Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-09
AGREEMENT Is OFF

(COntlnued From Page One.) ended in just an hour and fifteen min utes. Tonight more telegraphic con Versations between General Obregon and General Carranza at the provision al capital. took place. The cOnferees could be seen through the windows of General Scott's private car through out the meeting. General Obregon shrugged his shoulders now and then and shook his head. General Scott and Funston were determined and at times spoke animatedly.
 It was sub-secretary Amador who. following the conference, announced that no decision had been reached and that another meeting probably would be held. General Obregon got in his machine without comment. Much interest was taken tonight in word received here from Marathon, regarding story told by a minister. name unknown. who reached there from an automobile tour through the district raided last Friday night. Carranzistss Among Raiders. According to the story told by this man, the dead body of one of the bandits was found near Gleen Springs. Sunday. and on it were papers which identified him as a Carranzista.
 No further report came to General Funston here from the raided district in the Big Bend country. The only news of the day was the arrival of two troops of cavalry from Fort Clark and two from Fl Paso at Marathon where they started southward on a 95 mile march
 General Funston refused to indi- cate whether a second eXpeditiOnary force is to so into Mexico near BO- quilias. He said that circumstances made. it impossible for him to speak.
 Considerable significance was placed in his reply to questions asked him.
 He was asked if a report from Washington that troops may have al ready closed over was true.
 Hitch Is Serious.
 He replied that he believed they had mot yet gone over.
 This afternoons conference came at the end of a day of rumors and spe- culation which reached thei rapeX in the report that a split in relations be tween the United States and Mexico was about to occur because General Obregon was unable to command the support of the verious Mexican gen erals for the tentative agreement.
 U. s. UItimatum Near.
 Anpther story which went the rounds was to the effect that at the Sunday meeting in the immigration station, the American conferees had notified the Mexican minister of war that the United States had neared the limit of it's patience and insisted on l speedy understanding. According to this story General Obrescn was told that the American government would have to be signed as drawn mp.
 The participants in the conference refused absolutely to discuss what had been said in this connection, but the stories came from Persons in such close tOuch with the situation hat they were given much credence.
 The attitude today Of the principals 70 the conference lent color to the re ports. General Obregon was in seri- ous conference with his military ad- Jisers and with Andres Garcia, MeXi- can consul in Fl Paso, before eight o'clock this morning. Other conter- ences took place throughout the early lodrs of the day.
 Meanwhile Generals Scott and Funston held closely to their private car except at lunch time, waiting for a request for another meeting to Iome from JuareZ.
 General Scott said that he and Gen