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Show I Mi DIE, 1DK SSJOlilMM I ; 8E I OGDEK B I t "Somewhere fn America, possibly in H I I Ulah, or in Ogden. the rightful em- B f i , peror of Austria-Hungary, known as H ' t John Orth, tho grand duke of Austria, Hl ' is probably studying with cold disdain H the terrible mismanagement of his H , fatherland," today said Henry M. Sco- H 1 field of Denver, visiting here, who has H j' ' travelod widely in Europe. H I "Several years ago," he said, "Crown 1 j j Prince Rudolph, the half-insane scion H J of the great house of Haokbsburg, was H 1 mysteriously murdered, together with H p I the Baroness Vctsera, in tho prince's H ,( j hunting lodge at Meyerling. This 1 I crowning affliction of Emperor Franz H h ! Josef caused all the world to wonder H f 1 at the sorrows of the aged monarch. H Despises Monarchlsm. H "Having his fill of monarchlsm. John Orth, the grand duke, whose claim as . heir apparent to tho throne was unquestionable, un-questionable, had a stormy interview i with the emperor, ripped off all Insignia Insig-nia of his exalted rank, denounced all monarchies, renounced his great estates es-tates and court privieges, assumed tho name John Orth, married a woman of the common people whom ho loved, and with her left Vienna, coming to America. It is generally known in Europe Eu-rope tnat he is 'somewhere in America,' Amer-ica,' and that he has probably become be-come a naturalized American citizen. "The grand duke said, on leaving Vienna, Vi-enna, that he had sufficient money saved to supply all of his needs in living the simple life of a country gentleman gen-tleman in the land of freedom and ho scorned all advances of the emperor. Royalties In America. "The whereabouts of John Orth is one of the world's mysteries. Many other scions of European royalties are living in America. Many of the families, fam-ilies, established years ago by emigres like John Orth, trace their ancestry clearly back to the great royalties of France, Ireland, England, Russia, Poland Po-land and other countries, but they rarely discuss these facts and scornfully scorn-fully disavow 'blue blood.' On the contrary, they are proud of red-blooded American citizenship. Several American Princes. "Some of these American royalties are well known, however. For example, exam-ple, the late Admiral .George Dewey, whoso name generations ago was Doual, was of the blood royal, in high degree. The allies and Teutons are fighting today on some of his ancient family's ancestral estates at Doual, France. "Los Angeles, Cal has among its citizens several well known royalties, who are proud of their simple American Ameri-can citizenship. They include Colonel John Sobieski, whoso ancestral claim is clear to the throne of Poland, if it had a throne, and John Guelph, who Is no other than Prince John de Guelph, first son King Edward VII by his 'morganatic' marriage with an Irish countess. The prince likes to be called 'Mr. Guelph,' however. Ho Is wealthy and lives In a beautiful villa at Hollywood, near Los Angeles. He received recognition from the late King Edward, who for years looked aL-er aL-er the prince's welfare in India and America. I "Hnlnnpl SnhfptllH nlcn in -ivao'm-nr and a noted lecturer on prohibition and other subjects. Princely Ogden Family. "Even in Ogden," concluded Mr. Sco-field, Sco-field, "there are several scions of royalties roy-alties from whom I have heard, especially espe-cially the Richards family." "But Isn't it also clearly true," the visitor was asked, "that if all of us, kings and commoners, trace our ancestry an-cestry back far enough, through the dim and misty past to the earliest days of the world, we should find our ancestors swinging by their prehensile tailB among the leafy boughs?" "True, indubitably," he replied, "of some of us," pointing his finger laughingly laugh-ingly at his questioner. "World's Wor3t Curse." "The class and caste distinctions of Europe are tho world's worst remaining remain-ing curse," he added, "and It is deplorable deplor-able to find similar distinctions forming form-ing in free America, based foolishly enough, on tho possession of largo amounts of money filthy lucre. Real aristocrats scorn tho upstart claims of wealthy parvenus who comprise our growing snobocracy, and the scions of royal houses, now American citizens, are the best types of democrats to be found anywhere." nn |