Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-07
How John Ortiz" Disappeared from
Off the Earth.
ALLIED AWAY AND DID NOT LAND
Mystery of the Sea May Be Solved
Through Courts,
JOKER WHO rs CAUGHT SUFFERS
judge Decides Man Was Justified in
AssaultinE Room Mate who
slammed Suicide for
Jest.
BY EMIL ANnRAssY.

VIENNA. August 6-(Special to The Bee)
The case of Archduke Johann Salvador.
the romantic John orth. is again before the
public. This time, however, he has not
been rediscovered. but his heirs have pc
titioned the Austrian courts to declare him
officially dead so that his estate, now
valued at something like t5.0O0,000 may be
disposed Of. The application to presume
his death has been made In the imperial
court at Vienna by the Archduke Joseph
Ferdinand, one of the nephews OF the Arch
duke Johann Salvador. The court directed
postponement OF the application for q
period Of six months In order to permit the
filing OF any proofs that Johann Orth was
stlll alive. The Archduke Johann Salvador,
son Of Leopold IL, grand duke OF Tuscany.
and an archduke of Austria, was born In
1859.
Romance of the Archduke.
In 1889 he met Mnly Stubel, the beauti-
full daughter OF Viennese tradesman. who
was appearing as a dancer in the Royal
opera. The archduke was smtten with
love OF the dancer and was resolved TO pos
sess her. whatever sacrifice It might in
volve. For a long time the girl did not
suspect the rank of her lover, but at length
the secret was revealed to her. He pro-
fessed himself willing to marry the woman
of his heart. This, of course, meant Il
breach with the Emperor Frances Joseph
and the sacrifice of his country and all
his social prospects lie decided to begin
life afresh and throw his birthrlght TO the
winds. He married the lady OF his choice
in London register office, and bought the
Santa Margherita, an iron sailing ship of
about 1900 tons at Hamburg.
Sailed to His Fate.
As Johann Orth he ran out from Chatham
on his first voyage to South America with
a cargo OF cement. Here his captain fell
III and had to be paid of, most Of the
crew following suit. Johann orth took over
the command himself and engaged fresh
crew. Al lquique the Santa Margherta
sailed for Valparaiso, doubling Cape Horn.
Since that time neither ship nor any oc-
cupant had been heard OF. The petition tu
presume death entered In the Vienna courts
claims that the best proof of death Is that
no more letters have been received from
Johann by his mother, to whom lie wrote
regularly before Exhaustive inquiries by
Austrian consuls In South America, 1t Is
pointed out, have produced negative re-
suits. Johann's will, which is deposited IN
Vienna, Ia still unopened. From time to
time reports have been published thai
Johann orth" is still alive. He has been
stated to be living with his brother. the
Archduke Louis Salvador, who spends mos
of the year on one of the Ionian islands
He has been recognized in the South Sea
islands and in Algiers, where he interferec
with a policeman who was illtreating a wo
man, and was expelled in consequence, liz
"A.
Zealand and JapaL. An American news
paper In 1909 claimed to have found him il
Paineville. o.. working as machinist fol
e a week.
put the years have passed, and notwith
standing occasional reports OF johann
Orth's temperance, no authentic news o
the missing archduke has been received an'
insurance companies have had to pay thu
money for which his life was insured
Assault Was Justified.
David Navokovitch, a Belgrade waiter
has Just failed in remarkable charge o
assault against Radoy Jord, q colleague
Jord's defense was that Navokovitch LET
a letter saying that he had COMMITTEES
suicide, and that after agonizlnl
search for a day and night he found hi
comrade snoring in bed. He was so en-
ragged that he struck him in the face. Jor
was acquitted.
End of n Honeymoon.
M. Alexander Imre a public notary a
Banffy Hunyad. Hungary. who was mar
rled only a fortnight ago. shot his youn
wife dead and then blew out his own brains
The only clue to the tragedy is a yer
slender one. He met his wife with tn
words, ~ see you do not love me, as other
wise you could not leave me alone so long