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Show BROTHER OF MADERO EXECUTED I EX-PRESIDENT IS TAKEN TO ARSENAL Francisco L Madero Prisoner of General Diaz Gustavo Madero Subjected to Notorious "Fugitive Law1' Runs Gamut and Falls Dead Under Guards Bullets MADERO'S DEATH LIST DISCUSSED Crowds Bitter and Heavy Guard Took President and Brother to Arsenal Election of Huerta as Provisional President Meeting Opposition Cabinet Will Include de la Barra Mexico City. Feb. 19. Felix Diaz en to i tic I nited States embassy shorth alter S o'clock this morning formally to ratify the agreement with General Huerta which brorght the crisis to an end. General Victoriauo Huerta, after all formal arrangements had beejj signed between him and Diaz, went to the American embassy and recounted the Story of the events to Ambassador Wilson. The two chatted for some time and expressed their mutual pleasure In the conclusion of the battle bat-tle The election by congress of Gen-eral Gen-eral Huerta to the prow6ional presidency presi-dency of Meieo is regarded as praeti-call praeti-call certain It is said thai he will appoint Francisco de la Barra his minister of toreign affairs and General Gen-eral Mondragon his minister o; war. Mondragon was Diaz's chief lieutenant lieuten-ant at the arsenal. Provisional Cabinet. The cabinet, It is believed, will be composed as follows, subject to the laUfication of congress: Foreign minister, rie la Rarra. - War minister. General Mondragon Finance minister. Carlos de Cosio. Minister of fomenle. Alberto Gil Minister of interior, Alberto Garcia Gar-cia Gianados. Minister of justice. Rodolfo Reyes Minister of public Instruction, Jorge Vera Fstanol Minister of communications. David de la Fuente. Telegrams to Governors To every' povernor throughout the republic General Huerta today sent telegrams relating what had occurred. Ten dag ago another telegram was sent to the same governors by Francisco Fran-cisco Madero telling them ih revoli had been suppressed, and that Felix Diaz wa a fugitive. All military' commanders in Mexico Mex-ico have hoen asked by Huerta to Invite In-vite all tM rebel bodleB in their districts dis-tricts to unite with them The federal fed-eral r-ommanders will inform the rebels reb-els of the developments In the capltay 'and assure them that general elections elec-tions will be held soon Reyes Still Alive. The conclusion of hostilities in the capital reealed today that Rudolfo Reyes, who was reported a suicide, is etiil alne He was wounded duriue an action in the neighborhood of the palaoe and has since been a patient In one of the Red Cross hospitals. About 180 students of the militar) school at Tlalpam, who were indicated indi-cated In the plot for the liberation of Diaz in prison and imprisoned by Madero. were released today by order or-der of General Huerta. Zapata Attitude a Problem. The attitude bieh Zatata. the Tebel leader, will take toward the nevs regime. Is problematical According Ac-cording to a member of the Madero household, Zaoata two days ago offered of-fered the services of 4.000 of his followers fol-lowers to President Madero for use against Diaz It has been stated apparently ap-parently on good authority that President Pres-ident Madero had previously siit to Zapata 1 00.000 pesos to come to his aid. . Hrcrta decided today to send troops to Cuernava, In order to prevent pre-vent that city being occupied by Zapata. Thousands In Streets. Thousands came out today ostensibly ostensi-bly to work, but really to go sight seeing nhout the city. -The shutters eame down from busr neflfl hull. lines, which had not been opened for ton days, and shopkeepers j made every effort to resume their ac tivltles Phenomenal Sale of Papers. The Mexican Herald and Bl CJnlvei f sal were the only newspapers pub lished today and these enjoyed a pin-nomenal pin-nomenal sale. Destruction wrought by sheila made it Impossible for a number of indus , trial i uin erns to resume operations Broken trollej vires and shot-away posts must also be repaired belore street car service can be resumed and an army of linemen must be put to work before lighting facilities can be restored. Slaughter Must Cease General Blanquet caused Madero's arrest after he had made a speech to the crowd in which be said that the time had come when the slaughter must cease He detailed 2o men to : guard the president s private office in the palace Colonel Riverol was plac ed in command of this squad The president's Information of the new turn of affairs came when he walked into the hall of ambassadors I One soldier, over-enthusiastic drop I ped his rifle on a line with Madero's breast Madero thrust the rifle aside and seized the soldier. In the struggle, strug-gle, the gun was discharged, but uo one was" hit Guards in Encounter. The report brought Madero s personal per-sonal guards to his assistance, but at the conclusion of the brief encounter two ot the guards had been killed and six others wounded. Colonel Riverol I also was mortally hurt and died a I short time afterward The capture of the members of the I cabinet was effected without rcsi&i lance, and there appears excellent 'reason 'rea-son to believe that some of the mill isters were Involved in the plot Madero Like Wild Animal. Francisco Madero. always of a ner-i ner-i vous disposition appeared like a wild man at the moment of his arrest. He talked Volubly about 'traitors" denouncing de-nouncing bitterly those who had brought about his downfall Later, however, he recovered his composure, and as be stood between his guards he seemed to regard the affair more philosop hW ally. The president was permitted to ' ( boose whether he would send his res- ignatlon in the legal channel to con-i con-i ureas or be expelled from the country, i In the latter event he and his family wroffl escorted to Vers ruz and j placed on a vessel in the same way as was Porfirio Diaz a little more than a year ago. Mexico City. Feb 19 Francisco I Madero forced from the president b the coup d'etat of two of his generals gen-erals yesterday, is a prisoner today In the national palace General Vlctoriano Huerta. who had been commanding the Madero forces against the rebel forces under General Felix Diaz, haa been proclaimed pro-viEonal pro-viEonal governor general of the republic repub-lic General Aureliano Blanquet who aided In the overthrow of Madero. is provisional military commander These arrangement have been agree ! to by General Diaz and the ten duvH' battle which he has been waging with the federals appeared today to be over. Popular Approval. Throngs of men, women and children chil-dren seemingly gave popular approval I to the sudden change In affairs by crowding the big square In front of the national palace and deliriously shouting "Viva" for the three priuci pals and Manuel Mondragon. who bad been conducting the Diaz military op- eratlons. Scenes of Disorder. The d monstratlons of the nigh', however, were not without serious disorder. dis-order. Marco Hernandez, a brother of the minister of the interior. Manuel Hernandez, whb killed in the streel bj rebels when he refused to cry. "Viva Huerta." A demonstrative crowd sur rounded him and insisted that he Join I in the shouting, but he defianth re 1 plied ' VlVS Madero " He was answered by the pistols of I the rurale6. Another instance of disorder was I the firing of a building ocrupied by the Niicia Km, an organ of the Ma dero organization. Vice President Pino Suarez, who was also arrested, was held prisoner during ihe night In another part of the palace from thai where Madero was confined. Each man waB under guard of two soldiers. Cabinet Ministers Paroled The ministers of the cabinet were given paroles over night. Senor Juan 9anchez zrona. private secretary to Madero. fled In an automobile. The deposed president will be treated with all consideration by those who have) him within their power. It is declared Message to Mrs Madero. General Huerta promptly dispatched la message to Mrs Madero, assuring her of the personal safety of her hu hand and declaring that he would be well treated. It was the determination that the battle in which, heavy artillery had been used in the streets since the outbreak out-break of the Diaz mutiny must come to an end which led a group of senators sena-tors last night to urge General Huerta to the stroke that would not only terminate ter-minate the terrible conflict, but at the same time remove the Madero family from public affairs In Mexico. Were Made Prisoners By 2 o'clock yesterday Francisco Madero and his cabinet, with the exception ex-ception of Ernesto Madero, minister of finance, had been made prisoners Ernesto Madero escaped a few minutes min-utes before General Blanquet's men took the others prisoner In the national na-tional palace Gustavo Madero. another an-other brother of President Madero. also was arrested. He had been denounced de-nounced in many quarters since the first day of the Madero reolnflon na an areh-pplitlcian and had been charged charg-ed with being a false counsellor of the president A few hours later General Delgado and General Angeles, two of the federal fed-eral commissioners, who were not In accord with General Iluerta's plan, were added to the list of prisoners Diaz Celebrates. The plan had originally been made without the knowledge of General Diaz and his followers. The news soon permeated the rebel lines and then began a holiday fusillade from the machine guns and rifles, such as had not been heard since the opening of hostilities It appeared for a time as If every machine gun and every rifle ri-fle in the arsenal had been brought into action in an effort to fire away all the remaining stores of ammunition ammuni-tion there. It was. however, merely a celebra tion of the arrival of the news that peace was near. The awful din was permitted by the commanders to continue for twenty minutes before the buglers were ordered or-dered to sound the cease fire." Church Bells Ring. As the noise of the guns died away the church bells of the city rang out. This had been ordered by a message from tli- national palace. It did not take the public long lo realize what had occurred Long before be-fore the details of the provisional government under General Huerta had been completely worked out. the residents resi-dents of the capital had begun to glvo vent to their Joy and relief. The shouts that went up were not those of the partisans of a victorious army, but of people whose nerves had been worn to tatters by enforced par ticipntion in a long and desperate battle bat-tle in the confined space of a great cltv. Americans Shout With Mexicans American residents congregated in the district about the I'nited States embassy were Just as demonstrative as the Latin-Americans In diplomatic circles, where the tension ten-sion also had been great, the solutiou was greeted hearillv Along the streets and in the big open square in front of the national palace, tens of thousands of people pushed their way. waving improvised banners on which was printed the one word. "Peace " Shouts of "Hurrah for Muerta." Hurrah for Blanquet," Hurrah for Diaz." "Hurrah for Mondragon." sounded everywhere throughout the cltv. The soldiers who a few hours before had been on the firing lines, were posted as sentinels on the street corners cor-ners taking the place of the police vho bad not been on dutj for ten days Act of Vengeance. There was practically no disorder except one notable case of direct vengeance. ven-geance. This was the burning of tho building and plant of the Nueva Era, the organ of President Madero. This newspaper was already despised by tbe anti-government element, which utilized the opportunity of paying off in kind the vandalism of the followers of Madero w ho during the previous revolt re-volt burned the plant of the newspn per El Pais. Although the tension has been re ed t!i altitude of the admlnlstra-j admlnlstra-j tion remains one of great caution in dealing with the situation. Officials realise that any outward exhibition at thlB stage, either of condolence for the I rallen Madero regime or satisfaction . In the accession of power of the new ! military party, might be quickly re-i re-i sented by the Mexican people and do much to prejudice the status of Americans Am-ericans In Mexico For the present the attitude of the State department will be one of keen observation and non Interference Steps of Grave Importance. Steps of graver importance remain to be taken In the Mexican capital be- fore the Diaz revolution can be accepted ac-cepted S8 completely successful. Ambassador Am-bassador Wilson and other member, of the diplomatic body or the Mexican capital, win recognise General Huerta i as the de facto lender of the tempi., f rary government. This must be done that foreign representatives ma properly prop-erly look after the interests of their own people. But what will follow that action must be determined by the developments de-velopments of thd Immediate future, for there must be substantial evidence ot the permanence" of tho new govern ment and .ts ability to bring peace out of the chaos which has prevailed in Mexico before political recognition may bs extended. Events Move Rapidly. Kvents are moving so rapidly in tho Mexican capital, however, that It is expected such recognition soon can be extended Two factors thai must be takm into account are the probable course of the Orozco Salazar revolutionists In the north and the Zapata rebellion in the south, for if the leaders of these movements as threatened, hold out against the new Huerta regime, another an-other period of disorder and suspense 16 expected. While militarv and naval preparations prepara-tions for the dispatch of forces to Mexh an waters or iicarlr points, sin h ns Gnantanamo, have been relaxed, sufficient data has been gathered by the strategists of, the war and navy departments to afford material for an Interesting study pf the new scheme of brigade organization of the armv. It is believed the results have be.- eminently satisfactory. showing a marked Increase in the ability of the land forces, as compared with condl tious existing as recently as two years ago. The celebration of pea e bj the populace pop-ulace really began a few minutes after af-ter Madero had been taken prisoner Great curiosity had been aroused b. unusual activity in the national pal- ace. and the arrival there of Ceneral i Huerta with Gustavo Madero. a brother of Ihe president Hundreds at Palace Hundreds of people gathered around j the doors of the building When Getl eral Huerta saw that the populace was being held back by a line of soldiers he gave orders to let them enter The crowd poured through the wide doors In a solid stream until the courtyard was filled Huerta Outlines Situation. General Huerta then made a short speech, briefly outlining the results of his action He assured his hearers that peace would soon be established throughout the republic The people had expected to hear General Huerta announce thy vijorj of the government forces or that I;a had surrendered Manv of them stood for a moment stupified by the statement state-ment which Huerta made Then they broke Into a cheer which reached the ears of Madero in his temporary home Plot Takes Definite Form. The plot to overthrow Madero took definite form about noon yesterdaj General Blanquet never had been In sympathy with the idea of an artillery duel within the limits of a populous city He was also moved by the fad that he had a son in the ranks of the rebels It was arranged that Blanquet Blan-quet should play a role In the peace plan secondary only to that of General Huerta The force of 1.000 men belonging to Blanquet's command was moved in from its position near the British cemetery cem-etery and stationed near the uational palace It was explained that this force was Intended to replace the reserve re-serve troops which had been there many weeks and whose loyalty to Madero Ma-dero was unquestioned (General Blanquet caused Madero's arresi after he had made a speech to tbe crowd The fall of the Madero administration administra-tion In Mexico, brought about b the well arranged plot of the federal military mil-itary leaders has been received in the capital with general acclamations. It is not known, however, how the rest of the country will receive the chann.- Great Tribute to American Flag. The part played bj the t'nited States embassy in the ten days' ba tie gained for the American flag such a tribute as never before was witnessed wit-nessed In Mexico. After the messenger messen-ger from the United States embassy, Harry Berllnger. had gone through the rire of the rebel lines lo the arsenal arse-nal conveying the message of peace sent by Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson, Wil-son, he drove to the national palace in an automobile bearing a white flag on one side and the Stars and Stripes on the other. By the lime he emerged from the national palace after delivering the note to Heneral Huerta, the crowd outside had learned the Import ot his Visit The reappearance of his machine ma-chine was the signal for a tremendous ovation. Tremendous Ovation. Through an Immense mass ol bu manity the big automobile picked its way slowly amid deafening applause. ,,,), i),e Stars and Stripes flyiug In the wind. Group after group of thi people 01 the streets caught up the cry, "Viva los Americanos." until the entire n reverberated with the cheering Intervention Seemed Inevitable. For days 'he entire population "i Mexico Citj had regarded inter-,i lion by the 'United States as practically practical-ly inevitable. Mexicans of the- non combatant i iass suffered divided emotions emo-tions of hope and fear Thousands, although deploring Intervention by any power had come to the conclusion conclu-sion that the good offices of any US lion were preferable lo the wanton destruction of property and awful loss of life which had been occurring, with neither side gaining any apparent advantage. ad-vantage. Special Election to Be Called. After the arrest of President Ms dero. Ceneral Huerta declared thai he would deliver the position to ahybod who was legally named. It is understood under-stood that special general electlous will be called at an early dale to se-led se-led a successor to Madero. In ihe meantime Huerta has assum ed the post of governor general and has appointed General Blanquet mill tary commander of the federal dls trict. ll this was done without the government gov-ernment and without the knowledge of Felix Diaz. General Huerta played the bold stroke of taking Diaz at his word, given some days ago when he said he was not fighting lor personal ambition, but merely for the removal of Madero News of Huerta s coup was sent to Iiaz through the American embassy. It was very late at night lefore the final (peace papers were signed by both parties. The first official act of General Huerta in his new capacity was to send notification to the American ambassador as to what had been done. The note astoed Ambassador Wilson to advise President Taft and the members of the diplomatic corps that the battle had been closed, thus eiirliiiLi the danger to the lives and Interests of foreigners. Huerta asked the ambassador to permit his office to be used as a channel for negotiations with the rebels reb-els in order to bring about a complete com-plete understanding. Ambassador ilson replied by agreeing to act as intermediary and an exchange of notes was begun which terminated la a complete accord. The formal transfer of troops from the rebel zone took place early this morning In the meanwhile the government gov-ernment lines had been removed and the heavy cannon dragged back to headquarters. Continued on Page Eight EX-PRESIDENT 18 ; TAKENJTO ARSENAL; Continued From Pago One ) Mexico City. Feb. 19. Gustavo Ma. dero. brother of the deposed President Francisco Madero, was executed this morning by the officials of the provisional pro-visional government. The ex-presidont and his brother Gustavo were sent this morning as prisoners to the arsenal, from which Fe'ix Diar had bombarded the city for ten days. Soon after their arrival there Gustavo Madero was subjected to the notorious fugitive law" bv which he was free to run undei the rifle fire of his guards. He fell dead under their bullets. President Taken to Arsenal Francisco Madero, the deposed president, is prisoner of General Diaz In the very place which for over a week he had caused to be battered with cannons in his efforts to subjugate subju-gate the rebel arm Had Francisco Madero succeeded in 1 defeating Diaz, there seems little ! doubt that blood reprisals would 1 have been made ' Those who should dip " Is the cap- j tion on an official MaderHt docu- i ; merit found last night. The list Included In-cluded Francisco de la Barra, Jesus Flores Magon Manuel f'alcro, Alberto Alber-to Garcia Granados and Dr. Vasquez Gomcf. In Danger of Assassination. For some davs de la Barra believed he was in danger of assassination and hid In the British legation. The rebel troops are not to be re-mced re-mced from their positions for two or thre davs as disorders are feared Brother of President Powerful. Gustavo Madero was regarded as a mueh more powerful man than the president After Francisco Madero quarreled with Dr Vasquez Gomez he anj Gustavo forced Jose Pino Suari to the front as vice president, although al-though he was then little known This I the enemies of Madero never forgave and was really the reason tor start - I in' ih' ant! -government party which! showed systematic opposition to the schemes of Gustavo Madero After Gustavo's arrest yesferdav and during his removal through the street. Hu- crowds even made elforts to lay hands on him. lleavv guards of ruralee wore necessarv lo insure his safety Gustavo Madero was at one time minister of finance He visited the United States In 1911. Huerta Meets Opposition. loafer considerable opposition to the election of Huerta as provisional president was apparent In the lohbv of the chamber of deputies It was thought possible that a friend lv fight between his partisans and those of Felix Diaz would develop. In any event it is believed that the cabinet will Include de la Barra, Mondragon Reyes and de la Fuente. Revolution Far From Ended A report received today from the interior makes it evident that a revo- i In! ion throughout the countrv Is far! from ende.l The message said that ESmllio v'nsc(ne7 Gomez will continue in Insisting ou the provisional presidency, presi-dency, basiuu in- demands on belief thai Zapata will aid him with a thousand thou-sand rehels in the south. Messages of assurance and co-oper. at ion from some of the governors of states have been received, but some of the state executives have not reported, re-ported, owing to Interrupted telegraphic tele-graphic communication Since bis arrest Madero has maintained main-tained a snllen silence, waving his questioners off w ith his characteristic nervous gestures. He also has refused re-fused to eat |