The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-30
REAR ADMIRAL TAKES HOLD OF MUDDLED SITUATION ON THE
 NIcARAeuAN COAST.
SENDS FOR MORE MARINES
Will Have Force of 5000 and Says Americans Will Be Protected in the Disturbed DistrIct--Ma-
 rnes Are Fired On.

Washington, Aug 29.--Rear Admiral w. II. S. Southerland, commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, is now in supreme command of the situation at Nicaragua. He arrived there yester- day aboard the California and re- mained while that vessel proceeded direct to Panama to embark the ma rines from the transport Prairie. Ad- miral Southerland has deployed the forces along the railway line between Corinto and Managua. He reported to the navy department that he intends to keep railway communication open between the capital and the seaport. The general tone of his two telegrams to the navy department, received late today and timed at Corinto at pm. yesterday and l o'clock this morning, respectively, is that@4he situation is less alarming.
 He said that the situation neeessi- tates a force of marines at Leon and other intermediate places along the railway line. They will aggregate about 5000 bluejackets and marines under Commander Terhune. Admiral Southerland has shifted his flag to the gunboat Annapolis.
 If, upon the return of the Califor- mia, he deems such a course neces. sary, Admiral Southerland says in his first dispatch that he will send 50 marines immediately to Managua. He has ordered the Denver to San Juan Bel Sur to keep open wireless com minication, as all of the land fines are interrupted When the California returns with the endorsements o 750 marines, he says that American lives and property will be entirely safe The last dispatch was very brief and merely stated that railway and tetlegraphic communication was still cut because of injury to tracks and poles.
 Admiral Southerland has ordered the collier Justin to Mare Island for coal The collier Prometheus and the supply ship Glacier are due in about five days
 Re-opening by the American ma rines, even in a temporary way, of rail and telegraphic communication between Managua and the ports of Corinto, was followed by the receipt of a number of cablegrams in the state and navy departments from that hotbed of trouble. Most of these re- late to events that have already been briefly touched upon in the irregular advices of the last week or two. One described how Captain Terhune, of the gunboat Annapolis, persuaded the in. surgents to keep out of Corinto by confronting them with two six-pound cannon mounted at the end of a bridge which connects Corinto with the main. land. The national officer finding no artillery Tn the town, took two of the guns of the secondary battery fror.' the Annapolis and gave them the mo ,bility necessary for land operations by mounting them on flat cars. He perched them on the Corinto side oi the bridge and then cut the bridge which, he said. made it impossible for the rebels to enter
 Captain Terhune has also confirm ed the reports that he had to use threats to clear the railroad for the 100 marines that he sent back to Ma nagua last Monday.
 Business interests in the city o Mobile have joined with those of New Orleans, in commenting the state de partment for it's efforts to protec American lives in Latin n-America.