Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1927, Page 4

4 = THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1927. MYSTERIOUS FRAU VON TCHAIKOVSKY HIDES FACE WHEN SEEN BY SON OF CZAR'S PHYSICIAN Tiiend Says This Is Custom With Her When There Are Strangers Near. ATTITUDE IS CHANGED | Powerful Influences Oppose Her Identification as DY GLE! 2. BOTKIN. " YORK ust 8.—The sec- to tle Seeon von Tchaikovsky word that on me in the day with her host, most se with him. ‘s son-n-law visit epEnt garden. 1 Duke of Le of it On Su showed in i castle incorpe a chapel chte notable 1 We were walkin when a door cpere a woman_ wra peared befc the collar face and w hrough a corridor 1 could not ked 1t von Tchaikov- on. “‘She alwavs face when she ?* 1 asked. “Oh, she leaves her room now ml:i then when she thinks no one will ¢ Attacks. and from a distance r an open window overlooking garden She remained there some minutes, then, covering her face, re- urned to her room. . Ir® the afternoon the duke spent several hours with her, discussing re- cent attacks on her in the German He left her room saying she was so upset and exhausted from the conference that she had asked to post- pone meeting me until the morrow. “She said again,” the duke told me, “that she fears you will write about her in the American newspapers. I told her to discuss that with you when you met.” There being no chance of seeing the invalid that day, I went for a walk in the mountains with members of the duke'’s family. They were all pre- occupied with newspaper _articles which purported to identify Frau von Tehaikovsky as a Polish working woman. They told me of Frau von Techaikovsky's confrontation with a detective and other persons involved in a German newspaper’s articles. One of them talked to her in Polish. She listened in apparent astonish- ment. 4 “What language is that?” she asked. *“Rumanian?” She was told it was Polish. “Polish!” she said. “Why should any one talk Polish to me?” “Because you are supposed to be Polish,” they explained. “Oh,” she said, “how clever!” Powerful Influences at Work. The Leuchtenbergs were excited by this campaijgn, for, although the duke had never officlally acknowledegd Frau von Tchaikovsky as the grand duch- ess, attacks upon him in the German press and the lates: ¢ ‘tack upon Fran von Tchaikovsky convinced them that powerful personages in Germany did mot want_the invalid identified as the grand duches: On tha® wialk I learned much of the condition. and personality of the invalid. Her health, slightly improved in the last few months, was still very bad. She had suffered a relapse in the last few days. She had tubercu- losis, which had necessitated the re- ‘moval of the bone in her left elbow. She was extremely nérvous, suspecting every one either of profiting from her case or of being openly hostile to her. She spoke very bad German with & foreign accent. She understood Russian and. English. The doctors believed that at one time she had lost speech and memory. She was grad- ually recovering both, but was still far from normal. At times she gave way to outbursts of anger and her eyes would assume a fearful expression. But no matter . how angry she became, they said, she never used an uncouth or rude expres- sion. Her harshest rebuke was: “You fail n your du After all, I am the daughter of your Empero: Frau von Tchailovsky is véry much Interested in politics, they said. She discusses European politics as one fa- miliar with them. She likes the Eng- lish and dreams of living in England. A Woman Without Hope. I asked what she thought of her situation. They said she was entirely without hope, and they ‘feared she might attempt suicide. She asks for nothing except recognition - by - her relatives, She had said several times that the only way to prove her identity was to make an investigation in Rumania, where evidence supporting fhe story of her life, after she had escaped from Russia, could be found. I tried to learn the attitude of the members of the imperial Russian fam- ly. But the Leuchtenbergs were as perplexed as 1. At one time or an- other mc be members of the family h ady to acknowl- edge the invalid as the grand duchess. but none of them had ever acknowl- edged her officially. With the develop- ‘ment of various intrigues the mem bers of the family were divided, some of them believing in the invalid and others bitterly opposing her, One incident they told me was im- pressive. Last Easter she decided to make her devotions. She went to church daily, went to confession and partook of holy communion. The priest testified t he went through the elaborate as only a person reared in the n Church could. During confession she reiter- ated was Grand Duchess members of family and other took this or that a only to mo g me the s to see and talk with the in I went to bed impatient for the next day. (Copyright, 1 North Ame Russ; imperial interes persons de would lead ion, made all_countries by the wepaper Alliance. row will deseribe his meeting with Frau von Tchaikovsky, and tell of his conviction that she was the Grand Duchess Ar LLOYD GEORGE INVITED. LONDON, Premier David Lloyd George has promised that he will visit the United States in 1928 to meet American Welshmen.and preside at the interna- tional Eisteddfod, says a dispatch to the Westminster Gazette from Llan- gollen, Wales. American_visitors to this year's Eisteddfod in Wales extracted this promise from the Welsh statesman, ndds the dispatch. The announce- ment was made at the conclusion of the Eisteddfod. : CRPTIINES 1= 47 S the | the | young sees August 8 (P).—Former | | | ENTRAN 'E TO THE CHURCH AT CASTLE SEEON. HUNTING WRITS HIGHER. Prince Georges Residents Pay $1.25, Against $1.10 Last Year. Special Dispatch to The Star, UPPER MARLBORO, Md., August 8.—¥ces for hunting licenses, which are now being issued at the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince Georges County here, are $119 2-PC. LIVING A CUSTOM MADE FURNITURE higher than last year. The cost of a resident county license is $1.23, against $1.10 last yvear; that of a resident State-wide license §5.25, com- pared to $5.10, and that of a non- resident State-wide license $15.50, against §10.50. The law permits non-residents own- ing land in the county assessed at $500 or over to secure county licenses for $1.50 and State-wide licenses for §5.50, including clerk’s fes of 50 cents ROOM SUITE A A comfortable. 2-piece Overstuffed Suite, in velour or tapestry with loose spring-filled cushion seats. = We, can only take orders for 10 of these suites at this price. , Standard Upholstery Co. 403 11th St. N.W. Main 4902 Ay Best new'dis\%oke flavor - i ni'years in tegfi;gfea - il RKTOWN CIGARETTES Cathedral Mansions—South 2900 Connecticut Avenue THIEVES GET $550 FROM TWO SAFES Market and Delicatessen Strongboxes Looted of Receipts. While detectives rested, tired after speciai duty early Sunday morning in an attempt to avert robberfes in the downtown section, burglars worked this morning literally putting one safe on ice and solving the combination of another. The Old Dutch Market at 811 Four- teenth street, victymized twice hefore, was 1obbed aga this morning. bdndits ¢ ng the safe in the ice box, prying off the door and getting representing late receipts of Although the safe was i tly lighted cashi E ret from the big refrigerator, the burglars didn't bother to switch the light oft as they rolled it into the ice box. They entered the store through the basement which contains | two wrecked safes. mementoes of f mer robberies, each opened by pry off the door. Approximately $300 was taken from a safe at the Ritz delicatessen at 719 Ninth street, by somecone who solved the combination and left the safe door ajar withoyt leaving any indication as to how the store had been entered ng | were Secretary of Greek Legation, Accused Of "Trespass,“ Is Exonerated by Judge C. Diamantopoulos, first secretary of the Greek legation, yesterday was detained for a few minutes by the An- napolis police on a charge of trespass. ing preferred against him by Roland Childs, owner'of a nearby private road, but-was freed after Judge John W. Andrews refused to hear the case. Mr. Diamantopoulos today charac- terized the incident as the ‘“‘most amazing” he had ever heard of. With a party of three friends he was driv- ing to the “seashore” for a picnic, and when near Annapolis he turned on to what he thought was a public highway. Eventually the road led him to two houses, about which there everal persons, and, seeing his mistake, he said, he turned around and retraced his route. As he did so, the secretary said, a man yelled some- thing to him which he did not under- stand, but the diplomatic attache re- plied he was “going outy” When he reached Annapolis, he said, he was stopped at the police sta- tion and there learned that Childs had telephoned that the car had trespassed on his property. “The police asked me to wait a few minutes” Mr. Dia. mantopoulos said, *“and when the judge heard my explanation he re- fused to consider the ca Mr. Dia- mantopoulos said there were no signs visible warning against trespassing, and that he had hoped the complain: ant would put in an appearance at Annapolis and inform him of his of- fense. As the court dismissed the case, Childs had no opportunity to ap- pear with his side of the story. TAXI DRIVERS STRIKE IN VANZETTI PROTEST | Conditicns Quiet in Paris Despite Action of City's Chauf- feurs. By the Associated Press August 8.—Most of the of Paris were in their garages affernoon as part of a protest against the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, and very little work was done in the building trades. Otherwise, however, conditions in the French capital were little affected by what the communist labor organ. izations had announced as a 24-hour protest strike. There were severs sporadic demonstrations in vario parts of the city. but all were on a 1 scale and without violence he tramway, subway and bus companies .reported but few ab- sentees. General strikes were ordered in_several of the suburbs and pro- vincial cities, but go reports had been received late this afternoon indicat- ing that the strike was very general. Republican guards today joined the police outside both the American embassy and the Chancellory and ac- cess to the buildings was difficult even for American tourists. Sheldon Whitehouse, American charge d' af- faires, who has received several pro- test petitions, said that he had not had any toda; ARKANSAS LEVEE BREAKS. Flood Waters Reported Pouring Through River Dikes. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., August § (#).—Flood waters were pouring through the Pendleton and Medford levee breaks, on the south side of the Arkansas River below Pine Bluff, to- day for the fourth time this year, the Arkansas Democrat was advised by R. R. Rice of Varner, secretary of the Arkansas flood commission. Automobile built. ite model. i 1636 CONN. 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She is survived by her hus- band, Ernest Mothershead; her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Conway: a baby daughter and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Scott apd Mrs. Naomi Bowles. - T range in lot. 34 to 46. grounds. were $1.25. were $1.50, years. satin and_light-colored kid. broken. Popular styles, all sizes in lot, 3 to 8. 1,200 yards of Silks, were %1 yard . . Printed Radiums, all-silk Pongees and Baby Silk Broadcloth. The two latter silks in dainty pastel shades and white. Radiums in dainty small prints on light or dark grounds. 1,000 yards Cotton Dress Goods, now . Printed Crepes, Celanese 400 pairs Women’s Low Shoes, reduced Oxfords in black and brown k'!, and Pumps in patent leather, Reduced because size lots are Was 28¢c and 35¢ yard 59 Parchment Paper Lamp Shades—Reduced 19 22-inch Parchment-paper Bridge Shades, open top styles, $1; 6 18-inch I;archmentized Junior Lamp Shades, $1.65; were $1.95. 34 18-inch Open-top Parchmentized Junior Shades, $1.20; 8 Chintz Lamp Shades—at Clearance Prices 4 18-inch Lamp Shades, $3.25; were $4. 2 20-inch Lamp Shades, $4.25; were $5.25, 2 12-inch Lamp Shades, $2.20; were $2.50. Girls’ Dresses, were $1.95 and $2.95 . . . $1-18 The famous Cinderella and Lucette makes. to wear these dresses tlis season. materials. Excellent for school wear. Sizes 7 to 14 years, 300 Dresses, Creepers and Suits . . Were $1.50 and $1.95 50 Tots’ Cinderella Panty Dresses, $1.45; were $295. 20 Holliwood Bexes; were 51, now . . . The popular Bathing Bag, which has a waterproof lining, of Complete size Good styles and colors. Plenty of time Good styles and splendid Sizes 2 to 6 | AUGUST i CLEARANCE 150 Summer Dresses, were $16.50 . . .$0.75 Flowered Georgettes, Dresses (misses’ only), Washable Silk Crepes, Printed Crepe de Chine, Tinsel Mesh Sports Dresses (misses’ only), Em- broidered Organdy Dresses (misses’ only). Sports Misses, 14 to 20 Womens, 36 to 44 Stouts, 46 to 52 200 Wash Dresses, were $5.95, now . Broadcloth, Linen, Voile, Madras—all wash materials, that are reduced for quick clearance. §3-65 $l.95 85¢ Sizes purchasing NOW. ‘Woodward & Lothrop Down Stairs Store | August Selling—ALL-WOOL DOUBLE BLANKETS The Popular 66x80-inch Size $795 pair Soft comfy all-wool blankets in attractive block de- signs of blue, rose, pink, orchid, tan, gray, red-and- black, and Scotch plaids. You will save greatly by Buy enough for every bed. 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