The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-01
OF FAMINE
IN LARGER CITIES
Provisions Very Scarce in
Managua; Paris Press Ex-
poets United States to Es-
tabliSh Protectorate.
IN ANAMA. Aug. 31.-Reliable In
~ formation from Nicaragua re-
ceived here today is to the effect

ceived here today is to the effect
that two American marines have
been killed there.
The eight hundred marines sent from
| Philadelphia on board the transport
Prairie for service in Nicaragua ar
| rived at Balboa from Colon this after
noon aud tonight are camping on the
| docks. They will transfer their equip
| meut to the cruiser California by tugs
aud lighters tomorrow. The California
| arrived today, but is remaining out
side the bay, as her captain, after
consultation with the port and canal
zone authorities, decided not TO dock
the vessel in the fear that she might
| touch bottom
| Tho Balboa docks resemble a large
military camp with the marines and
! their officers and the stacked arms of
| the men. There arc on the docks about
| twelve box cars. containing arms, am
munition and provisions and two pro-
| tected automatic guns are on a. flat
| car.
|
now on Nicarsguan soil wcrs landed
with view to opening communication
between the capital, Corinto, and pro-
| tectiug American lives and interests.
They also have been at work repairing
the railroad tracks. bridges and tele-
graph lines destroyed by the revolu~
tiopists.
AS far as has been reported official
ly, the American forces in the Central
American republic have had no further
trouble with the insurgents than to
warn them that excesse5 would not be
tolerated The nearest approach to a
brush occurred at Leon where Com
mander Terhune of the gupboat Anna
polls. who was taking a force of SOC
Americans to Managua from Corinto
had to threaten the hostile Liberals
that he would attack Leon if they at
tempted 10 bar the train carrying his
men from entering the town. The Lib
erals then made no further objection
and Commander Terhune entered and
passed through Leon and proceeded to
Managua.
Last Thursday rumor reached Pana-
ma that fifty marines bad been killed
in Nicara qua, but this turned out to be
untrue.
Will Open Communication.
By International News Service.
SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Aug. 81
F'iv hundred American marines have
left Corinto to re-estabhsh rail and
teIeeraphic communication with Man.
aqua All the stations along the line
Jackets Commander Warren J. Ter
: hume of the gunboat Annapolis is in
charge OF this work
Danger Of Famine.
By International News Service.
MANAGUA, Aug. 81, by Courier to
Corinto.--This city is in danger of fam
inc. as all communication with the out.
side world is cut off and food prices
are climbing higher every day. Al
, Granada and Masaya, cities which arc
in tho bands of the rebels, provisions
are very scarce Three engagemcnts
with the rebels near Granada resulted
in federal defeats
Expects Protectorate.
, PARIS, Aug. 31.-Tbe definite as
! sumption by the United States of full
/ control Of the affairs of Nicarauga il
anticipated by the Temps to be the out.
' come of the present American inter
vention in that country
Al After long review of the circum
stances leading up to the actual situa
"a zion, the newspaper continues
loo "Tbe United States today holds the
br,tle Central American republic in a
Q. We may expect soop To see the
back ted intervention transformd into a
running
n proveva at Colon.
n aud NMA. Aug. 3I,-LocaI newspaper,
his sal. published a report that former
ad been a Zelsya OF Nicaragua whose
10 shield TINT was overthrowp In 1909 b,
Inc ln' daltion headed by General Estra-
wpy to -1ri,,, -. r,.,. -