The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-04-20
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Familiar with the pOmp and
T'HU y.aronv which hedged in the
Cur .anrt Of Austria have always
former ,1 I'D that the tragic disappear
naln'ls.DII Johann Salvador, archduke OF
anes nrince Of Hungary and grand
Ausl,ia 1-inca Of Tuscany, cousin OF
tlcal Ioseph and son of Leopold H.
Ffaii5 Sro as much to his radical tend
vas u' md the fact that he persisted
encls e.. al his views in print as to his
ID a-.- -+5on for Ludmilla Stubel, the
llLa' .,s,l daughter Of a Vienna shop
osal.,-'' IN furtherance Of this opin-
Assp tbor advance the unassailable evil
ioA w .so+ Kaiser Wilhelm insisted
asl.s tbe punishment of Archduke
lpol rben the latter urged an ALI
''Ll- ho+vaen Russia and Austria in
any - curb the threatened domi-
O.-,, If Germany in European poll
tics
,,.Lo+orer the cause, the young arch-
w.. reaction to the discipline in
a l'...5 br his royal cousin was to re-
NJ IN his honors, strip himself of
~ 81 .,+los convert a large portion Of
~ w. estate ., into cash, and, as the crown
l y, ,nsuIt to his relatives, to elOpe
a. -, rudmilIa Stubel, whom he had
~, i1cognito some months before.
ding TO all available reports,
&C. wgs no doubt Of Ludmilla's
so.rtv hut a marriage between an
...,5rke Of the royal blood and the
5.rgbter of a poor shOpkeeper was
ID much for the hlgh-spirited Haps-
bnr0s 10 swallow without a struggle
yobonn however, informed all who
brugbt him messages from his titled
Hrsmpn that he was no longer Of the
,ovol bouse-that he had renOunced
m his claims to the hOnOrs which
vore his by right Of birth, and that
bsbeefOrth he could be nothing more
than Johann Salvador, private citi-
ssn Of the world.
When It became known that he
really intended carrying through his
Wild plan, even force was resOrted to
n order to prevent him from contract
sg what was recognized as a mesaIlt-
rnce. but he concealed his identity I'M
Der the name Of John Orth-the name
which he had used In counting Lud-
nllls Stubel-and the pair were has
DIV married, and then escaped to Lon
Don Here, still retaining his adopted
same, the archduke chartered the bark
Aargharlta signed up a captain and
crew and sailed for South America,
where the ship had formerly been en-
Rged In the nitrate trade.
The Nargharita's usual course was
between Buenos Aires 6nd Valparaiso,
and after making several successful
sTipE she finally left the former port
% July Is, 1S9O-aAd vanished az
completely as II the sea had opened
nd swallowed her. Despite the most
tlhgent searches, undertaken at the In
gtigatlon OF the Austrian government,
bothlnE definite was ever heard OF the
nip or the members Of the crew,
neugh rumOrs that Archduke Johann
had been seen at many times and In
RaAy places have beeA current from
nat day to this. The most credible OF
nesa reports e that made by an on
cal Investigator Of the Uruguay gov.
eminent who secured aGidavlts TO the
eaeet that the AargharIta had pat
9 At lonely place on the coast
9 that country. where the name had
seen painted out and she had thea
.aled up the Uruguay river. 'Orth, {"
oa report stated, had then paid or his
aeS' and With the help Of two OF three
Die Intimate companions had set saii
teFther lnland-but here the trail was
i'it never TO be rebound.
During the Chilean war AFchduko
senann was reported to be fighting on
ne SIDE Of the COngressionallsts, and,
l0ine Ten years later, the son OF the
PRESIDENT OF Argentina stated that he
lla made the trip from BuenOs Aires
" OneroOurg with a man who was
June other than the former archduke
" Austria. In addition the lost grand
uuAe mas been located" in California.
uas Oeen identified" as Admiral Yama.
s sa'a Of the japanese navy, and was
.eOOsnized' By reputable witnesses In
S-. engagements Of the World war.
-'.'uenuy the emperor Of Austria never
$50 Iuu credence in the story Of
= uea'h' Tor in Francis JOseph's VIII
80, 80 Z clause to the effect that the
eHuuAes estate Of some $4,000. 900
as 5as 20 be held intact until something
49,. .olli''e was learned about his fate-a
IN IN upon which the memoirs of the
' ,..- Kaiser may eventually throw
~ sSIg nght Until this the mystery Of
80 - LOST grand duke must remain az
VI the unsolved riddles Of history,