Connecticut western news., 1920-12-02
GAY TIME AHEAD
Mexican With Much "GiIt" Nears La Belle France.
Twelve Million Francs In HIs Jeans Will Compensate for Discomfort of Passsoe-Is Said to Have
 Betrayed carranza.

> A stoker with 100000 francs in his jeans-enough to pay for at least one square meal and the convert charge in any Paris restaurant-is nearing the shores of France today bent on having his fling in the land of Tight wines and dancing while his franking privilege holds out.
 Being a member of the high Mexi- can traitocracy the man is travelling incog, and not even his nom de stoke can be made public at this time. All well-informed Mexicans in this city, however, know his name and his his- tory, and the only mystery is how the hotel bell hops and taxi drivers of New York ever let him get away with all that gilt-edged tippage, says the Evening Post of that city.
 AS an indication of the exalted position he formerly held, it need only be said he was the man who had personal charge of the safety of Car ranza when the late president made his recent exit from the Mexican mise en scene. 1t is not known just where he was when the body fell but soon afterward he arrived here in town with money enough to set him up for the rest of his natural zMexican) life. #"
 Some one connected with the hotel on Herald square where the visitor stopped recognized him and is said to have given him the Mexican eQuiva- lent of the chautauqua salute. but the man who had done so much to make Carranxa safe for the undertak- CTS failed to reply in kind. He even put himself down in the hotel reg ister as somebody else-but those who knew knew.
 For days and days the generalissi- mo-for he was one of those-rrIed vainly to get the necessary O. K. to book passage for France. The city was filled with representatives of all Mexican governments. but none of them would do the honors. The Car ranza agents turned him down be- cause they didn't exactly like the way he had looked after the safety of their chief. The Obregonzistas refused to function either because they didn't like his technique or because they thought he had more money than an ex-safety commissioner ought to have with but one president to his credit. Something of the same train of thought is said to have affected the de la Huertistas. ..
 At about this point those who had reason to feel friendly towards the ex-geHeralissimo came forward with the suggestion that he ship as a stoker. At first he was not inclined to take the tip, but when they told him how nice and warm it would be down in the stoke hole and how near he would be to the part of the ship where the revolutions take place he decided 1t was worth trying-once.
 Stokers were scarce and full-fiedged Mexican traitocratic stokers were ex- tremely hard to get, so he had no difficulty in landing job. All the fine jewels and precious silk shirts which he had bought while here were cashed in before sailing. When he took to the high seas he had nothing but his stoke clothes and the 12,000,- 000 of French currency.
 When he gets shore leave at Havre or Brest or Bordeaux. it is expected the company will have to advertise for a new stoker. But Paris will have new Latin-American spender to conjure with. .5 ..