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THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD I
VOLUME XXXXV
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1.915
NUMBER 19
ITALY WILL STAND
OR FALL WITH ALLIES
IN PRESENT CONFLICT
Gives Her Adhesion to Agreement
Already Signed By Allied Powers
Not to Conclude Separate Peace
FIGHTING FOLLOWS CLOSE
UPON DECLARATION OF WAR
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Believed Austro-Germans Under Von Hindenburg
Will Seek to Discourage Italians by Quick
and Decisive Blow—Heavy Fighting
in Both East m^West
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Bombard Italian Coast h
Vienna. May 24.—(Via London, May 25, 1 O war office has
issued the following statement regarding th O „ against Italy:
"Our fleet, on the night following the deci*. jf war, undertook action
against the Italian east coast between Venice .d Barletta and successfully
bombarded at several points objects of military importance.
"At the same time our aeroplanes threw bombs on a balloon shed at
Thiarvalla, military buildings at Ancona and the arsenal at Venice, caus
ing visible damage and fires.”
London, May 24.—(8 p. m.)— Italy has given her adhesion to
the agreement already signed by the allied powers not to con
clude a separate peace. The signature of a formal document
to this effect is imminent.
London, May 24.—(11:12 p. m.)—An Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Odessa says it is reported that the Italian consul
at Constantinople has been killed.
London, May 25.—(3:10 a. m.)— A dispatch to the Stefan! agency from Rome
says that Prince Von Buelow, German ambassador to Italy, accompanied by
the Princess Von Buelow and all the German representatives to the Quirinal
and the Vatican, departed from Rome by train at 9:30 last night.
Vienna, May 24.—(Via Amsterdam to London, May 25, 3:53 a. m.)—The
Italian ambassador to Austria-Hungary, the Duke of Avarna, and the mem
bers of the embassy staff left here this evening on board a special train by
way of Switzerland for Italy.
Their departure was without incident.
London, May 24.—(10:15 p. m.)
Little or no time has been allowed to
elapse between the declaration of war
and actual fighting between Italy and
Austria. Austrian aeroplanes, de
stroyers and torpedo boats early to
day descended on the Italian coast of
the Adriatic and bombarded several
towns, including Venice; while in the
Tyrol and on the eastern frontier
Italian and Austrian advance guards
have fired the first shots.
The plan of campaign has not been
disclosed, but it is generally believed
pttempts to Inflict a quick anil de
cisive defeat, or, at least, one that will
discourage the Italians, will he un
dertaken, largely by the Germans un
der Field Marshal Von Hindenburg.
It is said the German troops, with
heavy guns, aeroplanes and Zeppelins,
already are passing through the valley
; of the River Adige in the direction of
Verona and that rapid and fierce blows
will lie delivered almost immediately at
the Italian center. This, the Germans
doubtless believe, would serve to hold
off an Italian advance from the prov
ince of Venice, where the flat nature
of the country would give the Ital
ians a greater chance of success.
Throughout Austria and Germany
there is hitter denunciation of Italy,
which for the moment has displaced
• England as the most hated enemy. In
the allied countries, on the other hand,
Italian intervention is hailed witli de
V HKht and In the Italian quarters of
1 London and Paris there have been en
thusiastic demonstrations and cheer
' ing farewells to the Italians leaving
to join the colors.
No Move Made
Roumania, Greece and Bulgaria have
made no move. The government of
Bulgaria has reiterated that It will
continue neutral so long as Bulgaiian
interests are not dtrectly affected, and
It sees no reason why they should he.
r. he opposition, howrever, is voicing the
opinion that Bulgaria should seize the
opportunity to join with the allies.
Bulgaria may be drawn In through
nn Incident which has arisen between
her and Turkey over the seizure by
Turkey of a number of Bulgarian rail
way cars loaded with goods. Sofia has
Ron mania may be affected by a change
of fortune in ttie battles in middle
Galicia. Russia here l» delivering a
strong counter offensive and has re
gained some ground along the San
north of Jaroslau.
The most important battle, however,
is that raging southeast of Prxemysl
where the Austrians and Germans are
making repeated attacks in an en
deavor to break the Russian line and
thus relieve the pressure the Russians
are bringing to bear on the Germans
who crossed the San.
Fighting in East
Fighting alBO is in progress In Cour
land, along the Cast Prussian frontier
and in central Poland where the Ger
man have attempted an offensive along
the Rawka river. None of these ac
tions apparently had been decisive, al
though heavy losses have been suf
fered on both sides. Russia expresses
satisfaction with the situation along
her front.
Heavy fighting has been resumed in
the west from Arras to the sea and
both Germans and French claim the
advantage. It is evident that the al
lies do not intend to relax their ef
forts on this front, although a big gen
eral movement has not yet been un
dertaken, the present operations hav
ing as their object Improvement ir
their positions and forcing the Ger
mans to counter attacks.
The allies have landed additional
troops on the Gallipoli peninsula and
although progress there must continue
slow, there is every confidence here
that the resistance of the Turks will
before long be broken. The loss to the
allies is heavy, as is shown by the
casualty lists, but it is asserted that
fhe Turks are suffering much more se
verely, as they are under crossfire
from the ships.
Complete Calm in Rome
Rome, May 24. — (1:30 P- m., via
Paris, May 25, 12:50 a. m.)—Complete
calm prevails in Rome. Satisfaction 13
expressed everywhere at the serenity
of the people, which is taken to In
dicate their reliance in the army and
navy.
Naval Commander Bravetta, In an
article in the Giornale D’ltalla today,
s*ays the declartion of war against
Austria was the realisation of the se
cret aspirations of the navy. Owing to
the severe discipline In the navy the
men were prevented from showing that
they favored the war, but Italian sail
ers have desired such an event for
years, always having been prepared
and anxious for a chance “once moie
to measure themselves with their an
cient hated enemy/’
• Commander Bravetta recalls in his
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GERMANY TO REPLY TO
NOTE ON FRYE CASE
Action Taken in Sending Case to Prize Court Not
Considered Answer to American Memoran
dum Asking Reparation for Sunken
I Vessel, Says Gerard
Waahinaton May 24.—Ambassador Gerard at Berlin In a cablegram receive*
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send a formal reply to the American note asking reparation, without ref aroma
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F.yfcPPBk by tb. p®mm.re» r.tb.r. Pr'rlr‘ . r .. C_ '.,.
The ambassador had been lnsiru
to inquire whether the Bending of the
Frye case to a prise court was to be
regarded ia an answer to the note from
the United States suggesting that such
a procedure was unnecessary. Germany
agreed In the first place to pay tor the
■hip under the old Prussian -American
treaty.
The atate department late today rave
gut Uii statement;
a cablegram from the American ambas
sador at Berlin, dated May 22, 1*16, ai
follows:
" 'Foreign office state that It did not
Intend to leave unanswered the note lr
the William P. Frye case Or to reply bj
sending the ship to prise court. A for
mal reply shortly will be sent WhiU
under the German laws the action 01
the prize court In issuing the admoni
tlon Is Imperative, It remains totalli
Independent Of diplomatic negotla
tloaa”*
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NEWS OF ITALIAN
ATTITUDE CALMLY
V ' ' ' —
Entrance of New Enemy
Fails to Ruffle Berlin.
Big Demonstrations
in Vienna
Berlin. May 24 —(Via London. 9:45 p. ml
No arrangements have been made for the
departure of the Italian ambassador from
Germany. The public learned of Italy's
declaration of war with remarkable calm
ness and today seemed more bent on en
joying Whitsuntide holiday outings than
worrying about the latest accession to tho
ranks of Austria-Hungary's enemies.
Street demonstrations took place late
last night and small crowds paraded
the streets at an early hour this morning
singing patriotic songs and cheering for
Austria-Hungary. The paraders attempt
ed to make a demonstration before the
Italian embassy, but all approaches to
the embassy had been closed by the1
police.
What comment Is heard on the situation
Is not flattering to Italy. Her action In ;
declaring war against her former ally Is
generally regarded by the populace as
"political brigandage.”
The average German declines to take
the Italian military rpeance seriously and
seems to consider that Italy's onslaught
will merely put off the ultimate victory of
the Teutonic allies without rendering vic
tory doubtful.
In discussions of the official Italian
explanation for the declaration of war
the comment Is heard everywhere that it
took Italy a long time to find out that
the treaty of alliance had been violated,
It being argued that Italy's note on this
subject was dated In December, and tlgit
It required months longer to determine
that the violation of the treaty constituted
a reason for war.
Big Street Demonstrations
Dispatches from Vienna report that big,
street demonstrations in favor or war
with Italy have taken place. The obser
vations of a correspondent of the As
sociated Press who spent the greater
part of the last two months traveling
lr. Austria-Hungary were that a war
against Italy would be highly popular.
The feeling against the Russians In com
parison seemingly was not particularly
bitter. The victory of the Austro-Ger
mans In Galicia was received with satis
faction, mixed with bitter personal hatred
by the Austro-Hungarians, but It was
evident from the actions of the people
that a successful campaign against Italy
would result In unbounded exulta
tion. The Indications were that
the average Austro-Hungarian would
be almost willing to forego
a victory over Russia for the pleasure
of punishing thetr country's former ally
for breaking with her.
Germany la whole heartedly on tho
side of her ally. The Italian military
attache recently was summoned to Ger
man headquarters and shown on a map
the location and strength of the Auetro
German armies on the Italian frontier,
so that his government should have no
reason to doubt that Germany would as
sist Austria-Hungary with every available
man in case of war.
Worldn gon New Cabinet
London. May 24.—(11:20 p. m.)—Prog
ress In the formation of the new coali
tion ministry was made at conferences
today. Details of the new ministry were
not sufficiently advaneed, however, for
an announcement of Its personnel to be
made tonight.
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U. S. NOT PARTY TO
TRADE AGREEMENT
British Ambassador Issues Statement in Ref
erence to Arrangements Regarding Cotton
Cargoes Under English Order in Council.
The Government Not Involved
Washington, May 24.—A formal statement, designed to clear up misunder
standing over the participation by the state department’s foreign trade ad
visers in unofficial arrangements regarding cotton cargoes was handed thi
department today by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador. It sayi
the British government “quite realizes that these unofficial arrangements ir
no way Involve the United States government.”
f ollowing is me text oi im* ,
sador’s statement:
“The arrangement with regard to
shipments of cotton and other articles
of commerce were agreed between rep
resentatives of the British government
and the representatives of the American
interests concerned. The government of
the United States were in no sense a
party in these agreements and took no
government quite realize that these un
official arrangements In no way in
volved the United States government
and that they do not and cannot com
mlt either government to any departim
from the views which they have alread.v
expressed in their official notes wltl
regard to the declaration of March 1
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OF WAR, IS REPORT;
MAY I0IN THE ALLIES
Government Is Negotiating
With Triple Entente, Says
Dispatch to London
From Bucharest
London, May 25.—(2:44 a. m.)—A
Daily Chronicle dispatch from Bucha
rest says:
“The Roumanian government ia ne
gotiating with the allies. King Fer
dinand has reviewed the army. Great
enthusiasm prevails.”
"The general belief that Houmanla la on
the brink of war for the fulfillment of
her national Ideals has been strengthened
by Italy's declaration of war against Aus
tria-Hungary,” says the Times' corre
spondent at Bucharest.
Celebrations of the anniversary of ths
coronation of the late King Carol were
held Sunday and were attended with un
usual fervor. King Ferdinand and Queen
Marie were present at a great military
review. The troops wore their new field
service uniforms of gray khaki Instead of
the usual parade dress uniforms.
To Respect Neutrality
London. May 26.—(4:36 a. m.)—Germany
and Austria-Hungary have notified the
Swiss government that they will respect
Swiss neutrality, according to a Berne
dispatch to the Reuter Telegram com
pany.
TODAY’S AGE-HERALD
1— Italy will stand or fall with allies.
United States not party to trade agree
ment
Pan-American conference meets.
Miss Anne Watkins heads golf associa
tion.
2— Banks may be able to discount papei
In France.
8—Howard alumni hold banquet.
4— Editorial comment.
4—Ask survey of road to Warrior.
Petition for Injunction denied.
Mild sensation In Burns prellmlnar]
i trial.
I^lll not summon Italian reservists tr
'United States.
6— Society. •
7— Tsrks defeated In the Dardanelles.
8— Sports.
b—Abercrombie addresses Judson sty
dYnts. >
11— Markets.
12— Legal Issues of ct
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WASHINGTON BUSY
AS RESULT OF ITALY’S
ENTRANCE INTO WAR
U. S. Officially Notified of
Action and Neutrality
Proclamation Prepared.
Take Over Embassies
Washington, May 24.—Italy's en
trance into the war set in motion to
day various branches of official ant
diplomatic activity.
Count V. Uacchl Dl Cellcre, the Ital
ian ambassador, formally notified thi
United States of Italy's declaration o
war on Austria, and explained In
formally to Secretary Bryan and Coun
sellor Bansing the contents of a not
to be delivered tomorrow, giving Italy'
reasons for her action.
Dr. Constantin T. Dumba, the Alls
trlan ambassador, also conferred wltl
Secretary Bryan, advising him of th
existence of a state of war between hi
country and Italy.
A neutrality proclamation similar t
those made early In the war was pro
pared for President Wilson's slgnatur
and will he Issued tomorrow
Take Over Interests
Secretary Bryan announced that th
American embassy at Vienna had take
over the care of Italian interests ther<
Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page ad
vised the state department from Horn
that Spain had been entrusted .vtt
Austria’s diplomatic interests. It de
\ eloped that while preparations ha
been made by the American embassy u
Borne to take over Austria's affair
the final decision of Austria was t
place her Interests In the same hand
as those of Germany, which had calle
on Spain.
Notice of formal declarations of wo
by Germany and Turkey on Italy wl
mean eddltlonal Interests for the Un
ted States to take care of at Constat
tinople and possibly Berlin, althoug
it is believed Switzerland may care f<
Italian affairs In Germany.
Ambassadors Arrive
When the Italian and Austrian an
hassudors arrived at the state depar
ment today about the same hour, Ei
die Savoy, the negro messenger wl
guards the entrance to Secrctai
Bryan’s door, escorted Dr. Dumba In
the diplomatic anteroom and, In a
cordance with diplomatic etiquette, b
Count Dl Callere Into one of the atlt
offices. It has been Savoy's task sin
the beginning of ths war to keep tl
(GsbUbmI mi raws tansi
OBSTACLES WAR HAS
THROWN INTO PATHS
OF INDUSTRY IN THE
Speeches by President and i
Cabinet Members Feature!
’ Opening of Pan-American
Financial Conference
WILSON ON NEED
FOR DEVELOPMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION
Delegates From 18 Latin
American Countries Par
ticipate in Meeting to Pro
mote Trade Relations
Washington. May •4.—— Sonic of the
obstacles which war across the At
lantic has thrown Into the imths of
industrial and commercial prosperity
and the march of trade In the western
hemisphere were outlined today at tlie
flrat session of the l*nn- American
llnanclnl cougreaa.
The outstanding thought of tlie confer
ence as expressed by many speakers was
the need for improvement of transporta
tion, for a readjustment of methods of
financial exchange and for uniformity of
laws north and south of the equator In
relation to subjects which vitally affect
international relations. Steps were taken
at the close of the day to pave the way
for uniform statutes through appointment
of a committee with a representative from
each Invited nation and several repre
sentatives of the United States.
President Wilson, who welcomed the
delegates to this country, dwelt on tl» * j
reed for development of transportation
and Secretaries Bryan, Redfleld and Mc
Adoo and Postmaster General Burleson
later added their recommendations for !
steamship lines independent of Europe to
ply between nil the principal points >f
the two Americas.
Expression of this idea culminated to
nigh in the promise of Mr. McAdoo to se
lect a committee of representatives of ttie
United States and of South American re
publics, including Argentina, Brasil, Chile
and possibly others, to take up tomorrow
the question of steamship lines, with co
operation under these governments or un
der private control.
Many to Participate
Upsides delegates from 18 Uatln-Ameri
■ an republics participating In the confer
ence. which Is to continue throughout the
week, are member of President Wilson's
cabinet, the federal reserve board, the
federal trade commission, treasury of
ficials and more than 100 representatives
of great American banks, Industrial enr
poratlons and commercial houses. Th"
American bnslness men atnl financiers
were named by Secretary McAdoo ns of
ficial representatives nf the United Stntes
at the conference. The opening day wan
devoted chiefly to speech-making. Presi
dent Wilson began with an unequivocal
declaration that the conference was not
lor the exploitation of the Invited nations,
but for a union of Interests In which
the United States will not try to make
use of the others, but to labor to the
advantage of all.
“It would be a very great thing,'' said
the President, “If the Americas could
add to the distinctions which they al
ready wear of showing the way to peace,
to permanent peace. The way to peace,
for us, at any rate, Is manliest. It Is
the kind of rivalry that does not Involve
aggression. It Is the knowledge that men
can be of the greatest service to one an
other and nations ot the greatest service
to one another when the Jealousy between
them Is merely a Jealousy of excellence
and when the basis of their Intercourse
Is friendship."
Enlarges an Idea
Secretary Bryan enlarged upon the Idea
of the President by recalling Mr Wil
son's speech at Mobile, in which he an
nounced that the United States dons not
want a foot of territory from any other
nation. The other members of the cabi
net spoke also of the posslhlltles of help
fulness for both South and North Amer
ica, and the delegates from each country
In their responses voiced similar senti
ments.
1 The only private American represen
tative who spoke today was, Prank A.
Vanderllp of the National I'lty bank
of New York. Mr. Vanderlip declared
that at the present time the national
hanks of the United States as shown
I by their last reports to the comptroller
of the currency have a total surplus
* over the legal reserve requirements of
, more than $700,000,000, and, that the
state banks probably have a "similar
plethora."
Have Capital for Loans
"That means,' said he, 'that we have
* an enormous capital for the expansion
■ nf loans, probably enough to expand
: loans two or three billion dollars, sd
if we arc In a state of unpreparodneas
for war we are prepared to extend our
financial relations abroad and for the
s development of banking credits at
i home."
Mr. Vanderllp said that an Important
* consideration to be remembered In
a building up relations with South Ameri
i ra Is that the countries there are It
" about the same position that the Unite.
J States occupied a few years ago ant
* that they need most of all, outside cap
- (tal to aid development. "I believe, add
0 ed he, "that the growing wealth of thh
* country under the new banking law
J and for other causes will open this flel.
so that It will amount to somethin,
* vastly greater than it has been before.'
II Between the two sessions today tin
delegates were received by the Prcsl
dent at the White House. Tonight the:
‘ Were the guests at a reception given b:
1 Secretaries Bryan and McAdoo, in th
Pan-American union building. Most o
the members of the cabinet, scores o
government officials and members o
t- the diplomatic corps were present.
I- Tomorrow morning there will be an
,0 other general session of the conferenc.
•y at which speeches will be made by Gov
:o ernor Hamlin, Paul M. Warburg of th
■- federal reserve board. Uater a numbe
til of delegates will be guests at luncheoi
sr of Secretary Bryan.
se In the afternoon will begin the "grou:
It conference" at which those responsibl
(Oeatlue* #■ Po«« Hlae*
MISS ANNE WATKINS
CHOSEN PRESIDENT
ANO CHATTANOOGA
GETS THE NEXT MEET
Miss Alexa Stirling Lowest
in the Qualifying Rounds
With a Score of Eighty
Eight
BIRMINGHAM TRIO
LOSES TEAM CUP TO
ATLANTA IN PLAY-OFF
Play for Team Cup Was the
Most Interesting Feature
as Morning Score Re
sulted in Tie
\ FEATURES OF THE FIRST t
* DAY'S HOI.F TOl UNAMENT •
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4 The features of the first day’s 4
4 play of the fifth annual tourna- 4
4 nient of the Southern Woman's 4
4 Golf association. In progress at 4
4 the Country clul», were: 4
4 Miss Anne Watkins of Chat- 4
4 tanooga was chosen president 4
4 of the association for ensuing 4
4 term. 4
4 (hat tanooga won out over 4
4 Montgomery and Atlanta* in a 4
4 spirited contest for host city 4
4 next year. *
4 Miss Alexa Stirling of At- 4
4 lanta won the cup for low qual- 4
4 Ifylng score with 88 4
4 Atlanta won the team cup in 4
4 a play-off against Birmingham *
4 In the deciding contest Mias 4
4 Stirling played the best golf of 4
4 the tournament to date, making t
4 the 18 holes In S3. 4
4 ♦
Yesterday w i I n e ased the
most propitious stiii'l of what
will prove to he the most suc
cessful tournament of the
Women’s Southern Golf as
soeintion.
'Die qualification round was
begun at 8 o’clock, and when
the deciding test of a competi
tion for team trophy between
Birmingham and Atlanta was
concluded, it was 8 o’clock in
the evening.
The day dawned with a clear sky,
which, by noon, was overcast- At
that hour a gentle shower fell to cool
the atmosphere and render the re
mainder of the day delightful.
Seventy-eight women, representing
eight cities of throe contiguous south
ern states, participated in the first
day’s sport. The majority of these re
ported for play at H o’clock, when tho
first couple in the qualification tests
sent balls whining across the green.
By 10 o’clock the course was completely
covered by players and little galleries
which followed their favorite players,
j When the count was reckoned at 2 o’clock,
Miss Alexa Stirling, the girl star from
Atlanta, with a score of 88, was declared
the winner of the beautiful cup offered for
low qualification mark. Then followed
the division of the players Into flights. (
and the drawings for pairs.
ELIMINATION PROCESS
WILL BEGIN TODAY
Today begins th*» elimination process.
For the championship, Miss Stirling is
considered the one best bet Should sho
fail to play her usual game however,
the honor for which all contestants will
strive may go to either Mm. K. G. Duf
fleld of Memphis. Mrs. F. O. Jones of
Memphis. Mrs. Thomas Paine of Atlanta,
or to one of several splendid golfers
among the Birmingham contingent.
In the afternoon, the Country club and
surrounding green presented a moat at
tractive appearance. On every hill where
flew standards out of holes, women gently
punting to the fore of Interested galleries
were to he seen. On the veranda of tho
club, sat scores of women and men, the
latter having cut short their office hours
In order to witness the sport. Apparently
all care had been forgotten and happiness
reigned supreme, and the crowd having
assumed the festive mood and holiday
attire, creatf-d the atmosphere which pre
vails about the little and fashionable
fairs of continental Europe. And yet
throughout, there was the fascinating
spirit of polite rivalry which lent a spice
to the whole.
YESTERDAY DEVOTED
TO QUALIFYING ROUNDS
Following the rounds of qualification,
the association met in executive session
for the purpose of electing officers for
the ensuing term, and choosing the plaeo
of the next tournament.
And It happened that in the councils
Chattanooga won victories, and thus with
Atlanta victorious In the field divided the
honors of the day. For not only wag
Chattanooga chosen as the city for the
‘ next tournament, but a Chattanooga
woman. Miss Anne Watkins, was elected
* president of the association.
There were two other candidate cities—
Montgomery and Atlanta. Early In the
' balloting, however, Montgomery withdrew.
‘ On the next succeeding ballot. Chatta
I nooga won out by a vote of 47 to 31.
Mrs. Howse of Birmingham, president,
f was elected vice president for the ensuing
term. Mrs. Frank Meade of Knoxville.
virtue of her office as vice president, wag
. automatically placed on the board of cU*
■ rectors. For the other two places thero
» were spirited contests. In which Mrs. O.
• Somerville of Montgomery. Mrs. Percy
i I.ockett of Nashville. Mrs. Tilt of Atlan
ta. Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Birmingham, and
i Mrs. Thomas Paine of Atlanta took the
3 lead as, candidates. After several ballots.