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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY Latest news from the west front shows that the Germans are slowly yielding along the southern arc of the Marne salient The AmericanFranco forces on the front northeast of Chateau Thierry have driven the Germans almost entirely out of the wooded area which they have been so stubbornly defending The advance of the allies is bringing them till nearer to the important road juncture of FereenTardenois American troops have dis ¬ covered at Urecy north of Chateau Thierry em ¬ placements of German supercannon which bom ¬ barded towns behind the front and perhaps Iaris IarisAntwerp Antwerp has been fined 1000000 francs and Jan Devos the burgomaster has been deposed by the Germans because of recent happenings in the city the Belgique Dagblad says Activists celebrating the llth of July were beaten and a number of Ac ¬ tivist prisoners of war from Goettingen were half killed by inhabitants for carrying on antiBelgian propaganda in the city Doctors refused to attend the men whom they called traitors and were consequently deported to Germany GermanyPremier Premier Lloyd George has announced in behalf of the government that all men willfully absent from work on or after Monday July 9 will be deemed to have voluntarily placed themselves outside the munitions industries Protection certificates will cease to have effect and the men will become liable to the provisions of the military service act the premier added addedWith With 50000 troops sent last week the number jf American soldiers transported overseas during July is expected to reach a record of 300000 Secre ¬ tary Baker and Gen March chief of staff yester ¬ day told members of the Senate Military Committee With the shipment of men last week the total number of American troops embarking for France was 1250000 1250000A A new worlds record in destroyer construction navy yard in the commissioning of the Ward sev ¬ enty days after her keel was laid The Ward was launched seventeen and a half days after the first plate was laid Fonierly it required twentyfour months to construct a destroyer in this country countryThe The capture of Le Channel by American forces in their advance between the Ourcq and the Marne is reported in Gen Pershiugs communique received at the War Department yesterday yesterdayHenry Henry Wattersou veteran editor of the Courier Journal will shortly retire owing to the sale of his own and the Halderman familys interests in the paper to Judge K W Bingham BinghamTrained Trained combat troops from France have begun to arrive in Italy Gen March announced yesterday at his regular conference with newspaper men
