The Detroit times., 1909-12-15
PRINCE FLIES
FROM HIS 'OUNS
Grandson of a Queen and Husband
OF Wealthy New York Widow
r Beset oy Usurers.

PARIS nec - Prince Giovanni
drl bragg grandson of a queen, bearer
oi an ancient Roman title and pos
SCISSOR ol a wealthy American wife.
showed true NapoleOnic strategy in
out 'mancuvring his creditors and get
tlhg safely aboard ship bound Tor
New York. SAYS a cable to the New
York american Milanese money
lender who heard Of the Princes pro
J,ctcd departure. took hurried tril'
To Paris and caught Del Drago at Il
hotel in The Champs Elysees There
was q stormy scene on the staircase
OF the hotel The Prince pleaded his
utter inability To pay anything. DIS
playing the summons which had just
been served on him, he said:
II haven't u penny and my trunks
have been seized for five hundred dol
lars Now look AT these papers which
nave been served on me
The evidence was convincing and
the money-lender and other large
creditors agreed TO wait for their
money The Prince released his
trunks 10y depositing with the Court
the $500 sued for and with his wife
left for America
The Princess del Drago was n
wealty widow. Mrs. Josephine Schmid
the owner Of The ion Brewery III
New York. Her ,~parture for New
York was due to a suit for an account
ing brought by her daughter, Mrs
Pauline Hughes Murray The fortune
Is very large and is said here to reach
the figures OF $40. 900 600 Mrs. Muir
ray. who is now thir,y-three years or
age. claims an accounting covering
oven the years OF her minority. hence
ncr Injunction against the Princesss
brewery and other property in the
United states.
Princess Gives Husband Paris House
Before the injunction became oper-
alive in France the Princess gave her
husband her house in Paris. This
handsome mansion. No. - Rue Bas
sano, was purchased bv the Princess
Josephine smith del prago lew
years ago for $4,000 one OF Del
Drago's creditors, having learned that
the house is in the Princes name, mas
lodged claim against il.
Although bel Drago is grandson
Of the late Queen Maria Christina or
Spain he has no right To the title OF
Prince by which he is known i'm Paris.
He Is the Younger son Of the old
Prince del Drago OF Rome. and his
title is that of Marquis. His Ameri-
can wife IL bitterly disappointed AT
the wreck Of her social ambitions III
Rome. FOR the old prince sternly re-
fused to receive her His famous
Il alacc of the -Four Fountains is the
centre of Papal society there.
According TO tho Minister of War
the aeroplanc. which can even now
carry "a man and a machine Gun al
height Of 275 wards could easily des'
troy any dirigibc balloon. For these
reasons the French military author
tiles will devote their whole attention
To aeroplane work IN experimental
school will be established near Nice
and government workshops will he
erected i'm two suburbs OF Paris one
Mace already chosen being Nincennes.
I'm addition there viii be- a training
school for military aeronauts near
HordcauX. There the air going sol
diers will be- taught how to use the
a.roplane as an offensive weapon so
Ms 10 be- able to launch projectiles-
the new gunboats OF the air
CAPTAIN Lucas Gerardville has been
nppointod Professor of Military Avla-
ton FOR this school lie was pupil
NJ Wilbur Wright at I.emans and Pau.
The Tragedy Of John Tra9eser
John Trageser. hotel man well
known in New York and on the Paci
flo coast where he conducted various
hotels. died suddenly at Monte Carlo.
At the time the authorities said the
cause of his death was pneumonia
ONLY few DAYS before Trageser
lett paris. where he had many friends,
he was in perfect health lie was
accompanied by his wife. formerly
Mrs. Ed Marks of New YORK, the
widow OF the popular racing man
Trageser had Just taken on new
hotel at AK Les Bains which was De-
inc refitted for the opening next
season.
Today the real news Of the cause on
his startlingly sudden death reach'n
Paris one OF his closest TRENDS. VINO
was with him in the gambling primer.
nolity informed the correspondent OF
Tho American that Trageser mad lost
heavily al the tables. His wife, VINO
has an ample fortune OF her own
nlayed also. winning slightly, but
Tragescrs bad luck was unbroken.
The last day of his life his entire
fortune went across the green cloh
To the Prince of Monaco's croupiers.
Unable TO meet the heavy payments
FILLING due on his new enterprise at
AK Les Bains. Jack Trageser wen
10 his room in the hotel and blew
his brains out. as is the usual way
M Monte Carlo. The true story OF the