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The New York herald., 1922-05-28

snow in front of the lodge and re-
mained there till it was found next
morning
Countess Larisch tells Of the find
ing of the young Baroness's body, as
related to her by the court physician.
DR.. Wiederhofer. 1t had been carried
from the room in which she died to
small room Lit by a skylight.
There saw the body of a woman
nude except for a fine lawn and lace
chemise," said Dr. Wiederhofer.
Then I began my examination. 1
parted the long hair away from the
face, which was almost completely
hidden, and then oh, Countess!
Then 1 recognized Marie
yatsera-the girl l had known ever
since she was a child. Poor childl
for she was little more than child"
When the young Baroness Vatsera
did not return home her mother, in
sisting that the Crown Prince had
abducted her daughter. went to the
imperial palace to implore the EN-
press Elizabeth's help in finding her.
Elizabeth finally said she would re-
ceive her. Says Countess Larisch:
'The two mothers looked at each
other in silence; then Madame Vat
sera fell on her knees with despair
ing cry 'Marie-my daughteri'
Elizabeth shrank back from the poor
woman's outstretched arms. She
examined her with pitiless curiosity
and then said coldly and cruelty 1t
is toe late. They are both dead
Madame vatsera tainted. The En-
press looked at her unmoved and
walked away without a word"
Adolphe Aderer in his story
"Meyerling." published in MinerUd.
Paris, in November, 1909. says that
when the Empress turned from her
Madame Vatsera exclaimed: 1T is
you who killed by daughter. God
will avenge mel" He adds that
when Elizabeth sank to the ground
stabbed by the assassin Lucchani az
Geneva these words and Meyerling
must have flashed to her mind. OF
the other people connected with this
tragedy: Count Bombelles, who
played the role of MephistopheleS
was ever afterward hated by the
Emperor and was forced to retire
from the Court Count Hoyos. COM
panion of Rudolph at the time of his
death. disappeared from Vienna.
Archduke John OF. Tuscany was
drowned at sea. The gamekeeper at
Meyerling disappeared the night of
the tragedy and a year or so after
ward, according 20 report. he was
murdered. Bataggi, the lover, was
killed in a duel, John Tranquillan.
or as he was called Bratfsch. the
Crowa Princes driver and notorious
as his agent in many of his amours.
was ordered out of Austria and Is
said to have died in an insane asylum
on Wards Island. New York.
Baroness Marie Vatsera's body,
hurriedly dressed in the finery she
had worn to the hunting lodge and
propped up in a carriage between her
uncle and Count Stockau. was driven
to the graveyard of the Cistercian
Abbey of Heligenkreuz and hastily
Confinucd nm Pnnf Tn 81
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Rudolph" which
was purported to
have been written
by one near to the
Crown Prince and
was edited by
Hamil Grant, fire.
quent mention is
made Of the Crown
Princes connec-
nection with a
State plot Coun-
tess Larisch goes
further in this
matter and says
that at her last
meeting with Ru-
dolph he gave her
a small iron box.
There is one per-
son who knows
the secret of this
casket and he
alone has the right
calling me) to
ask for its return.
Never mind the
name. You can de-
liver it to the per-
son who can tell
you four letters.
Write them now,
and repeat them
after me. Listen, I"
and the Crown
Prince slowly ut
tered the letters.
"R /. o. u" These
: letters according
to general belief,
represented a Sc
cret of his house
the destiny of the
world rests with
the Hapsburgs
A few days af-
{ er Rudolph's
d e a { b Countess
j arisch received a
letter signed with
these ietterS ask
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BaIIdZZlS never
once thought of
murder, and the
last thing they
desired or would
have desired was
a scandal" 1t was
asserted that Ru-
dolph was Marie's
brother and that,
driven mad by the
discovery, he muir
dered her and then
committed suicide.
Two French writ
ers made this the
basis of their story
of the tragedy,
and three other
writer's made 1t
the prin C / p al
theme of mystery
novels. =" T h e r g
certainly was some
gossip about Ma
rie's parentage."
wrote Countess
Larisch, ''but it
never concerned
the Emperor or
any prince of the
imperial family"
Another version
of the tragedy, for
which a French
writer claimed the
best of authority,
was to the effect
that the Baroness
Marie's Low er,
youn g Battagi,
who was one of
the party at the
lodge. sought a
quarrel with Ru-
dolph and shot
him with his own
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
By LOUIS A. SPRINGER.

~ AL<1v L OAof>A NJ cS>~,p wa -
"a the heading 1.-The Death Of
Crown Prince Rudolph" and
beneath it few lines of meager de-
tails appeared on the black bordered
front pages of the Vienna news
papers on the morning Of January 81,
1889. This was the first literature
of the Meyerhng tragedy, the pre-
cursor of a flood of memories, his
torical romances and magazine and
newspaper articles which offered an
explanation or a solution of the most
intriguing royal mystery of modern
Europe.
Rudolph's death, according to the
Government papers, was due to heart
failure. The unofficial press guard
edly suggested a hunting accident.
Before the papers were on the streets
the people were whispering murder
and double suicide" for despite all
the efforts of the Austrian authorities
to conceal the fact it had become
known that a woman, the beautiful.
Baroness Marie Vatsera, had die1
with the Crown Prince. A mystery
involving the imperial Hapsburg
house was born that instant, a mys-
terry that fascinated the light hearted,
gossiping and sympathetic Viennese.
Had the truth been told the tragedy
of Meyerling might have been a
ninety day wonder and then rele-
gated to place In history among
the other sorrows of this unhappy
dynastic house. But it was not the
way of the Hapsburgs to tell their
secrets, and they remained gravely
silent.
The name of Rudolph was never
again spoken in Francis Joseph's
presence nor at the court of Vienna:
the hunting lodge at Meyerling,
where the tragedy occurred, was
razed to the ground and the sur
rounding landscape was entirely
altered. The Emperor willed there
was no tragedy, even no Meyerling.
The curse of it, however. remained;
not a person whom the tragedy
touched but suffered from it Coun-
tess Marie Larisch, a niece of EN-
press Elizabeth and friend of both
Rudolph and the Baroness, wrote as
a woman whose life was saddened by
it when she said in MY Past:
'One of my sons shot himself on
account of what he read in one of
the lying books. and my daughters
lives were embittered by hearing so
much that is untrue regarding the
part that 1 played in the drama"
Less than a week after the tragedy
Baroness Vatsera's mother wrote the
story of her daughters death, and
supplemented it with correspondence
of the Crown Prince and the Bar
oness. The books were seized by the
Austrian Government and destroyed.
Herr Berthold Frischauer a friend
Of Rudolph's, made a stenographic
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ing her to meet the writer. The
mysterious correspondent was Arch
duke John of Tuscany. Don't re-
gret Rudolph he told her. THE
Crown Prince had killed himself.
but if the Emperor had known all
it would have been his duty to have
had him tried by military law, and
that as a traitor" "Oh, my Godi''
1 cried. what did he do? Was he
thinking of the Crown of Hun
gary?" The Archduke nodded as
sentingly.
The latest version of the tragedy
is that furnished by Baron Won
Margutti in his "reminiscences of
the Austrian Court" recently pub
hshed. Rudolph fell a victim to one
of his love affairs, but not his love
affai7 with Marie Vatsera" 1.-THE
Crown Prince had established rela-
tions with the young and attractive
wife of the gamekeeper.' says
Baron Won Margutti. "On the fatal
night the gamekeeper found the
Crown Prince in his house and at
once settled accounts with him.
Rudolph came to a miserable end.
His corpse was thrown into the
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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
Paint Lick Plays
The Colonels
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18Th.

Manager J. H. Raiston = not lcav-
ing any stone unturnci for his big
gcsi game Of the season which by
the way. closes the season for the
famous Paint LioG min, when they
cross bats win the Louisville Colon
e. Mgr. Ralston j. o. be- highly
congratulated upon turning out such
a winning bas, ball min, Us he has
had the season just closing. and that
a biz crowd will be on hand TO watch
the Paint Lick nine ".ick' the Colon
80 goes withou; saying
This game will be called prompt
~ al 2:30 on the base ball diamond
az Paint Lick. You will enjoy seeing
two Of Garrari's old time war horses
in action. They are: "Bill" Clel Ia.
tenn and "Dick" Lackey. The al
mission "a small. considering the class
of ball that you vii see and this day
will be one Of Paint Lick's biggest.
Better 90 out and root for the boys.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
Saturday Picnic

The Juniors" 81 the Methodist
church. % Paint Lick enjoyed de.
lightfu picnic AZ Cartcrsville last
Saturday. Dozens Of delicious sand
witches and cookies were prepared on
the DAY before and at nine o'clock
the merry bunch 81 boys and girl.
mounted a wagon yelling:
"Rah' Rah, Zip! Rah. Rah. boom
Juniors, Juniors. give u room"
We are classes One and Two
T. "Walnutia" church we are
true"
They frequently stopped at place.
~ interest and gave forth their yell
Miss Elizabeth Henslcy and Mr.. vir.
GINA Beazley. their teachers. accom-.
panied the Juniors A Camp fire was
made under an immense tree. where
hot coffee was served tand q little
later snoverl with our good lunch.
The afternoon was spent in gathering
autumn howcr.. taking pictures and
playing games
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
LEXINGTON ROAD.
Will be Completed in Another
Week

The Lexington road from Lancas.
ter to Camp Nelson. distance 81 sew.
en- miles will be completed within
ten days, az only one and a half miles
more are TO be reconstructed under
the present contract with Messrs.
Hughes and Ware. At the compile
ton Of the road il will be in shape
10 be taken over just AZ soon as the
fences are moved back a proper dis.
lance from the roadway. The State
department, will no, under any cir.
cumstances take over a highway for
future maintenance. under the exist.
ing statutes which require that al
fences be at least 20 feet from tn,
center of the road.
County Judge Treadway and Coun
ty Road Engineer. Irvine Stapp hav,
sent official notices to all who's,
fences are in too far and IL is 20 b,
hoped that the owners Of these fence,
will proceed nj once to comply with
the law. so that the roads may b,
turned over TO the state this fall. ana
that the proper top dressing Of Jarvis
and gravel may be applied before the
winter rains and snow do further
damage.
The completion Of this road. which
il on m. main lin. ~ IN. nixi. Air
line Highway running from Cincin-
natl to Chattanooga. means more
than words can express. TO Garrard
county and with the completion Of
the Lincoln county end 20 the Gar.
rard line. which IL promised early
next year, the only direc, highway
to the South. will be- nearing com.
plction.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
The Durley Tobacco Growers
Association Sells 1000, 600
Pounds Of Tobacco 10 the
r. J. Reynolds Tobacco. One
Of The Largest Tobacco Con.
Germs in the Country.
Regular Association Pvises Were
Paid. Bvt The Figures Wore With.
keid-Presideot James c. Stose
10 Delighted With The Bic Dispos.
si-Psu Of Product Will BE-
Exported.

Lexington. Oct. iO-Fifty.four mil
lion pounds u tobacco were sold late
yesterday by the Burnley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association.
through President and General Man
sgcr J G. Stone. 20 the X. j. Rey-
mold. Tobacco Company. through its
Kentucky vice president. 7. ". Kirk.
The tobacco was sold at the asso-
eistion prices for It's regular grades.
President Stone said Part of the to-
t~cco. II was said. is for export. The
sale included almost the entire hold
ings 81 the association.
The ncg,tiations leading up Ia this,
the largest sale ~ hurley tobacco to
single manufacturer IN the history
% the country. bad been going on
for more than wcek. There Wa
general rejoicing In the ranks 81 the
hurley association members and Of
heiais when the deal finally was com
plctcd
Stone a. Go 'hc amount ~ money In
volvei. az % Was not known just hoW
muca the tobacco would bring until
the Transaction hnaI., BE- completed hy
the actual taking over - ..s tobacco.
Both President Stone a.. Director ~
Warehouse Barker have SAD Tor
some time that The association would
eel all iu holdings because % the
needs 90 the manufacturer. end the
igh,ncs. ~ she 1922 crop .l5 that @
was vcry likely that cols.tefabi,
portion ~ the holdings would BE-
taken by Those manufacturers who
already had purchased from the
stocks o. the asso, alton
President James & Stone. - the
organization. b delighted with the
huge sale
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
GOOD
APPOINTMENT
Billy Swope Named Campaign
Chairman for Garrard
County

Hon. Ralph Gilbert made a capital
appointment when he named Billy
Swopc TO look after his interests dur
ing the coming campaign. As chair
man Of the Garrard County Cam
paign Committee. Swope will add new
zeal and plenty Of pep into the cam
psign and announces that Mr.. Gilbert
will speak to the voters ~ Garrard
and adjoining counties in Lancaster.
Monday. October 23rd.. Il being the
regular county eour, day. He il
making every effort TO have Hon.
Albin w Barkley to speak here dur
ing the month. or at least before the
election November 7th.. and il il pos
sible that he will arrange to have him
here on the evening Of the 23rd.. "a
he addresses the voters at Mt. Yer
non on that afternoon.
Mr.. Swope accepts the honor grace
fully and comes out with the follow
ing announcement. which has the
proper ring.
Here's what he says:
Having been appointed Chairman
Of the Democratic Campaign Com
mittee Of Garrard County, wish to
state, to the voters Of this county
and congressional district. tina, I con-
slider j; high privilege and a dis
,inct honor to serve In such capacity.
Because:
Since the fall Of ancient Rome no
nation or empire has more keenly felt
the need OF good office holders than
the United States Of America does at
the present time.
This is the stage Of stagnation. 50
TO speak. in the life Of our nation and.
unless We wish 20 follow in the foot
steps Of the ancient Roman Empire,
we must refrain from elec,ing to
public office incapable and inefficient
men.
II we heed the warnings on His
tory's pages we will cleo, efficient.
energetic, intelligent. and capable
men.
Ralph Gilbert. Of Shelbyville. is the
candidate, on the Democratic ticket.
for Congress from this ,Sth. kyJ
District and know Of no man more
capable of representing the good peo-
pie % the Eighth Kentucky District
in the 6sth Congress Of the United
States Of America.
Therefore, ! recommend him TO all
voters. who wish to have "the best
man possible in office" and pledge
my every effort toward the further
ance Of his candidacy.
Signed
J. ". SWOPE. Chairman
Democratic Campaign
Com. % Garrard County.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
A. d. Bradshaw Wins
at Chattanooga, Tenn.

4. d. Bradshaw. the WIDELY known
breeder u Aberdeen AnRu. cattle. Of
Danvillc. had great success IN win
ming premiums az the big interstate
fair at Chattanooga. Tenn. last week
Among the premiums won were the
following Groups ~ three bulls.
fourth. Tor hrs; bull year, old and
older, first; ujnior yearlings. third:
championship prize on senior cham
pom bull. first. and junior champion
bull, first. COWS. third; COWS years
old and older, third. two year old
heifcrs. fourth. graded herd prizes,
second; yearllng herds. fourth; calf
herds, fourth; senior ycarl.ng steers.
hrs, and second Mr. Bradsha~'s
"proud Ruler" won the SIS champ
ionship steer prize and also frs, and
second prizes on herds Of three steers.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
HORRIBLE FIND


MIR Ebert Lane. while fishing IN
King Mil Dam. right under the COW
cred bridge. caught his spinner upon
basket and brought 4 to shore re-
Gently He found that the baske,
contained small baby, possibly un.
der six months old. The infant was
wrapped in a blank, and had been
in the water long enough to disin-
,cgra,c. rs the body fell apart when
brought out, Coroner Rice was sum
monci and held an inquest. The
verdict was tha, the baby was pu,
in the baske, and sunk in the river.
Danvlllc Advocate.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
Warrants Dismissed

The cases II Tom Wells. Hiram
Bigby. Bcr, Todd and Mrs Tennessee
B.gby, all charged with violating the
prohibition laws, were brought up n
Judge rrcadway's court yesterday
morning Tor trial. the cases having
been set Tor this day the arrests be-
ing made by sheriff Robinson and
deputies about ten DAYS ago.
Attorneys for the tcfcnscc read
recent ruling. Of the court ~ appeal.
covering such eases. which sa.i that
search warrants could not be .ssucd.
without proper supporting al tayits,
ar that the arre.'ing officers had uo
su,h evidence, so Judge Trcadvay
i.,m.ss,. the eases ara,rs; an the
parties.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
Visits Old Home

Mir Charles =. Ware. Of Somerset
paid this office pleasant call yes
tcriay afternoon ami announced that
/; was hi. first visit TO his old HON,
county Tor twenty years. Mr. War,
Was reared IN this county and Is q
son Of the late 5. l.. Ware who lived
on the Richmond road at that time
Mr. Ware j. now in the railroad bust
ness al Somcrsc, and enjoys one o'
The most lucrative positions in IN,
Southern Railway
He tells Us he has two sons living
one now being on the Pacific. Will,
the other in on the Atlantic. Bott
holding positions % honor and OF
merit.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
A Plea For
Centre College
October 9th. 1922.

October 9th. 1922.
Editor Of the Central Record.
Lancaster. Ky.
Dear SIR
The Presbyterians Of Kentucky
are now engaged in campaign which
| think should interest every gradu-
ate Of Centre College not only in
Kentucky but throughout the coun-
try. They propose raising $1,000
000 Of which $500, 900 will go to our
old Alma Mater and IL this amour,
is secured the General Education
Board Of New York will give an ad-
ditional 100000. 1t is almost need
less to state that our college is bad
ly in need Of this money. Strongly
as Il is intrenched in the affections
of our people II must meet compe-
tition and its needs should be sup
piled with very little trouble by its
friends.
The most pressing needs are a
DORMlTORY. MORE MEMBERS
OF THE FACULTY. AND ENDow-
MENT.
l trust you will give this letter pub
LEFTY in the aid Of a worthy cause.
Sincerely.
Paul b. Boyd
Centre 'l6.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12

Mrs. John y. Stormes Of Lancaster
was in Danvile this morning and an,
nounced a meeting Of the Woman,
Federated Clubs Of this district in
Danville ON October 2ist. Mrs
Stormes is Governor Of the District
and a good one We might add. She
said il was a bad day to hold IL. in,
asmueh AS IL is the day that Centre
and Harvard meet. but that il would
be- called at . A. NJ. and every effor,
would be made to get through the
program before the returns begin tS
come from the Stadium. --Danvills
Advocate.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
Foot Ball

Tina, Lancaster III School has this
year one Of the best foot ball teams
ever knoWn TO that institution goes
without saying. and that they are de.
serving Of the support Of every man,
woman and child is realized and talk
ed Of by the many admirers Of this
years team, not because they Nave a
winning team thus far. but because
they have little team with great
prospects for a successful season.
The team this year consists OF
twenty II the finest lads to he found
in any school in Kentucky. They are
not fighting as individual stars. but
are working together rs a unit. They
appreciate the word "ORGANIZA-
TlON" and are standing together as
one representing team Of eleven.
They play the strong eleven from
Winchester. the strongest team in
Clark County here today at Z. NJ. Tn
Clark county here today at 3 =. NJ.
The stores and business houses have
been closing during the afternoons
that the locals play here and giving
the school the backing that they de-
serve. A large crowd was on, to see
the game Friday. when Danville Hi
was their victim. Now let's all 20
out and see them down the Clark
County High School eleven from
Winchester today nj 4. NJ
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
To be 100 Per Cent Ef.
6cient You Must have
100 per cent Flow
of Nerve
Energy

This is not possible II a nerve run
ming from the spinal column is press
cd upon.
To be in health. the stomach for IN
stance. must receive 100 per cent
flow u nerve energy.
We do not know that We ar. sick
until our nerves propel the message
to our brains. Then We feel pain or
III at ease.
BY adjusting the spine at the point
where the nerve is impinged the pres
sure is relieved and you get 100 per
cent How Of nerve energy.
Health invariably follows.
II. y. Wade. ID. C.. Chiropractor,
Lancaster. Ny.
Office hours-9 to II A. NJ, and
to g y. N.
Evenings, Sundays and Holidays by
appointment ,itD
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-12
Monkey Face Owl

A monkey face owl was brought 10
this Office las, Saturday afternoon by
Coils Anon and attracted quite a
lot Of attention. II was a wise look
ing old guy and seemed delighted that
he was amusing 81 many Kids, the
like Of which they had never seen be-
fore. The owl Was captured in the
county.