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Show GREEK KING AND FAMILY LEAVE VENICE FOR HOME VENICE. Dec 1C. (By the Associated Associ-ated Press) Former King Constan- tine, ijueen Sophie and their children sailed from Venice this morning on board the Greet,- cruiser Averoff for, Phaleron. Th.: Averoff weighed anchor at S:40 o'clock and proceeded Immediately Immediate-ly on her voyage to Greece with the returning royal party. A destroyer preceded tho cruiser out of the harbor. The former king and family for the first time since June 24. 1 y 1 7 slept un der the royal banner flying from the cruiser Averoff Regal honors were paid Coustantliie from th" moment lv; set foot on deck yesterday. Rear Ad-( mint Phillip Andrews commander of the American naval units In the Adriatic Adri-atic were among those who called upon up-on him. WASHINGTON, Dec 16. If Roar Admiral Phillip Andrews, commanding the American naval forces In the Ad-rlatlt Ad-rlatlt called On former King Constan-tine Constan-tine of Greece at Venice yesterday as reported In press dispatches, naval oi-ficlals oi-ficlals Bald today it would bo unusual. Those officers as well as those of the state department suggested that the call very probuhly vv.is upon the com-mander com-mander Of the battleship Awroff. |