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PAY NO MORE
Carranza T'hreatens tWflW
U. S. DEMANDS OBREGON ACT NOW
A i R£ 2 TAT
Teutons Violently Bombard Avo
court Wood, but Quiet Reigns
Along Rest of the Front.
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By CHARLES F. BERTELLI,
Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tional News Service.
PARIS, May Ill.—German troops
suffered another check at Verdun
early today. They made a furious
attack upon the French trenches west
of the small lake near Vaux, on the
east bank of the Meuse River, but
the communique issued by the War
Office this afternoon states that they
were repulsed with the bayonet.
This attack, like that made yester
day on Hill No. 287, is believed by]
the French to be an effort by ghe
German Crown Prince to find a weak‘
spot in the lines of the Verdun de
fenders. Thus far all his attempts
have resulted in failure,
The communique also reports a vio
lent bombardment directed by the |
Germans against the French at Avo
court wood, but states that elsewherel
on the Verdun front there was no
break in the lull.
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Italians Are Slowly
.
Crowding on Trent
(By International News Service.)
ROME, May 11.—Persistently and
steadily, but without noisily adver
tising his achievement,. General Ca
dorna is now winning his way to
Trent. His campaign is passing al
most unnoticed outside Italy, atten
tion being fixed on the fighting on‘
the Isonzo line, where, however, op
erations are reduced to small and|
unspectacular local affairs for the
prerent.
The outstanding fact in the Tren
tino fighting is that the Italian army
has advanced 18 miles from the ex
isting Austro-Hungarian frontier,
which is 34 miles from Trent.
General Cadorna's outposts are on
the outiskirts of Roverto. East of the
Adige Valley his troops have seized
the Zuguna chain of mountains as
well as sixteen miles of Austrian
road running from the Fugazzo
plateau to Roverto. |
West of the valley the railroad from‘
Roverto to Riva, on Lake Garda, ]l‘
also in Italian hands, while from
Mori ridge to Lopplo Lake the Ital-‘
ians are on the northern side of the
railroad.
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Turkish Aeroplanes
. \
Bombard Port Said
(By International News Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 11.—Turk
ish aeroplanes successfully bombarded
Port Said, the Turkish War Office an
nounced in the following statements, is
sued today:
“Two Turkish aeroplanes on April 25
successfully bombarded the dry dock and
oil tanks at Port Baid.”
British Casualties
April 91,162
In April are 91,
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, May 11.—The total Brit
ish casualties in April were 91,162,
it was announced to-day.
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Robert Lorraine Is
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Aviation Commander
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, May 11.—Captain Robert
Lorraine, of the British air corps,
has been promoted to commander of
a squadron, it was officlally an
nounced tuday.
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§Wllson Triumph
. .
g In Politics Seen
i By German Paper
§ ‘
% (By International News Service.)
b ONDON, May 11.—A Central
gL News dispatch from Am
§ sterdam today quoted The
§Vo|kuoitung of Cologne as stat
{ ing that President Wilson had
Jg scored a great diplomatic.success
é in the submarine issue with Ger
§ many and had insured his re
‘3 election.
Bryan in Peace Move
.
As Conventions Near
(By International News Service.)
COLUMBUS, OHIO, May 11.—A
new peace movement is being pro
jected by Willlam Jennings Bryan,
cleverly timed to come at the time
of the national political convention.
It is to be a manifesto signed by
1,000 prominent Americans. The sig
natures are to include Dayid Star-
Jordan, Rudolph Spreckles, George B.
chClellAn and distinguished educa
tors, statesmen and publicists.
While the opening paragraph will
be aimed directly at President Wil
son, there is a strong appeal to the
entire population to lean away from
the war. e
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$200,000 Damage by
> . .
Forest Fire in N. C.
(By. International News Service.)
ASHEVILLE, N. C,, May 11—A
forest fire starting last Friday on
Mount Mitchell and spreading to the
valuable Asheville timber district al
ready has done $200,000 damage and
is still raging.
Several hundred men are fighting
the flames.
A il
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|Near-U. S: Citizen
.
| Among Cymric Dead
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, May 11.—A Queenstown
dispatch to The Evening News states
that a Belgian physician who had taken
out his first naturalization papers in
the United States was aboard the liner
Cymric when that vessel was torpedoed
by a German submarine.
Heavy Frost and Ice
In Massachusetts
SANDIA FIELD, MASS., May 11.—
Winter still lingers here. Within the
last 24 hours the temperature dropped
to 32 degrees above Zero, a heavy fros:
prevailed and ice formed on still water
There’s a Wide Market
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i the new home into which they have moved.
d These people know that for many reasons—oftentimes from
§ necessity—many plecesof beautiful furniture are offered for
g sale, and they look for it in the best known market of Atlanta
—the “Auction Sales,” “Furniture” and “For Sale—Miscella
neous” columns in The Georglan and American’'s Want Ad
pages.
Whether you are in the market to buy or sell, it will pay
you to rea‘ these columns and to use them to fill your own
needs. If you do not find just what you want offered, write
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Long Report to Washington byl
Gerard Given Exceptional Im
portance, Says Amsterdam. ‘
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, May 11.—The Amster
dam correspondent of The Express
states that exceptional importance is
attached in Berlin to the fact that
the United States Ambassador Gerard
sent Secretary Grew, of the Embassy,
to Copenhagen in order to telegraph
a long report to Washington regard
ing the Ambassador’'s conference with
the Kaiser, Chancellor von Beth
mann-Hollweg and Foreign Secretary
von Jagow. He says:
/Berlin is awaiting with deep anxi
ety wo.od from President Wilson in
answer to the German plea for a hur
ried peace, for while Germany still
has great reserves in men and muni
tions she no longer has enough
money, nor have the Germans pa
tience and nerve enough to resist
many months more of the present ap
palling situation.
“Hunger is forcing the Germans in
the direction of a complete surrender.,
Before this takes place the Kaiser
is anxious to secure mediation, be
lleving better terms could be made
now than later.
“From a good source I gather that
the Kaiser's projected terms would
be far easier now than six months
ago.
“He would forego annexation in the
west and agree to an indemnity being
paid Belgium before or immediately
after the armistice was arranged.
Germany will insist on Poland be
coming autonomous, but nothing
would stand in the way of recognition
of the former boundaries of Serbia
and Montenegro. Germany would ex
pect to receive her colonies back.
“Much hope is felt in Germany that
thsse terms may catch the fancy of
the Allies now, as it is feared that
by next Christmas Germany would
have to make a much larger bid for
peace.
“The German press professes to be
very well satisfied with the American
reply to Germany's last note. It is
evident that something is brewing in
Berlin regarding America. Many Ger
man agents in Amsterdam are going
as far as to say that peace will come
by the end of July.,” |
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1916
Survivors of Tragedy of Pacific
Reach Port, Storm-Tossed
and Near Starvation. '
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11.—A lit
tle open boat, storm battered and al
most sinking, washed ashore on the
rocky coast near Port San Luis early
today and brought te the world the{
news of the Pacific’'s latest tragedy.
In the boat were the only three sur
vivors, it is believed, of the steamer
Roanoke, which broke in two last|
Monday night and sapk within a few
minutes, taking to the bottom with her
from 45 to 50 persons, including Cap
tain Richard Dixon and his wife. :
The survivors, all seamen, were hal”
dead from exposure and exhaustion
when they were dragged from the
boat. They had been in the boat forl
86 hours, battling almost constantly
»
to keep their tiny craft from follow
ing the Roanoke.
The Roanoke, an old San Francis
ico passenger boat, =ailed from here
last Monday night for South Ameri
ican perts. She was heavily laden
}with 19,000 cases of dynamite, 680
‘tons of powder, 900 tons of wheat and
‘a general cargo.
‘ The vessel ran into a 45-mile gale
‘soon after leaving San Francisco. Big
waves climbed over her and a cross
!sou battered her fearfully.
The strain on the cargo was ter
rific. The wheat began rolling in her
hold and the tremendous waves
thrown up by the northwest gale did
the rest. The vessel soon broke in
two from the shifting weight. She
sank like a rock.
The Roanoke carried a crew of 47
men, including the captain, Richard
Dixon, and his wife. In adidtion there
were several Mexicans who were be
ing deported. ’
The four lifeboats of the old ves
sel were hastily lowered, but it is
feared that only the one washed
ashore near Port San Luls got away.
Launches today are combing the
sea searching for possible survivors,
but according to the three seamen
saved it will likely be a fruitless
search,
Captain Dixon, according to one of
the survivors, gave his life in a futile
effort to save Mrs. Dixon. She fell
overboard as the vessel lurched under
the ifmpact of a heavy wave, and the
captain dived after her. Neither was
seen again.
Wireless calls have been sent out
from here to all vessels along the
coast notifying them of the accident
and asking them to look out for ad
ditional survivors.
The Roanoke carried no passen
gers, with the exception of the Mex-‘
icans who had been brought here in‘
the Roanoke's last trip north, ‘
The spot where the vessel went
down, it was sald by the survivors, Ia!
about 100 miles south of San Fran
cisco. }
The three survivors ate a walter,
an oller and a quartermaster. There
was no time. one of them said, to get
food or water at:oard the lifeboats. In
view of this, it is thought that even
should the other hoats have succeeded
in getting away from the sinking ship,
their occupants must have perished by
this time as a result of exposare and
hardship. The three survivors had
nothing to eat on their perilous trip
but a few pleces of briny hardtack,
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reading a telegram from Venustiano Carranza, head of the Provisional Government of Mexico.
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for S2OO
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, May 11.—Ignace Pad
erewski, the pianist, was put upon
the auction block last night at thé
Polish Relief Bridge Tournament at
the Ritz-Carlton, and brought S2OO,
The money will go toward the war
sufferers in Poland.
Fifty prominént society people at
tended. ‘The committep in charge an
nouhced that Paderewski would play
bridge” with the person that paid the
highest price. The bidding was spir
ited. Finally all but Mrs. O, H. P,
Belmont and Lady Colebrook dropped
out. Lady Colebrook bid $95.
“One hundred dollars,” said Mrs.
Belmont.
“I'll bid SIOO, too,'* declared lLady
Colebrook.
All rules of auctioneering were
abandoned and both bids were ac
cepted. Paderewski divided his time
playing with the two women,
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On U. 8.-German Waxr
i (By International News Service.)
| LONDON, May 11.—Inquiries have
been recelved In the Insurance market
for rates covering the risk of a dis
turbance betwern the United States
and Germany. Sixty per cent was
quoted today against the riek of ces
sation of diplomatic relations be
tween the 'two countries within the
next three !nr;nths, and 50 per cent
against risk of a declaration of war,
No sale has been quoted on the risk
of participation by Sweden in the
war,
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13th Irish Rebel Goes
Before Firing Squad
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, May 11.—Thomas Kent,
another Irish rebel, was executed
Wednesday morning, it was officially
announced today. He was the thir
teenth to pay with his life the penalty
of aiding the insurrection in Ireland.
Kent and his brother William were
arrested at Fermoy, -County Cork,
and were tried by general court-mar
tial,
William Kent was acquitted, bul
Thomas was found guilty and sen
tenced to death, the court-martial’s
edict being carried out 24 hours later,
‘' . .
iMrs. Al' Davis Will
“Recover, Bay Doctors
NEW YORK, May 11.—Mrs. “Al"
Davis, formerly Miss Eugenia Kelly,
is likely to recover from her horse
back accident, her doctors think. She
st ingers in a state of intermittent
uncensciousness at her home in Jerl
cho, L. L
Her injuries are diagnosed as frac.
ture of the base of the skull, concus
"sion of the brain, shock and weakness
fram loss of blood.
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Firemen Save Score
In Tenement Blaze
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK,®' May Il.—Herolc
work of police and firemen early to
day prevented loss of life in a fire
which partially destroyed the five
story tenement at No, 308 West One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth street,
A score of men, women and chil
dren were rescued after the flames
and smoke had cut off egress by the
fire escapes, :
AFTERNOON
EDITION
Mrs, Edna Mobley, 19, arrested for
alding in operating a whiskey storfl-l
house on a farm near Atlanta, Thurs- |
day began a 30-day sentence in the!
city stockade, besides having a flnei
to pay of S2OO and being bound over
to the state courts. Recorder John
son called her case Wednesday aft-‘
ernoon, and she refused to make any
statement in her own defense. She
was the first white woman to be con
victed under the new liquor laws.
Numerous “blind tigers” were be
fore the court. Judge Johnson an
nounced the possible conflict between
city and state laws didn't worry him
and he intended fining every con
victed offender,
Attorney T. Donnelly Bennett, rep
resenting a negro defendant, was
overcome by the intense heat of the
courtroom and fainted, He was re
vived by a small portion of the evi
dence A
In the ecourse of the trial it was
shown Lhu' the liguor being retailed
at $1 a pint by “tigers” cost them
$1.75 u"zallun.
In Chicago Gun Fight
CHICAGO, May 11,—~One man is
believed to be dyinz and another is
“eriously wounded today as a result
of a gun fight between labor leaders
Jate last night. The fatally Injured
'man is Joseph Cooney, and the other
Bert Connors, Both aspired to office
in the Sheet Metal Workers’ Union,
The shooting took place as a busi
negs meeting was breaking wp.
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By WALLACE E. SMITH,
Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tiona'! News Service.
IKi. PASG, May 11.—Today's devel
opments wi!l determine the success
or failure of the conference hetween
Mcxican Mirnister of War Obregon
and Geueral Hugh L, Scott. Formal
}anrpg»:;nn e of the tentative pact made
ismvr;wl days ago must*be acknowl
edged by the Mexican Government or
the conference will end abruptly.
Wearied by dilatory tactics and
‘dip]nmavnz,,gusinnu. the American
conferees were instructed to demand
from Obregon Carranza's ratification
of the agreement
Urless Lie can bring this to the con
| ferencetoday, or bring a - written
lcounter proposal the stipulation
,heinz strictly that it shall be ,m
'w:w’tinz —General Scott will return at
oiice to Washingion and General Fun
‘nlvn will leave for San Antonlo. Re
'di»u)hw;vlr'n of ihe American expedi
tionary ferces will begin at once
l The chief point of the American
;ar:::'vwr-' is that no definite time shall
| be set ‘v the withdrawal of Amer!-
can troops, Any counter proposal
Carmanza may forward through Obre
gon will be considered so long as it
does rot ask for a definite date of
witndrawal,
Conference to End.
As Obregon, ovel n Jaurez, pre
pared with his staff to attend to
conference, word came from Wash
ington that Carranza had laid befors
the State Department the alternative
of a definite withdrawal of negotia
lllull.~. for a new treaty between the
two nations. It was at once reported
| that OFregon would attempt to force
!ihf- sanie issue before the American
generals in El Paso Such an at
tempt, it was reported, would end the
eonference immediatel:
The approaching end of the inter
rational palaver was indicated by
the fact that a second expeditionary
force wac preparing to maintain itself
across the border in the direction of
Boquillas. Genera! Funston will di
irml this second expedition on his re
| turn to San Antonio
| With the prospect of facing twa
!"\pf‘(llll('fl;jl"\‘ forces in his country,
Carranza may give considerable
thought to the terms of the contract
with which President Wilson has an
i nounced his satisfaction .
Stripped of all formalities, this is
Carranza’s plight
He must either make a show of
consenting to American troops stay
ng in Mexico or have the troops there
anyway
The American conferees had re
fused to visit Juarez again to parley
with the Mexican Minister. Unless
| this attitude was changed by order
'fmm Washington before time for the
'4‘|r|\fvrovl(“-, it seemed mure that to
day's moeting would be marked by
very businesslike tactics
Scouts Feeling Way.
While the time for the conlerence
was approaching, reports from the
border in the wicinity of Boquillas
showed that American scouts were
already feeling their way on the
southern side of the Rio Grande and
that an organized expedition would
soon be hiking over the Mexican sofil
after the outlaws who l!doted and
killed at Glen Springs 4
‘ From all about Boquillas and the
front of the new expedition come res
'Pm'" that fresh bands of bandits are
| riding to new raid At Langley,
i'l exas, a large war party of former
|(-",-m,,;.u., soldiers mounted and
armed, was sighted Another band
was seen near Eagle Pass and a de
tachment of the Nineteenth Infantry
was sent to meet them
Indications that the Government
sees before it the prospect of conflies