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THE BROWNWOOD DAILY BULLETIN BROWNWOOD. TEXAS. FRIDAY APRIL 7 1916.
PAGE FIVE
exican Expedition Directed
by Officers Who Earned Their
Spurs in Irregular Fighting
WASHINGTON April 7. Porfirio
Diaz resigned the presidency of Mex
ico May 26 1911 after ruling Mexico
with a rod of iron and keeping an
autgcratic peace for several genera
tions. Since then there has been
nought but turmoil suffering blood
shed robbery and debauchery in
a$$r of the fairest sections of the re-
public. Only those who have followed the
situation closely can name all the
revolutions and counter-revolutions
first chiefs and great bandits leaders
fhvho have arisen.Jought and fallen in
J these Woodv five
Jf VThe disorders had started shortlv
before Diaz fell in November 1910.
v:hen the well meaning Francisco I.
Madero after' as he thought being
Meated out of the presidential elec-
tion raised th ct
uMuuui W VI lOUlL ill
fj the north.
.! He entered the capital a conqueror
on June S 1911 and replaced Fran-
j cisoo Leon de la Barra who had au-
y matically become president when
DiaS resigned. De la Barra had been
minister of foreign affairs
Diaz's peace had also been endan-
gerai by the banditry of the Zapata
trothers Emiliano and Eufemio lead-
ers of the peons of mountainous Mo-
relos southwest of the capital.
The Zapatas cheered for .Madero
afterward they fought him they
fought indeed with all the controllers
of the capital except for a short per-
iod of alliance with Villa.
Troable Xultiply.
When Madero was inaugurated
president on Nov. 9 1911. he believed
un era of peace and prosperity was
dawning. But troubles multiplied in-
stead of diminishing.
On Jan. 31 1912 a new revolt of
importance Tiegan with a battle in
Ciudad Juarez opposite El Paso and
a considerable number were killed on.
both sides. The next day Emilio Go-
mez who had rebelled against Madero
was proclaimed provisional governor.
On Feb. 5 President Taft sent four
battalions of United States regulars
to the Rio Grande to protect the bor
der. Madero tried to compromise with
the rebels and offered Pascual Orozco
the governorship of Chihuahua. Orozco
declined and on Feb. 7 went over to
the rebels.
The fighting in the north against
Orozco and in the south against the;
Zapatistas continues throughout the
summer.
On Oct 13 1912 Felix Diaz a ne-
phew of tlie deposed president put
himself at the head of a few hundred
men and seized Vera Cruz tne chief
seaport of Mexico. His revolution was
of short duration for on Oct. 23 Ma-
dero's forces entered Vera Cruz wav-
ing white flags and crying "Viva Fe-
lix Diaz!" Then whe"n Diaz was greet-
ing the officers of the newcomers they
pointed their pistols at his head and
he had to surrender.
Diaz Is Iiberated.
Diaz was taken to Mexico City and-
jjt in jail there and at first Madero
declared that' he would be put to death
together with Gen Bernardo Reyes
who had tried to start another revolu-
tion in the north and had been cap-
tured. Many petitions were made to
Madero to spare the lives of these
two men and he listened to the pleas
and postponed action. In the mean-
time the secret agents of Diaz and
Reyes were working against Madero In
the army and early one summer'morn-
jng Feb. 9 1913 the First cavalry and
part of the mounted police and other
soldiers liberated Diaz from Belem
prison while cadets from the military
gchool at Tlalpam a suburb of Mex-:
Ico City liberated General Reyes from
the penitentiary.
Reyes and Diaz with their libera-
tors went to the nationalpalace and
attempted to take possession of it but
were repulsed by the Twenty-ninth In-
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fantryv which formed the palace guard.
There -was a sharp fight General
Reyes was killed at its beginning and
.machine guns were turned loose on
the roof of the palace sweeping the
crowded Zpcalo or main plaza and
the Avenida- de San Francisco which
was thronged with people going to
church Diaz and his men were driv-
en off after many of the cavalrymen
had been killed and on the plaza. 610
noncombatants were killed according
to the official records of the police.
Diaz and his men stormed the Ciu-
dadela or arsenal about a mile from
the; national palace and took it after
a fight lasting half an hour; There they
found huge stores of arms and am-
munition ?"d prepared for a siege. All
day Sire and Monday they remain-
ed 'on tly in the Cindadela while Ma-
dero was gathering his forces to oust
them. The battle began in the city oh
the morning of Feb 11 and continu-
ed until Feb. IS with a daily cannon-
ading and machine gun and ririe fir-
ing between the Ciudadela and the
palace and many other places where.
the federals had planted batteries. In
the "Decena Tragica' as the time of
the battle Is called in Mexico more
than 4000 persons mostly noncom-
batants were killed and about 1S.00O
wounded.
Plan 3radcro!s Overthrow.
Feb. IS Gen. Victoriano Huerta who
had been commanding the Madero
forces met Felix Diaz at the Ameri-
can embassy by request of the Ameri-
can ambassador Henry Lane Wilson
and they came to an agreement for the
Overthrow of Madero as the only
means to stop the fighting and
.slaughter of citizens. It was agreed
at that conference that Huerta should
become the provisional president and
that Diaz should have the naming of
the new cabinet. Madero was arrest-
ed at the national palace.
On the -night of Feb. 23 Madero and
Pino Suarez. the vice president were
removed from the palace and taken to
the penitentiary but w:ere murdered
shortly after midnight Hose to the
walls of the prison. -
jBefore Madero and ; Pino Suarez
vre removed from the palace they
were forced lo sign their resignations
thus making Pedro Lascurain minis-
ter of foreign affairs president ac-.
cording to the constitutional provision.
Lascurain was president exactly twen-tyi-slx
minutes however for he im-
mediately appointed Victoriano Huerta
aij his minister of foreign affairs and
tiien resigned making Huerta the
president.
Two ".or three days before the over
throw and death of Madero.: Vennsia-.
ho Carranza. governor ot the state of
Cpahulla it is stated on good author-
ixy had started a revolution against
Madero. but as soon as he heard that
Huerta had usurped the presidency he
began a revolt against Huerta.
The rebellion against Huerta spread
rapidly in many states and Carranza
and Francisco Villa headed it. Car-
ranza being made "first chief of the
constitutionalist armiesrand Villa tak-
ing active command of the troops.
The revolutions against HuCrta's
government grew and multiplied. He
gradually got rid of all the cabinet
members who had been named by
Diaz frightened any other president-
ial aspirants out of the country and
on Oct 11 1913. arrested all the depu-
ties while they were in session and
locked them up In the penitentiary.
Villa continued to make headway all
through the year and the constitu-
tionalists were assisted .in getting
arras from the United States to fight
Huerta whose cause was becoming
hopeless because he could not get
money to finance the government;
On April 21 Admirat Frank F.
Fletcher landed marines and sailors
from the American fleet in Vera Cruz
We want you to see
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MORNING GOWN FOR
HER WHO DOES HER
OWN HOUSEWORK
(Brown tan. Muc m and white linens
are used tor these simple morning
gowns. The skirt la circular and two
large pockets on It look convenient. The
shirtwaist tnki-s white linen cuffs and a
sailor collar finished with a careless
black satin ribbon tic
harbor and seized the customs bouse.
: Then President AVilson invited Ar-
gentina Brazil and Chila to cooperate
with the Tniteli States to try to bring
pVace between the warring Tactions in
Mexico but nothing" came of their con-
ference.' Ilnerta .resigned On July l.l 1911
and left-Mexico
Francisco Carbajar succeeded Huer-
tu flnd remained in that office about a
month. The' constitutional army en-
tered Mexico City Aug. 1.1. Carbajal
loft .the-country. Carranza established
his headquarters in Mexico City.
.. There was comparative peace for "a
short time but Francisco Villa and"
Carranza quarreled.-and Villa issued
A
A NEAT OUTFlfX
an ultimatum that Carranza must' re- she said "but whenever trouble start-
tire. A convention of all the reyolu- ed we began to hunt for a 'union Jack.
.i; t. !.. n.i ... ... It wns bv no nionns n liullnt. rirneif
iiuuurj;. viiiuis was l.uiuu 10 nit'ei at
Aguas Calientes to decide upon
me
establishment of a government. The
vnia supporters got control ot the
convention and announced that Car-
jranza had resigned and that Francis-
co Carbajal liad succeeded nim as
president. The convention remained
In session until November and then
proclaimed Hen. Eulalio Gutierrez pro-
visional president of Mexico.
Villa immediately undertook to see
that Gutierrez! was Installed in office
and began his march to Mexico City
reaching there with little opposition
.from the Carranzlstas Carruna fled
from the capital and . went toward
Vera Cruz. The Americans equated
Vera Cruz Nov. 23 1914. nnd shortly
thereafter Carranza made the seaport
his capital
.
Gutierrez was forced out of the
presidency Jan. Id 191;. and Roque
uonzaies uarza- anotner provisional
president appointed by the convention I
of ehlefs was forced to leave Mexico
City and two days later Carranzas
army took possession. Villa proclaim-
ed himself in charge of the Mexican
presidency and on Feb. 16 Carranza's
forces under General Obregon evacu-
ated the capital and Emiliano Zapata
marched in.
The fighting between the Villa and
Carranza forces continued and on
April 7 1915 Obregon defeated Villa
In a terrific battle near Celaya. May
19 the Carranza forces took Saltlllo
and on the same day serious food riots
took place In Mexico 'City.
President Wilson formally recogniz-
ed the government of Venustiano Car-
ranza Oct. 19 1915.
BABY BEEF CLUB.
COLEMAN Tex. April 7. So suc-
cessful was the Coleman county Boys
Baby Beet club at the Fort Worth Fat
Stock show an effort will bo made
to increase the membership to 150 or
200 members. Twenty-aoven boys now
belong to the organization.
A FOUR INCH UAIS
COLEMAN Tex. 'April 7. More
than four inches of -rain has falleijt In
dnvs 'Abnut one Inch foil viaf irrin
and 3.25 inches the latter par)of last
week. All rains fell slowly.
WOMAN AND BABY
HID DEEP IN
E
"Just Sat There in Dark and
Prayed" She Says.
BANDITS PASSED ABOVE HER
Stayed 1500 Feet Underground For
Two Days With Little Food and
Waited Until the Danger Had Past-
ed Men n Community Were Away
at the Time.
Mrs. Wallace Rogers of Detroit
Mich. arrived in El Paso the other
day with her flfteen-month-old infant f
She told how she had hidden with her
baby from Mexican bandits for two
days 1000 feet and more down In the
shaft of an abandoned mine near Ca- j
nanea. j
Mrs. Rogers' husband. Is Interested :
In mining property near Cananea but !
"was away from home when the little
colony fled on the approach of the
bandits.
"The whole country around where I
TtOo lliMMfF'" onl1 Afia WMfrnro "rroa
fill Ail tvlfrli otinnlnnftil mlnoo thn o Tin f fB'
of some of which had been sunk 2000
feet or more. Most of the American
men were away when we beard of
. 1 1 . . t 1 I .
wie nnuroacQ ot me oanuiis.
At vw m a. m . n m
e ueu to one ot mo aoanuonea
T' I::. r " iVrrr:
WUIU BUUH.I1 Ul. V11U Ul 111U 1UCU
my baby and we crawled down an
abandoned shaft by ladders until we
reached the 1000 foot leveL Here we
remained for twenty-four hours.
Go Down Deeper.
"Finally as we beard no shooting
one of the men ventured to the surface.
He reported everything quiet and we
returned to our homes.
"We had hardly reached there how
ever when we again heard the bandits
were coming. This time we Tvent down
to the l.riO(i foot level -where we re-
mained unotber day. We were In a
little snot about ten feet sauare. We
had no lights of airv kind and 1 had
only a couple of cans of condensed
mill: to feed my baby.
" We Just sat there on the floor In tho
would have all gone mad if wo had
stayed there. We crawled up Into tho
sunshine. There was no sign of tho
bandits nnd we made our way safely
. V i i i Vr
Mrs. Rogers declared the Mexican
bandits not only had no respect for the
American flag but that It actually In-
cited them to outrages. The only flag
tbat offered any protection at all she
said was the British flag.
Union Jack Respected.
"I am bitterly ashamed to admit It."
: - "
smeiu. nut it was me ouiv uair i ever
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saw the Mexicans paid any deference
to.
"There was a young Englishman who
committed suicide where I was. The-
Mexicans thought he was an Ameri-
can and they hurriedly dug a shallow
hole and were going to put him away
"without ceremony when the otllcer In
command overheard some one say: I
wish we knew where his mother Is so
we could notify her. She Is somewhere
In England but 1 do not know where.'
"The otllcer stopped the burial nnd
asked if the suicide- was an English
man. When he learned he was he or-
dered the body preserved and tried . for
four days to get In touch with an Eng-
lish consul."
Refugees continue to arrive In El
Paso nnd at other .points along the bor-
dor- but tne majority of them refuse to
dlscUKS conditions In Mexico In any
way. as they fear their property In that
wouJd be de8troyed If they
arousetj the resentment of the Mexi-
cans.
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CUTS OFF AIDES FINGERS.
British Aviator Performs Ramarkabl
Stunt While Under Fire. ;
The heroism of two British air men
was demonstrated recently when ona
of them amputated the Angers of an-:
other while under Are. . . I
Lieutenant S. and Captain C D. were
being chased by a German aeroplane.
The British aeroplane began to de-
scend and the Germans fired wound-
lng tho captain In tho right arm and
smashing two of bis fingers. While the
captain steered with his left hand
Lieutenant S. . amputated the two fin-
gers. The air men came down to safety but
as they had no more gasoline in their
tank they were unable to set fire to
their machine which fell Into the
bands of the Germans.
IMPROVED ARTIFICIAL HAND.
Successful Invention to Replace Mem-
bers Lost by Soldiers.
Two new types of artificial arms with
hands are shown at the Academy of
Sciences In Paris. One is for heavy
work with Angers like the claws of a
lobster. The other has articulated fin-
gers enabling the hand to reproduce
closely the action of natural fingers.
' Successful experiments were made In
the presence of members of the acad-
emy by two men. each of whom had
lost 1 an arm. One. of them sawed
through a lieam of wood without diffi-
culty; mid the other played a violin.
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Hangers We Have 3000
Yards Standard Canvas
3ic a Yard
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QUILLIN IS GUILTY
IS VERDICT OF JURY
' AUSTIN. Anril 7. C. C. Qulllin.
former chief bookkeeper in the comp -
I troller's office was last night found
Kuilty of the charge of the misap -
plication of public funds and his pun-
. 1Bnmenc Ilxeu al seyen Jears m ine
J penitentiary. The jury was out four
' hours. Eight other cases are pending
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tnm not Onillih in tho rns riwMrtpd
QujlHn was accused of actlng
with
Tax Collector Druesedow
Harrio
county in withholding tax collections
amounting to nearly $30000 from the
state treasury beyond the time pre
scrmed Dy taw. urueseaow was tneu LONDON" April 7. During a dig-
last week the jury failing to agree cussion in the house of commons Of
standing eight for conviction and four . the motion presented by the chank.
for acquittal. Cenor of tne exchequer Reginald Mc-
LDIAA SENATORS.
A "lM r 1
IIo0slcr Slite Yetei With Repub-
Hcan Candidates.
IN'DIAN'APOLIS Ind April 7.
James E. Watson and Harry S. N'ew
were nominated for the United States
senate by afeslamation Watson for the
short term and New fdr the long
term by the-
state con-
venton nere-
ueiegateH to tne. nawonai conven-
tion were instructed to support Chas.
w. Fairbanks for the' presidential
nomination;
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The platform adoptIcrrUcla the
present administration's! Mexican and
foreign policies and advocates pre-
paredness and a protective tariff
FI.OKERS CANDY" OK.
CUM ItS MAY NOW BE
SKNT BY TELEGRAPH
The Western Union Telegraph qom-
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j'h aiuiuiuici's mm us unices are
now prepared to execute smalk com-
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missions auch as the.' purchaso of
flowers candy fruits jcigars books
etc. for tha accommodation of pa-
irons at distant point?. - mis is in
effect an . attention or the Western ties now limit the size of newspapers.
Union money order transfer -service ! according to their price says a Buda-
and represents . the latest development ! pest dispatch to 'a local labor paper
in the poHcy of the -management of i Papers which sell at one cent mar not
that company to place its nntfon-widef
organization at the disposal of its:
patrons.
Cnder the plan now 'In effect any-
one who desires to arrange for the
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.for Brides
CLid Sweel Girl Graduates
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A PRETTY ASSORTMENT NOW ON
DOWS-ARTICLES FOR EITHER THE BRIDEOR THE GRADUATE. IT
IS NOW TIME TO THINK OF GRADUATION TIME AND WE' HAVENt-
FORGOTTEN THAT OUR CUSTOMERS WANT NEW IDEAS.
WE ALSO HAVE ON DISPLAY IN OUR WINDOW
The Daniel Baker Interscholastic Track
Meet Medals
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delivery of flowers or gifts or re-
membranceU of any kind or for the
( transaction of any ether small com-
mission involving the disbursement. of
I money at distant points no longer
j needs to know someone at the distant
point who will) fill the order or ex-
1 ecute the commission.
All that is
; necessary is to wire the amount to
the Western Union manager at the
! point of delivery through the me-
dium of the company's regular money .
t - .
a w
In the transfer message requisite in-
I struction regarding the purchase and
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. ueiivery ql iue aruvies uesireu ur
whatever other
involved.
commission may be
WAST THEIR SALARIES.
j Kenna that no member of the house
should receive a parliamentary sal-
ary and also payment as a member
of the .army or navy but must elect
which he would receive a commo-
tion was caused among the unionist
members
owing to Sir Frederick
Banbury moving an amendment seek-
ing the) abolition of payment to mem-
bers ot parliament altogether.
large number of supporters among
the unionist members but the Ban-
bury amendment was denounced by
some of the unionists as a breach of
the party truce. Andrew Bonar Law
. . . . .
the colonial secretary rebuked Sir
Frederick Banbury for raising the
question. He said that if Sir Fred-
erick'g object was to get rid of the
present government he should do it
openly and upon an issue big enough
that the unionists should not be
ashamed.
SlriiEdward Carson the Ulster
j
uiuumat
leader also characterized
the amendment as "mean and inop-
. ..
portuhe" and finally the amendment
was rejected 247 to 32.
VIENNA. The Hunrarian authori-
use more than six pages of ordinary
size while two cent papers may use
from eight to twelve pages. Xo news-
paper may print more than twelve
pages at a single issue. l
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