New-York tribune., 1922-04-08
Mime. SellletlOff
Says General
Is Pellniless
RUSSIAN Beauty. Who Was
Declared pretsiesi Woman
i'll Petrograd. OH Stand
i'll Hearing Of Referee
Husband Just Says 'Pouf.'
Harbin Cour. Ruling Fails
to Disturb Him; Other
Firms Nav Take Action

Nine Gregory Scmcnod, who before
the war was said by be the Grand Duke
Cyril to be the most beautiful woman
in Petrograd testified yesterday that
her husband, the Cossack anti-Bol-
shevis general, was without funds.
This statement was made before
81 Peter B. .Olney, Of 6S William Street.
as referee in the bankruptcy proceed
ing. growing out of Che failure OF the
Youroveta Home and Foreign Trade
Corporation, as result OF the alleged
.heft of s47S,576 worth OF merchandise
hy General Semenof near Chita, ST.
ocria
David W Kahn. attorney for the
trustee in bankruptcy. sought during
the hearing to ascertain something Of
General Semenof S assets. The gen
eral was present but he was not put
on the stand. Nine. Semenof and two
other persons were examined, and it
appears that the general is so poor
that he had 20 borrow money from his
brother IN Mongolia to pay travelling
expenses.
"Pouf." Says the General
General Scmencff is Under bond OF
f26,o 900 ard is living 1T The Waldorf
Astoria with his wife and AIissk Aivo-
zof, representative of manufacturing
interests in Vancouver Nc was ar
rested Thursday night b. 4 squad of
Deputy Sheriffs as he stepped off the
train from ashington.
The whole affair is rather droll so
Tar as the general is concerned When
he was told that judgment for $47s,-
576 had been returned against him in
Harbin, Manchuria. and that it was on
this that the plaintiff sought TO collect,
he shrugged his massive shoulders:
"Pouf! A court in Harbiu says I am
thief and that I must pay money.
Ha! Ha! 1t is to laugh. There are no
courts in Harbin. They are here to-
day and gone tom orrow.'
George ". Glaze, OF 217 Broadway,
counsel for Semenoff, said that the
proceedings which had been brought
against his client we're of the flmsiest
sort
No Copy Of Judgment Produced
There is not even copy Of the
Rarbin Judgment on which they base
the claim" he said. "I haven't seen it,
The whole thing ie based on q letter
our attorney has won his case"
M. Glaze said that he probably
would make q motion today to have
the court order against Semenoff va.
Gated.
and as for the statement Of Gen
eral Graves concerning the shooting
of American soldiers, it proves moth
ing. Is General SemenofF responsible
for the unauthorized acts of his sol
diers?''
The hearing before Referee Olney
was remarkable mostly for the effect
Nine. Semenoff had upon the gather
ing of lawyers, clerks, interpreters,
photographers and reporters Her
maiden name, she said. was Helen
Viktorovna Tersitskaya. She answered
the questions put to her in quick,
quiet, willing manner. speaking in Rus
sian. Asked where she married Cen
eral Senenoff in August. 1920, she
spoke steadily for more than min
ute
What is she saying?" interrupted
Mr.. Olney.
She's giving the name of the min
ister who performed the ceremsny."
said the Interpreter.
Necklace Chief Possession
1t was brought out that Semeno7
had not more than $4,000 when he left
Russia, and that he had had to borrow
money from Aivasoff. Nine. Semenoff's s
chief possession was the pearl neck
lace, which she gave as security for the
bail bond for her husband. They have
little baggage. The surety company
has taken charge of their passports
and steamship tickets
Semenoff and his wife had expected
to sail for France on the Aquitania.
It is doubtful now whether they will
be able to do SO. Besides the claim of
the Yourovetta company, one or more
other American concerns are said to
have claims against the general, which
may be lodged against him here.
The two other witness sses at the hear
ing were Colonel George Krupsky, of