New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-18
Brooklyn Church Audience Had
Read of Doubts Cast Upon
His Title.
HE REPLIES TO PUPIN
Youth Says He Has Paper to
Show He Is Member of Serbo-
American Society-Speaks
for His Father.

| OF the RECOMMENDATION, NOStrand and Jet-
| ferson avenues Brooklyn, last evening in
behalf of the Red Cross Society of the
/ Balkan Allies. Prince Stefan. who is six
| teen years old. took the place of his
! father, whose name is the same as his.
I Prince Stefan, the elder, has been at the
! front, according to his son, and will be
I back in America shortly. The father Is
/ scheduled 10 speak at Carnegie Hall on
| November % in behalf Of the society.
| The Rev. Percy T. Edrop, minister OF
the church. announced before the prince
spoke that the money collected for the
society would be turned over to the treas
urer The prince had not expected TINS
and had come to the church prepared 10
carry away a record collection. The col
lection made for the society amounted TO
Sl31s
1t might have been more but for the
suspicion of the princes identity that mas
| recently arisen in the minds OF the people
OF Brooklyn. He lives at the Touraihe' IN
Clinton street According TO him. MS
father is supposed to be on a ship in the
Atlantic ocean.
The boy has never been outside Anne
rlCa. Inc IdlUeG II q HlliNo'' '
journalist and has several sldelihes'
Professor Michael |. Pupin, OF columbia
University. who is the head OF the serDo-
American Red Cross Society, and oero
himself, has refused to have anything 70
do with the boy or his father before ne
has talked with them.
Saws Pupin Is Falsifier.
IL arm
made the following statement reba'u"s
the professors attitude:
Late this afternoon my attention was
called TO an article in mornins ne"o
paper regarding the lecture whlch 10 "
he given AT Carnegie Hall on Friday night
for the benefit OF the Red cross Vi '"o
Balkan Allies by my father. II Professor
Pupin said what Is credited 10 MN oS
the paper. he displays an appalling ap"-
tude for false statements. cannot pe
lieye all he is credited with saying ~
begin with. Professor Pupin's name mas
never been used In connection with TINS
Lecture because nobody could see its par
tIcular value. In the second place never
asked Professor Pupin to permit the use
OF his name In the third place. never
told Professor Pupin. or anybody eise'
that my father was bringing over any
proofs or anything from servia Neither
my father nor any member OF MS FANNY
makes any claim TO relationship 10 the
SeryIan ROYAL family. We quite repudiate
any such thing.
MY father comes from Macedonia. Pro-
lessor Pupln ought 10 know the dinerehce
between ServIa and Stara tOld Ser'is OK
Macodo MAI.
For every dollar the Serbo- American
Rcd Cross can take I'm We are all thank
mi understand that the St Nicholas
Cathedral has only sent In about F'e'.
AS TO the question OF my rights as
member Of the serbo-A American Red Cross'
will take that up with Mr.. Pupln IN
due course. and ! assure you II VIII ehu
very satisfactorily TO me-
The prince spoke on the topic, The Sol
diers OF CHRIST in the Balkans" lie began
with an hstorcai resume Of the history
Of the Balkans. The Montenegrins, ne
explained. were the only race In the
pepiusula never conquered by the Turks.
The reason the Balkans were now able to
gain victories was that for the hrst time
brought about by the prevalence OF the
orthodox Greek Catholic Church, OF
which he Is member. He closed with
an appeal for funds for the society. ana
declared that every % cents contributed
would support one injured soldier for
day
After the prince had left the platform
the congregation gathered about him
and shook hands with him. He displayed
nroofs of his membership IN the Serbo-
American Red Cross Society as an offset
TO Professor Pupin's reported remarks.
One OF these was document. signed by
Mr.. Pupin. as chairman Of the Red Cross
Committee, dated October q. 1912. and
read:
..,rho bearer Of this, Mr.. Stefan Neman-
fich-Dushaniich, is authorized to collect
contributions for the Red Cross OF
servia. Montenegro and Bulgaria"
The father was engaged by a Brooklyn
newspaper 10 act az war correspondent
at the outbreak OF hostilites. Ten days
later he was seen in Brooklyn. Nothing
has been heard from him since, except
through the son
Professor Pupin was quoted as saying
Prince stefan Nemanjich- Dushanjich had
nothing to do with the Seroo-American
Red Cross, Of which the professor Is the
head He confirmed the interview last
night and Said he had telegraphed the
Young man not to use his professor
punin's, name in connection with the
lecture 10 be given by the father.
Ills very use Of the title prince is Inn I
proper," said Professor Pupin. mo one
has any right TO use that title now but
a son of the reignins King Of Servia. At
the time Of the revolution IN 1904 the Ser
vians abolished all titles outside of the
family OF the monarch because the pass
ing Of the various dynasties had left too
many princes of royal blood In servia /
The people decided to eliminate the
n,inoes as we'll as all other privileged /,
classes"