The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-12
YACHTING IS NOT YET OVER Salvador Will Take the
 Field.
 BEGIN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN May Be Joined by Forces of Guatemala. x. Hondurans Win Be Joined By Twenty Theusahd Men From Sister state.
 Beat on Breaking zeiaya,s

r Mobile. Ala. April 11--AccordinE to a letter received by The Register sto- | night, via the steamer Hiram. from | Puerto Cortez. the Nicaraguan-Hondur- l an-Salvadorean war is not yet at an | end The Registers correspondent at Puerto Cortez did not have full fnfor- | nation at the time of the departures of l the Hiram, on the evening of April [ | but he states that the last telegram | from the President of Salvador was to | the effect that he was sending zO,00o | men against Nicaragua to renew the combat.
 Up to the receipt of this telegram l residents of Puerto Cortez believed that | the war was practically at an end. The revolutionary leader who entered the | port with Estrado. said that they had a I message from Zelaya dated on the 6th | that they were attacking Amapala, and that they expected to capture that town on the 9th. President Bonilia Is sup | pala, and with its fall was expected the | capture of the President.
 The correspondent further advises | that the cables were taken In charge bv the comma nder of the United Stntcs gunboat Marietta and that on Sunday all cablegrams of any nature had been refused. It was further stated that 1T
 there Is any fighting now in progress | 1t Is between Salvador and Nicaraguan forces.
 Advices received via the steamer
 Mercator from Puerto Cortez which lert that port early Sunday morning were to the effect that Puerto Cortez ana La Ceiba had been surrendered To tne
 Nicaraguans on April without Fes'ss fance but that Commander Fullam of inc Marietta had prevented General
 Estrado from bombarding Puerto Cor tez by a very pointed order.
 Estrado Changes Mind.
 If seems that General Estrado when attemptinS the capture of TrHxillo had 1 claimed that the war was not an in- | ternational one but according to the
 report sfrem Puerto Ce.tez wnen veh. haf had a change of mind. The re- mort stated that General Estrada im- | fnediafeiy notified the donduran au- ! thorities in control of the port that unless they should surrender within q couple of hours that he would proceed to bombard. In the meantime Com
 mander Fullam began to exercise his authority in the matter and notified | General Estrado that he could not be- gin the bombardment as indicated since the war was not an international one.
 The order to General Estrado in this TeKarQ WAS 0 very po AtO0 caAcp ~ OS- ing stated that should the Nicaraguan forces fire upon the building in Puerto Cortez which is guarded by United
 States bluejackets. that the Hotchkiss guns on the Marietta aud those placed in the town would be immediately turned upon the NicarSguan fleet. This notification from Commander Fullam had the desired effect and no shots
 were fired. {
 The correspondent states that the
 fighting along the railroad had caused change of government officials, how
 ever. an understanding has been had
 with Commissioner Fullam that the
 trains are to be kept running into the interior. Four steamers were in the
 harber awaiting landing. Many of the
 former soldiers had left the Honduran
 army and returned to work, conse- Quently labor was plentiful to secure
 ready loading. The correspondent says
 that General Lee Christmas, the Ameri-
 can soldier who has been at the head
 of a portion of the Honduran army, is
 badly wounded and Is prisoner at
 Tegucigalpa.
 The story of the butchering of Gen.
 eral Christmas by Nicaraguans was not
 credited at Puerto Cortez. It was
 stated that the fighting had been go-
 ing on for three days at Amalpa and
 that Zelaya expected success on9S Sum
 uay, the tune or WEltlHS.
 Passengers arrived on the vessels
 from Puerto Cortez yesterday stated
 that when they left that port that con- ditions were very quiet, how ever, there was apprehension that an attack would
 be made by the combined Honduran and Salvador armies to retake the
 town. These passengers stated that this was no more than rumor since all communication with the interior points has been cut of.
 Among these passengers was W. T. Kennedy of New Orleans and J. A. Muench, the two young Americans who had been in charge of the guns of the Honduran boat Ia Tumbla, both en- listed in the Honduran cause. but when was thought to be from the ap- proach of their enemy they declined to accompany the Ia Tutnbla and under the cloak of darkness escaped from that vessel in a boat and boarded the Mercator. MT. Kennedy saw service In the Spanish American war and is former lieutenant of the Louisiana fiield artillery. Muench was former ly chief yeoman of the U. S. battle ship Texas. Of the surrender of Cor tez they said:
 "The surrender of Ceiba and the in- tended invasion of Puerto Cortez by the Nicaraguan forces under General Estrada and Emanuel Bonilla was brought to Cortez by the Marietta. ar irving last Tuesday morning. Col. Don Frederick, upon being notified of the coming of the Nicaraguans imme- diately made preparations to resist His troops, however, began to revolt in large numbers upon learning that they were to do battle with the Nica- raguans Considerable excitement pre- vailed and fearing revolution more than the approach of the invading army he disarmed the troops and discharged them. Preparations were then made to evacuate. At a conference between General Odenaz and American Consul Greely, Port Cortez was left in 'he American ConsuIs charge.
 colonel Odenaz and his officers and others then boarded the steamer Mer- nator and put out for Port Barrios, Guatemala.
 General Estrada ordered every yes sel in port searched His orders were carried out but when 1t came to take charge of Cortez he was prevented by the Americans, Not shot was fired.
 we were In a position to know the