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r 4 r 1 H "ITS ALL HERE ' ikL. 1 . . J. 'ITS ALL TRUE" ll'v ' Portland; bro'GdWr'FRiPAYt evening; ; October j fo ms. eighteen pages. iVOL?"XVII. -NO.: 140 PRICE TWO , CENTS j .V giWlJr ? . 4 - 5 P 'H -n 1 President Wilson's Closest PoHt i ical Adviser to: Represent the ; Executive ;lnh All Diplomatic Matters ,in Hun Peace Moves. A-dmirt Benson, Representing Navy, and General Bliss, Rep I resenting Army, to Join in -j Conferences With the Allies. ;'L WASHINGTON. Oct 25. (I. N. I VV . &) Colonel E. M. House, iprtajdeui Wllson'i closest polltl ' ;cl' tdrlser. accompanied by Ad Imlral' W. S. Benson, has arrived la Ffanoe. Colonel House will . jrepfesept. President 'Wilson In all ' U'dlploerjatki matters growing out no toe? etis Onf ' war si .tuailon. ' Ad- j'mlral -Bnsoa wl reptesentvthe "hivr in thi. various conference; ,tlce request lof Germany, wltlch hal Jen referred to; the entente - by President Wilson. ; r V ' : ' ' i Tn Alt MHtftMIIM tl t Mlv KA fljkM Colotut Hovh will with matters purely political ; General T. II. Blue will handle the purely military matters and Admiral Benson will -deal with naval question. , Admiral Beneon'a presence will' Insure that the navy has adequate representation by a full ranking- off leer, as he is the ranking admiral of the navy. t . . , ! Colonel Honse was accompanied by Gordon Auch Inclose, who will act as his secretary, and Joseph C Grew, formerly flrat secretary at the Amen ean legation In Berlin. Mr. Grew will asalet Colonel House and will be his adviser pn matters of exclusive dlplo snatlo proceedure. t Announcement' that Colonel House ! (Conchidtd on It Tin, Cohima Tour) MASK WEARING IS Urder rrOpOSed necessitating I Use in Public and. Semi- Public , Places. -it ' - . : i. uiuu .maaas may . oe worn oy au i persons entering public or semi-public I moon by City Health Officer George Parrish. Is made- effective, upon advie from State Health Officer Beeley. The wearing of masks would be In all build ings where crowds congregate, such as stores. All (windows will be, removed IT" ZZZr" " "l i ' . - m ..t f J!0"; '!Ifiy. '-.J ;of Tresiby the, theatre men, who com- plallLsd that the closing order was not etnc strictly enforced, it is said. Fol lowing this a conference was' called with r laayer BakSr and city officials. 4 ': One hundred and seventy new cases . wer reported today. SO at The Audi torium. iBlx deaths were reported 'there. Ntaeasen deaths and: M5 new cases of r mo. uw nw cmbb am Jbeen reported from Astoria to the board f health. Other new cases reported this imorntng are as follows :u Coos, t .- Currr, . ansMBi saw " XM duJk Viva W fii1.A. p . .w.jo., , viuwui fll Lane. S ; Linn. 12 ; Marlon, 11 r Mult- nomah4outsld 3 ; Polkv ; Umatilla, 4 ; tWasco, s. j I aan r ranetseo Adopts Masks - Bad. Francisco. Oct' 15. I, N. &) A penal ordlaance, passed , by the board , of supervisors in extraordinary eesslon yesterday, requtrirft all persons to wear .;- jgausa masks in ? all .places', except! the - 'home, became etiecuve- today In San -.j. Francisco. .,; A- violator of the ordinance . lis subject to 9100 fine or 10 days', 1m- vm. viy uruinauc, :i&fSS& rprlsonment A special were on duty; today to "warn but once' those reluctant to- don- the germ eradl featured. 3JAviatdrs1Escape jt;rom nim ; rnson i-l- If i Three American aviators. John O. Jang . lee, R-- Alexander Anderson and T. K. TllUnThast-ltava- escaped front " Cer k 'mn prison camp to neutral territory, a " i cable to tho state department stated this ?; afternoon. .- ..... . BEING CONSIDERED :: i i i - r .4 V.HE--. ASKS FORSYQUR SUPPORT 1 1 OODROW ,WILSON today has isstied an appeal to the . Vy i natron - to show by their voting 'at - the" next .election whether : they .approve: of his course - throughout ihe great war. ' If so,- he asks them to return a Democratic congress to help the administration carry, on BY FRANK TriUepytisbt. ltisr new IV TEW YORK, Get. 2o.-With II I I V'Vi " ': VvV'Y.v'A II Vi ',i - TV V' i r u v- V'- ' -- a r: - - f i ?'' Uv Vr . 1 ' ' ' ' IP ) '"'II 'I H 'till ii'l M 1 lit f t, I II ilil .1W. 11.1 Hif,-lii. . i I k . iii.i'V ARMISTIBERteT; WOULD SAFEGUARD AMIES MGTGRIES . r ; ! yi respond to thefthird German-note we entera new phase oi the discussion.; Hitherto'the question has been solely one j ! of whether, the, president would transmit tne'German application I "'This 'tfte president has now consented to do. after a considerable debate. But the debate had no, .1 j. 1 . A' r r ine question oi ine lorwaraing .pi It Is now vfor our allies . to decide whether they will .consent at this time to any armistice, niey . nave, tne right to reruse. just as tne president had the right to decline to transmit the German application. They have the right to I ..'tWV vl, fct... . U.VI V. .... 1 ..... j ..wwtu tlons before taking up the question of conditional of-an armistice. Just as the ! before; he transmitted the application. - - -- -, A YY1 ftTl P.3.TI H - g.0- Bigges.t Guns in-1 World, m Washthgton. Oct 2?-(lN. a)-The n- department thl-f terhoon permlt- ted it to become known that the destruc- tlon of the big ammunltlotf. dumps 'be hind the German lines ln Franca Is'dae to tho -use of ..batteries of the blsgest guns 1n the world. These guns were de veloped by the navy and now v are being used to assist the army. Naval gunners are utlllxlntr the Jla weapons wider the command of Rear Admiral 'Plunket- Xl-) ! ready they hx wrouchf terrlbla havoc penUHi tne uerman lines, ana oiuaais are confident that If they are used on the boasted "home defense" )mes-of tha German army they will simply destroy . . ....... inose lines enureiy. . ,,,, An official announcement dealing with the guns Is promised by the department It Is stated officially that these guns to every way are the most, powerful' weap ons .of warfare ever invented; s"- ' Manned by naval experts and directed by aerial observers. It is possible to de stroy , with the projectiles from these j great cannons positions at- many -miles in the 'rear of the . enemy's., rear line 1 trencnea. i .. .. . . " " . Bumper SiipplyJof v .Wheat Is Reported Washington, . OcL ' S5.-xr; - l.3hA bumper supply of .wheat on hand the first of October," la. shown to a state ment Issued today" by the department of agriculture, , At thAt time -there Jt.wera 195,v97,83 , bushels reported on hand, as compared with 1H.331.MV September 1. The supply, tha-, report shows, . is almost three times , aa larg-e as a year ago the actual percentage being 297.8 of the 1917 -stock.-These- figures Tefer to- atocks actually reported and do pot in ciuda .stocks, on . Xarmavj r A v the great work there is to do. J H. SIMONDS serk TrttrsMu. laai . the-dispatch of the oresident's other bearinp; than. its relation to - . . ' -. - -- ine application.' But If our allies are willing to grant an .armistice at this time, then it is the business ' of Marshal Foch,' with? the commanders t. tha- British, ivench. aveuuaM ava Auivi fau suuuvii w Ul I terms of. such an armistice. No discus sion; or peace terms enter into the reck oning-f -:- . - yj'jr ,. X In substance, ; the civil governments Concluded on Pac Two Cotamn Four) Paper Says 'Last For -i Generations Paris Oct : aS.HI.- N B.) "We must VT'i - "r r vr t7""-i I nwropean oraer oi peace ,tnat win last 1 in mrTmtim ..u tvh. -n. twiv i , . , t I - . , ' -- . WS Jmust u leave ? tfothtosc - to. chance I whej we .discuss ithe future of peace. beior the people of tha city and state Washington's, discussions wifb, Berlin M their- poUtteal advisors, different -dl-ara purely anlUtary ana, no carried on rectors elucidate tha basis of their csn- through tha usual dlplcmiatle-'ehannela. The; terms of ' Germany's;. "capitulation should b fixed by Marshal Foch. -Field Marshal.-Hair. Genral:Jrshlng' and theBrttlsh admiralty; ? - v W.7B. Aver IU With Spanish ilnfluenza u ' 'II, il ' W.XB. Ayer. federal food administrator for.Oregon, is confined to- his harne with Spanish influensa. Mr. Ayer became 111 Immediately upon his return from San Francisco where he attended, a meeting : of food administrators, and- wast ordered to bed by his.physlctan. It was at first thought he was sufferlnr fmn a cold and overwork. - Mrs. Ayer . announced this morning- that be was much-. better. J --''Fs'mm mmm Elii in" Coal Mines fiAifects Washington. Oct' 25-L'N. ' Nearly to army physicians have been rushed to the mining fields of Pennsyi vania-to-' as-effort to check the spread of the influehsav which Is seriously cur tailing', the output of the -mines, the fuel admlnlatrr ilon announced this after- noon. President Him )M ;CnM jlClfC Karl IJebknecht MPwM'" "1''? Is Acclaimed by FOR VOTE OF mmm President Appeals to the Country r . 1 tO DenionStrate Opinion Of His ' i f;, i n Conduct of. the War by Re - . turning Democratic Congress. Republican Leaders "Have Been flhMfiAetinnaKlu Prn-War Kiit Anti - Administration" Crisis Demands Undivided Council. Washington. Oct. 26 (U.-P, Pr 4ent Wilson today appealed to the coun try for a vote of confidence In bis lead-; ership "both at home and abroad." by returning the Democratic congresa, In a statement addressed to "My Fel low Countrymen." he said that the Re- puoucan.-ieaaers -nave unquesuonaniy i been 'pro-war. but antl-admintstratlon.MJuh and Alsatian deputies are demand and said election of a Republican ma- j mx freedom, from Prussianianj according joricy to eiiner nouse oi congTesa wouia i "certainly be -Interpreted on the other I side of the water as repudiation, of my leadership. , - . r " J Thpiseaiaej-irs statement follow :2-Zi Mr Fellow Co-ontrvmenf -M The eonsTaestonal elecUona are at hand. ' They occur in the most crit ical period our , country has -ravar-u . faced or is likely to taoS in our time. . . If you have approvedtef- my leader-.v ahlp and, wish to continue ana to be your unembarrassed spokesman to . affairs at . home ahd ' abroad, J -ar- -nestly beg- that you will express yourselves unmistakably to that ef fect by returning a Democratic ma-. Jorl.tyto both the senate mnd tha house : of representaUves. " ' I am your servant and will accept -your Judgment without cavil, but ' my power to administer' the great trust assigned trie by ; the constltu-. tlon would be seriously Impaired should your Judgment -be adverse . and I must frankly tell you so- be- . cause so many critical Issues depend (Conaladad on Psge Seven. CohAn Oul Chamber of Commerce Directors m - ss s Va tea ' - ' iry to- l eli wny mey voted i Against Tax : Bill. Individual members of the board of di rectors . of the Portland Chamber , ot Commerce, who, on the gallop, have ad vised- the .voters of the city and state to vote against the Delinquent Tax Notice Bill and the Bill Fixing Compen sation for Publication of Legal Notices prove -' themselves amusing masters ; of lucid logic B in telling why they consider I tne Pius to ne naa. V - v tn.M W t directors, that they Just gTilped the rec-f r":V.. V tZx A w'"Jv. .---i...i lee. vfliciu as one oirocior naivety a- i mits is conrposea ot mteiugem men," IV,, . s ... . ' tmmum Vict Ions s s follows : Tou win have to ask some one with mora sense than X," one public advisor answered - -defensively when asked the question j'Thy do you consider the Pe- llnouent Tax Notice -BUI .bad" wwen Question was asked . them au. T don't know anything about it," "tie continued; explalnlnr the fundamental (CoocJudad . eaufasa Coluin' Thne) ROLL OF HONOR In tha rail of tumr nriat Mow. SI ill im of the UtOawhuc .vamn trom the JFeitlc - hiucd isj acnow - . .'. PRIVaTK aKOROK JT. l8HOf eswrMaey Sddrm Mr. jOors Bishop. Brrtro WOty, Vtth. - srivstk sert hsrphas), emcrsener sa- rim, n A. Marnham. CVmoriL ldthmr - rRIVSTS KSVC MORTON, emersraey so- Stm Geors Morton. Darke; Or. , - v - oicb rnost ainpaanc acctDEsrr - CORPORA L stay .A PKTCRa. SBwrsnjcy aoV dree U i(- Ftn. Lskertow. Oe. -. , . fc V v DIED Or DISKASs j - - SKROCART CLVDK A.. RHOOKr'KR, taer- encr vtdmi fmm Bhndafer. fWonist, Waah. .- SRVATS RAV PCRCIVALL, cmewscr ad arsa Ua. Nancy - C- FneifuU, Vf all -, WaUa. I iuin uim mm a Ml I lata C. W. BoUina. Hillsbor; Oft - SLiaHTLT WOUNDED ; - . Owlrls P. WsMsM, csMnceaev ailrtraai Mtv Mary U Wallao, Til rsit stnrt. Kacm. Or. v , . " - - ; . , OerBeraJ Jf ranorf Ut, wasrseuer addraas alts, " .. tCesehided on Pas Fourteen Coluxaa Tour) HURRY CALL SENT FORTH FOR ALIBIS Appeais Thi ivirne Abdication of ' Kaiser arid Estab- lishment of Republic De . manded by Gathering,. Paris.' Oct. 25. cti. P.) Enormous f"4 it-t' "i,ch hiiHflfnr in nrtln. dnuiilM abdication ksJser and the estaUshment of a, republic, i according to '.1 Information today. .. nV jMaw.4 li.J ,1taiajl a m v 4-fK- lute to Kari uebknecht. socialist leader onment for political opposition to the German government, according to dis patches received by the newspaper from Zurich frenxledly acclaiming Lleb- knecht, . the people hoisted him Into a vehicle filled with flowers. Amidst wild, cheers, IJebknecht de clared : "The people's hour has ar rived." IJebknecht was released Tuesday and the popular demonstration marked bis exit. - Freedom From Prussians Demanded Washington, Oct. 25. (U. P.) Turbu lent scenes were being; enacted In the relchstag - this week where Polish. Dan to diplomaue cables here today, Takinar the cue from the outspoken Csecha and. Jugo-Slavs of Austria, the oppressed peoples f Germany sro Join- ln Jn- a anpaigil winsr thet.domlna. tkw $o ?.tha central mpireal Violent Speeches" are - being ' toade in ' both tha relchstag' and tha rtfchsratbV cables de olare. . ' ' : Deputy 8tyobel. a Pole, claimed tha right : of ' PrussiaQ Poland to ' Independence.- "". ' . " - '' . (CewehHtod -a Psae Drm, Cetaam Five) HUN'S NEV LINES Ground Gained on Both Sides of Meue RivBrj; Airmen Make. . , Boche Life Miserable. By Kewioa C. Park With the American . -Army Northwest of ;yer4un.Oct. 25 (Jw N.. S.) Amer ican troops recaptured - seiieao wooa (northeast of -Verdun) this morning. Theyt , had been forced, to yield ground in that vicinity during a severe counter attack by the Germans last night. - The Boches t followed up their action with a' new counter attack this morning at -f o'clock but wera driven from the woods. American- aviators '-aided the infantry1 by 'flytasr low over, the enemy troops and sweeping. them with machjne gun-fire, despite a heavy mist. Later to the day the Boches rushed reinforcements tn the battle and heavy flrh ting Is developing. Tho Americans are still making prog ress toward the-southeast from Belleau woods..--' 3 . ; By Fred. 8. Fergssoa With the- American. Armies In Frsnce, Oct 25. (U.-P.) The Americans .have won unporuw sew successes, vn oom mi A m nt . th ' MCUM. Attackinsr on' a two-mne front east f of the river Thurs- AmV ., l..ni1 t .f ur woods which --- - "J w uuw imu iiijim - (Conehidad on Face Two. Cohans Ttarw) Eestaaiit1 OHareelf orBread . For the Time Being - '"v", 1 , '-' ' - Until official confirmation is received f rom Waahlngton, . W. X, Newell, , as sistant : food administrator for Oregon. advised caterers this morning that they need not discontinue, charging for bread served to customers r-:-v : ,News,dlspstcNs Thursday stated that caterers were No. be ordered, not ' to charge for bread ' served to connection with meals." said Mr. Neweu. "immediately .-many of - the . caterers called upon: this office -for an explana. tlon. We have- received no confirmation of the order and we wish them to be so advised." 1 New York Frinters t Are Out; on Strike .-"' . i hi' i ' i . . r New -TorW Oct- 2S. C I More than ,2500 printers and assistants are out n' strike, today . anduMrtualljr very prtnting- press in. (he city, except those I of daily newspapers, - is - Idle. - sA , delay to tha .publication; of all' weekly and monthly "periodicals printed here is cer tain. The printers are asking a 25 par cent:- increase . in wages, f whichv aver ages 31 a-waek, ,J ... t YANKS PENETRATE CQunftyme W i British Take Three Towns in Re gion of. Raismes Forest; Lys Crossed by French; Attack Is Launched North -of Laon. Good Progress North and South of Yillers Lesec Is Reported Two. Towns in Swamp District Taken; Serre River Crossed. London. Oct 25. (15 p. m.) (L N. S.) The British have captured Odome. Brullle and Burldon, In the region of Raismes forest. On the Flanders front the French have crossed tfte Lys along the road between Detnse and Courtral and also at Potgheme. The French are advancing ' between the Olse tivejr and Turron. northeast ot Laon. and are surrounding LaFerte. , Good . progress has been made north fhd south of Villers juesee. and Vesles and Plerepont in the swamp district have been taken..,?.-",.. -- - KeMwaxds.tne? French., are . attacldnr alonsr the Berte rrrer " to' tha sector of 8oucha and have crossed the stream be tween Crecy. and Mortlers. ; V More Thaa 8000 Captured By Jekm T. Parkerson With the British Army on the West ern Battle Front. Oct . Nlrht) L N. a) The British.-, captured , between 8000 and 9000 German prisoners In the fighting today and Wednesday. - Tonight the -British are within a mile of tha Important city of Landrecles and are only a mile and a half from Leques noy.' Robertsart, Beaudlgniea, Maine, Le- paux. Ghlsslgnies, Soma In 8ur CcalUon, Moncbaux and Ruesnea have been taken. More than 100 runs were captured from the Germans. . - The Germans are resisting stubbornly but were powerless before tha ireslstlble rush of the British. Ths British have advanced throughout the whole fighting. There was s4eparate strurcle around Monchaux and at several other points. In 'these combats the-British performed some of the sneet remarkable feats of the war.-There; were many . aeeas ot (OMchtdad ea Fts JClva,lOohuaa Two) Ozarina. Caused Lord Kitchener's , ;Death, Is Charged New Tork, Oct. 25 The csarlna had a private wire leading- from her apart; mem; In the Winter Palace at Fetro- grad to Potsdam, over -wnicn tna ueo man government :,was'. apprised of the allied plans so far M they were re vealed to Russia. It was declared last night byr Commissioner. Henry W. Mapp. head of. the Salvation Army in Russia. In the course of an address at tha Salmarundl club. The kaiser was fully- acquainted with the proposed sailing- of Lord Kitchener through the treachery of the csartna, says Mr. . Mapp. - who said she " wired all details of Kitchener's ' proposed visit to Russia to her brother, the German emperor, dlrectlyi. she learned, them. The csartna was the' great force to Russia.! said Commissioner Mapp. "The kaiser controlled Russia. 'The corrup tion. treachery and Intrigue of the Russian court "was terrible. The treach ery of the former empress was directly responsible: for the death of' Lord Kitchener."!-- - -; m (Mm vSailors Soliers J Openly JM . "rS ?----. l. . ; iesiut or . ; article tio: s : Vr-i" -By Alfred Aadersea .. . -if nnrrlafaL. 1B1B. hi Star Cm Never have' I. tread so near tho path ot death as when X began cautious a- qulry into conditions to the German navy and tho German military establish menu. Tho subject seems .verbotonT ia Berlin. .Through seemtngly Innocest chats to cafes, wlth.chaaco acqualntonces to the street and event with ' German-; soldiers; it quickly became apparent to m that revolutionary -elements ,araat work-to -the 'rmr':v;J-' '- ?.'-'.V-.-H- Thousands of soldiers refuse to saluU Lthelr offlcers..,-,lv- A-&A'!&f- I saw 'signs that under certain condW tiona at least, sections of the army., if Democratic Reolyto Note to Be Sent m Appeal Is Also to Be Sent to Paris Soon; Turkey Renews Peace Offers. Cepeshagea, OeU IU IV. P.) eaat Apposyl has been appolsted premier of Asttrla-Haarsry to saeeeed Hsssarek, aecordlag to a Vlessa dlspateh to the PaUUkea. w ' Paris, Oct. M .(C. PO Coast An. drassy has sseeeeded Bares Bsrlaa asl Aaetre-Hssrarlas ferelas sslstster, it was resorted today Is . a dispatch front Berse. - . Berne, Oct. IS. (By Agenoe Radio to the I. N. & Foreign Minister von K M. a lff a sk I mediau. future to th latest note of President WUson to tha dual, empire. according to advices trom Vienna, aiw tna is willing to talk with the csecho- Slovaks (as requirea in resjaent nu-i son's note). I tn. wm S' a nou pariTeSg I for the establishment of peace. Tha re- organisation ot Austria Is practically completed. -German papers Caution Aostrlans Amsterdam. Oct 26. (L 1- S.) The German public has grave fears for de velopments In Austria-Hungary as ; result of President Wilson's Utest re ply to thaf peaoe wjte from : the dual monarcn jr." according tor advices reach tor here. Tha German press is cau tioning: the people of . Austria-Hungary to - remember the . situation which de veloped, in Russia as a result pf the Russian revolution. - Hundred Killed or Wounded London. OctI 25. L N. R One hun4- dred soldiers to Flume, Hungary, havs I been killed or wounded by the revolting ; (Coachload ea lass Slaves. Cohusu Two) DETAILS ITS PLANS ,'--V- ;- '-- " - ' Statement of Purpose for Ex penditure of Funds Asked at Election Is Given Out At a lata hour today the dock com mission issued Its statement ot purpose for the expenditure of the proceeds' of the i.000.000 dock bonds which has been offered for the approval' of the voters of Portland at the election No vember. 6. . The statement follows: -The commission of public docks is askina the people to vote 15.000.000 to bonds for the further improvement of this port The authority is to the form of an amendment to the charter of the I City of Portland and will appear on the ballot at the general election Novetn- rLS: 7.w .A .vu v, Mvwt. r k. Ml. of t?e bnl. are a. loTioT.-. " First To orovtde a floatins: drv dock ot 12.000 tens lifting capacity. Becona to proviae xuei ounaers witn una iwnn uu iwauui nmminm wjwp- ment -- -" - - - Third To" provide ; a marine repair shop with land and floating; equipment Tho expenditure necessary to provide these facilities win consume only a por tion-ox -tne money now requestea, ana only a sufficient amount of these bonds will be sold to provide tho necessary funds. The balance of the bonds au thorised will remain unissued and un sold, to form a credit upon which toe commission may draw at such, times as additional facilities are required to serve the interests or commerce in tnio port cvoeaieeaa. so rasa . B. i . i Six) Officers as irr - :r- u . v- w ars unanses backed bylBoclallats at home, would rs- xuso jto. fight r A" conversation : with' Alfred Booster, a corporal ia a Pomerian division. Is typical of all the rest. - 1 "met him to Mitscber Wetostubo .la 'Franaoaaaehaw strasse tha second day J was to Berlin. - "An. -oendiUona. novo changed to vtbo German army sloco tho opening of tho war." beg-aa ; Corporal Boesler, . confi dently to mo as.o seeming; neutrals rOnco wo used to ret off the sidewalk when an officer passed.''. He could strike a private soldier to the- face or knock bun down. What oould the soldier do? "Nothings-vi-O v.j- . ? ':-; 1 '" ' ' 1 ' 'i - (Ceseh-ded osFsse.Toe Cehuaa aal. Help Congress i i Correspondents on ' Italian Front Hint at Possibld Developments Which May Mean End - Of -.-- , . ., Austria as Factor in the War, - - f - ; Attack Is Uunched in Mountain Section , Near Mont .Grappa; 2875 Prisoners Taken, : Piave Crossed; Big Gains Are Made. LONDON. Oct'lHjlptnJ-i:, i (U. PJraach .'troop -Tisve. completed ' the capture ; of" Mont . Siwemol .on the Ajiagd plateau. according, ,to. battlefront -. -. patches this afternoon. Italian, cavalrT as reached ' Lach, in Albania, it was reported here lWt.7 aftenwon. . " .. (Lach Is on the Drln-I-Bar river ' west , of Uakub. ; Mont .SlsseraoJ is three miles east of the city , of Aslago. , .It is .17 -jnlles ' west ' of, the Plave river, ,- The offenshra front is .thus - extended - to 1 about ? 45 miles In width), v - Br Earie C Reeves LONDON. Oct p.: t& p. nv-; , (I. N. S.) Correspondents on v. the Italian; battlefront, Jn com menting , upon tho new drive. against the Austro-Hungarians, ' hint " at possible developments ; . which, taken in connection with r the revolts at Flume and Prague,' . may likely mean the final blowf to eliminate Austria from , the, ' war. - m-i.i.yV JThe 'Italian assaults r Werr launched in the . mountain tone, near Mont, Grappa- and Import- -ant gains of territory were msdeX , The Italians have crossed" the Plave. river, said a Central News dispatch from Rome. ri? The attackers advanced as far as tho I Ornic ' river, capturing- Monte Solarola ( and part of Moots Prassolaa and Monte Pertlca. . - t I Jsiancs in tne nave nver - were oe- copied and Dl PappadopoU and Maggiara 1 were occupied. I (This new assault breaks a long period i or inactivity on tne .Italian front). -, Ornie River ' Is . Crossed , Rome, OcU 21 L N. 8 The Ital ians captured 2f7S , prisoners lnclodlng 14 officers to the Ms stuck against the . Austro-Huhgarians Tnursday, too war office , announced today. Tho of fleial report roads : nresterday, there was flghtlnc ia tho sector of. Monte Orappa and we estab lished oar lines on tho northern bank of tho Ornlfl river. . The prisoners total 14 officers and 2711 of tha ranks. Tha weather is adverse.' --Disorderly Retreat Forced '... V London.' Oct StiV. P. The Austro- Germaoa. defeated ,ln strong attacks la tho great Morava valley, are retreating northward, in disorder, the Serbian war office announced today. i; .- ; i "Wo. hav liberated Faraehto,' varva- xln and Beloehltdv taking; 200 prisoners, and are advancing northward." said tho communloua.' . . ?'- ;i '-'FA'aF. Annies . Enoaoed ' Indoa. Oct' 2SI M j. m.ra. K. 8- Four armies are engaged 'against v the- Austro-Hungartans on tho Italian. front, 'the Evening" News said tbts- oft-.. emoon.?iTho- Piavo- river has-been . crossed -at several potota. : '- . -.,'. The Italians havo ootered Asolaooe. .? Tho Austrian are vigorously resist-v I tog tho ItaUan advance. Italians Eater IomJ? ' 'jf i London. Oct. 1W1 j25 p. in.) Italian; patrols have entered Alono. according ' to a dispatch to tho Eventnc News to day The attack ls ' prorressing , satis-. factorily, -; .':'!&. ;--" V??; M ia also learned that Italian troops have , taken ' Grevetrapa. 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