THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 16, 1906.
President Entertains Cabinet at Dinner
Members and Their Wives His Guests-at Brilliant Function Mrs. Stranss Will Join the Official Set.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (Special
Correspondence.) On Thursday,
December 13, the curtain will
go up on what promises to be a bril
liant social season for the official world
at the Nation's capital. The opening
event will be the first in a series of
state dinners . at ' the White House,
when, according to a 20-year custom,
numbers of the cabinet and their- re
spective wives will be the Presidents
dinner guests of honor.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the Marine
Band will Btrlke up a . march In re
sponse to the leadership; of Lieutenant
Santelman,. and the, President, with
Mrs. Root, the premier lady of the Cabi
net, on his arm, will lead the way to
the dining-room followed by the cab
inet officers and their ladies In the or
der of their succession to the .Presi
dency. Next come the score or more
specially invited guests, Mrs. Roose
velt bringing up the rear with Secreta
ry of State, Hon. Ellhu Root. The
same care -will be observed In seating
the guests for the matter of prece
dence Is not to be lightly handled In
official circles lest there be a .real tem
pest in the teapot. "
Besides being the first formal func
tion of the season the Cabinet dinner,
will be memorable as the last time the
present Cabinet circle will dine with Its
chief, or. Indeed, be seated at any din
ner table together, as although the
Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks are
entertaining In honor of President and
Mrs'. Roosevelt this evening, and the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Root have
cards out for a dinner in their honor
next Tuesday, custom now decrees
that a different company shall be as
sembled every time the President dines
away from home, the idea being to
bring a 'larger group of people within
the radius of hiH acquaintance, and was
original with Mrs. Root when she was
"Mrs. Secretary of War." '
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The old year will have died and a
new one taken its place before the
Cabinet ladies again go ensemble to
assist at a state gathering at the
White House. By that time, if all
goes well in the Senate, Mrs. Victor
Metcalf. of California, though a junior
In point of years, will be one of the
senior hostesses In the official family,
and her place at the foot of the line be
taken by Mrs. Oscar Strauss, of New
York, who will have the distinction of
being tli first representative of her
race to stand in the receiving line at a
President's reception. The occasion
will be the diplomat's New Year's
greeting to President and Mrs. Roose
velt, and one of the season's spectacu
lar events by reason of the brilliant
uniforms worn by the gentlemen of the
THE BILLBOARD
by Mr. and Mrs. Perkins Fisher. A
special added attraction will be the great
est trick and fancy bicycle act in the
country. This turn, by the three HU
tons, will open the eyes of people who
Imagine that they have witnessed every
possible daring feat on a bicycle. A
Hinging and talking act will be the con
tribution of Will Teg(?e and Anna Dan
iels. Joe Belmont, the human bird is
a whistler of renown and his bird imi
tations are said by experts to be abso
lutely perfect. An eccentric acrobat and
'. of the few men In his specialty who are
rated as without a superior.
Music lovers will find Cheveriel, the
trick violinist, a wonder with this in-
Btrument. He can extract the sweetest
j harmony with the most commonplace ar
i tides. This performer has appeared
In .Portland on former occasions
; and never . failed to please. Mas
i ter Harold Hon, the boy ballad
j 1st, will have a new song, with
I beautiful illustrations, and the Grandi-
scope machine will be provided with a
I film showing" an amusing story. These
I acts enumerated are all of recognized
! standing In the profession; and the pa
' Irons of the Grand are assured a pro-
gramme In keeping with the high grade
i of entertainment invariably found at this
house.
I Today, this afternoon and evening will
I he the last of the singing comedietta,
:"For Sweet Charity," the very comical
I skit. "The Messenger Boy and the Ac
; tress" and the many other clever turns
and specialties. A visit to the Grand is
' as satisfying as a Christmas present, and
j much cheaper.
PAXTAGES DOUBLE- FEATURE
Big Spectacular Act Secured to Head
the New Bill.
Double features are no longer a vaude
ville luxury but a necessity and the
Pantages audiences have come to expect
at least two distinct lead-line acts. Dur-
ing the week which ends today the big
acts have been supplied by the Hagenback
trained bears and the Wilson comedy
; quartet. During the new week Jeanette
Jjiurelle in her great scries o spectacular
' displays and the Mangeans in their acro
batic specialty will furnish the double
feature.
Miss Laurelie has succeeded in devising
something new, airy and attractively fas
cinating. With her assistants she puts
on a spectacular act. "La del," that has
made good at each place presented since
Its creation early in the present season,
have an acrobatic specialty which has
met with great applause In San Fran
cisco and other big cities. The Man
geans are lar different and far more
clever than the ordinary run of acrobats.
These headliners, of course, are sup
plemented by the usual array of talent,
selected from the best available material.
In securing each week's bill many ap
plicants are tried out and only the very
, best are selected. The salaries paid by
the Fantages circuit is an inducement for
the very best performers. No circuit In
1he country will pay more for a good act.
The Regals, blackface specialty men, are
fresh imports from the East, who bring
with them up-to-date jokes and songs.
Tiwy are followed by LaMar. the clever
monologlst, who was the season's 'hit at
Seattle last week.
W. H. Pollard, eccentric Juggler, has
an act that is as good as the best. Jug
gling is a fine art as practiced by such
Leo White will sing a new Illustrated
song and the moving pictures will present
a thrilling drama, "The Thieves," show
ing the advent of automobile robbers and
their finish. . .
Today marks the final appearance of the
wrestling bears. These giants are as gentle
as trained dogs, but their wrestling
as is a rough-and-ready affair In which
the stage reverberates with the struggle
of the powerful gladiators. The bears do
no end of quaint tricks at the bidding
of their trainers. The Wilson quartet and
a long list of unexcelled acts complete a
remarkable vaudeville offering.
AT
THE NICKELODIOX.
Picture Drama Entitled "A Race for
a Wife" on the Bill.
The Nickelodlon, enjoying the reputa-
corps and the elaborate costumes of
the ladles accompanying them.
Naturally, the most picturesque figures
In the group will be the Chinese Minis
ter and his entourage, all of whom wear
very gorgeously embroidered robes , with
the quaintest headgear imaginable. ' It ,1s
expected that Sir Chentung, who is a wid
ower,' will this' year be accompanied by
his young daughter, though she has not
yet been formally presented to society.
Miss Chentung is a pretty girl, still In
her teens, with a wealth of long black
hair, which she wears In simple style in
keeping with the Chinese dresses to which
Bhe clings in spite of her American ways.
Since comg 'tp Washington three years
ago, she has attended a young ladies'
seminary, and now speaks English as well
as does her father, who was also edu
cated In this country.
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Besides the Minister's family there are
quite a number of children of the at
taches of the Legation, all of whom have
adopted "Old St. Nick" as the patron
saint of their Tuletide holiday, and great
expectations are voiced hourly around the
home of China's official representatives
In America. ' However, a few of the se
niors have lately agreed that the old
fellow is a "cheat," and have joined the
Minister's daughter on -her Christmas
shopping excursions, their Interest In the
season's novelties, adding to the gaiety
of other shoppers. The little, almond
eyed group is usually chaperoned through
the stores by Mrs. Yung Kwai, the Mas
sachusetts woman who some . years ago
became the wife ' of the secretary-Jnter-preter
of t'je. Chinese Legation, and has
been hostess of the building since the
departure of Madame Wu, whose hus
band was succeeced as Minister by the
present Incumbent.
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The children of the Turkish Legation
are not so fortunate as to have a real
American "mother superior" ' to guide
them safely through the mazes of the
toy shops, like their Chinese cousins, but
they will have a jolly time Just the
Bame, on Christmas day, for, as one of
them explained. "We all g'ive presents to
each other, and chef gives us a turkey
and other good things to eat, and plenty
of our Turkish candy, which Is lots better
than -the American assortment. Then we
get to see all the trees we want, through
dtir friends' invitations." Celebrating
Christmas to this extent Is Minister Che
klb Bey's concession to the American
method, without accepting the religious
significance of the day.
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Having spent the few years of their life
in a land where the Christmas festival
is unknown, the little children of Mr.
Ralanayptl. the Charge d' Affaires of
Siam, will this year experience Christmas
joys for the first time, and it is, per
haps, fortunate that none of them Is old
enough to have their new-found joy sad
dened by the knowledge that their mother,
who died just two weeks after her arri
val here, lies unburied in a vault only a
mile or two from their luxurious apart
ments at the Arlington Hotel. Accord
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tion of having the best moving pictures
in town, has a strong picture drama on
the bill for Monday and the first half
of this week, "A Race for a Wife."
This is an automobile romance, intro
ducing actual scenes taken before and
during the great Vanderbilt Cup race
in New. York some weeks ago.
Two automobilists, an American and
an Italian Count, are rivals for the
hand of a pretty American girl. She
has promised to marrwthe American if
he wins the race. In the light of this
and a $10,000 wager, the Italian plots
to drug his rival on the morning of the
race. A revolving table and a drugged
glass are the mediums used, but the
girl ses what has happened and deftly
turns the table so that the drug comes
back to the Italian accomplice. This
plot having failed, the villain makes a
sensational attempt to' burn the Amer
ican's car by setting fire to the garage,
but after hard work, the hero smashes
the door . In and drives his car un
scathed from the smpke and flames.
And then the race: The huge mon
sters dash away from the line like a
projectile from a gun. The villain at
tempts to wreck his rival's car, but is
foiled by the girl, who is keeping close
watch on the Italian's movements.
Many sensational and comic episodes
of the race are seen. Including the dash
around the dangerous curves and the
flash along the straightway at from 90
to 100 miles an hour, to the finish. The
hero 'wins the wager and a 'charming
bride.
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IX STAGELAXD.
Catherine Countiss is now leading woman
at Keith & , Proctor's, One Hundred and
Twenty-Fifth-Street Theater in New York.
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J. Palmer Collins, formerly with Andrew
Volumes Added to the
Public Library
POLLOWING Is a list of volumes added
to the Portland Public Library dur
ing the last week: " "
PHILOSOPHY.
Adamson Development of modern phil
osophy, 2 v. - -
Alexander Moral order and progress,
ed. 3.
Chapin Vital questions.
Fanshawe Liquor legislation In the
United States and Canada.
RKLIGION.
Gardner Conflict of duties and other
He"lps to the study of the Bible.
Mellone Leaders of religious thought
in the 19th century.
SOCIOLOGY.
Carney How to buy and sell real estate.
Dilke British Empire.
Haydn Book of dignities, ed. 3.
Lewis Essay on the government of de
pendencies. . . . . . . .
Lowell Governments and parties in
Continental Europe.
Massachusetts, Labor Bureau of Cotton
manufactures in Massachusetts and the
Southern states.
P. Q. How to buy life insurance."
Parsons & Albertson Railways, the
trusts and the people. '
Wray Jean Mitchell's school
PHILOLOGY.
Ahn New practical grammar of the
Dutch language, ed. 7.
Hatzfeld & Darmesteter Dictionnaire
general de la langue francaise, 2 v.
Smith and others International English
and French dictionary, new ed. 2 v.
Sweet Short historical Knglish gram
mar. ' .
Sweet Student's dictionary of Anglo
Saxon. Victor German pronunciation, ed. 3.-
SCIENCE.
Sachs History of botany (1530-1S60) rev.
ed.
Schillings Flashlights in the 'Jungle,
1905. - ,
USEFUL ARTS. ,
Arrowsmlth Paper-hanger's companion,
1995.
Himmelwright San Francisco earth
quake and fire, 1906.
Pitman Short course in shorthand.
FINE ARTS.
Brandon & Brandon Analysis of Gothic
architecture, 2 v.
Bushell Chinese art. v. 2.
Hasiuck Practical draughtsmen's work,
1901.
McCaskey Franklin square song col
lection, Nos. 1-2. .
ing to an old Siamese custom, Mme.
Ralanayptl cannot be burled until six
months after her death, the children's
holidays will therefore be made very
quiet. They will haVe" a tree " and as
much candy as they can eat. for which
preparations are being made by the Siam
ese nurse and English governess, with
additional 'gifts from the ladies .in the
hotel, who have grown very fond of the
motherless youngsters In a foreign land.
Sir Mortimer and Lady Durand,' who
will soon retire as chatelaines of the
British Embassy, are being shown
many farewell courtesies. Last week
they were honor guests of former Sec
retary of State and Mrs. John W. Fos
ter. This week they will be specially
entertained at - the German Embassy,
and later .they will go to the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Root, who will also
have President and Mrs. Roosevelt as
their guests on Tuesday evening. In
addition to their own invitations, the
British Ambassador. and his wife are
entertaning a house party of the Bos
ton and New York 'trends of their
young daughter, Miss Josephine Dur
and. The latter, with her out-of-town
guests, will be given a dinner, on the
19th by General and Mrs. 'Robert Shaw
Oliver, whose daughter. Miss Marian,
has been Miss Durand's most Intimate
chum in America,
Before the departure of Miss "Dur
and's guests from the . Embassy, Vis
count Turnoir, of London, will have
arrived to be Sir Mortimer's guest dur
ing the closing weeks of the latter's
stay in this country. The Viscount Is
heir to the Earl of Wlnterton, first
cousin of the, Duke of Marlborough,
and a descendant of the Speaker of the
House of Commons when Charles II
was restored to the British throne.
The family residence, Shllllnglee "Park,
is a beautirul house, full of art treas
ures, said to be awaiting the care of
the American girl who falls a victim
to the charms of the most boyish
looking young peer to come a-wooing In
America these many moons.
Apropos to the arrival of the Vis
count is the oft-reported and as oft de
nied engagement of Miss Theodora
Shonts, daughter of the chairman of
the Panama Canal Commission, and the
Due de Chaulnes, of France. The "ac
quaintance of the young people began
last Summer at Dinard, and is said to
have progressed into a deeper senti
ment during a subsequent, visit to
Paris, where Mrs.- Shonts and 'her
daughters received much attention from
the Due's sister, the Countess d'Uzes.
Miss Shonts' friends on this side hope
there is no truth In the report, a she
Is considered too clever and too hand
some a girl to follow In the footsteps
of the Countess de Castellane, formerly
Anna Gould, ofew York, whose un
happy marriage to a French fortune
hunter has recntly been well aired by
the International press.
.GRACE PORTER HOPKINS.
Mack, is playing Lactilan Campbell In "The
Bonnie Brier Bush."' I
Jennie Yeamans, a great favorite- in New
York and on the road a few years ago, died
In New York on November 28. She appeared
here a number of times.
'
Mildred Blanchard, the famous English
tragedienne, will tour America next year In
repertoire.
William B. Mack, whose Schram in "Leah
Kleschna" will be- remembered by Portland
audiences, baa left Mrs. Ftsk's company.
Lotta Crabtree bought Hal Direct, son of
Direct Hal, the famous racehorse, at the
New ' York Horse Show sale at Madison
Square Garden on November 27. The price
paid was S6900.
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John Hare. the. English actor. Is to come
to America this season In ' La Belle Mar
seillaise." 'Mr. Hare will take the part of
Napoleon. '"
Thomas Jefferson has been invited to give
an open air performance of "Rip Van Win
kle" on the grounds of one of the big hotels
In the Catsklll Mountains, next August.
John . Louis Berry, associate editor of
Ciay's Iteview, -a Denver publication, "nas
olaced with Rose Coghlan a one-act play
called "The Necklace," that she Intends' to
produce In Winnipeg in the near future. Mr.
Berrv is a forceful writer, who has written
many able reviews of plays presented In the
Denver theaters..
Lena Ashwell has obtained the English
rlchls to the Hopwood-Pollock play
"Clothes." in which Grace George is now ap-
Dcarine at the Manhattan Theater. Miss
Ashwell expects to produce the . piece in
london next April.
,
Cyril Maude's new London theater., The
Playhouse. Is to be openea on January s.
The theater will have no "pit," the whole
of the ground floor being devoted to stalls.
Beerbohm Tree Is to produce Shakes
peare's "Antony and Cleopatra." Constance
Collier is to play Cleopatra.
'Reynolds Joshua Reynolds, par Ernest
Chesneau.
Wagner Gotterdammerung; English
anri German words and music
Wagner Meistersinger vori Nurnberg:
Enelish and German words and music
Wagner Parsifal; English and German
words and music.
Wagner (Das) rheingold; English . and
German words and music.
Wagner Siegfried; English and German
words and music.
Wagner-(Die) walkure; English and
German words and music
AMUSEMENTS.
Holder Life In . the open; sport in
Southern California.
Shoemaker Choice dialogues.
LITERATURE.
Raymond Melodv In speech.
TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION, i
Reeke Notes from mv South Sea lnp
Bourgade Paraguay, the land and peo-'
pie.
Firth Highways and byways In Derby
shire.
Fremont Geographical memoirs upon
upper California, .1848.
Kingston & Frith Notable voyagers
rrom uorumtms to Hansen, new ed.
McConnel Western characters, 1853.
HISTORY.
Allcroft & Hay don History of the early
priitciplate.
Fox History, the early part of the
reign or. james.
BIOGRAPHY
Fawcett,' Mrs. : M. G. Five famous
.French women. ,
Jones, T. L. From the gold mine to the
puipit.
Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, the lawyer
dj r . i'. niu.
nTr"TTrixr
Gordon (The) doctor, by Ralph Connor
Liljencrantz Vlnland champions.
Mitchell Silent war.
FRENCH AND ITALIAN BOOKS.
Alfleri Prose e poesle scelte.
Flamini Varia, pagine di crltlca e
d'arte.
Fogazzaro Piccolo mondo antieo.
Goldoni Commedie scelte. ,
- Goldoni (La) locandiera.
Manzoin I promessl sposi.
Pellico Prose e tragedie
Radius (II) romanzo della fortuna ,dl
Neera (pseud).
Sand Uanon
Serao All 'erta sentinella.
Serao (II) paese di cuccagna.
Serao Suor Giovanna della Croce.
Tasso (La) Gerusalemme liberata.
Negotiates for a Franchise.
It was announced yesterday that ne
gotiations are in progress for a com
promise agreement 1 between the St.
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Inventor of the Leffler Electro-MaraMlr
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You Will Have to Be
To prove that yon will get a square
deal I have had the following contract
printed on the back of every certificate:.
All or any shares of the capital stock
of the Iyefflnr Klertrle SJr-rtrm n-lll be re
deemed by it at par or face value up to,
and Including, the loth day of May, A.
D. ' 1923, upon written notice properly
given to said company at Us executive
office In Chicago, Illinois, In a manner
and form ae provided by Its by-laws, and
adopted by a majority of the stockhold
ers of this company, so that all stock so
offered for redemption, within any given
period, may share- equally and propor--tionately.
However, the stock ef this
company Is only redeemable from funds
received, or to' be received as royalties
from railroad companies using the pat
ents of this company under license, and
after proper notice ae aforesaid, which
may be received from stockholders direct,
or from such of said railroad companies
as have received said stock In payment
for transportation or otherwise. PROVID
ED, HOWEVER, no stock shall be re
deemed until after May 10th, ISOtf, ex
cept at the option of this company.
This Contract Means '
That this company wilt pay1 you full face
value 'for every share of stock vou buy
out of the royalties paid by railroad com-;
panics using my system.
?ou can use your stock as cash in pay-,
ment for fare or freight on any road usingi
:ny system.
You see, every road that uses my system!
will have to pay our company a royaltyi
every year simply for the right to use it..
These railroad companies . would iust as
soon pay us with these certificates as to'i
pay cash, and the certificates would be
the same as cash to us.
This contract means that if you bought
100 shares at the present price, you would
be able to get at least J1000 from any rail,
road using my system. Or you could turn
the certificates of stock' in to us and get
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in our trnsiirv 1 Hnn't tltinlr rmt -a.!ll'
ever want to sell, because of the enor-l
nious dividends we will pay. But, if you
should be compelled to sell, your certifi
cate would be vyrth its full face value.
This makes it absolutely impossible for
any stockholder to be frozen out of the
company.
Every Share on the Square.
Every share of stock in our company is
on the square. Not a dollar's worth of
the stock will! be sold which does not rep
resent exactly the same footing or stand
ing that every other share or dollar repre
sents. The stock is FULLY PAID and NON
ASSESSABLE. What Expert Engineers Say.
I am not the only one who thinks this
is the most perfect, . simple, cheap and
comfortable Railway System known.
Three of the most expert engineers in
this country have carefully examined my
system and ridden on my car, and they
have written reports on what they saw
and found. These engineers .are: John
Ericson, City Engineer of Chicago: Karl
L. Lehmann. Consulting Kngineer of Chi
cago, and F. W. Cappelen. former City
Engineer of Minneapolis, Minn.
They declare the system successful, sim
ple and practical and point out many oth
et features wherein the Leffler system is
an immense improvement over any other
system now Known to he in existence.
Other unprejudiced and scientific experts
have pronounced the system wonderfully
simple and simply wonderful. The reports
will be sent to anyone upon request.
My Automatic Signal Service.
"I - absolutely prevent collisions. Every
where a car moves it sends signals ahead
and behind. It .is not affected, by storns
or any weather' condition. My signal sys
tem does not require either hand or mind
of man to operate it. .- No wires or poles
are exposed where storms can blow them
down or interfere with them. If through
some accident one signal is cro-ken, or
otherwise put out of commission another
signal Immediately takes its place. Every
train dispatcher and operator on the road
can go to sleep and my signal works
automatically. When trains come to
gether too closely, head-on or from the
rear, an electric bell rings vigorously
in the leverman's cab.
Oars Under Absolute Control.
It is all controlled by one lever. The
leverman' starts, stops and reverses with
F. H. JOHNSTON, Fiscal Agent
425-426 Fliedner Building, Corner 10th and Washington Streets, Portland, Oregon
Johns Council and the Pacific States
Telephone Company, by which St. Johns
will get a telephone exchange and im
proved telephone service. Just what
the compromise is is not announced,
but It Is said that the matter will come
before the Council at the meeting next
Tuesday evening, if an agreement is
reached. The disagreement was over
.1 ran a machine- shop and brass foundry in Minneapolis. I did repair work for the Elctrlcal Street
Railways of St. Paul and that city. I was so successful as a mechanic and elotrician in this repairing
that I was requested to change every dynamo put 1b by; the General Electric Co. I saw all the troubles
of the street railway managers. I found the present system of running streetcars was entirely wrong.
I found I could get more power, greater speed, more- safety and comfort by running' cara with
electro-magnets direct than by the roundabout, mlxed-up . systems now used by electric railways.
I have always been a successful manufacturer and Inventor. I have had charge of 200 expert
mechanics at one time. All of my Inventions have made great successes and enormous sums of money.
The great successful barb wire business today Is built on my patents.
The best money being made today in the manufacturing of harvesting machines Is very largely
baaed on my Inventions.
I Invented the first switch and turn-out that prevented" the trolley wheel on trolley cars from con
stantly jumping the wire at crossings.
For fourteen years I have studied how to make cars run faster., cheaper, safer than ever fcefora.
. I am -done experimenting.
I Have at Last the Greatest Invention of This Century.
It will remodel the whole railroad business. There is not a railroad In this country but that will sooner
or later be compelled to adopt my system, because it Is cheaper, faster, safer and more money-making
than any other system.
I absolutely control the next great step forward In the railroad world In my patents. Why? Be
cause steam has run its limit! Steam cannot run a train lod miles an hour and keep it up. The trolley
and present thlrd-rall systems cannot be depended upon for long distances. Their motors are likely to)
burn out any minute. With my system I can run a train any distance In any kind of weather, without
a hitch or breakdown, SO to 200 miles an hour with perfect safety. By my system. If a. wheel broke or
a rail broke the cars would stay exactly In position on the track. They could not do otherwise. They
could not jump the track at any speed. It would be Impossible to run my cars off the end of a track Into
a river where a bridge Is open. My car would stop Itself, even If- the leverman was asleep.
I know this whole system to be a success, because I have tried It for two years. During that time
millionaires have tried to get control of my system, but .1 would not let them, bcause I preferred to
protect my own and small stockholders' investments. ,
Charles T. Terkes offered me $100,000 if I would throw my Invention on the scrap-pile and forget It.
He did not want to be compelled to change his old cable system.
Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, offered to furnish $300,000 for my patent rights for over eighty miles
an hour.
Wall street capitalists have made five different attempts to gain control over the Le frier Electric
System, and Wall street generally knows a good thing when they see it, I could not afford to let these
big moneyed Interests get control. I preferred to go to the small Investors, to the people who want to
make small, but safe and sure Investments. I have therefore bound myself to this company, and to every
stockholder, that I will personally see to it that every man and woman who makes an Investment In this
company will get a square deal. This Is a square deal from start to finish.
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fore the Next Advance
the same lever. Snow, Ice, sleet, rain,
grease, dirt and such substances do not
affect the power or control of the car or
train.
The Business Will Be Immense.
Because before long we will be putting
my system on all the standard, street and
interurban railways. Just think what an
Immense business that will be. One com
pany alone now employs 12,000 men to
make the present electric railway equip
ments and cars. Another firm employs
nearly as any more. There are also thou
sands of men employed making standard
locomotives and equipments. All of these
will be back numbers, and will have to
go out of business because this Leffler
electric system will take their place and
will employ thousands more.
Investigate Us Carefully.
Come and see this most remarkable In
vention of the twentieth century.
This Is such an opportunity as does not
come to any one once in a hundred years,
to get In on the ground floor on a propo
sition bound to make millions. It is the
next great forward step in the railroad
world. It means the ultimate changing
of every present steam and street railroad
over to the Leffler system, not only be
cause it can run faster, but it saves about
half In operating expenses and thousands
of lives.
It means faster and cheaper travel and
greater profits to the railroad managers
and stockholders.
I cannot describe the system fully here.
I have done this in a booklet, which I
will send you free for the asking. If you
can't tae but ten shares get the booklet
and learn fully all the wonders of this
simplest, most perfect system ever de
vised. It will set you to wondering that
some one did not think of this marvelous
idea before.
When I send you the booklet I will also
send you the reports of some of the ablest
electrical engineers In this countrv, who
have carefully examined the system. They
fullv Indorse it.
We have received requests from no less
than seven different responsible parties with
in the past two weeks for estimates for pat
ting in my system ra new roads about to
be constructed.
Shrewd Investments Make
. Fortunes.
This Is Your Chance Act Wisely
and Quickly.
Don't let this opportunity slip by. As
soon as the world learns what a. simple,
money-saving and money-earning system
this Is the money-making instincts of the
railway managers will force them to
adopt if This will mean millions for the
stockholders. The profits and dividends
can't help but be something wonderful.
Great fortunes are made nowadays by
people who make judicious investment of
their savings and earnings.
Saving money doesn't make you rich.
It is making the money work for you
while yo,u are working that brings wealth.
Invest your savings In something sure to
bring the greatest returns. Bankers get
rich by doing that with the money you
deposit with them,- and they pay you only
8 or 4 per cent for the use of your money.
Why not do as the banker does and get
all the profits yourself?
Here Is such an opportunity aa may
never come your way again. Such great
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the compensation the company was to
pay for a franchise, and it is on this
point that negotiations are again in
progress.
lecture on "Ethics of Christianity."
"The Ethics of Christianity Identical"
will be the subject of. a lecture by J. C.
Quick to
things as this do , not come more than
once in a century, ' It Is up to you to act
carefully, wisely and intelligently. Inves
tigate every claim L make. Go Into It
thoroughly. Find out for yourself that I
have the greatest railway system ever
devised, and don't invest one cent unless
you are perfectly satisfied I have just
what I claim to haVe. Ask all the ques
tions you want to and I will answer every
question honestly and squarely.
I honestly believe this, stock . will, ad
vance 100 per cent 6r' more within a year.
If you want to share in these enormous
profits It will be necessary for you to act
NOW. This stock will never be lower,
and Is sure to advance at (east 15 per
cent within the next few days, It Is on
the ground floor now. but never will be
again. Be wise In time. Remember, this
is no untried experimentl I have the car
and system to show you. I want you to
call and Investigate it thoroughly. I will
be glad to show everything about It to
you at any time. Everything Is and will
be thoroughly covered by patents, and
the patents -are under the absolute control
of this company.
I honestly believe that: a very little
money invested In -this stock now, at the
present bottom price will in a very short
time yield such an income as will make
you Independent for life. It is the chance
of a century. . If you miss it you will
regret it all your life.
About the Stock.
This company is not loaded down with
a lot of watered stock. Neither Is It a
promoter's company. It Is a straight,
square deal, directly between you and
the company. There is absolutely no
freeze-out scheme mixed up In a tangle of
preferred and common stock, nor Is there
any other style of hocus-pocus. Every
share of stock stands exactly on a level
with every other share.
Only a small portion of this stock Is be
ing sold below par. If you desire to get
in on the ground floor it will be necessary
for you to act at once. Remeiiber, this
is no untried experiment. We have a car
all made and on exhibition which will
show anyone exactly what our system la.
Come and see for yourself exactly what
we have got. You will find It a marvel
of simplicity and practicability. You will
not question when you see It that this
company will become the owner of one of
the greatest electrical manufacturing
plants In the world. The company has
something so much better and so much
further In advance of anything else ever
heard of that it is bound to make millions
for Its stockholders.
Call, write or teiearrap-h at once.
Be Quick and Get a Sure Life
Income.
For every ten shares $-15 cash.
For every 100 shares $(50 rash.
Any other number of shares, up to
5000 shares, at the same rate.
Our Easy Monthly Payment Plan
For every tch shares. $10 cash Jnd 6
monthly payments $6 each. Total. $46.
For every 100 sharps, $100 cash and 6
monthly payments $t0 each. Total. $460.
Any other number of shares up to 5000
at the same rate.
Par value of all shares, $10 per share.
Not more than 5000 shares to any
one person.
All remittances must be made in
cither ftostoffirn money order, regis
tered letter, express money order or
draft on New York or Chicago.
If you let this opportunity get by
without taking all the stock you can
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to 200 Mile an Hour Witlfout the Possibility of Jumping the Track, Swift, safe, sure
ELECTRIC SYSTEM, (Inc.), CHICAGO, ILL.
Perrlne tonight at Alisky Hall, Third
and Morrison. There will be music and
admission will be free.
Kastern Star Election.
Camelia Chapter No: 27, O. K. S.,
elected the following officers at the an
nual election .December 3: Worthy
Get in Be
possibly buy you will soon be In th
position of the man who refused to buy
Bell Telephone stock when it could be
had for small money, and later saw it
sell for thirty times what he could
have bought It for.
If you can't call, write for booklet and
engineers' reports.
Points to Remember About
This System for Street
Railways.
There are no overhead wires, no
third rail, no slot in the street, no un
derground trolley, no obstructions .in
the stree
Can be run faster, safer, easier and
more comfortably than any other sys
them known.
It is cheaper to operate, uses a half
less fuel at power-house, is cleaner,,
surer and quicker in operation than
any other.
Cannot be stopped by sleet or snow
storms, rain, ice. grease, dirt or any
other similar obstructions on the track.
It cannot produce electrolysis on wa
ter pipes or conduits in the streets,
which is now such a heavy expense to
cities under the trolley.
It cannot Interfere with any other
electric wires, requires less current
than other systems, and develops
greater power.
It is all controlled by one lever, and
is always under the most absolute con
trol, anywhere and under all condi
tions. It is noiseless, since there are no
gearings, motors or other machinery
to grind, squeak or rattle.
There are no "burn-outs" of motors,
because there are no motors to burn
out.
It is Impossible for man or beast to
get a shock from an electric current.
Points to Remember About the
Leffler System Taking the
Place of Present
'Steam Railways.
It does away entirely with locomo
tives, heavy motor cars, electric en
gines and all other similar heavy and
expensive machines.
A speed of SO to 200 miles an hour
can be regularly reached and main
tained for any distance.
Runs Winter and Summer alike. Not
affected by ice, snow, grease, dirt,
elect, rain Or any other condition.
Less than one-quarter of the fuel is
needed.
Trains can be started and stopped
quicker than by any other system and
without discomfort to passengers.
Power houses can bo placed 200 miles
apart.
No brakes are required. The stop
ping is done bv reversing the current.
There is no flattening of the wheels
and consequent jogsing of the cars.
Wheels do not erind on the rails to
start trains, hence no holes and de
pressions are made.
It is easier on the roadbed and car.
and practically no repairs will be
needed.
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Inquiries to
matron, Miss Nellie McKinley; worthy
patron. Dr. L T. Mason; associate mat
ron, Mrs. Lillian Kreyer; secretary,
Mrs. Anna K. Coote; treasurer, Mrs. Ar
sene Itarresohou: conductress, Mrs.
Grace Rose; associate conductress, Mrs.
F. A. Van Kirk. The Installation will
occur in January.