davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
NOTED MOTORIST
PASSES AWAY
Fernand Renault, Senior Mem
Der of Renanlt Freres,
Dies in Paris
Was Closely Identified With the
History OF the Auto
mobile
By x. x. FHommedieu

Fernand Renault, the senior member
of Renault Freres, died Monday in Paris.
Rene J. Marx, coast manager of the
Renault Freres selling branch in the
United States. received a telegram yes
terday from Paul Lacroix. the manager
of the company in the United States,
telling of the demise.
Fernand Renault was the business
manager of the firm. being president OF
the American branch as we'll as OF the
Renault Freres selling branch of Eng
land, limited. Up to 1903 Fernand was
in the clothing business in Paris, but at
that time Marcel, the senior member of
the firm, was killed in the Paris Madrid
race and Fernand gave up his other in
terests and Joined his younger brother.
Louis. in the manufacture of automo-
biles. Louis has always taken care of
the mechanical end of the business.
which is likely to make some changes
now that Fernand has passed. away.
Fernand was knight OF the Legion
of Honor.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
TELEPHONE COMPANY'S
BONDS SOLD IN EAST
Transaction Causes Advance in
the Price of Stocks Here

The sl6.554.ooo per cent first mort
gage and collateral trust honds OF the
Pacific telephone and telegraph COM
pany. which were recently purchased
hy J. p Morgan & Co. OF New York.
were disposed Of yesterday by that
firm 10 the public Of Boston. Chicago
and New York The sale of the bonds
tn the east has sent the stock of the
telephone company up several points
in Tie local market.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
pITTsBURG ON THE b. g o.

Commencing March l9, 1903, stop
over not exceeding ten days will be
permitted at Pittsburg. Pa, on all first
class Individual one way tickets and
For full information call on or address
Edwin Anderson, Pacific Coast Agt.,
Baltimore & Ohio r. r., 203 Monadnock
building.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
blossom Day Excursion. son

Blossom Day celebration will be held
at Saratoga March -. and season will
last two weeks from that date Round
trip excursion tickets sold for Southern
Pacific morning trains above date re-
turn by March %. Low week END rates
in effect If YOU want TO go later In the
season. See agents Southern Pacific
Ss4 Market street. il Powell street
Market street ferry depot and Third
and Townsend streets.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
m d
n

search among the changing forms of
matter to find life. 1t maintains that
God can not be in matter, for it de-
fines God as spirit, the living, con-
trolling principle of man and of the
universe Yours sincerely,
OLCOTT HASKELL,
Assistant Christian Science Committee
on Publication.
March % 1909
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
cAsE NAV Be REoPENEn-rnilea So

CASE NAY BE REoPENED-United States
Attorney Robert 7. DevliR appeared before Judge
de Haven yesterday in the United States dis
trict court relative 10 introducing character wit
nesses in behalf of p. Caranica, who was re-
Gently tried and convicted in the district court
Of using the United States mails TO defraud. At
the time Of bis trial Caranica's attorney failed
TO place on the stand several character Wit
nesses who were present. Attorney Deylin stat ed
70 the court that he was willing 10 have the
sentence set aside and the character witnesses
introduced
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
The Harmony
Of Home
Does Not Mingle With or Emanate
From the Table Of Dyspepsia

In the home. meal time should
awaken in all the inhabitants a pecu-
liar harmony Of iOy which will make
for the home the abiding place or IN
terest and happiness.
II one member at the dinner taDie -
out Of sorts. his influence is felt and
the harmony is lacking. Conversation
and mirth are absent DeVourinS
thoughts assail the diners and silence
prevails.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

Birth. marriage and death notices sent By mail
viii not be inserted. They must be handed in at
elther of the publication offices and he indorsed
with the name and residence OF persons author
ized 10 have the same published. Notices re-
Frricted simply 70 III announcement OF the event
are published once in this column free OF charge
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24

JOHN HAsLETT DEAD-Amesbury. Mass.
March 23.-Iohn Hssletr. president OF the car
rage builders national association died To-
day az the age of ~.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
New Tourist
Cars Arrive

ingly attractive and look to be the
best that have been turned out by the
Auto vehicle company. HaZlitt l.. Pei
ton. the northern coast manager. tried
the cars out on the Golden Gate ave-
nue. hill and the way they took II
showed that they have a world of
power.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24

The 1909 models of the Tourist cars.
which are built in Los Angeles. have
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24

s Resiliency of an automobile has
much to do with the wear and tear
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
NOTES OF THE

~NOTES OF THE AITU
Pullman roadster has just been
sold by the Frank o. Renstrom com
pany to II. A. Reid of Santa Rosa.
Gus c. Buse OF Buffalo, n. Y, who
made a perfect score in the Glidden
tour with his six cylinder Thomas. ar
rived in this city Sunday, accompanied
by his friend, DIR. Mccullough.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24

at the bran c h
house, $40 Golden
Gate avenue. The
no-n on n~aAnd
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
Good Work
of Studebaker

suffer. according to the best informed
automobile men. Therefore Il is con-
ceded that the construction of the
springs of a machine plays a big part
in the lasting and enduring qualities
of car. Second in Importance to the
care in construction, say automobile
men and owners, comes the spring sys
tenn itself.
Gilbert p Beere one of the best
known automobile owners of the San
Joaquin valley, has just completed 5000
miles with his Studeb 40" which
he purchased last fall, and has made
the remarkable record of never having
had a puncture to one of the four tires
on his machine and of never having
had any tire trouble of any kind. He
attributes the remarka BILE record
largely to the spring construction and
system of the Studebaker. and as a
result in a staunch believer in the
platform spring as applied by the
Studebaker concern.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24

mechanism of the
car, but the tires
of the automobile
are the first TO
The Washington times., 1909-02-13

point for which he had sriven he
should have died at the hands of a
narebTalued actor, who was Iu no
way Identified with the South or ueF
people. sun more cruel was laLe TO
the Southern people. They shudceTed
siusUon and at the disastrous conse-
QuenCes to themselves which they
knew would follow, The dies lIae
of reconstruction was the Inevitable
re 'lts and reconsJfucuon dld more
TO postpone reconciliation than did the
war itself II was direful iu it's re-
suits TO both 1eCrIOns, and TO the ne
grOeS in greater measure, II possible
4 than 20 the whites.
What would have been said under
similar circumstances ten years ago no
one can tell. But these things are
pIain-that the yield of Abraham
Lincoln's life is now accepted by the
South with an appreciation possible
only 10 a people whose minds are gen
erous as we'll as fair, that General
Wright but spoke for all his fellows OF
today when he lamented the murder of
Lincoln as a more cruel blow to she
South than to the North, and that the
President has hit happily upon the last
worthy tribute to the war President
when he indicates that the two sec
tions-oncc so ruthlessly opposed
should now find in admiration and
gratitude TO Lincoln a common ground
of brotherhood
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
THE HOMECOMING OF THE
FLEET.

The American battleship feet Is now
within wireless communication of the
home shores. 1t viii reach the Capes
of Virginia in another week and it will
find awaiting it such q reception as 1t
has not known anywhere on all its
wonderful tour; for it viii be a well
come home.
Whatever may have been said or
thought OF the fleets globe -girdling
tour when it sailed from these shores
almost three months ago, there seems
but one opinion now. That is, that the
trip was a splendid thing for the mate
rial. the personnel, the discipline, the
men and the traditions of the navy.
Beyond that, 1t was an announcement
10 the rest of the world that the United
States was prepared to assume and
maintain first rank among naval pow
ers. 1t was declaration of our pur-
pose to be a factor i'm affairs of the
Pacific as Is not only our right, but
our duty, to vast interests there.
The world has been surprised. and
rlcased, at the evidence of the power
OF the new Western nation. Itshas ac-
cepted the United States as one of the
inner circle of great powers. There
viii be no further questioning for in
stance. of the United States right of
primacv in the New World; no Pore
uncertainties about whether this nation
means the Monroe doctrine, OF Is able
to back it. up.
The United States has done much TO
make the other countries of the Amer
icas understand her attitude and inten-
tions. 1t has done more still to make
the world know both her power and
her pacific intentions. President Roose-
welt has been .he friend TO more rulers
than any American President ever was
before; and hc has performed the great
est act of I'm .cuational ceremony and
comfy that ever was undertaken by
any nation The feet has presented
our cards at the front doors of the
world: they have been received with
enthusiasm and good viii.
Beyond all this, the tour has demon
strated the excellence of everything in
the navy. There has been no accident
worthy the name. Men and ships have
alike behaved perfectly. Everywhere
the fleet went 1t would be more vel
come if it should return. And as il
comes home after the record making
rip, it deserves what il viii receive. a
royal welcome home.
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
FUNERAL TOMORROW
FOR FEARLESS DICK
Richard Kern Dies Calmly At
tie Providence
Hospital.

AS resrlessIy and calmly as me faceu
tae euemys bullets, Richard Kern,
known best as Fearless Dick one of
N0sby's euerriIlas, passed away at the
Providence Hospital Funeral services
VIII he held at II o'clock tomorrow
morning from the home of his son, VIII
liam Kern, lC9 ID street southwest. Buri-
aI will take place ir st. Mary's Gene
terry. Falls Church, Va, where his wife
was buried thirteen years ago.
Fearless Dick Kern fought with
Colonel Mosby during the civil war un-
tu ms capture about six months before
tine surrender OF Lee. and was called
Ey Colonel MOsby the man who knew
uo fear" For the past eleven years he
was employed as "a private watchmau
iu southwest Washington.
He is survived by seven children, Mrs.
Ella HmebuCk. of GIasEo. Conn Mrs.
Susie Props. of Charles Town. W Va,
john Kern. William Kern Mrs. Catherine
Armstrong, of clarendon, Va. James
b. Kern. of Clarendon. and Mrs. Myrtle
Perkins, OF New York city.
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
Gives a Large Luncheon To-
day at the High
lands.

Mrs George Sutherland, wife OF SEN
ator Sutherland. entertained al a large
luncheon today at the Highlands, in
honor of her daughter, Miss Edith Suth-
erland. The table was effectively adoru-
ed with pink roses and maideubair
ferns.
The company invited included Miss
Eleanor RdgeIy, Miss Helen Buchanan,
Miss Sauie Darlington, Miss Dorothy
Langdtt, Miss Harriet Hatch Miss Al
ice Goodwin, Miss Elizabeth Goodwin,
Miss Helen Downing. Miss Trescott,
Miss Lille Finley, Miss AIexandriue
Fitch, Miss Polly Mason, Miss Mar
thena Harrison, Miss Alice Shepard,
Miss Margaret Michie. Miss Sheridan,
Miss Alice Boyd. Miss LILLIAN Baxter.
Miss Ruth Bliss. Miss Katherine Crane.
Miss Sm0ot, Miss Caroline Shepard,
Miss Marjorie Aleshire, Miss Ella Sim
mons, Miss Dorothy GatewOOd, Miss
Annie Irwin, Miss Amylita Talbot, and
Miss Maitland Marshall
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
TEMPTING MERE MAN TO SAR.
TORIAL EXTRAVAGANCE.

According to the press agent IF the
Merchant Tsilors' National Protective
Association. the American, male. Is bad
ly in need Of refurnishing. So "sartcr-
ial 1909 will feature several innova-
tions.'
innovations" is a diplomatic term.
Consideration" would be filter. There
may not be much baking at the an
nouncement that the favorite shirtiugs
viii be "n tan and pink with broad
stripes" Such harlequin effects or con
fection- OF whatever the Bean Bum-
meIs may call them have been seen and
survived before. Nor is there anything
particularly startling in this: The tie
viii be brilliant red and the hat viii be
green The ssrtorial bosses might have
done worse; they might have reversed
the combination.
The things most surprising viii be
the .up-to-date waistcOat7 and the
new smgIe-breasted frock coat with
the dip 'front.' Take. Tor Instance
the diamond waistcoat.7 There are
diamond shaped flaps and diamond
shaped buttons. and so forths and then
"a diamond pin should be worn with a
tie of diamond stripes" Ia the first
instance. the move TO do away with
the old double-breasted frocL coat that
with careful attention has served -l
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
AND THACKERAY'S STORIES
STILL ARE BEST SELLERS, SAY
BOOK DEALERS.

Charles Dickens and William Make
peace Thackeray. according 10 the Lon
don OOOk-shop news, were the authors
whose books were in greatest demand
for the Christmas season; and at least
one American house, the Harpers, re-
enforces the statement from the AmeTi-
can point or view. The number OF books
published about Dickens has also been
notable, and il is such books of com
meutary that are assisting in the els
placement of the novel, process.
As a matter of record one novel, THE
Testing Of Diana Mallory" of Mrs.
Humphrey Ward. was i'm the front rank
Of books which al The greatest sale.
Scarcely second to Dickens was ThaCk-
cray. the biographical edition of whose
works, cdited by his daughter Lady
RItChle- has become eedingly popular
as the literary vogue of Lady Ritchie
herself has increased.
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
Valentine CotilliOn This
Evening Will Be Large
ly Attended.

A large contingent OF the younger
dancing set ia army and navy circles
viii attend the Valentine coGllIon this
evening at the Officers Club at the
Washington barracks, at which the
thirteen army and navy debltantes Of
the season VIII act as h0stesses.
Numerous young peoples dinner par
ties viii preoede the dance. which viii
be followed by a large seated supper.
Miss Aleshire. Miss Baxter, Miss
Brooks, Miss Gatewood. Miss Ieyl, Miss
Hitchcock, Miss Irwin. Miss Knight,
Miss MatiIe, Miss Michie. Miss Mar
shall, Miss Webster. and Wiss Williams
are the army and navy debutantes who
have arranged the dance. and vino will
receive the guests.
Harry Beverly, of Virginia. will lead
the cOtillion. which VIII include a fig
ure for each hostess, q. uumber. OF plain.
and several favor dgUE8s. The figures.
which viii all be suggestive of the Val
entlne season and Dan Cupid's .viles.
are unusually attractive
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
Classified Nerves.

Nerves. A Brief and Popular Re
view of Functional Nerve Diseases and
their Treatment is the title Of q small
hook 10y a celebrated English scientist,
Dr Alfred 'T. SchoHeId. 1t is. in fact,
a summary, iu brief scope, of the whole
subject of modern nervousness and its
cure The authors starting point is
the modern tTuism that "a disease due
TO the imagination is not necessarily an
lmagiEeTv disease" but may be q very
real and even "a very painful disease.
He diffeTeutiates and classihes rapidly,
the entire scientific view coming II is
said, under his deft handling, swiftly
and CUmJTcleusiyeIy i'm view Of the uu-
trained but interested general reader
The } UbiisHeTs believe hat this little
book viii do much to clarity the mind
if the interested and confused observer
OF the rapid rush OF developments In
the various allied and overlapping lat
reT-day movement i'm this direction,
medical, moral and religious.
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
Funny Though Pure.

Miss Grace Donworth. author of The
Letters of Jennie Allen" has taken "a
fall out of her publishers AT their
office i'm Boston the other day there
was chuckliuE over the arrival NJ a
pest card which at first aroused no
feeling Of suspicion in spite OF i,s
Providence pOstmark. IL read AS fol-
lows.
Mr. Small Maynard. Please send me
a pack OF those red pOstals. You are
sending round. 1 am going TO read the
book from which they are taken at the
first opportunity. ! had chance 10
iL IS funny though pure
AHer q while. however, the resem-
bIarce between the last line and such
remarks of Jennie herself as He is 2
Maine man but a peTfecE gentleman,
and she iS Irish but very pleasant. '
made the publishers suspect that the
new Providence HumOrist was herself
the parpetIator and, as i'm the case Of
the Letters themselves. she finally
owned up. one of her maids had want
ed set of she post cards. and, when
she asked her mistress what To- say TO
The publishers. the IumOTist could not
resist The temptation to- suggest the
form lU which The request should be
cast. Incidentally. fact is again sJTaug-
or than fiction. for the remark, 1T Is
funny though pure was actually made
10y a highly respectable and obviously
serious Providence woman. Miss Don
worth had heard of IL. and had been
measuring d. mp 20 amuse her pub
fishers,
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
Snobbery of Brains.

William Dana Orcutt says Of The
Spell, his new novel, which has just
been announced by the Harrers, that
-he idea of it was born while he was
absorbed at his work over old manu-
scripts in the Laurentian Library in
Florence. IT seemed then as if the
peculiar intellectual and emotional in
huences of such q place made a man
altogether separate from the outside
world, and so Mr. Orcutt conceived a
situation where that intangible schOl-
ars world should conflict with mans
personal loves outside
OF his hero, a Harvard man who mar
ries a society girl. Mr. Orcutt says:
He is type familiar to every col
lege mau-amibtjous. energetic, force
ful, broad in every way but Oue-lim-
lted by that academic arrogance, that
snObbery Of brains which stands be
tween the university and its fullest
usefulness
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
MacauIey's Marginal Notes at Last.

OF literary Importance Is the an
uuuuCement that the Life of Lord Ma
caulay.' by his nephew, Sir George OF
20 Treyelysu published first, it Will be
remembered i'm 1876, will now be issued
av The Harpers Iu this country in an
edition made to include Mar8uIay's own
"Aar rHalia.
This additional material first appear
uI in separate volume, and recently
la America under one cover with the
biography II comprises the vigorous
notes and comments mace by MaCaulsE
ora the warEiu= of his bOpks-Tare lie
Illuminating criticisms uu past writer's OF
antiquity and modern times. and some
..erH. .i.rTstlr "reminiscences which viii
ne read with aEiuilE by aH lovers of
literature. whether ur not they wholly
accept tine iwaE--dei-ata bic MacauIar.
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
For Miss Townsend.

Mrs. Richard Townsend was hostess
at a theater party at the New National
Theater, followed by a large supper in
her home on Massachusetts avenue. IN
celebration of Miss MathlIde Town
sends birthday.
A number of additional guests came
for the supper and informal dance
which followed.
The house was beautifully adorned
with palms, ferns, Killarney roses, and
white lilaCs, and a section of the Ma
Tine Band furnished the music for the
dancing
Among the guests were Representa-
tive and Mrs. B"uTke Cochran, NiscOunt
and NiscOuutess de MarteI, Col. and
Mrs. CHARLES S. BromweU, Mr.. and
Mrs Hugh Legare, Ar. and Mrs. Man
devIiie Carlisle. Mr. and Mrs Blaine
Elkius, Miss Katherine Elkius Miss
Martha Cameron Miss E.m0ry, Miss
Nellie PatteH, Miss Phillips, Miss Hoyt
Miss Eleanor Terry, Miss Grace Jarvis,
Miss GVOnne Townsend, Miss Martha
Bacon, Mr. CeuteuaTO and Mr. Cora,
OF the Italian embassy Baron Hye,
Count Alexander Torok, and Prince
Vincent q WIudiscl-CITae-Z OF tHe
Austrian embassy; the counselor Of the
Brazilian embassy, MI 90 AUaTal,
Baron Staei and Nh. de StruVe, of the
Russian embassy, Mr. Oyeys OF the
British embassy. Mr.. Won SWmm. of
the German embassy Francis Jausseus.
of the Belgian lagati0n- w IL Roy
eards. Of the Netherlands legation,
Lieutenant Commander CIeI8uG Davis,
Chandler Hale. Lawrence Townsend,
and Oden HOrstmauu.
The Secretary OF the NAVY ard Mrs.
NeWDerrT entertained a company at
dinner last evening in their home. on
Sixteenth street
Gen and Mrs John A. Johnston were
dinner hosts last evening.
~ Rear Admiral and Mrs C0wrcs were
among the dinner hosts yf last evening.
Mrs. Nic0u Ludlow entertained a COM
pauy at dinner last eyeuI0~ at her
residence on Lafayette square.
Tie Congressional Club win have as
its honor guests next Friday alter-
noon at its weekly reception. Jh lem
Ders of the party from the House of
Representatives and their wives who
have just recently returned from a tour
or inspection of the Canal Zone.
Mrs. e.. A. F. Hatfield. wife of Colone.
Hatfield. and Mrs Treat, wife of Major
Treat, received the guests at the off
4 number of dinner uarties preceded
the event and afterward Captain and
Mrs. Henuessey entertained "a large
company at supper.
Mrs Gerard T.. Van MourIak, of Mex
leo City. Mexico, and her sister. Miss
Gertrude Norton, are the guests Of Mrs
ELI Shelby Hammond at the Ruclam-
beau for an extended stay.
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
LET US HOPE Mr.. THOMAS
MEANS MELODRAMA, TOO.

Augustus Thomas believes that the
outlook for the American drama Is the
best it ever has been. Yet from the
metropolis comes this eloquent lament:
Time was when you could enter
almost any one of dozen or htteeu
New York. temples of art confident
of seeing q lady sawed, blown up,
poisoned. eleCtTOculeur SJranEleu,
smoJhered, ChOked, gouged, shot,
MANNED, drowned, and hurled from
the Brooklyn bridge-au for the
Alas, those days have passed. Art
has taken flight bsf're the moTing
Nelodrama-the plain, unvamished
sort. we mcau-has done SO much TO
educate, not to say amuse, the be
loved common people, that it would
be n pity to see il put down and out
even by so artistic a competitor as the
moving picture machine. Thousands of
Americans owe to the melodIbma their
acquaintance with prairie life and
sa-Siety life. their knowledge of his
toIic sffnitics. their familiarity with
the latest scientific inventions, espe-
ciaIiy those best suited to the purposes
of heroes and heromes. Besides, in the
true mciodrama virtue must triumph,
the wicked must be foiled, and, if, pos
sjble. made to hiss himself to death
Perhaps Mr.. Thomas knows that
melodrama-thc straight kind mind
You, not that wishy-Washv blend will
survive the present competition, as il
deserves to. Perhaps that Is why he
speaks so rosily of the future of the
drama. Let us hope so, at amy rate.
The Washington times., 1909-02-13
A Wireless Baby.

How would you ike, by concentrating
your mind on your baby, 10 be able TO
read your spouse every iumOst
thought The victim OF the arrange
ment pprobably would not like it. and
that is why a St Louis woman has left
her husband, according TO a story now
going the rounds OF the press. He had
made their small child a psychic nee
die" and working telepathicaUy through
the iufantile mind, was able to eXeT-
else a daily espionage that became in
tOleTable.
The process. il is true. is directly con
traTy 10 the laws OF tcIepathv as set
forth in Prof HyslOps latest book,
'PsychiCaI Research and the ResuTrec-
tiOn,' which treats such matters i'm the
hard, cold light Of scientific skepticam,
but it would be p shame 90 spoil d sou.
story on that account