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TODAY'S PRICES M i hm t -l ' 1 W IfiTi 1 M iiuii I " "- i '.'ml- Mi - l t arrhna urrr n - 1- Hir kIi t Hand A Hnprimn quotHtlon) Tt. opprr $3 to 4 -9 0 Urn inn lower T,'Mork ftead Blocks highrr HOME EDITION WEATHER rOBECST. EI Pao and wrt Texas, fair and warm er: ew Me-fieo. fair, warmer, rizooa. fair. LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. SINGLE COPf FIVE CENT3. EL PASO, TEXAS.THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 4. 1916 DEUVGItEO ANTWHERE 0 CENTS A MONTH. FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY. H. S. NOTIFIES SCOTT PACT IS RATIFIE in 1 Delay in 'Answering the Sub marine Note Maes Un favorable Impression. NO INKLING OF ' NOTE DISCLOSED Germany Musi Slop Sinking Peaceful Ships To Meet American Demands. WASHINGTON. I. C May i Secretary of state Lansing an nounced late today that a dis patch from ambassador Gerard con tained indications of what the ambaeea-do- believed would constitute' Ger man reply to the American note on submarine warfare. Hecretary Lansing- declined to make public the dispatch or any part of Its ontents. or to say what the indications were on the around that the dispatch whs highly confidential. The dispatch was received by the "dietary and Immediately was sent to I raident Wilson. Secretary Lansing siid liwii not certain that ambassador -erards deductions were absolutely .ilrurate. as he had not seen the text "f Germany's reply. Tension Is Relaxed". -haltman Stone of the"fsrelcH af. i lira of the senate called .ewetrrfy- Brimiia- ana Dt-ierjy dismissed fej Ger nan and Mexican sltoefUona. Judging: from the newspapers, the "n,ny of the situation with Germany ir much less than it 'ma. said s- nator stone. "It also appears that 'lu have reached some agreement on i he border" Senator Stone said there was no oc- ii'in for congressional action as the ' i.itmn now stands. Wilson and House Discuss :o(e. I if indent Wilson, secretary Lansing 1 d ol. E. M. House had a long con f Ttire Wednesday night at the whlto Ih.uv. It Is understood that the oub i inline situation -was discussed. Delay Creates Had Impression. Thi president and his advisors are k'M'inn their minds open while they ait for the German note. The delay "" 'vldciitly has created a bad im ii'SMon, however, and It was elated mtboritattvely that the Issue would have to be cleared up this week If din. I'niMtfc relations with Germany were to onnnue. Th. president is known to be unal terably determined to adhere strictly to the position assumed by the United Mates in its demand that Germany im. mediately declare and effect an aban donment of its present methods of sub marine warfare. Most Mop sinking Peaceful Shlpn. No proposal of any kind will be ac cepted by the American government, it i said, unless it includes a decla im tmn of intention to stop sinking peactful Ships. In this connection press lifcpatches to the effect that new or den tn submarine commanders would be lold of in the German note were fad with interest bv officials but omment was withheld pending the Disclosure of the nature of the ins true- iOIIA n House, who discussed the sub marine iasue with German officials "hile abroad several months ago. ar- iiv.-d here Wednesday. His coming to Wiahing-ton was considered slvnlfi. am because he has taken an active part in the German negotiations to oate. Propaganda Pours In. Printed form letters. protesting against any step which -nay lead to war m ith Germany, began pouring in I'v the thousands today upon members of congress as the sequel to the tele raih propaganda which swamped the ii'itnl and the telegraph companies last Mck. I. ven the names of the congressmen re printed on the envelopes and ever) thing gave evidence that the let t'rs had been prepared b thousands ii nd required only written signatures Sen-itor H listing, of Wisconsin, who hd.8 sought a department of justice In w Miration of the propaganda, received letteia today, which, he said, added evidence to his charges that the Ame rican embargo conference was behind the movement BULGARIA IS THOROUGHLY DOMINATED BY GERMANS The Hague, Holland. May 4 Dr. ''harles I'ancoast. of Philadelphia, and lr. Morrowits. of New York. hae T-aihcd The Hague after IS months, iltmriK which the) nave engaged in -urgd ii work in the Hungarian and -Austrian armies. They say a spv erase i i rampant In Bulgaria and that it is 'Ident that the Germans do not want mpTlcans in Bulgaria. Hon thoroughly Bulgaria is under ' errnin domination, it was declared, shown by the fat t thai the country wtualh has been lenuded of food Muffs In the German There is "4 -nrral feeling of uniebt wbleh Dc i ht). napt thinly must reach a danger nis iiumt within a few months, when ' ' pinphetOe that uprising or assas ' iiiiiB may lie expected. Save All BANKERS MEET NEXT IN JUSTICE SWIFT FOR SINN FEIWEHS: CONVENTIflN TOltlTB JRWTFiSIIFEBS; iff liFJfERS CAPTUBED James Connolly, Who Was Reported Courtmartialed and Executed, is Lying Wounded in Prison; Other Leaders Rapidly Being Rounded Up For Trial; Birrell, Former Secretary, Confesses Failure. LOXI M. for OXDO.V. En(r, May 4 Jnme &ulllnn, of Xeir York, formerly Amerlrnn inlnlnlrr to Santo Domingo, has been ar rested In Dublin on the charge of complicity In the Irish rebrllion. Mr. Milllinn nailed from nv York last July for Liverpool th his wife and son, saying; he nm going to Limerick, Irrlnml. to vlnlt his mother. II, .nld he rtprclrd to he back In Jnr York by Sep tember 1. Shortly- before he sallrd Mr. Sullivan vvna virtually asked to resign his post as minister to the Dominican republic. Testimony tnken by n commis sion during Its Intrstlgntlon Inlo &nnto Domingo nu to the effect that the minister was Interested In contracts in which other Ameri cans are concerned. On July 23, It was announced thnt he had re signed. D' UBLIN, Ireland. May 4. Justice has been swift in the case of hte leaders of the Sinn Fein reh.l. Hon. Three of the ringleaders, sig natories of the proclamation of rha short lived Irish republic paid the su preme sacrifice Wednesday morning. TtaNrVvere Patrick II- Pearse, the schol- .SL?Il?aei-W ProvtatewH gov ftlllliieritt Tnontas MacDonagh and Thomas J. Clark. Their death sen tefoes were pronounced by the field general courttnartial and were duly confirmed by the highest authorities. Of the other signatories, James Con-1 GAIN AT DEAD IN'S IL Paris, France, May 4. The advance of the French in the district of Dead Man's hill on the Verdun front was continued during the night, the war office announced this afternoon. The gains made Wednesday nere increased and consolidated. As a consequence of the French ar tillery preparations at Dead Man's hill, the statement eayg, two Germans sur rendered, stating they were the sole survivors of the men In their trench. Blsewhere west of the Meuse there was active fighting with artillery. An engagement with grenades occurred in Avocourt wood. Near Vaux, east of the Meuse, there was an artillery encounter. French artillery destro)ed a muni tions depot at Grande Dune. Germans Admit French Gain. Ilerlln. Germany, May 4. It is old. daily announced that the French have obtained a foothold in one of the Ger man advanced posts south of Dead Man's bill. The announcement to this effect was made in today's army headquarters statement which Is as follows. "Western theaterv In the sector be tween Armentleres and Arras there has been lively fighting. Near Souches and southeast of Lens there have been mine engagements and similar fight ing near Neuville. Northwest of Lens an attempt by the English to advance, following mine explosions, failed. In the sector of the Meuse the ar tillery fire on both sides increased dur ing the evening and uas exceptionally violent in the night. A French attack against our positions on the slopes west of Daed Man's hill was repulsed. "Southwest of the hill the enemy ob tained a foothold in one of our ad vanced posts ' 1ETZ RESIDENTS EBJJE BIT London, Eng, May 4. neuter's Am sterdam correspondent telegraphs that Information which Is regarded as trustworthy has been received there that Metx is being evacuated by the civil population. Metz, the caplptal of Lorraine and a city of about C0.000. Is rated as one of the strongest fortresses of the world. It la about IS miles north of the fighting line and 49 miles east of Verdun. I n Your Discarded Clothes For nolly is lying in prison wounded, Sean MacDiarmad, Emonn Ceannt and Joseph Plunkett are somewhere in Ireland, whether free or captured is not pub licly known. Sniper Captured. Further captures of Isolated snipers occurred today in the outlying quar ters of the capital and orders were is sued by Lieut Gen. Sir John MAxwell that any rebels found with armshould be severely dealt with. Very few shots have been heard in the city since Tues day evening when a government boat, passing down the Llffey river was fired upon and sharp sjtlvoes .from machine guns -In the vicinity of Rathmlnes caused people in the neighborhood to be alarmed. Everybody Is asking what has be come of John McNeill, the local organ izer of the Sinn Felners, who appears to have disappeared from Dublin with the firing of the first shot. Another man in whose fate great interest is manifested Is The O'ltellly It is now reported that his body was found among the debris of the general post- otnee. Iloundnp Continues. The roundup of rebels still Is going on rapidly and systematically. The Sinn Fein crusade v. is conducted so openly that most of its adherents are known to the police. House to house search Is being made and notices are posted everywhere warning any who harbor .rebels that they will be liable to arrest and punishment. Haw serious the food situation be came at the height of the, revolution here may be judged from tile fact that liuttpr sold -at, J2 a ptfuBjJi ttpur at I a pound and potatoes at Wfcfflts, Soldiers Show Marked Itraverv. - Disturbances are rife anBthess being snarpiy suppressed. apm farther casualties are reported among the troops. Though the young, soldiers are performing their duty Under the se verest conditions of warfare, many of them having had only a few month's training, they are displaying the utmost (Continued on pass :, Col. 41 DE1AND RELEASE DF LIEBKHT Berlin, Germany. May 4. A Berlin Socialist Introduced a resolution in the reichstag Wednesday requesting chan celor von Bethmann-IIollweg to release Dr. Karl Liebknecht from arrest and to suspend proceedings against him until after the adjournment of the reichstag. Further Uprising Frnrrd. Berlin. Germany, May 4. The arrest of Karl Llebnocht, the Socialist leader, in connection with a May day demon stration In Berlin, May 1, caused great excitement among the workers there and led to a fresh demonstration which was suppressed by a large body of po lice, according to reports from Berlin, forwarded from Copenhagen by the Exchange Telegraph company. The dis patch adds that it Is believed that the German government will be compelled to release Dr. Liebknecht In order to prevent a revolution. It was stated he was arrested while attending a peace demonstration and that It was a vio lation of the military regulations for him to wear the civilian clothes in wmen ne was arrested, as he Is a sol dier. CREI SEIZED AS ZEPPELIN FALLS London. Eng., May 4. Zeppelin L-20 which was wrecked in falling at Hafso Firth, Norway, belonged to a squadron of five aircraft which attacked the east coasts of England and Scotland Tuesday night, according to a member of her crew, says a Copenhagen dls pstch to the Exchange Telegraph com pany. The 16 men on board the Zeppe lin were rescued and Interned by the Norwegian authorities. One of the crew said the seppelins were forced by gunfire and adverse weather to cut short their attacks and that, owing to a lack of benzine, the I.-20 was unable to keep in company with the other raiders and' wa driven eastward by a strong wind and hurled against a mountain side. The xepnelln raid resulted in S6 cas ualties. This announcement was made officially today. One hundred bombs were dropped. ANOTHER RUSSIAN ARMY IS LANDED IN FRANCE Marseilles, France. Mayy 4. Another contingent of Russian soldiers landed, this morning, and was received with notable military and popular recep tions. The troops proceeded to the camp at Mlrabeau. conn to IE hmhi Herald "Extra" Big Factor In Securing Meeting For This City. GALVESTON MOVES UNANIMOUS CHOICE Gulf City WaTThird In List But Favored Maying El Paso Choice Of AIL IIY O. U. KEPI-LB. H- OUSTON. Texas. May 4 El P today won the Texas Bankers' convention for 1S17. Galveston delegates favored making the selection of L'l Paso unanimous and a motion was made- to that effect Fort Worth wa the closest contend er, although Galveston made a strong bid on the ground that the island city needs encouragement El Paso badges were )n evidence everywhere and the El Paso delegates were actively working among the bankers from other parts of the state. Urtwren KI l'aao and Galveston. The fight for the next place of meet ing resolved Itself Into a contest be tween El Pa&O and ItatrAalnn V7r Worth, originally in the race and, with apparently a better chance; to win thari. the Island city, withdraw in favor at fllesiPJi-.-.- - (L . T. 3U wmfftrrXBcsd El Pao In saMfe ination, and arter Nstfhan Adams, of Dallas, made a seconding speech, half a, dozen- others from various sections of the state, spoke in favor of El Paso. Promises Small Kevolutlon. Mr. Wlngo promised the bankers that El Paso would txr to start a little revolution as an eMtertainment feature. When a standing1 vote was taken, it was apparent that KI Paso had won by more than two to one, and the time keeper of Galveston moved to make it unanimous. Officers Elected. Offlrers elected were: President, J. W Butler. Clifton, treasurer, C. E. McCutcheon. Wichita Falls; vice presi dents. B. C. Roberts, Wharton; L J. Miller. Beevllle: R. J. Eoknardt, Tay lor; Earl B. Smith. Mart; J. W. Blrdson. Greenville: John T. Yantls, Brownwood and E. B. Bynum, Abilene. The new secretary will be named by the executive committee. A sensation was created in the con vention today when, just as the time' arrived for nominating the cities de siring to entertain the convention next year, newsboys rushed into the hall lustily shouting "Extra KI Paso Her ald" and distributed several thousand elght-jiage papers telling of the advan tages of El Paso. The Message From El Paso. The front page was "played up" in big letters announcing that El Paso had been selected as the next meeting place. The reading matter announced that "EI Paso's 72.000 people rejoiced today that the Texas bankers have decided to meet here next year" and promised that the people of the Pass City will fulfill all promises mailjLby the El Paso dele gation In the mHcr of ontertainment. and then soma, t "Telegrams" ate. iJMhted from Gen. Pershing, promlsrnjj to bring the army out of Mexico for a review; from Gen. Gavira. of Juarez, promising to pro duce Villa's body at the banquet of the bankers, and from Houston, San Anto nio, Dallas, Galveston, Beaumont. Waco and Fort Worth, "congratulating" El Pasb upon winning the contention and admitting that El Paso is the best city in Texas and entitled to the honor. ICxtraa Cauae Entltuslaam. The extras caused much enthusiasm among the delegates and was the result of much good natured jibing on the part of the different delegates towards the workers from Fort Worth and Gal veston. It was admitted that the psy chological effect of the extra had much to do with the delegates de ciding upon EI Paso 'for the next meet ing place. It was a stunt that was unique and never before witnessed in a convention in Texas and was the cause of much favorable com ment upon the enterprise of the J31 Paso delegation and the El Paso Herald. The Entertnlnment Promised. Speaking of the entertainment prom ised the bankers, the extra said In partt "Trips to Elephant Butte dam and to Cloudcroft are two of the features planned to Elephant Butte, the largest irrigation undertaking In the world, a dam that will Impound water suffi cient to irrigate SJS.000 acres of land, now in the final stages of completion and for several months past delivering Its life triving waters onto the rich al luvial lands about El Paso; to Cloud croft, 'the roof garden of the south west,' where the tall, cloud-kissed puien wtiiBircr meir welcome every f??l Br ?Ji"nd8, ,f Pe Perspir- j t?5. and ,eB" bleeed alti" "Juarez is another attraction Juaree with Its battle scars. Its bloodstained ruins, its quaint Mexican atmosphere, its bullring and bullfights. Its gambling houses and pulque shops, Juarez with its interesting Mexican manners and atmosphere, a Kith century town neigh boring with Its sister city of the Stith centurv. "El Paso hospitality Is guaranteed ev ery visitor the sort of hospitality that bids the visitor enter and stay as long (Continued on page S. Col. 1.) eld 1U BANDITS KILL EL PASO VOLUNTEER SCOOT NEAR II P. H. Holly, Who Had Incurred Enmity of Villistas, is Butchered Near Scene of Santa Ysabel Massacre; He Had Been Driven From Mexico By Villistas and Returned to Aid the United States Army. By GEO. H. X TE-ADQUARTERS Punitive Expedi l" I tion. Near Namiquipa, N. M.. May " X (By way Radio to Columbus. N. JL, May 4.) P. II. Holly, a resident of KI Paso, Tex., a former resident of Bustlllos, Mex., where he operated a large cattle ranch and farm and who has been acting as scout for the American forces under commanding general John J. Pershing, was killed Tuesday afternoon while looking for a sign of Vllllitas in the vicinity of Ru blo. about 40 miles south of this camp, and S miles northeast of San Antonio. His body was recovered yesterday afternoon by a detachment sent out in search, when it was discovered that he was overdue It Is believed Holly was the victim of a small band of Villistas, but the fact has net been established. It was from Rubio that a band of Vil listas under command of Pablo Lopez U ENJOINED; GAVE AH BEE Porter Says Worked Until, , -xnres in morning at T7M Tr. r1.,V. El Paso Club After the temporary injunction was issued, beer was given away to mem bers of the El Paso club, according to Ben Terr. a porter in the club, who testified Thursday morning in the final hearing of the injunction sought by the state to close the elub on the ground that it has been operating in violation of the state laws. Terry stated that he sometimes worked as late as one, two and three oclock in the morning at the club. He stated that the club contains a bar, card tables, booths and pool tables. Most of those who came- to the club sat around talking, reading or drinking, and that cards were played and who ever was defeated "set 'em up." If a player didn't desire a drink he was given a check good for a drink. Be said. N After Terry's testimony the state announced that it rested. The de fence also announced that It rested, but when judge Jackson indicated that he might request an Instructed ver dict for the state, the defence asked permission to submit some further testimony. T. R. Was Big Show At Trinidad and British Forgot About McAdoo Washington. D. C. May 4. CoL, Roosevelt's reception at Trinidad dur ing his recent West Indian trip quite eclipsed that arranged for secretaty McAdoo. who came along a little later, so the British ambassador. Sir Cecil Spring Rice, personal!) paid a visit to president Wilson and expressed regret that through a Inisunderstanding among local officials the secretary of the treasury had not been received with ceremony appropriate to his posi tion. British officials learned to their amazement that the governor of Trini dad had outdone himself to make a demonstration for CoL Roosevelt but apparently was little impressed with the coming of secretary McAdoo, who was returning from the meeting of the Pan-American high commission at Buenos Aires. The ambassador's explanation closes the incident, if it was one. MAN WHO KILLED WIFE HANGS SELF IN JAIL Globe. Ariz.. May 4. Hugh F. Keav laln. formerly an old Dominion shift boss, who about a month ago wounded hie wife so that she later died, hanged himself In the countv jail here. A trusty found Keavlain's body in the early morning, hanging to the bars of the cell He bad been very despondent evor since his wife's death. DAM FOR LOS ANGELES HARBOR IS PUT IN BILL Washington, D. C, ..lay 4. The senr ate commerce committee today added to the river and harbor appropriation bill diversion dam In Los Angeles harbor. -s amended by the committee, the measure would appropriate about $43,- 00,000, an Increase of $3,000,000 over the house b(ll. SEVATIJ TWII.I5S VTJRXDMET TO ItllUJ, CREDITS BILL Y ashlngton. D. c May 4 By a vote of .19 to II the senate today tabled senator Cumralns's amendment to the rural credits bill to eliminate the sec tion exempting farm loan banks and their mortgages from taxation. Sev eral senators attacked the constitu tionality of such exemption and argued it discriminated against national banks. ! R "Bundle Day," Next JuLi I jts3U CLEMENTS. sallied forth on the night of Jan. 12 last, to make its attack on the train carrying employes of the Cusihuirla chhtc mining camp, which resulted In the murder of 18 Americans. The little town or rather the hacienda has long been known as.a resort of VII llsta leaders in this section of the state of Chihuahua and soldiers and scouts have been warned against appearing in the vicinity without taking great pre cautions against surprises. Holly was not far from the place when he met death and It is supposed he went through for the purpose of lo cating cattle he left behind when he was forced to leave Mexico when he and a number of other Americans were lined up by Villa last November after Villa's defeat at Agua Prieta and threatened with death unless they left the country. When the punitive expedition was set on foot. Holly volunteered for services as a scout without pay and until bis death he had rendered valuable services' to the army. ELENJIJS FEARING FLOOD TJnl8s Eaijiheii Emtranbt f ment miasrmwrm&S I t -m-.j-j Be Flooded. Belen, ". M, .-May 4. Unless an earthen highway. ehUJaWkmenf 'north of here hold, this town- w-ilb be .flood ed by waters of the.Kkx Grande .vrWch, Wednesday night washed out half the Ifausal dyke, three miles north. The dyke, E50 feet losg. protected a large area of farm bind. This is the third tima It has broken in the last fewv years. The washing -out of an Jxriga.- J tion headgate caused the bracch. All dykes in the county are being watched though the cuting of . Jeep channel by the river in recent freshets has relieved pressure on them. Little anxiety is manifested for any section except this SANTO DOMINGO IS INJEVOLT Santo Domingo, Dominican .Republic, May 4. Gen. Juan L Jimenez, president of the republic, who was Impeached by the chamber of deputies on May X. has declared the capital in a state of siege siid by decree has removed the seat of govrnment to San Geronlmo, a suburb of Santo Domingo. The secretary of the Interior today notified the senate, by which the pres ident, according to law, shall be tried within 43 hours after impeachment, that the capital is In a state of rebel lion and that president Jimenez is un able to appear for trial. The city is quiet. V. S. to Uphold Government. Washington, D. C . May 4. Rear ad miral Caperton. commanding the Ame rican naval forces in Dominican wa ters. Is under broad instructions to use what ever force ts necessary to maintain the constitutional govern--ment In the Dominican Republic. The admiral recently went to the capital with instructions from Washington which declared the United States con sidered the impeachment of president Jlminez a thinly veiled revolutionary plot HAY SEES PRESIDENT ABOUT THE ARMY BILL Washington, D C, May 4. Chair man Hay of the house military affairs committee, one of the conferees now adjusting points In the army bill, dis puted between house and senate, con ferred today with president Wilson. Mr. Hay said that the conferees had reached a decision of the volunteer a'my feature of the senate bill and that the senate conferees were press ing for its adoption, while the house conferees took the opposite stand. SENATOR O'GORMAN WONT STAND FOR REELECTION Washington. D. C. May 4. In announcing- his determination to retire from the senate next March, senator O'Gorman of New York, today would add nothing to a formal statement he had prepared. "I have decided." the senator's state ment read, "not to accept the nomina tion for reelection to the senate. My personal af-falrs now Teqirtre-my -undivided attention." Minor Changes in the Scolt- Obregon Agreement May Be Made by Generals. CARRANZA SENDS OBREGON MESSAGE Lengthy Communication Is Being Decoded; Obregon To Ratify Agreement. WASHINGTON, D. O. Mar 4 President Wilson and secretary of war Baker today approved the main points of an agreement pre paud by Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, Unit ed states army chief of staff, and G. i Alwilu Obrtegon il at KI F'a-" Meican mtnisti - " r - tiding tht r it .iniini;ii arfaiii col Ui. l of ttu ll ,s ,11 VeV.Co tu was auiioui J to. lay follow - onfeni,oC Jbe iiresi.ilaat aud e. - of war. The;- bad Were th m 19ns; repot-t su .mfttPa WednesdiM -kijit-t lv Gtm St'Otl Formal aimouiiceinf it ot the poMti" oX the American government reguruin the campaign in Mexico will not Ij- r SfVetr-ont -until Gen Cairanxa has had opportunity to pass on th.; report sui mttted to him by Gen. Obregon vs soon as that is done, another confer ence between Gen. Obregon and Ge.i. Scott will be held and the negotia tions will be formally concluded. While no official Information has been re reived from Gen. Carranza. officials here take it for granted that Gen. Obre gon would not have made an agree- ment wHcn wouJ)J bj unacceptaole to his chief Cooperation Profided For. The agreement provides for the co operation of American troops and Ca i -ranza . soldiers in clearing northei . Mexico or bandits. Mexican railron.ls will be utilized for the transportation and supplies for the American troop While no time limit is set foi ti withdrawal of the American troop- from Mexico, that will be done as tot.n as there are definite Indications thnt American border town's are no long-1 in danger of raids. Instructions Are Sent Scott. Secretary Baker and president Wil son reviewed the agreement at length today and secretary Baker sent a mes sage to Gen. Scott on the future con duct of the negotiations. Officials characterized the asreemenr as satisfactory," but would not state whether every detail was acceptable. When the negotiations are ended president Wilson probably will make a statement. Some Chances May ne -Made. Some slight changes In the agree ment as made between Gen. Scott and Gen. Obregon may be made here but they probably will be unimportant. The indications are that secretary Baker will recommend to the president tbs acceptance of the agreement which is described as purely a military one. May Release Munition Shipments. Satisfaction over the latest turn in the negotiations was plainly evident in official quarters here. If the propose 1 agreement is ratified, it is said that im mediate steps will be taken by the ad ministration to permit exportatlons of arms and ammunition to the Carranza, forces. large quantities of which ars said to be awaiting shipment into Mexico. GEN. OBREGON announced at 1 oclock Thursday afternoon that he had received a long message containing Instructions from Gen. Car ranza from Mexico City and that the message was being decoded by his pri vate secretary in his private car "Siqulslva," in Juarez. Gen. Obregon had no further state ment to make Thursday afternoon re garding the conference. As the mes sages over the Mexican wires are not as carefully coded as are the ones sent by Gen. Scott to Washington, it Is ex pected that the message will be readv for Gen. Obregon's consideration late this afternoon. Gen Obregon received the infor (Contlnueil on paire 3, CoL 3. Tuesday