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New Britain herald., 1927-07-22
Odd Styles Feature
 Weddings in Africa

Bona, Belgian Congo, July 22 P) Natives of remote Kasai degion of Africa have taken a liking to the fashions of civilization.
 "The first converted native couples I married" said Father Achille de Munster missionary in the district for the past 20 years, "wore noth- ing but loin cloth. But you should see them now. Recently l married Is couples. They all sported white suits and the brides wore shoes and hats. and their black faces were literally powdered white.
 Some had on one white shoe and one black. They seemed to think that was the height of chic"
 One bridegroom, Father Munster said, fainted from the heat and his costume of two pairs of trousers. two shirts. two vests, two coats and a tight collar.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-22
MONTMARTRE COOK
 EXPERT IN LINE
She Speciaizes in Preparing
 Chicken Dishes

Paris, July 22 R1Men of the sword and pen and all lovers of lob ster and chicken reverently pre- pared know Niny of Montmarte.
 Niny refuses to divulge her sur name. Nearing 60, she still bustles about among her brilliantly shined copper pots and pans in her little ''Vieux Chalet" just off the Place du Tertre, the highest situated square in Paris.
 This Is not a restaurant" Niny asserts her massive fists clamped aggressively on her equally mas- sve hips. Tt is house where one comes to dine. Order the night be- fore if you want to be well served Old friends, however, can order their dinner by telephone-if they call before ten in the morning."
 Niny, like all good French cooks. does her own marketing. If a tradesman tried to pass off an anemic lobster on her let him stuff his ears with cotton. For Niny's language, when aroused, is strong. 
 The Hundred Club, aggregation of Paris gourmets, has consecrated Niny queen O. chicken. Roasted, sauted, done in cream or hunter style, the barnyard biped becomes her masterpiece. And Niny knows the proper wine to bring out its flavor If you disregard her ad ;r L to come again.
 When Niny likes her guests she joins them at coffee and sona A night when Elsie Janis and Niny did their sister act in What Ar annals of "Vieux Chalet"
 Niny was hostess to many Amer
New Britain herald., 1927-07-22

These men have come to me out of great danger and they have filled me with comfort and reassur- ance that my own boy will likewise come," she said.
 The walls of the sitting room are covered with pictures of Captain Nungesser, photographs and water colors and oils. Besides the mothers favorite picture of her son hangs an autographed photograph of Colonel Lindbergh. Showing these proudly to me, she picked up photographs of Commander Byrd and Chamberlain and held them together.
 There" she cried almost hys- terically, Took at these four. just four airmen to whom their exploits were all in a days work. Men. real men, and yet great-hearted boys. l love Charles Lindbergh almost as much as l do my own Charles. Chamberlin is a splendid man. and Commander Byrd-what a kind hearted gentleman, To these Ameri- cans my heart goes out with all a mothers feeling. l can never forget what they have done for me. With out them there would have been no one to help me until Charles return ed, but here they are, three modest, great-soued airmen who have done so much to help me with the Amer ican people,
 Her Soul Tells Her
 Asked why she felt so confident that her son was still active, Madame Nungesser said:
 Since he was babe in my arms the thoughts of Charles and my thoughts have been the same. When we have been separated our letters. crossing, have contained the same thoughts and expressions. Call it telepathy if you like, but l, his mother, and his greatest friend, who went through the trials and horrors of the war with him, tell you that he is alive. Perhaps he is lying in jured with a tribe of Indians, cut off in Canada or Labrador, but he lives. My whole soul tells me that we shall see each other again.
 Look at me. Today I wear blue, tomorrow pink perhaps. any color, but never black. My Charles, the most wonderful lad in all France,
New Britain herald., 1927-07-22
Chile Places Women
 In Position of Men

Santiago, Chile R-1n keeping with the Chilean governments pro- gram of mordernization and econo- my, it has been announced that at- tempts will be made to substitute women for men in certain classes of work, leaving the country's men free for more active forms of la bor.
 Colonel Carlos Ibnez, president elect of Chile, made the announce ment in g. letter to committee in charge of arranging an exposition of women's work.
 According to the governments plan. women would be employed to replace men througout the country in educational and the lighter forms of industrial and commercial work.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-22

ican soldiers and war correspond ents in 1918. She scorned food ra- tioning restrictions when hungry men in olive drab knocked at her door.
 Lucien Gaudin, champion fencer of France; the Merignacs, father and son, and other famous foils- men have trained" at Niny's din- ing table. Swordsmen and knights of the typewriter are her favorites, although she will condescend to serve mere bankers if they provide her with the big cigars she loves to puff once her kitchen work is done.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-22

will not die without me. When they put me in my coffin and screw the lid down, then Charles may be dead too, but not until.
 Tell the good American people that a mother is coming to find her son. I often feel he is waiting for me to come"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-22

them by means of mirrors arrang- ed in the tower.
 She has succeeded, for perhaps the first time in pathological his- tory, in observing the nest life of four other hole-nesting species
New Britain herald., 1927-07-22

the northern flicker, the screech owl. the sparrow hawk and tho western house wren. Sometimes during matching season she has spent 20 hours a day watching the birds.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-22

To study chimney swifts she built . 20-foo. tower with 8 chim- ney at.the top and a box below 1t for nesting. It was three years before the first pair of swifts moved into the nest. She studied
Evening star., 1927-10-08
ENGINEERS INSPECT
new WATER PLANT
Military Group Hears Somervell
Explain System-Operations
..< Seen on Tour.

The new filtration plant, located at
Conduit road and the District line. the
newest addition to Washington's
water supply system, was inspected
last night by the Society Of American
Military Engineers, which held it's Oc-
tober meeting there as the guests of
Maj. Brehon B. Somervel1. U. s. Army
Engineer in charge of the Washing
ton aqueduct.
Mai. Somervell delivered an ad.
dress in which he traced the history
of the Washington water supply sys.
tenn from it's beginning to the compile
ton Of the new plant, and then he
took the engineers on a tour for an
inspection Of the various operations
for supplying filtered water to the
people Of Washington.
The plant was placed In commits
sion several weeks ago, but MAJ.
Somerville showed the military engl-
neers how each section Of the big
plant works and explained the eiab-
crate electrical system for pumping
the water. The hydro-electric plant
which is to furnish all Of the current
for the system, using surplus wafer
was started several days ago, but
will not be hooked up to the elec-
trical system until it has been thor
oughly tried out.
Col. Claude H. Birdseye. chief
Typographical engineer for the Geo
logical Survey, last night was pre-
sented with gold medal for dis
tinguished services rendered the So
ciety during the year. The associa-
ton also took cognizance of the fact
that Col. Harrison Brand Of the local
Utilities Commission also had been
awarded a medal for distinguished
service.
Evening star., 1927-10-08

Rev. Willis Jordan Faces 8.
Year Term After Jury
Convicts Him. -.
BY the Associated Press.


CHARLOTTE. n. c., October s.
Found guilty of bigamy by Superior
Court Jury here. Rev. Willis T.. Jor.
dan of Columbus, Ga, faces a two to
three year sentence in the North Car
olina State Prison.
After a three-day trial in which the
minister was identified with several
alleged matrimonial ventures, the
jury rendered a verdict of guilty, al
though recommending mercy, follow
ing 1S minutes deliberation, and
Judge James L. Webb fixed the sen.
sanity and testimony Of alienists seek.
ing to show Jordan was demented.
Counsel Notes Appeal.
Jordan's counsel gave notice of an
appeal to the State Supreme Court
and the preacher was sent back to
jail last night, being unable to fur
nish $1,000 bail. But his attorney
said he hoped to secure the bond
through contributions offered by local
citizens.
The minister's conviction for bigamy
was upon the charge Of marrying Mrs.
Emma Landridge-Jordan, a middle.
aged widow of Washington, here on
August 10 while he had a living wife.
He was arrested at Grand Rapids,
Mich, after it was alleged he had de.
serted her at Columbus, where he
was pastor of a church.
Tells of "True Love-"
Jordan maintained during the trial
his lone and only true wife and only
love" was Mrs. Veazy V. Snyder
Jordan of Winding Gulf, w. Va, who
wrote after his arrest, pledging her
aid and love. Testimony in the case
also alleged that Mrs. Laura E. Jor-
dan. whom he was said to have mar.
ried at Oswego, Kans., in 1893, and
whom he claimed was the mother of
his Ave children. Is still living, and
no record Of their divorce was men.
toned.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
MAN FATALLY CUT;
FOUR BEING HELD
Body of John Henry Butler, 40,
Found in Home-Police
Detain Quartet. ..

Slashed about the face, throat and
abdomen, the body of John Henry
Butler. colored, 40 years old, was
found lying on the floor in the second
story of his home, 2291a c street south.
west, today. Two men and two wom-
en- are being held by police at No.
precinct for investigation.
The body was discovered by Sam
Butler, colored, 49,, of 317 C street
southwest, about $3.50 o'clock this
morning, when he went there at the
request of Madeline Winters, colored,
81, 307 Third street southwest, who
stated she had heard there had been
trouble at the house last night, ac-
cording to police. Butler, Mrs. Win.
ters, William Thomas Newman, col.
ored, SIS, of 239 c street southwest
and Mary Summerville, colored. As. of
233 c street southwest are held.
Police report that Buffers home
had been raided for liquor some
months ago and that small quantity
was found in the house today. They
believe he was killed and robbed
Pieces of paper and other articles
containing fingerprints were taken
for possible evidence. The arrests
were made by Policemen w. &.
Curtis, j. w. Wise and s. F. Gravely
of No. 4.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
DETECTIVES HOLD
TWO IN ROBBER|ES
Accounts of Women Lead to
Arrest of Pair of
Suspects.

John Joseph Cush. % years old, of
col S street northeast, was arrested
last night by Precinct Detective
James f. Lowry of the twelfth pre-
cinct, after a woman, who said she
had seen him prowling about her
back yard, gave his description. Cush
is said to have admitted to the de-
tective today that he has robbed
two homes in the Northeast section
of the city within the last few days.
Another man arrested last night
on suspicion of hohsebreaking was
Stephen Cohen. colored, 2S, of 143O
s street. He was arrested by De-
tectives Quehling and Wilson after
the report of theft at 1887 Lamont
street of 81. ..t.. 90.
Detective Lowry saw Cush at North
Capitol and r streets. He arrested
him because he answered the descrip.
ton of the backyard prowIer. At
first he is said to have denied that he
had done anything wrong. but finally.
according to Lowry, he admitted en-.
tering the home of Mrs. Margaret
Kosack, 2119 Fourth street northeast,
Yesterday. where he stole a diamond
ring worth SITS. and also robbing the
home of Mrs. Charles G.. Wolfel. 1905
Newton street northeast, September 4.
Three rings and sum of money
found in his pockets lead the police to
believe that he may be identified as
the daylight burglar who has been
terroriZing housewives for several
days. but they have been unable to
get further admissions from him.
The arrest of Cohen occurred soon
after the theft had been reported at
the Lamont street address. The de-
tectives rushed to the scene and found
the man in the vicinity. He denied
that he broke into the house, hut q
colored woman said he answered the
description of a man she saw crawl
ing through a window. Police claim
that he has record for similar Of
fenSeS.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
U. S. BRIEF OPPOSES
DR.. COOK PROBATION
Government Files Plea Urging Su.
preme Court Not to Re-
view Case.

The Government yesterday took
stems to prevent DIR. Frederick A. Cook
from leaving the penitentiary via the
probation route.
The Department OF Justice filed in
the Supreme Court brief urging the
court not to review the case.
Convicted and sentenced for using
the mails to defraud, DIR. Cook recently
asked the Texas court which tried him
to place him on probation. That re-
quest was granted. but the Circuit
Court of Appeals set it aside.
The Government contended that DR..
Cook could not be released because
the trial court had no power to place
a person on probation after he had
commenced serving his sentence. In
addition, it insisted that the probation
act does not confer upon the courts
mower to alter the sentence imposed in
criminal cases after the term at which
the prisoner had been committed to
prison had ended.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
GIRL SEEKS PARENTS.

GREENVILLE, s. c., October 8 Llp).
A search extending into several
States was started yesterday by Off.
cials Of the Greenville Juvenile Pro.
tective Association for Mr.. and Mrs.
A. c. Kent, mother and stepfather of
Miss Gertrude Wright, 16. who be.
came lost from her parents several
days ago in Charlotte and then wan.
dered on to Greenville in search of
them.
The Kents were travelling with
another family from Illinois to Florida,
the party using two automobiles. On
leaving Charlotte, one car slightly
ahead of the other, the girl was left
at loading place, the parties in each
car apparently thinking she was in
the other. The gill thought she would
find her parents here. but failed upon
arrival.
The protective association has wired
points between here and Florida hoping
to intercept her parents. The young
woman said she is positive, that her
parents became separated from their
friends in the other autom6bile and
believe she 10 with the latter group
Evening star., 1927-10-08
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, October
(SpeciaD.-Bids for the construction OF
a new school building to replace the
old West End School Building sold
to the George Washington Masonic
Memorial Association for use as a
power house for the new temple on
Shooters Fill. Will open on October 81
The school will cost approximately
$4,000 for construction and an ordi
nance appropriating that amount has
had its first reading in the city
council.
The State school architect, City Man
ager Paul Morton, City Engineer E. c.
Dunn and Urban s. Lambert and T.
E. Lawler of the city school board
met in conference yesterday to discuss
the construction plans. Plans and
specifications for the one-story struc
ture have been turned over to Supt
Of Public Schools r. c. Bowton.
Sherwood Austin. 16, and Roy Pool
1S, both Of Raleigh. N. c., and Robert
L. Smith, 21, Of Gum Springs, Va.
are being held by the Alexandra Po
lice Department on a charge OF lar
ceny Of an automobile. It is alleged
they stole an automobile from Rocky
Mount, n. c. They were arrested yes
terday by Motor Cycle Policeman
Charles McClary.
The newly elected officers of Alex
andria Post. No. "a. American Legion
were installed by r. Clinton knight
post past commander and depart
| mental vice commander, at a meeting
in the George Mason Hotel last night
Ceremonies prescribed by the national
headquarters Of the legion were used
| for the first time. Twenty-Five mem
bers Of the Fredericksburg, Va, post
| accompanied by an orchestra, attended
| the meeting. ..,
Machinery Is being installed in the
! Berliner Aircraft Co. plant, at the foot
Of Duke street, and operations are ex
pected to start shortly. The company
will manufacture monoplanes which
will seat two passengers.
| The Seegar Chain Co., corporation
chartered under the laws Of Delaware
has been granted a certificate Of au
thority by the State Corporation Com
mission. The principal Office Of the
corporation will be located at -Four
Mile Run, with J. w. Seegar in charge
The authorized capital stock Is $100, 900
The company will carry on the bust
ness OF chain. hardware and auto
mobile accessories agents and brokers
Evening star., 1927-10-08
COURT HEARS FILIPINOS.
Petitioners Make Attack on Gov
ernor Generals Authority.

Further attack upon the powers of
the governor general of the Philip
pines was made in the upreme Court
yesterday when Gregorio Aconcillo
Baldomero Roxas and Catalina Lava.
dia asked the court to pass upon his
authority to remove them as directors
Of the Philippine National Bank.
Like the case of Milton e. Springer
and others, recently filed protesting
against their removal as directors of
the National Coal Co., the case filed yes
ter.,y would challenge the recent de.
cision of the Philippine courts holding
invalid an act of the island Legisla.
ture which had given the president of
the Philippine Senate and the speaker
Of it's House Of Representatives equal
authority with the governor general
in controlling the affairs Of both the
coal company and the national bank.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
OFT-JA|LED 'EM|R'
ARRESTED AGAIN
Fails to Pay Vienna Hotel
Bill After Posing as Descend
ant of Har0un Al Raschid.
By the Associated Press.

VIENNA, Austria, October s.
prince" Zerdecheno Mohammed Saide,
"Emir of Kurdistan" and pretender to
the Turkish caliphate, is in trouble
again. He has been arrested here on
a charge of failing to meet a hotel
bill after posing as ''Mohammed Pasha
a, Raschid. direct descendant of
Haroun al Raschid."
The Prince, Emir, Pasha, etcetera
has been in Jail many times before,
so the experience Is not new. When
the Vienna police We're called in by
the hotel management they found him
arrayed like a Balkan prince in
comic opera,
Shows Official Robe.
This costume was not his best,
however. He showed the police what
he termed his official robe of office, a
gaudy red uniform weighted down
with gold braid and sporting on it's
breast decorations" from all over the
world.
. Despite all this magnificence, it de-
veloped, according to the authorities,
that the "Emir" has been getting his
exercise over a pants pressing board.
After ironing all day he would don
his glittering array and sally forth
for gay evening. A pants presser's
pay won't stand the strain of much
social activity, so the hotel went un.
paid. according to the management.
Zerdecheno has been in trouble in
the United States. England, Germany
and France. His principal exploit
was that Of 1921, when he appeared
in Washington as major domo for
1.-The Princess Fatima of Egypt" and
secured her reception by President
Harding. The princess wore a huge
diamond. but was forced to sell it later.
il was understood, to pay the debts
of the 'Emir."
DepOrted i'm 1924.
In 1924 he was arrested for vagrancy
in Washington, and. after a court
fight, deported. England did not want
him and promptly sent him back to
the United States. He was forced to
travel third class, much to his dis
gust.
He was next deported to France.
and this time the deportation ''took."
Next he bobbed up in Berlin, where
he was sentenced to a years imprison-
ment as an impostor. Later he was
Jailed at Nice, France, for illegally
wearing decorations.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
Rises From Messenger Boy to Bank
Head and Then Is Jailed for Theft

An unexpected audit of the banks
accounts led to discovery of discrep-
ancies in the balance, and Esser was
aroused from sleep early yesterday,
and hurried from his wife and three
children to the Geneva Jail, 10 miles
from here.
Officials said he had been able to
cover up the shortage on previous
visits of the examiners by removing
several deposit pages from the
ledgers.
Directors of the bank made up the
losses and the bank continued busi-
ness as usual. E. o. Alschuler, a vice
president, having been named in Els.
ser'S place.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
MAN AND STAT SOUGHT.
Police Want Printing Company
Employe Sent to Bank.

A search is being conducted today
by the police for Paul Veacair. 9O9
Eighth street southeast, who failed to
return yesterday from the bank with
$147 Of the Cornelius Ford Printing
Co, 739 Thirteenth street. Miss Mary
Ford, ITO East Capitol street, daugh-
ter of the owner and cashier OF the
company, after waiting until after
bank k-closing time, reported the disap-
pearance to the police. The young man
had been given check for STAT to be
Evening star., 1927-10-08
DETERMINED GIRL
y
i. SW|MS CHANNEL
Mercedes GIeitz, London
Typist, Wins Victory on
Eighth Attempt.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, October S.-The never.
say-die spirit of Mercedes Gleitz, Lon.
don typist and swimming devotee, has
at last brought her victory over the
treacherous waters of the English
Channel
Entering the sea at Cape Girls Nez,
on the French coast, in the darkness
of yesterday morning for her eighth
attempt in the last five years, she
fought tide. bitter cold and fog for Is
hours and Is minutes, to emerge on q
lonely beach north of FOlkestone.
Then. her resources spent, she col
1apsed and was taken to Folkestone
and put to bed.
She is the first Englishwoman, the
third of her sex and the twelfth per-
son to swim the Channel. She is also
the first swimmer to perform the feat
30 late in the season.
Ambition for Years.
Miss Gleitz is "a. For years she has
nursed the quiet but indomitable de.
termination which at last brought her
success. Her landlady, with whom she
has resided for the last five years,
said today:
Miss Gleitz saved every penny she
could horde in order to make her at
tempts. She is not engaged-I have
never known her even to go out with
q man.
"She has never gone to dances or
the theater since she came to live here.
iShe lived entirely for her swimming,
,but she was so quiet and reserved
that several people in the house didn'
even know she was making the Chan.
mel attempt"
Miss EderIe First of Sex to Win.
The, first woman to conquer the
channel was Miss Gertrude Ederle of
New York, who in August, 1926, swan
1t in IA hours 81 minutes, breaking
all previous records. Her time is
still record for women. Mrs.
Clemington Corson (afille Gade) later
in the same year negotiated the
Channel, crossing in Is hours 32
minutes.
OF Miss Gleitz' attempts. the first
was in 1922. She failed twice in 1925
and twice again in 1926. Her sue
cessful swim came on her third at
tempt during the present season, the
two previous being in July and Sep
tember.
She used a sidestroke and breast
stroke alternately, resting on her back
at intervals. The fog created a
mental hazard for her, she. said. and
she suffered from bitter. cold the
greater part of the time. The water
however, was smooth.
Evening star., 1927-10-08
BALTIMORE GOLFERS
IN WOMEN'S FINALS
Mrs. E. Boyd Morrow Defending
Middle Atlantic Title Against
Miss Virginia Holzberger.

The threat Of Baltimore monopoh.
cation of the Middle Atlantic women's
golf championship became an actuality
at the Congressional County Club to.
day as two members Of the Baltimore
Country Club met in the final round
for the title. Mrs. f. Boyd Morrow.
the defending champion. was opposed
to Miss Virginia Holzderber, the
Maryland State champion. Miss Holz-
derber, who defeated Miss Dorothy
White. the District women's champion.
win today.
Mrs. Morrow in the semi-final round
Yesterday defeated Mrs. Alva Won
: ,inner OF Beaver Dam, 5 and 2,
while Miss Holzderbe- was administer.
ing Z and defeat to Mrs. l.. b.
Chapman Of Congressional.