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The Washington times., 1915-09-07
EVELYN THAW WILL
NOT FIGHT DIVORCE
Dancer.WIfe Says She Fears
"Harry viii Be In Trouble
Again Soon."

NEW YORK. Sept. 7.-Eveiyn Mes.
bit Thaw will make no defense to her
husbands suit for q divorce. She has
not engaged counsel. and does not
intend to. For the present she Is con.
tent II Thaw and his family and
friends let her alone.
Thus she said in her home in West
Eleventh street. while Russell Thaw,
the child Thaw repudiateA romped
about the room. and Jack Clifford, her
dancing partner. nodded approval to
her statements, and private detectives
who arrived from the mountains with
her yesterday watched the house.
Il have said some time ago that all
slone: That is all 1 ask now" said
MIS- Thaw: Il wish he would go his
way and allow me to go mine. II he
wants q divorce. let him have 1t. I
Will make no contest. have retained
no lawyer to night this thing. and I
will not.
Her Future Undecided.
AT this time will not discuss Mr..
Thaw or my plans. except to say that
I have had six offers of theatrical en-
sagements and expect more. What I
will do has not yet been decided. Mr..
Clifford and have several sketches
uhuCI COHBlQSTAIlou-
Later on may have something to
say about my relations with Mr.. Thaw
and this latest move Of his. How much
later do not know.
As matters stand now have no in
terest in Thaw's money. have enough
without asking any Of him.
Il have my health back now and I
am able to work again. I do not intend
to worry myself sick again over Harry"
Persons in close touch with Mrs. Thaw
and her affairs say ahe believes that II
Thaw II given time enough no wfil ret
into moro trouble. and that this will b
her opportunity to assert her claims in
behalf Of the child whose paternity
Thaw denies. Questions on this point,
however. she refuses to answer.
Well, Goodnight.
II have not the Least doubt that, left
to himself. Harry will resume drink
Ing" she said. and then-wsu, good
night. All The trouble We had here and
abroad was due to his drinking. A few
drinks and then trouble. hope he does
not drink again, but know Harry.
Once he starts he may 20 slow for a
while. he may escape trouble. but in
the end It win get him."
Mrs. Thaw, who looks the picture Of
health. arrived in New York with Jack
Clifford, the child and a maid yeeter-
day morning and went at once to the
Eleventh street house. There she and
Clifford will make their home. Most of
the day she spent with Clifford putting
up crtains and putting the house in
order.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
A LITTLE LEAVEN

The well-bred and somewhat
amused toleration with which grad
yates of Eastern colleges have been
wont to regard the Chautauqua
summer convention and winter read
ing circle is giving place to Curl
Gus interest in it's extension within
the last three or four years. A
scheme for the education of adults
meeting with such success as the
Chautauqua proves that it is an
swering real demand of the peo.
pie.
1t was in 1874 that Bishop Vim
cent directed the first meeting fol
study near Chautauqua Lake. As
Harvard was founded to train min.
listers, SO this college for the masses
had a religious purpose, the training
of Sunday school teachers. The
study of the Bible was its most i'm,
portant course. As it extended it,
scope it began to attract the atten
tion of the progressive universities
especially those largely supported
by the States. In 1887 the English
system of university extension was
transplanted.
This summer there are twenty
one university ChautauGuas. lows
has a cooperative State organiza
tion for hiring speakers, musicians
and actors, and arranging Their
routes. Minnesota, Wisconsin
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STREET CAR TRAFFIC
TIED UP BY ACCIDENT
Broken Plow Delays Many Pas.
sengers at Fourteenth
and F.

A broken plow on q Bureau Of En-
craving car at Fourteenth and F streets
this morning tied Up scores of cars.
most Of them carrying passengers to
the bureau.
Repairs are being made on the tracks
at Fourteenth and F streets and the
pillow of one south bound car got stuck
In the slot. This happened about 7:i5.
the busiest time Of the whole day at
that point and cars swarmed like ants
from all directions. while a repair car
was hastily summoned to extricate the
car that caused the trouble.
Northward, ten cars extended to H
street, other cars were lined up on q
street as far east as Eleventh, and a
long line of dozen more cars was
halted on f street
For the last few mornings the cars
have been able to sift through the neck
at Fourteenth and r streets, carrying
their thousands to the bureau and other
points at this busy time. with expedi-
ton. But the least delay effects a tie
up Of major proportions
Many of the bureau workers got out
and walked for fear Of being late.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07

our national character - he can
claim the protection Of this Gov.
ernment. and II may respond to that
claim without being obliged to ex-
! power for It Is It's duty to make rs
nationality respected by other ma
tions and respectable in every quar-.
ter Of the globe.
The discussion ended in Koszts
being returned to the United States
and it established a precedent in the
United States attitude toward nat.
uralized citizens. At that period
most governments still maintained
that their citizens could not expa.
triste themselves, even by forswesr-
ing their allegiance and assuming
citizenship Of another country. The
United States had from the very be-
ginning maintained the contrary,
and the position Of our country has
in time come to be recognized as
correct by most nations, though
Russia and Turkey still decline to
concede it. There are, too, still
some questions to be decided finally
as to the rights of citizens to ex-
patriate themselves in order to
avoid military duty to their native
country.
These matters are not particularly
pertinent to the Dumba incident, but
they suggest that the claim that
Austria attempts to revive is one
supposed long ago to have been set
tied. And surely the account Of the
methods by which Captain Ingra.
ham and Secretary Marcy main
tanned the rights of American citi-
zens will be refreshing to people
who have wondered how long the
murder of our people on the high
seas can be continued without bring
ing protest from the arsenal rather
than from the vocabulary.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
Clergy Believe r >al
Safety Lies in More
Liberal Traffic Lam
Pulpit Leaders Add Their Appreciation to That of
Other Business and Professional Men Who
Have Indorsed Times Campaign For
Better Speed Regulations.

Cemen Of Washington today added their appreciation that
professional and others who ndosed The
campaign speed regulations would emphasize safety
rather than setting up hard and fast speed maximum
cemen who have special interest safety
human e join other groups citizens believing
safety would be by recalling the archaic speed
law holding twelve miles hour
reasonable speed regulations with safety
careful driving
The egymen also ndorsed the suggestions already
through pedestrians automobiss have
an obligation regarding safety the streets
AUTOMOBILES UNABLE TO CONFORM TO LIMIT
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
A PLACE FOR PLAY

The site for a great city play.
ground for Washington, which has
long been hope in this community,
is reported in readiness. 1t lies on
Potomac point, near the Seventh
street wharves, on a tract that, a
few years ago, was a marsh.
1t now appears that the Office of
Public Buildings and Grounds, with
the approval of the Fine Arts Com
mission, has been working quietly
or plans by which this tract may be
made a real playground.
Down there, according to the
plans, will be an athletic stadium,
tennis courts, running tracks, all
forms Of arrangements for outdoor
recreation, and a street car spu,
easily can be run into the point to
accommodate the crowds sure to go
there.
The site is in readiness. All work
of filling in has been done. The
project now awaits only a small
appropriation Of Congress. The
many friends of children, and of the
grown-ups, too, who still like te
play outdoors, could do no better
service than urge this appropriation
upon Congress at the approaching
session. The danger is that since
the project will be boon to the en-,
tire city no particular section o,
group of men will be found to urge
1t.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

host. at 9l6 F street northwest, 8 p. m
Meeting. District Suffrage League, People 3
avenue northwest. 8 to 10 p. m.
Astonishing David. No. 2s: La Faystte,
No. 8: Washington Naval. No. 8. Royal
No l. Scottish Rite; Mizpah. No. g. and
Fidelity. No. IL. Eastern Star
Meeting, Columbia Heights Citizens Asso-
citation. St. Stephens Parish Hall. -Four
teenth street. between Columbia road and
Irving street northwest, s D. m.
Odd Fellows-Mount Pleasant. No. 20: Wash
inston. No. s: Golden Rule, No. Fl: Amity,
No. IS: Fidelity, No. I. Rebekahs.
knights Of Pythias-Webster. No. 7: Excel.
sior. No. "a: Capital. No. "a: Myrtle. No
25
politan Tent. No. ~.
National union-Hesdquarters open.
Meeting, Mid City Citizens Associate 1908
Seventh street northwest. .. m.
Concert, Engineer Band. Lincoln Park. $50
p. m.
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demanded Of both pedestrian and motor
ISL; II our streets are to De made safe"
lost because Of the slowness With which
"ashlnRton street cars run.
believe that only In crowded and
conxested sections Of the city should a
fifteen-mile limit be placed on street
na moSi,ist. ana IT. twsivsmile nut; limit on auto.
and automobiles could be permitted to
run faster. with safety. IN the outlying
ane less thickly populated sections
Both from the standpoint Of avpedss-
trian. and Of q motorist. for he ran a
car until q few months ago. the Rev.
Dr. Earle Whitley. Of the Vermont Ave-
nue. Christian Church. said he had been
Hreatlv interested in traffic regulations
IN WASHINGTON.
Rules Should Be Liberal.
II believe the regulations governing
automobiles should be as liberal as they
could be made with attention to safety
he said. with such liberal regula tons
the man who breaks the law then
should be heavily punished. The delib.
crate tansgressor of the regulations
should be penalized. not the man, as
now. who often 10 not aware that he has
broken the law. The deliberate law.
breaker. under more liberal regulations
would be made to feel that he not only
endangers pedestrians. but he harm.
other motorists.
"Pedestrians' use Of streets could b.
regulated. though II would be 4 diffi
cult matter. In view OF our long block.
here. 1t would be difficult to get pedes
trians, shopping on + street, for ex
ample. between Thirteenth and -Four
teenth. to so from the middle Of 9
block to one or the other streets anc
then walk back to a store on the oppo
site side.
II do think. however. that 1t would b,
feasible. on such corners as Fourteenth
and F. to make pedestrians cross a
right angles. and avoid diagonal cross
ing. which is extremely dangerous"
The law of reason pr. Willie,
said. should be applied in the same wa!
to street cars.
II believe pedestrians will become ed
ucated to a better use OF the strect
through such campaign as you ar,
carrying on In The Times" ne said
with care It should be possible to rul
street cars faster In parts Of the cit!
where the traffic Is not so heavy. Mucl
time Is lost by passengers on Washing
ton street cars by slew running In sec
tions where there is not a need for sucl
slow pace"
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
Knox Takes Hot Shot
At Diplomatic Service

PITTSBURGH. Sept. 7.-Former Sec
retary of State Philander C. Knox in
addressing 10000 workingmen, criticised
what he called "a pseudo diplomatic.
motley crowd. made up OF political
lame ducks. and declared that the
American diplomatic service must be
made efficient. Said he:
1T Is foolish to suppose that we can
secure our fair share Of what the world
has to offer to civiliza ton and TO hu-
manlty-a share. indeed. that is indis-
pensanie to a continuance of our pres
eent national life and effectiveness-un-
less We have permanent foreign poll
cy intelligently directed to these ends y
The Washington times., 1915-09-07

Twelve miles an hour 10 . speed
limit to which It is impossible for many
automobiles to conform" said the Rev.
George Miller, Of Ninth Street Christian
Church.
AT present I doubt II there arc any
motorists who do not break the law.
That - q bad condition. 1t would be
better to have a higher speed limit
which could be enforced 1t Is not .
good thing for any community to have
q law which Is being generally broken" "
DR.. Miller has driven in many other
Eastern cities, and In none of them. he
said, are pedestrians 30 lax in using
the streets as In Washington.
False Sense Of Security.
This carelessness OF pedestrians In
Warrington" he said. "arises from Q
false sense Of security. because OF the
wide streets. Then. too. the pave
rnent on the streets 10 as good as
that Of tho sidewalks. sometimes
better. and many take to the
streets on that account. II we
are to put street traffic on basis OF
safety these pedestrian should be ac-
quainted with the proper and safe use
Of the streets. OF course. restrictions
from the viewpoint Of safety the re-
destrian's movements. In congested Sec
tions, should be regulated
The Rev. Charles II. Butler. Of CO.
lumbia Heights Lutheran Church. who
drives his own car. said he had been fol.
lowing Tho Times campaign. and he
commended its flght for a revision OF
traffic regulations.
II am very much in sympathy with
Tho Times crusade" he said. "and
believe that fifteen miles an hour Is the
lowest speed that ought to be expected
OF Automobiles in mcst sections Of the
city have felt for a long time that
more reasonable regulations Phould gov.
ern the motorists In Washington. and
! thoroughly indorse The Times efforts
to bring about such n revision.
Care Demanded of Both.
"As for the question of pedestrians
conduct on the streets here. had ar
example the other day when wa.
driving slowly on the right-hand side
Of the street and two women walked
out In front Of my car. 1t should bs
more widely understood that care II
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
CRIME WAVES

Moderns coldly call It a coinci-
dence, but the Indians would have
blamed 1t on the "bleeding moon"
the ancients would have pointed to
the sinister ringed Ssturn, and even
nowadays persons will discourse to
you of malicious animal magnet
ISM"
These are only few ways Of ac-
counting for a rapid succession Of
murders like those which have filled
the front pages Of newspapers for
the past week. For a long time
there was a lull. Homicide seemed
to lie dormant. Men lived at peace
with one another.
Then came the mysterious Mohr
murder, with the added interest that
centers about such a case when q
woman is connected with 1t. Samuel
S. Cord, a New Jersey financier, is
killed, and the motive and slayer are
hidden to his most intimate friends.
"Crazed with love-" as the easy ex-
PLANTATION Of the lay psychologist
goes, a Maryland msn, at Snow Hill,
pumps bullets into . woman, her
husband, and the inevitable "friend,"
and gives himself up. More care
full of the dramatic unities than to
blow the entire eternal triangle in
to kingdom come at one fusillade IN
Allentown man shoots his wife and
himself. jealousy" Is the brief
community verdict.
In Rhode Island, near the scene
of the Mohr crime, a judge is shot
No glimmer of romance even re-
lieves the sordidress Of that trag-
edy; it simply was q sullen revenge
of men angry ut the enforcement
Of the law.
Any veteran policeman will fill
his pipe, if you can get him at the
right moment, and tell you how
crimes run in waves. Even the psy.
biologists cannot explain it. Some
call it the weather, believing that
summer heat breaks down the weak
and degenerate; others assert that
the influence of one such crime Is a
Suggestive influence that is bount
to reap harvest of similar acts die
tated by weak minds.
At the beginning Of the present
war one influential writer predicted
an outbreak Of crime in this coun
try, because, he said, the constant
reading of slaughter there woule
result in holding life more cheapl,
here. No such phenc moron has oc
CURED. In the midst of such grue
some array of "blood guiltiness." a!
the prayer books term it, the com
forting thought is that the reason
why such abcrra1ious are so COZ
| spicuous, the reason why they ar
"news," is because they are SO un
usual in this nation where the pric'
of human life is held in CONSTANT.
higher esteem.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
Tomorrow.
grand ,od "a

Masonic-Harmony, No. II. grand odss
school of instruction; Mount Pleasant No
l3. Royal Arch Masons: Washington, No
l. knights Tenplar: monthly meeting p.
Johns Mite Association; Naomi. No. 8:
Brookland. No. II. Eastern Star
Odd Feliows-Eastern. No : Harmony No
2. Federal City. No. 20.
knights of Pythias-Mount Vernon No 5
Hermoine, No. -; Union, No, 90; Columbia
No. c6: Washington COMPANY. No l. INT
form Rank: Friendship Temple. No. s.
Pythian Sisters.
National Union-Postoffce Department Coun.
Gil. Interior Department Council
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
10000, 900 At Fair.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. THE total
attendance at the Panama Pacific en-
position has passed the 100000
mark. ii was announced today. One
million persons have passed through
the gates in the last fourteen days,
the ayegAxA being 7l.6S1 q day. =,
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
MAIL BAG
(From The Tines Redders.)

Communications to the Mail Bag must
sn,v. % written lite, on on one side q the paper
length. and must Be- signed with name
ana address Of sender. The publication
OF lstterH In The Times Mail Bag does
Of the opinions Of the writer. The Mall
Bag 10 An open forum. where the citi-
sens OF Warrington can argue most
The Washington times., 1915-09-07

Experts think our army should
adopt the Swiss system, which
might mean watchful waiting with
a different movement.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07

A glance at his photograph will
save the State Department the trou-
BILE of defying England to harm a
hair on Jimmy Archibsld's head.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07

Anyway, the Georgia coroner's
jury investigating the Frank lynch
ing might have fined some of the
automobolists for not having their
lights lit
The Washington times., 1915-09-07

French law forbidding tourists to
leave France with more than ten
dollars in coin is simply locking the
stable that never had horse in it.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07

Mt. Everest being 27,000 feet
high, Doc Cook shows great self
restraint in not claiming to have
climbed $4,000 feet of it.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
Sends Gold to Havana.

HAVANA. Sept. The steamship
Navarro. due today from France. bring,
$50, ,ooo, 900 In French gold for Havana
banks,
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
One Year Ago Today in the War

In the sppe for Paris year today September the allies
checked the German advance and assumed offensive which
drove the invaders the River Mane In the
At Percy on the River Oe twenty-five miles north Of French
capital allied forces sent the German right wing under the
crown prince into retreat In the general fighting around Paris
the Germans recaptued villages but when the days
reckoning made the allies found halted and
forced back large part Of the invading army The allies pre-
sened defensive front l20 miles long, extending Nan
teuilleHaudouin to Verdun. ~
In Belgium the Germans destroyed Dinant fifteen miles
Namur took Mee after spirited resistance marched
Ghent ...
Cossaek hosts Kasnosdow, Lubn hurled an Aus
tan army invading Russian Poland From Lenberg serious
Austrian setback reported Russian forces gradually
convergng toward Przemysl in Tightening Grip.
Germany announced would hold China espt for permitting
the japanese to its territory in the ados activities
against Tsing-tau.
Japans House Of Representatives passed $ze 50oOOo
The Washington times., 1915-09-07

Wireless via Sayville announces
another torpedo struck without
warning by a transatlantic liner.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
AmusementS.

Poli 's-"Jerry," 2:l5 and s:15 D. m
2:l5 and s:l5 D. m.
Gayety-Burlesque. 2:l5 and Sis p. m
Glen Echo-Outdoor amussments. all day and
evening.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07

Where the geologists are wrong
is in claiming the island Of Haiti
is the top of an extinct volcano.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
Princess Adalberfs
Infant Died Sunday

BERLIN fvia Amsterdam, Sept. T.
An infant daughter, borr to Princess
Adalbert at Prinzen villa Saturday.
died Sunday: A dispatch today from
kiel said the princess is recovering.
covering.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07

Princess Adalbert Is the wife Of the
third son of the Kaiser. who Is ieu-
tenant commander In the German
navy: Before her marriage to Prince
Adalbert a year ago, she was the
Princess Adelaide Of Saxe-MsininSen.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
Thinks Drunken, Illiterate Men Are

Thinks Drunken, llliterate Men Are
Responsible For Lynch Law.
To tho Editor Of THE TIMES:
Your editorial Of September 8. en-
titled Vengeance Of the Law or of
the Mob" 10 all right In theory, but
we must remember that lynch or mob
law 10 made by drunken, illiterate men,
NOT the responsible, representative
citizehs Of the United States.
READER OF THE TIMES"
Washington. September g.
Protests Against Suggested Change
Of Line Of March Of G. A. r. Pa.
rade.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
do not a1ree with Comrade Potter
In his suggestion regarding the march
Of the veterans from the Peace Monu-
ment to the White House. In the first
place, the Presidents stand should be
at the White House. not at the Peace
Monument. The march II a very short
one and most of the veterans could
march the distance. No doubt there
will be plenty Of automobiles for those
who are not able to march. trust the
committee will not alter the line OF
march II Comrade Potter feels that he
With plenty of music. the end of the
march will be reached before we know
1t. This being the last grand review, let
no changes be made.
9. q. MAwsoN.
WASHINGTON, Sept, 8.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-03
GERMS ACCEPT TERMS
SUBMARINE WARFARE CONTRo.
VERSY HAS BEEN ADJUSTED
No More Liners Will Be Sunk With
out Regard for Safety of Lives
of Noncombatants.

Germany has officially accepted the
American terms in the controversy
growing out of the imperial govern
ment's submarine warfare. Ambas-
sador Won Bernstorff, acting for the
German foreign office, has informed
the state department that henceforth
the Kaiser's submarine attacks will
conform with the American interpre-
tation of International law and the
treaty with Germany" The reply to
the last Lusitania note will give as
surance that no more liners will be
torpedoed without warning, provided
they do not attempt to resist the
submarine. Neither will liners be
sunk without regard for the safety
OF the lives of non-combatants, which
assurance carries with it the impli-
cation of visit and search and allow
ance of ample time in which nom
combatants may be removed before
the ship is sent to the bottom. The
state department is further informed
that Germany adopted this policy be-
fore the Arabic was torpedoed and
sunk. This statement amounts to
practical disavowal of the destrue-
tion of the Arabic, which resulted in
the loss of two American lives.