Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-25
Body to BE Removed to
Hofburg and Lie in State;
Death Mask Is Taken.
KINGDOM TO MOURN
On Day Of Funeral Nation
VIII Go Into Mourning
for Six Months.

VIENNA, Wednesday, Nov. 22.-
tVia London, Nov. 2S, 1925 p. m.)-
delayed Death came to Emperor
francls Joseph as sleep to a child
"hlie the sovereign was reclining in
an arm chair in what he called his
workroom. He refused TO take to his
bed and went to the end resting peace
lully in his chair with his hands
ioiued as II he were in prayer.
rms afternoon a death mask of
the emperor was taken as prelim-
mary to the embalming of the body
and its removal to the Hofburg where
1t VIII lie in state. The heart will be
sealed IN silver cup, while the in
testlnes, lungs and stomach will be
placed in copper urn.
The body must be transferred from
the Schocnbrunn palace to the Hof-
burg in the dead of night drawn by
SIX black horses. The cortege will be
accom- hlpahlcd by torch bearers and the
outriders also will carry torches.
After them will come squadron of
cavalry and a part of the mounted
guard. The hearse will be preceded by
the court couriers, the lord steward
ana the court chamberlains in car
rlages drawn each by six horses. After
the hearse Will come a carriage con-
tanning the heart in its silver cup fol-
lowed by officers Of the bodyguard,
palace officials and soldiers. The
cortege VIII move thru several of the
principal thorofares of Vienna and be
met by Emperor Charles and the
archdukes at the Black Eagle stairs
whense they will accompany the body
into the chapel of the IIofburg where
IL Will lie in state and be viewed by
the public
Francis Joseph will be laid to rest
IN the imperial vaults i'm the Capuch-
in church where are the tombs of his
predecessors On the day of the fu-
neral the monarchy will 10 into
mot rning for period of SIX months
divided INTO three equal portions of
the deepest mourning, deep mourning
ana light mourning. An order by the
emperor, not as yet promulgated, will
fix the duration Of the court mourn
ing and also the period during which
the thaters and other places OF
amusement shall remain closed.
Today the emper1r's body lies on
the iron bedstead on which he slept
for the last two years. The body is
covered up to the chest and upon the
coNeriet hes a great garland Of flow
ors placed there by the emporor's
daughter, Archduchess Marie Valerie
The emperor's last will and teSta-
ment opened today was made several
years aEo. 1t dispoess of the en-
peior's private means and contains
many large bequests.
Count stephan Tisza, the HunGar-
ian premier accompanied 10y his wife,
arrived this morning from Budapest.
With him was Baron Erwin Roszener,
minister at the Vienna
court.
a leaden sky, wet streets, mourning
flags with the black bunting against
damp walls, the mournful ringing of
bells calling the populace to services
for the repose of the emeperor's soul !
combined to make Vienna today YER !
table city of grief. Faces everywhere !
show that the nations loss is a per- |
sonal bereavement to most Of the peo- |
pie The cafes are almost empty and |
the few within converse in under |
tones, the late emperor being the sole |
topic.