The Detroit times., 1916-11-22
FRANCIS
JOSEPH DEAD
AT AGE OF sc
Continues from Pas, ons)

The Archdgke rrancis Ferdinand.
the heir. in Sa7oJcyo June eS 1914
The man who will become Aus
tria's ruler is kuonn 10 have bad
good military education and has
achieved some success a. a mtll
tpry commando iu the great war.
He has lacked auy training What
ever IN siate~rar or diplomacy
Moreoyer De- assumes the throne A.
a time ehen the strongest % men
would have ask IN mai9i aiming
the empire OF Austris-Hungary IN
tact and styonE
Hungary is growing resiiye under
the Haps6urg yoke Strong leaders
OF men have recently appeared
there They Fear svalloving up Of
Hungarg IN the Teutonic empire and
nave not herlR,ed 10 express that
belief and work for Hungary a. a
separate kingdom
But immediate result o. the re-
moval ~ The strong agure OF the
aged emperor was believed here 70
mean an increase IN Prussian dom
nation ot the Central empires.
Franz Josef. acknov edged one Of
The stronges rulers ot modern
times. ls no more 4 mere stripping.
unversed in statecrafi. succeeds him
Germany Will PROBABLY and Aim Ph
ant iu acceding 10 Prussian wishes
dispatches from vienna via An
sterdam today declared that The
aced emperor death Vas peaceful
Vienna. it vas saia. rad been pre-
pared 'or the news. hut neverthsless
removal ~ the ruler Who hsd WELD
q power FOR 6S years caused pro
ound impression
A. special cabinet meeting was i'm
nediatey called The time a1ed by
Official auncuncement as the hour
on which the emperor passed away
Nas O'Clock. He died in Schoen-
brunn palace. presumably Of the ca
rarrhal affection resulting from
cold from which be has constantly
suffered since July
The Vienna court Is known "a the
rost formal in sIl Europe and a
great many curiousiy medieval oere-
monies w@7 attend ofscisl an
ncunesment cf the sovereign's
death preparation ot his body for
burial. iuterment and prociairing
o. his successor on the throne. Ae-
sording 20 custom. probably the
work ot embalming the dead emper
o-s body Tas begun today His
heart will be removed and placed
in separate aceptacle-altho this
will later DO buried Nith his body
Sixfy.eignt yay-s ago when the
las1 HapsburE sovereign died. his
besrt was pur - an arm and pre-
served witn 50 other similar urns
each containing the hearts OF IS
members OF the -oysl family. in the
Church ol 81 Augustine
X vas FrGnz josef who terminal
81 tHi- hAftrlh NHNAptAs AoSGAAA q
royal decree AKA met H. According
&C The dead enl-eror's own wishes
bis cofnh viii be a plain wooden
one, of oak lined with white satin
Il viii be cover L WITH royal black
velvet and be placed finally In a
large metallic sarcophasus in the
-, ~.arfag grvrs
II custom II followed Franz Josef
VII not be buried tor az least a
week Probaoiy his body VII lie in
state In the Hofburg Augustiner
church. N edifrc 600 years old The
intermenl will Le n the imperial
Crypt unt er fhe plain but ancient
little churc nor The Capuchin faith
ers-for ,onr centuries keepers o.
The Hspsturg .ad
Franz Josef viii DO No &c IN
the cryp' but more properly Hap.
burg No l3--one of the 133 bodies
being that OF countess. compan-
ion OF the grea' Maria Theresa ior
whose fidelity aud love the empress
decided that th body should rest