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FAIR IS DEDICATED
GLORIOUS SILK TILE
TO CROWN SENATOR
JIM HAM LEWIS BRIXGS HOME
SARTORIAL TRIUMPH.
EDGAR B. PIPER IS
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OFF TO WAR ZONE
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10 NATION'S CAUSE
IN LIBERTY'S TASK
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EXIEYSK ARE OCCUPIED.
GOXUN SENDS GOODBYE.
BULGARS 111 ID
FLIGHT 10 Hill
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BRITISH WIPE OUT
2TUUB
Entente, in Hot Pursuit;
Advances 40 Miles.
THOUSANDS ARE CAPTURED
Railway Communications Are
Severed by Serbs, Who Go
. 25 Miles in One Day.
WHOLE LINE IS SMASHED
British Cave in Front From
, Doiran Westward and Ital
ians Take 16 Towns.
' LONDON, Sept. 23. (8 P. M.)
Between the Vardar River and Lake
Doiran. on the eastern end of the
Macedonian front, B0tish troops have
reached the line of Kara Oghlular and
Hamzali, and are advancing: on
Mrzentsi on the west bank of the
River Vardar, according to an official
statement issued this evening by the
British War Office.
As the result of the heavy pressure
of the entente allied forces the enemy
has evacuated the whole line from
Doiran to a point west of the Vardar.
Enemy Evacuates Line.
The text of the official statement
follows: '
"As the result of attacks and con
tinual heavy pressure by British and
Greek troops in connection with the
French and Serbian advance farther
west, the enemy has evacuated his
whole line from Doiran to the west of
the Vardar. He has set on fire the
Eudova station and the Cestovo-and
Tike and Tatarll dumps . and his
troops and transports are crowding
along the road northward, heavily
bombed and machine gunned by the
royal air forces.
Nipponese Cavalry Pursues Vlctori-
ous March Through Amur Prov
inco la Siberia.
LONDON, Sept. 23. (By the As
soclated Press.) Blagovieshtchensk
capital of the Siberian Province ot
Amur, and Alexievsk have been occu
pied by Japanese cavalry, according- to
Information received by the Japanese
embassy. Two thousand Austro-Ger
mans were taken prisoner.
They laid down their arms at Kokka.
The information which was given
out by the Japanese military attache,
is to the effect that Blagovestchensk
and Alelxvsk were occupied by Japa
nese cavalry converging from Kha
barovsk and Tsltslhar, September 18,
TrooDs moviner ud the Amur River
reached Blagovestchensk the following-
day.
Kokka. where the Austro-Germans
laid down their arms. Is on the right
bank of the Amur opposite Blagoves
tchensk.
Another enemy formation has re
treated to the upper reaches of the
Zeya River.
U. S. IS SEEN PROSPEROUS
America Can Go on Indefinitely
With War, Says Banker.
CHICAGO. Sept. 23. George A.
Hinsch. president of the American
Bankers' association, which met in an
nual convention here today, said he was
amaxed at the amount of business being
done in the country.
Mr. Hinsch, a banker, of Cincinnati,
has just completed a tour covering 19
states in connection with war finance.
"More money is being saved in this
country than ever before, he said.
Business in general has not suffered
from measures of economy. I have been
amaxed at the earnings in many lines
of business." -
Mr. Hinsch said that Germany n
bankrupt, while the United States, with
1300,000,000,000 in wealth, can carry on
the war indefinitely.
DRAFT HIM, BRIDE'S APPEAL
Cnhappy Wife Wants Hub
Where Shells Fall Fast.
Sent
'Send him to France. If he can get
the Kaiser's goat as he got mine,
heaven help his Royal Majesty!" .
This unnsual plea of an unhappy
bride was In a letter received yester-
ay by District Attorney Evans, who
wants her husband sent to the Army
and to that part of the battlefront
where shells fall thick and fast.
I ' The youna- woman, whose name Mr.
"We have reached the line of Kara Evans will not make public at this
Ochlula, Hamzeali, one kilometer
south of Boglamoe, and west of the
Vardar are advancing on Mrzentsi, in
touch with Greeks at Gurinchet-''
LONDON, Sept. 23. (5 P. M.)
The Serbians have captured between
9000 and 10,000 prisoners and 120
guns, The Evening Standard says it
learns.
Main Railway Is Cut.
Serbian troops have cut the main
railway line between Uskub and Sa
loniki and are on the western bank of
the Vardar River, according to the
Serbian official statement of Sunday.
West of the Vardar the Serbians
have cut the railway line to Prilep,
which is the main line of German
communication in this region.
Serbian infantry units now are in
the mountainous regions and ad
vanced 25 miles in one day. The num
ber of prisoners and the amount of
war materials captured increases
daily.
The neighboring German and Bul
garian sectors now are feeling the
loss of their communication lines.
Enemy reinforcements have been
forced to retreat.
Long Advance Is Made.
Since September 15 the Serbians
have advanced 40 miles
The Serbian statement reads:
"Serbian troops in a victorious' ad
vance are forcing the German and
Bulgarian reinforcements to retreat.
The Serbian troops this morning
(Sunday) reached the River Vardar
and cut the main railway line between
Uskub and Saloniki.
"Our troops have crossed the
Crnreka (the Drenska mountain
range) and have cut the railway be
tween Gradsko (southeast of Uskub)
and Prilep, which is the main line of
communication of the German Army.
"All the surrounding enemy sec
tors are feeling the consequences of
having their lines of communication
cut. Our advance from September 15
to today amounts to a total of 65 kilo
meters (40 miles).
Infantry Gains Swiftly.
"Infantry units now have reached
the highest part of the very moun
tainous regions and advanced 40 kilo
meters (25 miles) in one day. The
number of prisoners and the volume of
war material is increasing constantly."
PARIS, Sept. 23. Entente allied
cavalry yesterday was three miles
from the Bulgarian frontier in the re
'gion of Strumitza, according to news
dispatches received here today from
time, says she was married to a young
shipyard worker just a month ago, but
her brief married career has been a sad
one and she thinks the one way out is
to have her spouse sent to war. The
District Attorney is investigating' her
case.
Great Military Pagean
Opening Feature.
ALL COUNTRIES PLEDGE HEL
Rural Exhibits Are Held Better
Than Ever Before.
OREGON PRODUCTS BOOSTED
Agricultural College Display Teaches
Spirit of Conservation and Is
Typical of the Times; Ju
nior Exhibits Lure.
VICTORY TO BE OBSERVED
Liberation of Palestine Signal for
Huge Demonstration.
NEW YORK. Sept. 23. The libera
tion of Palestine by the British forces
will be celebrated here by a demonstra
tlon at Carnegie Hall next Sunday
night, at which Secretary of the Navy
Daniels Is expected to speak. It was
announced today by the Zionist Council
of Greater New York.
Significance Is added to the celebra
tlon by the fact that the Jewish Legion,
probably including the American con
tlngent. is actively participating in the
Palestine drive.
LAST SACRAMENTS GIVEN
Archbishop Ireland Unconscious,
Says Late Report.
ST. rACL. Mlnsu, Sept. 23. At SilS
'clock tonight ArekbUkop Ireland's
life was hanging; oh m thread. It was
aid at his home.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 23. Archbishop John
Ireland became unconscious late this
afternoon. It was announced at 5
o'clock that he was "very low."
The last sacraments of the Catholic
church were administered to the arch
bishop shortly before noon today.
.iCeucluded oa fas 2. Column i.)
JOHN REED IS INDICTED
Former Portia nder and Companion
Accused of Disloyalty.
NEW YORK. Sept. 23. Abraham L
Shiplacoff. a New York state Assembly
man and Socialist candidate for Con
gress In Brooklyn, together with John
Reed, magaxine writer, who was re
cently In Russia, were Indicted today
by the Federal grand Jury charged
with making disloyal remarks In pub
lic addresses at a Socialist mass meet
ing In this city recently.
CHANCELLOR MAY NOT TALK
Main Committee of Reichstag May
Sit for Entire Week.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 23. It Is likely
that the main committee of the German
Reichstag, which meets tomorrow, will
sit for a week.
. Jt is uncertain, says the Tageblatt ot
Berlin, whether Chancellor von Hert
llng will make a speech, but it is cer
tain that Foreign Minister Hintxe will
do so. ' .
SALEM, Or., Sept. 23. (Special.)
With old Glory fluttering to the breeze
from the new 120-foot flagpole, and
hundreds of Oregonians singing "The
Star-Spangled Banner," the Oregon
State Fair, at Its opening day today,
was dedicated to the cause of human
ity by one of the most inspiring events
ever held on the grounds here.
A bevy of beautiful young women.
attired in the national costume of the
allied nations added to the inspiration
of the occasion by joining in the sing
ing and waving the flags of the coun
tries that are dedicated to a conflict
which will wipe autocracy from the
face of the earth.
Patriot lam la Keynote.
With patriotic speeches, band music
and song and with a remarkably beau
tlful pageant of all nations, the great
flag, as it fluttered aloft, was paid
proper tribute by the state which has
been first in all war demands of men
and treasure. Governor Wlthycombe.
the Rt Rev. Bishop W. T. Sumner. Rev.
William Petterson, Professor John O.
Hall and others took part In the pro
gramme, with S. Benson, of Portland,
presiding.
Vocal selections also were furnished
by Mrs. Hallle Parrish Durdall, of
Salem, and Mme. Lucie Valalre, of Port
land, who was given an ovation as she
sang the "Marsellaise."
All Nations Pledge Help.
Resolutions were adopted by- all as
sembled pledging themselves and their
state to the last pound of flesh, . the
last drop of blood and the last dollar
needed to aid In bringing the war to
successful conclusion.
The crowd that was here today was
considered up to the Monday standard
and all portidons of the fair grounds
were ..uerally patronized.
in some respects tne exniDlts are a
little lighter than normal this year.
The stock showing is not quite as
heavy as usual, but is of the finest
quality and uiay be enlarged before the
fair is over. This doesn't mean that
it isn't a good stock show, or that it
isn't a big one. The barns are show
ing seme of the finest stock ever seen
in the West, but In some instances the
exhibits failed to arrive as a result ot
of-
Specimen of London Hatter's 1 Skill
to Dazzle Senate on First
Suitable Occasion.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. (Special.)
Senator Lewis, of Illinois, was back
in his seat in the Senate today fully
recovered from the fatigue and ex
posure of his eventful voyage home
from the front.
- The outstanding development In con
nection with his return was the dis
closure that he had brought back from
England the most magnificent cream-
colored silk plug hat ever' seen on this
side of the Atlantic The "tile" repre
sents the crowning achievement of the
Senator's sartorial career, and is said
to harmonize perfectly, with the purple
vests, rainbow haberdashery and laven
der spats which so often thrilled the
Senate in the past.
The new lid has not yet been un
veiled, and will be kept hidden from
the public until an occasion adequate
to its dignity arises.
A London shopkeeper presented the
hat to the Senator. It was stated the
price of it was 30.
"I told him," said Senator Lewis,
that I could pay no such price for a
hat. He exclaimed:
''Oh, no; I give it to you. I. have
had it on my shelf for six years, and
have never before found anyone
handsome or dignified enough to wear
it.' "
This appeal was too much for the
Senator, and he was forced to accept
the gift.
City Still $1 2,000,000
Short of Quota.
FOUR DAYS ONLY REMAIN
Double-Quick Time Needed to
Carry Through 4th Loan.
'ATR0NS FLEE HOTEL FIRE
New Willard In Washington, D. C.
Damaged by Water and Smoke.
WASHINGTON. Sept 23. Fire early
this morning damaged the New Willard
Hotel and sent the thousand or more
occupants hurrying to the street in
scanty attire. In the hotel were Vice-
President Marshall, several Senators
and other Government officials who
have suites there. -
The blaze started in the kitchen from
an undetermined cause. It immediately
spread to the palm room, but was con
fined there. The greatest loss will re
sult from water and smoke.
LABOR PROBE CALLED OFF
Investigation of Shipyard "Slackers"
Up to Fleet Corporation.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. Chairman
Fletcher, of the Senate commerce com
mlttee, announced today that no fur
ther investigation is planned at this
time of so-called "labor clacking" in
Government shipyards.
The committee, he said, is satisfied
that the Emergency Fleet Corporation
and Provost Marshal-General Crowder
are taking steps necessary to cope with
individuals not doing a fair day's labor.
ALLEGED I. W. W. ARRESTED
Thirty-Four Held for Conspiracy at
Wichita, Kan.
WICHITA. Kan., Sept. 23. Thirty-
four alleged members of the Industrial
Workers of the World, five of them
said to be enemy aliens, are held here
on charges of . conspiracy to hamper
production of ' coal, gas and oil in
Kansas and Oklahoma. -
STATE FORCES DOING WELL
Multnomah County's Proud Boast
of Being First Seems Far From
Realization "Go Get 'Em"
Spirit Thoroughly Aroused.
HOW PORTLAND FACES HER
PROMISE TO FINISH QUOTA
BY SATURDAY.
Portland's quota, $19,000,000.
Reported by the first division,
Lieutenant-General Meier and
Major Daly, $2,079,300.
Reported by second division,
Lieutenant-General Cranston, 31,
677,710. Reported by Portland banks,
$640,000.
Reported by shipyards and in
dustrial plants, $2,600,000.
Miscellaneous, $39,000.
Grand total to yesterday, $7,
036,010. PORTLAND MUST RAISE $12.
000,000 IN JUST FOUR DAYS!
GUY W. TALBOT,
General In Command.
Party of American Editors to See
Great Conflict at Invitation of
British Government.
BY EDGAR B. PIPER.
NEW YORK. Sept. 23. (Special.)
I shall leave on a vessel not to be
named from a port not to be named on
a date not to be named for a trip to
the War Zone in company with 12 or 15
other American editors. The party
goes as guests of the British Govern
ment. It includes the editors or pub
lishers of the Springfield (Mass.) Re
publican, Minneapolis Journal, Birm
ingham News, Baltimore Sun, Denver
Post, Houston Chronicle, Buffalo News,
Des Moines Capital. Salt Lake Tribune,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and several
others, besides myself.
The invitation was extended to all
of them through the British Minister of
Information, as representative Ameri
can journalists, and I was fortunate
enough to be included among them.
The purpose of the expedition is to give
the American editors an opportunity
to see the war as it is, to meet the
statesmen and Journalists of British,
French and allied governments, and to
exchange views, with them.
BY BEN HUB LAMPMAN.
It's double-quick for Portland and
Oregon, for every citizen and cam
paigner In the state, if the fourth lib
erty loan quota of $35,000,000 is to
swing past in grand review at high
noon next Saturday the day and the
hour that have been set for announce
ment of another patriotic promise ful
filled. i-
Four fighting days remain. The state
at large is reported to be holding the
pace. But Portland, the city that has
boasted that it sent both sons and
money freely to the front, must stir
to the magnitude .of the task remain
ing.
" Confidence In State Felt.
Outer-state forces, numbering more
than 10,000 volunteers, were loosed yes
terday to race for the finish, when
John I Etheridge, state director of or
ganization, telegraphed instructions to
each county chairman and city man
ager, asking for daily reports of prog
ress, and bidding them take the field
for the final foray of the campaign.
Confidence came to state headquar
ters, so far as all counties save Mult
nomah are concerned, when dozens of
answering telegrams arrived. Not one j
of these but was stalwart with purpose
and cheery with reports of good work
It is not permitted to give an exact
statement of the proposed itinerary, ex
cept to say that there will be visits to
the western battle field and to the
grand 'fleet and that there will be a
considerable stay in England. We shall
be gone about eight weeks.
The underlying motive behind the in
vitation is undoubtedly to give the
American people, through these news
papermen, a complete view of the allied
activities in the war, with particular
reference to the role "played by Great
Britain. Doubtless there is a thorough
going desire with England that there
be a full understanding between the
two branches of the English-speaking
races, and it was believed that one ex
cellent way to bring about that result
was to ask the American editors to go
over and see it all.
25,OOOPrisonersand260
Guns so Far Counted.
40,000 OF ENEMY TRAPPED
Entire Transport of Ottoman
Forces Falls Into General
Allenby's Hands.
SEIZED WAR BOOTY GREAT
It appears to be thought that the
American mind may be most impressed
and the American heart best reached
through these journalists outside of the
greater cities, which have had some
part in influencing American opinion
and action. Whether or not this meth
od of selection is sound may be deter
mined by the results.
So far as I am concerned I shall go
rather as a reporter than as an editor.
I shall -describe in detail what I see,
subject of course to the necessary
limitations of the censorship. 'But
since I have been asked to look it all
over I take it that there is a distinct
understanding that I- shall be per
mitted to tell about it, and I shall do
it with due regard to opportunity- and
to the obligations imposed on me not
to Impart any military information of
possible value to the enemy.
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I take with me, I know, not only
the deep Interest of all readers of The
Oregonlan, but the fervent prayers and
anxious thoughts of many thousand
mothers, wives and fathers who want
to know how fares the war, and all
besides that may be known about their
sons, brothers, and husbands, who are
serving in the great cause. I shall
deliver, so far as I can, the unspoken
messages of those at home to the val
iant soldiers of Oregon and Washing
ton at the front. I shall tell the boys
of stout hearts and noble sacrifices at
home. I know I shall send or bring
back a shining chronicle of brave deeds
and iron resolution in the face of the
enemy. For all both here and there
I hope to prove a competent and trust
worthy witness. Good-bye!
Victory, Quickest of War, Ex
pected to Exert Big Ef
fect at Constantinople.
LONDON, Sept. 23. Constantino
ple was bombed by the British royal
air force Friday and Saturday of last
week, according to an official commu
nication issued by the admiralty to
night.
The statement says:
."The Greeks co-operated in the
bombing of Constantinople on Septem
ber 20 and 21 and dropped thousands
of leaflets into Stamboul."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 68
degreea ; minimum, 54 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; westerly winds.
War.
British wipe out two Turkish armies. Pag 1.
French drive wedge deeper. Page 2.
Bulgars cut to pieces by allies. Page 1.
Baron Burl an hopes for early agreement.
Page .
Foreign.
Reign, of terror increases In Russia. Pag 2.
Japanese capture 2000 ot (oa. Page 1.
National.
National prohibition after July 1 next prac
tically assured. Page 3.
Jim Ham Lewis brings home glorious silk
hat. Page 1.
Old-time leadership In both Senate and
House has disappeared. Page 19.
Treasury Department announces terms of
fourth liberty loan.. Page 18.
Domestic
Two Los Angeles draft evaders traveling In
Venezuela arrested. Page 5.
Students' Army Training Corps offers short
cut to war. rage ...
Edrrar B. Piper and other editors leave for
war sons. Page 1.
H ports.
Jess Wlllsrd shown up in recent events.
Page 14.
Portland speed demons clip off mile in 55
seconds. Page 14.
Benny Leonard bests Lewis. Page 14.
War drives pests from fight game. Page IS.
Pacific Northwest.
Fair is dedicated to Nation's cause. Pag 1.
Big O. A. C. dormitories to bs utilized by
training corps. Page 6.
Lone robber holds up Great Northern train
near Everett. Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Large Increase In srrace butter stocks in
Northwest. Page 18.
Strong market for cattle at local stock
yards. Page 19.
Corn selling induced by reports of Kaiser's
illness. Page IS.
Advance in Wall-Street stock prices con.
tinues. Page 19.
Oregon fir recognized by Atlantic Coast
builders. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland lagging in liberty loan task.
Page 1.
State going strong for liberty loan. Page 8.
War declared on general apathy. Page 9.
Apartment-house tenants complain of heat
profiteering, rage it.
War Labor Board will hear request of Port
land Railway, Light & Power Company
trainmen for Increase. Page 13.
Freight Increase declared menace to fruit
industry. Page 12.
Weather report, data and forecast Fags la.
LONDON, Sept. 23. (4 P. M.)
(By the Associated Press.) Twenty
five thousand Turkish prisoners and
260 guns had been counted up to last
night by General Allenby's forces
pushing northward through Palestine,
the war office reported today.
The Seventh and Eighth Turkish
armies have virtually ceased to exist.
The entire transport of these two
armies was captured by the British. "
Seizure by the British of the cross
ings of the Jordan at Jisr-Ed-Dameer
on Sunday morning shut the last ave
nue of escape to the Turks west of tha
Jordan.
Enemy's Escape Cut Off.
The text of the statement reads:
"Having seizt I the passages of tha
Jordan at Jier-Ed-Dameer on the
morning of September 22, the last
avenue of escape open to the enemy
west of the river was closed by our
troops.
"The Seventh and Eighth Turkish
armies have virtually ceased to exist.
Their entire transport is in our hands.
By 8 P. M. on the twenty-second
25,000 prisoners and 260 guns had
been counted. Many prisoners and
much material remain to be enu
merated."
Reports received in London from
the Palestine front this afternoon in
dicate that none of the Turkish force
of at least 40,000 men trapped by the
British through the seizure of the)
last of the passages of the Jordan,
can possibly get away.
Stragglers Rounded Up.
Virtually the entire Turkish force
is or will be accounted for in killed,
wounded and prisoners. Hundreds of
stragglers are being found wandering
about in the mountainous country aim
lessly, without a leader or a purpose.
The Turks had seven divisions south
of Nazareth and west of the Jordan,
but the exact total cannot be deter
mined owing to the weakness of some
of the Turkish divisions, the totals of
the different units varying. The total
of 25,000 prisoners reported, however,
is believed to be far less than the final
count will show, as at last reports
prisoners were still being brought in.
The cleanup effected by General
Allenby, which is pointed to here as
the quickest and most complete of the
entire war, is counted as having defi
nitely deprived the Turks of Palestine.
In addition, besides the personnel of
their army, the defeat has cost them
an immense amount of war material.
Turks Lose Airplanes.
So far as is known the Turks on
this front only had four airplanes and
these four have been captured.
It is anticipated that General Allen
by will have little difficulty in entirely
clearing Northern Palestine and be
able to relieve his communications by
establishing a base at Haifa, whence
the railway runs to Beisan and Da
mascus. Thus the whole Turkish rail
way system in Southern Syria is con
trolled by the Anglo-French forces in
Palestine.
The Turkish disaster, it is pointed
out, is bound to have the most pro
found reaction in Constantinople and
Sofia and likewise to compromise tha
situation of the Turks in Mesopota
mia. It seems probable also that it
will terminate the Turkish adventures
in Persia and the Caucasus,
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