THE FOREIGN

Motor Car Showof 1908, at

¥inci§Boii Sq. GiarcienDec. 28, fO7-Jan. 4, 90&

under the auspices of the

ImtJorters* Avitomobile Salondi

MajaBrasierBenzMartiniBrewsterQuinbyRothschildAmerican-Foreign Accessories

"EXHIBITORSKotctikissRochet- SchneiderItalaClementBianchiDelaunay-BellevillePilainDelshaye

\u25a0Qrfai Applause Greets His Refer-W^^ence to Governor Hughe*.

f-aacelicr Day of Syracuse University was the

\u25a0est ofhonor at th*seventh annual dinner of the

'American Institute of Banking: last night, held at

\u25a0^ Hotel Astor. The assemblage was made up**'ost eattrely of bankers, and included Clark

irriinss. State Superintendent of Bn.nks, and O.M."cord, tary-trea3urer of the Broadway Sav-

es and Trust Company and the Woodland Ave-.f^ garinrs and Trust Company, of Cleveland,r't0 *was on of the ppeakers. Leslie M. Shaw

3aseMif*d to decline an invitation.

'cfcaacel' 01" Day. among other thinps. said that

Hussions had usurped the place of the Consti-

"^cnYn the Cntted States government; that they

\""jj.ef£ect star chambers. He eaane out flatly

fir "calm, statessaaaJßße men" in the President!"!

2oe of the Vr.ited States. He ended this part of

\f£ Epecch. which dealt with the Presidency, by in-

i:rsins Governor Hug-hes as a man whose states-

»Ellie Qualities peculiarly fitted him for the

•a-fcite Hous-e.C&etrs and applause Ftartinß in one corner of the

—ajl jpj^ad or\ • r the banquet hail. Diners were on

thdr feet Instantly waving napkins, handkerchiefs.hTLCcaes of holl which decorated the taW< s, or—

rtnine which came to hand, and waved and

cheered 3for several seconds. Cries of "Hughes!

w-iTicc?" an<s "Our next President!" punctuated the

Aeers. inall making a striking demonstration. Dr.Bay tried toadd a word or two. but his Hushes ref-

-recce bad made the climax of tho evening-, and he

aoTvn. But the cheers kept up.

Colonel Farnsworth was the next speaker, andhen the latter mentioned the name of Governor

fjacbes the crowd cheered again and again. Colonel\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 nrth d.?cribed the working of the institute

asd made way for O. M. Stafford, who Fpoke on

•How Far Popf Experience Control."0 M. Stafford, quoting the director of the larpest

Esiioaal bank in another Btate. said: "The profit

is rose froci the banking business. Our only sal-

vaXi(m is to take a share in the tinderwritings.

•rust is why our established railroads cannot pet

jaore raoney for legitimate extensions and im-

provements. That is why our commercial and

caEafacturing Interests axe Erufferlng for want of

cre2ltrHe said be believed that the next year would sco

B8ay"chaT3£res In the banking world. Among other(\u25a0tags, he hoped to see the time when a bank or

tjnjtcompany official would have an interest in

tny promotion floated by his Institution. He saM.v.,. the way to provide sufficient money for legiti-

Ba» business was to withhold It from \u25a0aproOt-

able vestures. The only thing that he thought the

co-try coTild not endure was reckless BBULlilttia

BDfGEAHAI7DHETZ .AT SAME DINNER.IT'iNTER STORAGE. $.1 A MONTH; WE PAY IN-»V surance; largest and finest fireproof oca storr

eoncr»t« garags In America; mon#jr ]oan»d on cars orbought for cosh- 1.500 new and us»-d cars with winterbodies; lists mail«d; all makes of tlr»s aad autoraobllssupplies L»t U9 «rlv<» you pr!<?« on r«palr-» or n->rh«ul.ln« your car. AUTOMOBILE SALES CORPORATION;1631 B'way. J. J. Evans. Parts for American anaGerman Mercedes.

LneorsiNE, 20-30. a BEAUTY: SBAT3 SIX: not

XJ allowed to give name; standard car: com* annlook at It. a bargain. Automobile Sales Corporation.16«1 Broadway, near 52d St.. on the fioor of our saintrooms; 1.500 now and used cars. Tir«s and supplies.Bargains in Renault town cars. 14-20 H. T LlmoiWMtand Landaulet:<?s; some of ail mak»rs. Lists mall-l.Mon>v loaned on cars, or bought tor casa. v.o nay»a school to teach driving an automobile- .

/ Each Hakes Sly Baps at the Other inSpeech, and Commissioner Departs.

Police Commissioner Bingham and Controller

Herman A. Metz were guests last sweatee; at the

aimua! tinner of the West End Association, held at

tbe Hotel aTairirOTn 103 dstreet and Broadway.

Baring their BBeeehae each made hints as to how

tse other should run his department..

James Van Dyck Card, president of the asso-

ciation, acted as toastrnaster. John C. Coleman

sad A Walker Otis, members of the association.were avasenSi I with lewsss; cups for the work

wbich they dM in preventing the laying of four

•tracks in Amsterdam Tenue.Consissioner Bingham. in speaking: cf the I'.-

ndency of the police and of the so-called crimewave, said:

ITberecord? of the department show that up to

December 10 182,610 persons have be«n arrested,

vhich is n:uch ereater than last year. Of thisssmber 2?.SQS wees under the age of twenty-one and

m per cent were between the a^res of seventeensad tswj>ty-*ight years."

\u25a0^"r.fn the Controller FTfOk<». following- the epeech

cf •T-.m-Fsior.'-r Einpham, he repeated his state-

ment that he intended to retire when he had com-pleted his term, and then referred to the Cora-z^issio&er's Eceech. He EaJd:| •'Idon't take any stock in the number of arrestsnsade by the Police Department or the methodused in xaakls? the arrests.. The faßa in the city

are in a better cordition than the police stations.and IWBl not stand for the building of a $SOO.C»»

police station, when Ican get one which will servethe E&ir.e purpose for $100.«0. Ido not considerthe neata of pedlers as a crime record, and thereore many similar arrests which should not so inthe reccrds."

Following the epeech of Controller Metx Com-

missioner F:npham pot up and. after shaking

haads with maanjr of those at the guests' table, leftthe baatjaet room.

TEIBTTTIS TO FETTTS AND MORGAN.

Captain Chase's Questions at CourtMartial Trial Bring Admissions.Colonel Clarence Deems, commanding the artil-

lery district of Baltimore, stepped out of the

witness chair at yesterday's SSSstaSI of the court

martial of Captain Chase for insubordination and

conduct to the prejudice of military discipline isan angry mood. He resented the manner andtone Ol UN rapid-nre questions hurled at him ty

Captain Chase, who a*ain conducted his own case.Captain Chase got the witnesses Into a certain

line of admissions, and kept at them with ques-

tions arranged on a paper before him. Some of

the admissions he drew from Colonel Deems and

First Lieutenant Hugh S. Brown, adjutant on

Colonel Deems-s staff at Fort Howard. Maryland,

seemed to please him. All his questions led to

bringing out the differences existing between him

and Colonel Deems. Besides the dispute over the

winding of. the army clock, as brought out in

yesterday's testimony, the necessity of sending .n

the reports of revolver target practice at the

proper time, even Ifthero were no blank forms at

the post, was another cause- for disagreement be-

twoea Captain Chase and hia commanding officer

It was brought out that Captain Whitney and

Captain Chase both failed to send in reports on

revolver practice, and only the latter was censuredfor i: Coming back to the matter of the letter of

complaint which brought about the court mart-al.Captain Chase asked Colonel Deems:

••Did you give mo an opportunity to retract my

-A^rsek elapsed before Ipreferred charges, and

in that time tho accused man had ample time to

recover his temper and make retraction for his

letter, which Iconsidered grossly impudent,* de-

clared Colonel Deems.••You would have been willingto let me with-

draw my letter?" asked Captain Chase.

"Imost certainly would.""DM you consider that my latter was sent with

criminal intent?""Idid."•Then you were willingto compound a felonyT

asked Captain Chase. Colonel Howe, the presiding

otneer here took a hand in the cross-examination,

that was beginning to wax warm on both sides.

With a rap on the table ho ruled out the question.

Lieutenant Hugh S. Brown, adjutant to Colonel

QUIZ VEXES COL.DEEMS.

Orange, 3KT. J., Citizens in Mass Meeting

Pledge Funds to Clear up Murder Mystery.

[By Tcicßrai'h ts Tbs Tribune.]

OranK*. N. J., Dec 14.— t'ltizous of Orange helda meeting to-nlßht at th« call of Thomas A. Davis,

an aldsrman, and pledged themselves to raise

a fund of $1,000 to be offered as a reward for

the arrest and conviction of thn murderer of »*•*\u25a0eriok It.Homer. It was also decided to recommendto tho Orange Common Council I\u25a0\u25a0• osjsrmg of a

BUbstanttal reward on behalf of the <-.ty for thedetection and conviction of the i-rpetrator of the

oe«d A committee of fiv« wmi appointed to co-operate with the authorities engaged In the dis-

covery of tbe criminal.Mayor Isaac Bhoenthal pnsided at the maeitng.

A committee composed of Mr. Davis, the Rev. Dr.

Charles Townssad. James P. Kelly.William niker.Jr.. and Thomas P. Brecnan was appointed to raise

the amount pledged.The police, now think that Romer was killed by

a jealous husband or a revengeful woman. Mrs.

John Decker, who lives in the hotel, told the police j

"it is wonderful what can b« accomplished bythought rightly directed." naya K. <\ Gilbert, salesmanager I* the Pope-Toledo. "The great success

. Chicago Ai w*w was a grand dem-onstration of "thought power.' Th« managers ofthe show were 'I • Ito have enin the right thought attlti de- -to boosi and I\u25a0uli w . To me 1 made i y n ntvisit with our exhibit to Chicago \u25a0 most pleasant

tii.it city. Everybody J met was happy. I!,..;„ ;. of thought rightly dl-r. ted v \u25a0 neat factor in \u25a0 apaign.

tbe power of thought is understood ami rr^p-< <i we willreach the zenith in commercial-

Is no panics, no great IJlures; all win b« har-•

oi v Ea h :\u25a0 m will get his "1 re of success, be-vbea we beconi :i> '• ln

live by sad work by thought power. 1 our present

jesJeeaess and strifes will becoma as BOthtegassa,

RAISING $1,000 TO CATCH SLAYER.

tlons. S. A. atllea, manager of the Chicago show.turned the starting crank.

The motor was Kept going clay and nlpht up to

the foUowiog Saturday, running the equivalent ofthirty-rivo hundred miles. Its gasolene consump-tion was one gallon for forty miles and that of oilone gallon for three hundred miles. During the last

day of the run th« car was taken out and driven onthe streets within tho loop district Thni was thomost severe standing test of an aJr-«ooled enginewhich has ever been made. Up to the last day tne

motor was run In the heated salesroom of theKrankHn company without any other draft thanthat Irum its own fan.

Ix-Senator Spoone- and Others Speak at Din-

ner of the Alabama oociety.

Ex-Sesator John C. Epooner paid tributes lasttight to the memories of Senator Morgan and Be«-•tor HattSJß, of Alabama, at the annual dinner ofth« \u25a0aeasa Society of New York at the Hotel

Anor. Senator Joseph F. Johnston, of Alabama,

tad H. M. SomervWe. of the Board of Appraisers,fonaerly Chief JuFtice of Alabama, also epoke.. Oae of the distinctive features of the dinner wasthe pre^cne- of the wives and daughters of thememV,= of the ssefetr. who were complimentedby '..eh of tbe speakers.

'\u25a0 Senator Johnston responded to the toast "Ala-Ifflrna." devoting himself especially to the riches:ana resources of his etate. He said the burden of

England's Immense- exports rests upon Mas squareteles of coal, which Is only 500 square miles morethan the coal fields of Alabama.

"We need no legislation." he declared, "to foster•ar BBBaaMea or develop our resources. one oftie Cells cf our <ia>" is the. growing demand foritpis'.atic a. The annual tonnage of new laws. IsEro^'ins relatively faster than any other productof our country. Can it be that this is raising theU.nd«rd of our citizenship or the happiness of our

Beasts?"'Deputy Assistant . trict Attorney Vandlver, a

native of Alabama, epoko of ibe responsibility ofIke South to better its <-ducational facilities.- Ex-£enator Spooner i?i>oke with deep feeling of•*is relations with tbe late Senators from Alabama.V- G. CaSey. the president of tho society, andCA. Mount also spoke. Among those avsai at•ere John «J. Brecklnridge. Dr. and Mrs. Henry*>atson. Phelan H<-ale, Dr. Thurston Lusk and>*r- aafl Mrs. Clark Day.

THE NEWEST CAR.

m f thA "R 35 IIP Maia cars, the younger sister of the Mercedes, which has Just reached tWsF country! It will be!shown at the coming importers' Bhow at Madison Square Garden. ,'"

(Photograph by N. Lazarnlck.)

HOFTATJX CLUB 3TJRNS MORTGAGE.

'Celebrates Payment of "'clt on It. Home

with Speeches and Dinner.The SMsjilililiof the Montauk Club of Brooklyn

oeltbrattd the payaas; off of the j=<-cond mortgage•n their clubhouse last night by SSjeacfieS and a*^«er. at which over seven hundred of the niem-

,-.by» and their friends wen present. The mortgage,,*-ila the interest, amounted to $127,000. and it waswiu» treat rrjniriaa that the news eats received*few days ago that the money had ix>en paid.

The lirst floor of the clubhouse was decoratedto Pasatt an Indian encampment, with tepees•*\u25a0" «an»pfiree. Se\-eral of the guests were dressed*» IH'Julm. and their warwhoops could be heard*•»"blocks. "BigChief" Timothy L. Woodruff and"I-UUa Gbfef Kdward M. Grout addressed tho

•*\u25a0•» of the tribe, praising E.D. Candec. chairmanof the house committee, for his efforts in raising«ie money to pay off the mortgage. The mortgage

•*« burned to the sound of the warwhoop. Thesk'-su of honor were gupreOM Court Justices Gay-»<•* aad Carr.

INDIANS RAID GOLD CAMP.

To What SchoolShall ISend

My Boy or GirlFOR A

Musical Education?Tne Tribune WillEelp You to Decide :

See theMusical Page in To-Day's Issue.

It will uslst yo« ta making arranc*mmt» ISyou mention XH£ TRIBUNE inyour taUrrfcw,

Detectives Think Arrest of Salvage.Corps Man Opens Way.

With the arrest of Michael Duffy, formerly a

member of the Salvage Corps No. 1. on a charge

of grand larceny, the detectives believe that they

are on the trail of the persons responsible for sev-

eral robberies in Brooklyn buildings that have beendamaged by fire. A series of such robberies had

taken place when the Arlington apartment house,

at No. 62 Montague street, was partly burned about

three months ago. After that tire more than $l<>.o»>

worth of property belonging to the tenar: wasaccording to the story told by the police.

About $3,000 worth of this property had already

been found in pawnshops. .Two companies of the salvage corps were on hand

to look after the property of the tenants, ami

among the me.-nbers was Duffy, who with two

others was detailed to guard the fourth floor. Thofirst piece of the missing property found was agold watch belonging SB George F. Small, a broka.

with offices at No. 16 Beaver street. Manhattan.

In a pawnshop at No. 2) Woodaull street. Th*

proprietor of the pawnshop, said it had been

pledged by Michael Duffy. .Duffy was arraigned before Magistrate Dooley in

the Adams street court yesterday and pleaded not

guilty. He was held for examination on Tuesday.

B. C. Thorn, manager of the Phcenlx Fire In-

surance Company and superintendent of the sal-vage corps, which is supported by the various re,

Insurance companies doing business in Brooklyn,

said last night that he thought the police aad fire-

men ought to be blamed for the robberies that hadoccurred in connection with fires fully as much a*

the salvage corps. Duffy, ha said, and nine othe,-

men had been removed from the corps some t!m»

a"o Mr. Thorn said that on the night of the flre

at the Arlington the work of the police waa so

Inefficient that many outsiders got within, the fire

lines and entered the building.Captain Kuhne, of the Police Department, said

that this charge was absurd. He said that nir.e

out of ten of the robberies that had occurred at

flre9 had taken place after the police and the fire-

men had left and the salvage corps had takencharge. Duffy, he said, had been in charge of thecorps at many places where valuables had be«n

stolen.Lieutenant ilcNulty. who was in charge of the)

police at the Arlington fire, said that the lines wereformed almost as soon as the flremea had reachedthe place, and that every entrance to the bofldtaa;

was guarded. When the police left the salraaje

corp3 was in charge, according to the lieutenant.Fire Chief Lally expressed the fullest confidence

in the firemen under him. H<» corroborated the)

story that the lieutenant had told about the Arling-ton fire. The honesty of the firemen, he said, wasattested by the fact that two of his men had

come to him after the Arlington fire and had givenhim J2.500 worth of Jewelry that they had saved.

FOR SYNAGOGUE SOCIAL WORK.Jacob H. Schiff, the Rev. Gaylord S. White,

head worker or the Union Settlement: the Rev. 8.K. Goldstein and Dr. 6t«phrn S. Wise, rabbi ofthe Free Synagogue, will deliver addresses thisevening at S o'clock at a meeting at the FreeSynagogue, West 81st street, between Columbusand Amsterdam avenues, for the purpose of initiat-ing and organizing the social service activities ofthe synagogue. Henry Morganthau will preslde'atthe meetlas.

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TO CONTINUE WILSON EXHIBITION.The exhibition of cartoons and paintings of Fred-

erick Wilson at the Tiffany 6tudios last week at-tracted so much attention that it has been decided,

to continue it for another week. The larger part

of th» cartoons shown have been reproduced inglass.

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OX FIRE THIEVES' TRAIL.

LOCOMOTIVE TURNS TURTLE.

Kin-ston N. T.. Dec. 14.-A northbound pas-

6Crger train on the West Shore Railroad ran into

a split switch half a mile south of here to-night

and the locomotive turned turtle. John Lawless,

the engineer, jumped from the engine and sus-

tained a broken arm.iNo passenger* were injured,

Traffic was blocked for some Una*

Deems was then called to the stand. In response

\u0084, vi. ;.t.,r-.:, of the juds-i advocate. Lieutenant

Brown corroborated much of the testimony of Colo-

nel r>eema regarding the differences ho had with

Captain Chase. Ifthere had been any ill feeling

Uleutenant Brown declared he would have known

of it as he had frequent private talks with his

superior officer in regard to CaDtaln Chas*.

In the cross-examination Captain Whitney brought

out th« fact that theie was some mystery about

the letter which ordered Captain Chase to remain

on post. Captain Whitney admitted that the letter

contained an order given him by Colonel Deems.

Here the detail of the court took a hand in the

questioning."Who wrote the letter" askec" one member of

the court, "that the. accused remain at the post

until further orders?"Lieutenant Brown faltered for a moment, and

then answered:"Iwrote It. Ithink Idid so at the commander s

orders. Iat* not sure.""Did the commanding officer see the letter before

It was sent?" asked another member of th« court

detail."Ido not know." replied Lieutenant Brown, again

faltering. "Ido not think Ishowed It to him."Captain Whitney, district artillery officer, was the

next witness, and testified on direct examinationfor the prosecution that Colonel Deems had given

him a peremptory order, involving Captain Chase,

in which figured prominently "Damn." During his

cress-examination an adjournment was taken until

10 o'clock Monday morning.

WOMAN DIES IN BATHTUB; GAS ON.

Mrs. Catherine 11. Winthrop. forty-ono years old,

who had an employment agency at No. 63 West

3Sth street and lived at the same addresß. was

found dead In a bathtub in her apartment last

night The room was full of gas. which it 13 be-

lieved caused her death. The body waa badly

Bcalded by the hot water in the tub.

Ktthcrine Hummoll, a nurse and a cousin of the

dead woman, said that Mrs. Winthrop was related

to the Winthrop family of Boston through her hus-

band, who died fifteen years ago, leaving her a

large amount of money. She also said she be-

lieved that Mrs. Winthrop's death was due to heart

trouble and that in some way the gas tube became

detached from the jet. Coroner Dooley believes

that death was accidental.

MOSQUE RUG EXHIBIT OPENS TO-DAY.

At the Fifth.Avenue Art Galleries to-morrow

morning an exhibition of Persian mosque and

palace rugs will open. The collection is from the

store of one of tho large local dealers, and in-

cludes russ'of every siz* and description.- there be-

ing more than seven hundred articles in tne collec-

tion The rugs will be on exhibition until Wednes-day,' when they wli! be disposed of by James" F.

eilo) auctioned ;

to day that the day before he was Wiled he had

told her of the receipt of a letter accusing him

of doing something ho said he had never done. Ha

did not say what the nature of the charge was. ac-cording to Mrs. Decker. Tha letter was missing

from the others found in his room.

M-c \ndrew Reasoner, wife of the former su-perintendent of MM I.ackawanna Railroad, to-day

posted a reward of *Mfor the arrest o£ the mur-

derer Mr Romer buried her husband, and sha

Offered the reward in gratitude for his services on

that occasion. Mayor Shoenthal will also recom-mend that the C.ty offer a reward.

"Outside of the unusual hunt for good machinesof last year's vintage at any price, the most re-markable tendency this fall is the steady Increase

in the call for gasolene machines of the limousinetype" said General John T. Cutting yesterday.

"As regards the latter demand, itcould very easily

have been anticipated, and In order to meet It it

was only a question of using a little foresight inplacing orders months ago at the factory. Thisour firm Jid. and the consequence is that we hay»

done a good business In face of the unlooked for

Blackness in the retail trade as a whole."

"There are two ways of advancing slx-cyllnder

interest" said Charles B. Shanks, of the Wintoncompany, yesterday. "One is a straightforward

presentation of six-cylinder advantage by cata-logue, in the newspapers and by salesmen. The

second and the less expensive way Is that of fool-

ish opposition. Indeed, we have found that thevery absurdities urged against six-cylinders by

advocates of the four have been extremely ef-

fective in convincing Intelligent motorists that the

mx' lacking real, tangible defects for its opponents

to pounce upon (as illustrated by their use of ob-

viously Illogicalpoints), must be a car well worthinvestigating. We hope our oving friends in ho

four camp will keep up their good work They

aro doinjr quite as much to create a 'six' stam-pedo as are tho 'six' makers themselves.

Many visitors to both the New York and Chicago

automobile .hows were impressed by the large

variety of Studebaker motor models shown, em-bracing almost tJ.e entire range of self-propelled

vehicles Commenting upon this phase of the r

business. Colonel George M. Studebakcr, preside nt

of tho Studebaker Automobile. Company, of South

Bend Ind.. said, in a recent Interview: "In tak ng

up tl.o manufacture of self-prope lied vehicles the

house of Studebaker has not departed from its

ion" established policy of building vehicles for

every requirement of business and pleasure and.

Our" line Tncludcs several gasolene modei^ .eachin the various popular styles of body, eiecmc

a ponderous 10.000-pound truck.

The Flat Automobile Company, of 59th street and

SZfSvernf 'y^rTandVo^ Int., future will

be taken care of in Ui»s department.

The victory of Frank Nutt in the economy run at

CWcaVo in tVh* Haynes ™rt*«£.£«» «*£mmmmm

eiuiiusiastic in >ajSP« W> tiM future.

inspection of the 2S-horsepower Franklin airInspecuon

waSca mads a igo-hour non-stop runh Cc tho Chicago show proved it to be in perfect

Son at tbedose of tho run. The test was a. ;\u25a0• .;;'.,,.;;, trati.m of the efficiency of air cool-

,.! tl<- run was started at noon on the openins

alv in the presence of officials of the Chicago Auto-

J2bie CM> «d various wUlonal motor orgaaa*.

It Is "• restidg to note the Influence which puc-

cess In motor car contests la having on the sale ofmachines, for in some quarters there 13 a boa andcry against automobile racing and competition ofall descriptions. The Harry S. Houpt Company,

which controhi the fortunes of the Thomas in NewYork, Philadelphia and New Jersey, may be taken

as a good Illustration. The Thomas has carried Itscolors In every contest of note In recent years. On«car in i>artlcular which stands on the company^salesroom floor in New Tor*: Is a powerful lever inf.ndlnir out the Impression which automobile com-petition has made on the minds of critical owners.This machine, a regular 60-horsepower Thomasflyer, la unbeaten, having competed In all the big

tours hill climbs and endurance contests and es-tablished a world's record for tlio twenty-four-hour

race on a mile track.

At ft lueetlag of the Tark P<^rd in N>w YorkCity, held on December, 8,»n imMiisnns w«s iu!opt«<lprohtb automobiles from carrying chains ontheir tires In Central Park. The Highway Com-missfon of New Jersey has nNo ruled that auto-

mobilea carrying ch.iir.9 on their wheels easmoti;;-.> certain rOSdS in that atatn; but this will notnecessarily tie u£> those sutomobnists who wish to

brave the storms of winter in th» following out ofti eir favorite, t isrlme, for the. Hishway Commis-si<^n of New Jersey allows the use of HartfordMMciey tread tires, which are claimed by the Hart-ford ibber Works Company to be absolutely anti-skid; and. moreover, the company states that thisdevice does not In any way Injors the street pave-ment or road, and this hns been generally con-ceded wherever nivesUgated by highway commis-sions and park boards.

W.> are, often asked. "What Is being done to re-<! \u25a0:• \u25a0• i!ro cost lo iti»«ver:ipe automobillst?" "Uepu-t;iMe tire makers have been working on thi? prob-lem for years," says a representative of the Mlche-lin company. "Our experience Is both wld« nndvaried. Mr. : rfcer answers Ihe btQUlry Mtisfac-torily for as In two short sentences: First—St ••that jo'jr c.ir is fund with tins i-ir>;«> enough tocarry the lo.id easily. Second Keep your tires\u25a0.'.•\u25a0! Inflated. r>o not begrodge a few dollars' In-ItiaJ expense for Urea a slse larger than tho re-quirements call for on Catalogue weight!* of mrs;

don't Rave your back at tne expense of your pocket-book when you ooms to inflate your tires Largertires and fhly Inflated tires are .<. i:i. •• requisiteif costs are to be reduced."

.Great Danger of Speeding Comesfrom Strain on Rims.

The great danger in speeding lies In tires being:forced off the rims when working out of ruts orin turning corners. The Fide strain begins to in-crease to a dangerous extent at fifteen miles anhour, and at tifty the tire is cft*n subjected to aBide strain of thousands of pounds.

After much experimenting- the Goodyear Tire andliubbcr Company, of Akron. Ohio, has devised andpatented an equipment which absolutely precludesthe possibility of a tire comln? off the rim In ser-vice. Its so-called detachable tire has an inex-tensible base, into which is vulcanized an endlesstape of piano wire. This wire tape must be brokenbefore the tire base can be stretched, and thiswould require a greater strain than could ever beexerted upon it.

To form the complete equipment the tire is usedon the Goodyear universal rim. on which a singlenut (on the valve stem) locks the side flanges sofirmly in placo that it would be necessary to de-stroy the rim to force them off until unlocked.Once tho single thumb nut is unscrewed, however,the flange may be removed and the tire taken offin less than a minute, without the use of a specialtool.

Barney Oldfleld became Interested in the combi-nation when the patent papers were submitted forhis judgment, and was one of the first to try outthe combination on a circular track.

A recent story in a newspaper of Bangkok, Siam,goes to prove that "nature faking" is not an ex-clusive American institution. The story inquestionrelates how an attack was made on an automo-bile by one of two white elephant 3 which werebeing- driven to the river for their morning bath.This elephant is credited with seeing In the auto-mobile, which was a RamMer car, owned anddriven by C. G. Edwards, of Banukok. a strongcompetitor in tho transportation business, and tohave b?en imbued with the idea of accomplishing•;s destruction before it could breed any more ofitn X.nd in the land of Slam. Mr. Edwards's carcam* through the encounter with only a lamp andmudguard broken.

One of the most Interesting pluses of thA frr<">wthof the automobile ns a vehicle of transportationis tho many novel uses to which it hafl been put.These novel uses are well illustrated In two or.lersrecently received by the manufacturers of theFrayer-MlUer car. which Is of the mechanicallyair-cooled type. A Western preacher who spendshis Bp-irr- t:m>* In travelling his ordered a touringcar with a wheel base of 140 inches, which pro-vldei a very large tonneau, fitted with foldingberths. As far as sleeping accommodations aroconcerned, thl3 preacher can travel Independentof hotels.

The second order is for a large truck oapabl» nfcarryinfr four pianos, and with sides which foldout, providing room for people to examine th^pianos. Tli's truck Is to be, pent through theMiddle Wr^t, with the purpose of pellln? pianos tothe farmers. This scheme has proved a successwith a horse-drawn truck which cnrri>d only onepiano. Th« Frnyer-Miller truck not alone carriesfour pianos, but will travel at nearly four timesthe speed of tho horse-drawn tru.-k.

The ralmer & Singer Manufacturing Companyhis experienced the same annoying delays in get-

ting Into its new buildln? as nearly every otherautomobile concern along Broadway has met with.It Is now definitely announced, however, that thebufldlng between 49th and f.Oth \u25a0tieets. extendingthrough from Broadway to Seventh avenue, whichIs to be the new home of the ralmer & Finger

Manufacturing Company, will be ready for occu-pancy by January 1.

TROUBLES FROM TIRES.

TDIELY AUTO TOPICS.

Yaqui Eeported to Have Murdered HenryStewart, an ilnierican, at Labrica.

'\u25a0" \u25a0-'•':.. Ariz.. Dec. H.—News was <\u25a0:%'\u25a0'! hero

to-<say t,y A. <•. i'..,, r'], manager <•' the Green

..1^ <1 camp at Labrica, ihirty-flvomiles from Mag-;/r fonia

-Sonera, that Y*qul Indians raided tho

4^f-mP. on'

Thurs<3iiy, nuro>red the watchman,- Tienry fetfe»-on. and looted the slope-.

j§[lk-*"Cmmt> **•\u25a0 been chut down for several we«kf.

||X?^art;was;ar/ A;i.f-ri<:ji:, a former resident of| T»ction, »nd hud 'Wn a Holtffst of fortune, lie- 116 *Wtia'aeverid'Ceottai AjaarJcaa revolution*.

COLORADO STATE BANK SUSPENDS.,CO .MUW

1,,,, 14 -The Colorado State Bank

of thirty sl-penaed kMfoa. to-day, pending re-

anf^!on. It holds deposits of J500.000 and Its

SHOOTS HIMSELF IN INSANE ASYLUM.

Morristown N J- Dec. •It-John V. Haake. an

auendtrat 'the State Hospital ggg*f«jg|llorrls riains. who was discharged for 111 <r*a""s

SfSa^Lafw! when v was rcru«d shot bun-

SSU m the i-UiW teiple. liedied tasUmM*.

National Body to Discuss Labor and Finan-

cial Problems for Two Days.

SSSSSSSSSS=nual -«*£*V»" i.^o.tant object of discu,-

Avenue Hotel Anand means of preventing

vUan^loS, The sublets of compulsory

\u25a0mway. telephone and other public utilities In larg-r

Cl£fcal an national government ofnciaL,. prssV

During the tw.days" aewlon tho annual atener of

Uie body willbe held.

Girl Masquerading in Uniform, However,

Burst Into Tears When Arrested.

IBT Telegraph to Th» Tribune.]

Chattanooga. Te-nn.. Dec. 14—Dressed In the uni-

form of a sergeant of the 12th Cavalry, stationed atFortOglcthorpe. and asserting thai she was enlistedin the regiment. Laura O'Donald. member of a weU

known family of East Lake. T.nn., was arrestedlate this afternoon by tho police, charged ulih

masquerading inmen's clothes, Laura looked sosae-what" nominate, but made up for this by the maa.teriy way in which she drank whiskey. It was this

fa'lingSat led to her undoing. After imMbtog a

Sue «o freely in a local saloon, she attempted to

SKSssSKSSthtinS°nK rot Comply S. but officers at the postthe lniUnia oi i

«,pnreants of Company Ddenied that any ofJ c £«£» y 6ald tnat

X Sung womanchmaa been a member of the regl-

ment for some months. _

CIVIC FEDERATION READY TO MEET.

DKAOT WHISKEY LIKEHEAL MODEL

Owners Suspend Wage Scale Pending Con-ference with Federation of Labor.

Goldfleld. Nev. Deo. 14.— Secretary Erb of thoGoldfleld Mine Owners' Association announcedjrestorday, after a meeting of tho executive com-mittee of the ar.-oriation, that a resolution hadbeen passed Fu. p^ndip.p the wage scale of thenr-?ociation recently adopted for ten days ai therequest of the American Federation "* I,abor.During the ten days a committee of the Ameri-can Federation p.nd the association Will perfect

a new was" acale which will be satisfactory tothe American Federation.

This arrangement willalso affect the employes

of the Nevada-California Power Company whowalked out on Thursday and under the newagreement these employes will return to workto-day, thus removing th« Imminent possibility

of iiill"l down the plant of tho power com-

pany, which furnishes all the power "f themines and the lights and power for the city of

Goldfleld.The new arrangement also affects the ear-

pentera and fin'""" in the mines, and those

men who are not affiliated with the Western

Federation of Minors resumed work In the mim-sto-day.

It Is reported that the wife of a miner who de-

serted the Western deration and returned to

work yesterday «m badly beaten early to-day

by union pickets. Bhe has been bo;trdin^ somo

of the workmen, and liaa openly expressed an-

tipathy to' the Western Federation.

SITUATION AT GOLDFIELD.

Xo Bricks Thrown at Actor, hut a.\u25a0 Theft Did Occur.

"With Senator Orady bemoaning the lot of expertpoliticians at Albany since the advent of GovernorHughes, end "William A. Brady, in a fiery sermon,affecting moral indignation at a scene that in no-wise shocked the spiritual side of some of his con-temporaries in the shopping district about Broad-way and 42d street, the dinner to George M. Cohanat the Knickerbocker Hotel yesterday morningwas. in every sisnse. the liveliest eating and drink-ing and speaking affair Broadway has known foraswenal moons. The bill of fare was isuch as tomake eating an art and drinking a qualificationof the man who purposes staying out all night.

There were nearly a hundred persona gath-ered around the festive board, at the headof which sat Victor Moore, who gave thedinner, and George M. Cohan, who received thegift with modesty. Rcnnold Wolff was the toast-master, and when itis reported that Mr. WoltT de-clared Victor Moore to be "one of the best actorson the American etage to-day" there can be nodoubt of his Qualifications to fillthe toastmaster'achair.

There wero numerous short speeches. Nothing ofImportance occurred, however, until Senator Gradyresponded to a call. The toastmaster remarked be-fore introducing the Senator that he was a friendof theatrical men and of speculators. Thn Senatorrose solemnly, and then, in an answer that causedthe toastmaster to blush, he denied that he hadever been the friend of speculators. He. becamemelancholy for a moment, and in that state madesome remarks about the scarcity of currency Incertain Bectlons of the country. He said:

"There was a time when there was something ofcredit and a little profit in goinjc to Albany, butBtaoa Governor Hughes has made his home thereit is on the fritz." Senator Grady was cheered.the WlthlMllW prepared the gathering for thesecond part of the entertainment. Curious personsare raspectfelty referred to Senator Grady, Will-iam A. Bndjror the toastmaster for BpecMcattOßS.At th« conclusion of it."William A. Brady was in-vited to take the floor an.i do with it as he chose.yr. Brady was on his feet in a momont. lookedscornfully around him. and finally set his two llt-tle eyes on Senator Grady. He appeared to thinktho Senator should have heen a censor of morals.Indten.nion was expressed in his every move. Hospoke raataV. and It was gathered that Mr. Bradywas anzrjr. not at the representation, but that itshould have been disclosed to the gathering In thepresence of the enemies of show managers. Mr.Brady said they were all there. Then ho yeJl«i"shame" until he was hoarse. He was frequentlyinterrupted by several jollyfellows, -who freely ex-pcesaed their opinion of him. It may be recordedthat Mr. Brady, next in order to Wells Hawkes,created the heartiest liuch of the night. Every-body yelled "Well done. William!"It was daylight when the assembly o:;t the

dining room, and several policemen reported thatGeorge M. Cohan was carried from 4l'd street tothe American Line pier by his enthusiastic friends.Itis certain that tew young men have b. • n ro cx-tr:-.vagant!y praised as that comedian— and he w< •

off on the Philadelphia for a lone tripabroad with-out the slightest appearance of being abnormallyswollen in the region where dwell the airy creat-urt-a of his fancy.

DIXXER FOR G. M. COIIAX. Automobiles.

FiatDarracqRenaultPanhardDe DietrichC. G. V.Rolls-RoyceIsotta

Aittorn nbjlcs.

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER i". 1007.

PB. DAY TO BARKERS. Automobiles.

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