ARMY REVOLTS, SEIZES
MEXICO CITY; HUNDREDS
SLAIN INTHEFIRST CLASH
Jenerals Rejes and Diaz, Released from Prison bj "Mutineers—
The Arsenal and Poider Worts Captured by Rebels, ani
Madero fioterement Faces Desperate Straggle
FELIX DIAZ, NEPHEV OF FORMER PRESIDENT, LED UPRISING
Two Hundred and Fifty Slain, includ
ing Women and Children. Follow
ing Upriaing of Nearly All the Fed
eral Soldiera in Capital—Outbreak
M Sudden aa to Stun the Populace
—Famous (Sen. Reyes, the Brains
•f the Revolution, Falls In the
Firat Encounter.
Mexico City.—The army rose In re-
Toll tn Mexico City TOOK possesion
of tbe public buildings, shot down fed
oral adherents, released General Felix
Diaz, tbe leader of the Vera Cruz re
volt, from prison, and, falling Into line
under his banner, practically captured
the Mexican capital.
' Francisco Madero, President of the
Republic, and tbe members of his Cab- j
tnet took refuge in the National Pal
ace, but, with some loyal troops at'
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GENERAL FELIX DIAZ. J
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their back, succeeded for the time
being In defending the palace from
the assaults of the revolutionists.
General Felix, Diaz, with a largo raa
Jority of the regulars* behind him, ob
tained practical controlJn the capital.
President Madero was asked by the
Diplomatic Corps to say yes or no as
to whether he could give protection to
foreign residents. The President did
not answer. The diplomats then sent
a message to General Diaz, informing
htm that they would look to him to
give such protection.
President Madero and his Ministers
left the palace about 10 o'clock p. m.
It Is believed they have gone to Cha
pultepec. General Huerta was left In
charge of the loyal force Ja the palace.
It was reported that President Ma
dero and his family had fled from the
capital and toward the eastern coast.
It was also rumored that all members
«f the Cabinet had resigned.
The uprising came with a sudden
uesm that stunned the city. Led "by
students of the military school, sup
posedly loyal troops first freed the im
, ■ prisoned Generals, Felix Diaz, nephew
of the deposed President, and Ber
1 nardo Reyes, considered the "brains"
of the revolutionary movement, and.
with those intrepid leaders at their
attacked the National Palace.
.WASHINGTON AWAITS
MORE DfcvEL- S.l
Navy Ready at Guantanamo and i
Army Lines Rio Grande.
♦ :
Washington. The explosion In
Mej.ico city will not result in r inter
vention Id Mexico during the three
weeks remaining of the Taft Adminis
tration. t '
It. was authoritatively stated tfcit
- President Taft'a policy of noa-inter
[ vention would be maintained to the
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Reyes was shot tn the first en
counter. In four clashes throughout
the day 250, half of them non-combat
ants were slain. Many women and
children were among tbe dead, which
strewed the city's principal plaza.
Madero. who at the outset led on
horseback a band of still loyal follow
ers but was persuaded to seek shelter,
ptns his faith of holding out on only
1,000 troops, still outside tthe city.
It is understood the various revolu
tions iy leaders hare agreed to tmtte
on General Trevine as Provisional
j President as soon as Madero can be
j dislodged.
! "From Now On the Iron Hand," Says
Madero.
President Madero said that the fa ;
| ciltty with which the new revolt "had
| been suppressed" was only another in
dication of the strength of the Gov
ernment and the loyalty of the array.
I
i' Pointing from a window In the palace
i to a mob,.for the most part boys, car-
I rying the national flag and crying vi
■ j vas for Madcf>, the President said:
"There you can see the people are
. with us. It is said that the Govern
> ment stands alone, but that is not
i true. The Government has the sup- i
) port of the people. There will be no
11 more temporizing; we are going to
t use the iron hand."
■ From his headquarters In the arse
-1 nal Diaz sent a message to Madero,
demanding his resignation and sur
-1 Tender. The President replied, declln
- ing to accede to this demand.
An American, E. L. Ramsey, form
' erly of Galveston, was among the
' seriously wounded. - Stray bullets en
| tered the embassy buildings.
U. 8. Ready to Beod Troops and Ships.
Pending official advices frorfi Am
bassador Wilson at Mexico City, Pres
ident Taft ordered troops and ship*
' held in readiness for tho despatch of
an expeditionary-iforce, probably com
posed of marines, to the Mexican capi
tal to protect Americans and other
foreigners there in the event of the
overthrow of Madero. There are about
4.000 Americans and something like
10,000 other foreigners In Mexico City,
and the lives of these would be en
laat hour of bit occupancy in the
White House. ■
He is determined to make no move
which would in any way prevent his
successor from deciding upon a policy
with regard to Mexico unembarrassed
by any action of the present Adminis
tration. V
There la now only one American
warship in Mexican waters, the Den
ver. which is at Acapulco. The en
tire Atlantic fleet, however, is at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within easy
striking distance of th&aeaat coast of
Mexico, while Admiral Soutberland
.. yitri'C- •"&£!i
AV. » if. £J
d fingered should the GoTernmeui lorfe
control.
In as attempt to drive Diafc from hit
hold on the citadel, 300 Rurales made
an attack. Diaz, turned the machine
guns cn the approaching force, killing
thirty of them. They then retreated.
Diaz's luactivity has been criticised,
but it Is believed that he refrained
from a further attack on the palace,
fearing that much Innocent blood
would be shell
Several committees carrying white
flags visited Diaz. It is supposed that
they represented several different
bodies and bad gone to him to offer
allegiance.
While the battle around the arsenal
raged for about an hour, no use was
made of the big guns Inside the arson-
PRESIDENT MADERO.
al. and it noon became evident that
the reinforcements which the Govern
ment had sent to attack the rebels
were not inclined to fight,
i One after another these supposedly
£yal forces signified their Intention to
surrender, their chief rising to Dl«
under flags of truce and extending
their bands in congratulation.
Before long almost all the mounted
police whom the President had led
against the rebels a few hours pre
viously were now in the rebel ranks.
The artillery from Tacubaya clatr
tered into the city, but not to oppose
the mutinous troops, instead they
joined the movement and lined up with
the rebels about the arsenal.
A truce was called, and papers of
surrender were formally signed. This
victory gave to the rebels a majority
of all the cannon In the city and left
|TO President Madero probably not
j more than 25 per cent, of the capital's
fighting force.
The heaviest fighting took place in
the neighborhood of the Federal pris
on, after the revolting troopers had
succeeded In affecting the release of
Generals Diaz and Reyes.
BOtli were then taken to the palace
by the troops, followed by huge crowds
shouting for Diaz and Reyes, and
"death to Madero," Their arrival was
marked by shouts of the enthusiastic I
thousands of common people throng
ing the Zocale plaza. The cavalry, J
about 600 slruog, and the infantrymen \
lined up the full strength of the pal
ace almost 700 feet. Other troops J
were lying on the pavement In skir- |
miah order.
Suddenly the south door of the pal
ace, known as the President's door, \
Unshed open and from within came the |
report of a rifle. At the same moment j
Oeneral Reyes, stan •ng near Diaz, j
crumpled into a heap. He had been I
shot through the head, and died In J
stantly. His death was the signal for
general fight.
- In an Instant the machine guns on ;
the roof of the cathedral began spit
ting their hail of lead and steel, and
simultaneously the artillery, which
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GEN. BERNARDO REYEJB.
bad approached from the south, began
an attack on the cavalry.
The mob in the streets beat a hasty
retreat for any available shelter. In
a minutes or two the zocale was filled
with the dead and dying. Scores of 1
men. women and children scurrying
to cover, fell In their flight to cover.
■ I - (
has two cruisers, the Cplorado and the '
South Dakota, ready to sail at short '
notice from San Diego.
The gunboat Annapolis, ordered 0 '
Central American waters, may be In
tercepted by wireless and directed
to proceed from Salina Cruz or some
other port on the west coast of Mexi
co.
There Is already a sufficient fore* 8
of United States troops aloag the
Mexican border to handle any situa
tion which may arise there short of t
an aof.ual invasion of Mexican terrl- t
tonr. t
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NORTH CAROLINA
GENERALASSEMBLY
LAWMAKERS OF STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA ARE HARD AT
WORK.
KILLED THE CIGARETTE BILL
The Protests of Tobacco Interacts
Had Effect on House Committee on
Public Health.—Other Legislative
Work That is Being Done.
Senate—Wednesday.
A number of new bills were intro
duced in the senate. 1
The following hills passed final
reading:
To extend for two years the time
for the construction of the North
State Central Railway.
To validate the probate of certain
jarllls prior to 1860.
To validate the probate of the will
of Maria Nixon.
To amend the law relative to draw
Ing juries in the recorder's court of
Nash County and provide compensa
tion.
To cure certain probates made by
Ambassadors and Consuls outside of
the United States.
House—Wednesday.
The House passed the joint resolu
tion from the Se*ite for the consti
tutional amendment commission of
five from the Senate, eight from the
House and five appointed by the gov
ernor to formulate ' amendments to
the Constitution and report to an adr
journed or special session next fall
or winter.
Enrolled bills reported for ratifica
tion were as follows:
To amend and revise the charter
of the town of Klkin.
To authorize the town of Franklin
ton to issue street bonds.
To incorporate the town of Drex
all, Burke county.
Bill relative to a road bond elec
tion In Union county.
To allow Franklin township to vote
on road bonds. '
To authorize sewerage bonds by
the town of Dunn.
To increase the number of Supe
rior Court judges and judicial dls
" irycis trom lti fd SO.
Senate—Thursday.
The Stewart antl-tipplng bill that
passed the House, making It a mis
demeanor and SIOO fine or 30-days
Imprisonment to give or receive a
tip In hotels, cafes and other places, j
or for employers of waiters to em
ploy them with agreement as to tip
ping, was voted down in the Senate
31 tj 10. Senator Barnes made the
lone speech in its support.
The following bills passed final
reading:
Senate bill to submit to the voters
of Davidson county the question of
road bond Issue. >4
Senate bill U> repeal the charter of
I Hickory and incorporate the town,
j House bill authorizing additional
| road bonds by Yoitngsvllle township,
Franklin county.
House bill amettding the road law
of Lenoir county.
Senate Wll to authorize New Han
over county to Issue $200,000 road
I bonds.
House—Thursday.
The HOUSP voted down by a vote
of 44 to the Kellum bill to advance
the age of consent 14 to 18
years. This was after an amendment
had been adopted to the effect that
men under 21 years old should not
be afTected by the provisions of the
bill. Criticism of the amendment by
Representative Miller of Cleveland
brought about the defeat.
The House voted to refac the Jus
tice state-wide primary bill, the
Doughton substitute and all amend
ments, including the 40 amendments
for the exemption of counties, to a
select committee of five for revision,
and drafting of a measure that
will not be so drastic as the Justice
bill, and have this committee report
back within seven days.
Many new bills were introduced In
the House.
Senate—Friday.
The Senate Committee on Educa
tion will report favorably the bill pro
viding for uniformity of examinattlon,
certification of graduation of teach
ers. This Is the bill as recommended
by the Teachers' Assembly and the
Connty SuperintendentffTAssociation.
Bills passed final reading as fol
lows:
Senate bill to build bridge over
Yadkin between counties of Davie
and Forsyth, one mile from ITawes
Ferry. __
Senate bill making larceny In
amount not exceeding S2O a misde
meanor instead of a' felony through
out the state, ___
House bill to permit Liberty school
district, Randolph county, to vote
bonds.
Senate bill authorizing townships of
*?uplin county to issue bonds }n aid
jt railroad In the county.
Senate bill ratifying road bond Is- J
gue of $250,000 in Orange county. J (
House—Friday. \
Mr. Justice offered a petition signed
by 663 citrus of Ashe county askihg 
that the at primary bill be i
nassed and 'ilr. Bowie of Ashe, a 
■%A -- \-tijn HIQL.«V ,
petition by a number of those signing
the Justice petition aßklng that their
names be erased from the Justice pe
tition.
On motion of Mr. Doughton an or
der' was made for 500 copies of the
Anti-Saloon League search and seiz
ure bill, as reported from the Com
mittee on Liquor Traffic favorably, to
be printed for the scrutiny of the leg
islators.
The bill to require county officers
now on fees to make reports showing
their revenue passed.
Senate —Saturday.
The Senate passed the House reao
lution appointing a commission to
look into the allotment of quarters
to State Department in the new state
buidllng.
The bill requiring bonding compan
les withdrawing as surety to give rea
sons for cancelling the bond passed
the Senate. The original bill includ
ed requiring railroads to accept any
good bond, but this was stricken out.
The Senate bill to allow Charlotte
Park and Tree Commission to sell
part of its real estate passed final
reading, as did the following:
House bill to prevent use of fire
arms by children; makes it unlawful
for parent or guardian to permit
child under 12 to have any firearms.
House bill to amend road law of
Clayton township, Johnston county.
House resolution for commission to
Investigate Souths Atlantic and West
ern Railroad Confcpany (Transconti
nental Railway), and report to Legis
lature by February 26.
Houso bill adding Cherokee county
to barbed-wire fence law.
House—Saturday.
There was unsuccessful efTort in
the House to get a vote on the bill
to change the county seat of Jack
son from Webster to Sylva, it being
insisted successfully that too many
members were absent.
There was a lengthy discussion of
the Cotitiore bill to provide for the
payment Into the hands of the clerk
of the court of certain trust funds by
trustees and mortgagees. Mr. Steph
enson advocated the bill. Mr. Orler
opposed it. Mr. Connor insisted that
the bill would afford trustees and
mortagees much needed relief.
The bill passed final reading and was
sent to the Senate.
Senate—Monday.
Petitions were offered for six-months
school from Farmers' Unions of Ire
dell, Davidson, Watauga, Rockingham,
and Wake counties; for compulsory
school attendance law and child labor
legislation from Junior Order Coun
cils of Statesvllle and Burlington and
Haywood and Stokes counties; againnt
the Houso bill restricting sale and
manufacture of cigarettes from tobac
co of CJreensboro and Guil
ford counties; for increased appropria
tion to the Institute for the Feeble-
Minded at Kinston from Wayne and
Wake; for elligibility of women to
serve on school boards from citizens
of Woodsdale, Pearson county, Re
search Club of Roxboro, Twentieth
Century Club of Raleigh; for seacli
and seizure.*
A number of new bills were Intro
duced in the Senate.
House—Monday.
The House adopted a joint resolu
Hon by Representative Young of Har
nett for the appointment of a com
mission consisting of one Senator and
two Represetatives to investigate the
books of officers charged with report
ing and collection of inheritance and
schedule B and (' taxes of any coun
ties they may see fit and report their
findings to the Oenernl Assembly. The
people are looking to this General As
sembly, the resolution declares, to find
a way for six-months schools without
crippling our state institutions. It also
states that for 1911 $9,000 was collect
ed In inheritance taxes the state over
and for 1912 only $6,000; that certain
counties have not returned nny sched
ule B and C taxes, and others grossly
inadequate amounts.
Senate—Tuesday.
The senate passed the joint resolu
tion from the House for a commission
of one Senator and two Representa
tives to investigate county officers as
to falftire to return Inheritance and
schedule .B and C taxes during the
past two years.
The Weaver bill, for the protection
of municipality-owned watersheds
from Are by requiring property own
ers who cut timber within 400 yards j
of such water-sheds to remove or de J
stroy all residue from cuttings, pass
ed the Senate.
Senator Bryant Introduced a bill for
a reformatory for women.
Senator McLean's bill giving the
Corporation Commission power to
regulate the crossings of transmission
wires was considered favorably by
the Senate Committee on Corpora
tions.
House—Tuesday.
Representative Clark's bill to pre
vent the manufacture and sale of cig
arettes In North Carolina received its
death blow at the hands of the House
Committee on Public Health after
that committee been stormed with
protests front the tobacco interests of
•the stater - - —'
The House discussed for a
while the bill to allow the citizens of
Jackson county to vote next May on
the question of moving the county
seat from Webster to Sylvia, with the
result that it passed second reading
by a vote of 76 to 36. Being a roll
caH measure R had to go over for
the final reading.
Mr. Williams of Hertford introduc
ed and procured immediate passage of
a bill for the relief of the Commission
ers of Hertford county.
BEFORE AND
AFTER MARRIAGE
Advice Given Mother in Regard to
Young Daughter Prove» Val
uable to Daughter Eth
After Marriage.
Pollock, Tex.—"When I TU a girt,
about 14 years of age," writes Mr*.
Winnie Delaney, of this town, "I was
In awfully bad health. I tried differ
ent treatments, but they did ma no
good.
A friend advised my mother to gtv*
.me Cardul, the woman's tonic. Bba
gavw me one bottle, and It straighten
ed me out all right.
I did not have any more trouble un
til after I was married. I had several
bad spells then, but I began taking
Cardul again, and my health started
to Improving right away.
I can safely recommend Cardul to
all women sufferers, as I think It la
the greatest woman's medicine on
earth.
You may publish this letter if yon
wish."
Cardul Is good for young girls, aa
well as older women, because it con
tains pure, harmless, vegetable Ingre
dients, which act gently, yet surely,
on the delicate womanly organs. It la
a tonic prepared exclusively for wom
en.
For more than 50 years, Cardul haa
been in widely extended use, by worn
en of all ages, and haa given entire
satisfaction, as a remedy for rebuild
ing womanly health and strength.
You can rely on Cardul. It will do
for you, what it has done for thou
sands of others. Jt will help you.
Begin to take Cardul, today.
N. B. — IVriit /».- Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
Ladies Advisory Dept., Chattanooga, Tenn,, for
.Yfrrt'a/ Ituiruttient on yourcaae and 64-pape book.
Home Treatment for Women." tent In pLaia
wrapper. Adv.
Determined to Be Observed.
"You may announce that I intend
to retire to private life," said the
Industrious statesman.
"What for?"
"It seems to be the only method
Just now by which I can attract pub
lic attention."
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I certain extent. She thinks she ought
to have the ballot, but she knows a
j~ lot of of women wh'O Bhe ls sure do hot
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