Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-26
NAVY ESTIMATE SANCTIONED
Austrian Preparations for Possible
War to Go Ahead.
FOUR DREADNOUGHTs PLANNED
Abnormal Head OF Tyrolese Peasant
Cut from Body and Delivered 60
Scientific Institute, a. Per
Contract.
BY EMIL ANDRAssY.

VIENNA. March 25-,Special to The Beel
Austria Hungary evidently does not intend
to be caught unprepared should war be
tween this country and Italy or Turkey be
declared. The Hungarian delegation adopted
the navy estimates on Tuesday without
modification and this sanctioned the pro
gram according TO which 50 l6i.2 go is to be
spent on building four dreadnoughts. three
fast cruisers. and a number Of torpedo
boats during the next six years.
An acute conflict is being waged between
the Austrian delegation and Admiral Count
MontecuccolL owing to the divulging OF
secret agreement made by him promising
Hungary special contracts for supplying
much OF the new navy.
During the debate on the naval appro-
priaton some Of the speakers declared that
with other European countries and leading
nations Of the world building navies Aus
tria- Hungary could not afford TO be un-
prepared to defend itself on the seas.
English visitors of Note,
The news that the lord mayor Of Lon
don, with the sheriffs and a number OF
common councillors. in response to the in
vitation OF the Vienna burgomaster. will
visit this capital in September. is received
here with unusual demonstrations Of sym
pathy. The entire press mentions the visit
adding many friendly remembrance Of
former interchanges Of courtesy with Eng
land. The visit Of the distinguished Eng
lishmen is pointed to by the press as a
mark OF friendship between the two coun-
tries
The Neue Freie Presse. after declaring the
visitors will receive a warm welcome in
Vienna says; In the lord mayor and the
/ sheriffs Of the city Of London Vienna will
( at the same time welcome part Of the
/ history Of English self-government. It can
only be to the advantage Of both countries
TO recall the circumstances Of friendship.
to dissipate misunderstanding, and TO re-
vive natural sympathies."
Big Head for Dissection.
\ Carrying out the purchase contract. the
/ head was severed from the body of Johann
Rieser. Tyrolese peasant. after his death
and delivered to a pathological institute
The headless body was buried at ZillerthaI
Relser had bargained his head to the In
stitution before his death for f62 CS257.sl)
The institution purchased the head because
Of its abnormal size to study for scientific
reasons.
Great sunday for Marriages.
Carnival Sunday in Vienna was marked
by the largest number of marriages ever
recorded in,the city in one day. More thar
1000 couples were married In som,
churches as many as twenty couples wer,
married with a single ceremony. tn min
lister would have the couples arranged
about the altar and standing in the center
of the semicircle would unite all as IL mar
rying but a single couple.
Most OF the marriages were among work
ing people who celebrated the day by mar
rying. When 800 couples were married OIL
Carnival Sunday year ago it was though
to be a record that would stand. but thi
year the number was surpassed by NOR
than 200.
Crazy Man Attacks Family.
A Budapest dispatch gives details Of
shocking tragedy in the Croatian town o
Varasd in which a carpenter named Igna
kavor, who had presumably become sud
denly demented, attacked with an axe hi
father, mother, sister and brother, all q
whom were asleep at the time. The faths
was so shockingly injured that he expire
Immediately, and the mailman also infIIcte
CHASTITY wounds on his mother and sistel
but his brother was only slightly hurt an
: took 10 flight Kavor surrendered himsel
to the police, still holding the blood-staine
: axe In his hand.