Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-11-29
Federal Captain Distributes
Cigarettes TO Firing Squad
Before He Is Executed by
Rebel CaptorS,
mo INFORMATION AT
HUERTA HEADQUARTERS
American Embassy Is Assured
That Nephew Of Late Pres
ident Madero viii Not Be
Executed,

uy sosulna JOURNAL sr1cikl lHsaro WISH
Mexico city Nov. 2S.--Llke Gener-
al Jose Gonzalez salas. after the bat
ue Of Relano in March. 1919. Gener-
al Antonio Rabago. military governor
of the state OF Tamaulipas. killed
himself after losing Victoria, the
capital The suicide Of General Raba-
go Is not admitted by the govern
ment. hut the news Is contained In
private telegram to his relatives here
who do not question lis authority
General Rohago, as military gover-
nor was responsible for the garrison
when Victoria was attacked by the
rebels on November IL.
II was not until this morning that
the newspapers Of the Mexican capt.
tal published any intmatlon that VIC
TORN had been taken. Rahago was
credited with having evacuated the
city
The private message falls to give
details of his death.
Among the incidents connected with
the capture of Victoria by the rebels
one Is related Of the execution OF Cap
tain Tomas Jamez. He wars told that
+ his lie would be spared II he fore
swore the government lie refused
land was given an hour for meditation.
When the hour had elapsed and his
guards had come for him he asked
/ TO be- taken before the man who had
ordered his execution, lie embraced
the military judge, assuring him that
/ he cherished no resentment and then
marched to the place designated for
his death
There he distributed among the
firing squad AN but one of a package
of cigarettes. This he lighted himself
and sgnalied the officer in command
to give the order TO fire.
The government stll pretends to
have the most meagre information
regarding the lighting south of Juarez.
This reserve is Characteristic with
regard TO the military operations
throughout the republic That Tam
pico Is seriously meuaced by the reh-
els, Is indicated by private advices
which say that they are moving south
ward from Victoria and today cut the
railroad forty miles north Of Tam
pico, wreeking at that point a train
Of twenty oil tank cars
According to late dispatches. the
managers of the branches Of the Lon
don and Mexico. and the National
banks at Tampieo have been In
structed to close their establishments
and remove the archives to Progresso
The branch Of the Bank of London
and Mexico at Monterey has been
closed for several days Industrial
concerns in the interior OF the re-
public are In a serious condition
owing to their Inability 70 get from
Tamplco the coal, coke and OH stored
there
Reports from the north continue TO
indicate increasing rebel strength
south of Saltilo. Since the dynamit-
Ing Of troop train yesterday no ef-
fort has been made to resume traffic,
the railway men refusing to take out
the trains.
Il is reported that after dynamlting
the train the rebels attacked the
troops. who numbered about 1870 or
lao women aud children belonging to
the soldiers. killing every one Of
them. This report has not been con-
hrmed,
The chamber of deputies approved
tonight the committee report on the
20. .0O0.0 600 peso interior bond issue,
asked for by the late President Ma
dero which was not acted upon by
his congress It Is said that certain
foreign governments are willing to
accept payment of their indemnities
in these bonds and It is regarded as
that more will be authorized
and printed
The American embassy has obtain
ed from high government officials
assurance that Manuel Madero, uncle
)f The late president, who started to-
night under guard for Vera Cruz,
would reach there IN safety,
Madero Is one of group brought
rom Monterey on charge Of sedi-
ion lie has been held i'm the peni-
entay and was ordered transferred
o Vera cruz, presumably for incar-
cration In san Juan de tilua prison.
Relatives learned of the order late
alay and fearing he might be shot
while on the way appealed to the
american embassy
An official OF the embassy tele-
lhoned to two members Of the cabi-
et and to Enrique zepeda a nephew
i President lluerta who was recent
y released from tho pententiary,
where he had been held until an in
estigation could he made Of his
illng and burning Of Gabriel Her
landez at Belem prison while gov
rnor of The federal district These
hree officials communicated with
he presidents office and then noti-
ed the embassy that Madero's rela-