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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1914. PAGE 8. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. i Mm IH HP fi) L H u A ( ( -4 Leaving for Mexico Let us show you our WALL PAPE AND PAINT THE EXCLUSIVE STORE Frank Gobelmae Hotel Riley Block. ryfey njmr jua ssr Piattsmouth, Neb. 9 P P P P P P P P P Hands O'Shauffh- nessy His Papers. SIX SLAIN SECOND DAY Twelve Killed and Thirty Wounded Mark Corrplefe Investment. Ladies and Misses Sun Bonnets Made of Chambra, Percale and Gingham, all have the patent process stiffening head PrfifJirlfint WiklM RiVRSit fnSRfi- ? I !! I WWII w WW I IW www piece ana you win want one sharpshooters, posted at street cor ners and other points of vantage, picked off at will any man who ap peared to them acting suspiciously. Guns Go Back to Germany. Washington, April 23. Disposition o? the guns and ammunition in th cargo of the German vessel Ypiranga, which were held up at Vera Cruz when Admiral Fletcher took the port, wa arranged for at a conference between Secretary of State Bryan and Ambas sador von Dernsdorff of Germany. The captain of the vessel, being unable to secure clearance papers at Vera Cruz will return the cargo to its former owners in Germany, although the Hu erta government had paid in advance for the munitions. TELEPHONEORDER STARTED FIGHTING if you see them. Zuckweiler & Lutz "SNIPERS" SHOOT FROM ROOFS KIT IS GRANDPA AND GRANDMA DOUGLASS WHO ARE HAPPY The very pleasant information was i-c'iv.l this morning ly Judge and .Mrs. J. E. Douglas that Ihi'y wre grandparents to as tin and bright -eyed eiglit Pumd little daughter, which hal arrived at an rally hour this morning at the hnme of Mr. ami Mr. K. O. gteihm at Lincoln. It is unnecessary to say that t he new grandparents are very proud and happy over the new arrival and they are standing the dignity of the honor in great shape and rereiving ttie best wishes of their friends. Tlie mother of the little one was formerly Miss Marie Iionslass. and it is t In earnest wi-h of the friends of the little Miss that .-he may grow up to lie as handsome as her mother, and a- talented as her father, who is one of the prominent figure-; in the athletic world of the we-t, being roach of the Ne braska stale university. The mother and little daughter are reported as telling' along nicely Guns of Prairie and Chester Aid in Silencing Fire. retary Daniels at 4 A. M. Washington, April 23. The story of how President Wilson ordered the customs house at Vera Cruz to be seized was revealed. The president had gone to bed Monday night, after having read his message to congress. The senate was debating the joint res olution to approve the use of the army Leaves for Pacific Coast. This afternoon Henry (J. Soen nichsen departed on a short trip to the Pacific coast, in which he will visit the principal cities and places of interest in that section of (he country. He will to to San Francisco and thence to lierkley, California, where his up tti3 railway for a considerable dis tanct?. Orders General Movement. Rear Admiral Fletcher at S:30 a. m. ordered a general movement for the and navy, and the president had deter occupation of all the town. A column mined to withhold action until the res of bluejackets advanced and passed olution passed, although feeling that the incompleted market place and in an emergpney the executive had naval college. When they had reached ample authority to act. wasmngton, April 23. Nelson the walls of the college a terrific rifle At 4 o'clock Tuesday morning Secre- O'Shaughuessy, the American charge Are was pcurcd in all directions from tary Bryan received a cablegram from at .Mexico City, has been handed his the roofs and the windows. The blue- Consql Canada telling of the approach passports by General Iluerta, and is jackets were helpless to return the of a German vessel with a tremendous preparing to leave Mexico City. fire against the stone walls and scat- Huerta's handing of passports to &red. Charge O'Shaughnessy was regarded The Prairie, Chester and San Fran- as a most sensational development In cisco opened with their five and six- the situation and it was believed to inch guns and shattered the walls. iorecast a declaration of war on the part of Huerta. The giving of pass- sisler, Miss Mathilde, j attend- ports to a minister or charge d'affaires ing the university, and they will in most cases, though not invariably. then visit at Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, H. C, before re turning home. Change of Date. The date for the musicale to be given at the home pf Mr. and Mrs. K. 11. Weseolt by Fontanel Ic Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, has been changed from Thursdav evening to Fri- lay. The chancre in date should be borne in mind. A fine pro gram lias been arranged and liht refreshments will be served. Xo admission will be charged, but a silver ofl'erinpr will be received. I'he public is cordially invited. has preceded a declaration of war. Charge O'Shaughnessy telegraphed the state department, under date of Wednesday night, as follows: 'Having been given my passports, I am leaving tomorrow night or Friday morning. mr ML-- - -I I Bh - KcvkP foSfefw55 Mfcl I Fetzer's Shoe Store Vera Cruz. April 23. Twelve Amer icans have been killed and fifty wound ed in the occupation of Vera Cruz. Eight men were killed and thirty wounded in the second day's fighting in the Mexican city. Hear Admiral 1-rank F. Fletcher has taken up his headquarters at the Terminal hotel. The entire city is strongly patrolled and quiet prevails. Roar Admiral Fletcher is in command of the land operations, while Rear Ad miral Badger, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet, has brought his flag into the harbor on the Minnesota. After the general advance began Mexican "snipers" on the roofs put up a stubborn resistance. There was one brisk action, the guns of the Prairie and Chester assisting in silencing a heavy lire from the naval college, shells from the Prairie finally shatter, ing the wa!ls. Mexican Loss Thought Heavy. The Mexican loss is not known, but is thought to be heavy. The paymaster of the British cruiser Essex, Albert W. Klmber, was wound ed on board his ship by a "sniper" ashor. The British bluejackets crowded to the bows and vociferously cheered the American marines as they proceeded inshore for the landing. The flags on the Essex and Fortress San Juan de Ulua were lowered at half-mafet when the dead were carried to the boats. Rear Admiral Badger has not decided whether to proceed to Tampico, and it is believed his de parture will be delayed. An indication of this is found in the fact that his flagship has entered the harbor. Major Smedley D. Butler, with ma rines from the Prairie, made a sortie The bluejackets reformed and ad vanced against the fire, which had di minished greatly. By 10 o'clock there was only desul tory firing from the inshore side of the tower. Battalions of bluejackets had cargo of ammunition for Huerta. Lo coniotives and cars were in readiness to rush the arms to Mexico City. Mr Bryan telephoned Secretary Tumulty, who decided to awaken the president He telephoned the White House. The servants were timid, but Mr. Tumulty insisted. Finally the president came to the telephone and while Secretary Tumulty was explaining the situation, Secretary Daniels called up and was made their way along the water front put on the same line. He, too, had a to the southern end of the town and cleared several streets, but the shoot- Ing from house tops continued at in tervals. Six-Inch Shells. The scout cruiser Chester pounded buildings on the outskirts with six- inch shells, firing over the heads of dispatch about the ammunition. Rear Admiral Fletcher had sent a wireless that 15,000,000 rounds of am munition and 230 machine guns would be landed from the German vessel by noon that day. The president listened in silence. "What shall we do?" asked Secre- the men ashore and showing almost tary Daniels. perfect marksmanship. "Tell Fletcher to seize the customs The general movement from all the house." replied the president, without positions taken previously began in hesitation. the direction of the main plaza. The "Good night," said the secretary. marines, under Lieutenant Colonel The telephone conference ended and Wendell C. Neville, moved to the In n fpw minutes messaees were on southward along parallel streets to wards the center of the city, while ma--Incs, commanded by Lieutenant Com manaer Buchanan ot the Florida and Lieutenant Commander Arthur B. Keating of the Arkansas, were ordered from their positions east of the center towards the plaza. The two forces swung forward with a rush for a distance of three blocks. The machine gun and rifle fire was supplemented by shell fire from the smaller guns of the Prairie and Ches ter. The fchips' guns supported the movement of clearing the roofs to the south and east, occasionally dropping a shell a few hundred yards in ad vance. Drag Light Field Pieces. Buchanan's men, under direct com mand of Lieutenant Guy W. Castle, moved forward to a position one block directly east of the plaza. Other de tachments occupied positions to the north and west. . Both marines and bluejackets dragged light field pieces, but there was little work for them. There was no organized resistance, but from the very? beginning of the ad vance a smart fire came from the de fenders on the house tops, which In variably drew a merciless fire from the advancing parties. The machine guns sounded their tap, tap inall quarters and American the way to Rear Admiral Fletcher. He received the message at 10 a. m. and an hour later marines had taken pos session of the enstoras house. The ammunition will go back to its "ship pers in Germany. Wotherspoon Is Chief of Staff. Washington. April 23. Major Gen eral William W. Wotherspoon assumed his duties as chief of staff of the army, succeeding Major General Leonard Wood. General Wood has been select ed to be commander in chief of the prmy in the event that it is sent into Mexico. He has arranged to leave for. Texas City if necessary to take per sonal command of the military opera tions in that quarter. We have just received a car load of Mammoth Pearl LATE SEED AND TABLE POTATOES GO Per Bushel (U n uUliU THE DAYLIGHT STORE Federals Are Leaving Border Towns, Laredo, Tex., April 23. Federals in Nuevo Laredo began entraining and it is believed they are about to evacuate the town. All federal forces have been ordered by General Maas to concentrate at Sal tillo "to repel the American invasion." When the people of Piedras Negras learned that American marines had oc cupied Vera Cruz a dozen recruiting offices were opened and arms issued to volunteer companies as fast as or ganized. More than 1,200 volunteers, it was said, enlisted. Charges Huerta Planned Trouble. Washington, April 23. That Gen ral Huerta deliberately planned the arrest of American bluejackets at Tampico and other offenses against the United States, with a view to bringing on armed intervention and uniting all the Mexican factions be hind him, was the substance of a letter received by a high government official from an authoritative source in Mexicc City. Americans in Danger. Tampico, Mex., April 23. Grave fears are felt here for the safety of hundreds of Americans, including many women and children, in the oil camps at Topilla and ether river points and interior camps. All these Amer leans are said to be unarmed and de fenseless against attacks of either fed erals or insurgents. Many oil com panies are directing their employee? to return to Tampico. Bodies Will Be Brought Home. Washington, April 23. The navy de partment is arranging to bring to the United States the bodies of sailors oi marines killed at Vera Cruz, and eithei forward them to relatives or rnak final interment in a national cemetery as the families desire. All expenses of transportation of the dead will b borne by th Unit?. State. R. L. PBOPST HAS LIVED IN CASS COUNTY FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS Japanese Remain Strictly Neutral. Tokyo. April 23. Japanese govern ment officials declared that the atti tude of the Japanese government in the Mexican situation was naturally one of strict neutrality. It was point ed out that the Japanese warship Idaumo was now at Guaymas, on the Pacific coast, and could arrange for the embarkation of Japanese residents in Mexico should such a step become necessary. Evening Journal, 10c per week, per week. More Battleships Leave. Washington. April 23. Secretary Daniels announced that the battleships Georgia. Virginia and Nebraska had been ordered to leave Boston for Vera Cruz tonight and the cruiser West Vir ginia, now at San Francisco, and four torpedo boats at San Diego, to join Rear Admiral Howard at Mazatlan, on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Dyspepsia is America's curse. To restore digestion, normal weight, good health and purify the blood, use Burdock Illood Hitters. Sold at all drug stores. Price, $1.00. While R. L. Propst was in the city yesterday, in conversation with a Journal representative, he stated he was celebrating this month the forty-fifth anniversary of his coming to Nebraska, he having arrived here from Daven port, Iowa, in April, 1806, and that since that time he had re sided near this city, with the ex ception of a short time spent in the southern part of the state, and he felt that he had made no mistake in locating here when he did. Of the residents of the city when he first came here, a boy of 15, he can recall only A. V. White, Henry Hoeck and J. W. Johnson, who were then among the leading men of the com munity. Mr. Propst was married in mis city in renruary, 18H, and this gives the city a kindly spot in his heart, as around it his . home has been built. Mr. Propst stated, to show the change that time brings, that thirty-eight years ago he and Judge M. Arch er had spent much time in travel ing through the county looking after the threshing on the farms, and there was hardly a home in the county, or at least in this section, that they did not visit during their trips around with the thresher. Children's Diseases Very Prevalent. Whooping cough is about everywhere. Measles and scarlet fever almost as bad. Use Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for in flamed throats and coughing. Mrs. I. C. Hostler, Grand Island, Neb., says: "My three children had severe attacks of whooping cough, and a very few doses of Foley's Honey and Tar gave great relief." For sale by all druggists. i i Residence for Sale. The Mrs. McVicker residence property on North Sixth street is offered for sale. For particulars call on Mrs. J. E. Leesley. sun IB) All Through the Fan Gut F mm artomeimll: Store Owing to the rainy weather last Saturday, many of our patrons lost the opportunity of securing the numerous bargains offered in our Millinery Department, so we have for this week arranged a new line of Ladies' Trimmed Hats and Sailors that we are offering at T2)c S(D H.-H.. (or 1 (QfO This is the season of the year that you will always find many bargains in this store, and this season we believe we are offering you greater values than ever before. You will find sweeping reductions through the entire store. Piattsmouth Neb. v. V. ZUCKER Manager EOT E