The Green Forest tribune., 1911-03-17
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all officials, high and low, about the joint "maneuvers" of the army and navy along the Mexican border and 1n the Gulf of Mexico has been put aside. First of all, the government feared the formation of an insurTec- tjon government in Lower California. With the formation of such a govern ment the United States would be com Pelled to keep continual watch on the whole southern frontier Secondly, it was feared that American property in Mexico. valued at hundreds of mil lions. might be swept away. and it Nas desired to protect, as we'll the in terests of foreigners who, keeping in mind the Monroe doctrine, might look naturally to the United States for such protection.
 Paymaster's Clerk Lee of the battle ship Georgia. fl ship of the Fourth division of the A lantic fleet. is want ed for the theft if more than $530G0 from the Georsias safe, which was robbed two weeks ago at Guantanamo.
 David Jayne Hill, American ambds- sador 10 Germany, has been ordered 10 Washington to discuss matters bending between the two govern ments
 Great Britain will build five addi- uonal battleships of the Dreadnaught fype during the coming year. They are provided for in the naval esti- mates made public.
 Almost every official in the depart ment of the interior who sided with Secretary Ballinger in the congress siCual investigation of the conserFa- tiC.I controversy probably will have re- tired, it is said, shortly after Walter !. Fisher the new secretary assumes office
 Eight thousand miners and shelter men employed by the Guggenheim in- terests and concerns closely allied with them in Mexico will be thrown out of employment April l if the Mex ican government does not modify its order prohibiting the importation and transportation of dynamite.
 The body of Herman Labo, the four year-old son of Joseph Labo, the wealthy Joliet CIlla florist. was found in a cesspooI near a greenhouse at The Iabo home by 3 party of search CTS. Whether the boy had accidentally fallen into the pool or had been killed and thrown into the place could no' be determined
 An increase approXjmatins h ner
 z F4 e IF Gremen trainmon and conductors at Ihe Wabash railroad in settlement of the wage controversy effected.
 The most extensive movement of troops and war vessels .eEer executed in this country in time of peace is now under way by order of The prastaan., as communicated of the army and navy. The objective is the coun- fry north of the Mexican b3unua ' an} the waters of the two natlens at either end of ii. Twenty thousand soldiers. more fhan oue-fourth o. che aIay Ot the United States, of ali arms of the service, are moving toward the border. Four armored crUjse"s. comprising the fifth division af the Atlantic fleet have been ordered from northern waters to the naval station at Guantanamo, Cuba. and most of the Pacific fleet is, or shortly will be, on it's way to assemble at San Pedro and San Diego, Cal Two thousand marines are preparing to make the Guantanamo station their temporary headquarters
 There will be no appeal from the de cision of the interstate commerce com mission denying the railroads the right to increase their rates. The eastern r,ilruads yielded and at a meeting decided to cancel the proposed ad- vance 3n or before March 5. The western railroads have submitted.
 With Democratic leaders Of the next house in conference on program Inc Impeachment of Secretary Of the Interior Ballinger as one of the biz features of the extra session looms SIS a strong possibility.
 Official announcement was made that Charles D. Hilles, assistant seere- tary of the treasury, is 10 succeed Charles D. Norton as secretary to the president on April 1
 Making a continuous flight from La redo. Texas, to Eagle Pass along the Mexican boundary, big army biplane covered 116 miles in two hours and seven minutes, establishing two new records.
 A strike of 10000 coal miners Of Ohio and western Pennsylvania prob ably will be called by the United Mine Workers of America, according to Sec retary George Savage of Ohic district No C.
 England will join hands with Ger many in war against American Mor- mons.
 j. E. Walker, mayor of Pineville, La, was shot and killed by William McManus, following trouble over a case in court.
 Br Rudolfo Espinoso, well known throughout Central America, and A other men were sentenced to t,
 by authority of the Estrada govern ment in Nicaragua for alleged com plicity in a plot against the admins trat;op rThov uarp convicted at 2