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Evening star., 1917-01-14

Franz Josef Interested no one. He was
a typical HapsburR prince. with small
talents for most things. and consider
able talent for idlins. He became an
uxorious husband. Before the war his
husbandliness was Vienna s joke. Karl
Franz Josef could not live without
Z!ta for many days. When he returned
from hunting excursions in Styria or
kuonpischt to Zitas arms. the pair
used 10 fee on new honeymoon trips
10 the Semmering, Nienna's second-rate
lovers haunt year before the war
Kaiser Wilhelm made trip to Sem
msring. talked politics. drew sketches
and questioned peasants about folk
songs. He spoiled Zita. Ambition en-
tered her head. She reflected that
mediocre Karl Franz Josef would some
day-a far distant one. perhaps-be
Austria's kaiser, and she decided that
Kaiser Wilhelm was the model of what
Karl Franz Josef must be.
Karl, being tremendously in love, be-
neves that in addition to being the
worlds handsomest woman. Arch
duchess Zita is also the cleyerest. Ztta
n not regarded as at all clever, but she
bad ambition. and ambition impeiled
Der TO make Karl Franz Josef per
eonaiity and "A worthy heir. AT first
Karl Franz Josef felt that he could
not shine Soon he changed. Zita told
him he was clever, and as he knew that
Zita was the cleverest woman on earth,
he reasoned that Zita was right, and
that he was clever Zita is indif-
terently educated young woman, but
she achieved the miracle of max ng
Karl Franz Josef take himself serious
ly. She made out that he had the
making OF a soldier. and could play the
part which Archduke Charles pIayel
against Napoleon. And when she dis
covered that he could draw strai sht
lines and put together rhymes she con-
WINGED him that he was a budding
Rembrandt.
Just before war broke out Karl Franz
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the idea went through all four TOWNS
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The two boys of Reuss $500 square
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courts. Two local leglsia'ures- ihe'i
territories are mixed up with Prus-
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Evening star., 1917-01-14
IA Of German Princes in Picking Their Wives

room again." he says wisely. The girls
giggle. -German ronaueror. what nr"
you dotng in our lRndF You stop our
telephone and open our letters. hon
have changed the names OF all our
pretty towns. Linciercs Is Jungltnsfer
Merise is Mersch Bah Merrch" Prince
Ernest squirms. He - not strong with
girls. hut do him Justice. perhaps he
don't want to he accepted. or perhaps
don't want wife by force. The girls
don't fear him.
The Duke Of Anhalt calls again lie
is deadly in earnest. thirty-six years
old with heavy army boots The girls
are afraid Of Anhslt when he ~ an
nounceJ they huddle together.
The Reuss boys bring n box OF candy
In the next room sophie pounds on tn"
piano the national hymn Of LuNem-
bourg. We don't want to be PruS-
slams" The Reuss boys tempt with
laughing eyes. Neither do We. they
whisper Hilda bushes. Charlotte
worries How believe Them The
Rcuss boys are dangerous
What is n girls heart
STERLING HELLO
Evening star., 1917-01-14
The Love and Ambition of Els Wife Has Made Karl
Franz josef Emperor of Austria a National Hero

statecraft and sociology from Prof.
Lind and somebody else was teaching
him to draw. The war gave him a
chance to shine as warrior. over an
the three fronts which Austria nights
on from the Italian 1sonzo to the
Strypa. in East Galicia. one could meet
Archduke Kari Franz josef HIS model'
Kaiser Wilhelm. seldom Went under
fire. but Karl Franz Josef was under
fire all day Followed by lame ad-
1utant named Hitler. who lost fingers
at Lemberg, Karl Franz josef went
into every trench. shared the soldiers
dangers and their food.
If the foe was shooting. Karl Franz
Josef crouched in dugout, and when
the foe ceased he tramped along the
trench. speaking to every man, asked
every man question. and, when ne got
a reply. patted the man ahectionately
on the arm, as If he were patting Lita.
This pat on the arm won Karl Franz
Josef more devotion than would valu-
able gift
Karl Franz Josef has the imperial
gift of inventiveness. In one morning
he can question thousand soldiers and
never repeat the same question Kari
Franz Josef has his escapes. and Zita,
though she trembles in her shoes. ap-
proves of them. When Karl Franz Jo-
sef is counseIed not to go to particu-
lar place. because it's doubly danger
Gus, he goes straight there, and next
day it is related in the Vienna Zeit.
One of Karl Franz Josefs great war
exploits was at Monte Piano. Monte
Piano is in the east Dolomites. near the
Italian frontier. 1t is a fiat-topped hill
with steep sides, and for six months
Italy's bersaglferi tried to take ie from
Austria's jaegers. When Karl Franz
Josef got to the top, Austrian Jaegers
were being let down by ropes and Ital-
ian bersaglieri were peppering them
from beneath. Karl Franz Josef in
sisted on being let down by rope, too.
a moving picture man was on the spot
in the best style of Kaiser Wilhelm
and Vienna showed moving pictures of
Karl Franz Josef on a rope between
two soldiers, the soldiers having sadly
frightened faces. while Karl Franz Jo-
sef had boyish smile. In the Dolo-
mites Karl Franz Josef climbed the
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Weimar and the great hall of the
Rathskeller is cut in half by the from
tier of the rival duchies. Differences
in tax laws, dates of collection, etc.
permit the inha abitants of half the little
land to dodge and comproimse with
their own duke, who needs the money,
but when it comes to empire taxes
there is such chicanery that Berlin has
long been helplessly annoyed. As a
fact, the dukes have never rect.,ied
their frontier out of tenderness Tor
their peasants, who stand off the
kings coat (koenigsrock) )"--that is, ao-
sorption into Prussia.
In Anhalt, four principal towns are
cut by the frontiers of Brandennurs,
Saxony and Brunswick. In one of them.
it divides the kitchen OF a house so that
the soup boils in Anhalt and the dishes
are washed in Prussia. The regime of
meat-cards being different the owner
set up a restaurant and fed both popu-
lations richly, at high prices. And so
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and Tho ,noyin1 rictnr. 80 h;raG h, -,
ar,hi,in,s re 1art ,i,b ~ '
arcbducb.sg ~ .sIr r., E.r1
Franz Josef busied himself in mil
80, ,fy,Irs "a in fact .honn,.a
tbeye was connci, ~ w. EarI Eronz
IoseF aIwavs attended ..in order ,o nre-
nars hirneelf Tor hiyber co,,n,o,i,.
ia Tho oeperaI st,y rano,t ~.
con,,tnced Kari Eranz rosrf ,b.., he
ala oil fbe u,orl. .ret,ia,s higba.
,aner,is ri,h tba axcautio,, of S,,fs
Chief Conrad Won Hoetyendor1 did
Not relisb you,bfuI k.rI E,ranz insecs
z,nI and esneciaIJv crustv was old
Arcbduk. E'ye64rick no,in,I com
ynanderHtn-cbief Eradsrict insis,ed o.,
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chin. before shaving. The others are
at an age when romance, chivalry and
pity still can touch boys heart.
You see. there are five beautiful girl
princesses to marry. against their will.
or with it. as may be; but only one of
them can be the prize.
The prize, today. is Marie Adelaide.
Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Did 1
say FIVE? Marie Adelaide, the eldest
sister. sweetest of them all. makes six,
but she, the prize, is making ready to
slip through the bridegroom's fingers
the lovely grand duchess, aged TWEEN
ty-three, declares herself determined
to enter a convent rather than accept
a forced marriage.
Now you perceive the dilemma. The
late Grand Duke of Luxembourg, the
father of these girls. is dead. They
have no brother. The law of 1907
rules the eventual succession of the
female line in these six sisters, with
out error. Which Que of them snail
princeling grab If Marie Adelaide
You say Charlotte.
It's true. if Marie Adelaide resigns,
Charlotte. aged twenty-one, becomes
grand duchess Charlotte likewise
SAYS: Il won't be forced irto a mar
riagew But she's got to marry: if she
is to stay grand duchess-or renounce,
in turn. and go into n convent. In
which case it's Eilda. twenty-one
years old. And-so on-for Antoinette.
aged eighteen: Elizabeth, aged seven
teen. and Sophie, aged sixteen Each
will become grand duchess. automat-
ically, If her elder sisters renounce.
But none is likely to renounce tex
cept in case of supreme pursuit-until
they've got it: and Marie Adelaide.
who's got it, hasn't renounced Yet.
though she swears she Will. and every
one believes her. if
Time presses. There is not q month
to waste. The German empire asks an
act of virile decision from tender Ger
man princeiings. The Grand Duchess
of Iuxembourg-no matter which sis
ter-must be married to a German be-
fore the war ends. To make sure, bet
ter take at least two sisters. Think of
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to your embroidery" Germany took
possession. only temporarily. of Luxem-
bourG. The neutral population. this
day. is on bread-cards meat-cards, coal
cards. and the six girls hold the fort
in their. palace with German ladies-in-
waiting imposed on them. whispering
good advice into their ears.
Grand opportunity for young prince
to go courting-if properly introduced.
Why does not Ernest of Schaumburg-
Lppe hasten with his seventeen years?
He 1ags. He let himself be taken to
the captive sisters in their palace. but
he seemed to make no progress. Some
claim that it is the boys sagacity. He
ought to have let the grand duchess
alone-Marie Adelaide, that raving
beauty of twenty-three, with con-
vent up her Sleeve-and taken q sport
ing chance on Charlotte. Hilda, Antoin-
cite or Elizabeth. He ought to cinch
one now. before she automatically in
Evening star., 1917-01-14

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland,
January 4, 1917.
TN Switzerland we hear everything.
Ill Lausanne is the center of the Eu-
ropean whisper.
q So. here is the latest. Mixed
with 1t are some young girls hearts;
the poor little things are princesses.
Boy princes, chiefs or heirs of petty
German states. are heroes of it, They
are in a great dilemma. They are in
vited to go courting in their tender
youth, under embarrassing circum-
stances. Ernest of Saxe-Meiningen is
barely eighteen. Ernest of Schaum-
burg-Lippe is a year younger. The
Reuss brothers are nineteen and twen-
ty, respectively. Luitpold of Bavaria
Is Just seventeen. and Luitpold is no
petty princeling, either-which in
creases the embarrassment. Only the
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men SuTrenOereu- ArCnuuCheSS Litd
Will deplore the failure of her plans.
Archduchess Zita made a grim, a tragic
face and flew home to Vienna.
Zita's and Karl Franz Josefs deeds
were not known to old Kaiser Franz
Josef. In the old days Kaiser Franz
Josef cared little for his grandnephew.
Latterly he had a violent affection for
Karl Franz Josef and for Zita. To
Franz Josef's d;mming faculties. Zita
was'the most brilliant woman on earth.
From Karl Franz Josef Emperor Franz
Josef received reports on strategy.
When the kaiser wanted to his
heir he sent to Vienna: he expected
the heir to come al once. and he was
much enraged when Karl Franz Josef
used to come two days late. He never
suspected that Karl Franz Josef had
been hundreds of miles from Schoen-
brunn, risking his life in order to full
fill Archduchess Zita's ambition that he
shall be an all-round genius.
Emperor Karl Franz Josef has been
up in aeroplane. He has been down
the Danube on the new monitor Loewe.
under Serbian fire, and he sat in
Gorilla while Cadorna's gunners were
raining down eight-inch shells. When
he tired of this he talked to newspaper
Zita takes an interest in folk songs.
and she processes to hate anemio. aca-
demic. esthetic art. and to love the
rugged and bold. She collects ballads
which commemorate soldiers bravery.
AS a speechmaker Karl Franz Josef
also shines. After the battle of Cor
lice-Tarnow, which the Austrians and
Germans won, he made a speech to
Archduke Josefs troops. l!kened them
to Caesars legionaries and promised
every double portion OF pork.
The soldiers applauded the speech. and
appla uded doubly the pork.
Karl Franz Josef will undoubtedly
make a great kaiser. His advantage
is that he has none of the qualiaca-
tions of greatness. He is not well edu-
Gated. he is somewhat slow, he is not
very dignifed He has nothing to show
but a handsome face and happy grin.
His asset is Archduchess Zita. her am
bitions. her resolution. her guile. Zita
Is not clever enough to doubt her abil-
ity to turn Karl Franz Josef into
Napoleon. Karl Franz Josef thinks
that Zita is the cleverest woman on
earth, and as such a clever woman
tells him he Is clever, he, too, must be
clever Thus the lack of cleverness in
both Zita and Archduke Karl Franz
Josef is a source of strength to both.
If bullets spare Karl Franz Josef-and
they probably will. for he will see no
more front-line trenches-Austria will
be reigned over by great monarch.
Copyright 1917. by Curtis Brown
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those iron mines which Germany has
been operating, Think of those rail-
roads for new attack on France.
Think--but never mind. The LuXem-
bourg population is utterly hostile to
Germany. They dread that such mar
riage clnch Germanys hold on their
land.
They dread for their grand duchess
the fate of these girls cousin, Queen
Wilhelmina of Holland.
They are doves among eagles. Along
with Wilhelmina they are the last of
the ancient line of Hammerstein. The
Zutphen-H -Hammersteins went high. They
We're princes of the old empire. Roman
king (emperor). princelN counts and
reigning dukes of Nassau and Luxem-
bourg, until Prussia annexed Nassau in
1866. All is gone but the dove-cote of
Luxembourg.
Surely. they are doves among eagles.
When Germany invaded Belgium in
August, 1914. she first invaded Luxem-
hourg. and the girlish grand duchess,
Marie Adelaide. attempted to bar their
way with her automobile on the
Adolphe bridge. They laughed: Return
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VIENNA, January 4. ISli.
00 ARL FRANZ JOSEF is emperor.
w The venerable Franz Josef
I'm could not outlast the war, as
q q was his devout wish, and his
nephew succeeds him. The Archduchess
Zta, the youthful Karrs youthful
spouse. is empress. Three years ago
this seemed impossible. for there
seemed to he many years ahead of the
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, who
would have come to the throne. but
was assassinated. So Karl Franz
Josef. before the war an obscure and
comparatively unknown prince, who
had been more or less hidden away
ir the army is the head OF the state.
Karl Franz Josef wants to be another
Kaiser Wilhelm. He wants TO be uni
versal, heroic and amusing TO mis- peo-
pie and 10 the world. His wife. who
before becoming empress was the
Archduchess Zita. makes the emperor
want il. Cor long Zita had resented
the wall ct such the poet Grill
parzer, who said that Austria, a land
of scrap natioaalities. never produced
a personality. She planned, and doubt
less still plans. that her emperor shal!
be a personality.
II you talk to the soldiers, read the
Vienna Neue Freie Presse or test in
any other way Austria's national pulse
you will find that now the national
hero is Karl Franz JOSEF, a position
he attained even before he succeeded
to the throne. II is Zita's doing. Arch
duchess Z;ta. as she was, plus war,
plus a certain amount Of bonhomie,
has turned the good looking, uninag
NATIVE Karl into personality.
Zita reaps the praise.
Until he passed through two trials.
war and matrimony. Archduke Karl
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Bug of Anhalt has a mans scratchy
chin. before shaving. The others are
at an age when romance, chivalry and
pity still can touch boys heart.
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men surrendered. Archduchess Zita
Will deplore the failure of her plans.
Archduchess Zita made grim, a ragic
face and flew home to Vienna.
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ARL FRANZ JOSEF is emperor
The venerable Franz Josef
could not outlast the war, as
was his deyout wish. and his
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
VIENNA January 4
Evening star., 1917-01-14

Just before war broke out Karl Franz
Josef was beginning TO take himself
seriously. He was taking lessons in
Evening star., 1917-01-14

Copyright, 1917. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
ST MICHAEL.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-21
SOLDIER LADS ARE
STRONG FOR Y. NJ.
Tell of the Good Work Which
Is Done for Uncle Sans
Soldiers in Army
Camps.

The boys of Company B, Fourth
regiment Nebraska National Guard,
are intensely interested in the CAM
paign which is now on to raise money
for Young Mems Christian associa-
ton work in the army.
All the "old" men in the company
those who were on the Mexican
border-know what the association
did for the boys down there, and they
have taught the new recruits to ex-
pect great things from the Young
Mems Christian association.
Moreover, there is a Young Mems
Christian association war work tent
and equipment right in the company
camp, at the east end of the Union
Pacific bridge, and the soldiers spend
much of their time there when off
duty. .. ..
"The public in general does not
know how much the boys owe to the
Young Mems Christian association,
said Quartermaster Sergeant Weigle.
IF the public did know, it wouldn't
require much effort to raise the $20,-
600 allotted to Omaha and the 40,000
allotted to the rest of the state.
I'm an army camp there is no place
to seek entertainment, but in the
Young Mems Christian association
building, or tent, as the case may be.
The boys must have recreation. If
they can't get it in camp, they will
get it outside, and when they go out
side camp for their fun they are likely
to do things they shouldn't. Down
on the Mexican border there wasn't
much disposition on the part of our
men to hunt for entertainment in
questionable places. We had the army
Young Mems Christian association
building, where we could go to play
games, read magazines, books and
newspapers, write letters, listen to the
Victrola, and visit with each other in
comfortable surroundings. Every
night there was something doing at
the"Y"--a stunt" or moving picture
show, lecture or something. The
building was full every night, and at
any hour of the day you could find
plenty of the boys there when off
duty"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-21
Bonds for New Athletic
J Club Are Placed on Sale

The Burns Brinker company Sat
urday issued circulars to investors
advertising the sale of Athletic club
bonds.
This issue was $37s,000 and about
100000 OF this has already been sold
leaving approximately $l7S,000 worth
OF bonds yet to be disposed Of
On account of the delay in starting
the building, the bonds were not ad-
vertised for sale, but after it became
known that they were on the market,
investors we're anxious to get them
because OF the attractive interest rate,
Purchase of furniture and equip
ment for the building will be made
shortly now, club officers say to
avoid any possible further advance in
price. Considerable of the saving is
expected to be made by this early pur-
chase of the equipment.
Excavation for the new building
probably will be under way by the
first Of this week. Wrccking OF the
old building is now practically COM
pleted.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-21
CHARGE WINKLER
WITH CARRYING GUN
Omaha Detective and Mem.
~ bers of Local Police Force
Gain Notoriety in
! Chadron.

Chadron, Neb., May le.-(Special
Telegram)-Phil Winkler, an oma-
ha detective, was arrested on COM
plant of County Attorney E. d.
Critics for carrying concealed
weapons and on a second complaint
for drawing a gun on Mr.. Critics in
his Office.
The detective says he is here
shadowing a woman whom he found
in the county attorneys office be-
tween 10 and II o'clock at night
May IA, and that gun was drawn
on him. Trial will be before County
Judge Slattery May 81. Winkler is
out on bail,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-21
Youths Arrested After Chase,
Accused Of Stealing Auto

Charles Jacobson, who runs a pool
room at Twenty-fourth and Ames
der, 2ll9 Larimore avenue, lo years
der, 2llo Larimore aveiue, l9 years
old, and William Blasak, 2423 Ames
avenue, II years old, did not own the
car they were driving past his place
this morning,
He notified the police and the young
men, after a short chase, were ar
rested. They were charged with
grand larceny.
The youths said two other young
men had invited them for ride, but
had left the car ir their possession.
The car was stolen from 6. w.
Stradue, 453S Franklin street.
The car of Frank Judson, head of
the local branch Of the Red Cross
association, stolen from in front of
the Country club last night, was re-
covered near there this morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-21
Row Over Affections Of
Woman Lands Two in Jail

Joen Poeren, Sonora, Mexico, who
says he was a follower of Carranza,
just couldn't break away from Enva-
line Brown, colored, whom he had
been courting for eighteen months.
Poeren, police say, induced Enya-
line to accompany him to train that
was to take them to St. Joseph, where
they could forget Envaline's husband,
who is incarcerated in the county jail.
All would have gone well had not
another claimant to the charmes of
Mrs. Brown appeared at the depot
just as the train was to pull out Sat-
urday evening, The new arrival pro-
fessed his undying affection for Enva-
line, police say, and she decided to
stay in Omaha. Ensued lively dis
cussion between the two lovers, which
resulted in Poeren and Mrs. Brown
being taken to central station. The
second man escaped.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-21
Stop Making Big Pieces
Of JeWeIry From Platinum

"The government has not asked the
women of the country to stop buying
platinum jewelry, nor has it asked tne
jewellers to refrain from using plati.
mum or selling platinum jewlery, saie
TT Combs, former president OF thS
jewellers national association, who re-
gently returned from New York
where he attended conference o.
manufacturing jewellers to consider
the platinum situation. IT,.
"The impression has got abroae
that the jewelers. will stop making
platinum iewelry and that the govern
ment wants all the platinum for wal
purposes. We jewelers. wish, to cor
.ect that idea. 1t was tor this pul.
nose that the conference was called II
New York. e,.u
at is only the manufacture OF bulky
articles in platinum that is discour'
aged. This is merely to avoid the use
Of platinum in unnecessary parts II
this the jewelers. are cooperating
This attitude on the part OF the Jewel
ers is thoroughly satisfactory to tht
government and highly commenced
BY Secretary Redheld as 'wise' pa
triotic and unselhsh.' :.
"Since publicity has been given te
the idea of conserving the platinum
supply, people have the impression ,.
that they can no longer get platinum
ieweIry.. This is not true. The situa
tion as disclosed shows there is nc
shortage of platinum in this country
while the sources of supply are pc
ing increased in every way by the CO.
operation of the Department OF Com
merce. The munition makers have
the platinum necessary for their pres
emit requirements as well as a reserve
stock for the future"