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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY The American note to Great Britain and France protesting against interference by their un ¬ precedented blockading operations with the le ¬ gitimate commerce of the United States and the note to Germany lodging a claim for full repara ¬ tion for the destruction of the William P Frye by the converted cruiser Prinze Eitel Friedrich were made public by the state department at Wash ¬ ington In notably linn but conciliatory terms the note addressed to Great Britain expresses the fears that a strict enforcement of measures departing s conspicuously from tli rules of the law of na ¬ tions will result in serious interruption cf American trade with neutrals and legitimate trade in nmieontraband with Germany through imhlockmlcd territory The United States warns the British gov ¬ ernment that such interference will impose HJIOII it heavy possibilities for acts clearly subversive of the rights of neutral nations on the high seas and that it must be prepared to make full repara ¬ tion for every act which under the rules of inter ¬ national law constitutes a violation of neutral rights In the note to Germany the United States asks full reparation for the destruction of the Frye The Indemnity asked is 22SOr a for the value of the shin the freight charges due and damages for deprivation of the use of the vessel The claim does not include the value of the cargo of wheat ownership of which has not been definitely established Asked whether an apology would he demanded Secretary of Stale Bryan said that matter hail not been considered consideredThe The city of Havana fast resumed its customary aspect yesterday after the intrusion upon its normal life of the excitement and enthusiasm incidental to the passing of the worlds heavyweight champion ¬ ship from Jack Johnson to Jess Willard The citizens of Havana gave the new champion a pub ¬ lic reception last night and presented him with a gold watch Jack Johnson says he will never tight again and that lie Will retire to a farm he owns in France He otters no excuse for his defeat lie thought himself good but it was the old story of age and he was not there He said Willard is a powerful hitter and game He is too big John sou declared for th average sized heavyweight ever to defeat For winning the championship Willard will not receive one niiuiy from the re ¬ ceipts of the light with Jack1 Johnson Dick Klcgiu one of the promoters announced that the total receipts would be slightly tinder 70MX which just meets the exi enses ensesIn In the great struggle for tho passses into Hun ¬ gary the Russians apparently are making steady progress despite the obstinate resistance offered by the Austrian and German troops The Russians are reported on the Iungarian side of lx th the Dukla and Lupkow passes and with the aid of con ¬ tinual reinforcements are gaining the heights which dominate Pzsok pass Even the Austrian olliehil report admits that lighting is now taking place in the Lnliorozn valley which is south of Lupkow ass while the Russians announce the capture of Cisna an ImiKirtant station on the high mountains between Lupkow and Uzsok passes where they captured a great stock of war munitions and pro ¬ visions1 The Russians also are advancing from Dukla pass on Bart fold Which Is at the head of ttie line of railway running south into Hungary and lighting not far from Meolaborcz another iniMilaiit rcailwny head headAn An attack which the German military chiefs regard as the opening of a new phase of the western campaign has been initiated by the French in the section of thu front between the Mense and the Moselle The odicial statement from Uer Ju says that the French employed strong forces with a large amount of artillery in making as ¬ saults at several point The lighting was par ¬ ticularly spirited in the neighborhood of Verdun and PontaMonsson Berlin expects a continuation of these attacks So far as is shown by the Ger ¬ man statement little was accomplished by these assaults although it is admitted that in one sec ¬ tion the French gained a temporary foothold Gilford Pinchot former chief forester of the United States who Jias been acting as special agent for the state department at Washington in the European war zone lias been expelled from Belgium liy the German authorities The German authorities objected because Mr Pinthots sister is Lady Allen Jolinstone wife of the former British minister to Denmark who is still in the British diplomatic service Germany bus insisted from the beginning tiat all agents and consuls of the American gov ¬ ernment in Belgian territory under German military occupation should have no connection however re ¬ mote with its enemies enemiesAdvices Advices reaching Carranza adherents at Laredo Tex are that in a three days light near Los Elienos thirty miles south of Tampico Villa forces lost lKHl killed and about 1000 in prisoners Ac ¬ cording to the reiiort Villas troops attacked Car ¬ ranza forces at Los Ehciios on Friday After a fierce battle the Villa army was compelled to re ¬ treat leaving 000 dead on the Held The Villa forces returned on Saturday according to the re ¬ port and after a light lasting through Sunday the Villa general ordered a retreat leaving 100 dead on the field the Carranza army taking 1000 pris oners I That New York is a base of supplies for the British warships that have been doing duty otf Sandy Hook has been pretty well established iy Collector of the Port Dudley Field Malonc As a result of long investigations that he has made it is probable that some tug owners captains and others will be indicted by the federal grand jury and later have to stand trial These tugs which belong in New York Philadelphia and New Eng ¬ land have been carryin foodstuffs fresh vegetables coal and other supplies to the cruisers out at sea The Russian otlicial war statement on naval opera ¬ tions says On April 3 in the Black sea near the Crimean coast our fleet exchanged shots at long range with the cruisers Goebeii and Breslau former German cruisers now under the Turkish Hag having been renamed the Sultan Selim and Midirli respectively and pursued them until dusk During the night our tnrpedo boats encountered the cruisers one hundred miles from the Bosphorus but the enemy opened a vigorous lire and avoided an engagement engagementTwo Two more vessels the Russian three master Hermes and the Glasgow steamer Olivine have been sunk by German submarines according to an otlieial statement from the British admiralty The Hermes a lOHMon vessel bound from London for Mexico was overhauled near the Isle of Wight on Sunday The German submarine coihmander de ¬ manded that it show its colors and then gave the crew ten minutes to leave leaveThere There has been no outward change in the situation in Italy regarding the maintenance of neutrality but military preparations are being pushed with overincreasing vigor Information obtained from reliable sources however is that negotiations ars1 being continued and that there yet is hope of rench ing a satisfactory understanding so that war may be avoided avoidedThe The British steamer Northlands of 2000 tons with n cargo of iron ore was sent to the bottom by a German submarine in the English channel ofT Beachey Head Monday morning The Northlands sank in ten minutes Her crew of twentyfour men were picked up later by the Belgian steamer Tepati The Northlands was built at West Hartlepool in 1000 1000Curtis Curtis Guild former governor of Massachusetts and former ambassador to Russia died yester ¬ day of pneumonia He had been ill since hist Fri ¬ day He was ambassador to Russia for two years during President Taffs administration and was three times governor of Massachusetts He attained unusual distinction as n public speaker speakerA A dispatch from Athens says that British war ¬ ships again bombarded the forts at the entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna according to the iviwirt of the captain of the Greek steamer Arcadia Hydroplanes of the allies dropped a number of bombs the captain declares and the vali of Smyrna ordered Europeans to leave town townThe The Swedish naval authorities have learned that Russian ships have laid a large number of mines along the iBaltic coast of Germany from Riiejren island to Barnholm island It is stated that the Swedisli naval otlicials have stationed torpedo boats in the Baltic to warn shipping of the mines minesThe The fifth Zeppelin raid uimn Dunkirk resulted In no damage A German dirgible Hew high above the city and dropped three Innubs in the outskirts The Zeppelin turned and sped northeast toward the Ger ¬ man front when torpedo craft in the harbor opened lire lireAll All of the twentyseven defendants including Mayor Bonn M Roberts in the Torre Haute election fraud ease were found guilty Tiy a jury yesterday The caw has been on trial in the federal court at Indianapolis since Marclf S SFive Five more Prussian casualty lists bring the total of killed wounded and missing up to date to 1153 OS1 men The Bavarian Saxon Wurtcmbcrg and naval lists are not included ill this number numberFresh Fresh attacks by German forces against the Bel ¬ gian Kongo have been repulsed according to a re ¬ port made by the deputy governorgeneral of Ka ¬ tanga tothe Belgian minister for the colonies coloniesThe The British trawler Agautha was attacked hy a German submarine Monday oil Longstone and sent to the bottom The crew of thirteen men wore res ¬ cued by the Swedish steamer Tool ToolGermany Germany has protested to the United States against the detention of the HamburgAmerican liner Odenwnld at San Juan Porto Rico under the neutrality regulations regulationsTroops Troops of the Union of Sorth Africa have oc ¬ cupied Warntbad a town in German Southwest Africa twenty miles north of the Orange river without opposition oppositionFor For the ninth time since last summer the Tiber river has Hooded the surrounding country causing serious damage damageTeetotalism Teetotalism will be enforced in all the kings households beginning today todayNew New York states seventh constitutional conven ¬ tion opened yesterday
