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...Camille Blanc, director of the Casino for 30 years, was summoned to the palace and there informed that he was relieved of his functions. Blanc fainted when the order was read to him and again on reaching his residence; he is now suffering from a paralytic stroke. His dismissal follows the exile from the municipality of Mme. Chinon, famous adventuress, " Madame Pompadour of Monaco." It is the outcome of some remarkable revelations of graft unearthed by special auditors appointed by the Prince. Recently Prince Louis discovered that the Principality had been defrauded of more than...
...Camille Blanc, is the son of the famous Pere Blanc who, after a series of misfortunes in Germany, settled at Monte Carlo some 40 years ago and amassed a huge fortune. His son took over the management of the Casino at his death but it is stated that outside influences in the shape of Mme. Chinon, Sir Basil Zaharoff and Gregory Vigliano gradually divested him of his interest and his wealth. It is stated that Camille is today little better than a bankrupt...
Love left College in the fall of 1917 to enlist in the Marine Corps, and was sent to Paris Island for his training. In April, 1918, he was made a corporal, and was promoted to sergeant in August. At the battle of Blanc Mont Ridge in the Champagne Sector, early in October, Love was severely wounded. It is believed that Love's death was the result of these wounds, or that he returned to duty and was killed at Sedan...
Nothing quite like the Halifax disaster has ever occurred. Plenty of munition depots and munition ships as large as the Mont Blanc have doubtless been blown up in this war, and scores of costly collisions between vessels have occurred. But never has an explosion on board ship had the disastrous effect of this one. It is supposed that the Mont Blanc carried a huge amount of the new explosive, trinitrotuluol, T.N.T., a glistening pale-yellow powder, as potent as nitroglycerine, though safer to handle. Moreover, the situation of the ship in the half-mile-wide Narrows, between two rising shores...
...Nell" Faure 5. Le Sommeil de I Enfant Jesus" Grevart (Arranged by Carl Engel). 6. "Toujours" Faure Miss Rogers. 7. Reading, "Le Pater"--third and fourth scenes Francois Coppee (An episode of the French Commune). Madame Mercier. 8. "Les Petites Ophelies" Pierne 9. "Ils Etaient Trois Petits Chats Blanc" Pierne Miss Rogers. 10. "Wedding Day" Grieg 11. Valse, "Plue que Lente" Debussy 12. Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Saint...