Show WOMAN AND BABY IN WilD FLIGHT FROM MEXICO Pilgrims Pilgrims' Dodging T Tomahawks Toma o hawks Crochet Party in ii S C Comparison a son She he Says Sars t Ci-t CHICAGO April Mrs Mrs S Salvatore Maria Loyola late of Quere ro Mexico liO now ilow a refuge refugee refu refu- ge gee with her h husband rind h i baby in Chicago tells a astory astory story of ot the present day life of ot an American American woman In Villa Villa-Carranza territory ri that makes the existence of a pilgrim lad lady dodging tomahawks a crochet party Mrs Loyola splashing her baby in his b bath t 1 was as able to talk tall placidly about whizzing bullets bullets' and Mexican threats of armed citizens ns and lurking because as she soe be says say One gets ts so 80 used to them S Her tale of the past year in Mexico would supply a film mm with hours of of screen material warranted to o set et his audience on the e edge ge of ot their chairs and paralyze the organist It begins with mad flight from the ru mored threat of ot against the women of the town plunges through a mass of rickety risky fleeIng fleeIng fleeing flee flee- ing here there and ad everywhere an and ends with the return to find it looted and bare with with three three horses occupy r n the dining room I Tells of Mad Flight One is not safe for a a. moment says Mrs Loyola She Is American I her husband Mexican The Carran Carran- are as vicious as unstable a a. athe the The latter have the best of ot brigandage in Mexico and the borI borde border bor bor- I de dee der b because cause Villa c can n control his soldiers soldiers sol soldiers sol sol- diers and Carranza cannot We were neither for Villa pot por for Carranza and we said so when finally they arrested arrested ar at- rested us We were expelled from the country because we were educated Things were peaceful enough until until until un un- un- un til Villa and Carranza connived at Diaz fall faU The They t took ok city after city In their march on the capital and when they passed through the bullets hailed around our house Last year about in March Match the re report report report re- re port came to which by the that the Car Car- way was a Villa town were going to swoop down up upon n us and had even made a list 01 of the names of the women My husband arr arranged for tor our flight The governor of the town a personal personal personal per per- friend got us out at midnight on oni i his special car and everybody who S could pile on went too Even a poor pe peon n woman or two clung to the 1 plat platform lat lat- form as we pulled out Within three days of ot our destination the tracks were to be torn up After a delay of hours during which we sat by bYthe th roadside wondering whether a sharpshooter sharpshooter sharp sharp- shoo shooter r would plunk us from the he hills S we Wc e got a a. handcar and traveled on SkIff Bluff Saved Them Handcar travel in in- Mexico mean means S two peons push while two others other rest t. They take turns We finally i retched reached a little town and took refuge I there thEire We couldn't stay long because I came We fled on rr From m town to town we went but were never neer never permitted to stay for any length 5 Q of or time Ime S Finally nall the time came for my baby to le be born and my husband was lous lol for our return home I wanted to pe e home Besides the town in which we were was on the verge of ot an at at- at tack They told us not notto to attempt flight because the guards ards would neve never i Whet let t. t us s through There were rumors rumor that my husband was about to be ar arrested arrested ar- ar rested too but he wouldn't remain in In- In floors loor searched for him bu but but didn't nt arrest him although he went wen went ahro abroad I arme armed to the teeth a R. condition was forbidden the citizenry We V decided to take the risk an anset andset and andset S set out on a handcar again We go goon goton got on pretty well although we had some som 1 bad cares F scares being stopped questioned threatened thre and allowed to go on I think my husbands husband's calm was what wha helped us Show a a. Mexican that you ar ara afraid of him and hell he'll torture you Show your indifference and ft ii will wil either shame or disconcert him Stops Mexican Battle W We finally reached a a. town that IsAn is isan An nn hours hour's ride from by rail We had to do da it with a buggy and two mules We rested there and then left leU pursued by threats I never nevet prayed so hard in my life Ahead o of Its us suddenly we saw the smoke from froma a a. burning bridge We could not cross it for fear fear of its giving way We could not return to to the town because of the threats S We put up at a little hotel half way and stayed there overnight Drunken soldiers soldier's were fighting Bullets w whizzed constantly past the window through the night My husband had found a a. generals general's en rals ral's hat some time before and putting It upon his Ws head plunged Into the fracas with a a. hand gripped upon the shoulders of ot the two first firt t soldiers h he reached Th Thy They y saluted Immediately thinking him a leader And with much deliberation and show the doctor decided the scrape and forbade further racketing The They stopped Cross Flaming Bridge The next morning we set out again and decided against all warnings to toI I cross the bridge e which was still burning burning burn burn- ing in little tittle fitful struggling flames My ry husband walked across to test its strength and then came back sending our baggage which was heavier than tha us us ahead of ot us on the handcar That too went over safely So he sent the handcar back and we went over Well we wt finally got home more dead than alive Some time ailer after my I ba baby Y- Y was born My ry home was looted and md there were three horses corralled Jn in the dining room We had permission j sion to I was able to travel to-travel travel and amI then we were escorted out Mexico Is in a dreadful situation It must be worse now I wish the Americans would understand nd how i much the educated Mexicans want them to intervene That Is the only I solution solution intervention I I |