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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-11
SUBMARINE U-I2
RAMME D AND SUNK
BY TORPEDO BOAT

10y woap,pa iouepAL SPECIAL lrAsro w,Rrl
London, March 10 $3.50 p. nj. III
The British admiralty announced TO-
day that the German submarine
which was rammed and sunk today 10y
mo British torpedo destroyer Ariel
was The U-l2.
The admiralty statement said.
Later and more detailed reports
have how been received which estab-
lsh the fact that the German suhmu-
liuo when was rammed ana SUM, Ny
u. NJ $ Ariel was the U-t2 and that
out Of her CROW of twenty eight the
number saved was ten"
The submarine. according TO the
official announcement was rammed
today boy the British torpedo boat de-
stroycr Ariel 1t went to the bottom.
The members of the suhmersible's
crow surrendered and were saved
The U-l2 probably is the suhma-
r'ne which Yesterday sank the Brit
ish steamer Blackwood.
The submarine C-t2 was am older
ana smaller vessel than the U-2o She
was of The class built iu l9l0-l1 ler
displacement was $50 tons aud She
had q maximum cruising radius of
200 miles. Her complement cou-
sisted of twenty-cight men.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-11
WILL BROKEN
BY COURT DECISION

Iay poHviNa JOURNAL SPECIAL uEhsto wiStl
Denver March 10--Charlotte ~
Barth. 19. granddaughter of the late
William Barth, today won her suit TO
break the will 10y which her grand
father sought to limit her interest in
his estate To am annuity of S5,oOo.
The estate rs estimated at several mill
lions. Under the decision handed
down lay Judge Ira Rothgerher, in the
county court. Miss Barth Will receive
the entire estate, with the exception
of requests To institutions and indi-
Viduals aggregaing $4,000.
The Barth will provided that the
girl should not receive the $4,000 an
nuity unless she broke off all rela
tjons with her stepmother, Mrs Frank
+. Brockman.
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residents scattered all over the terri
tory of Mexico, it viii prove to be
most unfortunate now when Mexico
City alone is involved, a situation
shall arise which will destroy the
hopes and purposes of the Mexican
people.
Because of this consideration.
permit me to repeat the hope else
whore expressed that foreign resi-
dents may he induced to save your
government and the republic of Mex
leo from embarrassment. by tenn
porarily leaving the city of Mexico.
Allow me to avail myself Of this op-
portunity to reiteratc to YOU the as
surances of my highest considerations
and personal regards"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-11
CARRANZA SAYS 0BREG0N
IS NOT SHUTTING FOOD
FROM MEXICAN CAPITAL

Continued From Page One.)
~-"~~~01"~"--~0S7~"-~~--
people have entrusted me, thought
it my duty To answer at once
Addresses President Wilson.
con the other hand, in view Of the
importance Of the subject discussed
in the aforesaid note, ] have thought
myself authorized not TO follow this
time customary channel but to adj
dress you president WILSON, person
ally concerning matter which may
involve the success Of the Mexican
revolution. In the note | am answer
ing, it is taken for granted that the
imputations made against General OBJ
RECON by an international committee
OF foreign residents in the city of
Mexico, the substance of which also
has been communicated to me by Mr.
Sllman in his note Of the first in
stance, are true and this assumption
has been INDUCED In when theean-
swer to those imputations was being
prepared.
Denies Charges against Ohrcgon.
"Reservmg the privilege Of answer
lug li'l' ihiAA anu AT N'AfliA Atil Jus 81
the customary diplomatic channels
the note referred to lately, ! take this
opportunity to state in am earnest an1
emphatic way that General Obregon
never has intended to incite the hum
CRY populace of the city of Mexico 70
commit outrages of any character. lie
has not prevented in any way the en-
& 100 Of gtrInp1fae Inf AI4ytnn
city. but on the contrary has facili-
tatcd such importations. He has not
created wilfully the distressing conii-.
tons which prevail at present in Mex
leo city, but has done everything in
his power to alleviate them.
FLAMES II on Merchants
Such a situation is the consequence
Of a painful but unavoidable state #
war in which we are and which for
the first time really has reached Mex
leo city. but it had been aggravated
by the conduct of the merchants whp
were openly defiant and with concert
of action closed their commercial as-
i'm moments of greatest
public distress as a protest against
the humanitarian relief tax which
General Obregon imposed.
"On the face of the charges eX-
pressed by the international commit
tee In their complaint to the state de-
partment. point you TO the fact that
General Obregon has been i'm the pos
session of the city of Mexico since
January 26 until today without mobs, /
lootings or any other
of the outrages which are apt to oe-
cur ana which frequently do occur in
times of war.
During all this time large amounts /
Of food supplies have been taken into
Mexico city. and large quantities Of
have been distributed among
the distressed people. other impor-
tant measures rlso have been taken
looking to further relief which | Will
mention in detail at the proper time. /
Right 10 DO as lie Plcascs.
while it is proper to state to your
cXcelloncy that the right to occupy
or to evacuate Mexico city or any
other place in the republic must at
an times be reserved and is TO be eX-
arcised when deemed by the respon-
sible military authorities to be i'm
of the cause Of the rev
olution, the obligation of the consti-
tutionalist army to safeguard the
lives of foreigners is nevertheless
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Brazil touched at Calais, Liverpool
and Dakar South Africa. then came
said his ship hound from llavre for
directly across the Atlantic The ves-
rel he said carried eighty-siX pas
sengers and crew of scvcnty-cieht
He was five sailing days from Bahia
when stopped by the Prinz Eitel \
boafding party ordered the passcnf -s
and crew 10 the boats as the ship
would be- sunk
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Should United States Inter
vene With Armed Force All
MexicanS Would Unite in.
Resistance,
NORTHERN CHIEFTAIN
MAKES POSITION CLEAR
RepudiateS Statements That
He Would Welcome Assist
anCe for Overthrow Of Gen.
eraI Caua0za,


El Paso. Tex. March 10.--Gencral
villa In a statement tciegraphod to-
day from Torreon to the Associated
Press, declared that in event of in
lcrvcntion Of foreign troops to sub
due the Carranza forces hcland all
other McXicans would unite against
the Invaders. He denied recent in
tervicWs in American newspapers
which he said had Just been called to
his attention. in which he was quoted
as having said that ne would not OPP
pose armed Intervention on the part
of several powers "to reduce the Car
ranza troops 10 order" provided that
he would be made commander of
such "a move
Should Settle own Troubles.
There is nothing more grotesque
ana absurd than such an assertion"
said the message from the northern
loader, since +, as q true Mexican.
always have insisted that all our trou-
bles be settled solely among ourselves.
Should, unfortunately, some nation
invade our territory, would Dee ready
to fight against Il without measuring
the danger or the number OF the
invaders until / would see the country
in the possession Of MeXicans only.
All OF us would fight united against
the common enemy
similar Statements Before.
General, villa made a similar state
mont, but one couched in milder Ian
guagc, at the time Of the American
occupation Of Vera Cruz. Then he
stated merely that he did not sanction
the alien invasion even if il would
assist the constituencies in COM
batting The Huerta dictatorship. 9th
cr statements then credited to villa
that ne approved of the invasion were
donicd subsequently 10y him
Three trains bearing an accumula-
ton of passenger traffic reached the
border here today from Torreon and
points north Many Americans and
other foreigners who previously had
been unable 90 reach the border were
among the arrivals
Funston InspeCts Border.
General Frederick 3. Funston, COM
the American border patrol
arrived today from a trip along the
western frontier. ana inspected the
army post at Fort Bliss, Texas. near
Et Paso. lie will proceed to his
headquarters at san Antonio, Texas.
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A Real King.

In spite Of his Ministers who wished
to keep him in Rome to consult about
war matters, the King OF Italy as soon
~ he heard of the earthquake was off
TO Avezzano to study the catastrophe
on the spot and see with his own eyes
how best to minimize the disaster. When
an earthquake wrecked Messina a few
years ago he and the Queen were every
where and their example quickened en-
deavor and mitIgated misery.
The King of Italy takes his position
most seriously. Like the Kaiser, whom
he admires, he thinks King should
he the real leader and guide Of his
people. He has learned four or fve
modern languages thoroughly and Is
well read both in literature and science.
In person, though well shaped and
good looking, he is very small, not
more than ) feet . inches in height.
but, resenting the dispensation, he has
taken every care to Increase his
strength 10y constant exercise and is
now n very fair athlete, This physical
handicap was the great bond between
himself and his favorite Minister. the
Marquis iii San Giuliano, who recently
passed away.
San o!ulianc was not cr!y small but
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office when President Folks election
BROWNNGS SURPRISE

This book ~ opened with a poem
called The First Bon Of Egypt writ
ten by Browning in his fourteenth year.
Miss Sarah Flower afterward Mrs.
Adams. author Of the well known hymn
" Nearer, My God. to Thee" copied Il
IN letter addressed to William John
son Fox in 1927. This is what Miss
Flower wrote 20 Mr. Fox:
May 3lst GS27).
What in the name OF fortune IS the
girl going to do with this tremendous
dear MI Fox but suspend your judgment
hear what delicious treat you may ex-
leaf Now do not peep. Yes. you may just
forbid your reading that Geniuss poetry
tho ! grant " looks very tempting until
you have waded thro' the prosy part. No !!
now having dohe As they do with chill
dren C-there-take your phys!c there's a
good child and then you shall have some
thing on so nice afterwards). shall ] tell
YOU whose mine these gems come from
and Yet ] wish they were mine with all
my soul-and I'm sure Il would be worth
All mn soul II they were-"Bah"- forgive
me and II YOU knew what a bad mud
ding cold | have had you would-They
are the boy" Browning's Rt. land 50
they as well as he can speak for them
selves.
Here is the poem:
That night came on in Egypt with step
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Continued from First Page,

own valuation. \ great lady and a
beauty 20 boot was said TO be more thHn
pleas d to play Lady Hamilton to this
irresistible hero. lie even ventur7i
about this time to send wire to the
Prince OF Wales eXcusing himself for
not dining with the words Lie follows
by post"
4 couple OF years later he came into
the picture again as lord in the Eng
lish navy is apt to do; he ran little
river steamer up the Nile nearly TO
Khartum, and II too late to save Cor
don, he certainly rescued SIR Charles
Wilson. The Mahdrs gunners hulled
and nearly sunk his little tug, but
Charlie managed to repair her damaged
boiler while under fire, and told the
story so brightly and unaffectedly that
men were inclined TO rate him highly
He came back to London with a sort
Of halo about him and played Nelson
TO his hearts content for years; but
Lady Hamilton found him out first
and in his disappointment Charlie for
got his pose and stood on his rights
til he came into conflict with The leader
Of society, the Prince Of Wales him
self, and lost position in a sort OF sup
pressed scandal,
Tho jud.cious had already recognized
that Charlie Beresford might possess
courage and charm and Vivacty but
had not much brains and even less self
control--a pleasant, courageous med:-
ocrity, they decided and nothing more.
1t gradually got about, too, that the
Prince OF Wales did not wish to meet
him; "the smart set" followed suit and
| the Charlie Beresfords were taboo for
many a year.
His social ostraclsm appeared at first
to serve his reputation. 1t threw him
into the arms Of the Journalists who
went to his house, ate his dinners and
evened the account by laudatory no.
| tees.
Charlie entered Parliament again as
"A London member and his notorlety
was such that at first the House filed
| to hear him; but after a speech or
two he was classed deflntively as a man
who would never count In politics
| though the majority still imagined he
might he great sailor and was some
| thing Of hero.
The next step was again down.
/ Youthful success is dangerous, and who
Will not grow up is sure to suffer.
/ Charlie Beresford remained boy
though well past his maturity, and when
men expected counsel he gave them a
practical joke instead. Sailors like Lord
| Fisher and Sir Percy Scott began to
speak Contemptuously of him He
never served as a Captain" they said,
'and knows nothing OF a Captains
work"
The slope grew sleeper. or sud
den Charlie was bald and stout; and
worse stni. Yves now hcyish, row IN
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WITH THE WORLDS BIG MEN

apprOachable, always 10 his intimates
disappointed. As an Admiral he was, by
general consent complete failure. lie
began now 10 remember that he was a
lord, grew pumpous and came at length
into collision with a subordinate Of
talent and got badly worsted
As usual. he took his defeat badly.
Instead of repairing his blunder by
laughing at himself he bored people with
foolish explanations and put the crown
on folly 10y publishing a book IN 1912
entitled "The Betrayal"
He entered the House OF Commons
again, but the spell was broken; he
carped and criticised, but there was
nothing vital or significant about his
fault finding and 80 II was put down TO
disappointment degenerating into abuse.
This last week he has beoa at 1t again.
The idea Of sending out battleships un-
accompanied by dostroyers and sub
marines To protect them against the
enemies submarines appeared TO
Charlie worse than absurd.
The real fault Of the British Admiralty
lies much deeper Why build so called
capital ships that need protection
against submarines? why waste money
on an armada Of useless giants?
But this question opens a larger field
which I'm sure To return to sooner or
, later. 1t is enough to say here that the
mere fact that Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford never entered il, never even
| OWNED its existence, only proves my
contention that he is and has always
remained, like so many English officers
an excellent subaltern, but a bad Cap
tain--a first rate sub-lleutenant who
should never have been made an Ad-
miral
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Germany's Spirit During War Times


scribes the in Berlin and other cities
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And tore his hair in frenzy when he knew
That Egypts heir was dead, From every
home,
The marbled mansion Of regality
To the damp dungeons walls-gay pleas
ures seat
And poverty's lon. hut, that cry was
heard
As guided by the scraph's veuE.ful arm
The hand or death held on IT'S whitening
course.
BIghting the hopes OF thousands
sought the street to gaze upon the grief
OF conGreEated ERyDt-there the slave
Stood by him late his master, for that
hour
could wealth
Or power arrest the woe? Some were
there
As sculptured marble from III. quarry
late
or whom the foot nrst N the floating
dance,
The glowing cheek hued with the deep
ming flush
In the night revel-told the young and
gay
No kindly moisture dewed their stony eve
or damped their ghastly Slare-for they
felt not.
The chain OF torpor bound around the
heart
Had stifed it forever. Tears stole down
The furrow'd channels OF those withered
cheeks
Whose fc.nt had long been child. but
that nights term
Had loosed the springs--for twas a fear,
full thing
To see "A nations hope so blasted One
Pressed his dead child unto his heart--no
spot
or llvid plague was nigh--no purple cloud
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NOW

Of the poem: and nobody can forge,
t. who has looked at it once.
'Lockerer, the cocks crew and lEht
seemed clear.
Il doubt ahou. twilight seeming
clear. Is j. a happy expression? But
only doubt. you know. The leaping
up Of the sun afterN,ard. and the cat
tie standing back against him. and
staring through the mist at the rider
all that do not call . picture. l@-
cause II is SO much better: it is ne
very sun and mist and cattle them.
selves.
And ! ike the description II Ro-
land | Ike hm-see.ng him. with
one sharp ear bent back and the otae-
prickcd QUIT is so livinCiy the horse
even to me who knew uuthinE OF horse.
in the ordinary way OF sitting down
and trying to remember what I know.
but who recognize IN s. for real horse
galloping. by the way. how the ga
loping is a good gall ping word And
how you felt IL, and took the crc..
up and dilated it by repeating 81 over
and over iU your first stanza :.
doubling, folding one upon another. tho
hooftreads.
'I gauopcd. pirck go',oped. We gaiop.d
all three
Good speed cried the watch as the east
gate uudreW,
Good speed from the wall, to us rallopirr
through.
The gate shut the porter, the light sank
to rest.
And into the midnight We gdlioped
abreast
zone query at the las, stanza.
Tina they saved 20 have drunk our
dukes health IN but Erieved
"You mean to say would have
grieved' do you not? The con-
struction seems a little Imperfect
\ number Of these poems have been
printed in magazines in the past few
years. but this is the first time they
have appeared in book form.
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almost a cripple through hereditary
govt. He once told me that he couldn't
remember having lived a day free from
acute pain. once talking to him hap
pened TO praise his English, which was
extraordinarily fluent and correct. He
replied: AS a young man / had 10
study in order to forget my suffering"
No one better knew than this Slcilian
nobleman that 20 the brave soul every
stumbling block can be turned into
stepping stone.
1t was this consciousness that made
San Giuliano and his master too such
/ admirers Of modern Germany. He used
often TO compare Bismarck with Epam-
inondas as having turned poor small
country into a great State, and he al
ways insisted that the Kaiser was de-
serving Of all praise for carrying on
Bismarck's work with such ability and
earnestness.
Every Italian hates Austria and
covets the Trentino and Trieste: yet the
! King holds his people back. He knows
/ how strong Germany Is, how impossible
| II Is to beat n people so determined In
Goethe's phrase. Ito deserve the gift OF
life by a daily conquest Of ones own
Weaknesses
! In private life the King OF Italy is
really charming companion, utterly
without pose or affectation; meeting
every one on the frankly human level.
He often says that a good book and
| long automobile ride are about the keen
est pleasures Of life; but he has made
! himself an admirable horseman and
soldier and his duties as soldier and
monarch leave him little time even for
such innocent pleasures as automobil-
ing and reading.
The little King OF italy has both
heart and head He is determined 10
leave Italy greater and richer and hap
pier than he found her; and already he
has done much. He il not going TO
risk everything like a losing gambler
on one throw OF double or quits.
The Allies may tempt and the preju-
dices of his people may push. but he
has held back from joining In the scrim-
mage, and already he has reaped no
mean harvest. He has got Nallona, a
noble port on the Albanian coast OF the
Adriatic: and Austria must sooner or
later give him the Trentino and Trieste
as well. Meanwhile italy Ii growing
rich through peace, and war is risky
game-"Wel played, little King, well
played"
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Book of 1872 Pages Of Hitherto Unpublished Verses by
Famous Pair Soon to Appear--Fve of Six Poems by
Mrs. Browning Represent Her Earlier Work.

Was it the passing sigh OF the night wind
Or some lorn spirits wall-that moaning
cry
That struck tho ear? It's hushed-no. it
swells on
On-as the thunder peal when II essays
To wreck the summer sky-that fearful
shrek
Still It increases-'tis the dolorous plant,
The death cry OF a nation
1t was a fearful thing-that hour OF
night
have seen many climes, but that dread
hour
Hath leg: &c burning impress ~ ny soul
Never to be erased. Not the loud crash
When the shuddering forest swings to the
red bolt
Or march OF the fell earthquake when II
whelms
A city In It's yawning gulf. could quel
That deep voice OF despair. Pharaoh
arose
Startled from slumber, and in anger
sought
Tho reason OF the mighty rushing throng
At that dark hour around the palace
gates
And then he dashed his golden crown
away
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SO calmly stealing in tho gorgeous train
or sunset glories flooding the pale clouds
With liquid gold, until at length the glow
Sank 20 its shadowy impulse and soft
sleep
Bent DER tho worth TO curtain It from
life
Vitality was hushed beneath her wing
Pomp sought his couch OF purple-care-
worn grief
Flung slumbers mantle DER him. At that
hour
He in whose brain tho burning fever nend
Held veiTy--his hot cheek tuTn'a awhile
Upon the cooler pillow. In his cell
The captive wrapped him in his squalid
rags,
And sank amid his straw. Circean sleep,
Bathed in thine opiate dew false hope
vacates
Her seat in the sick soul. leaving awhile
Her dreamy fond imagrings-pale fear
His wild misgivings, and the warm life
springs
Flow in their wonted channels-and the
train
The harry train OF care forsakes the
heart
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OF scathing fever-and he struck hi.
brow
To rouse himself from that wild phantasy
Deeming Il but "a vision OF the night.
marked one old man icith his only son
LifeieSs tcithin his orms-hiS tchhered
hoHd
Wondering DER the features Of his child
Bidding him ltCdkel from that long
dr1drp sleep,
And lead MS old b',rd father from the
Crotrd
To the green meodotcs'-but he an
And then the terrible truth fash'd on his
brain.
And when tho throng rolrd on some bade
him rise
And cling not 40 unto the dead one there.
Nor voice nor look made answer-he was
gone
But one thought chain'd the powers OF
each mind
Amid that nights felt horror-each one
owned
in silence the dread naj,st,---';e Tii.s";
OF Israers God, whose red hand had
avenged
His servants cause so fearfully.
1T Is 20 be presumed tina; these lines were
thus italicised by Miss Flower because she
wished 20 draw Mr.. FoN's attention 90 them
as being particularly good.
Several pages are given to Mrs
Browning's criticisms written when she
was Miss BarretD of her future hus-
bands poems. 1t is interesting TO read
her criticisms. Here is what she said
o. one OF his most famous poems.
"Ghent to Ak:
You have finely d.stanced the rider
in lockwood here-nUt that ! should
think OF saying so, II We had not talked
OF him before. You have the very
tramplinE and breathing Of the horses
all through; and the sentiment is here
in its right place, through all she physi-
cal force and display Then the diff
cult management of the three horses.
Of the three Municipalities; and Roland
carrying the interest with him trium-
phantiy. l know you must be proud
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of
concerning jackies that interesting
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AURORA. H., Jan. l6.--IIorace q.
Davidson, agent OF the Elgin, Joliet and
Eastern Railroad danced n two-step al a
party here last night, His partner was
Mrs. Jennie Hare. After the dance he
Joined In applause for an encore. The
music struck up and he glided of In
the middle Of the dance he dropped dead.
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wv Warsaw Was Saved to the Russians

Perceva Gbbn tells Ruklof
n t from the