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77L OF CHANCE SPINS DIZZILY TO DECIDE
FATE OF
CARLO, GAMBLINGS STRONGHOLD
mince Leuis, Heir te Late Albert I of
Mediterranean Dream Kingdom,
Hates System of Commercialized
re, ruiiu& rr uii- jluliy j. nui lyciiea
Father Millions
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WATURAL GRANDDAUGHTER
OF SCIENTIST-RULER MAY
TAKE UP GOLDEN SCEPTER
Potentate of Tiny
Brutal te American Wife, and Used
Steady Stream of Cash Frem Gaming
Tables te Further Study of Ocean
I f' Depths
FATE'S roulette wheel is spinning madly today for Mente Curie, capi--;tal
of Chance, and the gayest and perhaps the wickedest little city in
ftfie world.
V ' i Around and around races the little ball of destiny, slowly losing me-
' entum until it halts en the red or the black.
i If red wins it will mean that the Casine at Mente Carle is te go en
Spiling up hills of geld for the princely Heuse of Monace and the syndicate
(controlling the gaming halls.
, If black wins it will mean the rout of legalized gambling from that
-dream city en the Mediterranean where despair, knavery and death are
iver present.
This alternative facing Mente
' Ctrle results from the death last
Monday of Albert I, Prince of
Monace, who drew millions in geld
from the salons where gather the
butterflies, the drones and the wasps
of Europe.
The heir of the late sovereign
prince is Prince Leuis, new fifty fifty
tweycars old and a colonel in the
famous Foreign Legien of France.
Prince Leuis has a horror of gam
bling. If he ascends the throne of
the principality of eight square
miles he may find a way te banish
lyndicatcd gambling from his tiny
realm.
But Leuis is a French citizen and
years age, estranged from Prince
Albert, his father1, he virtually
lljrned away his rights of succcs
i'n. There is another heir presump
tive the beautiful Duchess of Val Val
entbeis, wife of the Comte de Pplig
na;. She is the natural and legally
ad.fcd daughter of Prince Leuis.
Her ether was a peasant.
Fravce May Yet Get
' Tiny Gambling Kingdom
Thcie is a possibility, remote, per
haps, that Monace may be Incorporated
Inte the 1'rencli Republic as pnrt of
the Department of the Alpcs-Marltlmcs.
That is why the ball of destiny is
'pinning te madly for Mente Carle te-
Greed, the lust of gamblinc and the
cinistci- background of the magnificent
Casine nre pitted against the morality
of the civilized world.
Teurist1, piofcsslenal gamblers, ad-enturei-s
of every type de net believe
that Monace's new ruler, or France,
ulll kill the geese that lays the golden
The rainbow tints of temance cast a
glory about Monace of which It is- pnrt.
Mente Carle itself, peiciictl en n prom
ontory nvci looking the Mediterranean,
l a modern Garden of Eden.
Visitors can never forget the fairy
lind splendor of the place at night. Na
ture has been lavlblt there with the
brush of beauty, liut from it can be
iraeed a train of disaster, impover
ishment and despairing sclf-destruc-
Hen.
Intertwined with the history
Mente Carle since 186!) has been
i
urrcr of Prince Albert Honere Chnrl
the first sovereign I'rlnce In Kurepe
"hare his throne -n Ith an America
llrl.
A man of amazing contradictions was
I'rlnce Albert. Called the master gam
1'ler of the world, he was known as
brutal husband, an Indifferent father
and a cnlleus ruler.
Prince "Played Safe"
te All His Gambling
'.'entinsted with flint fide of his life
were bis ically great contributions te
lenee, bis charting of ocean currents,
his explorations of the ocean depths
and his invaluable writings en ocean ecean
ejraphy. Prince Albert was net the world's
"water gambler in the sense that he
Played for nsteundtng stakes with mar
velous skill. He was the prince of
he "sure thing" tribe of gamesters
lu8t fattei.M nn ili.neu flw. ttnthl ftrfliv
The games at the Mente Carle Casine ,
"re 'We things" for the owners.
Mild talcs of players who liuve "broke
te bank" have floated from that moun
tain city. Hut the law of averages Is
calculated te n finished nicety that
leaves nothing but defeat for tbe player
who keeps en dnrlng chance.
Frem this gambling palace Albert
'few thP equivalent of $ 100,000 a year,
besides n mrc )n t)D pr0fits above !?.",.
000,000. which netted hi in a total of
s 1. 000,000 a jear.
I'limp-Hiiin pnjmenls for lease oxlen exlen
"'"ns finthei- fattened the Prince's
l"1. The latest lump paj ment he re
vived was for nppiexltnately S'J,.
000,000.
AH told, he Is reputed te havs drawn
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Principality Was
Prince Acted as "Guide"
Fer American Soldiers
THOUSANDS of American
service men brought home
with them memories of the scenic
beauties of Mente Carle and the
ether mountain cities of Monace.
A leave area was established
at Bcauseleil, located en French
soil in the Department of the
Alpes-Maritimes, but actually
across the street from Mente
Carle.
The American soldiers were
net allowed te visit the gambling
salons of the Casine during the
hours of play. The service men
could stroll about the Salles de
Jeu only during the early morn
ing hours.
Many "Yanks" with a scien
tific bent passed delightful hours
in the Occanegraphic Museum
which the Prince of Monace
established in 1900. The Prince
personally conducted many
parties through the museum
which houses the greatest ma
rine collection in the world. Rec
ords show that 08 many as 2600
American soldiers visited the
museum in e- single day.
from $25,000,000 te
$35,000,000. from
n territory two and
ene-tiuurter mileH I
long and from 105 te 1100 yards wide!
Gambling Palace Set '
in Real Bewer of Beauty
The Casine is beautifully arranged i
and ideally situated. At the top of a '
flight of bread marble steps the visitor
reaches a terrace, surieunucu uy n
grand stone balustrade and adorned with
fountains, tropical shrubs and beds of
brilliant flowers.
The main cntiance faces t lie sea and
the gardens. This entrance has a triple
doorway, und u liveried commisienaiu1
steps forward te usher the, caller in.
If It Is the caller's first visit he Is
escorted through the spacious vestibule
and dliectet te n bureau where tickets
of admission are obtained. Thce cards
are required te prevent the Inhabitants
of Mente Carle from playing.
The ticket admltH the beaicr te the
Uicle of Strangers of Monace." The
'lal name of the establishment Is
4 Soclcte des Halns de Mer de
ve," or "Monace Sea-IIathing
c ny.
Twt ty roulette tables are In eper- i
ntieti constantly In the public gambling i
looms, with four tables for trcnle-ef- i
quatantc, the latter played with six!
packs of fifty-two cards each. These
tables can lucommedate 1000 seated
jnd standing plncrs, while in the pri- '
nte rooms there aie plHces for -100
additional plnjui.
Vive francs (ueimally .Tl) Is the
smallest sum that may be bet at ion-
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U'tte, and the largest winning that can ' lli.OllO franc. PhicrH usually bet 100
be made en a single placing Is tl'100 or L'OO fumes, ultliuiigh nearly eery
francs, The lnrgest possible amount . deal lias plnjeis wagering fiem 5000
for a plajer te win by a single lolljte 10,000 fiance,
of the ball Is 100.-J10 francs This The w.igers am raked In by i leuplers,
can be done only by playing the limit ,el, , sii and devterie. who aie
en nil the chances In which the win
ning numbers tigiiie.
Weman Acts for Fate
Before Cards Arc Dealt
The game of ticnte-et-iiiaiaiite of-
fers only two chances te players who
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old superstition of the gaming tables I
demands thnt a woman cut the cauls
for this game. She does this by slip-
ping a blue card Inte the deck, the
dealer then dividing the pack where the
blue caul Is Inserted.
The sinillleM bet in the Mini game
Is twenty francs, and the heaviest la
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casino at Mente Carle
ppcclnll trained In u gaming school
near the t'.istue. Slv sit at each table,
two at each side at the center and one
at each end.
The I'leiitilers ai cadi end supervise
the iila.v. The foul ethers take in tlm
losses, paj out the winnings, give
cliange. ul( the plajcrs when ritut-te.l
nl.,1 .nit. tin. . Iiiiitl ft. ii.til.ittft ,,. ills
tribute the cards at trente-et-tiiarante
They ate chanced every two hours ex-
,'W tbe-e who spin tlie it.iilette wheels. ,
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Croupiers H(tl'C .Ve CllOUCe
te "Pick Up" Easy Coin
T,M, , t etipleis nie inkcn le the
Casine everj morning in dismal-looking
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Mente Carle en the Reck of Hercules
1 vehicles that lesemble prison vans.
They arc forbidden te have peeUets in
their black let lies, and me net per
mitted even te have cuffs en their
trousers. ,
The chefs de partlc arc neU In rank
ubeve the croupiers. Tbei sit en ele
vated chuhs at each table and fellow
the detail of the pluys. They. In turn.
ate watched by In-peeieurs de la table
who nre subordinate te the InMieiteiii
de la sallc. who tiell about the 'uloti' 'uleti'
with watchful c.ve..
At the top of the gambling suifr N
the iiiKiieeteur-general. I'very unusual
incident in tin course nt plav l re
'ported te this functionary and he is it
i Hpiuiblblu for the iiialiueu.inci- of ei
lier. ,
l-Tneli table stuits the dnv With ll
capital of lU.tMMJ francs, and lurelv
'does the chef de partie liave te send
for extru fuuil-. lien tne cnnx me
made, llvvrletl lackcjs march in with
the needed money nnd pour It out en
the table before the ejes of the pla.ver-.
The Casine management unttmill) lias
a liorrer of tcandals and the suicide
of a luckless and tlespeiate plajer al
ways aniuijs tlie officials,
.Sometimes humorous Incidents develop
from this trait, bem of numerous cases
vvltcre a ruined plunger shot or stabbf
himself. On ene1 occasion u
subject te fainting spells.
senseless te the fleer.
Sulcide bv poison." the fnspecteur
de In salle believed. T.ackejH hustled I
the limp form te u private loom, threw i
tue netiy en a nunc anil went en te
notify (lie authorities.
"Suicide" Was RicllCt
Than Before He "Died"
When the plajer awoke, and fenc
ing rebbeij tpllcklj (minted his meiiet.
he found he was 1000 frants rliiiet.
The big bank note had bteti slli)icd In
bis pocket bv the tnsiiecteiir ke It ttnild
I be stated the "siiicule" did net kill
, himself for lack of funds,
Americans who believe "bourn cm"
nre peculiar te (his teuutrj would leat u
otherwise at Mente Carle. Pjectleu
of uiidesltables Is raised te a si lent. e
there.
A boisterous or otherwise undesirable
plaver is beckoned aside, He is es es
terted te a comer wheie seveial suave
attendants surround him. Thin expos
tulate iniltllj, then give tlie plajer a
sudden push.
The pusli shoves tlie plajer threii.;li a
have few i bailees of operating In Mente
Carle Itself. liut every month sees
some daring ami unscrupulous scheme
used outside the Casine te swindle vi-d-
1 teis,
Swindleis have succeeded In duping
even tin Casine miinngemeui, and bj
I'dexterltj of hum! or cunning mingled
wllh biiiennes have looted big sums
from tlie tablrs,
Prince Never Visited
Source of His Wealth
Hut although lie profited se greatly
from the games, Prince Albert always
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sheit space of tlme he finds himself i fsTe, Prince l.euis Monace's pre- f 'pi beautiful veiin- weiiinn bad a
llteiallj "tak ng t he air." specllve ruler, was born of this union . . ,sh,b ,n. ' f,, '" nf '. ''"' ,i"
The Capital of Chance natuially is , naden-Uuden. The marriage later T, ' ,MV ' l ,7.,, mled s m ss. n
alluring te many rogues who 1 e by win annulled by the Vatican father that almost equaled lis passion
their wits. The eld-tlmcrs who ream ' 1 ..? i J,. , , for the science of oeennegiaphy.
iim ennitnis of 1'iirei... nr,. t ,.. ,i Sfii'nnti II it p II' nx Chilfl i Hi cruseti the Atlantic in specially
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insisted he hail never been in the Casi Casi
eo. Jle made tlnee visit te this conn cenn
trj, the first in lull's, as a sailor in the
Spanisli Nnvj, when lie obtained a
three months' leave of absence.
lie cnine again in 1H1!5 and client sev .
plajer, eral inenihs in ilm West as a guest of The Prince.-s did net leave her bu bu
drepped Colenej Wllllani P. Cedj. the f.imeus ,,,,, illlwtMpr At ,PMSt , fl. a
April of Inst jear. when be recivtd the
Alexander Agassi. (J0li 'Vleibil fiem
the National Acndemj of Silence and a
geni metiai irem tlie national tice-
graphical Society
The late seprpij;n Prince was born
In Paris. Nnvcmbet l.'t, IMS the em
where lie pased most of his time when
net en sbipbeatd. and wheie deuth
oveiieok li I in .
Albeit was a meiubei nt the ancieiil
(Jilmalill faiullj which lese te power in
the twelfth and thliieeiith leuiuries
when the whole of Kurepe was iinre.l
In wars. The male line of the (irlmnldl
f.imllv became extlnci at the becliiiiln
of the eighteenth tcnturj.
Monace was Charles III, bis father,
ins pietiecesser en tlie throne of
w no epeiieu vien e i arie as the gam-
bing capital of the world, lie tlrove a
slliewtl bargain with ll sjlldieate that
ultimately took ever the gnmliig eon-
t eshletis, nnd Allien later dime even
harder bargains.
In 1MI0, jul twentj jeais before
bis actesslen, Albert married l.adv
Marj, tlaiigliter of the Duke of llamll
of New Orleans Banker
In 1SS0 Albert married the Dowager currents. He built a splendid museum
Duchess of Richelieu, a widow who in Monace, w tilth centnlns flip greatest
was Marie Alice Heine, daughter of a tolleetieit of marine specimens en euith
New Orleans hunker befete her mar- Prince Albeit was t ruislng between
liage te the Due tie 1 1 icli el ifii this ceuntiv mill the Azeies when the
The Dewnger Diielics thus became war Intcrtiipled his icsenrch wmk Al
ike first Aiiieiican-bern woman le share though be had been a friend of the Kul
n Kinepeaii thieue. tiuv as was Un sei fei veins and vvn often tlie Kal Kal
iieninlii that Albeti ruled. Itui the nr's guest Albeit sjiiiiuibleil with
feiinec Duchess did net linil lift happv flu allied cause
with the Prime. " Hi made public a series of icniark-
Thein were circumstantial stories able letters he exchanged with Wilhclm,
told of beatings Albert gave hi consort. in which ht held the Kaiser account-
Otj, one occasion Albert m far forret able for the war and sought te trace the
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Hirondelle, en which the Prince of
himself .is in sti ike In-, wift in the
presence of a nobleman, n guet at 'b
pnlnce. The viinr promptly thrnslicd
ibe Print. e ami then iiui Meunie. tie
' hiring be would neviT enter the jjrin-
i cninlitj again.
"'"k- r,1", u",r,l l-""dt.n with htm
and there met I-mlei tie I.arn. a It nor.
i Mie eloped with tin singer te her mm -
,P, CM, ;,. tlm .inn.iMineur of tl.r. Msne
and sub-euuenllv the units of Monace
Issued a tin lee of cliveic i .
Albeir in leteiii jeais displaved
great nfl'eiiien for the iialuial il.niightei
of Piniie I,eiii, ln .mi 'I lie g'ul
meilier a .Mile I.e.imi :i lie.iutifiil
pendant gill l.tiuis never dennd her
paientnge and afier niiinv storm
siines the mother gave up all ligliif. te
the t lnld in teuirn fei a laie miiii of
inenej .
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Bav Sinister Frem Family
Tbe child from that time en was
I(,IU.P, i Kret ltuiirv Prime Albeit,
s n .-eiiMiiiiL. si.vereicn. lieslew.sl th'
title of Counter of Vulentinnlh upon
her I alter he made her u Hinhess. sdie
was sdtoeleil in laiisuages, Insierj,
music and etlxr a ctiiiiililiiiieiits of
a woman or rank. I ue ieir sinister in
her origin seen was glossed evei, if net
equipped ships, gathering specimens of
mnrlne biology ami stuiljlug tlie ocean
pregres-s of th" Kaiser's mind
direction of war.
Scientific Werk Proved
Great Aid te the Allies
Albert's knewlcdse of ocean current
proved of genuine value te the Allies.
He calculated the drift of German
mines and waR able te chart course
that would keep allied shipping out of
the 7encs of drifting destruction.'
Searching parties verified the exactness
of his calculations.
With all hlh faults, the late Prlnc
was n close observer, and n philosopher
of sorts. A few years age he said
America alone could lead in the regen regen
eintlen of Klirepe.
'Turepean peoples aie the slaves of
tradition." he said. "It Is In their
bleed, reclstins every tendency te
change. They live, as it were. In a web
of race prejudices and customs and
Ideas which only the adoption of th
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.Monace arrived in New Yerk
Anient mi outlook t an altei. If this
ihange tiees nut take plnce anil titer
sheiiltl be three or four meie wars in
the modern stle, Km epe will be a dea
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Hut while be tunralied about war
and the fut it i e of I'uiepe. he ulwayK
sidestepped tlist ussleus of the gambling
iv 11. Ceiiseieui (. iippnrentlj was
drowned In the flood of geld laving
Mente Carle
I'm he Is gene teilav and fate s ren.
lette win el is clnking di..ilj for hln
lieautifiil cliv b, the sp,, The near
fiituie 'luiulil knew whether the little
ball of destinv will step in the red of
eiiiinue.l gambling or the bint k I lint
will tes the srinllcate bug 1 1 tit baggage
out of Mtlllle l ,l e.
Prince Learned American
Ideals Through Marriage
TIIK I ATK I'riucr Albert nf
Mauticn ikih born m Paris
atd Msaed much of his tune
there. i Jirat mfe teas an ling
lish iieblcirmnuii, Itin second wife
'in American unman w li e
teqiiind n French titk by mar
rmgi .
These arciimxtance,) yiv9
jieint te an anecdote attributed te
the Prince during his second
vhit te the United States.
"Through marriage," said the
Prince, "a Frenchwoman gains
her libeity, an Fnglishweman
loses hem, and an American
ueman "
The Prince paused and looked
quizzically about him.
"Vent The American wemunt"
said a debutante.
"The American woman," endsd
the Prince, "continues te de Ml
she likes."
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