The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-08
ALL EYES TURNED
TO FRANCIS JOSEPH
Aged Monarch Is Rapidly
Nearing Death
VANITY IN VIENNA
Extraordinary Breach of Promise Suit
Follows Trial Marriage'-Fear
of Italian Espionage May
Ruin Irishman
ny EMIL ANDRAssY

VIENNA, july 1.-(Special.)-Upon the
bent. feeble. aged figure of the En-
peror Francis the eyes of all European
diplomats are now turned in deep con-
Germ not unmingIed with alarm and
uncertainty as to the future.
To all those brought in daily contact
with him 1t is becoming more and more
evident that thes pan of life of the ven
ernable monarch is rapidly drawing to a
close. Up to few months. even few
weeks, ago. the figure of the Emperor
had lost none of its stalwart upright
ness and soldiery bearing. TIE had too
lost little If any of the inordInate in
dustry and capacity fon work which
had made him one of the most remark
able of all European rulers
And then before anyone could realize
the change the familiar figure seemed
to have changed as by the touch of
wand into that of shrunken, stoop-
ing, fragile shell of man. Gone is
the precise military step. Gone the
splendid poise. and imposing presence
which made him kingly even among
kings, and in their place is the sham
bling, loose shuttle, the scared, worn.
wandering, furtive look of one who
feels that he has somehow lost his
place in the world.
The signs of the approaching inevi-
table end have set all Austrians ask
ing the inevitable-Quin sabe? (what
next2)
or the ability OF the Archduke Ferd-
inand, his successor, to hold togeth-
er the various provinces and races
which go to make up the Austro-Hun
garian empire there is considerable
doubt. Disaffection, long smoulderinS
IN Hungary and among the various
md -
ing the lifetime of the aged Emperor
VIII. 1t is known, burst with his death,
into flame which can end only in
chaos and the destruction of the en-
pfre,
long letter from despairing and dis
tracted father. published in the news
papers of today, would seem to show that
in respect of wild extravaganza our young
men can out vie even the gilded youth
of your White Way.
According to this worthy gentleman the
fashionable young man of Vienna spends
as much on his clothes as, eye1 the vain
est of women. Such items as s65 for a
pair of boots, sl2 for a shirt, SIPS for
single suit of clothes among the least
OF the items in the young mans ward
robe.
"ln my time walls the parent Il
should have deemed myself disgraced If
idu spent III "a year what my son ana MS .
comrades now spend monthly on mere
dress accessories
An extraordinary breach Of promise case
has come before the Vienna courts, the
plaintiff being servant girl and the de-
PENDANT a railway worker named EIofer.
The latter did not deny promising mar
riage. but said that the promise was con-
ditional that he and his sweetheart should
live together for six weeks in order to see
II they suited each other. On two oc-
casions during the trial when he returned
from work she was not In the house, and
he deduced from this that she would not
look after his interests. The Judge found
for the defendant. on the ground that he
had attached condition to his promise,
and after the trial had come to the con-.
clusion that the marriage would not be
= happy one.
An Irishman from County Dublin, Mr.
William Thomas Murphy. seems in danger
of suffering loss through the fear of Ital-
ian epionage that has attained proportions
of a mania among military circles In the
Austrian Tyrol. After a varied and sue
cessful career as chef de cuisine in va
rious large European hotels, he hired from
the Savings bank of Trent last February
In response to an advertisement two hotels
for the summer season at the well known
watering place of Rabbi In southern Ty-
rol. Having engaged his personnel for the
season beginning June 10. he made due APP
plication for a license from the local Aus
trian authorities. The application was re-
fused. without any reason being assigned
for the refusal. Supported by mpeccaple
attesta tons and certificates from the Brit
sh consulate general at Milan, where ne
is engaged at the Palace hotel, and by Il
Recommendation from the Austrian con-
suate. he appealed to the lord Lieutenant
If Tn chr1yc ov of t1a nf to
local authorities. The appeal was reject
ed no reason being given but Mr.. Muir
ply was informed confidentiaIly" that
he was suspended of intending to promote
Italian espionage. In despair he applied
to the British embassy in Vienna, whicf,
has approached the Austrian ministry of
commerce, which in turn promise TO inves-
tigate the matter, but as bureaucratic
methods are slow Mr. Murphy may in
the meantime be ruined unless the Aus
trian government opens its eyes to the
injustice of the case, and redress an hon
orable British subjects grievance without
delay.
An abortive attempt on the life of the
governor of Croatia, NJ. Cuvay, was made
at Agram by Bosnian schdent named
Jul1ics.
AS the governor accompanied by his
wife, NJ. Hervoic chief of the educational
department. and his secretary, was pass
ing in his motor car along the Fleischauer-
strasse at a slackened speed. Jukics fired
two shots from a Browning pistol at NJ.
Cuvay. He missed the governor, but the
shot struck NJ. Hercoic in the neck, inf1ict-
ing fatal injury.
Jukics at once took to fight, killing one
constable and injuring two others as he
ran. ia last he was overpowered and ar
rested He admitted that he intended to
kill the governor in revenge for his regime
of brutal force. and he regretted that he
had not been successful. He denied having
accomplices. but about 30 Bosnian students
were arrested. He also declared that he
conceived the plan after reading the re-
ports of the attempt on Count Tisza.
Incapable of Adjustment
Does the Toronto Mall and Empire IA
vor the suffragette cause :?
Listen:
Judge Dentons remark that a jury Of
women might be better able to decide .
dispute between a dressmaker and GUS
toner was an apt one. In fact women
are the proper arbiters IN all differences
between women which are incapable Of
adjustment.
That's the answer.
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