The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08
IDENTITY BOGUS
VANDERBILT FIXED
Well-known Adventurcr Head
OF Dclusivc Mining
Schemes.
PRINCE LEADS SIMPLE LIFE
Paris Theatre to BE Devoted
Entirely to Shakespcarc's
Plays.
by VANCE THOMPSON.


Garls. January AT last the police
have succeeded In fixing the identity of
the bogus Vanderbilt who went into
sundry de!usive mining schemes with
the Prince of Braganza, Anita stew
arts brothcrinl law, and who feecoa
Count Bernard de Pourtales. under Tho
preteNt OF forming trust OF all The
Paris hotels.
This report OF the detectives b,.
greatly relieved William *. Vanderbilt
and other members OF the Vanderbilt
family.
English detectives have Informed the
american correspondent tina, Tho man
khowh over most of Europe as Fred
L. ~ Vanderbilt is an advcnturer
named Thomson. lie is a son of n cab.
ihetmakcr and was born in Warnan-
oel' Victoria. australia. Ills father
Aeht MN to the Edinburgh University
wherc he graduated in medicine with
hishest honors. His personal standing
was so good that ne was appointed as
etatdht surgeon In the British civil
service of the Colo Coast Colony ~
West Africa -
thomson speaks seven languages
re mas polished manner. and cxccrt
wheh he wears yellow wig. look
very much like the " *. Vanderbilt,
VI ntteen years ago. Thomson married
u MES oakley of New York ana san
1 auiciso' daughter of the late Judge
ohkleE, OF California. and n ncar rei .
ative OF Franklin Pierce The core.
'hohS took place in Paris July l6. 1895.
AFTER honeymoon OF three DAVIS hi;
bride left him. me-
Thomson became nnturaIiznd
french citizen. ana as such was rnpis.
W yytnu as pr Louis Leopold Arthur
nilah IhomsoS According to the
detectives who traced his career 10
mas taken other aliases than ma, oT
vanderbilt They state that he bas
used the names OF Theodore Schumov.r
VI 81. Paul. and Carl Smith, of Chicago,
IN 1903 he registered at the Hotel Bris-
toi, Berlin. as Fred Vanderbilt
Almost Caught Howard Gould,
sometimes hc iiies very high and
once, he rented the Duke or Su,bn,.
,ahos yacht and entertained I; larro
par " Oh nota BILE people. At that Ii,,e
W " vas kno"n as Colonel Thomson. OF
ai!uaintancc, with Howard Gould II
VA Mas fast ripeninG into friendship ,rbe n
UT; Houiu was warned
The detectives say that Tbopso,
is oeen connected with bucket shons
In IN Berlin. Vienna and London-notnhIv
Rn RIM IN nn american bucket shop in the
tolice closed few years ago Ills
former wife stu lives in Paris iiiS
Prince Sails for Amcrirn
Of ibl Pau, Paul Troubetzkoy, cousin
Ineu Anelle Rives Chanlcr. sailed fro,
Shorpourg ON Wednesday on n"
a id d, tni,E nor New York The prince is
ions In his studio In the Rue ITehnr
"'uidct all the artists OF Paris
Iroubetzkoy is Tolstoian I'm manv Of
promotn re mas gone TO America to
rihe the great Russian. ne has not snn
.eeucu IN converting his own fa,nii,.
cess 80 ms ha advanced theories The prin-
complicated dinners for nor Vii, vi YES
prince eats boiled peas at :. corp .r
or the table 'fhe !
:, II He e,s carries out tho principles of tho
,han Pastor Wagner. Sometimes ,yhen
IN MS own house, his evening Irns
INSISTS ~, OF a loose flannel shirt. wool
friend ,do nSd and and sandals. Ills chief
r or character called Neva who wa,
formerly the Danish consul at Iiato ~
h IN "a. wears ,Gi1S, long nowins hair. parted
graz r ."e ra .itdaic, and dresses in a monk :
stay rome ana wooden sandals.
,r, rrince's Pcts Are Wolves
ua inc princes pets arc two ,amo
W WGlnes Nv which nn,,, follow him like dogs.
walk down the Avenue Nh Bots do
boulosne. Paris takes notice Tho
princc is often carlcatured on tho
a nBe IN the theatrical reviews In adj
oition 10 Neva and the wolves ~
princes chief companions in the st,n y
PIE NE ana costume are Isadora T)un
can, once or San Francisco, and her
nTother Raymond, who married a bcan.
tiIui Greek and established a "pontry
Oh Motlon school near Athens.
iHrfs to Have a "Ncry ,rbeutroy
Parls Is TO have nejw theatre do.
voted entirely to Shakefspearo's nIaws
MN rnn VIII be given unabridged in
i,.r by company of young artists
w Mh9 "a are mostly recenq prize winners
SSef ldags designed sig by the painter, L. NJ
Simas' The translation used IS that
OF camille do Sainte Troix, a poet
whose Shakespearean transIations arc
me only ones in French combining nc
curacy and poetry. az
Ihe new theatre WIZ not he monav
making venture pure and. sinlple. in
deed the founders have followed what
thcy call the New York idea" A con-.
mittee has been formed, of which ~
Duchess de Rohan Isl the president ,rhe
SUBSCRIBERS already include scores al
names prominent in literature. Arr ana
society. CT anu
The FIRST performances, those ~
Roneo and Juliet" and ",The Tenn
est, VIII be given in the sprIng a.
one OF the boulevard theat tres. but the
intention of the committee IS to huiid
a. small theatre especially adapted ia
SnakeSpearcan drama.