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! 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS TODAY'S' I ARE SOME. (22,000 KEAQERB) DA-LL.Y Only Circulation In Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAIr " LEY NEWS SERVICE 1 WEATHER Ik, vi :ij ,M Oregon: ' Tonight and Saturday fair moderate north westerly winds. FORTIETH YEAR NO. 255 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, -OCTOBER 26, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW STANDS FIVE CENTS O'M i Mm ( j y lit i t'i GREAT DEFEAT IS INFLICTED UPON ARMIES Three Mile Advance Made Into Pivotal Base of Hindenburg Line ONE HUNDRED GUNS OF LARGE CALIBRE TAKEN Positions Gained ty French Overlook Large Section of German Position (By Henry Wood) (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the French Armies in the Field, Oct. 26. With every hour today there grow evidence that General Pctain's stroke"1 on the Aisne had inflicted on Germany her greatest defeat of 1917. .Demoralized uy the triphammer blows of the great French war machine, the Germans today were abandoning their guns in an errort to retreat across the marshy Ailctte valley and the Aisne and Oise canal. Fighting with the des peration of men who know they art beaten, the enemy gave way for the French wedge until today it has been jammed more than three miles into the pivotal base of the German line curv ing around the western extremity of the Chemin-des-Dames. Total captures of men reached more than nine thousand. More than 100 guns have ben taken so far, Soveral hundred trench mortars and machine jtfuns are not included in this count. Judging from prisoners' stories and an estimate of tue mangled heaps oi German dead, the uerman losses in Tuesday's dnve and Thursday's accel eration may be conservatively estimated J.i. enuivAlnnt til thl-nn utIkiIa f4,ir-rran divisions approximately 45,000 men. In proportion to tue size - of the battle iront seven miles this in tho Iipav- iest loss which Germany has ever taiued in a single series of military op- orations ainr-.e the iliaaatrnna aaritinn ra- treat last spring Not only that, but the French vie- torv i enmi.Utivo m Pii,, now dominate the entire Ailette valley. Their Hold on the observatories practically ' renders untenable the German lines along the northern edge of the bloody , Chemin-des-Dames all the way toward gramme, rar to ti e east, lu .,... w,...uc. uu, enemy apparently seeking to make a stand on new lines opposite the heights of the Ailette. How great was the jar to German army morale when Hindenburg's troops felt the impact of Petain 's pivotal blow was evidenced in a score of proofs to day. Like a boxer struck a staggering blow on the jaw, the German army ma-, chine reeled backward, its mind con-1 fused, every sense- of apprehension at tuned to the keenest point and then, -with muddled, befogged comprehension, strove blindly to cover up. That "grogginess" was evident in hasty abandonment of guns. It was even plainer in confused orders taken from captured officers. One officer captured near Pinon car ried orders to abandon his four mortars His major taken at the same point had exactly contradictory orders first to retreat: secondly, to resist "regard? less of cost. ' ' Six hundred prisoners tak en at Pinon evidenced this demoraliza tion of the orderly German military brain through Petain 's staggering blow. The Germans hadn't even thought of (Continued on page three) ABE MARTIN Some folks don't care jest so th' nickel tha-aters-have got plenty o' coal. T' time t' argue is before you put th' gloves on. . KAISERS irTf4felf fin f 18 Railroad Women Ready To Take Men's Places Chicago, Oct. 26. Wives of railroad men are ready to take their husband's places and run the train if necessary to the war. y' was made clear today by dele S the convention of the Ladies . V of Bailway Conductors. O already put in my applica nt. Baltimore and Ohio rail roai jfa oh as engine wiper and I am r, . ) any kind of work they will g H?-4 said Mrs. May Keith of Chicago. to run an engine and I am goi), - before I die." "We art Snd ready and there is not one , ire who wouldn't gladly take .juand's place on a train," said i ,s." J. M. Sewoll, presi dent of the organization. Meanwhile the organization took up plans for Bed Cross work. Members de cided today to aid by making bandages and contributing other supplies. Nearly all Of them have bought liberty bends. REAR ADMIRAL CAPPS WILL RESIGN FROM Head of Board Is In Poor Health Due to Close Attention to Work Washington, Oct. 26. The American shipbuilding organization is likely soon to undergo a second reorganization, Rear Admiral Capps, head of the emergency fleet corporation, and sue cessor to General Goethals, will step down or be forced out, unless present indications fail. Capps is in ill health, due to a de votion to duty which kept him at his desk eighteen or more hours a day con stantly. Besides mis, there are many manifestations that Chairman Hurley of the United States shipping board and he are not in lull accord- Officials admit that there is such a shortage of vessels and such delay in construction as really to hamper war work. Thore is no ' dispute over-types of ships, as 'in the Denman-Goethals row, but there is far less construction sus-'tnttn American and allied needs require Capps' ill health will probably serve as the vehicle tor his elimination soon er or later, while amendment "of tho shipping law also is quite probable, so that there will not be two boards as a P'efent. One board constructs ships; X Tto ft H ig in favor of con8-cripytion of la()or J one meang of d con. struction. Three hundred thousand td five nun(rcd thousand workers are needed, but until some strong hand takes action, ship building is destined to be slow for want of labor. Chairman Bcott Resigns Washington, Oct. 26. Frank; A. Scott, Cleveland, chairman of the war industries board, resigned today, health was given as the Teason. ' m in RAY SPURCEON FACES CHARGE OF MURDER OVER BANK ROBBFRY .Patrick Hailoran, Stockholder in Edison Bank Hold-Up Victim Mount Vernon, Wash., Oct. 26. Bay Spurgeon, the bandit who, with his brother, fcarl, robbed tne farmers ana Merchants bank at tdison yesterday. todav faces a charge of murder for killing Patrick Hailoran, who refused fo promptly obey their hands up" order. Hailoran, real estate man and stock holder in the bank, died Thursday af ternoon at Burlington hospital from a bullet wound in the abdomen. - Earl Spurgeon was killed by a pur suing posse 20 minutes alter the rob bery, as he attempted toi climb a fence and escape. Ray was captured. Ray stubbornly denied today thij he had fired the shot that killed 'Hai loran. He carried a 32 caliber revolver, however, and it was a 32 bullet that entered Hailoran 's body. The brother bandit carried a 41 caliber gun. Although feeling i intense against the ro -ers, the Bheriir at Mount Ver non aid today that he did not fear! an attempt at lynching. . ! About 2000 was taken from the bank after J. K. Hannay, the president of the bank, and his son, had been forced into the vault. AU but $20, lost as the robbers fled, has been recovered. Police at Bellineham, where the Spurgeon boys lived, believe they are responsible for a series of hold up and robberies there, and were suspect- j ed of the Great Northern train rob-i very at Saniish five years ago, when three passengers were killed. Hailoran was a Mason and a former chairman of the eonnty republican committee. He was 73 years of age. GERMAN OFFICIALS ARE SHOCKED BY PROPOSED BOMBING OF THEIR CITIES By John Orandena (United Press staff correspondent) Borlin, Oct. 26 If the allies, and England in particular, hope by brutal ity (in )ombio unfortified German cities to bring Germany to her knees, that hope is vain, -according to the be lief expressed in the highest official quarters today. The United Press was told by tho highest authority that tho entente should not forget that there are num orous French cities in easy reach of bombing German air fleets, if the al lies, including America, tarry out any ' program oi uubck on open- ueniu towns. This same authoritative source de clared: . "The British press tries to comfort the British population with assurances that at tho beginning of the winter cessation of the Flanders battlo, Eng lish air fleets, aided by numerous new English, American and Italian planes, will bombard fortified and , unfortified German cities. "We know the allies are incapable of an increased air offensive because: First, on account of bad winter climatic conditions in central Europe. "Second, if the -onclusion of the Flanders releases British planes, it will likewise release German planes. Third, according to entente prison ers in our hands, America is not in a position to send many machines even by next spring. "Fourth, the hasty training of Eng lish fliers will make their losses four to one of ours, a fact proved by offi cial casualty lists. Moreover, Ameri can fliers are also training hastily and en masse, which is likely also to in crease the disparity of losses- "Fifth, our home defense is of prov ed ability for instance, on occasion of recent French raids. "Our enemies hope the lack of raw material will force us to our knees. That hope is fruitless. We have solved the problem of substitutes so well that the English arc considering .whether they should not imitate some of these substitutes. ""Our "raids on London arc justified. Lloyd George in June, , 1915, declared NEW MINISTRY IS VICTOR IN FIRST REAL TESTOFJTRENGTH Vote of Confidence Extended to Painleve Cabinet by Chamber of Deputies Paris, Oct. 26. .The new Painleve cabinet today had weathered its first test of strength in the chamber of dep uties, an according to the Paris press, seemed likely to continue in power. Last night the chamber of deputies voted 288 to 137 on a- vote of confi dence in the new ministry. The vote came after former Premier Eibot, just transferred by Premier Painleve from the portfolio of foreign minister to min ister of state and member of the war council, in place of M. Barthou, had aroused great enthusiasm by a speech re-emphasizing France's determinatioq to reclaim' Alsace-Lorraine. Ribot chose a plirase of .German For eign Secretary von Kuehlmann's recent speech as his text. "Can France make any concessions to Germany! ' he asked, and then, be fore his auditors could answer in the negative, he added, dramatically: "No, never!'. - - "Alsace-Lorraine must be on the shield of France. We do not want it by annexation but by dis-annexation. "Territory stolen from us in 1871 is no different from land invaded in 1914." t Ribot made a powerful plea for all the allies to stand by Russia at the forthcoming Paris conference and to aid in "smashing the German diplomatic offensive." M. Barthou, the new foreign minister, was well received in his maiden speech. His main argument was devoted to de nunciation of secret diplomacy. "It is astounding that democracies can be tied by secret treaties," he de clared. "During the last seven years France was so tied. It must never hap pen again." The miaister affirmed the solidarity of Franee and Russia and expressed his pleasure that not one word had ever been heard of the allies or of Russia abandoning that complete sympathy of aims and purposes. LTEEETT BONDS AT O. A. C. Oregon Agricultural College- Corval lis, Oct. 26. The students usual con vocation hour was turned into a eiti zen liberty bond meeting held in the men '( gymnasium Wednesday. The band gave a eouple of selections and the entire audience sang the first and last verses of "America." The speak ers were rJ. J. Adams of Eugene and Father Kane from Monroe. that London had become 'a second Wcelwieh' (Note: Woolwich is one of England's -great arsenals snd muni tions plants.) i mtnorto, wnereas . our enomies have increasingly bombed open towns such as Karlsruhe, Frankfort-on-Main, Baden, Freiburg and Tuebingen, the effect of such brutalities on tho popu lation nas Deen tne opposite of that in tended. It has strengthened the pub lic 'a determination to hold on." THE ENGLISH VIEW By Ed L, Keen (United Press staff correspondent) London, Oct. 26 A Germany that orders repeated "baby killing" aer ial raids over England and France pur sues a murder policy on the seas, no less than on land, now complaining in advance of allied ' brutality," is tho astounding spectacle presented in United Press Berlin dispatches today. Officials expressed intense interest in the authoritative interview sent by the United Press staff correspondent in Berlin; It was. regarded as a strenu- 0us effort of the kaiser', war machine ito allay apprehension caused by Ens- land s recent annpuncement oi a re prisal policy, which would demand "an eyo- for- an,, eye aijd tooth t& tocrth" from Germany, fo )rer aerial assassi nations. ' Uormiinv- was ' guilty of unheard of atrocities in Belgium and France and sho strovo to "cover up" by charging the allies with similar atrocities. Ger many invented poison gas and brought liquid fire into use from the dark ages and then sought to blame the allies for "cruelty" in' its use. Germany's great guns deliberately smashed the Bheims cathedral and oth er masterpieces of medieval architec ture and Germany whined about allied shells over her lines. Germany invented ruthlcssness on the seas in her subma rine warfare and f proteted bitterly when allied vessels refused, with knowledge of - Herman! Itreachery, to rescue U-baat crews. Germany dovised assassination of women, and children from the , skies and whispers "bru tality," when, after three years Eng land reluctantly decides the devil must be fought with , his,. Own weapon. WOULD BREAK SPIRIT OF ITALIAN NATION BY A GREAT DRIVE Germany Seeks 'to Add to In ternal Difficulties of Italian Government By J. W. T. Mason (Written for the Unitod PresB) Now :Yok, ,Oct. 26. (Germany's first major offensive of tho war against Italy, now in full process of development, is a desperate adventure, planned to break down the morale of the Italians, while internal difficulties are confronting the Italian govern ment. The first real test of .the war spirit of the Italian people under adverse circumstances has now como. For tho past fortnight there have been evi dences of dissatisfaction in Italy with the present ministry, coupled with mu- nicipal disturbances. The kaiser unques tionably ordered tho present offensive in the hope that if General Cadorna suffers a setback grave internal con sequences will occur in Italy. 'pine to create in Italy conditions similar to those in Bussia, tho kaiser already seems to have made another grotesque error in guessing at the mental processes of other nations. Tho immediate effect of the German of fensive, appears to be the spread of criticisms in Italy against weakness in the present cabinet, coupled with a demand for more belligerently actflve If this is the ultimate outcome or,""" . . tne Kaiser s suuaon interest in ine xson i , :t ...nhahlv will be the German .. . . . -. , .i . .i. t i WUU1U Will IlttVU Bl-J.! IlllUUICI CAftliMHD of the ineffieency of the Hohenzollernj rule. The Germans can obtain no advant- age to themselves from tneir Isonzo ? - . . ! offensive unless internal unrest is thereby developed in Italy. A few miles of territory taken from General Cadorna would not be ade quate compensation to the kaiser for the irreparable casualties his armies must suffer. Retreating also along the French Aisne offensive, giving ground ' f th n-itiifc in I-1nnHi.ru thn kaiaer I exhibits a condition of hysteria byin another ISjB (orious daiva gainst chancing a great victory in morale the German line. over the Italians. Like caged animals) The war office statement today an the Hohenzollcrn militarists are nowjnounced that between Dncgrachten beating their heads against tho een- and Draibank. the t. ojensDaca aim tral Eurore bars, seeking bluntly for aiCoverbeck rivers had been forded by weak spot. It may be the beginning of the end. WOMEN CAOTTOT VOTE wide front." uraioana village, rape - Indianapolis, Ind-, Oct. 26. The Ingoed and several farms which had been diana supreme court today affirmed transformed into strong enemy fortifi- the decision of the lower eourt and cations, were taken. Many prisoners held nnconstitntional the law passed were captured. by the last legislature 'granting the. Of the fighting elsewhere, the state- right of women te vat. ment said the Aisne front was calm. SBXPPINO TO ITALY. Washington, Oct. 26. Italy will receive 125,000 tons of ship ping at once, the shipping board announced today. The tonnage will include 25 ships taken from coastwise traffic. Great Britain, which has been attending to the shipping wants of France and Italy, is no longer able to do so on account of submarine losses. BAN JOHNSON CALLED. Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 25. Ban Johnson, president of the American league, has been or- ' dered to report immediately for war service in France, he stat- ed in a telegram here thi after- noon, cancelling a speaking en- gagement. It is believed the basoball baron will be connected with the intelligence department abroad. IN SPITFJF STORM Satisfactory Progress Is Re ported Northeast of ipres Early This Moning (By William Philip Slmms) (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the British Armies in Flam dors. Oct. 26. Fifty-five minutes af tor British 'forces went over the top early today in a concerted Anglo-French drive. German pill boxes two thousand yards distant succumbed to the fury of their attack. Half an hour later the same fighting British were swarming in desperate bat tle around Poldhoek chateau. At Ghcluvelt today tho British were lighting astride-for the first time in mouths.. .Haig flung his cavalry Into the fray and they fought successfully. They were also reported in action around Passchendaele. The two thousand yard initial gain was to the west of rasschendaolo From there tho line of attack probably ex tended as far north as Houlthoust for est, where at the time tl.is is written British have made- good- progress. To to the south there was fighting as far down te line as Gheluvelt. Early Beport of Progress. London, Oct. 26. British and French forces in Flanders joined in another great drive today. "Northeast of Ypres, British and French troops attacked at 5:55 this morning, and made satisfactory pro gress," Field Marshal Haig reported. "Bain fell heavily during the latter part of the night and is continuing to day," tho official statement added. This is the second blow struck by combined British and French forces against Germany's vital spot in Flan wers, in five days. A terrific drive drive launched Monday carried the i'.oi, tri-onlnr and the British union iack forward on the Passchendaele ridge ana drove mo euemjr u w -mile further. Presumably today's drive is in exact- m .1 nn All ftT M H 1 (7 M fill iv tue same wuouuu. o - seven erations for the Tn0 1 i i a i have neen ucru. uiuna i" .., - . is to cut the uerman im m communications at Roulers and thus to menace from the flanK tne uerman sub marine base at Zeebrugge and Ostend. Boilers is now only about five miles from the most advanced positions re- ALLIES DRIVE AGAIN IN FLANDERS REGION " . ,.., -,,,o,i rtrive t"e sinister propaganda conuucieu uy j j ported before today s ; Teutonic agents seeking to alienate of deputies to reject an order of the Not only that, but the f r tlB" ,a" Russia and Rumania and induce them to day expressing confidence in tlu gpv I French have taken P""? " " aicn a separate peace and to disarm the eminent. The chamber then suspended the hign grounu oi 7 X,minatine ! ridge. As soon as al of d 'm"U;f Pwotor theplan betray Russia into tho r landers muu oi. n t...-0 elation was expressed -rn crrfl&teBi, - .. ,ifiPpt ovi- here today over the magnificent evi afforded by Franco of her mui- 'dense afforded by Franco of her mili- , , " D - nnr tary strength . General couuucnuK ,.-;:-..' on the Aisne "om, uy ' mans nave u v."- -- ii nnattmn T lift nttlBr fusion irom sj with the British in a iremenuouoijr portant assault in Flandeis. Freoch Join English Paris, Oct. 2u. Fighting half sub merged in water, after having advanc H thrnmrli streams where the water reached op to their necas, Tnl" Irnnni in Beleinm ioincd the British thn I'nilus. half swimming and with the wster up to their shoulders. Then the wet warriors flung themselves in- to the attack and "progressed over a MAXIMUM FIVE BILLIONS MAY BE FAR EXCEEDED On-Rushing Tide of Subscrip tions Kolling In Hood of Gold JIIANY DISTRICTS EXCEED MAXIMUM ALLOTMENT New York Has Passed Billion Mark and West Is Coming Strong Washington Oct. 26. An on-rushing tide of a last minute subscription may roll the liberty loan over the five bil lion dollar post today and tomorrow. From every federal reserve district eome reports that the two closing days of the campaign promise to outstrip the record breaking sales of liberty bonds. A treasury department estimate of the total subscription this afternoon ' ' was more than 3,200,000,000, and the total may be even higher." Many localities have already over subscribed their maximum allotments. Banks in most cities will remain ooen Saturday - afternoon and night, "until the last man who desires a bond has bought it," announced campaign head quarters. Many employers are advancing th regular November 1 payday tomorrow so that their workers may invest in bonds. Cleveland, headquarters reports, is swamped with buyers. Some counties in that district promise to exceed their maximum allotments by forty per cent. Boston ' returns from liberty day are still coming in to national headquarters here, the district 's total increasing $23, 000,000 in a few hours. The Kansas City district, which prob ably reported its $12g,000,UOO maximum allotment .today telegraphed .a partial report by states. Nebraska $20,000,000;. Kansas, $17, 000,000; issouri $16,000,000; Colorado $11,000,000; Oklahoma $11,000,000 Wy oming $3,000,000, and New Mexico $1, 000,000. Reports from the far west continue to show brisk sales. Oregon and Arizona have exceeded their minimum quotas. Six Oregon cities are beyond their max imums. Now York, having swept by the $1, 000,000,000 mark yesterday, is confi dently hammering away at its $1,500, 000,000 maximum quota. (Continued on page three) Britain Will Stand by Russia and Rumania London, Oct. 20. Britain will never make a separate peace with the central empires at the expense of Russia or Rumania, Lord Robert Cecil, under-sec-rnforv tnr fnricrn nfnfirfl. told the house of commons today. He vigorously denied l,o i,wflrnmmit. who snnkinff such an ar- rangemcnt and declared that Great Brit ain would stand by Russia to the last sod assist her in every way to consoli- date nor new won ireeaom. "fjngland win not desert uumania Lord Robert added. Lord Robert Cecil's declaration was ters wiU present their resignations to rnado probably w,ith two objects in day. viewto dispel the possible effects of The cabinet's fall was made certain Kussian Bolsheviki, who have been 8preadi the idea that Great Britain Believe Jealousy Was Cause of Tragedy Seattle, Wash., Oct.' 26. Sisters of the dead woman today believed that jealousy prompted the murder of Mrs. Bertha Volkmar, 31, and the suioida of Charles Butcher of La Touche, Alas ka. The bodies wore found in Butchers room at the home of his victim's three sisters, 2H15 Yeslcr way- Mrs. Volk mar s husband is a government carpen ter foreman at Anchorage, Alaska, She was a sister of Pete Standridge, mem ber of the Los Angeles baseball team. A note scribbled on the back of an envelope, addressed by typewriter, to, M. R. Ward, manager of the Grays Harbor Shipbuilding company at Aber deen, Wash-, was found in Butcher's pocket. It read: "Cremate my body. You will find $75 cash and liberty bonds for $500. Send to my sister, Mrs. T. I Gates, Philtipsburg, Kans. " Butcher had evidently bought the bonds just prior to the double tragedy wnn nB f,re(1 three shots Into Mrs. Volkmar's body and one intp his own. , On the right bank of the Meuse around Le Chaume wood, there was sharp fiphtinu in which the Germans gained . foothold on an advanced trench. ITALIANS BADLY DEFEATED BY THE AUSTR01ANS Germans Claim to Have Taken Thirty Thousand Prisoners In Drive ITALIANS EVACUATE ALL BAINSIZZA PLATEAU London Thinks Winter Season Jay Force Germans to Stop Operations Rome, Oct. 26. Evacuation by Ital ian troops of Bainsizza plateau was of ficially announced today. The pressure of the Auatro German drive in that see tor forced the move. "From Mount Maggioro west to Aua- za, we have withdrawn our boundary. evacuating the Bainsizza plateau," tha statement said. Bainsizza vlateau was tha main r-..;t of General Cadorna's' great drive last August. His forces conquered the great mountain peaks forming the western boundary of this high ground Moute Santo, Monte San Gebriel and Kuk and then droye the Austrians ahead of them across the comparatively level up per ground. it is not clear from the official statu- meut whether all of the Bainsizza pla-, tcau has been abandoned to the Aua-tro-German forces or just that portion around Auzza. Great Victory Claimed. Berlin, via London, Oct. 26. Austro German forces in their great drive on the Italian front have already favour ed thirty thousand prisoners ami taken 300 guns, today's official statement de clared. - "Nocturnal Anirlo-French attacks failed every whero," declared today 's war office statement. "The enemy attacked at several points since dawn." "Under our Dressure tha Italians havo begun to evacuate the Biansizza and Heiligongeist platoau," today's of ficial statement asserted. Winter May Sara Italy. London, Oct. 26. Germany's offen sive against Italy looks serious at the start but tne season is bad for such a campaign. Italy is well munitioned and amply provided with troops and observers are united in complete con fidence in her ability to weather what ever storm the Germans may raise. This view was expressed in various quarters here today. What interested British observers the most in the whole situation was the fact that the Isonzo offensive was regarded as further evi dence of Austria's military impotence. It is Germany that is waging the ital- ion drive. German troops, German offi cers, German munitions and German warplnues are in control. well informed observers here held tha Gorman control of this effort likewise established Germany's intention to keep Austria under complete vassalaga to Berlin. Political Troubles. Rome, Oct. 26. Iteslgnatioa of th Italian cabinet is impending according to semi-official newspaper announce ment today. It was declared the minis- its sittings until the cabinet crisis wan adjusted. The Italian cabinet, under Paolo Bo celli, has been steadily losing ground in the Italian parliament for the past sev eral weeks. Socialist strength has been increasing. Possibly also the recent Austro-German success in the big Teu tonic drive on the Isonzo front has precipitated a crisis. Reports at Washington. Washington,' Oct. 26. Confronted with a poworful Teutonic offensive against Italy, Foreign Minister Bonnuio was reported in Rome cables today t be delivering a speech of unusual im port before the Italian parliament oa the eabinet crisi. No aetails of his text were given. Semi-official Rome reports indicated that the Austro-German forces are try ing to cut off the advanced Italiita positions on the Bainsizza plateau in today's fighting! Russians 8 till Advance. Petrograd, Oct. 26. Further advaneea by Russian troops in the Riga sector, following German evacuation of a great soction of ground formerly held by tho enemy, was announced in today's of ficial statement. "In the Sigund manor sector, from Lenewarden to Sastle, and as far as tha Riga-Orel railway line, we advanced without 'discovering the enemy," the. statement said.
