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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY With tlie capture by the Russians of almost all the main chain of mountains the battle of the Carpathians which has lasted upward of eighty days is apparently reaching a termination over the extensive front The Russians are said to lie moving at various points by railways and roads and along the rivnrss and streams down tiio southern slopes toward the plains of Hungary The Rus ¬ sians are advancing successfully along a wide front between Bartfeld and Usisok pressing back tin Austrian In the Dukla region also the Russians are said to have routed the Austrian forcing them to abandon stores and transports in their retreat Tills movement if it continues successfully hi the view of the Russian military authorities will edimicl the retirement wiUi little or no tight ing of the Aiistrians and Germans who are still north of tho Carpathians t Uio east of lzsol pass and in eastern Galicia and Riikowina There is one height known as Height 12 which the Russians iavo not biMli able to master The battle which lias b i thus successfully conducted by the Rus ¬ sians Avas from all accounts one of the fiercest of the war warFurther Further restrictions of an extraordinary nature have been imposed by Groat Britain upon Amer ¬ ican Miimoreo according to disclosures at Wasn jiglon In a note transmit toil to the state de ¬ partment by its ambassador Sir Cecil SpringLice the British government announces lhat it will contest the validity of the transfer of German and Austrian merchant vessels to American owner ¬ ship since the beginning of the war That it will seize and contest the validity of transfer of Amer ¬ ican owned merchant vessels from foreign registry tr tho American Hag if such vessels appear 10 1 trading with Germany AustriaHungary or Tnr lev either directly or through the ports of ncntial countries That the skipners of American owned v s els transferred from foreign to American reg isirv are advised to carry a Iliitod States cer lilicato attostiii the validity of the transfer al th iih such certificate shall not protect the vessel from seizure and prize court proceedings if evi ¬ dence of trading with the enemies of Great Britain either directly or indirectly is disclosed disclosedInftrmatlon Inftrmatlon obtained from tlie highest German sources in Rome is to the effect that there is absolutely no basis for the ronort that peace ne lotiatious under certain conditions are being con ¬ sidered in Berlin These reports it is said are based upon the ignorance of actual conditions in the German empire Tho assertion is made that b Hi Germany and Austria particularly the former have within their birders supplies of every t ina necessary to prolong tho war indefinitely ell Jnforinwi Germans in Rome declare the determin ¬ ation of the central empires to carry the conflict to tho end will become apparent soon when the campaign is resumed with fresh vigor on both fruts according to plans mapticd out by the gen oral staff during the winter The same sources of information an authority for the statement that not only can Germany provide enough food to supply her people but that she has on hand a plentiful store of supplies for manufacturing arms and ammunition ammunitionAn An order is printed in the Italian Military Toiirnil directing all army ollicers to dull the metal on their uniforms and the scabbards of their Kw ds This is a measure wliich usually is adopted on the eve of war After receiving a warning from the minister of war that in case of mobilization the public schools would bo used to house troops the Rome municipal enuncll met Monday night to discuss what measures would he taken in such an emergency It was decided to have school sessions continued in hired buildings substituting women for male teachers who would be called t the colors It also was decided that so far as possible street cars and other public utilities would be operated by women provided mobilization resulted in a shortage of Inale em An ollicial war ollioo bulletin from Vienna re ¬ ceived by the Austrollungarian embassy at Wash ¬ ington said the Russian olVonsivo in the Carpathians had been brought to a standstill and that counter attacks have hivken the Russian lino in several places The dispatch follows Along the whole Carpathian front there Is marked calmness Along the western section of the lighting line where the Russians recently tried to break through with strong forces in the Ondava and Ialiorzi vallevs and completely failed with heavy losses there his n t bcon any fighting for several days Tho Rus ¬ sian offensive since the fall of Przemysl there ¬ fore along the whole Carpathian front has boon brought to a standstill and by counter attacks of our troops in several idaces the Russian line has been effectively broken brokenTho Tho Germans have launched a new offensive movement in Poland from Suwalki southward to the Vistula according to a semiofficial state ¬ ment from the Russian war lice Thev have re ¬ sumed the bombardment of Ossowetx abandoned nearly a fortnight ago aud are making iufintry attacks against the Russian positions elsewhere In there new attack against Ossowotz fortress the Kiasors troops are combining ancient and modern methods of warfare There aviators are hnrling binbs by daylight while heavy siege guns smash away at the outer forts ly night the enemy is attempting to lire the City of Osso wetz bv the use of incendiary iKiinh aiid lloatiu lire rafts The German merchant raider Kronprinz Wil lielm will not bo permitted to go into dry dock at the ship yard at Newport News until Lieut Capt Tiiierfelder the commander makes formal request for time to complete necessary repairs Kxperts found the ship leaking slightly and the boilers in bad condition The vessel will re ¬ quire extensive repairs wliich eventually may force it to intern TJie German captain however is insistent that he must hasten to repair his ship ami return to sea He discharged otliciers and men captured on the Britisli snips Tamar and Coeby ami they have sailed for Knghinil KnghinilFive Five hundred dead many wounded and aban ¬ donment of fourteen wagunlonds of anus ammu ¬ nition and other supplies including three machine guns were the losses of the Villa force under Gen Orestes Pereira in a battle Monday with Carranza troops lntween Jarita and Iluisachito thirty miles south of Nuevo Iarodo The Carranza fore 1 i i TT hours The Villa troops are reported retreating southward in the direction of Monterey Each side was said to have had 2001 men menfleneral fleneral Victorian Ilnerta former Mexican dic ¬ tator arrived in New York from Spain lie ex ¬ pects to stay iu the Tinted States for at least thirty days and perliapj longer iencral IIierta is still tlie same picturestnn dd warrior a lit siiddfiiid in feature perliaps but just as alert mentally as well an physically as in tlu days when he was supreme in iUvxico City lie signed a paper on his arrival in which he stated that he did not expect to remain in the Tnited States longer than thirty days and that lie lias no inten ¬ tions of visiting Mexico or even Cuba CubaA A dispatch from Amsterdam says The Oer inan government lias decided to make reprisals against British ofiicer prisoners for the treatment that is lniiig atconied the prisoner of German submarine iioats in England For each prisoner if a submarine crew and for the duration of his harsh treatment1 which it is contended is con ¬ trary to international law it lias been resolved by Jermany to treat likewise a British otlieer without distinction of penon Accordingly thirty Iritish ollicors have been imprisoned in the military le tentiou barracks barracksThe The French war departments otlicial statement given out yesterday afternoon says Between the sea and tho Aisne there is nothing to report except a few artilery engagements Kast of Ber ryaullac we gained the possession of a Jernian trench In the Argonne there wore mining opcra ti us and engagements of bomb and grenade throw ¬ ing Iwtween our own and the enemys trenches Between the Muesn and the Moselle our forces suc ¬ ceeded at several points in coming in contact with Mie wire entanglements of the enemys defense defenseThrums Thrums A Kdison lias perfected a new submarine battery which it is claimed will give a submarine an undersea cruising range of lO miles and will do away with the dangers from cirbonic gas and sulphuric acid gas It aTso will enable tlie crew of a submarine to live with their boat submerged for ICO days Mr Kdison and his staff are now working m tlie batteries for the LS which is be ¬ ing constructed at the government naval yard at Portsmouth N II IINotilieatiril Notilieatiril was received by tlie state depart ¬ ment it Washington of tlie virtual settlement without prize court proceedings of the case of tlie American steamer Wilhelmiua held up at Fal moutli England while bound for Germany wiUi a cargo of foMlstntfs The British government has purchased the cargo and agreed to pay all dam ¬ ages and ctharges incidental to the delay of tnc cargo and prospective profits profitsPetrograd Petrograd newspapers publish semiolicial state ¬ ments that live independent Austrian armies rre operating against the Russians who are advancing mi to the llungariin plains The German troop operating in the Carpathians art said to exceed seven corps The German headquarters staff un ¬ der tlie personal supervision of ICmperor William is declared to have assumed general direction of tlie Carpathian operations operationsMoved Moved by the appeals for relief from the owners of American ships and cargoes now held in British ports mainly at Kirkwall the state department is preparing further representations to the British government requesting a speeding up of the machin ¬ ery of the prize courts So far nut a single Amer ¬ ican ship or cargo has passed through tli1 British prize courts although many of those held wero seized months ago agoThe The Trench battleship St Louis ImmlmnTed sin important Turkish encampment near Gaza Pales ¬ tine on Monday lie Frerch ministry of marine announced The battleshin was aided by several waterplanes which tiew inland and directed the fire of the gunners Gaza is a trwn about two miles from the Mediterranean and fortyeight miles southwest of Jerusalem It is an important caravan station stationPresident President Wilson has been offered the cooper ¬ ation of Pope Benedict in an effort to restore peace in Kuropo This was indicated by the chief executive esterday in nis talks with callers The offer did not come formally but tho president deciiued to gr into details as to hivr it was made to him Ho would not discuss peace prospects at present presentTlie Tlie foreign otlico has instructed the British charge daffaires at Mexico City to lodge si pro ¬ test with leu Villa against the new mining reg ¬ ulations promulgated by tlu Villa regime The foreign ollice took this action upon the receipt of word from the charge tiiat thp mining regulations in question amounted to conlislcation of foreign mining interests interestsSevere Severe fighting has ecn resumed near tho sea const in Flanders according to Amsterdam dis ¬ patches with tlie Belgians again attempting to expel the Germans from Drei GracJiten on the west ¬ ern bank f the Yser IKindtolmnd combats in tho streets of Dri Gracliteu nnd the villages to the southwest aiv increasing in violence violenceTho Tho Wisconsin assembly at its first session since the Kaster vacations passed tlie senate anti tipping bill It prohibits the giving or offering of any gratuity by uests of any hotel restaurant barber shop or public service corprration engaged in the transportation of passengers Tho pen ¬ alty is a line of from to S2 A promise to aid convicts of Sing Sing prison to learn lelegrnpliv as well as aid them on their release has been given by ollicials cf the Western Union Teleiraph Company Telegraph equipment has already been sent to Sing Sing for use in a school of telegraphy in which sixty prisoners have asked to lit enrolled enrolledThe The German embassy transmitted yesterday to the state department a formal reoilest of Cnpt Thorfolder of tho auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wil lielni for permission to have his vessel examined to see what repairs were necessary to render her seaworthy and also for permission to have those repairs made madeWilliam William Iockiiill Xolsn editor aid owner of the Kansas City Star died yesterday morning Mr Nelson who was 74 years old had been in ill Jiealth for several months and had been rou ¬ tined to his homo since last Becwnher Urawilic poisoning caused his death deathFormer Former presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William II Taft were among tin pallbearers sit the funeral of Prof Thomas R Lounshnry Yale authority on the Knglish language The two former presidents shook hands in i purely formal manner It was their first recent meeting meetingThe The preliminary steps toward bringing the wrecked submnrine F4 to the surface were hegiiu at Honolulu when the expert divers brought there J y tlie 1nited Stftos cruiser Maryland made their first perilous trip to the oceans hcd hcdThe The American liner Minnesota is still aground in tho Inland Sea of Japan but a wireless dis ¬ patch from tho vessel states that she is in n danger It will be Impossible to relloat the liner for some time however howeverAmerican American navy radio reports indicate that the Carranzista forces have reentered Tnxpain and are ibout to regain possession of the seaport from the Villa forces under Gen Manuel Palo PaloAveraging Averaging 1J0 words a minute for one hour Miss Mary B Owen of Passalo X J made a i ow worlds record for succd iu typewriting Tlie previous record was 12 words wordsAll All the Turks have been driven from Russian soil in Transcaucasia according to olJiehil dispatches received frun headquarters at Tillis though tlu ollicial handicappcr in the Free Handi ¬ cap puts Friar Marcus a pound ahead of Kose land four pounds better than Kedfern ami six pound hotter than Let Fly Unfortunately Koso land could not run again after our First Inly Meet ¬ ing and rumor says that he was subsequently troubled with splints Whether that is merely rumor I cannot say but 1 saw no sign of any splint when lie ran at our meeting and in some quarter I know it is not thought that ho will stand a preparation on hard ground The easy manner in which he won his race at Liverpool is priof that ho can gallop and that he is in forward condition for though his opponents Tnl liemet and Black Kite seemed little better than Bruld which would ho stones behind Friar Mar ¬ cus the going was heavv eiiiugli to test condi ¬ tion tionTho Tho question one has to decide is which of last years twoyearolds will he found most im ¬ proved for where some three or four seemed t be separated by less than seven pounds it would be easy for changes to come about It is po Mlde that in the Two Thousand Guineas run on April 2H we may SXM Friar Marcus Ruseland Sunlire Ponmicrn Let Fly and Maxman all at their best and with several other useful throeyearolds thrown in wo should have a Two Thousand worthy to In compared with tho best of its predecessors We have often slntcd that to give glowing accounts of the great growth and marvellous improvement in threeyearolds as is so often done iu Janu ¬ ary or February is frequently misleading be ¬ cause just at that time of the year many good con ¬ stitutional horses add an inch or so of superfluous flesh to their whole frame and also have a winter jacket that adds to their sie sieNow Now that they have been subjected to several weeks training and hogir to look in racing trim one can tell what they really sire and as a rule they appear much the same relatively as at two yearold If a horse does well it is nil one can expect and having done that he can be trusted to rcprndiice tlie previous years form Such then it is satisfactory to know can we confidently look for In Friar Marcus which has done well in ovorv way An a twoyearold he never looked likely to grow much or spread out to a big horse anil lie has not done so hut I am sure he has lengthened somewhat and if his legs were as long as those of some of his opponents he would IK a big horse for he has IKCOIIIO as wide as a castle and is im ¬ mensely strong and muscular lie is moreover a grand galloper and when ox trued his stride is easy powerful and much longer than some of tho biggest can show showlie lie pleased mo more than ever on Saturday when ridden by II Innes he went in fine style Owing to a sharp frist it was somewhat late in the day when they came out Lord Marcus Boros fords presence prepared us for a stood gallop With Annier which leads a good gallop fur com ¬ panion they slined along at a rattling good pace and the faster thcv go the Ixttor he goes It will bo something in his favor that he is in the hands of such a trainer as U Marsh whilst Let Fix has changed stables and Redfern to the regret of us all cannot run So his strongest opponents may be R eland and Ponnnern though I d not like the latter so well as I did two months had He lias been doing a line lot of work with Ioli oastro and as ho gets fit ho does not show the size and substance 1110 thought probable lie is a horse more notable for quality than power and he in nrit built en anvthiiig like such perfect lines as Friar Marcus There is not the character of a highcrass horse about him and there is scarcely the length one likes to MO Some will describe him a bit leggy perliaps but he can gallop and the contrast to Fri r Marcus Is but proof of tin adage that horses gallop in all forms The grandest of all our threeyearolds in appearauce is King Priam which improves every day and there is size with power and quality here which may moan that he is to bo n groat horse lie is Just a little pinnoil in at the elbow which might prevent his having the freedom of stride which makes Friar Marcus so good That wo shall see later for he is backward yet and he is not in the Two Thousand Guineas oitler Warren Hill in Lon ¬ don Sporting Life of March 10
