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Brick. Paris. Me-, ana have opened
their town house. 1753 Q street, 1or
the winter.
Miss Anna Hamlin, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles 8. Hamlin, will be
the guest of honor at q dinner to be
given Monday evening by the Misses
Harding. daughters Of Mr.: w. p. g.
Harding. Miss Ham1in will arrive In
= ashington this evening. and VIII be
the guest Of Miss Margaret Harding
for several weeks prior to sailing
with her mother for Bermuda, where
they plan to spend the winter.
Miss Elisabeth B. Kemp will make
her debut at q dance on Monday eve
ming. December 10. which her grand
father, Mr.. John A. Baker. will give
for her at Grasslands.
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. John
Holmes Magruder. 3r. U. 8. NJ. will
spend the winter in Washington,
Commander Magruder having been
assigned to duty as executive officer
Of the U. 8. S. Maynower. They have
leased the house at 216S Florida ave-
nue.. which they will occupy Decem-
Der l.
Col. Edward clifford, assistant SEQ
retary Of the Treasury. IL attending
the American Legion meeting In KAN
sas City as q delegate from his home
in Illinois, and will return to the
capital Saturday morning.
Miss Helen Cannon 10 in New York
to meet her brother in law and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Le Seure,
who are returning from Europe with
their daughter. Miss Helen Le Seure.
Miss LIE Seure has been abroad study
ing for about fourteen months and
will return to the United States after
Christmas.
Marchioness Donegal OF Montreal.
Canada, will arrive in Washington
Friday and will make an indefinite
stay at the Hotel Powhatan. where
she Will be Joined Sunday by Coun-
tess Annessley, also OF Montreal.
The solicitor general, Mr. James M.
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n IRIS HARDING, accompanied
NH by Miss Harlan. was th'
V guest this morning of thu

r FRS HARDING. accompanied
NH by Miss Harlan. was the
v guest this morning Of the
Secretary Of Agriculture and
Mrs. Wallace at the first view given
of the annual autumn chrysanthemum
show, Mrs. Coolidge and the ladies
Of the cabinet, with few others
were in the enthusiastic company.
The President and Mrs. Harding
boz at Polls last night. the Secretary
Of State and Mrs. Hughes and the
Secretary Of Agriculture ana Mrs.
Henry c. Wallace. 70.
Tho ambassador Of japan, Baron
Kiiuro Shidehara, will entertain al
reception Saturday evening, Novem-
ber s, at the Shoreham. to 1ntroouce
the members of the Japanese oeIesa
tion to. the limitation Of armament
conference, who VIII arrive IN wan- sSs-
paper men.
CoOlidEes to Be
Honor Guests at Dinner.
The Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge
viii be the honor guests at oihnef ~ eo
be given Thursday. November II; by
MS. Coolidge win be the guest OF
honor Saturday when Mrs. Henry
wilder Keyes entertains at supper ZOE
the Women's National Pres$ Clnn: OF
viii be quite Informal. the company
being invited for 6:45 o'clock, at tne
anartment Of Senator and Mra heyes
at 24o0 18th street.
.A rs...r.na had With her
at iuncheon at the Senate yesterday
MrR Beverly Potter OF Phiiadelpnla.
Who with Mr. Potter iS spending some
time at the Hotel Powhatan.
Mrs. New, wife Of senator Harry 8.
New. had with her at the weekly
luncheon in the Senate Office building
yesterday Mrs. Booth Ta-k1ngton OIL
Indiana
vice Admiral Saito Of the japanese
traininE squadron, with the officers OF
hie stan, went to Annapolis TO-DAY 70
inspect the United States Naval
Aoaden,v and the customary omciai
honors were extended. Admiral WILL
son. superintendent OF the acaaemy, y;
his quarters.
The air attache Of the French en-
bassy and Nine. de Lavergne enter
tained at luncheon yesterday In their
18th street home. when their guests
were the air attache OF the Britisn
embassy, Air Commodore L. T.. ~
Charlton; Commander Galbratta, U:
8. N; Mrs. William Mitchell, the naval
attache Of the French embassy, Capt
RiEaI, and the attache Of the embassy
and Countess de Sieyes.
Goes to Meet
1eIesafes From Holland.
Tho counselor Of the Netherlands
leeation, Mr.. w. H. do Beaufort. has
gone to New York and is a. the Hotel
Ritx-Carlton awaiting the arrival of
the delegation from Holland to the
conference on the limitation OF arma-
ments, which is expected to arrive
there Friday.
Mrs. John A. LAjeune. wife Of the
major general ccmmandant OF the
Marine Corps. viii be at home in
formally Aondayasat the marine bar
racks. sg5ley
Mrs. Wade H. Ellis entertained at
the frst Of Q series Of luncheons to-
day, at her residence, 1440 Massachu-
setts avenue. when Mrs. Eugene,
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Perry, Mra Heald. Miss Laura Lejeune.
Miss Rosemary Browning, Miss Ruth
Evans and Miss Elizabeth Quisley.
Mrs. Timothy T. Ansberry is enter
tanning at q tea this afternoon in
Norman Scott of Evanston. III.
British Delegation
Members Sail Today.
MIR. Arthur Balfour. delegate from
Great Britain to the limitation Of
with q number Of other delegates on
the steamer Empress Of France for
this country.
Lord and Lady Lee Of sarehan. Am
bassador and Lady Chatfleld. Mr.. Sas-
Willert were members Of the party of
delegates from Great Britain to the
Limitation 6f armament conference
who arrived in New York yesterday
and will come to Washington after
brief stay there. They will be at the
rival here.
Maj. and Mrs. Gilbert Dudley Fish
are at home after November l in
their new homo, 230. Riverside drive.
New York city. N. Y.
Maj. Gen. George Barnett, U. s. NJ.
c.. commanding general OF the De-
partment of the Pacific, who has been
in the east for some weeks, will leave
Washington this afternoon en- route
to his post. Mrs. Barnett accom-
panied him here from Wakefield
Manor, their place in Virginia.
MAI. and Mrs.. Totten
At Home TomoFrow.
Maj and Mrs. George Oakley Totten
will be At home tomorrow afternoon
at S o'clock in their studio Nome on
18th street Nine. Hubrecht will as
sist the hosts in receiving. and Mrs
Claude b. Mayo and Miss Gladys
| Hinckley will also assist. Mrs. Totten
was formerly Mrs. Vicken Won Post,
and announcements Of the wedding in
the late summer carried dates for
two days at home, the event of to-
morrow being the deferred date for
the second at home.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. William w.
Kimball have returned to Washing
ton from their summer home. Old
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and Miss Mamie Lancaster will be
the woman guests Of honor. At the
meeting preceding the lunch Mrs.
William H. Heron will preside and
Mrs. Joshua Evans. jr. will be assisted
by Mrs. George r. Putnam. Mrs. Le-
Roy Vernon. Mrs. Eugene Byrnes and
Mrs. Frederic 2. harrington in ar
ranging the following program: Mr..
Wilmot Lewis. Washington cores
pondent of the London Times, will
speak on q British newspaperman's
view of the conferences: Engineer
Commissioner Charles Keller, on civic
affairs ct the District, and Mr.. e.
Dana Durand on Impressions of
Poland"
Mrs. e. C.. Meisser Of Terre Haute,
Ind. is the guest of Senator and Mrs.
Andrieus A. Jones. Mrs. Jones returned
to Washington early this week. after
an absence Of several weeks. She was
accompanied from New York by Mrs.
Meisser.
Mr.. Charles r. Crane, former Unit
ed States minister to China, and
Princess Cantacuzene will speak at
the monthly meeting of the Russian
Relief on Friday at IL o'clock at the
Russian embassy. The organizations
working for relief in Russia find that,
as the destitution Of the Russian ref
Evening star., 1921-11-02

Beck, has been Joined by Mrs. Beck
and their daughter. Miss Beatrice
Beck. In their home at 1924 21st street.
having closed their cottage at Sea-
bright, where they spent the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White have
closed their summer home. Elmcourt,
at Stockbrldge. and are now visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Burden At
Syosset, I. l.. before returning to
Washington for the winter.
Mrs. ]. Maury Dove, jr., who has
spent 2 year with her mother, Mrs.
Frank A. Gardner, in their summer
homo, at Vineyard Haven. Mass, is
visiting her brother-in-law and SIS
ter. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hume, in their
new home. at $500 Connecticut avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolf Pavenstedt, who
are spending the autumn at Hot
Springs. Va. entertained q small COM
pany at dinner last evening, followed
by motion picture show.
Goth Century Club
Luncheon Tomorrow.
A buffet luncheon will be given TO-.
morrow. following the November
meeting of the Twentieth Century
Club. at which Mrs. Charles Keller
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Mrs. George Howard, who Is at the
Ritz Carlton for the season, has been
Joined by Miss Julia A. Berwind of
Philadelphia for q short visit.
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entertained at luncheon yesterday
at the Willard. where she is spend
ing few days. Her guests were
Mrs. c. E. Sawyer, Nine. Payot, wife
of Brig. Gen. Charles j. NJ Payot
transportation expert Of the French
army, and Mrs. Timothy T. Ansberry
Evening star., 1921-11-02

Mrs James W. Gerard, wife of the
former United States ambassador to
Germany, has returned to her home,
on 9TH avenue, New York. after visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Marcus DAILY, in
Montana.
Evening star., 1921-11-02

Mrs. H. Wilfred Du Puy was hostess
at luncheon yesterday, when her
guests were Mrs. Sarah Lee Philips,
Princess Ghika, Mr.. Lake of Chicago
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ugees is SO appalling, they need more
money and more workers..

Brig. Gen. Edwin B. Babbitt u. 8.
A.. Is spending a few days in New
York on his way to Washington from
the Panama Canal Zone.
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Continued on Ninth Pas
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MISS Katherine Costello entertained
at luncheon today in honor Of Miss
Gertrude Skinner, whose engagement
to Ensign Caldwell Huske, U. 8. NJ,
has Just been announced. The other
guests were Mrs. Conrad Grove, Mrs.
ohm Brewer, Mrs Frank Sprigg
Evening star., 1921-11-02

The solicitor general. Mr.. James
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
ATTENDING ARMS
CONFERENCE TODAY
Mrs. l.. f. Holden Goes to Washington
i'm Response to Telegram from
President General of ID. A. r.

Mrs. LYMAN f. Holden of Brattleboro
chapter, Daughters of the American Rev
olutiOn. vice president general for Yer
mont of the national association left yes
terday for Washington, ID. c., to attend
today the session of the conference on the
limitation of armaments, in Continental
hall, the national headquarters of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. Holden received Saturday a tel
egram from Mrs George Maynard Minor,
president general. saying that she was
holding a seat in one of the boxes for Mrs.
Holden and asking for reply by tele-
gram. Mrs. Holden replied that she
would come and went yesterday to North
ampton Mass, by automobile. boarding a
sleeper there for Washington, where she
was due to arrive about { o'clock this
morning.
While in Washington Mrs. Holden
will see Miss Alice Robertson, congress
man from Oklahoma, relative to Miss
Robertson's proposed visit TO Brattle-
boro between the adjournment of the
special session and the beginning of the
regular session the first Monday in De-
cember. s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
CONTINUED on Page 3D.
FOOTBALL TEAM
GIVEN BANQUET
Enthusiastic Gathering in Odd Fellows
Temple-PrOgram of Speaking Fol-
lowed by Dancing.

The Brattleboro high school students
gave their gridirOn warriors a banquet
and party Saturday evening in Odd Eel
lows temple, the high school girls helping
with the banquet, while the rest of the
school financed the dance which followed.
After the banquet, Judge A. F.
Schwenk of the school board. VI. J. Moran,
Coach Stolte and Principal Caveriy spoke
to the football men. Judge Schwenk
thanked the players for so nobly repre-
senting the BrattlebOFO high school in
their particular sport. He also empha-
sized the fact that it was no disgrace to
lose hard fought battle to a worthy
opponent Mr.. Moran warmly seconded
Mr.. Schwenk's 5 sentiments. and stated that
the development of such a strong team
out of the green material at hand early
in the season spoke we'll for the boys
ifaithfulness and for Mr.. Stolte's great
ability as coach. Coach St0lte said that
last year he was down n-hearted after Rut-
lands $40 victory. but this year he felt
that our 14T defeat was really a moral
victory. as Rutland had practically the
same team that they had last year In
closing, Mr.. Caverly thanked the local
men on behalf of the students for their
fine comeback i'm the last four weeks after
their hard luck start earlier in the season.
After the team had given cheers for the
speakers. the floor was cleared and Shows
orchestra played for dancing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
TEN YOUTHS FINED
FOR SHOOTING CRAP.
Arrested ON Island and Plead Guilty
Through Attorney in Winchester
List of Alleged Names.

Ten young men from Brattleboro were
arrested back of one of the buildings near
Island Park yesterday afternoon by Po-
liceman Robert Browning of Hinsdale.
n H., who was out with Fish and Game
Warden William j. Callahan of Keene
looking for violators of the fish and game
laws, and this morning they paid fines
and costs imposed by Judge Pierce in the
Winchester police court, after they had
pleaded guilty through Attorney y. d.
Clawson of Brattleboro to the charge of
crap shooting.
The names they gave to the police of
men whom it was generally reported were
placed under arrest, but the reader can
decide for himself whether the names are
genuine or not. As given to the court
they were Edward Jones, William Brown.
Joe Doe. James Madison, Edward Thorn
as. George Bergen, +. A. Franklin Fred
CouIl. Harry Ellis and Edward Bailey.
When found the youths were throwing
dice on the bottom of an overturned boat
When the officers arrived the money was
scooped in by the players and the dice
thrown away. but the dice were found
in the grass by the officers. T.. C. Tenney
of BrattlebOro became surety for the ap-
pearance OF the young men in Win
chester. putting up bail of $50 each.
They did not appear in person this
morning. pleas of guilty being entered by
their attorney. Jones and Brown were
fined $50 and costs and the others were
fined SO and costs each, the total being
S204. which was paid.
A group of older men were shooting
craps in another part of the island, but
they got away before the officers had a
chance to take them in.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
RRTAND MAKES PLEA
FOR NEED OF BIG ARMY:
FREIVCE7zNANIS ELOQUENT
ATTY. GEN. ALLEN
FILES NEW CHARGES
Continues Efforts Before Supreme Court
to Secure Removal of District
ATTORNEY PelIefier

BOSTON, Nov. PA campaign speech
by District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier
as candidate for mayor was debated at
a hearing on new charges against Pelle-
ney General J. Weston Allen, who had
previously applied for his removal from
office on grounds of his conduct The
purported extract from speech by the
District Attorney called to the atten-
tion of the court by Attorney General
formally. Pelletier is alleged to have
said he would quash the ease of anyone
who used his fists to convince Others
that Pelletier did not intend to do wrong.
The attorney general IN an affadavit
with today 5 petition said again that in
vestigation revealed a condition of
affairs relating to the prosecution of
criminal cases in Suffolk county which
he considered inimical to the public inter
est.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
Premier Makes FOrceful Adj
dress at TOday's Session
of Armament Conference
Says No Country Is More
Anxious for Peace Than
His
GERMAN MENACE
STILL EXISTS
That Country Has Failed to
Fulfill Obligations Since
War, Premier Asserts -
Old Imperial Party Still
Trying to Get Control of
Government

WASHINGTON. Nov. u. (Associatcd
Press )-Aristide BRAND, seven times
prime minister of France, held the arms
conference in a rapt hour today with the
world for his audience while he told of
the needs of France for large army.
The picturesque strong man" of France
was the drawing card which packed Me
mortal hall of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution with a gathering of dis
tinguished notables.
VI. BRAND radates forth an intellect
ual power and today his very intOnatiOn
and gesture indicated that he felt the ser
iousness of his subject and its great inn
portance to France. Indeed he came to
Washington, his friends on the delegation
declared, more to make the explanation
Of the French position on land armament
than on any other purpose.
Secretary Hughes called the conference
to order at 11.01 a. m. In introducing
the subject of land armament Secretary
Hughes said there was no problem there
for the United States whose traditional
policy was to maintain a small army.
The United States fully recognizes.
however. the apprehension and difficulty
of foreign powers regarding land arma-
ment," he said. I think / am justified
in saying" Secretary Hughes continued,
speaking with reference to the Far East
ern quesu0n,-.that our eEpecta tion with
reference to the expedition and the con-
sideration of these questions have been
more than realized"
Premier BRAND, rising to present the
views of France, said his government was
anxious to take all measures possible to
assure Il lasting peace. France could not
put down her arms under present cir
cumstances, he declared because of CON
ditiOns closely touching her national in
tegrity. Critics have said. the Prema
continued. that France sought military
ascendency in Europe, but he asserted the
imputation was only a cruel reproach,
especially coming after her record in the
war. He asserted that if ever there was
a country committed to peace it was
France, but he added that since the war
CONTINUED on Page g.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
TO INVESTIGATE
MYSTERIOUS FIRE
Officials Suspicious of Blaze Found in
StaterOOm Below That Occupied by
Porto Riean Governor.

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Searching in
vestigation was begun today by federal
agents of a mysterious fire discovered in
the hold of the steamship Tanamo. i'm
mediately below the stateroom of Gov
E. Mont Reilly Of Porto Rico. shortly
after the liner sailed from San Juan.
Gov Rely refused to comment ON the fire.
but a member of his party expressed the
belief that it had been set as a result of
plot against the governor by sympathiz-
erS of the Nationalist party.
Fire. which assumed threatening as
poets. broke out again today on the Tan
amo at her dock. Fireboats, after pump
ing tons of water into her hold. towed
her away from the pier The work of
the firemen was made difficult ,as the steel
deck and sides of the steamer became
red hot. Before the Tanamo was towed
into the river gangs of stevedors worked
at top speed in an effort to save as much
of the cargo of bananas, tobacco and CO.
coanuts as possible.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
WARDSBORO FIRST
TO EXCEED QUOTA
Other Towns Progressing Slowly in Red
Cross Roll Call-Partial Reports
Made-BrattleborO 500.

Partial reports on the annual Red
Cross roll call received up to this morn
ing show Wardsboro to be the only town
which has reached its quota. There the
quota was 81 and So members already
have been enrolled.
BrattlebOr0 shows an enrolment of
600 with n large number of the canvas
serS not yet heard from. Putney had
enrolled 40 members. according to last
reports. Other towns have reported as
follows: DummerstOn 81, Dover %,
Marlboro 24. Jamaica Is, Rockingham >.
If public health work. the need of
which is recognized by many, is to be ex-
tended into the smaller towns of the
county by the employment of two public
health nurses there must be a ready re-
sponse on the part of everyone when the
canvassers make their visits, and those
who may have been overlooked viii be
welcomed at the Red Cross headquarters
in the town han building. where their
membership fee may be left.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
APPLETON MILES
DIES IN HARTFORD
Former BrattlebOrO Young
Man Was iii Only
Few Days
TWICE HONORED FOR
WORLD WAR SERVICE
Awarded Croix de Guerre with Palms
and Stars and Cross of Legion of
HOn0r-Graduate of BrattlebOrO High
School and Dartmouth

Lieut.. Appleton Train Miles, %, a
World war veteran formerly of Brattle-
boro, who won the croix de guerre and the
cross of the Legion of Honor for conspicu-
Gus bravery, died at O'Clock yesterday
afternoon in Hartford. Conn, where he
was in charge of sales for the Hartford
Home Co. and where his home was
at 81 Evergreen avenue. News of his
death was received here a short time
afterwards and was a great shock to his
many friends, only few of whom were
aware of his illness.
On Monday of last week Lieutenant
Miles became i'll with a facial infection
caused by a boil, and on Thursday his
condition became so serious that his
Brattleboro, was sent for. She went that
afternoon to Hartford. Lieutenant
Miles's brOther-in-law and wife. DIR. and
Mrs. Shailer u. Lawt0n of New York,
and his most intimate friend. Toby Free
man of Hartford, also were with him.
The funeral service. to which all
friends will be welcome. will be held in the
Unitarian church of Brattleboro at 2.30
O'Clock tomorrow, Rev. +. q. $. Osgood
officiating, and the burial will take place
in MOrningsitle cemetery. The body will
be brought to Brattleboro on the 90
train. ....-
Appleton Train Miles was born in Brat
tleboro June II, 1894, the only child of
Col. Charles Appleton Miles and Fanny
Glover (Train) Miles. His father, who
), 1911, was a descendant of two of the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
GLOOMY OUTLOOK IN EGYPT.
British Officials Convinced of Failure of
Negotiations

LONDON. Nov 21-Although British
official circles declined to comment on the
termination of negotiations with the Egyp-
tian delegation until ABLY Yeghan Pasha,
head of the delegation, reports TO the sui
tan. it was learned authOritatively today
that the delegation departed for Cairo
last Saturday convinced of its failure and
anticipating the return of unrest and in
ternal disorders in Egypt
The questions which produced the dead
lock in the negotiations is understood to
have been that of diplomatic representa-
tiOn abroad and of heated desire to have
similar representatives appointed to that
country from foreign countries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
MISS MUNDELL WEBS :,
MAURICE O'DONNELL
Couple Married This Morning i'm Cath0-
lie Rect0ry to Live in Wheel
Club Building

The wedding of Miss Emma Eta Mum
dell and Maurice Edward O'Donnell took
place this morning at S.15 > o'clock
in the Catholic rectOry. Rev. James T..
Rand officiated, using a single ring. The
bride wore a travelling suit of brown
peach bloom cloth with beaver collar and
her hat was brown. She was attended by
Miss Mary Grady, who wore blue trio
otine suit and gray hat William O'Don-
nell, brother of the bridegroom, acted as
best man. Mr.. and Mrs. O'DonneIl left
this morning for a weeks wedding trip
to Boston and other places and upon
their return theynNill be at home in the
Wheel Club building where they have
furnished an apartment.
Mrs. O'Donnell is a daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs Clark Mundell of
Townshend. She is employed by the
Hooker. Corser & Mitchell Overall COM
pany. Mr. 0DonnelI. who is a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John 0'Donnell of Bellows
Falls, is employed by the telephone COM
pany as lineman. He enlisted in the
World war and served overseas two
years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
STATEMENT A BOOMERANG.
No Woman Found at Address Given by
French Murderer.

VERSAILLES. Nov. 81, ASSOCIATED
Press. The dramatic announcement by
Henri Landru last week tha4 one of the
10 women for whose murder he is on
trial here lives at Paris hotel six months
after her alleged murder today proved to
be a boomerang. The prosecution at the
opening o. the third week of the trial
today said a police investigation had
shown that Madam Heon. the alleged
victim in question. had never lived at
the address Landru gave, but that in
stead they found witness to contradict
Landru s testimony.