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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY The American marines who began n second attack m th* Criii.Mi lines i,i,. Thursday, captured the illage of Toiev and tlrove their war into P.oiirosehes. nor I Invest of Chateau Thierry. Vest.-r-thi.v aMfaaaal they «.iv holding Tony in the face of repeated counter:! t tacks and were pu-hilit. hack the Germans through the streets of Boiiresohcs. Virtually all their objectives in this attack were attaiuetl. Eighty-eight thousand men have been tailed to date un.ler th.- military service act and 73.900 have c plicil. affording to figures available yesterday at Ottawa. There has been a great increase in the number of recruits in Juol It is now believed that the Iihi imni to lie raisetl under the net. will lie with the colors lietorc Parliament convenes. A general revision of classifications under the MCscMw inks act was atoeled vcsti-nlay hy Provost Marshal General Cn.wtler. when he telegraphed to tile governors ,,f :1|1 states ordering investigations to determine the reason for the small number of n gistnmts in class 1 in some localities. A sndtlen ttdd wave lias struck central Europe, including Germany, and spread over Holland ami Sca.idiiiavin. accordini: !■ reports from many ix.ints. Tiiere hae been Heal snowfalls, hail-storms and severe night frosts. Widespread damage to the grain, fruit and potato crops is r-iwrt.tl. Returns received by the provost marshal-general from the registration for military service of men who have attained the age of 21 since the first draft registration a year ago, indicate that the niiinlicr registered will approximate s per cent of the registration last year, or MnmhmI men. Floyd ;itil«.ns. corres|Mni ie.it of the Chicago Tribune villi the American arm;.- in France, was wounded Thills lay while with IVrshiims fonts, when he was struck in the eye and alio liy machine-gun bullets. His wounds are Hot IxdicVed t«i Is fatal. Th- wheat crop this year is reported iis the second largest in the history of the country.
