Paris; Sept. 12, 16,000,000 frs. He aided that he Colonel Easterwood, the donor of had! lost nearly all the money 25,000-dollar prize won by though backing horses, that he was [Costes and Bellonte through flying tired of manipulating his books to {from New York to his native town cover his defalcations, and wanted fof Dallas, Texas, is now in Paris, to make an end of it. fand is leaving for New York to-A notary acts as a sort of trustee morrow. He announces that. the for the estates of deceased clients, presentation to the airmen will boland often holds large sums of made at Curtiss Field, where they!money until the tine comes to Handed after fying from Paris,|settle with the heirs. 'The cashier shortly after his arrival in America, helped himself out of some fund "having a. special cheque that was not likely to be touched printed for the occasion, and the for a tong time, and when he. speeches at the ceremony' are to bel obliged to settld he took what he Dbroadeast. As a successful busi-needed out of some other accounts ness man and a candidate for office,|This. went on for fifteen years, the [Colonel Easterwood is evidently defalcations growing until the new Jdctermined to obtain a. certain [deposits were insufficient to fil amount of publicity in return for the gap, and Lasternas realized his. money. that the game was up.
'Another' announcement is that After his arrest. he produced Mme. Mary Costes, or Princes private accounts of his own, show= Vatchinadze, has decided to pos ing the fall extent of his Ipone her visit to the United Star snd he answered the official aecount= lowing to "certain unforeseen di ants' question in the most obliging ficulties." By birth a Georgian and manner, Tle lived very quietly and therefore technically a Russian eeeneey and a canaan would mot even allow his wife to ier a servant iis, any vewa actress, and la at present engaged and is at precut engaged ination was matying." Neither talking, film. Zhe his wife nor any of his intimates lever saw him with a sporting paper that she and Costes have never
to the laws of any rine orig an he ever et foot on a ences State.
Her nationality ts rather hard to define,|, Every working, day he went and, even if she were recognized 88.¢"rrodest suburban home.
Neatly Consul could give her a visa /all his betting was: tous with one enabling ber to coe a ce 'Santa enter Uncle Sam's bookmaker, who must be quite sorry him. His lawyer atid 'As is generally known, too, the *eray, in sympathetic tones: "My said' nels Tooks with an untavour- lent has a great weight off his fable eye on couples who are not,™ind. He conveys the impression legally married. Logically, there-{0f %.man who has liberated "hie Tore he ought to ten entertaining conscience." Lasternas himself said: hint turpitude" comes in, why should the °h¢*!
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