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BsvERiy Mas July Is Pitt
man oG Cambridge Na~~ a brother ~
william Pitman. ia" Boston engineer
who has D--n ~ tr,ated by Presde1'
Madr,x ~ Nicaragua, protested TODAY
to Pr~.ideut Taft and asked that this
nation in'-rl..r- The President saw
Pittman only Tor minute aud the matter
Was placed IN the hands % Secretary
Norton
Mr. Norton Will communicate per
sonallv with the State Department.
According to Pttman, he saw Senator
Lodge also to-day a. Nahant and the
senator promised to speak TO the state
Department too Mr. Norton wouldn't
talk about what might be done hv this
Government
wAsBISuroS. July is The Runboat
vick-burg. which has b~en at Panama
for the last few DAYS for coal and supplies.
has left for Corinto. on the west coast of
Nicaragua She will remain NJ Curinto
indefinitely {" protect American and
other foreign interests The temper ~
the Madriz faction. which il in control ot
western Nicarag qua. according Co reports
to the state Depart ment. has become ugly
and the anti-foreiRn and especially anti
American sentiment IL intense.
Secretary Knox a. lso desires to have the
J g,Inhoat NJ Iorinto in order to- insure
! proper treat ment to William y Pittran
of Bost on. the American en- eineer who was
captured nv the MadriE forces whils en-
gagged in laying mines during the recent
4 battle az Rhehelds
In Siew ~ tho necessity for guarantee
ing Pittman proper treatment Secretary
Knox decided Ia have the vicksburg sent
back to CorintO at once. She will arrive
there within the newt few days The
anti American sentiment which has devel-
| opsd strongly during the Last few weeks
Was another reason which induced Mr..
Knox to send the vickshurg tn Corinto.
MOBILE. July Is - Clearance papers ~
the Norwegian rtsamship Utstein held ny
yesterday by local customs ofiicials be %
cAllse ~ the presence in her hold of muni-
tions ~ war destined for the Madriz fac
tion in Nicaragua. were ISSUED tn Cart
Olsen late last night on orders from Wash
ington Long before daylight this morn
gulf making for BhI~feldS. Nicaragua.
with lI3 cases ~ cartridges ON hoard.
the value Of which was given a. y as.
She had a. "a passenger ID Ahadi. who
- said To be a representative of the Mahriz
faction and who ~ to -uperintend the de-
now arises II the steamer - not really
CARRYING the ammunition 70 the r~prers-T- .
ta,iv.- ~ Manuel Bonilla in Honduras
for the purpose Of arIning rerofit'onists
in that country The manifest was
signed hy p Ahadie. the offcial repr-s-n.
tativ" of Manuel Bonilla ~ New Orleans
When an otficial was asked n he thought
the cargo would be carried To blu"fielts
he said u was possible that the vessel
might not leAve 10 there Ahadi- and \
naE en ON ImoafiAN
from New Orleans and their movements
4 were known to only - few. N - known
that Bonilla is trying tn Resume the PTeSi
dsncy Of Honduras and whether this ~
the country cannot b@ verified NJ this
time.
NEw ORLEANS. July rs The report
that the steamer UtStsin is hound for
Honduras With cargo Of ammunition
for q revolution TO 10 Inaugurated hy
Manuel Bonilla. the former President of
that country. IL entirely without founda-
ton. according IN a statement made nv
! Consul General Richard Suseman. repre-
sentative here Of the Estrada Government
IN Nicaragua Mr. SIssman declared on
Friday that the utstein was going To
Bluefields and that any cargo of ammuni-
iion which she carried was consigned to
the Estrada army
ITO thoe. who do not know the entire
situation in Central America. raid Mr.
SussmAn. many of the events which are
happening daily are almost incompre-
hensible The interests OF the Estrada
faction in Nicaragua and the bonilla
faction in Honduras are =" nearly parallel
that great numbers Of Honduranians arr
nov fighting IN the ranks Of Estrada =
armies and many others have lent their
fortunes tn the cause
For instance Gen nuron. who has
been 80 active IN the revolution OF late.
having bscn IN command OF the troops
who recaptured Pearl Lagoon. ~ a native
and citizen Of Honduras. There are many
others like him Abadl. who IN IN charRs
Of the cargo on the Jtst"in. - also a
HondIranIan, hut that does not prove
that the cargo ~ going Ia Bonllla