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SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, TONE 3 1914.
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RUSSIA
NOT
PERMIT AUSTRIA TO
It Is Asserted Rejoicing in
Servia Is Silent But None
the Less Heartfelt
CROWN PRINCE BLAMED
FOR GRASPING POLICY
Claimed His Elimination Will
Make (or Peace of Europe;
Was Dangerous Man
St. Petersburg, June 30. Austro
Servian relations were beiug closely
watched from here today.
Partly because of t.ie racial relation
ship between the Russians and the
Servians and party for political reasons
liussia is Servia 's friend. It was stated
freely by men in high positions in the
czar's government that Nicholas will
not permit Austria to make Archduke
ran cis rcrdiunnd s assassination an
eixeuse for any imposition upon the lit
tle Balkan state.
None said outright that be was glad
the archduke was killed but it was
openly declared that his assassination
was the natural result of what was re
ferred to as the grasping Balkan policy
for which he was declared to bo re
uponsible. Nor was the opinion con
cealed that he was a dangerous man and
that his elimination will make for more
peaceful relations between Russia and
Austria.
It was admitted that, just at the
moment, however, an Austrian attempt
to punish Servia for his death would
make trouble.
Bodies On Way Home.
Metkoviteh, Dalmatia, June 30. The
bodies of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
of Austria and his wife arrived here j
today, were transferred on board an I
Austrian warship in the harbor and
c-scorieu o sea oy a squadron oi ngm-
injj Vessels.
ii v i -a f:..Li i
PP
SS SERVIANS
The warship will reach Trieste Thurs-, ain , thorough knnwiedge of ttU acci.
day morning h torn there the two I d(,nt8 that come Dotke q ,h
corpses will be taken by special train commi),fiion.
to Vienna, arrmng at 10 p. m An X-ray machine will be installed
Friday they will he in state in the b 't , wepk undpr h
Boyal Hofburg capita and at midnight f Dr r Th the
both will be buried m the chapel at chief medical advisor, and every means
the Archduke s Armstetten estate. takpn f w , d 'f h
Archduke Charles, who is now in line1 :.,:' (k. 'u,,.,,,..
., ., . . . . i information of the adjusters,
for the throne occupied at present by j m 0
-Emperor Francis Joseph, will represent SINGER IS DIVORCED.
the latter at the funeral. ' -
It was believed, however, that the ; Chicago, June 30. Judge Sullivan to
present emperor will do all in his power jay entered a decree in the Sehumann-
to settle this controversy before nis ;
death. hcther he will succeed or not .
was considered doubtful. ;
Little heed was given to the claim by!onP. he made nirainst her were nnsun
the so-called Dr. Klyave, a resident of I
the Kensington district of London, that i
ne is Arcnmike uuuoir, tne emperor s ,
son, who unquestionably either com-
years ago in his hunting lodge at j
Meyerling. I
Metokitch was draped in mourning1
when the bodies arrived from Seraievo. .
'The streets were packed and all heads ; ber of refugees arriving here today
-vre bared and but for the tolling of j was unusually large. It was explained
many bells, profound silence was ob-.they were not so much afraid of vio
served as the two caskets were borne lence as that the rebels would cut off
from the railrond station to the navy ,
)acht Dnlmat, which awaited them. j
On the yacht, Count Attens, viceroy j
of Dnlmntia, laid a wreath on the arch-;
duke s casket ami banked his wites,
with flowers. The yacht's deck also!
was flower-strewn.
From Metkovitch the Dalmat de
scended the Narenta river, the peasants
in the villages on the shore holding
burning candles and kneeling in pray
er, while priests blessed the corpses
as they passed.
At the Narenta 's mouth the two cas
kets were transferred on board the
dreadnought Viribusinitis and placed on
the quarterdeck for the voyage to
Trieste.
AMUSEMENTS.
BLIC.H State, between Liberty
and High) Motion pictures
featuring the famous star,
Helen Gardner, in "Pieces of
Silver."
GLOBE (State, between Lib
erty and High) Motion pic
tures of Lubin film, "The
Wall Flower." and photo
play, "In Real Life"; Miss
Elsie Edwards, popular so
prano, in songs voti will like
TK LIBERT V (Liberty, be
tween Liberty and Court)
Jesse L. LasKy presents in
motion pictures "The Squaw
Man," with Dustin Farnuin
in the title role.
CHACTAl'QUA Willamette
university grounds.
BOATIN"0--fa!em boat house,
foot of State street. ' .
A NEW BAND STAND
AT WILSON AVENUE
Lumber Used During Cherry Fair Is
Being UtiUred Will Se Used First
Time at Concert Tonight.
A temporary bandstand is being!
erected today in illson park uncut
the direction of Manager (Ira I) or, who
says that the old one is entirely un
suitable for concerts. The lumber use4
for the bandstand on the street during
the Cherry fair was utilized for the
temporary structure and is being placed
out in the open space west of the elec
tric fountain.
The old bandstand being under the
trees and enclosed is said to prevent the
best effect of the music and an open
bandstand will be more satisfactory.
The musicians say that certain in
struments as the clarinets emit their
sounds underneath the benches and lit
tle of it is added to the harmonv of
the occasion. Then again, by beiug in
a closely packed circle the trombones
are blown into other horns and the
result is a jumble of sounds that do not
do the musicians justice.
Mr. Graber says that it is the inten
tion of the management to secure some
singers for concerts this summer, but
that it would be impossible for them
to he heard any distauce from the old
bandstand ami that the best effort of
the biftnl cannot he realized until thefe
is a new stand erected. The usual con
cert will be given this evening.
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
COMMISSION IS BUSY
Marshals Its Forces for beginning of
Work The Law Goes Into Effect
Tomorrow Morning.
The Industrial Accident commission
is a busy place today preparing for the
beginning of work tomorrow. A squad
of stenographers and clerks has been
prepnring files of every industry in
the state and now the files contain
some 501)0 cards giving a complete de
scription of tho plants, number of
workmen and other information, ar
ranged by counties and cities. Secre
tary Gftrrictr state that It Win T pos
sible to locate any letter n the entire
files In two minutes for reference.
The seven field workers will bo as
signed to their territory tomorrow and
sent out. The three commissioners,
Harvey Beckwith, William A. Marshall
and C. B. Babcock, will spend most of
their time investigating cases reported
aa it i(1 their intention to give their
npriinnni nttfntinn tri imeri p.rnu nH tn
Heink-Rapp divorce case. It held the
sontrstress' Btatutor charees aeainst
her husband were proved and that the
ported. William Rapp, the defendant,
wa. ordered to nav costs of the case.
Tne plaintiff was allowed to resume her
former name, Ernestine Schumann-1
FLEEING FROM THE CITT.
Vera Cruz, Mex., June 30. The num-1
the capital's supplies nnd that
would be a famine.
-ere
A Monster Petition
for Dry State Filed
-Has 35,032 Names
A petition which establishes a new j State of Oregon shall be and hereby
record for number of signatures ; is amended by adding thereto the fol
secured, for the iuitiation of a state: lowing section 30 of article 1.
constitutional prohibition amendment,
was filed with Secretary of State Olcott
Monday afternoon. The petition con
tains .i",0:'.2 names, signatures having
I been obtained in every county in the
1 state.
' Mrs. F. S. Mvers, wife of the Port-
g j land postmaster, filed the petition on
I behalf of the ten initiators anil a com-
mittee of 100, which will lead the fight
! to make Oregon "dry" at the Xovem
i ber election. The initiators are: Joseph
! ir in. r Keiom. r. it Uiliino Ash-
1 l' i.lnrlX Tnwlia Itntlor
Hood River:
Dr R O Coffey, Port -
land": Mrs. Frederick Eirzert. Portland:
i William T. Foster, Portland; Louis P.- If the amendment is approved by
! Mvers, Portland; Alfred C. Schmitt.lthe people the "home rule" law is
! Ai'hanv, and J. R. Wilson, Portland. ! automatically repealed and the stato
ArrencUrent Bepeals "Home Bul."
The proposed amendment is as fol
lows: "Article 1 O- the constitution of the
GERMANY'S
RULER
TO ATTEND FUNERAL
E
Emperor Francis Joseph Will
Not Attend, But Will View
the Bodies Privately
CAPITALS OF EUROPE
TO BE REPRESENTED
Rumor Is Current That Assas
L'lation Plot Was Hatched
in Belgrade
Vienna, June 30. Emporor William
of Germany will attend Archduke
Francis Ferdinand's funeral in person,
it was announced here today. He is or
pected Friday.
Probably thero will be no other royal
ties present except the emporor of Aus
tria himself. Considerable anxiety was
felt for the latter hea.th ami it was
thought the presence of any number of
visitors of his own rank, whom he
would have to entertain, was inad
visable.
There will be representatives, how
ever, from every capital in Europe
The gathering of the nobility, both
Austrian and foreign, also will tie very
large.
The bodies of the archduke am his
wife will be received with military
pomp Thursday night and escorted to
tno Hofburg chapel, where soldiers will
stand guard over them until morning.
Emperor Francis Joseph will not ap
pear at the public ceremony but will
view the corpses privately. .....
Saturday Emperors Francis Joseph
and William ami the foreign represen
tatives will attend a solemn requiem
high mars in Hofburg chapel. Later
Francis Joseph will return to Ischl, his
summer residence.
It was admitted the. government was
seriously concerned at the disorders
which broke out in Bosnia and Harze
govina provinces following the assas
sination of the archduke and his wife.
There was no blinking the fact that
Servian hostility, to Austrian rule was
very bitter ami widespread but it was
not believed there would be a general
revolt.
An unconfirmed report was current
that the foreign office had demanded
an investigation by the Servian govern
ment oi the story that the assasination
plot was hatched in Belgrade.
Newspapers here denounced the Serv
ians in the strongest terms.
.. PRINCE STRUCK OIL.
San Francisco, June 30. Prince Don
Francesco Kospigliosi of Itaiy and
Aliss Laura Stnllo, who inherited half
the millions left by her grandfather,
! Alexander McDonald, a Standard oil
mnenate. were married here today.
PORTUGAL IS COMING.
San Francisco, June 30. Word was
received at exposition headquarters
that tho Portuguese parliament had ap
propriated $100,000 for the 1915 fair
and that the French $100,000 appro-
j priation bill had been reintroduced in
the chamber of deputies.
I
"Section 30. From and after Jan-
I uary
1 hall
1, 1910, no intoxicating liquors
be manufacture) or sold within
this state, except for medicinal pur
i poses, upon prescription of a licensed
i physician, or for scientific, sacramental
I or mechanical purposes.
"This act is self-executing and all
: provisions of the constitution and laws
j of this state and of the charters and
ordinances of all cities towns and
Othe
municipalities therein, in con-
' 1,1 1 wlln tne provisions or mis section,
- - -1
' will become "dry- .January i, ijuo,
The time for filing completed peti
tions for initiative measures will end
Thurxlav.
Y ROYALTY THER
PENDER
1
RANG
UNLESS
GOVERNOR
COMES
The Crime Was Committed at
Scappoose in Columbia
County, in Sept, 1911
MRS. WEHRMAN AND
LITTLE SON MURDERED
Fired Three Shots into Wo
man's Body and Three
into Her Sons
John Arthur Pender who was con
victed of the murder of Daisy Wehrman
and her year old son Harold will hang
unless saved by executive clemency ac
cording to an opinion handed down by
the supreme court this morning. The
decision of Judge James A. Eakin in
the lower court was affirmed in an
opinion written by Justice Ramsev and
concurred in by Chief Justice McBride
and Justice Eakin and Moore.
The Pender case was appealed from
Columbia county where it was tried
twice in the lower court each trial re
sulting in a conviction of murder In the
first (logTcc. The. crime for which
Pender was convicted was committed
near Scappoose on September 4, 1911.
The Wehrman 's lived in a lonely cabin
in the hills as well as several other
families, Pender among them. On the
day that the crime was committed Mr.
Wehrman was away from home and
the evidence: tended to show that Pen
dor took a package from the com
munity mail box- ana with It made his
war to th Wehrman cabin.
Mrs. Wehrman died from the effects
of three pistol wounds fired from In
front at close range and her little son
from three wounds from the same pistol
which were fired at him from the back.
The ease attracted widespread attention
as it was committed about the time of
several other horrible crimes upon
women with the same evident intentions
on the mudreder's part.
The decision of the lower court in
the rasa of John Filkins against the
Portland .Lumber company a suit for
personal damages, was affirmed in an
opinion handed down by Justice Moore.
McBride, Burnett and Ramsey con
curring. This was an action to recover
damages for an injury to an eye while
putting edgings into a machine called
a "hog" in the Portland lumber com
pany's mill. Filkins was awarded
$2,500 damages in tha lower court.
In the case of Irene M. Cranston
against the West Coast Life Insurance
company, appealed from Baker county,
the lower court was affirmed in an
opinion bv Justice Bean with Justices
Moore and Burnett dissenting. The
lower court brought a verdict for the
plaintiff on which a judgment was en
tered for the insurance on the life of
Walter A. Cranston.
In an action to recover personal
property brought by Hilda Ward
aeainst W. If. Hamlin the decision of
Judge F. M. Calkins of Jackson county
was affirmedin in nn opinion written by
Chief Justice McBride. Justices Bean,
McN'ary, Eakin ami Ramsey concurring.
A petition for rehearing was denied
in the case of Vtcissenger et al against
Mische et al. Justice Moore writing ! f(,n(lW Ri,ii,.rs.
thn opinion,. Huerta has been withdrawing troops
The opinion of the lower court in , f ()f severlll 0nyi) from duty uon(? the
the case of J. M. Toomey against J. D.l,ine of the Vera (;ruz...xi,.0 city rail
Casey et al, an action to recover rents, r0l(, ,,,avin only ruru,,,8 ,0 RUIir(i it.
was reversed, and remanded. The case , n wn3 uul,tc,i however, If he can
was appealed by the defendants from U d ()n the m(,n ,1U u m.aliK to
Multnomah county. I ra.)itl,i
The lower court was affined in the i . Mexi(.0 City itwnB
" Mprfie.W "Kain st!,aid, were preparing for an uprising
Z. T. McClav in a suit to fore-clos; a; ,'nrlnil wro 'ready nt both the Brit-
mortgage, i ne cuse was Hppuie'i i nun
Crook county where it was decided by
.ludire W. L. Bradshaw.
FRANCE WOULD MAKE
SHOWING AT EXPOSITION
San Francisco, June 30. A bill ap-
propriating $100,000 for a government
exhibit at the Panama-Pacific exposi -
tion was introduced in the chamber of
deputies today. It waa fathered by
Deputy Viviani. A rider gave diplo
matic and economic reasons for the
bill's passage. The bill's passage was
generally predicted.
The Weather
Fair tonight
and Wednesday,
continued warm;
northerly winds.!
Ity c?fSry
HUERTA
P
TO "HIT THE GRIT"
IS LATEST
Villa's Victory at Zacatecas
Due to Mutiny of the
Federal Troops
VILLA IS A-WEARY OF
CARRANZA'S DUPLICITY
Mediation May Fail If Villa
Concludes That He Will
Rebel Against Rebels
There was no longer any question to
day that a bad break had occurred be
tween Generals Carranza and Villa.
Villa had stopped fighting and mid
ho would not begin again until he had
an understanding with Carrimzn.
Predictions wero made thi't Villa
would set up a government of his own
with General Angeles as president.
Fearing condition would result such
as to precipitate strong demands thnt
the United States protect foreigners in
Mexico, the Washington administra
tion was doing everything possible to
rroconcile the two robe.1 gonerins.
Carranza envoys were on their way
to confer with Villa at Torreon.
That Carranza was communicating
with President Huerta was emphatical
ly denied.
A revolt in Mexico City against
Huerta was deemed hourly more im
minent. Foreigners thought It would bo fol
lowed by the. dictators flight and then
rhoas, and were- preparing to defeii'l
themselves.
Federals were reported deserting to
the rebels everywhere.
It was said the rebels capture of
Zacatecas was due to a mutiny by part
of the federal garrison.
Relying to tho "A. B. C." mediators'
invitation to him to sond representa
tives to Niauara Falls, General t ar
ranza asked for time to consult bis
advisors.
Evidently indisposed to give him any
more, the mediators were preparing to
adjourn or at least take a recess
Wednesday.
It was not known how long the
Huertista envoys would wait for the
Carranza istas but it was not believed
they would agree to much delay and
they already seemed impatient.
At his order, a bathtub "as heavy as
a cannon" was shipped to Oeneral
Villa from Chicago.
Vera Cruz, Mex., June 30. A gen
eral revolt by President Huerta 's
troops in Mexico City, the president's
downfall and flight and nnarcny in tho
capital were predicted by refugees ar
riving here from the interior today.
From nil sides, they said, reports
wero reaching Mexico City of deser
tions by federal soldiers to the consti
tutionalists. Puolicatlon of these
stories was forbidden, but they circu
lated by word of mouth -and everyone
know the situation was desperate, the
refugees stnted.
According to news which had reach
ed the capital, it was said the federal
defeat at Zacatecas was duo to a mu
tiny, 5000 of the garrison refusing to
face the rebels. One version was that
th.v . turned on nnd foucht their
1 ish and German legations.
The Break Is Serious.
Torreon. June 30 There was no lung-
; pr any question today thnt the break
.between Generals Carranza and Villa
I waH vory serious,
I y'illa was known to have telegraphed
,ta carranza that he was tired of the
treatment he and -his followers were
receiving and would do no more fight
ing until an understanding was reach
ed. ,
Iu reply he was notified that a C'r'
ranzista commission wns on jt'WBy
lor a conference, which it w expect
ed would be held here or n San l'edro
Friday or Saturday.
In the meantime, villa's troops were
resting here an- t Zacatecas and
Aguas CalieiiK".
The federals were entrenching at
Quertersto.
Villa Will Not Submit.
EI Paso, Texas, June 30. That Gen
eral Villa will throw off his allegiance
I to General Carranza and establisn a
-lexican government of his own with
General Angeles as provisional presi
dent unless Carranza speedily comes to
(Coi tinued on Page 8.)
REPAI
RUMOR
NINE CARS OF LOGANS
SHIPPED THIS YEAR
Much Juice Being Made and Tons of
the New Fruit Are Now Being Dried
The Harvest Is Now On.
Drying of loganberries and also the
making of loganberry juice is occupy
ing the attention of the workers at the
Salem Fruit union. Tho season for this
fruit is now at its height and the har
vest is being gathered aa rapidly as
possible. Strawberries are all done,
while- the season for peaches is just
beginning. In a short time it is ex
pected that the peaches will be coming
in more rapidly. Those that do come
in, however, are shipped to points in
tne northwest as there is no sale lo
cally. On account of the prune crop being
practically a failure this year, tho usu
al force that is employed by tho Salem
Fruit union will not be on this sum
mer. The union is not working full
blast at present. Accordingly, the
plnnt is not tho busy hive it usually
is when prunes are a full crop.
F. R. Brown, one of the professors
at the Oregon Agricultural college, has
charge of the loganberry juice making.
Four and five barrels per dny are be
ing manufactured with the present
equipment. Dntn on tho amount of
berries required for each barrel Is be
ing compiled by the professor in charge
and it is expected that some inferest
ing information will bo secured that
will be valuable to the business. Dntn
regarding the drying of tho berries is
also being tubulated.
Nine carloads of lngnnberries hnve
been shipped out of Brooks by the Sa
lem Fruit union since the season began.
These cars contained 0000 crates of
berries with 24 boxes to enc.h crate,
Each cruto weighed IS pounds net, so
the lurgo amount of berries shipped
mny oc easily estimated.
BASEBALL TODAY.
American.
First gumo - R. H. E.
St. Louis 3 7 3
Cleveland 8 11 0
Humilton, Hoch and Agnew; Crossin,
Gregg and O'Neill.
R. H. E.
Boston S 0 1
Philadelphia 3 10 3
Collins and Cnrrignn; Wyckoff and
Schnng. -,
New York 1 7 2
Washington 2 S 0
Keating and Sweeney; Ayers and
Henry.
R. H. E.
Chicago 16 3
Detroit 8 11 1
Russell and Schalk; Dubuc and Baker.
Second game It. 11. E.
St. Louis 5 9 2
Cleveland 0 8 2
Baumgardner and Crossin; Hagerman
and Bassler.
National.
R. H. E.
Pittsburg 0 4 3
St. Louis 15 3
Harmon and Coleman; Sallee and
Wingo.
First game It. H. E.
Philadelphia 5 15 C
Boston 4 13 1
Rixey, Alexander and Killifer; Crut
rher and Whaling.
(Thirteen inninus.)
R.H.E.
Brooklyn 1 4
N'ew York 3 4
Reulbach and Fischer; Tesrenu and
Meyers.
National.
R. H.
Cincinnati 1 4
Chicago 5 11
Anes and Clarke; Humphrey a
Brosnahan.
Possibly It would not be any great
nnrdsnip lor tne American soiuinr una
1 sanor noys to pick up ineir June urines
fr,,i m,nnif t'.m fnir uennritns of Vera
Cruz and it might help to restore a con -
! dition of international amity.
Emperor's Grief Is
Only Eyelid Deep
Say trie Diplomats
Paris, i"e 0. J'iplomuts here wero
smilierf grimly toduy at the news of
jJk?' flood of cxpresaions of sympathy
, . . r- t T...
pOUring in upon r.nipvrur rr -
seph of Austria in his supposed grief
ut Archduke Francis Ferdinand's as-
sassination.
The truth is, as was pointed out by
more than one of them, the emperor
disliked his nephew through and
through, disatmroved of most of his
uolicies and considered that it would
bu a black day for Austria-Hungary
when ho came to the throne. Again
and again, when rumors have circulat
ed that the aged ruler was about to
abdicate, statesmen familiar with con
ditions in Vienna have shrugged their
shoulders unbelievingly with some such
remark as:
" Never, if he lives to be 100, as long
as Francis Ferdinand survives him."
Stoiics that a claim to the Austrian
HUNDREDS KILLED
WHEN
II
SERVIANS
Fl
Servians and Mohammedans
Clash Following Death of
the Crown Prince
SERVIANS ARE BEATEN
AND CITY IS BURNED
Smouldering Embers of War
May Burst into Flame at
Almost Any Minute
Budapest, June 30. More than 200
were killed and wounded today at
Mostar,. Hcregovina province, in fight
ing between Servians gad Mohammedan
croats.
The battle was a result of Sunday's
assassination by a Servian student at
Sarajevo of Archduke Francis -Ferdinand
of Austria and his wife.
It was" reported here this afternoon
that Mostar, which is the provincial
capital, was burning.
The croats wero tha aggressors, ac
cording to dispatches to the Budapest?
Hirlap, a :nob of them invading the
Servian quarter yelling threats of
death to its inhabitants.
The Servians resisted their advance
and a desperate battlo ensued, in whieit
tho Servians more than held their own
until the croats were reinforced by an
other mob. Outnumbered, the Sorvi ma
were driven into their homes, Tha
Croats broke down tho doors, chased to ;
Servians to their roofs and for on hour'
the fight raged on the housetops.
Finally a fire started. It spread
rapidly and at last accounts received
here was still unextinguished.
In a dozen villages in Bosnia provinco
fighting was reported Between Mo
hammedan pro-Austrians and sjerviins
who, detesting Austrian rule, regardo-1
the assassination of Archduke. Frauds
Ferdinand as a patriotic act.
Romo, Juno 30. Desperate fighting1
in many parts of the Austrian provincs
of Bosnia was reported in a telegram
from Trieste today.
Tho Servians were revolting every
where, it was stated.
It was said that tha outbreak seemed
to have been pre-arranged and that tha
assassination of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand apparently was the signal
for l. to atnrt.
Hare a Hot Debate.
Agram, Croatia, June 30. Passing
from vituperation to threats, pro-Austrian
delegates in the Croat legislators
on one side and Servians on the other
worked them into such a frenzy today
that tho speaker was compolled to' sus
pend the session abruptly.
The pro-Austrians declared the as
sassination of Archduke Francis Ferdi
nand and his wifo was the result of a
Servian plot, denounced the Servians as
murderers and asked if the deputies
had brought their bombs into the cham
ber with them. The Serviaas denounced
Austria's rule and said plainly that
they thought the archduke deserved
death for his Balkan policy.
It was expected a batch of challenge
would result from the debate.
New York is moving to get r'd of
its "fake" music teachers. If it fol-
1 lows up the innovation with war on
fake music it will dcservP a medal.
throne was likely to be made, when the
emperor dies, by the archduke's 11-year-old
son, Maximilian, were not ta
ken very seriously. Tne boy being the
offspring of a morganatic union, it was
said, had no title under Austrian law
to the succession, and even if the claim
were made, it was probable that it
would have much popular support
' against Archduke Charles, the cmper-
I or 's legal beir.
Had Francis Ferdinand become em
peror, it was agreed,' he might have
attempted to secure legislation validat
ing his marriage, which would perhaps
have complicated matters. In the ex
isting circumstances, however, noth
ing of tho sort was anticipated.
In Hungary the situation is differ
ent. There the archduke's marriage
was recognized. Should Maximilian as-
sert his right to the Hungarian suoees-
I sion, it was predicted that he would
1 have strong backing. 4