Evening star., 1914-05-03
Harlow Hyde and Joseph
Moore. Hoosier Motorists.
Tell of Experiences.
SNAP PICTURES NEAR
GULF OF CALIFORNIA
Narrowly Miss Consequences OF Ar
rest When They Tske Camera
Over Mexican Line

Harlow lis d., aatl IosculI Moore tWo
Hoosisr motorists NaiIius from Indian
anolis " mo returned recently trosh q
triD in their t.upirt saf. tel ut some
OF their exue.;suces in the great south
v.ef III sucarillG Of his observation oi
thit section ut the country. NJ. Hyde
s.io:
--I-util The batIle o. Togreon. ttte pres
ont -.voIutiuI f,, MeSico mad not reached
,hD western territory that lies around
The ti,lf of california. This region IS TOO
in1eortant to he held without q struggle
as previous reVolut -ons have always
Shown For months il mas been most
zeafousiv guarded by federal forces. DARK
ru1no-s have ahounded of tragic endlhSs
of Journeys of some who have gone INTO
lowor California \ short time ago there
was an American postmaster thurae'e"
Nt- Mexican bandits near Ina Ju'tild'
Tre., there was a rumor tEat Two -Nil"r'-
can newspaper men. caught ny ieuer'us
in the uefghbcYhood Of Tia Jualia hau
been transported into the interior ana
never h.arC ot aG&.n
~ similar fate was narrowly missed
liz us not long ago. We Went 10 ".'i,
Diegt, and thence over tn. bouhdarN anu
across the va ley OF the Tia Juana river
into the city OF the same name.
Left Firearms Behind.
"on advice ~ the start all hrearhs
were left behind. The American GUS
toms men tiuizzed us about arms anu
so did III. Mexican official OF numoer
two gate We blithely answered that
we had no arms or pistols and were
unarmet which was true.
..yy, were informed tha; W" might
take pictures of the country ,ns 49, ~,
,he hull ring but we must rot take
rScrur.s OF the federal Tia Ju-.na f"ft-
This all seemed reasonanis enopSh
;.Ad ". snapped the customs paiieihs,
the United states -MeNico o"uit"a'
monument and the barbed wire tehSt
stretching off TO the east 1hen We
proceeded across the desert NalleE Q!
the Tia JGana river toWafd the SitH.
On our Wy We passed the ',it ~
adobe trenches that mark the scene oi
th. last battle If Tia Juana. here tile
federals with one field piece drove the
rebels across the border into the arms
Of the United states troopers iron,
Fort Rosencrans- OF course. we shot
that and a federal officer IN his once
white uniform.
s"Arrived at the city we took pictures
and drove bargains for cu.los IN IN, lhe
shous now deserted by tourists. Iheh
we vent after more pictures o! tHe
street and of elusive poems win chaf-
acteristic Indian fear Of the camera.
The last snap was at Il TtdliS tiilfoS
ing ruin of the adobe DreaStWoEk at
the northeastern edge of the city. Ihcn
we turned south toward the fort ater
that last picture taken wlthln ~
yards of the fort the camera man
climbed into the moving car ana care
lessly set the open camera on the rear
seat as he had done all the way across
the map. Whereat great commission
arose. William Fl. NoIan. q prominent
San Diego citizen. who was acting rs
,iur Mexican guide and foster rather.
exploded volubly, and began to sit on
my camera.
- You chump. didn't YOU hear them
say we couldnt take the fort?
But l am not going to try 20 take
IL
.".WeV having the camera open within
1tp Yards is n criminal offenSe. the same
as though YOU snapped the cannon-de-
Tended walls themselves
What Arrest Meant.
i.'Then We both sat on the camera and
fbrced it shut Nolan told US ;hat ar
rest on such charge meant transporta-
ton sixty miles into the interior, incar
ceration in an insanitary quartet, and
generally a court-nartial with its after
nath of a Stone-wall episode BY this
time we We're within forty feet OF the
fort and wondered whether the open cam.
era had been seen. AND suddenly two ot
woulG surely have happened Il the sol
fers stopped us and searched our car
fpr other incT;a.iaating evidence. In the
ticket of the riaht-nand forward do"r
We're two foxes nearly full of soft-n0sed
ftsod for the 800 sporting rifle which We
rad tnted across the continent We had
plum forgotten the cartridges until then.
'dhey would have been conclusive evidence
;hat We were in league with the traitor
uds rebels and We're gun runners.
lit was 10 III tie shade that day or
tie Mexican desert but Pilot Joe Moore
and ! did not get over our chill until,
s.ftes 2 swift ran across the VALLEY. we
7aS...: tiigTatGh 40 / gate into Uncle
-s~;S I;.ld - st"5ij uited States clis
b;IS ottIe.ai Wt :-tc- III Tire li'tle st's.ek
s4pc a,waNs We r'l ,tlI"r'noGs stj.Io.iI:t..o
itscl1.us ...: III y ~, puc@rt %as Il
rteI 80 s-Sa't,e. It's caa..on ana his
rn:r;tzine ':arniur i'll It's holster his
ssddled pony Bi:ciied To tee barbed wire
BOUNDARY fence looked =ooG 10 il. G
fpnid the ciiuatc.of neis SANS domain
STRANGELY 10 "tIr liking ;.Td that stout
customs attache ;ta ;su@' "t pestrt-