The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-22

When the public reads4 d brief Dig:
patch from Washington to tho effect
a tho administrator has forbidden
the shipment OF arms and itntflyhition
TO both Mexican federals. and Heheis,
II takes 1t for granted that thk ship
not. For this reason tho troops,
Guards and inspectors along the; Rio
Erande have many u Thrilling expert
ence that the public never hears. OF.
Both sides in Mexico are continually
trying to slnuggle munitions I. of war
ndvcr the line. Sometimes sthey sue
ceed. but, thanks to ever watchful
eyes, mo often they, dossHset.
Z Smuggling Becomes nlislArt. y
:. Smuggling has become mart. Few
realize what Ingenious. Ankthods anu
carefully concealed nlans .iAifFes' used to
Illustrate guards along tho line. ,'The
: Aeenness of a Sherlock Holmes, would
be- taNed and tried. The ErniteI STATES
officials at the border daily learn Of
some new piece OF straHcy by which.
,smugglers try to thwart .erthem. ana.
carry across the river: aims without
discovery. Some of stneae discoveries
arc oddly mixed with comedy and
tragedy. ~
Not long ago an i~niitpeenlt lookinig
trunk was sent tl1roug ~ Ell Pas0 to
y plain looking little trunk and loak-,
cd as If it might belong .fbkome plain
country -girl.. But the officials were
suspicious and decided to See what
Mary" was carrying in the a
l:eaten trunk. On tor. were some
ashamed for breaking, into Mary's
trunk. The dresses wercs,lifted. dis
+, closing u score of AMMUNITION boxes.
;sll filled with cartridges. What would
Mary wantEwith so manyladeadly cart
ridges: She might get hurt. So the
Officials approprlateaatile ammunition.
and doubtless Marry has been won
s.dcring what beeame of her belongings.
Dolls Filled with Bullets.
still later another trunk. this one y
poiderous affair." was noted at the
'snstomhouse at Eagle Pass. 1t con-
tanned only dolls. and was OH Its way
10 thn%City OF Mexico. THE officials
Investigated and found that the trunI
VAS declared property, as many dolls
: We're seen in its interior.
\ There were dolls or all kinds, and
n of the inspectors. who has a little
girl who owns Il doll, wondered at
the h%eaviness of these dolls i'll the
trunk. : h one at his home was 4
light affair None Of the other men
ever handled dolls. SD the weight
: meant nothing to them. The officials
said it would be u shame to stop this
shipment and deprive the little Next
ear girls of their dolls, 80 they. decid-
: cd to let them 60.
wait a moment" said the inspec-
tor, who was doll experienced. lie
ripped open one doll with "a knife.
" it was stuffed with powder. The
entire shipment was then ripped UP
and the dolls We're found to carry not
only powder, but balls and cartridges
as we'll.
Rifles Shipped in Collins.
Shipping of rihes, of course, is more
difficult, owing to their size. Some
have been shipped to the border in
collins. some in double-bottomed box
divisions: some have been sent in lead
waterpipes whose ends have been
closed up. The discovery Of these
frauds is usually through the .mcrest
accident 4.
R%anching is a favorite plan of the
.i{1t u ss.fis; They arganga to i i a have
posed to be- located some distance
from town. Itsis. easy to pretend you
are a ranches in. :. a country where
every else is u ranehcr. y.
War Supplies in PROVISIONS
SO in barrels of -four. boxes 81 meat
and canned goods are hidden all man.
. ner of War supplies forsbot7l" federals
end rebels. They are taken in wagons
z 81 the ."rarich.' then over the line.
unless detected. ~ few days ago al
hammond on the Southern Pacitic. a.
, big covered wagon drew up at the sta
: Ito. a large, broad shouldered.
hronzed man jumped from The wagon
aud entered the station. He certain-
ly booked like a rancher.
He asked of the agent: ''Itas that
Shipment OF ten barrels Of Jour arriv-
! oil for me yet? Here are the bills OF
9 kidins."
. The barrels had arrived only short
u i1cforc. and We're in the freight
,%roun. The agent found everything
rrgular' and his suspicious were not
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