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of Francis Joseph, brings Rudolph
nearer to the throne of Austria.
It is the one wish of his mother to
preserve him from that tragic seat!
A parent's will also stands between
the other little pretender, Prince
Maximilian, and the seat of Empire.
Soon after Archduke Francis Fer
dinand became heir-apparent, on the
death of Prince Rudolph, he married
the Countess Chotek against the
stern opposition of his uncle, the em
peror. The latter finally agreed to the
marriage, but forced the archduke to
swear solemnly that NO children of
their union should succeed to the
throne.
There have been three children, the
eldest son being Maximilian, "the
fairy prince." He is eleven years old.
Now that Francis Ferdinand is
dead, lawyers and publicists such as
the famous Count Sternberg, point
out that Hungarian law and custom
does not recognize such a thing as
the morganatic marriage. Therefore
Francis Joseph was legally married,
and Prince Maximilian is heir to the
throne of Hungary by every legal
tenet of the land!
Moreover, adherents of the little
prince-pretender claim that the oath
of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is not
binding because given under compul
sion; and that, even were this so, a
father's oath can in no case deprive
a child of his own complete freedom
of action.
It is possible, therefore, that Europe
may yet see two rival pretenders to
the throne of Austria-Hungary, aside
from the heir-apparent, Archduke
Francis Ferdinand.
The latter is a product of centuries
of Hapsburg in breeding. He and his
wife are known to have had frequent
and violent quarrels, in which slap
ping and biting played a prominent
the two little pretenders are
the sturdy, highly-intelligent off
spring of unions in which fresh, noble
blood was mingled with that of the
Haosbur.es,
Europe wonders gloomily whether
a bloody war of succession will break
out in the cause of one or both of
them.
It might result in a disruption of
the dual kingdom. In such an up
heaval of the geographic lines of Eu
rope, little Prince Maximilian would
sit upon the throne of Hungary, and
the Archduke Charles Francis Joseph
would succeed to the kingdom of Austria.
INQUIRY BOARD FINDS BOALT'S
STORY UNTRUE
Washington, July 17. Official navy
department announcement that dis
patch had been received from Ad
miral Badger stating that the inves
tigation of the allegations made by
Fred L. Boalt, newspaper correspond
ent at Vera Cruz of the Newspaper
Enterprise Ass'n had been concluded.
The announcement reads: "The
inquiry was exhaustive and examined
into every phase of charges. It
showed conclusively that Boalt's
statement was false and that under
no circumstances was the co-called
'law of flight' applied at Vera Cruz
by the naval forces of the United
States."
The finding of the board of in
quiry means that Sec'y of War Garri
son will probably enforce his original
order returning Boalt to the states
because of his inability to prove his
charges.
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STORM RESULTS
Robert Buford, 22d and State sts.,
killed by lightning.
Samuel Des Parte, 1223 Sennet pi.,
electrocuted. Tried to fix wire during
storm.
Nelson Peterson, Paw Paw, III.,
dead. Lightning.
George Beileau, Dixon, III., blown
from roof. Dead.
Many downtown basements flood
ed. Michigan blvd. and Congress st.
caved in. Fire department called 55
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