The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-11-25
KILLED.
PAY WITH LIVES FOR PARTIclPA.
TloN IN NICARAGUA RE-
BELLION.
MARSHIPS SENT TO SCENE
Five Hundred sympathizers with Rev.
olution Are summarlly Shot by
Order Of Zelaya-Taft Cuts of In
tercourse with Envoy.

Washington, Nov. 19.-With two
Americans believed to have been
executed by order of President
,Zelaya, two American war vessels be-
ing rushed to Nicaragua and the new
Nicaraguan minister's presentation to
President Taft being held up in.
definitely, diplomatic tangle of great
breadth and of almost endless possi-
bilities has developed within a few
hours.
Indications points to complications
that may upset the peace of Central
and South America. Should present
reports receive full corroboration, the
United States government will deal
with this situation with an iron hand,
according to intimations from a high
source.
Unusual Gravity Exists.
Unusual gravity, aside from the
killing of Americans, rests in the at
titude of foreign governments. 1t
WILL of~course, not be conceded by
any official that ulterior motives OF
foreign power are back of the dis
turbance in Nicaragua but it is open
iy discussed The name of Germany
has often been mentioned.
Leonard Grace and Leroy Can.
non, Americans, captured while
in Nicaragua, have been sentenced
to death by President Zelaya's
orders, and it seems certain that the
sentence has been carried out. The
cruiser Nicksburg has been ordered to
CoIinto and the gunboat Des Moines
will proceed at once to Port Limon to
ob-erve events there and report the
situation by wireless telegraph. The
meeting between President Taft and
the new minister from Nicaragua, Isl.
dore Hazera, has been postponed in.
definitely.
News concerning the two Americans
reached the state department from
the consulate at Managua. 1t is said
that their capture was followed almost
Immediately by death sentence. The
consul appealed at once to President
Zelaya to commute the sentences and
the answer was II will see Upon a
second appeal Zelaya said: The SEN
tence is final"
No Doubt OF Execution.
A dispatch received at the state de.
partment Is to the effect that the men
undoubtedly have been executed. Upon
this information the secretary of state
asked the secretary of the navy to
order the Vicksburg to proceed in
all haste TO Corinto to protect Ameri.
cans and their interests. The Des
NCin"s was ordered to Port Limon
at top speed for the same purpose.
lA.-e vessels will be in constant COM
munication by wireless with the state
department
Executions of the Americans is be.
iieved TO have taken place at El Cos
til.o, near Greytown. The brutality of
the Nicaraguan government in order
ing the death without trial of these
men, who happened to be found with
the revolutionists, may lead this gov.
ernment to take drastic measures to
prevent a repetition of such an out.
rage, and President Zelaya will be
held TO strict accountability for his ac.
tion.
Five Hundred Are Executed.
Panama, Nov. 19.-Passengers arriv-
ing here from Nicaragua report that a
reign OF terror exists throughout the
part Of that country controlled by
President Zelaya. Government troops
are rounding up all persons suspected
of sympathy with the revolutionists
and executing them without trial.
More than 500 men susnectad ~
revolutionary sympathies are said to
have been summarily shot, and still
the bloody work continues.
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