j , "rrQ" '""' ,v ,) 1 :.T'tv'. - 'Ji..'.'ii -.,' 1 .. ',',.-." - . . r"if . I; .--(.w v- .- S ' i 1 - V" , J ' ' .: .' ' w A J. ' ! I .t? ,a. . ,vs r EVENING PUBLIC OCT.OBEJt 7 1918 ,) . , ) . rj, f : LEDGER I'HILADEtffllA', M$tfDA;Y, . ' . - -XL -- . 'nrjr -7 Vr" P IS1- . ' m '& kVa- 5. . "- Xn& , tV si. ?" J1" ft.rtM!' ra t7 i L hv- k v ' jr. -; kjafCi PSSi k-, . I tW: rt, .r ,' " iTMfct ,';.. "ftVrJ .ft. ?. LKV . 1-S51 i.J-ttiwi i 1r - r . 'i rm lithil h? IP" fOOOEN MEN PUT m TRENCHES .4. ,N .-" r j . c T , ', I rcttiity'of German Man iPowcr Shown by New- ' ,, ' I ( est Ruse - .l l " . '- v . . - JUFASSEE-MERE. RUIN rHtMhCapturc Two Villages .-jMnore wreckers ioiuti uo 1& TlieirWork- Ft F ' ,1. : ,ftv phii-ip r.tnns .5ccar qihjr to Krrnins P"tc l-f'her Fir ' fiomlrlobtt t, h'j .Vne York Tints Co. Kt" , Vlth JltS nrltNh Armies. Oct. 7. A ,J "The fiews ttiat Germany. Austria K'-f Wrt Turkey have asked for an nrmls- -tlce to discuss terms of peace reached uy armies through tho Vrench papers .kftd there was visible excitement In 'thn towns behind tlicllnfS. f t ..." ,k a ui.i.in.. ...itn, 'rltA tmieVu nr- f-V rivM In one such town where there jfVWj'grlevous relics of ruins from Or- Wf .man bombardments. I saw n crowd oi rrncli, Australian, Italian and Kng Jl'sri ncJtUera-gatUere.d iiround the nv,s lln? Mitf.f !((? tlS;trtith .of.mrila& terJnj5!uif4tl3liil.'tpK":ge ' , "WhittyiJot'niiy come of tlie'Goirman; Offir toAt leas.t .to rfill flte.''BfltJsU ,JI lT?.JiJ iSl- ..4Un' llcl aAnmV noiuiera, is; ti -,. i ,..,,., tf-... ,l.w.kl!n' rf Ihn m illt.'irV- realizes thr',f!ltjK of the military. ',irh he retreated ;tnd among the pur (ittnrr nfteir Bn-.ntariv "ilcfeuts In tho .iilnir trooiw of thc.Klfth Army, under nek ato $&$& fra " h-j hldeonsWuPJ. Jrw;; the -pOwer w- kave(ii)f.l!'''.uJt4tt.'!,t Uretp. WltH or VlthWsiRart;.JW-rnls.tke?'lt Is certain ; . ' ';:" "-" n If-. - j. . '"t ,in m0n-ar.-Ii-''' , SV"v;',r''i rtes oijipf-qnwuoc-iiiai.&iijr"! rraire, . V f ,V (?' 14, . , , rte9 OU,H!f.t,MMf!JT.uiil,wm l l lain i-, is novuijif'illjc. tf. .CitAbwiUls burn ing. aStfirtnaJav! Yfllngrs whose smoke I saw'iWf&.bTW "the etifnt!rllihs: Kim 1R' wuitiuojiuss oi iieairucuiui which eaji-harillv. be lusttlled bv th6 laws of vjriirfjre. which an? Very cruel",. and will ii'bf'tfikkeVrancemore reitcfy to,llstenf to Jieadq propoiajs. It ts Indeed wyckeif follji- of th '.enemy to do these things aVsuch uptime wh.err; they are in need ut 'mcly v Urltl.li Tk'-Tw rUbice Saturday the enemy had further evi dence that our pressure has not slacken- .jt .1 ... .k ...! .1... .!...! . 1-. ..... E u auuui lllt-iji, nnu inui iii'-u i t"-i:-i,iii-,-. gr,, uimc nn i jr. LniiunL . tr.i.ii .,11. in;!. SV i ,aWng what they want. We wanted the KM tvrn ' vlttnirr-Wf Henurcvnlr and ?tfOnt (J Brehaln, where the enemy had been K countef-'Sttaokfng fiercely. With the help Of the, tank corps, whose pilots and ci-ews wre Inspired by audacious f courage, oilr troops took these villages - "and SOQj.prJsane;s.out of them. M' Tir-Australians ranis around Mont , ,"5S,BrVialn from the north, and had tlercn v Tscnvine- orouna xne cemeiery, wnere i,i fp.- - M ..' l: ' ""-i. " '. 4" ?.- '?' ' . . f . . " 1 f" c -'-. :U 1 ,? ' ,: v.1 --W - -?T,.l 45y I Pit A . -v r .; .' - ir I f.- .'I i f! ,-- ' -. ' 1 . X v'-"5.'-- - --: $ .- .v. w.,-- ,1 r they captured! some 500 men. The tanks put out of nctlon many machlne-cun nests, and caused frightful havoc among the Herman Rarrleon. The I-'nellsh troop captured Hc.iure. voir. where for several-days, there had been InsaniT'out Hunt Inn. Jon Jlio,north of Canibral.VAbHncourt station tiaH-boen cleared ff ifs h-arrlson,. and fronV Le cite'ct, the enemy Is nlo In retreat. Gallant work had been done by our engineers', who built and resulted many bridges over the canal, A number of civilian' have hrcn IrecuedfroniHamlcourticJow tp Mont 1 llrclialn. ' by th 'AustrallaiW They 'were told -to pack uu .their uewn-sings nd Valt for K -carts ro-come nlnnp-for them. Two carls came, and these poor people made that nn excuse in (jot down In. tliij cellars and stay there under our shellflre Wl'.'t them went a number of Ger man soldier and Itcd Cross men who plckeil oer the bundles of these vil lager: and robbed tlitm of Mine of their email triasutes before leaving "the village In a hurry, Others did not leave but Kald to the vlllHRers' "Wc will stay with you and Ret taken irls oner " When the Hrltlsh ehelllnp slnckennl off one Xrench civilian went upstair raying, "II If flnlihtd." and was un fortunately killed, an he stood nt h win dow, lie was the only man nun. ami the other people were rescued when thi Australian!! went In. All of them speak of the demoralized spirit of the, Ger man soldier-!, many of whom are full of ' fear ii'nd 'ilcsi.Ur. and .also rape ncalnst their war lords who brought theni to this pass- j (lermnn .rm vnnt Tesee . , I'.verv'blC of evidence one cts like this points to the conclusion that the German arniv as a whole Is hungry for Mo.AeS' ICn,'sliSt."'ln,,iflilte of the courage Sf their" bravejie tiiemnf whom there are HmjmviwS ilie lVltMi know by the way tthcyS,mlht,the' -Witt the eml to come .fturCKlv, anil unn r care iuiw. n cuim-n '.-.r whit the U-rms .may he. '..J.TlienerAy rlll'Conilnues to .withdraw from line' I .a nasscr -uuui Miuuinrn in V nt. t -.nt. ftvpr tip irroiiiid from i kss m'io'ca":' "ih dh,: ';::: , yhfk wal')n ,. lessee and the new nrnish front line leds through. Hithune, I'lnnt -city whero In the nrvt t hods rants and tea shop-, served by cheery rt-nmon snd sitow winnows ugiitel on k........ .-.... ,.., ..I.I.I. .1.. ,.,-. sWinifr .ii.' nuwji. im'f "linn me mutiuy men. In.. their "hal'rjes" and steel hel ?ets .used to gazo with noses flat rtgahist the window tianes like children1, tenanted 'by' all kinds nf fancy things. fjull",.ilse'e!js; Jp the trenches, but with a-tenilnjne-' touch recalling their own 'wonten'Vt' home ' In'the German, offensive of last "April lfeth"Tin WSS lashed'" by storms of high -explosives and all Us people (V-d. and Saturday 1 went through Its streets again It was still a deserted c'ty. badly ruined anil full nf s.uln- I went down the La Hassee road with an officer who jears ago marched with bis mfii this way and saw his first front Hie and for the first time came under fire as German shells hurst along th's h.ghway Hundreds of thousands of TJrltotis have marched nlong that road to the brick stacks this side of I.a Hassee. where nn man rnlilrl nnss nml llio r, was a road where men walked with brave faces and hidden fear In their hearts, and everv day death chose among them with tickle choice ."?i " niiur-i umcions nave than The small sick and vJLm.ji ? Other than absolutely necessary calls compelled by the epidemic or by war necessity place lives in jeopardy and 0 ' embarrass the Government's war program here in Philadelvh THE taken their ttlrn here, and once, after Xeuve Chapelle, the Indians held the line- at I.a Hassee and shivered In Its wet trenches. Ho with all these memories In one's mind, It was a thrilling thing to pass beyori'd the otd front line, upheaved by years of shetldre, past those scarred brick stacks, among mine craters lh which many men were blown sky-high, and Into tho town of 1,a Hassee, which was German run a few days ago. It was a big town, much more than a vil lage, and even now It covers a lot of ground, so that Hsi high street Is a long- way to walk, but It Is nothing now but a wlld''ruln, and the high .street Is no more than a brick-strewn track be tween ruined houses blown down to fantastic shape. The only sign of the decent human me mat once was mere is ine sign board of a tavern still hanging over the gaping walls, "Kstumlna Tenu I'ar Gustavo c'nppc " Since he left a few days ago. the ene my blew up the bridge over the- canal here, and made hug craterit In the roads and arranged, no doubt, devilish deMces called booby traps to blow the British to bits vhoilld they trip over a bidden wire or sit down In a concrete dug-out on harmless looking rubbish, ' "The engineers have examined these hellers built under the ruins of l.a Hassee the Germans seem to have had great stores of concrete for their work and have marked some of them with the word "Uangnr" In red. Some way outside of l.a Chateau, what was once u handsome place In pleasant ground", now Is a ghostly 'ullr,t .1,1 ,i? linlli. In 1,'tilnl, ,t,t,l f '.Ul. i-I , It'll , (1 ItlKlt , ,. ,,, ,,... W.. inll.l l,.iA .H...I ..a II..V nfrttlolw'tl .. .... - It ..... man soldiers have died hereabouts In the When I walked through the vlllago j of Salome, which vvr entered two days iiRO. and then beyond It toward the vil lage of llatnay, which was our furthest outpost, I came to u cemetery standing among tho trees. It was a French graveyard, with Its old stone monuments j knocked out by shellllre here and there, but next to It was a German burial place In which lay many dead. It was easy enough to count them roughly, for their graves were n regu lar tows, and 1 counted them and found l.tin. The earlier graves of men killed In 101 5-1 fi had elaborately carved tomb stones nnd the later ones of 11117 and 1918 were marked with wooden crosses, but gie.it bushes cf Michaelmas daisies grew between all tho 1310 graves and vcryvv here behind the German lines from the sea to Switzerland there are other graveyards like this and tho full toll ot German death has not yet been taken. I'll Murk Olil vtunlllon Hump Near the vliage of Salome J came acioss tf n enormous pits and wild wreck age about Iheni. Here In March hint when the enemy was In the full tide of i lilM-oIfi-nslve, he had one of his biggest ammunition dumps, with thousands of shells for heavies and Held guns. our airmen reported It. nnd our gun ners searched for It. It was a haras sing fire, and by a lucky hit they blew It up. It was the biggest dump explo sion ever rausfri behind the enemy lines, and the loss nf all that ammunition was one cau-e, I am told, of the failure of the German offensive in April on this pait of the riont A part of the village of Salome has been wrecks d by our gunfire, but there are still manv houses standing, with well told by the fact that lifter being red tile roofs and unbroken walls, and driven fioni portions of Ogons wood and further on villages like llatnay and Cunel wood we subjected those legions Marriulllieres are almost untouched by j to a four hours' heavy bombardment and shelling, and It Is a cpicr thing to see went In only to be forced out again by them, because our eyes are so familiar the attacks of superior numbers of Ger vv'lth ruin that tiled roofs beyond the mans. Later we reoccupicd these, battlellne Mjetns like a mirage In- ' woods, credible ' in the fighting In this sector the Ger . rj?z of our force are at any period of the remaining number can properly care only for the for the Government. ia. BELL TELEPHONE CO. L. H. KINNARD, Vice President and General U.S. TROOPS BEAT KAISERS FINEST r Soul-Trying Fighting With out Heroics, as Germans Battle Desperately POCKET ARGChNNE WOOD . i I'Veill'll Sllld Americans mi vnncing Each Side, as l-'oc Holds On llv KDVTIN t.. JVMKS Special (Mir to .Venint I'ublir Ledger ' l .. ,-i. .it.i rft. ranriph'. 5I". "U ."' "" - "" With the Amerlran Army In Frame, Get T. The righting "l'ee yesterday morning Is characterised as perhaps the hitler ... ..- .-,in,i h.ive .vet seen. It Is t'l 1111 .Mll'lf" cmiiii, nn.i soul-trying fighting with the heroics and sensationalism out. taken I..., ininiu tiermany "' have The I , , , OCCIl IlUrleil without success against our n.. ti,... hnck ti oop are worn- j inj; Independently of the i ther tioops Ithat are blocking our auv.mce w.in ." t,- ll. . heaviest concentration of maihlne guns the war has seen. An ofllelal .eport says that on one stretch of the front the Germans have a machine gun for cvety live yards of tho tine. The G.rman" concentration or artillery also Is pondnous, the guns being grouped In masses In a zone two and a half mil's deep. The short front between the Argonne and the Metlse Is tho one most vital to the whole line. An advance by the Americans to any great depth would Imperil the whole east wing of the German ballent, stretch ing from the sea to the Moselle Itlver. The nature of the Infantry fighting In this sector Is matk.d by advances by our troops until the line becomes dented bv being held up by German machlnn guns 111 sheltered places. As our advance troojis move ahead these spiteful weapons open up. "and then en sues a blood v contest for the reduction of the nests. This occurs and reoccurs from hour to hour Heavy German movements weie le ported yesterday in the reglop of Som merance and alo toward Ttomngne wood, but It has not developed whether the Germans Intend a counter-attack on a larce scale. The stubborn and repeated counter-attacks by the Germans cause speculation a to the reason for large fires seen at Grand-Pre and nun, which were not set by our artillery. Brleulles. which Is held by the Germans, was burn ing all day yesterday. Seesaw Fighting The nature of the seesaw fighting Is mans are using machine gun sharpshoot ers, who are especially trained and skilled Iri the usoyof the light weapons. One company of these .fighters It at tached to each German regiment of shock troops In this sector. '. We have had bitter fighting for pos session nf Hill 24li In the Aire valley, and now vvn hold It securely despite, strong attempts by the. Germans to regain the height Hill 2GD, north east of Hill 210, was reached during the afternoon"' ,' , The aerial activity continues nt a maximum, the Germans showing great nerve and bravery ' In daring missions back of oUr lines. The-American avia tors were upholding their reputation for Initiative and bravery. Lieutenants Richardson nnd Corley, flying In a two. seater He Havlland four, were attacked over Rommerance by two Kokkers. In stead of following the rules and fleeing before superior forces, they made .lnlnt,l n. fl.n l.nl.n iilnnatl rrilfi L'llt j niinihin "v it.v ......ill ..i,,,,,,. ...... r. . 1 the first German quickly, and after five minutes of fighting sent the second down Jn flames. On the way hack they bagged a third, Our front ftom the Aigontie to the Meuse Is ablaze and the sky Is lighted up by the constant glow from hundreds and hundreds of guns on both sides, speaking without cessation In one of the bitterest battles of the world war There was bloody fighting 'n the vicin ity of Kays wood, Into the notthern end nf which the Germans had poured le enrorrcments. In the edge of this wood the Germans had heavy maihlne gun Necess am Yet Nameless , You know the name of your favorite soap, tooth powder, and numerous arti cles of food and clothing. But when you need an um brella you do not ask for a particular brand, simply be cause vou do not know of any. Yet THE DELINE ATOR families spend vcarly $855,000 f o r umbrellas umbrellas enough to make a roof over 112 acres. And there arc other articles of necessity not yet advertised. What do you make of inter est to a million families? Delineator The MaqBzne In, , ' One7 Million Homes i positions which had forced retirement of our advance Clements to a point be tween Fays .wood and the Meuse lllver, Following .the withdrawal of those elements, becailvc tljo terrain tbey were holding was no't worth the price that was being exacted, we have started to clear out the menacing machine gun positions. t The German artillery activity contin ues Intense, both high explosives and gas being used on the area from the front line to points six or seven kilometers back. Septarges and' b'eptarges wood seemed to be their favorite, targets. Ileal Kalner's F't6rltn The German game Is to, hold on to the machine-gun nests In the woods' until our advance gets by Into open spaces and then open up. This forced a slight re tirement of one small portion of our line In the vicinity of Cunel until the woods could be cleared up. In this vicinity the Americans have encountered a division known ns thA Kaiser's favorite division', which had (opposed our troops on the Msrne s.-illtnt In .July. The mist mak"es observation dmtult today. From the hills one cart see'shVlls from both sides .dropping on the front lines and hear the rattling machine rtins. -- t ' Klr ra!iiirai Suits and well tailored l .VIZ aiLL''-sKVt lV 'SS-Bffili y-"--gas- wHp H m m 1 I Jacob Reed's Sons 1 1424-1426 CHESTNUT STREET iinniiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiuiiiiniiuitniiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii absent tos-day OF PENNA. Manager Ambulances' come1 careenlnr down the' roads and their drivers bring word that our casualties are not disproportionately heavy, whereas there Is ample evidence of very heavy casualties being Inflicted on the Germans. Few prisoners had been taken for sev etal days, but during the last forty-eight hours considerable numbers have been coming back, BRITISH FLIERS BOMB TOWNS Fires Hrcak Out nl Courccllcs During Raid Hy the United Presi London, Oct, 7. Successful bombing expeditions ngalpst Kaiser's Lautern. I'lrniassons. Mezleres, Thlonvllle, f.our- celles nnd the airdromes at iMorhange nnd Frescaty were reported In Sunday's official statement Issued by tho Inde- pendent Air Force. Heavy fighting was carried on Satur day night, In the course, of which the British machines dropped twelve and a half tons of bombs on the railway sta tions nt various towns. Nino heavy bombs were dropped In a factory at Hurbach. Fire broke out at Courcclles. Qhe TRUE MEANING o"TAILORING" TAILORING the feature that makes style and en during quality rather than a perishable one permanent shapeliness, continuously good fit, you like such clothes. No matter liow excellent the model no matter how skillful the designer all preparatory efforts may be marred by floor tailoring. Jacob Reed's Sons clothes are thor ough in their conception and in their de velopment the kind of tailoring is in. them which produces continuous good service and lasting good appearance. Overcoats which are thoroughly $25 and upward. epidemic vj i ' M i,.. ; B0CHES SHELL U. S. HOSPITAL Bombnrdinmt Occur Affr Planes Fly Over Institution Willi the American Army Norlhtrest of Verdun, Oct. 7 (My I. .V. S.)-A hospital near Cheppy has been shelled by the Germans. Some casualties, twete sustained. The shelling occurred Immediately uftcr boche planes flew over the hospital. Ttts aomtthing atari thca youllltkf TwUftijrr Sutmr i X&rJs iaBlflkTt! - j . .. V "HS, r -4 M T ', i A , . '.-'iv '." "-??;;;"&., ', m., ?i'jttri., im3A ijwfiiiie mSMM:..iim
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