The day book. [volume], February 19, 1913, Image 28

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MADERO OVERTHROWN;
HELD PRISONER
Mexico City, Feb. 19. Madero
has been overthrown and is a
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Gen. Huerta.
prisoner. Gen. Victoriano Huer
ta has been declared provisional
president. Fighting in the city
has ceased-
But Mexico is still far from
peace. Huerta will not be accept
ed by -rebels in the provinces.
Pascual Orozco, strongest of the
independent commanders, today
declared war on the provisional
government.
Gen. Inez Salazar is support
ing the government established
at Palomas by Emilio Vasquez
Gomez. He will never accept
Huerta.
Gustave Madero, brother of
the deposed president, was exe
cuted by order of HUerta.
Marco Hernandez, brother of
the minister of the interior in Ma
dero's cabinet, was shot and killed
on the street when he cheered
Madero.
Anti-American feeling in' the
city has disappeared. When the
citizens learned that Ambassador
Wilson had arranged the confer
ence that resulted in peace a
crowd gathered in front of the
embassy and cheered the Stars
and Stripes.
Daily Healthogram.
If your house harbors any old
clothes, carpets or furniture
things that have served their day
and are only useless hindrances
get rid of them. It will make more
room and insure better air.
Down in Huntington, W. Va.,
some miscreant blew rew pepper
from the gallery to the pit during
a performance of "The Modern
Eve." Everybody had a sneeze
or two. Report doesn't say
whether any fig leaves were disturbed.
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