Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-16
AUSTRIAN NAVY is GROWING
First New Dreadnaught Afloat and
Second Soon Ready.
OTHER HEAVY SHIPS ON STOCKS
Impression Prevails that Germany IL
the hacker of Austrian Plan for
Strong Navy-POOr Girl
Left n Fortune.
BY EMIL ANDRAssY.

VIENNA, July 15.-(Special TO The Bee)
Austria soon will have a navy which
must be reckoned with when the next line
up OF powers is considered Its first
Dreadnaught, the Viribus Unitus, already
has taken the water; another will be
launched in November. a third is on the
way and the contract has been let for the
fourth.
While this does not put Austria in the
front rank of naval powers in the present
state of naval strength in Europe, its four
Dreadnaughts in 1915 will make It an ally
worth considering in any war for naval
supremacy.
II is contemplated to build four more
great battleships as soon as possible, which
will give Austria a fleet Of eight of as
fine warships float the seas.
1t Is denied that Germany is financing
the Austrian naval program but there Is a
strong impression in diplomatic circles that
the kaiser has assured the Vienna govern
ment that all tho money needed can be
secured in Berlin and on favorable terms.
Fortune for saIeswOman.
A romantic story has just become public
of the Inheritance Of fortune of $1,000
by Fraulein Wardyss, a poor girl en-
n
shop in the small town Of Kis UjszaIlas, in
Hungary. Among the customers of the
shop are Herr Croney, an elderly bachelor
who often expressed indignation at the
small wage paid to the fraulein. Recently
he entered the shop, and after making
some small purchases told Fraulein
Wardyss he intended to make her heir tc
all his property.
Tho fra,tagn Iapot1od - ,,-hat 81.
Joke, for the customers clothes were
shabby and she thought him poor man
II really mean It," said Herr Croney. and
unfastenipg his shirt cuff, he placed il
flat on the counter and, pulling out foun,
tain pen he wrote his will on It, This, hi
called two apprentices to witness, and
then, putting the cuff into his pocket h,
left the shop. A few minutes later Herr
Croney, in making a violent effort to avoid
motor car in the roadway, overstrainet
his heart and fell dead. Next day Frauleir
Wardyss was informed that his estate
amounting to $4,000. was at her disposal
Many Killed in Riot.
During an election riot at Drohobycz II
Galicia, the infantry were called out anc
fired on the crowd. No fewer than eight
cen people were killed, and there are sixty,
five wounded in the hospital The question
is asked everywhere whether it was abso
lutely necessary to make such a bruta
use of firearms, and a strict inquiry IL
demanded as TO whether the assertion o.
the inhabitants Of the town is true, tina
the crowd was not properly warned befor,
the five volleys were fired
Several agitators OF the Zionist party
who spread the rumors OF the forged vot
ing papers and registers. which caused sucl
intense excitement among the Jewish popu
lation, have been arrested and will b,
prosecuted. All shops, restaurants ant
cafes were closed after the riot, and flag
were at half-mast on many business
houses. The troops continued to patro
the streets, but there have been no fur
Their disturbances