The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 12, 1913 Page: 3 of 16
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WEDNESDAY
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Four Times the Federals Are Driven Back
From Ciudadela in Which Rebels
Are Fortified
BIG GUNS OF FEDERALS ARE SILENCED
Time After Time Rebels Show Superiority
in Mexico City Battle and Finally
Force Federals to Withdraw
HUNDREDS SHOT DOWN IN STREETS
Five Americans Wounded—Buildings
Wrecked-Spectacular Battle Viewed
by Thousands on Housetops
MEXICO CITY Feb. 12.—President Maderos forces were re-
pulsed with heavy loss in attempts to capture the Ciudadela. citadel
and arsenal in which General Felix Diaz has fortified himself.
Four times General Victoriano Huerta and General Angeles the
Madero commanders assaulted the Ciudadela and four times the}
were driven back by the deadly fire of the Diaz machine guns. Ihe
fighting ceased at 7 p. m.
The American ambassador. Henry Lane. 11 ilson. and all of the
other foreign representatives urged Madero not to plunge the capi-
tal once more into bloodshed. Francisco de la Barra former pro-
vi-ional president joined his protest to those of the diplomatic
corps. Madero refused to accept mediation and ordered the attack.
Fighting Was Terrific
There was terrific .fighting from 10 a. m. until after nightfall
west and southwest of the Alameda the great city park the battle
centering around the arsenal. The American consulate was in the
line of the artillery fire ami half a dozen shells struck and damaged
the walls of the building. A shell burst in the Hotel Berry where
many Americans live and it is said killed or wounded many.
Shrapnel fire slaughtered seventy Madero rurales who were in
position in front of the consulate.
Americans Are Wounded
The following Americans are known to have been wounded in
the day's fighting:
Osborne serious flesh wound in side while watching
the battle from a housetop.
Dr. R. 11. McCresson. Lincoln. Neb. finger shot off while cross-
ing a street.
Mark Johnson (negro). Madison. 111. shot in shoulder.
Two other Americans who were watching the battle from the
roof of the Berry hotel but whose names had not been learned
were also wounded.
While neither side gained a decisive victory the advantage rests
with General Diaz who attacked on all sides succeeded in holding
bis position and in hurling back a greatly superior force.
Several Hundred Killed
The losses of the government and the rebels are not known ex-
actly but in the fighting there must have been several hundred
killed and wounded on each side.
Diaz undoubtedly has the upper hand in the situation hut the
government forces are most determined to renew the attack with
vigor. President Madero in an interview at the National Palace
last night was lively and optimistic. He insisted that the govern-
ment had gained all points of importance in the city.
1 General Diaz owes his victory to
the precision of artillery and ma-
chine gun fire directed by Genera!
Mondragon.
Guns Mow Down Troops.
General Mondragon’s guns
which commanded the Avenida
Chapultepec. the Calle de General
Frima. the Calle de Los Arcos de
Belem and other main approaches
to the citadel mowed down the col-
umns of General Huerta anti Gen-
eral Angeles and silenced the federal
cannon under Colonel Rubio Navar-
ette. one of the ablest artillerymen
of the Mexican army. Numerous
buildings to the west and southwest
ot the Alameda and in the vicinity of
the arsenal were damaged or wreck-
ed by the constant artillery fire.
The city is in a state of terror.
Law and order do not exist. At each
other’s throats neither Diaz nor Ma-
dero can adequately protect Ameri-
cans or other foreign residents.
The American ambassador Henry
Lune Wilson and the representa-
tives of other foreign nations have
counselled their countrymen to keep
off the streets and have organized
volunteer guards for the protection
of the embassies. Every embassy and
the foreign colonies are guarded by
heavily armed volunteers.
start of the Fight.
The fighting began at 10 o’clock)
this morning and was President Ma-
(SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT.)
(Tuesday’s Battle)
dero's answer to the ultimatum that
Senor Cologan delivered from the
self-proclaimed provisional presi-
dent. Gen. Felix Diaz. There was no
encounter between the opposing Ma-
deristas and Fellcistas Monday night
and there were few alarms save for
random firing in the suburbs and
the challenging shots of patrols.
Most of the night was spent by
Madero his cabinet and the loyal
generals in planning an attack upon
the Ciudadela. General Angeles had
ai rived from Contreras a few miles
from this city with a force of about
a thousand infantrymen and rurales.
General Huerta had already at his
disposal a force estimated at about
3000. Other generals who prepared
to advance against Diaz were De la
Vega and Delgado.
Federals in Three Positions.
Early In the morning the federal
troops took positions on three sides
of the arsenal the north west and
south. They occupied the Belem pris-
on to the south of the arse.ial the
Nino Perdido Church the Hotel Ber-
ry and the Mexican Herald and sev.
era! other buildings whose roofs
looked upon the Diaz stronghold.
Twelve large field gun s had been
brought into the city by General
Angeles and his thousand troops
were placed In streets near the ar-
senal. A vantage point seized by the
federal troops was several blocks at
the southwert con er of the Alameda.
In the block immediately facing
the park at its southwest corner are
the American consulate the seven-
story Hotel Berry the Nino Perdido
Church and the Mexican Herald
building.
American Colony Under Fire.
From this district the range of the
federal guns was in an almost south
crly direction along the Avenida del
Hospital Balderas on which faces
the arsenal. When the fighting be-
came severe the consulate the hotel
and the whole American colony were
under heavy fire. General Diaz with
a force estimated at 2500 under his
command centered his resistance at
the arsenal but also mounted ma-
chine guns on the Y. M. C. A. build-
ing and ether high buildings to the
north and east of the arsenal.
He placed field guns and Maxims
on the roof of his citadel and was
amply supplied with artillery and
ammunition.
Later in the day. after the first
repulse of troops of Huerta General
Diaz placed heavy guns in the streets
outside the arsenal.
At 10 a. m. the federals com-
menced firing from the neighborhood
of the American consulate Nino Per-
dido Church and Hotel Berry about
half a mile to north of the arsenal
and from the Belem prison which
is hardly an eighth of a mile s<ith
of the Diaz fortress.
One Shell Kills Seventy.
At such close range the field guns
were tremendously effective. Shortly
alter the firing began a shell from
the arsenal burst in front ot the
American consulate where several
companies ot artillerymen and ru-
rales were serving cannon and killed
ot least seventy of them. Many more
were wounded.
Soon afterward the accuracy of
Mondragon’s artillery fire silenced
two federal guns that were being
operated in front of the Mexican
Herald building a few doors from
the consulate. Shells crashed through
v.alls of the nearby Nino Perdido
Church- and within an hour and a
half the building was wrecked. Many
Madero followers were "killed or in-
jured near the church.
Before the battle began the house
tops in this part of the city were
crowded with citizens and foreign
residents and when the fighting be-
gan many were injured. It was this
way that Osbourne McCresson and
Johnson the negro were hit by bits
of shell or bullets.
There was a rumor last night that
Maderistas posted on the roofs
among the non-combatants had fired
on the citadel and that Diaz's troops
had returned the fire.
Federals Mowed Down.
Generals Huerta and Angeles
dared early in the day a direct ad-
vance on the arsenal in the face of
Diaz's seemingly impregnable posi-
tion. Colonel Navarrette the artil-
lery expert the arsenal from
two positions while Huerta's column
with field pieces and machine guns
moved to the attack.
General Diaz reserved his fire un-
til the federal troops were at close
range. When he finally opened fire
the federal attackers were mowed
down. Huerta retired after heavy loss
and again contented himself with
hammering the arsenal with his
heavy guns. Reinforcements were
brought from the national palace
and once more Huerta and Angeles
attempted a direct assault but it
failed. Diaz again delayed firing un-
til the federal infantrymen and ru-
rales had appre ached to within one
block of the arsenal and then from
the roof and the windows of the
great stone citadel Mondragon's gun-
ners leveled a withering fire.
Huerta attempted similar move-
ments twice before he became con-
vinced that the arsenal was not to be
taken in that manner His troops out-
numbered Diaz's but Diaz had many-
more large guns and a great supply
of Maxims.
In the later assaults the district
immediately to the west and south
of the Alameda caught the cannon
fire. It was then that shells crashed
through the walls of the American
consulate and a shrapnel shell or a
dynamite shell entered the Hotel
Berry exploded and killed and in-
jured many people according to re-
port
Silenced F<"deral Guns.
In the early afternoon the Diaz
gunners had driven Colonel Navar-
rette from his position. Navarrette
withdrew with his field and machine
gens and departed at a gallop for
the center of the city. Huerta it is
reported was compelled by the ac-
curacy of the shells from the arse-
nal to retire from the Belem prison.
As the afternoon advanced there
was a general withdrawal of the Ma-
dero forces. Navarrette took up a
temporary position in front of the
cid Spanish hospital which is now-
used as an apartment house but
after firing a few shots his guns be-
came silent.
The roar of the Diaz cannon was
incessant all through the late after-
noon and the return fire from the
federal forces grew less and less.
At about 7 p. m. the cannonading
and rifle firing stopped. The federal
troops had apparently withdrawn to
the Zoea io. the plaza de la Consti-
tuclon and the national palace.
Then the Red and White Cross
ambulances began to collect the in-
jured and take them to hospitals
while tram cars were used to gather
the dead soldiers and citizens. This
work was done for the most part In
the darkness or by the flare of
torches and lanterns since the light-
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
lAS. W. SMITH OF
UI9NNITOALBANK
TELLS now "PLANT JUICE"
MADE A LONG VAC ATION
UNNECESSARY FOK HIM.
Here is a letter that will be widely
read as it comes from Mr. James W.
smith of tbs Union National Bank
ox Houston one of the largest bank-
ing houses of the south:
•‘Plant Juice Co. City:
•'Gentlemen: I want to tell you
what ‘Plant Juice’ did for me. The
character of my work manager of
the statement department of the
largMt local bank la of such a na-
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feet and this spring more than
ever before I felt debilitated ner-
vous and rundown with pains in my
back groins and limbs. Noting the
prominent citizens of this city who
have been benefited by ’Plant Juice’
I decided to try it. and 1 want to tell
you the results have been most sat-
isfactory. 1 have entirely recovered
after using one bottle and do not
feel that I will have to ask for the
long vacation that my condition ear-
lier in the spring seemed to demand.
If you feel that my influence or
words will assist you in any way I
have no objection to you using this
letter. Gratefully yours
JAMES W. SMITH.”
Those who suffer with dizziness
spots before the eyes numbness
cold feet pains in the back and loins
rheumatism or nervous debility will
find immediate and lasting relief in
"Plant Juice.’’ Try it; it will put new
life and strength into you. For sale
at Fischer’s drug store.
ir.g service of the city has been crip-
pled by the fighting.
The attack on Diaz by Madero's
troops probably anticipated an at-
tack on the national palace by Diaz.
The revolutionary leader had threat-
cred an early attack o® the palace
and it is said that his followers were
beginning to grumble over his inac-
tion and to say that he would be
starved out of the arsenal as he had
been starved out of Vera Cruz.
TUESDAY'S BATTLE.
Madero Ordered Attack Dopite Ke-
qu<Ma of Diplomats.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
MEXICO CITY Feb. 12.—1 n spite
of the friendly offer of Francisco de
la Barra the former provisional
president to act as mediator and
over the protest of the American
ambassador and the diplomatic rep-
resentatives of other foreign powers.
President Madero ordered an attack
on General Felix Dial and his forces
even though he knew that this would
entail a terrific bombardment of the
capital.
The federal assault on the rebels
fortified in and around the arsenal
began at 10:15 o’clock in the morn-
ing and late in the afternoon no ma-
terial advantage had been gained by
either side. It appeared however
that the rebels who were holding
slightly Improved positions were
conserving the! • fire. Many assaults
against them had been repulsed.
The government was not optimis-
tic regarding the close of the battle.
Ernesto Madero said the showing
made and the temper of the federals
were entirely satisfactory.
"We hardly expected to dislodge
Diaz today” he said "since his po-
sition is well fortified but we have
sufficient forces and elements of
war to succeed and cannot fail to
do so.
“Gen. Aureliano Blanquet is not
here and is not coming probably
because he Is needed to control the
Zapatista forces who might other-
wise improve the opportunity to en-
ter the city. We now have four
thousand men and more available
if necessary with plenty of artil-
lery.”
It is said that 400 men have de-
serted the Diaz standard within 24
hours going over to thp federals.
The escape of Consul Genera! Ar-
nold Shanklin and his staff from the
American consulate building during
the seven-hour battle between the
federal troops and the rebels in the
streets of Mexico City yesterday was
a sensational one. Mr. Shanklin
broke down two doors and was thus
enabled to pass Into and through an
adjoining building and to make his
exit on a cross street which was at
the moment free from rifle fire. The
consul general and his staff carried
along with them a wounded man
who had been brought into the con-
sulate building for temporary treat-
ment
Dead Number Hundreds.
Estimates of the casualties run as
high as one thousand although ac-
curate information cannot be ob-
tained at this time.
The dead certainly will be count-
ed by the hundreds.
Foreign residents for the most
part keep under cover.
Artillery played the chief part in
the day’s fighting but rifle fire was
kept up continuously although more
or less ineffectively.
The greatest loss of life resulted
In a charge of rurales who with a
daring amounting to foolhardiness
moved against a rebel battery which
mowed down men and horses.
The execution done in the pro-
longed engagement was sufficient in
the belief of Senor de la Barra and
the diplomatic representatives to
warrant further attempt to prevent
another battle within the city.
Seek to Prevent Fight.
Senor de la Barra sent a message
to President Madero saying:
”In the name of humanity and as
a Mexican who is free of all politi-
cal and revolutionary parties I wish
to offer my serices in any way pos-
sible to effect peace without further
bloodshed.”
Madero replied thanking him. but
declaring that no terms other than
an unconditional surrender could be
made with Diaz.
The diplomats by telephone noti-
fied their nationals when fighting
appeared inevitable to take care of
themselves in the beat way possi-
ble. Madero had refused or had
neglected to answer the note in
which he was asked if he would b?
able to give protection to the foreign
residents and Diaz replying to a
similar request had frankly ac-
knowledged his inability to do so.
Rebels Hold Fire.
The firing grew much lighter as
the afternoon wore along but the
artillery action always was the dom-
inating feature. For the most part
the artillery fire on both sides was
kept reasonably low but not Infre-
quently shells screamed through the
city and shrapnel fell in districts far
from the zone of the fighting. The
government troops approached from
four directions . General Angeles
from the west. General Cauz from
the north. General Maas from the
south and General Delgado from the '
east. Toward the end of the hattie <
they were crowded close together I
and from his position in San Diego [
street General Cauz sent hundreds
of solid shot against the arsenal one
corner ot which was destroyed.
Early In the action General Diaz
saw to it that his men held their
tire. The quantity of ammunition
used by the federals was far greater
than by the rebels. Apparently the |
less frequent tire from the rebel po- I
sitions was more effective and caku- I
lations are that the rebel loss in !
killed and wounded was eonsidi ra- j
bly smaller than that ot th' govern-
ment forces.
The cannon of the federals event- ;
ually were silenced by the r< bels '
but the extent of the damage to the i
rebel artillery is not known outside
their own lines.
Buildings Are Wrecked.
The streets in which the fighting
occurred present a dilapidated ap-
pearance. One ot the buildings
which suffered most is that in which
the American consulate general was
located and from which the consul
and his staff were fort ed to flee.
Ambulances of the Red and White
Cross were early seen whirling away
from the federal rear with loads of
wounded man) of whom were boys
and women ot the lower classes.
Not even the imminence of battle
was sufficient to keep many of the
curious from exposing themselves.
Others among the injured came front
houses into which shells and bullets
had penetrated there finding vic-
tims who had been unable to escape.
An effort was made by many in the
neighborhood of the arsenal to get
out of the waj and in the early
morning groups of the poorer people
of that district bearing blankets
mattresses and bundles of clothing
were seeking places of safety. And
many of the fugitives were of the
well-to-do class whose homes had
been occupied by the men of both
sides for strategical reasons.
Worked All Night.
All through the night the federal
commanders were placing their men
in position. Twenty cannon had been
brought in front the outlying dis-
tricts. Rurales were engaged in
tiansporting ammunition.
From above the arsenal General
Felix Diaz floated his red flag ot
defiance. The rebels appeared no less
ready for battle than the federals.
Orders were issued to the detach-
ments guarding all approaches to
the arsenal to retire on the appear-
ance of any armed force but Diaz
did not rely entirely on his forces in
the arsenal district. He detached a
few hundred men with artillery to a
point in the northwest of the city.
These guns dominated Chapultepec
but they were held in readiness to
strike the federals in the flank or
rear.
The American ambassador Henry
Line Wilson published a warning to
all Americans urging them not to
go unnecessarily into the danger
zone. From hundreds of buildings
floated the flags of foreign nations
and early in the day a crowd of
foreigners congregated in the cable
office sending reassuring messages
to relatives and others abroad.
The Zapatistas did not enter Hie
capital notwithstanding their pres-
ence within a few miles of the city.
No Warning Given.
The struggle of Diaz to overthrow
the power of President Madero re-
sulted in one of the most remarka-
l le incidents in the history of the
Western continent. Street fighting
has occurred in Mexico in times pa-l
hut a battle in which the contending
forces employed heavy artillery at a
range frequently of less than half a
mile in a densely populated city was
a new and startling spectacle.
Beyond that issued by the Ameri-
can ambassador practically no warn-
ing was given to non-combatants. As
a matter of fact it was impossible
to mark the danger zone. As the
battle proceeded shells intended for
the enemy four blocks away often
found lodgment In houses a mile
or two dlsiant. Rifle bullets flew
from the tenter to the circumfer-
ence of the capital making safety
in any quarter on a relative term.
The heaviest line of fire was early
established along Balderas street the
cannon of the opposing forces shoot-
ing across only four blocks point
blank. The federals at the north end
of the line used a battery of guns
brought from Cuernavaca
Extremities of the battle ground
were defended by detachments of
infantry and machine guns whose
rain of bullets swept the intervening
space.
It was this engagement which re-
sulted in damage to the American
consulate general. The building
stands at the Intersection of Balderas
street and Avenida Juarez. It suf-
fered no more than some of the
other buildings but bursting shells
I rum the rebel positions rendered
the place untenable and the consul
general. Arnold Shanklin and his
staff at the suggestion of Ambassa-
dor Wilson evacuated the place und
took refuge in the embassy.
Took V. M. C. A. Building.
The assault against the rebel po-
sitions in this avenue finally was
abandoned. What undoubtedly con-
| tributed greatly to the rebels' ability
to resist this movement was the po-
i sition of the Young Men’s Christian
I Association building a seven-story
structure less than two blocks from
. the arsenal.
Early in the morning Diaz appro-
priated the edifice routing the for-
' signers from their rooms and the
dorimitories and supplanting the oc-
cupants with machine guns and
squads of riflemen. Soon from the
numerous windows and the roof top
the muzles of automatics were point-
ed later to be played with deadly
effect on the ranks of the federals.
Most of the foreigners left the build-
ing. but a h-ndful remained.
To counter this position the fed-
erals placed men with rifles and
other machine guns on roofs of ad-
joining lofty buildings one post
being a tall structure known as the
Gore office building while another
building occupied was the cable of-
fice.
Although the rebels were not dis-
lodged from the Young Men's Chris-
tian Association building the steel
and concrete structure was perforat-
ed by bullets shrapnel and solid snot.
Dozens of other buildings in the cen-
ter of the city showed as early as
noon the marks of battle while some
of those In the immediate zone of tire
were practically wrecked.
The government mobilized its
forces in the Alameda the great cen-
tral square of the city but ever) ap-
proach to the streets leading tn the
arsenal was covered by rebel guns.
At every angle Held guns wen a-
tloned which gave promise of a
heavy artillery duel. Both sides vir-
tually were ready when the firing
began but It is almost certain that
the first shots which precipitated the
general fighting were accidental.
Firing Begins In Street.
A group of persons insisted upon
crossing a street and a small detach-
ment of federals fired. A machine
The late Russell Saga is said to have told an inquisi-
tive questioner about the source of his wealth that he
"got rich by buying his straw hats in the winter time.”
A great many men of San Antonio who
are keenly alert to economic possibilities
have been buying our
$25 Suits and Overcoats
for $16.85
Buying them for the remainder of this season's wear and to
have readv for fall.
It is well to reniemlier that we do not raise any prices before
we cut them the garments in this disposal bear the original
price tickets. v
They are of styles that conservative men wear every season
the fabrics (in all garments originally priced at >l5 or more)
are all wool each garment is hand-tailored by good tailors.
The garments aiv in a good assortment of patterns and sizes
the choosing does not have to lie made from odds and ends yet
tiie prices are as low or lower than is customary in "remnant’’
stocks quality considered.
The Wolfson Guarantee
Safeguards Every Purchaser
Any statement made about any garment sold in this store has
the unqualified guarantee that is certified to by 44 years of -uc-
cessful and upright merchandising in San Antonio.
We will appreciate the return of any garment that does not
give entire satisfaction to the purchaser.
All Other Winter Clothing is Reduced
in the Same Proportion.
gun joined in and the battle was on.
A large contingent of rurales did
excellent work moving ammunition
and participated in one disastrous
charge prior to 2 o'clock. General
Huerta had ordereifa thinking move-
ment down Bucareli street the work
of the rurales being to cover the
placing of a battery of guns. The I
rurales moved across an intersecting
street but before the guns could be
run into position a heavy rifle fire |
swept through their ranks and they
fell back in disorder and the artil-
lery tailed to hold its position.
Up to this time four attempts had
been made to take by assault the
position of the rebels but the fed-
erals were repeatedly repulsed. Gen-
eral Angeles found It necessary to
shift his position from time to time
though without material loss.
General Diaz had further fortified .
his position by digging trenches I
across the streets and notwithstand-
ing the rain of shrapnel his losses
were comparatively slight.
By early afternoon the rebels had I
extended their zone slightly but this
was more an apparent than a genu- |
ine advantage. Before 3 o'clock it
was reported that Diaz had forced
forward from the arsenal a detach-
ment eastward along San Felipe Neri I
street towards the district in which
the national palace is located. This
movement however succeeded in
pressing forward only a short dis-
tance.
Blanquet Not There.
Practically all the troops under
Diaz were in continuous action
whereas the government had the ad-
vantage of reserves from which
fresh forces were sent to the battle
line.
About the middle of the afternoon
General Angeles moved a battery of
artillery to the intersection of San
Juan de Letran street and Indepen-
dencia avenue where it opened a
heavy fire on the rebels. This is one
of the central business sections of
the city about half a block from
the American Club in which numer-
ous Americans had congregated.
Madero said he had received a
telegram from General Blanquet at
Ajalapa. 30 miles away who an-
nounced that he was proceeding to
the capital to prove his loyalty
which he understood was doubted.
"I protest energetically against false
impressions.’’ General Blanquet
wired.
The most serious loss sustained
among the federals was the death
of Colonel Castillo an efficient otH-
cer who was shot near the Y. M. C.
A. building while leading a recon-
noitering party.
The result of the President s hasty
trip by automobile to Cuernavaca
Sunday night over a road long since
practically abandoned by reason of
the activity of the Zapatistas was
the addition to the federal forces of
1200 men and 17 guns. Part "f these
forces accompanied the President
back by the road while the others
canto to the capital by train. Touch-
ing on the danger of such a trip
the President said: “I am not afraid
to die but I mean to die fighting.”
President Madero was found by
the correspondent last night lean-
ing from the balcony of the palace.
He was surrounded by friends and
was chatting complacently being
apparently in amost cheerful flame
of mind.
Madero Went to Cuernavaca.
"When the Diaz rebellion broke
out Sunday" he said "we really did
not have sufficient troops to cope
with the situation nor did we have
ammunition. I knew that in Cuer-
navaca we could get plenty of
troops. In going there I had two
ideas first that If the national pal-
ace was not stormed by Diaz. I could
muster sufficient men to crush him
at the arsenal and second should
he have taken the palace I could
Loss of Appetite
Is loss of vitality vigor or tone and
Is often a forerunner of prostrating
disease.
It is serious and especially so to
people that must keep up and doing
ot get behindhand.
The best medicine to take for it is
the great constitutional remedy
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Which purifies and enriches the
blood and builds up the whole sys-
tem- ...
Get It today In usual liquid form I
or chocolated tablets called Sarsa- :
tabs.
call up 15000 or 20000 men if nec-
essary from Morelos and Chihuahua
and it would only be a matter of time
in that event.”
Electric wires controlling the
water supply have been cut and no
provisions can reach the rebels in
the arsenal.
The only other disturbance in the
republic is said to be an attempted
rising at Oaxaca when the Nine-
teenth battalion officially named
"the loyal battalion of Vera Cruz.”
revolted. The trouble was quickly
suppressed and 150 men were exe-
cuted.
Not Lloyd Osbourne.
NEW YORK Feb. 12. —Lloyd Os-
bourne a writer reported to have
been wounded in the fighting tn
Mexico City is in New York and has
been here for some time.
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MAVERICK-CLARKE LITHO CO.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS
FEB. 12. 1913.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Mary Wilson Negress Admits Kill-
ing Sergeant Olaf Olson.
A charge of murder has been pre-
ferred against Mary Wilson a negro
woman arrested in connection with
the killing of Sergeant Olaf Olson
early Monday morning. According
to Sheriff Tobin the woman has
signed a written confession and a
copy of this has been presented to
the grand jury. She waived pre-
liminary examination before Justice
R. Neill Campbell and has been
bound over without bail.
According to the woman’s state-
ment the soldier had been at her
house Sunday night and threatened
her. When she started to go to a
friend's home she claims he follow-
ed and caught hold of her. Believ-
ing he intended to do her bodily in-
jury she says she drew a revolver
and shot him.
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