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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-29
NEtiTitAI. VESSELS NOT
WRECKED BN british MINES

London. Dec. 20 ti:t5 u. m.) -
Commenting on the fact that eight
vessels have been lost In the North
sea since Christmas eve. owing To
mines, the Times says today:
Many people have been under the
impression that some OF these losses
were cause by hitting British mines,
1t can be stated authoritati,ely that
not a single British mine has been
laid down off the coast Of England.
Tho loss falls most heavily on
neutral shipping which, however, has
been warned repeatedly by the admir-
atty that the German mines are IN
securely anchored and likely TO d.ift
considerable distances"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-29
GERMANS DROP BOMBS,
KILLING OWN PEOPLE
London. Dec. 20 (a,i7 a. ml--

London. Dec. - t3,i5 a. m.)---A
Copenhagen dispatch 20 the Daily
Mail referring To 4 report published
by the Hamburger Frcmdenhlatt that
four British airmen dropped bombs on
the Germand island OF l.nngeoog in the
North sea on Christmas, killing sew
erals civilians. SAYS AN investigation
proves that IL WAS not British who
dropped the bombs, but German air.
men who believed that British tor
pedo boats were lurking off the island
In the fog.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-29
If AMERICANS
WERE SHOT It
WAS ALL RIGHT
State Department Unable to
Find Fault With Canadian
Patrol Who Shot PoacherS
From United States.

t tsv .ors'se Joveisst srrzahl lssssp nisnl
Washington. Dec. 2S.-Officials at
the state department, although With
out official advices tonight, concern-
ing the shooting of two Americans In
Canadian Niagara waters, near Fort
Erie, pointed out that If 1t were true
that the men were shot while defy
ing Canadian authority, there would
be no ground for representations by
the American government. Represen-
tative Charles b. Smith, of Buffalo,
late today laid newspaper accounts Of
the shooting before Secretary Bryan.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-29

Phoenix. Ariz.. Dec. 2s.---Normal
traffic conditions on the trans-eonfi-
mental railroads through Arizona to-
night were restored when the
main line Of the Southern Pacific was
opened after being washed out for
nearly a week by floods caused by
heavy rains.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-29
THAW LIKES CLIMATE
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

tsY soasIne JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED "'s1i
Manchester n. IL, Dec. 2s.--harfs
x. Thaw intends TO remain IN NeN
Hampshire as long as possipie, his
secretary said tonight in repiy 70
question as to what steps ThaW was
contemplating in view of the fecen'
decision of the supreme court ol ','e ne
United States that he should ne
turned over to the New YORK auehoi
tiles
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-29
TIMES SAYS DAMAGE
WAS DONE BY RAID

London. ncc. 20 fs;I5 u. ni.) Tho
Times declares that there IL excellent
t'aSpn. despite weaman dtcinx. for
believing that Il Parscval shed und
airship were destroyed IN the british
raid on Cuxhaven
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-29
GERMANY.

Berlin, Dec. 2S fby wireless 10 say,
vile, l.. L)--Among the Items given
ciai press bureau were the following:
Discussion of military happenings
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-29
Official Reports FrOm Press Bureaus
ofBelLigerent European Nations

around Christmas Indicate that the
feeling Of confidence has gained sup
port here. General Joffrcs energetic
offensive as announced IN in army
order Of December u II is pointed
out. has everywhere been successfully
resisted and the defeat OF the English
at the Festhubert leaves the allies IN
worse shape than when the French
offensive started
Chief interest continues centcrcd
IN Poland whore the position OF tho
Germans and Austrians Is regarded US
promising. There Is Il feeling here
that important Developments are
probable IN Poiand within Il few days
While the outlook IN tho Bzura and
Hawka region Is satisfactory. II is be-
lievcd the most promising point Is
southeast Of Tamnszow
"A Turkish official bulletin reports
victorious progress on the Caucasian
front withost specifying the opera
tloDs In detail
Turkey also officially declares that
last week there was no bomhardment
OF the Dardanelles
"A dispatch FROM Warsaw SAYS Po-
lish revoutionists have blown up
there Il monument erected In 1871 to
the memory of Poles loyal 10 Russia"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-29
FRANCE

Paris, Dec. 2s t10sS0 p, m. - The
following official communication was
Issued by the war office tonight:
During the entire day violent
storm has interfered with the opera
TONS along the greater part OF the
front. II Is reported Notwithstanding
this, that we have made some prog
ress in the Argonne region"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-29

The American note, nentioning
that foodstuifs are conditional con-
traband since they may be destined
for the use OF civil population As
we'll as an army, says the United
States Is in entire agreement with
the doctrine expressed by Lord Sails
bury, British foreign secretary. In his
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NIFTY LESSONS IN SALESMANSF1IP
Lesson IIl.~.Yor Latent Powers--t1ow to Develop
Their Bust Measurements
BY Proc O. u BOLACK 13US DOCl

family to drop a lineage hunt when Z
bandit looms in the family tree.
Now. what was 1t that prompted you 10
let go OF friend hot potato? We mean
what was 1t besides the heat. II was
your instinct of self-pre reservation. which
according TO Dun and Bradstreet. is
called the first law Of life. although Doc
Bryan says he was the first to advocate
1t. Anyway. the Supreme Court hasn't
yet declared II unConstit utionai and SO
II serves our purpose here just as well
as II We had not used II.
You should learn TO decide one way
or the other. Never try to part your
decision In the middle.
A salesman should be able to re-
member the faces and names OF his Gus
toners. Some statesmen can remember
name al right. but they can't tell
what particular face goes with II
Others can remember a face. but don't
know what to call il. For instance,
when you see Proff's face you don I
know what 10 call II. But that is not
the fault OF your memory. Nobody
knows what to call Proff's face the
first time they see 1t. They have to
wait until they hear him talking
through II.
Whenever you can remember to nd
dress a prospect by name during n can
vass you get subterranean entrance
to his egotism. The oftener you cal
him by name the more OF a drag you
get with him, OF course you don't
want to overdo the thing or he'll think
you are Just kidding his name.
al,
Now, Mr.. Schmoos. We believe we've
got the best line Oh the market, Mr..
Schmoos. And III tell you why. my
dear MIR. Schmoos Firstly. friend
Schmoos because our advertiseme n 8
say so. and secondly, Schmoosie. because
! wouldn't stay with my house II they
didn't have the best"
The argument, You see, Is impreg-
nable enough, but there's too much
schmoosing about II. You shouldn't ring
In your prospects name more than. say
two or three times a minute during the
canvass. II Is not necessary to take
out your watch and time II, nor stop
the conversation to 20 back and pick
out an extra schmoos In case you've
put in one too many.
We will admit that Il isn't so easy &c
concentrate, as the casual observer may
be inclined to casually observe. Even
Prof. Bojack (Bus. Doc,) himself finds
trouble at times in getting his gears &c
mesh.
The other day while adding up the
weeks tuition fees, Prof's mind wan.
dered around the corner to Steve's bar
Prof. called to II several times, but |,
paid no attention to him and so there
was nothing left for Prof, to do but e
90 after It. He couldn't very well ado
up . column Of figures with his mine
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rubbing against n foaning eeidel Of beer
down on the next block.
OF course Prof returned along toward
evening. leading Il by the hand but had
he been better concentration.st his
mind would not have got up and wan
dered off in the first place during busl-
ness hours.
Whenever YOU get to the condition
where your thoughts fiy from one thing
To another and won't light on any one
thing long enough for you to tell what
they are lighting on you had better clip
their wings or tie string around one
leg. Learn TO concentrate on one thing
at a time, like flea. a flea may cover
lot of territory in one day. but he
works II thoroughly He may appear to
you tn be Just jumping about In a sort
Of haphazard way, but when he's through
with his trip you begin to realize that
he has worked ut maximum efficiency
and made pretty systematic canvass.
Think of only one thing at a time.
Give your Whole attention to II. This
refers of course to matters OF business.
Any salesman can give his whole atten-
ton. for example, TO well turned ankle
going up the avenue. That's easy: In
attention In case Ike thls--you couldn't
cut through 1t with cold chisel But
that's not concentration--thats d!strac.
ton. Distraction Is concentration on the
wrong thing.
Imagination is moro real than rca ,ity.
This may sound strange. but II the little
boys in the rear will kindly remain as
quiet as possible We shall attempt to
explain IL.
Nearly everything you see around you
existed in the imagination Of some one
at first. Not only that. but there exist
to-day In the Imaginaton of men like
Prot. Bojack iBus. Doc) and men whose
sanity you would not think Of question:
ing many new and marvellous things
that will some day be ohiectned In mat
ter, and your heirs. executors and Legal
tees will be abe TO step up and scrutinizs
them, feel them. guess at their weight
and so on. These things exist now.
They are real now. What viii. be seen
later on Will be only the reflection Of
these things.
In shorter and ugIer words. thought
stuff In the real thing, and matter Is a
bum imitation. We shall now back into
the roundhouse and change engines.
This Is pretty hefty chatter for us TO
be pulling and we've gone and got al
het UP about It.
To continue. then. every salesman
should cultivate Imagination and not
sit around the lobby with his chair and
hat tilted back, chewing gum and kid
ding people who believe in its uscfu,-
ness. We knew n salesman one time
with one OF these single cylinder imagi-
nations nj
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prospect about the exclusive agency
After the order liz signed he goes over
TO the hotel and drops exhausted on his
little bed with the cotton linen. All OF
sudden he happens to think Of another
elusive agency. and he jumps up, grabs
his little wooden derby and runs over
and closes deal with the second kanoop.
Now. where did Friend Salesman get
this new burst OF energy that enabled
him to rise Phoenixl!ke from the hay
when he thought he was all in and go
over and argue out another exclusive
sale? 1t came from the salesmans la
tent storehouse Of energy, or, II you pre-
fer. from his storehouse OF latent energy.
You can put 1t either way. just so long
as you pay your tuition and don't go
out without your arctlcs.
No man knows how much energy he
has got for Continuous mental strain
until. he runs up against an occasion OF
this kind or gets married.
Your warehouse OF latent energy II
but one Of many such shacks you've got
within you. They are all over the prem
ises. There are your unused reasoning
powers for instance, stored up in your
loft. taking up good floor tpace. adding
to the cost Of doing business and in
creasng the work Of inventory every
year. Instead Of busting on these fea.
soning powers aid getting them out into
the trade. most people use only their
instinct like an automobile. Instinct Ia
GOOD and all right in Its place and should
not be sneezed at nor used as a gargle,
hut II must always be guided by the
horny hand OF reason.
Prof. Bojack (Bus. Doc.) OF Hcksviiie
has very beautifully expressed this guild
Ing principle OF reason In his great Pc
trarchian sonnet -Four Eleven Forty
four:
Could the goats horns butt but for the
goat?
Could the rudher rud without the boat?
Now. instinct Is that which makes q
man act before he knows II. and reason
Is that which makes q man know II be-
fore he acts. Let us give you an Illus
tratiOn. with no obligation on your part
to buy:
You are sitting In the dining room OF
tho Bughouston Hotel. jingling your
knife and fork The flies are stalking
out claims on the back Of your neck
and your competitor IL sitting opposite
scoOping up peas on his bowie with max
'mum en1ciency. The waitress with the
haircloth disposition In putting the eats
before you In little birds bathtubs
ranged all around your main eating plate,
and in one Of the little bathtubs Is q very
hot boiled potato.
You are In a mad rush 10 clean up the
Job and get o'er to see your customer
before your competitor does. and, without
thinking. you grab the hot potato. Then
you drop II again. You drop Il In iesa
time than II takes . respectable Boston
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7 1ERE are a few New Yorkersl listed in
n the city directory for tho curren,
year whose names in some cas.s
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burying the dead was so great that a
month later the air for miles around the
valley was unhreathable owing to the
stencil OF the thousands of putrefyinE
corpses. To-day this whole region,
where once 10000 peaceable. Industrious
folk obtained q prosperous living from
the soil, belongs to "A single rich family.
Francisco Madero was that most I'M
happy OF all types OF pol!tcians--the
bourgeois ideal.st. subsequent events
proved him to be a political opportun-
ist as well. Betrayed into the open by
the cunning OF Porfirio Diaz. he rashly
-mbraced the cause of the people Al
the moment OF their impassioned revolt.
not from conviction. but as an ailuring
political expedient. Almost without ef-
fort OF his own he was lifted into power
by the might of the people az straw
lifted by wave. only 10 be dashed
On the rocks OF dilemma created by
his own Insncer.ty.
The climax came on Feb. 2, 1918. On
that date the students OF the Military
Academy OF Tla!pan. near Mexico City,
broke into the prison where General
bernardo Reyes and Felix D!az were
confined and set them free. This was
the signal for a general uprising OF
the troops stationed in the city. AT the
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raise in salary would look like because
he had never seen one.
Every salesman should have some
definite purpose IN life and then stick to
1t like fishbone in parched throat.
When you stick to a thing you call 1t
perseverance,, or course you wouldn't
call everything you stuck to or that
stuck to you perseverance, but there's
no need OF our trying TO get funny and
queerins an otherwise sensible little
book.
Another necessary thing Is initiative.
Initiative, according to "A reliable poultry
journal is that which prompts man to
do . thing on the strength OF an inner
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AS THE PEON SEES THE MEXICAN SITUATION

made than Is to be found In the eImn,.
fact that Francisco Madero In order To
cheCkmate that policy was compelled IN
throw himself into the arms of Japan.
We are well aware Of the imporia,cs
OF this statement ana of it's tre,npndou.
international Significance. but we msts
II deliberately with fu,l confidence In
our authority. Not only did Madoro on.
list the ardent support Of the Sou,b
American republics in the cause n,
Mexicos inviolabllity but he en..re6
into negotist lions with the tapsnea.
Minister In Mexico City for a clos. ~.
fensive and defensive alliance Uf;t
Japan to checkmate United Safes ar
gvession. The contamination Of thcs.
negotiations was undoubtedly only pr..
vented by the cuartelazo OF FeliS Ma,
How far thay had progressed may h.
CLEANED from the following inciden, re-
lated to us personally by one who was
the intimate friend and confidential "A.
wiser OF Madcro throughout his roliti.
cal career. and IN whose veracl,v ",
have complete faith.
When during the fateful twslv. tsu
battle in Mexico City a rumor 81 Ameri.
can intervention more alarming than
usual was communicated 10 Madero. n.
replied coldly that he was Thoroughly
anxious for that Intervention. FOR hs
was confident Of the surprise the Am.r,.
can Government would receive In ,s.
covering that they had to deal with
Japan.
Such an alliance would have o~.n
fraugat. of course. with infinite disaster
to the Mexican people Japan In return
for her protection must have inevitably
demanded and received not only largo
land concessions but full! economic prlvi-
leges for her subjects In Maxlco Jana.
nese immigration on n vast scale wouG
have followed. and the Mexican peonla
would have found themselves quietly
inundated. dlspossessed and finally go
nomically controlled by an aggressive
alien race irresistibly competent in arms
and commerce.
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Vincente Guerrero. Pres ident Of
Mexico in 1927.

they were trespassing upon these al.
ready purchased Government lands.
This plumber OF an entire people and
their posterity. this sequestration OF an
entire country, was the piece de re-
sistancs Of the banquet presided over
by O.az. but II was by no means the
whole banquet. There were innumer-
able side dishes for all those who pos.
sessed the necessary qualifications for
a seat at the board.
President Diaz had built up a power.
full engine for the suppression Of revolt
and the castigation Of recalcitrants by
the efficient organization OF the army
and by the creation OF a special body
OF 1900 mounted police (rurales).
These latter indeed played a highly i'm
portant part in the land evictions. Re-
cruited from the lowest class Of crimi-
mails. sp!endidly mounted. trained and
equipped and wholly destitute OF hu-
mainly. they were regarded by Dlaz
and his admirers as the chief guarantee
Of peace" Conditions. therefore, were
now highly favorable for a systematic
attack upon the agrarian democracy.
Accordingly In the winter Of 1885 the
campaign was opened in the valley OF
Papantia In the State Of Vera Cruz.
This valley IL one OF the richest In
Mexico. yielding abundant crops OF cof-
fee, cocoa, sugar cane. pineapples and
many other tropical or sub-tropicaI
products. At this time II supported an
agrarian population OF over 10000 hon.
est and industrious working fox In the
full enjoyment OF prosperity and peace.
SO rich a prize as this was naturally
the first TO fall into the hands OF the
spectators.
One day a party OF surveyors ap-
peared in the valley with their transits.
The people knew only too well the
meaning OF this invasion. and. filled with
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INTRODUCTORY CHATTER.

The job preceding
Prof o. u Bok (Bus Do Hcksve
ladle advice
Selling alpha and
his PROM sold
mbug and he probably held
statesmen combined He have held securely
hut whenever from him he and tell
when i and hs OF
stuff thar can't
through and which hasn't much d
hold Of frankly admit
Ice When knowledge Of ourselves
divide itself
who nothing
Doc) OF Hhksvlie
Therefore Students attitude
possible Pron while he picks
PROM
bunghoes but he
little ticket guessing
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IERE are few New Yorkersllstei in
the city directory for the curren.
year whose names in some cases
are and In other cases are not In har.
mony with the subject they represent:
Financisl-Mlnnie Cash James Check
Andrew J. Million. Charles Money and
William Penny.
Femlnine-Lucy Darling Blarch. ra',
Rosa Hug. Pauline Kiss May LovAy
Mary Loveless. Sarah Birdy, Matilda
Pretty and Mary sweet.
Names in the Cal>ndar-Andr-w "
January. Charles F March Na'nsn
April, Mary May. JAG June hA-d
July, Thomas F. August and Max Ne.
vember.
Wsrfare-B. Trigger.
Dellcatessen--Jesse T.. Beans Ioha
Mustard. Leonard Onion. william Pep.
per George Pickle. and Albert 7. sat
Liquid Refreshment--A Beer. S,1u,,
Brandy. Joseph II. Booz-r. Priscilla
Drinker. Frank Drunke. Edward G m
Abraham Lager. A. Port. w an
Hickey. A. Settler. A. Sherry. Cssp.r
Sober. Andrew NJ Wine. and G1rs,
wurzburger.
The Weather-Wi'liam J BreeH
Agnes n. Cloud. J Hsrvie Dew 'ohl
F. Frost. Harry F. Mist. Eldr'dre G.
Snow. A. Storm. John r. Rairhov
Molly Warm and \ Wind
Zoo'orical-Consta1; Bird Frank Dove
Abraham Eagle Harry Falcon. JiU,
Fowl, Alfred r.. Goldfish Irene T.-or
David Lark, Martin J. Loon. r --i
n. Parrot, w. j. Pigeon, Edwqr1 Svl'
low, Helen NJ ". Swan. JOSEPH -.
FAINT. A. Fox Fred Goat RoNe~r " *
Ada T.. Lamb. \. Lion Beniam'1 N0.t
Sol Tiger. \ Wof. Fred Bee. AtoI N1'S
a. Roach, Joseph wasp and Anna " re-
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Jose Maria Morelos. lnsurgent
leader and leader in framing Con-
stitution Of Apatzingam.

head OF several battal!ons Felix Diaz
rison received him with enthusiasm
From that moment the cuartelazo was
In full command OF the situation. Mus
tering some 5000 men. powerfully forth
fed and equipped with practically mex
haustible supplies of ammunition. the
Fel!cistas started what was In reality
a sham battle with the Government
troops. For days n raking fire from
the opposing forces swept the city from
end to end. The practiced military on
both sides received little hurt. but over
5000 helpless non-Combatants many of
them women and children, were slaugh-
tered in the streets.
At the critical moment General VIC
toriano Huerta. comma nder in chief of
the Government troops. having made
sufficient stand to save appearances. be-
trayed the Government and went over
with all his troops to the support o,
General Felix Diaz making the cuarte-
lazo completely successful. President
Francisco Madero, Vice-President Jose
Maria Pine Suarez and Gustavo Ma
dero, leading politicians Of the Atadero
faction. were arrested In the natlona,
palace. a few days later all three were
murdered In cold blood under the con-
ven!eDt ley fuga."
II is not to be supposed that the late
President Madero viewed with indiffer-
ence the III concealed alliance OF the
United States with his enemies nor the
unfriendly attitude Of President Taft
Indeed. from the day of his ession
to the Presidency he regarded United
States Intervention In Mexico as a daily
probability. and he shaped his foreign
policy accordingly. No more severe criti-
cism OF the short sighted policy OF the
United States toward Mexico could be
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here is that we do not know any more
about our possibilities than a hen does
about the care OF teeth.
For example; A salesman puts across
bird OF a deal involving the sale
OF. say, several dollars worth Of
goods. He gets all pink!cd out arguing
back and forth with his square headed
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Above-Inhabitants OF Ojinaga
seeking refuge in United States
during assault Of Constitutionalists.
forebod.ng, they protested to the sur
veyors that they had no desire to have
their lands measured. even II the Gov
eminent had ordered IL, for those lands
were their own private property by the
warranty Of the constitution. The sur
veyors persisted and the next day re-
appeared with a posse OF rurales. Again
the people protested. but this time they
were silenced by force. and In the clash
that ensued several lives were lost on
both sides.
Four days later a force consisting Of
several thousand rurales and a division
Of the army entered the valley and be-
gan the systematic determination OF
the population. How many were killed
will never be known. About ten years
ago In the course OF our Investigations
We visited this valley and endeavored
to elicit some details Of the affair from
the people. Neither man. woman nor
child could be induced to say a word.
because already a number of them had
met death. Punishment. imprisonment
and ftoggng for even speaking OF H.
In spite OF this dumbness OF the people
however, we obtained Independent proof
that for fifteen days the slaughter never