Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-03

AUSTRIA SEEKS THE FINISH
Anxiously Awaiting End of Cretan
Difficulty.
OF GRAvEST DANGER
Turkey stands Ready TO Administer
Lasting Lesson to Greece, IL is
Believed in official
Circles.
BY EMILE ANDRAssY.


VIENNA, July 2-(Special Dispatch TO
The Bee 1.-The Austrian government viii
be heartily glad when the Cretan situat-
ion is finally settled. That is contains ele-
ments of the gravest danger is felt certain
here. Advises from Turkey indicate that
the Turkish government will avail itself
Of any reasonable pretext to administer
another and lasting lesson to Greece. The
boycotting movement Of Greek goods is
spreading. This boycotting movement was
organized by a committee at Salonika,
where the harbor is closed to all Greek
vessels. the stevedores being forbidden I'M
der pain Of death to unload Greek ships or
to assist their passengers.
Outbreak at smyrna.
At Smyrna the Greek tradesmen were
forced by the Cretan Mussulmans to close
their shops. The foreign consuls inter
vened with the government to protect the
Greek consul, who was threatened with
serious injury. Pourparlers on the subject
of Crete continue to be conducted by the
four protecting powers. 1t Is understood
that the four powers are not contemplating
a final solution Of the Cretan problem, but
intend to address a warning to the island
ers that they must readmit the Moslem
right of Moslems In general. Should this
warning fail, energetic steps will probably
be taken.
II is felt here that unless some decided
action is taken there is liable to be serious
trouble.
Hot in Vienna.
Vienna has been suffering from almost
tropical heat. The thermometer at mid
night has registered as high as 1O1 degrees
Fahrenheit, and the evening and early
mornings are abnormally hot. Many cases
of prostratlon from the heat are recorded,
and there appears to be little prospect of
any immediate change.
Work on DrendnOuRhts.
The keel Of the first Austro- Hungarian
Dreadnought has, according to the Zeit
just been laid in the yard of the Stab
ilimento Tecnica. The keel Of the second
Dreadnought will be laid in September and
It is hoped that the first vessel will be
ready for launching in the summer of 1911
Centenarians Wed.
A remarkable wedding has Just beer
celebrated at Braila. The bridegroom was
Joseph Stopf, centenarian, and he mar
ried Maria Liga, whose age was 101. These
aged people had loved each other in youth
eighty years ago, but their parents would
not consent to their marriage, and the cir
was married to another man. This mar
died few months ago, and now the sweet
hearts OF eighty years ago are man and
wife. The bishop OF Braila officiated al
this strange marriage and several thousand
people assembled outside the church
! Both the bride and bridegroom are In good
health and comfortable circumstances.
Strange Pair of Twins.
Remarkable interest has been aroused
among members of the medical profession
In Vienna by the birth Of another pair Of
| Siamese twins. The infants, which have
some remarkable developments, were borr
to a gypsy woman in a field near Brunn
Both children are normally developed II
the upper parts, but there is only one pail
OF legs, while from the back what appears
to be third leg has grown. with six dis
| tinct toes. Both infants are well. Thu
stronger cries a great deal and takes nour
shment eagerly but the other, though
breathing regularly and normally shows
little activity and takes very little nourish
ment,