Show SUGAR SMUGGLERS H WORK IN MEXICO 1 I Criminals Match Their Wits Wit j jA A Against A American R Revenue Reve eve nue Men at Border j By Associated Press JL ELPASO PASO Tex May ra 18 Gun Gun l.-Gun Gun runners run run- ners ammunition smugglers bootleggers bootleg 1 gers and ami other border law breakers who thrive upon the he Illicit traffic between between be be- tween countries characteristic of oC all all all' al' al borders have ha turn turned d their attention to Z smuggling ln sugar Into Mexico I ISu Su Sugar m J Is on the American n embargo list for Cor the period of or the war So is IsO lard and nl also o flour l U and butter buter and I Iother other othar too foodstuffs But sugar Is the most popular commodity with wih th tho smugglers It is ca' ca easy u t crr carry does lees not spoil poi and can always alway he disposed dJs dis posed of oC at a n hl high h price once it is 13 I 1 over o the border The smugglers match mch WI uj UISe muse 01 UL me o ment menTs keenest secret service men takIng tak tak- ing Ing their winnings In American gold and their losses In Jn the federal peni I I Although bustles hustles went out o of Et style le many years ago asa the warin wearing of oC th then th- r has been re I revived reId d by tho the sugar smug mug The Mexican women of am ample ft girth birth wear veal the rude canvas bustles more for or revenue than for fOI style Concealed Con Con- in the pockets of their bustles arc are pounds and pounds of su sugar ar M 1 lean Ican women confederates of the te smug tru fasten these cumbersome some a af affairs fairs about their waists under dress shirts and ami walk or 61 ride across the International bridge until tn mi curious inspector discovers the rU ruse rule e and stops the practice by J placing the smuggler In jail jai Kerosene eans ans cans are converted into inlo sugar suar receptacles h by having the top lop cut off oct a false bottom made to contain con con- tam tain a pint or less of kerosene an and the remainder of oC tho tIm space in JI th the can filled with sugar Ten gallon Ten Ten-galon milk mik cans have a milk mik container in the center cen cen- I ter tel with wih sugar packed around It I In the remainder of ot the space Three of these cans were discovered with pounds I of sugar in ench each Petticoats with wih pockets sewed to them waists padded with sugar and anti 1 extra size stockings filled with wih sugar are used by the smugglers nUn and their confederates |