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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY The latest summary of developments of the great war liy the Associated Press is as follows followsThe The British after the victorious drive through the Ilindenburg defenses arc knocking at the gates of Cambrai but apparently are momentarily paus ¬ ing before attempting to force an entrance Pris ¬ oners to tiie number of more than 10000 and more than 100 guns have been taken by them in this advance advanceBetween Between these two sectors another notable Ger ¬ man retrograde movement is in progress The French pressure in the region north nnd east of Noyon has forced a German retirement on a wide front in this sector and advances of five to seven miles have been scored by the French forces within the last fortyeight hours hoursThe The town of Guiscard has been captured and the French have pressed beyond until they are now a little more than two miles from the important road center of Ham They are approaching Ham on both sides of the Somme and its speedy fall seems probable The Germans here are apparently heading back for the St QuentinLa Fere line lineThe The FrancoAmerican operations on the Vesle front has been extended farther eastward toward Rheims and new crossings have been effected on the two and onehalf mile front between Ventranx and Jonchery seven miles west of Rheims RheimsMeanwhile Meanwhile the center of greatest activity has shifted to the FrancoAmerican front where the Germans are in full retreat on a wide front north of the Vesle with the French and Americans in pur ¬ suit and reported as having reached the Aisne in their chase chaseBetween Between the Ailette and the Aisne the French also are gclning ground They have crossed the Aisne at several points northeast of Soissons and have taken the town of MissysurAisne on the north bank where they were already in possession of BucyleLong Farther north on this front they have taken the towns of Braye and Clamecy In the nortli the Germans are continuing to move backward along the Flanders front The British are accelerating the retirement by sharp attacks in one of which they captured the village of Ploegsteert They have regained their April line on the southern part of this front from Neuve Chapelle to Givenehy and have even pushed beyond it in spots to the eastward of Givenchy GivenchyGen Gen Enocli Crowder provost marshal general said yesterday that the national selective service machinery must speed up operations immediately to make it possible to get men from the new 18 to 45 registration on the way to army cantonments by the end of October Outlining changes in methods adopted to that end Gen Crowder said question ¬ naires would go out to registrants before the drawing has been conducted to determine their order of call and that local boards would be urged to begin classification immediately Questions relating to the order of call and to the time of drawing Gen Crowder set aside in discussing the subject leaving only the intimation that these would be announced shortly shortlyFollowing Following every possible clew government state and city secret service and police officials yester ¬ day vigorously pushed their investigation into every possibility that might bring to justice the person or persons responsible for the death bomb exploded Wednesday in the Adams street entrance of the fed ¬ eral building killing four persons and injuring thirty more moreA A landslide at one of the drydocks in tlie navy yard at Portsmouth Va yesterday buried more than a dozen men It is reported unofficially that fourteen were killed killedHie Hie Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs in the opening game of the world series by a score of 1 to 0 Ruth pitched for Boston and Vaughn for the Cubs
