The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-30
AMERICAN AUTOS
IN MEXICO

In addition to the American fight
ing forces, American made automo-
btles are playing a very important part
In the present trouble in Mexico. From
time to time brief dispatches from
| the trouble zone state that ON gener-
al directed a battle from his car or
that an automobile figured conspt-
| ctously in relife work. But these scant
| reports. censored in Mexico, do not tell
that most of these cars are Of Ameri-
can make. .
Chalmers cars, for instance, have
| figured largely in all of the Mexican
troubles. The popularity of the
Chalmers in the warning republic
dates back to the summer of 1909
when a pathfinding trip from Denver
to Mexico City was made by the first
Chalmers 49," known as h "Old
Reliable This car made a record
breaking trip from Denver to the
Mexican capital, visiting all the points
that have figured so largely in the war
news OF late.
A few days ago a dispatch from
| Vera Cruz stated that the. negotia-
tons with Huerta which led to Nell
son O'Shaughnessy, American Charge
d'Afaires, leaving the Mexican CAPT.
toll, were carried on in his Chalmers
six" O'Shaughnessy and President
1uC ib SpShI SNOLC Jul ulSNoSo
ing the situation while riding about
the city. Both O'Shaughnessy and
Huerta are owners Of Chalmers
Skies" The Mexican dictator WINS
several Chalmers models, while q
number of Chalmers cars are used by
the differest departments Of the
Huerta government.
President Huerta, his chief of staff,
the military commander of Mexico
L SNs1.w L a. ~. H-II--4@-
of the city Medical Service, Gov.
Victor J. Lizard, Of Guanajuato;
David de la Fuente, minister of COM
munications; Jose l.. Garcia, ex-gov-
ernor of Zacatecas; Manuel Calero,
ex-ambassador to the United States,
and presidential candidates at the
last election are all owners of the
Detroit-made cars.
The Chalmers has long been the Off
cial automobile Of h changing Mex1-
can government: EXPIRES. Porfirio
Office as also did the unhappy Pres.
Madero. Members Of their cabi-
nets also owned Chalmers cars.
Mohler & Degrees, dealers in Mexi-
co City, report that there are six
| Chalmers cars seeing active service
with the federal army at present.
During the many disturbance in
Mexico City, Mohler &c DeGreSS nave
turned all the available cars over to
the government for use in relife or
army work. One car in particular
did notable service for the American
Embassy during the last lombard
ment of Mexico City. This car was
used by DR.. Ryan, aide to Henry
Lane Wilson, her ambassador to
Mexico. Huerta, when he was COM
mander- in chief of the army for
Madero, used a Chalmers car while
directing the fighting in the state Of
Chihuahua.
When the rebels took the city Of
Durango sometime ago they put out
Of commission all the automobiles in
town, with the idea Of not letting
any OF the wealthy families escape.
Their object was to arrest all peo-
pie Of wealth and hold them for ran
som. Every automobile in the city
was disabled except one Chalmers
~Six" which appealed to the rebel
commanders SO strongly that they ap-
p~ropriated it for their own use. This
car is still running about the streets
Of Durango. and is the only automo-
bile in the city.