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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1914
Page
5
General Huerta and General Blanquet left the capital on a train bound for Puerto Mexico after reading Huerta's resignation in the House. The departure prompted cries of Viva Huertas as they left Wednesday night.
General Victoriano Huerta resigns as provisional president of Mexico. Francisco Carbajal is appointed president and takes oath at a joint session. Huerta cites war weariness and scarce funds, pledges peace, and leaves with stated wealth and a call for unity. Carba jal proceeds to the national palace amid cheering.
Francisco Carbajal, provisional Mexican president, informs Washington he will retire to allow General Carranza to take power. He seeks amnesty and protection for property of opponents. Carranza seeks talks on transfer. U.S. pursues peaceful transition with guarantees for Huerta supporters' lives and property.
General Pablo Gonzales led the constitutionalist army southward from Saltillo to San Luis Potosi with the bulk of his forces. The operation used sixty eight trains and included infantry cavalry artillery machine guns ammunition supplies and a fully equipped hospital train.
Georges Carpentier defeated Gunboat Smith on a foul in the sixth round at Olympia London. The bout, billed as a twenty rounder, was described as the fastest heavyweight fight in years. Smith protested the action as accidental and heated by close combat.
El Paso reports General Toribio Ortega commander of the Ortega brigade in General Francisco Villa's army of the north died Thursday at the military hospital in Chihuahua from acute catarrh of the stomach.
Ethel MacCauley aged 13 died Thursday as the third victim of Wednesday's Dallas rooming house fire. Her mother Mary MacCauley and Miss Roberts also perished in the blaze that destroyed the residence run by Mrs. MacCauley.
An alien Chinese man from Matamoros was turned over to the United States marshal Thursday charged with smuggling opium in Brownsville Texas.
The Texas Retail Merchants Association at Galveston ends its fourteenth annual convention by proposing a national body for all retail merchants. August Briam Jr. of San Antonio urges inclusion beyond grocers and to recruit state groups, with action to be decided by the president and board. Secretary Edgecombe to survey state associations and report at Austin.
The governor appointed six delegates to represent Texas at the American Prison Association meeting in St. Paul Minnesota October 3 to 8. They are W Murry Huntsville A W Soldins Gatesville George Waverley Briggs Galveston Tom Finty Jr Dallas A R McCollum Waco and F C Weinert Austin.
The St Louis Brownsville and Mexico Railway Company contracted to buy 800000 dollars worth of new equipment. The contract was approved Thursday by the railroad commission. The road operates in receivership making the purchase an unusual addition to its assets.
The attorney general's department on Thursday approved bond issues for Lubbock County common school district No. 6 for $2,000, Tarrant County common school district No. 57 for $2,000, and Van Zandt County common school district No. 19 for $1,000.
A San Antonio corps of engineers Thursday started placing final locations for the proposed railroad from Brownsville to Point Isabel on the coast, a distance of twenty two miles.
Dallas reports John D. Cochran of Linton was elected president of the Texas Abstractors' Association. Corpus Christi won the next convention site at the closing session of the seventh annual gathering in Dallas.
F Heerssen living four miles east of Shiner Texas killed a large bobcat Tuesday. The animal measured four feet from nose to tail tip in length.
Falls County allocates 300 dollars for a six weeks hookworm control drive as advised by the hookworm commission. Local cooperation supports statewide health effort in Austin Texas.
Cameron County commissioners court on Thursday awarded a road construction contract in precinct No 1 for 72000 dollars. The action covers upgrading and paving specified highway segments under local infrastructure plans.
West Point Texas ranchers shipped 400 head of cattle to San Antonio in a major sale of the season valued at about $14,000. The transaction marks one of the largest of the period for the region and reflects strong cattle demand.
The garrison of Nuevo Laredo held a feu de joie and paraded in Laredo Texas to mark the resignation of Huerta.
Two bales of cotton were ginned Monday at the First Rate gin in Berclair Texas. This brief item notes local agricultural activity and gin output in the Berclair area.
Announcement on Tuesday stated enough money was subscribed to ensure entry of the Middle Buster railroad. Work would begin immediately at Harbor Island.
The Edinburg bale brought 200 dollars at the Cotton Exchange on Tuesday sold to E. A. Calvin president of the Farmers Union of Houston.
Surgeon General Rupert Blue, en route from Galveston to New Orleans, spoke in Houston on bubonic plague. He advised using masonry and metal in stores and warehouses to curb rats, cited a 400000 rat population, and noted five plague cases in New Orleans with high mortality. He warned no immediate Texas threat, explained transmission, and described gland swelling and fever symptoms.
President Wilson on Tuesday announced consular nominations including John A. Ray of Orange Hill Texas now consul at Sheffield transferred to Odessa and Charles N Hooper of Bolivar Missouri now consul at Carlsbad transferred to Prague Austria.
Crowley, La. At a meeting of the rice farmers of this parish held at the city hall Saturday F. M. Milliken of Crowley and O. R. Hopson of Midland were appointed as directors from Acadia parish on the board of the Southern Rice Growers' Association.
The Earl of Ellesmere died on Monday in London at age 67. He became earl in 1862, and his heir is his eldest son Viscount Brackley born November 14, 1872.
The Westinghouse strike in Pittsburg Pennsylvania formally ended Monday with about 8 000 workers returning to their factory jobs.
Chicago music figure Billy Baxter an old time minstrel renowned for world tours and royal appearances in Europe died Monday in a city hospital from cirrhosis of the liver.
President Wilson nominated George H. Moore of St. Louis as collector of internal revenue for the First District Missouri and Fountain Rothwell of Columbia Missouri as collector of customs for the District of St. Louis.
Juarez Mexican general Villa said he would have preferred Huerta remained in power or in Mexico City until they could capture him, after learning of Huerta's resignation. The remark was made in Juarez on a Wednesday.
Robertson County Commissioners Court on Tuesday granted a petition for a prohibition election to be held in Robertson County on August 5. Local voters will decide whether to impose or uphold alcohol prohibition under the petition filed for the county.
Texas coal production in 1912 reached 2,429,144 short tons valued at 4,288,920 dollars with lignite and bituminous output nearly equal. By 1918 production rose by 240,632 tons and value rose in 1913 over 1912 by 633,176 dollars. Lignite and bituminous beds span carboniferous cretaceous and tertiary systems across multiple counties from Eastland to Webb, with future potential as a fuel resource.
Vera Cruz Mexico former Mexican minister of commerce and labor Moheno denounced United States policy toward Mexico aboard the French liner Espagne saying a US takeover of Mexico is inevitable and claiming proof of a secret progressive platform. He refused to go ashore citing patriotic duty and fear neither Americans nor his own people.
The will of former congressman Martin L. Clardy, long associated with Missouri Pacific Railroad, filed Tuesday, leaves his entire estate estimated at $500,000 to his widow.
New Orleans health officials announced a major step in eradication efforts using 31,760 rat traps. The plan aims to reduce rat populations as part of bubonic plague containment measures in the city.
A street corner scene shows a lively crowd of urchins listening to a speaker extolling kindness to animals. He uses a dog encounter as a lesson, asking what to do if two leashed dogs started fighting, and a child finally offers a humorous reply about tipping a black pugil.
A Paris criminology museum founded by M. Charles Perchar d, ex police chief, showcases a hollow wax baby used to smuggle brandy into the city. A woman carried the infant daily, but it failed to grow, leading authorities to uncover the fraud behind the ploy.
Dialogue excerpt shows a quarrel where a wife admits marrying to spite Fred Johnson and a husband regrets not marrying him. The lines reveal motive and rueful tone between two married individuals.
A brief theater caption notes a character asking if the other has seen the piece again. The reply implies seeing it previously but in a different form or style. The exchange hints at evolving tastes and ongoing entertainment.
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