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e FANANENEAANA NI AR AN IR PR INE AN LN ERT ] Ly d AN AN B e ,‘hnunhlu‘ CRCARBARAR AN IR AREIRANNANINPRERININEANINEININNIN IR ° Grand Duke subleased his property F H s < M s 2 H % - = : H s H ES b 2 < H i : - : H s M H s H s = H = H s : - 2 2 S 3 s one of Great Britain’s most famous 206 "W RED CROSS PLEA MADE BY PAYNE Chairman Urges National Continued Co-Ordination at Regional Conference. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALLSTON, Va., September 16.— Continued co-ordination of Red Cross workers was urged by John B Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, at the tenth roll call reglonal conference held yesterday in the audi- torium of Washington and Lee High School. “Co-ordination is absolutely necessary if the wo of the Red Cross is to be effective.”” he sal Mr. Payne's address was delivered at the Tuncheon session of the confer- ence, which comprised representation of 10 Virginia chapters and the Dis- trict of Columbia Chapter. Having just returned from a world tour pri- marily made in interests of the Red Cross, Mr. Payne gave an interesting account of activities of the organiza- tion in foreign countries. He also gave a brief outline of the history of the organization, stating that since its founding in Geneva in 1884 the or- ganization has been effected in 55 countries through the world. The morning session included an v State Senator “ort Mrs. T. Baker and Mis Edith Peckham. Mrs. Jennifer Broad- dus, chalrman of Arlington County Chapter, presided at the morning ses- sion, while Mrs. A. F. Bowman, chair- man of the Fauquier County Chapter, presided at the luncheon session. COUNTESS TORBY DIES AT LONDON RESIDENCE Grand Duke Michael of Russia at Bedside of Wife, Who Had Long Heart Illness. Henry By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 15.—Countess e of the Grand Duke Michael ia, cousin of the late Czar, died Wednesday at her London home after a long iliness from heart trou- ble. The grand duke was at her bed- side when she died. Grand Duke Michael and his wife ir. recent years divided their time between Cannes, France, and Lon- don, where for many years she was hostesses. Their own children are Lady Wernher, wife of Sir Harold Wernher, and the Marchioness of Mil- ford Haven. The Grand Duke Michael and Countess Torby fled from Russia to England at the beginning of the 1906 revolution, In 1918 the family for- tunes had been so reduced by the latter Russian revolution that the and obtained a position as a clerk. The Countess was a daughter of the Countess Merenberg, daughter of the Russian poet, Pushkin. o ‘Eurysaces, the pastry king of an- cient Rome, used his own tomb as an COLLD You TELL ME WHERE MISTER DUGAN |CANAL AND RIVER DEEPENING URGED | Waterway Convention Ends With Re-Election of President and Other Selections. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 16.—Con- gress was urged at the closing session vesterday of the convention of the At- lantic Deeper Waterways Assoclation to authorize surveys for further deep- |ening of the Chesapeake and Dela- ware Canal and the Delaware River to | meet increasing commerce demands. A depth of 25 feet for the canal was vecommended, with a width to corre- spond, and the resolution proposed a depth of 35 feet for the Delaware River, with an ultimate channel of not less than 40 feet. “The improved waterway connect. | ing the Delaware River with the head of Chesapeake Bay is now a reality," the resolution cited. {“A 12-foot depth will not meet the future requirements of commerce or of war. We urgently recommend that Congress authorize the immediate sur- vey of a 25-foot channel, depth and width to correspond.” J. Hampton Moore, former mayor {of Philadelphia, was re-elected presi- dent of the assoclation for his twen- tieth term. Vice presidents at large: J. H. Small, North Carolina; Murray Hulbert, New York; Frederick W. Don- nelly, New Jersey; William F. Broen- ing, Maryland; F. S. Davis, Massachu- setts, E. G. Sewell, Florida, and A. B. Schwarzkoft, Virginia. Directors at large: Alfred Johnson, Massachusetts; Charles G. Edwards, Georgla; Kern Dodge, Pennsylvania: J. Fulmer Bright, Virginia, and S. Wallace Dempsey, New York. Willlam E. Bernard of Philadelphia was re-elected treasurer. STUDIES PEST FLIES. An automobile journey through Western States for 9,200 miles to chase flies was the task of Dr. J. M. Aldrich, entomologist of the Smith- sonian TInstitution, who has just re- turned here with several thousand specimens of unknown species of winged insects. Dr. Aldrich concen- trated mainly on the study of I sects which are considered enem! advertisement; his tombstone had the form of an enormous cake. 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The prisoner, awaiting trial on a statutory charge, had been brought up from the jail to testify before the grand jury and was taken by the deputy to the office of Detective George Weber, adjacent to the grand jury room. Weber took the statement of the prisoner when there were a number of others waiting to testify. The witnesses were then told to go into another room to await their turn to go before the grand jury. Conrad went alone, and instead of turning into_the room, proceeded down the corridor and down the staircase to When Bolger sought his prisoner among the witnesses he dis covered his absence and immediately notified police headquarters. . {RECORDS DESTROYED, JUDGE LINDSEY SAYS Files Containing Revelations by Troubled Women and Girls Burn- ed, Former Jurist Declares. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo.,, September 16.— Ben B. Lindsey, former judge of Den- ver's Juvenile Court, announced last night that records accumulated in his years on the juvenile bench, baring revelations made to him by troubled Denver girls and women, have been burned. This action was taken as an answer to the charge of Philip S. Van Cise, former district attorney, that Lindsey had taken court records with him when he was ousted as judge. Lindsey claimed that the court records were left with the bench, but that he had destroyed the ‘records of my private files.” The Supreme Court ousted Lindséy from the judgeship after an election contest. He had held the post nearly 25 years. STAR. WASHINGTON REG’LAR FELLERS —Didn’t Forget to Remember. FIVE ARE INDICTED ON BOMBING CHARGE jLatin Americans Accused of Ma- licious Placing of Explosives to Destroy Courthouse in Brooklyn. NEW YORK, September 16.—In-| dictments were yeturned yesterday | against five of the six Latin Ameri- ns charged with bombing the| Brooklyn Hall of Records and county | courthouse on September 5. The in- dictments charge malicious placing | of explosives near a building with | intent to do harm. | Four were held in $25,000 bail, but | Jose Roa was held without bail pend- | ing further investigation of his rec- ord. Eugenio Fernandez, who had been held as a material witness, included among those indicted. others are.Julian De Hoyas, Jesus Silvin and Victor Teran. | The men were not represented by | counsel, although an attorney was| provided for them a week #go by the Mexican consul general, who safd his | { office would act in the case to prevent | “a repetition of the Sacco-Vanzettl case.” Each of the prisoners pleaded not guilty through the court inter- preter. ! Mario Madreno, the sixth man | held, was in_jail at the time of the explosion, which shattered windows in the two buildings bombed, but he faces a charge of violation of the firearms law. HUMBERT HAS BIRTHDAY. | Italian Residents of St. Louis Hon- or Unknown in Rome. | By the Associated Pross. i is | 1 The || D. C. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 16. 1927. By GENE BYRNES OH, YOURE LITTLE JIMMIE! You DONT REMEMBER ME! SURE T DOY YOURE THE FELLER POP T FOR DINNER ON cumswm‘ :\OM WAS SO BOUY IT GHE WOULDN TALK | i cation, will deliver the opening ad- dress at the thirty-fifth annual FREDERICK, Md., September 16.— |opening of Hood College next Thurs- Dr. Walton C. John, specialist in|day ~ About 500 students have en- graduate and professional education |rolled, which is slightly in excess of of the United States Bureau of Edu-!last years enrollment. Hood College Speaker. 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