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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10
Basis of Note Addressed by
President Wilson to Dual
Government Becomes Known
jn National Capital
TEXT OF DOCUMENT
IS NOT GIVEN OUT
Official Statement of Sinking
of Vessel by Submarine
Source of Information on
Which [, S, Position Is Taken

tsy noEsiso JoursAl SPECIAL ttAsro wissl
Washington. Dec 9.-Thc note the
United states has sent to Austria
Hungaiy ON tho sinking of the Italian
'mer Ancona was based, it was lcarnc
tonight primarily upon the virtual
admission of the Hungarian
admiralty in its official statement that
the ship was torpedoed before all the
passengers had been removed 20 "A
place of safety. ID was stated also
that the position of the United states
as outlined IN its communication ask
ing reparation for American lives lost
and assurance that such acts will not
he repeated is that no matter whether
a merchantmen stops upon the firing
of q warning shot by a Warship or
after a pursuit, all the passengers
must be removed before the vessel is
sunk.
The text of the note was not made
public tonight. as it had been ndicat-
ed II would he Officials of the state
department refused to discuss the
communication in any way. declining
even to admit that it had been sent.
It was said that the failure TO give
out the note for publication was due
to the fact that the state department
had not been advised Of It's arrival
at Vienna.
Diplomats Hold Conference.
Baron Erich zweideuek. chaise of
the Austro- Hungarian embassy, called
upon Counsellor POLK, of the state de-
partment late today. remaining with
him for nearly an hour At the con-
cusion of the conference neither MI
Polk nor the charge would reveal the
details Of their discussion
Information concerning the princi-
pal factor considered in the framing
Of the American note was obtained af-
partment that no reply to the list of
inquiries, recently submitted to the
Vienna foreign office through Ambas-
sador Penfield, had been received. The
Of the Austrian admiralty
were contained i'm an official state
ment issued ON November IA, which,
after giving the Austrian version of
,s folIou,s.
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10
Chancellor Says TeutooS Have
No Terms to Propose and
Suggestion Must Come
From the Allies
PLACES BLAME FOR
WAR ON OPPONENTS


Rcrlin Drc o. So Ions us mcon-
uollcd hatred OF Germany ANA inc
belief lhot Germany is approaching a
collapse, continues to hr th, domi-
nml ideo of her foes. il would Toe fol-
l' for Germany % take tho initiative
In proposing tome of peace cor
many however is ready at amy time
10 consider % peace suggestion from
the countries with which she is at
war; does not wish a continuation OF
the war and dissassocHtes herself
under these circumstances. from any
responsibility for It's prulougauon
This is the substance 81 the Ger
man imperial chanccllors reply i'm
the reichstag today to the socialist
Interpolation ON peace In which he
painted a picture of Germany trum-
plant ON all sides and supplied with
evcrything, even il not in abundance,
necessary TO the continuation of the
WAR
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10

The Interpolation was introduced
hy Dr Schoidemann in the following
tcrms:
rs the imperial chancellor ready
to give Information as "a the condi-
tious under which he would be Will
ing TO enter into peace negotiations? ?"
'lt our enemies make peace pro-
pusol- Compatible with Germany IS
dignity and safety" said Dr. Won
Bcthmann-Hollweg then we shall
always DE ready 90 discuss them So
long as in the countries of our enc
mics the guilt and ignorance OF
statesmen are entanglcd with confu-
sion of public opinion it would be
folly for Germany 70 mako peace pro-
posals, which would not shorten, but
would lengthen the war First the
masks must be torn from their
faces"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10
Failing to Arrive in Time to
Assist Serbs, Entire Balkan
Campaign May Be Aban-
dooed at Early Date.
SAL0NlKrS OCCUPATION
MAY EMBR0lL GREECE
British Are Watching Develop
mentS in MeSopotamia With
Deep Interest Italians Claim
Slight Gains.


hmcellor In vun Rcthmann- -Hol
'eg, reviewing the military polite.
nd economic progress OF events. an
is reply 10 q socialist interpolation
eclining Co initiate peace negotiation
ere the feature OF the days nev
lroughout Europe
Following closely Premier AsQuith
lmeWhat similar reply 70 questlo
! the house Of commons by Phnli
nowden. socialist, the chancellor
leceh has completely dashed an
opes the peace advocates may haS
cid ON any early termination Of m
ar 1t caused no surprise. howeve
> the great bulk OF the people her
no, like the government. believe
le ultimate victory of the entente a
es and express the determination I
ght until victory is attained.
Wa Enters New Phase.
As far as the entente allied e0uT
lies are concerned seemingly the onI
hange desired is one which woul
lsuro a more vigorous prosecution 4,
1c war but this, like peace, will has
> await events, for the whole can
aign Is entering n new phase.
Having arrived too late 10 preyet
ne invasion Of Serbia, the british m
'rcneh forces IN the southees y
srt 20 Serhla are now retlring hcsa
le onslaughts Of the Bulgnrlans, wht
ipported by German artillery an
lfantry, have been attaching both III
ritish and the French and con
clling them 10 give ~ advanced pc
tons.
May Abandon Balkans.
According 70 reports from Salonik
ie retirement is being carried out ]
d orderly manner but how far Il
, continue is a matter OF much spec
Iation Opinion Is divided as I
neither Il would not be better t
lundon the entire expedition or re
lin Salonikl az a base. The latter al
rnatve would, 1t IS believed, furthc
ldanger the relations of the entent
lies with Greece, which even no1
re far from satisfactory by the In
lceinent to the central powers T.
lllow the entente forces across tn
reek frontier
Interest in Mcsop0iamla.
BESIDES tho battlos In the Balkans
Ie British are watching with deel
tcrcst the operations in Mesopota
ia. whero o fight is now taking plo0
r Kut-cl-Amltu and in Arabia. thi
Irka in the latter region having com
cnecd another advance on Alden
lcy made similar attempt ON Alder
July. but We're driven hnck Al
len aud It's vicinity as wen as the
ores of the straits of Bah-el- Man
b. leading from the Red sea to In,
llf of Alden. are well fortified Il i'
II believed u advance is seriously
tended here
There also is considerable activity
the GallipolI peninsula but ther,
we not been any important changes
the situation of thp troops This
.cwise applies to the western front
lcrc the French are busy in an en-
avor 90 recover n trcnch In the
region. which the Ger.
ans captured q few days ago. De-
itc The bad weather the Italians
im some minor successes along the
luzn front
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10

Timothy shea, assistant to the
president Of the brotherhood of Lo-
oomotiye Firemen and one of the
members Of the board of arbitration,
in the case of locomotive engineers
and firemen last spring, said today:
This time there win be no arbi-
tration. The principle Of arbitration
IS excellent, but it has been abused.
There is no secret about what we are
after We will flaty demand an
eight hour day and time and half
Tor overtime. We may decided to add
other demands at our conference
which begins tomorrow. If we do not
get what We ask we win walk out
and every railroad in the country, i'm
volying more than $4,000 men, will
be affected"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10
why at Navy Yards.

Secretary Daniels said his determi-
nation to order the construction Of the
ships IN NAVY yards had been talked
over with the charmcn Of the SEN
ate aud house naval committees aud
the reasons for the decision explained
to them. The last battleship con-
structed by the navy, he said had cost
$I2O0.000 for hull and machinery
but increased torpedo defense in the
new ships would mean an additional
cost Of $l5O,O0O to $4,000. Congress
set the limit Of cost for each ship at
$Is00.00 and the secretary said that
while the department you'd not hold
Itself 70 the estimates submitted by
the New York and Mare Island yards,
there was a wide margin between
those figures and the congressional
limit
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10

only two socialists spoke on the
Interpolation, all the non-socalist
parties uniting I'M short declaration
opposing discussion at this moment.
The tone of the debate was dinlfied
and patriotic and the imperial chan.
ccllor was followed attcntWely ana
respectfully except for occasional
Interruptions ana outbursts of laugh
ter from the socialist, Dr. Liebkuecht,
who has been in accord with his
pnrty since the hcgInuue Of the war
and who today received no sympathy.
The imperial chancellor in his first
speech lasting half an hour explain
od The military situation on an the
fronts ana declared cmphatically that
Germany could not be starved out
The country had enough food, II
properly distributed Germany's ene-
mics, he said. were suffering more
than the Germans ana paying higher
Drireg for food
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10
Three More Rcqulrcd.

The ships Will require GB,422,22t
pounds Of structural steel ana bids re-
Gently received from steel companies
show that it can be obtained at less
than the cost estimated by the yards
Armor plate prices are unchanged
from last year Assurances have been
received that there will be- no delay
In the delivery of any material Mr..
Daniels expects both ships TO be COM
plcted within thirty-four months
Chairman Tillman, Of the senate
naval committee, announced today il
would introduce "a bin for the CON
etruction Of a government armor plant
OF 20,000-ton capacity and TO cost
10000. 0G0. Secretary Daniels rec
Ommended the construction Of shch a
plant last year and will renew his pro-
posal this winter
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10

Keels Of batteships Nos 43 and A,
MI Daniels said could be laid In Au-
gust or September of next year The
battleship California, now building az
the New York yard, viii be Off the
ways by thar time
The Mare Island estimate included
several hundred thousand dollars for
enlarging stocks to take 32.O0o-ton
ship. Material for this work will be
purchased Immediately and contracts
for the structural steel Of both ships
probably will be awarded tomorrow.
Secretary Daniels said decision
would be reached later as to whether
the electric drive system should bc
installed ON one on both the new ships
Estimates on tac electric drives were
lower than ON those Of the straight
turbine tvpe
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10
Leaders Of Union Employees
Meet for Second Conference
In Chicago; Eight-1Our Day
Among the Demands,
ARBITRATION IS TO
BE FIRMLY REJECTED
Timothy 0'Shea Declares Find
ingS by Board Last Spring
Were Entirely UnSatisfac-
tory to Employees,

IeY MORNING JOURNAL sPcciA. LnAsEo WiREl
Chicago Dee. 9.-Leaders of or
ganzed labor unions Of the railroads
arrived here today preparatory to
holding q secret conference tomorrow
TO consider whether general strike
on all the railroads Of the country
shall De called next spring unless the
transportation lines grant increases
in wages for overtime and an eight
hour day The labor union officials
declare there will be no arbitration
of the demands
Award CnsatiSfaCtory.
They assert that the decision last
spring by the board of arbitration
giving the engineers and firemen only
q small part of the wage increase
demanded has caused dissatisfaction
in the ranks Of the employees
Among the labor union officials in
the city to attend the conference
scheduled to begin tomorrow are w
s. stone, president Of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers; w.
s Carter president of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen; W. G.
Lee, president Of the Brotherhood Of
Railway Trainmen, and A. b Gar
retson, president of the brotherhood
Of Railway Conductors.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10
No Mcnk pnlni In plnns.

"Rumora that Germany is on the
verge Of collapse" said the chan
ccllor. "aud the attrIhution OF peace
mission 10 every prominent German
who goes abroad, Prince Won BucloW,
Prince Maximilan Of Baden, Dr. solf,
secretary for the colonies. ana Cardi-
mai Won Hartmann, reports ia which
there is not "a word Of truth, arc an
part Of deliberate campaign to keep
up the spirits Of the enemy peoples
i'm tho face OF repeated defeats. There
les not a weak point iu the Gcrman
reckoning If our enemies do not
choose TO accept the situation aud
end the war now, they must do sol
later Germany can watt
AT the conclusion Of the imperial
chuuceIlQr's first speech Dr kaempt
Of the chamber, read the n-
lrrpelaiion and put the formal ques-
ton as to whether the government was
prepared to reply
"Wc ara ready to reply Immediate
y, responded Dr Won Bethmann- /
.iOllwek.
I Nv ldI llhAif Fi lli' llllliHl ihl 'Ihlif {
eellor IN a gray field uniform. was im- /
seen rising Ills reply to
pr Schcidemann was listened to with
he deepest attention i'm the hope that
/ might perhaps define the terms of
jcrmanys desired peace, although
bis hope was slight Ttc began
Hopes TO Allay Doubts.
Gentlemen This Interpolation has
ittracted great attention In hostile
Countries, mostly of q Joyous nature
rho question regarding the German
erms Of peace is interpreted as j.
ign Of the diminution Of German
trength or the beginning Of the end
# The unanimous will Of tho German
,eoplc ! hope and believe that the
declaration just heard and the expla-
atiou Of the Interpolation, viii not
Increase, but rather disappolnt the ex-
.cctatiOns Of our enemies
The nterpellants certainly desire
speedy opening of peace negotIa-
ions. From the statements of Dr
sounded ont OF anxiety
We might dodge the possibilities Of +,
n honorable peace and reject reason ,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10
CONTRACTS FOR
BATTLESHIPS co
TO NAVY YARDS
Two Great Floating FortreSseS
Withheld Because Of High
Bids From Private Con-
StruCtI0n Plants,

Washington, Dec. g.-Secretary Dan
iels announced today that contracts
for the construction Of hattlcships No
AZ and No. a., authorized by the last
congress had been awarded 70 the
New York and Mare Island navy yards
respectively.
The bids were New York, 5000
925; Mare Island, $G43156. The de-
cision TO build the ships in the govern
ment yards was reached at "A confer
ence between President Wilson and
Secretary Daniels in the lattcrs of
flee.
Bids Of all private builders for these
ships exceeded the limit of cost fixed
by congress
The secretary announced that he
would ask congress to authorize the
equipment of The navy yard al Phila-
delphia for battloship construction at
a cost Of approximately $1,000 600 in
order to be- better prepared for the
increased building program contem-
plated in the administration defense
MANS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-17
Augusta, Ga., Mad
at Film Company
Citizens who Posed for "\cw
Governor" Find Play Is
"Thc Niggcr."

ArGrsr.. Ga. March is-The citizens
OF Augusta arc indignant over what
they declare was trick played on
them hy the Fox Film Corporation
mass meeting has been called to adopt
resolutions denouncing the company
1t is charged that TIC corporation
sent motion picture company to Au-
eusta under the pretence OF staging
The New Governor" 10 which there
was ~ objection
The company persuaded tive Mayor
to pose, the state miitN 20 act y
scene. induced Aueus,ans to play the
mob. and then. II is said virtually
admitted that Augusta had been help
ing 90 produce "The Niger" a play 10y
Edward sheldon. which IS desclihed ay
an Insult to 'hc South and Eer peopl" 20
Afte~ the company returned North
it * alleged that the Eos Film Corpora
tiou advertised thai "T.e \iggci" was
produced in August. Tn~ stirred Au-
gu~ta 20 wiath and resulted iu call FOR
an Indignation meeting
The Augusta Chronicle deuouuce> i've
company as "a lot NJ motion picture ac-
tors who deliberately imposed upon The
hospitality and crcdul.tv Of Augusta
q = Hal Georgia manager for the
Fox company. hos wired from Atlanta
tnat there WtS uo intention to deceive
the people ~ Augusta
The Mayor must have known 50
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-17
BRYAN TRIES TO
GET AMERICANS
OUT OF MEXICO
zapala> Forces I.ooting
Mexico tity-Snipcrs Fire
ON /. :. Sailors.
~ INTERVENTION.
SAYS SILLlMAN

zspaa s troops are lootinG Mexico
,l,y where reign Of terror prevails
wen worse than when Gen. pbrcgon
gas IN charge. Foreigners are pre-
pairing for flight
snipers at Vera cruz fired on a
snder full cf sailors of the United
state. batti,s.p Delaware on March
% 80 one was injured.
Secretary OF state Bryan is trying
a arrange tor the transportation of
Americans from Mexico city to Vera
cruz through joint action Of Carranza
and Zapata in opening the railroad
me. Washington officials believe the
ian Will fail.
Gen villa has executed Gen.
Aman7a and his entire staff for
.,ason IN leaving Mexico city with
u-s>.rrez
Bryan's agent. Silliman, announced
% Vera cruz that the United states
8 no, preparing for armed interven-
ton
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-17
Priest Wandering
i'm City With Gems
Worth S3OO.OOO
Spanish Visitor Believed to
Carry Rare Ncstmcnts Of
His Church.

There may bo n Spanish nr'cst wan
dofng around this diocese with jcwcllcd
ch1suble. stole and alb. valued. accord
'nc 10 the apprdjsomcnt Of an expert
Of the Custom House. at about 5000. 600.
and then u Is possible that the priest
may be on has way to Span.
Cardinal Farley. through Mgr I.avel.e.
sand last nigh that he knew nothing
r he diamond and pearl strcwu vest
ments It was said At the Hotel Amer
ica tnat the spanish priest. Father Sio-
tas Guierrs who arrived at this port on
March by the spanish Line steamship
Montcvideo. had gone To the Spanish
church in Fourteenth street The priest
W charge there SAID he knew nothing
of the vestments other than what he
had seen in the newspapers.
At the Custom House 1t was SAID tn"
vcstmeuts had been passed i'm the regu-
lar order as art antiquities more than
100 years old" and therefore not dutia-
bic The expert who inspected them.
john l.. Hecht, vino mas been many
years in the Governments employ. said
the vestments, together with their
adorumeuts. were worth, as work. ot
art, not less than 100000. liecht
gained the impression from the afiida-
Wits of the priests who brought them
here ana from his own experience that
they were made IN the seventeenth ccu-
tuIy.
The value nf the collection was en-
HANGED by jewel studded tiara of gold.
which may have been worn by u Span
.sh ecclesiastic Of the days following
the conquest OF Peru and Mexico by the
spanish conqus;adoIes.
The customs men asserted there was
nothing IN the report that the priests
who brought IN the vestmcnts on March
= from Vera cruz were ia rags They
wcrr we'll clothed and made no effort
to conceal their treasure. which. they
said. had been taken from the cathedral
IN Mexico city.
There wee >iN priests ~ the patty
that sailed from Vera cruz, and the
2 only one the customs men were inter-
ested i'm was Father ouieros. who ds-
Sumed the responsibility Tor the glitter
ing Vestments and declared them IT,
'autiqulties" Father Guieros and an
other priest remained In this ,,tl and
the others sailed for Spain by the Monte
yideo.
It was said that the priests feared the
treasures of the church would be con
hscatcd finally by whatever revolution
any party might win power in Mexico
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-17
PASTOR DENIES MIRACLES.
Dr. Birkhead Of ~. Louis Methodist
Church VIII Resign.

st Lot'Is. March l6.--The Rev Dr.
l.. NJ Birkhead, pastor Of the Wagner
Memorial Meth dist Church, who was
educated al Mckeudree College. Drew
and Union Theological s"minaries and
Columbia University. announced to-day
that he would res .gr from the Methodist
ministry because his principles require
him to be honest 10 his CONVICTIONS
which were Incompatible with the
tenets of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
He recently surprised ms congrera-
tion by announcing plans for aH open
forum, which meets At his church sun
day nights and lS attended by duarchis's
socialists ana Industrial Workers OF the
world.
Br Rirkhead says he does uot believe
any miracles were ever performed "r
hat any defnit" prophecy was made or
the coming of christ. He - not be
li-Ve in the Immaculate conception. that
there was any resurrection, that the
Apostle John wrote the book IN the
Bible that bears his name. that Pau!
wrote any letters to anybody thai after
ward were gathered M and assembled
INTO the New Testament nor Il es he
believe in making Christianity a "hre
escape from nell.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-17
WOMEN FIGURE
IN ELECTIONS
IN TWO STATES
Number Voting in New
York and Jersey lmcX-
pecicdly Small.
ACTIVE ONLY IN FEW
LOCAL CONTESTS

Women. permitted 70 vote N MAJ y
terday. did not show as much interest
as was expected IT, some places the
number nf women voting wts ridculousiy
small. although female suffrage vii
ho voted upon generally in both states
1cNt fall
Throughout Wcstchc~'er county a,d
Long Island where most Of the women
voting i'm this state cast their ballots,
pie and the surrragi~ts ascribcd the com
parativcly poor showing on tho part o.
the women to the unimportancc of the
issues.
In New Jersey women voted on ~choo'
matters in many places. Al orange and
Metuchen and other towns where schoo.
questions We're involved the women who
did vote halpcd to carry needed i'm
provcmeuts In uackeusack howev"s,
whore supervising principal had the
support of most of the women. retur :
Indicated his defeat
cut OF 2co women - sblr To- vote a.
Hastings 'u. thr.e appeared
t. vote ON a p1po> ton of v''dg.
expenditure A. Tarrlt town surpr.s ngi>
Few women voted. bu, more compara-
tNoly than elsewhere IN the county
There was lively contest at BrouN-
VILE. in which 'he women supporting q