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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY Fortytwo delegates from the United States headed by Miss Jane Addams of Chicago to tlie in ¬ ternational womens peace congress who had been held iii on the steamer Noordam localise of Great Britains order stopping traffic to Holland arrived nt Tlie Hague Tuesday The delegates readied Tlie Hague in time for the opening meeting of tlie congress tonight at which an earnest desire to bring the worlds war to a conclusion and insure a durable poaco was strongly expressed by dele ¬ gates belonging to both belligerent and neutral nations Besides the SSli Dutch delegates the gathering which was presided over by Aletta Ja ¬ cobs comprised fiftyone women from America three from Austria nine from Denmark live from Belgium who arrived by special permission of the German military authorities nine from Hungary twelve from Sweden fifteen from Norway twelve from Germany two from Great Britain and one each from Chile Armenia Italy and Canada CanadaAddressing Addressing a meeting at Manchester Tuesday night Lord Derby said lie had Lord Kitcheners authority to quote him as saying that the demand for munitions was unlimited and the more Lord Kitchener obtained the more men he would be able to put Into the field The time would come and sooner than some people expected Lord Derby said Lord Kitchener had added when he would ask for additional and redoubled sacrifices Lord Derby ap ¬ peared to take Lord Kitcheners words as a hint at compulsion and said I believe a compulsory de ¬ mand will b made very shortly on the men of this countrv The appeal of the British committee for relief in Belgium has resulted In 00000 being collected In less than twentyfour hours New South Wales contributed 1470 The Lord Mayor of Melbournes fund aggregated 100000 100000Swiss Swiss charitable societies have been notified by Germuny that Ixtwceu SOOOO and r00000 French families expelled from the northern departments of France ill the possession of Germany because ol lack of food will pawthrough Switzerland during May Most of them are penniless and consist largely of wld men women and children It is estimated that the actual number of persons in the French families expelled from their home lands m northern France is more thaii 1000000 Presumably those reported going through Switzer ¬ land in May are destined for southern France the route through the little republic being Germanys only way of ietting them out of the country her troops occupy occupyIndictments Indictments were returned In Judge Landis court by the United States grand jury against eighteen union officials fortyone electrical and lighting fix ¬ tures contractors as individuals and fortyone firms and corporations for alleged violation of the Sher ¬ man antitrust law The indictments were the result of ten months investigations by a special grand jury which inquired into many phases of the alleged agreements between contractors and unions through which outside contractors and ma ¬ terial are barred from Chicago In return for their iKiycotting of outside interests the union are sup Iiosed to have gained by the employment of union men only and the granting of better wage condi ¬ tions The British attacked in Flanders with very strong forces tle new line of our positions north and northeast of Ypres is the German story of the turning tide in the struggle These assaults completely bioke down under our fire with extra ¬ ordinarily heavy losses The evacuation of LI zeruc is alsH admitted but the claim is made that the Germans still hold the bridgehead on the left or west bank of the canal immediately east of Lizerne Berlin rei orts 110 further gains for its troops in the Ypres region and iiiiofiiciallv London asserts there are now no Germans on the left side of the canal the Lizenic defenders being annihilated Allied troops under Gen Sir Ian Hamilton have effected a landing on both sides of the Dardanelles under excellent conditions On the Asiatic side they have occupied the village of KiitnKaleli and are preparing for an attack on the fortress under cover of the fleets bl guns The Daily Mails Athens correspondent telegraphing regarding the lighting says The bombardment of the interior forts of the Dardanelles which began Sunday continued today and resulted iu heavy damage to the forts fortsThe The French armored cruiser Leon Gainbetta of 12io2 tons has been torpedoed and sunk pre ¬ sumably by an Austrian submarine in the Adriatic off Otranto It is not known how many of the crew of 725 were drowned but the minister of marine believes some were saved The report of the sinking of the cruiser was contained In an official communique made public by the minister of marine It stated that the warship was torpedoed on Monday night and that details were lacking lackingA A dispatch from London of yesterday says Captain Scott commanding a Swedish steamer reports the presence hi the North Sea of a Ger ¬ man fleet of sixtyeight vessels Capt Scott whose vessel had just come to port reports that while crossing tho North Sea he was held up by one of these German vessels After an examination of his papers he was permitted to rocecd The German fleet was composed of vessels of all classes from battleships to torpedo boats boatsTelegrams Telegrams received In Berlin from Czcrnowitz the capital of Bukowiiiii say that the Austrlans have stormed and captureI the town of Bojan to the east of Czcrnowitz Bojan is the key to the Russian iiositions which now are thrown back to the extreme frontier of Btikowina The attack was PO surprising the dispatches say that the Kusslan general stall barely escaped capture captureAt At Springfield 111 Tuesday Lieut Gov Barratt Ollara signed Representative Igoos emergency bill providing for six additional Circuit Court judges in Cook county The measure has been passed by boln houses and now goes to the governor who Is ex ¬ pected to sign it As soon as the bill Is signed it will become effective so that additional judges can be elected at the judicial election in June JuneA A Renter dispatch from Sofia says that the Gcr rilJln emperor recently sent to his sister tlie queen of Greece a telegram Iu plain language describing the German successes both on the western and eastern fronts and affirming his conviction of even ¬ tual victory for Germany and Austria adding that this will serve as a warning to any countries venturing to join Germanys enemies enemiesParis Paris and London both claim progress for the allied forces north of and northwest of Ypres and in the vicinity of St Jiillen which Is now the critical center of the lighting Fresh troops are being brought up by both sides and the alllei are making a desperate effort to recover lost ground reoceupy St Jiillon and press on to Langemarck where the enemys drive began beganA A Berlin dispatch says Haiti Bev former president of the Turkish p rlkiuitiit who ja 110 Ju Berlin received a telegram from ConsldnUtjof last night stating that 8000 French unif WiL soldiers had been driven to the sea and that loti had been captured by the Turks as a result ofthe attempt of the allies to land forced to attack the Dardanelles fortifications fortificationsfiA ClHatCr ° tllc Tllllo Morning Post from fiA the north of France says that a Zeppelin visited Calais Monday and dropiicd numerous new tvpe bombs of greatly Increased power The ciusualiies included thirty civilians A fleet of aeroplanes vis ¬ ited Amiens without serious damage damageThe The business of manufacturing shells is assiiiu VJiv 7 Ir ° iortious in Canada Minister of Militia Hughes said that 200 factories in the Do ¬ minion are engaged in this work The orders arp placed tinouch a central committee and now amount to 175000000 175000000A A dispatch from Geneva says the value of the German mark continues to fall and that the Swiss IMistal authorities have announced that after Mav 1 eriiian jiostal orders will be cashed on the basis of 110 centimes to the mark a depreciation of twelve per cent centTlie Tlie offensive has been taken by the allies in I landers thus beginning the second stage of the battle which the Germans Initiated This much is clear from the official Berlin dispatches and is further confirmed by the London and Paris bulletins bulletinsIn In a readjustment of prices the magistrates have fixed the bread prices In Berlin at 85 i5 ami 4 pfennigs respectively for two one and onehalf and one kilogram loaves and 5 pfennigs for a seventylive gram roll rollIt It is officially announced that a British war ¬ ship has captured the German trading steamer Elfricdo which is believed to have been the last German ship free in the Pacific
