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V*- LXVI • N° 21.792.
ffOBST TROLLEY LINES.
STATEX ISLAND HAS THEM
Tridents in Revolt Against Miser-
Jit CM*
able Transit Facilities.
ester. Island is in .i state of revolt against
be corporations which control its lighting and
'' car j^rvue. The corporation* are the Rich
* i upht and Railroad Company and the
"♦"ten Wand Midland Railroad Company, but
.*,i ar' sa '^ '■• '* r uil<^ r the sjmie control —
1 { of Henry H Rogers, of the Standard Oil
Company.
for years the trolley service on Staten Island
. s been a byword and a Jest among railroad
a sourer of annoyance to the casual visitor
r ♦he most beautiful borough, a daily bugbear
the Sew York business man whose tent Is
ttcbed there, and the chief factor in the re
♦irijed development of th<» island as a suburb.
!t is said to have the poorest service, track and
'!in? stock of any road in the country, and
-m by a curious anomaly, is owned by one of
jj, richest men in America.
The utter Inability of the management of th«
4, |o c ope with the conditions on the island
* neV er been fo strongly shown a? in the last
f «- weeks. Not only have the antediluvian cars
wiken down more frequently than usual— and
»ye old gtaten [slander always expects the worst
until hi? journey is finished— but on several oc
casions the power has given out. and Shanks's
jnare hzs bad to serve. Only a week or so age
thousa'-'i' ?' pleasure seekers at Midland Beach
e'fi South Beach and in the Interior of the
jsianfl we r <» left to get to St. George as best they
could— many of them on foot— because the power
rlsr.tf broke down. The mishap reoccurred a few
ttr* later -
Th*n. again. rhe roads have not enough car?,
tven of the poor kind they own. During the
rush boars of the evening on weekdays a minia
ture reproduction of the daily battle at the Mew
Tnrk end of the Brooklyn Bridge takes place at
the ferry ■-'•'" and on Saturdays and Sundays
th" f.?h' for seats is fierce.
HOPE OFT DEFERRED.
A lew years ago dissatisfaction with the ferry
prvk* between Staten Island and New York
began to crystallize. Citizens' meetings were
lifM. the city government was badgered by the
rrot??»ants. Indignation was everywhere loudly
voiced, and eventually the city took over the
route and installed a. fine ferry service. Stattn
Islanders hoped at that time that there might
-te ati awakening of the management of the
trolley roads to meet the improved water route
ffrvi.e. Nearly everybody paw plainly that with
fine. Wg. fast ferryboats, supplying a consistent
ly good service, thousands who had never before
visited Btaten Island would be attracted there.
But nothing happened. ...
Apain. when a group of capitalists formed
■ company and projected "Happyland" and
Kin!fy> "Carnival of Venice" at South Beach.
aid everybody realized that yet more thousands
Tould se<>k a change from Coney Island.
Brighton Beach or Rockaway and flock to the
»*■ amusement park, it was thought the trolley
management would make some provision to meet
th* nw conditions. But not a single car was
liSti. Now comes the news that the conces
sionaires at "Happyland." the men who provide
flit various side shows, have joined in a petition
intbt management of the park asking to be re
lta»d from their contracts, on the ground that
th«y have no chance to make money because
the public will not take the risk of being
marooned at the beach owing to a breakdown in
the trolley service. *
DISSATISFACTION OVER TRANSFERS.
Among the many "kicks'* that residents make
•gainst the management of the roads, one Is
especially vigorous. It concerns transfers. To
make it plain, a short recital of some of the his
tory of the two companies owning the main trol
ley lines is neoeraary.
Th» Richmond Light arid Railroad Company,
«>f which H. H. Rogers is president, is a reorgan
ization of the Statin Island Electric Railroad
Company, which was a successor to the old
Staten island Bell Line Company. The electric!
company went Into the hands of a receiver in
MB. Th«> property was sold at public auction.
and «a« bought by a committee on reorganiza
tion, irhicn took possession on September 1,
1902. The Richmond Light and Railroad Com
pany has a monopoly of the electric lighting of
ttt island, and operates the. shore, Castleton
•*enu.-, South Beach and other trolley lines.
The Btaten Island Midland Railroad Company
•as chartered on December 1. WOO. On Octo
swS, 1903. || went into the hands of a receiver.
*lier* it still remains. The president of th»
«ad was Charles L. Spier, who was killed by a
bullet from his own revolver a few months ago.
The office has not yet been filled. Henry H.
&°SerF. jr. is the secretary and treasurer. The
**ajany operates the trolley lines to Richmond,
•• county seat, to Midland Beach, and other
«•<!» across the island.
Now. ho ugh there are two distinct cotnpa-
B1 *«. as has been pointed out. they are practi
<*% swned and controlled by one man, H. H
Rogers, and they are under the general manage
ment or one man, S. F. Hazelrigg. Further
-''i"*. the cars of one company are run over the
lines of the other company. So, to all intents
• 'd purposes, all trolley lines of the isl
*ad compose a single system. Yet where one
wmpany's lines intersect that of the other not
•transfer is issued, in spite of the provision of
the state law which requires that roads oper
ated under one management shall give transfers
»' intersecting points to all lines under its con
trol.
WHERE PASSENGERS LOSE.
As an instance of how the passenger is mulcted
•f two fares where one should suffice, the main
™« to Sew Dorp and Richmond of the Staten
Uland Midland road is crossed at Tompkinsville
*>' the Castleton avenue line of the Richmond
and Railroad Company. , The latter line
rj -s through a populous home district, but if
*^ y reM<]<--:u along It should want to go to
j*uth Fi*«cli he must pay a second fare when
he lights at ipklnsville and boards a beach
***■ Asait:, at West New Brighton, where the
Uchmond Light and Railroad Company oper
£>s over the Stsiten Island Midland tracks, no
•£n.sffr l? given from one line to the other, so
•«*. if a ra^enger wishes to go to Castleton
our Corners or to Richmond Terrace he must
*V* up another nickel although, in reality It
•* a continuous tr V over lines under the control
JT oat management.
J 7** 1 to the Castleton avenue line, which,
s »ias h(. en said, taps a populous district, com-
from those forced to dse' It come fast
£~ l '? riou *- Traffic a!«n R the line has devel
j^r r^i" tester ;i;an Its facilities, ".nit persons
** 1:n S in th« dis-.rict it reaches must ride on it or
JJJ: Pau ' ' H« li"c *-* -w!y tingle tracked.
•"» •M%h«s here a;id there. Zrclr.z the busy
(ontloari! on »r«-ouil ;i«s«-.
8 HOURS TO CHICAGO
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To-day, nrractpnal shower*.
To-morrow, oecaclonar showers; couth winds.
DIE AT GRADE CROSSING
THREE KILLED. OXE HURT.
Mother Loses Husband and Children
-Flagman Only Guard.
Another grade crossing tragedy on the Long
Island P.ailroad. in which three persons were
killed and another wns seriously injured oc
curred yesterday afternoon at Vesta avenue and
New ljn\= Road. Ka*t New York. A train speed
ing to Manhattan Beach from Long Island City
struck a carriage which was being driven by
Samuel Meanley, thirty-seven years old. of No.
.'JOS* Snediker avenue, East New York, killing
Meanley and his son Samuel, four years old. al
moft instantly, and injuring his seven-year-old
daughter Anna so seriously that she died about
an hour after her removal to the Bradford Street
Hosnital.
Max Rubin, twelve years old, of No. r jA\ Snedi
ker avenue, the other occupant of the carriage,
who was also seriously hurt, is in the Bradford
Street Hospital with laceration of the head, face
and arms. and. it is belidVed, internal injuries.
The doctors, however, entertain hope for his re
covery.
Meanley. who had a saloon at Snediker and
Blake avenues, decided yesterday afternoon to
take his two children on an outing to a small
resort at Jamaica Bay. and as he was starting
Rubin came along. Seeing that he was anxious
for a ride, Mi-anley invited him to get in the
carriage, which was a one-seated runabout.
The place where the accident occurred is a
dangerous grade crossing. A little niore than
a year ago a man driving across the tracks was
run down and killed there. Meanley was driv
ing west along New L/ot6 avenue Before reach-
Ing the tracks of the Long Island Railroad,
which run north and south, he had to pass under
the new elevated railroad structure of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. There is an
embankment of earth clean to the top of the
elevated structure, surrounded by a concrete
retaining wall on either side of the. New Lots
avenue crossing:. The Manhattan Beach tracks
are parallel with the elevated line, and the em
bankment completely hid the train from Mean
ley's sight until h^ had driven directly in front
of it.
Theodore Doering. the flagman of the Long
Island Railroad, declared that when he saw the
train he called out to Meanley. but that instead
of stopping he drove right on in front of the
speeding train. The horpe was hurled forty feet
with the carriage and its occupants. The ani
mal's hack was broken and Meanley and his
son killed. When the train stopped passengers
ran back and picked up Anna and Max Rubin,
both of whom were unconscious. A telephone
message to the Bradford Street Hospital brought
Dr. Howard and an ambulance, and the physi
cian hurried the living to the hospital.
Mrs. Meanley reached the hospital just before
Anna died. The woman collapsed from grief, as
her entire family was killed.
The engineer of the train, which was No. 100,
Is Peter Jones, of No. 107 4th street. Long Isl
and City. He was arrested.
The New Lots avenue crossing Is protected
only by a flagman, being without gates or warn
ing signals of any kind. The flagman was not
arrested
C. E. S HOLES ROBBED.
Burglar Left Bunches of Grass
Strewn About Victim's Home.
[By Telegraph to The Trlbun*.i
Greenwich. Conn.. July 15.— While C. E. Sholes,
a chemical manufacturer of New York, was
with Commodore E. C. Benedict on his yacht
Oneida on a cruise last week a burglar entered
his summer cottage here and took silverware
valued nt $.VX> and a large amount of clothing.
He left Mrs. Bholes'S jewelry lying on the bureau
undisturbed. Mr. Sholes found this morning that
the burglar had entered his house through the
cellar, and that bunches of grass were lying on
every step of every stairway and in the halls,
while match boxes and matches with the heads
fired and the sticks unburned were scattered
about the place. The grass filled a peck measure.
SOX SA YES LEGISLATOR.
Throws Sun Into Eyes of Bull
Which Was Goring Father.
'!<• Telcsrsph '■ The Trir ur.'-. 1
Wilmington. Del.. July 15. -Representative
Timothy E. Townsend, a well known Union Re
publican member of the Delaware Legislature,
owes his life to the presence oi mind of tils
twelve-year-old son, Fred, it was learned to
«3.v. that wn< n an Infuriated ii.iil attacked the
"legislator on his large farm near Fraitkford and
orins him severely, the young son seized ..
milk pail and, as the sun was shining
flection, which \\a3 similar
to v ball of fire, Into the bull's eyes. Tneanima!
i and fled from the
vie" Mr. Townsend is badly Injured, bui w.ii
W. H. OSGOOD'3 JEWELS FOUND.
The package of jewelry of W. H. (Jssood, which
\v::s reported stolen from the safe of tin- New York
Yacht Club, in West 41th street, last «c K. har, Le»:i
found on top of ii locker in me basement of the
building. With the exception at Uirt« »Uckyins
the Jewelry was lciacu
NEW- YORK* MONDAY. JULY 16. 190G.-TWELVE PAOES.-^^;-^^:, ,,,
FIRE RUIXS AT THE TOMPKINSVILLE COTTOX DOCK.
EXPRESS TRAIX WRECKED.
Empty Car Crushed on Bar Harbor
Train.
Lawrence. Mas?.. July 15.— The Bar Harbor
Express, due here at '.):.''.'J on its way from Port
land, Me. to Boston, unexpectedly took a siding
in the freight transfer yard, half a mile e.ist of
the South Lawrence station of tit* western di
vision of the Boston & Maine Railroad, to-night
and crashed at full speed Into a line of emjity
coal cars. None of trie passengers or train crew
were Injured.
After ploughing' it? way through half a dosen
freight oars the lot omotlve <>f the express turned
over <>n its side. Fortunately, the coach next to
the engine was empty. This received the full
impart of the collision and was completely
crushed, while the seven coaches following it es
caped injury, and the passengers in them had
no worse experience than a severe shaking, due
to the sudden stop.
AXOTHER COTTOX FIRE.
Loss of $60,000 on tat en Island —
Five Thousand Baits Burn.
- The fifth fire within a few weeks in the Amer
ican Cotton Dock and Trust Company's plant, at
Tornpkinsville. broke out yesterday afternoon,
and destroyed the remaining storehouse, with its
contents of some five thousand hales of cotton.
The fire started at 1:30 o'clock. Five minutes
before that hour William Smith, the watchman,
had been in the building. There was no sign of
fire. He walked out onto one of the piers and
was standing th?... wi.-ii a ~-.vcrk.rmn called his
attention to smoke coining from the building.
An alarm was turned in for the city firemen,
and Deputy chief Gtaerin called a!! the com
panies available. The fireboat New Yorker and
a Baltimore & Ohio tug ran Into one of the
docks and laid lines to the fire. The water and
heat caused the bales of cotton to burst, and
within a short time they burst open the roof,
and then the flames shot forth, driving the
firemen back. It took two hours to bring the
fire under control, and the cotton is still smoul
dering.
The loss of $00,000 will fall on the company, as
the underwriters some time ago cancelled ;i!l
policies on cotton owing to the numerous fires
In the harbor within the las! two months.
PRIEST IX FIERCE RIOT.
One Man Fatally Injured -Many
Hurt Over Church Dispute.
IBy TMfßraph to Th» Trlbuno. )
Pittsburgh July 15.— One man was probably
fatally Injured and dozens of others were hurt
thip morning In a fierce riot, the result of par
ishioners of St. Nicholas Croatian Roman Cath
olic Church, of Millvale, trying to prevent
Father Michapl Tusek from holding mass. A
score were arrested and held for disturbing
public worship. Dozens of Informations will
be laid against members of the mob.
The trouble has been on several weeks. Bishop
Regis Canevin, of this diocese, assigned the
former priest, a Croatian, to another charge,
and put Father Tusek in St. Nicholas Church.
The congregation is almost exclusively Croatian.
Father Tusek is a German, and they refused to
receive him. They protested to the Bishop
without avail. Then they seized the church and
parochial school, and declared th<-y would not
allow him to enter on his duties. on Thursday
last a mob of two hundred attacked the parochial
residence, and the priest's housekee] er was
badly injured in the melee.
Yesterday Father Tusek asked police protec
tion. To-day the first mays was fixed for N : :',i>
a. m. At N o'clock a mob had gathered in front
of the priest's house, which is across the street
from the church. Seven policemen were there
and tried to dissuade the priest from going to
the church. He Insisted, and they started. As
they reached the street the mob rushed for
them. A policeman struck James Hiliaeoic with
his mace, fracturing his skull.
The police, surrounding the priest, fought
their way across the street and up the steps
of the church. The priest drew a revolver
from the folds of his gown, and keeping the
crowd at bay with it opened the church door.
The police were battling with the mob to keep
them from the priest when reserves arrived and
attacked the mob in the rear. The- priest en
tered the church and performed two masses
alone, sifter which he was escorted hn.k to his
residence by the pblie
AMERICANS IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Car Containing Mrs. Douglas Story and
Others Overturned Near Croisy.
Croisy, France, July 1" An automobll
taining Thomas Herbert, said to
lei . Mrs Barbara Creubh r Ddi
Story and Miss Bidley. all of .\ ■■■• Jfork
on the way from Paris to Germany, hand!
a chaufft ur, ran int.. a tree and
Th- in.H.i. ■ party w<
and the i ha
at u:»s a used I
a shai t> turn ii the n
Douglas Story was born In Edinburgh in ••-■ He
went to South Africa, becoming a Journalist and
war correspondent. He. waV wounded in the Mata
belt War. in li%, and was expelled by the Qo^r
government In 18: 1 In Soudan lie" was the only
civilian permitted io accompany thje Egyptian force
that cultured osman I>lzna. Last February he
filmed a document from the Emperor of Corea. in
which thai Utter invited th«s great powers to exert
» pro:ectorate over Corea tut aye years witn id
•**>.l io Xurelgu affairs.
AEMI TO JOIX PEOPLE.
GUARDS EXTER LEAGUE.
Great Soldiers' Union to Uphold
•Constitutional Rule.
St. Petersburg, July 15. — At a meeting held
to-d,ny at Gatchina, thirty miles from St. Peters
burgr, attended hy three of the Guard regiments,
an off!- --or addressed the men on the subject of
th=> soldiers' union which Is beinsr organized.
He pointed out that the lms;ue was democratic
and was b»ins organized for th« purpose of
guarding the constitution and established con
stitutional institutions, and to prepare the army
t.i come over to the people when they were
ready and armed for resistance.
Th" soldiers received th« speech with much
applause, and showed eagerness to Join the
union, which is already very strong in Southern
am! Southwestern Russia. Siberia, the Caucasus
an.! Turkestan. To-day's meeting was the first
step toward organization in this locality.
A MURDER AT PETER HOF.
Genera! Kozloff Reported Shot and
Killed in the Park.
London, July 16. A dispatefl N> a news agency
rioia St. Petersburg says that General Kosloff.
of the Headquarters staff, was murdered in the
park at Peterhof on Saturday. His assailant
used a revolver. The three shots fired were all
effective. The murderer was ;< well dressed man.
He h;is been arrested, but not Identified. The
regarded as mysterious, as General Koz
loff was noi connected with any political agita
tion.
The murderer, who Is believed to he a social
revolutionist, carried a photograph, at which he
gazed attentively before firing, :<s if comparing
it with General Kozloff. Ii was a photograph
.if General Trepoff.
R( SSI AX HOI \SES I KITE.
Assassin of Chuknin Confesses -Dis
orders in lite South.
g t Petersburg, July 15.— The Council of the
Emolre'a acceptance withoul amendment on
Saturday ol parliament's bill appropriating
$7,500,000 for famine relief came us a surprise,
but has occasioned t!i«- greatest Jubilation in the
camp of the lower hoes.-, as it is regarded as a
vote of lack of confidence in the Goremykin
Ministry on the par! of the upper chamber.
While many In the Council of the Empire really
favored the adoption of the Cabinet's recom
mendations, they recognized that it would be a
fatal mistake for the Council to antagonise the
lower house In the present crisis. Moreover,
those on the Inside who were aware that the
negotiations between the government and the
Constitutional Democrats were entering the final
stage naturally were influenced by the coming
changes.
According to to-night's reports, all the ques
tions of principle Involved in a change of the
Ministry have been resolved, .and now it is
merely a matter <>f personalities. The Emperor
is Ftiil objecting to certain names pr< posed l>y
the Constitutional Democrats.
Admiral Skrydlofl probably will succeed the.
late Vice-Admiral chuknin, commander of the
Black Sea fleet.
The agrarian commission of the lower house.
In deference to the firm protest of the Group
of Toll, has rejected the proposal of M. Kut
liarevski, of Saratoff, to embody in the agrarian
bill a provision exempting from expropriation
land and stock companies and lands, like vine
yards, fruit orchards, etc.. under special culti
vation.
A dispatch from Sebastopol to-day says that
a former sailor named Shetenko was arrested
and confessed th • rer of Vice-
Admiral Chuki
The sailors at Cronstadt to-day declined to
attend ;i requiem for Vice-Admiral Chuknin.
The strike In the naphtha industry Is spread
ing. The employers have rejected most of the
demands of the workmen. The manager Of the
works at Bibiebat was murdered to-day.
The representative of a sugar factory at Nico
iaieiT. while coins to a bank on Saturday, was
waylaid and robbed of $13.01)0. U:ie of the rob
bers was captured :iiul the soldiers shot another
Tha remainder of the band escaped.
The report that Russia contemplates' a new
loan abroad is semi-oflklally denied. The de
nial adds thai Russia will ply only to the
home market for funds for tho relief or the dis
tressed peculation.
GREAT NOVGOROD FIRE.
Three Thousand Families Homeless
— Fighting in Poland.
Nizr.i Novgorod, July 13.— A fire which broke
out here to-day raged for six hours before it was
checkea. When It was extinguished -1~, house
had been destroyed and more than 3.000 ■mills*
Continued oa tecoad ya£*>
AMERICA AGAIN PEACEMAKER
Guatemala and Salvador Accept Tender of the Gocd
Offices of the United States.
ENGAGEMENTS FOUGHT IN TWO STATES
Cabrera's Troops Reported to Have Lost 2,000 Men in Action in Salvador —
Nicaragua Neutral.
Washington. July 15.— Both Guatemala an 1
Salvador have siccented the tender of the good
offices of this government, looking to ;i settle
ment of their different ea. This information is
conveyed in official dispatches received at the
Department to-day from the Aw
diplomatic representatives in Guatemala and
Salvador announcing that il;-' two belligerent
countries have availed themselves of
of the ?oo,i offices of the United States looking
to their approaching each other in a conference.
having in view an adjustment of their difference*,
th« cessation of hostilities and the establishment
of peace.
The advices '„■• the State Department
said, make no reference to th« question of the
declaration of war. regarding which President
Bonilla of Honduras to-day announced that
Honduras had made no declaration of war and
that "Guatemala invaded territory without pre
vious declaration."
It is said that while both Guatemala and Sal
vador have accepted ln principle the proposal
for a peace conference, the question of arbitra
tion will be a subject for future consideration.
A fortnight ago there was a disposition on the
part of the belligerents to arbitrate. The ques
tion then was whether Guatemala had Injured
Salvador by harboring Insurgents on her terri
tory, or whether Salvador by doing the same
thing had injured Guatemala. The recent bat
tle, with the death of General Regalado. the for
mer President of Salvador and leader of the
Salvador troops, changed the situation. It is
pointed out that as no territorial or boundary
question is in dispute, the matter of indemnity
for invasion of territory would be a main ques
tion before the peace conference. So far no ad
vices have reached this government regarding
the battle which took place on Saturday night.
and in which, it is reported in Salvador advices
to-night, the Salvador army defeated the Guate
malan forces at Platanar.
The advices regarding the Central American
situation were forwarded to the President at
Oyster Bay by Mr. Bacon. Acting Secretary of
State, who Is In charge of affairs in the ab
sence of Secretary Root. Mr. Bacon made ar
rangements to leave Washington for Oyster Bay
on the midnight train to-night. It Is under
stood he is carrying dispatches and other papers
bearing on the situation to lay before the Presi
dent to-morrow. All that Mr. Bacon would say
regarding the situation was that everything was
going favorably.
The Navy Department had no advices from
Central America to-day in regard to the troubles
there.
The next step looking to peace negotiations is
the fixing of the time and place for a meeting of
• onferrees. and that while these matters are
being determined the American diplomatic rep
resentatives In Guatemala and Salvador will bt>
the mediums through which communications will
he exchanged. This procedure may consume
some time.
Washington officials are now hopeful of a
peaceful adjustment of the differences which
have brought the Cf-ntral American governments
to a clash.
The Guatemalan Minister. Mr. Munoz. an
nounced late to-night that he had no news to
communicate to the press.
The following dispatch has been received by
The Associated Press from President Bonilla of
Honduras:
Honduras has not declared war. Guatemala
invaded territory without previous declaration.
BONILI^A.
The Associated Press has received the follow
ing dispatch from Lrocadio Gramajo. private
secretary to Manuel Cabrera. President of Gua
temala:
It is possible that the efforts of President
Roosevelt to secure a peaceful settlement <>f the
difficulty between Guatemala and Salvador may
result successfully at any moment.
Salvador has again Invaded Guatemala from
the south, in the. vicinity of Jalpagua. and on
the northeastern frontier. She seems to be
preparing to invade between thest points on
the south Salvador has a large army, with ar
tillery. The Guatemalans have to-day given
tlum battle and will drive them from our ter
ritory The Invasion on the northeast comes
from the direction of Pinuelas. At this point
we have dislodged and routed the enemy and
have been pursuing them since yesterday A
Salvador army in the centre is at present being
recruited as if Intending invasion from that
quarter also. We will promptly drive them
back here, as elsewhere.
Thi 1 ; agßTesaton Is going on in spite of the
good offices for armistice and peace recently
Inaugurated by Pwaideni Roosevelt
The Guatemalan government accepted at once
the kindly Intervention of the President of the
United States and is now awaiting the answer
Of Salvador.
President Dtaa of Mexico also offr-rt-.l to me-
In this matter, in conjunction with the
nment, and his offer *\
San .- July 16. The 8 n army
•■
■•. Saturday night an-; obtained a victory
over them, the Guatemalans suffering a :
two thousand In killed, w lunded anl prisoners.
The Guatemalan army which invaded Hon
iran army.
Hon luraa Is n
Managua, Nicaragua. July 1.1. — In replj
•nt as to the truth or
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falsity of reports that Nicaragua has assisted
the in agair.s: Guatemala. The Associated
Press to-day received the following statement
from President Zelaya:
Nicaragua has been, is and will remain neutral.
ZKLAY.V.
Guatemala, with a strong army, has invaded
Honduras and Salvador, ami battles are being
fought in, both countries. Gua* — i*lan troops mrs
advancing In Honduras.
Pat:..
d Mr.
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speetlvelji F ln aB
endeavor t>. r*-estaU :uate
mala und Salvador. I h.-^-.i i,if.-»r:ne*
Mr Combs that he < t , enter into
negotiations for peace provided the United
States government would guarantee that further
hostilities against Guatemala would coase.
Mr. Bacon, A?»i«:tant Secretary of State, on
Saturday sent instructions by cable to Messrs.
Combs and Merry to renew their efforts to
establish a permanent peace between Guatemala
end Salvador.
The Associated Press Is informed that Presi
dent Bonilla of Honduras may be compelled by
President Ze'aya of Nicaragua and President
Escalon of Salvador, both of whom are said to
be enemies of President Cabrera of Guatemala,
to take sides with them. Dr. Fernando Sanchea.
former Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cab
inet of President Zelaya. and now in Panama,
says he believes Honduras was provoked by
President Cabrera, who, it Is reported, furnished
arms and financial aid to former President Juan
Angel Arias and General Rivas to start a revolu
tion In Honduras and Salvador, where th*>>- enjoy
great prestige. Dr. Sanchez adds that unless th«
reported death of General Tomas Regalado. com
mander of the Salvador army, be true. Guate
mala stands no chance of defeating the coalition.
Mexico City. July 15. — Advices from Salvador
yesterday report that Honduras has sent troops
Into Guatemala, thus giving the Insurgents
strong support. This action of Honduras has
been expected, and General Toledo is now count-
Ing on aid from Nicaragua. Confirmation has
been received here of the execution of Alfredo
1 Qulnones, a Mexican citizen, in Guatemala, an-i
it is reported this was done because Quirones
had publicly censured the Guatemalan govern
ment.
Emilio de I-eon. a » luatemalan diplomat who
offended President Cnbr»>ra. is still at the Mexi
can Legation in Guatemala City under the pro
tection of the Mexican flag. The Mexican s^xr
ernment is maintaining an attitude of neutrality,
end is closely watching the southern border to
keep it from being made a base of operations
against Guatemala. General Barillas is still in
this city.
Other advices say that the steamer Empire,
used by the Guatemalan revolutionists In fili
bustering expeditions, has been turned over to
th«» Salvador government, and will be used as •
gunboat In operations against Guatemala on the
west coast. The ver<el is now at Corinto. where
she has been under the Nic»raguan flag for three
weeks. The Empire will go at once to Salvador,
where she will be fitted with rapid fire gun?.
It Is now known that General Regalado lost
his life in a scouting expedition. He was In
command of his army when he resolved to ex
plore within the border of Guatemala. He
started out. accompanied only by an adjutant
and a small escort, when he came unexpectedly
upon a large body of Guatemalan regulars, who
overwhelmed his force. Regalado and his escort
sold their lives dearly, making an heroic fight
and killing many of their foes. No quarter
was asked.
This account conflicts with Ike iluate
official report, which represented that Regalado
was killed in a pitched l>attie. Th" battle that
really occurred on the same day was between
General Toledo's revolutionary army and Guate
malan regulars, whica ended in defeat for the
latter.
The Consul General of Mexico in Tegucigalpa,
capital of Honduras, reports officially that, in
spite of the strict neutrality hitherto maintained
by the Honduras government, the territory of
that country was invaded by Guatemalan troops
and a conflict occurred.
Honduras has more than r>»».t*>o militia, most
of them well armed, and will prove a valuable
ally to Salvador and the revolutionists. When
the Guatemalan troops crossed into Honduras
that country had some "J.tNui troops engaged in
guarding the frontier to preserve neutrality.
Honduras asserts it enn mobilize within two
wet-Its a powerful army. Both Honduras and
Salvador have long been on good terms.
It Is believed in Central America that the
United States will not attempt, except by moral
suasion, to bring about peace.
The Guatemalan revolutionists say they will
accept any President for that country who may
Jointly b»* agreed upon by President Plcz and
President Roosevelt. They say that this shows
that the;- are only fighting for the good of the
government, and that they will carry out the
terms of General Barillas'* proclamation assur
ing ample protection to American *** foreign
Interests in Guatemala.
The Mexican government la endeavoring 1*
good faith t-» protect Its southern border.
General P> irilas says he has the utmost con
fidence in the success of the revolution.
A i-rge number of leading Guatemalans are tn
prison. The country lacks laborers, and coffee
cannot be picked. No corn has been planted.
Salvador ha* received a large war loan, and Is
in" a position to make a !ong campaign.
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