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A .aw . w A. A f. S A. -V . if r - " 3'S"A VOL. LVIII XO. 18,031. PORTLAND, OKEGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1918. PKICE FIVE CENTS. SOFIA NEARED BY TROOPS OF ALLIES WILSON ENTERS SUFFRAGE FIGHT BLOW - IX- BEHALF OF WOJlE. STRUCK IX SENATE. $90,000 IN BONDS TAKENATORPHEUM LOVAL BELGIANS LiSEII FULLY H1GRIP0IIK1 BRITISH CAVALRY AXD AIRMEN PATRIOTIC SPIRIT SHOWN BY THEATER AUDIENCE. 3IOYE SWIFTLY FORWARD. 1 A YIELDS HAIGINCAHAI; 8 m I LES GAINED I! AROUSED t J All III ARMISTICE Surrender of Balkan Nation Complete, KING QUESTION UNTOUCHED Chancellor Bonar Law Points Out Passing . of Kaiser's lu Mittel Europa Dream, t! ALLIED TRIUMPHS GREAT British Official, in Guildhall I Address, Hints at Great I Li. Events to Come. V LONDON, Sept SO. The signing of a convention bringing hostilities be A tween the entente allies and Bulgaria f to a close at noon was announced by Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the I - Exchecquer at a meeting in the Guild- hall today. The meeting marked the l opening of the Autumn war savings J campaigns garia by the entente allies is a purely military convention and contains no provisions of a political character. Bulgaria agrees to evacuate all the territory she now occupies in Greece and Serbia, to demobilize her army im mediately and surrender all means of transport to the allies. Control of Danube Conceded. . Bulgaria will also surrender her boats and control of navigation on the Danube and concede to the allies free passage through Bulgaria for the de-J velopment of military operations. All Bulgarian arms and ammuni tion are to be stored under the con trol of the allies, to whom is con ceded the right to occupy all import ant strategic points. Occupation Provided For.' The Associated Press learns that the military occupation of Bulgaria will be entrusted to British, French and Italian forces and the evacuated portions of Greece and Serbia respec tively to Greek and Serbian troops. The armistice means a complete mil itary surrender and Bulgaria ceases to be a belligerent. All questions of territorial re-arrangements in the Balkans were pur posely omitted from the convention. People to Deal With King Question. The allies made no stipulation con cerning King Ferdinand, his position being considered an internal matter, one for the Bulgarians themselves to deal with. The armistice will remain in opera tion until a final general peace is concluded. In discussing the armistice conven tion today Chancellor Bonar Law said that it meant "that the Germans' dream of a German middle-Eastern empire has gone forever." Allies Get Railways. By the terms of the agreement, he continued, Bulgaria gives up com pletely the control of railways, the Chancellor said. Control of the Bul- garian railways, he pointed out, gives V. control of Bulgaria. wr. uonar iaw saia mat since JUiy 12, troops of the British Empire had captured 1000 square miles of terri tory, 250 villages and more than 120, 000 German prisoners. "Something More" Promised. Referring to the Palestine campaign he said: The magnificent success of our armies in Palestine has resulted in the extinction of the greater part of the Turkish army, but something more is going to follow." He announced that General Allen- by's forces had taken 10,000 Turkish k prisoners in Palestine. 1 The Chancellor said it had been I promised that if the enemy continued to bombard defenseless towns he 'would be paid back with interest and aat the promise had been kept. The Brrt'sh air force, be declared, had had a great deal to do with breaking the enemy morale. Success Declared Wonderful. "There is no clanging of metal here at the wonderful success of the last week," the Chancellor remarked, "but i Concluded on F&ge , Column Serbian Army Approaches Cskub, While East of Veles Retreat ot Bulgarian Army Is Cat Oil. PARIS, Sept. 30. French eavalry have entered Uslcnb, according: to offi cial advices from Salonlki. LONDON'. Sept. 30. (By . the Asso ciated Press, 4 P. M.) British cavalry operating in Bulgaria are approaching Petrich, where they will cut communi cations between Seres and Sofia. Allied airmen are bombing Bulgarian and Austrian magazines and stores and are only 57 miles in an airline from Sofia. Field Marshal von Mackensen is re ported to' have arrived in Sofia. He is said to he hurrying German divisions southward to help the Bulgarians and Austrians working on defensive works at Nlsh. Another body of Serbian cavalry is advancing toward KustendiU while Serbian infantry in the valley of the Vardar is nearlng Zeelinkovo after se vere fighting with the German rear guards. Charevo, east of Veles, and six miles from the Bulgarian border, has been captured by the Serbians and the re treat of the Bulgarian troops has been cut off, says the Serbian official state ment of Sunday. More than 700 pris oners and 20 guns were captured at Charevo. AMSTERDAM, Sept SO. German troops arrived at Sofia Friday night, according to a Berlin telegram to the Weaeer Zeitung, of Bremen, which says: "They were received with great en thusiasm by the population." Vienna newspapers received here an nounced the arrival of Austro-Hunga-rian troops at Sofia. OLD TIME RETURNS OCT. 27 All Clocks in. America to Be Turned Back One Hour. The daylight - saving regulation, enacted by Congress last Spring, comes to a close on Sunday morning. October 27, at 2 o'clock, when the clocks of all America will be turned back one hour, reverting to the established order of standard time. Sunset and sunrise thus will be one hour earlier by the clock, while twi light will descend one hour earlier, just as before the plan to conserve Summer daylight went into effect. An extra hour's steep will be the portion of all so inclined. ' CHOLERA INVADES BERLIN Seven Cases Reported, of Which Six Provo Fatal. BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 30. Chol era has broken out in Berlin, accord ing to advices received here. There has been seven cases of which six were fatal. BULLETINS LONDON, Sep. 30. Half of the C hem in des Dames, from which the enemy Is retiring:, haa been captured by the French. LODO, Sept. 30 -A Turkish force of 10,000 men haa surrendered to the British In Palestine, according: to ai official announcement made this even LONDON Sept. 3U, 7:30 F. Bt (By the Associated Press.) British troops advancing; In Belgrium today captured Gheluwe and are now about two miles outside of the Belgian railroad Junction of 31 en In. J.ODO, Sept. 3. Four thousand prisoners were taken .by the allied forces yesterday to the north of St. Quentin and 40 grans were captured there. ROMK, Sept. 30. Italian troops on the western wing; of the allied advance in Macedonia continued Sunday to pur sue the Bulgarians who were retreat- na; toward liknb along; the Tetovo river says the war office statement today. ROME, Sept. 30. Numerous Austrian detachments attacked Italian advanced posts In the Gnidacarla Valley, west of Lake Garda, Saturday nigrht. The offl elal statement from the Italian War Office today says that the enemy was driven back across the Chlese River. PARIS, Sept. 30. That the progress fB breaking; the hold of the German In vader on French soil is shown by the fact . that no lonarer is any of the French departments entirely occupied by the enemy. The situation was estab lished by the recapture of four com manes of the department I the Ardennes. PARIS, Sept. 30. Expert! here agree that the enemy's withdrawal o shorter line, probably that of Antwerp, Brussels, Mesleres nnd Mets, Is im minent. Some believe he haa hung; on too long; and that he will have gnreat difficulty In preventing his retreat from degenerating Into m rout. p. WASHINGTON', Sept. 30. American troops have maintained and consol idated their newly captured posit lo' from the Meuse to he Alsne In the face of counter attacks and heavy artillery bombardment. General Pershing reports la his communique for today, received tonight at the War Department. PARIS, Sept. 30 -Between the Alsne and the Vcsle rivers French troops made important progress on a front o about 7Va miles, the War Office i nounces tonight. Italian units operat ing north of the Alsne carried Souplr. BERLIN, via London, Sept. 30. The German official communication of this evening admits withdrawals In Flan ders by the Germans east of Dixmude and other places in Belgian Flanders, including the W'vtaclLacte, Salicatt Anglo-French Rip Boch Line Apart In Flanders. HANY MORE CITIES FALL Drive Launched North of St. Quentin ; Swings on With Irresistible Force. YANKS HELP IN VICTORY Allied Forces Take Thorigny, Crevecoeury Le Tronquoy and Gonnelieu Also. LONDON, Sept. 30, 1:43 P. M The British and French armies attacking today in Flanders advanced on an eight-mile front for an average depth of five miles and a maximum depth of eight miles. The British attack was made jnst north of St. Quentin. iajhuuji, aept. 30. righting is going on in Cambrai. The northeast ern, western and southwestern juburbs nave Deen captured ana tne town probably will be cleared up shortly. British troops have crossed the Scheldt Canal and captured Creve coeur, south of Cambrai. LONDON, Sept. 30. The British troops in the St. Quentin-Cambrai sec tor continued to advance today, despite heavy resistance, according to Field Marshal Haig, in his report from British headquarters tonight. Among other villages they captured Thorigny, Le Tronquoy and Gonnelieu, taking many prisoners. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE ST. QUENTIN SECTOR, Sept. 30. (By the Associated Press, 4:30 P. M.) The Americans on this front have been engaged in heavy fighting throughout the day. Yanks Fight at Close Quarters. There was much hand-to-hand fight ing and large numbers of Germans have been killed, many by grenades and bombs dropped into these deep dugouts of the Hindenburg system. The Americans found it necessary to clear up portions of the Hindenburg line through which they smashed their way. They advanced so quickly in (Concluded on Page Column 2.) I: - : Ml President" Appeals for Passage of 'Anthony ' Amendment as ' . - War Measure. WASHINGTON', Sept. 30. Although President Wilson In a personal address today to the Senate asked for passage of the woman suffrage Federal amend ment resolution as a vital war measure, the Senate again failed to reach a vote. Leaders generally hoped for a, final rollcalL tomorrow, but the outcome ad mittedly was In doubt.- Under the weight of the President's influence, advocates of the resolution were hopeful tonight of mustering- the necessary . two-thirds majority, but leading;, opponents were Insistent that there would be no-defection from their ranks. Executive ITra-ea Aetloa. Unexpectedly Intervening In the Sen ate fight, the President went to the Capitol at 1. o'clock to tell, the 'Sena tors why he regarded favorable action on the resolution necessary. Approval of the resolution, the President said, was necessary If America, is to lead the world to democracy, for it - will be judged by its acts. Iwt Votes LackJas. After the . President's- address the Senate resumed debate, while leaders re-canvassed Senators-to determine the effect' of the President's intervention. Champions of the resolution said they could safely count on 62 of the Senate's 96 votes, or two less than the requisite two-thirds majority. Jones Presa Vote. Opposition leaders declared that, de spite the President's action, none of the 34 members heretofore classed as op posed to the resolution had given any indication of voting for it. With nine Senators absent and paired six for and three against the resolution the Sen ate was said to stand 66 to 31, respec tively, with a change of two Senators necessary to carry the amendment. In spite of this fact Chairman Jones of the suffrage committee planned to press for a final vote. Before the President left the Capitol today, attack on the resolution from the Democratic side began. Senator Underwood of Alabama told the Senate that the resolution's adoption could not affect the result of the war, be cause the war probably would be over before the proposed . constitutional amendment would become effective. Speech Termed "Compliment." Senator Phelan of California, Demo crat, referred to the President's action as a ' 'compliment" to the Senate. He called upon: the Senate to respond to the President's appeal. Senators Smith of South Carolina and Beckham of Kentucky, both Democrats, insisted that the resolution vaa not a war measure. Senators urging adoption of the reso- liltiAn InKlltil.. In... H" - . V, 1 . I Republican; Klrby of Arkansas, Demo crat; Walsh of Montana. Democrat; Kendrick of Wyoming, Democrat, and Frelinghuysen of New Tork, Repub lican. The President's address to the Senate follows: . . . "Gentlemen of the Senate: The unusual circumstances of a world war in which we stand and are judged in the view not only of our own people and our own consciences, but. also in the view of all nations and peoples, will, I hope. Justify in your thought, as (Concluded on Faga 4. Column BULGARIA OUT LEAVES TURKEY IN Time for Jubilation Oyer Liberty LoanGrawsNfar. $3,800,000 TO BE RAISED Outer State - Counties - Stand Much Closer to Goal Than Portland and Multnomah. - DEFICIT IS ONLY $300,000 Policy of Pitiless Publicity, Unanimously Indorsed, . , Proves Efficacy. HOW li"2lTt.AD A.D ORECOX STAND TODAY IS THE FOIHTH DRIVE FOR LIBKRTY DOLLARS. Official quota for all Oregon SS3.70S.100 Portland and" outer state, reported ..... 29.908.100 Official balance yet to be raised I 3,800,000 Analysis of City aad State Re larul Official quota, Portland and Multnomah Co. .818,370,660 Reported from all sources 14.870,660 Official balance yet to be raised 3,500,000 Official quota, outer state counties $15,337,440 Reported from Vll sources 15,037,440 Official balance yet to be raided f 300,000 Not one of the regiment of staff officers and workers of the fourth liberty loan will venture the predic tion of just when Oregon is to jubi late over the attainment of its quota. That the time draws near is held to be certain, for the entire deficit now stands at $3,800,000,. with numerous reports awaited. Portland lacks approximately $3, 500,000 of its quota of $18,370,660, by retcms compiled last night. Owing to the fact that yesterday's receipts were not audited at a late hour last night, and that Sunday was observed "as a (Concluded on Page 10. Column S THE AIR. Subscriptions Pour In When Ben Selling Offers to Match Each $100 Pledged Up to $10,000. An Orpheum audience was swept into the . liberty loan rapids last night, when a spontaneous bond demonstra tion netted 390.000 In subscriptions to the Issue. Into the crowded playhouse the proposal to subscribe again? no mat ter what had been pledged, fell like a bombshell ot beneficence, doing great execution.. It was In the Interval after the third act that Ben Selling, as practically pa triotic as It is possible for a liberty loan crusader to be, arose to remark, in ' tones that carried to the outer fringes of the audience, that he would match each 8100 volunteer subscription up to 310.000. Instantly the pledge cards sprang Into circulation, with members of tc women's loan staff from Liberty Tem ple and theater ushers passing the squares of cardboard into eager hands- Scores of J50 and 1100 subscriptions were made, while several were for $500 and 31000, and even 15000. denomina tions. , Max H. Houser. seated In the audi ence, penciled a note to Mr. Selling. declaring that he would go the orig inator "one better." and setting his subscription at $20,000. M. L. Kline sprang to his feet and shouted across to Mr. Selling that he would match the original proffer, and fixed his subscrlp tlon at $10,000. Applause greeted two of the first to take the dare Tvette and Madame Do ree, the former pledging $500 and the latter $200. MAN IN PARACHUTE MARK V. S: Observer Target for Hun Bul lets in Descent to Earth. WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE, Sunday, Sept. 29. (By the Associated Press.) An American offi cer descending In a parachute after his observation balloon had been set on fire by a German aviator, has had the experience ' of being fired upon and having his parachute pierced by machine gun bullets during the" descent. When the observer saw the German airplane approaching he went t -er the side of the basket. A -econd after ward the balloon burst into flames from lncendi-y bullets fired from the German machine. -The German then began to f tr on ttm observ-r. Five bullets pierced the parachute, but the observer landed unhurt. YANKS WIN BOMB CONTEST Grenades, Hurled tike Snowballs, Soon Force Huns to Flee. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Sept. 29. (By the Associated Press.) At one point in the center of the American line east of the Meuse the Americans were separated from the Germans today only by several yards. After both sides had used their rifles and pistols to no apparent advantage, a battle of hand grenades began. As though they were throwing snowballs in winter, the men on both "sides be gan to hurl bombs. It was a contest that could not last long. The Germans soon had enough of it and fell bacl. to positions beyond the throwing range of the Americans. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The WfsthrT. TEfTERDATS Maximum temperature. 72 deBre; minimum. 62 decree. TODAY'S Cloudv and unsettled; westerly wind. , War. Belgians driving Boche from roast. Allies near Sofia, Bulgarian capital. Official casualty list. Pace 5. sooth- Page t. Pace 1. Tanks advance despite opposition. Pas 3. Three French " Armies tain. Pace 4. British In Cambrai; 8-mlls adranca made, Pce 1- Allld advanc In Plan ders Important war move. Pace 3. Yankees Increase, srunf ir. Pas; X . Korelra. Surrender of Bulgaria complete. Pace 1. armlatlca Wilson's speech welcomed In f:paln. Early application of Turkey for expected. Pace 2. Chancellor Hertllnc reslffna. Pac -Hara be,da new Japanese Cabinet. Pac 6- National. Wilson appeals to nat on behalf of suf frage. Pace 1 Ex -Governor Wt back from Europe 'and due In Portland shortly. Pace . German threat to execute V. 8. prisoners brines warn in c from Wathlncton. Pace 4. Wilson 4lraws first number In draft, lottery. Pace 6, report a. Ore con football players hold first practice, PC 1- Tommy Burns. ex-havy weight champ. Is ' after match with Willie Meehan. Pac IZ. I Pavtrtc North weert. I Governor opposes Fundny closlnc order ua- 1 Hi full iiivcsusatlon la made. Pac 10. Commercial nnd Marine. j Luteal and Fas tern coarwe era In markets slump on war news. Pace 17. Heavy run and active trad In c at local stock- i yards. Pace 17. Stocks close firm s result of war develop ments. Pac 17. Dock owners submit tf proposal to strlk Inc craln bandlcra. Pac 17. Willamette Iron ft Steel Works take fl.lO. t.0 con tract. Pac 13. ' Fort land and Vicinity. Patriots to build hue human cross In city's streets. Pac 10. Vernon E. Crane returns from France after fall from airplane at front, Pac &. Time for jubilation over liberty loan draws near. Pac 1. Red Collere, under Government direction opens school year today. Pac 11. praft ststus of lOo.Orto Oregon men fixed by drawinc t Waahlncion. Pac - president of power company says company wilt cease operation if revenue b not secured. Pac 1- Appointment of Conrad P. Olson starts po litical cosalp. Pa 7. C. C. Colt selected as campaign manager ot bousing drive. Page IX Orpheum audience subscribes $00,000 to lib erty loan. Pac 1. Wtiiiicx report dt and forecast. Page II, Great Smash Bores Far Into Boche Lines. RGULERS FREED OF EKEHY Whole Communications of Foe m Belgium and Flanders in Imminent Danger. TOLL OF PRISONERS HUGE Captives in Two Days Exceed 9000, While Cannon Ta ken Amount to 300. LONDON. Sept. 30, 7 P. M Roul era, a Belgian town 13 miles northeast of Ypres, ' was captured by Belgiat troops, according to a dispatch re eeiyed by the Evening News from th Belgian battlefront. The whole of the enemy's communi cations in Belgium and Flanders, par ticularly on the Belgian Coast, art threatened. WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IM FRANCE, AND BELGIUM, Sepl. 30. (By the Associated Press.) Belgian troops in their drive north and east of Ypres have captured 300 German guns. British troops in the same area yesterday took 97 guns. Belgians Drive Swiftly. The gallant little Belgian army, as sisted by the British, is driving ahead in such a manner as to menace the German hold on the entire Belgian Coast as far as Ostend. From Dix mude southeastward a wide wedge has been driven in the enemy positions and at last reports the allied forces were said to have captured the important railway junction point of Roulers. The Germans are resisting heavily and have thrown in four divisions at least, of reserves opposite the Belgians alone. So fast did the British advance in'the Flanders area that the batteries had a hard- time in keeping up with the infantry. ' Cannon at Close Range. One British battery advancing to a certain ridge found a German battery still firing from a point only 600 yards away and in plain eight. The gun ners trained on each other over open sights and the battery was finally put out of action by the British shells. One British division has advanced more than seven miles in 24 hours over a country studded with defenses the Germans believed to be impregna ble. The Belgians and British in Flan ders continued to make splendid prog ress, German reinforcements in the shape of two tired divisions, stiffened resistance a little there, but at no point did they arrest the general advance-Gale Causes Difficulty. A heavy wet gale raged through out the night, making communication . rather difficult. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM. Sept SO. (Reuter's via MontreaL) Belgian troops and the second British army are making splendid progress in Flan ders, where the situation has become 1 fraug-ht with intensely dramatic possi bilities. The Belgians got into Dixmude by a smart flanking movement and went through the town swiftly. Street fight ing took place and a large party of the enemy held out obstinately in the Town Hall. All the Germans were killed or captured. An entire battery of 150 milimeter howitzers was cap tured in Houtholst forest. HAVRE, Sept 29. The Belgian and British armies defeated the Germans today in heavy fighting on the Flan ders ridge and on the Messines-Wyts-chaete position, according to the offi cial statement issued by the Belgian War Office tonight. Messines Ridge Occupied. "The Messines-Wytschaete ridge has been occupied and the Germans have been defeated in efforts to de fend the approaches to the River Lys." British and Belgian troops on Satur day and Sunday took more than 9000 prisoners. They also captured mors than 200 guns, some of a heavier cali ber, as well as a very considerable quantity of other war material. King Albert's forces at dusk this (Concluded on Pass 5, Column 3.) tx r f "t