Li i, , r y lU ATT TTJ -r- FORECAST I'll It TOXIUIIT AM 1 ltll WEATHER Maximum Yesterday Kilt MlMiiiimii TnWy 17. V 'f rnriv-sKth V.-ir 1 u 1 1 I. i it. ! FRENCH DRIVING S F German Report Ailmits French Ohtain Footholil in Trenches at Dead Man's Hill Advance of Gallic Forces Continues Gains Increas ed and Consolidated. IJKIILIX. May I. It Is' officially aiMnimeed tlMt the Kronen have ob- lalttod foothold Ih one of the der- ERIN BACK ROM VERDUN 1 mon advance pouts south of Dead Man's hill. IWIltS. May I. The advance of the French lit the district of Dead Man's hill on the Verdun front war continued during the night, the war office announced thin afternoon. The gains made yesterday were Increased and consolidated. As a roiMeouence or the French nrtlllory preparations al Dead Man's hill yostorday. t he statement savs, two Germans surrendered stutlnK tlioy were tlio noli' survivors of the moil In their trench. ISIiewhere et or the Maine there was active fighting with artillery. An engagement with grenades occur red In Avoeoutt wood. N'oar Vaiix, mat of the Meuse, there was an artillery encounter. iProneh nrllllen destroyed a muni tions depot at (trande Dune, Del glum. The text of the statement follews: Uicnrli Stnlciiiciil "Ih IleUUum our artillery fire dis mantled the works of the enemy at drundo Dune and caused an explos ion of a depot of munitions. West of the Mouse there has been a violent bombardment in all the sectors, to gether with righting with grenades tn the wood of Avocourt. "As Ihe night progressed we en larged and consolidated the gains we mads yssterday at Dead Man's hill Previous rcKrls that the losses of the enejny were considerable have been confirmed. The preparatory fire al our artillery was particularly effective. At one point two Herman soldiers tame forward and surren dered In the midst of our fire. They explained they were the last survivor of the occupant of their trench. ' Kast of the Meuse there has been a bombardment In the region of Yaus. Aillllciy Active "In the Woevre district our artlll lery lias taken part In a number of maneuvers, including the concentra tion ftf heavy fire. Our troops op erating In the vicinity of Ksparges compassed the explosion of a mine; other men at once moved forward and oeenpled the crater. "KiSt of Bt. Mlblel yesterday a strong iconnolterlng partv cume forward In an endeavor to occupy one of our positions not far from Aprc mont. French forces met the Her mans and tbc were driven bio h The night passed quiet!) on the re mulnder of the front Wam.k AvIt.tAr l'ABlAl ft V 1 1 - .1 I i ...w . . ! Inu In the vicinity or Iktiiamont m.'i In the air two Herman aeroplane and engaged them in combat. One of the enemv machines fell to the ground while ihe other fled " RUNG ZEPPELIN PALLS IN NORWAY IjONDO.V. Mj -The '. ppelin I.-20, which was wrecked in falllne at Httfso firth. Norway, belonged to a squadron of five airships hlcb uitaikf-d" the east coast of England u ud 'Scotland Tuesday night, accord ing to a member of her crew, says a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. The sixteen men on board the Xepiwltir ere res cued and interned t the Norwegian authorities One of t)i cm i w -anl i' i'feliB8 ere forc ! u i ghV f"i '.i'"" ' ottak .. a i b"' in lonipanv vlth the other . ..In.' ' l! 1 . i verse -Heir raiders -' mil.' IQERMAN REPLY Bl S A LONG EPISTLE Confidential Mcssnflc Received From Amhassndor at Berlin. But Con tents Not Divulged Confjress Is Swamped With Printed Letters Protesting Breach Witli Germany. NKIM.IN. Mn.v l (by wirelc-. to llu Associated Pre viu Tiickortmi.) The reply to Ihe Amerienn mite on Mihmnrine wnri'itie is believed to hnve been liiinilei! to Ambassador Orrnnl this nllernoon. Considerable wv iurbnti'in is expressed over t lie effect which confessions nmy hnve nn pub lie opinion here. The note with its pxplnnntmn of the Ocrniitn nttitude lnv.mil the Hrii ih "starvation" policy, will lie one of the longest ilipliuniitie document" of the war. It will lie released for publication here in nil probability on Kridu.v morning. WASIJIN'nTCJN'. Slav I. -Secretory I.nnlii(r nniKMiiiccd Into today that a di -patch fnmi Ambnxsiidur (Icrnrd cniitiiincd indicolionx of whnt the aniliiiMhiidor believed oii!d eon stitutc Oi'iinnny'w replv to the Ameri .an note on MilmiHiinc Hrfnn. Sec retnry Lnnnini! deeliiipil to muke pub lic the dUpntcli or any part of H cnnteiitN or to sav'wlmt the indica tion wn, on tin u round that tlte di pnlch wii luyltlv confidentinl. The communication wn jweive-l by the secret an- nnd immedintelv wiw enl to President WiUon. Secretary I.itHr-inir "aid it was not certain that Ainluuilor flcraid's Jcdm-tionK were absolutely accurnte, as lie had not Heeu (lie text of the (Jermiiu m- p'y. In pile of StM'ivtury LaiiHiim'K lint ritii-al lo dUciii-k the content" of o diHiteh received todnv from Amlui- ador liciard. it menme known lute today Unit, in view of Htich informa tion n had been reeeitini. official nnd unotl'ieiiil, officialx of the go- ernmciil I cur (Icminnv haw attached condilioiio to. her reply that may muke it impooible for the I'riited Mliileo to conlinue diplomatic relation-'. WASIUXflTOX. Mav 4.Prined loiiu Idler proti-ting nsuiuxt unv tcp which niuy lend to war with Ger many begun iMiuring in by the thoii aniU today iimii members of eon urc n the scipu-l to the telegrudi roiagandu which wnniMd the cap ilo nnd the telegraph companies lt week, Kve the mime- of ihe conimnieu were printed on the envelope. Kvery lliinu tfave evidence that the Icltrri hud been prepared bv IhoiHimdM nnd required only written ninntiireK. Senator Husiintr of Viconin. who ha- souylil a department of justice in-vc-li'jiiliiii nt (lie piop.iyiindu, ic ccicil liiicis iimIhv vtlmh he iu milled i nit net In In- i Ii.ii ye I lint the Aiiicin.in i lull ii. ii'jii -- w.i- lic- lllllil ill Ii "1 ' Ih' hi GENERAL TOWNSHEND I.MM l", M u I In tin In.ll I lotiL iuil,i 1 -v hi M.i i -li.d l!ail kill In HIT. llic -iilrt.UV ul unr, u.huiIn ciilou'icd tii'iici.il Tuwiislicml .mil the de tender ol Kut -el Amaru, Hid read (ieneral TuwnhendV lut ili-p.iteh, which i- .i- ImIImws: "We ure ple.i-ni to know that we luixe done our dntv iiikI rwottnite that our Mtiiuti"ii i- one of the i'or ttlllic. of m.ii. We I hit iik on, (Ieneral orrinte ( omiiianiler ol the Hiiti-li relief a rin I nnd .ill lank- of8 the Tig ris force for the gicat et'tort. you hae made to ave u.'' liuniiiicnt tunutioii called the -ur- Mn.Ur ,.l' k'..l ..I I .. I.I...I l..,.l .-. . ff. !.--, .II.!"!.., ll'lll'IJ I, .'111 Kilchi'iier, nnd nihil e cli incuts ulolie iIciiimI miru--- o the leliet lolee. 86,000 GARMENT WORKERS STRIKING IN NEW YORK SfWi si XVV YOUK. Mav 4. About 0 'xui uorkern on women's Kiti""0-' ot Hi nn ili.ile -ittlcii.i lit The 1 1 1 1 1 in , i ... i , , , i ONSU ii MUD FORD iSWIFT JUSTICE EDTO! IRISH LEADERS Three of Ringleaders Executed In ctaml nt Tniir ntlinrc Rplnii On II. Oltlll Ul t Ul'l W.,1 J wuii, i.. Idly Tried hy Court Martial Leni ency Shown to Prisoners Snipers Being Captured. nnU.IX. .May X - .lu-llee ha been swift in the enne of the teudcri "I the Sinn Fein rebellion. Thrrr of the riiiR-lewler. iunn lories of the pi-ocln-malioti of the hort-thvd lrih reinh lie, paid the npreine nerlr1ep Ihis moiiiin. The were 1'ntriek II. I'eure. tint -eholaih president of the piti iioiial government ; Thomas Mue)niuili. and Thoinas .1. Clark. Their death sentenee were pronounc ed by the field general court martini nnd were dulv ronftnned bv the lii)fh-e-1 authorities. Of the other signa tories, James Connolly is lyings in prison, wounded; Semi MncDiurainid, Hintnoii (Vaunt and Joseph I'lnnkelt are somewhere in Ireland, whether free or captured is not publirh known. leniency I Slum n, The other leaders in eu-todv are now heing tried with great ropiditv. The Associated Press eorre-pondciit saw a Initeh ol the prisoners lenvini: one of the Courts uller beiin; sen tenced. I'nless their ebeerv appear ance was forced, tlicv evideutlv had eseiiHd with more lenient punishment ihtiu they hud exHclcd. The ceiiernl public was not aware of the ceciition of the ringleaders until late tin een inc, and ii miis not possible to oh serve the effect of their piiiii-hinent iihiii the cilixens of Dublin, who, however, lor the greater itinl, were not in syn4Milhv with the iibeliion. l'urther captures of isolated -nip er occurred todav in the oiiiImic, ipmrters of the capital, and ordei -were issued by llajor (lencr.il Sir John Maxwell that anv rebeN found with nuns -should he severely dealt with. Ver few shots hae been heard in the cilv siuee Tuesdnv evening, when a inn eminent boat n int; down the I.iflev river was fired iimhi and sharp solwi from muelnue guns in the vicinilv of Itiillimines caused Mople in the neighborhood to be alii lined. .loiiu .Mr.VeJI IHsippenrs r'ver.ihody i- usking what has be come of John MeN'eil, the IihmiI or Kiiuucr of the Sinn IViuets, who tin wm to hitve diuppcarcd from Dub lin with the firing of the tirt shot. Another inan in whose late meat in terest is manifested is The O'Keilly. It is now reported that his bodv wns found uuiong the debt is of the gen eral postol f ice. t'uutidence is rapidly returning among the civilian population, ami al though wojrk has not been geuerullv resumed, many stores hine been re oiened. The government requisition ed ull the tood supplies in stock on its a nival at the iun, and ample food was I'mnislied to the iioorer mo pie. The south and wot f Ireland ore at present the nulv places where dis turbances are rife, and these ure be in;: sharply siippreed Some iurtlicr casualties are rcsirt d iiinonv the i roups. Though the vount.' soldiers .in- H-rlonillllg their dulv under the -i'veiet citiuliiitiiis t.i wnrfiire, man ot them luiMiig had onl a few moiiilis' tiiiiniiij.'. the are di-plav inu Ihe uliliiist bra v civ, never he-it at Hi lo advance under the hottest Inc. Ilfihuul Mil Aivctwil In severul piirt- ot ln-l.nn! tin Sinn (Continued on page two.) DECLARFD VALID liO.MK. M iv I. vi.. I'.ui, The v.iliiliu of tin m.irii.i'.'c nt (iiiiiii Hon i de Castellune lo Anr.i (in ihl, TOW Iluelie-s T.i'li M.iiilt, .,i cii tirnied i"d n ! -"" 'v tie i oinmi- - i i i nni . i i' .' '. con-' i ' i U' ' . i . i ruliii'.' that hi nuiiriiifff w i. ii,nlid II u i i i i ii. DIN .&. OIJI'.CON. Till'IMY. M V JIL.JL .JLJaL JL OUT OF THE IRISH WAR ZONE' jfluaVgS&v WM J9HP& m I O CitNlRAL t- IViCMD I UvVAtD 5 lleic aro f'lii fiumcs In Hie n -vis I1..111 lieluuit ien. Sir John Maxwell, nee. Hi IIMi nniiitiimilci'; (ieiicinl I i Ii nil vvli liiliiauiled Hie llillisli liisips at the -in! ot Hie rev eil: l.oiil W IiiiIkuiic. Hie luiil lieu tcimiit, vvbiise resignation bus Is-eu iteiliHiiilcil in snllnii.ent mi iliaiges that lie illsicgnuleil waiiiliigs of Hie appioaclilim outbreak, anil Sir ICd wind t'ai'sou, Irl-li I tiionlst leader who hail ottered to the aovci nnicnl Ills I Utec volllllleeis,, vthiili weic ol ltniilei In eoiiiPnl Hie goM llllient In the home i oh' li CLEARED 10 10 ELIFE PAYING LOSERS1 ('IIM'AOO. .M.n I William l.or Imer. former l'iiit l States senutor front Illinois, who wus acipiltted bv a Jury here last nlnht of lmres of embasslement mid i nsplrnc to de fraud in connection with the failure of the Ia Hullo Sneet Tnist und Savings bank bcitun u new life to day, he said, the dominant purpose of which is to earn enough money lib reimburse the rsons who lokt their savlnga throiiKh the failure of the bank of which In was president. "The poorest will be paid back first." Mr. torlwer s.tld, "and I will devote all my Income, excepting what Is necessary for on family, to this restitution fund." A federal Indict ment churning misapplication of muds on 3tf counts still is pending iitalmt Lorlmer. but I'nlted States Dlsirht Attorney CI) no has said he would like no action In this matter until in m fall- Charges similar to thoxc or which Iorlmar has Just been ucinii ed are pending against I turn W ll.ttlg, a director of the ilefiim i I .a S.i He hank. Ixirlmer'H dereii-i was that the crimes with wlihh he was churned were committed in C It. Munda first vice presiilcut of the hank und its urtuul manual r MundS) Is now si rvliiK a penli'iiti.i term for his ictltliles in Ho ' ..i Z' SAN'Iu ImMIM.i ll.. i nn . . n Ii pnhhc. May 4. lo1 r.il .Iii.iii I. .Inn Hie, pltsldcllt ! I ' lciublic, Im W'a- iii)i.'.ulti .1 Im the ehaiiihei l dcputiis on M.i .'. I 's decl.iiiil tic c.iiii,il in a si. ii. nt sieve and bv tlis lee h.i- I 'i n i. ' e -cit ' '.-" . I I. I.I I t '.. s , ( , . HIM , .1 hi - ,1 ' l. LORMER EM tint lheeiipit.il i- n ' -f.ite of r. h. I - M.I I " . V I. 1MU0 WIMDORNfe! ZuBb-tu . . tv-?"-"1- iou nxifiolL AS A CONSPIRATOR I.I l'l MIS'. M,IV I I ii. i. M Si. I Iimiii of New oik, loiuiiilv Ameri can iiiubiis-udor to Saulo Ibuniugo, Illis heeli nlli -led in llilhhll oil the chill o eninplp it v hi the til li re bellion. Mr. Sullivan snlled I loin New York last J iil tor Liverpool with his wife mill ..I'll, -a viu.: hi w.i- i.'otu.' to l.im click, Ireland, lo vi-it hi- inuther. Ho said he ceiii In he h.u k HI VeW York i Si'pleinhei I. Shortly hel'i. i e be -ailed Mi. Snlli au was virtualU asked to re-iyn his post n -i tninislei to the llominican re public, us the rc-ult u an invesliua lion eoinlueled bv a commission bended by Senator I'helaii o Califor nia. TcsliiMotix taken hv the coininis--ioii iluiniir its inve-lij!, .1 mil into Santo lliiiniic.-.. vv.i- in tl Heel that the Uiiui-tcr ..s iiileie-teil ill eoll- traits in uhn-h nihil Aiihm nuns were colifl l'llii. Nil cviiliiiie VVii- toilltll that be had iilolili d. 1 lie cniiiiiii--iou ,ipHiinled b the -tale ilciiiilnn nt louiiil he Inn) been UUlltV ol Milll-i ll ll.Hl Villi. I, llllllttl'll him lor In- p'. . c 'n .1 iiv .' I it w.is IIIIIIIHili. l lll.ll Ii ,nl I. I'MlCll. ROUND-UP OE IRISH ' fV III lll.lN, l i t ol ri h ! .tiil i- -'.ii. Mstt-iuail' nit' 'I'1". Mide - i on it .. ii 'i most ot p.- .nil i. iii , I i ' ii.iinil up i Ol l.l,.il Ull. I inu rVin iii O 'i'l'lll) tll.lt .in snown to i Ihe ,.oli.e HinMi i . li'iii i ne.ir'li i-ij belii inuile uii'i no I Hi- inn po.ei eve vv In H W.lllllIlL ,in who h.u hoi! rebels lh.il thej will . li.iiile to ur- ICNl UII'I PUIiIhIhi.i lit How kciIoub ih. fio. iiu.it tun be- uiiii at tie In ie 'i n in. ii w.lutlon I ' I tiii i it 1 1 in.. 1 1 , fjict ' i mi i ' , . ii.ii , i u . i ' i ' ii rrt s'll ' SULLVAN UNDER ARREST DUBLIN REBELS CONTINUES I ,,a,"'' ""' "lv bin i. u ml orr from; ' ' I I ' ' ' . ". I , I I T 7A i I.S. TOPS LIST FOR No Other Country Has as Much Act ual Money at Disposal Greatest Lack of War Resources Is Ahscncc of Potash Ore Beds a Great Asset in Case of Conflict. BY HIMSON HAKHNUK VAlll.tlTOX. Mav I. The as sets of the United Htatea for ihe purpose of making war may be sum marised aa constating rif the follow fellow follew ing: I. National rredll the ability or our government to draw on private money resources for mobilisation of Industry to a practlenlly unlimjted extent. Xo tiatliin on the fare of the tMrlh has as much aetual money at lis ills, posa! as the United States. There Is more gold In reserve, more cuirency In bank vaults, and more savings In the savings banks of the Tutted States than In any other two nations In the world. 3. Physical resources. Including ore beds of the Messaba range In Minnesota, the Alabama and Ten nessee legion and the Colorado ie kIoii, as well as those In Cuba. The Tennessee and Colorado ore beds are Ihe greatest war asset, being least llkelv to fall I nlo the hands of a po slble enemy. The coal beds of Penn sylvania, West Virginia. Tennessee. Alabamu and Colorado The o.H fields of Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Texas. West Virginia. Ohio and Cal ifornia. Wac .Making Assets ft. The machinery and trained workmen capable ot turning out steel and Iron products. The iota! pio diii'Hon of lion ore In an average veur In Ihe I'nlted States Is appro1. iniiielv ii.noiiooo tens: of pig Iron '.ii.imio.ooii tens: and of aetual fin Wlicd steel output, 'Jv.ooo.ooo tons. The fulled States, (Ireat Urltaln and ; -r m 1 1 are the greatest Iron-work-Inu countries in the world, turning out between them an percent of the total product. The United Slates carries a fair share of this work, and this potentiality Is Hie principal as set of the nation for war making pur poses. 1. Ability to produce food pro ducts In quantities sufficient to sus tain the nation with a surpliiK The United States Is a food-exportiux ua Hon today. .1 Factories and workmen eiul. ped and trained to produce mhei things just us necessarv to war in.ii lag. as Is powder and shells, nainelv clothing, saddles and harness, wsk ons. automobiles, aeroplaues und all kinds of machinery. 6. A transportation astem which, taken over by the government and mobilised for war purposes, would be adequate to transport war muni tions and troops T. A number of government arse nals where ure manufactured, under expert officials, guns, ammunition, clothing and war materials of all kinds. Hovei i(tniit Arsenal Under the war department there are arsenals located at flock Island. Ill . Springfield, Mass , Philadelphia. Pa. Wuteitown and Watervllet, X. Y . New York Cilv. Auuust. Iw . San h'rauclsco. Oil , Sail iiioulo, Tex , und I'ieaHuney Aieiiu! Uelawure. Under the nuv 1 ..irlinent, kov ei niiient factories uie Incited nt In dlau Head. Md , foi Miinkclcxs ow iler. Washington, l C wlieie I lie mi v ul mm tin toi v I located. New pun. It I , tor turpi ili manufacture. Vol foil, V.i wheie in Inc. are ui.iu- (Continued on page two.) BY E SAI.KM. r, . M iv I Hovel... i Jaiiie- W'llliM oiiil.c tud. iv i mi i i eoiiilitioii.il pardon to Julian A. MmV, serving a lift sVutcnfe in th stale penitentiary for the nuii.ler o Je o '-.ith iu Med I'o id in HHU. The reu ' - 'ti uanloii is ili.it fock is siifferiiiir from tuber- lul h i . -. ,. mi 11 ice o i , I i.h I - M 0 m mm XO. :rr - OBREGON AGREEMENT IS Amcrican Government Willing to Ac cept Arrantjcinent Made hy Army Chiefs for Co-operation With Mex icans in Huntinil Villa and With drawal of Troops Afterwards. WASHINGTON. May I. The Am erican government Is ready to ac cept. In Ita main points, the agree metn for the future, pursuit of Villa and his bandits drawn up by don ers I Ohregou, the CarraiiM minis ter of war. and General Seott, rep reaeiitlng the United States. This was decided at a conference loday between President Wilson and Score, tary linker. Formal announcement of the posi tion of the American government will not he given out until riciieral Crtr rnnsa baa hnd opportunity to pasa on the report submitted to him by (ieneral Obregon. As soon as that Is done another conference between (Ieneral Obregon and (Ieneral 8colt will be held on the border and the negotiations will be formally teuolud- ed. While no official Information had been received from (ienonil Car ranaii officials here take It for grant ed that (Ieneral Obregon would not have made an agreement wliloh would he uiiHCCHptable to his chief. The agreement provides for Ihe co operation of American trnopa and Currauxa soldiers In clearing north ern Mexico of bandits. Mnxletut railroads will be utilised for the trs asportation of supplies for the American troops. While no time limit Is set for the withdrawn! of the American troons (rom Molcu. that wftf be dons Si soon aa there aro definite liiilloatlons that Atnerl-. can border towns are no longer In danger of raids. Secretary Haker and President Wilson reviewed the agreement at length today and Secretary Baker sent a message to Oeaeral Sosti en the future conduct of the negotia tions. Officials characterised the agree ment aa "satisfactory," hut would not state whether every detail was acceptable. W ben. the negotiations are ended President Wilson probably will make a slaleinenl I L Kr'.HI.lX. Mav I. The German ad miralty gave out the following ac count todn of the eppcliu raid over Kngtand Tuesday night: ''A Herman naval air squadron ou Ihe night of Mav -' II attacked the middle and northern paits of the east eoust of Kuglaiid. r'ucloHee, blnt furnaces and railroads near lluldlos borough and Stockton, iudustrigi e tiiblisliuieuts near Sunderland, the tortiiicd Mrt of Hartlepool, lbs estust hi.li.ries smith of the Klvsr Tei glut Hrm-h men oi'-war nt the entrance of the Kiitli of Forth were attaeked with iiiiiii v bombs, -The s.iects., of these attacks was wiliie-sed. "All our airships, notwithstanding? tin Lot i hut thev were shelled beav i v, tinned to their home port with the eftcvptiou d' (he U-Q0, which, in eoii-eipienee of a stroBg soutbem wuid, vv.is ill n en off her eourse to the. noith .in,! .eiiiug into difficulties at -..i wii h. i off Slav auger, Tha ll.'ll." I I I 1 i- safe.'1 IHIII.IV. iiv t. Pomum' stamp prep.iieil i... tin sbort-llveii Irish re piilillc luive been found, ready for Hsue They were primed in thP re publican colors, green, white and orange, with Insert pictures of tao three Manchester uartyrso Iarklu, Q o'Hilen und llen, on a Shamroclc I'M i M.in ith U a harp and tho voi.K i ...I S ivc licl.iud," RATIFIED BY .S ZEPPELIN RAID 1 SUCCE FU 'f