Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-21
SERYIAN KING DEFERS VISIT
Trouble at Home is Alleged as the
Cause.
OLD EMPER0RS HEALTH NORMAL
Those Near Francis Joseph of Austria
Insist He Has Only "A slight Cold
--Dressmnker II Related
to Royalty.
OLD EMPERoRs HEALTH NORMAL
BY EMIL ANDRAssY.


VIENNA, May 2O.-CSpecial to The Bee. }
1t is declared officially that the emperor
health is normal, but for a slight cold. II
is regarded as significant however, that
King Peter of Servia has been requested
to postpone his visit to Vienna for a
while, That his majesty is very feeble
is not denied and the recurrence of these
colds is giving serious concern.
II may be that International politics was
really at the bottom Of the postponement
of the Servian kings visit. as there is a
strongly backed report that King Peter
is in trouble with his people and that the
announcement of his abdication need cause
no surprise.
Dressmaker Related to Royalty.
Passing as Mime Juliette." Hapsburg,
and distant cousin of Emperor Francis
Joseph, woman, has been unearthed
carrying on a dressmaldng establishment
in Gzegedin, an obscure Hungarian town.
But that is a decided step up the social
ladder for Baroness Julie Eichhof Hassbef e
Battner. who has followed the occupation
of a maid of all-work In a statlon-master S
menage. Tragedy has marred no less than
three matrimonial attempts on which she
has embarked during her career. Her first
her fortune, and blew out his brains. The
second. chemist, poisoned himself within
six months Of the wedding day; and from
the third the baroness obtained divorce.
Then it was she entered domestic serv-
vice. Subsequently better opportunities
offered themselves, and she became estab-
lished as a modiste.
stage Names Not Good on Notes.
Mile. Emmy Destinn (whose name in pri-
vate life is Emile KitteD the great
Bohemian prima donna of the kaiser
royal opera and court which has decided
that person who signs a promissory note
in a stage name is not responsible for it's
repayment.
While Mile. Destinn was singing in Lon
don in 1908 she borrowed $500 from Prague
master tailor, to whom she gave a bill of
exchange signed in the name under which
she had won international fame. The note
not having been paid when due, the tailor
sued Mile. Destinn, but she set up the de-
fence that the note was not legal because
Tense that the note was not legal because
Jealousy Makes Life Miserable.
Insensate jealousy on the part of Lieu
tenant Racich, an officer in the Austrian
navy, has led to his arrest on a charge of
attempted murder. Nine. Racch's life
was made utterly miserable by her hus-
bands baseess suspicious, and at last she
left him and began proceedings for a di-
vorce.
One day as she was walking in the street
her husband met her. and begged her to
return. She refused, whereupon he pro-
duced a revolver and fired several shots
at her face, exclaiming that no other man
should enjoy her beauty crowd
gathered. and threatened to lynch the lieu
tenant who had to take refuge in house,
where he remained until he was arrested.
SkOda Dividend.
The directors OF the Skoda works have
declared a dividend of 20 kronen per share,
or 10 per cent. and decided to raise the
share capital from 25.OOO,OOO to 10000 900
kronen by an ISSUE of new 2O0-kronen
shares at the price of $50 kronen. The in
crease of capital is required for the ex-
tension OF the plant in the steel and gun
departments. wild speculation in Skoda
shares on the Vienna Bourse has caused
heavy losses, the price having varied from
800 to about 600 kronen.
Annoyance has been occasioned among
the singers Of the Vienna opera house by
an order that they are to appear clean
shaven