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Section One
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66 Pages
Six Sections
VOL. XXXVII XO. 39.
PORTLAND, ' OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HAIG SWEEPS HUH
on raw
Thrust Takes British
to
Cambrai, Douai Gates.
MY'S ADVANCE TWO MILES
'darcoing, Sailly, Palleul, Can
taing, Noyelles, Arleux
and Fontaine Fall.
TflANY PRISONERS TAKEN
English Push Severs Impor
tant Highway, and Enemy
1 Retires in Haste.
PARIS. Sept. 28. General Mangta
has captured Fort Malmaiaon, one of
the. strongholds southwest of Laon, ae
cording to the War Office announce
ment tonight. He now holds this po
sition strongly.
LONDON, Sept 28. Heavy enemy
counter-attacks around Beaucamp on
i " v, : t t t i
7:ght by the British, according1 . to
field Marshal '. HaigV jrport from
? quarters this evelSTJils morn'
Brit,'sh fced wo niles
w this ridfe. eru"r TTofr ' tk hio-h
and Welsh ridges. JL'
ki British najre captured Mareoing,
fly and Palluel, as well as Novell,
f Contains and Fontaine-Notre Dam,e.
Enemy Resistance Overcome,
Ths statement reads:
"The operations on the Cambrai
battle front have progressed favor
ably. The right divisions engaged in
heavy fighting last night about Beau
camp Ridge, where the enemy counter
attacked Btrongly. This morning they
overcame the resistance of the Ger
man infantry and pressed forward
two miles beyond it, capturing the
highly organized defensive positions
known as Highland and Welsh ridges.
"Later in the day our success ex
tended to the south, and Gouzeaucourt
was captured.
"During the morning also a York
shire division captured Marcoing and
progressed to the southeast of it. Be
fore midday the Duke of Wellington
regiment forced a crossing of the
Canal De LEscaut at Marcoing and
established itself in the German de
fenses on the east bank.
Lancashire Do Good Work.
"North of this post the Lancashire
this morning cleared the west bank of
the canal as far north as La Folie
Wood and captured Noyelles - Sur-
LTSscaut, Can taing and Fontaine-Notre
Dame. The Lancashires are mak
ing progress east of Fontaine-Notre
Dame.
"North of Bapaume-Cambrai road
the enemy resisted strongly and suf
fered heavy losses in killed and pris
oners. North of the Arras-Cambrai
road Canadian and English battalions
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BELGIANS ADVANCE
OVER 3 1-2 MILES
LINE IX FLANDERS CRUSHED IX
AND 4000 HCXS TAKES.
Blow Is Struck Between Towns of
Vpret and IHxraude; Numerous
Cannon Among Booty Captured.
LONDON. Sept.; J8 In their attack
today between Ypres and Dlxmude the
Belgians made an advance of more than
ih. and a. half miles, taking- 4000
The official communication from Bel
gian headauarters says
"We attacked this morning between
Dlxmude and north of Tprea after vio
lent artlllerv oreDaration In co-oper,
tlon with French and British batteries.
-The British fleet bombarded the
eenmy coastal defenses and points of
communication. The Belg-ian and unv
i, i.i.nirr then advanced and at-
t.rlcd the positions. We captured all
the orranlxed lines of defense In
firt nnsltlon. Crossing- this, we car
rled the second position, which was
strongly organised.
-n..nii the resistance and
.... .,..!. rail
way. we captured the whole forest of
Houthulst. .. .
w. -.ntred territory to tne line oi
Woumen. Plerkenshoek. Schaep. Balllie
-The advance amounted to more man
six kilometers and 4000 prisoner, were
taken by the Belgians. The booty, wn.wu
has not yet been counted. Includes a
..mnl.ti battery or iw-ro.iu.-
niiber runs and Import
ant material. The number of dead
bodies in the field showa the extent of
the enemy losses.
LONDON. Sept. 18. :4S P. M.
ntlh anil
the Associated Press. xne o.. ...." -
h. Rie-iana have taken tne town oi
Poelcapelle and have advanced on the
whole front for a distance of from two
to th.ee miles. The allied rorce.
. i .H nn the
Outflanked i-asscnenuci -
north and are advancing- towara wu.
n.tend and Zeebrugge. r jrman
bases on the Belgian coast, were n
n. knmhanled br entente warships be-
1:30 and 4 o'clock this morning,
seconding to a dispatch from Amster-
a 1 ?ia-a A ff" Fl lV.
The
be-li,, n bmtfi.te, n the Belgian coast
repMed vlgor,c.usry.
MENJURNING MINE
At TtMculnc Workers Is All
' but Abandoned. '
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MTTRPHTSBORO. - U SeptJ t9.
Twenty men. Including Superintendent
vaatir-k and Manager Helm, are - en-
tombed tonlcht In the Franklin Coal
Coke Company's mine at Royauon,
I1L. as the result of an explosion this
morning.
The men had gone down to ngni a
fire discovered by a watchman last
ight. The mine Is "till burning and
rescue woraers saia m
of finding any of the men alive.
PORTLAND MAN IS FINED
c.
f Jones. With 3 00 Quarts of
Liquor, Taken in Douglas.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Sept. 28. (Special.)
A man giving his name as
Jones, and connected with a Portland
restaurant, was arrested on Roberts
Mountain, eight miles south or this
city, by Sheriff Quine today. Exam
ination of his car revealed ZOO quarts
of whisky. The liquor was confis
cated and Jones was brought to this
city. Be was fined $250 In the Justice
Court.
OCCASIONAL RAINS ARE DUE
Nearly Kormar Temperatures Ex
pected in Pacific States This Week.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 28. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday, issued by the weather bureau
today are:
Pacific states Occasional rains dur
ing the week, except generally fair
second half over the southern portion,
nearly normal temperatures. '
PEN AND INK SKETCHES BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. SHED LIGHT ON
YANKS' DRIVE GOES
FORWARD STEADILY
Brjeullesand Exerjnont
Are Reached.
MORE HUNS ARE CAPTURED
United States' Big Guns De
stroy Meuse Bridges.
MANY AIRPLANES . FELLED
C S. Aviators Firing 'Down 60 Ma
chines in Three Says' Fighting,
and Lose Less Than 2 0; Towns
in Hons' Rear Are Shelled.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMT ON
THE CHAMPAGNE FRONT, Sept. 2$.
(By the Associ.-.ted Press.) The Amer
ican line tonight extends to the out
skirts of Brieulles and Exermont. Ad
dltional prisoners have been taken.
In three days more than 60 enemy air
planes have been brought down. The
American loss In that period was less
than 20.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Sept 28.
(By the Associated Press, 10:10 A. M.)
High, explosive shells from the Amer
lean big guns are how reaching far be
hind the German lines. Fires at Brieul
les and at other points are attributed
to the work of the American guaner
Rear Areas Shelled.
Ehells are reported to be falling on
Consenvoye, Iun-aur-Meue and on
other towns for in the rear of the Ger
man lines. The bridges over the Meuse
also are being bombarded, thus choking
the exits of the Germans withdrawing.
American engineers are busy close
behind the advanced .line repairing
roads and bridges and preparing a way
for the movement of artillery and
truck trains.
The congested conditions necessaiC;
Incident to a rarpld ftrti'fcwce have keen
Lxeiieyaa-rapidiy in tne last 17nouraa
The American heavy-guns are shell
ing Vllosnes and ' th - bridge there
crossing the Meuse River. To the
norweasi tne American heavy guns
have the range of Sivry-sur-Meuse and
the river bridge, making it impossible
for the Germans to . withdraw equip
ment. In Dannevoux the Americans
have' captured a large amount of Ger
man ammunition and also the personal
baggage of three German regiments. At
various points west of the Meuse, the
Americans captured many machine
guns, trench mortars and small artil
lery pieces, which have not yet been
counted. '
Foe Line Reinforced.
The determination of the Germans to
hold the Argonne forest and the re
gion east has caused the enemy to re
inforce the front opposing the Ameri
cana One German division brought up
was used to reinforce the line when
the Americans fought for Belleau Wood
northwest of Chateam Thierry.
There has been much fighting In the
dense forest, but its character has been
largely that of a clearing operation, a
great number of isolated machine gun
nests being met with. These and ordi
nary snipers have been troublesome,
although unimportant in view of the
general operation.
One detachment of engineers, south
of Montfaucon, being hampered in their
work, dropped their toools long enough
to clean out one German machine gun
nest. The gunners who were not killed
were captured by the Americans.
WITH THE AMERICAN ' ARMT
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN. Sept. 27.
(By the Associated Press.; Carrier-
pigeons have proved themselves of ln-
(Concluded on Pago 3, Column 4.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAVS Maximum temperature, TO
degrees: minimum, 60 decrees.
TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness and cooler
winds becoming southerly.
War.
Official easualtly list. 'Section 1. page 8.
Americana rain. Section 1. page 1.
Macedonia blow surprises enemy. Section X
pace a -. '
Germany's bands full In France.. Section 1.
nace S.
Austrlana take orer sector held by Bui
rarlans. Section 1. iage-z.
American forces fishtlnc In all i sectors of
- North Russia. Section 1. page S.
Belrians hit hard blow In Flamdara. Sec
tlon 1. page 1. '- ,
Halg wins seven towns. Section I, page L
British tanks used to bridge canaL Section
1. page 1.
American airmen outfight Germans. Section
. 1, page 4.
French fighting with precision of fine mi
cninery. Section 1. page 7.
Foreign.
Washington views Bulgarian peace offer
with caution. Section 1. page 1.
Austria said to plan new peace note. Sec
tion lf page 2. .
National.
Senate will continue printing memorials and
petitions. Bectton 1, page n.
Defeat threatens suffrage in Senate. Sec
tion 1. page ft.
Liberty loan subscriptions begin with rush,
Section 1, page 0.
Domestic
Labor endorses Wilson's speech. Section X.'
page .
Sports.
N'o dearth here of games on gridiron. Sec
tion 2, page 1.
Intersrholaatic football promises good sport
this season. Section 2, page 2.
Multnomah Club drive success. Section 2.
page 2.
Foundation and Vancouver gridiron teams
clash next Sunday. Section 2. page 2.
Pheasant season looks promising. Section 3,
page a
Big league boxers signed for smoker. Sec
tion 2, page a
Dates for Fall tournaments announced.
Section 2, page S.
Vancouver loses to Portland, 81 to la. Sec
tion 2, page 1.
Community plans fast taking shape. Sec
tion 2, page a
Pacific Northwest.
Idaho's political campaign to be bitter.
Section 1, page 8.
State Senator Conrad P. Olson appointed to
fill Supreme Court vacancy. Section i.
pace a
State Fair record breaker. Section 1. page 7.
Fires which burn five bridges will stop
traffic on Southern Pacific branch line
five days. Section 1, page 8.
Commercial and Marine.
Portland grain trading stopped by dock
strike and embargo. Section 1, pag. 12.
War news causes continued slump in corn
at Chicago. Section 2. nut 14.
Stock prices are carried down by profit
taking sales. Section 2. page 14.
October to be banner fleet month. Section 1.
pag. 14.
Aberdeen force breaks all records In wooden
ship construction. Section 1. page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Closing order Is held too drastic . Section
page 12.
Portland on threshold, of another ' liberty
loan victory. Section I, page l.
Police sergeant accused by Jews. Section 1.
page 4.
Skip-stop tliange on streetcars starts today.
IKctlun 1, pa. -
Mr..' T. B. Wilrox offers country b.m to
Nation for convalescing soldiers. bectton
1, page la.- - '
Small cottages urged by fleet corporation
official. Section 1, page 10. t
Blks propose to boost all drives. Section X
page 11.
Fruit-Juice Interests object to proposed new
tax. Section 1, page 13. .
Methodist church assignments for year are
announced. Section 1. page 16.
Weather report, data and forecast. 8ectlon
2, page 14.
GASLESS' DAY SAVES FUEL
Export of Gasoline Increases 500,-
000 Barrels in Three Weeks.
NEW YORK. Sept. 28. Since the first
'gasless" Sundays 10 cargo . boats
carrying 500,000 barrels of gasoline,
which otherwise could not, have been
hipped, have been sent to France from
the United States, declared Mark L.
Requa, director of the oil division of
the United States Fuel Administration,
In an address here tonight.
The address was heard ny hundreds
of manufacturers and engineers
pledged to conserve coal and fuel oil
to help win the war.
FLYER RETURNS WITH HUN
Lientenant Reported Missing Brings
Back Live Prisoner.
WITH THE - AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN. Sept. 28.
Lieutenant John. Wentworth, an Ameri
can aviator who had been reported
missing not only has returned safe and
sound but brought with him a live
German prisoner.
He was one of those who participated
in the first day's operations.
EW HOW JUST
OUTSIDE THE DOOR
Liberty Loan Nearing
Another Record.
DASH FOR QUOTA GOAL ON
Outer-State Counties Sure to
Distance Multnomah.
FINAL ONSLAUGHT HEAVY
At Liberty Temple Leaders Are Mat
Ing Thorough Preparation for
Wiping Out Deficit; Dls
. appointment Expressed.
I -
HOW PORTLAND AND OREGON
STAND THIS MORNING.
Outer-state quota, 115,500,000.
Incomplete reports, $4,700,000.
Portland's quota, J18.400.000.
Complete treports and esti
mates for Portland, J14.321.450.
Summary of Portland report:
Lieutenant-General Meier's di
vision. 14.682.150.
Lieutenant-General Cranston's
division, 85.593.800.
Subscribed through banks and
at the Temple, $1,670,600.
Industries and shipyards, cred
ited but not received, S2.175.000.
Flying squadron, $300,000.
Portland and Oregon lack ap
proximately 84,800,000 to achieve
the combined quota, with the city
lagging far behind outer-state
districts. .
Beginning tomorrow, the Port
land committee will publish lists
of names of those who have sub
scribed In amounts of $1000 or
more.
- BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
ttreon stands at the threshold of
another liberty loan record- The key
is In the lock and the bolt Is turning.
Alwavs the crisis Is the last few
millions lacking to lend strength for
the final and victorious effort. Lead
ers of the state-ana my or.n
positive that these are forthcoming
within the next day or so.
It is now conceded that the outer-
state counties will distance Portland
s.nd Multnomah In the dash for the
quota goal. Late last night the offi
cial estimates showed that Portland
lacks more than $4,000,000 of its full
quota of $18,400,000.
State at Large Nears Top.
similar estimates for the state at
large, based on official returns, demon
strated that the outer counties have at
least $14,700,000 of their required quota
of $15,500,000. ,
It is more than probable that Port
land already is beaten," said John L,
Etheridge, state director of organiza
tion, late last night. "We are confi
dent that our apparent deficit of
$800,000 is now In the hands of county
managers and awaits report. Though
success may not be announced tonight,
it Is certain that outer-state districts
will announce their aggregate quota
Monday morning."
Final Onslansrht to Be Thorough.
: At Liberty Temple there is evidence
of thorough preparation for the final
onslaught against Portland's savings
snd war prosperity. Today will be en
tirely devoted to careful construction
of the plans that are counted upon to
abolish the city's loan deficit by tomor
row or Tuesday, at the latest.
Emery Olmstead, city manager, and
Guy W. Talbot, general in command,
(Concvluded on Page 16, Column 1.)
SOME DIPORTANT RECENT NEWS EVENTS
BRITISH USE TANKS
FOR CANAL BRIDGE
NEW "IjAND SniPS" CROSS OVER
OX BACKS OF Oli DMONSTERS.
Picked, Men From Canadians, Naval
Brigade, Scots and Guards Com
. plete Baring Work as Planned.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Sept 2. (Havas, via Mon
treal.) British forces adopted a novel
method In fording the Oanal du Nord in
their drive northwest . of Cambrai.
The dry waterway Is a formidable ob
stacle, 125 feet wide and 45 feet deep
and could only be crossed at three
points. N
The Canadians since early In the
month had held a bridgehead at Mar
qulon, the British asquired a second
bridgehead at Havrincourt. It re
remained to find a methoi of crossing
the canal in the center of the attack
in the direction of Moeuvres, where
there was no bridgehead.
The artillery by dawn had destroyed
the masonry banks of tho canal. Then
several superannuated tanks on the top
of which was necessary gear for the
construction of bridges were launched
intd the chasm. Fighting -tanks
crossed the canal over the backs of
tanks in the big ditch.
At Marquion and Havrincourt the
canal was crossed in the most gallant
manner as the bridgeheads were under
fire. The whole operation made neces
sary days of preliminary work in order
to make it a success.
Frcked men entrusted with the deli
cate and dangerous task included Ca
nadians, a naval brigade, the Scots and
Guards. Enemy forces confronting
them consisted of nine divisions.
50,000 TURKS CAPTURED
Alienor's Forces Continue Victorious
Sweeping Vp of Palestine.
LONDON, Sept. 28. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) (6:50 P. M.) General
Allenby, commanding the British forces
operating in the region of Palestine
between Jerusalem and the Sea of Gali
lee' has taken 5000 more Turkish pris
oners and has captured 350 guns.
General Allenby reported the capture
of 45,000 prisoners early last week, so
that additional captures reported today
bring the number of Turkish prison
ers to 50,000.
CAIRO, Egypt, Sept 28. The town of
Nabulus, Palestine, was captured by a
French cavalry regiment in the recent
allied drive west of the Jordan. With
the town, ' the French "horsemen took
2500 prisoners, IS cannon and numerous
machine guns. Their casualties were
only a few wounded.
CITY PEOPLE KEEP GOATS
ton Are Utilized.
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 28. (Special.)
Keep a goat in your back yard,
seems to be the slogan of scores of
Oregon and Washington people, accord
Ing to the orders received by M. P. Eg-
gers, who breeds and raises milch
goats near Tacoma. During the last
month he has received at least 50 or
ders for milch goats and all have come
from people living in cities or good
sized towns 'in the two states. He has
stocked a number of farms with goat
herds during the last two years but
now most of his orders come from the
cities where the purchasers want only
one goat.
VILLA IS DEFEATED AGAIN
General Murgula Drives Bandit Out
of Jiminez.
JUAREZ, Mexico, Sept. 28. The ar
rival of General Francisco Murgula at
Jiminez late yesterday with a large
force of federal troops forced Francisco
Villa again to abandon his efforts to
capture and hold the railway Junction.
Villa attacked Jiminez Thursday
morning with 1000 men and was in
possession of old Jiminez when Gen
eral Murgula arrived with reinforce
ments and drove him into the moun
tains.
BULGARIAtl PEACE
OUTLOOK CLOUDED
America Cautious Toward
.Armistice Appeal.
SOME OBSTACLES FORESEEN
Intensely Pro-German Faction
In Balkan Nation to Be
Reckoned With.
TERMS MAY BE REJECTED
Alternative Appeal to United
States as Friendly Nation
Is One Possibility.
WASHINGTON, Sept 28. High
hopes of the collapse of Bulgaria as
an active military force as the out
come of her appeal for an armistice in
order to discuss peace terms were
tempered today by a reminder from
officials experienced in such settle
ments that this appeal after all can
be considered as onfy the first step
towards the end of Bulgaria's activi
ties. Nation Must Be Convinced.
It was pointed out that probably
several other phases must be passed .
through before the whole Bulgarian
nation can be brought to appreciate
that nothing less can be expected
than the terms laid down in the French
and British replies.
Only acceptance of such terms, it
was held,, can prevent the destruction
of the Bulgarian army and the occu
pation of Bulgarian cities by the en
tente troops. ,
Hmtze Statement Incredible.
The statement of the. German For
eign Minister, Ven Hintze, that Gor
man and Austrian reserves were being
rusnea to .ouigana 10 prevent a ur-
render is not taken seriously. Of
ficials here believe no such reserves
are available and reinforcements from
the north can be provided only by de
pleting the Austrian army on the
Italian border. Lessening of Austrian
strength would doubtless lead to an
immediate offensive by the Italian
commanders.
. But it is conceived here that no in
considerable number of the Bulgarian
officials and people might be disposed
to credit this statement and thereby
be strengthened in their opposition to
the acceptance of the terms which the
entente is willing to grant.
Armistice Will Be Fought.
There is also to be taken into ac
count the influence still remaining in
the royal palace, which is understood
to be still intensely pro-German and
bitterly opposed to any kind of an
armistice that might lead to peace dic
tated by the entente.
These and other considerations
might, it is supposed, impel the Bul
garian commissioners to- turn their
backs at first on the allied proposals
and seek for '"help from outside to save
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