El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-27
DEALS
WITH GERMANY
o. S. Agent Stops DyewOod
Sale; Sinaloa Governor
Gets Gambling Rakeoff.

ter Ny moustache was shaved of
and a pair OF smoked glasses put on
Ny suit was OF blue serge and all
other details Of my apparel carefully
subdued to the commonplace so as
not TO attract undue attention ]
carried a suitcase that had seen bet
ter days in which reposed q Corona
typewriter yes typewriter. The
mere possession OF such apparatus
was enough 10 arouse suspicion. b J.
Butcher had cast such vile aspersions
upon my handwriting In English that
/ felt obliged 20 carry it. II the
cussed thing betrayed me. I sincerely
hoped that il might haunt Butcher
to his dying day.
CamouflaEes True Business.
To cover up the possible use OF the
Z typewriter. and more especially 70
camouflage my true business in the
I country CarranZa SAYS he governs,
the suitcase also contained. in add
ton 70 very limited wardrobe an
! assortment Of surgical instruments
ard rugs, for a doctor in a country
4 town would have more plausible ex-
7 cuses for prolonged absences than
any other person that could
I think Of
On the night OF Monday. March II,
1918. with the aid Of certain parties
Who need not be named here. 1 got
past the frontier guards and into the
{ rallroau station at Nogales, sonora.
Just as the train from the south
I pulled in I mingled with the pas
! seugers and went to a hotel where ]
/ reglEtered as Or. Jack Johnson" .
l OF Guaymas. Having passport.
I Butcher came across the line openly
next morning just in time TO catch
7 the train, which left at Z o'clock 1
| saw him enter the cabOose, which is
2 attached 70 Mexican passenger trains
I rodc in day coach
Hides IN Toilet Room.
T." y
I quaintances I hid In the toilet room
while the train stopped at santa
Ana and again at Hermosillo, where
there was a delay Of % minutes. But
Is minutes in a dirty toilet room was
to be preferred to an eternity in
cemetery. On the platform at Torres
I saw Dr. Won Scheclz, who has al
ready been mentioned at length in
these memoirs. which neCessitatec 7
another hasty visit TO the, toilet
For a fellow passenger during the
afternoon ] had Cen Serano, whom 3
knew well; but a. he was too drunk
10 know his own name TO say moth 7
ing OF anyone else's name, he did not
worry me. ! also saw several others f
during the day whom knew by .
sight, but none penetrated my dis
me train was late arriving at FL f.
Palma z miles from Guaymas.
Junction where the line TO Aazatlan /
left the road 10 the north, at s.lo
p. m AS there was no light on the f
platform, Butcher seized the only op-
portunity in the whole course Of the
trip to speak 70 me. Now please note .
carefully how this kiljoy tried 70
cleer me up on parting.
Doctor said he, Il might n
wei bid you goodbye5 for In my
opinion you VIII never come
back
Butcher went on to Guaymas while
I stopped al Fl Palma for the night. .
Before retiring ] took a long walk
up things 10 say 20 Butcher 10 make !
him feel low spirited and unhappy Il /
fate ever threw him IN my path .
again
Early next morning. left for Gull [
aca1- my first objective AT bacurls
a flag station a short distance from
FL Palma, the train came 70 a halt
Glancing out Of the window I saw
Gen Gales, resplendent in new
khaki uniform, talking 10 some one
on the train, which had been Tagged E
for his benefit had decided by this +
time that Gen Gales was not a prop 4
er person with whom to associate
IN fact, / had determined 70 cut MS F
acquaintance 80 / hurried into my 4
life prsserTer, the toilet room, Until
the train left Bacum.
Gen Gales was then engaged on (
his celebrated Iaqui campaign
Press Agent @FictoEiea.n
The campaign lasted for several I
weeks and resulted IN namoe o.
Mexican victories; that is, the gov
ernor would sit down OF an evening .
and dictate TO his personal press |
agent the size and extent OF the VIC
tory he deemed suitable As a mat
ter OF fact. the Yaquis considered Il N
prudent 70 keep out OF Gales way I
on this occasion, so that there vas
not SO much as a skirmlsh in the I
whole course OF the campaign Il
As the -aQuis we're otherwise en- Il
gagged for the time being trains could l
run at night; so I reached Culacan II
after a continuous journey OF 2
I sought an Introduction to Gov. 4
Iturbe. CHIEF executive OF the state
OF Sinaloa. and a Carranza man A
report had reached the border thar 4
Irurba was aiding the Germans IN I
cornering al available dyewoods IN
Mexico to be held until after the war,
IN order TO prevent the United States
and the allies, which needed them,
from obtaining supplies.
Down 10 business With Iturbe
AS a buyer Of dyewood I got right
down TO business with Gov Iturbe-
had 3 hacker ready TO put up as half
a million dollars, II need be- said
This interested the governor But let
ne quote this patriots language ID
resnonse to questions
ernEar. the German consul At Ma
zatIan, has advanced ne $4,000 on
contract to deliver him all the dye
wood I CUT said he "I have already
So 900 tons, but cannot get cars 70
shin It. 7 want money don't care
n cuss whether the dyeWcod goes into
German or American hands have
three years 10 be governor and
want to MAKE as much money as
can
But this was not all: for the gov
ernor. accepting nv talk II ready
money at its face value. continued;
But I have another proposition.
Do you know anyone who wants TO
buy cattle2'
OFFERS to Buy Cattle.
u might find a huver. How many
cattle have YOU In Sinaloa7
Il can ship about 10000 head.
what price dc you wantt On
know mach about cattle, but can
get IN communication with a man
who may be interested"
"Tu let yearlinEs. two and three
year olds. 90 al a fiat price OF Sl3
bead 7 can ship from certain
h7rhor 50 Carranza VIII not know.
am boss OF this state and nobody
SHAH interfere with me"
To cuf 81 short, nrrnnEcd with
Ifurbe to stop all further dye
wood deals with the Germans
while he nrrlted fhe arrival
from New York Of the managing