E(K sl- '" ; MfX EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WDIJOSSDiyY, iNOVEMBflB 7, 1917 BAZIN SEES DASH OF AUSTRALIANS Graphically Describes Won derful Victory Over Boche at Zonnebeke HAIG'S ARMY NEARING ROULERS .FIELD COCKPIT OF WAR Vision Looms of Final Triumph of English-Speaking Troops When Sammces Enter By JIENRI BAZIN Klttff CorTttvoittnt of l S?li'B'j.?ai"'oer wUh the Amtricnn Armv in rranct WITH TUB BIUTISII AllMV IN TI1U FIELD. October 5. I have come from ovr Amorlcan train ing camps upon my British prerogative In time to neo a wonderful victory over the Bocho oftenMve methods In tho Australian topping of Zonnebeke. Tho battlo had been on for two days when from an observatory point I saw the Anzecs. vlslblo uRalnst a Fray skyline along the Broddselno road As they, stormed down under a withering back Are the Germans ran before them, many falling from tho tire of their own batteries. Farther back and clearly In Bight through my glass were retreating Bocho Held guns going through a. level country upon tho right of which were great marshes. These Australians aro the equal"! of Canadians, or tho Sammecs, 'when th latter get Into action. Tako It from me. the ending of this war" will be through tho valor and bravery of English-speaking troops, and this Is ns certain as that for three years the pollus of France have held true and waiting with quite n bit of real fighting on the side. As I looked this afternoon, tho Austra lians faced the Boche at perhaps 200 yards over the ridge, and upon both sides a be ginning of something like a normal trench system was under way. I saw the opening of the battle at G this morning, and In order that what I wit nessed may be made clear, let It be re membered that tho enemy had been forced nt Jlenln road on September iO and at Tolygon Wood on September 25, when he had to substitute men for trenches. In these two fights, the Boche found his system of concrete obrl and defense broken down no completely that proportionately ho lost more life than ever before. . His local attacks and counter-attacks then collapsed as would a blown-up paper bag at a slap of the hand The barbarian of vaunted pre-war fame has learned something from defeat, and lie went Into today's fight with his back liter ally against the wall. The ridge was a vital thing to his winter defense. ' He had buttressed his position on It with all tho weight of support available. Trlsoners taken proved that new dMsions and picked divisions had been hurled Into line, some of which were from the r.usslan front Hli guns were very great In quantity. AH of his front elsewhere had been flne-tooth-combed out of airmen, who filled the very air over the ridge Thty were flying low, firing apon the Anzec Infantry and bombing batteries. COCKPIT OF WAR The field was hideous with the chemistry of modern war. There was not a spot for miles safe from shell or gas or bomb or fire, and the nearer to the line, the greater number of breaking shells. It was a cock pit of war, Indeed. Every mechanical and chemical expertism of tho Boche was In use. All hlB power was focused upon the ope spbt beforo my eyes. Ho had Burely been brought to bay, and that after neglect ing nothing. He had been compelled, not withstanding, to withdraw his guns to safer' spots, wnore lie retrained tnem upon me very points these same guns had been anchored All his fire was cloaked by smoke screens. And through this hell of hells went Aus tralia through It, understand through It all the way, clean to the very crown of tho ridge, and while they did It, the Flemish villages of Gravenstafel, Folderbeek and Nordenhock, plus all the tortured ground between the north of I'oel-Capelle and the north of Holleheke, rocked and swajecl In & writhing tumult of battle such as neither Homer nor Napoleon nor Alexander cer dreamed of There wero Australian losses, of course. But skillful leadership materially reduced them, and as the phaBe goes, they were light. But war Is war, and this has been a center of death, notwithstanding The Boche loss was Infinitely great, tie gave full six to seven men for one. There was wind and gust and rain from the northwest all day. It blew a full gale at times And the rain stung the face like hall even from my observation post. But through the halt light of a wet cold sky prisoners began to pour down the Gravenstafel road In the early afternoon, a whole column of them marching back amidst scattered shell, HERDS OF WOUNDED BOCIIE s they came up In scale before my eyes Inter passed our party of observers, i little squads of Boche tolling up i. bearing both their own and Aus- wounded. I never saw so many ounded. A great majority were valklng kind. They passed and and passed, sound men and un- er the ridge for which Australian itnt and struggled amid a seething, .. ng, singing convulsion of shell. Anu, said before, they won To describe the battle would have needed a thousand eyes, and I have but two. Glued to the glass, they saw a single bit typical of the whole. A huge crater with a re doubt behind It, constructed In the most advanced Boche method of defense, was literally packed with German machine guns. Nine-tenths of them are now In British hands. A farm to the north of this crater was equally fortified, but the Australian went up to It as he went over the top, In an Irresistible rush on the very edge of his own barrage, overcoming all checks a It they were files before him. NORTH . SEA tankentxrghtJJ! pd0infhe i?fuvsnL A $9 Cordovan shoe with wing or straight tip is not unusual but a $9 Cordo van shoo for $6 is not only unusual, but it's the most wonderful six dollars' worth of shoo that Philadelphia ever saw. Hero onlyl "THE. IISHARKSHI HMff..!m M H I ' wmmmnuHHimiiHU 1336 SoBtb Pern Sqwre tp.CUr Mtll. Xar WMew HMc. , mtu 'flat fame Ma. a Have Roulcrs, key to the railway lines leading to the U-boat bases of Ostcnd and ZeebrugRe, is reported to be under British bombardment. The map shows the location of this strategic point and the surrounding places in line of the latest British advance. '(ERENSKY SEEKS AID TO CHECK EXTREMISTS Puts It Up to Preliminary Par liament to Back His Dis regarded Orders FETnOGRAD. Nov. 7. Flatly declaring that the Maximalists "threaten to open the front to Germany," Premier Kerinsky today asked the pre liminary Itusslan Parliament If It would support tho Government In suppression of their attempts to seize civil and war pow ers. A definite break between tho Bolshevlkl controlled local Soviet of workmen and soldiers and the Russian General Army Staff came today. Tho Soviet's military committee ordered troops at Peterhof, Pav ,lovak, apd Tsarko Selo to disobey orders from the War Ministry summoning them to Petrograd. The Government authorities acted promptly. They disconnected (probablj raised the draws) all brldgeH over the rher connecting the workmen's quarters In the city and suppressed threo Maximalist and two reactionary newspapers. BOCHES CUT THROAT OF SAMMEE IN RAID by Deadly Trench Knife Used German Attackers on One of Pershing's Men AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE. Nov. 7 One of tho American soldiers killed In the recent German trench raid was over whelmed by Roches, backed up against tho trench wall and his thrfvat cut The wound was Inflicted with a trench knife a deadly tool carried by tho fighting men for hand-to-hand battling All wounded fc'ammees now In tho base hospital wero improving today KING BASTA'S FUNERAL TODAY Noted Italian Chef Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery Tho funeral of Frank Bust a, widely known Italian chef, who died at his home, 1214 Spruce street, Saturday, took place today from St Rita's Church, Broad nnd Ellsworth streets Interment was made in Holy Cross Cemetery. Mr. Basta was one of the best-known chefs In the country. Among tho many re renowned guests entertained by him at his restaurant, 2G6 South Twelfth street, were Leoncavallo, author of "I'PagllaccI," nfter whom tho restaurant was named ; Caruso, Tltta Ruffo and Bond. Named Attorney for Aircraft Board W. W. Montgomery, Jr., an attorney, of Radnor, has been appointed counsel for the aircraft board of the Go ernment, which Is turning out a huge air fleet for service In Franco. Motor Not For Sale I H The King 8 motor, H H according to Chas T. H H Parker, is designed by IH King engineers, built in 1H the King plant and is 11 H H nut for sale unless m- H I corpora ted in the King H Mutor Car H iParkerMotorSalesCo. I 518 N. Broad St. I GLI ITALIANI 0CCUPAN0 NUOVALINEADIDIFESA Le Truppe di Cadorna Ordinata- mentc si Sono Ritirate sul Fiume Livenza ROMA 7 novembrc. Dlspaccl perenutl dal Quartler Gcnerale Itallano Hiitiutizliino cho II Gcnerale Cadorna ha stubltlto U sun nuowi linca ill dlfesn, inn non bono stall Indlcatl I puntl tra I quail essa 1 estenda. I'nltugllo ticmlche dl csplorazlone sono state liolufo al plcdl dello inontngno dl Munlago, a 12 mlglla ad occldcnto del Hume Tagllamento. Le prlmo truppo nemlche cho rlUHclrono ad uttraversaro II flumo furono di cavalierly, n.culto da auto-carrl munltl dl mitrnellatrlcl La cavallerla Itallana valorusamento resplnso la cavallerla nomUio, ma dovctto poscla rltlrarsl dl fronto al fuoco mlcldlnle delle mltragllatrlcl av versarlo I'n coinunlcato ufllclale, pubbllcato oggl, atmunzla' cho la Itlrata. dello truppo Ita llano sul flumo Llvonza bi e- cneuimia in nerfotln irtltin. t.a ritlriita c' statu cf fkaccnicnto copcrta nl nord ilal contingent! dl Hostcgno ed al sue! ua nacgutuo icuo gu.irdie. ' Ntundo nl detto coinunlcato si puo nnche support cho l.i nuovii llnca dlfenslva del getieralo Cadorna sla btata INsatu sul flumo Ltvcnza lerl II nilnlhtero tlell.i gueria Itallano pub. bllro 11 HCguento coinunlcato del gcnerale 'adorn t. (Htro a perflstero nella sua lnteiiHl tlcat.i presslone limgo la zona dell'alto Tagllaiiiento tontro l'ala sinistra dello nostro annate. II ncinlco o' rlusclto ad attr.iNernro nnche II medio basso corso del flumo f.icendn nanzare nliMnl conl Ingentl dl truppo sulla sponda destra del flume Rlpartl nenilcl dl, nanguarlla, enutl a tnntalto con illstaccamentl della Brlgata tlranatlerl (II Sardegna, u sud-est di San Vlto Tagllamento, furono resiilnti. Per htatilllre le iiuuvo linen dl dlfes.i slatno Matl costrettl nil evacuare parte del terrltorlo della zona montagnosa. la qualo e' stata norupata dal nemlco dopo l.i rltirat.i rffettuata dalle nosJro trupiio Quexta mattlna un arioplanoniemlco fu nhbattuto nellc iclnanze dl ercrsa (TipvIso) , Altri nntlzle rhe prrvengono dalla fronto di battagll.i confermano die la rltlrnti. degll Italianl sulle nuuo llnee si e' cfTet tuata In pleno ordlne. II morale delle truppo o' otthno in tuttl I runglil. La ca alleila Itallana e' ht'ita ancor.i una olt attlvlsslma, come una retroguardla, co I rendo I moimrnti rielle truppo In rltlrat.'i c combattendo erolnimentc. La gcnerale sltuizlone, e' probablle, con tlnuera' graM" per ipiali'lie glorno nncor.i f.no a rho sara' ccmplelata la rlconcentrii zlone lungii lo nuove Unco dl dlfesa scelte dal generate I'aiiorna I'n o-seratore glunto lerl l'nltro dopo una llta alia finite del Taglliiinoutn. dHi-o cho lo coiidlzionl crano absal megllo The Old Grey Mare "She kicked over tho whiflletree," and you, too, won't be able to "make your feet behave" when you hear this raRgy Fox Trot, played by Earl Fuller's Jazz Bund. Hear this and these other Victor Mid-Month Spe cials, on sale today: Old firry Mure 1 istnti 'ox Trot. ( lOln, 183bJS ,,. Mrt j,ue f 73o Fox Trot. .-- H" There One Step.. 1 ., 18370 Where Do We Go From '" ,n ( Here? One Step "c. ( Hot Time In the Old 1R171 Town llOIn. ..... bomewliere In France ) lnln 18371 In Iiaildr r ?R l So Long, Mother 1 10 6jj J South yf Vf Opposite PottolUce The New CENTEMERI Glove Shop mil open at 123 South 13th Street on November 15th, 1917 Gloves of beautiful quality, that fit to perfection and grow old gracefully the most varied and abundant stock in Philadelphia. Men's gloves for business, dress, motoring and winter sports. Twenty special styles for our boys in France or America. Splendid gifts that should be sent early. P. CENTEMERI & CO. An Exclusive Glovt Shop Special Glove Gleaning Service During November, December and January we shall operate both stores. Beginning February 1st Our Chestnut Street stock will be -on sale at our netr store SOUTH 13th STREET Centemeri Gloves 'Until January 31st at 1223 Chestnut Street (Ako at 400 Fifth Ave., New York) 1 rf 9 dl quelle che generalmente el crcdevo. II n rale delle truppe ern clevato e la mlime clft nemlca die tuttora grava ulla patrla nostra aeva rato nuoo linpulso alio pl rlto combattlto dl tuttl, anche a coloro fco rngirlatl dille reccntl c duro prove. In voce dl dlsorjranlKislono vl ern oijnl eiilcnzu dl una tlbteinntlca unlctie. a traxemata del numo 'ragllanicnto n nord dl rizZHiio, elTettuata da condlderexotl forno nemlche, non doxrebbe recare horpreua, polcho' era stata Kla" prexeduta, data la forle presulono che gll auntro-tedesclil aeano concentrato HUll'ala ulnlstra delle armnto Itallano. II TaKllamcnto era olo cotisldcrato como una dello llnee dl una herlo dl dlfene. Lo copo prlnclpale era (juello dl illardare l'avanznti del nemlco per dare tenrpo agll Itallunl dl rlcotnporre lo unlta' o concentruriil su poHlilonl fortemento rafTorzatc. II TaRllHinento o' serlto ottlmamente all'mizldetto ecopo ed 11 lieinUn ora hI trovn dl fninto Hd Un'altra lined Importmito dl dlfcxa o ud un altro Hume. Quiilo llnca le truppo Itallano luinno neelto per una llnulo reslKtimzH, non c' stata nncura judicata con proclslone. Due tcorlo prevalRono nclle present! ope razlonl. Una e' tlio le annate Jtallano nl concentrcranno lunRo una lltiea. reelta con I rlnforzl frHncenl ed ingles! I.'altra che gll iiuitro-tcdchclil non potranno contlnuare la loru pre.ialone huIIo Jlneo Itallnne a cau&i della Ktaglotio Invcrnalo the vl Itioltra. II gcneralo t'adorna lia pieso enerpltlie iiilsuro per rlstorare 1'efllcetiz.i dello mio truppo ed In cmanato una ordlnanza con la tiuato nl Btablllsco cho 1 m'lltari dello forzo inobllltnte, tbandatl per iiualslasl mo. tivo, K.iranno coiiKldcratl dlscrtorl dl fronte nl nemlco fo entro II terinlno dl rlnquo glornl non nl presentlno al rlpettll reggl mentl. La dlberzlonn xul enmpo dl bat taglla Itupllca la coudaiiiia delta fuclluzlone alia hchlen.i. I'n iIIkp.iccIo da Amsterdam nnnunzla che gll lUistro-tcdceilil rdanno coutcmplando un attacco per ImposseHharM della tltta' dl Venezla, rltcnuta tome un centro liupor tanto per le Industrie dl gucrra. FOUR DOWNTOWN WARDS FILE TAX APPEALS A coro or more property owners of tho Kirat, Second, Third and Fourth Wards ap peared beforo tho real rotate assessors In City Hall today nnd protested ugalnst the Increased nKsessmcnts placed on their prop erties for next year. The additional assensments In tho four wards amounts to about 600,000. Of the nHr (ltrmiM nfinttf 19nAnAa lies located In the First Ward " Tho advanced nssessmenf n plained by the assessors, was i,KJHl' iruvcincnin uuiiiii mo ial ye. j"l sales made In the Immediate hllt. . 1 In .l,lrl, Ihn nrnnArll oW-. . 'nl'h(liA I ... ..... - ,-.-,.-. .... rv(ra ariA-, The major Increases apply (0 th. station of the Pennsylvania lUiiLl'! Front street and Washington avem,. t factory building ut Sixth nnd MooriVM The hearing of appeals will be A-Jf"1 from day lo day until the city k..T cocrcd ' n Two Socialists Elected at I'itcairn 1'lTTSHUnaiI, l'a., Nov. 7. James A. Cox, Socialist, was elected burgess or I'itcairn ocr Dr. M. -M. Thompson, Fusion, by a majority of G2, the full returns showed. I J. Wallace, Socialist, was re elected to Council. Fall Downstairs llrinps Death liANCASTKU, Pa, Nov 7 Mrs Agnes Iloyce, seenty-two jears old, widow of William Iloyce, Drumorc township fell dounstalrs last evening, breaking her neck mid djlng curly this morning She had Just returned homo from a sit to Ohio. DIAMOND SOLITAIRE $30 Fine white stone 14 karat solid gold mounting. in $1.00 Weekly Value Plus Economy is what the practical think ing buyer demands today. This unfailing service is offered through Our Perfected Credit System when purchasing Dia monds and Jewelry of the better kind. A service that offers credit with all the purchasing power of cash. HAKBVRGEC'S' 1014.CRESTNVT ST. uncriTY BONDS ACCEPTED AS CASH FOll TIIU1H FULL VALUE i - i Year-'Round Sedan Two Sizes and Two Styles Year-'Round Cars In New Mitchell-Made Designs e Among the 19 Mitchell body styles are. some new year -'round models. That is, convertible models Sedans and Coupes where the side windows disappear. Cars for all weathers, all seasons. They are fast becoming the most popular types in existence. The Coming Types There are numerous styles a large Sedan and a small Sedan, a Club Sedan, two Coupes and a Cabriolet. They are open cars when you want them. But they instantly change to closed cars, or to half-closed, when you wish. In summer they protect one from wind and dust and rain. In winter they are snug closed cars of a most luxurious type. More and more they are taking the place of Roadsters and Tour ing Cars. llitchd Sixes TWO SIZES $1525 19 New Creations The Mitchell line Jiow offers- 19 new style bodies. All are designed by Mitchell experts, and built in Mitchell shops. So4 every design is dis- uncuve. i nis new body plant saves us a large sum on each car. This saving is spent on luxuries and beauties which are very rarely found. All the best attractions you find elsewhere are Combined ii a ,single car. Our, designers ex ' amined over two hundred late models, so nothing has been over looked. - - . . . juiichii a roomy 7-piienir Six, with l:7-lnch wheelbm.o ana a highly developed 48 hor.epower motor. Thrrc-ranarnitrr Koodater, M80 Club Itoad.ter, $1500 Sedan, f 22JS Cabriolet, S1D60 . Coupe, (11SS Clnb Sedan, IJ1SS Alio Town Car and Llmoualne. $1250 Mitchell Junior a 2 or 5-pa-eneer BU on ilmllar line., with UO-lnch wh.elbaie and i miVi.rTor'." ,0r- 'S-'nch Club Boaditrr, $1!A0 Sedan, 10JO Coupe, $1830 All Price f. o. b. Itaclno. Any Mitchell design will im press you as a masterpiece of its type. And the 19 styles form the largest line of like class in motor dom. Mitchell Extras The Mitchell has extra strength. It is built to the stand ard of 100 per cent over-strength, which is twice the usual margin of safety. In three years all our strength stand ards have been dou bled, to make this a lifetime car. The Mitchell has 31 features which nearly all cars omit. Things like a nower tire pump, reversible headlights, shock - absorbing springs, etc. It offers at least 20 per cent extra' value, compared with other cars in this class. All this because of factpry emciency, due to John W. Bate. It saves us millions o dollars yearly. And these mil lions go into better cars. See what such things mean to you in a car you buy to keep. , MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY, Inc. . Racine, Wis., U. S. A. MITCHELL MOTOR CAR CO., INC. 250 North broad St., Philadelphia "M I Ml K. 4th IK. a fttoaaea Mali tk, Sprue 2M tvajrtnr Rao 2S98 i ' r" 'Kfctf nf ,'' 'Pfy
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