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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
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Americans And french Launch Attack On Champagne FronS;
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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.
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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
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'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
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ABE MARnN" J
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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
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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
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PATRIOTISM
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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
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NOT A LONESOME MINUTE
FROM MORN TILL NIGHT
High Jinks In Front Of Grand
Stand And Chariot Races
Big Features - k
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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.
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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) . ." .