Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-04-03
BRITISH SHIP
LOCKWOOD IS
7 TORPEDOED
German Submarine Adds
Another Vessel to Long
List of Victims.
BATTLE IN CAE.PATHIANS
NEAR DECISIVE STAdE

NuocidD OCiSot III DdEo - Az1a
Believed Greater Than at
First Reported.
The German Submarines haxe 4saes
another vessel TO their long list sum
since the under-sea blockade vas de-
clared. The British steamer Lock
wood was torpedoed off Dexonshfre
last night, after having been chased
several miles by submarine The
| twenty-five members Of her crew toek
to the boats and were picked up y
trawlers.
Reports from Petrograd today ex-
pressed the belief that the battle foT
the possession of the Carpathian
passes is now approaching a decisige
stage.
The latest reports Of the lighting
in Bukowina, in which the Austrians
forced an invading army of Russians
to retreat, declare that the Austrian
victory was of much greater propor-
tons than the earlier reports indi-
Gated.
| The prolonged lull on the western
front was unbroken yesterday. TIss
official German report mentions three
small attacks by French and Belgian
forces, which were repulsed. A Ger
man aeroplane was brought doHH
near Rheims after dropping bombs On
the city.
The kaiser is said 10 be at the neT
headquarters OF the German ARM
near Dinant, directing the movements
of the troops in preparation for the
coming big battle of spring.
! BY the Associated Press.
| LONDON, April 3.-The British
steamer Lockwood was torpedoed 81
a German submarine Friday night on
| Start Point, in Devonshire The mem
bers of the crew were saved
A German submarine pursued the
Lockwood for several miles befere
being able to gain a position from
which she could discharge her tor
peQ2. Thea prQ1ectile struck the
skeahldr abaff the engine room, bssf
the crew of twenty-five found time
to lower lifeboat. Later they wena
picked up BY a trawler and brought
into port.
The steamer Lockwood was owned
in London. Built in 1896, she was Of
677 net tons and 23s feet long.
By the United Press
of the Dutch steamer Sehieland
| blown up in the mouth of
| the Humber yesterday, said today
they believed mine caused the de-
| struction of their vessel. A terrific
explosion damaged the steamer amid
ships. killed a fireman and injured
three others of the Schieland's S crew
| The crew then took TO two boats, the
one commanded by the captain stand
ing by until the ship sank. One boat
landed at birmingham and the Other
at Hull
! BY the Associated Press.
/ LONDON. April C2:59 D. m.}.--ft
was learned here today that the
/ British steamer Easton, until re-
Gently known az the SouthpOint. was
sunk off Lundy Island. on the Devon
shire coast. on March 2s and net g
Cape Finisterre, in Spain, as waS
enormously reported in a dispatcl
received here from Lisbon, where tbs
surviving members Of the creas
| were landed.
The report that this snip aaa
been sunk of the Spanish coast IN
6icated a very wide range Tor the
/ German submarines. There has
been nothing to show as yet thai
/ they are operating further afiel1
| than the waters of the British Isles.
BY the United Press
PETROGRAD, April s.-The great
battle for the possession of the Car
pathian passes is now approaching
| the decisive stages. Along a twenty
/ mile line reaching from Vola Michova
eastward to the river San great ar
mics are now locked in death strue
giles on the icy hills. The invasion
| of Hungary with a possible earls
| ending of the European war n2ay
hinge on the result.
Enthusiastic reports of Russian
successes have reached here from
correspondents at the front. Tbe
war office, while optimistic, does 20
share the belief that the battle has
been won.
Important victories have been
scored by the Slavs. but the gigantic
clash for the Uszok pass Is yet 70
begin.
Nearly half a million Austro-Ge1
mans, it is now estimated. are eli
camped along the Carpathian battle
/ front either north of the mountains
at the passes themselves or defend.
| ing the railway at Mezo Lahore
south Of the Lupkow gap. Behind
them are endless chains of trenches
and fortified positions that must be
forced before the great body OF Rus
sian troops pass down the heights
and into Hungary.
Russian Left Wing Gains.
From Vola Michiova to Smolnik the
/ Russian left wing is making slow but
steady progress. Perhaps no arms
In the history of the world ever ad-
vanced under more tremendous diff
culties. A recent thaw melted ths
snow and covered the mountains with
tiny rivulets. Then a sudden dash uk
zero weather converted the paths and
sides into giaring sheets OF ice To
these natural obstacles the Ausfrianf
under German direction. built al
most impregnable defenses high Oh
the ridges.
At no point are the Siavs neares
than twenty miles to the Uszolz Pass
Some of the most desperate fightinx
of the entire war must occur hefof
a Russian army pours through thz
gap along the railroad leading Il
j Ungvar. It will require at least
month of steady advance, military
experts estimated today, before fhf
main Russian army can pass down
the southern slopes of the Enrp4