Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-07-25
E||ERTh RESIGNS;
LEAVES CAPITAL
,sN RULER QUITS MEXICAN
.,proL AFTER HIS REsiG-
NATION IS ACCEPTED.
.sw RULER is APPOINTED
,.iso csrbajal Takes Oath Of office
ard Becomes President Pro Tenn
Villa says War Will Go On
Believes Gen. 1uer-
IA Will Take Field.

vexjco City, July 16.-Gen. Victor
ao INERTIA resigned from the provi-
1.,ol presidency of the Mexican re-
.nhlIc Wednesday night and his re-
i.gnation was accepted by the senate
and chamber of deputies by vote of
l21 to II.
francisco Carbajal, the minister of
t,raign affairs, was then appointed
,,ssident and took the oath of office
~ the Joint session of deputies and
senator's
Gen. Huerta and Gen. Banquet left
the capitol late Wednesday night
they boarded a train on the Mexican
Midland a few miles beyond the city.
ris thought they are going to Puerto
Mexico.
The scene in the chamber of depu
ties and the senate when Huertas
resignation was received was solemn
and the enthusiasm with which the
act was greeted was tempered by
general sympathy for the abdicating
president
Fear of Looting.
The city is quiet, but everywhere
there is dread of rebellion and loot
Ing. 1t is realized that Huerta, in
spite of his faults, kept a strong hand
on disorderly elements, and his sue
cessor. it is said, is not of a type to
cope with a populace in revolt.
Further than the announcement of
Huertas resignation, made after 4
o'clock the government is silent. 1t
is believed, however, that Carbajal
Will turn the government over to the
constitutionalists, and thus insure
peace. 1t is also limited that Huerta
will take the field at the head of the
federal army.
Huerts Fleeing Country.
Vera Cruz, July 16.-The special
train conveying Gen. Huerta passed
Cordoba at $3.50 o'clock Thursday
afternoon taking the route to Puerto
Mexico
The railway yards were filled with
soldiers. the pick of the army, select
ed by Gen Huerta months ago, when
the train arrived. Preceding the
special was a military train filled with
troops and a second military train
guarded the special from the rear.
Alongside the track the Mexican
gunboat Zaragoza had taken up a
position in the river A short dis
lance out the Bristol, which had ar
rived few hours previously, was
moored, and beyond the Bristol lay
the German cruiser Dresden. The
foreign warships are prepared to rem
der service to aid in the departure OF
the former president.
The arrival at Puerto Mexico of the
former president and the former
minister is looked for between s and
o'clock Friday morning. 1t is ex.
pected they will ask the Dresden and
Hrlstol to carry the refugees to some
neutral port, where they can transfer
TO regular steamer for Europe. The
next steamer scheduled to sail from
tnis port for a European port is the
buenos Ayres, due here July %. Nav
al men believe that they will be asked
70 carry the refugees to some West
Indian port.
War viii Go on"-VilIa.
Juarez, Mexico. July 16.-"The re-
signation of Huerta and the naming
Oh Carbajal as his successor will not
stop the war" said Gen. Villa, when
MS attention was called to an extra
announcing the change of administra-
ton in Mexico city. "Carbajal is a
scientiico and his presidency will
simply mean the continuance in pow
eF OF the men who for fifty years have
grown rich upon the misfortunes OF
'he poor of Mexico. We must make our
victory complete. My men are now
getting ready for the advance. Huer-
"a resignation will not stop them. !
mink YOU will find that Huerta in
lends TO take the field. AS l said
the war has Just begun"
News PIeases Washington.
ashington, D. c., July 16.-News
VI Gen Huerta's resignation as pro-
Flslonal president of Mexico was hail
20 oy Officials here as the first prac-
1.eai step toward a quick solution OF
ne Mexican problem.
Huerta's resignation marks the
elimination of more than a years
@''iFe effort on the part of the United
o~ales government to force his retire
Ieut John Lind was sent to Mexico
-5st summer in an effort to bring
a''ut the withdrawal of Huerta,