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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER VIEW OF THE HARBOR OF VERA CRUZ I WATERS NAVAL STRENGTH IN MEXICAN Something to be I Proud of Washington. Never before in the sistory oi the nation has the Strength it the navj been ahowa as it is in Nextoeo waters today. A greater per entage of fighting machines were as .em bled about Cuba in the war with Spain, but the navy of 1808 had not :he fighting strength of the navy of today either la number of vessels, in tonnage or in Run caliber. The war strength which the t'nitid States now has or will have in Mi'.: fan waters within a few days with which to compel compliance with the J' munds of this government may be kummarized as follows: On East Const 1 s Battle .in Transport 4 . Mine depot ship Cruisers 1 2 . Fuel ship Gunboati 1.". Ih fll'lrli It, Hospital ship Marine transpt 1 Tender . On West Coast 1 Armored er'sers 3 Tender 2 Supply ship ... 1 Cruisers l 5 Fuel ship Destroyers 1 tiunboat Men Available for Landing Purposes. On East Coast. 2,500 Ra Hon 6,000 Marines On West Coast. 750 Marines .... 000 Sailors 1 . 1 . 1 Additional marines have received orders to prepare for departure to Mexico. The number available are: On the east coast, 3,000; on the wi st coast, 1,000. This strength, If used for landing purposes, can be reinforced by troops, 10,000 of whom are along the border. Details of the Fleet. North Atlantic Fleet. Rear Admiral Charles .1. Hadger. commander-in-chief- . Displace- - No. of merit guns Name 37 Arkansas (flagship) 20,000 Second division- - -- Hear Admiral Clifford .1. Hoiibh, commander. Battleships 34 South Carolina 18,000 34 16,000 Michigan 46 Louisiana 16,000 46 New Hampshire it;. 0.10 46 16, mod Vermont 39 New Jersey 15,000 !8 Tacoma cruiser 3,200 8 Nashville (gunboat) 1,370 8 Hancock (marine transp.) 8,500 Fuel ships Vulcan 11,230 Jason 10,132 Orion 19,132 Nereus 19,000 Under Preparatory Orders. Third division- - Rear Admiral Frank K. Beatty, commander. Battleships 40 11.948 Rhode Island 40 14.94S Nebraska 40 14,948 Virginia 40 14,948 Georgia Torpedo flotilla ('apt. William S. Sims, commander. 10 Birmingham cruiser) ... 3.750 12 Dixie (tender 6,114 Third division Lieut. Destroyers Commander William L. Little-fielcommander. 3 742 Henley 3 742 Drayton May rant McCall 712 3 'S2 Fourth Division- - Lieut. Commander H H. Doyle, commander. 742 Spaulding 742 Ammen 742 Burrows Patterson Trippe 742 742 Fifth division- - Lieut. Commander N Jeffers, commanding. 3 S. 3 S 3 3 8 W. 2 742 742 742 742 742 Fanning Beale Jenkins Jarvts Jouett Now at Vera Cruz. I isplace- a 8 8 8 No. of meat. duns. Name Rear Admiral F. F. First division Fletcher, commander. 30 Florida 12 6,620 IVairie (transport) San Francisco mine depot 4.083 SJ ship) 19,360 Cyclops (fuel ship) Bolacs hospital ship) . , 5.7to Vessels at Tumplco: Fourth division- - Rear Admiral Mayo, c'jmmander Cattleships ...... Ilkl I Itah Connecticut Minnesota ' Tuis( rs 3d 16,000 4; 3.750 hestar ( 21,825 19.0M Dps Moines 1,100 1.488 Dolphin (gunhoatl Psclfic Fleet. Rear Admiral T. B. Howard. Commander in chief. Armored Cruisers Pittsburgh Maryland Torpedo Flotilla E. II. Ir'.B tender! 13,680 13,680 M 10 18 $ 4(1 40 r Lieut. Command) Dodd. commander. 0.100 First Division -- Lieut K M command! Tableware from the vorld'a greatest ailveraiiiitha. We bought with gtwd judgmeut. So can you. Metca r Destroyers Whipple Paul Jones 433 Perry Stewart 421 420 433 ma. 4.MJ Truxton Vessels at Acapulco: California (armored cruiser 'VlAJN ST SALT LAKE CITY, UTAff 13,680 At Mazatlan. 3.183 Raleigh (cruiser' At Gtiaymaa: New Orleans (cruiser)... 3.430 8,32" Glt)6ir 'supply ship) 6.600 Justin (fuel shipi At Topolobampo: 1,710 Yorktown (gunboat) Available in Case of Need. (On the Atlantic.) Battleships Texas 27.000 New York 27.000 20 009 North Dakota Delaware 20,000 Kansas 1 16,000 WILSON GIVE: HIS VIEWS Following is the official statement is '" ii) rm isimi miMaa iiiiin Mr nnrriritfry mimmum iaMS t'iSfrtMOfr toiinwtirmlMmmmmt-Hi- t sued as representing the views of President Wilson and the administraVera Cruz la the chief port of Mexico and the duties collected there have been relied upon by Huerta to pay tion on Mexico: much of his expenses of war and government. American and other foreign warships have been stationed there for "In discussions in official circles in many months Washington of the present Mexican situation the following points have STREET SCENE IN TAMPICO, MEXICO. been very much dwelt upon: "It has been painted out that, in considering the present somewhat delicate situation in Mexico, the unpleasant incident at Tampieo must not be thought of alone. For some time past the de facto government of Mex lco has seemed to think mere, apologies sufficient whan the rights of American citizens or the dignity of the government of the I'nited States were involved and .has apparently made no attempt at either reparation or the effective correction of the serious derelictions of its civil and military officers. Orderly Placed in Jail. "Immediately after the incident at Tampieo an orderly from one of the ships of the United States in the harbor of Vera Crus, who had been sent ashore to the post office for the ship's mail, and who was in uniform and who had the official mail bag on his back, was arrested and put Into Jail by the local auth irities. He was sub sequently released and a nominal punishment was Inflicted upon the officer who arrested him, but it was significant that an orderly from the fleet of the I'nited States was picked out from the many persons constantly going shore on various errands, from the various ships in the harbor, representing several nations. Official Dispatch Withheld. "Most serious of all, the officials Is charge of the telegraph office at Mexico City presumed to withhold an offThis Is one of the principal streets In Tampieo, and a crowd of the Inhabitants is gathered discussing the perils icial dispatch of the government of the of bombardment threatening the city. United States to its embassy at Mex ico City, until It should have been PALACE AND HARBOR, VERA CRUZ sent to the censor and his permission received to deliver it. and gave the dispatch Into the hands of the charge d'affaires of the I'nited States only upon his personal and emphatic demand, he having in the meantime learned through other channels that a dispatch had been sent him whtAh he had not 'jcelved. United States Singled Out. "It cannot but strike anyone who has watched the course of events In Mexico as significant that untoward incidents such SS these have not occurred in any ease where representatives of other governments were concerned, but only in dealings with rep resentatives of the I'nited States, and that there has been no occasion for other governments to call attention to such matters or to ask for apologies. "These repeated offenses against the rights and dignity of the United States, offenses not duplicated with regard to the repn tentatives of other governments, have necess'itih made the impression that the Mvcrninent of the I'nited Stales was singled out for manifestations of ill will and contempt " THE INSULT AT TAMPIC0 Friday morning. April In. a boat's crew of United States marines, In command of Assistant Paymaster Charles C. Copp. left the gunboat Did phlne for Tampieo to get a fresh sup ply of gasoline The I'nited States ring was flying from tin stern of the whalehont when it approached the landing In Tampieo For no assigned cause Assistant Payment) r Copp and bis men were placed under arrest as the stepped ashore Afti r the Americans had been de (.lined Several bours, Word Of their ar-1st was carried in Rear Admiral Mayo, who demanded ihel- - Immediate release The demand was complied w ith, but the only repartition made was a brief expression of regret for the alleged mistake thai which permitted placer mining being carried on In small ureas by very limited associations. In the most primitive manner For this heavy fees hsd affect in)? the worlds supply. Iron, k be paid 10 the goi el tune nt and as the fees were certain v, hue the prod graphite, silver and cbpper are Blo found hut its yet they have not net wns very much the reverse, the in been mSdi ntly exploited to Justify any ih'. try was not one which attracted SStiSNttl being formed as to their fu either capitalists or prospectors of tore Influence on the Wealth and pios gu.d repute. ( (iiiiitry. I of lot Under tueir own a young m.T er Judges hta swel iws. (he people were forbidden to on i' ruining operations, and the heart b his Utiouhdgc of hi uwu s.r tcr mOMSiOB that was made was e:,!) ThtS photograph gives an excellent Idea of the part of the city of Vera Cruz close to the old palaCS, In the center, UNCLE SAM'S SOLDIERS PATROLLING -i. .a Mining in Korea. Gold exists in Korea in Quantities to render Its mining profitable, but it has nit fiveti r.o promise of ever setisl-bl- .jr. i- - T- : T v .. ' . . a;- s" ,..1... op.: "Look here, if you're going to pat me on that beat I'm done with the. force." Pittsburgh Chronicle Why She Smiled. is a proprietor of a shop In the, city, a man of mst excitable temperament, who is forever scolding his clerks for their indifference in the matter of possible sales. One day, hearing a clerk say to a customer, "No, we have not had any for a long time," the proprietor, unable to countenance such an admis- There sion, began to work himself into the usual rage. Fixing a glassy eye oa the clerk, he said to the customer: "We have plenty in reserve, rua'ain; plenty downstairs." Whereupon the. customer looked dazed, and then to th: amazement of the proprietor burst into hysterical laughter and quit the shop. "What did she say to you?" demanded the proprietor of the clerk. "We haven't had any rain lately." Philadelphia Uedger.- He Did "It didn't rain." "No, hut he brought hack a much better umbrella than the one he took away." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Well Reasoned. teacher was asking if they could tell what part of the body was .he most ill used. On little boy snapped his fingers, Baying: "Yes, mum, I know." Teacher Well, Tommy, what is your answer? Tommy The eye. Teacher Why? Tommy Because it is under the lash all day and gets a good hiding at night. A school In His " Line. "You should have seen that carpenter member of our club at the last meeting when he opposed a certain resolution." "What did he do?" "He floored the speaker and tabled the resolution." Baltimore American. ('ailed mother's Always '"Cute." to the bedside of a baby boy, the doctor fond diag- nosed the ailment as acute rheumatism. The mother responded quickly: I "Acute rheumatism. might have known it. Everything he does or says is just as cute." Bad Debt. The I. W. W. brethren who insist that society owes them a living will be disappointed to learn that society has no rating either at llradstreet's or Dun's. Chemical Change. Cora Miss Fussanfeather's hair used to be black. I st e it has turned to a Bhestnut, How do you account for that? Clara I believe she has been us big the funny papers to do up her hair in. Statesmen. Setting Him Right. Yen have been tried by adversity, my friend. Prisoner loure wrong in the name, mister, it was Jmige Brown. j't ... wyK,a' - w An Evasive Reply. "Now, why are you crying?" "My husband Is so evasive," yelped the bride. Kvcry time I ask him how-hlikes my biscuits he tells me that have beautiful eyes" Louisville 1 &xai Courier-Journal- . "There's n-- ttred Well. brella." m ti m troops patrolling the Atm r HBrMexlCan bor li r In the neighborhood of Juarez. thinly tlong a veiy K ng line, from t a Oulf to the w stern dge of New Mexico. " Pretty In that part of Kansas where tboy need rain certain church congregations united to petition for it. "Didn't I see your husband going to church today?" one Kansas woman inquired of another. "Yes, he went to ask for rain .' "His faith must be pretty strong." "Yes, he wore his raincoat and took his over shoes and his oldest um- Jail Visitor ' ... harbor, and shows the THE BORDER am .... . ; No Beat for Him. Young Giles, eager to join the force, came to New York to pass the necessary medical examination. This he easily did, and the next day he was interviewed by a high official. "Well, my man." said the latter, "you look a promising sort of fellow. Where were you educated?" "Oh," said the recruit. "I was educated at a public school. " "Ah! And you have good general knowledge, hope?" "Oh, yes." "I wonder can you tell me, for example, how many miles u is from New York to Boston?" At this the recruit became nervcus-lagitated, and at length he blurted Tbo soldiers are soau Ouch. mountain thick, but a five miles through it." '(Jo cn." ". in e ycu can. Ml .IX t.." in BwlUwrlMd can set you They've got a tun |