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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-16

Drought In this state bv rbs,,.. a.
es,ao'sh MS sanity from a legal stand.
point expert evidence has been produced
10 snow that he Is an incurah,s ,,r.
No'ac and a dangerous person To IA a.,
'aFse' One OF lis halluc!nation, Tho
"Hperu declared, was that hIs s,or,ooh
was Leyden Jar and that his BODY vo.
SILVER case which had become far.
n'shed through lack Of care
Had x.Ray Eyes, Hs Said,
another OF his hallucination. wa.
that he had X-ray eyes, according 70
the experts Lately he has bean u,,,,
ing great deal IN his lei,ure Nv.
Last November he announced TINT bs
was framing UP an arraignment OF m.
lunacy laws Of the State OF New yor.
which would result In their amendm.,,
lie has published numerous poems ar,
critical essays and contemplated tho
establishment Of quarterly rcyI.u, 10
he devoted to literary and artistic crl,,.
cisms
'hanler has never hesi,atsd IN s,t,c,
MS relatives In his attempts TO ranov.
ne siam OF insanity from his name In
THIS state. He accused win,hro, .
'hah'er and Lewis stuyvesart Chanlsr
MS brothers. OF conspIring to send MIN
% an insane asylum In order thar thsv
o"sn' get hold Of hts property. In fact
re mas alleged a spiracy IN which all
MS relatives were said to be involved
'hanler is a cousin OF John Jsc,.
Aston.
Sent to sIoomInsdaIe
chanler was born In this city forty. |
seven years ago. vas graduated 4, ca.
umola and II lawyer BY profession. |
lie did no. devote much time 20 pract.r. .
II the bar, engaging himself more witt
ne pursuit u pleasure I'm Paris and
New York
In lSS rhaul-- married Aur'., Rrve.
hen AZ the height q, her popularity as
IN thor Tee, spant .ae.- honey
noon ahr',' sul separated IN Paris
Ifter a'oG' 'Hu NJ married ~,
d.vvr ap- Granted 10 NJ. r.un...
n 1877
THIS $ san 'o have ser.oa,.. affected
vocal AND lNsiH, MENIAL Va. sII
y Len. 4 ~ ss.GaNanash . 49, 9su " I'D st.'ss
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1empesfuous Career of Chanler;
Fought Hard 10 Be atLiberfu Ho,o

John Armstrong Chafoner, as h. 1,
known In Virginia, Is really John Arm.
strong Chanler. a member Of the Chan.
Ter family Of this State. He had his
name changed recently by a court edIc,
because OF long series OF virulent
legal controversies In which he Ia, en-.
Eaged with the members OF his family.
He Is also prominent In the Aston
family.
lie first came into commence when
he married Amelie Rlves, the au,horess
WHO wrote The Quick or the Dead. ="
She divorced him on the ground o,
cruelty and later married the Primo.
Troubetskoy.
Chanier was accused OF mental inco,n.
potency by his relatives and was dc.
clared Insane by the courts OF this
state. He was incarecerated in various
insane asylums, including Bloomingdale.
from which institution he ESCAPED sew
eral years ago.
making mis- way TO virginia, where h.
owned a big estate, Chanler brought
legal proceedings to have himself de.
clared sane. In this he was successful
IN virginia. but he has failed In every
attempt to have the New York courts
recognize his mental responsiblllty. SO
that he has been considered insane In
ms state ever since his first commit.
ment and could not enter the borders
OF the state under pain OK arrest and
as an insane person
Asked for More Money
Two days ago Chanlsr. calling him.
self Chaloner. appeared tn the Supreme
Court In this city hy counsel and asked
for an increase In the allowance OF !
10000 year allowed him from his I.
share ~ the ChanIer estate lie said /
hat he needed Mt east $500 10 main. .
ain his position A. the proprietor OK an /
state in virginia. HIS application Tor
IN Increase was granted.
Chanlc~s wealth Is estimated at
II ,c".cU Ills Virginia estate. Merry
Nils" is near Monticello. tNs home OF
Thomas Jefferson lie lived there Ike
| landed proprietor % oIden times.
lo'dInx absolute authority over his
Employees
In every pfsees1Isg tAAt has been
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lis mind. His relatives. convinced hat
he was insane determined to have him
lHcarcerated, as they hat been told by
alienlsts that he was liable To commit
murder while In violent mood. Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Winthrop Aston
Chanler and Arthur Astog Carey a
cousin Joined In petition TO have him
ndiulged insane. The other brothg.s
and the sisters Of Chanler Joined tacitly
"a the app icat.on
Chaner was suspicious and KEEP ont
II New York. The late Stanford White.
Who knew him well and shared the
:am!ly belief that hn was insane, lured
him to this city, and he was promptly
locked up as a unatic In those DAYS
10 was not necessary to 20 through the
legal red tape now provided to send a
man - madhouse, and Chanler found
himself In Bloom!ngdale after some eS-
Derlence In private institutions.
He remained In Bloomngdale nearly
four years, escaping IN December. 100
by the simple eXpedicnt OF going To the
White Plains railroad station and
BOARDING train for this city. For a
year prior to that he had been allowed
to take walks inside the grounds <!,h.
out an attendant.
Sane in Virginia
~ When Chambers relatives heard be
was at large they set horde NJ de.
tectives on his trail but no trace colIld
lie found Of him He had not STONED fl,
New York but had gone TO phllade,.
phia
There he remained FOR 81. nor,bs
walking abroad every day without fear
OF molestatIon. While p ph.ladelnI.Io
II" carried on correspondents. WIN
come close friends i'm rharlnt.e>,u,
Va. and through them ARRANGED tr.
egal proceedings hv which La tn. 49,, '
Jared sane in HAT State
When he had Arrangement. mad. IL,
Us satisfaction 'uaul,r made aI. Al
'taTanee In puzzle Vain effort. vsro
made tn get him back into the iIrrsLc.
ION OK the New Nor. courts. Cbar,e-
net every move M tie direction hy -,
ounter move designed tu establish ris
7eedom from restraint. Two wear, AZ,
e vent to the United states Srprem.
'ourt in an unsuccessful attrmp, IN
ave that tribunal issue him , safe
nndurt under NHr. hy might travel
ID this city AMI conduct In person nj,
ght Tor freedom
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MILLIONAIRE DIES.
Henry Thinker, Western CspIt,Ii.,
stricken In California.

SAN DIEGO. Cal, March ls.-Henrv
Timken, the weIi-known millionaire car.
rage manufacturer and capitalist Of $,
Louis and Canton, O., died suddenly n.
day, aged serenty-eight. For the las,
two years he made his home in sa,
Diego. His wife died four months ago
Two children survive.
Cranberries Abundant-sIuch Lower.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01

something seen only grop'ngy in the dim future
Fulton and men Of his type are rare. We de-
velop rather men Of the genius Of Edison and
Bell. whose minds, in reduced facsimile. are
everywhere to be seen through American indus
try leaping like lightning TO conclusions they
know are there to be reached, bridging chasms
of the unknown with brilliant theory that must
be proved by the event.
Thus. after the first painful groupings had been
accomplished, and It seen that a definite
future lay before the automobile. hundreds Of
brilliant Americans began to concentrate their
thoughts and their work on the definite problems
that separated them from the ultimate goal or
perfection. These men have built up the in
dustry In America. have put it in the first rank
and have seen with unerring judgment the chance
for specialization They have worked out superb
selling organizations. developed the stock car
race and made the automobile factor of the
national life. They have lighted upon the small.
cheap car. with its manifold usefulness. They
have reduced cost, both original and constant.
They have made small, fast car almost essen
tial to the physician, and hit upon the universal
appeal made by the use of cars by doctors.
Every doctor who uses car Is potential. in
deed a powerful selling agent for his car. un-
conscious though he may be of his function,
similar or cognate development is taking
place in aviation, it seems now. In this in
stance, with the STEAMBOAT, AIIleIlCd liStu tne
plodders, the experimenters. in the Wright
brothers to mention only those who are at the
ton Through years of dscouragement and eff
fort they have worked out the problem, facing
death in their work. Now the reward seems to
be coming to them, as II has come to the early
eyperimenters with the automobile.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
So the history Of the American automobile in
dustrv has been largely one of development. 1t
has been the function Of the builders Of the
trade here to broaden the usefulness. of the car
70 incres Sc It's field and scope, andito bring 1t
into touch With every phase of the national life
The biu shov- which opened its doors yesterday
and the ones o follow here and elsewhere en-
phasize lust such conditions, and these condi-
tions are, in their turn, a manifestation OF the
American spirit as it has worked out in this in
dustry.
Now in 1909 the American automobile indus
fry Is firmly established. 1t has passed, as Mr..
Scarritt so aptly says elsewhere in this ISSUE
through its period of infantie diseases, and II
fs read- TO take its proper place In the world
and lead the way, as an American industry
sbould. Already its lesson of cheap cars has
boo, learned abroad and foreign manufacturers
are falling into line
+ used to be said that the automobile indus
80. ,,-oe a manifestation of imitation, and that 1t
Continued second page.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01

Emerging like butterfly from its chrysalls.
after long weeks of slow and short hours OF
hurried and strenuous preparation. the ninth OF
the international automobile shows of the Amer
lean Motor Car Manufacturers Association came
to its own in the Grand Central Palace lasI
night While thousands gazed entranced at the
beauties of decoration that have transformer
the dingv walls Of the great main court INTO
very fairvland OF light and color President rat
rick Francis MCGOWAN OF the Board OF Alder
mon for the day acting Mayor of the city of
New York gave the weight of official presence
and sanction 10 the show. declaring it formally
ore, IN a few words in which he expressed the
,rfda Of the nations greatest municipality In the
nresarca Of the representatives Of one OF the
nations greatest industries
Often in the few years of the tndustrys Ilie
has the effort been made to obtain the addeu
dignity of municipal recognition for the opening
Of its shows but never until last night mas 'He
citv so fttingIy acknowledged the posltloh ol
tho automobile The presence or the acting
Navor of the city marked the formal ADMISSION
nv the municipality of the quasi public nature
of the exhibition. and raised the display 10 the
rank il has won abroad, where royalty ana rep
resentatives of government open and encourage
nv their attendance all such exhibitions
II WAS fitting time to take the departure for
coming at the end of year that seemed AT llrS'
20 threaten the supremacy and the deNeloplneht
90 tho trade every one of the thousands WI"
Gathered At the Palace last night. Interested
,ro or less directly in the industry and It's wei
fore cor1d smile and look back cheertuly on
crisis passed and year in which the oaptlSlh
81 fro of the trade had been successfully under
gone There were happiness and conhdehce'
and they we're reflected everywhere III the ex-
,,tarar+ snirits and the optimism that prevailed
Alto HAS MANY FOLLOWERS.
II was really surprising to see how many
,,-ora drawn TO the show by the lure Of the car
.os,,,a the counter attraction Of blazing New
I-oar,s Eve celebration outside that ou;did
a,,.tbire. seen in recent years II is long time
sircA a year got a more uproarious welcome
o,d q more sincere one. withal. than that Of
1aoe for there are plenty of people TO be glad
that 1908 is thing Of memory AS 1t was out
side so il was within. No one wanted TO speak
i'll Of the diving year. but there was an eager
,,ai,ine for the advent of the little stranger
none the less. and the aut0mobilists. makers
and users one and all, were glad that the
troublous time with its recollection OF threat
ened stringency and its record Of the first in
,Arnecine strife 10 threaten the industry. was
so safely over
So much for the way people thought and felt
and acted. At least. deductions as to how they
acted must be drawn. And it is time for word
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
ALTO BUTTERFLY POPS
OUT OF ITS CHRYSALIS
Ninth International Show Formally Opened at
the Grand Central Palace by Acting
Mayor McGowan.
Setting tor Machines Peases Eye and ake for Brilliant Scene
and Greater Enjoyment Dawn of New Year.

as 10 where thev did IL ALL ard why they were
So cheerful For it was the atmosphere Of the
place as much as anything else. that helped to-
produce the good cheer.
II would have been hard 10 be anything but
cheerful And it would really have beer irnpos-
sibIe for any one u stay gloomy after a look az
the smiling faces Of Benjamin Brtscoe, or Alfred
Reeves. or Leonard Bradley They have done q
lot of work to make the show a success. and
last night they proceeded 10 forget about their
labOrs and their sIeepIess nights and thslr
troubles with exhibitors and decorating con-
tractors and turn their faces into one big. bread
smile
As one went in from Lexington aveuus CO
got A foretaste Of the beauty within Cireaf
statues and masses OF flags decorated. the port
cochere. and one had To stop TO admire that pre-
Ifrufnarv bit Of decoration at the outset 10 wa
really something unusual for as ephemerai and
evanescent a display as an automobile seow
must be. and IL set the fashion for he rest ~
the place
of itself the entrance hall Of the Grand Gem
trail Palace is rot a thing OF beauty and joy
forever It's a bit bare. and more than q bic
old-fashioned and gloomy. But that was all
changed last night There were palms and 81
sorts of pretty electric lights shining out in brill
lance of many colors. and great mirrors 70 re-
+Iect the lights And then lest the effect bs
garjsh there were masses OF palms and foliags
70 tone the whole effect down. and when ths
general scheme met the eye il all sOft, har-
ronious and restfuI-in a word. just what one
had been looking for all evening out IN the
strfdent roar and rush of New Yorks bla~sns
welcome to the new year
SCENE IN PALACE FILLS EYE
But that was just the edge Of things one
had TO be prepared for the inside, because II was
really beautiful Sometimes exhibitions spend
money IavishIy and produce chaos Of i'll as
sorted decorations meaning nothing. and simply
rfring ewes with the clash Of cOlors and the
1nrninglfng plots or Consp!rasiss Of decoration
in wouldn't be right to call them schemes. Tor
they are irdictaole offences. But IL isn't thar
wav at this show Far from IL
There were the cars. of course Majestic ana
irrDressive OF saucy and defiant, your eye
happened to wander they dominated every
thing. But they had a splendid setting The
galleries picked out in blaze OF lights. the
heroic statues that met the eye everywhere. all
fitted beautifully and quietly into real scheIne
Of deco~ation taken from the early English
Derto5 Not the least attractive things to be
seen We Q the little shaded alcoves that provided
islands of quiet in the hubbub and hilartty @
the main parts Of the show
II vas a great place for reunions Every
where you saw title groups gathering about .
centre-to w.t. some man who stands out tro<e
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
BY winthrop e Scarritt.

The history of the automobile industry is In
many respects not unlike that of human being
The infant industry has passed through the
Deriod of collie mumps, chicken pox and measles
and has safely come to a sturdy stalwart young
manhood ready to take its place in the work
aday world of human activities. There was
time. not so long ago when the driver or
motor car needed to be a combination or ma
chinist mechanic, sprinter and gymnast lie
spent about as much time under his car as on
il Now. happily, It is rarely one must get
under his car for any purpose. This fact was
only q hope five years ago. Many 'oldtimer'
remembers that he always used to make his
engasemerts with mental reservation. IF the
car doesn't break down." We have come far
since those days. The growing reliability of
the motor car augurs well for its future. An
other encouraging fact is that good be
purchased to-day at one-haf the price OF a
brief five wears ago That means the automobile
is brought within the means of thousands of
persons who could not afford cars at the former
price The outlook is that in another five years
prices will again be cut one-half.
The writer stands by his prophecy, made years
ago. that ultimately the day will come in Amer
fca when touring car may be had for $500 ana
a serviceable runabout for $3.50 Think OF the
clerks. school teachers, farmers and countless
thousands of others of modest means who viii
then own their own cars The outlook for the
industry was never so bright it is at the close
OF 1905 More attention is being given to the
two-cycIe engine than ever before, and many
good judges believe that this type OF engine Is
10 prevail in the future.
In transmission the Manly drive has created
sensation This latest addition TO the industry
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
GROWTH OF AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
AT 4 GLANCE.

Nothing in recent industrial history has sur
PASSED in interest the enormous growth OF the
automobile industry in this country. 1t has
erevn IN ten years from nothing to a command
Ing place. with an enormous annual output, a
vast investment Of capital. a huge salary roll,
and has pulled up with it a number Of minor
industries concerned in the manufacture or
accessories. Of which allied interests the manu-
facture Of automobiles has more, probably, than
any other single industry.
With the American tendency to specialize, and
the habit Of the American consumer to demand
everything that is new, and TO seize, once that
stage Is passed, upon everything that is useful
and time saving. it was inevitable that the in
oustry here should almost from the start assume
certain features positively startling to the orig
leiors Of the industry, in the broad sense of the
word. abroad. For it is true that for once Amer
ica was caught mapping in the beginning of an
Industrial revolution
The question Of who invented the petrol or
easoiene motor and first thought of applying
ulat principle 70 a sef-propelling vehicle is Of
Heue relative importance. The fact is that it
vas IN Europe that the automobile was devel-
op-u INTO something with commercial possbli-
ues' and il is there that the painstaking and
'N"oilous experime ITS that were necessary were
carried on
A1-0t IS the fact which explains Americas de-
AZ getting a comprehensive grasp Of the
eIUauon Here and there in America were men
"Io saw what was coming, and who were work
.As al Tie problems involved-Haines and Sell
sen' among others. But something more than
s1a' was needed. Small bodies of enthusiasts
aeo 10 work at the problem from every angle
Al vas not work for one man. and experiments
.H'oi'ed use Of money and a use OF time by a
age number OF individuals. working separately
guy along the same lines. with no tangible re-
'ui,s 10 cheer them along from tine Il, time
''ere The American temperament enters into
Nie situation Americans I'm the mass can
0fA out definite problens with thoroughness
pa speed that can be>IpproIched by no other
'anon. But it is not a national gift to work
sSax slowly and pe.seyeringly. seeking always
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
What Goes TO Make Up Ninth Automobile ,S6osa
in Grand CenfraI Palace.

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onfh
showing h dH a
Instruction
of foreign O
tools spare
buses
devoted + ant
for
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of ehundrd ill al hour Z
hour
Il to II h.
the the Grand and
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thousand
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New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
TIE Outlook for the Automobile.
Winthrop Scarrtt Looks for Advent of Cheap CaBeieVes
N Two-CyCle Engine.

was described fully in recent issue Of The
Tribune. In short it IS a hydraulic transmits
sion by means of an oil pump, In which for the
first time In the history of mechanics variable
, throw crank shaft is successfully utilized. BY
means of this system a gasolene engine is made
as flexible as a steam engine, and the four weak
spots in the former are one stroke eliminated
viz. the clutch. the sliding gear TRANSMISSION
the differentia and the brake.
The sx-cyInder engine is growing in favor
and our manufacturers are now solving success
fully the complicated problems involved In the
construction of this type. 1t is to be regretted
that the American cars made so sorry showing
, in the Grand Prize race at Savannah. on the
other hand, it is occasion for rejoicing ana
feIicitation that the classic Vanderbilt Cup race
was won 10y the Locomobile. one of America 5
proudest productions. No country in the world
can equal America in the number and quahly
of the medium and low priced cars offered TO
the rubc. After all is it not from the great
middle class that the automobile manufactures
is to draw his patronage? Therefore he is doing
wisely to build a car that will tit both theH
needs and their purse as we'll
II is rather a remarkable fact that while the
wear lust closing has been in general business
hard one. vet the automobile industry mas not
suffered to anything like the extent that one
might have anticipated. This SHOWS thdt tne
automobile is coming more and more 10 De re-
garded not as a luxury, but as necessity ana
that the public is buying it on this unitarian
basis.
Anvthing Mr. Scarritt has to say on automo-
h,1as 10 hound to be of interest He is one of
the great pioneer figures OF ITS developrnent ana
ae tbe FIRST president of the American Automo-
lille Association and later an active and enter.
nrisinC president of the Automobile Ciuo OF
America his services are matter OF record
New-York tribune., 1909-01-01

Continued on second page.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-05-01
AUSPICIOUS OPENING
Of the Soda Water Season by
Anderson Fowler Co.

The Anderson-Fowler Drug Co.
opened the soda water season Thurs
day with a free treat" from 2 to 10
O'Clock p. m.
Their new and elegant soda fount
was decorated with fruits and flow
ers, lilies being the central feature,
as the company makes a feature of
serving the celebrated Lilly" ice
cream from Memphis. During the
reception 45 gallons of ice cream
was served, to say nothing of the
drinks of all kinds. The cream was
made in the form OF lily, with the
calyx green, the petals white and the
fiiament a little piece of cake. Mr..
l.. E. Fowler was assisted in doing
the honors by Messrs Elmer Coates
Lucian Fowler, j. w. Smith, Dudley
Stanley Stroube, w. E.
Trahern and Mrs. Williams, the
regular force of clerks being assist
ed by several extra ones.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-05-01
.T.P.A. POST
ORGANIZED
Many Visiting Members
From Louisville and
Elsewhere.
INSURANCE FEATURE.
Cheap Accident Policy of
$4,000 and Weekly In.
IDENTITIES.
INSURANCE FEATURE.

A local post OF the Travellers Pro-
tective Association of America was
organized yesterday with a large
number of members.
National President H. o. Gray,
State President Ewd. Altsheler,
State Secretary Jas. T. Short and
Messrs, R. c. Watkins, Fulton
Gordon, B. ]. Jameson, Sam P.
Jones, of Louisville; E. A. Wilson,
of Henderson, and B. A. Evans, of
Owensboro, were present and took
part the organization.
The 7. P. A. is chiefly an insur-
ance order which puts out a $1,000
accident policy to its members at a
cost of only S11 a year. No medical
examination is required. 1t has paid
1856 losses aggregating S1,8O4,-
591.88.
The membership on May l, 1908
was 81. 1897.
The organization of the post was
followed by social session at Hotel
Latham last night.