The Washington times., 1916-05-08
Border Lined With Operators
Waiting Chance to Enter.
\ Mexico.
BANDIT WAS ONCE AN ACTOR
News Service Experts Held by
Authorities at Columbus, N.
NJ, to Await Permits.

When President Wilson ordered
General Funston into Mexico to get
villa dead or alive" there was ac-
tivity In the ranks Of the motion
picture operators. and the invasion
OF Mexico that was begun by pic
ture mon was almost az important
Ito photopiay patrons at ieast--as
. the invasion by the army.
II viii be remembered that among
the many activities of villa was that
Of being a motion picture actor.
And like many other Mexicans he
combined business with pleasure be-
cause he produced the only real war
that was ever fought for motion
picture purposes. He arranged to
hgbt his battles during a certain
period. so that they could be record
Cd. by the camera.
When the hunt for him commenced.
therefore, II was only natural that
the motion picture companies should
show a keen interest In IT, The only
trouble about the motion picture in
vasion Of Mexica is that II hasn't
happened to any alarming extent up
to yet! There have been very few
motion picture men permitted to go
into Mexico. The Moving Picture
World tells Of It:
Men Come From Everywhere.
I. There 10 a regiment OF movie men
in Columbus. N. NJ. and every nerv-
Gus mothers son OF them 10 paipitat-
ing to get across the border. But
getting across the border involves
many reels Of red tape. the process
n slow and tedious. so In the mean
time they shoot what there 10 to
shoot.
The -purveyors Of Aim publicity
hall from many points. New York,
Los Angeles, Chicago. San Francisco.
and one Of them recently came from
an Assignment In Siberia. II there
were any woods here the woods
would be full Of them. As It 10. the
desert is alive with them. They
overrun the military camp, they
scamper over the surrounding coun-
try ike 90 many startled rabbits. '
III . motor train n sighted on
the horizon there Is a stampede or
tripods and heather puttees; II
cavalry horse stands up on its hind
legs. there II q fusillade Of rapid-fire
one Of the numerous purps merely
sits down on q cactus and let's out
, q very justifiable zip. Presto! He
= surrounded by . fsverish circle Of
hlna makers. No feature is too in
si.nfacant to be Svs adSo %;,,. 30.
bScn reported wounded. dead. headed
youth. headed east. in hiding in
Juarez, In hiding in Chihuahua, but
until his body. dead or alive, In
brought back over the border there
will be activities in camp. and as
- xtNt g..
we will have the picture men with
Us. And many thanks for that, for
this lively crew furnishes no little
diversion. As a rule they arc a red
blooded lot. Some are rugged up in
all the martial splendor OF a briga-
der general, while others look like
ordinary, Woodworking citizens.
Pie Supply Exhausted.
with the largest hotel. the Com
mercial House, burned to the ground
BY villa and his industrial bandits.
the town In soreiy taxed to accom-
mo6ate this energetic horde. for there
remains only the Hoover Hotel to
give them shelter. And tho Hoover
Hotel 10 not q spacious Inn. by all
the laws of humanity it should not
accommodate more than fifteen per-
sons. yet nightly II Is giving refuge
Hotel Il q mighty good refuge. for its
adobe walls are sure protection
against marauders" bullets. and there
10 nc assurance that marauders
from over the border will not return
"Estinx facilities arc correspond
ingly limited. The most popular res
taurant 10 no larger than q nat par
lor, but II feeds hundreds in relays
Of ten and Twelve, every day. Occa-
sionally the, food supply runs out.
a Pathe Weekly man got the last
piece Of pie In town the other night.
thereby"