Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-03-26 | Page 40 | American Motor Car in Mexico

Military Ocer Gruff Until He IssAsked to Have His Photo- H' graph Taken. BBB H i SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS H AS THEY CROSS BORDER Aiito Route of More Than 4500 Miles Laid Out. From Ocean to Ocean. Special to The Tribune. T1A JUAXA, Mexico. March 23. Not resting with the honors of having been the first motorists to cross the American continent in mapping a route BBB fur automobilists, the p:irty of A. L. BBB We3tcard of the Touring Club of Amor- BBB icn and the United States bureau of BBB public roads, has extended the course to BBB Mexican soil. For the first time, there- BBB fore, there has been laid out a motoring highway from Now York to tho Pacific BBB coast and to a foreign country on the BBB western ocean. BBB It was u comparatively short trip of BBB i 160 miles to the .bonier of the ucigli- BBB i boring republic, to add to the 4500 cov- BBB cred b this samo pathfimling car in BBB t ravelin? from coast to coast, but it BBB ' had a peculiar interest in view of the BBB present excitement in Mexico and in- BBB deed very soon was tho center of at- BBB traction among American and Mexican BBB authorities. BBB Inasmuch as Mr. Wostganl had to be BBB absent upon other duties, the dircc- BBB toratc was assumed by Louis IL BBB i Hchwaebc, a prominent Los Angeles BBB 'motorist, and with Charles Young at the BBJ wheel in place of liny MVXamarn. BBB The destination was this town, via BBB San Diego, and on Wednesday tho car BH was piloted across tho line and became BBB i an active figure in international af-BBj af-BBj BBB Bedecked an it was with flags of the BBJ United .States and of the Touring Club BBJ of America, tho latter being strange BBB to tbd Mexican authorities, it excited BBj homo suspicion as it approached the BBjl belligerent territory. A squad of Uncle BBj bain's leprcsentutivea stopped the BBJ party before (hey left America and BBj searched for guns or ammunition, and BBJI warned tho motorists that they crossed BBJ at their own peril, becauso a'n attack BBJj was expected hourly from the rebels. BBJ On reaching the custom house at Tia BBB Juana the tourists found that all na-l na-l , . fives" were preparing to flee across the BBB , i border at the least alarm of an insur- BBB 1 recto invasion; nil the cattle was cor- BBB railed in front of the ndobo buildings, ' , and horses Tvero in harness ready to be BBB hitched to tho wagons which wcro filled BBB ' . with houscliold effects. Moreover, the BBB wagons wero all headed towards United BBJ i States territory. t 1 The car was driven between the BBB , breastworks and the 'barracks, much to BBB t the disgust of a Mexican officer until BBB 1 he was invited to be seated and photo- BBB graphed in the big machine. A short BBB visit was sufficient and tho party about BBB faced for Los Angeles, having accom- BBB plished a feat never before undertaken BBB by an automobilo and having completed BBB the most extensive touring' route over BBB planned. The trip of 320 miles was a BBjj strenuous one, and a fitting climax to BBB , thi difficulties which the car has over- BBfl come, for the coast route was selected BBfl on, the outbound run. and torrents of BBB rain so unusual to this sunny clime BBB turned tho roads into veritable seas of BBfl mud. It was a tough grind through tho t sticky adobe ground. H