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SHAPIRO ARRESTED
BY OFFICERBURKETT
Question of Blocking Traf
fic on Second Avenue.
Former Indignant
Isadore Shapiro, a member of the Ala
bama legislature and a well known law
yer of this city, was arested yesteday aft
ernoon by Officer George Burkett on the
charge of blockading the sidewalk on
Second avenue, between Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets, directly across from the
scene of the Steete-Smith disaster. At
headquarters Mr. Shapiro was allowed to
make his own bond, which was $25.
When seen by a reporter of the Bir
mingham Age-Herald. Mr. Shapiro seemed,
very indignant over his arrest and sub
sequent treatment at the hands of the of
ficer making the.arrest. "I was standing
in the stairway of the entrance to a pic
ture gallery, which is located directly op
posit e the wrecked building of the At
lantic and Pacific Tea company, and next
door to the Trianon theatre. T had no
Idea of being arrested and was looking
at the wrecked buildings across the street.
1 was not on the sidewalk, neither was 1
blocking the traffic.
In a few minutes a burley looking
individual, who proved to be an officer,
approached me and said: Get away from
here.' 'What for,’ 1 demanded. ‘Move
on or '1 will show you what for,' said the
officer. ‘But. said I, attempting to ex
plain to the officer that 1 whs not violat
ing the law. i am doing nothing that is
wrong. 1 an’t see what you can arrest
me for.’
‘Without further ado the policeman
grabbed me roughly by the arm and pro
ceeded almost to drag me to the Jail. L
remonstrated with him. but of no avail. 1
am not able to w'alk very fast, neverthe
less 1 was dragged ahead.
“As I passed the alley on Nineteenth
street. I saw a friend of mine whom T
asked to he a witness to the disgraceful
a: tail This person and another attempt
'd to follow the officer and myself, but
the policeman was so enraged that he
would not slacken his pace, despite my
repeated efforts to have him slow up
and give me a chance to at least walk
Instead of being dragged. Instead, he
merely tightened his grip upon my arm
and pulled me after him. 1 did not intend
to run.
“It seems to me if the officer had any
discretion whatsoever he could certainly
see that I was not the kind of man who
utild run very much, even though I had
<ared to. He was just so important and
swell,d up over the idea of making a
trivial arrest that he could not think, i
am indignant over the treatment I re
ceived at the hands of this men.
'< shall certainly prefer charges against
Officer Burkett Monday morning. I shall
endeavor to lay my case fairly before the
commissioners. 1 doubt if they can see
eiiy reason Tor my exceedingly rough
treatment, at the hands of a man who Is
possibly several times my physical su
perior. 1 shall never rest until 1 have
seen to this man being dismissed from the
force.”
Officer Burkett .said: “I arrested Mr.
Shapiro, and if it was necessary I would
do it again. I was ordered to keep the
traffic moving on Second avenue, and l
whs doing so to the best of my ability
when I arrested Mr. Shapiro. I approach
ed two men who were standing close ‘.n
the spm win re Shapiro stood and tcld
them they would have to move on. They
did so. Then 1 told Shapiro he would
ha\e to do tlu£same. He said. ‘By what
right have you to arrest me.' I told him
m he *i»d not move on I would have to
show him.
“Shapiro told me I couldn't arrest him.
I had to show him. and proceeded to do
so. Then he told me T was too d — im
portant any way. I didn’t think so. but l
did not stop for argument.
“He dkln't seem to make up his mind to
move on so 1 put hhn under arrest and
brought him down to thp station. He made
ids own bond. If Shapiro says 1 dragged
him through the streets lie is mistaken.
I did no such thing. I merely arrested
bi n bet a use he refused to obey my com
mand to move on. 1 will arrest any citi
z< n wi n in my opinion is .violating the
law regardless of who he is or where '
is from."
The ease of M i. Shapiro will be tried
before Judge"1 Perry Turner tomorrow
morning. Immediately thereafter Mr.
Shapiro will prefer charges against tha
officer who made the arrest. The com
missioners will piohablv take the matt of
up as soon as the charges are filed.
WHEAT BRINGS
RECORD PRICE
Condon. April 24.— <8 p. m.)—(Vheet
brought record trices at thp corn mar
kets throughout the country today tin
I-, at parcels being: sold at Dorchester,
fiedl'ord and Nottingham for 83 shil
lings ($13.12) per quarter. Other good
samples brought as high as (11 shl'l
Ings.
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] FIRST QUALIFY, THEN ASK
fly ADA 1'ATTEHSON
A man who rose from a post as news
boy to that of vice president of one of
the great express companies In this
country has been talking about success.
This Is the most significant thing ho
said:
"Every time there was a change In
the office force, when the position was
one that paid more than I was receiv
ing, I applied for It."
Ponder that. "Made a little nuisance
of himself," is your snap Judgment.
Perhaps he did momentarily, for any
thing or anyone who suggests a change
from tlie established order is more or
less of a nuisance during the process
of the change, and preliminary to It.
Human beings and conditions want to
be "let alone." But It isn't best for
them to be “let alone" at all times, and
this little freckled, carrot headed lad
saw to it that something was happen
ing about them. The something was
himself.
"Yes. I applied for it,” he went on,
“and ns a rule 1 convinced my em
ployers that I was the best one for the
position.
'Right -here ! wnnt to say a word to
young men who nre earnestly, trying to
better themselves and their condition in
life Don't be afraid to ask for promo
tion or increase in salary If you feel
sure you deserve it. Tt often happens
that in a large concern where there are
many persons employed, you are not
thought of, and someone less capable
....
and deserving may be selected because
lie is more aggressive or more persist
ent than yourself.”
"A bad theory to promulgate.” growls
some over anxious and under amiable
employer of many. “It will encourage
persons who are not ready for promo
tion to become pests.”
That would be annoying to the em
ployer, but the vice president of the
great company anticipated that objec
tion. He said: “When I wus 17. by
studying hard In the evenings. 1 quail
fled for a clerical position.” It followed
that inside of h year this hard work
ing. hard studying office boy shed his
office skin and became the agent of the
local office.
When the express company he serve
began the business of selling drafts a
other forms for remitting inone
other foreign countries the young n
Interest was aroused. *1 mad. up
mind to get at the bottom of the
cign exchange business. 1 obta
every publication I could get hold
and compiled a book of tables wh- »
any amount of American money cutii
be computed In terms of the money of
other countries at the fluctuating rates
of exchange. Jt took me four years. Sun
days, evenings ami during my vaca
tions, to compile the tables,” he said
The company heard of them and gave
the indefatigable employe the right to
publish the tables, agreeing to pa> for
all it needed. The tallies can now be
found in almost every banking and
mercantile bouse in this country. You
see, he qualified.
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BLACKHANI) LETTER
FOUND IN HOME OF
COLUMBUS LAWYER
W . C. Meek Warned to Leave Missis
sipi—Dynamite Bomb Recently
Found I'nder His
Home
Columbus, Miss . April 24.—(Special.)
“Bill Meek and Seth Meek: 1 missed you
the other night. I’ll sure get you If you
stay In lhe state. Yon are still talking
about me and my family. Take warning.”
This was the text of an ationymoua let
tet left last night under the door of the
[ office of \\ . C. Mtek, attorney of thia
I city, under whose home a dynamite
bomb was found yesterday morning, and
who during the past three months has
received nine anonymous letters threat
ening his life. Seth Meek referred to In
the note found this morning is a nephew
of the attorney.
Mr. Meek knows of no one who bears
sufficient enmity against him to warrant
the malicious attacks that are being di
rected against him. It was at first sup
posed that a disgruntled party to a re
cent lawsuit prosecuted by the attorney
was the sender of the letter, but the text
of the. note found last night refutes this I
theory.
BOARD OF TRADE
FIGURES IMPROVE
London. April 16.— (Correspondence of!
the Associated Press.)—Board of Trade
figures show the employment situation
showed a general improvement in March.
There was a shortness of male labor in
many instances, especially in engineer
ing. shipbuilding, coal mining and agri
culture. and of female labor in some
branches of the clothing trade.
Trades affected by the war continued
\erv busy. Compared with a year ago,
engineering, shipbuilding, woolens, ho
siery, boots and men’s clothing showed
a decided improvement, but tin plate,
cotton, linen, lace. silk, pottery, brick
and glass trades were considerably be
low 1014.
l^ULiLJlAiJU W UMriiN
END CONVENTION
Atlanta. April 24.—The twelfth annual
convention of the Southern Association
of College Women adjourned its three
dav session here Into today without so.
leeting the meeting place for next year.
Invitations for the 1016 convention have
been received from Montgomery, Ala., and
Lynchburg, Va., and the selection will
be made later by the executive commit
tee. All the officers elected in 1914 hold
over for another year.
Carranza General Defeated
Douglas, Arts., April 24.—General
Tturbide, Carranza commander, coming
up from Sinaloa, to reinforce General
Calks, in Sonora, has been defeated and
Navajoa. Sonora, captured by Villa
troops under Gen. Juan A. Garcia, ac
cording to a message received today
by the Villa agency here. General
Sosa. Maytorena’a cavalry chief, was
pursuing Iturbide's retreating and dis
organized column, it was stated.
JOHNS Undertaking Co.. Phone ipoa
TWENTY-ONE LOST
IN TEXAS FLOOD
Austin. Tex., April 24.—The knov.1i
dead as a result of the flood which
swept down Waller and Shoal creeks
on the outskirts of Austin early yes
terday remained at 14 tonight, but tht
number unaccounted for was increased
to 21. Rescue parties continued their
search of the wreckage of the 200
dwelling houses washed away by the
Hood, hut found no bodies today. The
property damage, according to an es
timate made by city officials, prob
ably will reach $1,000,000.
Rain which began falling late to
night added to the discomfort of iho:-;/
who refused to leave their damaged
homes and caused both creeks and the
Colorado river here to start rising
again but no additional loss of life or
extensive property damage Is antici
pated. Ail of the streams fell rapidly
when tho rains ceased yesterday ami
had reached almost normal stages late
today.
O’NEAL WINS
DAMAGE SUIT
Montgomery, April 24.—(Special.)—A
Montgomery county jury today rendered
a verdict in Hfcvor of former Governor
O’Neal In the damage suit case for $1000
brought against him by Maj. B. F. Noble
of Montgomery. The litgiation grew out
of an automobile collision between the
former governor’s car and that of Major
Noble in front of the governor's man
sion last November. Another suit for
13000 is pending against the former gov
ernor as a result of the same accident.
In this suit Mrs-. Noble is asking for
damages for personal injuries sustained.
ESTIMATE ITALY’S
MILITARY POWER
Paris, April 24.— (5:2ft p. m.)—French
military writers estimate Italy’s full
military strength at 2,000,00ft rm n, of
whom 80ft,ftOO probably form the r< -
tive Held army. The chief of the Ital
ian general staft is Lieutenant Genera’
Count Cad or n a, who was distinguished
for his services in Crimea. Cadorua is
regarded as a brilliant thinker, cool
and tenacious and still in the height of
his powers.
AMERICANS TAKE
UP GERMAN BONDS
Berlin. April 24.— (Via London. April
25, 12:25 a. m.)—The Norddeutschu Al
Igemoine Zeitung officially announces
that an American hanking group hnn
taken $10,000,000 of the nine months
Imperial exchequer bonds and placed
them among ther customers. That step
was taken to strengthen German credit
in the United States.
t Con federate Memorial Today !
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4 the school children especially are 4
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TRIBUTE JO M'LEOD
Inexpressibly Shocked by
Death of Employes—No
Plans As Yet
* I
Charles Hann. owner of the Hann Shoe ■
« ompany, which was completely destroyed
whr-n the* wall of the Steele-Smith building
fell on the store, which was occupied by
oncem last Wednesday afternoon,
d In the city yesterday afternoon,
n sefn iiy a reporter of The Age
IIr Hann said:
I e just completed a long journey,
a matter of fact I am in no posi
ts !k in regard to this horrible
I have not seen any one whom 1
could gi\e me all the Information
• ni necessary as yet. 1 am shocked
beyond all words over the disaster of last i
Wednesday. Upon my arrival in the city!
I at once went to the home of my man-!
uger, Alex McLeod, and tried, In some
way, to console Mrs. McLeod. He was i
undoubtedly one of the finest men I have
ever come in contact with. He was my '
trusted employe for over 30 years. 1 re
gard his death as a loss which 1 shall
never Y>e able to replace. I cannot say 1
positively, hut l have been told that Mr.
McLeod, just a* few days before this
horrible calamity occurred, made some
complaint in regard to the wall of the
Steele-Smith building being unsafe.
"I estimate the loss of my stock and
fixtures at approximately $60,000. 1 car
ried some insurance upon the stock, al
though I am not in a position to say ex
actly how much at present. The store
which my concern occupied is owned by
the Ligon estate of Montgomery. 1 can
not say what their plans are: My lease ,
on the building won’t run out for a num- I
her of years. Of course. I expect to!
open another store as soon as possible,
as to the exact date. 1 cannot say. 1 1
have thought little of business since my
arrival. 1 am heart broken over the death
of my faithful employes, no monetary
valuation can ever replace their precious
lives. I feel that they were the victims
of negligence on the part of someone who
allowed that unsafe wall to stand. As
for me 1 am a heavy loser also. I hope
J shall be able to settle with those re
sponsible In an amicable manner. 1 have
no idea how' long 1 will be In the city.
While here I will make my headquarters
at the Tutwller hotel. Practically none
Of the stock In the store was saved. 1
consider my loss as total."
Mr. Hann Is an extremely genial man,
and spoke very frankly in regard to the
disaster. He seemed glad to give any In
formation which was desired and when
he spoke of the toll of death claimed by
the catastrophe It was with deep feeling.
Ft rmerly Mr. Hann was a resident of
Montgomery, where he made his home for
over 26 years. Several years ago he
moved to Boston, where he could be in
close touch with the shoe business. Mi.
Hann is the owner of the Hann Shoe
company of Montgomery as well as the
one which he operated here.
AUBURN TEAM
WINS DEBATE
Auburn, April 24.—(’Special.)—The Au
burn Agricultural club debating team was
unanimously awarded the decision last
right over the North Carolina Agricul
tural college team in the triangular de
bate between representatives of Geor
gia, Carolina and Auburn, held simulta
neously in Athens, Raleigh and Auburn.
The subject discussed was, "Resolved,
That the Agricultural Interest of the
South Would Be Best Subserved by Bring
ing Foreign immigration to the South."
L. T. Wells of Pickens county and A.
E. Hayes of Birmingham upheld the
affirmative side for Auburn and defeat
ed J. O. Ware and W. K. Scot of North
Carolina.
P. O. Davis and J. A. Simms repre
sented Auburn against Georgia in
Athens.
TO CHECK OVER
CRAIG’S REPORT
Montgomery, April 24.— (Special.)
Examiner of Public Accounts J. 1’.
Gorman has been assigned the task of
checking over the report on the agri
cultural department made by Exam
iner J. H. Craig, which was delivered
to Governor Henderson and Chairman
H. P. Merritt of the investigating com
mittee several days ago. Examine
Gorman’s report will cover the •>anio
period as that covered by Examiner
Craig.
Examiner Craig reported a shortage
In the monthly expense account of the
department of $1431.50.
NOTABLE SEASON
OF GRAND OPERA
New York, April 24.—A notable sea
son of grand opera at the Metropolitan
Opera House closed tonight with "Boris
Godunoff" and before daylight tomorrow
the company of nearly 300 people will
board a special train for Atlanta, where
seven performances will be given, open
ing Monday night. Practically all the
leading principals, together with the
chorus and orchestra, are in the party.
TWENTY KILLED^
IN AERIAL RAID
Petrograd. April 24.—(Via London,
8:40 p. m.)—Witnesses cf the recent
German aerial bombardment of the
Russian town of Bialystok, arriving in
Petiograd today, relate that 20 chll
dren were killed and many others
wounded. One bomb dropped by a
German aviator struck a sanitary train,
wounding a nurse. Several private resi
dences were damaged.
5000 MORE ADDED
TO UNEMPLOYED
Chicago, April 24.—Five thousand more
men were added to the list of 125,000 un
employed in Chicago today when practi
cally all of the 80 big lumber yards of
the city cl&ed down, pending settlement
of the carpenters’ strike.
Until Monday, it was said, no joint
effort would be made to bring about a
settlement.
The Greatness of Italy
From the St. Louis Republic.
A disaster such as this earthquake in
"Sunny Italy" serves to reveal the es
sential strength of the Italian charac
ter. Italy is a land of music and joy
and feasting—but it is much more. The
character of the Italian is underlaid with
granitic qualities, lie is courageous as
well as emotional. He can plod as pa
tiently as the Hollander and "stand under
fire" as steadily as the Spartan of old.
There is no other country in Europe whose
recent achievements in engineering, in ap
plied science, in sanitation, in municipal
betterment, are so little appreciated by
us as are those of Italy. Out of the
prostrate people whose aspirations to
liberty in '48 were ground under the heel
of Austria and France has emerged a
mighty nation, with statesmen, inventors
and sages worthy of the great days of
the Cinquecento. 1 The greatness of mod
ern Italy is shining out brightly against
the black background of the disaster of
today.
A lard <»f Thanks
We wish to rapn i our appreciation
for the kindness 'extended us during our
bereavement.
MRS. M. L BUSH AND FAMILY.
STIRRING INCIDENT OF
THE RETREAT FROM MONS
Belgian Frontier. April 24.—(Special.)
There were only 210 of them, but for three
hours they lay across the canal and held
up thousands of Germans who were pour
ing into Jemappes in the hope of cutting
off all the English in Mons. It was won
derful what that little band did. When
the Germans afterwards found out how
many men had held them up they were
simply mad.
This is an extract from an extraordinary
story told me today by Mrs. Frankel, of
Jemappes, of what occurred amongst the
Germuns on the occasion of the famous
retreat from Mons. Mrs. Frankel and
her eight-year-old daughter, who is prob
ably the youngest interpreter that has
ever been at the front, has just crossed
the frontier after working for months in
the improvised hospital at Jemappes.
During these historic days of late Aug
ust. Mrs. Frankel saw the stupendous
German legions, which wdre designed
to crush the British army out of resist
ance. Day and night, from the Sunday
until the Thursday.. Germans passed
through the main streets of Jemappes
beneath her window—German infantry
crack cavalry regiments, and batteries of
artillery. Among them were herds of
cattle requisitioned from the farm lands
of Belgium and countless transport con
voys. The street# were thick with dust
from the marching men. and Ht night,
when all Inhabitants were compulsory In
doors. the houses shook with the pass
ing of the great guns. Pails of water had
to be placed on the doorsteps of the
house, so that horses might drink and
go on.
•‘The Germans simply swarmed into
tho villages." said Mrs. Frankel. cutting
south and west in order to seize Jem
appes. cutting the line and surrounded
the English in Mons. They secured the
railway all right, but that little body
#1
of 210 British retired across the canal anrl
did wonders for over four hours. They]
kept up such a fire that the Germans \
could not advance, although they were
in a superiority of 100 to one. The
wounded told me afterwards that their
leader, Captain Ross, was simply won
derful until he was shot. He did every
thing that man could do, and his soldiers
declared that every one of them would
have died for him. The people of Jem
appes intend to erect a memorial to him
when the war is over. If those men had
rot held out, I do not know what would
have happened to the army retiring from
Mons; it must have been surrounded.
•Altogether we had G2 wounded in our
hospital. Most of them recovered and
have been sent to Germany. My daugh
ter—she was then only seven, but can
speak English and French very well
acted as interpreter in the hospital for
four months. We were *the only two
who could speak English, and Maudie I
was in constant demand. She was a
great favorite with the soldiers. All the
tJmp she wore the colors of the allies
pinned to her dress—she would not
move without her little British. Russian.
French and Belgian flags. I should not
have dared to wear them."
Mrs. Frankel says that the peo- i
pie of Belgium* are kept from star- (
ration almost entirely through the ef
forst of the American Relief committee.
Privation is mostly felt by the middle
classes, who will not take the charity
provided for the extreme poor.
Mr. Frankel, her husband, was a min
eral water manufacturer. The Germans
placed him in jail, but the German offi
cer in charge, 'who happened to have
spent 20 years in Great Britain, allow <1
Mrs. Frankel frequently to visit her
husband. When she thanked him he said:
“Who knows? Some day your husband
may he my jailer. Then I should be
grateful for visits from my wife.’’
MATTER OF UNDERSTANDING
By IRK\K WESTON
“How is it." she asked, “that you al
ways understand? How do you know
what to say. and when to say nothing at
all9 How do you always know the right
thing to do?"
The man laughed a little and tossed a
pebble over the edge of the cliff. Very
far below' them lay the unresting sea
Sheltered by the high bank behind them
they felt nothing of the gerat wind that
fluttered the crests of the waves; they
watched in secure comfort the drama of
the ten,pest. “I didn’t know 1 was as
successful as all that,’’ he said. “I m
afraid you are putting it too high. One
tries, of course-’’
“Yep. but how?" she insisted. “It’s no^
only n.yself that I’m thinking about. I’ve
heard other people say the same about
you. They say' that you always under
stand How do you do It? I want to
know
“There's no mystery about It.” he an
swered slowly. “I’m a lazy, comfort-loving
animal, you know, and—I generally like
people. I found out long ago that it's a
heap easier to try to understand them
than to be everlastingly puzzled and per
plexed by the things they do and say.
And, after all, it's very easy, and the
most interesting thing In the world.”
"Tell me," she said. “I w'ant to under
stand. too, and I don’t knowr how. I try,
but-"
He was looking away over the sea. For
a little while he did not answer. Then,
“Have you ever seeti an iceberg?” ho
asked.
“An iceberg!” she replied. “Why. no.
But what has that got to do with it?”
“An iceberg,” he answrered. “is a curi
out beast. Most of him is hidden under
water all the lime-I think it is nearly
nine-tenths. The part that you can see
is only a small proportion of the whole,
and people are very much like that.”
“If an iceberg came wandering round
the cape yonder, we should see about a
tenth of him. Rut we should know more
than we could see. .Seeing so much, we
should be able to get a pretty clear idea
of the bulk that was hidden beneath the
waves. Anyone who had met a number
of icebergs and studied their iiabits would
bo able to reckon the pVobable height,
and to guess, perhaps, at the' possible
shape of the whole. And that is very
much what you have to do if you want to
understand people.
“We go, all of us, hurrying about the
world, very much as the Iceberg, wan
ders round the oceans, with the great
er part of us hidden. There is the bit that
sticks up. the bit that caa be seen. It is
a -part of us, but only a part. It is com
posed of the things we do an^l say and
wear and eat—It is all the outward, vis
ible part of our lives. But you won't un
derstand it, and it will keep on surpris
ing you unless you remember tbat It is
only a part, and a small part at that.
You’ve got to allow for what Is hidden:
you must try to find out the size and
shape of what is unseen.
“Thank heaven, human beings are a
hi- more symmetrical and consistent than
icebergs.” he w’ent on with a laugh. “A
man told me once of a berg he had seen
which was giving a wonderfully faithful 1
Imitation of Westminster Abbey. While
he wai looking at it the thing rolled over, j
.and the freshly exposed part was more
like a decayed elephant than anything
else People are not usually like that.”
Lapel After Hidden Gold
From the New* York World.
Anderson, Ind.—In the vicinity of Lapel
there Is considerable gossip just now be
cause of the finding of a message in a bot
tle unearthed from a rock ledge 30 feet
below the surface of the ground. The
cork was petrified. In the bottle was
found a shall sheet of paper, yellow’ with
ago, with this inscription: “July 5. 1814.
: You will find a pot of gold one mile south '
I of this, place. George Snare, Noblesville,
1 Ind ”
The gravel pit where the mysterious bot
tl 3 was dug up is about a half mile east
of Lapel. Pioneers of that community
say there was a man by the name of i
Sr.are in the vicinity-of Lapel more than j
i 70 years ago. He was a hunter and a j
recluse. Since the find there has been j
! some Investigation of the ground for morel
j than a mile back from the gravel pit. |
ITALY POSTPONES \
Y .,
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Not Ready to Communicate
Definitely Official
Attitude
Home. April 24.—(Via Paris, fi p. m.) I
The council of ministers to have been ■
held today to discuss the internation- a
al situation was postponed. That was |
interpreted to mean that Baron Son- 1
nino, minister of foreign affairs, con- oj
trary to expectations, was not ready to J
communicate anything definite to his g
colleagues regarding negotiations with f
Germany and Austria.
it is reported Austria has made fur- | ;
tiler concessions in the endeavor to j
preserve Italian neutrality, but It is
said those are not satisfactory to Italy.
It is stated Baron Sonnlno is obdurate
in demands representing a minimum of
what Italy expecls. Great excitement
icigns here, In V'ienna and In Ber
lin over the negotiations.
I ‘render Salandra and Baron Sonnlno
frequently see King Victor Emmanuel
»nd discuss the situation after inter- !
views with Prince Von Buelow, Ger
man ambassador, and Baron De Mac
chio, Austrian ambassador^ !
Italy's military preparations are al- i
ready perfect and daily they are be- J
coming more complete.
Home, April 24.—(Via Paris, 1.25 p. j
m.i- The Messa-gero, after reviewing
Ihe stuation in Italy since war's out- | I
break, declares the only solution of !
problems confronting the nation Is the j
rupture of ties which still nominally j
pledge her to the central empires and.)
the resumption of her right for entire *1
liberty of action.
"Suffering grave losses, Ttaly has I
waited many months while listening to |
proposals for possible compensations I
from her allies," the newspaper says. 1
"Italy has shown every desire to avoid }
a rupture, hut as the compensations I
offered are Inadequate Italy must claim 5
that liberty of action which Germany j
and Austria have taken for themselves t
since August. *
"Everyone feels, accotdlngly, that j
the present feverish resumption of ne
gotiations is merely the prelude to a
rupture of the triple alliance, with ell 5
Its inevitable consequences. The Ger- i
man ambassador. Prince Von Buelow, j
himself, said that Italy must bo either j
the ally or the enemy of Austria. ’
MRS. LOSEY’S READING ■
VERY ENJOYABLE V
C.ives Selections From Wentworth’s B
Play, “War Brides”—May Day 8
Celebration Saturday "8
One of the most enjoyable affairs given j 8
under the auspices of the Birmingham BH
Equal Suffrage association was the read- US
ing of selections from Wentworth’s play, 1||
“War Brides,” by Mrs. F. D. Loiey of
Tuscaloosa at Cable hall yesterday after
noon. The hall was comfortably filled and .
from the enthusiastic reception given tho H|
reading it was thoroughly enjoyed. Mu;'. Ij ||1
Angus Taylor introduced the speaker. A. fi H
feature of the entertainment that was ' H
much appreciated was the musical selec- » H
tions given under the direction df Miss l|Hl
Norma Schoolar. which Included the na« H
tional airs of England, France, Germany |fl
and Russia. |||
Previous to the speaking a short busl • mm
ness session was held. Mrs. H. H. Snell |H|
presiding. Reports of committees were
received and a special committee appoint- j ijjBB
cd to prepare a programme for the May j!
day celebration to he held by the suf- .' ||||
frage association next Saturday, details
of which will be announced later.
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