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GIVEN 11 CURIE
BLANCHE ORDER
"Use Your Judg
ment" Is Broad
Order Sent To
Vera Cruz
WILSON NERVOUS ABOUT THE
, PENDING SHIPMENT OF
GERMAN EQUIPMENT.
BLOCKADE TO START
WITHIN 24 HOURS
Situation in Mextaa-3eccir.es Extre
mely Acute When Huerta Attempts
to Get Arms Into Country to Pro
tect Railroad to Mexico City from
Vera Cruz Blockade Given.
Washington, April 21. Senator
Shivley, chairman of the Senate for
eign relations committee confirmed
the United Press association dispatch
from Mexico City, that American
Troops had landed in Vera Cruz. He
said he had just been informed of the
fact, but refused to state the source
of his information. Shivley said no dif
ficulty was encountered in landing the
marines and the bluejackets. The
state department and the White
House denied that Shivley had been
given any information by them, con
cerning the doings of Admiral Fletch
er at Vera Cruz.
Washington, April 21 Senator
Shively announced to the senate that
American troops occupied Vera Cruz
without firing a shot. He said he
did not speak with entire positiveness
but that such was his information.
New York, April 21. A code dis
patch from Correspondent Wm. Shep-
pard at Mexico City to the JNew lorn
office of the United Press association
declared that the American troops had
taken possession of Vera Cruz today.
The message was received at three
p. m., and is the first direct message
from the scene of action today. Though
it is impossible for Shepperd to get
details past the censor of news in
Mexico City, it is assumed that
Fletcher acted on the instructions to
use'Ws good judgment which he re
ceived from Secretary Daniels.
" Washington, April 21. "Use your
own-judgment'1 is the substance of a
message sent to Admiral Fletcher, fol
lowing the previous instructions that
a shipment of two hundred Krupp ma
chine guns and two million rounds of
ammunition aboard a German steamer
must not reach Huertar
The President announced this af
ternoon that he did not wish to act
aggressively until he is authorized by
Congress. While the Senate held up
the resolution supporting the policy,
AN
Troops
Wilson Fumes With Impatience
While Senate Debates Resolution
Which House Passed Last Night
Washington, April 21 AU hope
that the resolution, approving1 the
president's Mexican policy, will pass
the senate tonight, has been aband
oned. The house agreed to adjourn
at six P. M. until ten tomorrow.
Washington, April 21 The senate
debate on the resolution empowering
the president to use armed forces
against Huerta, was opened today
War Bulletins
Popular News
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LA GRANDE PEOPLE ANXIOUS
TO KEEP CLOSE TAB.
TELEPHONES FREELY USED
Two Counties Show Much Interest in
War Developments.
Bulletins tersely setting out early , mendations if possible about a half
morning developments at Washington j dozen offers to lease the state land
and Mexico City relative to the pend- and water site at the Minam fish
ing war are popularly read in La hatchery a committee of three Union
Grande. AS soon as something tang0""' PeoPle and five Wallowa men
ible is received in La Grande direct are hldinE a session in Wallowa to
from the seat of action, it is summar- day- Before that committee v.
ized and bulletinized in various" places come the offers for leasing the proj'
in the citv and there the nuhlio. vats erty at the dam which is either to be
a brief but correct "tip." The United
Press through its exhaustive service,
keeps the Observer office in night.
and day touch with the very seat of
trouble. I
Union and Wallowa county towns
have employed the telephones freelv
since yesterday morning to gain from
the Observer as much as is' known
before the regular editions reach the
readers.
the President fumed with impatience. ,
The guns and ammunition ordered
from Germany for Huerta are for the
purpose of defending the city of Vera
Cruz and the Mexico City railroad. It
will be the object of the American
forces to gain control of these at
once. If this consignment of ammu-
nition and guns reaches Huerta it isis
certain they will be used against the ,
Americans. There is a rumor to the the Spencer bankruptcy for which he
effect that Admiral Fletcher had al- nas been trustee. Mr. Masterson says
ready captured the consignment of Elgin is in fine shape. Three new
guns and ammunition but there is no residences are under construction
confirmation of this in official circles. there. business is firm and good with
Ennlish Protect Americans. i general conditions pointing to a very
Vera Cruz, April 21. Acting under, safe summer in every way. He says
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' IN MINE WAR :
WOMEN AND CHILDREN AMONG
THE DEAD.
Colorado Miners and Militiamen Have
Bloody Encounters.
. Denver, April 21. Advices at noon
from John McLennan an official of
the union forces, stated that nine
were killed In a clash between strik
ers and militiamen at Ludlaw. Four
strikers, four children and one wo
man were killed, the message says.
McLennan said the strikers claimed
that eight miitiamen were slain but
this the authorities denied. Another
battle h s.tid to be imminent.
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
LA GrtANDE. OREGON.
Enter Vera Cruz
noon by Senator Lodge who defined
the powers of the president. The
house, at a midnight session, ' passed
the same resolution by an overwhelm
ing majority, but the senate is slow
in acting. President Wilson fumed
with impatience while the senate de
bated the subject this afternoon, the
bringing in of ammunition to Huerta
in the meantime, causinr the starmvl
and fuming in the white house.
CITIZENS TO ACT ON LEASING
OFFERS.
Minam Dam Dispute Aired at Wal
lowa Conference Today.
To reach agreements and recom-
blown out or supplied with a fish
mQQers 10 ,el Ilsn reacn upper
streams' I
" tfte committee f nds that the
offers for a lease are sufficient it
wl" recommend that the money thus
obtained be used for fish ladders.
Those., who attended from Union
county were: A. A. Wenzel and S. D.
-rowe of La Grande, fc. B. Morelock
or igm, and Deputy Game Warden
i I.effel of this city.
. ELGIN IS ALL RIGHT.
General Conditions Are First class,
Says Mr. Masterson.
J. A. Masterson, one of the prom-
ment citizens of the IMgin country,
in La Grande, before the Jno. S.
Hodgin bankruptcy court to settle
uiiicts eumra uie community.
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S KING DRAG COSTS.
You are entitled to ask what
will the King road drag cost
when operating. King says it
won't cost but very little if any
thing, and for that reason it
should commend itself to every
man woman and child in this
community. . You want smooth
highways over which you can
travel . easily and rapidly. . It
costs more to drive four horses
to a wagon than it does to drive
two. Four horses can get stuck
in the mud where two horses
would draw the same load over
the same road. Figure your
wear and tear on your equip
ment and you will become a good
roads apostle. . D. Ward King
will demonstrate on the 2nd of
May here in La Grande. '
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ARBITRATOR'S
MEETING TODAY
PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT
TUESDAY, April 21, 1914.
NEED OF THE
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HOURLY EXPECTED THAT OR
DERS WILL COME TO MOB
ILIZE TROOPS. '
FIFTH BRIGADE NOW
READY TO GO SOUTH
Although Navy Was Deemed Suffi
cient in White House Today, Every
Indication Points to Secret Move
ments to Have Army Ready Fifth
Brigade Will Sail for Tampico.
Houston, Texas, April 21 General
Funston was ordered to embark with
the fifth brigade immediately from
Galveston and sail for Tampico.
Washington, April 21 That the
army will be used in Mexico shortly,
is believed to be growing more cer
tain. It is insisted at the White
House that the navy and. marines
alone will be needed but Major Gen
erail Wpod remained in, Garrison's
office today.
Train Kept in Readiness.
During the entire day a train was
kept under steam and in readiness
to move at a moment's notice, should
it be deemed necessary to send men
and officers from here. Action of
the senate- in perfecting the militia
bill to take state militia into service
is also taken to mean that interven
tion by the army is not an impossi
bility but a probability. .
Debate Judge Home.
Jno. Hodgins returned this morning
from Pendleton where he acted as
one of the judges for the Astoria-Pendleton-
high school debate. The
subject for debate was "Is Free Trade
Best For the Country?" The verdict
of the judges was unanimous for
Pendleton which school held the af
firmative on the question. This could
hardly be otherwise for all of the
judges were of the Democratic faith.
Union Visitors Here.
A group of Union people headed by
Will Vogell were in town today trans
acting business matters.
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Joe Druzi an Italian was taken from
the Elgin branch train this morning a
few minutes before it was scheduled
to leave and taken in tow by Deputy
Sheriff Tom Williamson and placed
in the county jail on information
'phoned to this city last' night from
Portland. With him is a woman
whose name could not be learned, who
recently arrived from Portland and
who has been living with Druzi at
Vincent Camp. Druzi had been work
ing for the Palmer Lumber Company.
They are held on a charge of adult
ery and an officer of Multnomah
county is on the way to this city
to take them back to the metropolis
where they will bo given a prelim
ARM
GROWING
MOREAPPAREN
WOMAN
HAPPENS
Without
BADGER -DRIVES FLEET TO ITS
TOP SPEED SINCE YESTER
DAY MORNING. '
MEN DRILL AND FIRE
FOR PRACTICE ABOARD
Rifle Practice and Daily Drills Keep
Enthusiasm High on Board Atlan
tic Squadron Now Steaming to Tarn
pico Men and Officers Ready for
Any Emergency That May Develop.
Aboard the Arkansas, April 21.
(By Wireless) Admiral Badger said
today to a United Press correspond
ent that he expected the Arkansas,
leading the Atlantic squadron to reach
Tampico by 8 o'clock Wednesday
morning. Tift squadron has' been in
creasing its speed, hoping to reach
destination several hours earlier, than
anticipated. Speed . has been in
creased ever since Sunday night.
Drilling Continues on Ship. '
Drilling of marines and the crew,
and rifle practice, continues daily.
The men are in high glee, and offi
cers are in condition, to accompish
the greatest possible results.
WALLOWA MILL SAWING
Extended Shutdown Occasioned By
Installation of Boilers.
Wallowa, April 21, (Special)
Nibley Mimnaugh Lumber Co's.
saw mill will start sawing at once
after a lay-off of several months. The
long delay is due to the late arrival
of the new boilers which are .being
installed. .
Astoria Ship in Grief.
New Port, Ore., April 21. The gas
schooner Mirene of Astoria with 34
tons )f register, went on the beach
at the mouth of the Alsea river this
morning. There is no great damage
to her hull and as the surf isn't high
it is thought she may be saved.
inary hearing. The woman, likewise
of Italian blood is married in Port
land and came here on the solicita
tion of Druzi, it is said. The latter
gave as excuse to the local officers
that he had written for another wo
man in Portland and that the woman
who is here in the lock-up came in
stead of the one who was wanted.
Joe Limonis was the name by
which the prisoner registered last
night in a local hotel, after he had
come in to La Grande from the log
ging camps.
The woman's .name on authority
learned this afternoon is Maria Ab-ruzzes.
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NUMBER 267,
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LOOKING
GLASS REGION
COMPLETE EVACUATION WILL
BE REALIZED BY END OF
PRESENT WEEK.
PALMER CAMP RAILS
TORN UP AND MOVED OFF
Permanent Camp Established Sis
Miles Up Howard Creek Where New
Timber. Holdings Exist Postoff ice
to Remain at Palmer Jet., Where
Private Contractor Has a Crew. .
Within the present week George
Palmer logging camps on Looking
Glass,, near Palmer Junction, will ha'
a matter of history. Houses, barna,
equipment and men stationed at Camp
No. 1 the only remaining camp-on
the ' compiny TShds"&ere will be
transferred : to Howard Creek the
mouth of which is three 'miles' North
of Rondowa, by the end of a week,
and the company will then establish
its permanent camp at a-' point six
miles up the Howard Creek line, which
is just on the crest of the hill sloping
down to the Wallowa river. So com
plete is the evacuation from Looking
Gluss that even the steel rails which
led from the Joseph branch' to the
different camps avhich have, in the
six or seven years of operations in
that territory been beehives of in
dustry, will be torn up and removed.
Settlers who are now. moving in on
the logged-off land will have good
wagon roads to Palmer Junction, how
ever, and on May 9th a civil service
examination for a postmaster at Pai
mer Junction will be conducted to
create a permanent postmaster there.
He will serve homeseekers on the
logged-off lands ' and the Robinson
contracting crew which is cleaning
up some Palmer timber along the
banks of the Looking Glass proper
where the Palmer people did little or
no work they having operated farther
South. '
The moving to Howard Creek has
been a big task. For months the
work has been carried on from time
to time but this week the last semb
lance of a camp is moved. Stores,
equipment, and even houses have
been loaded on trains and moved to
Howard Creek, and then up the steep
hill, making all told something like
12 or 15 miles of a haul. The new
camp will be permanent but others
may . be established as the line is
pushed back into the big timber hold
ings.' A new postoff ice is also to be
established . there application being
now with the department.
GOOD ROADS DAY WINS.
Great Quantities of Gravel Hauled
School Children Help.
Wallowa, April 21, (Special) The
Good Roads day was a great success
and quite a number of people dis
played their interest in good roads by
turning out and working on the grad
ing of the Stanley Lane. About
twenty teams transferred the gravel
from the hill to the road. The work
was greatly helped by the assistance
of the school pupils.'
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