Show FIRE UPON U. U SI S. MARINES Train Bearing Red Cross Supplies Supplies Sup Sup- plies to Granada Halted at Masaya by Rebels J i Managua Nicaragua Sept 15 Sun Sun Sunday day an via da San Juan J del Sur Sept 19 delayed in Jn trans transmission For For For the last three days the Nicaraguan government force forces have been attacking Masaya th the southern he headquarters of ot tho the revolutionary revolutionary army about twenty miles from rom the capital The troops have ha succeeded In r reaching reaching- the outskirts of oC th the city forcing the rebels to retire to the fortress fortress fortress fort fort- ress on Barranca hilt hill Major Smedley D. D Butler commanding command command- ing a battalion of or American marines left Managua today to open the national Lake Nicaragua railroad to Granada on and aud to do this it was necessary to pa pass s through Masaya As the train ap approached approached ap- ap Masaya It was fired ired on by bythe bytho bytho tho the insurgents until It was backed out of ot range of or the rebels rebels' guns Major Maor Butler sent a note to the Insurgent In- In flur ent commander stating tating that his ob obJect object object ob- ob w was s to oP open ri the tho railroad and that he desired to do It peaceably The Th note added that If It no answer to the message was wan received by 4 o'clock In Inthe Inthe the afternoon tho the marines would ad ad- ad vance General tho the insurgent gent ent commander agreed to meet Major Butler and talk over the situation to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow morning The train bearing American marines is Js also carrying a a. quantity of ot Red RedCross RedCross Cross Cross' supplies for tor the relief of ot the people people peo pee pie of Granada who have been reduced to the last stages of ot starvation Advices received at Washington from Nicaragua on Monday Monda last said that American and marines had been called upon b by the American minister min mm- I ister ter at Managua Mr Weitzel to rescue rescue rescue res res- cue from famine tho the pupils of ot a collego col- col lego for girls at Granada who had been isolated for forty days The college college col cot lege is a French institution U i |