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Show LENDS COIN TO PRINCE; LEFT j HOLDING SACK American Woman Wants Uncle Sam to Help Her Collect From Royalty. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Lending money to kings a "privilege"' which does not fall to the lot of everyone, is an experience which Mrs Robert ! A. Menge? Corwln Hill Tearle. formerly for-merly of Brooklyn, but lately of Paris, declares is exciting, but not altogether profitable. She arrived here today from Paris bent upon visiting the American state department to see what the Washington Washing-ton officials could d to aid her in collecting fie million francs, which she claims to havo advanced Prince William of Weld, who occupied the thvono of Albania for seven months before the outbreak of the war forced him to flee. Mrs Menges was known as the j "pearl of Bheepshead Bay'' before she eloped In ,1908 with young Halse Corwln, a Brooklyn millionaire. I Captain J. R K. Jaokson, her cousin upon whom sho relics to substantiate sub-stantiate her claims upon Prince William, Wil-liam, explained that Mrs Menges was Intrdouced to King of Albania at pionte Carlo in 1913 by King Con-stantine Con-stantine of Greece, whom she was entertaining en-tertaining at her villa there. "You see the prince watched me win GO. 000 francs gambling at Monte Carlo." Mrs. Menges said, "and he j thought I hod millions to burn" "Have you a receipt from Prince William "" Mrs Bfdhges was asked. "You can't ask a king for an I. O. U., you know that," she Bald, oo |