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Once intended by old Porfirio to be |
8 second Diaz in Mexico, now, lke |
his former chief, a fugitive from the |
wrath of his compatriots, Victoriano |
Huerta sees himself at sixty forced to |
resign the presidency of his country. |
He will, it is believed, go to Europe,
where, like other Latin American
presidents. he wili end his days with
{ittle enjoyment save that of reminis
cence.
Huerta was born to wealth. Unlike |
Diaz, who is of plebalan origin, a |
mongrel, mostly Indian, Huerta comes |
f one of the most aristocratic faml-
lies In Mexico.
Chihuahua, with
state the Huertas have long
been identified, in 18564, or 1857, re
ports differ. At the age of saventeen
the aristocrat was appointed by Diaz
then ruling Mexico with an iron hand, |
to the military school of Chapultepec
Huerta served hls four school years
He was neither at the |
head nor the foot of his class. He |
was graduated with honors, being |
about the tenth In a class of nearly a |
hundred, and immediately went to join
He born In
which
was
passably well
a regiment on the west coast as a sec
ond lieutenant of engineers
When Diaz began hl
organization of
Huerta was promoted captain of
while hold
President
the Mexican
engi
neers, and ng this rank de
vised the pla a Mexican genera
staff corps
of the mili
ed
a large scale
the top
jeading exploring and
regions of the
map commission creat
ataff map of Mexico on
and
to draft a
he had charge of all
of the com
surveying
gral work mis
sion,
parties over the wildest
republic
President Diaz after
place confidence in Huerta
lieved he saw in the ileutenant colonel
rank the sol
traits whic
began
op
I
fe be. |
to
SOON
of engineers, t hich
3 ' |
dier had fed nw
make him a
guceee
successor in the
executive chair. Huerta was placed in |
charge of a station Matanzas, far
removed from the capital. There plots
atched, and Diaz was
any officer
worthy
fn
could be easily h
loath
in
to leave in charge
whom he had not Implicit trust
thirty-five when
afternoon
an sscort of
Huerta w barely
this Incident occurred
as
{ne
while he was riding with
but three
pass in the
through mountain
1, six
or seven
the road
iy
hands
The hizhwaymen proved to be
band of Flores Z
kept
bers of the
bandit who
the feathe> edge
the community
habit t«
the Wn slong the
It was hi
descend on
and levy :
caprice img Huerta
Zegaza's hut,
soon stood in front of
" ba rsicda bt oset
ling, m dilapidated
an adobe
far up the mountaln
There Zogaza
which waa not
fico then and which
the today He
Huerta should keep him
to the days when the military
would be marching a direction
posite from the
On such days Zegaza would make ft
a point to call, with his followers, and
collect from the natives such stores
of money and clothes food
uch
made the proposition
Mex-
at all nnusual in
YORU posed
pro
informed as
force
in
HR
town
and
since the last visit
Zegaza was not at all
have Huerta accept his proposition to
to the bandits
Ten days later Huerta sent word to
Zegaza that he would be away from
the station on the following Thursday
rode into Matanzas, confident there
would be no opposition except from
the sporadie popguns of the overfright-
ened storekeepers. As they turned
into the main street, discharging their
revolvers to frighten every one away,
a squad of Huerta's soldiers closed (n
on thelr rear and another squad ap
peared In their front
A number of Zegaza's men were
killed In the street. The remainder,
with the bandit chief himself surren-
dered. A week later Zegaza was shot
in the cuartel of the prison attach
to the station.
Huerta is no drawing room soldier.
He has scen much active service. In
1901 he took command of the Infantry
in the campaign against the Yaqui
Fight Fog by Wireless.
Clearing away fogs by hurling Into
the mist great bolts from a4 wireless
apparatus has been demonstrated to
be feasible by the North Railroad
company of France. The electric
waves dissolve the water particles
which constitute the fog.
As much as 600 feet can he cleared
in front of the antennae. With Im
proved machinery it 1s confidently
believed that the discovery will prove
of great benefit to ships at sea and
will do much to prevent such accel
Indians,
Huerta commanded all the detached
forces In the state of
When Madero suc
ceded to the presidency, General
Huerta was sent back into Morelos
with a force to put down the Zapata
As a result of {ll feeling
Huerta
Subsequently he led the
and was in
battle of Bachimba.
was promoted to
dero revolution.
command at the
For this service he
In the second Felix Diaz revolution,
which resulted in the overthrow of the
Madero government Huerta was ime
the senior ranking general then
in the eapital He Ma-
dero from Chapultepec castle to the
palace of the days’
fighting an me
vernment
ascorted
first ten
8 placed in entire of
ces of the gi
the tro
zhting
He
during all th
the conduct of thesa operations
directed government
"pe
and
led to
ye
ade
a sub sequent i
severe critic
ro's friends
im on the part of
It was charged that he
Is had
» fate of the Mad
Huerta was the moving
consummati
in the
President
tave, and Vice
The
and
of the
od of
his
v
President Jose
gaizure
Madern brother
Gus.
Pino
Saurez assassinations of the
Maderos Saurez followed, and In
the
tary
as the
ime Huerta, with the mill
behind him. had
meant
been recogni
provisional president
Huerta at once s
he United
wught recogr
States, for it is ut
merican countries
of their presidents can hold of
without being recognized bv ¢
varn Pragldant
gis
uccessor of Madero ir
of a justly governed Moy!
-
or the sorth
ning ov
commander
reneral Villa,
defeated the federal foree
tance of Argentina, Prazil
’
followed with
no satizsfactor results
HAVE FAITH IN CARBAJAL
Huerta's Successor a Civilian and a
Man of Acknowledged Probity.—
His Honorable Career
Mexico
forty-four
City Francisco Carbatal
is Years old, a native of
the state of Campeche, and a
Almost ever since the start
career he has occupied posts in the
judiciary. In the Madero administra
he was a but reiin-
his to the
preme court, of which he was chief
justice at the time General Huerta ape
pointed him minister of foreign rela
tions
When
inwyer
of his
senator,
post reenter CE
General Porfirio Diaz deten
ro revolutionists. Senor Carbajal pro
ceeded to Juarez as his commissioner.
Senor Carbajal has a reputation for
possessing considerable
force and Independence of character,
His demeanor is quiet. He shuns the
exuberance
lation to which Latin-Americans are
prone He Is courteous, but a man
rate compliments
Bealdes, he fa neat
groomed in appearance,
indicate pure European descent withe
out any admixture of Indian blood.
Altogether hea is a man who
and well
He Is a good man of business
tioned.
not rich,
means
is a man
He Is a man of family
dents as the ramming of the Empress
of Ireland and the drowning of hun.
dreda.
a Hs AAA
Two Regrets.
“I &'posé John is still takin’ lite
easy sald the woman in the tram,
“Yes,” answered the woman who
was carrying a bundle of clothes.
“John has only got two regrets in life.
One is that he has to wake up and eat,
an’ the other is that he has to give up
eatin’ to sleep.” Pearson's (London)
Weekly.
ay Demmitt Admits He Gazed on
Federal League Gold, but Was
Weaned by President Comiskey.
Ray Deinmitt will eavort about in |
the uniform of the White Sox in 1915
and 1918. He will not play with a
Federal league team as planned, hav- |
ing changed his mind after a confer
ence with President Comiskey |
Demmitt admitted he had Federal
league aspirations and that he was |
negotiating with the outlaws, but said
these faded before the eloquence of |
the Old Roman, who convinced him
that his dollars would go just as far |
as those of a Federal league magnate. |
The Sox regular left fielder admit-
ted the lure of Federal league gold had
no fascination for him now and that
he was bound to play for Comiskey |
by an fron clad contract that was |
binding. The ten-day clause is elim-
inated from Demmitt's new contract
‘1 can play just as well for Com-
iskey as for the Federal leaguers,” |
sald Demmitt. “1 have a contract that |
suits me. 1 like Comiskey and Chi
cago and the Sox club, and after think-
ing it over carefully I'd be foolish to
Grips of Two
delivering their famous
wing of "Rube
Mathewson,
fadeaw ay
Marquard and the
‘peerless’
the twirler
+f ¢h
and tur:
As a m
ed back to
nber of th
came because Ma
refused to walve him out of the I
Demmitt
batter and all arour
He is said the greatest
throwing arm of any player coming to |
the big show from the minors in sev.
eral years
he
ague
a8 a fielder,
1 player
has made good
to possess
Was a men
nber of the Montreal club
for four years and played a star game,
but failed to impress the big leaguers
until he came to the White Sox.
Flirted with the Federal leaguers,
but was signed this week by President
Comiskey at a salary said to be $5,000
a year
Meyer to Stick to Springfield.
Sol Meyer's heart has been touched
by pleas of Springfield fans, and he
makes it known that the Springfield
team will not be transferred to Ko
komo or some other jumping off place. |
Springfield fans have again promised |
to come to the sid of the club with
ance. This Is about their dozenth
promise of the sort, but Meyer is will |
ing to go the limit with them and give |
Umpire’'s Unique Stunt,
Umpire Harry Johnson of the Na-
Recently there was an argu. |
ment as to whether a pitcher had his |
foot on the slab. The rubber was
covered with dust and the umpire |
i
sulted. Bince then Johnson carefully |
keeps the Pitchers slab dusted of and |
carried his whisk broom, even when
he Is working on the bases
Sunday Ball in Washington, {
Sunday baseball in Washington was |
Made possible by a decision of Jus. |
tice Gould in the District of Colum. |
bia supreme court, that there exists |
no law to prevent it. The decision was |
given in a suit brought by officials |
of the Federal league to restrain lo |
cal authorities from Interfering with |
professional baseball on Sunday, !
Vean Gregg of
Cleveland Team “the Left.
Handed Walter Johnson.”
Vean Gregg.
ing’ and I figured that a base on balls
was Inevitable. Then Steve O'Neill
who was crouching behind the bat,
shouted to him
“Come on, now, Vean'! Remember
“Whereupon Clegg threw three
curve balls in succession—mind you!
and they all cut the middle of the
took a drink of ice water
“That is where Gregg's mastery
Hes. If he had to, he could almost
knot hole. It seems to have a break
on it like the letter 8, and whenever
red flannel
nation.”
Punched Into Politics.
When Jack O'Connor last season
put Umpire Jack McNulty out of base
ball with a punch that broke his jaw
he put him into politics. The former
arbiter, after ten years’ service in a
dozen leagues, has quit the game and
is now running for recorder of deeds
A ————- win
New Contracts Custiy,
cost the New York club $25,000 to get
all of the Giants to sign new con
tracts this summer with the ten-day
clause eliminated. He thinks that
is cheaper than going to court and
ghting tho cases after the players
have jumped.
Noted Pitchers.
famous right
ire
80U
r
th
Christy
The lower photo shows the
photo €hows
L2iants
the
FIRST TO USE THE SPITBALL
Uncle Mike Scanlon Gives
Pitcher Tommy Bond
Than to Elmer Strick
Credit to
Rather
iett
18 work th:
its are alread
ir National league clu
8 services, and or
s Fred
14.000 for
the
former Yankee
Huggins Takes No Chances.
The threatened Federal
ieague ightened Miller Hug
ging of the St. Louis and
he has signed ex-Pirate Robin
son a new twovear contract with
the ten-day clause cut out
reports of
raids fr
Nationals,
Rube
iO
\STORI >
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Charles Herzog has corraled anoth
er outfielder. The newest arrival is
McLaughlin of Colgate university
* * »
Fred Clarke 1s not in favor of um-
pires alternating behind the bat and
on the bases. He says they should
stay In one place.
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Jimmy Murray, Buffalo Internation.
al league star, who was purchased by
the Braves, is playing only fair ball
and is hitting occasionally
- . *
What the matter with Tris
Speaker? Ever since he signed the
famous contract calling for $18,500 a
year Tris has not looked himself
Manager aridity” belteves he has a
good scheme to keep his players from
pulling off bones. He says he'll fine
every man that shows he is not think.
ing.
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Artie Butler of the St. Louls Cardi
nal club has always wanted to play
in the outfield. He worked in the
garden a few months while at St
Paul and during that time batted over
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Coffee to Postum.
The large army of persons who
have found relief from many chronic
aiiments by changing from coffee to
Postum as a daily beverage, is grow-
ing each day
It is only a simple question of try-
ing it for oneself in order to know
the joy of returning health as realized
by an llls. young lady. She writes
“1 had been a coffee drinker nearly
all my life and it affected my stomach
—caused insomnia and 1 was seldom
without a headache. 1 had heard
about Postum and how beneficial it
try it.
“1 was delighted with the change.
[ can now sleep well and seldom ever
My stomach has got
fering afterwards. 1 think my whole
“My brother also suffered from
feels so much better he would not go
back to coffee for anything.”
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to
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Postum comes in two formas:
Regular Postum-—-must be well
boiled—-15¢ and 26¢c packages.
instant Postum-—ls a soluble pow
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in a cup of hot water and, with
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beverage instantly-—30¢ and B0c tins
The cost per cup of both kinds
about the same,
“There's a Reason” for Postum.
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