The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-21
LAWSUITS DECIDED
IN FAVOR OF QUEEN
ny LA ,IARQUIsE DE FONTENoY,
~ CEEN NATALIE OF SERVIA has

ny IA :!.,. MARouIsE DE FONTENoY,
I ~ tEEN NATALIE OF SERVIA has
4 5qs ers some Into NJ the possession
eral millions OF dollars through
grade. of number OF lawsuits in her
favor. They were suits Concerning
ne property OF her ill-fated son. King
A ,,.,ei' who was murdered. along
with his objectionable consort. nearly
nlsht years ago. He owned at tho time
| OF his ASA ssination considerable
amount of real estate, not only IN Bel
grade but also elsewhere in Scrvia
ana although claims were put forward
by the family Of Queen Draga TO the
estate, on the prctcAt that she hau
survived her husband by n few min
utes. and had therefore become Ills
heir, these pretensions were no, on
| tertalncd. In fact, the assassinB them
pragn by cmptyng their revolvcrs into
nrr and hacking her 10 pieces with
| iheir sahrcs, before her husband. dying
and unconscious. had brcathed his last
II may be remembered that the only
one who showed any devotion 10 King
Alexander on that tragic night and
master was his principal, aid -dc-caiiip
General Lazar Pctrovitch. who was
quickly murdered. Locked up in his
acS ,, was found nearly a quarter OF 4
million dollars In bank notes of
large denomination. AS no ono coulu
give any explanation as TO how the
money came into his desk, and to whom
1t belonged, the surviving relatives OF
I'etrovltch put forward "A demand FOR
the amount. on tho plea that il had
belonged 20 tho general, and that they
were his heirs, The Scrvian tribunals
| however, declined TO believe that SO
large "A sum OF money could have be-
longe6 to any ono excepting the King
who Ind xprohahly ordered Pctrnvitch
to bcll 1t in readiness for use. in tho
event OF flight. and had accordingly
assigned KS ownership to Queen Nata-
As the Scrvian government docs no,
Wish queen Natal!c to retain any rea!
estate In Serviu. or 10 glvc Der any
excuse for com.ms TO Belgrade. where
her presence would prove cmbarress-
ing 4, has dispatched trusted dele
gate TO Paris TO offer TO purchase from
her at n valuation all the real estate
assigned to her by the royal Court
become enormously stout ana who has
lost all trace OF her former beauty, lis
very little seen in society In Paris,
the Russians there, ever since shS be-
same a convert TO the Roman Cntho-
lie Church.
The thirteen year-old Gerard Yer
Wallop. and OF his American wife Mar
gucritc, daughter OF the late s. J.
walker, OF Chicago. is being brought
up up IN England. For although Oliver
try. on tho Big Horn Ranch. Sheridan
county. Wyo., and has become fun
icdged American citizen. yet he re-
mains the second heir to his brother =
Earliom of Portsmouth, TO his Wis
county of Huntington and 10 his Barony
of WALTON: as well as TO the very
mouth has no children. Ills next heir
Is his brother. the Hon. John Wanop.
who Is a confirmed bachelor. SO that
ri Of Drr . /
mouth. That is why his uncle wishes
him to be brought up as an English
man. in the United Kingdom, instead
Of here In America.
Prince Frederick Charles of Hohcn-
lohe Aehrngcn. whose death has just
taken place very suddenly In Paris, was
married TO a daughter of Count Paul
bhssador In London. and who was mar
ried to Miss Helene Moulton. Of New
YORK. The newly widowed princcsss
brother. Herman Hatzfeldt. ~as charge
d'affnires or Germany at Washington
during the period that interviewed be
tween the death OF Baron Speck Won
Bcrnstorf. and is now the Kaiser's
Minister Plenipotcnt!ary in Egypt. y
younger brother OF the late Prince
IIohonlohe. Hugo BY name. spent some
years In New York az a volunteer in
some Of the big International banking
establishments in Wall Street. for tho
purpose of learning American bust
ness methods. and was extensively en-
! tertained ut Newport, All The matri
monial alliances ascribed TO him whiio
here failed to matcrialize. and on his
Hagar, granddaugh ter of the great cir
Gus proprietor REM. and WHO had won
a name for herself as a circus rider and
rs remarkably beautiful woman.
was compelled to resign his rights,
prerogatives and titles as u Prince OF
the King of Wurtembere tho title OF
Count lIcrmcrsberg. For those of his
4 old friends in this country who may
wish 10 know of his address. would
Lichtcrfelde, not far from Berlin.
The late Prince Frederick Charles
lIohccnlohe was associated. with his cid
est brother, the Duke of Ujest. with
his youngest brother, Count Hermers-
berg. ana with the Kaiser's most In
innate crony, Prince MaXimilian Fuers-
commercial enterprises which included
| tho ownership OF tho principal Ger
/ man line of steamships in the Levant.
Of shipbn,ilding yards; Of trolley lines
| ago tho prince obtained from tho thcn
| King OF Portugal concession for the
establishment of sanatorium on the
| island OF Madeira especially for the use
| of people afflicted with tuberculosis
| Unfortunately. certain individuals, who
aimed at awaiting themselves of the
I concession to establish gambling places
on the island, similar TO those at Mont-
Carlo. managed to secure an interest
| In the enterprise, and on this account
the Portuguese government and Iegis-
| laturc refused TO ratify the charter. so
thni the schcmc has hung fire ever
since
| Two years ago the prince. who was
| n familiar figure on all Continental ana
| English race courses. and who was pos
scssed of considerable wealth, en-
barked on an expedition in Rriian
| Eaa: Africa and the Soldnu. accom-