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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
FRANCE BUILDING TWO
GREAT AIRCRAFT FLEETS

New York, Dee 80. ~ France Is
building two great fleets of air craft
armed with cannon, darts and bombs
with which to invade Germany in the
spring, according TO Pedro Chapa, a
Mexican. aviator who has been In Eu-
rope for the last three years and who
arrived here tonight on the Cunard
liner Carpathia.
Hundreds of armed blplanes. each
carrying q small cannon, and bombs
and numerous monoplanes equipped
with bombs and steel darts will be
ready to sweep across the German
frontier when wintcr IL past. he said
The mnnoplanes are intended mainly
FOR scout work and VIII make speed
or l20 miles an hour. All the aero
planes will have n cruising radius OF
1870 miles from the frontiers. said
Chapa. and their attack will not be
IN the form Of raids by few ma
chimes as hitherto. but by large dvi-
slons The aviators TO man these ma
chimes are now being trained In sev.
eral large schools established for the
purpose, he said.
chapa, who is a graduate Of the
University Of Pennsylvania. is TO 20
70 Mexico City to construct aeroplaacs
for the Mexican government after Wis.
ting his home In Monterey.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
NATIONAL BANKS
MAY NOW LOAN
ON REAL ESTATE
Comptroller Of Currency Sends
Notification Of Regulation
Made by Federal Reserve
Board.

washington. Dee 80. comptrollcf
at the Currency Williams tonight no.
titled national banks that The federal
feaefFe bnara lind drawn rcgula-
ton Interpretnting the provision IN
the act governing loans hy them on
real estate The regulation follows;
'efhe uhxlmun amount OF loans
which national hank may make ON
renI fstaie under the terms % Sec
flon - OF the federal reserve act
shall be limited TO an amount not in
excess Of one-third it, time deposits
at the time Of making The loan, aud
not In excess Of one.thlrd VI its ave=
rage time deposits dufing the proceed
ine calendar year, provided, how
ever. that " one-third OF such time
deposits rs of the date Of making the
loan. or one-thlrd Of the average time
deposits for The preceding calendar
year. shall have amounted 20 less than
one-foufth Of the capital and eur-
plus Of the hank as ~ the date of the
loan. then. IN that event tho hank
fhaiI have authority TO make loans
upon real estate under the terms Of
act to the extent OF onc-fourth
he banks capital and surplus as
he date o. making the loan"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
AMERICAN NOTE TO
ENGLAND STILL TOPIC
OF GREAT INTEREST
Confined From Page One,


will be called upon for diplomatic and
law officers of the crown necessarily
legal opinions on the case submitted
by President Wilson
When this procedure Is adopted,
Walter Hines Page, the American
ambassador. will be asked to confer
with Sir Edward Grey and discuss the
whole question and probably Sir Cecil
SPRING Rice. the British Ambassador
at Washington. will be instructed 10
take up the question with the state
department in the American capital.
While 1t has come as somewhat Of
a shock TO the public that differences
have arisen between the two govern
ments on subject thai admittedly is
a difficult one. the note generally is
calmly discussed except by those who
declare that Great Britain should dis
regard American wishes and open and
follow entirely a policy which would
be best calculated to assist the allies
in their war on Germany and Aus
tria.
British ship owners, who are q ihios'
as greatly concerned over the stun
ton as the American shippers, 'ouay
expressed the opinion that the n'a''er
would be amicably settled.
II was officially announced lale
night that the statement issued b,
official press bureau today that
British foreign office received
American note only today Is inc
rect.
Walter Hines Page, the American
on Monday told Lord
Haldane. who was the head of the
foreign office in the absence of Sir
Edward Grey the foreign secretary,
of the arrival and the purport of the
note, which he added, would require
time to translate from code. The note
was sent to the foreign office yester-
dav.
Mr. Page requested Sir Edward
Grey TO have the press bureaus
statement corrected, saying 1t left the
that the British govern
ment received the note only after a
summary of ii had been given the
American papers.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
LIFE SENTENCE OF
JOHN DIETZ COMMITTED

tnf NoFNiNS JOURNAL SPECIAL IEAEED
Madison, Wis, Dec. 30.-The life
term OF John Dietz. the outlaw OF
Cameron Dam. convicted in 1911 Of
numbering Oscar Harp, deputy
sheriff Of Sawyer county. was com
muted To twenty years today by Gov
ernor McGovern. Under the parole
law, Dietz may now be released In four
years. Petitions have been coming
from every state asking for his par
don.
Dietz shot Harp when defending
himself against arrest by a posse of
deputies sent to his cabin on the
Thorn Apple river The dam. he al
Legged WIS the property Of Mrs. Dletz
ny virtue of a deed TO the land sur
rounding It, The courts did not up /.
hold this contention.
When the Mississippi River Logging
company attempted to take control
of the dam, Dietz took up his rifle In
its defense. He was finally captured
after his cabin had been riddled by
bullets
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
STATESMEN LISTEN TO
PHILIPPINE LECTURE
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED ~,ssl


Washington, Dec 30.--Members of
the senate Philippine committee and
many other senators attended today
an illustrated lecture on the present
conditions of the islands by Dean G..
Worcester, formerly member of the
Philippine commission The lecture
was preliminary to the examination Of
Mr.. Worcester by the committee to-
morrow as to his views on the pending
bill TO grant the islanders greater
measure of government.
Representative Jones of Virginia
chairman of the house committee on
insular affairs. and Trainer OF the
pending bill, told the Filipino club Of
Washington at Its Rial day banquet
tonight that the recent disturbances
in the Philippines were foolish. con-
temptible and asinine," and that they
were the dying gasp Of desperate
element in the Philippines opposed to
the independence of the islands,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
FIRST CARGO OF COTTON
REACHES DUTCH PORT
lsr .err.rs .ey.n.s .-.s,.. .....e w...l

'"f""'''FF fttTfrH
The Hague, Dee. 80 tvia London,
500 p. m)~-The American steamer
a. 4, Raven, which arrived ut Rotter-
dam December "a, from Wilmington.
N G., with $500 baIes or cotton. was
the first vessel since the outbreak Of
the war 90 reach 4 Dutch port with ii
cotton consignment for Germany.
The steamer was held upon in the
English channel by British warahips
for an examination OF her papers
which delayed her twenty-four hours.
The freight charges for the Ravens
cargo We're $40 per bale which is five
Times the normal rate. This increaso
was due to the great war risks attend
ing imports destined for Germany.
since the war started the German
imports OF cotton are said 10 have
amounted 20 10000 bales, most Of II
going by way of Gothenburg, Sweden,
to which port sixteen vessels are now
steamlng.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
CHILD BEARING MAY
NOT BE DISCOURAGED


New York, Dec. s0.--A recommen-
dation that women teachers In this
city be granted leave of absence for
childbirth was made to the board OF
education today by committee which
in investigating the customs of the
educational authorities of forty-eight
large American cities. discovered that
in only five is such leave Of absence
granted.
The committee in todays recon-
mendation. action on which was de-
fefred by the board until its next
meeting. held that. provided ths
tcacher-mother's place was filled 8
another during her absence. schecl
work was not interfered with and ne
teacher mothers dismissal accordsg-
" could not be Justified on the grdnd
that marriage or motherhood wastet-
rimental 10 the interest Of school 4
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
SUPER-zEPPE[|N
IS DESTROYED IN
BRITISH RAID


Geneva, Dec. 80 (via Paris, 1880
p. m)-News has reached Roman
shora from Friedriehshafen to the eff
feet that during the recent British
aerial raid on Cuxhaven one of the
latest superZeppelins which was COM
pleted two months ago, was entirely
destroyed in its shed by bombs drop
ped by the aviators and that another
Zeppelin escaped only by rising rap
idly In the air.
1t Is stated that the British attack
on Cuxhaven, where the Zeppelins
were stationed. came as complete
surprise. The Friedrichshafen fac
tory. 1t is said, has received urgent
orders to hasten the completion of
two zeppelins now building in order
to replace the big machine destroyed
at cuxhaven. The men In the factory
are working overtime. Count Zeppe-
lin arrived at Friedrichslmfen from
the front yesterday to supervise the
work
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
RIOTS AGAINST
WAR OCCUR IN
AUsTR|A-HUNGARY
isv ~oaalse JOURNAL srse,,l ls.sso WAL

try MORNING. JOURNAL srrcitL LEASED wIsrl
London, Dec. 81 t3:if a. m.I-The
Daily Chronicles Basel. Switzerland,
correspondent forwards dispatches re-
ccived from various parts Of Austria
Hungary purporting TO show that riot
ing against the war Is occurring In six
provinces Of the dual monarchy, In
the dispatches II Is alleged that peace
manifestations In Vienna were sup
pressed by the police, who charged
the crowd. woundng thirty persons
and arfesting n large number of the
demonstrators.
Even more emphatic disturbances
are daily occurrences In Budapest, ac-
cording to the dispatches. and similar
reports have been received from
Prague, Pennsylvania, Agram and
Dalmatian coast towns. The dis
patches say there was panic In Sa-
rajevo, capital OF Bosnia. <xts. .the
advance Of the Servians and that a
hundred arrests have taken place
there in connection with n revolu-
tiOnary plot
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
|LITERACY TEST
IS DEBATED
/ sSHARPLANG
Vote on immigration
Expected Today;
Lewis and Reed Ii
ocratic Opposition

washington, Dec. ~
debate on the liieracy
lhyed action by the senate on that
section of the pending immigration
bill. A vote ~ expected tomorrow.
senator fIardwlck led in the de.
Tense OF the test He said he favored
" NJ protection TO American labor
against unfair competition and az an
aid 10 securing an Intelligent elccto-
rate.
Repeated reference was made dur
ing the day 10 the Lawrence strike
In Massachusetts Senator Hardwick
commended that most of the alien
strikers were illiterate.
"iut wasn't the leader OF the
strike 40 highly educated that he
was spken uf for Officer" inquired
Senator Lewis
Perhaps. but his doctrines would
moi have found such a fertile field II
there had not been such iluteracy
about him. responded Senator
Hnrdwick.
senator Lewis suggested the hit
cracy test might involve this country
In International complications. and
would invite gross determinations In
enforcement.
senator Williams defended the
test and declared congress should
go step farther and amend the
naturalization laws 80 as, 20 require
applicants for naturalization to pledge
themselves In event of war in their
native country not 10 leave the Unit
cd States.
Senator Thornton spoke IN favor OF
the Thomas amendment which would
exempt from the test immigrants
fleeing from political persecution.
Senator Reed vigorously opposed
the whole proposition.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
Iynnsary of War
News of Yesterday

he third German advance Sh
Warsaw has been definitely checked
according 10 the view Of the military
ficials al Petrograd. In that territory
the Germans who have been lighting
iiercely for weeks past. have suffered
great losses and they have failed To
break through the Russian line which
has been greatly reinforced before
the Polish capital.
The failure OF the Austrian ad-
Nance through the serpathians is snid
10 have. had serious effect on the
Austro- dkrmnn campaign in the east.
There has been lull Of late In the
lighting on the left bank OF the Wis
tnIn except nj Isolated points where
the Russians apparently have sue
eeeded In maintaining their position.
Vienna claims to have brought the
Russian advance In the carpathians
20 Htandstll. but the Russinn general
Headquarters records an important
success near Lisko and the repuIse
Of the Austrian rounter-attacks ut
uzsok Pass. Az we'll as aorties by the
garrison at Przemyal.
In the west the lighting n OF IA ma
ture that permits of only small nd
snnren on either side. The most I'M
poriant news concerning the warfare
in France comes In the way OF a re-
purt fraH Daver that a squadron If
seven neroplanes dropped bombs on
Dunkirk
II il reported In London that the
government viii require several days
10 consider fully the representations
in the American governments note
with regard 10 the searching Of
American vessels by British wafships
before replying TO them. The cabinet
has given tno protest preliminary
reading. Public feeling In Great Brit
ain seemingly inelInes to the belief
that the difficulty VIII be Inoothed
over amieahly.
The first shipment Of cotton from
the United states. bound FOR Ger
many. since the war began, has
reached Rotterdam The American
steamer transporting il was held up
in the English channel for an cxami-
nation OF her papers by British war
ahlps, causing a delay Of twgnty-four
hours.
The Japanese foreign office eives
denial 10 the reports that Japanese
troops have landed at Vladivostok or
nj any other place, on the way to
Europe.
The British governments war IN
suranee on cargoca has been decreas-
ed nne-third,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
AUSTRIAN DREiDNAUGHT
TORPI1DoED by SUBMARINE

london, Dec. 81 t3:s2 a. n.y. - A
dispatch TO the Daily Mail from Venice
contains report that French sub
marine boat has torpedoed the Aus.
TRAN dreadnaught Viribus unitus Al
Pola.
1t is said the hull of the dread
nausht was pierced but that she sue
ceeded in reaching her dock.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
PROHIBITION IS
PROHIBITING IN
STATE OF KANSAS
Governor-eIect Capper Con-
trastS Conditions in ''Dy"
Commonwealth With Those
of WET" Missouri.

Topeka. Kan. Lee. Kansas
was pointed TO as the proof that pro-
hibItlon actually does prohibit. in an
address by Arthur Capper, governors
elect OF Kansas. before the national
convention of the intercollegiate Pro-
hihtion association here tonight. lie
asserted that the fact that Kansas IL
prosperous and at peace with itself Is
largely due To prohibition.
Prohibition Is not an easy condi-
ton to achieve or maintain" he said.
1T takes constant vigilance and
ceaseless enforcement of law
Mr.. capper touched on woman suf-
frage i'm Kansas when he asserted that
in the state no man can gain office on
what Is known as a wide open" plat
form. that the women would defeat
him IL the men should fail.
Kansas has reduced It's per capita
consumption of liquor to SIPS an
nually MS compared TO the $21 an
nual per capita consumption Of the
average state having saloons, the
speaker pointed out. He also assert
ed Kansas had the lowest percentage
of illiteracy In the United States,
largely as the result of It's thirty-two
years of prohibition and compared
conditions In Kansas with those In
Missouri, the nearest state with sa-
looms,
I'm Missouri one farmer in one
hundred owns an automobile" he
said. while in Kansas one farmer in
five has a car. Missouri has 1000 ga
Icons, into which its people pay eigh-
" million dollars year Missouri
has hut twenty dollars per capita in
the savings banks. Kansas, with two
and a quarter million less population.
has more than one hundred dollars
per capita. and about six hundred
dollars for every family within its
borders in the savings banks.
Missouri and Kansas Finances.
missouri has millions Of dollars in
vested in breweries and saloons, but
Kansas lent $50.000,000 to New York
in the panic of 1907. while Missouri
declined 10 send a penny Missouri's
wealth has been going into saloons
and breweries to an alarming extent.
Kansas wealth has been going into
silos and banks. into safe homes. into
educational Institutions and into town
improvement"
In view of these results, Mr. Capper
said. 1T is the duty of Kansas people
to take the lead In an active propa-
ganda for making this a saloonless
nation
ION the west. he conceded, Colo
RADIO has Joined the elect. On the
south is Oklahoma, dry from its birth,
on the northeast Nebraska is striving
for the right. and on the east, Mis-
souri, is trying to be free"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
BLEASE FREES MORE
CONNECTS FROM Pen

isN MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wtREl
Columbia, s. G., Dec. 30.-Fifty five
New Years pardons, paroles and com
mutations granted by Governor
Blease today reduced the number of
prisoners in the state penitentiary at
the state farms and in county con-
wet camps to 149. The governors
action today put the total number of
prisoners to whom he has granted
clemency IN his foIlr years of office
at l,544.
sixteen full pardons were granted
today, twenty-four prisoners were pa
rolled and the sentences of fifteen
committed. Twenty eight of the fiji
ty-five We're serving terms for homi-
eide.
Governor Blease signed the elem
ency grants today that the prisoners
released might be home on New
Years day.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31

Washington. Dec. Republican
Leader Mann today introduced a reso-
mtion calling upon the house ways
and means committee for a speedy re-
port on a bin to create tariff board.
~ revision Of the tariff to be made
along protective lines Is sure TO be had
following the next election" Mr.. Mann
declared, and Information for such
revision ought properly to be obtained
in advance
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
TWO FORMER BANK MEN
ENTER PLEAS OF GUILTY

| 9aruthersvilie. Mo-. Dec. s0.-A. G
snVell, former cashier OF the old
- 'seet county bank. pleaded guilty
tel % sre embezzlement of s42. GOO
u nk funds. Sentence was de-
h@maa B Ward. assistant cashier
piesz guilty to two counts, charg-
IN I'll with receiving deposits when
the = zhss was insolvent. He was sen
tencra Al four wears imprisonment,
bur - pa1oIed.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
Retired Admiral Dlcs

Yonkers, Dec so,--Henry Lycurgus
Tyson, rear admiral. Z. $. A.. retir-
ed, died nc his home here tonight,
aged u years About three weeks ago
he was operated upon IN hospital
for an Intestinal trouble and upon
his removal To his homo he was he
lievd to be recovering Today he suf-
fered relapse.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
Work on Dcstrorcr BcaIua

Vallejo. Calf. Dec. 80. - Tele.
authority was received N
Mare island navy yards from WASH
ington today to proceed with the con-
struction Of the first torpedo boat de.
stroyer for the United States mn ~
eyer awarded to government yard
for construction.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
SAN DOMINGO GIVES
BANQUET TO SULLIVAN

Washington, Dee. So.---A cablegram
received tonight from the American
.esation at san Domingo City by j. p.
Iumulty secretary to President viii
son, announced that the president Of
the Dominican republic gave a ban
quct al the palace last night in honor
Of the American minister and Ms,
sullivan. All the guests stood. the
message said. while the Dominican
president proposed a toast to the
health of President Wilson and the
success Of his South American policy.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31

The Viribus unitus is of 5000 tons
displacement and has complement
of 1000 men. She is one of the four
ships constituting the largest type OF
the Austrian navy.
London newspaper dispetch from
Venice in September. said that one
side Of the Viribus unitus had been
badly damaged in fight in the Adri-
attic, hut that she escaped her pur-
suers.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
LOHI0FlFARM
'RODUCTsBREAKs
PAST RECORDS
irand Total, According to Sec
rotary Of Agriculture HouS-
ton, Aggregates Nearly Ten
Billion Dollars,
lsr nosalna ,oyrr4l srsel.l .sAsro w,asl

Washington. Dec. 30 - American
farms during 1914 eclipsed all records
for combined value Of their products,
with total of almost ten billion dol
lars Secretary Houston, Of the de-
partment OF agriculture, announced
today that the value Of all farm crops,
farm animal products and farm api-
mails. sold and slaughtered, aggregated
Ss.S72. 100000. That was ss3 900, 900
more than the grand total FOR 1918,
the previous record year. aud more
than double the value OF all farm
products In 1899.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
ApportIonmcnt Of yaIues.

Crops this year were valued at $6,-
f4,4s0.000 and the estimated total
value of the animal products and OF
the farm animals sold and slaughtered
was $3,S2S,45G.000 The value OF
crop production this year was slight
ly less than in 1913 on account of 'he
reduced value of the cotton crop,
brought about principally by the Eu-
ropean war. The corn and wheat
crops. however. were the most valu-
able ever produced in the United
States. bringing the years crop value
total 70 only sss.279,ooo less than the
total for last year, despite the loss of
more than $500. 900, 600 in the vaiue
az tha eoffon rroD
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
ELECTIONS CONE v
HIGH FOR MEN
WHO SEEK T0GA
Expenditures in First SEN
aioriaI Elections Total Near
" Half Million; Oregon Pro-
gressiye Leads in Outlay,

Washington, Dee. a0.--Noarly half
a million dollars was spent by eandl-
dates Of MI parties last November, IN
the first popular election of United
States senators IN the history Of the
government. 70 be exact, S4G0. 777.25
represents the tofnl Of sworn state
ments of campaign expenditures filed
with the secretary OF the senate by
the men who sought senatorial honors
from fhirty-one states.
or this grand total there WAS con-
trihuled from various sources 10 the
candidates sfsS.s37.9s In accord
nnce with these figures, therefore, The
candidates themselves turned Into cir
culatlon for the privilege OF running
for office s2f1 ,92g.2G.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31
Elections Come High.

Senator's who looked over tho fig
nres today manifested great Interest
and Il was remarked that should all
the senator's be elected M one time,
the cost 10 the candidates based upon
the ratio established would be three
times Ms great. or approximately ST.
aS4, 900.
Democrats led In the expenditure.
with s2f2,S9s.g0. Republican candl-
dates spent $l5e,sst.sS: progresslves,
sbb.lbSef; prohibltionists, si44s.23:
socialists s354,7i, and Independents.
100000.
The average per capita expenditure
was; Democrasa s3,074.G3: republl-
cans, s2,S52.if.
Progressive Spends over SEA. 1000.
Tho largest expenditures occurred
IN the state of Georgia. where two
senator's were elected. tho amount
sworn to by all candidates there to-
tnling sfl.4e2.Gs. North caroliua
candidates, whore senator Overman
was reelected. brought up the rear
with a total expenditure OF x702.Gs.
william Henley. defeated progressive
Of oregon, who reported that he dis
hursed si0.32c.94 ana had contrlbut-
ed to his campaign si0.4i5.0S. was the
only candidate to exceed the SIC, 900
limit fixed by law,
Several candidates reported they
spent no money whatever, but the
lowest expenditure on record was
| eight cents, reported by u. l., Hitch
ems. socialist candidate IN Ohio.
Colorado state expenditure was
s12.7s5.5s.
To obtoln all the sworn statements
OF candidates required more than a
month OF constant effort on the part
Of scnnte officials.