Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 26, 1913, Page 3

‘fn the che: raub iwy HUERTA TO | RULE WITH” ® IRON HAND Somber Quiet Per- i vades Mexico, DISCONTENT GENERAL ands of Former President ~ Madere Declare His Kill ing Was Intentional deaths of Madero and Suarez is to be begun at once, but the general belief prevails that it will substantiate official ver- sions of the occurrence. The fact that the bodies of the two statesmen were recov- ered in the rear of the peni- tentiary was explained by the statement that a second en- counter occurred close to the building. It is said the automobiles ran along a side road and that Madero and Suarez jumped out and were running when ‘# they were caught between the fire of the guards and the at- tacking party, this accounting for wounds being inflicted on them from different directions. } SEES EEE EEE EET Mexico City, Feb. 25.—The | official investigation into the + + + é ERLE EEE EEE EEE EE te PRE REEEEE E Mexico City, Feb. 25.—A mysterious quiet pervades the capital. The streets are deserted and the people a huddled in their homes, knowing it what is in store for them. Armed troops guard the national palace and the = occasional tramp, ‘tramp of the men as they march from jone post to another is the only sound which disturbs the somber quiet. Since the killing of Francisco Ma- and former Vice President Su- jarez no one seems to know what will happen next. It is evident that Hu- intends to rule with an iron hand and that all those who oppose his will rwill be dealt with severely. | Little credence is given his asser- jtions that Madero and Suarez were {killed while trying to escape or that ‘there was a mistake. The people eam believe that the assassination ‘was intentional. There is little disposition here to joppose the wish of Huerta in any ‘way, but the trouble reported Satur- iday in the outside provinces is grow- ‘img, and it is very evident that the jgew administration will have much ‘trouble in controlling the situation. The sudden taking off of Madero thas had the effect of inflaming his | friends throughout the country vagainst the new regime and instead of discouraging them, as was evident- | ‘ly intended, it has caused much dis- content and hatred. Diaz and Huerta realize this and are making every ef. | ifort to put down incipient uprisings | rwherever they appear. Public Is Indifferent. If there is any regret over the slay- fing of the two former chief officials | \of the republic it isnot apparent here, ‘excepting in the immediate families and closest friends of the dead men {But whether this indifference is real or whether it is because the people vare afraid to demonstrate their real | feelings is difficult to fathom. Most of the leading residents of the city insist that they prefer the openly | ‘declared military dictatorship to Ma- dero’s despotism under the pretense of democracy. | The people now understand they | must obey without question any com- mands of either Huerta or Diaz or wuffer quick and sure punishment. They say that they believe in the return to the days and methods of Porfirio Diaz if the country is to be placed on a stable basis. The killing of the two officers is mot being discussed here to any ex- tent. Relatives and friends of the \@ead vowed vengeance, but they are } ‘being watched so closely that it is doubtful whether they can take any jaction that will seriously embarrass ‘the existing government. The bodies of Madero and Suarez ‘were turned over to their relatives yonly after the American ambassador fhad interceded with the government ore demanded that this action be en. !" The autopsy showed that Madero’s j@eath was caused by two bullets ywhich struck him in the back of the {Mead. There were no other wounds jon his body, Suarez had eight wounds st and abdomen. Women Denounce Soldiers. Senora Madero, widow of the late jprestdent, and her sister-in-law, one the. most beautiful yomen in Mex- a a social geter here and im Paris, Latest Picture of Deposed Presi- dent, Who Was Slain in Street. ———— OOOO drove to the prison as soon as rumors of what had happened reached them. The widow's grief was pitiable, but Senorita Mercedes retained perfect control and acted as the spokeswom- an for the party. The officer in charge was courteous, but inexorable in his. refusal to permit the women to enter. While they were engaged in colloquy ! another automobile bearing Senora | Suarez drove up on a similar errand. | She, too, was refused permission to enter the prison. “My advice, senoras,” said the Mex- ican officer, “is that you return at once to your homes. The president undoubtedly will communicate with you.” Senora Madero burst into tears. With one arm around her weeping sister-in-law, Senorita Mercedes drew herself up to her full height, looked scornfully over the array of officers and guards, and with a sweeping ges- ture of contempt and defiance, ex- claimed: : “Gowards and assassins, all of you! You have no hearts! You would in- crease the suffering of broken women! Your punishment is to come! You murderers, who shot two unarmed men in the back! You traitors!” Cowering under the tigerish wrath of the woman, the officers and guards drew back into the shadows of the prison gate as though ashamed to face her flashing eyes. INTERVENTION MEANS RETURN OF DIAZ ' Former President of Mexico Dis- cusses Situation. Keneh, Egypt; Feb. 25.—Porfirio Diaz, former president of Mexico, de- clared that he is holding himself in readiness to respond to the call of his country in case foreign complications should arise out of the revolution there. If this should not occur, he said, he would not return to Mexico until set- tled government had been reestab- lished there and his reappearance on the scene where he had held such long sway could be made without risk o* being wrongly interpreted. The aged ex-president expressed th« hope that “hands off Mexico” would continue to be the policy of the Unit ed States. General Diaz was greatly elated ai the success of his nephew, Felix Diaz and of General Huerta, the provisional president, whom he considers quite | capable of working out the salvation of the republic. CONGRESS CONVENES APRIL 1 President Elect Announces Date for Meeting of Special Session. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 25.—President Elect Wilson announced that the ex- tra session of congress would be con- vened on Tuesday, April 1. Chicago Pioneer Is Dead. Chicago, Feb. 25—Mrs. Katherine Snow Isham, the oldest woman resi- dent born in Chicago, who had watched the city grow from a frontier settle- ment, died at her home here. She was the wife of the late Dr. Ralph N. Isham, one of the first physicians to locate here, and the daughter of George W. Snow, Chicago’s first civil engineer, She was eighty-one years ok. Se ee ees = BiG FORCE Entire Army Division Under Orders, ‘Head of Chicago Department Will Assume Charge at Gal- | veston. Washington, Feb. 25.—More orders for moving troops to Galveston, with the purpose of concentrating a full army division there, in accordance with the policy of preparedness as outlined by President Taft in a public speech in New York last Saturday night, were issued by the war depart- ment. | Major General William H. Carter, the department and division com- mander at Chicago, will be placed in command. In addition to the Fourth brigade of the Second division, con- sisting of the Twenty-third, Twenty- sixth and Twenty-seventh infantry, now in the Middle West, orders were issued for the preparation for entrain- ment of the entire Sixth brigade, com- prising the Eleventh infantry, Colonel Arthur Williams, at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.; the Eighteenth infantry, Colonel Thomas F. David, at Fort McKenzie, Wyo., and the Twenty-second infantry, Colonel Daniel A. Frederick, at Fort Bliss, Tex. The Fourth Field artillery, the Sec- ond battalion of engineers and Signal Corps Company D, comprising part of the Sixth brigade, already have been ordered to Galveston. Publication of a statement that Pres- ident Elect Wilson had requested Sec- retaries Knox and Stimson and Major General Leonard Wood to meet him at Burlington, N. J., next Tuesday, to confer upon the Mexican situation, led Secretary Stimson to issue this state- ment: “ “I have no information of any such appointment. I believe, however, that all members of Mr. Taft’s administra- tion should stand ready to give to Governor Wilson and to the members of his cabinet all information possible as to the situation in their respective departments.” WILL BE BURIED WITH HONORS Official Telegram Concerning Deaths of Madero and Suarez. Washington, Feb. 25.—‘Both the bodies of Senors Madero and Suarez will be buried with all the honors due to the high positions they held,” read an Official telegram from Francisco de la Barra, minister of foreign relations, received at the Mexican embassy. The dispatch said Madero and Sua- rez were killed in the streets of Mex- ico City in a battle between their guard and two groups of men who were seeking to overpower the guard and rescue them. It was not made clear which side fired the fatal shots. The report declared there was a “general desire for peace” throughout Mexico and that the government looked forward to the future with op- timism. SAYS WORLD EXPECTS IT American Intervention Urged by Lon- don Paper. London, Feb. 25.—Commenting on the Mexico City killing the Globe urges American intervention. It says: “The honor of the great republic is involved in this great tragedy. The United States is under obligation to maintain some semblance of order in Mexico. The world has the right to | expect that the United States will ac- cept the responsibilities as well as reap the advantages of the Monroe doctrine.” PATRONIZE THE BREAD LINE Garment Workers Still on Strike in Need of Food, New York, Feb. 25.—Evidence that the garment workers, several thousand of whom are still on strike, are suffer- ing, was furnished when representa- tives of over 1,200 families applied at @ relief station established by the United Hebrew trades to obtain food supplies. This bread line extended for many blocks and similar scenes were wit- nessed at relief stations in the Bronx and in Brooklyn. Contributions of money and clothing also were made. Number of Trainmen Injured, Marquette, Mich. Feb. 25.—The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul pas senger train bound from Champion, Mich., to Chicago, was wrecked at Re- public, Mich., near here. Conductor Bloomer of Green Bay, Wis., was per- haps fatally injured. All other mem- bers of the crew, except the engineer ead fireman, were injured. CARTER IN COMMAND * w. w. Atterbury, for Roads, and Albert Phillips, for Firemen. ta interests in the state legislature. is jeopardizing the passage of a reappor- tionment bill in the senate and is like- ly to kill distance tariff in the house. Distance tariff, which a week ago would have passed the lower house by & substantial vote is now said to be doomed to defeat. And it is all be- cause of the attitude of H. H. Dunn of Albert Lea, one of its authors, toward | the Twin Cities and northern Min@e- sota. It was Mr. Dunn who led the fight for the tonnage tax bill which was op- posed by all northern Minnesota rep- resentatives. And it was Mr. Dunn who attempted to saddle the Warner reapportionment bil} Thursday with an amendment which would disfranchise thousands in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth, hoping that its passage would kill the bill entirely. Many northern Minnesota members who at the opening of the session fa vored distance tariff are said to have experienced a change of heart as a re- *buke to Mr. Dunn for his continued opposition to the interests of northern Minnesota and the three largest cities. Northern Minnesota members who originally favored the bill and are now said to oppose it, are quietly making known their position to opponents of the bill. Duxbury Amendment Fails, County officers will be placed on a non-partisan basis, if the bill passed by the senate passes the house. When the senate took up the elections bill yesterday, Senator Duxbury tried to have county officers excluded from the non-partisan class, but failed by a vote of 20 te 34. The senator argued that the only way a party can maintain its organi- zation is to have its county officers run on a party ticket. The non-partisan feature of the pri- mary election law was upheld in the senate late yesterday afternoon by a vote of 30 to 20, following a heated debate. Photo of Phillips @ 1913, by American Press Association. —————SSSS TO: PICK THIRD ARBITRATOR Labor and Railroad Chiefs in Final Effort to Settle Dispute. New York, Feb. 25.—Albert Phillips, vice president of the Brotherhood of Lecomotive Firemen and Enginemen, | and W. W. Atterbury, vice president of the Psnnsylvania Lines Bast, met at the Waldorf-Astoria in a last ef- fort to choose the third arbitrator to complete the board that will settle the wage dispute between the 35,000 firemen and the fifty-four railroads east of Chicago and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. | STEFFANSSON TO SEEK POLE Explorer Will Sail for Arctic in May Under Canadian Flag. Winnipeg, Feb. 25.—Hon. Robert Rogers, minister of the interior and member for Winnipeg, wired that V. Steffansson, explorer, will sail for the North pole under the Canadian flag in May from Victoria, B. C., the Canadian government having appropriated $75,- 000 to outfit the expedition. He will be-absent four years. St. Paul, Feb. 21.—The lower house of the legislature yesterday passed the Warner reapportionment bit by a vote of 84 to 33. This action came after a bitter fight between southern Minnesota members and representatives from the Twin Cities and northern Minnesota, caused by an amendment offered by H. H. Dunn of Albert Lei, which porposed to limit the representation of Minneap- olis, St. Paul and Duluth to what they were allowed by the reapportionment of 1897, notwithstanding the large in- crease in population in each efty. The move of Mr. Dunn came unex- pectedly and for a time the friends of the reapportionment bill feared that it might prove successful. After two hours of argument the Dunn amend- ment lost by a vote of 72 to 45, how- ever. In explaining his bill, Represen- tative C. H. Warner admitted that it Howard Will Be Confirmed. | would be impossible to make an abso Washington, Feb. 25.—A favorable | lutely equitable distribution of legis- report on President Taft’s nomination | lative districts if county lines were of Clinton W. Howard to succeed Cor- | followed. nelius Hanford, who resigned under Quotes the Constitution. pressure in the Washington Fourth He contended that the constitution judicial district, was ordered by the | does not require this. The language senate judiciary committee. Senator! used in the constitution is that “the Poindexter of Washington made aj representation in both houses shall be strong fight against Howard. apportioned equitably throughout the different sections of the state in pro- portion to the population thereof.” If, therefore, the state is divided into characteristic sections and each sec- tion is given an approximately equal South St. Paul, Feb. 24.—Cattle—| Pepresentation his contention is that Steers, $8.25@8.75; cows and heifers, this will constitute a substantial com- $6.00@7.00; calves, $8.25@9.00; feed-} Pliance with constitutigpal provisions. ers, $4.50@7.25. Hogs—$8.00@8.15. Demonstrates Fairness. Sheep—Lambs, $6.00@7.25; wethers, Im order, therefore, to demonstrate $4.00@5.50; ewes, $3.50@4.25. \that his bill is fair to all sections of the state, Mr. Warner has divided it in- to four groups of congressional ‘dis- tricts. The first group consists of the ‘First, ‘Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth congressional districts. The second group consists of the Sixth and Sev- yenth congressional districts and Chi- ‘sago and Washington counties. The third group consists of the Eighth and ‘Ninth districts, except Duluth and the fourth group consists of the Twin Cities and Duluth. Proposed Representation. The representation in these groups proposed is as follows: Population Population to each toeach MORGAN’S DOCTOR ARRIVES Physician Reaches Cairo to Attend American Financier. Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 25.—Dr. Gastian- elli, the Rome specialist, has arrived in Cairo to attend J. P. Morgan. He made a thorough examination of the financier, but made no statement 1e- garding the ailment. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES South St. Paul Live Stock. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Feb. 24.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 875c; No. 1 Northern, 865c; No. 2 Northern, 825% @845c; May, 88%c; July, 89%@ 8914c. Flax—On track and to arrive, $1.32%; May, $1.335%; July, $1.35. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Feb. 24—Wheat—May, 925c; July, 91%4¢; Sept., 89%. Corn— May, 52%c; July, 53%c; Sept., 544ec. Oats—May, 34% @34%c; July, 34%; Sept., 34%4c. Pork—May, $19.70; July, $19.62. Butter—Creameries, 28@365c. ‘ Eggs—13@19%c. Poultry — Turkeys, = ce, ees eae | 14¢; ings, 14%4c. (Group 1 .. - 30, 21c; chickens, 14c; spring: % rican meres ica Group 3 - 30,631 16,225 Chicago Live Stock. iGroup 4 .. " 36,208 18,104 Chicago, Feb. 24.—Cattle—Beeves, $6.75@9.00; Texas steers, $5.20@6.00; Western steers, $6.00@7.60; stockers and feeders, $5.50@7.90; cows and heifers, $3.15@7.40; calves, $7.00@10.- Congressional District Method. , By congressional districts the rep- ‘resentation proposed in the Warner _Freapportionment bill is as follows: Population Population 35. Hogs—Light, $8.15@8.40; mixed, iopacl Ap eakh $8.10@8.40; heavy, $7.90@8.35; rough, Senator. Rep’tative $7.90@8.10; pigs, $6.25@8.20. Sheep— | ‘First District ... 33,500 16,754 Native, $5.10@6.65; yearlings, $6.70@ 8.00; lambs, $7.40@8.85. $10,000 for Destinctively American, Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 22.—Mrs. Ja- ton Walker of this city, chairman of the music committee of the National Federation of Musical clubs has re- teived a communication from Mrs. J. .—. Kinney, president of that associa- tion, announcing that ‘citizens of Los Angeles, Cal., have raised $10,000 to 2e awarded the composer of a prize »pera. This production is to be of dis- sinctive American origin and will be staged during the progress of the Pap sma-Pacific exposition. Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, Feb. 24—Wheat—May, 87%c; July, 89%c. Cash close on track: No. 1 hard, 88c; No. 1 North- ern, 8634 @8712c; to arrive, 86% @87c; No. 2 Northern, 84%@85%¢c; No. 3 Northern, 824%@83%c; No. 3 yellow corn, 44@4414c; No. 4 corn, 42@43%c; No. 3 white oats, 30%@3ic; to ar rive, 30%c; No. 3 oats, 2844@29%4c; barley, 42@56c; flax, $1.32%; to ar Five, $1.32%. Proceedings at the Minnesota State Capitol for the St. Paul, Feb. 22.—The conflict be-]Second Distriet.. 27,925 tween northern and southern Minneso- | Third District... 30,338 - ow 14,350 18,202. Fourth Distfict. 18,802 Fifth District. 18,527 Sixth District.... 29,956 15,493 Seventh District. 27,946 15,911 Eighth District.. 31,371 16,134 Ninth District... 32,252 15,651 The legislature, accordng to the re apportionment proposed by Mr. War- ner, will consist of 65 senators and 125 representatives. Suggests Indian Monument. Senator Marden has received a let- ter frem Theo. H. Boileau, of White Earth, which has been brought to the: attention of the senate, suggesting, that a monument be erected to the memory of Uou-Zoo-Mann-nee, a noted» chief of the Mille Lacs band of Chippe- wa Indians. He also suggests that Uou-Zoo-Mann-nee point, a tract of 40 acres on Mille Lacs jake, the former home of the chief, be secured for a state park. Aided the Government. In 1862, when the Sioux, under the leadership of Little Crow, rose in re bellion and when Hole-in-the-Day was meditating joining the hostile Sioux, | Uou-Zoo-Mann-nee hastened to Fort Ripley with a band of followers to ren- der his services to the government. | His aetion had the effect of inducing Hole-in-the-Day and the rest of the Chippewas to remain loyal and subse- quently they rendered valuable service as scouts. It is believed that had it not been for the loyalty of the Chip- pewas at that time “fire, murder and rapine would have ‘swept like wildfire over the entire breath of Minnesota.” St. Paul, Feb. 20.—Governor Eber- h has announced that he will ap point George Authier, the political writer of the Minneapolis Tribune to} succeed Ralph Wheelock, who will be- come a member of the state board of control at the expiration of Mr. Ring- dal’s term of office on April 1st. Distance Tariff Postponed. The special order on the Cashman distance tariff bill, which had been set for yesterday has, with the con- sent of the author, been postponed un- til March 5th, at 2 p.m. It is expected that before that time the United States Supreme court will have handed down its decision on the Minnesota rate cases and at the same time define more clearly than at present the rights of states to regulate railway traffic within their borders. Just after the state senate by agree- ment between the opposing forces had deferred action on the bill, the reply of the state railroad and warehouse commission was received to the sen- ate’s request for information on the effect of the bill if passed. The commission’s answer, while a mere statement of facts, furnishes a powerful argument against the Dill. The commissioners show that the pres- ent system of rates adjusted to market _ conditions would be entirely upset. House Passes Woodman Bill. The house has passed the Woodman bill by a vote of 68 to 57. This bill per- mits any subordinate Modern Wood- men camp to secede from the parent organization and, in conjunction yith other subordinate camps, organize a fraternal beneficiary associations with- in the state. The design is that the operation of the new order shall be confined to Minnesota. When a camp decides to secede any of its members. may maintain their wonnections with the parent order. ‘i Tonnage Tax Defeated. The tonnage tax bill was defeated, § to 61, when it came up for final pas- sage. Its defeat followed an argu- ment made by Mr. Spooner against its constitutionality. The vote follows: Nays—Anderson, J., Borgen, Bouck, Brown, G. W., Child, Coates, Davis, Dindorf, Dunn, R. C. Dwyer, Elmer, Fuchs, Greene, Harrison, Healy, Henry, Hillman, Hopkins, Klemer, Knapp, Kneeland, Knopp, Larson, Lennon, Lundeen, ‘Lydiard, McGarry, Marschalk. Moeller, Nelson, Nimocks, Nolan, Nor- ton, O'Neil, Orr, Palmer, Preston, Prince, Ribenack, Saggau, Sanborn, Sawyer, Seebach, Southwick, Spooner, Stone, ' Stoven, " Sullivan, ‘Sundberg, Thielen, Thornton, Thorson, Vasaly, Virtue, Vollmer, Walker, Warner, A. L, Warner, C. H., Westlake, Wilson, Mr. Speaker. Yeas—Anderson, W., Barten, Bendix- en, Bjorge, __ Bjornson, Braatelien, Brown, W.'W., Burchard, Burrows, Campbell, Carey, Carlson, Clementson, Conley, Crane, Crawford, Dunn, H. H., Ferrier, Finke, Flowers, Frankson, . Hogenson, Hoimberg, Johnson, A. C,, Johnson, J. T., Just, Kimpel, Lee, Lindberg, McMartin, Min- nette, Morken, Ofsthun, Olien, Papke, Peterson, A. B., Peterson, A. J., Peter- son, P. A. Porter, Putnam, Reed, Schwartz, Skartum, Stageberg, Swen- son, Teigen, Voxland, Warner, E., We- fald, | Weld, Wescott, Westman, Wil- Supreme Court Measure Passes. Mr. Orr's bill for a constitutional: amendment authorizing an increase of the number of judges of the supreme; court from 5 to 7 and making the clerk of the supreme court appointive: by the judges instead of elective by the people, was passed by the house on a vote of 84 to 4. Ascribes Health to Wine. New York, Feb. 22.—Dr. Ste; -Smith, “father” of New York’s sani- tary laws and dean of surgeons in city, celebrated his 90th birthday, still. in excellent health and active as a, consulting surgeon of Bellevue hospi. tal. Up to 60 years of age Dr. Smith said, in explaining his present state of health, he was a victim of dyspep- sia, but as a delegate to Paris to a