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TODAY i Mir- v-'.i , ,'? n. fm r od Yitwf Circulat ions Oregon: Tonight FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE- VAL LET KEWS 6EBYICE T - Nil I ! and Friday gentle oort ninas. FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 220. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS 4,600 SUBSCRIBERS (23,000 HEADERS) DAILY On!y Ciroula'.ioa in EaVm Guar sutecd by the Audit Burea of ii mnnnnni nt "" " " ' '" " " I, , I HI - wki iPMKiPf fiiw iiiiif phi fsii Americans And french Launch Attack On Champagne FronS; it tilIll. w 11 nUilLlliui SCENE OF ATTACK AT EARLY DAWN Americans Are Also Reported To Have Made Progress East Of Moselle j i BRITISH ARMIES WIN - LOCAL SUCCESSES Alied Aerial Forces Bomb' i Enemy Airdromes And Inflict Damage. Paris, .Sept. 20. Allied forces are advancing on the whole Macedonian front, the official communique from the Salonika front announced today. British troops have crossed the Bulgarian frontier and are mar eliing upon Stroiimitza, French and Greeks have reached ,the' GradoU mountains. The SwbV iaus have conquered and passed' Istip and are approaching Yeles. , Beles massif has been taken. The number of prisoners and amount of booty .is immense. Moiv than 10,000 prisoners and 200 guns hav0 been counted. London, S)pt, 26. (7:15 p. m.) French and American troops, at 5:30 this morning, la untied an attack on too forty mile front between the Suippe nd Merjse rivcib, in the Champagne riff ion, It waa referred In unofficial dispatches received from the French front this evening. . The lilies bid progressed several Miles wneji the dispatches were filed. - Between the S'Jippe and Mense, it was learned, the enemy voluntarily abandoned its forward positions In the face of the Franco-American attcK. ' The Germans did not offer much ar t'-ilory or Infantry resistance. nun nan FPDilJT uuu Pn-is S 'nt. 20. French troops co-op-1"1 honds or who have been insulting crating with Americans, attacked in i the solicitors by disloyal utteranc the Champagne region thi, morning, the ea- the executive committee will reter ,r nttiL announced official rePort 9 W f the Loyal- 'At five o'clock this morning French 1 . .. :, ni. 'troops, in liason with Americans attack 'd in the Champagne region," the com munique said. "The Americans ai operating to the eastward." "In the region of Allemant and Laf faux (between the'Aisnc and the Oise) yesteiday evening thu-re were enemy at tacks. Our lines were penetrated near Laffaux but we restored the situation. "East of Saucy in the same region) we extended our gains and took some (Continued on pace three) ABE MARnN" J --1 lata city ail you please, but give' Another function of the juries of n,s a little town wl:ere even a cow kin this committee will be to pass judg git her name in th' newspaper," said'ment on such eases as was recently Mint Tar.aey Apple t'day. War has! brought to the attention of the offi- error3 for th' fifty-year ole lady jeers of the campaign committee where killer. j the mother of a boy of 14 claims that ..... .. . ... I PUBLICITY CLUB FOR PEOPLE WHO SPURN APPEAL OF Citizens Adopt Resolutions De manding That Call Of v Duty Be Heeded . One hundred fourteen of Salem 'i leading citizens have decided that the names of those persons should be pub lished who do not buy liberty . bonds whs are abre to do so, and those who buy some, but not as' niufch as is their share, and are able to buy more. Every loyal citizen realizes that any- lone who is able to buy liberty bonds, evgn if u is only one $;0 bond, and who does not, is not doing his or her duty in the matter, and is therefor not 109 per cent loyal. Most citisens also realise that thejierson who buys a $50 bond when he or she ig ablo to buy a $100 bond is just as derelict in his or her duty as the person who could buy only a $50 bond dud does not do so, and that person who buys only a $50 bond when he or she is able to buy $500 worth of bonds is nine times as' derelict in his or her duty as the per son "who eonld buy only ft' $50 bond and does not, because the former has, failed ,t the. extent of $450- in buying as many bonds as he could, whereas the. latter has oulv failed to. the extent of $50. ' The loyalty of the persons of small means is most commendable in this matter of supporting the government in financial ways. It is most rcgretable that the same cannot be said of the persons that are more well to do as a class, but it is none the less true. Of course .there are exceptions in both classes. The above mentioned 114 Salem cit izen wiH constitute what is known as the "Salem central liberty loan com mittee." From this committee will be drafted a jury of 25 men to sit in what will be known &s a "Court of Loyal ty." The personnel of this jury will change from time to timo, so as to pro vide a jury for each case coming be fore the court that will be thoroughly qualified to render a fair and just decision in each instance. When liberty loan solicitors or others tcport to the executive committee thru ' f ha nrnnnr fihaminla an.l in uri-itlncr caws of people who have not done their w.v w.... ......... ..u i.. full dutv in the matter of the -purchase 'T Vl'a"elc'' fo.r ?on If after having heard the evidc g heard the evidence contained in the report the jury de cides that the case should be investi gated, they will summon the party thus accused to appear before the court at a set time and place, to shew cause j as to why his or her name slieuld not i be published as being disloyal becauso of his or her failure to purchase their i share of liberty bonds. l.f they appear and do show good cause why1 their name should not bo thus published in the' judgment of the jury, then no record will be made of the case what so ever. On the other hand, if they fail to appear, or fail to tee, whose signatures are attached to tti show sufficient cause, in the this resolution, do hereby resolve: judgement of at least one third ot the. First. That an accurate list of sub jury, and the remaining two thirds S(.ribers and as complete a list as pos- 'vote to publish the record, a statement Will be given to the press setting forth the facts in the case,. without any ments on the part of the jury as to the persons lovaltv or otherwise Every safeguard will ' be' thrown around the operations of this central liberty loan committee to prevent in justice being done anyone, as it is well realized that it is better, to let some'to each of such jiartiea thus listed: guilty person escape than to punish "Dt-arSir: some innocent party. On the other haqdl jne 4th liberty loan records of Ba the members of the committee are em s,ow that you have not yet sub pledged to allow no personal ties, eith- ,9cribed for the 4th issue of the U. 8, er business or social to stand 111 nne way of seeing the slacker given due publicity. They all realize that any loss they may experience cither finan cially or socially by reason of perform ing their full duty on the committee is and can be but a small, sacrifice compared to that being made daily by the boys at the front, and that tho j notified that you may appear before orPa the track record he lost the race, least that we at home can do, is to see , thecommittec at that timo and prove .nich was for the best three out of that everyone has his or her duty inthat you have done your duty in the;j.jve one-mile heats for a purse of me .matter oi me purcnase oi nuen.v j boad. pointed out to them, and that the slacker is given his proper stand- inor in tha pninmnnitv ft " ..... ... u .... I . PATRIOTISM t the boy was forced to buy a bond wheu he needed the money for winter clothing. The boy was working and was solicited along with other employes and subscribed for a bond as other boys have done. His mother says that he understood from the solicitors thj he had to buy a bond. If the conditions are a stated by the mother, it is very unlikely that ithe solicitors were awaro of the conditions at the time that they secured the application, and no doubt whiti'the matter is submitted to the juryVf the ceetral committee, that the lad's money will be refunded to him and the application cancelled. Patriotic fund solicitors, have com plained time anj again in the past that they have had no backing when they have' met with lihpatriotic response to their solicitations, and that it is not fair to them to expect them to spend hours and days of their time on such work and then when they are jn sulted by disloyal utterances and re port same 'to headquarters, no action is taken to punish the offenders. onable, that it Is the duty of the pub - lj lie in justiee to. the solicitors, if for no other, reason, to punish such of fenders. On the other hand,of course, such solicitors have no license by reas on of their occupation to lie insulting to the prospective subscriber, as it is their duty to act at all times as gentle men worthy of their trust and mission, no matter what the attitude of the other party may be. Resolution Adopted Following is the resutioii eetting forth the ideas and plan of action o the central committee, ami the names of those who have endorsed the rcsoliu tion. ' It is ithoyght that the action , act forth therein will give he solicitors the' backing to which they arc entitled, cause everyone to do thoir share, or pav the penalty for failing to do so, and last and most importaut make it possible for Salem to raise her quota and thereby .maintain her good name on the roll of honor. Resolution Whereas, It is the duty of every Am erican citizen wro is -in any way fi nancially able, to purchase of the 4th issue of the U. S.Jiberty loaif bond; aillj Whereas Certain citizens in Salem and vicinity have failed to do ihis; and Whereas, It is the belief of the un dersigned that such disloyalty on the part of such citizens should be made known to the public, the great majori ty of whom are loyal and have done their duty in this matter; and Whereas, This committee also desires that iustice be done to all and that injustice be done to none, and that no chances bo taken of publishing names 0f persons as disloyal because of their failure to purchase liberty bonds who j reality are financially unable to do s0, or who may have done so and whose names have not yot been record ed on the liberty loan records; Therefore, bo it resolved, That the Sale.ni central 4th liberty loan commit gibie of non-subscribers, be compiled under the direction and supervision of com-.oenera eteiner of the 4th liberty loan camiaign committee, and that from these lists a list of those who have not subscribed and are able to subscribe, be selected bv a committee or comniit- 1ees appointed J)'. General Steiner, and Ujt a letter worded as follows ibe sent liberty bonds. ' 1 0rd for the 2:0fi pace was smashed by The Salem central liberty loan com-; Captain Mack, a fine bay horse owned mittee believe that you are able to, aud:auj driven by Fred Woodcock. He low should buy - worth tf these J erej the record to 2:05 flat in the first bonds. j heat of the race. The previous record The committee will meet iirthc audi- wa3 2:0! , made 10 years ago by the torium of the Commercial club on lotollinn ShprWk Holmes. Rut nlnvinff at p m. a,i vou re herewith, purchase of the 4th issue of UDerty bonds as specified, or snow good cause i heats, while Uick Maybnrn, with Buss for not having purchased. j McGarc up, won the next three heats. If you fail thus to appear and makej One of the big features of this af s '.hnwimr 4 shove necified. vour ' tern00n wa h!" Pam,le ot tlle Prize . . , ,. , , ime is to be -published a3 One those who have not done their duty in Continued on page fire) ELKSAlPOETLAflO FILL FAIRGROUNDS TO OVER FLOWING The Big Herd la Liberty C StartTheDayMLivel Auto Parade ' ,; NOT A LONESOME MINUTE FROM MORN TILL NIGHT High Jinks In Front Of Grand Stand And Chariot Races Big Features - k . ,(, THE EVENING PROGRAM Elk's patriotic program at grand stand, 8 p. in., Walter L. ToosS, chairman. Special music"' t; by Campbell's American band. "What are you gilifc to do tb help the boys,'1" "Dan Lan-' genherg, and a chorus of Elks, "Old Glory Goes Marching By," Mrs. Hallio Parrish Dur dall, and a chorus of Elks. 1 Address by Hon. Louis J. Simpson, introduced by .Walter L, Toozc "When the Flowers bloom in No Man's Land," John W. Todd and a chorus of Elks. Community sing; John W. Todd, director, assisted, by the famous Liberty Girls of Mc Minnville: "Star Spangled Ban ner," "Keep the Home Firo Burning," "There's a Long, Long Trail a. Winding,',' '.'Am erica." ' ' . Oregon', Pure- Bred Livestock association '8 annual banquet. George D. Bal'.er, mayor of Portland, and Hon. Gus C. Mos er will speuU during the1 duy. and evening for the fourth lib erty loan. Leave it to the Elks to make things hum, And when you add a few thousand Portlanders you can bet on it there is going to be something doing. Well, this is Elks and Portland day at the Oregon state fair and if any body thinks things are not humming au4 there is nothing doing at the state fair he is sadly mistaken. , All attendance records were broken yesterday when Salem shut up shop and went to the fair, and indications are that today's attendance is going to surpass that of yesterday. f 80 there is some crowd out, and no mistake. And the crowd is having fun. The Elks are seeing to that. They start ed in at the Elks club rooms down town where the visiting members of the ant lcred, herd gathored and enjoyed re freshments until 11:30 a 'clock this morning, when promptly on time the Elks parade of scores of automobiles filled with gaily bedecked visitors left the club rooms for the fair grounds. Thi afternoon the Elks are putting on high jinks for the entertainment of the throng which has jammed the grand stand to its last scat. There is an arrav of clowns and various iftfeak races. These are being put on between the regular races, which arc among th best that ever have been seen on an Oregon track. The races yesterday also were top notchers, and the track rec- i har(i ck, after Captain Mack low- 2000. Captain Mack won the first two .! winning stock in 'stanH . front of the grand A bi? program is also scheduled for (Continued on page six) !6U!LD TANK FORTS TO MEET AnACK Of ALLIED WAR CHARIOTS Captured German Officer As tonished At Allies' War Supplies. By Lowjll Mellett (United Press staff correspondent) .With- the British Armies in France, Sept. 2(i. Germany is reported to have prepared a new mechanical obstruction to supplement her waning morale and man power. According to escaped Britishers and German prisoners, at certain places in this sonc "tank tforts" have been built. They are designed to meet the ever increasing menace of the allied war chariots. They constitute well em- .banked and well placed Rim positions. . inoir armament includes field guns, trench mortars, tank rifles and ma chine guns, designed to op era to togeth er.. iut it will take something better than "tank forts" to save this line, if 4 German under-officer captured a few days agq tells the truth. . "Thet'last blow has opened the cyos of the aonunonest soldier to the break 'up o( German military supremacy," he said, j . ...i. ',,'".," y We, are defeated and know It. dcubt, , however, whether the German soldiers yet uncapturcd realise how crushing this defeat is. Coming through your lines I saw things I could scarce ly believe. Such transport, such horses, such" men! Those masses of artillery compared with our wretched iron-wheel ed transport, skidding all over the place and blocking the roads in w.et weather; our scauty, badly fed horses; boys pretending to bo guards (he was a member or the occona itnaras; an em'phasize the terrible contrast in the condition of the opposing armies. " We still'havc a certain umount of artillery, but you must have five guns to our one. We are well off as regards shells, but you seem to have an end less supply. . "Germany is defeated. The sooner she recognizes the fact the better. But you will have to admit that we put up a good fight. No nation could have done more. ' ' DRAWING TOGETHER THROUGH THE WAR Letters To Relatives Of Sol dier Boys In France Ex press Admiration. When the war is over, ther0 will be lasting riendships between French and American families. Already letters are being received in Marion county by those Who have boys at the front and who have been taken care of by French families. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Olson of Salem, rural route 6, will be welcome guests at a home in central Frnnee, in the city nt Knvrrx. It was this family that first notified Mr. and Mrs. Olson that their son Elmer Olson had been wounrt pd but. not sc-1-iouslv. It is the policy of the government not to notify in the case of slight injuries. Elmer Olson went into the service as a member of Company M. The letter from Franco is clatea August zu, arm translated lvads as follows: I received letter of Walter Mathies and we thank you very much. I hops that Mrs. Olson some day could come over to France and we crtuld meet each other. The Fivnch and Americans are like brothers because they are fighting under the same flag for the liberty of tho world. Today I got a visit from a soldier who knew Elmer Olson who went to the front after I wrote you tho last timei Elmer is wounded 'but not seriously. He will be well taken care of at tho hospital. Hume one will bring me his address if it isn't too far. I will do all I possibly can to give him a visit. Do not worry for I am suro he will be well taken caiw of. (Continued on page two) DEBT $19,000,000,008 WHILE GERMARY NOW OWES $39,000,009,000 Expenses Of War For Month ?l;775,000,000-Or $59,000,000 a Day Washington, Sept. 26. America's war debt will reach the $19,000,000,000 mark tho day she reaches her fourth liberty loan. With daily expenditures ranging close to $59,000,000, this month 's war cost will break all records. Tho nation's burden for Soptomber is placed at $1,775,000,000, which accord ing to unofficial figures, exceeds the monthly expenditures or any other bel ligerent. Although Germany's debt has been shrouded with som mystery, her four years of war have piled up a debt said to be $39,000,000,000. This includes maintenance of her armies and runi.mg her government as well.. u ThB United States, therefoiv-, has spent nearly half as much in 18 months as Germany has in 49 months. But this government, of course, has aided her associates in he war to. the extentjjf $800,000,000' iii ai-rua! eastr advanced an( has tendered them credits of $750, 000,000 more. . The burden ot expense borne by Am erica in September exceeds the combin ed expenditures for August and Sep tember 1917. j There is a surplus besides, which Is equal to the cost of running tho gov ernment, in any month of any pre-war yoar, treasury department statistics re veal. DEBT OF ALLIES TO US WILL BE CONVERTED INTO LONG TERM BONDS This Now Approximates $7, 206,486,000 Interest Million A Day. Washington, 8et. 26. Through an arrangement completed with tho allied governments all loans made them by tho United States may, and probably ' will be extondod into long term bonds at the end of the war. . The paper held by this government covering obliga tions of the foreign powers, now is in tllo form of short term dVmund notes, 'i. nc so, it was stated officially today, will be converted into bonds of the i" spoctive gvernmcnts, a privilege ac-. corded this government by the allivs. Credits to the allied powors now ap proximate $7,206,480,000, the actual cash advances to date being $ii,500,00, 000. The interest rate of thes0 loans, averagws five per cent, bringing into the treasury $308,315,000 annually. Bussia's credit was $325,000,000,' of which sho drew $188,000,000 boforo the collapse or that government. ISo in tcrcst has been collected on that debt. It is tho inlvntion of this govern ment to make the bonds of the foreign governments of tho same maturity rate as the Liberty Bonds issued at the time the particular credit was made, offici al, stated. This will provide a counter balance for meeting the bond payments of this nation, it was explained. "On tho interest rates, this govern ment is providing a surplus out of its interest from the allies. The average rate of five per cent is higher than any interest rate paid by the United States. Oi Liberty Bonds tho United States pays about $390,000,000 In in terest, which is nearly offset by the In terest received from the allies, com ing in cash twice each ywar. England and France are bearing a ma jor portion of the allied interest pay ment since their debts to this govern ment are $3,745,000,000 and $2,065,000, ! 000 respectively. England 's interest navmont is 187,500,000 and France's I $103,250,000 annually. The rest' is dis J tributed among Belgium, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Cuba and Liberia. ISTIP CAPTURED BYALUEDTROOPS LATEST SUCCESS German Soldiers Shoot Flees Bulgarian Troops Dur ing Retreat BROKEN BULGARIAN ARMIES IN DISORDER Sofia In State Of Siege, Na tion May Sue For Separ ate Peace With Allies London. Sent. 26. The imDortant Bulgarian center of Istip has been cap-' tured by allied trops, according to dis patches received from the Salonika front today. Istip la la Serbian territory, 18 miles eart of Voles and thirty mlleg north of Btreuunitaa... It is 35 miles north of the nearest point of the nearest point of the perbo-Oreelc frontier. ' London. Sent. 26. A Bulgarian coal ition government and perhaps separata peace may result from the present of-', fenslve, was the belief expressed here this afternoon. . London. Sent. 26. As soon a. the new Serbian front has been established; the Serbian government will be removed either to Monastir of Prilln. th Bit.' blan minister to France stated today. - London, Sept.. 26. German troops are continually firing on Bulgarians who desert from the battle liue, it was officially announced by the Serbian war office in the communique received bore today. .... German prisoners, according to the communique, complain that the Bulgar ians Intentionally abandon great num bers of German-made machine guns. London, Svpt. 26. British troops en tered Bulgarian territory yesterday, it was officially announced today. 'Yesterday British troops entered Bulgaria? opposite Kosturino," the Sa lonika communique said. Kosturino is on the main Stioumitza- Tliirnn hiirhwnv. twn mit) williin Bul garian territory and four mik's directly south of the importaut Bulgarian center ef Stroumnitza. Serbians Beyond Vardar London, Sept. 26. Serbian troops iliLve rcui'uuu inu mivs uiiuuvkai) uvwr igkt miles beyond the Vardar, it was officially announced in the Serbian communique of Tuesday, received hero today. (The Kriva Ladavitza paralluls the Vardar, converging with the Bregalnit a near the important town of Istip. The Brcgalnitsa flows into the Vardar three miles north of the latter 's con vergence with the Coma.) 1!U ny ijtormans, nas Dcen capiureu. "Serbian troops obtainvd a very im portnnt success on the left bank of the vardar, reaching the Kriva Ladavitza in that neighborhood," the commun ique said. "In this direction was taken a col onel commanding a Bulgarian regiment, in addition to a considerable number of other prisonvrs. We captured four how itzers, throe mounted guns and lOO wagons. . Wradzko station, defended by Ger mans, has fallen into our hands, logg er with an enormous quantity of sup plies." "Amongst other material eaptured were 19 guns, mostly heavy and includ ing 210 millimeters calibre. "Our advaneo along tho Prilip-Veles road will have important results. Near Iivor (18 miles north of Prilip and 11 miles south of Voles) we oro pursu ing env-my columns, which are relent ing completely routed. i) i . i...- . i ... an,i mn. terial are in our nanus, nig u'k - (Continued on pago three) . ." .