La Junta tribune., 1913-08-16

otter go back home a. ] though,
. t'ey did not want me TO come down
u the front. but he saE that /
had better wait as cou8 sure go
IN day or two | think il is
Just case OF "manana" and that in
a day or two | can go. will wait
a week rather than miss the trip.
as Didier Mason and CAPT Bauche
are flying over the bay every day
dropping bombs. They haven't hit
either OF the Federal gun boats yet.
but think they will succeed be
fore long, as they have dropped
bombs very close to both the Tam.
I pico" and the Guerrero Didier
Mason, the Frenchman, operates the
blplane and Capt Bauche Alcalde
drops the bombs. They carry eight
bombs at one time. which H. about
sixty pounds OF dynamite. and they
are dropped one by one. From the
time the acroplane leaves The ground
almost, they are under fire uf ma
chine guns and cannon. bur they
have not yet been hit They are
$500 10 1000 feet high w.au flying
over the bay and going at q speed
oi forty 70 sixty miles an hour so
they are not very good target
This is absolutely the first at
tempt that has ever been made to
use aeroplancs IN war IN this man.
ucr
This biplaue has had an aiyentur.
Gus "NEteuc" 1t was bought by
the sonora State Government from
Glenn Martin In Los Angei,s. and
was brought 20 Tucson and a siren.
uous attempt made TO smuEgle it
over the border near Nogales. 1t
Was captured 10y an army patrol
and 4. 5 Deputy marshals and left
Ia barn on ranch between Tue
son and Nocales. und.r guard Of
Rube Hopkins. L 5. deputy mar.
shal with only one leg He was
given two thousand pesos to t.,
the machine and himself BE- taken
across the line Tho first thing
anyone knew about Il. 10 was tax
ca across AZ Douglas sunday morn
ing In the middle ot Nay In three
automobiles For som. rme It Was
supposed that Rubc Hopkins had
been kidnapped. bur as h. was
seen about week a,E on the
streets of Iiermosllo ual-ing the
uniform of captain iu rHo army.
this was found to be- m AXE. lie
had some trouble vifh fH. Feads OF
The state government aud liter lost
. mis- job BE has spent ra one
thousand dollars. gold fHr' he re-
ceiyed, and as he oaH1n, rurn TO
the United States wiihou. u.lng ar
+ rested he is not to be- rnHHd. II
is said that he has been slven
I commission in the rebel army Of
siualora. the state below sunara ON
IN" west coast
went through the stat. ptnIten-
tiary yesterday and tho dar before
through the Hospital NHar. !
have been shown eyo3 c1uraey and
could not ask for better t-aatment
than has been shown me By ha head
OF the different department and tn.
different Institutions which hav.
visited ! doub, n a. much .lur,a.
~ would be shown foreigner II
he were 20 come 10 our country In
tim" Of war The delay o. rct,inr
10 the front l. tho only Ring that
II botherins me and I wuI i1rr.i
that II only succeed 90 ting
down To the scene Of action bafore
louF
This city J. about hundred and
scyenty-fiye miles south OF N1snl,..
and II pretty well down Boz IN.
Tropics. Al noon III. store and Of
fices clos. up for two h1urs and
some of them untll hroa o'clock
while nearly every one takcs a lies.
Ia or course crazy Americana. !"
liko myself hasn't any more ..n.c
than To keep on going have bc.n
too busy seeing N. sights Ia TAX.
any time out for sics,a.
A. this Is N. capitol Of IA. .,,,.
~ wei as the biggest city (popu,n.
ton about 1000, II In full o, soi.
di"rs. army officers aud other oh.
jee,s OF in'crost A good many Of
/ the officers and others OF Importance
stop at this hotel trhe Cohen Thi,
mQrnIh. 1 rnf n nicanr. ~