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Show 1 1 Monte Carlo and Its Ruler i Blf if; 't - I . ygy ocaa : r r n-'it - 1 jlu Th. famous or infamous Casmo. where hundreds of millions have changed hands over the gambling tables, is shown above. Below are the "suicide wall,' over which unlucky gamesters have plunged to death, and Prince Albert, aged ruler of Monaco. Prince Considers Closing Gambling Casino N. E. A. Staff Special. M.TK t'AIM.o, Jan. l'. ;ue.Ts il Mont- jjirUlnarji will soiff p.-. "Tjt ;is tTf"w or Id's greatest gamhliiii: plac". i Th- I'r'iic of M iniico d- hues to 1 iIikcus the try ih.it Ti. will convert I I Mont. l iiil f iiir.i a at iiasnre re-j sort wih n'W f-atur to r place cam-J I Ming. . Hut int. naf -s of the prince suy be is weary of h-m th ruler of games! if chain-: wc'ifv h'ing htarne.) for the S!i:.j(l'-s that cn.l the careers of' unlucky plunders. I MANY FORTUNES LOST. I j Monte farlo stands .n an t-ievatin j above a Mediterranean biy nine inil s from Nice, j j The V-irn. lT:e c.iTf '! in ? Ih u t. Wih Mont" arJ.is.weM lis fame, and1 the principality its revenue. Is a splendid splen-did Pudding set In beautiful gardens. liene many fortunes have changed hands on the "chips thai pans in the night.' I(ih men have come and po r men ha ve gone-- ma n y to dea t h over suicide wall' on a cliff above the hay. .. ' Tn po3T th- Casino wa-- baM-d for fifty ' y-ar to FYancus Klanc After tiis death the control p:.ssed lo a stock j company. MAY BREAK CONTRACT. I In I!' th company i.hiaine.i an ex-J tftiM. n .f is cori's-ssion to 1 '47 and engaged to pay th- prim $1,000,000 , or so a car. To clos the 'ino the prince wig) hat- t' lr-.ik this contract. Ihit be' fiiprem. in Monaco, and ne;th r t"r:ri-e nor oihr powers muid he cat.- ted to intrfert vn behalf of the gamhlers syndicate. li.stdes. the prince N 72 and t:tlk-' jiiLr nuT' h of the time when he must I face his Maker. j |