The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 27, 1913, Image 5
1DER0 BETRAYED
fAS PUT UNDER ARREST B)
MEN HE TRUSTED
KM HE HAD ADVANCED
Change of Government Appartly
Meets With Popular Approval
owds Joining the Streets Hhout5
"Vivas" for the Principals,
idoro (iliven to His Enemies.
e news from Mexico City shows
President Madero was betrayed
ten whom he had trusted and
^ced to high position and turn
Iio mo lenaer mercy or ills
enemies. Generals Huerta
iquet were in charge of the
army fighting the rebels in
ity when they betrayed Mai
the hands of Diaz, who was
and of the rebels, and the
who is responsible for the
scenes that have been enactexico
City during the. past
Iuerla and Blanquet* had asidero
of their loyalty up to
time they betrayed him ininds
of Diaz, the rebel leadiow
share with them the reity
for the government of
for his treachery. General
to Iluerta, who had been
ling the Madero forces
the rebellious troops under
Felix Diaz, kas been proprovisional
governor-genthe
republic, and General
,, who was Becond in cotnf
the Federal troope, but
aided with the overthrow
to, is provisional military
men were on the most inerm?
with Madero, and he
t them to crush the rebollinstead,
they betrayed their
The plot to overthrow Male
definite shape about noon
s arranged that Hlan^'rfet
lay a role in the peace plan "
y only to that of General
,o Huerta.
rce of 1,000 men belonging
uet's command was moved
Its position near the iBritish
and stationed near the nalace.
It was explained that
e was intehded to replace
*ve troops'^which had been
ny weeks and whose loyalty
o was unquestioned.
IBlanquet brought about
of Madero after ho had
ich to the crowd in which
, the time had come when
sr in tho oity must cease.
?ady detailed twenty men ^
3 the president's private
e palace and guard the
Colonel Hlverell was placand
of this squad,
ddent's first intimation
urn of affairs came when
Into the hall of the amwhere
ho saw federal '
nding with their rifles
One of the soldiers,
siastic, stepped forward 1
d his rifle into a line
resident's breast,
irust tho rifle aside and
oldier. In the struggle,
s discharged, the bullet '
lessly away. Tho strugreport
brought Madero's
tarda to his assistance, '
'fered ineffectual resisteoldiers.
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nclusion of the brief enof
the guards had been 1
x others wounded, among '
el Riverell, who died a 1
terward. The capture of '
a of the* cabinet wag ef>ut
resistance and there
e excellent reason to bo
Rome of tho cabinet mem- <
^^^^HEnvolved in the plot.
t^^^^HyMadero, brother of the 1
Iro -was arrested. He had 1
priced in many quarters
^^ I'st day of the fMadero ad<$iB
an surchV-poiitycian
charged with being
lor of the president. A
later General de Lago
Angeles, twj tea?al
. who were not in accord
Huerta's plan were ad- i
^^M^t of prisoners.
.1 .Madero, always of a ner^^^HRfion,
appeared like a wild
Minoment of his arrest. He
^^^FAly about "traitors," de
Utterly those who had
Mut his downfall. Later,
seemed tio regard the
^*V?hilosoDhically.
Isity had been aroused
tivity In the national
arrival there of Generti
Gustavo Madero, one
erq of the president.
ieople gathered around
e building.
al Huerta saw that the
being held back by a
i, he gave orders to let
The crowd poured
ride doors In a solid
the court yard was
rta then made a short
fathering, briefly outIts
of his action. He
irers that peace would
ishsd throughout the
VERY OLD MAN WAS SHOT
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MADKRO NOT ALLOWED TO
LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
His Wife, Who Was at the Station
Prepared to go to Vera Cruz When
Told the News, Weeps.
A dispatch frcm Mexico City sayj
Adolfo Basso, superintendent of the
national palace at Mexico City, was
executed at 3 o'clock Thursday morn
ing. Basso was an aged man but is
Bald to have faced the firing squad
bravely and laid bare his breast to
the riflemen. His last words were
"viva Mexico".
The fate of ex-president Madero is
still in the balance. Preparations
had been made at midnight for h's
departure with members of his family
into exile, but these were suddenly
halted by orders from General
Huerta.
Senora iMadero with her parts of
exiles, waited impatiently for more
than two hours at the station when
she was informed by ex-foreign minister
Lascurain that the ex-president
would be "prevented from joining
them on the journey".
Senora Madero, weeping bitterly,
left the station and returned to the
city. The fate of Madero is uncertain.
Huerta's order preventing the
departure of Madero gave rise to
many rumors and conjectures.
Felix Diaz denies responsibility for
the execution of Gustavo Madero
and Adolfo Basso. The official report
on the death of Madero says he
was shot while attempting to escape,
while being removed from one part
of the arsenal to another.
Jjan Azcona, private secretary to
Ex-president Madero, and Je?ue Ureta,
Madero's chief support in the
Chamber of Deputies, were added to
the list of prisoners. They had escaped
during the upheaval at the palace,
but were captured.
From closest estimates obtainable
the casualties during the fighting on
the streets shows about three thousand
killed and seven thousand
wounded. A great majority of the
dead were non-combatants and included
a large proportion of women
and children.
republic. The people had expected to
hear General Huerta announce the
victor of the government forces or
that Diaz had surrendered. Many
of them stood for a moment stupetied
by the statement which Huerta
made. Then they broke into a cheer
which reached the ears of Madero
in his temporary prison.
All this was done without agreement
and without the knowledge of
Felix Diaz. General Huerta played
the bold stroke of taking Diaz at
his word, given some days ago, when
he said he wan not fighting for
personal ambition, but merely for
the removal of Madero. News of
^llnerta's coup 'was sent to
through the American e cbas^y
It was v r> late at nigh ; berore Hie
I: "*as vc r^ late at night before the
final peace papers were signed by
both parties.
It did not take the public long
to realize what had occurred. Long
before the details of the formation of
the provisional government under
General Huerta had been completely
worked out, residents of the capital
had begun to give vent to their joy
and relief all over the city.
The shouts that were sent up were
not those of the partisans of a victorious
army, but of people whose
nerves had been worn to tatters by
enforced participation In a long and
desperate battle in the confined space
of a great city.
American residents congregated in
the district about the United States
embassy were Just as demonstrative
as the Latin-Anfericans. In diplomatic
circles where the tension also had
been great the solution which had
been found was greeted heartily.
Along San Francisco street and In
ether thoroughfares of the down
town district, extending as far as
the big open square in front of the
national palace, tens of thousands of
peoplo pushed their way .back and
forth waving banners which had been
improvisod out of the first material
at hand and on which were printed
the one word, "peace."
Shouts of "Hurrah for Huerta,"
"hurrah for Blanquet," "hurrah for
Diaz," "hurrah for Monragon,"
sounded everywhere throughout the
city. Diaz and Monragon were responsible
for all the tdouble through
which Mexico passed in the last two
weeks, and, yet, they, with the two
arch traitors who had betrayed Madero
were acclaimed heroes by the
fickle populuace.
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Pass Act Over Veto.
The house, by a vote of 98 to 6,
passed over the veto of the governor
the act to authorize the State Agricultural
and Mechanical society to
execute a mortgage on its property
to the city ofTJolumbla to secure cer? < *
Knnd?. The vetoed act, with the
l?iu
governor's message, was nt to the
house by the senate.
Child Burned to Death.
At Savannah Evelyn Smoke, fouryear-old
daughter of Mrs. Howena
Smoke, of that city, died Monday
night of burns sustained late Monday
afternoon. The child, left alone with
her brother, Alfred, aged 2, set Are
to her clothing with a match.
MADtRO IN PRISON
NEW MEXICAN CABINET WAS
SWORN IN OFFICE
DIAZ COCK OF THE WALK
Further Charges Are Made Against
the Dejxxsed President, Who May
Have to Explain Depleted Condition
of Government Treasury.?
Also Held Responsible for Death
of Col. lUveroll.
A dispatch from Mexico City says
that Francisco Madero will get out
of Mexico without having to face official
investigations for one thing or
another now appears improbable. He
already has been charged with responsibility
for the death of Col. Riveroll,
whom he is alleged to have
shot at the time of his arrest in the
palace.
A committee of Deputies now has
asked that Madero be forced to account
for moneys expended by the
Administration. This committee called
on President Huerta Thursday af'.ernoon
and urged that Madero be
held accountable for the depleted
condition of the treasury.
The last details of the organization
of Mexico's new government
were complete at 4 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, when members of President
Huerta's oilicial family took the
oath in the yellow room of the palace,
immediately above that occupied by
the deposed President and Vice-Preeident.
Although unable to witness the
scenes from their room, Madero and
Saurez could hear plaudits of the
crowds in the streets and in the big
square in front, and the bugle calls
of the united army. Significant of
the birth of the new administration
was the frank display of soldiers, and
the effect on the crowds was not lost.
It served as a reminder that even if
it was not a military dictatorship
that has been established, the pij*
ent administration was of mucl
sterner quality than that which had
just fallen.
Gen. Felix Diaz was among those
in the yellow room when the ministers
took the oath and heard pronounced
the formal time-honored
phrase: "If you keep this oath, the
country will reward you; if you don't,
It will call you to an accounting."
Gen. Diaz was present ostensibly in
no official capacity, but merely as a
private citizen, which he became
many months ago on resigning his
commission as a general in the regular
army.
Madero and Pino Saurez betrayed
in their faces the chagrin and humiliation
which they must have felt, according
to officers of the guard.
Neither deigned to ask questions as
to what was happening in the room
above, but the conversation of the
guards served to acquaint them with
the proceedings. A sneer showed on
the face of Madero, but the dejection
of the former Vice-President was
too great, apparently, to permit a
play of other emotions.
Federico Gonzales Garza, the former
Governor of the Federal district,
is the third prisoner occupying
the room. There is no partition.
Each man is furnished with a bed
and meals are brought periodically
and served jointly. iMadero has ceased
to refuse food and so far as personal
comfort is concerned he no
A M . - - A. J i.1 1. J!.. .
longer resists enorts in uiat direction.
Outside the room stands a
guard of soldiers, and although there
are no windows in the room, another
guard is constantly on duty within,
even during the sleeping hours.
No one has been allowed to talk
with the prisoners, although their
wives have been permitted to send
verbal mcsages. Madero has signified
nothing regarding his future
plans, even if premitted to leave the
country. Members of his family are
equally reticent, but by those most
intimate with them it is considered
not improbable that the entire family
will emigrate to South America if
the opportunity is afforded them.
Gustavo Madero, who was shot
Monday, remarked on one occasion
that South America had been considered
as a refuge just before it became
evident that the government
of Porflrio Diaz was weakening. The
Maderos about that time considered
that they were beaten and had made
all arrangements to buy property in
South America.
The treasury department is at
nresent closed, pending its formal de
livery to the new authorities by the
retiring minister of finance, Ernesto
Madero. All the othef officers of the
government are open for the conduct
of affairs as usual.
The arsenal has been formally nelivered
over to Gen. Blanquet, the
new commander of the post. The
Diaz forces were roundly cheered as
they marched out.
Francisco Coeio Robelo, who succeeds
in attracting to his banner of
revolt against Huerta possibly 100
rurales, is making little headway.
Gen. Francisco Romero was Wednesday
arrested for complicity In thla revolt
and Thursday Col. Arturo Valle,
of the rural guard, also was placed
under arrest on the same charge.
Gen. Dins came Into his own late
Thursday afternoon so far as mant,
testation of pepular approval was j
WITNESSED A BATTLE
HE TELLS OF FIGHTING IN MEXICAN
CAPITAL.
An Englishman on Way to Candada I
Describes Wounding of Two Americans
During Battle.
Herman O. Weiss, civil engineer of
New York and Washington, was
wounded during the fighting in 'Mexico
City last Tuesday week, according
to J. iB. Gibson of Vancouver, B.
C., who was among the refugees who
returned to the United States via
San Antonio, Tex. While in that city
tnll/ft/l Info t>n of in crlv of f ho hfltf lo
UU I ft i a uu iingiv/otiuoij v/?. vuv
in Mexico City. He said:
"Weiss, with Sydney Sutherland,
a newspaper reporter, D. E. Hammer
and an American whose name I did
not know, was viewing the battle
from the roof of a hotel when a fusilade
was llred in that direction and
Sutherland and Weiss were wounded
Weiss was standing with his foot 011
a coping and a bullet struck his leg
at the kneo and came out at the hip,
but without touching the bone.
At the time I left Mexico City
Thursday, Diaz was not only strongly
entrenched in the arsenal with the
Y. M. C. A. building," said Mr. Gibson,
"but had men stationed 011 all
tall buildings in the neighborhood
It was understood that about 3,000
rounds of cartridges were stored in
the arsenal with 60 cannon and a
number of machine guns. The accuracy
of his fire was remarkable.
He has some of the best artillerymen
in the Mexican army, and they are
well equipped with range finders.
"I saw a force of about 100 ruralee
charge a rebel position Tuesday,
and when Diaz turned his machine
guns and cannon on them,it was sickening.
A few may have escaped, but
the greater number was struck several
times. I was informed by a foreign
diplomat Tuesday that Madero's
loss was more than 1,000 killed and
wounded.
"Wednesday night a crowd looted
the salesroom of the Goodyear Rubber
company. While there is no police
protection, there is very little
disorder among the lower element."
Mr. Gibson said foreigners were
much concerned over reports that the
United States mitrht intervene. Such
a report, he says, was circulated by a
newspaper correspondent and caused
much feeling.
"I am a British subject, but all foreigners
who speak English are looked
upon as 'firingoes', and should an anti-American
outbreak have occurred
I would not have considered my life
worth a cent," said Gibson.
HIS KINSMEN TO THE RESCUE.
Hut Plan to Take Tom Henderson
From Lockup Fails.
Thomas Henderson, a young white
man, went on a spree in Landrum
Thursday night and terrorized the
town. Defying all comers to Interfere
with him, he smashed windows
and bombarded houses with rocks.
Reinforced by a dozen citizens, the
police undertook to arrest him. Several
shots were fired in the melee
which followed, but nobody was injured.
After he had been clubbed,
Henderson was carried, struggling
like a wildcat, to the guard house.
An hour or two thereafter Perry
Henderson, his father, and other relatives,
armed themselves and vowed
they were going to rescue Tom. The
citizens took steps to repel the attack
and the Henderson clan were finally
dissuaded from their purpose. Hen
derson was carried to Spartanburg
Friday for safe keeping. He will be
returned to Landrum for trial when
the situation becomes less tense.
concerned. Riding with the head of
his troops, which, for nine days withstood
attacks of the government,
Ditz reached such an ovation as had
not been witnessed since the trimphal
entry of Madoro at the close of his
revolution.
Crowds filled the streets to witness
the march of troops from the
arsenal and the big square in front
of the national palace where the
troops passed in review before the j
new President, was one great mass
of humanity. In the line were the
guns which had battered the palace
and squads of men without uniforms
bore witness to the fact that Diaz
had the support of others than mutinous
soldiers.
Gen. Diaz, true to his standing as
a retired army officer, was dressed in
civilian clothes. He was on horseback.
A detachment of troops
followed and then a lino of carriages
containing the new members of the
Cabinet. At the palace Diaz and his
staff were received by President Huorta
in a most cordial manner and
felications were exchanged. Flags
floated everywhere along the line of
march and the appearance of Diaz
wan the signal for a great demonstration.
Confetti and flowers were
thrown from the baloonles and "vivas"
sounded in a vast chorus In
which the foreigners Joined.
At the close of the review the troops
were dispatched to the different barracks.
The crowds continued their
jollification; thousands marched
through the downtown district carrying
banner* and dividing the "vivas"
betwen the popular idols-Huerta, the
President, and Dlas, the congueror.
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Buy your frost proc
Brother of t! from p. s. CANNON,
U1 * , 1000 to 4000 at >.125,
Shot to I>er ^ co iotoOO to 15. i
Cabinet ar Special I)rice on larffe*
lis action guaranteed
FronL Prison.'
A dispatch fr: CHINESE LA
Francisco I. M
the Presidency t Collars and Cutis,
iled. Arranges Ironing Machine,
his departure j Work turned out 1
some Europeai0 Send ine a trial or
Madero will Family washing t
his wife and p. Satisfaction G uar<
and other meq . Work ueatty ex
His loyal, aide, C first class sty Jo.
also Win go, but Oollars aud'ouir/'h
gua1 d. 1 le pa ^ not ca]jet] for
Vera Cruz under Yoursfor goc
tion of Gustavo
the deposed Presic Q C ORQ i
tragic occurrence o.
was subjected to th~
and was shot to deat, A. Spivey
Members of the Cai|R? INSCRAN
of the other prisoners '
Wednesday morning. F
dero, Joso Pino Saurep. cnt, the S're
President, and Frederic ? svritteu on
Garza, Governor of the 1
trict, were the only impo your inst
oners held. Ernesto Me settlement
former finance minister, pa ______
thy visit Wednesday aftc~?
rrancisco.
Gen. Huerta, who has assuiH*?
post of Governor General, an! j
Diaz had an extended con feU (LB
after which it was announced | j
they were in complete accord. L '
Gen. Huerta was in conference \
the American ambassador, Heu
Lane Wilson.
A group of Senators discussed th* G
question of the Presidency with Gen
Huerta, who, it is understood, will
receive the appointment of Provisional
President at the hands of Congress,
a meeting of which body has
been called.
Already forced to face plots, the
new administration caused the arrest
Wednesday night of Gen. Franscisco
Romero. Romero is accused of complicity
with Francisco Cosio Robelo
in a new revolt. The plot involves
a group of rurales.
The execution of Gustavo iMadero,
known as the "power behind the
throne" in Mexico, formed a tragic 1
sequel to the upheaval in Mexico :
City Tuesday, when Francisco Ma
dero's administration was turned out 1
by the Federal generals. !
The ex-President and his brother, 1
Gustavo, were sent Wednesday morning
as prisoners to the arsenal, from 1
which Felix Diaz had bombarded the
oitv for ten davs. Soon after their i
arrival there Gustavo Madero was
subjected to the notorious "fugitive '
law", by whdch he was free to run i
under the rifle fire of his guards 1
He fell dead under their bullets. 1
Had Francisco Madero succeeded
in defeating Diaz there seems little '
doubt that bloody reprisals would
have been made. "Those who should ^
die" is the caption of an official
"Maderoist" document found Tuesday
night. In the list of proscribed
there were twenty-two names of 1
prominent men, including Francisco '
De La Barra, Jesus Flores Magon, 1
Manuel Calero, Alberta Gracia Grannados
and Dr. Vaquez Gomez. '
For some days De La Barra believ- 1
ed he was in danger of assassination,
and he, therefore, hid in the British
legation, where he heard that numerous
threats had been made to capture
him.
The rebel troops are not to be removed
from their positions for two
or three days, as disorders are feared.
Tho authorities do not wish to <
give occasion for public manifesta- 1
tions.
Gustavo iMadero was generally ro- ]
garded as a much more powerful <
man than the President himself. <
After Francrtsco Madero had quarrelled
with Dr. Vasquez Gomez he ]
and his brother forced Juan Jose <
Saurez to the front to take the posi- i
tion of Vice-President, although he <
was little known.
This was a thing Madero's ene- 1
mies never forgave and was really <
- #A*. ofnrtintr r>f the 1
1,1112 ruuou 11 iui viiv utu* V>?>Q v
Anti-Government party, which show
ed sympathetic opposition to the <
schemes of tho politician, Gustavo i
Madero. 1
After Gustavo's arrest and during '
his removal through tho streets the
crowds were wildly excited, and oven
made efforts to lay their hands
upon him. A heavy guard of rurales ,
was necessary to assure the safety. ,
Gustavo Madero was at one time ,
minister of finance of Mexico. Ho ?
visited the United States early in 1
1911. i
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Ran Into Freight Cars.
Saturday night at 7:30 the passenger
train on the Atlantic Coast Line
ran into some box cars on the main
line, in front of the passenger depot
at Rennettsville, the collision resulting
In serious injury to several passenger*
and damage to the engine
and ears.
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of the undcr;
wood, raking ^
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vny ono with- The only preparation
from the undei
!ngeu>anuwSha" W'M relieve is the Im
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Meggetts, S. C.
501)0 to 9000 at For Sale By
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orders and sat OOHWiiy Dl'tlg
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With a mi,
ed to work hid at Wholesale and Retail at prie
minal cavity of titnd best that money cand pure
here ho felt tftat he^!o3 l?Ahon in need of any
the howling wolves. ?p< in price and quality.
servo as bars to protect
from his pursuers.
The wolf pack came. fliin ii nn
that while not treed, theifl(R|p P^fSi
victim was effecutally out^ij nUt!'
reach. For five hours, or untl/ IflfisU
break, Henderson, who arrived
Minneapolis Friday night a week ago,
asserts he lay in that moose skele- v-!<('v,^,|
ton and listened to the howls of
twenty wolves. //
Upon his arrival Henderson was lv
carrying his right arm in a sling. tor
"Did one of the wolves get you?" is
tie was asked.
"'No," he replied; "that was done
when my partner came next day and
rescued me. He had to break the
ribs of the moose skeleton so that I
could get out. In breaking one he
broke my arm. Rut a broken arm is
nothing compared to what would
have happened to me had I not seen
that moose skeleton."
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HER MARRIAGE OPPOSED.
Court Asked to Decide Whether Aged
Woman May Wed Man of (16,
Unable to decide wnether Mrs. Carcelina
Elisalda, 105 years old, should
' A ~ rt MM?r D1 AOOO n tin A
oo pernrnum iu mui. i / i t^ouimuv
Loon, aged sixty-six, Superior Judge
Mivos continued the case in probate
conrt Tuesday for ono week. The
court ordered the attorney for Mrs.
Elisalda, who is wealthy and of a
prominent Spanish family, to produce
her at the time in order that he
may base his ruling upon personal
observation.
Mr. Leon, who says he has loved
Mrs. Elisalda for more than half a
century, was an interested auditor
while lawyers wrangled over his
courtship. Mrs. Elisalda's relatives
object to the marriage. Their fight
Is being waged by a granddaughter,
who was recently appointed the aged
woman's guardian.
1,000 lluildings* flamed.
A great fire, which occurred in the
center of Tokio Wednesday, destroyed
a thousand buildings. Tbese include
several churches, the llaptist
Tabernacle, the Salvation Aifny Hall,
the School of Foreign Languages and
Beveral other schools. The fire burned
fercely for Ave hours and troops
aiU tn nrri the section.
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Proclaims Himself President.
A dispatch from El Paso, Tenn.,
says Emilia Vasques Gomea, recently
released on bond at San Antonio.
Tex., crossed the bordor at Oolumbus,
N. M., and proclaimed himself Preel
dent sf llexleo.
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