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Show LIFT CffiSDHSHiP 01 DOHIIlTRIIlf News of Conflict at Macoris! Between Marines and Natives Given Out, WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. Revocation of the censorship order which was preventing prevent-ing transmission to the United States 01 news of events in the Dominican republic, where the American naval forces have enforced en-forced military rule to restore order, was announced at the navy department today. to-day. - WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. Captain J. A. Hughes and eight privates of the Thirty-first Thirty-first company and two privates of the Thirty-Eecond company of United States marines were wounded in the fieht or November 23 and 3"j at Macoris. Dominican Domini-can republic, between the American marines ma-rines and natives who resisted the Americans, Ameri-cans, afcordin? to advices to the navy department de-partment today from Captain Harry Knapp. commanding' the forces there, -i Eleven Dominicans were reported killed and six wounded. Captain Knapp reported the clash was caused by the resistance offered by Governor Perez of San Francisco Fran-cisco de Macoris when the Americans appeared for the purpose of establishing a military povernment. Perez, commanding a force of about 100, was driven from the city. Captain Knapp reported that no further fur-ther Information was available and that reports on December 3, the date of filing his dlsna tch, in-licatei that quiet pre- , vailed throughout the republic. . The following casualties among the j United States forces are reported: Captain J. A. Hushes, United States marine corps, gunshnt wound, left leg ; fractured, condition favorable; Private I Herman S. Clark. compound fracture J rierht elbow, condition favorable: Privates1 Luther G. Gaskins, William C. Yele, Robert Rob-ert H. Osborn, Robert C. McLennan. Arthur Ar-thur W. Anderson, Sumanter Summer and Otto E. Hagstrom, all of the Thirty-first Thirty-first company, less seriously wounded, condition favorable; Lloyd W. Nicholson, compound fracture right elbow, condition serious, and Ralph J. Emmel. slight wound, condition favorable, both of the Thirty-second company. |