The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-07-03


Tor time in the chapel of the palace
Monday. they we're taken by specia
train to Vienna.
The executive of the diet posted a
manifesto throughout the city de-
gpuncing the crime that had ended
d the fife Of the heir to the Austrian
throne and his wife, expressing loyal
4 ~ to Emperor Francis Joseph and the
Hapsburg dynasty.
Sarajeyo.-Archduke Francis Ferdi-
nand, heir to the AustrO-Hungarian
throne, and his morganatic wife, the
Duchess Of HOhenberg, we're assassi-
mated Sunday while driving through
the streets of .SaTa1evO, the Bosnian
capital A youthful .Servian student
fired the shots which added another
to the long list Of tragedies that have
darkened the reign of Emperor Franz
Joseph.
The archduke and his wife were
victims of the second attempt in the
same day against Aeir lives. First
bomb was thrown at the automobile
in which they were driving to the
town hall. ForewaFned, however, or
possible attempt against his life,
the arChdule was watchful and struck
the missile aside with his arm 1t
fell under an automobile following
which carried members of the arch
dukes suite, w0unding Count Won
BOos-Waldeck and Colonel Merizzo.
On their return from the town hall
the archduke and the duchess we're
driving to the hospital when Gavrio
Prinzip darted at the car and fired a
voiley at the occupants. His aim was
true and the archduke and his wife
were mortaily wounded
With them at the time was the gov
ernOr of the city, who escaped injury
The bodies of his murdered compan-
ions collapsed across him and pro-
tected him from stray bullets. The
governor shouted to the chauffeur to
rush to the palace Physicians were
in prompt attendance but their serv-
ices were useless, as the archduke
and his wife were dead before the
palace was reached.
The bomb was filled with nails and
lead filings and the explosion was
violent. The iron shutters on many
shops were pierced by flying frag.
ments and iron ratings were shatter-
ed About score of persons were
injured, several of them women and
children.
Anti-Seryian demonstrations began
Immediately Crowds knelt in the
streets and sang the national anthem. |
The mayor of Sarajevo issued a proc.
iamation to the residents of the city
denouncing the crime and declaring
that by the confessions of the assass-
ms it was shown beyond all doubt
that the bomb thrown at the arch
dukes car came from Belgrade.
1t Is said after the attempt with the
bomb near the girls high school the
duchess tried to tissaude the arch.
duke from venturing in the motor car |
again. To allay her fears, NJ. Potio-
rex, governor of Bosnia, said:
IT'S all over now, we have not
more than one murderer in Sara !
jevo," whereupon the archduke de.
cided to go on
Archduke Francis Ferdinand. who |
was heir presumptive TO the throne
OF Austria. was born December Is
1863. His father, the Archduke Carl
Ludwig. was a brother of Emperor
Francis Joseph and his mother was
Maria Annunziata, daughter of Ferdi.
nand II of Naples Francis Ferdinand
was boy when his mother died.
Francis Ferdinand became the. heir
presumptiVe when the Crown Prince
Rudolph. the only son of Emperor
Francis Joseph, met tragic death in
"ha' is known az the Meyerling
tragedy, the result of an uncounte-
naneed love for young baroness.
By solemn oath after the arch
dukes marriage to the Bohemian
Countess Sophie Chotek, he swore IN
the presence of the Emperor Francis
Joseph all the princes of the house
OF Hapsburg, the cardinals OF Vienna
ana many other high dignitaries in
ooth the Austrian and Hungarian gov.
eFnments, that he would never at.
tempt to raise his wife to the nosi.
tioa OF empress nor to establish rights
OF succession to the throne for anv
children which should be born to
them.
With the crown prince thus 70.
moved. the first choice as an heir 10
Francis Joseph fell to his brother the
Archduke Carl Ludwig, but be a.
ready was an old man. and he de-
elined the honors in favor of his cid.
est son, Francis Ferdinand. The titIeI
TO heir was never officially conferred
upon Francis Ferdinand, but from his