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Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
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FL PASO, May 3.-General Alvaro ObregOn, Mex can minister of war, tonight issued statement to the Associated Press in which he said:
 " As result of the conference yesterday with Gen eral Scott the atmosphere completely clear ed up There is much better feeling between Ameri- cans and MeXicans and all tension seems vanished.
 An agreement has not been reached but every thing is progressing favoraby and have the highest hopes that matters will reach successful cmnation
 It was reported on goodh a successful continuation" era Oregon had received assurances from Queretaro that the terms of the tentative agreement would be ac ceptable to General Carranza
 high Carranza official who is very close to Gen era Oregon said
 1.-The Mexican military element, who have been in state of tension since they started for the border are now completely tranquil Since the of the dig nlfled settlement of the issues at stake between the United States and Mexico began to leak out today very marked change has been apparent Although the protocol has not yet been ratified by the respective governments we have every hope that the danger of rupture has passed"
 General Trevino commander of the military divis- lon o the northeast announced tonight that he had par doned colonel major and other Vsta prisoners re- gently captured at Paras.
 This action taken in attempt to induce other bandits to surrender.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
Eonr Are Shot

LONDON, May 3.-Four signatories to the republican proclamation in Ire land have been tried by court martial. found guilty and were shot this morn ing.
 Patrick IT, Pearse the provisional president Of Ireland" was among those shot Three other signers of the proclamation were sentenced to three years imprisonment.
 Premier Asquith made an announce mcnt to this effect in the house of commons this afternoon.
 Another of the rebels found guilty and shot this morning was James Connolly. who was styled command ant general of the Irish republican army" Of the other signatories Of the republican proclamation found guilty and shot were Thomas J. Clark and Thomas MacDonagh.
 Patrick Pearse, the provisional president of Ireland" was about SS years old, and was known in Ireland as an authority in Gaelic literature
 He started in life as barrlster. put devoted most of his time to literary pursuits. For some time he was edl- tol of the Gaelic Journal in Dubiin ard later founded St. Endas school, which he conducted up to the time oi tie Sim Fein rebellion.
 Pearse had many friends. He lec- trred iii this country on Irish ideals ard Gaelic literature. the proceeds or
 his lectures going to the support or his school.
 The head of the Sim Fein rebellion was the son of an Englishman, but was himself born and educated III Dublin. He was unmarried. James Connolly lived for several years in New York. where he was ac- | tive as a society le9der. Connolly re- turned to Ireland about five years ago | to aid in organizing the Irish labor l party He was about 90 years old anc | was self-edlcated He was the author | of q book entitled Labor in Irish His | tory." published in Dublin, and was | editor of labor paper in that cltl | called the Irish Worker. He was thu | father of eight children, all of whom | survive him, as well as his wife.
 Thomas Marlborough was clos associate of Pearses and a highl, | educated man. He was for some tim assistant professor of English litera ture in the National University O
 Ireland but resigned to become as | /ropt;puad ou pape Nine)
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
General Scott Reports

WASHINGTON, May 3.-A long telegram in code reached the war department late tonight from Gen. eral Scott at Fl Paso, giving a full report on his conference with Gen eral Obregon, the CarranZa war min ister Up to the time the message was received, the Washington gov ernment had no official knowledge of the result of the discussion be- tween the two military advisers, all though administration officials had made no secret of their satisfaction over the news in press dispatches from the border saying that an un- derstanding had been reached and danger of clash with the de facto Mexican government removed
 General Scott sent a brief message during the day that he was preparing a full report for later transmission to Secretary Baker. The secretary and General Bliss, acting chief of staff. were on watch for the report all day and until far into the night As the hours passed. it became clear that no action toward ratification ot
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN
 ARE ON STRIKE
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NEW YORK, May 3.-Approximate ly 100000 persons employed in various trades in this city now are on strike according to estimates made tonight and thousands more are threatening to quit work unless their demands are met With shipping virtually at a standstill owing to the walkout of en- gineers and firemen employed on tug boats and lighters, and the garment industry almost completely paralized by lockout and strike employees gen. erally declared that not in many years had labor conditions here been so chaotic.
 Officials of the various unions said tonight there was comparatively no change in the situation. Although hundreds of pickets were employed during the day in the garment strike it was stated that seldom, if ever. have labor differences here affecting so many workers been so free of disturb ances
 The 3O,O0O garment workers, employ ed in l,6O0 independent shops who went on strike today in an effort to enforce the dead of an equal number of workers who were locked out from the shops of the Manufacturers Pro tective Association last week were at tired in their best clothes and poured from the many buildings as if they were off for a brief holiday.
 Considerable relief was expressed in shipping circles by the announcement tonight that the large companies would follow the lead of the International Mercantile Marine in granting the de- mands of the longshoremen, 5O.OOO of whom threatened to strike. The chief development of the day in respect to this clash of labor was a strike of sey- eral hundred freight handlers in Jer- i sey City
 It was announced tonight that a con- mittee had been formed to take up the difference which exist between strik- ing carpenters and their employees and that an early adjustment was expect ed. The statement also was made that 10000 painters who walked out last
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
REPLY TO AMERICAN
 NOTE EXPECTED TODAI !

The president and his advisors are keeping their minds open while they wait for the German note. The delay very evidently has created a bad inn presson, however, and it was stated authoritatively today that the issue
 would have to be cleared up this
 week if diplomatic relations with Germany were to continue.
 The president is known to be un
 alterahly determined to adhere strictly
 to the position assumed by the United
 States in it's demand that Germany
 immediately declare and effect an
 abandonment of its present methods
 of submarine warfare.
 No proposal of any kind will be ac- certed by the American government. it is said unless it includes a declara- ton of intention to stop sinking peaceful ships. In this connection press dispatches to the effect that new orders to submarine commanders would be told of in the German note were read with interest by officials, but comment was withheld pending the disclosure of the nature of the instructions.
 Colonel House, who discussed the submarine issue with German officials while abroad for the president several | months ago, arrived here this morn ing. His coming to Washington was
 considered significant because he has taken an active part in the German negotiations to date
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
MARTIAL LAW IN BRADDOCK
 AND EAST P|TTSBURC DISTRICT

and Wire company and the Edgar Thomson Works of the Carnegie Steel resumed operations tonight. but large forces of police were sta toned just inside the gates, ready for any emergency.
 Burgess w. Blair Miller of North Braddock, this afternoon discharged all but one member of the police force of the borough, consisting of nine men, because of their refusal yesterday to attempt to quell the riot at the Edgar Thomson works. The only man retained was off duty at the time of the trouble.
 Today strike leaders summoned the English speaking strikers to q confer ence to discuss plans for the opening of peace negotiations with the of ficials of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company. A com mittee was appointed to confer with Patrick Gillay, chief of the Pennsyl- vania Bureau of Mediation and Arbi-
 traitor in order that he might ar range a meeting with President F. M
 Herr of the electric plant.
 Steps looking to the adjustment ol wage differences in the McKees Rocks district also were taken today. Eigh hundred striking repairmen and lab
 orers of the Pittsburg and Lake Eri' l railroad appointed a committee C confer with railroad officials. Strik CTS from the Cass avenue plant of tn | Pressed Steel Car company also de ] cided to name a committee to take ul differences with the company.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
WITHDRAWAL |S COMING WITHIN
 NEXT 7 MONTHS
Mexican Military M en Along Border Believe American Troops Will Leave Mexico Soon After Agreement Is Reached
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FL PASO, Tex, May 3.-Mexican military men believe that the with drawal of the American troops from Mexico will take place in about two months, it was learned here tonight. American officers will make no com ment on the subject.
 The Mexicans say that in view of the dispositions to be made by General Alvaro Obregon, in cooperating with the tentative agreement made with General Hugh L. Scott, the hunting down of the bandit groups in Chihua- hua and Durango can scarcely take more than that period of time.
 On assurance from General Car ranza that the bandits are dispersed, the northern movement of American troops will attain full speed and it will not be long until the last trooper , crossed over the international bound ary line.
 In the meantime, it was pointed out there will be constant movements 1 northward of American detachments, so that when the final order for with ! drawal comes there will be only a | part of the present expeditionary force | left on Mexican soil
 ! Answers to the long dispatches sent today to Washington by General Scott and to Queretaro by General Obregon were not expected to be received here before tomorrow. In case the terms settled upon by General Scott and General CarranZa the present nego- tiations will practically be concluded, although the formality of another con ference will be gone through with either tomorrow night or Saturday It is probable that no American troop movements will be begun until the formal signing of an agreement by the two governments or at least until Gen eral Carranza has signified his ac- ceptance of the stipulated conditions direct to the Washington government
 After that, however the Mexican and American troops are expected to begin at once a cooperative campaign that will effectively stamp out the various bandit groups.
 It is generally understood here that the first steps to be taken will be a gradual retirement northward of the American forces while the Carranza troops plunge into the campaign against the Villistas.
 Columns now in the neighborhood of San Antonio will fall back first to Guerrero, where they will remain a while. Later the Guerrero detach- ments will proceed to Namiquipa. From here regiment will be gradually
 detached and transferred to Colonia : Dublin until finally the whole force occupies a restricted zone along the border
 It is regarded as altogether probable that a certain percentage of the troops will re-cross the border some time be- fore the word comes that the Carranza
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Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
Editor John Dewey and At torney John T. Ryan Men toned in Superseding In- dictments Handed Down By Grand Jury
WERE TO ASSIST
 GERMAN EMPEROR
New Indictments Go Into Details of Alleged Plot and State it Was Aimed to Assist Emperor of Germany
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 NEW YORK. May 3.-John Devoy, editor of the Gaelic American. and John T. Ryan, a Buffalo attorney were mentioned in superseding in- dictments handed down here today by the federal grand jury that investi- gated the alleged German plot to blow up the Welland canal. The two men were not indicted but are alleged to have had cognizance of the conspiracy. Devoy is a leader in this country of the movement for Irish independence.
 The new indictments go into the de- tails of the alleged plot. and for the first time in the pro-German con- spiracy cases state that it was aimed to assist the German emperor. The indictments are against Captain Franz von Papan, recalled German military attache; Wolf von Igel. his then secretary; Captain Hans Tau scher, agent of the Krupps in the United States and husband of Mime. Gadski. the opera singer; Alfred A. FritZen anc Constantine Covani. Von Igel and Captain Tauscher are the only cnes under arrest. They will be arraigned probably tomorrow.
 Named as co-conspirators for the first time. but not indicted. are Horst von Der Goltz. former major in the army of Villa. and a confessed spy; Carl Tuschendler. alias Tucker and Frederick Joachim Busse.
 The indictments allese that the plot was a military enterprise. "and the aim of he defendant was the obstruc- tion of the military operations of the king of Great Britain and Ireland and the furthering of the military opera tions of the emperor of Germany by means of bombs, dynamite and other explosives to blow up and destroy the Welland canal. a Canadian waterway"
 The charge is made that Captain von Papen. von Igel and Captain Tau scher furnished the initiative and funds for the expedition. and that Fritzen and Covani were to have been the perpetrators. with the assistance of five other men, German subjects engaged by von Der Goltz in Balti- more in August 1914. The leaders, the indictments state, furnished the others with automatic revolvers, ammuni- tlons, bombs, dynamite and other ex- plosives.
 The accusation Is repeated that Captain Tauscher procured from the local office of the Du Pont Powder company geo pounds of "60 per cent dynamite to have been used in the work of destruction, and that the ex- plcsive was obtained by von Der Colt; on Tauscher's written order
 Fritzen Covani and the others lef this city for Buffalo on September IA 1914, it is charged, to carry out tn enterprise. The government alege It's case is strengthened by the fac that all of the indicted men are on tn rolls of the German imperial army.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
OF THE IRISH REvOLT I
 ARE EXECUTED
Four Signatories to Repub- hcan Proclamation in Ireland Are Tried by Court Martial, Found Guilty and Shot
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 Several of the leaders of the Irish reTolt have been put to death in Lon don after a summary court martial. and Premier Asquith has announced to parliament that Sir Roger Easement, who was recently captured while try ing to land arms on the Irish coast from German ship. will be tried with the utmost expedition. The situation in Ireland is daily improving. Angus tine Birrcll chief secretary for Ire land, has resigned. He has acknowl- Sim Fein movement and the possi- hility of disturbances in Ireland.s
 No fighting of great importance is reported from any of the battle fronts On the sector of the Mort Homme, northeast of Verdun, the French have taken additional German positions in a brilliantly executed attack. and cap tured in the operation about 100 pris- oners and four machine guns. On the remainder of the front in France and Belgium nothing but artillery duels have been in progress.
 In the Adamello sector of the Aus trian-ltalian front the Austrians and Italians still are engaged in the hard fighting that has been in progress for several days. but with no important l changes in positions reported. A German aeroplane has dropped | bombs on Deal. England. Some mate rial damage was done. but only one man is reported to have been injured The eerop plane escaped.
 Thirty six casualties resulted from the Zeppelin raid Tuesday night on | the northeast coast of England and southeast coast of Scotland.
 The house of commons, amid lonI | cheers. nas passed the first reading of the governments bill calling for i'm mediate general military compulsior l for the duration of the war.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04

the agreement could be taken until after the president had studied Gen eral Scott's dispatch tomorrow.
 The Mexican problem is being handled by the president personally, it is understood, and no step will be taken without his sanction. It has been hinted that it was Mir Wilson himself who suggested the conference between General Scott and General Oregon
 Officials apparently saw no reason to doubt the accuracy of press re- ports from Fl Paso giving the sub stance of the tentative agreement
 The reports bear out information here as to the scope of the powers given General Scott in the additional instructions sent him after General Obregon's insistenee on the immediate withdrawal of the American troops from Mexico had brought a tempor- ary deadlock. Concessions as to lim- iting the field in which General Per- shing's columns will operate here after undoubtedly were authorized by the president himself in his confer
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Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
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CHICAGO. May 4.-The jury in the William Lorimer case returned yer dict of not guilty at 12:30 o'clock this morning.
 The jury was out a little more than six hours.
 The jury in it's verdict held that Lorimer had no part in any violation of the banking laws in connection with the career of the La Sale Bank failure and that he had no knowledge of such violations.
 The verdict was the same on both the charge of conspiracy to defraud and that of embezzlement the court having instructor the jury that sep arate verdict on each charge would have to be returned.
 As the clerk read the verdict a shout went up in the court room and there was a rush of spectators to shake the hand of Lorimer as he stood smiling in front of the judges bench. After the commotion had subsided Lorimer addressed the jury in a tremb- | ling voice. After thanking the jurors | he said:
 "I want to say that in giving me liberty the people who deposited money
 in the La Salle StreNs Bank beginning
 with those who can least afford to lose will have all of my services, all of the
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
REGULARS LEAD
 IN CALIFORNIA
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SAN FRANCISCO. May 3.-The Regular" or conservative republicans increased their lead over the united or new" republicans in additional re- turns received today from yesterdays presidential primary election. The
 regulars had a vote of 113,702 as against s2.152 for the candidates of the united faction.
 A statement by Guy C. Earl. chair man of the United republican con- ference which selected a list of dele gates attributed the victory of the regular republicans to an intense de- sire on the part of the people of Cali fornia to dispense with the democratic national administration. This in turn, he said, caused them to select the regular ticket in order that there might be no doubt of their intention. He concurred in this desire and expressed the hope that q solid republican party would line up for the fall campaign, and that the action of the republican national convention would make this ] possible
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
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LONDON, May 3.--The Zeppelin air raid on the northeast coast of Eng land and southeast coast of Scotland last night resulted in 36 casualties. This announcement was made official ly today. one hundred bombs were dropped.
 The Zeppelin L-2o has been com letely destroyed and driven ashore on the western side of Hafso Firth. Norway, according to advices from Stayanger. Some of the crew were rescued.
 The Zeppelin L-20 passed north of Sandnaes about 10 o'clock in the morning says Reuter- dispatch from Stavanger
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
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WASHINGTON, May 3.-Reorgani- zation and liberalization of the na- tional guard as proposed by the house. whereby there would be created a militia reserve Of approximately 400 000 men, was tentatively agreed upon today by the conferees of the army bill. The senates provisions for the national guard were along the same line as those in the house bill, but would provide for only 250.000 men.
 Some of the senate amendments to the original senate bill respecting the militia may be accepted tomorrow. in cluding the Wadsworth amendment which would require enlisted officers and men to take an oath to the United States as well as to the state.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
TO ACCEPT NEW CONTRACT
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POTTSVILLE, Pa, May 3.-Oppo- sition to the ratification of the ten tative agreement entered into by the anthracite mine workers and operators was not so strongly manifested in the convention of the union. men here today as had been anticipated by some of those opposed |" accepting the new contract. The entire day was taken up with explanation of the various divisions of the new agree ment and many delegates who op- posed part of it have changed their attitude. There is no question that the new scale and changed conditions will be accepted by large majority. President John r. White made a speech in which he said the minors should rejoice in having carried one of the cardinal blanks of labor, name- ly the eight hour day.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
Fay Admits He Made Device To
 Disable Ships
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NEW YORK, May 3. - Lieutenant Robert Fay of the German army, on trial here with Walter Scholz and Paul Daeche charged with conspiring to destroy ships carrying munitions to the entente allies, occupied the wit ness stand in his own defense through out the entire session of the federal district court today He denied that he had any intention of destroying vessels, but admitted he had invented q device to attach to rudders of muni- tions carrying craft which would in capaeitate them.
 Daeche, he said. supplied him with explosives. believing they were being used by him for experimental pur- poses only. Daeche knew nothing Fay added. of an alleged plot to blow up ships
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04
Zebbelim Aiy Raid Results
 M Thixty-Six Casualties

The Zeppelin was driven over hill tops against a hillside. It's afterbody. broke in two and part of it fell to the ground. Some of the crew jumped CT were pulled out.
 The Zeppelin then rose a little and was driven westward, but the bag of the dirigile collapsed in the center and the airship descended rapidly. A torpedo boat which had been following along the coast went to it's assistance and rescued three men still in the catin. A fourth man had jumped out shortly before
 Deal was visited by a German aero plane this afternoon, according to an official announcement. Several houses were damaged and one man was in- iured.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-04

BERLIN, May 3, (By wireless to the Associated Press via Sayville) The German reply to the Amer ican note on submarine warfare may be expected momentarlly. It now appears, however. that Thursday may be the day on which it will be handed to Am bassa dor Gerard.
 Following the submission of the German reply, the center of gray ity in the situation, it is consid- cred here, will rest in Washington where it must be decided whether the proposal which Germany makes meets the conditions of the last paragraph of the American note.