Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-26
TERRIBLE MEXICAN
WAR COMIC OPERA
SAYS EYE WITNESS
ISAAC BARTH
Albuquerque Lawyer Goes TO
Front in Box Car Full Of
Bread and Hears the Guns.
Go Off.
ASKED 10 RESCUE
AMERICAN JAILBIRDs


wow have war record. any
how. said state Senator qaa1c horth
ihig morning aftcr reiNrninG from
trla to the front 90 Che hatgie line
fourteen miloa south ~ Juare2 which
ne made from El Fosc enugiy en-
econctd Ia carload of bread II
am stist back from the 'front.' said
ar. hnfth. "Hithoueh To look at q
you could hafdN tel whcther y war
the front or the back ! went 20 III
PHeo on business and 81 cVurae waii-
defod over % Juarer. There I found
some men Engaged ~ shoycling. with
big scoop ahofcls, mountains 81 un-
wrapped bread. in bulk Into a 0UK
car a send 60 the rebel soldiers four
teen miles south where the ughting
was going on. ! accepted an Invita-
bread car. ~ was an exceptionally
iargo car. When J disembarked 4
walked short distance and soon
came upon the rebels nuu fedCriiF
popring away az each other The
rebels an had flnc modern rifles ANA
ammunliion. sonic OF the soldiers
having as many Ha five FUN cartridge
belts each while Others had none.
Many ~ the soldiers are mere Kids,
wearing any old kind 81 q Uniform
and fhrre lf enough Head being
pumped iufo che Mills Ia make Mex-
eco sink below the level Of tho sen.
Hall Of the men ! think shut their
eyes when they shoot anything goes
~ long ~ the can hear the gun go
off every little bit The wonder 20
me IS that any Of them ever get
killed except by accident About
tho only way you can tell sse officer
from the private 81 that the officer
shaver ana occasionally takes "a bath.
II Is az cornic opera 81 the funniest
kind when you can forget the tragic
side 81 their futile fighting"
MIR. Iiarth Has an Adventure.
MT. Barth was standing by admir-
INK the carcci az Juarcz when q note
fell between the bars Of n window
and dropped az his feet. MIR. Barth,
AeentIng an adventure and thinking
~ a message 60 Garcia or 81 midnight
escape. felt a thrill Of excitement as
ne picked 40 the note and read u.
u was written hl an American who
begged that Mr.. Burth might inter-
ccde 90 secure the release OF himself
and compahionf from jail. AR aarth
secured pGrmiesion 60 enter She jail
whore he found forty imprisoned
fedcrals in uniform and some twenty
"mulefnctors' Including the Aincri-
cana After Mr.. Barth had listened
10 the Americans tale of woe the
Commaudnnt kindly offered 90 rec
lease the Americans IL AR. narth
wished. Re explained. however. that
The men had been arrested on adj
vices from ~ paso. being wanted
Tor burglary. and that the officer did
not nave them in Jail because he
wanted them there Under the cir
cumAtancca Mr. Barth saw no occa-
sion 20 int9rCc4c and the adventure
was gone glimmering
1T was "A filthy pldce" said AR.
b0fth, with water standing aii over
the floor ns the result Oh the rains.
% that none Of the prisoners could
Why villa II Popular.
General villa seems TO be sort
~ popular hero In ~ Paso just
now, soid SIR. Barth, which may
bc partly explained by the fact that
la the last two weeks ne is said 20
have come over into ia Paso twice,
spending khO,N0p ina gold at one time
and $4,000 in gold the other.
II believe" nid the Albuquerque
man, that the fcdorals intended 90
get in behind Villas forces and cut
them Off from Junrez, but they closed
la too soon.
Evidently villa had no fear OF
Juarez being taken. as hc LETT
there only small garrison which
would in an probability go promptly
over 20 tho fedcruls in case the lat
ter appeared in force. ln ms upin-
ion the majority of the MeNitans
have no IDEA what they are fighting
about Those in Iunrez now have
more money than thcy know what
60 90 with ana etortthins Be- happy
ana prosperous Gambling o. ruine
fun blast tens of thousands of dol-
lars being played Not long ago.
however, bunch % Turkish gam-
blora Ntre closed out without warm
ing By Villa who popular report says
calmly eonfiseated ail tho money ga
thht evidently you have 90 stand in
properly Go ran the game
'AH ] say. tho war is rodring
farce, with "a piuful ana tragic side.
ana Il makes man marvel % look
ON, aa 1 did, at one of their sklrmish-
os ana appreciate the utter futlty
and aimlessness OF the whole thing