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The Washington times., 1915-09-02

Intersections. except on busy streets
where the regulations, he said. should
apply to crossings. At other points
made to understand that they do it
at their own risk.
Mr.. Syme agreed with A. G. Batch
elder. of the A. A. A. executive board
who believes that a continued speei
| should be taken as a criterion. and
| not a single burst of speed which
might occur on some unfrequented
blSck. =.
States where extreme care is observed
! and where the ratio of accidents ia
notably low to illustrate mis- point.
| The Massachusetts automobile law.
| to the Massachusetts highway commits
sion: contains this clause on speed
As to Speed Limits.
1T shall be prma facie evidence Of a
rate of speed greater than is reason
J able and proper as aforesaid IL a mo-
tor vehicle is operated in any way
inside the thickly settled or business
part Of a city or town at a rate OF
speed exceeding fifteen miles per hour
for the distance Of one-eishth OF a
The 1915 traffe act which is now in
lowing reference to Pedestrians"
"Q Rights Of pedestrians-In places
| where the houses are on an average
less than 100 feet apart. pedestrians
shall have the right Of way over
vehicles at any street crossing.
"t2 ANY person crossing a street al
any place other than the cross. .walk
shall do SO at his own risk. Nothing
llieve the drivers OF vehicles from beins
constantly vigilant. exercising all rea
sonable care to avoid injuring either
persons or property"
The Washington times., 1915-09-02
THR COTTON OUTLOOK

Fortunately for the general well
fare of the country the South did
not accept the advice of many fool
ish people who last year wanted it
to quit raising cotton; neither did it
execute it's own threat to do SO.
The crop this year will be decidedly
less than the banner yield of last
season, but will nevertheless be q
good, round outturn. In view of the
action Of the allies in declaring cot
ton contraband there must be a good
deal of uncertainty about the mar
ket.
There is every probability that on
the whole the 1915 crop will be
marketed under much better condi-
tions than was that Of 1914. Ger
many and Austria will not be able
to get nearly SO much as they did
while cotton was off the inhibited
lists, but other countries will need
more, especially the warning ma
tions, which are in position now to
expand their use of the fiber in ex-
plosives. Again, while Austria and
Germany will be pretty effectually
shut off, Russia will need a much
greater share than she was able to
take last season, and will get it, for
the Dardanelles will be open, and
there is reason to expect that Arch
angel will receive shipping through
out practically the entire winter.
Russia held big surplus stock
when the war opened, but it is now
exhausted and the need for its re-
Punishment is the more acute be-
cause the ammunition factories in
that country will be running at i'm
mensely increased capacity.
' There may be need to finance the
planters and brokers in efforts to
hold back the market movement in
expectation Of the opening up OF
Russia's market. To this end the
Tressury's announcement of plan
to aid the cotton country by making
deposits and permitting cash to be
advanced on warehouse certificates
is encouraging. But in general il
may be expected that cotton will ge,
along pretty we'll from this time
forth.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02
Present Traffic >LavS
Cannot Be Enforced
Effectively, Says Syn1e
Corporation Counsel of District Favors Repeal and
Placing of Regulations in Hands of Com
missioners Who, He Says, Are Bet
ter Fitted to Know Conditions.

Washngtons automobile speed law anomoy and cannot
eeuay enforced Congress ought repeal and place the
speed regulations we'll other features OF traffic regulation
in the hands Of the Commissioners
This declaration of Corporation Counsel Conrad H.
Syme today gave strong Endorsement The Times
paign for reasonable speed laws
Street cars as we'll automobiles should be allowed 60
faster Corporation Counsel asserted He believes the
street car maximum Of should apply only
section that other portions of the city should
be permitted eighteen miles.
LAW NEARLY TEN YEARS OLD.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02
Capt. Benjamin Young Is
ZouaveS' Vice President

Capt. Benjamin Young. senior ofh-
Ger of the famous Rutler Zouave
Corps, has been chosen vice president
of the Butler Zouaves Relief Associa-
tion. He will also act as director OF
the assocnation. The association has
esta blished an office for Its secretary
at 6O7 Louisiana avenue northwest.
CAPTAIN Hawkins. the president OF
the association, has issued an appeal
TO all former members of the Butler
Zouave Corps to cal! at the secre.
tary's office and enroll as members Of
the relief association.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02

group or section. They are %
widely held as to make very certain
that the President will have one Of
the greatest fights of his career be.
fore he will be able to pass legisla'
ton at all meeting the exigency
There is the greatest need for ap'
peal to the people in the effort Il
educate them to appreciation Of
changed conditions. ....
The Washington times., 1915-09-02
THE SUBMARINE TERMS

Count Won Bernstorff has COM
municated to the Government at
Washington the pledge Of the Ber-
lin government that
Liners will not be sunk by our
without the safety Of the lives OF
non-combatants. provided that the
liners do not try to escape or offer
resistance. D..
In so far as regular passenger
boats are concerned this is a sub
stantial compliance with the de-
mands of the United States. It is
the beginning Of developing a code
of international usage under which
submarines in war will in future be
governed.
That Germany had determined it
would be necessary to make this
much concession to the United
States demands has been fore.
shadowed for several days. It is
the beginning of adjustment be.
tween the governments in connec-
ton with the Lusitania incident. II
lays down the principle on which
they can agree and makes probable
that further details may be cleared
away by negotiation.
The present appears an occasion
when it is we'll to await full knowl.
edge and detailed terms before as
suming too much in regard to the
significance of a fragmentary com
munication. Count Won Bernstorfl
communicates a single sentence Of
the instructions his government ha.
sent him, a sentence dealing will
the Lusitania case, while the Arabic
case was Immediately under con
sideration.
We do not know the modifying
context, nor do we know as ye
more than one side of the Arabic
story. The submarine that sent he
to the bottom may have been lost
it is generally believed she was; ant
she may not have been lost. Will
the announcement by Count vol
Bernstorff is resssuring, it canno
be regarded as conclusive withou
more knowledge.
To make the concession regarding
submarine warfare would greatl
weaken and handicap Germany il
the employment of her most effec
tive naval weapon. As has bee
pointed out by Germany heretofore
this would make it possible for Eng
land to insure vessels Of this clas
lby merely having a few non-combat
ant passengers on board. 70.
1t is possible, of course, to assum
that Germany is being converted t
the humanitarian view Of this Who'll
question, but there is no very i'm
pressive accumulation Of testimon
thus far to such a conversion. II j
fact Germany has been converted o
this point, that is one thing; if, o
the other hand, the present conces
sion is merely a move in the deve
oping of the general policy of az
gressive, brutal war, then opinion q
to it's significance must be reserve
until it can be known just whs
strings are attached to the yer
brief communication thus far made
The Washington times., 1915-09-02
THE STUMBLINO.BLOCKS

It hasn't required much time, af-
ter reasonable concrete form was
given to the proposal for national
defense legislation, to develop the
real underlying difficulty about get
ting that sort of legislation on the
books. That difficulty is that Con-
gress and the members of Congress
are not for the legislation and it il
doubtful whether the country Is.
All we'll enough to talk about mil
lions for defense; but the naked
truth is that most people in this
country don't believe there is a
chance Of war, don't believe if there
were war there would be possibility
Of any foreign country making US
real trouble; don't believe that our
interest in the world war is much
more acute than it would be in a
war between Jupiter and Saturn.
The other day Claude Kitchin, of
North Carolina, who will be his
party's leader on the floor of the
next House, issued his ultimatum:
millions for submarines to keep
away invaders; not one cent for bat
tleships." That may sound silly
enough, but when Congress meets it
will be found to have a strong fol-
lowing. This nation has eschewed
consideration of all things military
and naval for so long that it is un-
able to apply common sense to such
questions.
The chairman of the House Com
mittee on Military Affairs, Mr.. Hay
of Virginia, is likewise an econo.
mist of the strictest sect. He has
been opposed to about every sug.
gestion of the general staff looking
to strengthening of the army ir
either numbers or efficiency, and he
will not greatly change his attitude
under stress of present necessities.
Senator John Worth Kern of In.
diana, who will be floor leader of the
dominant party in the upper cham
ber, is just out in a determined dec
laration of opposition to any expen
sive program of preparation. HI
has been spending the summer
among his people of the trans
Alleghanian region and says the!
are against it; they don't believe
there is any danger that any Euro
pean nation will want to attack tn,
United States during or after tn,
present war. He adds that he thinks
this is also the attitude of the peo
pie east of the Alleghanies.
1t will be found before any legis
lation of adequate character is evel
framed in a Congress committee
that this sort of ostrich sentiment
are widely held in Congress. Tn
old idea that Americas location
makes it perfectly secure has no
been broken down. The belief tha
we have no concern about what hap
pens to Europe is startlingly gen
eral. War is looked upon yet as a.
opportunity for us to sell supple
at high profits; nothing more.
1t is an amazing proof of our in
sularity and provincialism, still per
sisting in the very presence of tn
most awful confagration the worl
has ever known. Such sentiment
, lare not confined to any one party 0
The Washington times., 1915-09-02

THE present automobile speed law.
said Mr.. Syme. is nearly ten years
old. II was passed when there were
probably less than ZOO automobiles IN
washington. 1t was perhaps good leg
islation for that time. but with the In
crease of automobile Users and chang
ing conditions It has been outgrown.
until now 1t Is impossible OF proper en-
fcrcement.'
Congress cannot. in the opinion OF the
corporation counsel. pass any hard and
fast law~th would be practical. He
said the speed laws as well as otner
traffic rules. had to be changed to meet
changing conditions. The Commission
the needs arising from varying condi.
tions and they could safely be trusted
to handle the speed problem.
Amy general law about pedestrians
would be equally impossible he con.
tirued. Undoubtedly pedestrians should
be restrained from crossing busy cor
ners diagonal!y. and there are a few
places in the congested sections where
they should not be allowed to cross IN
the middle OF block 1t would be alb
a person could not cross a quiet street
to visit q neighbor without walking to
! a street corner to do It. That Is the
reason the last attempt at such regula-
ton fell through.
Common Sense Best.
Common sense. in short. should he
used In handling pedestrians as we'll In
handling automobiles. The former are
now under no restrictions. and the lat.
ter are harried by regulations with
| which they cannot comply. 1t Is impos
| sibie to run some cars at twelve miles
| an hour, and at eight miles an houI
across street car Intersections :"
! Corporation Counsel Syme woulr
abolish all epeed restrictions at stree
The Washington times., 1915-09-02
Italy Has 1890 Priests
Serving AS Volunteers

ROME. Sept. 2.-Among the Italian
volunteers serving at the front are 49,
800 priests. It was estimated today. be-
sides 7i5 priests are serving as chap
lains Many priests have been killed
and wounded.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02

Nope, Edison's new storage bat
teries aren't for that. You will
have to put the Palm Beaches away
in the trunk.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02

Ex-Sec. Bryan's silence on the
Eskimo question is undoubtedly due
to the fact that there is no Eskimo
question.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02

Continued inaction of the Haitian
navy makes US suspect that the
army is using one of the oars as a
bayonet.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02

Men who boast of better days
generally maintain discreet ST.
lence about the nights.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02

Fortunately for him, Abe Reuf's
suspended sentence isn't the Georgia
kind on the end Of rope.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02

A lull in the fighting may give
Andy Carnegie an opportunity to
get a few free libraries out of his
system.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02
Tomorrow.

Meeting excursion committee of the Cham
Der OF Commerce, In Chamber of Commerce
rooms. p. IN.
Lawn fete. beneft OF Washington Eve. Ear
D. m.
Masonic-Lebanon. No. I: grand chapter
school of instruction, Royal Arch Masons
Star.
Odd Fellows-Central. No /: Metropolis No
is: Phoenix. No. %: Megenenu. No l. en-
campment; Miriam Lodge, No. s. Rebekahs
Knights of Pythas-Syracusians. No. 10:
Rathbone Temple. No. g. Pythan Sisters.
Concert United States Soldiers Home Band
bandstand at home. $40 p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

Concert. Engineer Band. Dupont Circle 7:so
D.
Meeting. District Suffrage League Peoples
Forum, Eighth street and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue northwest. s TO 10 D. m.
Masonic-Naval No. 4; Hiram. No 10: La
Fayette. No. ~; VIM. r. Singleton. No. 80:
monthly meeting Of Board Of Relief: Esther.
No 6. Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Coiumbia. No. 10: Covenant
No l3; Salem. No. 20: Rebekah anniversary
committee meeting.
Knights OF Pythias-Syracusians. No 10; ].
T. Coldwell Company.
National Unton-W. II. Follns Council
acknowledgements Tent. No. 6: District
Tent. No. &.
Meeting advertising mems section of the
Retail Merchants Association. with lunch
con. Raleigh Hotel. 1890 p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-09-02
Amusements.

B. F. Notwithstanding. 2:l5 and s:l5 D. m
Poli's-'The Ringmaster." SEQ D. M
Gayety-Burlesaue. 2:l5 and S:l5 .. M
Glen Echo-Open-air amusements all day
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1915-02-05

Some of the chapters: Why |
Wrote of Winning, Aimless Rev
erie Versus Resolute Aim, The
New Ideal of Womanhood, The
New Ideal of Manhood, The
Beautiful, How Do You Treat
Your Laundress?
Miss Willard gives as her own
reason for writing:
"The trub1e is, we women have
all along been set down on The
worlds program for a part quite
different from the one we really
play upon the stage. The pro-
gram reads, Woman will take the
part of Queen in the Drama of
Society," but ofttimes before the
curtain falls the stage reveals her
as a dressmaker, a school teacher
-perchance that most abused of
mortals, a reformerl The pro-
gram reads, This august actress
will be escorted to the stage by
Man, her loyal and devoted SER
want to whom has been assigned
the part of shielding her from the
glare of the footlights and shoot
ing anybody in the audience who
dares to hiss But alas ofttimes
the stage reveals her coming in
alone, dragging her own sewing
machine, while her humble and
devoted subject, with tailors'
goose in one hand and scissors in
the other, indicates by energetic
pantomine his fixed intention to
drive her speedily behind the
scenes"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1915-02-05
Moral Law
--and
Civil Law
Parts of the
Same Thing
By COL. ELI F. RITTER
of the indianapolis Bar,

A strong, forceful, ana timely
book, setting forth the true rela-
ton of morality to civil law. The
author says:
As morality and moral character are
terms in very prominent and constant use
in judicial proceedings, they must have
some way of determining definitely what
they do mean. The purpose of this book
is to aid in settling these questions. If
can succeed in calling attention to, and aid
in, the correction of errors in the compre-
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aid in arousing aid in support of morality
in the fundamental position it occupies in
civil affairs, I shall have accomplished my
purpose and feel gratifed.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1915-02-05

1t is a series of fascinating stories
of famous men and women who have
had something to do with the great
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Abraham Lincoln, Father Matthew,
John B. Cough, Frances Willard and
the Women's Crusade which culmi-
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Murphy and his colleagues, and How
ard H. Russell, organizer of the Anti
Saloon League.
The volume gives considerable
space to stories of Lincoln, his heroic
stand as a total abstainer in his
early youth, when such stand was
ridiculed and looked upon as fanati-
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life as well as accounts of his friends
and acquaintance. 1t is a splendid
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THE Lincoln Legion"

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Author of "The Hall of Fame" "The Youth of
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1915-02-05
What Others Say of the Book.
Judge Noah Davis, formerly of
the New York supreme court, says

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER {
II one hope fails, find another
Sdlend Sheets Martin.
WHEN IT'S ALL OVER

IT'S all over but the counting-the
election, we mean and we won
der in the calm after the storm
if some folks aren't just a trifle
ashamed of the manner in which they
have conducted themselves during the
campaign that has just come to a
close
What is public Office that the fair
reputation of worthy citizen should
be smeared with mud merely because
he has the temerity to become a can
didate?
How much better would it be If all
concerned gave themselves over to a
discussion of the merits of their sew
eral tickets, instead of pointing out
how desperately wicked is the opposi-
tion. Regardless of the constant per-
sonal attacks that are made in cam
paigns in Harrirhurg the large num-
ber of men who come out for office
are as good as the average citizen.
Things are said of them during poll
tical campaigns nobody would think
of saying at any other time. The
practice is outrageous The sooner
some fearless candidate begins a series
of libel suits when he is wrongfuIly
assailed the better it will be for the
whole community.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
KANSAS AND THE MOVIES
kansas City Times ]


Here is a pretty kettle of fish kicked
up by the Kansas moving picture CEN
sors. Kansas has it's own idea of art.
and IL does not care, particularly, how
much the moving picture producers
sniff their noses at that idea.
The first thing to suffer was the bar
roo~~ scene. where all the company
gather in the last act to get drunk and
then to be killed by the hero. There
was wrath and riot when Kansas used
the hatchet on the barroom and filed
an execution against the bartender.
Why, the moving picture men said,
these pictures are very popular every
we can't help It," Kansas replied
but in Kansas three-fourths of the
population never saw a barroom, and
bartenders are not admitted to our best
here's your hat. What's your hurry?'
rode by with all their artillery in ac-
tion. The bright young men and wo-
men who write cowboy plays live "bach
They have an idea, evidently, that al
the cowboy does to earn his ''boart
and keep Is to ride his pony at break,
neck speed over rocky Cliff and shooi
1t appears never to have occurred t.
them that such reckless killing, with.
out paying. any attention to the game
cowboys. Kansas has only a historic
memory of cowboys. but 1t Is too sacred
to permit any young tenderfoot tC
shoot it so full of holes as the moderr
conception plans for.
And now Geraldine Farrar's idea OF
Carmen has been censored by Kansas
to follow the bartender and the cowboy
off stage, left center.
When the "Topeky" producers tool
city they expected to make kiiline
among the folks out on Quality Hill
and in Potwin. They never dreamed
that art was on the bum in Kansas.
why, in New York-"the movies
tries to say.
"What. that picture?" Kansas ex.
claimed. What are we coming to
anyway"
The "movie men" have followed the
Kansas custom of taking steps. They
have passed resolutions, held indigna-
meetings, and now they have gone
to see a lawyer about it."
But Kansas still is oensoring pic
lures. 1t has its own idea of art as
was observed at the beginning of this
article. Any time Kansas hasn't It's
own ideas 1t isn't Kansas. ,..