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AS THE WAR GOES ON
THE GERMAN FRONT SMASHED.
Canadian and English soldiers yesterday smashed through the strongest artificial defenses the Germans have ever constructed, the famous Wotan line, which they built more than a year ago after they lost Vimy Ridge to reinforce the Hindenburg line. The Germans have had strong points like that at Thiepval, but no length of line approaching that from Drocourt to Queant, a distance of fifteen miles straight across country.
Now that this line has gone its loss necessarily will involve the Hindenburg line both north and south. The Germans yesterday evacuated a further portion of the Lys salient.
The British taking Estaires and the Americans pursuing the enemy east of Voormezeele.
The entire German front from Arras to Peronne has been smashed by Marshal Haig's forces over a distance of thirty miles and thousands of prisoners have been taken.
At the same time the French in the south are steadily pressing on toward Laon and the line here will have to go.
As the result of yesterday’s victories the entire German front will be forced to withdraw to the Belgian frontier, which is only twenty-two miles northeast of Dury, which the British captured and passed yesterday.
—Captain Archie Roosevelt has arrived home and has gone to an army hospital.
—Railroads have moved five million soldiers since January 1, according to Mr. McAdoo's secretary.
—The United States cargo ship Joseph Cudahy was torpedoed by two submarines and sunk 700 miles off the English coast August 17. Sixty-two of the crew, including 22 of the naval guard, are missing.
—Premier Lenine, of Russia, who was shot twice by a woman at Moscow, died of internal hemorrhage as a result of his wounds. The Archbishop of Riga and a number of priests have been assassinated.
—Only a very few of the thousands of pleasure automobiles in New York city were out of their garage on the first gasoleneless Sunday.
—While the White House made no hint as to the man to be selected as Ambassador to Great Britain, Washington believes Colonel House, Secretary Lansing or William H. Taft, will receive the important appointment.
—President Wilson has fixed the price of the 1919 wheat crop at $2.20 at primary markets, which means a price of $2.39 1/2 a bushel in New York. He promised an increase to producers if an investigation of conditions next year warranted a raise.
—Troops will back 30,000 Federal agents, police and deputized authorities in the greatest drive to comb out draft dodgers in the history of New York city. The trap was sprung at seven o'clock this morning. Armories have been converted into huge prison pens to handle the thousands expected to be caught.
Steamship Launched at Newburgh.
Theodore Roosevelt talked Labor Day to several thousand cheering persons who witnessed the launching of the first steamship produced by the Newburgh Ship Yards Company for the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The vessel, of 9,000 tons dead weight, the first of ten that are to be launched at monthly intervals, was christened the Newburgh by Mrs. Irving T. Bush. The ship's bell, contributed by the citizens of Newburgh, was presented in their name by Mayor Wilson.
Shipyard workers who loaf on the job and any labor unions which limit the output of ships were denounced by Col. Roosevelt as traitors. He specifically exempted the Newburgh yards from suspicion and said he was convinced that, generally speaking, "there is a fine spirit of patriotism in shipbuilding labor in all parts of the country."
Officers of St. John's Council.
St. John's Council, Knights of Columbus, held the annual election of officers at the meeting last night, when the following were chosen:
Grand Knight—W. H. Carroll.
Deputy Knight—James A. O'Connell.
Chancellor—J. J. Downey.
Treasurer—C. A. Landy.
Financial Secretary—E. J. Burns.
Recording Secretary—Chas. Foy.
Warden—W. E. Casey.
Advocate—P. R. Julian.
Inside Guard—Wm. F. Welsh.
Outside Guard—John McNamara.
Trustees—J. J. O'Connell, Frank Foy, James Donovan.
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