The Yukon Sun (Yukon, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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LOYAL GOVERNMENT TROOPS DE
FEND MADERO BUT WITH-
OUT SUCCES.
TAFT DECIDES ON A CRISIS
Fighting Has Been Severe. Many Build
ings are Demolished and Hun-
dreds of People Have Been
Wounded.
THEYUKONSUN
By STAFFORD & CHAMBERS.
YUKON. OKLAHOMA
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OKLAHOMA ItW.S NO ITS
Five cotton gins will bo in opera
lion in Eufaula this fall.
Six hundred participated in the wolf
drive at Blackwell, and one coyote
was captured
The Tulsa postofflce made a gain of
EC per cent last mouth over the same
month u year ago.
Work on Eufaula's $75,00u eewei
system and water extension is pro
grossing satisfactorily.
The ground hog failed to see his
■hadow, and, according to tradition
there will be an early spring.
The Santa Fe railway is replacing
the eighty-p.uiid stepl rails aloi
roadbed with ninet\ pound rails.
A company organized at Manitou i
has been quietly securing leases and
will shortly begin boring for oil.
The Ministerial association of Law
ton has put the kibosh on dancing
card games and Sunday theaters.
The smelting plant at Sand Springs J
Is expected to be completed by the
end ot the month and in operation
thereafter.
Terlton will soon have gas lights i
at the depot and on the main street < i
the town, which is an advance in the
right direction.
Business men of Manchester, Grant
county, mean to bore for oil and gas
and have already subscribed $ 1,400
for that purpose.
The Noble county poultry show re
cently held did not only break even.
but the sum of $29.07 was found on j
hand after ail expenses had been paid.
Kingston, Marshall county, is to i
have more brick and concrete build-
ings on Main street, the contract for 1
Beveral new ones already having been
let.
Some miscreant threw a whisky boi
tie through the plate glass in front j counted by the hundreds
GENERAL REYES' CAREER ENDED
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Washington, KvMonti} recognizing
that ii i ribis in the Mexican situation
hail been reached. President Taft sum
moiled to the White Mouse. Secretary
ot State Knox, Secretary of War Stim-
Hon and Secretary of the Navy Meyer,
together villi a nunibei of army and
navy officer!-
As a result of the conference at tie
White house, three additional battle
ships will be sent to the east coast oi
M< xico and orders will be issued at
once for the Immediate transportation
of troops to Mexico City tor the protec
tion of the lives of Americans and
foreigners, should the situation then
grow any worse.
Confidential ills].inches from Mexico j
which reached W isington 'i uesdav
night indicated that the regular army
in the state of Chihuahua has desert j
( d President Madero, that it needs bin
a touch of the match of revolution an.I ,
that it Is prepared to go over almost
to a man to Felix Diaz.
Mexico (in. The federals and,1
rebels fought, a seven-hour draw
battle in the heart of the city Tuesdn. ;
i When darkness put an end to the j
fighting neither side appeared to have
gained any marked advantage.
KBtimates of the casualties run as
high an I .(too although accurate infor ticai lectures and demonstrations cov
mation cannot be obtained at tills orlng the best methods of raising pro-
time. The dead certainly will bo | utable crops and feeding them will
be given by the staff of experts on
the train. The Katy has run demon-
stration trains in Missouri, Oklahoma
and Texas. Profiting by the experi-
ence gained from these earlier tours
the one next week should be one of
the most efficient yet run. The man-
Famous military officer, ex-secretary
of war of Mexico, governor of the
state of Nuevo, and last and unsuc-
cessful aspirant to the presidency of
the republic cf Mexico, who was killed
during a battle with federal troops,
shortly after he had been liberated,
with Felix Diaz, from prison.
KAIY FARM TRAIN
ISSUES SCHEDULE
Equipped With Agricultural Experts
8-Day Tour Is
Planned.
Following out the policies of the
railroads in Oklahoma of aiding in
the work of increased agricultural
production, the Katy will operate a
J demonstration train over its lines in
the state, starting February 17. Prac-
MONDRAGON HEADS ASSAULT,
SUCCEEDING IN LIBERATING
GEN. REYES AND DIAZ- .
REYES LATER SHOT TO DEATH
Veteran Ex-Secretary of War Falls
While Leading Attack On Royal
Palace; Insurgents in Posses-
sion of the Arsenals
Mexico City The army in revolt in
Mexico City Sunday took possession j
of the public buildings, shot down fed-
eral adhernts in the streets, released
O.eiu nil Felix Diaz, leader of the Vera
('ruz revolt from prison and falling
into line under his banner, practically
ipf ii th< Mi \i< an capital.
Francisco M.-idero. president of the
republic, and uiembi rs of his cabinet
took refuge in the national palace,
where they were besieged but, with
,-omo loyal troops at their back, suc-
c<. ded in defending the palace from
'the assaults of revolutionists.
(Jeneral Diaz, who is the nephew of
t!ie deposed president, is now at the
head of a majority of the capital
Backache Is aWarning
Thousands suffer
kidney ills unawares
—not knowing that
the backache, head-
aches.and dull,nerv-
ous, dizzy, all tited
condition are often
due to kidney weak-
ness alone.
Anvbodvwho suf-
fers constantly from
backache should sus-
pect tiie kidney
Some irregularity
of the secretions may
give iust the needed
proof.
Doan's Kidney
Pills have been cur-
ing backache and
si k kidneys for ever
fifty years.' T,JZ
A North Dakota Case
Mn C Tj er,< ii I H p ti . "v gg
| uii.s v.-i-re irii und 1 fon I'ln t ' J
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Captain Scott.
Foreign residents for the most part
kept under cover, but three Americans
are known to have suffered injuries
from stray bullets. They are Lloyd
Osbourne, an author, who was shot in
the thigh; I)r R. H. McCrosson of
Madison, III
neral Felix
Diaz in his
of the Altus city ball building, thus
venting his spleen on the cit) olli-
cials.
Duncan is preparing to hold a pea
nut carnival this coming fall, and from
Mil reports, it will be a hummer in
every way and "all that the name im-
plies."
There is a movenint on foot to din , 8|ronehultl. appeared as defiant as any
for coal on the outskirts of 1 hecotah ilm, g|n(,e |u, wnB released from prison
K company lias been organized and the muttnoui soldiers and promises
several hundred dollar^' worth ot ( jtjon of the terrific boinhard-
Btock sold. rrienl, the fierceness of wliicii is at-
Seventeen new locations were made 1 tested by the many partially destroyed
In the Terlton oil field In one day and structure
one well was brought in. Loks as If
tilings are picking up ill that district
In the oil and gas line.
arsenal
any
Lincoln and Mark Johnson, a negro of ] agement of the trip will be under the
direction of H. W. Hoekaday, indus-
trial commissioner of the Katy. Ag-
ricultural experts will be furnished b\
the state board of agriculture. The
stops and schedules has been given
out as below:
FEBRUARY, 17, 19^3.
Gen. Felix Diaz
Kidn 'V
m „ t :\sii>n i
"iht-y have never failed we
Gel Do...', ot Any Store. 50c a Ho*
DOAN'S KMiY
FO^TF.R-MILBURN CO.. Buff.lo, Niw York
Make the Liver
CAPTAIN SCOTT'S MEN DEAD Do its Duty
Nine times in ten when the liver is
right the stomach and bowels are right.
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
gently but firmly com-
pel a lazy liver to^'
do its duty.
Cures Con-
stipation, In-
direction,
Sick
Headache,
end Dibtreus After Eating.
1MAI.L PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL T'RiCE.
Genuine must bear Signature
Caddo will soon voto on a bond issue
for tho installation of a sanitary
sewerage system for that own. Vari-
ous estimates have been made, rang
ing from $10,000 to
coBt of the work
The mayor of Shawnee received a
letter from a peanut products factory
ill Texas offering to establish n factory
if the farmers in the vi.-ii',,Jr wi"
Ugro to raise mo'" peanuts.
l>„..ca City school teachers have
taken precautions against possible loss
ut life in case of lire by drilling thu
school children in a (Ire drill until
they have become so they can empty
the building in less than ninety sec-
onds.
The city of Stonewall lias been per
manetly enjoined from using the
schoolhouse Blnking fund for Ihe pur-
pose of instaling an electric light plant.
The injunction was issued Saturday of the poorer
by Judge McKeowti who holds, how-
t>vr. Stonewall may vote .. bond Issua
for that purpose.
Carter county has a larger cotton
crop this year than last >, ar and tie.
,
than last year.
Most of the city councllmen of Fair
view ar' holding olllce by appoint
the school, and now a city election is
desired for this spring.
From all sections of the state news
of rejoicing ov. r the recent heavy
snow is considered much more valu
able than' a heavy rain would have
been and will put the ground In tine
condition for carl* wmtn plowing
Tulsa Is making elaborate arrange
nients to entertain the members of
the. State Press assoc.ut ill, oil Sun
day. May 11 A banquet, auto rides
over the city anil J'oi ibl> a trip tu
the oil iields will be included on the
eutortalnnu-nt program
within a radius of half a
mile.
Rebel Loss Light.
The rebel loss in killed nnil wounded
was considerably smaller than that of
the government forces.
The cannon of the federals eventual
Ij were silenced by the rebels, but
5,000, 011 the i the extent of the damage to the rebel
j artillery is not known outside their
own linos.
The streets in which the fighting
occurred present a dilapidated appear
ance One of the buildings which stiff
ered most is that In which the Ameri
can consulate general was located an.
from which the consul dnd his staft
were forced to flee.
Not even the imminence of battle
was sufficient to keep many < i tlie
curious from exposing themselves
Others among the injured came from
houses into which shells and bullets
penetrated, there finding victims vvhc
had been unable to escape. An effort
was made by many to get out of the
way, and in the early morning people
lasses bearing mat [
tresses, blankets and bundles of cloth |
ing, were seeking places of safety
And many of the fugitives were of tile
well-to-do class whose homes had beer
occupied by the men of both sides fot
strategical reasons.
The American ambassador. Henry
Lane Wilson, published a warning tr
all Americans, urging them not to gi
The 'Zapatistas did not enter the cap
ital. despite their presence within a
Ar Mr .
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Yale .
Night
Jennings
Hallett
. itwlaml
Hominy
Night
\\ eklw ,
A' ulla
Lecture at Yale—February 18.
Lecture at Hominy—February
>, oil a in. Wekiwa 1" 1
\IMiv iii . . I' I.m An \ 1 30 p
i -0 t m « wet a .. . 00 p
Night
\\ 11 .-ii
\ iiiitn
4S p.
Lecture a
Porter—February 20.
\ mil.i 1 "" P '
.IliK Cal.tn ... 2 4" p. in
troops, including most of tho artillery,
and is in possession of the arsenal in
the city and the powder works nearby.
The day was marked by four sep-
arate engagements, the most sanguin-
is j ary of which took place in front of
the national palace But the most im-
portant was that which terminated in
1in the formal surrender of the troops in
m the artillery barracks.
ra It is believed that not less than 200
people were killed in the fighting.
Among the number was General Ber-
nardo Keyes
Searching Party Discovered Bodies of
Victims Soon After Storm—
bxpedition Found Amund-
sen Records
London- News of the death of Cap
tain Robert F. Scott and his four brave
companions, who succeeded by a luial
dash in reaching the Souto pole, only
to find proofs that Amundsen had pre-
ceded them, came in a brhf dispatch
from Lieutenant G. hi. Evans, of the
royal navy, who was second in < om
mand when the expedition started and
who now signs as "commander of
j i lie expedition.
Details are not known yet but it i.
j believed records of the scientific ma
I terial collected, together with the < \ j
iilurers' bodi'-s li;i\« b*•• n recoverd
The fact that Captain Amunds;
reached his base from the pole in
thirty-eight days, while the Scott part > t
had been traveling more than two ,
months when disaster overtook them.
iF believed to show that Scott must 1
t ither have met some misfortune, pos-
sibly in a crevasse, or encounterd h
succession of blizzards. The fact that
Pen> Officer Evans died from concus-
sion of the brain as early as February
17 seems to indicate some such acci-
dent, possibly involving the loss of a
portion of the equipment.
Captain Scott's party found Captain
Roald Amundsen's hut and records at
the South pol«'. He reached there
March 19, 1912, eleven miles from One-
Ton depot, a blizzard overwhelming
them.
CARTERS
ITTLE
HILLS.
POLITICAL RIOTING
IN TOKIO, JAPAN
JAKEY'S FAULT VERY SERIOUS
Father Rightly Felt Me Could Never
Be Captain of Industry Unless He
Was Taught to Improve.
Mr. <<nd Mrs Isaacs took grfat
piiile in their young son, Jakey. Fa-
the:' il.-t<>rniined to make him a
groai busi i-ks man, a veritable cap-
tain of In I'jstry. One day mother
heard >oud screams coming from an
adjoining rr/im and rushed in to in-
vestigate the cause of the trouble.
Father was v^ rously administering
a dose of "strap oil" to the young
hopeful.
"Ikey! Ikey! Vy :or you are lick-
ing liddle Jakey?"
"Hecause 1 caught lljn in a lie;
dot's vy," replied father,
the chastisement
"A li. ' You say a lie:
"Yes; I vill teach him to lie better
as dot eef I haff to lireak effery bon®
In hees body."—Kxchange.
Oppositio* to the Cabinet Results in
Death of Six People in
Street Fighting
Tokio—Six persons wer killed and
sixty-five injured in political rioting.
The situation is serious.
The premier of Japan, Katsura, was
stoned by a mob in the streets. His
strong adherent of resignation has been demanded by th«*
Pryor V10 l
Night Lecture a
Pryor—February 21.
«"irtth ■«
• lipcolah
Night
Atoku ... I' Aloka
< nil.lt. .4 :10 p. ni
Night Lecture at Caddo—February 24.
Ihirunt <■> "" h ni I ti ra nt . ... .10 M' a m.
. ' : '
Tiipi-I 1 " V ni Tupelo 4:15 p. m.
Night Lecture at Stonewall—February 25.
I'orfirio Diaz, and ex-secretary of war. people. Mobs attacked the oflb'es of
The mutinous troops are led by stu- the bureaucratic newspapers and the
Ilents of the military school at Tial- minister. They burned and wrecked
pama, a subrub. They marched to police stations, tram cars and private
j thn prison to which General Felix Diaz buildings.
liud been transferred for safe keeping More Money for Probing.
Washington—An attack on "demo-
cratii- extravagance," and a heated de-
bate of the house "money" trust was
precipitated in the house by a resolu-
tion apropriating $35,000 to defray fur-
ther expenses of the money trust in-
vestigation. The resolution, which
made the total expenditures for the in-
vestigation $60,000 was passed after a
lengthly argument, by a vote of 129
to 114, many democrats voting with
the republicans against It.
THOUGHTFUL RUTH.
• , ui and relaesed him. General Bernardo
Lecture at Eufaula—February 22. Keyes was also freed from the San-
1 ; * ™ tiago Military prison, there being no
m 'r!'1, m i . I" - n. resistance in either quarter.
Naval Apopintees Named by Ferris.
Washington—Oscar White of Shaw-
nee and John W. Mullens of Freder-
ick, Okla., have been named by Rep-
resentative Scott Ferris as his princip-
al appointees to the naval academy at
Annapolis.
«J ■«
Bristow Is Chairman
Wa:-hlngton Preparatory to federal j
im i stipition of the operation of the I
parcel post law the joint postal com
mission appointed for that purpose, j
dr .ni d lij elcting Senator Bristow
ot Kansv, chairman llepreaentativi
l'inl' 1 ot Unith i roiina ae ^ ice chair
GENERAL KEYES HAD NOTABLE CAREER
The killing of General Bernardo
Reyes, always a progressive, removes
one of the most bitter and uncom-
promising opponents in Mexico to the
Madero government. For over a year
lie had been In prison, charged with
Ruth—Yes; I got papa to buy a
vacuum cleaner for mother.
Maud—How thoughtful!
Ruth—Yes. Mother is a little stif-
fened up with rheumatism, you know,
and I used to feel so sorry to see her
•i" ing to use thp broom that I always
and llardii'-r ( t N *w ,l -rse\
Stick
few miles of the city.
TI,., struggle of Diaz to overthrow ; ' "■ and Fitjn Beaton of Kansas as
tie oowerof President Madero result.
eil In one of the most remarkable itici
tie in wlili li the contending forces em |
ployed lieavj artillery at a range fre
quently of less than half a mile In n
densely |."pulated oit \ w . i a new am
What undoubtedly contributed great
ly to (he rebel's abilit> to resist this
movement was the position o( th>
Captltal Voung Men's Christian build
The Checotah cit> < ounei has ,-on a apven-8torv struct..,
demned the old .-.t, l.unal roun.l Knr;% ,n nitlz
and issued an ord., that no more late(j the r„,ltlug tl„. fotv.gn
bodies be burled ti, rem A new ,,m fro„, lh,.ir ,,„ms and the dortni
,.ter> has been plati. ,1 and soon the ^ a)lll sul,piantitm occupants with
bodies from ti,. ..Id . - itttery will be machln(. t;uns an(1 s(|Ua(ls of nriemet,
reburled in the n
Pat Watson, of Mangum, convicted tit- roof top. the muzles of automatics
of manslaughter in the second degree, wer. point.-d. later to b«- placed with
has been lined $l,00u by Judge Brown, <leadl> eff. «*t on the the federals.
who decided on fining the detVndair To counter this position, th< federals
rather than imposing a jail sontence, j,]ar pd nun with rifles and other m
because some members of the trial <-|i|nc* guns on roofs of adjoining lofty
Jury were loath to vote on a verdict ) niUliim one post being a tall stru«
of guilty. ture known as the Gore office build
Antlers is soon to have a new brick ing occupied was the federal office
depot, plans for which have air. ad carters Dofi-ns of other buildings In
be. n drawn. It will have a ladies' j the ceatei of the < it ■ showed as ear!\
resting room, smoking room, gen j as noon the marks of battle, while
eral uniting room sanitary toilets, n ,onie (.in n the immediate en.
waiting room, express and bag- vf fire wer< practloally wrecked
A few months prior to the outbreak j b it home on sweeping day.
of the Madero revolution there were
many rumors of an uprising against
President Diaz in favor of General
Keyes, who was eminently popular
throughout the country Diaz sent
Reyes to Europe ostensibly to study
secretar} In addition to Senator Bris-
tow and Mr. Seaton, the committee is
composed of Senators Brown of Flor
ida and Townsend of Michigan and
Representative* Uewis of Marylan.' with h,in
ills guilt but it was said the Mexi
him
cause Reyes to be regarded as a mar
tyr to give hliu a light sentence
would mak.
treason in fomenting an uprising military organization, but recalled him
against Madero. He had never been before the revolution of Madero had
tried and as late as last January it reached a crisis. When Rejes reached
was i. ported th government was in Mexico, however, Diaz had been forced
a qua:. . . as to what should be done to resign.
Keyes had freely admitted Reyes then aligned himself with
Madero and agreed to accept the port
government was afraid to punish folio of minister of was when Madero's
believing that to do so would cabinet was formed Later, however
A DIFFERENCE.
It Paid This Man 10 Change Food.
Wilson Wants McConbs
Trenton. N .1 President-elect Wil
eon Intimated that he hoped William ,, ,,ffr>n.i«ri
campaign, would continue as chair
inconvenient to im-
• room and ticket office.
man of the democrat!' national com
m it tee after March 4. The president
cle« : was informed that C) airman Mc-
Combs had < ailed a meting of the na-
tional commit!* e for March 5 and had
been told that Mr. McCombs contein-
| plated resigning on that occasion.
Caught With the Goods.
Charleston, W Va. -With marked
money in their pockets, alleged to be
the price ot their votes in the United
States senatorial conies which
and to exile him would be dangerous.
It was believed in the capital that
finally he would be released under an
amnesty decree.
Reyes was a soldier and statesman
with a long record of achievements
he declared himself to run for th<
president} but was overwhelmingly
defeated at the polls by Madero. Par
tisans of Reyes attempted to nullify
the election of Madero, but failed and
Reyes went to Texas. There he start
ed a revolution and was proclaimed
provisional president of Mexico. This
was in December, 1J>11. After operat-
ing for a short time against the go\
He was born In Guadalajara about 62 erumi nt forces, Reyes surrendered to
( ieneral Trevino at Linarez.
hi - ago.
Gunboat Rammed In Seattle Fog
Seattle. Wash. The gunboat Vicks
burg, which was rammed and almost
sunk at the Puget Sound navy yard b>
causing a deadlock in the legislature, j the naval tug Fortune, will be placed
four members in the house of dele- (in dry dock. The steel prow of the
Premature Undertaking
El Paso. Rebel agents here de-
clared that the Mexico City mutiny is
part of a general revolutionary plan,
prematurely exploded. The> connect
It directly with the program of Gen-
eral Trevino, former federal t onimand-
er in the state of Nuevo Leon, and
a military favorite of the Diaz
to gime. They say the date for a gen-
gates and one member of the senate of tug cut a gash fifteen feet long am!
\\ est Virginia were arrested by Sheriff more than a foot wide in the Vicks-
Boner hill, in th- presence of the public burg's starboard quarter and it was
prosecutor Thomas (' Townsend necessary to use collision "m
Th,.. ti.l .11 b..for. Justice of the loop th. gunboat from going to th. eral r-volt of ' .:>■ arm> had been sot
Peace c u II. I ring, wher* bottom A hoard has bo. appointed I for March 1 and had practically
waived a hearing and were held Id
$f.,000 bond.
all
I to Investigate the accident, which oc- revolutionary factions In the republic
1 eurred in a thick foB. < ll,aKu" with tlle movement.
"What is called 'good living' eventu-
ally brought me to a condition quite
the reverse of good health,' writes a
N. Y. merchant.
"Improper eating told on me till my
stomach became so weak that food
nans, ated me, ev. n the light.1 t and
simplest lunch, and 1 was much de
pi'. d after a night of uneasy slum-
ber, unfitting me for business.
."This condition was discouraging,
as 1 could find no way to Improve
Then I saw the advertisement <
Grape Nuts food, and decided to t
it and became delighted with the J
For the past three years I liavr
used Grape-Nuts and nothing else for
nn breaiilast and for lunch before re-
tiring. It speedily set my stomach l ight
nnd I congratulate myself that I have
regained my health. There is no great-
er comfort for a tired man than a
lunch of (imp. N'uts. It i: ~ur. - restful
sleep, and an awakening in th. morn-
ing with a feeling of buoyant courage
and hopefulness.
has been a boon to my
whole family. It has made of our 2-
year-old boy, who used to be unable
to digest much of anything a robust,
healthy, little rascal weighing 32
pounds. Mankind certninlj owes a
. debt of gratitude to the expert who
Invented tills perfect food Name
given by Postum Co., Hat tie Creek,
llic'j. "There's a reason."
F\pr rcml tin* nlmte liMtrrf \
«af i«pp«'iirn from IIiim- to Tln\v
nr«' trenulnc. trne, uutl full ot huaiMii
| lul*r«rwt. Adv.
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