Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-08
Ore Flying Machine Reported
Smuggled Across Border to
>Sonora State Troops and
Another Is Near Border
PLOT DISCOVERED BY
FRIENDS OF HUERTA
Machines Were Bought in Los
Angeles for Use in Siege of
Guaymasi Strict Censorship
Is Enforced,
WAR AEROpLANE ~
IOti Nj NEAR TUCSON.

o WAR AEROPLANE ~
+, FOUND NEAR TUCSON. e
. Tucson. Arz., May THE .
{. war aeropanc alleged To have .
4. been purchased ln Los Angeles =
. for use hy the state troops In the =
e Sonora rebellion. was captured z
{. tonight hy Deputy United States
% Marshal Johnson and is now at =
o Pixies ranch. thirty-seyen miles Z.
. south of Tucson Two men who .
o. were In charge of the machine, e
? both fnreiencrs, We're taken into Z.
. custody on "a charge of attempt e
e. ing to violate the neutrality laws. Z.
% When the federal officer came =
. upon the aviators. the machine, .
o which WAS dismantled and oc- :
r cuplcd hNe crates WAS on q e
- wagon drawn hy four horses II f:
o was headed toward the border Z.
&" one of the men gave his name =
e. as Smith and declared he was e
. citizen of France. The other. who g
d. gave his name as Meson. said he 2.
{. was an Austrian hy birth. but a .
{" British subject f"
o They said the machine was q
q. their property and that they +:
o were taking it out 10 make some 2
2 experiments. denying any intcn- @
% tlon OF violating the neutrality /.
4. laws. They employed AN attorney O.
@ tonight and telegraphed appeals .
. TO the French and British ann p
. bassadors az Washington g
The aeroplane Is being held o
% pending orders from Washington. o.
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tBy Morning journal special Lensed Wre)
Nogales Afiz., May IA wHr aero
plane, destined to assist the sonora
state troops investing Guaymas. is be-
ing sought tonight by three detach-
mcnts Of United states cavalry. and
parties and deputy sher-
ifs and federal officials The ma
chine was lost in transit between Tue
son. Ariz., and this point. whore its
passage into Mexico was denied. still
another flying machine is reported
oter the border arriving
safely at ortiz. the base Of the state
troops operating against the ealifof-
MIA gulf port
The missing aeroplane was shipped
from Los Angeles. Cal, arriving last
night al desert station twenty miles
south of Tucson. The machine was
received hy unidentified persons ana
made away with in wagons. Since
then the military ana deputies have
been unable TO locate It.
1t is reported that the intention
was to fly over the border. American
lviators and mechanics having been
ready on the ground. The searching
United states officials believe that
hey must locate the machine before
I can be put in flying order or the
bird men will be able TO avoid confis-
iaton by flying 1t over the border
The plot was exposed through the
Mexican consul here and Colonel
Emilio Kosterlitzky, of the Mexican
federal army. who We're most active
n preventing the shipment crossing
.he border. They protested AZ once
10 the United states marshal al Tue
son ana customs officials here. How
he second machine was smuggled
over Is not made known.
It was planned TO employ the aero
planes in besieging Guaymas, where
strong federal reinforeements were
received last week 1t is said that
nigh explosive shells have been SCI
,ured which the birdmen could drop
over the heads Of the government
roops. Fighting between Guaymas
md ortiz was not resumed today ac-
.ording to current reports. strict
censorship is being enforced by the
itate authorities.
with the expected assistance Of the
lcroplanes, state troops are moblliz-
ng tonight before Guaymas In great
n numbers than ever. A train arrived
rom tho Cananea district with 900
men. artillery ana much-needed riile
ammunition The men Of the state
room lines below ORTIZ are being de-
lloyed into advancing formation.
The effect Of the war flying ma
hines is expected to offset the value
If The Mexican gunboat Guerrero,
which lies in Guaymas harbor ready
o assist the federal garrison. Passen-
gers arriving here tonight reported
hat the federal advance was only a
ew miles north Of Empalme.
Major Flemmine. of the United
states border patrol, tonight sent out
detachment OF cavalry along the line
o the west on report that an effort
vas being made 10 smuggle over the
Missing aeroplane by wagon.
The aeropane expedition is report
ID to be arranged by Denver pro-
noter with the assistance Of Los
angeles birdman Of Yell-known dar-
ng. The guaranteed lfty for the aerial (
expedition Il said to be $4,000.