The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-07
ASK COURTS To
DECLARE MAN DEAD
Heirs of Archduke Johann Sal
yatOr Want Share in
Estate Divided.
BY EMIL ANDRASSY.
le Tribune.

Special Gable TO The Tribune.
VIENNA, Aug. 6.-The case Of Arch
duke Johann Salvador. the romantic John
Orth. is again before the public. This
time. however he has not been rediscov-
cred, but his heirs have petitioned the
Austrian courts TO declare him officially
dead. so that his estate. now valued at
something like $4,000, 900 may be disposed
Of. The application to presume his death
has been made in the imperial court at
Vienna by the Archduke Joseph Ferdl-
nand. one OF the nephews of the Archduke
Johann Salvador. The court directed a
postponement OF the application for a
period OF six months. in order TO permit
the filing OF any proofs that Johann Orth
was still alive The Archduke Johann
Salvador. son OF Leopold H.. grand duke
Of Tuscany. and an archdulte of Austria
was born in 1852,
Married a Dancer.
In 1889 he met Mily stubel the beau
tiful daughter Of Viennese tradesman
Royal opera. The archduke was smitten
with love of the dancer and was resolved
to possess her. whatever sacrifice II
might Involve, For long time the girl
did not suspect the rank OF her lover.
but at length the secret was revealed
to her, He professed himself willing to
marry the woman of his heart This OF
course meant breach with the Empe-
his country and all his social prospects
, He decided TO begin life afresh and throw
his birthright to the winds, He married
the lady OF his choice in a London regis
ter office. and bought the Santa Marghe
rita, an iron sailing ship OF about 1900
| tons: at Hamburg.
Lost at Sea.
AS Johann Orth he ran out from Chat
| ham on his first voyage to South Amerl-
| ca with cargo OF cement. Here mis-
| captain fell III and had 10 be paid off
most OF the crew following suit. Johann
orth took over the command himself and
engaged fresh crew. AT Iquique, the
Santa Margherita sailed for Valparaiso
doubling Cape Horn. Since that tins
neither ship nor any occupant has beer
heard of. The petition to presume death
entered in the Vienna courts. claims thai
| the best proof Of death is that no moro
| letters have been received from johann
| by his mother. TO whom he wrote regu.
larly before. Exhaustive inquiries by
Austrian consuls in South America, II i.
| pointed out. have produced negative re.
suits. Johann's will, which is deposited
in Vienna. is still unopened
Say He Is Alive.
From time to time reports have beer
alive. He has been stated to be Twins
with his brother. the Archduke Louis
| Salvador, who spends most OF the yea
on one of the Ionian islands He ha
|
| and In Algicrs. where he interfercd Will
a policeman who was ill-treatlng wo
man. and was expelled in consequence
| He has been identified in Chilli Aus
| tralia, New Zealand and Japan. Al
| American newspaper in 1909 claimed 4
have found him In Paineville. o, working
| as a machinist for $l5 a week. But III
years have passed. and notwithstandln
occasional reports Of Johann Orth's reap
pearance. no authentic news OF the miss
ing archduke has been received and In
surance companies have had to pay tn
money for which his life was insured.
Why Ho Was Angry.
David Navokovitch, a Belgrade waite,
has just failed in q remarkable charge G
assault against Radoy Jord. a colleague
Jord's defense was that Navokovitch lei
} letter saying that he had committe
suicide, and that after an agonzin
search for day and night ne found hi
comrade snoring In bed. He was so en-
, ragged that he struck him In the face
Jord was acquitted.
Slew His Wife.
Alexander Imre, public notary q
Banffy Hunyad. Hungary. who was maj
5 ried only u fortnight ago. shot his youn
wife dead and then blew out his ow
brains. The only clue to the tragedy
a very slender one. He met his wife wit
the words: Il see you do not love me @
,, otherwise you could not leave me alon
1oOpf Then hc fired