El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-27
Mexicans Fear Peonage
Ell PasOan Says Many Would Fight
Against Huerta in War With
United state; Little Interviews.

n EAR of peonage would result in
n filling the ranks of the United
= States army with Mexicans, who
would take arms against their own
people in case Of Intervention in Mex
| leo. This is the declaration of city
detective George HerOld, who says that
! he has fought with Mexicans, fought
them and knows them. He guarantees
to enlist 1000 MeXicans himself, to as
sist the United States if it is neces-
'eMexicans want the Americans to go
into Mexico" said HerOld. They will
tell you that when conditions were nor
nal they were making good wages
and could support their families Be
fore Americans invested in Mexico,
these Isame AIeXicans will tell you
that t1ey were nothing but poems and
compelled to work for 25 cents a day.
They feel that no matter what Mexican
faction wins they will be driven back
to peOnage, and this is why they would
assist this country
Speaking of famous guns" special
agent E. NJ BlanfOrd, of the depart
ment of justice said, when the bunch
in his office were discussing Tony
Sierra's Zapatista rife I have lit
tie souvenir of the OrOzco revolution
here which is Of some historic interest"
He went to the steel safe where the
seized ammunition and arms are kept.
rifle with a slender barrel and a hand
carved stock That is the rifle which
OrOZco carried during his revolution.
The name plate has been taken off but
the rifle has been identified by many
who saw it in the window of a local
ammunition store later in JuareZ and
finally at Ojinaga, where 1t was left
by OroZco when he disappeared. The
rifle cost OrOZcC's admiring friends
$3.50 gold when it was presented to him,
and it is in good condition now, al
though the gold name plate is gone and
the gun is slightly scratched. But it
is a beautifully balanced shooting iron
and is splendid piece of the gun
makers art
Just to keep the record straight
want it known that I am not the Kill
patrick who has been roasting the
United States soldiers J. 2. Kilpat-
rick. Of CanutillO. says THAT man at
Candelaria who says the soldiers are
low brows must have personal crouch.
for there are no finer men in the cOun-
try than the soldiers we have had up at
CanutillO. As I am keeping store there
and as the names CanutillO and Candle
laria are similar, many of my friends
have been joshing me about my peeve
against the soldiers" Anyone knowing
kills" disposition would know better
than to accuse him of having a crouch
against anyone. as he is a sunny son of
the tight little Isle of Ireland.
Cooperative municipal advertising,
team work and street signs are the
things Ell PasO needs" L o. Howell,
superintendent Of inspectors at the Gus
tom house says Mr.. Howell has just
returned from his vacation at Los An
geles and was doing a bit of observing
while be was there. IF FL PasO and
Texas ould do the community and
state advertising that California is do
ing, there would be 100, 900 people here
ard 1G 600, 900 in Texas within five
he z,
perfection and every little town like
McnrOvia Hollywood and the other
small settlements are doing more ad-
veTtising than a city like FL PaSO has
ever done. They play team work to a
fi1lsh cut there, and they are getting
results. Another thing they have out
there in Los Angeles is a street sign
for every street intersection. A total
stranger can go wherever he wishes
without instructions and find his way
They have four signs on every street
corner and these are Illuminated so
that they may be seen at night. FL
Paso needs sign boards and yet there
are none here except those in the side
walks which cannot be located more
than half the time"
1T happened on an opening night"
John L Dyer said Tuesday. Or A S
Cochrane, who is a stakeholder in the
Amusement company, had invited a
party Of US down to see the opening bill
He was sitting in the front seat of the
stage box, when the soubret started
singing that If 7 Had a Thousand
Lives thing and came down close to
the foOtlights and singled out Dr.
Cochrane as the goat for her song Dr.
Cochrane cOlored up like a danger sig
nal in a fog and. in spite of his size.
he could have slipped through a crack
in the floor. He finally revived SUI
ficiently to throw the singing soubret :
bunch Of flowers which one of the
women in the party was wearing. and
he was game and took the kidding, but
I will lay little wager that ne will
not occupy box at another musical
comedy show"