Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-04-07
--latest War News Ell 5.


One Steamer Sunk BY 6ermans. German
steamer Sunk In Baltic Sea.
T. London, April 4.-The steamer
City Of Bremen of Dublin has been
sunk by a German submarine of
Wolf Rock in the English Chan
mel, about Is miles south of Lands
End, Cornwall. Four members
Of the crew we're drow ned. Twelve
survivors have reao1ed Penzsnce.
London, April 4-The sinking
of the Turkish armored cruiser
Medjidieh Is reported in a Reu-
ter's Petrograd dispatch. A semi.
official communication from Sc
bastopol to Petrograd says that
the Medjiedieh struck a mine near
the Russian coast last night and
went down.
London, April 4 Stubborn
battles are still being fought for
the passes IN the Oarpathians, but
elsewhere comparative calm ap-
pears to prevail. The Austrians
today admitted they had been
forced to retreat in the Baskld
Mountains, while tonight they
claimed to have repulsed many
Russian attacks and to have taken
more than 209O prisoners.
Nevertheless, it Is she opinion of
the military experts that the Aus.
tro-German forces will have to
retire to the mountains south of
the Csrpathian range and make
another effort there to prevent the
Russian armies. and particularly
the Cossaoks. from swsrming over
the plains of Hungary. The Ger.
mans have made slight advance
on the User front, where they have
taken village from the Belgians,
but it 10 not believed any big at.
tempts will he made in this re-,
gion, as foods, which can be
brought abont at any time by
opening the sluioes, offer an i'm.
penetrable barrier to a general ad-
vance. Fighting also continues
in. the forest of lie Prete which
has been the scene of a long and
sanguinary battle. Nothing new
has bsen received from the Darda.
nelles or the Turkish frouts, at.
though a Russian ssml-oMcial
report says the Turkish protected
cruiser Medjidieh struck mine
and sank.
Rome. April 4 Despite the
difficult pass to which negotia>
tlons beta cen Italy aud Austris
have come Prince Won Buelow, the
German Ambassador. continues
his efforts to bring about an ad'
justment. His latest proposal, il
is understood. is that the territory
which Austria might be ceded te
Italy be occupied by Switzerland
during the remainder of ths war
and turned over to Italy wher
peace is concluded. This sugges
tion was advanced, it is stated, te
insure Italy's continued neutrali
tv. 1t is said that Italy also re-
jected q proposal that Germany
hold the territory to be ceded tt
Italy. 1t is generally felt tha
the Ambassador latest plan il
impraotioable.
| Washington, April 4.-Londo1
April ga Reuter- dispatch from
Stockholm says the German
steamer Crete Hemsoth struck
mine in the Baltic and sank, ant
that members of her crew wer
drcwned. The Crete Hemsotl
was a vessel of 1854 tons. Sh'
was engaged in traffic between
Sweden and Germany.
The Russians are Oh the Hun
garian side of both the Dukla an,
Lupkow Posses, and aided by re-
Inducements, are gaining tn
heights which dominate Uzso
Pass. Even the Austrian oficia
, report admits that fighting is tax
'. ing place in the Laboreza Valley
south Of Lupkow Pass; while th
Russians tonight announce th
capture OF Cisna, an importan
> station on the high mountain
} between I.upkow and Uzsok Pass
es, where they captured muo
amunitions and provisions. Th
Russlans also are advancing fror
Dukla Pass on Bartfield at th
head of the line of railway rur