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On Tuesday and Wednesday nights American patrol parties, scouting over No Man's Land, encountered Oermnn recon naissance units. There were brief, hurried exchanges of shots In the dark, and tho enemy scurried away. Meanwhile the enemy artillery fire had beenjncreaslng steadily. Wednesday night It reached a crescendo. Then early In tho morning, the Boches suddenly loosed a spray -of machlne-gunflro at communication trenches the linen by which re-enforcements and suprfles aro sent to the front fighting lines. Alive to the fact that this might forecast a raiding attempt, the Americans sent up flares. They flooded the Irregular ground In front of the fighting lines with light and disclosed a group of Germans approaching the American trenches. Word hurriedly went back from tho Amer ican commanders of the menaced trench sec tlon for n barrage. The American artil lerymen got the word by telephone and bent to their guns with top speed activity. Their battery roared In a tattoo of fury. Over In front of the American lines the ground vras churned up by the thells ns they fell thick and fast and near the would-be raid ers. Then the Boches gave It up and scurried back to the safety of the trenches and dug. outs. The rest of the night was marked by Increased German gunfire. The Amer icans kept on the alert throughout tho dark hours. The American soldiers killed and wounded In the recent German bombardment were in a shack near American support lines when a single Boche shell struck their position. A Pennsylvania boy. wounded In the arm, body and head by pieces of thlt missile, to day told of his experience as he lay on a portable table In a base hospital. "Our platoon had been In a shack near the support lines." he explained. "All of a sudden the Boches began shelling us. Our platoon commander said, 'Down In the dug outs, men!" We hadn't any more than done that very thing when a shell caed In our roof. Some of us In the party were killed and some of us were wounded." Close by the Pennsylvanlan was another portable table and on It lay an American soldier" from Eckman. W. Va In bustled a surgeon, who didn't want his patients Interviewed. Up hurried me out of the room, but not before I caught a gllmpc of the l'ckman boy being wheeled Into the operating room and caught a whiff of the ether Tho West Virginia soldier's eye had been shot out. Patrol encounters arc now becoming a legular every-nlght occurrence. In the clashes of the. last few days there have been no American casualties. Whether the Germans have been equally lucky against the American rltlcmen Is not known. Dawn s light over No Man's Land falli to reveal any bodies. Lively gunfire. Increasing and diminish ing by turns, occupies the daylight hours. Today the guns on both sides were booming away In a rapid succession of roars. Boche propaganda appeared In the midst of the American troops today. A German balloon laden with antl-Amerlcan pamphlets fell In a training camp. EUROPE WILL SEE NO JAPANESE TROOPS Finance Alinister Shoda Declares Dispatch of Army to War Front "Impossible" TOKIO, No. 16. Sending of troops to Hurope by Japan Is "Impossible," Minister of Finance Shoda declared today In nn address before the National Economic Association's meeting at Osaka. "The reason Is too obvious to explain," the Minister asserted. "The Allies under stand Japan's peculiar position In the war." he continued. "Japan has been and will continue to assist the Entente In other waya than by troops. "She has already lnested half a bil lion dollars directly or Indirectly In the Allied cause. She will maintain that finan cial aid. "There Is no danger In the Russian situ ations. The extremists will necr succeed there. Italy's situation has also been Im proved by co-operative Allied efforts. Any talk regarding the early end of tho war Is German propaganda. "Despite the American trade embirgo, Japan has on hand today enough steel con struction material to build 300,000 tons of shipping by next March of April. "Tho Government Is planning to Increase the naval armament so far as finances will permit." Minister Shoda's speech was regarded here as expressing ofllclal sentiments on the matter of sending troops to Eurppe. Newspapers of late have been filled with various reports of the Entente's desire to have Its eastern ally represented in Eu rope by troops. WOUNDED IN SOMME FIGHT Young Fhiladelphian With Canadian Forces Badly Hurt, Report Says ' William C. Marchant. 133 Mayland street, a sergeant In the Canadian forces In France, was wounded In the big Canadian drive against the German lines on the Komme, according to a telegram received by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Marchant. The message, from Montreal, read: "I regret to Inform you that Sergeant William C. Marchant was admitted to One South African General Hospital, Abbeville, No vember 2. ' Ounshct wounds multiple." Marchant, who Is twenty-eight years old and a graduate of the Central High School, enlisted in the Thirty-eighth Canadian Battalion In August, 1516, and was promoted for braery. NORWAY DROPS FOOD PLEA Envoys Lose Hope of Breaking Block ade and Wi)l Go Home S WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. -, Falling to 7f- jinoatiy me iuuu uiuviuc. wie Norwegian S ommllon closes shop tomorrow and Dele. !-il? tor Norway. Dr. Frldjof Nansen and Kef. frVVi'rttary Morgensteln remain. In hope of ob- -. ? tabling- concessions later, . , . i l"'..' While the food administration has not S'tMay refused them food In the future, the r' I k ...( nr hA An nn vi -. ... .WMtlM their time. T y "- i-r-i-r . K - J;M Vlr at Ktrmut.hitr.. rf.- firorTincmmn t Knv i vira ... . fv kevrd this morning In the garage and i?t !Jbrn, of Barauel Hood 4c Sons In the rear ; tf Malta Temple. A large quantity of hay. ,'WflT WH "M UCIIIUjrca, Jf tlv sUek'.was safely removed.. A large steyes Bna piunming supplies storeBoute were red by M (oeivemen. men.' The Io vli afcm, Mli wmmm. & 19b ? 1111 I $ &BSKTrZaSSSXSrSSS3rtKS Rcmarknblc photograph shown.!; the funnel of a vessel sinking beneath a German submarine. A rescuing1 ship is seen speeding to ALSATIANS DESERTING FROM GERMAN RANKS Fully 30,000 Have Gone Over to French Since War Began TRUTH SEEPING THROUGH Allied Literature Circulated Among Teutons Despite Desperato Ef forts to Prevent It WASHINGTON, Nov K TJio American Go eminent Is matching Teuton propaganda with effcrts to Influence public opinion In tho Central Powers All the Allies are doing tho same, It was semi officially learned today. Bcsldo hundreds of German woldlert who havo used tho password "Ilepuhllc." similar French efforts slnco the opening of the war havo cost Germany 30.000 Alsatians, de serters from the Teuton ranks, according to a member of the French high commission. Through pamphlets dropped from air planes, distributed by German republicans operating from Switzerland and In ways the censorship forbids telling, the truth of tho American and Allied sldn Is slowly seeping through the enemy countries These mean, ures are considered sound strategy and Belt defense. How they are feared by tho Austro-Germans Is Indicated by the death penalty for nny one caught circulating lit erature undermining tho people's morale. The "air" r,r "subterranean" route for placing President Wilson's speech 'In the hands of the German people was adopted from tho beginning becauso tho official Ger man versions cut out tho "punchy" para graphs. American watchfulness against Teuton propaganda Is growing. Austrian agents trying to discourage enlistments of Rumani ans, Kerbs, Croats and other Balkan tribes men In the United States army have been dlscoered NEW MOVE TO CURB OUTRAGES BY ALIENS Recent Munition Fires and Ex plosions Spur Washington to Drastic Action WASHINGTON, Nov. IB Drastic ttrps against aliens to prevent German agents destroying war pioperty aro planned under a proclamation that today awaits President Wilson's slgnaturn Justico Department nnicl.iln would not ills cuss details In ndtaucn of the Issuance of tho pioclamatlon It was made plain, how ever, that recent flrcB and explosions In mu nition plants and docks made stricter con trol over aliens Imperative. NEW YORK. Nov. 16 All enemy alien permits are soon to bo revoked by the Gov ernment and persc-ns who havo been at lib erty and able to enter rstrlcted ur.is will In the futuro be compelled to report regu larly to the police, according to I'nltcd States Marshal McCarty, who returned today from Washington. McCarty declared all enemy aliens villi bo treated In this country Just xs they are In England. SHOOTS HIMSELF WHILE SITTING IN AUTOMOBILE Produce Dealer Leaves Note, Telling That Financial Difficulties Led to Act Abram Nicholas rtlsser. fifty years dd, a member of the firm of Ulsser & Co , prod uce, butter and egg dealers, 215 Callow hill etreet, committed sulcldo last night by shooting himself while In an automobile In a lonely section of the Uaverfcrd read near Uaverford, according to the police, A revolver wsb found beside the body, to gether with a note for cue cf his partners, explaining that grief over flnantlal reverses' had led him to take his life. Kisser, the police say. In order to direct the shot, had detached a Bmall mirror from the front of the automobile and propped It up In front of him whllo he sat on tho back scat. Tho body was found by a passerby, it wa taken to the morgue at, Lansdowne. Clings to Car; Is Dashed Against Auto Frank Norman, fifteen years old, 1313 Dauphin street, Is recovering today In the Women's Homeopathic Hospital from In juries received when he was dashed against an automobilo as ho clung to tho side of a Susquehanna avenue trolley car, A com panlon of the Injured youth, Thmos Wil son, sixteen years old, 2010 Boston ave nue, jumped from the car In time to Bave himself. He was arrested and held by Mag istrate Collins, In the Nineteenth and Ox ford streets police station, In J300 ball for a further hearing. THE WEATHER Official Forecast WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. for eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer sey: Cloudy tonight: Saturday probably fair; moderate northwest and west winds Cloudy weather prevails In the Middle Atlantic States this morning, and light rains have occurred In the western portions of Pennsylvania and New Y6rk. Clear skies are reported quite generally from the cen tral 'valleys and the cotton belt, and the western area of high pressure Is movinr l siowiy wuinwara. twi nas caused a mod' trate u aH4Mj rise In temperature In si aKermava la.necesslta' tyjey triHys, and the Plala. states, national delta fusion, dl mf" Hfr fmm'M mm-Vf.' h mmp&W" MB TiMvmrT m U7i?', I TEUT0NI SBARAGLIATI DALLE TRUPPE ITALIANE Le Forze Tedeschc del Generale von Below Tentano Invano Varcare la Piave DUELLI DI ARTIGLIERIA II Parlnmento Italiano si Rinpre con una Scdutn Commoventc pel Patriottico Entusiasmo IIOMA. lfi :Vvombre Dalle notlzle pervenute dalla fronte si apprende che la gtando battnglia cho si sta svolgendo lungo le Unco del flume Plavc ha trovato le aloroe truppo Italiano salde sulla poslzionl da esse occupatc e dectte it reslstere a qunlumiuo costo. Tra la vallo del Ilrenta o la I'iav-p le truppe tedesche In unlonc a contingent! austrn-ungnrlcl hanno rnmpluto sforzl Invu tlltl per tentaro dl effettuare II piano dl poter prentlcro gli ItalUnI dl flanco, hull.t loro ala sinistra, nella cstrcma punta dell.i planura veneta c sull.i frontler.i del Tren tlno. I tedcschl hanno rlcevuto nuovl rlnforzl sulla fronto ltallana, alio .copo dl poter frontegglare quelll che gll Itallanl hanno rlcevuto dal loro alleatl ed lnfattl cla avl atorl Italian! hanno fccgnalato gramll niovl mentl dl truppo cho dalla conftuenza ilel Clsmon col Brcnta marclano verso lo Unco dl battaglta. I contlngentl aiistro-ledesclil hi i-onc nv vlclnatl alio poslzionl itallane tull'orlo ori entals dell'altlpiano dl Aslago e homo st.ttl arrestatl dal fuoco dqllo artifillcrle Itallane che h.tnno loio Infcrtn rllevantl perditp. Per olnw quaranta mlglla lungo la vallf della Plave sono In ptogrchso vlolentl duelll dl artlgllerla In numeiosl puntl II Kcno rile von Below, comandante delle truppe tedescho alia fronto ltallana ha tentatn ill far attrnverMie II flume dalle sue lrupp-. ma I tentatlvl nono andatl fallltl. benUie fosero protettl dal fuoi.o del riinuonl Verso hi focii della l'lave, prcsso l'Adrla tlco, I tcdeschl hanno tentato di av.mzare noprn Venezla, inn snno statt anestatl. T)nl rmnunlt'.tto ilfllcl.lle del coinando Ml pretno Italiano. si rilev.t (ho gll Italian! h.tnno sbaracllato il nemico nel rlunovatl .sforzl per attraversaro la Plave. Durantn questl sforzi I tedef-chl koiio rluscitl ad nt travertare II flume In duo puntl, nel glornl n-orsl, ml I loro movlmenll bono htatl p.tra llzzatl. I.o forze nemli'lie cho erano ritibcltc a portarsl MilU rlva de.stni dell.i Plave, vl t'lno a Zinson, tnvatisl Imposslbllltale n muoverhl per la tenato presslono cho In quel punto esercltano le truppe Itallane. Altrl rlpartl i'h i-rano riusoitl ad attra versare It trrreno paludoso versd la cohta. sono .stall LomplcUmenle arrehtatl ion trattaccatl ed ora trovansl bcrsagllatl dal vinlentc fuoco delle batterio Italiano efll caremente coadluvato dalle artlgllerlc della regl.t marina. Ilaglonl j-traleglche ronslgliarono agll Itallanl dl rltlrare nlcunl postl itvanzatl sulla line.t tnont.ignosa nel settorc nordlco. cd I contlngentl ohe II occupavano si porla rono Ml poiizicnl che In ptecedenza crano state scelte Ecco II testo del comunlrato del oomando supremo Italiano, ptibbllcato lerl dal Mini stem della Guerra In Koma: Sulla nostra fronto montagnosa tra a 7ona dl Aslago o la vallo della Plave 11 nemico ha Intensltlratn la sua azlone. Duranto la notte del 13 lorrenle l'av versarlo attarcn' le nnstrn poslzionl nel settore Monte Slsemol-Meletta D-Avantl, ma trovo' una cnerglc.i reslstenz.t. 1azl one fu contlnuata vlttorlos.tmente dalle nostre truppe nella glornata dl lerl con 1'oblettlvo dl rlcaci'larp, modlante con tiattachl. I nuclei tit-mlrl che, che csendo penetratl in alcunl elementl avanzatl dello nostra poslzionl, cerctvano dl stabillrvlsl. lerl matttna 11 nemico nttacco' piu' a nord lungo la fronte Meletta D'Avantl Monto Flore-Monte C'.tstelgmiberto, m.i anche qui' fu respinto. Nella seiata II nemico rlnnovo' 1,'attacco con forze mag glorl e con maRglore vlolenza, ma venne parimentl rlbuttato. Colonne avversarlo cho uvanzano a forma dl ventagllo verso II nostro fronto tra FrUonl e la confluenza del Brcnta col Clsmon venncro presa dat fuoco dell.i nostra nrtlgllerla cd urrestatc. Kortl nuclei nemlcl Impegnarono la nostra llnea avanzata tra 11 Clsmon ed II Brenta. Sul Monte Itoncone (a sud dl Feltre) gll austro-tedeschl furono re. Fplntl. Sul Monte Tomatlco. ad est del Iloncone, 1 nostrl postl nvanzatl dopo aver opposto una fiera reslstenza. si rltl rarono in poslzionl preoedontcmente pre parate. In dlrezlone del IMhso dl Oucro un uttacco nemico fu parallzzato all'lnl zlo. I.a battaglla continuo' nella planura. Nuovl tentatlvl del nemico dl varcare II riava furono frustiatl. I rlpartl elm l'altro lerl passarono sulla destra del flume vengono sempre plu' rlnserratl presso II gomito dl SJenson, mentre gli altrl che avevano effettuato II varco jel settoro paludoso tra II Plave e Plaie Vecchlo, ennero urrestatl o contrat tacatl, ed ora sono bcrsagllatl dal fuoco delle nostre battrle. sostenute dall'artl gllerta della Begla Marina. lerl I nostrl uvlatori bombardarono efflcacemente I pontl sul fluml Llvenza n Montlcano. Volando all'altezza dl poche rentlnala dl metrl attaccarono qon tlrl dl mltragllatrlcl colonne nemlche che marcl avano lungo le rotablll nella planura. lerl bI e' rlaperto II Parlamento Nazlo nalo Italiano con una seduta che rlmarra' storlca per II rommovente e patriottico en- tuslaBmn col qualo essa si svolsn. 11 presl-t dente del conslglio del mimstri, onorevole Orlando, pronunzlo' un clevato dlscorso durante it quale, dopo aver annunzlata la formazlone del nuovo gablnetto, splcgo' la sltuazlone mllitare attuale, dlsBe della solldarleta' degll Alleatl In questo momeoto cool' grave per I'llalla ed espresBe la gratl tudlne del popolo Italiano alia grande re pubbllca Americana per -Je prove solennl del suo potente e volenteroso concorso net Cora dolorosa o contro II nemico comune! Term I no' II suo dlscorso rlpetendo le parole del Re: "TuttI slanlo prontl a aare tutto per la vlttorla e per l'onore dell'Italla." Ad unanlmlta' la Camera" a pprovo' t AiinA Am iarno amoaI sMfJfjyta.4' L.',',r ' - fmJiFlt 1 - Si'i tho waves after an encounter with the aid of the crew. U-BOATS NOT BEATEN YET, HURLEY WARNS Construction Must Be Pressed to Utmost, Shipping Board Head Maintains WELCOMES EDISON PLAN Wizard's Suggestion to Convert Sail ing Vessels Into Steam Craft Jlccts Approval Submarine Menace Over, Secretary Daniels Declares WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. urpHE submarine menace as a de- J- cisivc factor in the war has failed," This declaration was made by Secretary of the Navy Daniels today. "Germany sought to starve out England by this fall," Secretary Daniels said. "This object has not been accomplished. American de stroyers, operating with British and French destroyers, have greatly minimized the menace of the sub marine." AVASHINfJTON. Nov. 16 "This. Is no time to pat ourselves on tho back." Chairman U N Hurley, cf the Shipping Board, took this vlevt today of the greatly decreased submarine totals laHt vveeki He declared ship construction r 1st be pressed tn the utmost If the United Ktiites and her allies are to outstrip the t'-boat He wel t timed thn huggestlon of Thomas A Kdlvtin th.tt as many us possible of tho C382 Amer ican hailing vessels bo converted Into ."team craft At the same time navy offlclals looked for some wily trick In tho suddenly dimin ished submarine activity Recent reports of strange submarines sighted much nearer American shotes th.m the r-boat main hunting grounds were recalled. That tho Kaiser Is giving tho Mediterranean more attention now, because of the Tetilnn drive Into Italy, was nn explanation experts ad vanced rather than Increased attacks on United States transports "The I'nltcd States Is gratified," said Hurley, "that convoying rnd patrolling are rutting down weekly ship loHses, but the Shipping Boatil will build faster and faster In the hope of proving to the Hermans tho futility of their submarine campaign Our men In 1'rance and the materials they need will alone require a tremendous number of ship-.. Heme overconstructlon Is linpossl blo vt hen the Allies' food and munitions needs are considered." The Navy Department echoed Hurley's warning .ifjilnst undue optimism, pointing out that the only certain panat e.t for the I'-bo.tt ravages lies In constructing ships faster than Germany can sink them. MENACE OF SUBMARINE NOT PAST, SAYS GEDDES LONDON, Nov. IB The submarine menace Is not yet under control, Sir Krlo (leddex, First Lord of the .Admiralty, told the House of Commons this iifteinoou. He solemnly vuirned against overoptlmlsm because of recent ofllclal statements show ing great decreases In the loss of shipping "Lust week's report of our losses by sub marines does not Indicate that the sub marine menace is controlled," the minister asserted "It Is essential that our allies know that economy Is necessary Shipyards aro short of men. Women labor sent them will di rectly affect tha winning of tho war ".Momentarily we are holding the sub marines, but I repeat my warning." Tho greatest Interest attached to Sir Krlc Oeddes's appearance in tho House In view of the showing In this week's ofllclal state ment on submarlno losses. This repoit showed Just one British vessel of more than 1G0U tons to have been lost In seven days and n huge number of arrivals and de partures at British ports. Itecent statements have shown a regular decrease week by week, so that the public In L"ngland for tho last few days has been Jubilating more or less In tho belief that the problem has been solved. CAULIFLOWER ABUNDANT AND CHEAP, IS REPORT Potatoes and Cabbage, Too, Arc Plenti ful in Market Whiting and Ling Best Fish Cauliflower Is abundant, superior In qual ity and ery cheap, according to today's report of J, Uussell Smith, chairman of the Home Defense Food Commission. It sells at about beventcen cents a head for the large ones. White potatoes continue plenti ful and chenj)-: They range from J2.30 to J2.60 per hundred pounds, and sweet po-. tutoes are also In abundance, ranging fri fifteen tolxty cents for a five-eighth bu.el basket -of seven to nine quarter pecks. Cabbage 'M .Very plentiful and Jor m price, running from -three-quarters to one and a quarter cents a pound. If arrives In carload lots and Is sold In bulk quantities by the ton. These are wholesale -prices. This Is the season of the year when whiting and ling; are ,the only very plentiful fish. Theee'fis'h are' of excellent quality and the prices are xtry reasonable? The whole sale prices are: Whiting, twq.and a, half to three, cents a pound, according to the size ; ling, two (o three cents a, pound. The other fish are 'about normal tn supply and prices for this time of the year. ABUNDANT Potato!, iwtet potato, whit turnip. bt t, remain, raduhta, onion, cab bala. parley, lattuc. carrot, pumpkins and csuHflovrar. . NHHAt-Tellpw: turnip, splnaeb, ceUry,. CABClf Pa. tomatoes. bnr bln Vi'lVFl i"4i tzmzzzMZZrl n 3 What io "tro (r,q nome. Send, money or make checks to order of -DREXEL & COMPANY, f reamers; 5th a4 Cheitaut Streets, PHILADELPHIA IThii adverti$ment id paid for by a private contributor He Wrote Home ey y7v 7 euoLKLy nr frr frJL A Word From General Pershing: "The Y. Mt C. A. has won its place by un selfish devotion to the soldiers' warfare and deserves staunch support by our people at- tf07vtQ' CotAvU, - America is asked to contribute 35 million dollars to this work the share for Philadelphia and Delaware, Mont gomery, Chester and Bucks Counties is $1,300000. This sub must be raised this week Will you help us? Mfeefi-i; i&gmLMikM mm