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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07

He Is a tall, handsome man. over So.
He bears a strong resemblance to En-
peror Nicholas /. He took me to
luncheon with number of people,
among them Frau Won Rathleff.
The whole conversation was Of Frau
Won Tchaikovsky, and the intrigues
that have arisen about her. These
had become so complicated that l
could not understand much of the con-
versation. / did learn that the in
valid of Seeon was very difficult to
handle because of her highly nervous
condition, greatly aggravated by a re-
cent campaign against her in Ger
man newspaper.
After luncheon we started in the
dukes car for Seeon. We Travelled AT
terrific speed through beautiful
countryside. Through fields and for
est We sped toward snow-covered
mountains on the horizon. We passed
many villages thronged with Bavarian
peasants in their picturesque cos.
tunes. Nowhere did / see a trace of
the war. All seemed gay and pros
porous.
Castle Like Monastery.
The car was going at such speed
it was almost impossible to talk. Now
and then the duke would point out to
ME some field made famous by Ma.
poleon in his campaigns. Eighteen
kilometers beyond Wesserburg.
richly medieval town of a few thou.
sand Inhabitants, lay Lake Obing
Castle Seeon, a twin-cupolaed pile,
looking more monastery than castle,
occupies narrow peninsula project.
ing into the lake.
The duke told me the castle was
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WALES IS GREETED
BY 1900 AT PARTY
FRINGE, His Brother and Pre-
mier Are Guests at
Toronto.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TORONTO, ontario, August 6.-The
Prince Of Wales and his brother,
Prince George, were the guests of
honor at Government House this aft
ernoon at the third garden party held
for them within a week. w. d. Ross.
lieutenant governor of Ontario, aI>A
Mrs. Ross stood with the princes and
received 1000 guests.
The royal brothers, apparently not
satisfied that the official day was suf-
ficiently arduous, crowded In a fast IS
holes of golf on the Rosedale links.
This was done between luncheon and
the reception, which was held at 4
o'clock.
Stanley Baldwin, the British premier.
and Mrs Baldwin were forced to hold
an impromptu reception of their own
during the garden party. They were
strolling among the guests when a
knot of people collected about them.
In a few minutes hundreds of guests
who wished to meet the premier and
his wife had formed in a line along
a terrace.
The reception held by Mr.. and Mrs
Baldwin was of a highly informal ma
ture. The premier wore a soft col
lar and a brilliant tie, while most of
the guests were in formal attire. Sew
eral times the premier stopped people
in the line for brief chats.
Tonight's program for the distin-
guiShed visitors provided for a state
dinner. The Prince of Wales, Prince
George and Premier Baldwin, together
with the members of the party travel
ing with them, were invited to be the
guests of the government of Ontario.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07

known for their militant anti.
Semitism.
Officials at the Rumanian Chapel in
Paris, where Carol has been attend
ing the sumptuous memorial services
and requim masses for the repose of
his fathers soul, assert that the prince
Is totally cast down with grief over
his fathers death. He is particularly
sorrowful over the fact that none of
his relatives informed him about the
actual condition of King Ferdinand,
and that he had to get his news of his
fathers fatal illness and last moments
from reports in the Paris papers
Carol knew, of course, that the King
was i'll, but he had not suspected the
end was near. He burst out in bitter
weeping when his telegram to the gov
eminent in Bucharest, asking that he
might be permitted to attend the flu.
neral and personally place wreath on
his fathers coffin, was answered with
harsh and gruff refusal. 1t is said
that this abrupt telegram incensed
Carol against the authorities in Blu.
charest and influenced his decision to
interfere in the country's affairs by
claiming the throne and repudiating
his renunciations.
Hailed as King.
Priests at the Rumanian Church in
Paris and Rumanian officers in post
graduate training at the French War
School pointed out that the affection
OF Carol for his father and the Kings
love for his son had been one of the
happy features Of the royal family.
The two became inseparably bound
during the war and exile in Russia.
when Carol never left his father for
q day.
At the funeral service in Paris, at.
tended by Carol in civil clothes, the
official representatives of the Ru.
manian government, members of the
legation staff and military attaches
were in the front seats. Carol occu-
pied also front seat in another aisle.
During the service his sobs could be
heard above the words of the prelate
reciting prayers for the dead. When
the service was over, the legation staff
gave Carol the precedence in leaving.
He never looked up, but kept his face
hidden In a handkerchief.
Outside he frightened considerably
when a host Of Rumanians shouted:
Long live King Carroll" He saluted
gravely with a sweep of his silk hat.
The villa in Neuilly, Carols and
Nine. Lupesou's residence, remains
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NEW CITY WELFARE
OFFICIAL IS NAMED
Paul L. Kirby, Indianapolis
Director, Selected for
District Post.

Paul L. Kirby director of the Child
Hygiene Bureau of the Department of
Public Health and Charities of In
dianapolis for the last five years, was
appointed by the District Commits
sioners yesterday to be assistant di-
rector of public welfare. He will as
sumo Office on September l at COM
pensation of $4,000 a year
The appointment of Mr.. Kirby was
made upon the recommendation of
the Board Of Public Welfare, which
advised the Commissioners that a spe.
cial committee had carefully can.
vassed all the available candidates for
the position.
The assistant director of public well
fare is a position created recently by
the Commissioners at the suggestion
of the Federal Bureau of Eff
cheney. Actually Mr.. Kirby succeeds
James Il. Stuart, who resigned sew
eral months ago as chief of the child
welfare division of the Board of Pub
lie Welfare. In addition to his duties
act as chief of the child welfare di.
vision until an appropriation Is OBJ
tanned from Congress for q salary for
an assistant director.
Mr.. Kirby is AZ years of age and is
a graduate of Amherst College. He
also has received his NJ. A. degree
from Yale University. He has had
ii years experience in administrative
positions in social work, first as
ss.stant executive secretary Of the
Children's Aid Society of Brooklyn,
and later as general secretary and
executive Of the Children's Aid Society
of Indianapolis. He will resign his
position as director of the Child
Hygiene Bureau Of the Department
of Public Health and Charities Of
Indianapolis to come to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
INN HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR AUTOMOBILE THEFT
Old English Law Holds Tavern
Keeper Responsible for Guests
and Goods.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON.-In olden days when inns
were remote and highwaymen were
rampant it was not uncommon for the
robbers and the innkeepers to be in
league. so laws were passed holding
innkeepers responsible for the safety
Of their guests and their goods.
These laws still stand, and figured
in the loss Of an automobile valued at
f267. stolen from the parking place
Of the Bridge House Hotel at Staines.
Alexander Dixon Aria, bankers
agent. contended that by the innkeep-
ers act the common law of England
was applicable.
Justice Swift pointed out that the
law had been framed for hundreds of
years and that under it an innkeeper
was liable for the safety Of his guests
and such of their property as came
into his custody, and the jury found
for the plaintiff in the case.
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ton in international politics has not
materialized.
In China, where Britain most de-
sired American aid, the United States
insisted upon playing a lone hand. 1t
was this lone.hand policy which con-
tributed materially to the British
cabinets support of the admiralty
plea for a 70-cruiser program. When
Admiral Jones outlined the confer
ence idea to the admiralty last Win
ter, Britain expected the United States
to support her in China. Three
months later it became apparent that
this was exactly what Secretary
Kellogg would not do. 1t was a COM
bination of all these factors which
resulted in the British determination,
first made known at Geneva, to out
build the world in cruisers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07

Theoretically closed, with the excep-
ton of the afternoons when the cou-
pie drive out for q short spin in the
neighboring Bots de Boulogne.
Crowd Aaends Prince.
The crowd of Rumanians at the
door and in the park increases each
day, and the shouts about king
CAROL become livelier every time.
Having refused all communica-
tions to the press, with the eXcep.
ton of the first, when he styled him
self king" the Rumanian legation
in Paris is the only source of in
formation on Carols plans. But as
Carol evades all connection with this
institution, the news communiques
concern themselves solely with hope
full expressions as to Carols inten-
tons, namely, that he will abide by
his decision Of 1926 to renounce all
rights to the throne.
Copyright, 1927. by New York WORLDLY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
j. S.-CANADA SPAN
DEDICATION TODAY
Vice President Dawes, Prince
of Wales and Other Nota-
bIeS to Attend.

By the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, n. y, August 6.-The
friendly relations that have existed
between the United States and Great
Britain for more than a century were
exemplified here today in a series of
functions preliminary to the formal
dedication of the International Peace
Bridge over the Niagara River tomor.
row.
international questions, such as the
failure of the Geneva tri-partite naval
limitation conference, will have no
part whatever in the meeting of high
officials of both countries at the
bridge dedication. Secretary of State
Frank B. Kellogg made clear when he
reached Buffalo today. He viewed the
ceremony as concrete evidence of An
American good will, and declared
that he did not intend to discuss other
international matters while here.
AT an informal luncheon today to
the distinguished visitors by business
men of the Niagara frontier, Score
tary Kellogg, Sir Esme Howard, the
British Ambassador, and Charles M
Schwab. chairman of the board of
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
were the speakers.
Each alluded briefly to the signifi.
SdHCc VI TIE fedce Bridge IN the pro-
motion of Canadian-American friend.
snip. The span. asserted the British
Ambassador, lis a still further stem
In the marvellous progress of Canada
and the United States"
Ceremonies incident to the formal
dedication of the structure will reach
their climax at 3 o'clock tomorrow
AFTERNOON with the arrival at the
Canadian end of the bridge of the
Prince of Wales. his younger brother.
Prlnce George. Premier STANLEY G.
baldwin of Great Britain and high
officials Of the Dominion of Canada
and the Province of Ontario.
Gathered on the American side of
the bridge to meet them will. be Vice
PRESIDENT Charles G. Dawes, Gov.
Alfred e. Smith of New York. Score.
tary Kellogg, Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis and Buffalo CITY
officials.
AT the sounding Of a bugle from the
center OF the span, the two parties
VIII advance to meet each other et
white ribbon stretched across the
international boundary line. With
Gold plated shears. Mrs. Dawes ana
Mrs. William d. Ross. wife of the
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. will
sever the ribbon and the entire group
VIII then proceed to the American
snore. where a program of speech
making and singing will be conducted.
The speeches of the Prince of Wales
Premier Baldwin and others will be
broadcast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
.BR|TA|N'S GENEVA
POLICY DEFENDED
Churchill Declares No Blame
Rested on English
Delegates.

BY the Associated Press.
HASLEMERE, Surrey, England
August 6.-Dealing with the failure
of the Geneva Naval Conference in
speech at Conservative garden party
here this afternoon, the chancellor of
the eXchequer, Winston Churchill, said
that no blame rested upon the British
delegates.
The island empire was dependent
for its existence, and indeed for it's
daily bread. on it's power to keep open
the paths across the ocean, he said.
He welcomed Secretary Kellogg's
ference would not lead to any change
in the cordial relations existing be.
tween Great Britain and the United
States.
Great Britain, he asserted, would
take no Alfonso at the United States
building cruisers she considered she
required. He hoped the ugly process
Of swapping naval Nightmares might
in a few years come to an end.
1.-THE conditions of naval security
for the three leading powers" he re-
marked, ARE different, and their
views about what Is necessary for
their safety are divergent.
Difference of Opinion.
eve are in favor, as a broad guild
ing prime. pie, of naval equality be-
tween the two great English-speaking
nations, but the Americans hold that
equality, or as they call it, parity,
must be mea sured by equal tonnage
and should be expressed in exact
mathematical parity.
This is the same position we took
at the Washington conference and
which our American friends at that
time very fairly and very frankly
recognized.
IF the issues which now have been
raised at Geneva had been raised at
Washington, If not only battle fleets
but the whole cruiser problem had
been debated then, and If no recogni-
ton had been shown for the special
and vital needs Of the British Empire
the Washington conference would
have failed just as the Geneva con-
ference has done.
1.-The doctrine of naval equality, if
it is to be accepted by us, must take
into consideration the whole position
of the two countries on the sea and
their respective risks and vulnera-
b.lity.
Nevertheless, there is substance in
the American contention that the
minor VeSSeiS WHICH we Heeu W heep
our sea roads open and protect us
from ruin and starvation might also
have an offensive value and enable
us to interrupt the sea front o. others.
Long Study Urged.
"This Is one of the most obstinate
difficulties of the problem. and it
ought to be studied patiently over a
long period of years in good faith and
good comradeship by the kindred
peoples on both sides of the Atlantic.
lit may we'll be that some of tho
purposes President Coolidge had in
mind when he invited us to Geneva
will be achieved in the next few years,
not on paper, but in practise.
Il hope that. when we say we
should not be alarmed by American
cruiser programs, we shall not confine
ourselves to biased sentiment, but will
prove our confidence and composure
by actions that speak louder than
words.
p Thus we may hope that in few
years the ugly process of swapping
naval nightmares, in which so many
people recently have been indulginy.
will fall back into the obs, urity from
which it should never have emerged"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07

So 7 thanked the young duchess
and did nothing for the time being.
| spent the evening in the family
circle. My room was an old monks
cell with whitewashed walls and
heavy furniture of the early nine
teenth century. A window opened
into a small garden which ran down
to the lake. Flowers and trees were
in full bloom The air was heavy
with the scent of lilacs. The lake
lay like a mirror in the moonlight.
A few doors beyond mine was the
room which sheltered the mysterious
invalid. Who was she?
The Grand Duchess Anastasia,
miraculously saved from death?
A clever fraud?
Or an unfortunate insane woman?
In this romantic setting one felt
that anything was possible. The
old castle. The mountains! The lake!
And the knowledge that for centuries
and centuries generation upon genera
ton had lived stories, some as strange
as Frau Won Tchaikovsky's, within
these walls.
A church clock Ginning midnight
sent me to bed. Before falling asleep
! resolved that in my meeting with
the mysterious invalid 1 should not
be influenced by the imaginative ap-
peal of my surroundings.
Copyright. 1927. in all countries by North
American Newspaper Alliance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
BY GLEB f. BOTKIN.

NEW YORK, August 6.-I have
just returned from Castle Seeon at
Obing, Bavaria, where l talked with
| the mysterious Frau Won Tchaikov-
sky. | am convinced that she is Her
Highness the Grand Duchess An
astasia of Russia. Why I think so
will be apparent from the story of
that visit. which I will tell in the
order of it's happening.
Naturally. ] have been intensely
interested in the story of Frau Won
Tchaikovsky since it was first pub
lished. l then believed her to be an
imposter. 1t seemed incredible that
the grand duchess could have sur
vived the murders at Ekaterinberg.
where Russia lost her emperor, and
I my father.
But as the story developed and
no one seemed able to prove or dis
prove Frau Won Relationships story,
became uneasy. If Frau Won
Tchaikovsky were the grand Ouch
ess. what terrible negligence on my
part and that of other loyal Rus
slams to permit her to suffer further
a cruel and incredible fate!
/ was sure that if l could see her
/ would know whether or not she
were the grand duchess. Would
you know a person you had played
with as a child and had last seen
as a young woman?
Therefore ! welcomed the oppor-
tunity given me by The Star and the
North American Newspaper Alliance
to go to Castle Seeon and see with
my own eyes it's mysterious invalid.
| left New York late in April. In
Paris l went directly to see my cous-
in, Sergius Botkin. AS head of the
committee for the protection of Rus
sian refugees in Germany, he came
in contact with the Frau Won
Tchaikovsky case.
Test of Recognition.
He had never known the Grand
Duchess Anastasia and had no def
mite opinion concerning her identity.
He showed me that the case
was very complicated, which only
strengthened my belief that the most
satisfactory test l could make would
be one of simple recognition. So,
through my cousin, l obtained per-
mission from the Duke of Leuchten-
berg to visit Seeon.
The Leuchtenbergs are descendants
of the French Empress Josephine. the
first wife of Napoleon. A Leuchten
berg married daughter of Emperor
Nicholas 1. of Russia. His descend
ants were Russian mobiles, and the
present Leuchtenbergs are Russian by
and blood.
1 went to Munich to meet the duke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
WELCOME GRAPEFRUIT.

LONDON, August R.-The
grapefruit, introduced to Britain by
the Americans, has come to stay, say
the Covent Garden dealers.
American troops in training in this
country during the war helped to pop
ularize the fruit. So did American
tourists Immediately after 1918.
Larger hotels began serving grape
fruit. In time the English people
themselves tried and liked it. Before
1914 grapefruit was almost unknown
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
New Center for Sydney.

Sydney. N. s. W., plans one Of the
finest civic centers in the world. The
buildings will surround a city square,
which will be made into a park. The
city railway will erect an ornamental
two-level station capable Of accommo-
dating 200 trains an hour and land
ing visitors for a pleasant first-view
OF the city. A large war memorial
building, ornamental in design and to
be used for national festivals, will be
erected. Municipal buildings and a
bridge over the river will harmonic
with the general architectural
scheme, --..-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
PLAYMATE OF GRAND DUCHESS ANASTASA DESCRIBES JOURNEY
TO BAVARIAN CASTLE VERIFY REPORT SHE LIVING THERE
Cleb Botkin Satisfied
Daughter of Gear Es-
capped in Massacre
of Family.
OWN FATHER KILLED
Investigator Tells of His Trip
and Arrival at Castle
Seeon.

Editors note--Nr. .Botkin. noto Hrin1
IN Net0 York. spent his boyhood at The
RUSSIAN imperial court. His tather. per-
Sondt physician TO car Nicholas. ,rds
Sain arith the Gear. As a Tad Mr.. Bot
h ~. RS pIaymGte o. re Cars dguoh;
erfle ruth her in Siberia and trds
ritz her constantly. Hoping to clear
Up the mystery Of TIE ,coman hnorn as
Frau ron TchGihorSkU. said actually TO
De the grand duchesS the North Ameri-
can Newspaper alliance. Of ,rhich his
neuSpaper is member. sent NJ. B0:kin
she has found refuge. Skepticdl until
he sac the young Woman. M. Bothin
LeN Convinced that she is the Grand
Duchess .Anasfas,q. hou0ht to haze been
murdered iciM her family. This is the
Hrst article IN a series of sir he has
tcritten.
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A Cheap Treat.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript
A brewer Of new ale in Edinburgh
advertised that a free drink would be
given to any one who applied on q
specified day. A Scotchman gathered
a dozen or so of his cronies and leading
them up to the counter said, Now,
boys, you'll have this one with me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
ORDER PLEASES PARIS.

PARIS, August LP.-Paris street
cars are one thing the foreigner has
not yet spoiled. The Parisians still
have them largely to themselves.
When the Paris tramway company
announced with a flourish that hense-
forward woman conductors would be
issued three instead Of two black
smocks as uniforms it was mostly the
ParisianS who rejoiced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
WILL INVITE WALES TO U. 8.
Vice President Dawes to Greet Royal
Visitor,

CHICAGO. August CP.-Vice Pres
ident Charles G. Dawes will give the
Prince Of Wales a personal Invitation
to visit the United States when the
two meet at the opening of the Peace
Bridge between Fort Erie and Buff
falo next week.
The invitation will not be official, it
was explained. Mr.. Dawes left to-
night for Fort Ontario.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07

Ten thousand different books are
printed in the United States each
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07

Tn tomorrow's article, Mr.. Botkin
will describe his first glimpse,
at Castle Seeon, of the mysterious
Frau Won Tchaikovsky.) ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
French Bond Weakened.

The bond with France lacks the
strength it had during the early post
war years. Still more important, the
hope entertained by many British
statesmen that the Washington cen
ference would be the beginning Of a
new era of Anglo. American co-opera.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
ICY STREETS EASIER
ON TIRES THAN DRY
Rubber, However, Declared to Be
More Likely to Puncture
on Cold Day.

Snowy, icy streets and roads are
frowned upon by motorists generally.
They have virtue. after all.
According to tire engineers, auto
mobile owners actually get more
wear out of their tires during the
Winter months than in Summer.
With the temperature near freezing
or below, it has been found that the
rate Of tread wear is less than so per
cent of the rate over the same road
during hot weather.
II the road happens to be covered
with snow the rate of wear will be
reduced to only a fraction of that
during hot Summer months. Driving
over the same road the rate of tread
wear will increase from so to 100 per
cent with an increase in temperature
of from 40 to so degrees.
Although tread wear is less during
the Winter months, rubber will cut
and puncture more easily when 1t is
wet. For this reason motorists
should use greater care in Winter to
prevent spinning the wheels and cut
ting the tread and sidewalks of the
tire on sharp stones. bottles and
against curbs.
A tire test fleet averaging 500 miles
per tire per day is authority for the
statement that tires driven over
snowy roads in cold weather show
almost no tread wear as compared
with the Summer months. Sections
of the fleet are now operating
throughout the country. 1t is neces-
sary to keep the cars on the road day
and night to find the actual perform
ance of tires under operating condi-
tions. where load and road surface
may be taken fully into account.