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Neb. Historical Society ***»*“>^» The Frontier. VOLUME XXXIV. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY APRIL 23 1914. NUMBER 45 t rw g You Know it is Safe j wIil'ii you put ii in our safety dposit voults. 1 Every precaution taken that is known to modern science. You can withdraw your val uables at any time. A drawer costs you g $2.00, a locker or strong box $1.00. Come in if and inspect them today. I THIS BANK CARRIES NO INDEBTEDNESS OF OFFICERS | OR STOCKHOLDERS. | | O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK 1 ONEILL, NEBRASKA § Capital and Surplus, $80,000.00 ij M. Dowling, Pres. S. J. Wiikkes, Cashier 1 O. O. Snyder, Vice-Pres. C. P. Hancock, Asst. Cash, J| VERA CRUZ TAKEN 4 MARINES KILLED Washington, April 22.—The American forces are in complete con trol of Vera Cruz. No non-com batants were injured in the fighting here. This word was received in a dispatch from Consul Canada this afternoon. Four American marines were killed and 21 wounded in the fighting last night. The Mexican losses were over 150. The White House gave out the fol lowing statement: “Dispatches received from Counsul Canada at Vera Cruz at 1:10 p. m. announced that the American forces are now in complete possession of the city; jthat apparently no fatalities among American and foreign non combatants, and that firing has ceased, except for occasional picket shots.” The American forces commenced an advance to take the entire city of Vera Cruz at 8 o’clock under guns of the war vessels, according to a report from Consul Canada, received at the state department at 10 o’clock this morning. Reinforcements composing 2,700 men from Rear Admiral Badger’s fleet were landed today at Vera Cruz under the guns of the American warships to aid in taking the entire city of Vera Cruz, according to official advices to the navy department. Landing parties from the American fleet under Rear Admiral Badger were greeted with quite a general fireing from snipers, when the boats ap proached the shore at 4:30 o’clock this morning. The Mexican sharpshooters occupied roofs of houses in the central part of the city and were able to fire down on the American marines and blue *••■1 • u ni i ij i in I i i i ill 1111 (11 i i i in 111 i i i • M ill i i ■ 111 11 ■ 111111111 i'i ijj i i'i'i M'i:i'iii.i 11 • 11111111 mil i i'mu Z 9 m • : 1 . * i 1 : 1 : Be up and doing' With a heart for any fate.—Longfellow. | 5 1 Z - Dreaming about it will Z 9 never bring success. .Your ambitions “come true” quicker when : you have money to help you. .Start a bank account today. .No ; matter how small the opening deposit it will be one step nearer i : your “castle in the air.” Do it now. S Z 9 _ 9 _ - z _ [NEBRASKA STATE BANK K : JAMES F. O’DONNELL, Casuiku 5 PER CENr INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS E £3f”The depositors of this bank are protected by the deposi I: tors’ guarantee fund of the state of Nebraska. : S. S. Welpton. President. O. F. Biglin, Vice President j 5.1.1 • • • • • • ■ i i i i'i.tiig.i II nkM ■ I'l i riii i • 11 ■ I i t •!•• • I I • • M ill i I'l i'i • i'g| ■ I I i • i.ni'i'lii.M I'l.u MI>|.|i|'|i*MiM<lMftii|| jackets as they neared the land from the vessels lying off shore. Warships Shell City. A dispatch from Consul Canada, which was filed at Vera Cruz early today and was given out at 11 a. m., says: “Firing commenced at daybreak. Ships now shelling southern part of city. Large force landed from Ad miral Badger’s fleet before daylight. Copies of proclamation issued by Rear Admiral Fletcher requesting at once the co-operation of the mayor and municipal authorities in restoring order have been distributed, but have been unable as yet to get in com muincation with these officials. Major Butler’s force of marines from Tam pico are now ashore. Expect the city will be quiet later in the morning. Estimates of Mexicans killed and wounded up to late last night ap proxamately 150. Battleships here are Florida, Utah, Arkansas, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey South Carolina, transport Prairie and collier1 Orion. Transport Hancock with marines reported due. American forces advanced at 8 a. m., under guns of war vessels, to take city.” A later message was received aV 11:45. It said: Have sent messengers to all hotel keepers to reopen their establishments, which will be given full protection. Customs house and warehouse on fire, but now extinguished. Now informed that American troops have been or dered to advance to take possession pf the city. Informed also that first two sections of the train carrying American refugees from Mexico City arrived before the fighting commenced yesterday. Third section on its way, but not heard from. Major Cattlin, with a force of 300 marines, just landed to assist Captain Neville, says total number of forces landed 3,000. Our forces now well in center of the city. I now believe fighting will be stopped within less than an hour.” uemanaea surrender. Rear Admiral Fletcher, in command of the United States warships, pre* faced his occupation of the port by a demand, through the American consul, W. W. Canada, for its surrender. Gen. Maas promptly declined to accede to this demand, and shortly afterwards 10 whaleboats were sent off from the side of the transport Prarie loaded with marines. These boats effected a landing in the neighborhood of the custom house before noon, and a few minutes later Capt. William R. Kush, of the battleship Florida, who was in command of the operations ashore, brought his flag in. In Rear Admiral Fletcher’s procla mation to the people of Vera Cruz, he called on them in the interests of hu manity, to co-operate with him in re storing order. He said they could carry on their municipal government, as before, and that the United States merely would head the customs house and patrol the city. Wlison Still Hopeful. Despite the most recent develop ments it was stated at the White house Wednesday that while the situation is very grave the president still hopes that a general war can be prevented. He is almost alone in this view. Officials who are fully cognizant with the situation insist that all Mexico must be conquered. They ex pect that Huerta himself will declare war within a few hours. If he does, it is expected that he will also per sonally appeal to the powers for help against the United States, thereby parallelling the action of Spain in 1898. In fact reports are already in pos session of the state department which indicate that Huerta has already ap pealed to Japan and Germany. While it is not believed that there will be any foreign interfereance (in fact it is stated by no less authority than the president and Secretary Bryan themselves that there will be none) no chances are being taken. Bryan has personally kept the repre sentatives of every government here informed of what is going on. In addition, our ambassadors abroad have been directed to explain to each government that there is no plan of territorial aggradizement contem plated. Officially the capital is still without any of the details of the stirring events at Vera Cruz other than the meager reports of Fletcher and Badger. Every one is singing Fletcher’s praise. He has met em ergency after emergency with credit to himself and the flag. Thrown on his own initiative yesterday when con gress failed to give the president the general authority needed and realiz ing that the arms and ammunition from the German steamer Ypiranga must never reach Huerta, Fletcher never hesitated. The consulate in Vera Cruz had signalled him that two switch engines with steam up were waiting on the siding with orders to load this am munition and rush it to the capital the moment the Ypiranga docked. With the liner in sight Fletcher was forced to act. He could not detain a merchantman of a friendly power. So the landing was ordered and today the Ypiranaga is lying anchored near the flagship Florida with the arms and ammunition still in its hold. Extraordinary precautions have been taken by the United States for the protection of Mexicans here. In structions have been sent to officials wherever there are Mexicans colonies, especially in the west, that the utmost care must be taken to preven assaults. Here in Washington the Mexican em bassy is guarded by police although no fears are felt that there will be any assault on Charge Algara or his subordinates, as they are all very popular in the city. 'Details Of Assault First Made On City. Four Americans were killed and twenty wounded in the fighting Tues day, but the Mexican causalties are still uncertain. More than a score of peons were found dead in the streets but as much of the fighting by the Mexicans was done from house tops and from windows, and the marines picked off many of these sharpshoot ers, it is impossible to make a definite estimate of the number killed. Much of the firing on the American forces came from civilians as well as the regular troops. The resident sec tion of Vera Cruz was quiet last night, however. Lights were out and doors barred and few ventured upon the streets. lhe heaviest firing upon the ma rines and blue jackets, who were com manded by Captain Rush, from the battleship Florida and Lieutenant Colonel Neville of the American ma rines, came from the naval cadets in their school building near the water front. When the cadets opened fire the Prairie shelled their position. The old fort and building occupied by the cadets was badly damaged, but it is not known whether there were any causalities at that point. Desultory firing was kept up until 6 last night. The marines and blue jackets swept the streets and the ncosda of buildings with rifle fire and drove back the Mexicans who replied intermittently. Admiral Fletcher transmitted through Consular Canada his warning that the town would be bombarded today if further resistance was shown. Fletcher gave just two hours’ no tice of his intention of landing forces yesterday. In fact only the consuls and the city officials knew of the im pending attack. The inhabitants were ignorant of the meaning of the activ ity of American ships observed in the harbor and flocked toward the water front. Demanded Surrender. When Canada received word from the fleet commander that a landing was contemplated he called General Maas on the telephone and in the name of the naval commander de manded the surrender of the city. Maas replied that this was impossi ble. He asked time for a parley. Can ada said he had no authority to grant this, and the first detachment of ma rines then landed at the Porfrio Diaz pier, now known as “Terminal com pany pier No. 5.” They took posses sion of a switch engine there. A squad then took possession of the power house. The cable office was next seized. The government censor was made a temporary prisoner along with the operators. The telegraph of fice, postoffice and custom houses were next occupied. While the Americans were taking possession of the city, the German ship Upiranga was outside the har bor with the great consignment of guns and ammunition for General Huerta. The captain refused to sur render his cargo to Rear Admiral Fletcher, but the latter did not press the seizure. The seizure of the various offices near the water front was completed between 11:30 and 12. Upwards of 1,000 marines and bluejackets had been landed by that time from the Prairie, Florida and Utah and no ef fort had been made by the Mexicans to resist. It was 12:25 when the federal gar rison, numbering about 800 men, came sauntering down the principal streets from the barrocks to the main plaza. There they divided up into groups, making for the street corners and pri vate residences. They took possession of windows in the residences, clam bering up on the roofs and placed themselves at various points of vant age. Precisely at 12:45 the first shots were exchanged. Rifles and machine guns were brought ?tnto play- A con f There Are 1 ! two sides to almost every story. The right | and the wrong. But j here is one with the right side only. Hir sh-W ick wire i Clothes never go wrons. If you con sider selecting your spring outfit a hard proposition this is the place to come. We j will make it a pleas ure for you. Try us. | Harty Bros, ft Mullen | stant fire was kept up until 4:16. The Americans swept the streets with their machine guns and began picking off the Mexicans from the roofs. By 4:30 no Mexican soldier was in sight, but as many civilians were still popping away from house tops and street corners, the marines and blue jackets returned the fire. Lieutenant Murray and Captain Harle, from the Florida, had com mand of the marines about the con sulate. Captain F'ryer, of the Prairie, directed the men stationed three or four blocks away. It was not believed that the fed erals would have made any resist ance after the first fighting had the Americans advanced straight to the center of the city, but Captain Russ said he did not want to run the risk of exposing his men to pot shots of houses and shooting from windows. One detachment of federals hid themselves in the tower of an old light house building two blocks from the consulate. When Ensign Cresep, commanding a detachment of marines with a three-inch field piece, noticed the shots from this direction, he im mediately ordered the field gun into position. This gun was stationed directly in front of the consulate which had been struck by several shots. The men of the Florida jumped to their task of driving out the sharp shooters in the tower. Just five Shots were fired at it, and down came the tower. Every shot was a hit. It was 5 o’clock when the blue jack ets entered the federal barracks and found them deserted. By his time wounded men were being carried back to the consulate. Skimming Loses Tenth of Cream. From IQ to 25 per cent of the cream is left in the milk after skimming, says the dairy department of the Ne braska College of Agriculture. At the prevailing price of cream, butter fat makes pretty expensive hog feed. A separator removes practically all the cream from the milk. 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