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EVENING LEDGEB-PmEADELpklA", MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1917
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-'Pershing
rive In Increasing numbers In keeplnir with
the pi n worked out by experts of the War
Department In conjunction with experts Ip
France."
The General dlKrciwd to any a few words
of pralso for the jounff PlattuburRers and
student office from Fort Sheridan, who
have been arriving here for their flnat Instruction!!.
STAINS TRENCH
Praises Troops for
Brave Stand When Huns
Assail Dugout
AMIT IN
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ttf , rnAvnn Nov. 12.
i. flow a younir American corporal, under
Mr for the first time In hla life, and that
ilv ihmi hour after he had entered the
V trenches for the first time, battled bravely
almit five Germans, is torn in a neianeu
report on the recent German trench raid
received by a certain general
T4ie corporal was on duty at a llstenlne
Vest when the Germans bcnan a terrific
bombardment, barraglns the first line.
An odlcer signaled the corporal to re
tire, but the latter mlsundcrtood the order
and remained at his post
Suddenly the barraRo lifted and the Ger
"mans swarmed over the parapet', the cor
i eral finding himself surrounded by live
Germans, who cut off his retreat The cor
poral's story, as told at the field hospital
where he Is now recovering from his
wound, follows.
"A Docho made some slen at nic as If
catling for me to surrender I answered
by turning mv rifle upon them and letting
them havo hell Three of them went down
In a row wounded and I was Just drawing
a bead on a fourth when something lilt
me on tho back and I woke up here"
The general's detailed report further
showed that severe fighting occurred near
- a dugout In which Americans were cap
tured. The dugout was twenty-five feet deep
.and the men had taken refuge there from
the furious shelling. The Americans ap
parently had begun pouring from the dug
outs as the Germans camo over the top
The few who reacned the surfaco Immedi
ately attacked tho Germans, who outnum
bered them. Tho trencTi sides near the
entrance to the dugout were splattered with
blood and torn bits of "uniforms, both
American and German, showing that hand-to-hand
fighting of the most savage char
acter had taken place there
PERSUING rnouD or MEN
The Ceneral said ho was nclt satisfied
with the conduct of the men and pointed out
they had been on the march all the night
before and were tired Added to this, they
had been In a trench In the European war
' only three hours and the shelltlre had sev
ered the American telephone wires, milking
communication with the rear dllllcult.
The extent to which tho Germans had
planned the raid was shown by tho fact
that they had brought up field telephone
switch boards behind the American barbed
wire entanglements, conuei'tlng with Ger
man batteries by three lines for signaling
the advance of the barrago during the
progress of the raid
' The American sector was normal on
Sunday.
General Pershing Is recovering from a
slight cold contracted during a recent visit
to the American lines of communication. The
general. In speaking of the successful trans
portatlpn of American troops, said:
'Thanks to the efficiency of the British,
French and American naval protection. t-Ub-
marlnes have not claimed a single lifo or'
American soldiers on our troopships bound
for France"
General Pershing wasj much pleased with
what ho saw on hla tour and said, in this
'respect: v
"Our Innovation In army organization Is
already showing excellent results In a
war of all our strength against an enemy
who uses all of his. we need the service
of every kind of expert co-ordinated toward
on great purpose. Troops and supplies nr-
10,000 Italians Taken;
Foe Presses Drive
(ontlnnnl from I'aie One
necessary to avoid the cutting off nf the
Italian troops In the Alps north of the line
of Aslago and Vldor.
If such a retirement Is carried out the
Italians mav voluntarily give up Venice,
although such a move would hit the Ital
ians hard In a sentimental way. for this
ancient city Is dear to every Italian heart
and Is rich In the lore nf Italian history
The German high command In Irving Its
favorite "pln.'em movement" against the
Italians Their attacks are directed west
ward along the Plavo Fllvcr nnd southward
froiv Trentlno In an effort to Inclose tho
ItHllan troops In between The gallantry of
tho Italian resr guards nnd the brilliant
strategy of the ofllcers commanding the
Allies have so far frustrated the German
alms Int his regard
GENEVA. Nov 12
Less thin slxtv miles of the Austro Ital
ian battle line now rets upon Atistro-Hun
garlau soil, naltl a dl'-p.Ucli from Vlenm
todav It added that the onli point where
Italians are now fighting upon Austrian trr
rltorv Is nt the southern point of tho Tren
tlno where the fighting front extends from
Ktelvlo Pass to a point near the Sugam
Valley
GRAVE DANGER SEEN
IN ITALIAN POSITION
WASHINGTON Vov II
While advices from the Italian front were
much more reassuring today tho speed of
the Italian retrent having been greatlv re
duced, the Italian flank along the upper
Plavo Ins been turned army experts siv
and It Is by no me ins certain that i stand
can bo made In the positions tint now nre
being taken
The position of ofllclil Washington h is nil
along been tint the ltallnn mtintieiii was
fraught with much lanro dinger than vva
the Russian There Is now romplete proof
on hind here that the Germ in plans i 01
for the complete crushing of llah If that l
possible
It still Is a race between the uslrn-Gei-mans
nnd the substantial re-enforcements of
Hrltlsh and Trench troops Hint nre on th
wny There Is hope hero todav tint tho
raco had been won by the Angln-rrench
forces, because of the admission that Brlt
Isli nrtlllerjmen nre now In the front lines
of trenches confronting tho Germans, hut
soveral davs will he required to make It
plain whether sufficient of these veteritis
havo been amalgamated with the Italian
to permit their lines to hold
Aw a. result of tho Italian defeat, aimy
ofllcers here today have gone back to their
original program, which rilled for nt least
two jears mom of the war The'r, is nn
utter lack of optimism In ofllelal Washing
ton over an early peace All of the Infor
mation which has reached here shows that
the German nnd Austrian otlldals hive
taken every poMhIe advantage of the Rus
sian and Italian situations to revive and en
thuso the war spirit In consequence. It Is
not believed that there will be much more
peico talk from Teutonic sources excepting
along lines of a made-ln-ilermanv" peace
Officials were glad thit this was so They
Insisted that the talk of nn earlv peace lias
been more or less responsible for delay In
war preparations, and with such discussion
ended the entire nation Is expected to be
come more efficient In all lines of war endeavor.
Moscow Army Quits'
Reds to Aid Kerensky
Continued from rate One
pretcd It today, betokened battle The last
word received from Petrograd told of the
near approach of Kerensky and Ills loyal
Government troops. It also declared that
even In the city Itself elements wore band
ing together to oust tho Trotiy-I.enlno
usurpers of power.
Ixindon does not expect tho Holshcvlkl to
put up much of a fight. They arc consti
tutionally not fighting men They would
not stomach n contest where tho forces ar
rayed against them were their equal In
number.
Despite the kaleldoscoplo changes and
uncertainty of Information from various
Russian sources, the Ixindon press reflected
a more cheerful attitude todiy The con-
t.l.tlnn una nvnrMaMl aitri where thnt
j Kerensky had once ngaln drawn strength
from Initial defeat,
German agents, with which the nrm Is
known to be plentifully sprinkled are prob
ably doing their utmost to prevent the lln-Ing-up
of Kcrensky's forces ngnlnst the
revolutionists One dispatch, received via
Moscow, told of certain troops, ordered to
entrain for service against the Itotshevlkl,
who mutinied nnd attempted to halt pis
sage of special trains bearing other soldiers
toward Petrograd
Most encouraging of the late news was
word from fetrogrid tint the rallwni tsist
nnd telegraph employes ill Go eminent
servants had Itched their nllcglmce
from the Holshcvlkl back to tho Provision il
Government nnd refused to obey Holshcvlkl
censor This opened the first climnel of
news from Kercnskj s side as to lotidltl'iiis
In the rnpttnl Special coric'pondenfs fot
I-nmlon newspapers In Petrograd sent dis
patches agreeing tint support of the piel
fists was dissolving
Ucordlng to these dispatches, theie has
already been some fighting In the stieets
of Petrograd A gre it deal has been due
to liwlcss elements t iking advantage of the
disorganization In tho lapltal In loot and
loh
Numerous Government buildings. Includ
ing the Winter Palace have been stripped
b soldiers of decoration and valuables the
piocess going on op nlv Manv of these
'oldlers, loided with their boot.v, have en
countered Provisional Government troopv
In the clt and hive been shot
Wlielesa dispatches fiom Moscow de
rlired that the counter levolt ngalnst the
Holshcvlkl was In progress In Petrograd
and tint overthrow of the pacifists was
nnlv a mitter nf hours The same souice
asserted that the vlllige of Tirkoe Selii
about twelve miles from Pctrognd. Ins
been t iken bj ICerensl.v troops 1'orini"
lion nf Tin .lll-IlusMnn orgmlritlnn to res
cue the nation was also teportccl Keienskv
with (lineinl Alcxliff chief of stuff of the
armv wis repotted to have escaped the
Ilolshevikl bv Ivliig concealed In the but
torn nf an ninliul ince
City Freely Opens
Purse to Y. M. C. A.
( onlllicieil from Puce flue
fund W.ivne etteilcin and I'ncn Mc
tjuillen two Phil idelphl ins who served In
the Anieili-m ambulance sen lie at tin
ft unt will spak lie'ivicn the ails at tin
matinee j.
In i mphiixMlng one small pin nf tin
iissm latlon s work one 'Red Triangle
worker s ild th it "n tin night before a
contingent of gibbers loft nientlv for
France no l s than 40 000 letters were
written nn V, M i' p ipei
si s. Kiesge owner nf thiee (He and ten
cent stores. In Philadelphia and of n ihiln
of slmilu stores will give 3o tier n nt nf
tninoilow s gross rcielpts to the N. M '
A fund The average sales for Tucvdnv nie
JS" mill Effoits will In mule In boost the
sales in Jinnnno mi th it the fund will grt
i "0 non ,
The Krcsgo stores have sixtwflvrt men in
the service 'n order lo boost Hie sties to
morrow, announcement was made that everv
girl In Hie store having the lirgest amount
of smIcs villi recelvo $1 bonus .Mr Knsge
also has asked to havo some of tho c.im
piign workers address the girls tomorrow
before tho doors of tho stores open for
business
GOVERNOR BIUMHl.'GllS PRAISE
The following letter from Governor
Hrumbaugh was received todiy at c im
palgu he idquarttrs
f am dceplv concerned In the work of
the " M t" A fir the men In the great
training tamps of tho Nation il Arms
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An L. B. Card ledger
posted by machine means
accuracy and high speed
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For 25 years (ever since Library Bureau introduced it), the
card ledger has outclassed the old method of keeping accounts
'in books.
Now theklay of the mechanically posted card ledger is here
because a machine is so much quicker than the human hand.
This combination for accuracy and high speed makes all the
more evident the advantages of the card ledger over bound
book and loose-leaf.
An L. B. Card ledger gives the "bookkeeper twice as much
time to do his work and a chance to use his head. He can
tell-what every account means how good it is.
A posting machine is built for speed. With the card ledger,
it is easy to keep postings up to the day. Statements go out
promptly on the first of the month. And bills are surer
to be paid. '
There are large and small posting machines and large and
small L. B. Card ledgers, to suit the size and needs of large
and small businesses.
Write or 'phone for new booklet, "L. B. Card ledgers
mechanically posted. ' '
Library Bureau
Card and filing ' ' Filing cabinets
systems wood and steel
M. W. MONTGOMERY, Manager
At every camp visited by us I have In
spected tho V. M. C. A. buildings and met
the men In charge. I have Inquired nt
length of tho commanding ofllcers of the
army concerning the work.
The equipment and the service ate uni
formly excellent. The officers, without
exception, are enthusiastic In praise of
the work, The men In trnlnlng use nnd
appreciate fully this splendid service.
In fact, the V. M. ', A. work nt the
camps la nn essential and Integral part
of the trnlnlng of our soldler.
I uneiunllfiedly commend this work of
God for man nnd wife upon our people
at home, the wholly nnd patriotic serv
ices nf giving bountifully nnd cheerfully
to the uupiiort and extension of the
Y M. r A. work In our nrmy nnd n.iv
Announcement was made that nil school
children In the city will be appealed to nnd
asked to lontrlbute one rent n day for four
months for tho fund
I1R1TISH OFPICEIVS TURtl.I.ING PI.EA
Tho luncheon today nt tho Itltz-Cntlton
the fiist to be held to hear tho reports of
the team raptalns was a memorable one
Aniicuneeini lit of the largo subscriptions
was made; by Horatio G l.lovel, chairman
of the Phil ulelphlii district Thero was
only one speaker Captain David 1'nllnii
nf the English-Australian nrtnv, but ho
uiged the workers to action In true battle
fashion
Himself ii veteran of Hie trenches with
a shattered hind nnd his face seined, lie
described the Y M " A as (tie of tin.
gicatest Institutions in the wnild llo told
of how he had been th" only officer to ic
lurn with a few men after his whole imn
pun vlrtilnllc h.iel been willed out nf ex
istence In clinging the llochn ttenclics
The Y M ' A lie said Ms the list
part of ilvlllntlon whleli the nun havo
befoi e thei si ramble ou the trenches to
enter Into hell
It Is also In Hie M C A dugouts
that the hnvH wille their list letters before
going over the top 'lhls messnge Is kept
fot a short time and If the man Is left nllve
it Is returned to him If not It Is for
wnidiel to his telitlies the list living
wonl from him em this eirth
Think men Think what It me ins to
thrjs,. pom fellows Think also whit it
means to tin folks U home If vou men
do not know whit it nieiiis I am afraid
miii will hive lo leirn soon This Is i
inlBhtv nnd n hlnodi war It nnlv inn be
ended when those who t irted It hive been
elestrojcel
Amounts till ric 1 In lnv team i iptalns to
dav were as follows
II G Hiengle 117l N W for-oti.
$-'51.:, .1 llernon e'losinin .Ir. $12 017
W II Pol well anil 1. G Gt iff JJUVu).
lav I'oolce. $J1 Xv4 .". How ird Cooper John
son $1101.1' He rm.in Kruinblm ii. $1511,
e Harm in Kiilm r,tn Franklin I.
Mnrss, MI.8, George Mcl'aeMen, $20,000
; ! i' Slont $11 JM . 1 N Pew, .Il .
GLI ITALIANI ED ALLEATI
RESPINGONO 1 1WT0NI
La Fantcria cd i Bersaglieri, con
Truppe Anglo-Francesi, Scon-
figgono lc Avanguardic
Nemichc
UN PROCLAMA DEL RE
La Crocc Kossn Americana Elnrtfiscc
$250,000 Pci ProfuKlii (Idle Tcrrc
Invasc dai Teuton!
$rro. j ii
lor. $1120, I
PI itl SJIiOO li.inK II lav
Kind ill Williams $"0
ROMA 12 .Nnvembie
II Cnuiltnto Mlllt. ire Interallc.it" dnt
eiuale e' dlielta la eauipignn per la salvu
zlone d Italia, ha rerato oggl It pi lino colpo
conlio lo Invnelcntl furze nustro-tedesehe
I. lingo II basso corso della Plive e sopra
raltlplann ell Aslngn a slid elclln Vnllo
SiiK.inn, le truppe Itnllnne In iiuione n eiuellc
iilleate. dopo aver ellliaienieute bnuibardntn
lo position) teutonlehe, eon un dee Iso ntt.nro
hniino resplnto Inelletro gll luv isorl Sella
Vnlle Suginn. e he attraversi li fiontier
dill Austrli-t'ngherla In Italic n iionbesl
ell llovereto lavnnzata dclle forre uustio
tedesihe fu nrrcstatii id l bersiiElioil elel
generate Diaz riuseliono n latturatu pi
lecclil prlglonleil
He ionic .-iniiiitil i II miiilsltio della
guini lede sco le cltla It ill me ell He Ilium
o Ylttorio sono Mate nlturato elil nemlco
una tnlov i mlnieeli si piesenla per le
nrmate Itallino clip on up mo le pos7oni
nulla Plave a nord ell Ylttoiio e 1,1 vli per
una rltlrnta verso le region I pin" a slid
s irebbc serlamcnte ostacnlata
Con l'aumento dl prosslone lontro am
bedue I fi.inchl delle trutipe Italliuie the
rciupino le poslzlonl verso It Plave s ren
derebbe neressarlii un i iiunva strnteglca
lltlnt.i per Impedire che slum t.igllatl
fuorl I tontlngentl lt.illaul suite Alpl n nord
delle llnee dl Asingo e Yittorlo I n i tale
illrata costrngertbbe gll Itiiliatii n dare vo
lotit.ul uneiite la cltta ell Vinerli tin se m
ln.i fnrml un i delle mire dill alio lomatnlo
ledesen Mi tale pericolo si sieia sar.i
fiiHtrato dille vulinose lelrocu mile Itnll
nne el ill i brill lute stintegl i degll llf
llcltll i he lomiindano le truppe alleite degll"
itallanl
II leiiniiuli llo del I'oiiiaiielo .SUiemo puh
blleat'i Ii rl dai Minlstcici dell i gueiin Kali
alio dice
All'. ill' i ill leri dopei un i pit ui ilnne
dl artlfjhrla i Me (limine In Ii si tn
Inn ui7li iiveudo oltiepassito In line i ill
osscrvazlnue nil illiiloinl ill Vsitgo II
in inn n ut tin ii' I nostil pnvti aviinrali
n i.illtii e Mnntn .Siiragh enllliiii Mil.
oltre delta llnca e dopo flro combattl
mento rluscl' ad Impossessarsene.
ht, unlta' dl nttac-eo del sedlccslmo.
ventlnoveslmo, settantasetteslmo c sei
tnntotteslmo regglmcnto fanterla. o ja
qulnta brlgnta bersaglieri, con un vio
lento contrnttae'eo rleonqulstnrono ie
poslzlonl rlcncclando Indletrei II nemlco e
cattuiando cento prlglonlerl.
E'tvanguardla nemlca che aveva rag
glunto II V lllagla Tezze, nella VnlleSugana,
venue piontamente nttaccata c catturata.
Sul corso elel Plave le noslre trupiie
ell coperturn, dopo nver resplnto I neui10'
rhe le nttnecavann suite alture dl valdo
bladcne, iisarono alia rlva destra net
fluino distriiggendn II polite ill Yldor.
I.ungo la parte medlana c la parte
bassa elel flume Plave si vcrlfic'arpno
eluclll dl nrtlgllerla e dl mltragiintrlcl
l'n dlspacclo ila lamdra dice che llcrllno
aliuunzla rhe le forze nustto-tedescho hanno
eatturatn la cltta' ill Ilclluuo al dlsopra
della Plave, come pure la testa dl ponte dl
Vldor sulla rlva orlcntnle II comunlcato
ledesco dlco pure che sulla fronte del Tren
tlno le forze teutonlehe hnnno guadagnato
terrcno, dopo violenti comlmttlmcntl. ncltn
reglono del Ketle Coniunl, a nord-ovest dl
Asl.igo. e nelli vnlle Sugan.i. In questl
puntl le forre austro tedesche uvrebbero nt
tiiirnto fortl contlngentl Itallanl ed In un
punto II nvrehbero rcsplntl II comunlcato
tcdesco termlnn ellccndo che gll Itallanl
hanno npposto reslstenra lungo II basso
corso del flume Plave
Re Vittorlo Emanucle Im pubbllcato un
energko nppello alia Nazlone illcendo ehe
II nemlco col concorso ell strnotelluiirlo i Ir
eosiiinze. ha potuto couccntrare tuttl I sued
sforzl contro 1'ttalla I.cscrclto nustrlaco.
dice II Re. sconfittti In ognl scontro diiS
trenta mes I. ha ottenuti Hnr ;..q,lr
rose trutme eteranne .un.. n ' ."nil
.. . ......, -" ""mania.
""""'"i s;iiinuilll c SOMoll . 1
chlude I'apnello state imii .77"" eoi.
escrclto. ognl ntto ,1 rot"'" "oh'1
mento Ognl cllsordlne, ognl reerinTi. . ""
e' trndl.nentoS Al nem . o rLr7.rlm.ln"w i
,tanto su dl una vlttorla mllltar. " 'M
sull'lndebollmento del nostro snirnA ?Ul,,(? V
nosirn acquiesconza passlva. rlsponcii. " il
ad una voce die tuttl slamn ,.:.L.nlu", J
tutto per la vlttorla c per l'onore Ocll It. i,1
II proelnma e' flrmato tat,t0 H.i
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stealing an aulomc-hlle belonghiB Tn i?8hl
aid White from In front of a c gar .i,'0" '
Main street, Norrlstown. ,, ,.'"
eighteen vcars old. B82B IVmberlon ..""
Philadelphia. , being held ? I Vf".
Ho said that he did not Intend ,o ,".","
enr, onlv borrow It He wanted tuli th'
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