Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-20


Senior Lascurain declared that he
was unable to give any explanation
Of the delay Sonora Madero. fearing
the Intentions of Congress and Gen
eral Huerta in regard to her husband,
wept profusely. She and her party
then left the railroad station and went
back to the city.
Felix Diaz today denied RESPONSE
bility for the execution Of Gustavo
Madero and Adolfo Basso, superin-
tendent of the national palace. The
official report on the death OF Gus
stavo Madero says: He was being
removed from one part Of the arsenal
to another when he made a dash for
! liberty. The officers in charge fired
az him and killed him Adolfo Basso
an old man. was killed inside the
rebel lines.
! The death OF Gustavo Msdero is
still a chief topic of conversation
among the populaee. Many people
today sought for souvenirs of the
dead politician and one person paid
s25 for fragment of his eyeglass.
Juan Sanchez Azsons, private sec
reta-y of Francisco Madero. and
Jesus Urueta. Madero's chief sup
porter in the chamber of deputies.
were added to the list of prisoners
yesterday. They had escaped from
the city in an automobile during the
upheaval at the national palace. but
were captured between here and the
| coast
A telegram was sent today to the
Paris residence Of Portfirio Diaz, the
former dictator. who is now in Paris,
bv Felix Diaz. his nephew, and Gen
eral Huerta, the new provisional
president. in which the aged general
was informed
You have been avenged against
your former enemy
The closest estimates obtainable oil
the casualties during the figEting IN
the streets show that about SVeo per-
sons we're killed and 1000 wounded.
These are not government figures
nor will the government be able &c
make any reliable calculation.
In most cases no official reeoros
were made of the bodies, which were
gathered up. carted TO open spaces
outside the city and burned
Numerous instances are. known IT
which whole families were wiped ou'
BY exploding shells or by the pene-
rating fire of machine guns Ihe
great majority of the dead were non-
combatants. including a large pro
! norton of women and children
Estimates as TO the loss of prop
erty are necessarily inaccurate. Ihere
is no doubt that the damage amounts
to many millions.
These are the days OF lug atlNes
The families of those who stood mgr
in favor with Madero. fearing retalia-
ton. have fed from the city. Among
them are the members of the Maderr
family. The wife Of the. ex-presiaen'
has gone no further than their rancf
near the Atzcapotzalco suburb. pu'
the other members of the family are
st,pnosed TO be at Vera CRUZ.
+ ONLY the most optimistic residents
/ of the Mexican capital pretend TO be
/ iieva that the substitution of Genera
/ Huerta for Francisco Madero Will re-
| suit in the restoration OF connpleo'
peace throughout the republic It re-
mains TO he seen how many OF the
rebel leaders viii accept the invita-
ton extended to them by Hue-ts e
/ ioin in an effort to restore normal
/ conditions.
The activities of the followers O
4 zapsts has been turned against TN
new administration. A small force o.
rebels was reported today in tn'
neishborhood of the capital and gov
ernment troops were sent out agains
them. An unconfrmed dispatch say
that Cuernavaca has fallen into "a
pata's hands.
| II appears to be taken for granted
that Emiliano zapata, the irrecon-
ciuable rebel" win continue at tine
head of his powerful force in the
south. while DIR. Yasquez Gomez by
tcontinued on second PaEe9