Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-01
D|Az ACCEPTS
CANDIDACY FOR
PRESIDENCY
Huerta's Right Hand Man
Will Run for President of
Mexico; Fight Imminent
With Rebels Today.

Mexico City, Feb. 2S.-Felix Diaz to-
day formally accepted the candidacy
for the presidency of Mexico offered
him by committee representing q
party organized for that purpose.
An important battle between the
rebel governor of Auguas Callentes,
Alberto Fuentes D. and government
troops under General Hidalgo is ex-
pected late today. The state capital.
Aguas Calientes is surrounded by gov
ernment troops, who last year began
a siege.
Governor Fuentes d is entrenched
in the government palace in the cen
ter of the city, the building being
guarded by a force of street troops
much inferior in numbers and arma.
ment to the army commanded by
General Hidalgo A repetition -on q
small scale-of the street fightingsand
bombardment which occurred In
Mexico City appears inevitable.
Saitillo May See Fight.
Another encounter is likely at Sal
tillo where federal troops under Gen.
erals Aubert and Trevino are about to
the defiant governor Of the state OF
Coahuila, Venustiano Carranza.
The isolation Of Mexico City from
the United States by rail was COM
plete today Train service south Of
Aguas Calentes on the Mexican CEN
tral line is at halt owing to the oc-
cupation Of that city by rebels. while
q similar condition at Saltillo in Goa
hula prevents railroad operations to
the north over the national lines The
roads to Tampico also are interrupted,
making detour by way of that port
from the United States to this city
impossible.
Zapata VIII Surrender.
Ramos Martinez, who for several
months conducted semi-official nego-
tiations for peace between Madero and
Zapata, declared today that Zapata
would surrender and cooperate with
the central government.
According to the private secretary
of Provisional President Huerta, the
situation in the state of Sonora is
grave. Bandits, he said, are over-run-
ming portions Of the state and many
families in the city of Hermosillo are
abandoning their homes fearing an at
tack.
Governor Jose (, M. Maytorena has
abandoned the governorship of
Sonora and his place has been taken
by Igancia Pesquecia. The retiring
governor declined to support the new
regime in Mexico City and is organiz-
ing troops to sustain his position.
Washington, D. c., Feb 28.--Official
announcement of the killing Of Emilio
Madero, brother of the former presi-
dent of Mexico, reported several times
recently, was contained today In dis
patch from Ambassador Wilson who
reported Madero shot while leading a
rebel force in the northern states. This
brings the death list of Maderos in
the recent Mexican troubles up to
three.
No confirmation has been received
of the reported death of Raoul Ma
dero, another brother.
Conditions in southern Mexico, AM
bassador Wilson reports, seem rapidly
to be improving The governor of
Yucatan, brother-in-law to former Vice
President Suarez, is reported to have
advised the Huerta government Of his
submission, as have the governors Of
Tabasco, Oaxaca and Campeche.
The consul at Nogales, reporting
Maderistas' activities in eastern
Sonora, said band of rebels is gath
ering to oppose the Huerta govern
ment. Reporting the burning Of fif-
teen bridges on the Mexican Central
railway north of Torreon, the consul
at Durango says there is a rumor that
Campa's rebel band Of 1,200 shortly
will lay down arms.