The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-29
GUTHRIAN RUNS
AU To EMBARGO
WITH SIX CARS
LETTER 10 al TllRtE RFiN.
FiNES TELLS RON III
IRAN GiNlI"

automobiles were III charge al II
Clarksou and Stanley Copeland Mr
Copeland was sales agent tor The COM
,am ia Monterey aud Mr. Clarkson ,
volunteer lo assist IN bringing th,
ma,h.u 40 san Antonio
The cUs were brought from Mon
t,,, overland and landed Ia lared,
after an exciting Journey durn'
which they were challtngcd at amos
every mile OF the way aud only iheii
wits saved them from heinz lmntc
back. according to letter from
Stanley Copeland. former Guthrie
hoy. received by relatives here today
Carrnnzista officers were guarding the
roads along which they came and
they were halted several times. but
The drivers managed to outwit the
soldiers each time
Mr. Copeland is son OF An
drew G. Copeland of this city. His
description follows
1--WE left san Antonio last Wcdncs
day and arrived in Monterey Thurs.
day morning and lost no time in pre-.
pairing TO take the cars ont OF the
country We took advantage Of the
Mexican custom OF taking sicsia in
The middle cl the day and slipped out
of Monterey one at time while most
,f the inhabitants were enjoying
their maps al O'Clock in the after.
noon We had employed four Mcx-
ean drivers Mr. Clarkson drove one
n the cars aud | drove another We
assembled outside Of the city and,
with the Mexican drivers leading, set
lut Tor the border
I'VE had just passed the first viii
age out Of Monterey when we met an
lrmy officer sitting on horse beside
he road He paid no attention to the
first cars. but when he saw that there
we're six Of them he became suspicious
md called to us to stop We were
)ast him so Qickly that he only had
imc 10 call once and wave his hand.
Hc followed us ON his horse for about
an eighth Of milc, but We soon dis
anccd him
"Wc were lost in he mountains ali
Thursday night / became separated
rom Mr. clarkson and had three oi
the cars with me. while he had three
with him. We spent the night in the
mountains aud the next day sent a
man hack 10 look for Clarkson and.
luckily. he found him and guided him
TO us.
"There was little doing Friday We
sped past small bands OF soldiers who
yelled al us and we passed a troop
train. hut no one seemed anxious TO
stop us. From this we figured that
kilograms had been sent ahead and
that they would attempt 20 stop us in
Laredo
Fearing trouble in crossing the
border We held a parley near Laredo
ana decided 20 cross the bridge one al
a time. each Nith a different explana-
ion ol why IL vas in Mexico First
Ne sent a AleAican and told him to
tell the officers a, the bridge that he
was employed by a jitney company in
Laredo and that he had been across
the river with a passenger This
scheme worked all right and we then
sent each ear forward with different
tale. when / arrived at the bridge
pretended that could not speak
Spanish. Nothing disgusis a Mexican
officer so quickly and his cross-exami
nation Of me WAS snort He spoke q
little English and told him as quickly
as could that ! had been across the
river 10 take friend to a ranch aud
was returning. do not think he un
derstood much Of what | said bui he
waived his arm and said
Esta bueno"
Mr. Clarkson was the last TO cross
and had an extra case OF gasoline,
which excited the curiosity OF the OF
Hcial Mr.. Clarkson said he had been
out in the country short distance
and d!d no. know when he left Laredo
hox much motoring he would do. so he
look along supply Of gasoline In
case of an emergency The scheme
worked aud All 81. of the cars crossed
the bridge by 9 o'clock Friday night
Il be'iovo sending the cars forward
one at a time saved them, said Mr.
Copeland Il am sure tha, the Off
GERS had been notified to look out for
a party Of six cars. and had we tried
to cross the bridge all AZ oncc We
would no doubt have bren turned