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Show HIE BEAVER COUNTY WEEKLY PRESS, BEAVER. IJTAn WHERE LEAGUE OF NATIONS WILL CONVENE i - "AT, Is to be the fate, ot I I J .r-v I the bouse of llubsburj . (or Ilapsburg) T V . Nine untune. ago the tV. ,V- house of Habsbarg had Its beginning In Svelte land. When the great war n began It waa the empire. Now the head of the house of Unpsburg U.back t& Swltierland an pxlle, : ; In these dayi of the League of Na tlona, with the fate of the world liang 1 Ing'lo the balance, probably the future of tte house of llabsburg is of mall moment politically. But hln- torteallf ;lt.lft-- xaaat fasrlnatlBg quea- tion. For the history of Austria la unique . in history la that it la the history of a family and not ; the history ef a state; It Is the history of a dynastic of a national power. ; - andIt not l ;nnlque Also for manr other things. , Territorially the name Austria was attached from about J00O to 1800 to an inconsiderable archduchy on ;the Danube. Dynamically It connected In the thirteenth century with the house of llabRbnrg. then 'insignificant, and its history since Is Imply the history of that house. There Is no Austrian nation, strictly speak-InThere Is no : Austrian language. Historically there never was an "emperor of Austria." In the sone of perpetual conflict In Europe were born the two states which In turn were to dominate Germany-Aus- tria and Prussia, "Austria' Is simply the Latin form of "Oesterelch the "Eastern Mark" of the German kingdom, established by Charlemagne on the Danube, as Its defense against the Magyar Invader. The Importance of the house of Ilabsburr and of Austria begins with Rudolph of Habshurg Emperor Rudolph I of the Holy Roman empire. ' To go back a few generations: Gun-trathe Rich was a count of Alsace who flourished h the tenth century. way by homage to a common Warner, a grandson of Guntram," be' ruler. except, . came bishop of Strassburg and on an The mixture of races under the Auseminence above WIndlsch, on the trian war banks of the Aar, In the Swiss canton waa emperors .until., the great the raoet extraordinary In Europe. . of Aargan, built Schloss Habsburg Thus when Charles VI secured inherit-acc- e (Hablchtihurg, the ' castle of vul- to Maria Theresa virtue of tures"). This castle is still standing; the Pragmatic sanction, by " waa he "by to. shows an be the picture it unpre- election emperor of Germany ; by hetentious affair. Werner t, nephew of the builder, was the first count of reditary right aeverelgn of Hungary,,, Transylvania, Bohemia, Austria, Habsburg., Albert HI. ton of Werner Carinthla, Carnlola, the Tyrol, II, inherited extensive estates la Up- the and he had. : recently Brlsgau, : per Alsace and "acquired" several obtained Naples and Sicily, the MilanSwiss districts about Zurich and Lu- ese and Netherlands." the In modern " cent, The house of Habsburg began times the Slavic are predompeoples to grow at once. inant in numbers and the Germans are was nuuuiyu 111, won oi Allien h about of the whole; elected emperor of the Holy Roman only yet until , recent year the Austrian In 1273 In and thus figures empire. In history' as Rudolph I. Holy Roman em- power as aEuropean politics figured German power and, took chiefly, The Roman peror. Holy empire, it leadership In Germany itself. ; baa" been said, was neither, holy, At last Prussia rose up to proclaim Roman, nor an empire. : Its original a German Then Austria basis was sort of a loose union of the waa thrownnationality. out from the Germanic crowns of Germany and Italy. Whocircle and found her true level 1n the ever, was accepted as king by Ger- politics of Europe. In 18C6 the headmany was regarded as the .potential ship of Germany was settled between .emperor and assumed the Imperial ti- Austria and Prussia on the field of tle when crowned by the pope at Sadowa. . Rome.' - Ry the' sixteenth century It This brought-abo- ut the establish- was an- anachronism; yet It persisted ment of the dual monarchy of Austria- at least In form and title until the Hungary. Inasmuch as the Austrian nineteenth century. could no longer be emperor'i riTOfu emperor oe based on the theory of Austria's i uuuuijjii ' .i VI. nuiw ins inwrssiuus wrrv Biiinu ana ascendancy in Germany Francis Joseph It was supposed he would be an amia- I (1830-1916-) had to submit to a reble figure-heaHe fooled the elect arrangement; of the relations of Aus " ors by reviving and Increasing the tria and Hungary, So Francis Joseph powers of the Imperial office. More-- " waa crowned In 1867 emperor of Ausover, he used the powers for the ag- tria and king of Hungary at Budapest grandisement of the house of Habs the ruler of two sovereign states, burg. Ottocar, king of Bohemia, re- each with its own constitution, legislafused to acknowledge him and was de- tive ,bodles and system of administrafeated and slain. Rudolph thereupon tion, but having a Joint or common appropriated for his sons a part of ministry. tub aluminous wmcu uio Donemian , Here Is why. the title of "emperor lilng had acquired. Including Austria ot Austria", waa an eliupty. title,, evea " (then a flucliy)"' The house of Habs- berore the great war Archduke was burg thus became the house of Aus- the real title of the sovereign of Austria, and Its history from this' time on tria ; he always kejjt It. though he also ' Is the history of Austria. called himself "emperor." When NaBy marriage, by diplomacy, and by poleon became supreme In western Eupressure the house of Habsburg rope and a dictator In Germany, it was plucked one hy one the coronets' of preposterous for an Austrian archTyrol and Carinthla (1636) ; Franche-Comt- duke to bear titles which purported Flanders and the Low Coun- to carry wit them the rule of the tries (.1477), the crowns of Spain, Na- world. In ; 1804 Francis IL. head ot ples, Sicily and Sardinia (1516) Bo- the house sbf Habsburg, was emperor hemia, including Moravia, and Hun-- , of the Holy Roman empire. He ceased ffanr ' (1S2C) . These tnonv crowns to be king of Germany and he were never welded Into one, but were renounced his elective office offormally empercarefully distinguished as emblems of or of the Holy Roman empire. But he eeparate sovereignties, united In no consoled himself by assuming the tt- ,ijRnT f, If' "i'f? f , ; tit K '11 - jV 1- if - 1 Austro-Hangarin- 'L (u ''ViV fe - VsX - AV'.V TOl 'V V Ho'.tf i- - " , 'V iVi V ir - ' .' :v;r:,iV!,?;vr' "" .. . ....... t . The Interior f Victoria hall, at beautiful Geneva, Switzerland, selected as the Capitol of the League of Nations. In this spacious hall will be held the conventions of the league and the League of Red Cross Societies, Victoria hall r - w ' iM C HUNGER AND DESPAIR Iff GERMANY KjS&ffll be-ca- g. U ; - - Sty-ria- l, . one-fourt- - jwer ii 1 1 - , . e, In Partnership " Th Mrty bird waa jWbe'fTahlritfla ecp and the first faint sounds of fhe arly morning milk wagons were heard In the distance, when the woman on the third door back went to the to pull down the shade. There u the opullne light of the tew day he saw a sight that made her pause. iTwo young thinga, one of them in F&akl and the other la a blue ging win-Wo- w ham dress, with halrarranged most .becomingly down over her ears, stood together. They were both reaching np to one of the movable clothes lines that they have in apart ment " houses' that look more like spider webs than anything else. They were hangliTg out clothes, which they took frpm a basket thst stood beside them. Evidently they had done the Job hpfore daylight had even begun to appear, and It did look good to see the man doln his part of the work, evidently so will ingly, n costs money to keep house t i m tie ol emperor of Ainrtrla. "Formally and historically", the historian! lay, "the taking of .this title waa a sheer and shameless imposture." Is there a curse on the house of Habsburg? During the reign of Fran-d- a Joseph the world talked much of such a curse, and many believed that It waa being fulfilled. Certainly the private life of Francis Joseph was the most tragic.; Though he reigned 68 yean and died of natural causes, the hand of fate waa heavy on the house. Francis Joseph married in 1854, after a romantic Elizabeth, courtship, daughter of Maximilian, Duke of Bavaria. Three daughters and one son were born to them. In 1867 hli brother Maximilian, emperor of Mexico, waa executed. In ' 1889 the crown committed suicide or prince Rudolph was assassinated at Meyerling. The same year the Empress Elizabeth was assassinated by an Italian anarchist. And then came the assassination on June 28, 1914. at Sarajevo in Bosnia, of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir apparent, and his wife. It was tbls assassination which formed the pretext for plunging . the whole world Into the great war. x Charles, the present head of the House of Habsburg, was born In 1887. He married Princess Zlta of the Bourbon house' of Parma and has two sons. He Is oldest son of Archduke Otto, the younger brother, of th9 assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand, whose own sons were excluded from the succession when he married Countess Sophie Chotek, the daughter of a Bohemian nobleman. He succeeded Francis Joseph November He abdicated November 11, 21. 1916. .TWe U typical scene in Berlla. , The hopeless situation and the lack of food has robbedthe people of vitality,' RHENISH PRUSSIA IN PRAYER FOR PEACE the uiluonaire OoK?;? I , 1918. mm ... these dsys, to pay rent, the grocer and the laundryman, but if all young couples would work toarethee this Lh?.?b'at! J. Jinl.hnppMj .ihey.as-oald-..- manage w iive. fcxebange. New Platinum Mines.'1 Two years of prospecting hy geologist and experts has established rather definitely the location ol es tensive lauds tributary to the new Alaskan railroad from which It Is expected that platinum can h mfni ., profitkbly, j v. , , frrfX i toi jtl, . """ ,. """ - " 1111 v ..... . ..... i ,, Procession In a village near Worms, In Rhenish Prussia, chanting prayers - for tb signing vt peace."'7 ; - - . : - : . Charles nn4 family JtedtoSwttzer-lan- d when his empire went to smash. Ik - first occupied - Wartegg-- castle ' on the shore of Lake Constance. The Swiss government, however, suggested that, he remove as far as possible from the Austrian frontier. So the former emperor of Austria is now occupying the ancient castle at Prangtns, above the lake of Geneva. This castle waa once occupied by Joseph Bonaparte, i It is a charming mansion, with beautiful grounds altogether a very different looking place from the Cas. tle of Vultures. The house of Habsburg was 000 years in building. It went down almost In a day. Will It ttay dowaf Or will It rise again? . ...... iSm- - HOW. ENGLAND TRAINED , WOMEN .... ' ixiiim . l j,-- i ..... . . . , OH was recently (llseoremi on the little farm In Texas belonging to E. L. " Perkins, coal stoker on" the U. 8. S. " Perkins Income Is now Imperator, S48O.0OO a year, and may reach $ 1,000,- .i 000 If the well Increases its ontnnr. I'erklns sais be will not seek dia- cnarge rrom me navy. He ssys he will , use the money for the benefit of the ' world and Christianity. DRIVERS , ILL'" - . I I Found. ; ThisFewseemsGrasshoppers to be an year for " . off " grasshoppers," according to entomolo- - " gists of the United .States department of agriculture, who recently m'mle a survey of the grasshopper situation. A comparatively small number of ees.i 7t m funiinj ion, iiruiMU'iy uue to parasitic Inmts huvlng killed inwt " of the hoppers before that' time.,' Ev. K In a few cnintles men'tloncil. full.' mt t of the'eggs that were have since been destroyed by Insects that feed on them. The success of the use of poisoned bait waa also noticed by the entomologM. Very .few eggs could be. found ou the hirm ) f,C , . v" line, where isilsnnml brn ...lai-aj-ri'.v- ., but on other farms neurby the summer, K. g. nts park jiructlTr wi.mt n or royal army service corps. A student eggs were usually abundant. This tllf. r narrow car which drlvlnc through gates, barely sllow the machine to pass ference was so great as to be notice- bctwcin, thereby attaining great accuracy and precision In driving. slle even in adjacent fields. 4,- - v., I rv. j ' nt ci-n- Nmr V. h-- fr |