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REIELUOO 1(9 lltflHl IS S1UMI!

GEN.OBREGON

ASKS TROOPS

BETAKEN OUT

Mexican War Head in Con

ference Wants the With

drawal of Americans.

PRESIDENT REFUSES

Wilson, It Is Reported, Has

No Intention Doing So

at Present.

El Paso, Tex., May 1.

Major General Frederick

Funston announced shortly

before noon today that only

one more conference would

be held with the Mexican

representatives on the mili

tary questions now existing

between this country and

Mexico.

Washington, May I. Additional

instructions sent to Genera! Scott

and Funston today by Secretary

B;iker after conference with Presi

dent Wilson and Secretary Lans

inc are understood to make plain

that -whatever is agTeed upon at

the conference with General Oh re

gno. General farranza's minister

of war, mnst not be based on any

immediate recall of General Persh

ing's forces.

General Scott probably win

point out to the Carranza war min

ister that the de facto government

is threaten etfTty factional enemies'

within its own border who wonld

welcome an opportunity to rise

atrainst it. If the I nited State

were compelled to go into Mexico

in considerable force to make cer

tain the security of its own borders

aarainst bandit raids that opportu

nity inisrht be prevented.

While no demands have been

presented by either side it is un

derstood, however, that General

Ohrecon laid soch stress upon the

withdrawal of the American forces

that General Scott felt unable to

proceed until he had advised the

administration officials.

Washington, May 1. After an ex

change of messages between General

Scott and the war department on his

conference Saturday with General

Obregon, Mexican minister of war. of

ficials said today the negotiations up

to date have been "satisfactory."

While General Obregon has urged that

the American troops be withdrawn.

President Wilson, they said, has no

intention of granting the request at

present and is hopeful that an agree

ment will be reached for cooperation

between American and Mexican troops

in the pursuit of Villa and other ban

dits. Final proposals have not yet been

reported in the border conferences, it

wa3 authoritatively stated at the war

department A long code dispatch

from Genera! Scott arrived early to

day. Secretary Baker of the war de

partment expected to send supplemen

tary advices to General Scott to reach

him if possible before his second con

ference with General Obregon.

While it was officially admitted that

General Obregon had "suggested"

withdrawal from Mexico of the United

States expedition-, officials said these

overtures had not been in the form of

a demand and that no peremptory or

unalterable position had been taken

by either side. General Scott, it was

explained, had made counter sugges

tions to General Obregon, proposing

cooperative military measures.

That the conferences have not

reached a deadlock was also stated

on official authority. No measures

have been taken on behalf of the Unit

ed States, it was asserted, which pre

ci jfle an amicable settlement.

Mexican Ambassador Arredondo

rill confer with Secretary Lansing

this afternoon.

Conference Is Baited.

Kl Paso, Texas, May 1. Resumption

of the Scott-Funston-Obregon confer

ences to consider the American mili

tary problem in Mexico may not be un

dertaken until late today or possibly

tomorrow when it is believed the ad

Binibtration will have had time to di

gest the reports that have been sent

to Washington by the American repre

sentatives of the war department

here.

Generals Scott and Funston with

their aides worked far into the night

preparing data and reports and a last

code message was dispatched to the

ar department Just before daybreak.

Several code messages have already

been exchanged and it is understood

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Liner Patria

Is Target of

Sub Torpedo

New York, May 1. The French passenger-steamer

Patria which arrived

here today from Naples and Palermo

reported that on her last outward voy

age at 10 a. m., April 5, she was the

target of a submarine torpedo attack

in the Mediterranean. The torpedo

missed the ship by about ten feet, the

officers said.

The Patria at the time of her escape

had 38 passengers aboard, of whom at

least one was an American named

Vincent Howell, according to the pas

senger list for the trip.

The Patria was passing Cape Spart

avento, the southerly part of Sardinia

and running at full speed. The sub

marine did not show itself, the officers

said- The Patria was not armed at

the time.

This is the second time that the

Patria has escaped destruction by a

torpedo. On her arrival here March

16 she reported that she had narrowly

missed being hit by a torpedo off the

coast of Tunis, March 1.

TRYING TO SPEED

UP LEGISLATURE

Another Effort Being Made by Demo

crats In Both Houses to Hurry

Remainder of Program.

Washington, May 1. Another move

to "speed up" the legislative program

in congress in order that adjournment

may be had as soon as possible was

started today by democratic leaders

of both houses. -The aim is to get the

more important features of the pend

ing slate enacted into law before the

national political conventions and in

this the minority in congress is ex

pected to cooperate.

The calling u,oX the Philippine in

dependence bill under "a special rule

providing for its disposition in one day

marked the beginning of the "clean

up" campaign in the house. With this

bill disposed of it is planned to hurry

up action on other measures including

the Porto Rican, District of Columbia,

diplomatic and consular, shipping,

fortifications, rural credits, naval, and

revenue bills.

The senate steering committee

meets today to formulate a new legis

lative program as the upper body's

part in the "speed up" process. It is

planned to take up an appropriation

and defense measures as soon as they

are ready. Meanwhile, however, con

servative and campaign publicity bills

as well as other matters are awaiting

disposition-

GERARD'S REPORT

EXPECTED HOURLY

Washington Officials Think It May

Forecast Reply of Germany to

Submarine Protest-

Berlin. May 1. At least another

day's deliberations at headquarters

may be expected before the German

answer to the American note is de

cided on.

This is deduced from the fact that

Ambassador Gerard telegraphed last

night. It was uncertain when he would

be able to return to Berlin. Mr. Ger

ard is the guest of Emperor William

at meals.

Washington, May 1. Secretary Lans

ing said today he had no new dis

patches from Germany bearing on the

submarine situation and that Ambassa

dor Gerard had not reported on his

conference with Emperor William. A

report from Gerard is expected hourly

and officials think it probably will fore

cast the Germany reply.

Information received from German

sources is to the effect that the Berlin

government has been considering re

plying to the American demand for the

immediate abandonment of present

methods of submarine warfare with an

offer to have its submarines operate,

at least temporarily only as cruisers,

against enemy merchant ships. Ger

man officials are said to have expressed

themselves as being favorable toward

the plan. The state department, so far

as is known, has no information on

the subject.

If the German reply has been draft

ed, official information on the subject

is lacking. That a note will be sent

by Berlin, in preference to instructions

to Count von Bemstorff, the German

ambassador, is considered in German

quarters to be certain. It is known

that the latter method of procedure at

one time was considered by the Ger

man government. The idea was said

to have been abandoned, however, be

cause German officials in Berlin felt

a note would serve all purposes more

completely.

There is no definite information here

regarding the time when the reply may

be expected.

IRISH REVOLT

BROKEN; REB

FORCES QUIT

Leaders and Rank and File

of Rebellion Surrender

to the British.

DUBLIN IS IN CHAOS

Smoldering Ruins and Shat

tered Buildings Are Scars

of Week's War.

London, May 1, (1:45 p.

m.) Official announcement

was made this afternoon

that all the rebel leaders in

Dublin had surrendered.

Dublin, Sunday evening, April 30,

via London. May 1, (10:20 a. m.)

Rebels of the rank and file followed

the example of their leaders this

morning and confessed the cause of

the Irish republic was lost by laying

down their arms at the foot of the

Parnell monument in Sackvillc street

and surrendering to British troops.

About four hundred and fifty of them

who had fought since Monday in this

central area marched out from their

strongholds under the white flag and

gave themselves up. A few irrecon

cilablcs continued sniping from lairs

difficult to locate on roofs or among

rafters of buildings nearby.

Soon afterward a rebel lieutenant

came in with a guard of 10 men from

the adjourning county of Meath to

learn the truth about the rumors of a

general surrender."" The party learned

from J. H. Pearce, who was named

provisional president of the Irish re

public, that the movement had col

lapsed. The lieutenant and his escort

then started out to parley with the

rebels in the country districts in an

effort to induce them to lay down their

arms.

Report Rebel Leader Wounded.

James Connolly, one of the leaders

of the uprising, is said by government

officials to be a prisoner, wounded, in

the castle.

Town in Chaotic State.

A correspondent of the Associated

Press visited the entire area of the dis

turbance today. The desolation and

destruction showed how severe was

the fighting. Havoc however, looks

mote extensive than it actually is ow

ing to the amount of debris.

From headquarters down near the

entrance to Phoenix Park, on North

Circular road to the four courts dis

trict every window of the law courts

has been shattered.

The rebels had held the building for

a week. Valuable law reference books

and furniture were utilized to barri

cade windows and through the inter

stices betwen the bulky volumes the

rebels sniped without cessation and

were fired on in turn until they were

compelled to evacuate the premises.

Shows Battle Scars.

Houses all around were dented with

bullet marks. Some of them were bar

ricaded with thick oaken planks which

were marked with bullet holes. Over

Wine Tavern bridge there were simi

lar scenes.

This morning the streets were full

of curious persons who were glad to

have the opportunity to be about after

their long detention in their homes

during which they were deprived of

food until the authorities made pro

visions for them. The supplies thus

brought in were ample,

Down Cork Hill and King Edward

streets strong guards of troops are

still in evidence and every passerby is

challenged.

Snipers Still Busy. '

The city hall had been occupied for

several days by the rebels and even

at this time snipers in houses in the

vicinity were shooting at intervals.

As the correspondent approached

the castle a party of more than one

hundred members of the Sinn Fein

marched by under escort toward Rich

mond jail, where more than seven

hundred are now held.

Many of the men were in green uni

forms. One wore the uniform of the

Irish volunteers and others were in

civilian clothes. Numbers of them

were wounded and suffering but most

of them held up their heads defiantly.

The 6oldiers escorting them were

men who had fought all through the

uprising and were bitter against their

rebellious fellow countrymen. This

feeling seems to be shared by most

of the population of Dublin.

Great Damatre Done.

Great damage was done in Sackville

street and adjacent thoroughfare

such as Middle Abbey, Abbey Mary

and Henry streets; Only a few girders

and window frames of some houses

remain. Along the east side of Sack-

Survivor of

Sea Tragedy

Tells Story

Halifax, N. S., May L The fate of

the captain and crew of the British

ship Suffolk, caught in the ice in the

White Sea, while on her way to Arch

angel shortly before Christmas, with

details of suffering from cold, hunger

and exposure, resulting in the death

of all but three men of a crew of 27

and the suicide of the ship's captain,

who, maddened by hunger and cold,

shot himself were related here today

by sailors of the New Foundland

steamer Bella Venture, just in from

Archangel. The crew of the Bella

Venture, which has been in Russian

waters more than a year, met and

talked with the three survivors only

one of whom, a Russian Finn, was

physically able to recount his adven

tures. The other two were not expect

ed to recover. The Suffolk, supposedly

having a cargo of war supplies, was

caught in the ice of the White Sea with

therst heavy freeze before the holi

days. P'ood and fuel became ex

hausted. The suffering caused many

of the men to lose their minds and

while in this state they succumbed.

vVhen only 10 survivors remained

they decided to try to reach land on

foot Taking the scanty provisions

remaining, they set forth on an SO-mile

trip across the ice. A heavy blizzard

set in and the party soon became scat

tered and lost. Only three were able

to stick together and after days of

wandering they were found by the

crew of a British ship and taken to

land.

ville street from Henry street to

O'Connell bridge the buildings are

battered beyond recognition. The post

office is merely a smouldering frame

work. The stone Young Men's Christ

ian association building on the same

side of the way was perforated by

eight shells, the Catholic club by two

and the blind institution by two.

Carry Rebel Bodies Away.

Bodies o slain rebels were hcing

carried away by soldiers, many of

them having been shot several times.

When the authorities gave orders

that the people were to be allowed to

enter the streets today some of the

poor began looting. This was stopped

at 2 o'clock when the troops cleared

the streets again and arrested every

one who did not move promptly.

Find Irish Proclamation.

In the debris was found a printed

proclamation issued in the name of

the president of the provisional gov

ernment, the text of which follows:

"The provisional government to the

citizens of Dublin:

"The provisional government of the

Irish republic salutes the citizens of

Dublin on the momentous occasion of

the proclamation of a sovereign inde

pendent Irish state now in course of

being established by Irishmen in

arms. Republican forces now hold

the lines taken up at 12 noon Easter

Monday and nowhere despite the fierce

and almost continuous attacks of Brit

ish troops have the lines been broken

through."

WILL INTERPRET

AMOS ENO'S WILL

Court Attempting to Find If $100,000 or

$7,000,000 Was Intended for

Columbia Tniversity.

New York, May 1. Whether the late

Amos E. Eno intended to leave $100,

000 or more than $7,000,000 to Colum

bia university by his will of June IS,

1915 is the question before the Surro

gate today in a will contest begun by

heirs over the division of his estate,

estimated to be worth from $15,000,000

to $19,000,000. Mr. Eno left four wills

in the last of which he bequeathed his

residuary estate to Columbia.

His heirs asserted he did not know

the extent of his fortune and that he

believed he was giving the university

less than $100,000. They also contend

that Mr. Eno was not mentally in a

condition to know how to dispose of

his estate.

The heirs who are contesting it are:

William P. Eno, Mrs. Antoinette E.

Wood, Mary E. Pinchot, GifTord Pin

chot, Amos R. E. Pinchot, Professor

Henry Lane Eno and Lady Antoinette

Graves. Each received a substantia

sura under the will they are contesting

but was remembered to a much larger

degree in a will drawn by Mr. Eno in

1914.

JUDGE SMILED; NOW

' HE ASKS NEW TRIAL

Topeka, Kan., May 1. Because

Judge George H. Whitcomb smiled at

the reply of a witness during the re

cent trial in county court of Albert

(Taylor, charged with grand larceny,

Taylor's attorney has asked a new

hearing for his client. Taylor was

convicted of robbing a house belong

ing to Fred Robertson, Lrnited States

district attorney for Kansas.

FRENCH GUNS

MOW GERMAN

FORCES DOWN

Teutons Suffer Enormous

Losses in Mad Charge on

Dead Man's HilL

ATTACKERS REPULSED

Kaiser's Troops Driven Back

in Effort to Regain Lost

Ground.

Paris, May 1, (12:05 p. m.) German

troops in dense masses made a violent

attack last night on positions captured

by the French north of Dead Man's

Hill on the Verdun front. The attack

was defeated by the French, the war

office report of this afternoon says.

The Germans, the announcement

states, suffered "enormous losses."

Two simultaneous counter attacks

by the Germans on a trench captured

yesterday by the French north of

Cnmieres were repulsed. At Hill 304

and in the Vaux region there were in

cessant bombardments.

A French aerial squadron bombard

ed a supply and munitions station

south of Thiacourt and a camp near

Spincourt.

Frrnch War Report.

The text of the communication fol

lows :

"After a violent bombardment yes

terday west of the river Meuse the en

emy, at the end of the day, delivered

a powerful attack in dense formation

upon the trenches captured by us

north of Dead Man's Hill. Oui cur

tain of fire together with the fire of

our machine guns caused enormous

losses to the enemy and all the as

saults of the Germans were broken. .

"North of Cumieres two German

counter attacks delivered at about the

same hour of the day upon the trench

captured by us yesterday also were

repulsed.

"There has been a violent bombard

ment of Hill No. 304 and also in the

region of Vaux. The night passed

quietly in the Woevre district

"During the night of April 29-30

French aeroplane squadrons threw

down numerous projectiles on the rail

road station and the supply and muni

tions station at Sebastopol south of

Thiacourt; on the railroad line at

Etain; on certain bivouacs near Spin

court and on the railway stations at

Apremont, Grand Preon Challerange

and Vouziere. It was noticed that

numerous fires broke out and a num

ber of explosions were effected on the

railroads."

German War Report.

Berlin, May 1, (by wireless to Say

ville, N. Y.) The following announce

ment was made today at army head

quarters: "Western front The situation gen

erally is unchanged. Near Dead Man's

Hill (Verdun front) violent fighting

continued yesterday.

"German aerial squadrons conducted

extensive bombardments of the ene

my's encampment and magazines west

of Verdun.

"A French biplane was shot down in

an aerial fight east of Royon. The oc

cupants of the machine were dead.

"Eastern and Balkan fronts Noth

ing important has occurred."

THE WEATHER

Forecast Till 7 P. M. Tomorrow, for

Bock Island, Davenport, Molist

and Vicinity.

Tartly cloudy and continued cool

tonight; Tuesday showers.

Temperature at 7 a. m. 40. Highest

yesterday 49. Lowest last night 39.

Velocity of wind at 7 a. m. 8 miles

per hour.

Precipitation 1.15 inches.

Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 96, at

7 a. m. 88, at 1 p. m. today 70. ,

Stage of water 14.3, a rise of .5 in

last 48 hours.

J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.

II DAT IN CONGRESS

S J

SENATE.

Judiciary committee acuta fail

ed to reach a Tote on nomination

of Louis D. Brandeis for the su

preme coort.

Resumed debate on rural credits

bill

HOCSE.

Philippine) independence bill

was considered by unanimous con

. cnt with agreement for general

debate of eight hours.

Elections committee declared

Representative William J. Cary,

republican, of .Milwaukee, proper

ly seated despite contest of WII

Lam i. Gayloird, social democrat.

1 80,000 Men

Agreed Upon

in Army Bill

"Washington, May 1. A regular

army of 180,000 men at peace strength

has practically been agreed upon by

senate and house conferees on the

army bill. With the plans for expan

sion as provided in the bill which has

passed the senate this would produce

an army of about 250,000 men in war

strength. The bill as it passed the

senate fixed the peace strength at 250,

000 men.

The agreement on the size of Nthe

army is tentative and depends upon

settlement of other features of the

bill still in dispute. It was urged by

the conferee that there should at least

be a tentative basis for the size before

they could make any progress on de

tails. A $2,000,000 appropriation for aero

nautics was agreed to today by the

house naval committee. The building

program will not be taken up until

late in the week.

TWO ARE DROWNED

WHEN BOAT SINKS

Quincy, 111., May 1. Mr. and Mrs.

Albert Hilbing were drowned in Quincy

Bay Sunday evening. They were in a

launch with four other persons and

were returning to Quincy after a day's

outing. The launch evidently struck a

floating log for it sunk with great sud

denness. Four of the occupants were

rescued but Mr. and Mrs. Hilbing went

down to their deaths. The body of

Mrs. Hilbing was found this morning

but that of Mr. Hilbing was still in

the water at 11 o'clock today. Mr.

and Mrs. Hilbing were married June

9, 1915.

Latest Bulletins

London, .May 1, The British

steamship Hcndonhall from Port

land, April 7, and Louishnrg, C. B

April II, for Kottordam has been

sunk according to a dispatch to

Lloyds. The crew was saved.

Berlin, May 1. It is reported

from Saloniki that a German sub

marine lias torpedoed a large

transport.

London, May L The British

steamship City of Lucknow, 3,669

tons gross and owned in Glasgow,

has been sunk.

Cherbourg, May 1. Fire of un

known origin last night partially

destroyed the branch here of the

Creuso Gun Works.

Washington, May 1. President

Wilson today nominated Evan A.

Evans of Baraboo, Wis., as United

States circuit jndire in the district

including Wisconsin, Illinois and

Indiana.

Washington, May 1. The su

preme court today firmed the

conviction of David l.amar, "wolf

of Wall street," in the ew York

federal courts, on charges of im

personating Representative A.

Mitchell Palmer to J. P. Morgan

and others, with intent to defraud,

l.amar is under sentence to serve

two years in the penitentiary, and

today's action is the final word in

the courts.

St. Paul, May 1 A bandit, un

assisted, held up the City Bank of

St Panl on West Seventh street

this afternoon, drove the cashier

and two messengers into the bank

vault, picked up $3,000 in curren

cy and gold and escaped.

THE WAR TODAY

Unofficial advices from Constan

tinople say, that the Tnrks esti

mate at 20,)0 men the losses of

the British during March and

April in Mesopotamia where Gen.

era! Townshend last week was

forced fo surrender his belea

guered army of some 10,000 men

at Kut-El-Amara on the Tigris.

In fighting south of the Lake

Jiarocz region the Germans gain

ed a slight advantage over the

Russians.

In the Ikna river region the

Russians indicted heaiy casual

ties on the Austrian s.

In the vicinity of IMarbeker,

Asia Turkey, the Russians re

pulsed the Turks.

In East Africa the British are

continuing their successes against

the Germans.

The reply of Germany to the

last American note on the sub

marine controversy Is now In the

hands of Secretary Lansing and

probably will be made public lo a

day or two.

DISSOLUTION

OFGREATCAN

TRUSTASICED

Government Seeks Final De

cree in Suit Against the i

American Company., p

OWN PLAN OFFERED

Manner of Dissolving Mo

nopoly May Be Left to

Defendants in Case. r-

Washington, May 1. The govern

ment today filed a motion for a final

dissolution decree in the anti-trust

suit against the American Can com--pany

in the federal district court at

Baltimore. It asks that the corpora

tion properties be disposed of and that

it be enjoined from acquiring any in

terest in more than one of the con-

cerns taking over Can company plants

May Use Own Plan.

The government suggested tha

American Can company voluntarily

submit a plan of distribution of assets

and properties into units of separata

ownership to the federal trade com

mission and that its failure so to do

should result in the appointment by

the court of a receiver to effect its

dissolution.

"It is not going too far to say that

this case involves the very life of tha

law," says government brief. "If its

should once become established that a

combination of competitors on such a.

vast scale embracing half of an entira

trade and exercising substantial dom

inance in its field does not come with

in the purview of the act unless It

shall abuse its power the inevitable!

result will be a renewal of that great

rush towards concentration which fol

lowed the decision in the Knight case."

BRITISH SPY TO

BE EXTRADITED

Ignatius Lincoln, Former Parliament

Member, WiB: Be Returned to

England for Trial.

Washington, May 1. The supremo,

court held today that Ignatius Time-'

thy Tribich Lincoln, former member

of the British parliament and confess

ed spy, must go back to England for;

trial on a charge of forgery.

Lincoln was arrested in Now York

and made a sensational escape. He

was rearrested and from the order of

his extradition he sought release

through habeas corpus proceedings.

The New York federal district court

refused to release him and Lincoln

appealed to the supreme court, which

today confirmed the lower court Lin

coln contended that if returned to

England he would be tried as a spy

contrary to the extradition treaty be

tween the United States and Great

Britain that no one shall be extradited

for a political offense.

INDIANS CAPTURE

EIGHT AUSTRIA IIS

Tribe of Redskins on Western Coast

Wreak ReTenge on Foreign Fish

ermenAid is Asked.

Bellingham, Wash., May L County

authorities were preparing today to

seek the assistance of the United States

marshal to secure the release of Cap

tain A. Costilanovich and seven other

Austrian fishermen made prisoners in

Hale's pass yesterday by Lummi In

dians and taken captives to the In

dian reservation on Lummi Island

near here. The sheriff of Whatconi

county was appealed to last night to

rescue the fishermen but said ho

could do nothing as the reservation

was outside of state jurisdiction. It

was believed the Indians would

promptly give up their captives if

confronted by a federal officer. No fear

is felt for the safety of the men.

The trouble yesterday was the cul

mination of a long series of disputes

between the Lummi Indians and the

state authorities and white fishermen

over the Indians' claim to exclusive

fishing rights in Hale's pass.

Battery On Way to Camp.

Washington, May 1. Two batteries

of artillery from Fort Myer, on their

way to the summer instruction camp

at Tobyhanna, Pa., were reviewed Irom

the capital steps today by the senate

J and house conferees on thaturmj bilL