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2 MADERO FAILS TO OUELL DESPERATE REVOLT OF DIAZ Opposing Forces Devastate Streets in Heart of Mexican Capital With Shrapnel and bullets Battle Wages AH Day Long and Only Ceases When Darkness Settles Over City the buildings in this section of the city. J The American club was riddled. The interior of the second and third j floors was completely wrecked. -Of 40 Americans within at the time | several had almost miraculous escapes j from death. Seven shells tore through the walls. ! The first two crashed through the reading room on the front of the sec ond story. The others entered above j the second story on the sides. In addition to the shell fire, the in- ? terior as well as the exterior of the ; American club was perforated In j scores of places by bullets from rifles j and machine guns. SHRAPXEL EXPLODE I.V GLIB The shells which entered the read-j ing room tore their way through the j Stone window casings, demolished a j heavy leather chair and exploded with j a terrific force. Shrapnel was hurled in all directions, j cutting the furniture to ribbons, rip ping the floors and walls and punc turing in a score of places the por traits which were about the room. The portrait most seriously dam aged was that of President Madero. President McKinley's face is now set In a circle of bullet holes, while the portrait of President Taft. hanging next, escaped with a single mark. President elect Wilson's features were riddled, while at the other end of the line of portraits balls found lodg ment Id plenty in the picture of Jef ferson. To tho rear of this room is a large one used for billiards and pool. There many Americans were gathered, as the manager had forbidden the members to assemble in the front room, when a second series of shells crashed through the walls , . These tore a way through the story above. SLEEPIXG ROOMS WRECKED Some of these shell entered almost on a line with the floor. From the lire which followed the greatest dam age resulted. All but one shell exploded. This remains buried in the third wall which it encountered. Portions of shrapnel shell were hurled through the floor above the billiard rooms among a group of Amer icans there. Four sleeping rooms on the fourih floor were wrecked. From one the entire wall was torn away. The wrecking of this building is typical of the damage done many others in all parts of the city. Just around the corner from the American club, near Porter's hotel, R. 1C Meredith of Troy was wounded to day. He was struck by shrapnel, suffering a scalp wound. Madero's promise that the subjuga tion of Diaz would be swift and ter rible today because the government had plnnned to surround him completely and then pound his positions with their heaviest guns was in no way fulfilled. Only at times wae -the bombardment of today as heavy as' tn* , average of yesterday, and.the heaviest fire was from the rpbpi gnns. lEDERU FIRE SLOW The federal firo peneraliy was slow, although it w&s persistent. The rebel commander's orders to his men were to conserve their fire, and little ammunition was wasted. No op oortunjty was lost, however, to throw shells at the troublesome batteries, and his machine guns, and riflemen effec tually prevented the rear approach of the governmpiit troops. Hi* greatest energies were displayed In tho line of fire toward the palace, his big guns scarred the walls and doors of that ancient structure and the big square in front of the federal reserves. The hattie lasted all day, broken oniy j at brief intervals. * | In the last hour of the evening's j activities, a detachment of federals at-j tempted a charge down the streets ! toward thp arsenal, occupied "by the! rebels. The federals were repulsed i with heavy loss. The city's streets were deserted soon after the cessation of hostilities in the ' early evening and up to midnight there j had been no resumption of the war- j fare. i PREAT SLAUGHTER VJ IN HEART OF CITY (SpecUl Dispatch to The Call) CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 13.—After another day of bloodshed and slaugh ter, the deadlock between Madero and the federals on the one hand and Diaz and the rebels on the other seems no nearer an end than it was Monday. The central part of the city and ?=ome of the great historic national buildings have been battered under fierce artillery fire. Hundreds of Mexicans, soldiers and noucombatants have been kilk-d and wounded, as well as many foreigners. And the situation is as it was last night. Diaz doggedly holds the citadel, sweeping away the advances of the federals with ehrapnel and machine guns and hammer'nj at the national palace and other federal strongholds ■with his heavy artillery. Within a few hundred feet of the American embassy federal ruraiee and rebel sharp shooters fought half an hour for the possession of a battery of 10 guns posted at Plaza de la Reforma near the National railway station. This was the nearest the day's fight ing approached either embassy or the American colony. While it lasted bul lets by the hundred pattered against the walls of almost every house within a radius of half a dozen squares o? the embassy. The embassy itself wa.« ■track several times, but without damage. Notwithstanding the promise made by both federals and rebels yesterday that no more long range artillery fire would be permitted, the federals during the night reinforced the four guns that had been stationed yesterday midway between the 'National station and the British legation with six others, and at 8 o'clock opened up. tiISS AIIK WBU SERVED The guns , were well servrj by tens, and as fast as the lenyards could be pulled report followed report until after nightfall. The iiring from thie battery was In cessant, apparently it had little effect so far as disabling any of the garri- Pon of the Ciudadela. Thie was due to the use of shrapnel instead of solid shot. Standing at Calle Londres and Ge neva, two squares from the embassy, the .shells could be seen bursting over the Ciudadela. After the first few shots the federals depressed the muzzles of the pieces too much, with the result that dozens of shells crashed through the walls of handsome residences a short distance from the Gore court apartment house, which wa*> struck several times yester day, forcing , the American tenants to flee. Afterward the federal gunners got the range, and while the battery re the range better, and while the battery -emained at work almost every ?>hell exploded squarely over the Ciudadola hour when between 50 and 100 Felicis tas suddenly appeared in Calle Ham burgo, half a dozen scjuares from the battery, climbed upon the roofs and i begaa to try to snipe the federal gun- j i ners. Their aim was poor and the bat- j tery crashed on, undisturbed. RI'RALES ARE IMPRESSED The battery commander sent a mes- J ! senger to the captain of a force of 200 i rurales who were among the soldiers detailed to patrol all the roads leading out of the city in expectation that Diaz might make an attempt to escape if things grew too hot for him in the Ciu dadela. The rurales, 150 strong, came down the pazo from Chapultepec, de ployed in open order, halted to the | ; right of the pazo in the open fields on j a line with Calle Geneva, which leads j directly to the embassy and opened fire, j The Felicistas stood their ground j well, but the rurales were bette# marks- j men. From the front of the embassy bul lets could be heard whizzing in all directions and the progress of the fight was watched until it got too warm for the Felicistas. who gave it up and scat tered in the direction of Ciudadela. Trumpets blew and the commander of the rurales got his men together be hind a high wall a square north of the embassy. Several were wounded, but none seriously. They halted while Americans living | nearby sent servants out to them with j water and food. When rested they marched past the embassy. The captain talked to Ambassador Wilson, told him what had happened and that he had been sent to inter cept Diaz in case of flight. No shells landed in the direction of the American colony during the worst .of the bombardment in the forenoon. GREAT DAMAGE DOXE When the bombardment ceased and ft was safe to venture from the build ing a hundred evidences of the result of the fire were seen. It was impos sible to cross from the cable office to Porter's hotel without treading upon the debris on the littered pavements. Half a dozen copings were knocked off, windows shattered and big and : little holes pierced in the walls. Scarce ly a building escaped, but when it was all over the federal gunners at Victoria were still plugging away and the reb els had gained nothing. Just b.efore the bombardment 50 or so federal infantrymen in support of the guns at Victoria suddenly began to fire as rapidly as they could pull triggers upon Victoria, in the direc tion "of the arsenal.. They were still firing when shrapnel began to fly. The j watchers retreated Inside th<e cable | office. It is evident the rebels essayed ' some eort of advance under cover of heavy fire from the Ciudadela, but were J evidently unsuccessful. When your correspondent took ad vantage of a lull in the fire to get from the American colony to the cen ter of the city, his automobile found | the passage of all direct routes barred j by troops. A long detour through the i outskirts out of the zone of the fire, | br.ought him to the cable office. There cables were filed for the ambassador. Many Americans are anxious to no tify friends In the homeland of their safety. Two squares from the cable office, at San Juan de Letran and Calle Victoria, j two federal guns were banging away j fn the direction of the Ciudadela as , J steady as clockwork. Several machine | \ guns on nearby roofs were sputtering. I while the federals, behind the heavy i i parapets of old Mexican houses were i j doing a lot of rifle firing which seemed f largely ineffective. Up to tin's time the defenders of the I arsenal had paid little attention to the i fire from this direction, save to send an j occasional shell in the direction of the palace, most of them falling short, but j lat 1 o'clock they suddenly woke up and j I for 10 minutes fairly tilled the air with ' shrapnel. Whether by accident or by designs j they had the accurate range of two ' squares between San Juan de Letran, ' Calle Victoria, Calle Gante and Diaz y ' Seis de Septiembre. in which are the i cable office, the American club. Hotel \ Jardin and many American business ; houses. At least 10 shells landed in the ! J buildings adjoining the cable office, al- ■ ! though the latter building was practi cally unhurt. OPERATORS STICK TO POST The street was clouded with great j columns of dust. Only the door of the office was open. It was hastily closed and almost every one inside retreated to the rear of the building. The Mexican operators, although the j building was wrecking and trembling; j with the concussions, while the din j of the flying missiles played a deafen- j Ing tattoo on the steel shutters, stayed on their instruments and never stopped receiving or sending. The menace of the entry of the Zapatista rebels to aid Diaz is no more [ ominous today than before. It can be ' depended upon almost to a certainty] I that if the Zapatistas can pluck up j courage to come into the city they will either ro for Madero or operate inde l pendently. Less alarm or apprehen- I ; sion is manifest today among the j throngs of Americans who flocked j about the embassy, waiting for news and discussing the situation. The seething panic which the inex- I disable tactics of the combatants yea- ] terday engendered passed away for the I most part. The quarters provided for j all the refuges is far from the danger zone. In the section of the colony nearest j the Ciudadela and from the suburbs , scores of American families who were advised to quit the residences which I ; Were thought to be in danger of shells and yo to San AngrH, Mixcoax, Tacu buya. Coyoacan and other towns skirt- Ing the capital have refused to abandon j their homes. j NONCOMBA.TAXTS ARE CURIOUS Thousands of persons, foreigners as well as Mexicans, continue to manifest almost suicidal curiosity as to what is going on in the center of the city. Even when the fire ha* been hardest j the streets near the Ciudadela as half j a dozen squares have been alive with I all classes of Mexicans, besides foreign ers. The crash of shell exploding overhead or nearby send them scurrying to the shelter of the house walls, but two minutes of quiet will bring them into the open again, seeking for bullets, bite of shell casing, etc., as souvenirs. Sev eral retail shops conducted by Ameri cans have been Open every day this week. One American with a lone woman eierk, also American, persisted in hold ing the fort today In a dru« store in THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1913. the Hotel Jardin building, all through the furious bombardment which ■ as sailed this quarter of th© city shortly after noon. Among the prisoners in Be'em prison who were turned loose yesterday was George I. Ham, presi dent of the defunct United States bank which collapsed two years ago with a loss of several million dollars to de positors. Ham has been held in Belem awaiting action of the courts on charges of misappropriating funds. ( The prospects now are for another comparatively quiet night. RIOTS IN CHIHUAHUA STARTED BY REBELS i EL. PASO, Feb. 13.—The riots in Chi huahua City were caused by an at tempt of rebels to liberate prisoners in the state penitentiary, say Ameri can refugees who arrived here this morning: on a belated passenger train. They reported that a truce had been made between General Antonio Rabago, the federal commander of the northern military zone, and Marcello Carraveo, a rebel general. The rebels were permitted to ramp within five miles of the city, and Tues day they attempted to open the prison. Federal troops prevented the at tempt without bloodshed. A riot followed. It is said that the Mexico City sit uation had occasioned the best feeling between the rebels and government troops, but that General Rabago in sisted that opening the state prison was going, too far. -Quiet had been re stored Wednesday morning when the train departed, only to encounter two burned bridges below Juarez. These were repaired, but all telegraph lines to the state capital remain cut. The refugees reported that the fed eral troops were expected to welcome the Diaz revolt in event of Madero's defeat, and would be joined by the rebels. An only pro-Madero sympathy seems to exist among the volunteers, or irreg ular troops, many of whom fougiit as insurrectos in the Madero revolution. These, however, are in the minority. This same condition appears to ex ist in Juarez and in other parts of the state. VETERAN REVOLTER WOULD GO TO DIAZ SAX ANTONIO, Feb. 13.—Emillo Vas quez Gomez, once proclaimed pro visional president of Mexico, which title he held for a week until ordered deposed by Orozco, is encamped on the United States side of the Rio Grande near El Paso, awaiting an "invitation" to cross the border, according to ad vices received here today. The revolutionary junta in San An tonio, however, declares Gomez is not to be "invited" back to Mexico. He is under bond to appear at the April term of the United States district court to answer to an indictment charging neutrality violation. Another dispatch says that David de la Fuente. who has taken a prominent part in the leadership of the revolu tionists of nortehrn Mexico, now is at tempting to form a junction with Felix Diaz. Mexican Consul Lozano of Laredo informed Consul General Manuel A. Esteva here today that more than 5.000 Japanese and several hundred Germans have crossed from the United States into Mexico within the last j week. T INER PERU BRINGS Lj NEWS FROM MEXICO Among the passengers who arrived here yesterday on the liner Peru were , a number from Mexico. They were eager for news of the j situation in Mexico City and all seemed j to be satisfied that intervention was the inevitable and only cure for the polit ical collywobbles from which the southern republic has suffered since Madero took office. August Gunter. a German planter, a i passenger with his wife on the Peru, left Mexico City six weeks ago. Kven then, he said, the capital was in more or less of a turmoil and the approach of the present crisis plainly was indi cated. •'There is nobody in Mexico," he said, "capable of bringing order out of the chaos, which has been getting worse every day. America, by virtue of the Monroe doctrine, morally is re sponsible for the maintenance in Mex ico of a government capable of pro tecting foreign residents, their rights and their lives. The only way the United States can fulfill its obligation is to go down there and take charge, and the sooner the better." The passengers from Mexico included Mrs. N. K. W. Thomatlc, wife of an I Australian cotton expert in the employ iof the Mexican government and sta tioned in Tapanatepec. She was accom panied by her three daughters—Miss B. R. V. Thomatic, Miss D. O. V. J. Thomatic and Miss E. E. F. Thomatic. j The trouble In Mexico had not reached Tapanatepec but her husband, who stayed behind, thought it best, she said, to have his wife and daughters in the j United States. All but one member of the Thomatic i family has three given names. The second daughter h*s four. Her full I name as she has it on her visiting cards iis Miss Bioni Olympia Victoria Jubilee I Thomatic. DASSENGER TRAINS A MENACED BY REBELS LAREDO, Tex., Feb. 13. —The where abouts of the northbound passenger train from Mexico City, which left there Tuesday night, still is unre*>orted, and To Visit San Francisco Without seeing A. Andrews' Diamond Palace would be like visiting Europe without seeing: Paris. It is the most magninicent jewelry store in the world. Visitors welcome, 50 Kearny street. Op*n Ba. m. to 5:30 p. in. Established 1850.—Advt. CASTORIA For Infante and Children. The Kind You Hate Always Bought ®«n»tur« of &*&tfM£Zijii Rebels Threaten Juarez Force Awaiting Orders EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 13.—With the HOO rebel* under General (ar aveo permitted to enter 4'hlbun hun city, General Inea Salnxar, with his rebel army ot nearly 1.800 men, vrhlcb recentl> threat ened Juarez, was -watting today within 50 miles of that border town. Although It is believed that federals and revolutionists won Id meet na friends at Juarez, aa they did at the state capital, member*) of the local rebel junta declared tonight that Salazar will not move closer to Juarez, lest tronble he canae. Colonel David de la Fuente is with Salazar as chief of staff. NothiaK Has been heard here from Kmilto Vasquen Gomez •Luce his release »t San Antonio. there is apprehension for the safety of its passengers. An urtsuccessful attack was made on the southbound Mexican National line's passenger train which left here Tuesday. A passenger from Mexico City on last night's train reported that at least 1,000 Americans were without funds to leave the capital, even if the oppor tunity presented, because the banks had been closed since Saturday. A large number of Americans were at the railroad station, he said, eagerly seeking to take the northbound train, but checks were refused as payment for tickets. AMERICAN'S ABE MAROONED Many Americans, the passenger be lieved, practically were marooned at the station without food, shelter or money. He said railroad officials were doing everything they could to. afford shelter to tho women and children. Numerous passengers arriving from Mexico City assert that the American officials in Mexico should provide spe cial trains on which Americans could leave. Passengers from .Saltillo said today that one freight train was entirely de stroyed by IJre and that the fate of another freight was in doubt, since it was rumored it was attacked. The southbound passenger train which left Laredo Tuesday night at 9 o'clock proceeded in safety until about 518 miles south of this city, at El Salado, where it was attacked by a band of 50 to 100 rebels. As the train was entering the station the engineer was fired upon. Realizing the danger, he reversed the lever and backed full speed toward Saltillo, pursued by the rebels on horseback. The speed of the mounted band was not sufficient to overtake the FRESNO VOTERS WANT BETTER TICKET NAMED Candidates In Feld Hot l> to Standard la Judgment of Objecting Faction iSp«K-!al PispafCh to Tte Cell) FRESNO, Feb. 13.—Believing that candidates in the field are not alto gether suitable, a number of voters are preparing to put a complete ticket in the field, nsfilrins* candidates for the board of trustljsjj 4nd for mayor. Leaders asserted today they did not believe the personnel of the candidates thus far indicated that a good board could be secured. A meeting will be held tomorrow night when the matter will be taken tip and the reorganization of the old Good Government league will be con sidered. This league was in existence four years ago. Those who are advocating the nomi nation of a good ticket assert that the saloon question will not enter the mat ter, but candidates will be considered on thejr merits. 7|t JOY OF THE PLAYER PIANO Lies not in the ownership of the indifferently good instrument, but in the satisfaction derived from the perfedt rendition of good music through -an instrument which is perfect in its mechan ism and control. Our stock of player pianos is selected for its musical qualities, the only idea being to furnish our customers with the most perfect instru ment at its price that American manufacturers produce. Player Pianos $485 upward; easy payments. Your old piano taken in exchange. VICTOR TALKING MACHINES WILEY B. ALLEN BUILDING 135-153 Kearny and 217-225 Sutter Street OAKLAND—6IO TWELFTH AND 1M» WASHINGTON. OTHER STORES—Lβ* Angeles, Sacramento. San Jose, San Diesel Phoenix, Ariieui Bcao, Nevada; Portland. Oregon. Rioting in Chihuahua Starts When Rebels Try to Liberate Desperate Prisoners train. The passengers were endan gered "by rebel gun fire. Aboard the train was a party of 50 Welshmen en route to Necaxa, a point beyond the City of Mexico, to take em ployment with a light and power com pany. Today's pasenger list from the City of Mexico included Bishop Hendrix of the Methodist Episcopal church (South) of Kansas City. He was a passenger on the southbound train which was at tacked by rebels and returned north. Bishop Hendrix said that the where abouts of the northbound train from the City of Mexico was not known at the time of the attack at El Salado. Bishop Hendrix said the rebel band appeared to bear a special grudge against the National railroad and im mediately after robbing the cars of everything useful burned the rolling stock and undesirable freight. A NOTHER AMERICAN r\ WOMAN IS KILLED MEXICO CITY, Feb. 13.—Mrs. Green field, mother of Harry Greenfield, an employe of the Mexican Light and Power company, a Canadian corpor ation, was killed by a shell In Vic toria street during today's fighting, it is learned. This makes three women among the foreign victims of the bat tles. Depresses Stock Market NEW YORK, Feb. 13. —The Mexican situation was a depressing influence over todays stock market. Financial interests with Mexican connections were without definite news from that country, save for brief advices, most of which arrived by devious routes. Two of the largest banking houses have had no word from their Mexican representatives since the recent trouble began. The local offices of the Na tional Railways of Mexico received an overnight cable to the effect that the company's property in and around Mex ico City had suffered no material dam age, but that no- word had been re ceived from the interior. The Mutual Life Insurance company is still without word from its manager in Mexico. "Unless we know where we stand," said Charles A. Peabody, president of the company, "we can •make no representations to Washing ton. Some reports state. that our building in Mexico City has been al CHARGED WITH MURDER, DORR PLEADS NOT GUILTY Alleged Slayer of George E. Marsh to Be Put on Trial After Eleven Months In Salem Jatl SALEM, Mass., Feb. 13.—Charged with the murder, by shooting, of George E. Marsh, an aged Lynn man, April 11, 1912, William A. Dorr of Stockton, Cal., pleaded not guilty in the Essex county superior court to day. He will be put on trial next Monday. Dorr has been in jail 11 months awaiting trial. He was arrested in California two weeks after the body of Marsh, who was a wealthy soap manufacturer, had been found near the state highway between Lynn and Re vere. Dorr was a nephew of a relative of Marsh and the state alleges , that he hoped to profit by the'distribution of the aged millionaire's property. most entirely destroyed. That is prob ably an exaggeration." Editor and Family Barricaded KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 13.—Mrs. J. K. Hudson of this city received a tele gram today from her son, Paul Hud son, editor of the Mexican Herald, which is printed in English in the City of Mexico, saying that Mr. Hud son, his wife and two children were barricaded in the Herald office near the site of the ruined American con sulate building. The bombardment had continued two days, Mr. Hudson said, and the end was not in sight. All foreigners, the message state, had laid in a store of ammunition and provisions sufficient for their present needs. Loyal Troops Are Deserting SAN DIEGO, Feb. 13. —Desertions of Mexican troops from the garrison at Tecate, Lower California. 25 miles southeast of San Diego, are reported today. The number could not be learned, but it was said the deserters left their arms and ammunition and are believed to have crossed the line. The men belong to the battalion sent to Lower California a year or more ago to prevent invasion by filibusters. Cross Societies Not Respected WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The White Cross society reports it is caring for We Lose Money You Make the Profit Men's and Youths' Overcoats, Raincoats and Cravenettes At Factory Cost and Even Less 2,200 Coats in a Panic of Prices Must Go in 14 Days to Make Room for Women's Spring Suits and Coats. ENTIRE STOCK GROUPED INTO FOUR LOTS AT FOUR RIDICULOUS PRICES Ag| f|£ For Raincoats Worth $5 to $7.50 *r I **"" There are over 400 garments in this lot. Every I conceivable style. All dandy values. Buy now and save fully 60c on the dollar. Never such a bargain event! HI m |»ft For Men's and Youths , Q/l iUU Cravenettes and English Slipon Raincoats B None of these has ever sold for less than $10, some as high as $12.50. Coats of quality in material and workmanship, that can be worn rain or shine the whole year through. I|H |Tf| Cravenetted Overcoats to Use for All Occasions V m ■"" Stylish, rainproof and the best for wearing all ■ the year. Over 2,000, in all the late styles; actu ally worth $20 and §25. They can not be shown in our limited window space. But inside there are coats of every descrip tion—over 200 styles. MA r A Finest quality English Gabardines and V β-ull Priestly Cravenettes ■ As well as Fur Coats, Leather and Fancy Mixed Cravenette Overcoats; positively worth $30 to $40. V| CO^PCOMPANY 758 Market St. - PHELAN BLDG. ■ 33 O'Farrell St. Open Saturday Evenings till 10 o'clock IT SATISFIES millions of people —Worth your while to test it UPTON'S TEA Sustains and Cheers approximately 1,200 wounded in Mex ico City. The Red Cross has not yet made a report. Neither organization <a being respected by the federal forces. The president of the latter has been killed. Seme members of the Whit* Cross detected by Diaz's adherents in the act of conveying ammunition were executed. Victim Was Texas Woman NORFOLK, Vn., Feb. 13.—Mrs? W. W. Holmes, one of the two American women killed during the battle in Mexico City yesterday, was the wife of Henry W. Holmes, formerly of Iver, Southampton county, Va., and formerly a Miss Strickland of San Antonio, Tex. BATTLESHIP HITS A REEF Arkansas Strikes In ( üban Waters, hat Mips Off Obstruction ntnl Anchors CAIMANERA. Cuba, Feb. 13. — The United States battleship Arkansas ran on a coral reef 400 yards west of Ceiha reef at 6 o'clock this morning. Later the warship slipped off and anchored. Water entered some of her compart ments. Johnny-on-the-spot Multigraph serv ice. Addressing, etc. Ramsey Oppen helm Co.. 112 Kearny st. Tel. Sutter 1266.—Advt.