El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-03

allotment a4E00s Travis. Al Allotment
S11.17S: FL Paso county is not listed
as having received aid
where took off and hid my civilized
garments and painted myself from
the crown OF my head 70 the soles Of
my feet with Iodine in order 10 &C
quire q Mexican complexion.
But stnl I did not look like true
Mexican So coated myself With
lard. then lay down and rolled over
and over in the dirt to produce the
true mellow tint; for IL should be eN-
planned here that the Mexican OF the
lower classes never bathes IN the
whole course Of his hfe-unless ne
happens 10 get caught In the rain
Further precautions consisted IN
tucking SIS in American gold IN
belt and concealing q Colt automatic
AS call6re pistol BY using two belts
inside my waistbaud and Sitting my
shirt so that while the weapon was
always concealed it could be quickly
Peddle on Train.
Further preparations consisted IN
stocking an old basket with candy
gum. cigarettes and tamales. with
which Luisita and I took turns in
neddling on the train. On the way
BY train 20 Acaponeta saw Ger
man agent I had known IN Eazatlan.
There being no help for &c, I held my
basket inYitingly before me and
marched steadily down the aisle pip
Ing In an assumed talsetto-
Iamales tresquitas. Iamales con
polio dies centavos." (Fresh tamales.
Chicken tamales ten cents)
The German gave me a glance
IN passing but there vas no HlEn
OF recognition In his eyes. Ny
disguise was a complete sueeeas-
The train came 10 rlual stop ar
Acap0neta, for the rebels had de-
stroyed the track, burning - bridges
between that point and the city Of
Topic, distance OF approximately 60
miles. This di-tance was covered by
automobiles owned and operated BY
Germans.
Tha automobile trip 10 Santiago
cost SIS for two and occupied six
hours. II did not take long 70 dis
cover that Herman Gaedke, the Ger
man engineer whom I had encoun-
tered during my first visit to Her-
mosillo with SchWiertz. was the most
important man In the territory Of
Topic. and that he was somewhere
near the town Of Topic
Continue TO Teple.
Accordingly we went right on to
san Bias that afternoon and next
morning continued 10 the town Of
Tepic. a small place up IN the noun
talns. Here I left LII sta. and set out
70 look up Gaedke- By good luck ]
found him III town He was very
much surprised to see me IN my peon
makeup. but told him had bees
sent 70 Mexico City 20 inspect tbs
German camp and investigate the
condition OF mines and had adopted
my. disguise as a rrecaution because
J had heard so many tales about ban
dts. This was an entirely satisfac-
tory explanation
Gaedke said the camp was on
what was known as the Hildde-
brand farm son'e five or six miles
from Tepfc. and Invited E1e TO re-
company him IN HIS huEry. He
said he was receiving German re-
cruits daily. The scheme was to
have them come oEteuaihlY 20
work on the farm for the nominal
VvuEe Of 80 cents day. the rest
OF their earnings and the profits
from the farm 10 20 to the Ger
man He'd Cross. nut the only
work done was drilling In prep
aroflon for the coming drive
into the United States. There
were now about go men At the
farm.
At midnight Gaedke and 7 mounted
brrros and rode some five miles out
into The country 70 wireless sta
tlon- There were two telesconlc steel
towers. seemingly % feet nigh. and
gasoline motor they said was 90
horse power. There were two ouer-
ators and en- engineer. living 30 q
tent with a score OF German guards
10 prevent inouisitive persons from
coming near Gaedke said the station
was built to operate in connection
with the submarines in the Gulf OF
Mexico. He said the submarines
hoisted their wireless autennae and
held them at an effective heiEht for
long distance communication by the
use OF balloons; and hence operated
only on moonless nights. IN order 20
avoid discovery. At present the Ger
mans On Topic were waiting for the
submarines, which were expected IN
the Gulf OF Mexico any day.
Would Run Ont Americans.
During my stay at Hildebrand
farm I made the startling discovery
that Gaedke himself had directed the
capture and retention OF Whiteford,
but had made a prcteEt that 10 was
the work Of Mexican bandits under
the command OF Felix Diaz, though
there was no one Of that name 10 the
vicinity This was a part OF COM
prehensive German scheme 70 run all
Americans out Of that part OF Mex
leo. Gaedke announced that White
ford tannIine a foul enithet. was
going TO be killed as soon as the last
possible penny OF ransom was ex-
torted from his friends
All this and much more that
leaned about localities and the dis
position Of the socalled bandit forces
and Of the Germans convinced me
that 10 would be altogether useless
for me TO attempt TO rescue Door
Whiteford. so I abandoned the at
tempt and started on my return next
morning.
U. s. Had Made Appeal.
After my return TO the United
States 7 learned that the United States
government had been appealed TO
through consul Chapman to try to
save Whiteford and Land: that this
government made "renreseutationsn
TO Carranza's administration. and
that consul ChaDran even appealed TO
the governor OF Tepic. but that exec
utive took no interest in the matter.
Finally Whiteford tried 20 escane
on May g. but only got a few humid
red feet away when he was caught