Evening star., 1925-05-28
CONTEST PRINCESS
CLAIM 70 HOUSE.
Carry-On Club Attorneys
Raise Issue During Fight
on Court Order.

Justice Hitz of the District Supreme
Court today heard testimony concern
ing the clash between the Princess
Elaine Won der Lippe -Lipski and the
members of the Cafry-On Club as to
the ownership of premises $500 Rhode
Island avenue. The club recently Sc
cured a restraining order against the
princess to prevent their custer from
the building.
The princess filed motion to dis
solve the restraining order, and TOOK
the witness stand this morning TO give
her reasons why the court should take
such action.
After she had testified and was be
ing cross examined by Attorney Frank
Fuller. of counsel for the club mem
hers, il developed that ii would be
necessary for the court to near rtne
merits of the case. The princess was
Withdrawn from the witness stand
and counsel for the club began the
introduction of testimony TO support
their claim that the property does not
belong to the princess although the
title stands in her name, but that she
holds il as trustee for the disabled
veterans.
Princess Elaine declared she bought
the property in September, 1873, as
SuminS a trust of SAC, 900 on the prop
erty giving a second trust for S53.-
600 and Il mortgage for Sl3,0Oo on
other property owned by her in New
Jersey She said she never leased or
made rental agreement with the
present members of the Carry On
Club or with any persons or orSanl-
Zations She permitted the war VET
Grams to occupy the property without
paving any rent under an agreement
with the original Carry On organiza-
ton which expired in 1928.
The witness denied that any force
was used in ejecting the tenants, but
admitted that following advice of coun-
sci she had employed persons to see
that the former boarderS did not fc-
main on the premises, as she had been
told they were merely treSpasSers
after she had given them notice to
vacate.
She did not refuse medical attention
TO a sick veteran, she said. but notified
the Veterans Bureau Of his illness.
and physician from that bureau re-
sponded She has promised the prop
erty TO a number of blind soldiers. who
are without a home because of the
closing of an institution at Ever
green. Md
Declares Board Unpaid.
Attorney Frank Fuller, in outlining
the case for the club members, said he
expected to show that the property
had been bought in 1919 for $50 600, on
which S10,0 900 was paid in cash solicit
ed as donations or loaned for the pur-
pose and that application was made to
the District Commissioners to exempt
the property because of it's use for
charitable purposes.
He said the princess had boarded
at the Carry-On Club and had re
ceived her meals, for which she made
no payment to the club. She also
withdrew from the bank, he said, $500,
for which she made no accounting.
He declared that he would present
deeds to show that the princess
bought the property from her own
agent and was merely trustee for the
veterans.
Attorneys Ashby Williams and Ed
ward Stafford, appearing for Princess
Iippe-Lipski, insisted that the defense
will disclose that the property belongs
to her, and that the plaintiffs are
Strangers to the title, and have no
standing to contest her right to evict
them. They expected to show that
the princess. in her effort to aid the
disabled veterans, had spent more
Indn SoO,UOU, ana lndt IOr the prlNl-
lege of entertaining these veterans
she was paying 5,400 in interest on
the membranes.
After an employe of the assessors
Office had testified that the property
has been exempt from taxation, coun-
sci for the club called Walter Bruce
Howe, once member of the board
of governors of the Carry-On Club. to
the witness stand. The hour for the
noon recess arrived before Mr.. Howe's
testimony was received.