Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1914 — Page 3

During the bloody conflict in Colorado between the striking miners on one- side and the mine guards and state troops on the other, the strikers have been well equipped with arms. Some of them are here shown at the depot In Ludlow, each man carrying a gun.

WHEN THEY SHELLED VERA CRUZ

Bluejackets oh an 'American warship ramming into a three-inch rapidlire rifle one of the missiles which was hurled at Vera Cruz when the shelling of the city was made necessary by the persistence of the Mexican/ ’•snipers.” J , \

MARINES MOVING GUNS INTO VERA CRUZ

Marines from the American fleet are here seen drawing guns and caissons through the streets of Vera Cruz. The building In the background is a hotel, '."r" ' ' ...

COLORADO MILITIA GOING TO FIGHT STRIKERS

A detachment of the Colorado National guard riding Into the strike zone on the tops of freight cars, ready to fight the striking miners. The mliltla proved unequal to the tadk of restoring order.

Hollanders Reclaiming Land.

Hollanders boast that “God 'made the world, but the Dutch made Holland.” Land reclamation, a task that has been prosecuted steadily for centuries with such indefatigable energy, is still going on as actively as ever in Holland. From twenty thousand to

ARMED STRIKING MINERS AT LUDLOW, COLORADO

twenty-five thousand acres of land are reclaimed every year. It Is said, however, that more than two hundred and fifty thousand acres of the best soil Is still under water, not including the great area under the Zuyder Zee, the reclamation of which is a perennial topic of discussion.

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MARINES PITCHING CAMP AT VERA CRUZ

Marines from the American fleet photographed as they were preparing to pitch their camp ashore in Vera Cruz.

NAVAL AVIATORS SCOUT AROUND VERA CRUZ

* Down at Vera Cruz the aviators of the navy have been giving the first demonstration of their value in connection with military operations. Lieut. P. N. L. Bellinger and his aids have made*flights over the city and the surrounding country, with the especial object of ascertaining whether the bridges of the railway to Mexico City are still intact

COLORADO MINE GUARD AT BAY

This photograph shows one of the mine guards In the Colorado strike zone firing at the strikers from behind the debris of a burned mine camp. Many of these guards were killed In the battips. II- , •' £

A Suspicion.

"You know,” said the weary-looking man, “that our next-door neighbors have a parrot, a self-playing piano and several children who sing and recite!" “What of Itr . ( “I was wondering whether it wasn’t possible for this pitiless publicity idea to be overdone."

JACKIES PATROLING MAIN STREET OF VERA CRUZ

A corporal’s guard of American bluejackets patrollng the Avenue de Independencia, the main street of Vera Crux They are taking a Mexican prisoner to the guard house established near the railway yards.

Take Heed of the Present.

Thoreau was a- philosopher whose one alm was high truth, and who was Impatient of littleness. He said once: “You can't kill time without Injuring eternity " and the truth of the epigram Is as great as its wit. The living present demands everyone’s best, add to fritter it away ta fatal.

TAKING THE STARS AND STRIPES ASHORE

Scene at the Vera Cruz docks as the jacklee and marines from the battleship Florida scampered ashore, bearing the American flag.

FIRING AT THE VERA CRUZ SNIPERS

Some of the first detachment of Jackies who landed at .Vera Cruz found a natural breastwork In the shape of a huge boiler. From behind this shelter the boys were busily engaged in picking off the Mexican “snipers” perched' on rooftops and hidden behind roof chimneys taking pot shots at the men of our navy as they landed. '

MEXICAN CROWDS FOLLOW OUR MARINES

As is to be seen in the photograph, the American marines aroused great interest among the people of Vera Cruz, and crowds followed them as they made their way to the posts assigned them.

New York.

-New York la the most wonderful city In the western hemisphere. It has the tallest office buildings in the world; it has the greatest bridges on the North American continent; it has more hotels than any other city In the world; Its stock exchange is the greatest in existence; it is the world’s greatest seaport; it has the most magnificent railway stations in America; it is the greatest banking cen-

ter In the country; more popular songs are published in New York than in all other cities combined; it has mor* Pittsburgh millionaires than Pitta* burgh; it has a larger Irish population than Dublin; a larger Jewish papula* tion than Jerusalem had tn Its moat glorious days, and/ according to JUrtl* mates made by our most able estlma* tors, ft has a larger number tire New Yorkers than cago Rncord-Herald.