Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-05-02
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All Irish Rebels Who Were Under
Arms Will be Sent to England
For Court Martial II.
~. Trial.
BERLIN FORECASTS FAVOR.
ABLE REPLY TO U. S. DEMANDS
Berlin Admits Russ success-slavs
Regain Positions Near Mlynov
by Counter Attack.

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London, May premier Asquith
told Parliament today that the gov
eminent had decided on Immediate
general CONSUMPTION in England.
Paris, May 2.-The French peo-
pie are overjoyed at the announce
ment that the French forces had TAX
en five hundred and fifty yards of
German trenches southeast of Dou-
aumont last night in addition to the
thousand yards taken on Sunday
They believe that the German often
siye has been broken and that in the
future the French will be at liberty
to take the offensive. They firmly
deny that the Germans gained any
trenches in the engagement.
} Berlin, May 2.-The American
ambassador Gerard has returned
from his conference with the Kaiser
at the front and the German reply
to the Wilson ultimatum is prepared
and will be cabled to Washington
tonight.
Dublin, Ireland, May 2.-Five
hundred rebel leaders making fifteen
hundred in rebellion have surrender
ed. Bodies are today being taken
from the wrecked post Office and lib
erty hall and the hospitals are full
Of wounded, many Of them civilians.
The last band of insurgents to with
stand the British were moved down
by machine gun fire. All rebels that
we're under arms viii be taken to
England to be tried by military
court martial, several hundred OF
which have, already been sent. Rebel
sympathizers not under arms will be
tried in the Irish courts. ~
Berlin, (via London), May q
Future German-American relations
probably can be looked forward to
with less apprehension. @
The Associated Press is permitted
to make this statement although dis
patches bearing on the nature of the
German reply to the American note
respecting submarine warfare have
been stopped by the censorship.
The deliberations at great head
quarters have been concluded and
Ambassador Gerard will leave today
for Berlin, arriving here tonight.
The German reply is expected
with little delay, but it is considered
that preliminary indica-
lions of the nature of the note
should be published abroad.
Berlin, May 1.-The Russians
have regained by counter attack
positions north of Mlynov, which
they had lost to the Austrians, it was
announced in the Austro-Hungarian
headquarters statement of April 80,
received here from Vienna.
More than 200 prisoners were TAX
en- by the Austrian forces in the en-
gagement, April 20, when the Rus
sian lines were penetrated.
The statement says:
North of Mlynov, Austro-Hunga-9
rian detachments have been with.
drawn in the face of attacks by SUI
perior Russian forces from the Rus
sian advance positions which they
had captured on April IS. The num-
Der of prisoners reported yesterday
has increased to more than 200.
ION the Italian front there have
been the usual artillery engagements
at several places. Gorilla was again
shelled. sl.
''Austro-Hungarian airmen drop
ped bombs on the barracks and
camps near Villa Vicentia. All these
aeroplanes returned unframed after
a successful aerial battle.
"An Austro- Hungarian airman
fought near Sandaniele del Friuli
against four hostile machines and
forced one of them to descend in
precipitate flight"