The Washington times., 1908-08-03
DENIES AUTO WRECK,
SENDS WORD HOME
Miss Emma Smith, Social
Secretary of Brazilian En-
baSsy, Wires Uncle.
Robert Connell,
Interior Department, Washington:
No accident. Misstatement by papers.
Am writing to explain.
EMMA SMITH.
-Pa0to by aarr'sEoias-

C0ntradicting fatty the morning news
paper reports 10 effect that she and LOr-
ing Tilton, a Boston clubman. had been
seriously injured IN an automobile accI-
dent near Boston, Miss Emma Smith,
this morning. sent the above telegram
10 her uncle, Robert Conneu.
No other word has been received In
Washington by either friends or rela-
tives OF Miss Smith, who is social sec
retary at the Brazilian embassy. and
they are unable 10 account for the wide
variance between her telegram and the
detailed accounts OF the mishap which
were teIegraphed 10 Washington from
Boston last night
According-te- the dispatches Mr.. Til
ton. who is q well-known Boston club
man, and Miss Smith wero riding be-
tween Ipswich and Salem, when their
machine skidded on turning a corner.
crashed into a stone wall and overturn-
ed. Mr.. TiIton and Miss Smith, IL Is
said were thrown out.
My niece was quite fond of automo.
bling" said MIR. ConneH. 7 am con-
slderably perturbed over the conflicting
reports. Mr.. Connell continued, and
have wired Ambassador Nabuco. who Is
now at Hamilton, thinking that perhaps
he viii advise me definitely"
Mr.. ConneI said that he did not per-
sonany know Loring Tilton, and thai ne
was evidently an acquaintance Kiss
Smith had made since she left Washing
ton to accompany the Ambassador and
Nine. Nabuco 20 the Massachusetts re-
sort. AS soon as the Information that
Miss Smith had been seriously IN
Jured became public, inquiries by tele-
phone and personal call were constantly
made at the ConneH home attesting the
young woman's popularity here. Mrs.
Conneu. like her husband, WAS consider
ably worried when seen by a Times
reporter this morning.
Our niece has lived with US for four
years" she said. and we regard her
almost as we would a child of our own.
She has written u that she was very
much pleased with her temporary home
In Massachusetts. She was learning
golf and actively engaged in a number
Of other summer sports, apparently
having 8 delightful time
Miss Smith has lived for the past
four years with Mr.. and Mrs. Connelf.
at I725 Q street. She has been the social
secretary for this length of time also,
and inasmuch as her father, DR. Leon
Smith. spends most of his time ia the
West travelling, and her mother resided
In New York, she came 20 Washington
and took up her home with an uncle.
She IS an expert stenographer, and
when Ambassador Nabuco inquired for
a social and private secretary, she was
suggested
Miss Smith was born IN Georgetown.
and is about twenty-five years of age
She has a large circle of friends. and
the Q street home was frequently the
meeting place for paighborhood sociai
affairs.
Miss Smith has been spending her
time between the sumr1er embassy al
Hamilton. Mass, and Newtonvilie. i1tsr
outside Boston, where she has relatives
II is reported that the automobile in
which she was riding with Mr.. Tflton
was Just outside the Salem limits when
Tilton. who Is a fearless chauffeur. Ter
the machine cut at full speed AMI trav-
eled over the roads at forty-niIs an
hour clip
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