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Mrs. Arthur Burden, who was for
merry Cynthia Roche. renowned her
mother. Mrs. Batonyi's father. Frank
" rTk. Of New York; openly proclaim
ed that ne disowned her Yet society
hardly dared to rehuke her.
Mrs Reggie" Vanderbilt and Mrs.
"Stuvie" Fish, set the example for the
smart set by calling on Mrs. AureI
Batoyni They marveled at her APP
parent cOntentment When they saw
rs. actually at work in her rose gar
den and personally supervising the
management OF her famous Fort Lee
kennels Of ENGLISH bull terriers. they
shrugged their shoulders and declared
IL was only a new within of Fannie
Work s. For Fannie work from her
girIhood was noted FOR her daring
originality.
During the full season Of 1906 Mrs
Roche BstoHyi lived q4ietiy I'm her
small farmhouse. Occasionally size
fooled along the boulevard iu har pony
cart. but IL she grew homesipk when
she passed Elmhurst. tire big mansion
where she formerly lived. no one knew
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Say End is Near.

Already society wiseacres who fore
tell the climax OF many a little hui
man drama, have given the curtain
call To the Nagness skit. They say
that the sailor boy is hardly above
twenty, and viii outlive his love for
the heiress. Then they say that Mrs.
Maguess. who is thirty-dve. and philo-
sophical, VIII cone 10 realize her love
was but an infatuation-
A few exceptions are needed 70 prove
the rule that mesaIliances foster un-
happiness. There was CorneIa Dear
born. of New York and Concord, y.
II. She was a veritable Sunday child,
for she was good, bonny, gay rich.
and all the rest. Her social orbit was
select, and the best men tn her set
sued for her hand Yet she sturdily
renounced them all. and eloped with
her .coachman, Harry Gill They were
married In Boston. when her mother
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Disowned by FAMILY.

All the -Four Hundred Of New York
sat mp and took notice when Mrs.
Burke Roche's marriage 90 the van
derbilt riding master. Aurel Ba5onyi.
was announced. Tney had been
secretly married a year While social
leaders wouldn't set any pronounced
seal of approval on SUCH an unequal
marriage, they discreetly refused TO
admit that Batonsi was an ordinary
coachman. For a few months All went
we'll Mrs Bat0nyi lived the simple
life at TwO-AIile Farm cottage on
the outskirts OF Newport. Instead 81
thirty horses that she had formerly
kept, she had only twelve. ina gen
eral she rctrenched her expenses.
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Russell Thomas. she started North on
her honeymoon. when heT parents
overlook her and carried her off 10
Europe.
Society fairly g1sped when Mrs. Al
fred T.. Dietericl, wife 3f The Standard
oil multi-millionaire eloped 90 Europe
with Harry Brenchley. who had been
employed as Alfred = Vanderbilt
coachman Later when her husband
divorced her, she had ALREADY left her
cOachman affinity.
All this for the women who have
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bile 10 cite an Instance where happ,-
ness has crowned such q marriage
There are feW exceptions to this
general rule Of unequal marriages re-
sLitiug uuhappilr, where The man in
the case has married beneath aim.
There's l}iistow Draper, son Of Lieu
tenant Governor Draper. or AIaEsachu-
setts. who married "Queenle 6ard-
ford "a chorus girl He korks as a
day lab0Tcr IN q factory. ana evident
ty The young couple are happys as the
proverblal doves n a nest
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ter her fathers house. In ISL she
eloped with s,ruest Schilllug the
coaehman. They went 10 Europe and
there became almost peuniless.
lB two wears they came back 10
America For some unk ltAu reason
Mrs. Schiuings love died. Size secured
q divorce. and 20. ned her living for
"A VI lie or the stage, and -aiei as a
lIU sic teacher
often the question comes up as to
the cause OF these unequal marriages.
To those -atalistic ones VINO believe in
destiny it's easy To answer. But TO
those who figure that We carys our
own destinies it's a puzzier. They re2-
SON that a girl who marrIes beneath
rer must expect socI d "strstcisn. .Inc
tnat 80 ITSELF leads 10 unhappiHe=s
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SO SWEET .OF HIM

Shell can't so automob8ng without
getting a flying insect IN my eyes. It's
strange. too. The poor little creatures
must be blind "
He-Can you blame them2 They are
blinded hv the radiance. Of course
Why. Nj TeFWilligert
Cards next month-Plain Dealer
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aged, and he has labored as uneeasing-
~ the present year as IN any cther.
There were more of him. perhaps, in
Oklahoma than in any other State, for
Oklahoma gave promise of extending
to him the glad hand. patting him on
the back and telling him to go as far
as he liked But even the baby State
which started out with a constitution
that provided for regulating nearly
everything except the planets and the
weather. and seemed eager 10 COM
piete the job. has not produced the
bumper crop OF freak legislation 50
fondly expected
The new state has enacted that hO-
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Married Her Chauffeur.

siivey Spcer. the eight -en-y ear-oid
Atlanta society eiri who married her
Gtther's chauffeur. said SHE feH ion
Hve because he van tine machine SO
dHuHy. With lef youlg husband.
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and brother learned tta5 young GIL
lad once before repeated the Marriage
vows GILL; the bigamist, was arrest
cd and Miss Dearborn's marriage was
auuulled
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Back TO Her Father.

Then all Of q sudden Mrs. Batonyi
see med % tire OF cottage love and only
hundreds 20 spend where formerly she
had spent thousands She sued her
Austrian coachman husband for a d.
voree, became friendly with her father
and now awaits The decision OF the
court whether or not she viii be en-
abied 10 drop the Batonyi from her
hvphenatsd name.
only a month OF so ago a clause ia
the wills OF Giovanni. r. Morosini, the
New York millionaire banker. recall
ed the runaway marriage OF his
daughter Victoria. To the family
coachmau. Ernest SchuHnE.
The millionaire left his daughter the
income from trust fund OF $7509
Bur until the very day Of his death
Mrs. schBling was not allowed 70 en-
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much OF a show in these degenerate
DAYS. His efforts receive little more
encourag ement than those of the feline
vocalists that assemble on the back
ward fence az the midnight hour 70
produce what they deem musical con-
cerI. His idea of making life zone
grand sweet song Is very apt TO
draw forth the emphatic ejaculation,
"ScatIt But he is not 20 be discour-
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it. Sometimes she went TO one 81 the
little country town dog shows and
exhibited her fine toy English bua
logs.
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Ibsenism or a follower of Bernard Shaw.
I'm all the pretty little gazne stories, tucked and
fred with fancy the participants of so-caed mesalli
ance live happily forever afterward" But in real life
well that's quite another series of stories There are Just
heaps of em TOO Mrs Aagness troubles 'rng to mind
that Mrs Burke Roche Of Newport and New York mar
RED riding master Mrs. Alfred Dieerich, millionaire
wife eoed with her coachman Silvey Speer tie Atlanta
belle auoed away day not long SINCE with
her millionaire papa chauffeur All these and mary
more similar ones found their way to the divorce mill
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
Cleveland's Street Railway
System Is Taken Over
by Receivers.
COURT TO CONTROL
FARE AND POLICIES
Federal Judge Taylor Proposes to
Test Practicability of Three
Cent Fare.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. l3-AIayor
Tom L. Johnson's municipal street rail-
way experiment was terminated, at least
Temporarily, today, when Receivers w.
A BiclzncI end +. A. Scott took over
the entire street railway system of
Cleveland
The Municipal Traction COMPANY. Of
which Johnson f. treasurer and LEADING,
figure, has operated the car lines Of
Cleveland since April q, 1908 His ulan
vas Scent fare, with municipal con-
troll. Financial difficulties, political on
position, failure OF the people to approve
the security franchise grant and other
troubles made the brief experiment a
tTOUbled one.
Federal Judge r. w. Taylor win now
try his hand at street railroads. as he
mas announced that all matters of fare
and policy viii be decided by the court
What fare viii be charged is TO be de-
Clued after experiments which will per
nit the court TO decide the lowest rate
al which passengers can probably be
carried, with adequate service and with
out depreciation Of the system.
Enemies of municipal railway control
ana Straght out municipal ownership
say the failure OF the municipal traction
company indicates that scent fare is
lmpracucaole in the modern American
city with its long hauls, and that muui-
ClpaI operation is so hedged with roIi-
tics as TO be inadvisable
Mayor Johnson, on the other hand
sun insists that both are practicable
ana that local conditions caused the
failure just registered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
TELLS OF STRUGGLES
WITH EARLYS TROOPS
Commander of @. A. R. Holds In
formal Reception While on
Visit Here.

RecouHtng the defense Of Washing
ton against EarIy's division at Fort
Stevens, in which he lost an arm. Gen.
Henry NJ. NeviUs, commander-iu-chief
OF the Grand Army Of the Republic,
held an Informal reception in the Ebbitt
House early last evening for the many
men and women who wished TO greet
him.
At o'clock, the general was given
a reception in Grand Army Hal. BY the
veterans Of the civil war the Spanish
American war and the Philippine insur-
rection, and their wives. daughters, and
sisters
General Nevius told the assemblage of
his efforts in connection with the an
nual encampment at Salt Lake City.
He said that he had obtained a rate OF
cent mile for all Of those wishing
TO attend, and that he and his officers
with their families, had been invited to
be guests OF the chamber OF commerce
OF salt Lake City. The invitation from
the chamber of commerce would. he
said, save the organization 81 500
Many other addresses were made and
the platform was crowded with past
and present officers of the Department
of the Potomac.
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ARE FIRMLY
LED TO SHORE JOBS
Maritime Policemen No Longer Will Be Guardians of
Our Sailors Morals, or Lord 1t About With High
Sounding Titles-Transports for Theirs.

"Square-head! Oh, you head!
Get your dunnage bag and git ashore.
Beat it or you'll have to swim"
EXultantly, emphatically, pTofanely,
the Jackies in Uncle Sans navy
throughout the world, from the waters
of the northern Atlantic to the ships
in the Far East. are shouting victory.
Their enemies OF a lifetime have been
immersed. No longer viii they be
bossed around by a maritime police
man. Any bossing TO be done in the
future viii be done by the sailors
themselves. The poor, ostracised and
much-abused marine has been abOl-
lshed as a feature of the equipment Of
American warships by executive or
der by the President.
The naval officers are no less enthu-
siastic than the sailor boys under
them. The marine officer, as ObnOx-
iOus to the line officer as the members
of the pay corps. will no longer be
the object Of jibes and sarcasm. No
longer viii a second lieutenant be call
ed major general, just for the sake OF
causing a little embarrassment in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
MISSING MAN FOUND
IN INSANE ASYLUM
Prof. Harrington Located by
Wife After Ten Years
Absence.

Washington scientists and friends Of
his family were shocked at the finding
OF Prof Mark w Harrington, formerly
chief of the United States Weather Blu
reau at Washington, in the New Jersey
Asylum for the Insane at Morris Plains.
n. j., yesterday. Prof. Harrington had
been missing from his family nearly ten
years. having left them one day In APP
parently perfect health and disappeared,
leaving no trace Of his whereabouts.
Clears Up Mystery.
When he was recognized by his wife
yesterday the circumstance cleared up
something of a mystery for the asylum
authorities. Nearly eighteen months
ago Prof. Harrington was picked up in
a park In Trenton and sent 10 the asy-
lum. There were no letters or other
means of identification found on him.
and he was registered as John Doe,
No. g."
Prof. Harrington is hopeless luna
tic and might have lived the rest OF his
life without ever having been recognized
had IL not been for the incidental read
ing of an article I'm a Western news
paper by his son, Raymond Harring-
ton, OF an article describing a mysteri-
Gus patient I'm the Morris Plains Asy-
lum. Mr.. Harrington wrote to his
mother and Mrs. Harrington went 10
Morris Plains 10 follow out "A search
which had extended from one end Of the
country to the other.
Recognized by Wife.
When "John Doe No. s. was brought
into the room Mrs. Harrington TecOg-
nized her husband. but there was no
sign from him that the noted scientist
knew his wife. He will remain ia the
Morris Plains Asylum. the attending
physicians having stated that he ig
hopelessly insane
Prof. Harrington was appointed chief
OF the Weather Bureau here By Presi-
dent Harrison in 1891. at which time
he held the chair of astronomy at the
University of Michigan He was re-
moved from office by President Cleve-
land.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
PHI DELTAS TO MEET
IN PITTSBURG NEXT
Greek Letter Convention This
Year Will Be Called Together
on NOyembeT. %

PITTSBURG. Nov. 13.-The thirtieth
biennial convention OF the Phi Delta
Theta college fraternity VIII re held
at Pittsburg, November % TO 2s. This
Is the largest Greek letter fraternity
in the world, its membership being now
above 1900 More than three hundred
delegates are expected 10 attend. ]. n
Dewitt, of Nashville, Tenn, will pre-
side. Business sessions will be hem
morning and afternoon.
At the banquet Thursday evening,
there Is expected 70 be present some
renowned members OF the fraternity,
among them being:
Former Vice President Adlai Steven
son, late Democratic candidate for gov
ernor Of Illinois; Gov.a Patterson, of
Tennessee; William Alien White. Of
Nebraska, and Ray Stannard Baker, of
New York, prominent in contemporary
literature J. c, Black, OF Washington,
president of the Civil Service Commits
sion; Hugh T. Miller, lieutenant gov
ernOr OF Indiana; William Hayward,
Of Nebraska, secretary Of the Republic
an national committee.
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presence of visitors. No longer will a
captain be called major, just for the
sake Of giving him a title other than
his own. There remains, however, the
pay corps and the chaplain. These
tnof1eRsive persons must now bear the
brunt OF the attacks against occupants
Of the ward rooms who did not gradu-
ate at Annapolis.
But IL is below decks that unre-
strained joy has broken loose. From
now until the last square head"
leaves the ship, there will be dOings.
Many a hammock will be overturned
and many a marine will find himself
spraying on a steel deck several
hours before the bugle is due 10 sound
Its awakening note. The jackies will
ubmit 20 the police supervision for
the few remaining days for the pure
JOY OF taunting the marines Of the
days TO cOme--Of the days when ma
rines must remain on shore or else
huddle together in a mere transport
But Jack is a pretty good soul, with
all or his enmity toward his police
men, and just 10 show that the ran
king of the past viii be forgotten, he
viii take the marine ashore some
night soon anu give him a good time,
put he VIII Insist on calling him
square head"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
The Remarkable Will
OF 4 Doctor
He Leaves the Secret OF Life TO His
(hiIdrpn and tine World.


Children and the World.
One OF the worlds greatest physi-
clans upon his death bed called his
children about him and said. when
die 7 will leave the secret Of life as
have discovered IL in my practice"
When they read his win IL directed
them 10 q safety vault which contained
q large envelope marked thus. The
Secret OF Life" Upon opening 10 they
read. Don't abuse the stomach" This
profound thinker after a long life Of
medicine knew the stomach 70 be the
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They are great digesters, filed with
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
SCHOONER IS STUCK
ON CHANNEL BANK
Boat From Savannah Held TIGHT
in New York Harbor
Mud.

NEW YORK. Nov. I3.-The four-mast-
ed schooner Elezear W. Clark. bound
from Savannah for New York with a
cargo of coal, was driven on the east
bank of the main ship channel, near
Romer Shoals. while beating up the
harbor today.
She is hard aground and a strong
northwest wind IS blowing. but She is
reported TO be in no immediate danger.
Tugs have been sent TO her aid. and il
Is expected that she will float at high
tide.
The schooner lest Savannah 2 Can
tain Cole is in command. and she car
Ties a crew Of six. In beating up the
channel, with a heavy wind. she lost
her bearings and swung into the bank,
where she stuck fast
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
TRAINnEN KILLED
IN WABASH WRECK
Freight Crashes Into Switch
Engine and Both Turn
Turtle.

SPRINGFIELD. III. Nov. lg-Two
killed and two fatally hurt and two
engines almost completely demolished
is the result of a wreck which oc
CURED on the Wabash about two miles
southwest Of this city at O'Clock this
morning.
The dead.
H. +, WOLFE, brakeman. Brazil, Ind.
W. b. WILLIAMS, fireman, SPRING
field
Fatally injured.
James Shape, fireman, Springfield.
J. W. Troessel. engineer, Clinton. III.
Train No. ., east bound freight. pull
ing into the Hes yards, crashed into
a switch engine as the latter was en-
terns The shed Of the Black Diamond
mine. preparatory TO placing cars for
the coal chute and both engines turned
turtle, carrying with them the fireInen
and engineers and the brakeman who
was killed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
MILLIONAIRE KILLS
MAN WITH HIS AUTO
State Senator Farrell Is
Speeding Home When
Victim Is Struck.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. l3-sen-
stor Alton Farrell. Of Ansouia. this
morning ran down and killed Edwin G.
Lindsteadt
Farrell was in his automobile speed
ing from New Haven to his home in
Ansonia- He is millionaire nanufac-
turer and d State senator.
LAndsteadt was a business man about
hfty years old. He lived in FVestville.
and had just stepped of a trolley car
near his home when Farrell automo-
pile struck him. He was a. most in
stantly killed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
BODY OF O'MEARA
LAID TO LAST REST

With fun military houors. the body
Of William A. O'8Ieara. who died Tues
day was laid 10 rest this afternoon m
the National Cemetery at Arlington
Funeral services were held from his
late residence, H3 Third street north
vest, under the auspices Of Potomac
Post, q. A. R., Of which he was a pagt
commander
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
BOYS BRIGADE SUNDAY

Gen Richard H. ShipIey. commander
OF the District OF Columbia and Vlr-
ginia division of the United Boys Brig
ade or America, has directed that sun
day, November 2. be observed as Bows
Brlgade sunday, All members are or
dered to attend divine services on thar
day and give thanks for the BLESSINGS
enjoyed during the year.
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DISCUSS HOME PROBLEMS.

A special meeting for parents fer the
discussion Of home problems will be
held at the HamIine NJ. +. Church. AT
4 o'clock this afternoon. I'm the series
Of revival services being conducted bv
the pastor, the Rev. Charles II. Guthrie
osalaleu py oluer ministers. Other
Will be held. The Hamiine Fpwortb
League Choir Club is in charge OF the
music.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
MRS. MARY J. RICE
DIES AT AGE OF IS

Mrs. Mary Jane Rice. eighty-fve years
old, descendent Of one of the old French
Huguenot families. died at the home
OF her son. j. w. Rice, 457 NJ street
northwest. yesterday.
Mrs. Rice is the widow Of James NJ
Rice, and was formerly Miss O'ReaE
Of Clarke county. Va. TIE O'Rear fam
lily settled ia what IS now Prince Will
liam county. Mrs. Rice is survived by
six sons, three daughters. twenty-five
grandchildren and one great-grandchIId.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-13
COAL BOUGHT EARLY
IS HELP TO HORSES
Humane Officer Urges
HouseholderS TO Buy While
Streets Are Not Slick.

Purchase the winters coal supply
early and thus avoid unnecessary hard
ships to the horses is the advice given
to householders by Chester 4. Snow,
president Of the Washington Humane
Society.
Mr. Snow has anticipated the suffer
ings OF the horses, due 10 the slippery
streets. which frequently are covered
with Ice and snow Much of this. he
says, can be avoided by the exercise
Of little fOrethought on the part OF
citizens.
VIII Help Horses.
'I1 all those who are going TO lay IN
a supply of coal would make their pur-
chases now, 1t would result not only in
benefit TO themselves, but would have
saving effect upon the horses" said
Mr.. Snow. Within a few weeks we
may expect heavy weather. Hauling
VIII be much more difficult and there
viii be the usual number of horses un-
able to drag heavy load over the froz-
en- surface Of the streets.
Catches Them Mapping.
Frequently a sudden fail OF snow
finds the stablemen unpTeDaTed. The
horses are not rough shod and couss-
quently &c Is almost impossible for them
70 retain their footing. have noticed
to aid a horse to regain
MS feet by placing blankets beneath
him.
IF the citizens Of Washington could
be prevailed upon to order their coal
now, when the streets are in good con-
10 the lot Of the horses would be
avoided 80
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