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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-07

Properties that are valuab Bile
and worth all that we ask
for them from cash buyers.
Twelve and one-half acres.
free and clear, on Massachusetts
avenue extended, adjoining a SUBJ
division built up with attractive
homes, streets lighted with cleo
tricity. We will exchange this
property, free and clear, putting
the price very low, much less than
adjoining property has sold for
for cash, taking improved prop
erty and assuming trusts.
One of the most attractive prop
critics in Takoma Park, a corner,
coy and modern, 1O3 feet front.
wide porches; price. $500. The
reason why the owner would ex-
change this desirable home is that
his business keeps him in the
Cit late in the night. A sp did
opportunity for one wishing to ex-
change a city house FOR a mod
ern country home.
One of the most desirable cor
ner residences on Columbia
Heights. situated In a section i'm
proved by expensive homes-12
rooms, two baths, two stairways;
lot 40 by 100. The owner will ex-
change. taking smaller property
or suburban property.
We offer the equity In five or
more very desirable new six-room
brick houses, centrally located;
price, each. $1,000. VIII take lots
suitable for improvements.
The owner OF a modern .ght-
room dwelling on NJ street north
west, valued at $4,000, will trade
this house and give difference of
from $1,000 to $1,000 for large
house, centrally located, suitable
for room renting.
We offer the equity in a desir-
able lot on Washington Heights.
together with cash, for the equity
in one or two well-located houses.
A splendid opportunity for one
needing cash.
We can exchange the. equity in
centrally located apartment
house near Pennsylvania avenue.
The property is well rented. The
trust is $4,000, equity valued at
$4,000 The present rental will
pay 10 per cent net on this equity.
Would take old dwellings or va
cant property.
We can offer the equity in five
attractive new ten-room dwellings
west of 10th street, in a block
where they have been selling for
cash, bringing $3.50. Will trade
for well-located vacant property.
A Washington Heights resi-
dence, semi-detached. renting for
$50 a month: price 5000. Trust,
5000. Will trade, taking smaller
property as part payment.
l. most desirable eight-room
dwelling in Bloomingdale, valued
at $1,000. can be traded for ten
room dwelling on Washington or
Columbia Heights.
STONE & FAIRFAX,
1 3A2 New York Avenue.
ADJOINING CORNER OF 14TH.
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There are fourteen interurban electric
lines centering at Indianapolis, Ind These
operate 400 cars daily, and during the
year 1906 they transported 100000 per-
sons into and out Of the city. These lines
connect with st. Louis, Cincinnati. Day
ton, Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland and Erie,
and at an early date Pittsburg will be in
cluded in the list.
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After Dinner.

The mind is most recep-
tive of impressions after
dinner. Your advertisement
in The Evening Star tells
its story to willing ears.
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The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
Railroad Company has. filed notice at the
state department In Harrisburg, Pa, of an
increase of it's Indebtedness from $13, 600 600
to $4,000, COO.
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Atlantic Coast Line.

Effective April 6, 1907.
Notice.-These departures are given as informa-
tion, well connections with other companies
but arrivals and connections are not guaranteed
4:20 m. daily-Sleeping Car New York to Jack
sonville, Fla. Through coaches Washington to
Jacksonville.
3:45 pm. daily-S1eeping Car New York to Jack.
sonville, Fla; New York to Port Tampa, Fla, via
yacksonville: New York to Augusta. Ca; New
York to Charleston. 8. G.; Washington to Will
mington, N. @. Through coacb.s Washington to
Jacksonville. UNExCELLED DINING CAR SERv-
ICE
For tickets and all information apply at the
CFFICE or THE LINE. col PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE NORTHWEST, AND PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD STATION.
GEO. p JAMES,
District Passenger Agent, Washington. d. q
T. @ WHITE Gen. Pass. Agent.
W. j. CRAIG,
Pass Traffic Mgr. Wilmington. n. O.
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.
mes It. Coo 81 Sl2O vk $2S2 1 mo- e; q

THE STEAMERS OF THE MARYLAND. DELA.
ware and Virginia Railwa, o.. commencing
March T. will make three trips weekly betwee,
Washington and Baltimore. weather permitting.
The passenger accommodat iors are unsurpassea
BY any on the Chesapeake Bay or tributaries
They are electrically lighted and the cuisine 1,
perfect. Steamers leave Washington every Sun.
day Tuesday and Thursday at Pm, and Bal.
timore every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at
pm. Time Of trip. about % hours. Fare
$3.50. State rooms. $3.50. Meals, 10 cts. each
state rooms and further Information apply to
STEPHENSON 4 BRO. Agents.
Telephone Main 7@5. It'll street wharf.
T. MURDOCH. Gen. Pass. Agt.. baltimore. Ma
mh4-t.2S
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Russian Volunteer Fleet.

Russian Volunteer Fleet.
NEW RK-ROTrERDAM-LIBAU
smoiensk. May MoSkSa. June
Italian LLOYD s. s. Co.
NEW YoRK-NAFLES-GENOA.
Florida. May Indiana. May Is
All steamers Of both the above lines are new and
twin screw. Large outside cabins. Moderate rates.
9. ID. RICHARD & CO.. i-33 Broadway. N. Y.
fe2S-th sa tn. Got IL
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EUROPEAN RESORTS.
OCEAN TRLVEL.

CUNARD LINES.
FROM PIERS 5l-s2 NORTH RIVER,
TO LIVERPOOL, VIA QUEENSTOWN.
Passengers booked through to London and Paris
Umbria. May II. am Eruria. - May p, pm
Campania. May Is, am Lucania. June !, am
Carmania.. May 81, II am Caronia.. June 4, II am
Hungarian-American Service
TO FIUME VIA
GIBRALTAR. MALES AND TRIESTE.
CARPATuIA {Callnc also at GENOA.
SAn. "a May 16, 10 am; July 4, Avg. q
sLAlONlA. May 30, noon; July IS, Sept.
Ramona. go. June 20. noon; Aug 8, Sept. 20
Vernon Il. Brown. Gen'l Agent II "a State 81. MY.
Opposite the Battery,
0r 1926 State St. Boston. Mass.
o. ". MOSS, Agent 14ll @ ST. NV, Wsshingtoh
felSlyreSu
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FRENCH LINE.

FRENCH LINE.
EoMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLAHrlQCA
Direct Line to Havre-Paris (Franee).
Sailing every Thursday at 10 am.
from Pier No. AZ. North River. foot Morton ny.
sLa SavoIe. -. -. May si'La Lorraine. May 80
ia Tourane. :. May 10 la Savoie. June
ia Provence. May 81 la Provence. June Is
"Twinscrew steamerl-
Extra sailing La Gascogne. May is, pm.
GEORGE W. MOSS, l4ll G ST. NV.
mil 365t
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NNCFTUR LINE.
GLASGOW and Londonderry
Sailing from New Yo-k every>Saturday
New Twin Screw Steamships
CALEDONIA" AND COLUMBIA"
Average passage ~ days
AND FAyoRITE STEAMSHIPS
ASTORIA" AND "FURNESSIA."
For Passage. Tours and information apply to
HENDERSON BROTHERS, New York. or
Geo. W. Moss, l4l1 G ST. NV. E. +. Droop &
Sons 925 renna- ave. NV, Washington.
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For Exchange.

We offer many desirable
properties for exchange.
Properties that are valuable
and worth all that we ask
for them from cash buyers.
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III 0llAM D-AMER8GA ID N IS

NEW YORK-ROTTERDAM, Via BOULOGNE.
Noordam =. ........:... May 8, june Il. July It
R Ry m.........Ma u, June 10 July p
fOtsdan May June 26, Aug.
New Amsterdam (new). May %. July g. Aug. IA
sta,endam n.... June July TO- Aug; 2
Or the local agents: GEO. W. MOSS. l41l q St
NV; E. F. DROoP SONS, 925 ia. ave-, and
r. NJ. HICKS, 1906 st. NV
ia15 tn. th. 50. Am. IL
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

The guards on the island who
watch over the salt houses of the
North American Trading & Trans
portation Co. are poorly prepared
to meet any force. The salt houses
are filled with thousands of seal
skins of immense value, awaiting
shipment. 1t is said that the plans
of the raiders include the over
towering of the guards. the looting
of their salt houses and the kill
ing OF the entire herd. If success
full, the cleanup would approximate
a value of $10,000,000.
According to the informers, the
Japs expect to gather near Copper
island early in the fall and make
a dash on the Pribilof islands be-
fore winter opens.
The poachers probably intend to
strike quickly, secure their booty,
scatter among the islands of the
Boring sea and run for home, hop
ing that even If United States ships
arrive, the majority OF their schoon-
ers can escape with the loot while
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
Think HOLOUPS
R|LEYS PALS

The men who held up the Clin-
ton bar last Saturday night are be-
lieved to be pals of James Mills
Riley, suspected safe-blower and
thug, who is now serving out 500
fine on the rockpile. They are be-
lieved to still be in the city.
Since Riley was incarcerated he
has been visited by no one. Last
night an attorney was sent to him.
This leads to the belief that
Riley's pals are trying to raise
money enough to pay the balance of
his 500 fine and get him out of
Jail.
Detective Alec Macdonald says
that Riley has not been in this
section Of the country in the last
few years but what safe has been
blown, holdups occurred or other
misdeeds. He travels with such
notorious thugs as O'Conner and
Melvin. The latter wears glasses,
and is known among desperadoes
and to the police as the "glim guy"
Riley also associated with Blair
and Haviland, the 2 safe-blowers
who are now in the penitentiary for
blowing a safe at Tekoa and rob-
bling 1t of $4,000 worth of jewelry.
Riley has been arrested repeated
ly as vagrant, but local police
have always been unsuccessful
when they tried to connect him
with serious crimes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
MACH0 KEEPS HIS
GRIP on COUNCIL

The city council appeared last
night in another travesty when it
tried" A. M. Macho, the employ
ment agent, on charge of doing a
fraudulent business. Letters from
Mayor Moore, Chief Of Police Rice,
Police Commissioner ONO, License
Inspector Gwydir, all recommended
that the MachO license to carry on
his present business be revoked
for fraudulent dealing. Sergeant
Sullivan, Detectives Macdonald and
testified as 10 the crook
ed methods in hiring uneducated
misrepresentation to
them, and subsequent hardships to
which they were put on this &C.
count.
Yet the council postponed any
action for 2 weeks so that Macho
may prepare defense" In the
he is still in business.
His license does not expire until
Sept. 81.
The mystery of Macho's hold on
the affections of the city council
is still unsolved. Ordinarily a rec
ommendation from the chief of po-
lice is sufficient to cause license
forfeiture.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
.R|PL|NCER DOES
NICELY NOW

SEATTLE, Aug. 21.-Julus
Koch. brother-in-law of John Rip
finger, defaulting ex-comptroller
has returned direct to Seattle from
Honduras. where Riplinger is now
located on banana plantation.
Koch says that Riplinger owns 100
acres Of land at Irionia, more than
so miles from a seaport of any con-
sequence. Lately he has gone into
the mountains on account of an at
tack of fever. AS usual, he is very
careful of his health and personal
comfort.
Koch tried to get Riplinger to
come back and face the music, but
failed. He says tie defaulter keeps
well posted as to developments in
Seattle.
Mr.. Koch went south from Seat
tie in the spring for the benefit of
his health. At Los Angeles he fell
into the scheme to go TO Honduras
with Riplinger and his brother,
Nick Riplinger. taking passage
from New Orleans and reaching the
banana country in March.
The state department has in
formed Gov. Mead from Washing
ton that on account of revolutionary
conditions now prevailing in Cen
trail America it will be useless to
attempt early extraditiOn proceed
ings with view to bringing Rip
1inger back.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

I'm handling this class of men,
who are VIGOROUSLY desperate and
dissolute," said Miss Lacey, II try
to cintrol them in the same way as
l did my pupils at school-by mere
force of will power-and l find that
it is very successful.
"Of course, I have more trouble
with the native born American than
with his foreign born brother. He
is inclined to be independent and to
try working a bluff.
HE claims generally that he is an
expert in almost every trade and
wants to sign a contract at a high
salary figure.
1T is then that I make him show
his hand and after that he becomes
quite docile and manageable.
Il find my work intensely absorb
ing continued Miss Lacey, 'for it
gives me chance to study lie in
the raw and to contrast it with the
veneered article l met at college.
Il like the work better than
teaching, for the reason that here
nearly every man l meet means a
personal combat of wills, while at
school there were only or hard
fights each year and they were tame
in comparison"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
TH|RSTS
FOR GORE

SEATTLE, Aug. Calculated by
spirit Of professional jealousy,
Joseph Wroinski, an Austrian de-
signer of reputation in his art, re-
Gently of Chicago, attempted to
murder George Essenberger, of 1915
Terry av., fellow artist. That the
victim of the assault is not now at
the morgue is due to the interfer-
ence OF Manager F. c. Thompson,
of the Eden Musee at First av. and
Cherry St, where the shooting &C.
Cured.
Wroinski, after calling Essen
berger a vile name, drew a revolver
and shot at his intended victim
The bullet struck the right lapel of
the coat without touching the flesh
The maddened artist thereupon
struck his intended victim on the
head with the gun, telling him.
Standing over the half conscious
man, Wroinski aimed for a second
shot when Thompson approached,
and grabbing a piece of gas pipe,
struck Wroinski on the head in
time to prevent his firing.
Up until recently Wronski has
had charge of the designing and
art work for the Eden Musee. Ow-
ing to increased work Essenberger
was hired and given charge of the
work on l floor. At this Wroinski
is said to have become very angry
and threatened to have revenge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

ratio Of 1 part of oxygen to 2 parts
of hydrogen, has invented a ma
chine which can be operated by
water gases burned as fuel.
Water is composed of gases, 1
being hydrogen, which burns read
lily with a fierce yellowish-white
flame, while oxygen burns with a
pale blue flame, truly as hot as
blue blaZes."
The separation of water into it's
2 gases is done by electricity. The
Harvey machine" contains a most
powerful little battery which easily
decomposes water that is treated
with iodine and salt AS the 2
gases are obtained they are piped
into storage reservoirs ready for
use. Burners and pipes are SO
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
OPERATORS GET
SQUARE DEAL

Although the commercial tele-
graph systems of the country are
.paralyzed and the Associated Press
tied up, the United Press, where it
is not dependent on the Western
Union or Postal companies, as in
the extreme Northwest, is having
no trouble in handling press mes
sages because the management of
the United Press has shown a dis
position to deal fairly with the
Commercial Telegraphers' union
and grant the men any and all rea-
sonal concessions.
While all the Scripps organiza-
lions are strictly on a union basis,
an additional warning was sent to
all operators on the United Press
wires when the strike trouble be-
gan. 1t read as follows:
"All operators: Hereafter the
United Press will employ no opera
tors unless they hold up-to-date C.
T. U. A. cards and they will not be
retained in the service unless such
cards are kept up-to-date. If any
are in arrears at the present time
they will be given until Sept. Is
to get in line. United Press"
The straight S-hour day, includ-
ing the usual half hour off for
luncheon, went into effect imme-
diately on all the wires of the
. United Press. and the men were
given the assurance that they will
be treated fairly in the matter of
1.-THE wage schedule.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
CRUISER ENGAGEMENT

An engagement between cruisers,
which is not a naval affair at all,
is going on between A. Arnold and
Charles Dean, who are in the bust
ness of locating homesteaders on
government land. Dean, who rep
resented himself as / of a party
Arnold took to land they couldn't
get, told the story, and now Arnold
deposes and says Dean wasn't with
his party, but was located by Jen-
sch on somebody else's mining
claim in section 30-40-32, which he
cannot hold
Arnold is starting out with an
other party of 10 from Rathdrum.
He claims a previous party he took
in had couple Of cruisers along
to estimate the value of the home
steads and found no fault with what
he located them on.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
ANOTHER RACE
TRACK VICTIM

SEATTLE, Aug. 21.-Louie Co
hen, aged %, employed in the tall
oring department of David We'll,
2217 First av., is believed to have
committed suicide because of heavy
losses at the race track. Cohen has
told his employer several times that
he would take his life, but the lat
ter thought the man was joking.
Later a man believed to be Co.
hen rented boat at Bartlett's
boat house, and 2 hours later it
was found floating, unoccupied.
Among the things found in it was a
card of Wells tailoring establish
ment. We'll, who had not seen Co.
hen since Saturday, believes the
young man has ended his life.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
MONEY ONLY ON
PAYDAY
CITY COMPTROLLER FARLEY
PUTS STOP TO PRACTICE OF
EMPLOYEES DRAWING POR-
TlONS OF SALARY BETWEEN
TIMES.

mo more money until payday"
is the edict issued by Comptroller
Robert Farley this morning.
The ordinance provides only for
a monthly payday, but the custom
established has been to allow city
employees to draw" about the
goth, and again on the 10th, the
regular payday. OF late, though,
time checks have been piling up so
fast in the comptroiier's depart
ment that he is unable to handle
the business without extra exertion.
Therefore he says that the or.
dinance will be followed hereafter
His object, partly, is to legalize the
extra payday by forcing the issue
up to the council, and recommend
ing that an ordinance allowing en-
ployes to draw salary earned, be
passed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

made as to be readily carried to any
convenient point for action.
Further developments are being
worked out wherein the machine
becomes a practical steam engine,
water being constantly decomposed,
and the 2 gases are directed as
flames upon a boiler to generate
steam.
Experiment shows that a ma.
chine representing a horsepower
force can be run IL hours at the
cost of l cent an hour.
The inventor is claiming that
water as fuel gives the world as
near perpetual motion as the world
can ever hope to have, and a fuel
that no trust can ever corner, for
it will even rain fuel on the just
and the unjust alike.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
PRESIDENT HITS
TRUST STOCK

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Following
publication of the president s
speech at Provincetown yesterday
American Tobacco trust stock
dropped 20 points. This trust lis
on the list for prosecution. Wall
st. bulls and bears are sullenly
matchmaking the president.
Roosevelt declared there would
be no cessation of the trust busting
program during the remainder of
his term.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
JAPS IN RAID TO ExTERmINATE SEALS
Special Correspondence to The Press

BpeciaI Correspoudeuce TO The Pre80
SITKA, Alaska, Aug. 21.-A
daring raid by an armed fleet of
Japanese poachers on the Ameri-
can Prlbilof islands in Bering sea,
has for its aim the determination
of the great seal herds, the rob-
berry Of the salt houses there where
thousands of skins are stored and
resultant cleanup of maybe &c.,
Doc, 900
The raiders are all ready for the
dash and may even be on the way
now. News of the projected ex-
petition has just come to Sitka
from the captains of several whal-
ing vessels who spoke Japanese
schooners in different places in the
north Pacific and were told, in
Boosting fashion, of the proposed
descent on the famous rookeries.
Word has been sent to the
United States authorities at Seat
tie and San Francisco and it is I'M
derstood that the cruiser Buffalo
has been ordered north. 1t will
take that ship or weeks to get
AL tousH Win the lsldHu5
The Jap sailors in conversation
with the Yankee whalers say that
80 Japanese schooners have been
fitted out for the sensational
poaching raid The plan is to
loot the rookeries of the famous
seal herds on ST. Paul and st.
George islands. These are the
largest rookeries In the Pacific.
Should the fleet Of sealers reach
there before the government cruis-
err. the result would be the wiping
out OF the herds.
Each OF the japanese boats, in
addition To the usual hunting
equipment, has achine gun
mounted on Its brow, The sailors
and hunters are also armed with
geyolyers and rifles
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
BRIEF CITY NEWS

Charles Merriam, secretary to
Mayor Moore, received another let
ter this morning in which he was
warned to tell the mayor that the
city is doomed to suffer the same
fate San Francisco did. The letter
is signed by ]. P. Johnson, the same
name signed to the other
Wade Lamberson, of Granite,
Idaho reached town last night with
a grip full of clothing. A friendly
stranger offered to carry the grip
to the Galax hotel. Stranger and
grip are now eluding the police.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

the American sailors are busy with
3 or of the raiding fleet.
The Pribilof islands have been
famous for nearly century and a
half as the breeding place for seals
Since the purchase of Alaska by
this government, tens of millions
OF dollars worth of skins have
been taken from there. The United
States has had an immense amount
of trouble with foreign poachers,
and 1 great diplomatic battle, last
ing many years, was fought with
England over the killing of seals
During the past year or several
japanese poaching ships have been
seized by American revenue boats,
the vessels confiscated and the
crews jailed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
Special Correspondence to The Press.

SPcCAd1 correspondence 10 fue 3rosss
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 21.-The
feminine Jim" Farley, girl who
breaks strikes, has broken into the
telegraph strike
Grace NJ Lacey, a college gradu-
ate and former teacher, is the young
woman who has tackled the big job,
and she is making Cleveland her
headquarters. Only a few weeks ago
she wound up a contract to supply
several hundred men to end a ma
chinists' strike, and now she is pre-
pairing to assist the Western Union
and Postal out of their troubles.
When a reporter went to see Miss
Lacey she made no secret of it that
her business is to organize strike
breakers
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
FORT WORTH CHEMIST
RECLUSE MAKES GASES
FROM WATER RUN ENGINE
-NEAREST TO PERPETUAL
MOTION.
BY PROF.. D. S. lands

FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. Oh
Water as fuel has been a world
the perfected water-fuel, and a ma
chine that evolves its own fuel
while driving the wheel and the
plane.
Edward d. Harvey, a chemistry
student and recluse, long acquaint-
ed with the ease that water can be
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

Duchess De La ROchefoucauld
PARIS, Aug. 20.-Two titled
American women, Duchess de la
Rochefoucauld, daughter Of the
late Senator Mitchell, of Oregon
and the Countess Spottiswood-
Mackin, who was Miss Sally Brit.
ton, of st. Louis, have been quar-
reling in and out of the courts
over question of rent and dam.
ages for years. The case has
finally been adjudicated. The
countess wins, but her advantage
is so slight that the case may well
be called a draw. The original
suit was for $500 rental FOR house
in Paris, rented from the countess
by the duchess.