Arizona republican., 1915-04-20
FAME-BU|LDER
 0F WAR HEROES WASJOC0NN0RS
Chronicler of Villa War Heroes Discovered What It Was to be on the Crest One Day and i'll the Depths Subsequently

tected in Mexico He returned from
 that war torn republic by the way
 of San Francisco yesterday morning l stripped of all his worldly goods,
 one leg and part of a foot. His 1 Gexperience was livelier and more
 unique than that of any other man who has been heard from.
 | Still, MT. Corners cannot be heard
 to complain very loudly. Though not 1 exactly a combatant, he was a semi
 combatant. occupying the position of
 the Trumpter in the fable, though | he did not fight he melted others to l battle.
 He went to Mexico nine weeks ago to prepare a work on the He
 roes of MeXico,' along the same general lines as Who's Who in Ari- zona,' which he produced here some
 three years ago. The Villa party
 being in the ascendancy. he. MT. | Corners, believed that more heroes could be found in that faction so he allied himself with it. Instead of operating on speculation or commis- sion he was employed on a salary of S100 gold a week and had an automobile at his disposal. He was ,he highest priced man in the Villa service except some of the many leading generals. He worked first along the border within easy striking distance of the United States. He found more heroes than he supposed there were in Mexico and more were coming all the time Villas ascen- dancy in Sonora seemed to be as
 
 to the winds and went far into the interior as GUaymas. He ex- pected to go to Mexico City. The only thing that worried him was that the revolution might end too quickly and Villa would no longer need a nero chIOnicler
 One night he retired at Guaymas with everybody yelling for Villa. The next morning the town was unani
 mously for CarranZa and the write
 ups of 2S0 Villa heroes which MT Corners had prepared were in the possession of the enemy.
 Nr. Corners was escorted to the ''hoOse- gow" deprived of four weeks
 salary and everything. else that any of the Carranzistas thought would be useful to them except his foun- toAi HNI dih U PNNAAttA' ihtS "tiC left with him apparently in the way of a joke and one of his captors, applying an English epithet which produces fighting in this country. told him to get busy and write some
 more about "thees Meester Villa" MT Corners had suffered an acci- dent several years ago that deprived
 him of his left leg slightly above the knee and part of the right foot The next morning after his incar- ceration le was sitting in his cell .neditating upon the sudden muta- tions of fortune. His artificial leg which he had procured in San Fran cisco on his way down, and a steel appliance for filling out the shoe of the right foot were lying on the floor beside him.
 His iailer entered his cell. He was afflicted in much the same way as Mir Corners. He had a left peg leg. He eyed the modern artificial leg greedily and picking it up he said something about d trade. He re- moved his peg and his clothing and adjusted the artificial limb which he he found with some slight adjust
 ment to be a good fit. He also took the steel appliance for some purpose
 which was not quite clear.
 T gif you," he remarked as he was leaving. with proud military air. "what you Americanos call, what you say, some boot I send you some tomatoes" In a little while he re-
 turned with a large plate of toma
 toes which for a time took the trou- bled mind of Mir Corners off of his lost limb.
 In few days he was released and he called upon the American consul to inquire what could be done about it. The consul replied that in the present state of affairs nothing could be done. But he assured the author of the War Heroes of Mexico" that in the very nature of things the revolution must end some time either within his own generation or Tn that of some of his posterity when de- mand might be made through diplO- matic channels for reparaton for the s4O0 gold and the confiscated leg. The consul arranged for his return to his native land. He was put on tranSD steamer for San Francisco
 He called on the artificial leg maker there and recovered the limb which he had cast off in his pride less than three months before
 Mrs. Corners was at Sacramento and he made his way there She
 wept at the story of his misfortunes
 but presently both of them saw the humorous feature of it.
 The sympathies of Mir Corners are with Villa though when he went to Mexico he had no sentiment that was prejudicial to Carranza He would as soon have undertaken to write up the Carranza or Zapata heroes as any others at the same salary per month. But now he is hopeful that Villa will win. He met him ire l quently and regards him as both a i liberal patron and a brave soldier.