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BY ALLENBY
25,000 Turkish Prisoners and 260
Guns Counted Up to Sunday by
British Forces Pushing North Thru
Holy Land Seizure of Crossings
of Jordan Shut Avenues of Es
cape and 40,000 Turks Trapped
Turkish Power Broken.
French Pu;h in Far to South Captur
ing Vendeuil British Advance
Lilies 600 Yards East of Gavrelle
and Also Take Ground Southwest
of Cambrai.
LONDON, Sept. 23, 4 p. m. (By
Associated Press i Twenty-five thou
sand Turkish prisoners and 2C0 guns
had been 'counted up to yesterday
evening by General Allenuy's forces
pushing northward thru Palestine,
the war office reported today.
"The seventh end eighth Turkish
armies have virtually ceased to exist.
The fntiro transport of those two
armies was captured by the Hritlsh."
Seizure by the Hritlsh of the cross
ings of the Jordan at Jisr-ld-l)ameer
on Sunday morning, shut the last
avenue of escape to the Turks west
of the Jordan.
PARIS, Sept. 23. French troops
yesterday and last night made not
able progress In their drive for en
circlement of St. Quentin. They
pushed In far on the south and cap
tured the village and fort of Ven
deuil, close to the Olse. nine miles
southeast of St. Quentin, today's war
office announcement shows.
From Vendeu'I, the French pushed
on to the river. North of I.y Fon
taine they penetrated the wood in
the direction of Hlnacourt.
imssoCIATUI) PRESS, Sept. 23
Alia' St. Quentin the operations
aro catered on tho towns of Ven
deull ind Vcnlliulle. Tho Fronch
after upturlng the town and fort of
Vendeti; pushed on to the Oise river
and asa result have driven a sharp
sallentinlo the German defense be-
BUCHE POSTER
RIDICULES PAR
T
;0F U.S. IN WAR
German Placard Belittling America
Reproduced by Liberty Loan Com
mitteeRepresents United States a
Pigmy in Comparison with Russia
Declares U-Boats Effective.
Hcports from the Palestine front tween It. Quentin and I.aon. Ven
thls afternoon Indicate that none of deull hone of the more distant out
Ihe Turkish icrce of at least 40,000 posts o Laon and is the most impor
nien trapped by the British thru the tant pent on the Illndenburg lino
seizure of the last of the passages of
the Jordan can possibly get away
Turk Power Shattered
BY ASSOCIATED Pltl'SS, Sept.
23 Moving northward with surpris
ing speed and power, tho allied
troops In Palestino seem to have
dealt the Turks a 1 low that may shat
ter their power In that theater of the
war. So far is reports reflect the
situation, the Turks are completely
defeated and the march of the Brit
ish, French and Arabs t..w-.r,l the
sea of Tiberias is virtually unoppos
ed. The advance haB carried the nllies
past the village of Nazareth and they
are approaching the line of the an-cl-nt
c ty of Tyre, lo the no ih Is
Beyrut, while off to the northwest,
70 miles away Is Damascus. These
two cities are important centers in
this region of the world and their
capture would mean tho complete
disorganization ot the Turkish ma
chinery of war over a wide area.
Political Possibilities
Present operations, both in Pales
tine and Macedonia, may have politi
cal results far outweighing the mili
tary objectives that may be gained.
There may he some truth In persis
tent reports that Bulgaria and Tur
key are ready to retire from the war,
and the dynnstlc situation In Bul
garia is said to bo such that, with
King Ferdinand virtually retired
hetweei St. Quentin and l.e Fere.
Its captre places tho French on the
west bak of the Olse and in a posi
tion to toss the Olse canal and -carry
out theoncircling of St. Quentin
from thisouth and east.
Vendhllo is nine miles north-
northwei of St. Quentin and on the
Scheldt inal two miles west of l.e
Catelet. s'ortliwest and southwest of
the town the British have captured
German trong points and rapidly
are closln hi on It from three direc
tions. ':
(Continued on Page Six.)
EVANSV1LLE, Ind., Sept. 23.
Gertrude Schnlz, acting president of
the war mothers of America, during
tho recent first annual iconvention of
that organization here, today receiv
ed a cablegram from General Poreh
Ins In answer to one sent by the
convention pledging unlimited sup
port to the American expeditionary
forces. The mer.?age reads:
"The splendid example of patience
and bravery which American moth
ers have set for their sons Is a tre
mendous help to the American cxpe
dlllonary forces. In tho name of
1hese troops. I thank you for a mes
f.ieo which assured us of this cour
ageous spirit.
(Signed) "Pershing.
Iritish Ailvnnro
WITH ':IK BKITISII FORCES IN"
FRANCE, '.ept. 23 (By Associated
Press.) 1 a. i. In a small attack
east of Gii'elle. In the Arras sector.
tho Britishtroops last night advanc
ed their 1I3S for an average depth
of 600 ynn along a front of 1100
yards. i
Jlalg's im- gained several strong
positions Irfho patches of forest on
tho high ptyid.
The lirlilr also have captured
some grout southeast of Villers
Gulslpain, o the front southwest of
Cambrai an have fleaned out 'Sev
eral enemy rbigholds northeast of
Ronssoy, air-hard fighting which
Inslcd the e'dter part of Sunday
night. '!
ARCHBISHOP JOHN IRELAND SINKING RAPIDLY
Ms 7 V f vj ' ' 'i f'i i' f
On uiilii-iil Front
LONDON, im. 23 British forces
Inst night at lilted the German lines
between St. iientin and Cambrai.
opposite Le C'oiot, making progress
In the vlclnltol TonilHils Farm and
capturing a oup of trenches and
strong points i the ridge northwest
of Vendhulle.f'leld' .Marshal llalg
announced In l official statement
today. i
Another ency strong point near
tho Ronssoy-llyt road, Just to the
south, also wa ifcen by tho British.
A successful loiVttack was carried
out south of VilJt-Gulslaln.
Arivnie Continues
On the fron'.itween Arras and
Iens there was abntlnuatlon of the
advance moven.-t$ in the neighbor
hood of Gavrlll Southeast of that
village English tops made progress
on a front of We-qiiartera of a
mllo.
(Icrman troo; Mnte yesterday
counter-attacked fe the vicinity of
Ulllemont Farm Uie front between
Cambrai and St. htln, to the west
of a Catelft, t statement .
The enemy wus raised with heavy
WASHINGTON;, Kept. 2.'i. -A pos
ter issued by the imperial (Jermen
government in 1111 effort to belittle the
Tinted States contribution to the war
and bolster the failing spirits M" its
people has been reproduced by the
Liberty loan publicity burcna, and
two million copies will bo dUliihulcd
during the fourth Liberty loan cam
paign which opens Saturday.
Intended solely for consumption
within Germany, the poster wil! get
far wider circulation, resulting in the
enemy's publicity nuns being tu."d
ou him. The poster was for '-nrded
by an American in Switzerland.
"Can America's entry make a de
cision in the war?" is the poster's ti
tle. And with diagrams showing n
small American army and a small
merchant marine, the pamphlet infer
entially answers "No."
llelittles America
"Russia's army of millions could f
not down Germany," argues the pus-
ter. "America threatens to send
transjhtrts of one half million men,
but it cannot ship them."
These words are inscribed on a
scroll held by a cadaverous looking
t'nde Sam, alongside n Hussian sol
dier appearing immense in compari
son. At the time the poster was dis
played throughout Germany last July
more than one million American fight
ing men already were in France, and
this number soon will be doubled.
tf'Kngland's sea power and Eng
land's men-hunt marine have not de
cided the war." says the poster.
"America cannot increase her gross
registered tons for 11118 by more than
two or two and a half million tons;
our V-bonts sink twice as quickly as
America can build."
These lines accompany a diagram
of Cncle Sam bidding a toy boat, con
trasted with a big ship representing
England's merchant marine.
Exaggerates Shipping
The poster also shows a great fleel
of ships, more than twice exagger
ated, represent ed as necessary to
transport u single regiment. A French
poster appealing lo the. French to
save food in order to hasten the
transportation of American .-oldiers
is reprndm-ed by the German sheet,
with the comment "also the allies are
beginning to have their doubt."
Alongside the translations of the
(icrman poster, the circular issued bv
the loan publicity organization pre
sents statements of tact refuting the.
enemv allegation and includes with
Secretary MeAdoo's assertion that
"the fourth Liberty loan is the bar
rage which will precede the victo
rious thrust of our enemy."
Wa
AWirn
ST. PAl'l Sept. a:t. Tho la-M silcrainenls ir Hie lioniiiii at liolic
cliurili mire nilininlstoretl to ArrlibWio) .lolin Irclanil sliortly lii'foro noon.
4,ArclillsliOi John Ireland l Nlnklur rapidly,' wns the announcement
made to the Associated Press shortly hftT l::f( o'clock this ufternoon.
IP SERBS CUT
KAISER TO BAR
YANKS AT MHZ
We Will Never Let Frenchmen or
Americans Thru Here" is Pltlege
Given Wilhelin by German Soldiers
on Lorraine Front During Visit of
Inspection.
A A
BUI IU TIE
WITH TIIK AMEKICAX A H M Y IN
FKANCE. Sunday, Sept. 11 Uvi
ter's, ) Anwrican troops raided fin
enemy lines in the neighborhood of
llatimont village, in the center of the
new line across the St. Mihiel salient
hut night. They captured 2' prison
ers. (Hie unit attacked llaumont itself.
K engagefl in -luirp fighting in hc vil
lage, takin 20 pri-oners, anl killing
and wounding some -10 more (.ermnns
The pri-oncrs were member o a .Ine
ar battalion, formerly stationed at
MHz.
Ancri'-an patrols have iii-.covcrel
-WASHINGTON. Sept. 23. Ten
per cent of the fourth Liberty loan'
subscriptions will be required on ap
plication instead of five per cent as
for past loans, the treasury announc
ed today. Tweny- per cent will be
duo November 21, twenty per cent
Pcceinbcr 10, twenty per cent ,Iun
uary (i and 30 per cent .January .10.
This is the first time that more
than three installments have been ar
ranged in addition to the payment on
application for any liberty loan. The
initial payment was increased as a
means of discouraging the practice
of some per-ons in the pnst of sub
scribing without carrying out tin- in
stallments. The setting of the last in-tallmciit
of 30 per cent us lute as January 3(1,
was interpreted as assiinince that the
fifth Liberty limn would not be float
ed before la.e in February or possibly
March.
The amotmt of the fourth loan and
the rcdempl ion terms probably will
be announced tonight by the treasury.
The initial payment, ulthotcjli due
at the time of pledging need not be
paid until October 10, (he end of the
siibscription peiiod and loan cam-
aign.
The installment dates will not in
trrfere with the practice bv which
many iilwribcr-. have bought bonds
through ban I-;- or other ageii'ies nixi
paid 10 per cent a month lor ap-
roxiniiitely Hi months. That ar
rangement, of I icials e.xp'iiiued, is a
transaction between the bmiks and
ils customers mid the treasury is not
involved.
Secretary MeAdoo will make bis
first libert y loan addre tomorrow
night at Carnegie hall, New York.
enemy trencher and n machine gun
emplacement south of I)omunrtm.
vbich is in the Kricadutd line. The
tnetiiv continues work all along this
front.
LEAGUEIOF NATIONS
AMSTKHDAM, Sept. 211. A ilinfl
oi' a constilution for a league of na
tions, worked mil in detail hy Mulliics
F.iv.bi-rficn. t-lerienl nienihi'r of the
Uciiitnu Kciflistag, is published in the
Vossiclie Zciliing of Ilerlin. It is tak
en from n book entitled the "League
of Notions; Hie Wn.v of I'euce,"
which Krberger soon will publish.
'I'lu1 first strlion of (his constitu
tion dealing with the organization of
such a Icnuiie snys, "any sovereign
stale can enter the league, which
sluill he considered to have been
formed when llic following powers are
imioiig those who have aiinmnu'cil ad-lii-n-ni-e:
fienuany, (!rent Britain,
l-'raiK-e, Cnited Stales and Kusin.
The !lnic would he the seal of the
leneiie f rum viliii-h to conduct opera
tions. The iiitcriintional liui-cuu
W((iibl he cont rolled hy a permanent
administrative coitn-el emi-.istinir of
llic li-presciiliilivcs of the federated
powers, with Hie Hutch foreign minis
ter as i-hairniiiu.
llealiiii: with liiiidiinienliil laws, the
-croud -e.-lioll sns:
( "'I'lie league shall guarantee the
lei ritfirial possessions of each fed
erated stall? us well us undisturbed
possession of eololiii-s." Kuell slate
uoiiiii in- independent in the coiidii'-l
of ils iiileinnl Mini foreign affairs,
Dillon Itie limits of the league's con
st it ut inn.
Slate- whose vovcrnincllls will) the
J assent of their parliaments, declare
j their permanent neiitraliiition would
! be reeo'.'iiizcil hy all nieinbers of the
league us periiuinently neutral anil
'would enjoy the league's protection.
All available mentis would be used
njn in-l any federal state outside of
the leauue which attacks u federal
state or takes up arms without hav
ing applied to the arbitriition court
or awiiiled its judgment.
Members of the league will mutual
ly undertake to cut down and stead-
Iv reduce llieir hind, tin n I n nd ucr
al forces.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 2.1. "We
will never let "Frenchman or Amer
ican thru hero," was the promise
given Emperor William by his troops
when he visited the Alsace-Lorraine
front Septombor 19 and 20, accord
ing to Karl Hosnor, favorite press
agent of the kulser in a Sunday dis
patch to tho Lokal Anzelger.
The purpose of the visit was to
thank the troops for having bravely
held out, and according to a poBslh
ly significant remark by the emper
or's chronicler, "at the snme time
giving them inspiring words for the
fresh fighting on the threshhold of
which we are perhaps standing on
the southwest ot the empire."
Tho omperor first visited the sec
tion hetwuen MulhniiBen and C'olmur,
where "In sight of tho VoBgos front,
on whose lieights and slopes, the
German positions run, and within
hearing of tho dull roaring cannon ,
fire. Emperor William conducted hy
Flold Marshal Buke Albrecht of
Wnrttenvhurg, tho fommander In
chief of tho army group, went from
division to division, camp to camp
and hospital to hospital "
"Hero his majesty," says Rosner,
"wns again told by his generals, Just
as hy simple muskotoors, that they
will never let tho enemy pass. The
emperor passed along the entlro Lor
raine front, but Instead of visiting
staffs, ho called on small units, bri
gades, regiments and battalions. 11
Is true that tho "hurrah" feeling of
the commencement of tho war has
vanished, but everywhere one meets
with the same uiiKhakeable and sure
calmness which never for a moment
doubts a victorious resistance."
The correspondent revealB tho fact
that the brlgado commanded by
Prince Oscar, tho emperor's son, Is
stationed on this front. He snys that
Prin'co Oscar has returned to the
field notwithstanding tho after-effect
of his wounds.
Allied Success in Macedonia Results
in Driving Breach Between the
Eastern and Western Flanks of '
the German-Bulgar Forces, Whose
Main Lines of Communication Have :
Been Cut Advance Continues on
50 Mile Front for 40 Miles.
LONDON', Sept. 23. f.1 n ml
The Serbians huvo captured between
11,(100 and 10,001) prisoners and 120
guns, the '''veiling; Standard saj'3 it
Icurns.
l!OK, Sept. The Italian troops "
in Macedonia have ndvaneeil an av
erage of more than, seven miles in.
pursuit of the Germans end J'ulgu
rians and have taken Hi vil'ajriM, sii.vs
Ihe report from (he war office today.
The height of Mount 1! ibis i;o, 30
miles nolheast of Monuslir, lias been
apt ureil 11ml the Italians Im'-'c reach
ed Ihe line l'liairli-I)obrii!:ovo-Mu.-(i
Oba.
T READ!
WASHINGTON, Sept. l:i. Sto
ries of wholcr-ule slaughter of rcpie--eiitatie
people, and loriucr ullu'cr.i
because, lliey are ."dangerous to the
soviet'1 are told in luither accounts
reaching the statu department today
ot the reign of tenor in Nubian cit
ies against which the American gov
ernment has called upon all civilized
nations to protest.
All person coming out of Kussia
are said lo bring reports of the ex
istence of appalling conditions. One
detail i that victim-, are shot at night
in ccllart yuns being mulllcd with si
lencers.
One iVters, luad of the ltoNhevil,
cxl ratordiuaiv coin mi ion a gain -I
counter rcnliilioiH, i.-. said to sign
dentil warrants without reading thv
pnper. The luteft report indicate
that Ihe Krilih and French consul
generals in Moscow an; under arre.-l
in their hoir-es. Arnericmi Consul
Oeneral I'orde is ut liberty and per
united to vi-.it his collcjigucs. Mr.
I'mle, today's report say-', is being
generally prat-cd lor hi- cotiregou
and vigorous action.
(criimiiK Cut Off
PARIS, Sept. 23. (Uavas.)-
tente allied cavalry yesterday wore
three miles from the Bulgarian fron
tier in the region of Strmnita, ac
cording to news dispatches received
here todav from the Macedonian
ront. The eleventh (Icrman divis
ion was reported to have been cut
from the mam Iturgarian arniy nnd
to be retreating in disorder.
The news dispatches say the first
Bulgarian tinny in the region of Mon
astir and I'lilep has been eut off
from communication with the seeoml
army in the oiran sector.
I'lie Franco-Serbian troops nro
pursuing the Bulgarian army which in
in full retreat. I be entente allies now
command the mountain none from
which they will be able to debouch in
the plains.
LONDON", Sept. Serbian
troops have eut the mam railway line
between CsUah and Saloniki and urn
on the western hank of the Yardar
river, according to the Serbian offi
cial statement of Sunday.
West of the Vardar, Ihe Serbians
have cut the railway line to Brelep,
which is the main line of German
communication in this rgion.
Serbian infantry units now arc in
the mountainous region and advanc
ed '1' miles in one section today. The
number of prisoners and the amount
of war materials captured increases
daily.
The neighboring Oennan nnd Bul
garian sectors now are feeling tho
hc-s of their communication lines.
Knemy reinforcements have been
forced to retreat.
Since September 1", the Serbinns
have advanced lit miles.
(Continued on Page Six.)
JAPAN PROCLAIMS
RUSSIAN FRIENDLINESS
IIAWIIIX, Thur-da.v. Sept. 10. (By
(lie As-oeiiilcil Press.) -A proclama
tion has hecu issued hv the Japanese
snyiiiir lhal its friendly fcelimr for
lliissiu ami not a desire lo (tain
prompts Japan (o help restore order
here. The proclamation lays empha
sis on the assertion that tiny one,
rcitnrillesn of nationality, cmi-iim dis
orders will he severely punished.
I is believed Ihe proi-lnmetinn wns
issued hei'an-e the people decline io
accept notes carried hy Japanese
Iroiips insleail nt lJus-ian iinuiey.
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