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UL-I ': DAILY EDITION ' T J VOI IX No. I. OBAOTi PAtt, MaCTDB, QQPWT, OMBOOK, l.MAV, ggTraiHKB 83, IB IB. WHOLE iriMntTf IllilSD HffllSiFIIIll KKL SERBIANS ID Ml SHATTER FOE S FORCES "g, BSiiliVE 20 1LES, LIBERATING WM mxfSy iiiiii ' linn nnnvn ! -t-i inaw ... lUUf'il UK1LHANH UtHX KKV POMTIONH NOIITII OF HAVIUNOOCRT TO TIIK CANNY HtXJTH DTY SOLID MASS OF TREKCHES llrltUh. Kreach, HcoU and Aiutr- JImm All Hammer at Uai of daanliral Md BC Oueatln London, Sept. 11. -SooltUh troop thli morning finally ovsrcam th resistance of tht Oermana ft 111 In th village of Moeurres west of Cambral hero there ban beeo much violent fighting recently, nnd completely captured tho village, according to Field Marahnt llalg'a communication today. "During thla morning Scottish troop completed the capture of Moe ovres, overcoming the reilstsnoe of a party of tho enemy who were etlll holding out In the village. "Thla morning after a heavy bom bardment tht enemy delivered a trong local attack on our poaltlona northwest of Hulluch. Tho attack - wu completely repulsed and a num ber of prisoners were left In onr fcande." With the Brltlah Force In Prance, Sept. 11. Australian troopa today continued their penetration of tho Hlndenburg ayatem and now are two-thlrda of a mile from Delimgtla. four mite northweat of St. Quenttn. Steady thruat mad by th vlctor lou British dWUIona on th battle front northweat of 8t. QuenUn gar them additional ground during th night. No heavy attacka were mad, but th obstlnat German machine gunner yielded a number of pris oner and th exhausted enemy for ce heltrd In th Illndenburg main defenaea wer given no reat. Th recaptur of Moeuvres com pletely reetore th Brltlah line In that aecUon of th Canal Du Nord. Th Germane fought very bard tor the village. Moauvrea I a aolld tnaae of trench and dugout covering a aquare mile of ground. It I the . . 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Th schedule ahows that the train will arrlv her at 11 noon and leav at 1 p. m. aharp. Robert E. Smith, Liberty loan manager lor Oregon, baa th follow ing to say of th exhibit: "Th writer accompanied thla train as far aa Oregon City and can assure you It Is unquestionably the greateat exhibit which has ever come to the Pacific coast. It consist of two box cara, one 50-foot automobile box car and on alaeper. In th box car ar located th lighter trophic, auch as helmets, steel breaat pi a tea. rifles, side arms, gas maaka, unl forma, band grenadea, machine gun cartridges and rifl. cartridge Cart ridge boxes, ahella and an Innumer able amount' of am a II stuff of this kind. On the two flat cars ar load ed th heavy cannon and machine guns. The most Interesting gun la a famous French 75-M. M. This la the gun which haa done such won derful work In th present war. That la about the only piece In th whole trala which la not German captured booty. There I one very large German field gun captured by the American. Th steel protecting plates on this gun are perforated by American bullets until It looks Ilk a slv, and the gun shows that a bomb shell finally put It out of com mission. There are also on these flat cars German machine gun am munition wagons, German 170-M. M. howltaera, and Oertnan whls bang projectile, Oerman machine guns. siege guns, trench howltsers and gre nade throwers. "Accompanying the train Is a squad of nine soldiers and buglers, train officials, speakers, attendanU, machinist and electricians.". Buy Liberty Bonds V. 8. CASUALTY LIST The following casualties ar re ported by th commanding general of the American expeditionary forces for today: Killed in action 45 Missing in action 108 Wounded severly - 99 Died of wounded - - - 11 Died of accident 7 Died of disease - 5 Wounded slightly - 1 Total 278 Died of disease Louis Henry Sin- onsen, Svenson, Or. Wounded severely Frank Ward, Nyssa, Ore.; Jack M. Elliot, ' Port land, Ore. ,... Total number of. , casualties to date, Including those reported abdve: Killed In action, (Including at sea) u'.t..... 6,038 Died of wounds 1,866 Died of disease 1,780 Died of accident, and other . auses 852 Wounded In action 17, 468 Missing in action (Including prisoners)1 t......:-..., .. 4,481 Total :...i;.U.32.471 Tub &r Dcfst Frca lltzuizi h Th tela tt ih:i ef Frtrch ad Cri, Aiid tj th Arab Eiarclirx UznzzS Ccs:j a ffe:t Frcit London, Sept. 11 Driving north ward on an ever winning front, th Serbians and French are menacing the entire Bulgarian position from north of the Adriatic to Salonlkl. The cutting of the Uakub-Salonlkl railway only nln mile from th new 8erblan line would upset th Bulgariana completely. Th Serbs have advanced 10 miles from the Sokol position at Drogo- Jem, north of which cavalry Is now operating. Additional villages have been liberated, and there Is no indi cation of where the enemy Intends to make a stand. The (British and Creeks continue the pressure around Lake Dolran and the auccesaful continuation of the allied stroke Is fraught with great possibilities. The Turks from the Mediterran ean to the Jordan river north of Jerusalem appear to have autfered serious defeat at th banda of the British, the French and their allies th Arabs. Th Sultan'a force may suiter great disaster If the situation develop favorably over the lf-mll front over which the allies have virt ually overran th whole Turkish de fensive system along the Mediterran ean coast. The Turks are prevented from retreating eastward by the hos tile Hejas tribes beyond the Jordan, and face a difficult problem in mak ing their way back to aafety. along the weatern front. The allies in Russia routed the Bolshevik! on the northern front. Petrograd dispatches say that the Lettish forces, hitherto th Bolshe vlki'a staunchest supporters, were treacherous and retuaed to . fight against the British. Paris. Sept. 11. In the drive tor outflanking St. Quentln on the south the French have taken the town of Benay and progressed north of thst place. At Castres. where the French are only slightly over two mile from St. Quentln, they repulsed a Oerman counter offensive. With the (British Army in France, Sept. 11. The English attacked the German lines midway between Hav rlncourt Wood and St. Quentln to day, on a front of two and a halt to three miles. SAY 1IKPAPERS Amsterdam, Sept. 11. Lelpselg newspapers state that the govern ment crisis is becoming decisive and the majority of parties are firmly re solved to torm a parliamentary gov ernment which In entire Indepen dence of headquarters will pursue the policy mad necessary by the seriousness of the hour. Buy Liberty Bonds CROWN PRINCE FLEES : ROUMME . .,f . ,. .. ... .. - .Copenhagen, Sept. 21. The Rou manlan crown prince has fled from Roumanian territory and arrived at Odessa, according to the Ukrainian London, Sept. 11. The Serbians eaat of Monaatlr have advanced over nine miles ia one day and are now lea than eight mile from th main highway connecting iPrtlep with the Vardar river. A great number of prisoners have been captured, and the allies have taken Oodyak, west of th Cerna river and II miles southeast of Prtlep. London. Sept 11. The British at tack against the Hlndenburg line northwest of St. Quentln waa resum ed today east of Ephsy. Further steps forward were taken by the British on the Flanders front, and they Improved their poaltlona west of Meeslne to th south of Tprea where a strong point wss captured. Northwest of St. Quentln th Brit ish progressed through th main Hlndenburg line northwest of Bel lengllae. North of Gauche Wood and west of Vlllers-Gnlslan. On British advanced post was pushed, back The ground over which the Ger mans attacked the British at Moeur res and Trescault Is covered with dead and the enemy casualties are estimated to have been 40 per cent of the troopa engaged. The Ger mane attacked In denae waves, but the assaulting ranks were , mowed down. Particularly strong were the Ger man efforts against the British posi tions east of High and Havrlncourt woods. Here the enemy reached the British position at several places, but very few Oermana were able to get out alive. Prisoners taken by the British aay that the allied attack waa expected north of Gouseaucourt. When th British struck on the 15-tul'e line south of thst town, th Germans changed their plans and assumed the offensive north of Gouseaucourt with dlsastroua resulta. In an order to his troops concern ing raiding activity, General von Buelow, commanding the 17th army, says: "Thla shows st the present time the British have a fighting superior ity over our troops in No Han's Land.' CLOCKS SET AHEAD MIDNIGHT. SEPT. 30 At midnight, September 80, all clocks will be turned ahead an hour. niaktnx It 1 a. in.. October 1, ending the daylight saving scheme institut ed by the government. Returning to the old system, an hour of morning light will be coo- I served. By the summer plan, the hour was saved at the end of the The nast soason witnessed the first trial of the daylight-saving plan In America and resulta In all Indus tries It is said, were highly satisfac tory.. : Buy Liberty Bonds ' 1 1,750,000 YANKEES IX FRANCE Washington, Sept. 11. General March has announced that one and three quarters million men have 10 im 1MB HSIBffl V. 8. Oovetwmeat Aroused Over Ter rorise of BoUfcertkl Acta lav Washington.. Sept 11. To align the civilised world aaralnst tha ter rorism in Russia under ths Bolshe- vlkl rule, th United States govern ment has directed the ambassadors of neutral and allied countries to ascertain whether their government will loin in an immediate action to express the aversion of the civilised world to the wanton arts of the Bol shevist rule. London, Sept 21. 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They love their country intensely, and are bitter enemies of all Austro German. "At the outbreak of the war, great number of the Cxecha were pressed into the 'Austrian army. Aa soon as1 they arrived at the front, regiments and even whole divisions of Ctech troops deserted bodily and went over to Join the .Russians In the tight against the common enemy. The enemy announced that any of these men made prisoners would be Bang ed, and the Cxecha replied briefly that there would be no prisoners taken. "Accordingly, their troops awore that none would be taken alive, and in case of necessary retreat their wounded who could not be carried to safety, would be killed by their own men. This has been carried out throughout the whole war and these men have fought with the greatest bravery and desperation." Buy Liberty Bonds YANK DROPS ELEVEN BALLOONS IN 4 DAYS With the American Army on the Lorraine Front, Thursday, Sept. 19. Lieutenant iF. Luke, of Phoenix. Arts., fattened his record of enemy balloon destruction yesterday by shooting down two additional ha), loons, making a total of 11 it four days. In addition he brought down HEAVT RAINS TRANSFORM THE WKOUE FRONT INTO AN IM. MENSB BOO to o n mm? Heavy Mo remit Behlad Ltoea Takm m Udkattoa Their Farther Retreat With th American Artnv In I -nr. rein. Sept 11. Continued rain wnich transformed th front into a bog, making troop movement diffi cult and transport almost Impossible, slowed down activities today. There waa scarcely a movement on the ground. , Th aerial activity continued la thw unfavorable weather, although la lessened degree. Some air vatrola scouted over the enemy line la the rain. Ia a cemetery near limy lust within the German lines previous to the attack of September 11, Ameri can troopa discovered German ma chine gun nests beneath the concrete - pedestal of a large cross. Tha. .German,. d gng la aloac: the center of th foundation", and constructed machine gun post at three places facing toward the- French lines. The cemetery la on- a hill commanding a view of the country to thte south and the Ger mans aasumed that If aa attack werev made the cemetery would not be sub jected to artillery fire. When the Franco American often-. slve startled the Oermana held the machine gun nests In the cemetery? as long aa possible, but were com-. pelled to retreat la hast before. they could use the guna. So kurriedf wss th enemy retirement that eer eral machine guns were found la the . cemetery by the Americans. Thw' cemetery was not hit by shells aa the cross still stands. WHh the American Armv In Lor raine, Sept. 21. Fires were observ ed in the towa of Dommartiav be hind the German lines, together with a heavy movement of men and. wag ons, which would indicate tbat a further retreat is planned by; the enemy. 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