Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Receives
Hungarian Delegation in His
Uncle's Place.
FIRST INSTANCE OF THE KIND
Aged Monarch Believed to Be in Very
Feeble Health.
WOMEN PAINTED WHILE ASLEEP
Dilatory Artist Starts New Fad il
Portrait Painting,
CYCLES CONTROL THE WEATHER
Austrian Professor ASSERTS Weather
IL "DcteriorntiuR" ana that I'M
provcmcnt Cannot Br Looked
For Much Upforc 1920.

VIENNA Jan. 1.-THE fact frat 'Tch
duke Franz Ferdinand represented 'h"
emperor in receiving the Austro hungarian
delegations is regarded ps significant. "
,s the first time I'm many years, I'm tac'.
since his accession ~ tho throne. so fsr
rS can recall. that the cmperor has dele.
-atcd this function 60 another. Il hears
,ut what 7 recently stated In these dis
.atcnes that the emperor is a sick man.
Those who have hecn privileged to 500
tim recently have remarked on his feeble
ness and the rapid failure ~ his strength.
or course this Is one OF those things
which arc not spoken ~ freely. but n
would not cause any great surprise n ~
announcement were made that his maiest
had como to his last sickness. It would
however, cause very deep grief Tor II is
doubtful n there IL I'm Europe ~ sovereiEn
who Is moro universally loved than tna
aged wearer Of the double crown Of Austria
and Hungary
Painting sleeping beauties
It Is the precent craze Of the pretty
ladies Of Viennas high society TO be
painted while asleep. Countess Czivct
started the bright idea. a we'll known
portraitist who had given her an appoint
ment for the sitting has the vicious habit
OF being late for appointments. Tired Of
turning over French novels in one cham
her, the beautiful countess fell asleep. At
last the procrastinating artist turned M.
Entranced by the unexpected vision OF
sleeping beauty. he threw off a lightning
sketch, and as the countess awoke held
it before her astonished eyes. The draw
| ing was so dainty and seductive that the
delighted sitter insisted upon complete
oil portrait painted while she simulated
! sleep
weather ia "DeteriorRtlnR."
Prof Bruckner. president Of the Geo
graphical society of Vienna. il OF the
opinion that the weather is "deteriorating
and he SAYS that no Improvement is to be
expected until 1920 Hitherto It has been
held that cycles are controlled by the
weather. but the professor, after "calcula-
lions extending over 1000 years" has dis
| covered that, contrariwise, the weather Is
/ controlled by cycles. At the moment "a
half cycle" is, as II were running amuck
and the sun has escaped into hack street
Aged HunchbRck MIser Murdered.
Two arrests have already been made in
connection with the murder Of a poor
hunchbacked woman, parts OF whose body
were discovered I'm a wash basket in a
tenement house in the Brgittenau quarter,
one Of the poorest districts OF Vienna.
/ Louise weiss, aged 10, the victim. led
somber existence as a seamstrees Her
sister says that she was always misery,
secretive and reserved. She was cmblt-
tered on account OF her Disagreement. and
was always attempting 10 rid herself OF
IT, When she left home she was wearing
several articles of jewelry. She alway $
carried her savings I'm her pocket.
! Frauein Weiss last seen entering a
house where her friend Frau Marie Bar
tunek lived with tailor named Franz
Czerny. The remains were found on the
ground floor OF the same house. The
police have searched Frau Bartunek's flat
and allege that they found traces OF blood
on the recently washed floor Charred
remains, supposed TO be the missing limbs
were I'm a cupboard with the further pages
OF a newspaper, in the title page Of which
he head OF the victim was wrapped.
I Frau Bartunek is said to have borrowed
,wo washing baskets from her mother
some days ago. Only one was returned
When asked where the other was she could
not account for its disappearance Thee
alleged facts led to the arrest OF Fray
Bartunek and Czerny, who are accused Of
numbering the hunchbscled woman for hen
money.