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Show SURRENDERS BOAT FOR LOVE OF GIRL San Dlogo, Cal., March 20. A passionate pas-sionate lovo and unswerving loyalty to the beautiful black-oyed daughter of the rebel genoral commanding the forces at Topolobarapo caused Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Malplca, executive officer of the former federal gunboat Tampico, to forget his allegiance to Iluerta and instead surrender the war craft to the father of the girl he loved, according ac-cording to passengers arriving here from Mexico. Lieutenant Malplca, a dashing young naval officer, met the girl, who is now his wife, some monthB ago at a dance In Guaymas. They fell in love, but the girl refused to accept ac-cept the officer's proffer of marriage unless ho took tho Tampico to To-polobampo To-polobampo from Guaymas and turned It over to her father. Malplca represented to his commanding com-manding officer that ho had received word from Moxlco City to take the Tampico to Topolobampo aud shell the rebels. The captain, it Is said, assented. At Topolobampo he was seized and sent to Mazatlan. Malplca was put In command of tho Tampico and a few days later was married to tho rebel general's daughter. |