The evening world. Newspaper, May 10, 1916, Page 1

LANE EDITION LORD LIEUTENANT RESIGNS OFFICE ~ ht, 1016, by "Gorey Y orrieeat (hue New ‘The Prese Publishing York World). NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, basinal 10, -PERSHI TOM ee Pi Showers proba to-night and Thursday. Warmen ET THREATENED ATTACK 1,000,000 MEN DEADLOCKE INTHE BATTLE OF VERDUN: GERMANS CLAN SUCCESS ees French Force More ‘Than Double That of the Ger- mans, Says Berlin. LET-UP IN THE ATTACKS. Paris Announces That Inter- mittent Firing Follows Fail- ure at Dead Man’s Hill. BERLIN (via wireless to Sayville, L. 1), May 10.—More than a million men are now engaged on both sides im the renewal of heavy fighting around the fortress of Verdun, it was semi-officially stated here to-day. “While it is generally considered that the attacking forces must he four times superior to the defending, | the German troops really number lens than one-half the French forces en- gaged, which are not less than 800,-| 000," sald the figures represent Statement. “These half of the entire force which France still has at her disposal for active fighting. “The second German attack agatnat Verdun is based on the crushing ef- fect of heavy German artillery, The taking of small Western fortresses at the beginning of the war by heavy artillery was only a prelude to the artillery results bein, ined to-day. At any rate, the French have been unable to compete with German artil- lery and ammunition, The enormous French losses are due partly to the and partly French, the will not abandon their trench: German troops, continuing their successes northwest of Verdun, bave siviven the French further back south west of Hill 304, said to-day’s official statement, which says: “In the Argonne, the ® mining operation, ter our Jines, but was repulsed “Southwest of Hill 3u4 advanced de- tachments of the enemy were driven further back, One detachment captured. The new German positions on Hil enemy, after attempted to ens was 304 were extended. PRINCE SUES AMERICAN | WIFE FOR ALIMONY Ferdinand Colonna Declares He Is Unable to Live on His Income of $2,400 a Year. ROME, May 10.—Prince Ferdinand Colonna, member of one of the oldest Jand most aristocratic Roman famil- jies, who married Eva Julia Bryant, \Relatives Take Inmates From 'U. S. Soldier on the Lookout On the Mexican Border GRAVE GIVES UP NEW POISON VICTIM, AS WOMAN IS HELD ae Hartford Officials to Exhume Bodies—Tell of Evidence Against Mrs. Gilligan, SHE BOUGHT Uk ee ARS Ic. Archer Home—Sue to Get Money Back. (Special from a Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) HARTFORD, May 10.—Witb Mrs, Jan American girl, in 1885, appeared in court to-day in a suit for alimony directed against his wife and her children. The Prince alleged that he finds tt | impossible to live on $2,400 a year, his own income, owing and to the fact that he must pa: |terest on mortgages on encumbe | property A lower to his ill-health | in- court decreed that the Prince's American mother - in - law should pay him $10 monthly in ali- mony, This decision did not satisfy the Prince, who took the case to a Genoa court, which decided that the American wife did not owe’ the Prince a living. Recently a ‘Turin court upheld this decision, but the Prince, not yet satisfed, took the ease to the court of ¢ tion, from which there can be n The Princ who i n. New York with childre d not to defend the action, | but she cannot voluntarily give the Prince ja cent. If she does she violates a clause in the will by Which she in- herited # fortue from her 1, P. Mackay loses the entire fortune The couple separated several years) after thelr marriage in Paria FOOD DROPPED BY AEROS British Helped to F to Feed Tow nshend’s Men With 18,000 Pounds of Ed- ibles—Lost Only One Machine. LONDON, May 10,—British Aero planes dropped 18,000 pounds of food in addition to and other stores, in between April 11 and 29 to relieve the hunger of the bes matt ; State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn and stepfather, | the silver ore king, and | TO STARVING GARRISON | Amy Archer-Galligan of Windsor safe in the Hartford County Jail here, Capt. Robert T. Hurley of the Con- Recticut State police, are left free to- day to continue investigations on which they expect to base charges that in her Home for Elderly People Mrs, Gilligan effected a serics of Poisonings which place her in a class with the most infamous wholesale murderers in history. The specifte Archer charge on which Mrs, illigan is held is that of « Franklin R, Andrews of Cheshire, Conn,, an inmateyof the Archer home, who died suddenly on May 30, 1914, The death certificate, signed by Dr. H. F. King, Medical Examiner Windsor, stated that Andrews died of gastric ulcers, but a secret autopsy conducted by lantern [light in a tool house in the Cheshire cemet where the body was ex- humed a week ago last night, reveale a deadly quantity of arsenic in the stomach, according to the report of |Dr. Arthur J. Wolff of Hartford, who analyzed its contents, When Capt. | Hurley, Dr, Woltt and. two assistants opened the casket they were amazed to find the body of Andrews In an al- |most perfect state of preservation, |rhey believe this was accounted tor! Number of Dead Alone Paced |( large measure by the amount of arsenic found when the vital orguns{ at More Than 700,000— ware.cxainines, Verdun Losses 200,000. With this discovery, confirming sus- aes OR picions aroused by more than a year's a Quiet Investigation, the State's Attor- | VONVON, May 10,—An estimate ¢ in y caused Mra, Gilligan's arrest and | the Germa the | was given murderi (Amertcm N GO. LOOKING AcRe els BRIDGE ini TO VAR: Qeavenwooo aveuneemwean/ GERMAN LOSSES 2,822,079 SO FAR | BRITISH ESTIMATE eee | “A & Peace Ralph M, Grant in Windsor She waived examination and was } arrison which subsequently sur ; “German airmen dropped numerous ira to the k wha Pav, | for the June Grand Jury in the Su- ied i : bombs on factories at Dombasle (Ar-}day by Harold J. Tennant, Parlin. |Perlor Court. It is understood, how- | Wounded Ae Sataiat gonne) and Raon I'Etape (Vosges). | mentary Under Secretary for Wa ever, she will not go to trial then, as | Prisoner ¥ mses Want to Know L. Lawyer's Con- PARIS, May 10.—A slackening In| the House of © State's Attorney, Alcorn desires to! ‘The total | not includ ve rei EE the German bombardment of French | , During the of Kut-cl-/gather other evidence to form the} ing hus sustained In naval + nection With Proposed Cigar ie Amar il Only ONO} basis for a auperseding indic 2 ‘ . “_ positions northwest of Verdun was was brought down | Cons, oF © Buperseding, indictment) ois or among thé colonia and Drug Stores Merger, reported in to-duy's official state- pilot Was: killed | WON He Ropes to proeure from the! een - ment from the War Office, wounded September Grand Jury, plbilapeaatl ‘ WAARINGTOM Gay ihe Kast of the Mouse and in the “OTHER POISON THAN ARSENIC”) ‘The Hiritisi estimate pluses i Ay 10 Reopen Woevre region there was only int TROUBLE FOR { GERMANS! IN SECOND BoDy. erm in April alone i Bi. | Ns OF Ruble Ben rind dal tbe nouns mittent bombardment during the Thin evidence, in all probability, official estimate, in the teh » ' wis tu, the Su night wi come from other bodies of per-| Previous statements in thy House fpreme Cons tered to-day. by ‘The only Infantry fighting on the ALLIES GET ) GET IRISH STEW sons Who died in the Archer Home.|of Commons, apparently contirins the Senate Jud nmittes fo) Verdun front occurred in Avocourt One such body has been exhumed al-| French sta ente that the Germans the purpose of into Mr Wood, where there were unimportant | Twelve Million Cans ¢ Cans of Order ofj ready and ,according to State's At.) have lost inore Pape $n Gun arog, BEaaees ier ips vie ruggle: c orn, It contained “a potson | thousand men in Killed, wounded and ears aK he grenade struggles. | torn Alcorn, Following is the text of to-day's 600,000,000 Cans Are Sent | other than arsenic.” He declines to| missing in the great struggle ut npany and the War Office report: as First Shipment. | reveal the Identity of the second body | Verdun n oof drug stores “Between the Olse and the Aisne a| PHILADELPHIA, May 10——Detiy.{ hich Was examined, On Jan 1, Unde retary of War ot Hosta and coup de main upon one of our|ery was made to-day of the frst 12,-| tt # expected Mrs, Gilligan may! Tennant ann uy Bernas eda a trenches southeast” of Moulain-ous- {000,000 cans of the order for 600,000,- | CIM that Andrews was a suicide, los a She tose SST, ot) Eilers ve SPH Toutvent was completely checked 000 one-pound tins of Irish stew tor) #4 ie ae ” Sanires , *y OKLeuah which MGNE BRET worn. | SALE ‘ acheirine "In the Verdun region the bomuard- | the armies of Great Britain and its 4 defense by piling tf poaal ile) Ir ate nti) Babs ay w ment west of the Meuse noti bl Ti mnin, rray ¢ itopsies to show | the drive agalust Verdun t « ¥ » y say eiaegscll hanes s a le oO T Ger An Ope t ' , diminished, Kast of the Meuse and] Of the contracts placed in the | Mf Meconiia Pee as ne i me died BETAS OBREBE } P due by 'Reautor Suthe H in the Woevre region there was in-| United States, Philadelphia got 4% Pe Ae tena ere ne lose Nae asters i in, of t who Muid some termittent cannonading. Hinvge part. os 000,000 cans have | ‘PEOry OF & > nen the) sumed that of the 286,201 G: fori 1 com nine bh in news of Mrs. Gilligan's arrest was|jilied, wounded or captured since Jan ' ‘Hand-grenade skirmishes we been ordered here. ‘Three big can- 7 J : EH 2 made public, Thomas Lee, Miss Mary 49, by the largest part were winier . Hsutaiated ported during the night in (he wo neries combin the order, ©. Wagner, George Foster and a Mrs.| sinughiered by the French at Ver nw Mi. is of Avocourt and the region south of re nates of t . " ad ‘ Dy f L ? Cosements Urint Pac ore toc Baernst {on ¢ Ma A 1 Fort Douaumon “ » Home, jastily removed by re —— , In Upper Alsace an enem Ll Mie Asquith intarimied: tne to ® sof the sixteen nan FHP WOKLD TRAVEL nine an, Wop snd ‘ noltring part wh 1 1 tha Re: Araie BF ee IW se ‘ 1 t seize one of our simall 4 ne ere | t mes aS al , whe * Hirshach south of Aithireh was ree /Myting 4 het Pulsed with losses,” Monday. ey end ant Tessie anion — ae ~.s LOS VERY | ERAN FORCE MAY DRA ‘taco BACK TD COLMA DBL vezzmrUPRGNG FEARED ON BORDER borne, Lord Lieutenant, Sequel « of the Revolt. MoRE prisoners.|Arms Seized From Mexicans at San Rounded Up in South of Antonio—Troops Guard El Paso— Ireland—Skiffington Was Million Rounds of Ammunition Killed Without Trial Taken. May 10.—The Marquis of | | WASHINGTON STILL HOPES Lords to-day that Baron Wimborne, ford Lieutenant of Ireland, FOR AGREEMENT IN PARLEY signed, Tord Wimborne before bis appoint. EL. PASO, Texas, May 10.—Gen, Pershing, in°command of the | American expedition in Mexico, has been ordered to begin a greater com- know sportsman. Ho personaly |°eitration of his troops. Those detachments still operating as far south financed the sending of an English | as San Antonio, it is reported, will be withdrawn to Colonia, Dublan. | polo team to the United States oe This order was interpreted by military men here to-day to mean that | the American forces were being prepared to meet every possibility of attack. At the same time steps were taken to meet a threatened uprising of Mexicans in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Secret Service men have reported to army officers that numerous prominent Mexicans are involved in @ plot for simultaneous outbreaks ia towns along the border. 1,000 LONDON, Crewe announced in the House had re- ment was unknown to Britiah pollticw or statesmanship, but waa a well- years ago, which won the trophy cup. Premier Asquith told the House of | Commons to-day there waa reason to | believe that there would be no further | necessity to proceed to ext Irish | could give no undertaking | fect. me mens- rebels, although he to that ef- | ures with In reply to a question from Jobo Unusual precautions were taken here at San Antonio and other poiats. Dillon, Nationalist. member for Fast | tg ¢oresiail the plot. 'Ma sql tid 0 ny BAY OK Mrs AMR UEL MMIOSITDAE 8 CBF At San Antonio police and county authorities, acting on the advice ho prisoners had been | jas he knew |shot in fr The Prem | Skeffington, ¢ was shot in Dublin on April %6 | without the knowledge of the mili- ‘Thin statement was in reply te an ingu yesterday whether Mr. Sh had been shot before the proclamation of mar- of officers at military headquarters confiscated ammunition and rifles from sixteen Mexican Lomes and placed deputies about the city ready for in- stant action, Thirty men were armed by the Sheriff and held as a reserve to quell @ possible outbreak and riot guns and cases of ammunition were placed within reach at headquarters, One million rounds of rifle ammunition, which Mexicans attempted to smuggle across the river into Mexico, near Laredo, was confiscated by troops there to-day, It is believed the ammunition was intended for and without trial er stated that FB. Sheehy itor of the Irish Citi- tary authorities use of bandits in Mexico. tial law This matter was Under invests rmsinesinniiensiniiret incameiomniaresclaemaately First signs that army officials ex- tion, Mr. Asquith added. ‘The oMcer sted an Uprising bere were seen jeanacktas had been arrest and HAWAIIAN MILITIA WANTS | aiid to-day, when five companisa be court-martialied |of the Twentieth Infantry, under Col. Regarding two other executions T0 AID U. U. S. IN MEXICO | Alfred Hasbrouck, came in from Fort ported to have taken place at Bliss with field equipment. Three same time Mr. Skeffington was shot , wre 7 companies were stationed in the stook Asquith stated an inve Island Governor Fenders Use Of| yards, dominating the Mexican we Jee made. He had no # National Guard in Message tion of EI Paso, where 20,000 Mext- wars regarding these cases, he to Baker. cany reside and where thousands are but he was able ste the mititar ready to join any outbreak against WASHINGTON, May 10. of War from Gov. Secretary » United Sta The ops and bivouacked there under Provost guards patrolled ste fixed, ine gun company set up ite pons in front of the court ad no res wuthorities no: sibility for them bat had no edge of thao | Announcement was made jthe app Haker to-day receiv Pinkham of F f | endering the services of the Hawaiian National Guard for Mex ahaa urences ter to-day meat of a Royal Commin Jslon to Investigate the rebellion pone {#0 avassinate, theirinellgn: The © Col, Hasbrouck estab- wenger tgnscommoee 0° DEFAMER OF GERARD sisi sasquarr* ht eae | inge, ‘former ‘Vionray of ; pany camped in the Union States Justice Sir Montague 8h ar HAD “an EXPELLED FROM GERMANY 1 glept on its arms, Sir M M hens ane r ore ie s Capt, Casper Cole, Fourteenth Case manent Under Secretary of State fo ae with a patrol, has returned to }the Homme Depar t erson, Wio Accused! starathon, Tex. from Boquitias and | Replying to the protests which Ambassador of Aiding British, reported to Col, Fy Sibi have been made in the lust few days : S ‘ bd cy oe several large bodies of bandits, num. ly Expelled. | pene bering 600, are operating on the BERLIN (via Anesterdam putting to death of jead- ebellion, Herbert Samuel ore May 1". | southern side of the Rio Grande, looke the ary, said to-day that 1 is understuod here this afternoon ling for a favorable opportunity te the Governme would have been {that the German Government has ex-|repeat the Boquillas, Glen Springa guilty of unpardonable weakness if it| pelied Edwin binersc an Amenoon}and Deemers raids, Sympathizers om ad not meted out stern. puniahment!| news: rrexpondent, who wr the Ainerican side of the river are oo to the ¥. The public wight rest} a harsh at n American Ambox- | operating with them, ssured, Mi Samuel adde hat | sador Gerard in a Merkin news Mexican forces are reported mags= huestHa tan \#RGSHTE pitt - ‘cross the border from Lantry, Rea UKE ao Cams , Hiehes: from © last | Texas Ary a polioy of w wale prose 1 that the Gerinan Gi Major Langhorne'’s command of 4 ! mitemplating tlcings Eighth Cavalry was expected to Anearert iF molidl ia koinat “Phe Continental ss (he border this afternoon in fount 1 ? # in which | Time beber publisied in Bing ® fleeing remnants of ak Weneeanie oufirce the ex. {i Bern, on account of an ariicte Springs bandit force, ‘The Re Ree ae | published in tht pape Kdwin at Boquillas to-day, ee eae Shr roudy | Bae an Amerioat spond ‘ force of the Fourteenth : oy ow , hinted in) Cuvairy under Col, Macomb, will ane eh a , Mt Amosamader Gera © there tu-night, and ts expected 7; 1 @ House of Com. With the ait of Amercon lose little time going into Mextea, * ten . els ‘ A report reaching here tella ef @ (Coptaued oa second Page) cr : nae woes