The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
PRINCESS SUED FOR
$197,421 ADVANCED
German Banker starts Action
Against Hungarian POr-
trait Painter.
PLAINTIFF HELD As spy

Princess Wilma Lwoff -parlaEhy. the
Hungarian portrait painter. who has
been living at the Hotel St Regis since
her departure from the Plaza because
Of an unpaid board bill was sued in
the supreme court Yesterday for sia7,-
4?t for money advanced in the last
seven Years by Carlo Wedekind q Ger
man banker dong business in Nce
France, aud now under arrest in a
French detention camp as German
spy.
The complaint, filed by O'Buen
Boardmsn 4 Flat in behalf Of their
Paris correspondent states that prior
TO June 20. 1913. the plaintiff and de.
PENDANT had certain dealings together"
covering a period Of seven years and on
that date The accounts were gone over
and showed balance OF sl9EI21 due
the plaintiff II is alleged that the
Princess promised to pay this amount
but failed to do SO.
\ statement was made In behalf OF
the PRINCESS YESTERDAY ny her a'tor-
ueN. Richard T. Weldon. who said she
believed the suit would not have been
started against her had not the arrest
% Mr. Wedckind by the French made
II impossible for her 10 communicate
with him She first met Wedckiuu JUST
after she had lc'' Berlin. wher. - At.
tanned her greatest success as an artist.
and had painted the Kaiser seven times
Bismarck three times and had done
work for MANY other distinguished men
AZ that time she decided 10 move her
studio to Fr5nce and went to Nice
where her brother is well known
physician.
The Princess met wedekind in Nice.
where he was her brothers most inti-
mate friend. She rented villa In Nice
and bought "A chateau az ST. Jean, be-
tween Nice and Cannes. Because of the
necessity of having business repre-
sentative to manage her affairs. the
~ iuoess accepted wede kinds suggestion
that he act for her, and she gave him
power OF attorney over ALL her property
IN Europe. She turned over to him
valuable securities and tho contents Of
her two villas, both OF which are filled
with art objects and paintings, some OF
them OF great value.
NJ. Weldon said that when Tho pr,n.
cess hist suggested coming to America
five wears ago Mr Wedek,nd objected
because ne believed she would attain
greater success abroad. She came any
now, but returned at intervals. Mr.
Wedckind under stood that the Princess
would return To Nice last summer and
~aS disappointed when she failed to DO
SO. Before they could reach an UNDER
standing a. TO the business affairs OF
the Princess the wa BEGAN and We-ie.
And was arrested
I, is said Wedeliinds arrest Was due
TO the fact that ne sold turbine engines
to both the French and German n1vics
and that the French believed he pos
sesscd secrets concerning their warships
which could he made use Of by the
Germans. For this reason he mas beer
held as = German spy and the Princess
as been unable to communicate with
him
In the answer to he filed hy the
Princess she VIII deny that she IL in
debtcd TO Wedekind and will demand an
accounting.
Mr.. Weldon made II plain that the re-
lations between the Princess and Wede-
kind have hcen confined 10 their business
Arrangement under which he managed
her affairs