven miles, struck squarely on their target of a German blockhouse at Papegocd wood and permitted French pollus, fighting like mad for glimpses of their own homes slightly behind the German lines, to cut their way to a victory In the latest Franco-British advance In Flanders. It was this marvelously accurate shoot ing last Friday which opened the way for the French smash. A great eight-chambered concrete blockhouse in the center of Papegoed Wood had long held up further French ndvancc. Finally French aviators "ranged" It. Huge French guns llred Just thr'-o of their enormous Bhells at this range. The first missile was close to It ; the second shattered the solid concreto and the third passed Inside. Virtually all of the garrison In this formldablo defense wan killed. The few forlorn-crazed men who did sur vive of the sixty German soldiers of tho 181st Infantry, staggered Into tho French lines deaf and dumb from shell shock. Their clothes had been stripped from them : somo were fearfully mangled. Tho stamp of an Inexpressible horror was on their drawn faces. Reduction ot the blockhouse enabled the French engineers, working neck deep In St. Janasbeek and Coverheek Rover, to throw up bridges and trestles, along which French Infantry charged to a brilliant vic tory. These charging troops were borne along with the Irresistible fort'e of men lighting like fiends to throw bark an enemy and see their own homes Just beyond. Most of tho Frcnih regiments now on this line are from Lille and other cities close to the present fighting lines. Many left their loved ones behind to answer mobilization calls and have not heard from them since. Theso men performed superhuman fight ing feats. Hand-to-hand, In bloody fight ing, they beat hack the Germans, half swam through morasses and held tenaci ously to their gains despite every effort German counter-attackers made. On Sat urday Just such an Incident as this oc curred. The French had cut their way for deep gain. The whole Eighth Bavarian reserve division was thrown Into the fray to check them. It failed. The victorious pollus literally tut It Into silvers. As a result of the last week's steady ad vance along the Dlxmude road the French today are encircling both the west and south sections of Houthulst forest. That bit of what used to be woodland Is the renter of the German resistance still hold ing to Flanders. On the southeast the Germans In the wood face a British en circling movement. The fact that comparatively few prison ers nw being taken by the French Is due, according to German ofllcers, to the fact that the enemy Is -carrying out orders to move before yielding. lines Saturday night and Sunday by British seaplanes, nn Admiralty statement an nounced today. "Wo bombed Kngel nnd St. Denis Wes trem aerodromes with many tons ot bombs which fell close to tho sheds," the state ment said. Tho railway line and railway Junctions of Cortemnrck and Llckerveldo wcro attacked with two tons of bombs. Ono of our machines has not returned. "Yesterday afternoon Varssenacre aero drome was bombed with direct hits nt the sheds, also Stnlhlllbrugge station near Bruges. During numerous patrols an enemy machine was shot down crashing to earth." WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. Belgian aviators have bombarded the stations of Essen. Vladeloo, Elnsdyck and Roggcveld In reprisal for German bombard ments of communications and cantonments In tho Ramscapclle region, official cables to the Belgian legation announced today. FRENCH CUT THEIR WAY TO FLANDERS VICTORY By HENRY WOOD WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN FLANDERS, Oct. 29. Two flfteen-lnch shells, fired from a dls- WT? itt PRODUCTO Contentment and enjoy ment are a state of mind. Try the El Producto cigar and see how much it kelps to brighten up your day. Gbpd Havana works wonders. You gfct.fttand getit at its best in El Pro4ucto-r:Viirious shapes and sizes 10c afraffht to 2 for 25c the G. H. P. CIGAR' CO. PhtJadolphL BRITISH PLANES BOMB ENEMY MILITARY BASES LONDON'. Oct. 29. Many tons of bombs were dropped on German military points back of the enemy ALL BERLIN REJOICES; HOLIDAY PROCLAIMED AMSTERDAM. Oct. 29. Berlin gave today over to rejoicing at success of German urms In the drive against Italy. Dispatches from tho German capital told ot special holidays granted the schools, a display of flags throughout the nation nnd various celebrations. The general pub lic feeling there was that tho victorious advance of tho Austro-German arnile would hasten peaco moro than any other event. The Berlin press not only rejoiced that the Italians aro being punished, but their editorial comments carried the hint that tho Austrlans had been taught a needed lesson on what could be accomplished with German help and, conversely, what might happen It Austria attempted a separate peace. Kaiser Wllhelm Is expected to Join Em peror Karl on the Isouzo front shortly ASKS LOWERING OF AGE LIMIT Loyal Legion Reveals Action of Phila delphia MeetinR on War Service WASHINGTON'. Oct. 29 Registration for war service of all men between nineteen and thirty-one years of age Is demanded by the military Order ot the Loyal Legion. The adoption of a resolution advocating such an nmenrtmtnt to the draft law, at the recent convention of tho order In Philadel phia, was revealed this nfternoon by Lieu-tenant-General S. M. B. Young, retired, head of tho order. Airplane Causes Private's Death CAMP DONIPHAN, Okli,, Oct. 29. In n unusual smash-up, Joseph Hayes, of New York, a private In the Third Aero Squadron, was Instantly killed when he was knocked from a motorcycle by the running gear of an ascending airplane on tho aviation field here. nraiiiiiHiiM ear our Glomes and Trove uour VI T T 1 J ngnt to re called u)wll -dvessed ', W ,-L." IffifmiWlttU'lll Grmmm wkmmm, if tm Myh-timsMto,. iPiliil 1 X0ttH$m 1 1 MkSt Every man is judged" by nis clothes by nine -tenths of tbe people be meets, ana to tbe majority of tbem, tbe well-dressed man spells SUCCESS. This may be "snap judgment," but tbis busy world has no time to look up your family tree or your achievements. 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The council approved the report of the commission recommending Joint action with the Catholic Church In petitioning Congress for the appointment of one chaplain for every 1200 ofllcers and enlisted men In the army and navy, and appropriation of $500, 000 for work In tho soldier camps this year. SEHVICK HOOK APPROVED The "Lutheran Service Hook of the Army nnd Navy," prepared at the request of the Mlnlsterlum of Pennsylvania, the Pitts burgh Synod and tho Synod of New York and New England, of which 380 copies have already been distributed at the League Island Navy Yard, waB commended and tho distribution of the book placed In the hands of the Church Book and Literature Society of Philadelphia, the treasurer, K. Clarence Miller, being approved as the distributing agent. The "Communion Service Book of the Lutheran Church, with Hymnal," which has been In course of preparation for the last twenty years and has been tho chief foun dation of the merger of all three main bodies ot tho Lutherans In this country, unanimously approved at this session of the deneral Council, was accepted by tho council today. This book establishes uni form forms of communion nnd other parts ot the church service for the Lutheran Church all over this country, and the coun cil passed a resolution that there shall be no Issue of any edition of tho new church book that shall In any particular depart from the original edition without tho con sent of all three Lutheran bodies In tho merger. Appointed to Berth in Docks Dept. Director Webster, of tho Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, today named as an Inspector, John T. Cloney, 1710 South Fifth street. The position carries a salary of J1B00. New Jersey "Apple Day" November 1 TB.ENTON, Oct. 2t. 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