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Show WO TURKISH ARMIES ARE ANNIHILATED; Seizure by British of River Crossings Closes Last Avenue to Fleeing Flee-ing Turkish Soldiers. I Allies Capture 25,000 Prisoners, 260 Guns and V cist Quantity of Military Stores. LONDOX, Sept. 2. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Twenty-five - thousand Turkish prisoners and 260 guns had been counted tip to yesterday evening: by General Gen-eral AIIenbjJs ' forces pushing northward through Palestine, according to an official offi-cial statement issued today by the war office. The war office announcement says that the Seventh and Eighth Turkish armies have virtually ceased to exist. The entire transport of these two armies was captured, by the British. Seizure by the British of the crossings of the Jordan at Jisr-ed-Dameer on Sunday Sun-day morning shut the last avenue of escape es-cape to the Turks west of the Jordan. The text of the statement reads: . ALLIES' VICTORY NOW COMPLETE. "J taxing seized t he passages of the .Jordan at Jisr-ed-Dameer on the morning morn-ing of September 2"2 t he last avenue 'of escape open to the enemy west of' the river was closed by our troops. "The Seventh and Eighth Turkish armies have virtually cea-scd to exist. Their entire transport is in our hands "By 8 p. m. on the 22nd, 25,000 prisoners pris-oners a rxi 560 guns had been counted. Many prioners and much material remain re-main to be enumerated." TURKS FAST IN TRAP OF BRITISH. LONDON", Sept. 23. Reports 'from the Palestine front this afternoon indicate that none of the Turkish force'of at least 10.000 trapped by the British through the seizure of the last of the passages of the Jordan can possibly get away. "Virtually the entire Turkish force fs or will be accounted for in killed, wounded and prisoners. Hundreds of stragglers are being found wandering about in the mountainous country aimlessly, aim-lessly, without a leader or a purpose. TOTAL PRISONERS STILL INCREASES. "The Turks had seven divisions south of Na-zareth and 'west or the Jordan, but the exact total cannot be determined owing to the weakness of some o the TurkJph divisions the totals of the dif-fp.rent dif-fp.rent units varying. The total of 2,'), 000 prisoners reported, however. Is believed to le far less than the final count will show, as at last renorts prisoners were gt.il i being brought in. "The dean -up effected by tjenenl Alleiiby, which is pointed to here as the ciuickest and most complete of the entire war. is counted as having definite!" deprived de-prived lh Turks of Palestine. In addi- tion. besides the personnel of their army. :be defeat has eost them an immense amount of vax matorial. ' So far us is known tN? Turks -,n thj front only had 'our airplanes and t!ice tour have bei-n captured.'" TURKEY MAY QUIIT KAISER AS RESULT OF ALLIED VICTORY LONDON". Sent. Via Mortrea?. i T' if Ftory of 'lenera' AWe-iby in I'Ws-t.inf I'Ws-t.inf is haded lice as a. modl : n c0;i-teptic-n a.nd xeciji :on, "Js consummate use of casalry being especially ;:rau-od by tb military rrrlirs. "Tie immediate effect of th vii-tnrv is 'ie'v tn l- tF.c libemiinn of ih.1 H-1'--La r'I. for it is nut iriat-d th::t Or.eral . llrriby will haxf lit Tie a f i T ;:1 i ir-i v c!ea rin z nor t bet n Fa'e.-1 a n-i be j bie : o ! p'i-'e I' is com;:r.: n: a tin-'-- b (CoatinQc4 on Page Tro,) UTAH 1 PLEDGED TD GREAT PROJECT (Continued from Page One.) appoint a standing committee of fifteen, delegated 'iih fui" power to elect nifi-.ers nifi-.ers for this organization, to select all necessary committees and to perform such oi her execm i e duties a a pertain to the full 'and successful carrying: out of this plan. Conference Is Called. "Tii a t t he governor of t ho state of Utah alpo issue a genera! call for a conference con-ference to be held in Salt Iike City. Utah, at an early da:e, to be composed of d-1 elates from the state included in the d minatre a rea named, for the purpose pur-pose of perfect ir.? a peroral plan for the accomplishment of the o:iect." Iil nisht 'tovernor Bamherccr. pursuant pur-suant to :he terms of the resolution, appointed ap-pointed the follow in:; citizens to om-Iose om-Iose tne s?andinir commiueo of fi'ieen to proceed at once with carrying out the bur p.a:i of organization for the proie- t: W. R. Wallace. Salt I-ake. pr-sidont ; William Ppry, Salt Lake, first vj,e-prei-uprit: A. W. Ivins, Salt I-ako. second vice-president vice-president ; Will G. Karrell. Salt Lake. 5 '-retary; '-retary; .1. I.. Lyre.1. Provo; W. H. Wattifl. Ocden ; ' leorce A uerbach. Sa ' t Lake I. r. M K;i . Huntsv ill-: W. W. Armstrong. Arm-strong. S.tlt Lake; T. L. Allen. I'o.i'vilr; i.ieor;p F. Mi-' lonal1. Salt Lake; It. K. 'L Peterson. Loiran. inr;o Aib'rt Smith. Salt ake; i w. I'un'v, Vernal; It. John A. 'id:soo. Salt Lake. Delegates at Meeting. T'Heirats present a; tu '-onference -.vcre : r. . R I.ym.in. Oeorqe V M ;ora-.-. W. P.. Wa.la.'f. C. L. 11 soil's H. Tali!.-. O. 1 Peterson. R. W. Spanict-. ;..0re j liprn, A. W. Iv.ns, r,orj.- All--rt Smif . ;-oi ce S A'-ma. h. '.'.'Ill l"ari.di. Wii-!:am Wii-!:am Snry , La pa R. Wo.-hev. John A. W idtsoi-1. Haid'-n f'cnnion. ' ore Thomas. A. W. M-Arthur and I! h. ;oj..-r, a!1 of Salt L.ik: Roy Kull.-n. j f 'e -T-on and H. it. ' iu .ui. I.o:.i:i; Ik L. M' K.tv and W. !i. Wa:'K i-dn; .1. L. Lyiel, Po-n; Arhiba''d Tooele. .1. n M. P.irn.s. KRVr'i;.c; R K I'ivi. Willard: K. W. K.c i.olds Sprint'. WW. Thoma? L. A'hn. rn,i ; 1 . . o . v. I . S.ntoti, Park i":t ; N". T. forl'T. ( Vn t iv 1 1 h- John A Kor'i.'. H'-Mr, 'I.-or.v A Wo"tn, Lri'-c. I. P. Sncl. Sj.i'i.sh I'ck . i J. Sal-man ' i re : . r i . iliru,f T H, r,r Mar;, m .tie. At thf liw o' : ' f riMTimr ; address, rif-or" P M. 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M',,1,',1 i,.,i p. , ,, ,. , , by Mr. JJaRie of ihe United States seolo.stal survey, but that Mr. L-aRue proceeded on the assumption that the control con-trol of the v er would be accomplished hy the installation of. mammoth dams in the southern part of the state, such as the Green-flrand site and others, but that bedrock had not been found at the sites mentioned and that the proper procedure at present would be to con Irol the flow of the tributaries of the Colorado river so far as to irrigate the land under these tributaries in tli various states, and thus finally cont rol the river itself. This, Mr. MiHIonagle pointed out, is an engineering problem tha t is still under investigation- |