Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-11
A JUNE WEDDING
FOR De SACAN
NINE. GOULD WILL MARRY
PRINCE IN FRANCE-DINE
IN PUBLIC.

rage OF Prlnce Helle de Sagan and
Nine. Gould has been finally and def
nitely decided on. 1t will take place
some where in France early in June.
There will be no formal announce
ment of the engagement In this coun-
try.
This was learned yesterday from a
source close to Nine. Gould By way of
corroboration, Nine. Gould dined in
public with Prince de Sagan in the
Hotel st. Regis, after having been
his guest at luncheon at the same ho-
tel. The Tyler-Morses, who have been
the unofficial matchmakers of the
Gould -6agan affair, were present on
both occasions.
There Is every reason to believe
that the Gould family will make no
further objection to the match. This
does not mean that Nine. Gould has
won them over or that they will con-
sent to receive the prince.
Ready to Fight for Fortune.
Her readiness to go to law if there
is any attempt to curtail her income
or divide her $15,0O0,OOO share of the
Jay Could estate has discouraged the
family from pressing her financially.
Her love for de Sagan outhalanced the
persuasive efforts against him on
which Edwin Gould has been engaged
| for two weeks.
If George Gould heard from his
Paris detectives yesterday, the report
was not what he expected, as it has
been definitely learned from other
! sources that the prince has no crimin-
al record.
The prince has contended from the
beginning that there was nothing
criminal in his record. He declared
repeatedly that George Gould or any
one else could search as deeply as
they liked into his past and they
would find nothing serious, nothing a
French gentleman need be ashamed
of.
Jokes About His "Record."
'Has my Paris record arrived yet?"
he asked when a reporter saw him
last night in the St. Regis.
THE Paris police have nothing on
their books against you," he was
told.
81 was never worried" he laughed.
II knew they could have no truthful
record"
In answer to the question when his
engagement would be announced, the
prince answered:
ri still have nothing to say about
that"
Those who are watching the ro-
nance closely, considered it signifi.
cant that none of Nine. Gould's imme.
diate relatives called on her yester.
day. 1t is said they will no longer &C.
lively oppose the match, but that it is
never to have their sanction. Nine
Gould is quite content, it is said, with
this negative attitude on the part OF
her brother and sister.
Family Dis!ikes Court Fights.
At no time, according to an attor
ney who had advised her, has she
feared George Gould's power to divide
her fortune or cut down her income
When Howard Gould married Rather
inc Clemmons, the actress, who is
now in court demanding separation
there was general report that he
lost $5,O0O.00O because he could not
gain the consent of George and Ed
win Gould
This was pronounced yesterday tc
be absolutely without foundation. The
majority Of the executors did not ap
| plOfS- VI IloW al mai ldES W M lSS
Clemmons, but there were reasons
why they did not care to go to court
and attempt to enforce the penalty
clause in Jay Gould's will
La Provence, Of course, sailed yes
Iterday without the prince The state
room he had engaged was occupied
by business man. One of the passen
gers was Stepan Lauzanne, editor Of
home after an extended visit in Amer
ica
He is not fond of the prince and
took this parting shot at him:
''The attention your newspapers
pay to de Sagan are surprising. Yol
make too much of him Over in Paris
we consider him a poor specimen of {
Frenchman. His cousin, Count Boni df
Castellane, is a nice, sympathetic fel
low in comparison"