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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY By almost superhuman efforts the Russians be ¬ tween the Lupkow and Iszok pusses have driven the Austrians backward upon the heigliths and have seized the railway leading through Vola Michovix anil Lupkow southward into Hungary ac ¬ cording to dispatches received at Petrograd South of the Dnkla pass where the Russians hnvo in ¬ trenched in the foothills the Austrians have nlinndoned their attacks Roth sides apparently arc awaiting the result of the great combat for possession iC the Lupkow and Pszok passes The remnants of the Austrian force that invadiil Rus ¬ sian UeKsarabia north of Rnkowina are hcijug forced back on the Russian border The Russia us now are on tho offensive along tlie whole front from the Baltic sea to the Roumanian lionicr The Germans in nortli Poland are being pushed back to the East Prussian Ixirder IxirderBritish British fears that the Germans are alnuit to initiate a gigantic raid on commerce were revived at Washington when the British embassy received a message from New York stating that seven HamburgAmerican and Nortli German Lloyjj liners were taking aboard cargoes of coal and making other preparations that indicated a possible in ¬ tention to send the big vessels to sea The Britisli expect that if the German raid materializes submarines will be sent ahead of the warships to drive off the battleships and cruisers oC the al lies Ipou receiving advices that tlu German liners in New York were coaling Sir Cecil Spring Rice the British ambassador hastened to tli state department and for half an hour was closeted with Secretary Bryan Counselor Lansing and other ollicial ollicialA A sensation was caused in naval circles at Washington when it became known that Renr Admiral Bradley A Fiske aid for operations in the Navy Department had tendered his resign tion from that office and asked to be assigmil to duly elsewhere Admiral Fiske also asked to bo re ¬ lieved from duty as a member of tin general hoard of the navy of which Admiral Dewey is president Adminil Fiske tendered his resignation as iil lor operations because he is out of harmony with the irescnt administration of the naval establishment establishmentTorpedoed Torpedoed during the night bv a German sub ¬ marine the British steamer Lockwood sank off Start Point on the Devonshire coast of England iit all her crew were picked up Reports from Middlesboroiigh state that the vessel was attacked without warning and sank within eight minutes after she was torpedoed Tho IocliSood vas a steel steamer of 1143 tons built in 1S9G and com ¬ manded b3 Captain H II Henson HensonA A dispatch from Mitylene to h London Times says Except for a few shots on March 2s and a reported Iwinbardment by the Queen Elizabeth of the Turkish positions near the head of the Gulf of Saros there has licen no fighting recently at tho Dardanelles The Turks ind Germans ow ¬ ing to the weather and for other reasons have had time to strengthen their positions OH both sides of the straits straitsThe The Serbian war office officially confirmed tho news that a hand of Bulgarians had crossed the Serbian bonier and occupied the Serbian block ¬ house at Valnndovn The Bulgarians niw occupy nil the heights on Serbian soil on the left bank of tho Vardar river the war office announced Fighting continues siid the official statement with considerable losses on both sides sidesA A northeast gale swept the Atlantic seaboard yesterday from Florida to New England Ruin fell over a considerable section and several inches of snow over the middle Atlantic states Vitli Hurries extending as far north as Maine Now York City was visited by snow and a tliirtvsix mile gale galeIt It was admitted in British admirality cftiitcs that the reduction of tho Turkish works ilffMtdliig the Dardanelles will take much longer than origin ¬ ally thought The comparatively easy reduction of the outer defences at the western entrance gave a wrong impression of the strength of the inner works worksGreat Great Britains intention of stopping all messages sent over cables under Britisli control relating to trade in coutrnband or noncontraband to which a resident in an enemy country is oie of the parties has been communicated to the Tinted States government through Ambassador Page at London LondonGeneral General Joffre the French comnnderinchief in the course of a visit to Belgian headniiarters to decorate certain Belgian officers with the insignia of the Legion of Honor told King Albert ajid Premier de Broiuieville that the war soon would come to an end to the advantage of the allies alliesAll All motor manufacturing plants in Scotland have been placed under government control in pursuance of the governments nlans to accelerate the supplying of war material Theso plants will in the future be run night and day in the production of motor lorries for the transport department departmentThe The fighting in Bukowina according to informa ¬ tion obtained at Vienna from private soimvs ap ¬ pears to be of more imiv rtance than is evident from the surface indications in official reports Ap ¬ parently tho Austrians have gained there a suc ¬ cess of considerable proportions proportionsCount Count Stophan Tiszn the Hungarian premier vi speaking of his recent trip to Vienna during which lie had an audience with Emperor Francis oseph said that the emperor appeared to be surprisingly well and had gone through the winter without th slightest cough or cold coldA A conference of labor leaders will be held in New York city April 15 to choose delegates to an international congress of labor to devise ways and moans of bringing tho European war to an end The congress will be held in Europe EuropeCalifornias Californias alien employment legislation and Its effect upon English women school teachers in tho state was the subject of a conference between Secretary Bryan and Sir Cecil SpringRice the Britisli ambassador ambassadorThe The Atlantic fleet left Guantanamo Cuba fiir Tan ¬ gier sound for spring target practice The fleet will leave for the PanamaPacific exposition via Panama canal early in July JulyTho Tho battleship Delaware sailed from Vera Cruz for the United States The American warships remaining at Vera Cruz are the battleship Georgia and the cruiser Washington WashingtonThe The French sailing ship the Pnquerette was sunk yesterday by a mine or submarine off the French coast The entire crew of twentylive per ¬ ished ishedAnother Another attempt by the Allies to land military forces for a laud attack upon the Dardanelles forts has been repulsed the Turkish war office announced announcedThe The American steamer Greenhrier was sunk yesterday by a mine in the North Sea The fate of the crew is not known knownA A royal decree issued at Rome prohibits the sale or even the hire of any kind of boat to foreigners
