The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-25
.LONGVORTHS DINE WITH
 EMPEROR ON HIS YACHT
PRINCESS FETAL HURRIES FROM POTSDAM TO AID IN ENTER
 TANNING.

Kaiser's Rule Never to Invite Women
 on Board His Vessels Unless the Elm
 press or One of the Imperial Prin-
 cesses is Present-Quite an Ameri-
 can Evening Aboard the Yacht
 Other Americans Present.
 Kiel, June 24.-Emperor William, when he was certain of the day on which MT. and Mrs. LongWorth would arrive here, telegraphed to Princess Eitel Frederick, asking if she could not come to Kiel at once, so that Mrs. LongWorth could be entertained aboard the Hamburg, the emperor's improvised yacht. It is the emperors rule never to invite women on board his vessels, unless the empress or one of the inn pertal princesses is present. Empress Augusta Victoria, 1t Is understood, de- sires to remain near the crown princess, and Prince Henry of Prussia is taking a holiday in Bavaria, and Princess Eitel Frederick, who also is bride. had arranged to go on cruise in the Ham burg with the imperial party, after the | regatta, but upon receiving the emper- OTIS telegram she came from Potsdam immediately, arriving here Saturday evening with Prince Eitel, and Mr. and Mrs. LongWorth were invited this morning to dine with the emperor to- night It was quite an American .even- ing Besides MT. and Mrs. Longworth. Allison, Howard and George Armour and MT. and Mrs. Jordan Mott were present. Princess Eitel was aniable, and Emperor William jolly and compli- mentary to America and Americans After the dinner the emperor and Prin- cess Eitel with the guests with the guests and the ernperor's staff went on the quarterback of the Hamburg to wit l ness the illuminations, The clubhouse. the hotel and other buildings were out lined in electric lights, and the sixteen battleships, ten cruisers, Twelve mer- chant ships and 100 yachts In the har- Ibor were strung with incandescent globes, while many searchlights playing about made a gorgeous scene. Just | above the room in the hotel occupied | by Mir. and Mrs. Longworth were the stars and stripes in colored lights. A l great assemblage from Kiel and neigh i boring towns crowded the water front 1 to witness the illumination. Mr. and Mrs. Longworth were detained by Elm peror William until after Il o'clock. The illumination ended with every war ship sending up blazing rockets The large class yachts raced again to-day, | Emperor William took with him on l board the Meteor Prince Adelbert and his three younger brothers, ana Com mander William L. Howard, Command CT Philip W. Dumas, and Captain Jon quierTes, naval attaches respectively of the United States, Great Britain and France. He served all of them at lunch with his own hands, requiring the princes to come to him with their plates. The breeze was light, and the emperor said it was not worth while sailing over the course, and gave up the race. The yacht Hamburg did the nine- teen knots under i've hours winning the race.
 Tn the next class c. w. Watson's s Navahoe covered the distance in four hours and forty-f1ve minutes, and beat the Comet, which finished in four hours, thirty eight minutes and thirty-one sec- ondt.
 MT. and Mrs. Longworth followed the races on Allison Armour's steam yacht Utowana. Bands on the excursion steamers played the American national anthem when passing the vessel