London, Oct. 18. The following
notice was posted at the stock ex
change this afternoon:
"Official. Petrograd has been tak
en". London, Oct. IS The British war
office today received confirmation of
the news of the capture of Gatchina,
25 miles south of Petrograd, by the
Northwestern Russian army of Gen
eral Yudenitch. The Bolshevik! were
driven from the town yesterday.
The Esthonians, operating in the j
coastal region, along the Gulf of Fin
land, the official advices state, are
within a few miles of Krasnaia Gor
ka and are facing the fortress of
Kronstadt.
In the center of the advancing line,
official information is that the anti
Bolshevik forces on Thursday pushed
forward to a point three or four miles
below Luga, 80 miles south of Petro
grad. The Soviet forces are, according to
latest advices, still desperately de
fending Petrograd, toward which the
anti-Bolshevik troops have been ad
vancing since October 11. Confirma
tion of despatches telling of the fall
of the former Russian capital has not
been received in official quarters here.
:E DECIDES TO
DIE BY LEAPING
FROM WINDOV
Domestic Turmoil Cause of
Suicidal
Idea
After her husband was unable to
persuade her not to jump from a
fourth story cornice, Dr. B. J. Burns,
of Emergency hospital, finally induc
ed Mrs. Ella Bekhart, o 90 Court
land street, to change plans she made
for ending her life yesterday after
noon when she expressed the de
termination. The woman has been
taken to Hillside Home.
