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mWNSHFNI) FRENGH REPULSE '
ciiDDcyncDO: HESUHITIIH
? ! VERDUN ATTACK
If IRHMMK
U ULU LUL I1U,
General Townshend, Besieged at Kut-el-Amnra
Since Last December,
Capitulates to Turks After De
stroying All Guns and Munitions
Relief Forces Unable to Reach Be
leaguered Army on Account of
Hoods Army Estimated at Ten
Thousand.
I OXDOX, April 28. Major don
or.1 1 Charles Townshend, commander
of tho lirlllsh forces besieged at Kut-cl-Amara,
Mesopotamia, by Turkish
forces Hlnce last December, hu sur
rendered. This Information whs con
mined In a lirlllsh official state
ment Irsiiod this afternoon.
Tho official statement added thai
.General Townshond dentroved all his
Kims and munitions before surren
dering. The force surrendered nuin-lut-ed
about 10,000 men.
The fnlliiwinir official .announce
ment wj"4 nindc :
'After a resistance jinitrneletl for
1 l.l dap- nml conducted with a (Tal
lin, tr nud fortitude tlmt will lie for
r meinmnble. (Jeneml Townshend
h.i- liecii compelled liv tho fiuul e.
liiindioii of his -npili(K to surrender.
"H't'oro doinir o lie destroyed his
cum and munition.
'The iorce under him consists of
J70 British lrooM of all ranks and
-i i . ices, and Home (1000 Indian
in nips and their followers."
General Townshend probably was
driven to surrender to avoid starva
tion of tils forces. A recent official
Tuiklsh communication said the posi
tion of the Hiilish at Kut-el-Antara
vm critical, and that tbey were ex
I'litlnic to receive small supplies of
food by aeroplane. An official
i-mi omen t received eslerday from
London showed that a last effort to
send supplies to tho garrison had
tailed. It was announced that a ship
l'nln with supplies had been sent up
the Tigris, that It bad been ground
t .1 . bout four utiles east of the city.
Itellef Is Hold l'p.
Loss than a score of miles away,
on the banks of the Tigris, below the
nn, is a relief army which for
months has been attempting to
r.'.n h the besieged forces of General
Tow unbend. Of late the Turks' re-M-i.mre
has increased, and, aided by
i loo, is they have been ablo to hold
the British In check.
Vo official figures have been given
out .is to the number of troops whlcit
mi rorth from the Persian gulf In
NoMmber, 181 i, on the ex tied I Hon
ulii'-h bus now ended in surrender.
This force has suffered heavy losses
in H'vere battles with the TurkK.
The surrender of (leneral Town
sin nd is one of the few Instances of
tin' war In which an entire flghtlim
unit of Important Numbers ha laid
douii its arms. It Is one of th
l.i i n"st bodies of troops of the enleuto
allies which have surrendered and
lamer than any other captured Brit
Hi or Trench force.
Anny Sluivatl Out,
K-irlv in December of last year,
; nrHl Townshend's army was beat-
ii in bii it I., at Ctesiphou, eighteen
mile below Jl.iKdad, and retreated to
(Continued on page six)
ICA'S
LONDON', April :.'!. The Berlin
Kt'ui Ziitiini; indignantly disriis-cs
the i.iot that the comments of the
Herman press on the American note
1re euriou.lv culm. savs Heuter's
Amsterdam correspondent, who quot
ed the newpaper a adding:
"This is strait !. 1'P'ii i-e we irootl-
natured German- , ,... ;
, ,i in the vo-
', other
f&jcrti-
a no-called
exnect.hf-
.ibulurv c
expression
nenec' to
neuiial
ter iw
,uprecedeuted
to it iLf i(t)
efti.ft
3
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OF
Germans Assume Aggressive Vlaor-
ous Attack East of the Mouse Near
Douaumont Chocked French Ar
tillery Disperse Troops Massed for
Attack in Avocourt Sector.
l'AMS, April ail.--After u viulenl
liomlini (Intent of French positions
near Avoeoutt, on Hill No. ,'JOI, on
the Verdun front west of Iho Sleiiwo,
Oennnii troop were nutated for nn
assault. The war office report this
afternoon suvs thin uttuck wna pre
vented by French artillery, wiiieh dis
jHTHeit Hie (leimun troop.
A vigorous attack wns made n
1'Vetieh trenches east of Tiiinuiiioiit
farm, but the ficrmun were iTpittHid
with lienvv loes.
The ltxt of the statement follews:
In tlw Aipotine.
"In the Arjronne a nurpiiHe ntti.ck
executed last nvcht north of Four
Paris mude it iHissihle for its to cl-.i
up Rome of the enemv trenelieu mid
bring liaek ome priioncra.
"On tho lert Imnk of lite Meuxi.
yeatcnlttv at five o'clock in the af
ternoon (ieimnn troop were mamed
nn (he comniiinieiitinif ireneliett to (V
nortli of Hill No. HOI willi lite rJca
of altnckini; our Hiich. They were ut
once uttneked with hand Rrennde
and prevented from eominir out and
then di-M'isc(l. Our artillery ciiiih
eil the exploxion of n deot of muni
tions in the same tegiuii.
"During1 the night there wna n gen
eral honiljanlnieiit in thin sector, the
fire being particularly spirited in I he
region" of Avocourt, Khiich and Hill
No. 30 1.
Along- iho .Muitte.
"On the right hank of the Meiise
yesterduy al'leinoon, after u violent
preNiratory nrlillerv Tire directed
against our first linen, together with
n eurtaiii of tire of great intensity,
the (lennaiiM delivered nn attack
uguiiiM our Iteiielies cast of Thia
iimont farm in which they eiiiplocd
flaming liipiidx. Cut down bv the
shells of our artillery und the fire of
our machine tfuns, the enemy was re
pulsed with heuw Uwsom. At the
stime hour nn attack uon our )Misi
tions hetwiM'ii Iloiinumonl nml Vuux
also hum checked liv our fire. The
remainder of the night juissed in rel
utive ipiicl on this part of (he front.
"In Lorraine we repulsed a strong
recon noi l e ring puHv in front of tho
wood of Hiinnl, south of Dmnevre.
"In the Vos(cs a small (ieniian ut
tack with grenade iitniinst one of our
triMiehes al La I'hiipclollc was ef
tcctixelv cliit kt il In our cuitaiu of
lire"
NKW VoltK. Ai.nl .'! With dU
utes pre-cnt Horn till ,.nl- ol the
country, the - i.i 1 1 -I labor paitv to
day 0tennl it- toill'teeiith annual
eoineitlioii, to i oiiti.mc through Tue-.-day
or Velneda. A inrestdentml
ticket w ill be selected, to bo tfubmitteti
to a referendum ut the party voters,
and it wan rcMrtcd today that the
nominees uf the sui-iulUt party would
lie endorsed.
Arthur llcuier ! i..-toii, socialist
l.thor candidute 1 i ,ie.ideut in liU'J,
. made teuiismirv chairman with
Albert Sehnubcl ot Milwaukee as
secretary.
The convention will elect a dclcfrutc
to the if 1 1 mat it. mil i irfli-t bureau,
wuh In .til,, miter- ut Tin ll.tirue. ami
i It ! an ttlitor ol tlie itntv't oIlmh.
tile W't t U 1'copit .
Y'S REPLY 10
o
Lo.MxiN, Aii , -"' I n, Bt rimer
Tagcblalt .i- lh.it (tilii.uik - 'ply
to the l.tt'et Auicric.ui note U.t- been
coniJetrd and i'l be delned at the
In .'lllltllii! t,l et Week. .net. Ill ml1 to
(It) I frl ' . . n ' I
Hi lilf.
OBREGON CALLS
" UPON SCOTT TO
Visits of Courtesy Exchanged Bo
twecn Commanders Ohregon As
serts De Facto Government Now
Rondy to T.nkc 0er Pursuit of
Villa and Protect the Border.
KL l'ASO, Tex.. April ,!).aunurnl
Alvnt'o Ohregon, mitiinler of war of
the de facto government, with Hie
chief military commander of north
ern .Mexico, made a return nail of
courtesy litis morning iiiwn .Major
Generals Suott and KiiimUui, prelim
inary to (ho fitut conference between
the American and Mexican military
officials that is largely to determine
the future course of the military arm
of tho United States that lias I It rust
itself into Mexican territory in pur
suit of l'raneiscu Villa ami his Itf n
dits. In either the greeu room of the
famous Adunna Prontcrigu, or eus
toms house, in Jiuiivs, Me., or Hi
some agreed place in HI I'aso, the
conferees were in readiness to sub
mit their proHsas mid counter pro
posals al tiieir first session, and it
was Minister of War Ohregon who,
with plenary powers from First Chief
Cnrraimi, sounded a hoMful note
with the expression that "we should
reach a satisfactory termination of
these negotiation, (hat will meet with
the approval of our Hoplc."
Itcaily to (iitc Protection.
Minister of War Ohregon, with
flenerals Trevino, (lutierrer., Cnlles,
Oaviru and Santos, with his civilian
assistants, will submit the proHsitimi
that the de facto government is now
ready to take over the pursuit of the
Villistns and protect the border, and,
therefore the I'nited States soldiers
in Mexico should he it'calleil, while
Generals Scott and Fuiistou will
counter, it is thought, with the prop
osition thiil American troops be dis
posed in certain spheres of northern
Chihuahua, there to remain until the
Cairauxa government has shown by
deed as well as word, that there is no
longer a Villista menace to the Amer
ican border states.
Major General Scott said that not
until he had conferred with General
Ohregon during the call of the Mex
ican officials this morning would it
lie definitely known whether the first
conference would be held in Juuros
or Ml l'aso.
The general added th.it the con
ference might not Ih held today, hut
Monday or Monday.
.Mlllmij UVIiiiit.
General Obrcgou was given a mili
tary welcome in LI l'aso titling to his
rank us minister of war of a foreign
state. As the automobile beuriug
General Ohregon, Generals Trevino
and Gavira with Mexican Consul Gar
cia, nca red the American end of the
international bridge, Brigadier Gen
eral George Hell, in command at Fort
Bliss, l'orinullv welcomed the M,i
can party and eutered Geneial (ilt
nyoii's car.
A hollow square of infant iv mi n
was formed around the pin ale cai ol
Generals Kcolt and Fun-ton, who
cordially greeted General Obrcjou
ami his party at the station and led
the way iuto the car for the return
call.
The return call of General Hiregon
was concluded at UtfQ o'clock. At
thul time it was learned that the de
tails of the first conference hud not
been concluded, hut that in all prob
ability it Would be held tins utter
noon. No announcement would he
made, but it wn- mulct -tood the
meeting would In- held in Juarez.
ROOSEVELT 10 SPEAK
10 IlllHOiS I
' HI AGO. Ai'Mi ." Ke-ervatiuns
lor M'aii at tne dinner of the Illinois
Hi,r a-sociation at which Colonel
Theodore Hoosevelt is to t-peak to-in-lit.
indicated today the meeting
would be one of the largest ever held
by tki bar association.
Colony tffboseveh will pak on
"International DutU- and America)
ItliUfr" Mo than 100ft l.twvtrs-
I. I ! () I . I
m
GENERAL GARRANZA'S MINISTER OF 1
HHmleio SHPsrslBFKB tsIBs!ssssslBsW
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Gen
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HKHLIX. April 21 'I he ensure
of itusslan poult loan south ot Luke
Naroei between 8(au:iroce and 8ta-
ehowce by German troops, together
with more than Kbtin prisoners, was
announced by the war office today.
"ICaatern frent: German troops
south ot Naroei lake made a thrust
in order to Improve their observa
tion osts which had been recon
quered by us March 28. After and
previous to March 2 German troops
conquered the Russian positions be
tween Statiarooe and the farm ot
Staehowle. Flf(-nix officers, hi-
eluding four staff officers, and fitoo
men were taken prisoner and 1 can-
nan. S machine guns and 10 nUuo
inrowers were raiuurcu.
"The Russians ulo suffered heavy
blood) losses which were considerably
Increased during the ulghl as the
result of a Itusslan counter attack
which was effected in thick masses.
"The enemy was unable to recon
quer one foot of lot territory.
"German alishlps attacked the rail
road near Wendeu .uid the railroad
Hacks at Duneii'i im mid Uccwa '
E
T
PIE
RUSSIANS
m
LAKE NAROG
35.000
GARMENT
WORK
SOCK
DOU
' i m haiige and olio i nipo-iliou, the
I house lodav adijiitil ,' part of the
NKW' MljK. An J'l. A l kout lagrieiilt'iitil iippropioitinii hill the
tblowiug bet vi tn iO.U'HJ anil .i.'i.mwi Kulu v lull l"r mi ,i i tdiny of
garmt ill m.thi , n ,,,.st-. i, ill til --111111. 'iheliill IimiI iiiitt.iin yradus
work in mm i il.ui ou -hup w.i de- '" aiain ami i dc-n.m'1 to prevent
clareil m elicit i, , ,, l t.n iloak '" p'"" '" K'-"" t'-'i'" ''nd to en
Kult and Skirl M im lactuti i-' iimii- o lie Hud hi uniform
ciution. I hie-- . ii agreement ii
reaeheil mllnu ..il ee'ht Inun, it
was sttitol d oiiieieU of einploM-,'
unions lodav there uill he a slnke of
IMiO independent -hops, which would
bruig the number oi idle men and
women up to lit .nl v 70,000. The em -ploveis
have rejei ted several otters
ol ii ilut i jtliori.
A -i.iienicnt on ltli,l of the work-;
ii- i mill v denit tl ih 1 1 a lockout was!
i.'ii-ul by a demand bv them for a,
i lo- tl shop. 'I hey tlc-ired, the state-'
mint said, onU that the uianufuctur- j
eis nie continued fieference in fa-j
vor of union men cording to the!
HUO protoeol.
FIFTY YEARS IN PRIWH
FOR ORAM VALLEY FIIKD
ORASK VAI.LKV. (al., April W
Oeorge Holland pleaded "'
committing a criminal
little Hjrls here loo.tv ami nni m
ti in ' j.. i i in I -. i
I 1 t l
r,.rrY
uvrQ
F
T
NOW AT AN ENO
I'AHIS, Aplil '.'II. The battle of
Verdun mil v now be considered us
ended, iiccordiug ( the opinion prc
vailui" in French military circles. Not
only the recent French official re
Mirts, btil vc-terdav's German an
nouncement stated Hint nothing im
portant hud do v eloped in Hie Verdun
region.
It is nearly two mouths since the
German war office has mude such u
statement.
Heavy German ball cries in consid
erable nuinlicr have been withdrawn
In, in lu.lftri, Venlnii nml iit to a
,Mlt il( k,.,. j(Ul. fwm lh(,
ma w,Mty Uir( intbttl),y u
, m of , if(, ,,,.,,, )y ,
po
Hrilish.
The niiiiouiiecmenl of the decora
tion of Oi in nil I 'eta in and other high
officers who have taken wrt in the
battle i, rernrded as tin indication
I lint the French authorities share the
Mi thiil the l.i -k ot tli'li'Milllli; Ver
iIiiii In- In i n l,i,,i,jlil In an end.
OF WHEAT A LAW
WASHINGTON. A im' J' Aanist
llit iioc-l ol the , vv S .1 k I'loduce
i.im!iu
'" "'
i iiullioi ii - l he seen -j
t 1 1 . - i i 1 1 r t in li, establish
and inoiiiiilvi.ii'
' eomis1! thur u
l.uii i iillaltl- .hi, I
In ii i er t!iaiit i-
slopM-d ill liilei'vlnle oi liirciuo com
lliciee and -old In viJi'h-.
NEXT WEEK PREDICTED
WASHINGTON prll 2! The
aesibt-r bureau foietust for tie ve'
beginning Sundav n
"L'nst MKiiuilil tool weather, with
RENCH
CONSIDER
BAT
LE OF VERDUN
frosff, iii iiiewiii in i tie i:ocky
ii', in, i,, mi ait n , n i i hi ,i i re-
f v i re-
i i. iw.
;.ie
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WARSTORYOFREVOLT DI1B1 IN AHRF
SHOWS LEADERS . nnT nrun t-q
ILL PREPAID! ZSl m
Ploasurc Excursion Trains Carry
Compnnics of Irish Relicls, Who, hy
Concerted Move Capture Bakeries,
Motor Cars and Street Cars
1500 or 2000 Engngotl In Rciicllion.
LONDON'. April 29 Simultan
eously with tha outbreak In Dublin
on Monday, says a dispatch to tho
Exchange Telegraph uompaiiy dated
vestorday, a nunrtior of excursion
trains arrived vvtlh iiihii apparently
pleasure bent. Immediately upon
reachjng the station these men pro
ceeded to Join the rebels and by a
concerted move captured nil tho bak
eries and their delivery wagons, as
v ell ae motorcars, streetcars and carts
In the vicinity. Alany f the ve
hicles were used to erect barrleHdo
while the cushions were titlllirttt In
the Hue or trenches which was dug
In St. Stephen's green.
Some of tho earliest fighting oc
curred at Hall's bridge and on the
main road from Kingstown to Mer
rlon square, where the rebels seised
a school house and a small hall ad
joining. Along tho road also men who
seemingly were working In gardens
suddenly picked up guns and began
firing at paasersby, states the dis
patch. OutbifaUs Now Ituicr.
These outbreaks In the outskirts
however have now become rare, add
the correspondent, and Interest cen
ters In SHckvlllo street, where the
pnstofflce Is barricaded on the lualde
with bags or paper. Around .lanob'a
factory the trouble Is accentuated by
women taking sides. Their attempts
to get provisions Into the besieged
rebels are resisted by co-workers who
remain loyal and many froo rights
among the two fact Ions of women are
reHrted.
The flat roofs of the houses are
affording an excellent scope for the
tactics which the rebels are employ
ing, the correspondent continues.
They can He Gat and hide behind
chimneys and fire down on the mili
tary who are given little chance of
returning the fire. However, with
the proclamation of martial law and
orders for the people to remain In
thetr houses between 7 : :t() p. m. and
!i:30 a. m. the si t us t Ion Improved
and the streela are virtually desert
ed, except for the military who with
the arrival of Major (leneral Hlr John
Maxwell, began to tighten their grip
on the rebels.
Ittol Sin rounded,
Not only has the cordon around the
dlsaaicclcd' center of the city been
amply strengthened, but the outlying
districts have been strongly picketed
so that if any reliels succeed in es
caping from the capital, the en r re
spondent point out, they ranuot reach
tho seclusion of the mountains.
From Inquiries made among thu
mllitiiry authorities at Dublin, the
corresiatndeiit of the Kveniug Htar
concludes that there probably are not
more than Ktiiu or 2000 men and
lads actually eugaged in the rebellion
so far as the central part of Dublin
Is concerued. Among them are quite
a number of old men who were close
ly associated with the Ken Ian dou
bles and some youths of HI or 17
Thlss shown, the iornHontli nt
san, hy the appearance of the pris
oners alreudv lirnuitht In
F
E
I ICI.II ill ADul Alt'll.ltS, Naini-
in.pii, ( hilni ihiiii. Ai'iil -H I liv Wire
less to ( oliimhii, N. Al., April 'J!(. -'Ihe
eoliiinn of American cavalrymen
under ( olonel Ueorge A. Uotltl, which
lor six days bus been pursuing a large
baud of Villista under four different
ehiefa through the rocky defiles of
the continental divide, was reported
lodav to have returned to its base ut
Minaea.
The band is said to be practically
all dispersed, numbers of its mem
bers apparently holding to the belief
that Villa is dead.
(.'arrunxibta forces, consisting of
four trainloads of men, waa detrain
ing south of Guerrero today, and re
in, if- licit -.in! thev intend eo-oper-iiu
; iili no Xiiiiu.iii i oiuuiaud.
DODO
RETURNS
1
LA
luinomn
Artillery Doing Used on Houses to
Stop Spread of Flames Street
Fiuhtinii Continues With Much
Looting Troops Arriving In Force
Upwards of Hundred Slain or
Wounded in Rioting.
LONDON, April 2l).-Ono dispatch
received from Ireland this uftornooti
says thul Saekvillo and Gmftoit
si i eels in Dublin m in tiaintfs mid
that artillery is lielilg tuuttl on thu
houses, the inhabitant having been
mnovml.
LONDON, April 20. I'aits or Hie
eily of Dublin are in names, an live
ning News i!Uwteh filetl al Belfast
Inst night says. Street fighting eon
tinues and there is much looting. It
is said, but the reinforced military is
making steady progreaa. Most of (hu
shops are closed and imssengtir oom
inunicatiiiii ie still eul off.
Kud In Slglit.
LONDON, April ai). "Thero is ov
ery iiulieation tonight that lite unit ia
approaching," ways a diaimtuli to the
Kscliungc Telegmpli eouimuy utulor
Friday's date. "Tioow havo been
arriving all day nud iuttinnitluul
fighting has been going on to (ho dis
advantage of the rebels. Tliuru waa
some shelling on Thursday night in
the uenter of the city, wlilnlf is the
etronghnld of the Sinn Feluera. Sev
eral fires wore unused and tho larg
est of thee was,atill bunting this
morning.
"Tonight (Friday) there has been
a further action, and it is staled that
Ihe building which suffered priuci
imlly was Jacobs' fuclory. It is
around this building (hat some of tliu
fiercest fighting took place Monday
evening. The luliels took large eup
phes of I'oihI ami stocked the build
ing, where they hoied to hold out for
some time. This evening an attack
on the building began and just now,
ns the boat irf ready to lewrl from
Kingstown, we can see aenwa the
buy flumes shooting up into the sky."
' A Hundred Slain.
LONDON, April 2tt. Upwards of
10(1 persons have been killed or
wounded in Dublin, a eorreHMudeut
al liclfust of Ihe livening News re
jsirts in a disHiteh filetl last night.
He sa.vs the rioters, hidden in boasea
etHtimaiiilitig important street junc
tions or cove ret 1 bv 1 barricades in the
streets, ure keeping up a constant
fusillade.
The list of casualties Includes
many civiliuns who, the cornwtMiiid
ent says, have been picked off by
Kinn I'eiu snipers for no other rea
son than that they were believed to
he loyal.
The cordon of troopa is being
drawn gradually but surely around
the rebel strongholds. The authori
ties are iinikintf every effort to avoid
uiiiiei e-.irv bloi,tsit t and damage.
L
F
MAIisllFIKLI), Or., April iU. -'linn
tin n were overcome and 250
loggers had narrow escape in a for
est tire at Powers, near here, today.
The loggers were bunting brush when
a heavy wind came up and in twenty
minutes carried a sheet of flame
thruugh the forest over an area a
quurter of a mile wide and more than
three miles long. A railroad trestle
a quarter of a mile long waa de
stroyed. With the crowns of the trees in
roaring lames the loggers tafjferl
out ot the burning urea. After put-tin;-
wet sack over their heads sev
eral went back and rescued three men
who were overcome.
In a small cleared space the engin
eers of three donkey engines went
i rapped. They stood at thetr mjU
spraying water on themaelvea ami
their engine until the flames subsid
ed I u in ' this ordeal the babbit
iiui.il w.i- nn lied ftoai tbe ujucUiueii,
ESCAPE
ROM
FOREST FIRE