Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-21
HIS ElCHTIEfA NATAL DAY
Emperor Of Austria Easily With
stands the Fete.
GREAT ADO OVER AGED RULER
Tension Between Austria and Rus
sia f. Gradually Lessentng and
Harmony IL Now satd 10
He In sight.
BY EMIL ANpRAssY.

VIENNA Aug. 20.-(Special to The Bee,)
The emperor has stood the fatigue Of the
ceremonies Of his soth birthday wonder
fully well. He was born August Ia 1880
and acceded to the throne in 1s4s Only two
Of the present reigning monarchs had been
born when the emperor assembled the
throne He was the recipient OF many con-
CALCULATIONS both from home and abroad
and was in better spirits than he had been
for some time. This is perhaps due to the
fact that there Is less unrest In the en-
pIre than has been the case for many
years.
BETTER Feeling for Russia.
The fact that the great army maneuvers
which were to be held in Galicia, near
the Russian frontier, is taken to mean
lessenlnE OF the tension between Austria
and Russia, which has excited much atten-
ton.
Some days ago rumors we're spread that
In the cavalry Earrisons In Gallca CHAMBERS
had appeared among the horses, and men
are also liable to be attacked by this COM
plant As the disease was especially vio-
lent in two ~ the cavalry regiments, the
first plan proposed was to withdraw these
from the manouvers and replace them by
others.
A change of province was also discussed
by the generals, under the presidency of
the commander in chief, the Archduke
Francis Ferdinand. The emperor has de-
cided that the Galcian maneuvers shall be
entirely abandoned this year.
In official circles II is emphasized that
this change Of plan has been occasioned
merely by the epidemic of CHAMBERS. The
la hn
that the abandonment Of the maneuvers on
the Russian frontier may also have been
brought about by political considerations.
More of johann Ortiz.
DIR. Telscher, trustee OF the missing Arch
duke Johann, alias Johann Orth, has
tremendously difficult task in inQulring into
the daily increasing number. Of romantic
stories by persons who more or less posi-
lively declare they saw Orth alive after
the departure OF the Santa Margareta from
La Plata on July IL, 1890.
The statement OF the Frenchman Re-
naux seems the most important. He de-
ciares that as al employee of the sharbor
works at La Plata he was instructed to
examine the cargoes Of cement from Eng
land, and consequently was often on board
the Santa Marsareta He noticed that
there were really two commanders; one
was called captain and the other Don Juan
orth by the crew.
4 Renaux made the -latter's acquaintance
and was told by him that owing to diff
ferences with the captain and several at
tempts on his life during the voyage he
was forced to leave the ship and settle as
farmer In the Argentine.
Renaux once accompanied Orth to look
over his farm, which was surrounded by
primeval forest and he is sure that Ortiz
bought this for another farm.
Ortiz Changes His Name.
Renaux met Ortiz again in August and
December of 1890 at Rio Quarto and Beunos
Ayres, respectively, when Orth asked him
to forget his name and simply call him
Don Juan. Renaux thinks that orth is
living as a farmer in the Argentine, but
may again have changed his name.
A Trieste merchant named Demanius de-
clares that he spoke to Orth, who then
called himself Cabaellero, in Beunos
Ayres in 1884,
The Belgian explorer, Lccointe, thinks a
hunter named friedrich Often, an accom-
plished gentleman, with large library,
who he met living In a tent in Patagonia,
may be identical with Ortiz, whom he
greatly resembled.
According 10 another report. Orth, under
the name of Barton Otto, visited Paris
last winter. where he conferred with sew
eral lawyers. TO whom he revealed his iden-
tity and returned via London to America.
Dr. Degre also writes that Prof. ssto at
the Beunos Ayres university told him that
Ortiz is still living and in periods receives
sums of money from Austria