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ARTILLERY ALONE
IS ACTIVE ALONG
FRENCH F
Germans and v French- the
Aggresors in Different
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Sectors.
RUSSIANS BATTLE
AGAINST TEUTONS
British Repulse, Turkish At
tack in Egypt and Ad
vance in Africa.
LONDON. April Artillery bom
fcardments alone are taking place on
ths French and Belgian fronts, the
scenes of the greatest activity being
the region. of Le Mort Homraj and in
the Argonne forest, with the Ger
mane the aggressors In the former
anil the French In the latter sector. '
French aviators in squadron forma
tions have dropped .arge ncinbers of
shell on German positions, at iioa
. vtivon StenaV. Dun and near . Mont
faucon. The , lighting between the
Russians and the Germans and Aus
trian! along the eastern fr nt con
tlnuea' nt various nointa. but no Im
portant ; changes In position are re
ported. The. same u jie k w
Austro-Italian tone. ' 1
; 1 Children KUleC. ,
Vienna reports an attack Easter
Bunday by seven Italian aeroplanes on
the city of . Triest in which ; nine
Italians, five of them chl.dren, were
killed and Ave wounded. , The re
port says that because of this at
tack "the , enemy -.- forfeited every
right to havs his town spared,"
The British In German Bast Africa
ere continuing their forward move
ment against . the Germans, having
now occupied ths town of Konda, In
the Irangl t region Considerable
casualties were inflicted on the Ger
. mans ... ; . -
The British also have been success
ful In an operation near Dueidar,,
Egypt, , repulsing with heavy casual
ties a Turkish attack. In an engage
ment Dear ijuatia village. however,
the British ' were reed, to retreat
after an engagement with a Turkish
column ' superior' In numbers, '
..; British Still ActlvS : t
Mesopotamia, despite - their recent
check, the British are keeping op
their efforts te lift the siege of gut-
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VON M'S OFFICE NOT
Papers Seized on This Occa
sion Have Been Forward
ed to Washington.
GRAND JURY BUSY
NEW YORK, April 24. Evidence
presented 'here today before the fed
eral grand jury Investigating the al
leged plot to destroy th- Welland
canal established, according to fed
eral authorities, that Captain ranz
von Papen's former office at V Wall
street was not a branch of the Ger
man embassy when Wolfe von Igel
was arrested there on April 18 and
papers claimed by the Germanam
bassador seised.
The papers were sent to the depart
ment of justloc In Washington at the
request of the -state department after
Ambassador Bernstorff's demand for
their return on the ground that they
were seized on German territory. The
state department announced that the
return of the papers rested on this
point Assistant United States At
torney Wood, in charge of the prose
cutlon, is understood to be confident
that as & result of today's testimony
Von Igel will have to stand trial and
that the- papers will not be returned.
His belief is based, It was learned, on
the story told the grand jurors by
Arthur A. Hasseit erPTalhfteld. N. J.,
employed by a real estate Arm as the
agrnt for 40 Wall street. -
Hassell. It was said, identified the
leases for Von Papen's office. On the
lease,, dated June 24, 191S, to expire
May 1, next, at an annual rental ot
12,200, was tha signature of Wolfe
von. Igel as lessee. Swearing before
a Botary public. Von Igel stated In
the document that the. rooms are to
be used by him "as sin advertising
agent and for no other purpose."
Von Igel's own sworn statement,
federal officers here assert, denies the
claim of the German ' ambassador
thai Von Igel was a member of his
staff and that the rooms were a part
of the German embassy. The In
formation regarding the lease, It was
said, already la in the possession or
the stats department
' O. T, Hummel, o-' Chicago, con
nected with "the friends of peace
and. tb Teutonic Sons c2 Am erica."
and Henri Rogowskl, a New Tork
printer, also appeared before - the
grand Jury today. They testified, it
was reported, regarding certain activi
ties of leaders of Labor's National
Peace council, who ere charged with
promoting strikes la munitions slant
POWERFUL-INFLUENCES IN I
GERMANY OPPOSING BREAK
WITH THE UNITED STATES
Strong Intimations That Some Conces
sions Will be Made But Whether They
Will r be Sufficiently Broad to Avoid
Rupture 1$ Uncertain.
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WASHINGTON, April 24. Indications that power
ful influences in German politics are opposed to any action
by the Berlin government which might lead to the sever
ance of diplomatic relations' with the United States are un
derstood to be contained in confidential dispatches receiv
ed today, by the '. state department .from Ambassador
Gerard. ; Socialists and labor; leaders are represented as
being -particularly adverse to any such move.
Other dispatches from Mr. Gerard were said to con
tain strong intimations that the Berlin government would
make some concessions to the United States in reply to the
note demanding the immediate abandonment of present
methods of submarine warfare. It still js uncertain, how
ever, whether these will be sufficiently broad to meet the
American demands. - 7
XMtvMv?;;:V Will Go Far. ;. .;;.: ;hi
Officials allowed it to become known that Mr. Ger
ard's dispatches indicated that Germany would go to
great lengths to preserve friendly relations with the Unit
ed States. Mr. Gerard is understood to have gained his
views during conversations with Berlin officials, including
Foreign Minister. von Jagow.
emphasize the difficulties by which the German govern
ment is confronted in endeavoring to find a way to meet
the demands of the United States .without arousing the
clement which insists on a relentless submarine Warfare
against the shipping of the entente allies.
. Awaiting Dispatches. , ' ;
The state department tonight was awaiting a dispatch
from Mr. Gerard reporting the results of a lengthy con
ference today .with Dr. von Bethmanh-Hollweg, imperial
German chancellor. Press dispatches announcing that the
m m mm .AWrt1 wllt'.nlyAW Iaaa .:'
expressed a' particular interest
ports which indicated that the
would not be made until after
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REPELLED BY
WEStlNGHOUSE PLANT
First Serious Riot Occurs
After a Day of Dis
order. . -1
WOMAN LEADS MARCH
PITTSBURGH, April 24. The first
serious rioting in the strike of thir
teen thousand employes of the Wert-
Inghouse Electric and Manufacturing
company in East Pittsburgh occurred
tonight Several shots were fired and
an unidentified striker and a detective
were injured. The trouble was the
climax of a day of disorder during
which deputy sheriffs and railroad de
tectives frequently used their clubs.
Fifteen hundred strikers were re
turning to East Pittsburgh, after
breaking up a meeting of shellmakers
In Wilmerding, an adjoining borough,
when the dash occurred. When the
marchers reached the Westlnghouse
plant. It is claimed, they charged past
deputy sheriffs and mill guards ana
started towards the ptent. In the
fight that followed a detective knock
ed an unidentified striker senseless
and he was carried away by com
panions. As the strikers n eared the plant,
guards turned a stream of hot water
from a fire hose' on them. The strik
ers retreated, throwing stones. Charles
Oakes, a detective, was struck by a
rock and a deep gash was cut in his
cheek. The strikers were finally com
pelled to scatter.
In Wilmerding late today, strikers
broke down the doors, and forcibly
entered a building in which 1,800
shellmakers Were holding a meeting,
just as a resolution was about to be
adopted. It Is claimed, providing for
the men to return to work tomorrow.
The strikers ever-powered the leaders
and threw them out of the building
and then held a meeting of their
own. presided over by J. "H. Hall,
whose discharge Is said to hare been
an Indirect cause of the strike,
The strikers then left the building
and formed in line at the head of
which was a stylishly dressed young
woman whose face was covered by a
paper mask. At a command of "for
ward march" given by the young
woman, thsy marched off towards
East Pittsburgh. Strikers professed
Ignorance . of the Identity of their
leader, who suddenly disappeared
when the trouble la East Pittsburgh
occurred, . , ,
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His dispatches are said to
Trmmf -lADMtr HAAI.; 14, r1 1 I CM
in that part of the press re
reply to the American note
the chancellor has another
PAGE TWO.)
SIR ROGER CASEMENT IS
El
Ship Was Attempting to
Land Arms in Ireland
is Declared.
IS HEAD OF FACTION
LONDON, April 24. Sir Roger
Cnsemetit has been captured from a
German ship which attempted to land
arms in Ireland and was sunk. This
official announcement was made to
night, as follows:
"During the period between the
afternoon of April 20 and the after
noon of April 21 an attempt to land
arms and ammunition In Ireland was
made by a vessel under the guise of
a neutral merchant ship but which
in reality was a German auxiliary, hi
conjunction with a German sub
marine. "The auxiliary sank and a number
of prisoners were made, among whom
was Sir Roger Casement."
Sir Roger Casement, before the
outbreak of the European war, was
in the British consular service, hav.
Ing held posts in Portuguese West
Africa, the Congo Free State. Haiti,
San Domingo and Erazll.
In November, 1914, it as reported
that Sir Roger, who was the leader
of the separatist faction In Ireland,
had gone to Berlin and conferred
with the German imperial authori
ties, his intention. It was said, belnx
to open negotiations between the
German government and the anti
Engllsh party in Ireland.
, Assurances were said to have been
given to Sir Roger that, should the
German troops Irjid In IreX-.d, all
native Institutions would be nespected
by them. Sir Roger' 4 followers In
Ireland were, according to the report,
to give every aid to the Germans.
The report of his activities In Ger
many created a sensation In England
and In February, ills, 81 r Edward
Grey announced in the nou.e of com
mons that Sir George's pension as a
former member of the consular corps
had been suspended,, pending an In.
vestlgatlon of charges of disloyalty
against mm. ' - ? - -
Sir Roger was created a knight .la
lilt, He U fifty-two ysars old.
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FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN PURSUIT
OF VILLA AWAIT CONFERENCE BETWEEN
GENERAL SCOTT AND GENERAL 0BREG0N
Senior Military Authorities of the Two Countries Concerned Will Meet for Discussion ot Situation,
Probably at ' Juarez, and Conference Will Take Place Either Today or Tomorrow Carranza
Agrees to Such Conference, Representative Declares.
WASHINGTON, April 14. Further
developments In the pursuit of Villa
and the relations between the United
States and' the ds facto government
of Mexico now await personal discus
sion of these subjects by the senior
military advisers of the two govern
ments; ' . ' - ' M ty--;
A conference between Major Gen
eral Boott. chief of staff, and General
Obregon, minister of war' of the de
facto government,, was Arranged late
today ' to take; 'trtac ' probably In
Juarei. . General Scott 4s how In San
Antonio. TesssymnffGsratibregon
Is thought to be already on his way
north from Mexico city, xney may
meet tomorrow or next day.
Announcement Made.
Announcement that General Car
ran ta had agreed to the conference
was made by Eliseo Arredondo, Mexi
can ambassador-designate, who paid a
second visit to Secretary Lansing to
day to communicate the fact. Secre
tary Baker was promptly Informed
and the Information transmitted to
General Scott.
Mr. Arredondo called at the state
department first to say that his gov
ernment asked that some reply be
made to the note of April 12 suggest
ing that American troops be with
drawn from Mexico. A similar re
quest was transmitted by Special
Agent Rodgers at Mexico City. At
that time Mr. Arredondo oould only
say that negotiations for the confer
ence between the two generals were
In progress In Mexico City and he
was hopeful it could be arranged.
No Reply at Present. .
The ambassador was Informed that
no reply could be made to General
Carransa's note at present Secretary
Lansing Is understood to have made
it plain that the Washington govern
ment was anxious that General Scott
talk' the situation over with General
Obregon before a formal answer was
prepared. On his return to - the em
VILLA REPORTED TO BE
Army Officers Fear Danger
of Clashes With Carranza
Troops.
COLUMBUS, N. M , -April J4 Army
officers here made no secret today
ot their belief that as the news that
American troops will remain in Mex
ico for an indefinite period spreads
through that country, danger of
clashes with forces of the de facto
government will be Increased and
more active hostility will be manifest
ed by bands of guerrillas, reported as
sniping at supply trucks recently.
Unofficial reports reaching here
that Villa and a few adherents are re
cuperating In 'the mountains north
west of Parral were substantiated by
press dispatches from the front which
said the bandit leader was last re
ported near Nonoava in the Sierra
Tarahumares. Other reports said
American military authorities are in
possession of new evidence that Villa
was sorely wounded.
No Intimation reached here as to
the plans of General Funston for ths
re-disposition of troops, - but It was
confidently predicted that one of the
first steps would be the removal of
the base.
With the arrival of the sixth cav
alry, expected tonight or tomorrow
from the Brownsville district, the con
centration of the S.800 troops ordered
to Columbus to be put to any use Gen
eral Pershing sees fit will be Com
plete. Some of the newly arrived
troops already have crossed the bor
der on their way to strengthen the
field forces. ,
"Birds of a Feather"
bassy Mr; Arredondo found a message
announcing that General , Obregon
would go to 'the border; It was said
that while no word had come that
General Obregon was on his way to
the border, there was reason to be
lieve he had already left Mexico City.
As the two officers hold equal military
rank and as , General Obregon Is
cabinet officer In addition, It was as
sumed at the embassy he would sug
gest that General Scott 5 call 6nf him
in Ju&res In accordance with dlplo-
matio. and (military cusrau Upugh
xne eucceeenng meetings, i wm biw,
probably Would taks place la El Paso
because 'of better ; accommodations
there.
The meeting was suggested first af
ter General Scott had started to the
border on his mission which resulted
In the authorisation for the re-disposition
of the American troops in Mex
ico. The plan was favored by both
war and state department officials,
and Special Agent Rodgers was asked
to present It to General Carransa. Be
cause of the latter'e alleged Jealousy
of his war minister,' some officials
doubted that the conference oould be
arranged. The Subject apparently
provoked -considerable discussion in
Mexico City before it was decided that
General Obregon should go to the bor
der. Enviable Record.
General Scott has an enviable and
unusual record for conducting friend
ly negotiations. The arrangement of
a neutral sone at Naco, Sonora, dur
ing fighting between Oarransa and
Villa troops, a later conference with
Villa which resulted In the release of
American goods deitained by him and
the quelling of an uprising of Piute
Indians In Utah are recent examples
of his skill as a diplomat. He is
known to have believed that a great
er degree of co-operation could be
secured from the Carranza forces If a
personal conference with any of the
CAPTURED VILLA BANDITS
Declares They Were Forced
to Accompany Villa in
Columbus Raid.
-DEMINO. N. M., April 24. The
seven Villa followers who were cap
tured after the raid on Columbus and
convicted of murder In the first degree
were today condemned to die May 10
by Judge Edward L. Medler.
The prisoners pleaded that they
were Ignorant of where they were go
ing at the time of the raid and that
they were forced To follow Villa un
der penalty of death.
Six of the bandits listened un
moved to the sentence of death, but
ths seventh, Jose Rangel, who had
been wounded in the raid and was car
ried Into court on a cot cried . for
mercy.
, Judge Medler ordered the prisoners
to the Sante Fe penitentiary for
safekeeping.
SEVENTY MIXES IDLE.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.. April 14.
nearlr seventy mines belonging to the
Pittsburgh Coal company, employing
14.000 miners were Idle today as a re
sult of a strike called by President
van Blttner and the executive board of
district No. ( United Mine Workers.
The strike was called owing to the
company's failure to grant Its em
ployes the five per cent wags lncreass
t rt vlded for In the Js'ew Tork axree-
tssent. . ... .
leading commanders oould be ar
ranged. .
-General Boott will be able to pre
sent to General Obregon the reasons
behind every move that has been
made and give. him personal assur
ances that President Wilson and bis
advisers have no thought of doing
anything more than protect . Ameri
can Interests along, the border from
Mexican bandit operations. In return
It ta expected General Obregon .will
be able to throw much light on the
, probletahs.fss.the4.faetgav-
eminent.;.. i'r.-. -w. ;v ; (.ic; i
1 Pending the ' forthcoming confer-
enow General Funston will carry out
his plans for re-adjusting his lines In
Mexico so as to make the position of
his troops secure for a stay of any
length. Secretary Baker reiterated to.
day that General Funston has full
discretion and the department here
may not be Informed as to Just what
points were chosen for assembling
the forces until after the troop move
ments had been ordered.
At Casss Grandee.
Most of the American troops are
now In the vicinity of Cases Grandes,
one hundred miles south of the border
and three hundred miles north of
General Pershing's most advanced col
umn near Parral. It la reported that
this camp Is now located at Adela, a
small village not far from Parral. Of
ficers here would be surprised if the
redtsposl'tion saw all these outlying
commands brought northward to the
Cases Grandes region, where they
would be fully supplied without dan
ger of being out eff and also where
they could establish and effective
guard against further bandft attacks
on the border.
Confirmation of the capture by Car
ranza, troops of Pablo Lopes, Villa's
chief lieutenant, aroused much inter
est here. Lopec is among those charg.
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E
L TEST
Has Speed of Hundred Miles
an Hour and Climbs 1,000
Feet a Minute.
NETWPORT NTSWS, Vs., April 24.
The J. N.-S, a two-passenger military
biplane capable of a speed of one hun
dred miles an hour and able to climb
1,000 a feet a minute was tested at ths
Atlantic coast aeronautical station
here today, where school officials said
it met all requirements. United
States army officers witnessed ths
flights.
The official tests of the Curtlss mili
tary tractor, R.-2, eight of which were
recently bought by the goverment for
use In Mexico were also completed to
day, the results being announced as
follows:-
High speed, ninety-two 'miles an
hour: low speed, 41.2 miles an hour;
climb. S.000 feet In ten misutes; fuel
capacity, four hoars at high speed.
An Initial tryout of the large Curtlss
fly In boat H-? was closely watched
by representattives of ths British gov
ernment, the machine taking up seven
men. . Great Britain Is understood to
have ordered a large number of these
machines and several of a still larger
model. - - ,
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, April 24. Forecast
for North Carolina: Partly cloudy
Ouesday. "Wednesday fair. . , , . '
HOUSE TO ADOPT
SPECIAL RULESTO
BLOCK REP
MAN
Minority Leader, Succeeds
in Keeping Army BilT -From
Conferences
MAJORITY INTENDS
TO FORCE THE ISSUE
Drastic Rules to Provide For
Limited Debate Will
Be Enforced. . v
WASHINGTON, April 14. Arouse
by Minority Leader Mann's success on
two occasions today in keeping the-'
army bill as amended by the senate
from going to conference, house detn-s
ooratlc leaders declared tonight, that
they would force their legislative pro
gram through Immediately with , ths
aid of special ' rules. '.
A rule to discharge ' ths ' military
committee from further considera
tion of the army bill and to permit
ths speaker to appoint house' con
ferees after debate on one motion to
re-commlt, . will be reported by the
rules committee tomorrow, ' Majority
members of the committee will sug
gest an hour's flebabs oil the motion.'
but If this is not agreeable to the
republican minority, 'debate will be
limited, to twenty minutes on. each
side, v , ' ' ; .
Other BeelsJoms. J v '
Following disposal of ths agrlcul- ;
tural appropriation measure the dem
ocrats also decided today ths Philip-'
pins, Porto Rlcan and shipping Mils
will be brought up for passage in the '
order named. This course was agreed
upon despits the protests or republt-'
can that some preparedness or ap-,
propriotlon measures should receive
Immediate consideration, - Crostla'
rules to provide for limited debate
Will acoompany these three adminls-'
tratton measures with the f view of '
having them enacted Into law before
the conventions If possible.' On ths
Philippine measure, for Instance, It'
now Is planned to limit the general
debate to five fcouisvr.i-ii-;.- '
Democrats were greatly disappoint-'
ed late this afternoon when Speaker i
Clark sustained a point ef order rale-,
ediby Mr. sMssut en a rule' designed
to send -the army bill to conference'.
without an Intervening motion. Mr.
Mann maintained that adoption of
such a rule would deny the minority
ths right of a motion to re-commlt,
to which It long has been entitled.
Mann Objects Again. . ,
Immediately after the speaker's
ruung, , neprmnunrs . vwmu, . ot. -Tennessee,
sought to have ths rule,
that the committee will report tomor
row adopted by unanimous . consent, .
but again Mr. Mann objected, ending
debate on the proposition for today.
Earlier In the day Mr. Mann had
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MARINE ENGINEERS ARE :
THREATENING TO TIE IIP
THE STEAMSHIP TRAFFIC
Various Companies Given
Until May 1 to Reply to
the Demands Made.
PROMISE TO STRIKE
NKW TORK. April 24. A threat ts
tie up all coastwise, sound and river
steamship traffic, as well as towing
and lighterage craft In New Tork
harbor and tributary waters was mads '
tonight by officials of the Marine En-
gl risers' Benefit association. Demands
were made for Increases In wages ,
averaging approximately fourteen per
cent and for a revision of the regula
tions governing employment Ths ve -.:
rlous companies are given until May1
1 to reply and in the event of their re
fusal of the demands the spokesmen ' .
for the engineers declare that vessel
captains, mates, and deck hands also .
will quit work out of sympathy for the
engineers.
The Marine Engineers Beneficial,
association. Issued a statement claim- .
Ing that ninety-nine per cent of ths ,
engineers employed on craft entering
this port are members of that or
ganization. The fact that the engi
neers all have government licenses,
they said, would necessitate that they
resign their Jobs, which would be
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vquivKienv iv s, biuao. a ' -
as threatened. It was aaserted would'
seriously disrupt export trade, which
already is handicapped by the lack of
steamships to carry to Europe the
enormous shipments of war supplies
and foodstuffs purchased by the en-" '
tente allies.
Three classes of marine service
are Involved In the demands of ths -engineers,
as follows: -'
Tne Auanue ana uuu oui r .
vice: ocean-gains; and coasrwise tegs, "
boats engaged In the fishing and oil .
Industries on ths Atlantic and Gulf
coasts. ' - ""- ;"
' Sound and river steamboats lnclud- -Ing
Hudson river- passenger and
freight ' craft, steamboats operating .
between New Tork, Providence an
Fall River and hftTT excursion
boats. i : ' - '
Towing,' lighterage and other slm- ,
liar work In and about the port of'
eVssr Xor and tributary water ,