The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
PRINCE NICHOLAS
To BECOME KING

Vienna, July 30-(Special.)- 1.-THE an
nouncement by Prince Nicholas. of Mon
tenegro that he has decided that after
August he will assume the title of King
instead of Prince of Montenegro, Will
not it is believed, further compilcate
the Balkan situation and will. under
stand, be acquiesced in not only by Aus
tria, but by the other powers as Well
In fact. 1t is regarded as not at all
improbable that the suggestion was mace
by Austria. unofficially of course. 1T
As firmly believed in high circles here
that the ambitions of Ferdinand OF Bui-
garia look to confederation OF the Bal
kan states with himself as the head OF
the new empire. Austria does not regard
such a confederation with favor and by
STRENGTHENING states like Montenegro
she feels she Is making the task or Feroi-
nand more difficult.
The boycott of Greek shipping and mer-
chandise In Turkey because of the Gre
tan agitation is becoming serious.
Kerim Agha, the leader Of the Salonica
lightern en-, now sits in a government Of
flee at the Salonica customs house, and
decides what ships. goods or passengers
may or may not enter and leave the port
He issues to the Greeks of Ottoman
piastres each, the acquirers OF which are
allowed to. carry on. their. business with
out molestation. On the other hand, all
ships belonging to Hellenic subjects are
vigorously boycotted. The other day, ac-
companied by a band of blackguards
calling themselves the boycott commits
sion and armed with heavy cudgels, he
paid visits to the premises of all Greek
merchants.
One of the band had a petroleum tin
containing black paint, with which he
smudged the word Boycott on the por-
tails, threatening the merchants with
death if they dared to remove or obliter-
late the inscription. +,
Pressure is being put on all the en-
ployers of labor to get rid of all Greek
subjects In their employment. Some
Greek merchants are said to have dis
missed their staffs and to have declared
their inability to meet drafts made upon
them in the ordinary course of businenss
Geza Janek, the most popular jockey
in Austria Hungary, and the winner OF
the last Austrian derby, has been ar
rested at Vienna on a charge ~ man
slaughter. - , .-.... z.ss q, ...,., .
while Janek was returning with sew
eral friends from the Alag races to Bud
apest in his motor car at the rate of
sixty miles an hour the automobile sud
denly collided with market cart, the
impact forcing the axle of the wagon
into the breast of Janek's friend. Adolf
! Hirsch, a well known automobilist, who
was sitting next to him. The axle at the
same time struck Janek. causing sim SER
ious injury In the left arm, besides break
ing several ribs. Hirsch died of his in
juries shortly afterwards and Janek
was taken to the hospital, where he was
treated and discharged. The police
had received confidential intelligence of
the Jockeys intended flight. He had
requested one Of his friends to hold G1OO0
in readiness as he wished to avoid the
indictment of mansaughter and neg
ligence by taking refuge aboard. To pre-
vent the proposed flight, Janek was ar.
rested. upon which he tainted, repaining
unconscious for some time.
Explaining that he was terribly bored
with life, a man named Joseph Relsow-
sky, committed suicide at Budapest at
the age of 102 He left a letter stating
that after waiting patiently half a CEN
fury he decided to take the matter in his
own hands.