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^timy^^^^i'T^^^w^*1 THE VICTIMS OF ZELAYA'S HATRED How He Broke Faith to Gannon and Groce. 3 Kill VIOLATED TREATY PROVISIONS S. Holland Says Nicaraguan Presi dent's Forces Invaded Costa Rica tc Capture the AmericansWere Not Adventurers, He Declares, but Large Property Owners. The radical action of the United States in breaking off official relation with the Zelaya government in Nica ragua and in opening unofficial diplo matic relations with Senor Castrillo the accredited representative of the revolutionary government of Estrada at the same time offering to continuG unofficial diplomatic relations witl] Senor Rodriguez, the Zelaya charge d'affaires, to whom it sent his pass ports in the letter making this an nouneement, was the direct outcome of the execution of the American citi- LEROT CANNON. zens Leroj Cannon and Leonard Groce by order of President Zelaya. In severing relations with the present government in control at Managua Secretary of State Knox took the first step toward punishing Zelaya for the annon and Groce execution and for repeated violations of the conventions of the Central American peace confer ence, which was fostered by the Unit ed States and Mexico Mr. Cannon and Mr. Groce, who were shot to death by order of Presi dent Zelaja for participation in the revolution in Nicaragua, were not irre sponsible .id\ enturers. but large prop erty holders in that and adjoining Central American republics, according to Spencei Holland, who has con siderable piopertj and mining inter ests in Nicaragua and who returned to New York city a few days ago, when the situation of foreign residents not friendly to the Zelaya regime became precarious Nicaragua Persecuted by Zelaya. Accordms to Mr Holland, both Can non and Groe* had been constantly persecuted by 3eiaya in the past. Can non lming been captured and con demned to clecth in the revolution of a year ago, but secured commutation of his sentence to a heavy fine on rep resentations made by the American minister At the time of his death Cannon, according to Mr. Holland, was a member of the staff of General Es jtrada His execution was carried out order of Zelaya after a plea for commutation had been made by Zela ya's own general in chief Both the captuie of the two Amer icans, which was effected through an incursion of Zelaya's forces into Costa Bican territory, and in their execution without proper trial, Mr. Holland de clares, Zelaya violated the provisions of the treaty of 1908 between the Cen tral American republics, of which Mex ico and the United States were guar antors. "The present intervention of th United States is due solely," said Mr Holland, "to the violation by Zelaya of the treaty of the Central American republics, guaranteed by the United States and Mexico, in which the neu trality of the various countries, their freedom from trespass in time of war and the inviolability of the rights of residents of any one country in the territory of the others were guaran teed. Zelaya has frequently broken "various provisions of the treaty and insulted the United States representa tives by alleging in defense pretenses which no schoolboy would for a mo ment deem worthy of consideration. I was because of Zelaya's insulting conduct that Mr. Gregory, the Ameri can minister, at last lost patience and left for Washington. His departure iwas deplored by all except Zelaya, who :was more than glad to be rid of an intelligent diplomatic representative -who, with a watchful eye, understood Ills game. Were Large Property Owners. "There is no doubt that Jose Oli rrares, the consular agent of the United 'States at Managua, did all he could -to prevent the recent unwarranted billing of Messrs. Cannon and Groce It should be understood clearly t'i (these men were in no way advent rs, but took a definite and clear I:.,, est in the country where they lived and where they had acquired consid erable wealth and property. When last I saw Mr. Cannon, in the end of October, he had just returned from his plantation at San Carlos, part of which had been destrc ed by agents of Zelaya. He was going to join Gen eral Estrada, his personal friend, and he told me he had* been appointed to a post on the general's staff. "Mr. Groce, too, had very valuable property in Nicaragua, valued approx imately at $500,000, with about as much more distributed in Honduras, San Salvador and other republics. He was an expert mining engineer and used his technical knowledge to the advantage of General Estrada. "Both Groce and Cannon were cap tured after a decisive encounter be tween Estrada's forces and those ot Zelaya near the San Juan river. Ze laya's force, contrary to the treaty pro vision, deliberately crossed the rivet into Costa Rica, recrossed it at an un expected point, and, appearing in the vanguard of General Estrada's force, put it to flight. "Eager to Be Rid of Cannon." "Personally 1 have no doubt that both Cannon and Groce were taken in the act of laying mines under the rivet and adjacent roads. But as they were recognized officers of the revolutionary party it was utterly unwarranted to lead them to execution. 1 never be lieved they had a fair court martial, but that they were killed on the per sonal order of Zelaya. A cable in cipher received from friends in Nica ragua two days after the execution tells me that Zelaya refused to take into consideration a suggestion of his own general in chief that their sen tences be commuted "Zelaya had repeatedly shown him self eager to be rid of Cannon. Can non was captured and condemned to death in the last revolution, but through the intervention of Mr. Greg ory, the American minister, his sen tence was commuted. They confiscat ed about half his property. Mr. Can non frequently showed me letters in which were plain proofs of Zelaya's animosity to him. He had not a chance of escape." Mr. Holland declared that most of the American residents in Nicaragua had either left the country as unsafe or retired to their plantations or mines. Most of them, he said, were hoping that the United States would take charge of the situation and restore or der for the proper development of the country's many resources. ODD RACE ACROSS AFRICA. German Officer Suggests a Go-as-you- please Contest. Lieutenant Paul Graetz of the Ger man army, who recently crossed Af rica in an automobile, has launched a novel project for a go-as-you-please race across Africa. Competitors will be allowed to walk or use any other means of locomotion known to man except a railway. Graetz, who will enter the contest himself, agrees not to employ his auto mobile, with which it took him 630 days to bisect the dark continent, but he may resort to a flying machine, bal loon, dirigible airship motorcycle, bi cycle, horse, donkey, zebra, jinrikisha or native drawn cart. For the pres ent he is not saying which. He plans that the race shall start on March 1. 1910, at some point on the east coast not farther south than the twentieth degree of north latitude. The lieutenant thinks that the con test, apart from its sporting aspect, ought to produce valuable scientific and economic results He hopes that adventurous Americans may be in duced to enter his transafrican scram ble EXPLORATION OF THE ARCTICS De- Professor Donald McMillan Will vote His Life to the Work. Professor Donald McMillan, who oc cupied a chair in the mathematical de partment of Worcester (Mass.) acad emy prior to his becoming a member of Commander Robert E. Peary's polar expedition, has decided to make arctic exploring his life work and to give up teaching for good and ail. He declares that the arctic life ap peals so strongly to him that next summer he will join an expedition to explore thoroughly Crockett's island. T-hat point of land, he believes. Dr. Ooolv reached. Professor McMillan said that this point of land attracted his attention when the Roosevelt pass ed by on its way north. "I believe," the explorer said, "that this land will be of much scientific value, .and it will be an interesting study in itself to see whether or not Eskimos dwell there." What expedition he will join Pro fessor McMillan could not say. An Ibsen Memorial. The admirers of Ibsen have a proj ect to acquire the apothecary's shop at Grimstadt where Ibsen was appren ticed from 1844 to 1850 and restore it to its appearance at that period as a memorial of the author of "Hedda Gabler." The appeal sent out states that the old house of the apothecary Reimann still exists, and it is almost in the same state as when Ibsen dwelt there. Almost all the fittings still ex ist and can be purchased. The whole place, the shop, the laboratory and the rooms, will certainly prove of the greatest interest, and the committee expresses the opinion that future gen erations will be grateful to those who have prevented the house and its sur roundings from falling to decay. Exploit In Chimney Building. chimney of concrete block was re cently built in Germany without the use of scaffolding, which represents a great economy in the coe*/ AUTHORITY ONm AMATEURSPORTS V-% n. E C. Brown, New A A. 1). Lead er, Fond of Athletics. Everett C. Brown, the new president of the Amateur Athletic union, is the kind of a man who likes to see two healthy boys wrestling in the school yard. He likes a good game of foot ball and enjoys a good boxing match. In fact, there isn't a branch of ath letics that he does not approve of. He pulled a strong oar in his day and has taken part in all sorts of aquatic sports. No athletic club in the United States has better divers and swim mers or a better water polo team than the Chicago Athletic club, of which Mr. Brown is president, and he takes unusual interest in this branch of the sport. Mr. Brown sees great things in store for the United States'athletically "Al though our athletes lead the world now," said Mr. Brown, "we will have even greater athletes in the future, be cause no country in the world gives the attention to the physical develop ment of the youth as we do in this country. The school playground is a great institution, and it is there that our athletes are developed. In every part of the country the schoolboys are getting more and more in touch with out of door sports, and that's why when they grow up they are able to compete successfully against the world. The United States is the only country that is paying out millions in amateur athletics. Ever Ready to Better Conditions. "Amateur athletic affairs in this country are in excellent condition, and I do not believe that any radical re form is necessary. But the Amateur Athletic union is always ready to bet ter amateur conditions, and if any phase of the amateur sport needs ref ormation the Amateur Athletic union will be only too anxious to meet the situation." Mr. Brown is an ardent football en thusiast, and, while admitting that the game is rough and has dangerous fea tures, he does not believe that it ought to be radically changed. He believes that further changes in the rules could be made that would lessen the danger of mass play, but he is not in favor of abolishing tackling or scrimmaging, the two exciting features of American football, which, he says, make the gridiron game such a thrilling sport. Another branch of sport of which Mr. Brown is especially fond is boxing. "There is no more reason for stopping professional boxing than there is pro fessional wrestling, or. for that mat ter, any other branch of sport." said Mr. Brown *'It is good, healthy, man ly exercise and calls for courage and skill and could be regulated and main tained at a high standard among ath letic sports." Active In Athletic Meets. For five years Mr Brown has given up much of Ks time to the athletic teams of the Chicago Athletic club He took teams to the St. Louis ,exposi tion, to competitions in the south and east and had the Chicago A. A. ath letes at Seattle and other big athletic carnivals on the coast. He was with the American team at the Olympic games last year and has had an active part in athletic affairs of every kind. The new president was a champion sculler. In 1888 he won the junior sculling championship at Philadelphia, representing the Farragut Boat club of Chicago. He won the Mississippi championship under the auspices of the Chicago Navy in 1899 and estab lished a record scull, going over a course on Calumet lake, Chicago, in which there was one turn in 10 min utes 5 seconds. He competed in all the big regattas as a member of the Farragut Boat club crews and was also a member of the club's other ath letic teams. Mr. Brown was born in Oneida, III., and attended the Chicago grammar and high schools. He attended the Chicago College of Law and the law department of Lake Forest university, receiving a degree of bachelor of law from the latter institution. Mr. Brown first became identified with the Amateur Athletic union in 1903, when he was sent as a delegate from the Chicago Athletic association. He is a member of the Chicago Yacht club, the South Shore Country club and is general manager of a live stock commission company. Railroad a Gam* Protector. The locust groves planted on aban doned ground by the Pennsylvania railroad in Pennsylvania have turned out to be great places for preserving rabbits for the next year's crop. The thickets are too jaggy for pot hunters to shoot them in the squats, while they baffle dogs among the small trees and refuse to leave their retreat to be shot. Ruling on Chinese Nationality. By China's new law on nationality any person who has lived in China over ten years and is above twenty one years of age. of good moral stand ing, being helpful to China, may be allowed to assume Chinese nationality. UiNlOJN: THTTKSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1909. **3 't ONCE A CHAMPION. SCULLER Sees Much In Future For Clean and Healthy SportDoes Not Believe That Present Football Rules Should Be Radically ChangedEnjoys Good 'Boxing Match. NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL AND SANITARIUM. 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In this you will never be disappointed. All our heavier line for fall and winter are now on the shelves. All our rubbers and overshoesare are now unpacked and awaiting your inspection. There's nothing you can need, there's nothing that cold, wet, slush or snow can demand, that you will not find here, and at the lowest cost to you. J- J. SKAHEN. Cashier. r*S^*CHS**f*1|^*|N)Mjkej Solomon Lopg Ad in Th Unio Brin Results r*SMp*SHa**a*#a^ejMBB E. L. MCMILLAN I f* cm