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- Are Buried in Soil !
i 0f Bloody Mexico
! By KENT A. HUNTER, |
| Staff Correspondent of the Inter- ‘)
5 nationa! News Service, {
g(NOLuuaus. N. MEX, April ¢
; 26 ~America's dead—her sol
] dier dead—lie in Mexican |
‘soil. !
The two troopers killed in the |
clash with Carranza’s troops have |
been buried there and their bodies |
will not be disinterred uniess their |
relatives demand of the War De- |
partment that they be sent “back |
home.” An official report on the §
matter was sent to Washington, |
The wounded men in the Parral °
battle—there are eight of them— |
{ are being treated at the field hos- ¢
| pital at Colonia Dublan to spare |
% them the rough trip to the border, §
according to dispatches roceivodé
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columnse that are moving into Mex
ico from the Columbus base, but as
serted that attacks by the uncurbed
bandits who have been encouraged by
the apparent conflict between Carran
zistas and Americans might seriously
Hamper the supply trains.
Dbregon To Be Told
Obregon To Be To
.
Villa Must Be Ended
(By International News Service.)
WXI"INGT‘ON. April 28 —~OMelals
hevre base all of their hopes for the
future of relations between the
United States and Mexico on the out.
come of the conference about to be
held bhetween Major General Seott,
chief of staff of the American army,
fnd General Obregon, Mexican War
Minister,
LUn account of General Scott's apti
tide as a diplomat and previous suc
€ess In conducting negotiations with
the Mexicans, officlals belleve he will
be able to obtain as satisfactory as-
Surances from Obregon as anyone can,
General Scott's instructions from
Washington will. however, "require
firmness as well as tact in dealing
With the Mexican War Minister.
Obregon will be told very frankly that
the present mission In Mexico will not
be considered concluded until either
the Americans or the forces of the de
facto Government have captured Villa
_or forever ended his power. The Mex
fean general will be told further that
of Villa will be a condition
nt 1o the withdrawal of the
AD expedition,
er, General Obregon will be
O te understand that the forces of
Ahe de facto Government must guar
“Rbtee that there will be no recurrence
“of border raids such as have men-
A the American frontier for the
a 3 “tn years. e::;mmnl:ou is ke
*eone ng the character of the “co
ol o from Carranza soldlers
thus far dtring General Persh
ng's expedition may be described as
Rehery. Obragen’ will oy eae e
und that if his forces do not
sz os e
‘expedition has been mulhna.
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Germans Are Conservinr
Their Artillery Fire to
Prepare Against Offensive
By STANLEY WASHBURN.
(Bzclusive War Dispatches to The
Atlanta Georgian and The Lon
don Times.)
HEADQUARTERS GEN ERAL
CORPS, FRENCH ARMY OF TBE
ARGONNE, April 26 —We _reached
headquarters vesterday afterncon
and were met by the general, who of.
sered the hospitality of his corps and
assured us that we might go any
where in his command. He suggested
that we should go with him to a cer
tain observation point where a good
fdea could be obtained of the general
nafure of the country and the obsta
cles with which he had to contend,
In motor cars we started, presently
entering a tree-clad country.. There is
for a time not a sound to break the
peaceful stillness until suddenly, from
not far away, comes the sullen hoom
of a heavy gun, followed by others
nearer, \und again otherg from all
quarters™of the wood, The general
stopped the car and we Bot out, As
we stood by the roadgide there came
a melancholy wail of a shell hurtling
overhead, followed by a spiteful ex
plosion semewhere in the woods,
In Russia I should have said a small
battle was going on, but there they
told me it was nothing bhut regular
artillery practice, which goes en hour
after hour and day after day.
Prepared Against Attack.
We walked forward while the gen
eral pointed out line after line of
barbed-wire entanglements and re
serve positions prepared by the
Freneh against a p. #ible German
advance. The country here is a ‘se
ries of rolling ”qfl”' reminding one
of the Berkshire Hills of New Eng
land. .
From all quarters come the erash
and roar of artillery, but nowhere
I 8 there visible signs of any guns of
Eun positions, so deftly are these
tucked In the woodland. Entering a
communication trench in a little hot
low, we wina through it and emerge
into a'gallery facing the enemy lines,
which lay beyond a river that winds
between us and the German posi
tion,
The Flrench trenches are well up on
the side of a hill, only a few hundrea
yards from those of the Germans.
We are here at the very hour when
the French artillery is most active, |
The seventenn-story office building
of the Empire Life Ingurance Com-~
pany in Augusta will be relleved of
$250,000 MHabilities outstanding against
It and will be completed at once by
Augusta financiers, including Jacob
Phinizy and others, as the result of an
order passed Wednesday by Judge W,
D. Ellls, in Superior Court.
Permission of the court to resume
and complete work on the skyscraper
AL this time was asked by Attorneys
Robert C, and Philip H. Alston, repre
senting the State Insurance Depart
ment, because of the present demand
in Augusta for office space as created
by the recent disastrous conflagra
tion. The matter had been takep up
by the Insurance Department with g
number of Augusta capitalists, who
agreed to take over the proposition
and formed themselves into a build
ing company.
The labilities against the building,
;that will be paid by the new company,
represent a number of large claims,
Including that of the contractors. the
Whitney Company, of New York.
This company was represented in the
‘h'uinf before Judge Ellis by Attor
ney Alex C. King. Attorney Albert
Howell, in behalf of certain of the
r-o“cyholdog, opposed the Bl:n as
presented the Insurance part
ment, although he agreed that now is
the best time for the oomrny to real.
ize on the Augusta building.
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Commits Suicide
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, April 26 - Despondent
over the faflure of two theatrical pro
ductions In which she had taken part,
Mra. Morris Marsh committed ruleclde
by Inhaling gas today. Mrs. Marsh was
the daughter of Mrs. N. L. Singleton, ‘of
Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs, Nellle 1. Singleton. of the Plack.
slone Apartments, when told of the
Above dispateh said she did not know “
Mra. Morris Marsh,
Separated Pair Go
Following the separation of W. L
Petree and Mrs. Klla Petree on April
§, the husband Wednesday instituted
haheas enrpus proceedinaes aguinst his
wife in Superfor Court in an effort to
ohtain custody of hix ? I-2<vear-old
bov, Richard Alfred Potres.
Judge George L. Dell signed an or
der setting the case for hearing Sat.
urday, at which time he will deter.
mine which of the parents shall re
tain the little follow. The boy now is
In custody of his mother |
and for half an hour we watehed the
German lines, 1,000 yards away, being
drenched with French shells. Over
head we hean the vnintermittent rush
of French shells, while the woods be
hind are vibrant with the crash and
roar of guns, :
iven without glasses it is possible
the eye can reach one can pick out
to see details of the German pesition
now like t.e crater of a very active
young voleano, studded with flashes
of bursting shells and , steaming
abysses hing with the black smoke
they leave behind them. As far as
the German line by the cloud as duss
and debris that hangs in the air, the
explosion of one shell being instantly
followed by another,
Shell Bursts Near By.
The Germans apparemtlv are not
disposed to he “strafed” in silence,
for within a minute or two their Buns,
hidden in the distance, began a reply,
and the noise of the French shells and
their shells, coupled with the roar of
the guns, makes a chaos of sound. Seo
confusing is the uprear that a (Ger
man shell burst within ten paces of
us without our even notieing it until
an officer with us smilingly called at
tention ta the fact,
Then suddenly, as though a master
hand had touched the switch of souna
the guns ceased, and there fell a sl
lence go profound that the note of a
bird singing 100 vards away seemed
loud and shrill. The afternoon activ
ity was for the moment finished, and
once more the world seemd bathed in
peace and serenity.
As we walked back T asked the gen
eral If this was the normal lctlvlfy of
an afternooh,
“Hardly,” he sald with a smile. “1t
s unusually quiet here today. The
(iermans, as you noted, stop firing
when we do."
The smile vanished for a moment,
and then he sald a little sternly:
“And it is well for them that they
do. for T shall reply with two for very
shall they send against uns, P.fn»-
they know it, hecause, you see, they
are not anxious to continue shelling
8o far."
In Russia a Russian shell brought
baock ten from the Giermans, This im
pressed me more than anvthing else,
But here it is quite clear they are te.
ginning to feel the wisdom of con.
serving their fire for the great of
fensive,
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MACON, Aprh 26.—Judge Hamil
ton McWhorter, of Athens, counsel
for the Zadok Smith claimants to the
millions of the late James M. Smith,
of Smithsonia, in his argument in the
ihe-rlng here this morning, took oc
casion to assall Attorneys Bedgood
and James, of Atlanta, referring to
them as “bobtall flushes with Texas
pistols,” and comparing them to
Jesse James and his brothers.
“The one,” he sald, “tried to loot
the Missour! banks while the ofMicers
Were away, and the other tried to take
charge of the estate when Judge
Meadow was disgualified. And like
the Missouri people,” he added, “we
called for an officer In the person of
& Successor to Judge David K.
Meadow,”
| Judge McWhorter admitted that he
Proposed to Judge Meadow to resign
and that they agreed he would be
made assoclate counsel in the case,
i"And," he added further, “if Judge
Meadow 13 no better as a jurist than
he was as a witness 1 think I ren
dered the State a Kreat service.”
Judge McWhorter termed Judge
Fite as a “lovable Jurist.” Judge
Speer then asked if It was not Van
Deadwyler, one of the men employed
to look after the estate, who over
ruled the order of Judge Fite and said,
“it doesn't go here If Marse Hamp
fays no" and recelved an affirmative
answer.
The case wiil probably be completed
tomorrow,
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Council to Act on
~ Request for Brid
- hequest for Bridge
A formal request from the' County
Commission to the city to take up the
matter of the proposed building of a
handsome concrete bridge In the Mo-
Donough road, over the Southern
Raflway tracks, on the route to the
Federal prison, Wednesday was in the
hands of eity oMcials and WaSs ex
pected to be acted on by the City
Counci! at its next meeting. A simi
lar request was sant to ofMicials of the
Southern Rallway, it being the pur
pose of ths county to bulld the bridge
in conjunction with the city and the
raliroad.
Resolutions were adopted at a wpe
cial session of the County Commis
slon, on motion of Commissioner 8.
B. Turman, urging imme slate action
because of the reported dangerous
condition of the present old wooden
bridge. Definite plans will be formed
Ax moon as the city and the Southern
Rallway take action on the matter.
Tampa Court Begins
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TAMPA, FLA, April 26— Orders were
Issued by Clreult msn Robles today
for exhuming the body of Mra. J. Mer
fin Achor and the grand jury was in
structed to investigate her death thor
ouhgly. :hy-tc!-m Were named to de
fermine the depth of the wounds n%-
Ing Mra. Anchor's death while anto v . |
ing w't'h her husband, Dr. Anchor, ms
Aprit }
"‘lcnmom mmmtr\g the dlitched
machine and the probability that Mrs.
‘chor could be fatally wounded by the
broken windshield was placed before
the grand jury this afternoon.
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Jay Lines Repainted;
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Accidents Are Few
Tay.waliing lines n the business .
Qytr‘!’v\' M\.'m. wWere repaintsd ?‘g
fesday, and the arder came gw -
o Bergoant Rurnett for trafie officers
to enforce strictly all traffie laws.
“Although the city s full of visitors,
amtomobile and other flm’! ufid-uz
bave been reduced to & minlmum,” sa
Eorgeant Burpett
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
:
“Colossal Blunder Follows and
Surpasses All Others of War,”
Says London Paper.
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who suffer from chronie inability to
make up their minds?”
The foregoing., as well as editorials
in the other London papers, shows that
the Irish uprising is going to be used
as ammunition by theose who are try
ing 1o overthrow the Asquith cabinet.
“The Germans may have caleulated
upon an uprising wn Ireland to influ
ence certain kinds of American opin
ion in their favor at a moment when
relations with the United States are
critical,” says The Times. “Cierman
socleties and extremist Irish societies
In the United States will doubtless
exeart themselves to the utmost to win
sympathy for ‘lreland’'s struggle for
freedom.’ Their efforts can not be re
garded with entire indifference, but
the remedy lies in the hands of the
British Cabinet, |
Arreats Continue. |
“If they (the Cabinet) try to hush
up any part of the truth or confine
intelligence reaching America to nm-‘
ri:fi communications, German agen
cied and Irish extremists will have a
free field for their malign activities.”
Arrests of members of the Sinn
Fein organization (the Separatists)
are still going on and the belief is ex
rreuud here that the number of po
itical prisoners now runs ipto the
hundreds. They will probably be
charged with sedition,
(The Sinn Feiners are the radieais
among the home rulers. Their aim is
not only to establish the absolute in
dependence of Ireland, but to restore
the Gaelic language.)
Further official announcements on
the Irish uprising were expected to
day,' relating particularly to casual
ties. In his announcement last night
Augustine RBirrajl, Secretary fn& Ire.
land, placed them at three officers.
five soldiers, two loval volunteers and
two constables, at the same time giv
ing no hint as to the number of Sinn
Feiners killed.
Casement's Friends
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Warn Spring-Rice
NEW YORK, April 26.—Warning
that the Britilsh Ambassador, Sir Ce
cll Bpring-Rice, would forfeit his life
it Bir Roger Casement, leader of the
Irish Separatists, were not given by .
England the treatment due a prisoner
of war is contalned in anonyvmous
letters sent out from Washington and
recelved in New York today. ‘
“The British Ambassador, Sir Ce
ell Sfring-Rice has bean informed
that any treatment of Sir Roger Case
ment other than due a prisoner of
war ofdhe highest rank will be a sen
tence of death against him and other
English servants in this country,” said
the anonymous warning
The letters ‘"o’. malled In Wagsh-
Ington about 10 é'clock last night. A
copy of one of«’tham was turned over
to the Federal authorities In this city
today.
‘ The warning was typewritten on
plain white paper, but the envelope
containing It was addressed in long
hand.
By FRANK TEWSON,
LONDON, Aprril 26.—When the see
ond sacret session of Parliament con
vened today the Irish question was
taking equal importance with con
scription.
A statement issued early today by
the press hureau as to the proceed
ings of the first secret session, saye
that unless 50,000 married men have
enlisted by May 27 conseription will
be extended. At the same time Pre
mier Asquith announced that boys of
18 would be drafted If it is necessary
to _broaden the conscription measure,
u',ll'ho following is the statement, in
“At the secret session Premier As
quith stated that the recruiting fig
ures up to date are short of the re
quirements necessary to our proper
military efforts. The Government has
determined upon three proposals:
“1. Prolongation of the war service
time of time-expired men.
“2. The smpowering of the military
to transfer territorials to any unit
where they are needed.
“3. The rendering of n;n.xmm men
to be Hable to service Im iately at
the expiration of their certificates of
exémption,
“With a view to the ultimate addl.
tion of the forces, the Government
proposes to conseript youths under 18
on August 15 as soon as they have
reached the age of 18,
“Premier Asquith also stated that
the Government, recognizing the nec
assary number of unavallable service
time men requiread under the present
aArrangments, agreed upon an imme
diate effort to obtain men by volun
tary enlistment of unattested married
men. If on May 27 50000 of these
men have not been secured hy direct
enlistment Parliament will forthwith
he asked for compulsory powers (con
scription) ™ .
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AP ox, vice president of the At
lanta Vs:‘nhnuu Company, 'l‘mcdu‘
afternoon predicted to members of the
Atlanta Commercial Exchange that At
tapior Sotlon Warket get
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‘m'-.u rallroad rates had hleo
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The exchange members Tuesday were
w-alna 10 make Atianta a greater in.
rior market for various commodities
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Rival Prognosticator Hails Sage
of Spalding as King of
All Seers. »
"rem the city of Hogansville and
the county of Troup came Wednesday
& toimey Cungratuiations and apolo
gies to the Great Snider from the
‘Great Halifax, until now the rival and
dmplacable foe of the Griffin fore
caster, Halifax, having read the
'Snider prediction for Baster and ob
served the eniirely accurate manner
in which it was carried triumphantly
to its conclusion, makes haste to pay
honor where honor is due.
“Hail to Snider, King of Forecast
ers! I long to clasp his hand. He
is a true seer,” writes the Great Hali
lag discoverer and conqueror of the
whifflebat. “His forecast came true.
“"But—mark you—so did mine. And
Y believe I had something the best
of it. Prof. Snider's prophecy was
‘fair and warmer. Mine seemed ab
solutely to contradict it, for I said,
‘cool, cloudy and perhaps rain and
wind.
“l won both ends and Prof. Snider
the middle. In the morning it was
cold and windy. In the muauie Gl G
day it was fair and warm. In the aft
ernoon it was cloudy, with showers
in some sections,
“Long live Snider! Long live Hali
fax!”
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Hoosier Democrats
INDIANAPOLIS, April 26-—Tom
Taggart, now serving by appointment
the late Senator Shively's unexpired
term, was nominated for the United
States Senate by acclamation at to
day’'s Democratic State Convention.
Planks caliir for enforcement of
liquor laws nn:f denouncing the Re
publican party for omissions on this
question, and favering arbitration for
labor disputes were written into the
platform shortly before its presenta
tion and adoption by the convention,
as a result of activity of “independ
ent” Democrats.
The resolution making up the plat
form omitted specific reference to
actions of President Wilson in inter
national affairs, but indorsed him and
Lis policies, praised the Democratic
tariff, currency, lincome tax, trade
commission, labor and other legisla
tion of Cengress.
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at the Hotel Ansley on Saturday, the
date of the presentation of the popular
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Story of “Aida; the
- Operaon Thursday
Verdi's glowing opera, “Aida,”
has twice been sung here, and no
work in all the Metropolitan's
repertoire has proved more pop
ular. It served to introduce Ca
ruso in the first Metropolitan
season, and he sang that night to
more than 7,000 persons, thve rec
ord audience still, for after that
night the fire regulations pre
vented standing in the aisles, It
was repeated in 1912, with the
house filled to capacity.
“Alda” represents the height of
Verdi’'s skill in writing colorful
and dramstic music. He had out
grown his love for the purely
Iyrie, melodious works typified by
his “Trovatore,” and it was yet
sixteen years before he was to
compose the more classic “Otello”
that he was commissioned by the
Viceroy of Egypt to, prepare a
work for the opening of the new
opera houge in Cairo. Naturally,
the composer chose an Kgyptian
theme, and it gave hir oppor
tunity for Oriental magnificence
in music and in stage settings. It
is a “big” opera in several senses,
presented with epulence of scen
ery and costuming, filled 'with
“big” scenes and martial glory,
and overflowing from curtailn to
cartain with glowing vocal gems
for individual singers, duets, trios
and eqwartets
Aida (soprano), the daug?ztor of
Amonasgro (baritone), King of
Ethiopia, has been captured and
is held as a slave at the court of
Egypt, at ancient Memphis. She
has won the love of Rhadames
(tenor), a young soldier, who in
turn is loved by the Princess Am
neris (contralte), who becomes
furiously jealous. &
The Return of the Captives.
Rhadames, mads commander of
the armv and sent an an expedi
tion, returns with rrany Ethiopian
captives, among them Amonasro,
who conceals his identity, but is
recognized by his daughter. The
King (basso) bestows his daugh
ter upon ‘he reluctant Rhadames.
Amonasro forces Aida to persuade
her lover to betray his country,
and they plan a flight together,
but Amneris overhears the lovers
and denounces them. Rhadames
is condemned by the high priests
to be buried alive, and he ix sealed
in a vault below the temple. As
the stone is laid in place, Aida,
who has concedled herself in the
tomb, reveals herself to her lover,
and they suffocate in each other's
arms.
The curtain rises without an
overture, revealing a. great hall in
the palace. Rhadames and RamAfs
(basso), the High Priest, are re
vealed, and aimost immediately
the tenor begins the great aria,
“Heavenly Aida” which late
operagoers will miss. Amneris
enters, and then Aida, and there
follows the trio, “Alas! The Cry
of War I Hear.”
said:
A martial strain announces the
entrance of the King and his
guards, who receive a Mmessenger
from the front. He announces
that the Ethiopians have invaded
Egypt. Rhadames is appointed
commander ¢f the army, present
ed with a silken banner by the
Princess, "and the King, Aida and
Amneris join in a stirring trio
urging Rhadames to guard
“Nile’s Sacred Shores.” All de
part but Aida, who begins her
aria, in which leve for lgia.dumn
and fear for her father battle
with each other, It is called
“Return Victorious,” and when it
is finished she is overpowered
with emotion. Recovering, she
sings the appealing “Sacred
Names,” indicative of her con
flicting love for father and lover,
and the curtain falls,
The second scene reveala an
altar in the Temple of Vulcan,
where the priests and priestesses
have gathered to bless the army.
Behind the scenes is heard a
chant of praise to the Goddess
Ptah. Ramfils and Rhadames
join in the duet, with chorus,
“God, Guardian and Avenger,”
the young soldier is presented
with the sacred armor, and the
curtain falls on the mystic dance
of the priestesses,
‘Act I opens upon a hall in the
apartments of the Princess Am
neris, with her glaves adorning her
to receive Rhadames, about to re
turn in triumph from the wars. The
ba.lll':t is intruducefd here for a mo
menk. Aida, the slave, approaches,
and she and Amneris give a series
of duets, in which Amneris gloats
over the slave-girl’s love for the
hero and dwells upon her ap
proaching marriage, and Aida
sings of her love and her renun
ciation. The blending of soprano
and contralto is beautifully con
trived.
A Splendid Scene.
The second scene of Aect II is
one of the most ornate and splen
did in all apera. It is autside the
walls of Thebes, and the King and
his court awalt the entrance of
the victorious army, A thrilling
chorus is sung, and there enter
the Egyptian troeps, preceded by
trumpeters, dancing girls and im
ages of the gods. The two bands
are playing the famous Triumph
al March, and Rhadames, the con
queror, is borne }n under a cano-
Py to receive tha plaudits of the
people. The ballat has its most
im’;hortam scene here.
he captives enter, and at once
Aida recognizes her father, tne
King of Ethiopia. He signals to
her not to betray his rank, and
passes for an ordinary soldier. A
fine quartet for the principals be
gins here, with Amonasro plead
ing for his fellows, Aida and Rha
dames urging mercy, and the
priests demanding death for all
the captives. The King ylelds to
the appeal for merey, and frees
all the prisoners but Alda's fa
ther He then bestows the hand
of Amneris upon Rhadames, and
the curtain falls upon one of the
mpst splendid climaxes which
Verdl has written.
.‘t 111 reveals moonlight on the
banks of the Nile, the Metropoli
tan providing a beautifu! setting.
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1916
The Temple of Isis stands be
neath the palms, and from it soar
the veices of wogen; c ’-fin‘fi
hymn of praise, “O Thou'Whe Art
of Osiris.” There enfer Rha
dames and Amneris, who go inte
the temple together, and then
Alda, her face concealed by a veil,
She sings here the despairing,
appealing aria, “Oh, My Native
Land,” one of the mest briiliant
numbers of the opera. !
. Here enters Amonasre, who
tells Aida that his people have
risen, and urges ha{ to persuade
Rhadames' to reveal his plan of
campaign, so that the Bthiopians
may take advantage of his plans,
Aida refuses. They have three
duets in succession, including the
famous “Thou Shait See Oree
~ More the Balmy Forests” and
- “Up, Then! Rise and Destroy.”
Aida is ovecome and consents to ‘
betray her lover,
| Repuised by Aida.
~ + Rhadames enters and endeavors
| to embrace Aida, but she repuises
him. He protests that he loves
her and not Amneris, and the
~ slave girls begs him to flee from
| the\ country with her. He con
sents, and reveals the plan of
~ “campaign, which, to his horror,
~is overheard by Amonasro. They A
- are about to flee together when
~ Amneris, who has been concealed
i behind a 4illar, rushes in and de
nounces them. Rhadames is ar= .
\ ested, while Aida and her father
- make their escape.
| Act IV opens with a room in
the palace with Amneris in de
spair, for ghe is ton between love
and vengeance. She orders Rha
dames brought before her, and
offers to save him if he will give
up Aida. He refuses, and their
duet is exceptiomally, beautiful.
Rhadames is led to tfie room of
judgqut. while Amneris and
Ramfi§” with a chorus, sing “Ah,
Death- Approaches,” As the 1
priests eross the hall the repent
ant Princess volces a despairing
appeal for mercy, while the
priests solemnly answer that
R)}adames' doom is heyond re
call. "~ "
The final scene is a unique set
ting, the floor of the Temple he
ing gbove the stdge, while the
vault below also is shown. Above
the priests and priestesses are
chanting, and below in the semi
darknes: Rhadames Is waiting
for the last stone to be cement
ed into his tomb. He begins the
great duet. most wonderful of all
Verdi's gifted ecreations, “The
Fatal Stone.” He sings of his love
for Aida, and as he sings a voice
is heard in the farther recesses
of the tomb, 1t is the voice of
Aida! She has crept into the vault
to die with her lover, and their
voices blend in the lovely, haunt
ing “Farewell, O Earth” The
Final curtain falls, .
J. O. Cochran, general manager of
parks, Wednesday told of having ob
tained a wonderful pet bear for the
Grant Park Zoo. Tt has a silky black
coat of hair, weighs 550 pounds and was
8 much-loved pet of its former master,
a man in Florida.
‘““Are vou going to treat him as a
pet?’ Mr. Cochran was asked.
‘““He was the other man's pet,” Mr.
Cochran replied. 1 took a good look at
him and then put him in a cage. He
will stay there so far as I am con
cerned.”