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Show I MIR HUSBANDS, GRAFTERS, NO! ' PRINCES Three "Princesses" Languish Because Hubbies Are Found Out (By IiitcrnnUrrna! on Service.) BERLIN. Aug. 28.- -Throe ambitious elderly German "Princesses arc languishing lan-guishing disconsolate In Berlin today t ktt because their hu.'Hnnl: .'. ( n 'l JjAV fonri'l OUt. fkm Vor some weeks the police have been , watching a good-looking Mini. ap- j flBI parently possessed of unlimited sup- jjf i fLMWw plies of money, who went by the mag- rKll nlloqurnt name' of ' Privy Councillor r vPJI von Borlnsky Bokdanoff. Prince of Xtm Tm, Thin ,e.-e he f "iL 9 posslbl a Bolshevist agent, mvin.: to H Mi et ormous i pendll ure ' Th police n rrested the "Prince"' xt H :i lierlln terminus as he was si.' nine: on H long Journey. I r To the general surprise it then came W o il that thle Prln ( 'T-r irj n is ,' really none other than i verj clever ksa. f swindler Johann Katzck :i stonoma- Vj A son. nsK-d forty-five, :r whom a - 1 1 search had lone been !n progress, STOLE TITL1 DEEDS. ECatzek stole some title deeds, forg-'i-'VJjHimm a passport, and successfully ep- peared In Berlin society as the Prince ' ' ' -I 'tak of Tar,ar' '"''"mW c cnt'cel nn elderly and wealthy '-tM widow i'-.to marriage immensely flat- tered at her new rani;. i:ie ceiuiied J woman gave to Katzek larg sum: of siflEj mone -':bHH I Katek then on some Ingenious pre- HBffJ text induced her to po to Bwttvi-.nd, J Hl whero she paraded her new position IbmNA with intense pride. SHEs Immediately she had departed me I T?jSfr Prince of Tartan- became engaged to I . a second elderly rich woman ' zU ner explained that he ia -uii In j i ssea '.M ..i mce tral Jewels ?c & r-t valued at several minions. . . 3 Already he ma h" said, negotiating; yl for their sale with some American: millionaire hut the proceeding were ; M necessarily prolonged by si ipid for-. A maJities " Meanwhile, he added he must live , ? vj Ssbb: UP n's position land thus he rt- H quired money. Mm For weeks the woman provided con- i siderable sums, hut eventually, be-' ' : .rjjg coming surplclous, she Informed the - ";PBI police. I TURNED THEIR HEADS. I The Prince of T.irtary pretended to I have many dlstlncru'shod German friends, especially Prince Lichtnow-sky Lichtnow-sky (former German Ambassador In England ) He ciuite turned his victim's heads with his brilliant talk about the great world" which he Interspersed with many names Of dukes, princes, and iSHjjjS statesmen. ''tflBf Katek did not work alone. An other "Prince assisted him ' : 'Q I Stanislaus Leo really a hank clerk'. J appeared in Berlin ac the dashing :V -v young Prince Sapleha Wolwodo." He ki' jretcndcd to hae a brilliant career "St. .' as an airman 'i His achievements quite overwhelm- 1 . 'A ed et another Berlin woman amblfl- ijjMK ous to become a " Princess." "Prince i'W Sapleha" rrtrnded to be engaged in a C lra gigantic Industrials 'indertaklng he- ''nmm tween Germany and Russia HB From his bride 'flapleha" obtained 2agjtf large sums, Including the rent and -SH the price of furnishing a luxurious i ''rfbMi. suite of offices In a fashionable street, i ?SH This Princess also finally became l&flBfl suspicious and Informed the pollcc- iif It has since trunpired that no rent yftf had been paid, both the offices and j WAW -" the furniture having been obtained : JKBm on credit. |