Show I I I I I i I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I VICE CO TO IET fiET INFORMATION Washington No Nov on the part of Ute the UnIted States Slates In iii takIng action wilh rc respect p et to the killing b border by order of President Zelaya of Nicara Nicaragua gua ua of two Americans Groce and Can Cannon Cannon non It today tOllay Is occasioned by the tho inability of the to fix the exact status In Nicaragua of the slain men It was explained that every effort was wag being made to determine whether these men were In Iii fat fact of l the Ic revolutionary ar army or whether the they were wre acting on their own on when they thoy were captured l lIt if It can be proven as a seems doubtful that thal tho they were rall really responsible for forI placing mInes to blow up troopshIps of the Nicaraguan government and were wera acting In thIs matter On their own responsibility their status would bo different from irom what whal It Would bo be were the they acting ns as a part of the revo reo revolutionary forces force It is thIs principal the tho department Is trying to clear up before it takes any aggressive e agaInst Zelaya Seeking Information The American at Mann gun has been Instructed to obtain all possible Information Un Until this Is re rc It Is doubtful If the United States will take an any sLops looking to the chastisement of oC Zola a be beyond ond putting pulling itself In a position to act promptly should occasIon requIre It Is believed t that nt plans for the tho con of warships and marines on th the Nicaraguan coast colSt will continue and possibly tIlls show how or of force will stimulate energies of oC the revolution revolutionIsts and result in large accessions to their army from froni disaffected lIar lions of the tho country now how held b by Ze Zelaya laya Navy Department Ready The Tho na nary it wm was an today Is ready for any mb growing out of oC the tho Nicara Nicaraguan guan affair Overtime work worl has resulted In put putting ting the he troopship Prairie now at the tho ml navy yards in a condi lion to sail an any after Thurs Thursday j I day with lOa 10 marines who ho are Im I mcd lately available for transportation to Nicaragua ii H necessary this num i her can be increased within a few fe hours notice to or Although Ute the naval dIsclaim nn any knowledge of what the stale do de department Is doing In a diplomatic wa waIn way In iii connection with l the Io Nicaraguan situation It is known that they art are hourI hourly in expectation of receiving or orders ders to direct the Prairie to bali awl they would not nol be In the least sur prIel If other othor warships were expect ed to the coast Everywhere In the state and nay navy departments there is a feeling of ex expectancy believing that tho United States Is about to take a de decided step with respect to Nicaragua Memphis NO Nov Leroy Can Cannon Cannon non gained the lasting enmity of Pres PreB President ident Zelaya of Nicaragua by his par In tile tho war between Nicara and Salvador In 1904 was nas the of a statement made marle loda today by J I 1 Mather of this city Mr rr Mather met mel Cannon In 1904 in iner er he hc had fled to Mexico having been exiled h by Nicaragua and Honduras and later spent some time lime In Puerto Cortez Cortex Honduras after Cannon had returned there In an effort to recover his estates which had been catell catellI Cannon was one of the best known ilion in ii Central AmerIca said sald Mr Ir Mather r He owned large estates In iii InI I Nicaragua and but was wasI exiled from both countries after the i war ai with Salvador In 1904 1104 lie He charged with having aided Salvador He was In command of a large mill millI lan tary district in iii lIte he war and In that wn was gained tIme the lasting asling enmity of I President Zela a aI aI New York No Nov battleship Missouri came Into info port toda today from fromI Newport R 1 The Tho fact that the big warship In response to a rush order ordel gave ae rise riMe to reports that the tho move moc was as in connection with the Nicaraguan situation However It was stated slated at the New Yo York 11 navy yard ard toda today that the tho MissourI so far fars faras as s was as known was merely droppIng In hero boro on her wa way to the battleship at Hampton Roads where a fleet leet is under orders to assemble December 1 In iii the course of the usual winter naval practice |