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The Washington times., 1906-12-15

BulmeT, Mr.. and Mrs Waiter Andrews.
Mrs. James Wadsworth, jr., John Lodge.
Lieutenant Sheridan. Regime ia HUide-
koper, Lieutenant McCauley. Captain
Long. and MandCVille Carlisle.
Commander and Mrs. NeboIs.Ee, of the
Russian embassy. recalled IA. invita-
lions 90 the dinner they haC arranged
for last night and have postponed IL in
family.
Mrs. ~. Emlen Roosevelt save din
ner dance last night at ShaTIN S. iu New
York. for her debutante daughter Miss
Lucy Margaret Roosevelt The small
ballroom was used for the occasion.
The guests were made up almost entirely
Ut young people, including most of the
debutantes OF the season.
The Washington times., 1906-12-15
MRS. FREITAG BETTER.
WILL PROBABLY RECOVER

The condition of Mrs. George J.
Freitag. of Langdon. who has been
critically ill since Thursday when she
attended her husbands funeral. only
Ia return home and have her daughter
Mrs. Amelia FOssom. fall dead at her
feet from drinking a quantity OF car
boliC acid by mistake. was slightly i'm
proved this afternoon, and the attend
ing physician has hopes of her ultimate
recovery
Arrangements for the funeral Of Mrs.
EoSsOm have not yet been completed
The Washington times., 1906-12-15
WILLIAM DUNKERLY HERE
FROM SAN JUAN LEAVE

William Dunkerly, chief clerk at the
naval station at San Juan, has arrived
in the city on leave. for a visit with
relatives. Mr.. Dunkerly formerly was
"a clerk i'm the office OF the judge advO-
cate general of the Navy Department
and was transferred to san Juan two
years ago. He is now on his first leave
obtained since going 10 Porto Rico and
his friends in this city are congraulat-
ing him on his recent promotion 20
chief clerk.
The Washington times., 1906-12-15
Facts of Interest
To All Motorists

Philadelphia has an automobile po-
lice patrol wagon.
Motor cycles do not require licenses
in Indiana.
There are approximately l02,4iS
miles OF good road in Iowa.
Calcutta, India, Will hold a show
beginr ~ December 10.
There are over 700 registered ma
chimes in Johannesburg, Africa,
RoumanIa's King recently pur-
chased an automobile Of German
manufacture.
San Antonio. Tex. motorists have
formed the san Antonio Automobile
Club.
The Washington times., 1906-12-15
Attorney General Moody Moves
To His New Bachelor Quarters
In Connecticut Apartment House

night. The other dates in the series are
January L and February 9.
Mrs. Beckett VAS the guest of honor
at luncheon today OF Mrs. Corcoran
Thorn, in her home in Nineteenth street.
Senator and Mrs. Simmons and Miss
simmons, Of North Carolina. have arriv-
ed in Washington, and VIII again occupy
apartments in the Highlands this winter.
The Baroness Won Sternburg. wife of
the German ambassador. occupied a box
last evening in the BelascO Theater. with
a group OF friends, and Mrs. Theodore.
/. ShOnIs had party in another box.
F. oden HoTstmann entertained a large
thcateT party al the National last even
ing, with supper afterward at Willard )
when Mile. Schen Joined them. The
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bohlen
OF Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs George
toward Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mitchell
Mrs. Horace Wylie. Miss Isabel Nav
Miss Eyalyn Walsh, Clary Ray. CleIand
DAVIS Mr. Robinson, OF Baltimore. and
MF- Thompson, OF Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Henderson enter
tanned at dinner last evening.
Mrs. Gaillard, accompanied by her
son, Pierre, sailed on the Sumner TODAY
for Cuba. They viii spend the Christ
mas holidays with Major Gaillard who
Is stationed in Havana, returning To the
city about the middle Of January.
The Washington times., 1906-12-15
GIRLS CAN'T HAVE
THEIR MOCK WEDDING
College President About to Be Married
Stops Students Proposed
Fun.

CLEVELAND, Dec. l5.-President
Thwing, of Western Reserve University.
has issued an order stopping a proposed
mock marriage in which the young la
dies Of the university proposed TO en-
gage.
Dr. Thwing, who is soon to be mar
ried, took the ground that il was 10 be
a take-on on the nuptials and ruled
that marriage was too sacred a thing TO
be treated so lightly
The Washington times., 1906-12-15

There is no requirement in the care
and operation of a gasOiene car wherein
lack of attention is as disastrous as in
tfe matter OF fabrication. II is in itself
{ simple matter and its very simplicity
In a measure accounts for the common
neglect. OIL often, little at a time In
the right spot. viii do wonders in keep
ing down the repair bills. Parts that
are least accessible TO repair should
have special attention. Frequent oiling
means frequent inspection and loose
parts will readily be noticed and fixed
in time to save expensive and annoy
ing delays.
The Washington times., 1906-12-15

before the earthquake in California SiJ
machines were sold. The month OF lie
earthquake go new machines were sold
and bu. thirty-seven owners disposed
OF their cars. Very few machines were
destroyed by the earthquake, Since the
earthquake l.7s7 cars have been regis
tered. which shows practically no fau-
ing OF i'm the actual automobile business
for the State About 100 machines have
been sold by their owners since me
earthquake.
The Washington times., 1906-12-15
WOMAN AGED 1O5 YEARS
ASKS TO BE DIVORCED

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Mrs. Martha
Hurt who says she is lO5 years old. has
begun suit for divorce from John Hurt.
her third husband. al Salina, Kan.
The Washington times., 1906-12-15

larger percentage OF them would be
able 10 buy new cars if they so de-
sired
The fact that the Long Island Motor
Parkway. Inc. will be ready for use
about that time is but another incentive
10 hold an outdoor show, in the opinion
Of those who have advanced the plan,
as the parkway will enable automobiles
TO make rapid and easy trips 10 and
from this city, if they do not wish 10
stay at any of the many hotels on
Long Island.
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averaging at least three on
the
general knowledge
the Grace
is asserted that if opened the
e fand central Palace
The Washington times., 1906-12-15
MISS PAYNE BOWS
At A RECEPTION
Late George c. Payne'S
Daughter Presented by
Grandmother.

Mrs. James G. Payne entertained this
afternoon at "a reception TO present her
granddaughter. Miss Eleanor Thornton
Payne daughter Of the late George G,
Payne and Mrs Payne.
Her home on Massachusetts avenue
was prettily decorated with palms,
ferns and pink roses. IN the dining
room were Mrs. Harry NJ. Payne and
Miss Amy q. Payne, Of Philadelphia.
Assisting in the receiving line with Mrs.
Payne. the debutante and her mother.
were Miss Katherine Clabaugh. Miss
Edgarina Hastings, and Miss Gaspard
Of New York
The Washington times., 1906-12-15
Big Men Concerned
With Automobiles

Although prevented by illness from
personally opening the Berlin show,
Emperor William attended it as
often as his time and health would
permit. examining the exhibits with
the eye OF an expert.
Il often feel inclined TO jump into
an automobile and flash off for a
couple of days. returning full OF en-
ergy and COntentment," said the
Kaiser in a recent interview.
During President ROosevelts re-
cent visit TO Porto Rico he crossed
the island in an automobile built of
native woods for the Infanta EulaIie
in 1898.
So pleased is Senator Chauncey NJ
Depow at his recent experiments with
automobiling that he has sold all his
horses and carriages.
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o
cars 1 the md Show
n
of
by
The Washington times., 1906-12-15

Members of the American Motor Car
Manufacturers Association are so well
satisfied with the results of the early
show" idea of the Automobile Club Of
America that there seems TO be Il posi-
bility that the club viii be asked 10 go
itself one better and cooperate IN a
big outdoor show next fall about the
time of the running Of the 1907 contest
for the Vanderbilt cup. II is pointed out
by the advocates of such a plan that
everyone in the country who is inter
ested in automobiling viii be on Long
Island at that time and that there
could not possibly be any better time at
which 10 hold an automobile show They
say that It's distance from New York
will be a blessing, rather than otherwise.
as while il may serve 20 keep away a
great many who annually visit the
shows that are held in New York city
the ones who are really intending pur-
chasers of cars viii rot he seriously
bothered by the short journey into Long
Island.
The outdoor show advocates draw Ar
automobiles. averaging at least three
the daN a. the IA st o.,,Y .s-r g. a.
The Washington times., 1906-12-15

Mr. Montagua, the first secretary Of
the Italian embassy, who acted as
charge d'a1aiTes during the recent alb
seuce of the ambassador left Washing
ton yesterday for New York and today
sailed fOg a three months stay in Eu-
vODe.
The Washington times., 1906-12-15

Mrs Bonaparte. wife Of the Secretary
OF the Navy, who has spent the greater
part of the week ia her apartment i'm
the Portland. coming over from her
country place near Baltimore for The
state dinner at the White House Thurs
day, returned home this morning accom-
panied by Miss Hayoock
The American Ambassador TO Great
I Britain and Mrs. WhItelaw Reid arrived
/ IN Washington for "a weekend visit to
/ the Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks
and will attend their dinner in honor of
/ the President and Mrs. Roosevelt to-
night Mrs. Cassidy. mother Of Mrs
} Warren Fairbanks. arrived yesterday
/ from Chicago. where she has been the
: guest of her daughter, and will make
| visit with Mrs Fairbanks here.
/ Mrs. Victor Clement who will leave
I Washington tonight for Lakewood. \.
! J.. where her marriage 10 Captain CIo-
/ man, l.. 5. A, viii take place Tuesday
/ dined informally yesterday with Mr.. and
/ Mrs John F. Stevens in their apartment
/ in the Connecticut.
( Mrs. Simon Kann, of Belmont road
| entertained the Afternoon bridge Whist
I
/ the prizes were won by Mr. Sol Min
! steT and Mrs. Sydney G Kaufman The
other guests We're Miss SeemOns, from
I the South. Mrs Rudolph Is. BehTCnd.
| Mrs Sol Meyer. Mrs Isaac Behrend
! Mrs. GersOn NUrdliugeT and Miss Helene
EiSeman
/ Mrs. A. +. Miller. Of Baltimore. is
| the guest of her nieces, Mrs. Sol Meyer
and Miss Helene Eiseman. OF Massachu-
sets avenue.
Mrs. Robert Schleestein, who was the
/ guest OF fsr sister Mrs Henry J. Good
! man at tu, Sterling, has returned 10 Her
home, in New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph y. Behrend. OF
/ the Huntington, entertained at dinner
| Wednesday evening. in honor of Miss
Laura BchTend and Charles FIesheT
whose engagement was recently an
nOunced. Covers We're laid for ten. The
I other guests We're Mrs W %ordlinger
MT- and Mrs. AmmOn Behrend. Mr. and
Mrs Levi II. David, and Edga Behrend.
The Washington times., 1906-12-15

hiD becoming so intensified by pressure
that the sufferer is unable 10 lie on the
side affected. a dull aching pain across
tn, lOIns. inability TO move the leg ana
such tenderness Of the leg that the
weight OF the bedcIothes causes intense
suffering Drawing the nnger across
the sole OF the patients foot causes
great pain and makes the man 'cry out
loudly and draw up his foot. an action
which he was quite unable 10 perform
voluntarily This new disease is PROB
ably due to the incessant jarring Z"
which tue chauffeur is exposed. IL IS
said that automobnists in general are
subject 20 this new disease. but so far as
is known. American motorists have es-
capped its ravages up 10 date
In view Of the fact that ir has been
well known for some time that rapid
drop in temperature is as requisite 20
effective snencing as rapid expansion OF
the exhausted gases, il seems strange
that the idea OF providing the exhaust
manifold with cooling fianges should
never have been regarded as promising
sufficient benefit in this direction 10
make IL worth while Whether This Is
the case or rot cannot be said 20 GER
.taintv. but At any rate The first hrn- 10
nut II into practice ON a stock car are
,chine. On the 1901 models of this car
.rion. and is cast with cooling hanges eN-
The smooth side is placed against the
, single casting. IS bolted directly 10 each
arrangement and the cooling power should
/ les in the United States has now reach
machines, according to figures compiled
ew York city. New York leads New Jer-
Pennsylvania fourth During the month
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The demand Intending purchasers
crowded
The Washington times., 1906-12-15

Cd the y respectable machines according " figures compiled
Trec-oes OF York leads
-- M andP Pnv.nla fourth Dung L1 month
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the builders OF a prominent British III
the exhaust manifold is of square So
lending three-fOurtns OF the way rohh'
cylinder. and the manifold, which Is
exhaust port. This makes neat
ADVANCE the muffier's efficiency.
The Washington times., 1906-12-15

Capitalized S25000 the Long Island Motor ParNway Inc
X Vanderbilt, jr, is its president
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
SAFE BLOWN OPEN
POsTOFFIcE AT GORDO ENTERED
 BY CRACKsMAN.
About sI0O in Money and s2o0 In stamps Secured by, the Thieves--No Clue
 Discovered SIS to
 Burglars.

Gordo, Jan. 27.--(Special. )--The postofflce here was broken open last night. The safe was blown to pieces and the contents taken by the robbers. About s10o in money and $200 in stamps were taken and one registered letter from Egypt. Miss, addressed to J. D. Corr. was stolen. This letter was No. 22.
 At 1o:se p. m.. E. T. Wellington. cashier of Merchants and Farmers Bank, left the bank for home. In passing the postofflce he saw light but thought nothing of the matter, supposing the postmaster was in the office. After passing the office man followed him to his boarding place. Mir. Wellington paid no further attention to the matter. There is no clue to the identity of the robbers. The loss is quite heavy on Postmaster Williams.
 An inspector was at once telegraphed and the department informed of the matter.
 Just one year and twenty-two days ago two safes of merchants were blown open in Gordo.
 David A. Jones, an old resident. is dead. He recently visited his son at Searles. Ala, and became sick there. Two days ago he returned home and seemed to be much better. but, last night he suddenly grew worse and died about s:3O o'clock this morning. He served in both the Mexican and Civil wars. MT Jones had been a prosperous citizen of this county, but for several years has been almost totally blind. He leaves widow and several chill dren
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
some Royal NIelLnnme.-

Nicknames are very prevalent among British royal princesses. most of whom have names by which they are affec- tionately known by their relatives. The Kings youngest daughter, Princess Charles of Denmark. was always Harry with her brothers at Sandringham, while her eldest sister. the Duchess of Fife. earned for herself the nickname of Her Royal Shyness, which is as appro- priate now as 1t was then.
 Princess Victoria of sleswick Hol- stein, the elder daughter of Princess Christian. Is called Thora, and in her case the nickname is almost a neces- sity, for among her late majestys de- scendants the name of Victoria is too general to be distinctive. That. no doubt. is why the Prince of Wales's It. tie daughter, who started as Princess Victoria. is now known as Princess Mary.
 Princess Thora was one of the most constant companions of Queen Victoria, and the death of her royal grandmoth- CT was a great grief to her. She is a most charming and lovabls woman and has many friends. Among her cousins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
FARMER HANGS HIMSELF.
Cause of Thomas .MeClanahan's Sui-
 eide Cannot Be Explained.

Florence, Jan. )-- Meagre details were brought to Flor ence this morning of the suicide of Thomas Mechanism at his home near Pleasant Weather. north of Florence, just across the Tennessee State line.
 Mechanism was alone on the place, his young lady daughter having gone on an errand to the home of her bro- ther n quarter of a mile away. She had noticed nothing unusual in her fathers manner. and he had said nothing to indicate the desperate re- solve which he had formed. After brief absence the girl returned to find her father had hanged himself and was dangling from the end of a rope quite dead.
 Mfr. v Mechanism was a farmer and had been a widower for about twenty years. He leaves & large family of grown children, several of whom are teachers in this State, and in Tennes- see. His health was good and his fi- nances were in good condition, and so far as his family and friends are aware there was no cause forhis self destruct- ion. Tine dead man was fifty-five years old.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
STILL HAS THE BABY
CHIEF WILLIAMS DID NOT GIVE IN- FAINT AWAY.
Mother of Child Abandoned in Coium- bus Has Been Locnted, and Dis-
 position of the Baby Has / Been POsfp0nesI.

Columbus, Ga, Jan. 27.--(Special )-- Chief of Police Wiley Williams did not give away today the baby left at the union depot last Tuesday morning, as advertised, for the reason that he has discovered that. the mother of the child Is at Jackson's Gap. Ala. He will post pofle giving away the little month-old boy until his mother Is offered oppor- tunity of claiming her own.
 Seventeen different persons have ap- piled to Captain Williams for the cus- tody of the child Among them is a citizen worth $20.000, who says he will give the boy every advantage. A we'll to-do young couple, who are childless. are very anxious to get possession of the little one.
 Last Monday night a couple arrived from Troy, Ala. with baby, and reg istered at the Hotel Alvin. as c. w. Cook and wife. Tuesday morning "a couple appeared at the union passen- ger station and turned over a child to a negro with directions to take 1t to an orphans home. The orphans home to which the boy was carried refused to receive 1t under the circumstances, and when the negro returned to, the station the couple had left the city. The lady in charge of the apartments at the Alvin Hotel has identified the child as the one carried to that hotel Monday night by the couple from Troy The local police department has discovered that the couple went on to Jackson Gap. Ala, where the young mother, girl about 17 or IS years of ages is now i'll. The man, who is about 2S years old left Jackson's Gap for Birmingham a day or two ago.
 The baby is temporarily in charge of Mrs. Higdon, a kindly-hearted woman of this city. The Mayor of the city of. Columbus has authorized -Chief Wil- Hams to buy one quart of milk daily for the child.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
IN AGONY SIXTEEN YEARS.
Ossified MHE Was Cheered by Cleveland
 and Depew.

Philadelphia North American.
 In the death Monday night of chas. H. Conrad in the Episcopal Hospital. a degree of Spartan courage was reveal- ed in his life story. that is almost with out parallel in local medical circles. He was the king of shutins," unable to moveNa muscle save that of his lower jaw.
 Following an attack of inflammatory rheumatism sixteen years ago, he was seized with rheumatoid arthritis, or the ossiflcation of the joints of the body. Exceedingly rare, the terrible disease is incurabie, and for nearly score of years Conrad has lain in the hospital facing death which came not until Monday to relieve him of his suffering.
 Conrad, as a member of the German Turn verin, was giving an athletic ex- hibition one night, and at the close of it he fingered in draught to speak with some friends From the cold con- tracted in those few minutes his slow death developed.
 He was then q years old and lived with his mother at 1918 Cabot Street. In 1904 his case came to the attention of Ewing l.. Miller, treasurer of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Penn sylvania, and through the latter's in fluence Conrad was removed to the in curable ward of the Episcopal Hospit- al. On an ingeniously constructed bed. which gave him rest, even though ev- cry touch upon his body brought excru- ciating pain, he had reclined, since then, the pity of every inmate, nurse and physician of the big institution.
 In spite of all he was cheerful, even optimistic. Ex-President Cleveland, Lieutenant Hobson and Chauncey M Depew, hearing of his plight, wrote to hin, at intervals, and in their letters the invalid appeared to find the keen- est enjoyment.
 Conrad's body was barometer fore telling every coming change of tenn perature and atmospheric conditions. His food was chiefly liquid or finely chopped solids.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
Went Nv Smell.

The late Peter Lorifiard Ronalds liked perseverance in his servants. When he told them to do a thing he expected them to do it, no matter how difficult it might be. If he sent a stableman out to buy a certain kind of whip. he expected the man not to return till the whip was secured, though he have to visit a hundred shops 10 get 1t.
 There is a story about the way MT Ronalds came to hire young groom.
 He was In drug store one day when a shabby little boy entered.
 The boy advanced boldly to the clerk, took small camePs hair brush from his pocket, and said:
 "Splell this. an gimme 10 cents worth. I've forgotten the name"
 The clerk smiled, smelled and took down the Iodine bottle. and Mir RondaIs engaged the ingenious and. resourceful boy on the spot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28

ing electrical machinery in gold mines, has been -tendered. and has accepted, the position of first assistant electri- elan of the United States Army Trans port Meade. which will sail from San Francisco. February 1, for six months cruise. touching ports in the Philippines, Japan and China. and en- tering the Red and Mediterranean seas. after which it will cross the At lantic returning to New York His promotion is deserved recognition of his mechanical genius, innate worth, and determination to, succeed in his chosen profession.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28

she is especially fond of the czarina, who as Princess A1ix of Hesse used to spend good deal of time at Windsor, and Princess Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, who was Princess Margaret of Con- naught.
 Like her mother, Princess Victoria of Sleswick- -Helstein is greatly interested in works of charity. but she has one hobby at least which is not philan- thropic-she is very fond of cats. and her pets have appeared at various cat shows and won prizes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
LIBEnALs swEE.r NA rroN
VIII Have Majority CT RIahty over
 Combined Opnoafsfau

London, Jan. 27.--The voting is practically over and as a result of the general election. the Liberals will find themselves at the meeting of tie House of Commons with q majority O. more than eighty over I'll The other parties combined Only f1n coatests remain to be decided The total, now are.
 Liberals 371; Unionists 157; Irish Nationalists S2; Laborites 50.
 An interesting feature Of tadays returns was the election of Walter IT. Long, former chief secretary os ire land, who has thus wres cd Se.fth Dublin from the Nationa1lsts after be- ing rejected at south Bristol
 Two former cabinet mrnIsrers. II. K. Asquith, in East Fife. and R. q. Hal dane In HardingtonshiIe .iav. been reelected by general maIorities
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
Women Who Can Talk.

Speaker Reed once remarked that there was but one woman in Washing ton society who could talk politics in- teIligently, and she is Mrs. Robert R. Hit, wife of 8 Representative from Illinois. Mrs. Fairbanks realizes more nearly the woman who Is such a force in British political life. She Is a law yer and profound student of social conditions. She is a worker In the Ju- nior Republic, and the present prosper ous condition of that social venture Is largely due 10 her direction. Mrs. La
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
Nine Tons FeII sevcn s.o,l,..

New York. Jan. 37.-Nine tors of steel girders fell fron abovs the seventh floor of the New Altman build ing, in process of erection fin Fifth avenue today, tore through several floors of steel beams on it's way down ward. and crushed a workman, Edward Steinman, to death, and seriously injured five other workmen who were employed oa the budding. A derrick was hoisting the eiTders to tho upper part of the building when d cable broke The foreman Of the derrick was arrested