Show v 'S? C ' v MAGAZINE SECTION : V IDilRAliDZBBHTO THE S J - - : $5 ' - ' ‘ ' v! ' ' - je r' iva : t ' i Z'!'-'- ' MAGAZINE SECTION V ' : i - -r- 1 lonarcny jf !" ! V‘ jfl ' aces " ' ' ' V1 n tt J :”ciTy ’UTAH SUNDAY --FEBBUARTT 4 1917 - ' 7 - s r: W v 1 r' 1c& '? j y 1 ' r - i ' to Drop Inter-Disposition ' nicine Troubles Evident Everywhere in Empire of r ' ' ‘ m f Masses of People Tiring of S War but Not So the Men in the Trenches They See No Terrorism '! -- Youthful Charles s4 the VIENNA! Feb 3— Politically Francis Joseph Emperor and the assassination of Premier Stu-ergduring 1916 left the empire-monarcaltogether unaffected Emperor Charles has stepped at the head of the governmental machinery without a tremor disturbing the state The various races constituting Austria-Hungar- y have been welded into a whole by the war in matters affecting nationality without however forgetting their special interests' as was shown when the Ruthenians objected to the absolute given Galicia to Francis Joseph by Emperor The Ruthenians feared the new order of things in Galicia would give the Polish clement the upper hand to such an extent that oppression would follow Like most Slavic people Pole and Ukranian are distrustful of one another and it is asserted that the ui Polish nobility in Galicia is not ""ftu-- h politically to cause the Ruthenians to view their filter" wiih much assurance It is possible that the Austrian crown will take some measures to safeguard the interests of the Ruthenians The Czech problem has lie?n solved during the year by eliminating itself It was at no time a large affair consisting largely of some seditious efCzech leadforts of certain Pan-Sla- v ers four of whom were recently condemned to death on charges growing out of the mutiny of a Czech regiment There is no on the field of battle believe to reason that the Czech race stood behind these effort- - not if the Bohemian regiments conduct of against the Italian and Rumanians is to serve as an indication Publie bodies throughout Bohemia have repeatedly disavowed the Czech leaders in foreign countries On the occasion of the late emperor’s death the condolences from Bohemia were probably the warmest received Austria-Hungary- ’s share in the establishment of the kingdom of Poland was in the main negative and the result of a compromise between Austria and Hungary reached for the sake of maintaining within the empire-kingdothe balance of power thought necessary to safeguard the individual and collective interests of the racial groups governed from Vienna and Budapest Fearing that the joining of Galicia to Congresa-Polan- d and the close attachment of this greater kingdom of Poland to Austria would diminish Magyar influence witbin the dual state Hungarian statesmen were willing to have Poland incline more toward Germany as has been the case in these first days of the new state To satisfy the Poles in Galicia Emperor Francis Joseph granted them the greatest measure of compatible with the sovereignty of the The Polish element in Gacrown licia appears greatly pleased with the kh hy self-governm- ent scru-niiln- Kut-el-Ama- left view on theCerna where the Austrians and Ruman- ians are fighting showing the fa-mons Franz Josef hotel at Hercules- bad and the town of Orsova key to the Iron Gate lost to Austria lower left Count Tisza upper right Emperor Charles of Austria- Upper- - less days are unknown at! the actual front The war has not been 'without its n effect upon the mind of the soldier It is a fact that the civil population is more 'tired of the war than the5: man in the trench! Usually the soldier has come to look upon military service as a duty that In many instances must be ' done the psychological effect has been that the man has come to look upon military service as did the mercenWork at ary in centuries gone by the front has become a profession He has no other ' cares with him than those related tq his own person and death has lost its terror A sad by almost daily contact man has is this the that feature of been completely weaned away from his family It is nothing unusual to have soldiers on furlough return to the front before the time is up At the front 'they are carefree and all worry belongs to the officer Transportation problems in the southeast of Europe will be important matters for discussion when peace terms are arranged for the Balkans according to economic authorities of the central powers- - Two declared: things are necessary it-iline new A connecting cenrailway tral' Euopre with Constantinople and the development of the Danube for transportation purposes ' ’Hitherto the only’ line of1 railway communication between Central Europe and Constantinople has been by way 6f Belgrade Nish' and Sofia This was V sufficient for traffic be fore the tarbut it will not be s after peace is restored: and especial ly after completion ' of the Bagdad One new linethat: lias aK railway been discussed v’wpiild lead ready through eastern Serbia this ’plan haring been drawn up with the asf sumption that part of Serbia will fall to Bulgaria!In the general settle Austro-Hungaria- Hungary and Count von Burian' Austrian foreign minister - question of convening the Austrian Reichsrat has been before the pubWhen this parliament will go lic into session is not known even today The impression prevails that it will meet this month More probable it is that March will be the month The Austrian parliament has not been assembled since the outbreak of the war the government conducting its affairs by virtue of laws passed before that time and regulations empowered by sundry war acts some of them of ancient date The closing days of 1916V found Austria-Hungamore or less in the end of position ' she was in at the 1915 The resources of ' the dual monarchy men and material alike were further depleted by military operations but the nature of the demands made by war upon all belligerents is such that Austria-Hungar- y has not suffered more than her antagonists it is declared losses While the in men have been heavy there is no reason to believe that the army has ceased to be a strong organization Depreciation in numerical strength has been attended by great improve- znents in organization- and - leaderThe lessons' brought by the ship war have been eagerly employed The capacity of the- officer has been heightened and the almost complete merger of the army with Ithe Gorman with it has reforces sulted in a uniformity of actipn which the arrangements obtaining at the outbreak of the war could not effect At the lower Eastern' and -- to attacks upon Premier Tisza and minBaron Burian The oppoister of foreign affairs sition charged that the men in Vienna had closed their eyes to the course of events in Bucharest and had permitted themselves to be lnlled into a false sense of security the Rumanian army invading Transylvania as the result of this Debates of this question were cut short as much by military events in Transylvania as by the defense which Count Tisza put up The food situation also occupied :thp Hungarian diet for ' many days result of which was that the Hungarian government prohibited ' nearly all food exports to Austria and Germany This In expolicy has been called selfish tenuation it mnst be said that crop returns in Hungary in 1916 were far new state of affairs from good The Hungarian diet has also been in May Convene Parliament session throughout the parliamentary For the last three months the period listening for much of its time m Austro-Hungari- an ent Austro-Hungarian 4 - ‘ Feb S— Herman BUlik five times in the shadow or the sallows has left Joliet prison after eight years He was sentenced for the murder of the father and four sisters of “Jerry’ Vrzal “Jerry testified he saw Bllllk put poison In the food of his sisters and his father A fortnight ago “Jerry went before the board of pardone and swore lie perjured himself He said the Chicago police forced him to testify against Bllllk And when Bllllk left Joliet last Thursday It was to extend to “Jerry the sublime reward— the hand ©J Edna Bllllk his daughter In marriage When Bllllk came to Joliet he was Now he a man of powerful physique Is feeble In health gray-- h aired toothless and rheumatic He Is 50 and looks 70 To his daughter to Father P J O’Callaghan and to the testimony ofe “Jerry” Bllllk theowes his “hypnotist-fortun-It teller” was Father whopardon five times O'Callaghan went before Governor Deneen and saved Bllllk from a hangman’s noose Three times the pardon board has heard In favor of Billik’s release arguments it was In 1907 that Bllllk was arrested for the murders of Martin Vrzal a milk dealer living in Chicago and his daughters Mary TUlle Rosie and The Insurance on Bertha these was collected by Mrs Vrzal all She was questioned by Inspector Shlppy In the Park station and permitted Hyde to ' go homepolice On arriving there she swallowed poison his It wss alleged Bllllk through use of a magnetic over Mis Influence Vrzal was able to - force her to turn over her money to him Bllllk Is a Bohemian and the son of 'a fortuneteller He had been In Chicago aca short time when he became only with the Vrzals through buyquainted milk in Martin Vrsal’s depot Vrzal ing had saved a little money and owned his home It was estimated by the that more than $6000 was prosecution over to Bllllk by Mrs Vrzal turned news tears of freedom-broughtThe to BUUk’s ' eyes He stammered his joy and said: ‘The first thing I do will be to give my blessing to Jern and Ednaand I 1fully can forgive them for everything Joliet ing 111 so-call- i1 ir gpOCB The s’ - : i clothing-ottheVfroopremai- ns fairly good jTne faOt t)iat‘ oldtex-tile- s are again and again ' converted into new fabncs Z has robbed the army of ‘the neatness its “pike-gray- ” uniforms gaye Austro-Hungari- an it two years s Then the Austro-Hungariwas army probably the best dressed ln all Europe Today this is no longer true : Footwear Plentiful Footwear continues f to be excelThe country has!- large stocks lent of cattle and good' tanneries While leather'- ' has- risen enormously in price the 'army still wears the best shoes in the country t Food is more plentiful at the front than-ithe 'rear due in: the main to the measure that from a district declared - a wqr zone no food of any sort may be exported to the hinder-lan- d The men receive their former rations of bread and meat' Meat ago an - - - ! - - - “ ! : - ' - Austro-Hnngaria- - s' ' ? an ry : ‘ -- may be commanded by either a v Companies Destroyed When Huge French Mine Blows Up ns i in-tu- ' ' - - £ German officer the or fact 'remains that they are a unit getting orders from the- same to carry them out for the Austro-Hungari- an - Vnead-quarte- - rs r ' Common purpose p- Several trips to various German and frontsj have shown Associated Press correspondent the that relations between the Austro-Hungariand German soldiers are the best They may be found "to? gether in the same artillery r position and the same firing! line Usually keen rivalry exists between them for military necessity thus providing !V new incentive to do 'the best V A hew feature of thV'European war in 1916 was the participation on the " Russian and fronts Dobrudja by Ottoman troops' Recurring mention Austro-Hungari- an an ’ j ! ’ ! - of them1 in' the official' war reports shows that the Turk is proving of ' great value even here' ': S 'V - - e front it is impossible today to find a tactical unit t of unmixed Germans and central trops outnumber may' Vin a large organization one another TheVyear ! made upon Austria-Hungar- y - ' nickel articles are: being exchanged for similar articles made of iron and it is considered as altogether unlast man would fire a likely th$-thmaclefrom thevlast candlecartridge stick in therinonarchy as the saying vv c'f ’i' Aus-tro-Germ- ra Ru-mani- an -- ed ' f y the war in the least: Thousands of tons bf copper brass tin and ry - DAUGHTER OF MELIK IS SUPREME REWARD FOR VRZAL’S CONFESSION ! - self-appoint- ed self-governm- is declared to be the only thing to make the stream a wholly dependable The plans for this feawaterway ture call for a canal only fourteen miles in length which would cut off the loop now some seventy miles in length containing the dangerous rapids The canal would have to be carried through a tunnel three or It would then four miles long the into valley of a small emerge stream emptying into the Danube This could be dammed at several places so that there would be very little cutting besides the tunnel Germany is very much interested in this project in view of the fact that the Upper Danube as it seems now will witbin due time be connected by a large canal with the Rhine or the Elbe or probably both of these German streams When it became known through the ranks that transports of Turks had arrived at the battle front it was only natural for our soldiers to fall into a state of joyous surprise at seeing the heroes of Gallipoli and with whom we were to fight shoulder to shoulder Most of them were gi gantic broad shouldered dark haired fellows burnished by the southern sun and with martial bearing Here wore men from the Golden Horn from Anatolia and Damascus the home of the Damascan blade from the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris Kurdistan Syment of problems in the Balkans It ria and the Holy Land all with a has been suggested that this line stubborn will under the half moon and Would cross the Danube at Bazias green banner of the prophet: strong where an existing Hungarian line has men drilled and disciplined after our its terminus and that south of the own fashion which strengthened the' Danube a connection would be made ties of sympathy lie tween us “Real soldiers these’’ was the uniwith an existing line extending from The ensuing days of Semendria south along the Bulgar- versal verdict confirmed our'evpecta-tioh- s hard Sofia ian frontier and thence to fighting the and commanding officers Regarding the Danube it is de- were to have these Orientals unglad clared that the development of the Trained after their command waterway was hindered before the der made themsoon own our style they war by Rumania’s refusal to ratify selves at home among us and we soon agreements regarded as necessary became friends They did not take for the proper utilization of the to our They deep trenches kindly river for traffic Since the mueh like too too are prisconfining victories in Rumania on said they the demand bad been voiced in the The Turkish trenches are shallow central powers that whatever be the men crouch down low behind the The future status of Rumania politicalbreastwork assuming a half sittimr ly the peace conditions must guarOriental style when firing antee that all restrictions upon the position a trench attack they mean to free navigation of the Danube be If they take it and when once in their posabolished session they bold onto it They It is said also an effort will be handle our guns with a precision made to arrange for further im- which is simply marvelous and it is provement of the month of the the highest ambition of the Turk to river and also to facilitate traffic at They get hold of one of our guns the Iron Gate where the stream ‘are deand to a fault Fear brave breaks through the mountains from are alien to him He has Hungary and Serbia into Rumania spondency awe of death His least the not Twenty years ago a great scheme of moment to die has been long preimproving the river at this point destined he believes If the time is was carried out including the hlast-in- g at hand home him will overtake of a side channel through the if not it itis powerless to harmat a hair rapids after Germany and Austria-Hunga- of his head in the face of a thousand had contracted for imand this faith is so strong so mense supplies in Rumania —that up- guns in his heart that stream business assumed ' any con- firmly implanted Before a can disturb it Under the nothing siderable proportions into battle the Turkish goes stress of necessity- - the authorities men willregiment kneel down every man's then listened ib the advice of en- face towards Mecca One cannot but gineers and allowed them to build a admire the men’s faith traction railway along the side of the Our soldiers have taken to these stream for the tugging of flotillas Orientals It is a great pity they of- - barges through the Iron Gate cannot converse together otherwise This? barge traffic is expected to be there would be no end of yarns spun reopened soon t on a still larger scale But this is impossible for it would in: order to bring away great stores be most difficult for the Germans to of grain and oil captured in Rumania learn the Turkish language and the But a canal around the Iron Gate Turks to learn the German language heavy demands ’s supply of war material! but hah not exhausted it The scarcity in copper and tin has been met by employing iron and other available metals fl Though View of vast mine crater in which ’two Prussian companies perished : ' been i t i have roofs confiscated copper' " t The hole the largest of which any record has so far reached this country was made by' a French mine oh the Somme front north of Combles Its by the government and even church bells melted down :the shortage in' mouth is nearly 100 yards long and 60 yards' wide a charge of 22000 pounds of explosive being used Of the two Prussian companies swallowed up only sucli metals" has4 so far not affected four( wounded- men!were found alive two of these dying the next day in a French field hospital ' ' j Hi i'v v r — j :? - ’ only thank him for the change of heart that has brought me freedom' Hilllk's friends have sent1' him to Cleveland' His wife and daughter Edna there-sinchave been'-livlnhis incarceration It is announced Jerry after his marriage' will return to California where he will take &' place in a bank - : '! : Z 0 vV- - - (c ? 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