'v vv-to!J?W1H .r ' i.f JW ' AMERICAN ENGINEERS I VANI SFORZI TEDTONIQ PLAY PART AT CAMBRAI PER VARCARE IL PIAVE EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1017 v Jt'- Assist Byng in Big Offensive by Pushing Vital Railway Lines to Front UNDER ARTILLERY FIRE Some Act ns Strclcher-Iiearer.s When Volunteers for Work Arc Called For AUMIKS IX with thi: nniTisii rnANftJ. Nov. so. AiTicrlcnn onKlneerH performed a r.otnhle rart In the British advnncn upon Camlirnl, It Is now announced lit Urltlsli headquar ters. The.-c eiiKlneer.', tho flrtt er.f.ii:rd In military operations on the HrltlMi front. l,ail a tarce part In pmhlrtK up the vital railways behind the advancliiR Hrlll-li soldier"- A a inntlcr of fact tlto American rn--IneerR have tcen InhorlnB on the rend Ihroush the devastated hattlrdold.x of Hie Sommo district for nearly four months, and two of their men 'ho were wounded, were the first American casualties an nounced from Washington. The speed with which the lines have l.-en laid MP Ihroush the lirolten Itlndcu bur defenses durlnp the last weel: has (Mlinl lrth 'he lilRhrt pialso from the British authorities. The Americans have been working In ililfts twenty-four horns n day, and no such amount of track hat been laid In this region in so short a time before. Naturally tho Americans have for a long time been working under the rango nt enemy artillery and more than once they have come under Fhell fire. At one time tho Germans out looe with their guns on a section of tho tracka and torn up threp miles of rails which had been laid wllli much labor, hut they scarcely had finished this bombardment when the twin lines of steel began to creep forward once more. After the engineers had reached a point where they were exposed on the skyline It was necessary to work nt night or on fnggy days In ord6r to avoid enemy ob servation. There have been three forces of Ameri cans employed In this region since about ugust 1. Two of them have been occupied with tho operation and maintenance of light lallways nnd.the other has been construct ing narrow gauge lines. The tlrltlslj called for volunteer stretcher bearers to go forward to the battlefield and bring In wounded ISrltlsh and flerman', a large number of the engineers offering their services, which were accepted. They bad Just finished u haul day's work on the railway, but they gladly undrttook the new, nrdumis anil d ingerouM tin k and labored t'irougit the night getting Injured soldiers back to the dressing stations They were highly complimented by the Hritlsh for their efficiency In this line of service, which was Hither far-reached from building railroads. ENLISTED MEN REPLACE CIVILIANS AS ARMY COOKS Last of 3G00 Volunteer Instructors in Culinary Art Discharged From Service WASHINGTON. Nov. SO. The United. States niniy Is doing Its own cooking. Tho lat of the SGOit civilian chefs, cooks and bakers, who Milunteeicd their services as Instructors to the army when the lirst ipiuta nf selected men leported to tho canton nients Aucust 'JO last, were today dis charged from the service by the War De partment. Today the iiuaitermaster corp of the army has provided cooking companies for iery National Army cantonment and every regiment of the rcgu'ar irmy out of the men trained by the expel t civilian cooks and bakers. Likewise cooking schools are In operation at every camp, training mess attendants and cooks for the next draft army of ,'00,000. The work of the civilian cooks was ill I cited by Joseph lllfcld. of Chicago, head of the National Hotel Men's Association, who enlisted the services of 3CO0 hotel conks nnd bakers from every State In the Union. At each cantonment 240 volunteer workers were assigned as Instructors. By reason of the thorough work of the civil- lans In training the soldier cooks, tho iiuar tcrmaster corps Is enabled to turn Its atten tion to the work of conservation of food at I all camps. Modern methods have been ap- piled In accounting for all supplies ordered I and used, and dally records of the consump tion of food arc maintained In order to In form the department how well economy Is practiced. LArti&Herin Italiana ha Bersa- glinto Vigorosamente Barconi Carichi di Truppe Aus- tro-Tcdesche DUELLI DI ARTIGLIERIE Due UojjBimcnti Austro-Uiif-arici Decimnno n Viccnda Durante un Violcnto Combattimento si ITALIANS ANTICIPATE AUSTR0-GERMAN MOVE Big Enemy Troop Movement Noted, Apparently in Despair of Breaking Lines MAY STRIKE ELSEWHERE ,, , rtOMA. T.O tinveinl.it' l n ilirpaci-ln ghiMo nuestn mattlna dalla rronto in battngll.i nmiutizl.i die gll avia tori llnlialil. eseguendo delle Incur-lonl siille Ilneo ncmlehe, hanno osennto larghi movl. nienll ill trupiie miMro-tcd.'-ilic. SI crtde die II neinlcn dlpeiato ill nou pnter forzare tinu breccia nelle liiicc Itallane, sl prepnra a muoveie le sue truppe per tentare un colpo altroi.. Intanto p furze del generate Diaz Minn or deflnltlamciito suU'ofrcnslvn In nume-to-l puntl della llnea tra le montngne cd II flume IMave. Ill austro-tcdeschl lion hanno ccssato I loin fmzi nor troaie un punto debolo sulle I men Kallaue o- fnjw statu piilliile ottencre ciualche-succeiso. ma l'lnlzlale Un peln del loro atlacchl e' nulcvohnente !. miiiulto. . II morale ilrgll Itali.inl o' elevathslmo e la plu' completn llducia si verltlca in tultl i innghl non sillanto per la salde.za delle linen, ma per la convlnzloue clie I rlnforzl giiintl peiinettcranno alle forze Itallane ill picnilerc grandi inlsure contn- II neinlco. Dal comunlcato ulllciale. nubbllcato letl dal .Minister,) della Cuerra In itoina, si apprende cho durante la glornata nessuna Importante a.lene ill fanlerla si e' veilllcata. Al central lo lungo tutta la fronte ill bat taglia si veilllraiouo vlnN'titi duelli ill aiilgllerla. I.arttglleria Hull. ma hcis.iglli-' vigiirosimenie ml rillcacemente alcunl bar coni cailclii ill truppe autto-tedesche cho tnntrivano ill tiaeisare II basso I'lac. I'u nltin coniurilcato ulllciale, pure pub blicato ieli, aummzla die le tiuppe itallane, operant! In Albania, hanno rlportnto una brillaute vlttorla sopra contingent! nu.-tnaci cho iiU'nlba ill leil tentarono dl attaccare le poslzloul Itallane iiresso la coiilluenza della Suslca con la Vojussa. In un punto chn dlsta appena illeci nilglia dalla costa a nord-est di Vallmia. 11 ncmlco fu rcsplnto con grnvi perdlte. II coniunlcatn ill lieilino dice che gll at tacchl degll llallanl contio le posizloul oc ciipate dal teutonl sulle montngne nil occi denlc della l'live. e sul Monte Tomba, noun Matt le'pintl. II laionluo comunlcato ill llerlllio e' in nprrin conlrasto con la uotlzlti ufllcl.ili percnute dal ipiaitier geneialu itallano. Sono gbintl I p.titholail ill un sangiilnatlo ci mbattlmenti) iivwnutii nella zona noidlca. diiiante 11 quale due legglnieutl auslio ung.irici si steriulnari no a viceuda. ,1 cumbattlmeiito avenne dletru ad Asiago, duiante lino del iirlnclpall attaichl contio nil Itallaiii. II nemlco avail.')' dal due llimchl e duiante la nolle un regglmeiito ill zi'chl iiiiKheie.-l attacco' on altio regglniento dl pol.uchl della (lalizia a causa della dlf f.u elite uiilfinnie e perdu-' parliiv.mc un dlfferente illaletto, Pupn un violent!) fuoco dl flic. lei la avvenne una furlii.-ia i-ailca alia balent'tta ed una lotta corpo a corpo con mande usi dl gianate a ni.ino. Quainlo IViiulvoc-j fu chlarito. del due regKimenti nou ilinanev.ino che pochl uonilnl. II Ilrlgidleie ileiierah.- Scrivcn. dal I Armata degll Sliitl Unltl. glunto al ipiarller geneiale Itallano nceoinpaguato da un suo alulante dl cainpo e da un at tache mllltare a Koina. si c' Intialteniito In lunghl colloiiill col He Vlttoiin. II generalc Scilven ha I'lncarico dl studlare I, i sltu.izlone Italiana e.di faie una serie dl rappoitl al rlguardo, al governo ninellcaiio. II Maggloie (i. M. I'. Murphy, capo della I'loce Itossa Ainei icana ill l.urope, tnnasl auch'esso al ipiartlcr generabi Itallano alio -.copo ill coordlnare II lavoro della sua oiganlzzazlone WITH THi: ITALIAN AltMII'.S. Nov. HO. Itnllnn aviators today reported a heavy movement of tioops behind the Herman Austrian line". It was believed that tho enemy, despairing- of rticcess In forcing a break In the Italian lines, was prepaftng to nime men for blows elsewhere. General Diaz's forces are now definitely on the otfenslve nt numerous points on the mounlnlii-l'lave line. The enemy has not ceased his efforts to find a wrnk spot, but the Initial Impetus of his attack has no ticeably lessened. Tile Itillati morale, as a result, has In creased to the limit complete conlldeiice in all i auk that not only will the line hold, but that le.enforcements will enable even gi cater mensur.-s nualnst lite enemy. Snow in the mountains to the north was slowing up the lighting In that sector today CONTINUOUS CAMPAIGN FOR WAR LOAN PLANNED Secretary McAdoo Invites Re serve Bank Experts to Con ference December 10 STATE HIGHWAYS OPEN FOR MILITARY TRAINS First Commonwealth to Aid Defense Council in Motor izing the Roads HUKS MAKE BELGIUM OF iS'VAIWI) ITALY N,, I'll making a lt.il. otll- trenches Ilundieds of sacrificed, said WASHINGTON. Ausii o-Gei mall timps are sdollil llelclum out of lllMldeil dal Home cables toda stated. Near Venzon the Huns placed women am! chlldicn In their tlrt line shields against Italian lire these Innocent victims weie the tnonges. Ill the Urlull legion the Getinnns hae levied the same cviihltalit war taxes as in in rthein l'ranci. and ISclglum. Labor l being ci nscilpted with German thorough ness While Aii-tio-Gerinan agents spread stories of benevolent ti eminent to the Italian village. Austro-Geiinan soldiers are ciiinin.indecrliig every movable article of value In linl Cattle are being taken away. Housibold uoods ale burned In the night cainplltes. iitllclal orders were found on captured Austio-German soldiers "to take away what Is movable, detach what Is at tached and u-e what Is useful." Along the I'lave lllver frmit the Italian soldiers report that the terrified screams of women in Austro-Gcrmah h mils make the night hideous. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. The plan of Secictary of the Treasury McAdoo for it continuous cuupalgti of education In behalf of Government war-bond Issues will be started at a conference at the Treasury lie. partinetit liecember to of icprcscntnthes nf the Liberty Loan committer In each of tin twelve l-'ederal lleserve districts and of the women's Liberty Loan organizations. The object of the conference, as set fotlh 111 letters sent by Secretary McAdoo to tin governors of the Kederal I!eserv- banks, l to pel feet, for the period of the war. Lib erty Loan oiganlzatlons throughout the country, and to obtain for the benefit of the Treasury tvpartment and of the a I lous committees the cxpcili-ncon of the eveciitlvcs and vvolUcrs In the scvcial dis rids. Although he h is niinoliticf d that there will he no further bond Issues until after l-Vb. uiary I. Secretary McAdoo has given notice that be believes It essential that educa tional wink in prepaiatloii for futtile loau be i onducted contlnuousl.v Ing to keen It thoroughfares in readl. ness for the passage of military truck trains this winter, according to a let. ter received by the highway transport committee of the luncll of National De fense from th" State H'ghway Depart tnent. Tho action was taken following correspondence on the plnn to relieve con- ftentlon In railway termknta' by'-efc of motortruck. Th first 'cxperlmti military truck trnlti airk1v' nnA way from a western city to the MM tic ent)oard. The hlnhwnvs IrnliHMI committee expect the action of PeinwylV vnn'a to be followed by other mate? aiong me main overland route X WASHINGTON, Nov. ,10. In order to relieve the grctil congesting of trnl'.lc on the lallroads of tho i-otintr), the Council of National Defense has undertaken to motorize most of the main liilivvn leading to I'hlladelphla and other great Atlantic terminals, U Is iitiuouiiced hete rrnnliinlii Is the llrst :tate to an noimco ltf Inleiitloii of keeping Its main highways open for the passage of m lltary truck trains. The highway transport com mitter, recently appointed ns a pait of the 'outicll nf National Defense, in a state ment Issued estenlay predicted that the initiative of rounsylvaiil.i would be fol lowed by other .State- nlong the Atlantic scalioard. It Is espected that the plan when fully operative will servo greatly to icllevo the congestion of the laltrnad. par ticularly In the handling nf shipments des tined for overseas ports nnd In the trans putting nf troops to Atlantic terminals Tile announcement of tho council was as fol lows - The State of Pennsylvania Is pit-par Our New Catalogue is Ready It contains thousands of photographic illustrations of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry and Silverware, handsomely reproduced in colors. Cull or irWi' fur ii co). S. Kind &SotlS, lilt) Chestnut St. DIAMOND .MllltCi- . IS JHWHLKnS HILVi:nSMITH3 'franiTSgluip'gjjr: I'. of 1'. Students Ilikt- In Camp Dix A out-day thirty-mile hike to Camp Dix. at WilKlitKtmvn, N. .1. was started this morning by file Tiiangle Hiking Club, a new minimization of sophomores In tho col leye dcpaitmcut at Hie i'niveislty of I'enii-tiylv-.mla. as a pract.c- J.iunt for a three day walk to New York iltn lug the Christmas lmildays. Tin- le.ubis ,il, .1. II. I'nmfit-t, N II G. Gooilnian and S C Goldbcii;. I'rt-sident's Itosi-s ftir Do) It- and Hridc A large botikuet of roses. I'rt-.ilent Wilson's gift to Mr. and Mis. .Michael I'raiids Doyle, sue on tile high altar of tin Cathedral. I'ope lienedlct cabled his bless ing to the couple, who were married In Aichbishop I'renilergast's private chapel Wnlllesday. I'liciliM-l'astor Is Army Kccruil The I'ev. Aichie Mac.Mlister, ex-puglllM. clerk and waiter and a "Itill.v" Sunday "trallhlttei," lias enlisted in the tni-dical corps of the I'uited State., Army and will go to l-'iaiice on a leave of .ibsenci- from the Anglt-sea IN J.) liapti.-t Chinch, of which lie is the newly ordained pa--toi' Boy Accidentally Wounded LANCASTIlit. I'a . Nov. .10 Gimloll Itiicher. of Oiegon, sixteen eat.s old, is In a critical condition nt St Joseph's Hospital with a bullet In his abdomen John Carvel. a neighbor. Hied at a chicken, but missed. and the bullet struck Iliicher. who was lou vn l ds away. 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