The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-17

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fas, and loose with llfe killed hin
Francis Ferdinand was murdered
serejavo by an assassin who knew
secret that was carefully kept IN IN
Imperial family.
The assassin knew that the arch
duke WINS wearing n bullet proof siil
vest an inch thick. lie shot at Ferd
snand'a read instead % at his breast
The chauffeur Of the fatal car we
In the plot. Hc drove straight acrcs
the road 10 where the murderer va
standing. This meant running tn
motor car on the wrong side OF tn
road. The police were never repri
manded for allowing h heir TO tn
throne to be assassina,eo. ON tn
contrary. the heads OF tn. force wer'
promoted shortly aftcrwarde
Charlie. Francis had long been thu
Emperor Francis Joseph's favoritc
3 His education had been directed b.
his mother. An English governes'
succeeded In i%mpianting a love for
her native land in the heart OF the
~lyoune archduke. As a youth he was
Ia Say. young Austrian officer. But his
gayness did not mea dissipation. as
it did with most Of the Hapsburg
About his only affair was a youthful
devotion for a Vienna actress. OLD
enough TO have been his mother. The
aetress was amused. bat accepted hts
boyish admiration without allowing
him to compromise his future. When
the archduke really fell In love with
Ian old playmate az a court bail he
made his actress friend he first con
fidarte.
Charles Francis married solely for
Hove. Princess zi,a OF Parma. the
daughter OF an old and ~decaying racs.
WAS reared In the Vienna court. They
had played together as children. and
had been boy and girl sweet hearts.
zita was m bred and. like her
husband. educated partly on English
Hines. She had lived part OF each year
in Italy. and II Italian In type and
character. She was distinguished for
her piety and great charm Of manner.
Nearly the entire court liked her. She
had few enemies there. and mary
friends 10 protect her. She had grown
up at the court. and no one grudgei
her the high place she married into.
as would have been the case with an
outsider.
Emperor Francis Joseph approved
the marriage. He attended the we'd
ding IN person and fave the bride a
diamond eoronet arranged in five
tiers. Zita II the thirteenth child OF
the late Duke OF Parma and his Sec
ond wife. Marie Antonla. princess ~
Portugal. Altogether she has TWEEN
liy-three brothers sud sisters. MANY
OF them are feeble minded. but zita
herself has always been extremely
healthy and OF considerable mental
brilliancy. She received an old fash
toned education. but Is fond OF tennis,
hunting and outdoor sports In gen
|eraI.
Like her husband. she cares little
for imperial red tape. After their
marriage she accompanied he' hUs.
band everywhere when II was pos
sible. With deep understanding Of
the character Of the peasants she pur-
chased chickens from them. at the ex-
orbitant prices they demanded. for
her poultry farm. The birth Of a son
sealed the popularity OF the young
couple.
Whenever they showed themselves
in public the people cheered frantical-
Us. Charles Francis has endeared
himself to his subjects by his tact
graeiousncss n good humor. He has
la winning smile. Often IN the days
before they became rulers OF Austria
IHuagsy. Charles Francis and his wife
were seen driving out into the coun-
TRY from vienns with a go-cart strap
ped to the rear OF their motor car.
ARRIVED In the country, the two royel
children-s daughter came 10 keep
the little heir eompnny-were bundled
Into the goeart and the father AMI
mother took turns wheeling them
about. Empress zita Is first a mother
land then a ruler
The king and his wife are both pro-
Italian; his wife pro-French, too.
Both have been much In Italy. The
king was decidedly pro- British before
the war. And the empress Is siren
uously anti-German. She hasn't for.
gotten the kaiser's efforts 20 marry
his own daughter TO Charles Francis
She knows that. had he been sue
cessfui, another woman would have
been standing beside her husband
when he received the crown OF the
Hapsburgs Perhaps some thought d
that came TO her a. she stood near
the man OF her heart--hs In the red