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CHAPTER XIV,
Continued from Last Sunday


KRRS THOMAS and her friends who had nestled
Ivh close to her erich man." President Shonts,
S'o and his pocketbook, realized that there would
come day Of reckoning. She had had long and pain
ful experiences in the courts hunted and pursued by
dozens Of people who had claims against her. And she
had learned a thing or two.
Long before the scandal broke and the Rev. DR..
Straon asked the question: "W she get away with ti
Mrs. Thomas herself had very carefully considered that
very question.
For more than ten years Amanda Thomas dominated
the old traction magnate She in the saddle She
had access to his papers and his fortune
But could she maintain her grip things after
Shonts diedi That was the worrisome problem. She
and her lawyers had enough to know that Amanda
would not be allowed ito get away with it, without
. contest.
Mrs. Thomas must entrench herself. She must "dig
i'm while Shonts still alive and under her influence
and able to help her. Nothing must be left undone
to barricade any Of attack to strip her of the
valuables she had acquired.
The whole situation was carefully studied. Where
were the danger spotsf What could be done to
the dangers Amanda and her lawyer friends consulted
and tried to foresee where trouble might confront them
And they built defenses to cover their exposed fanks
and weak spots.
What was Amanda Thomas afraid off Why did she
suspect fear and dread damage suit from Mrs Theodore
Shonts Innocent people are not usually afraid Of false
accusations. And yet Mrs Thomas greatly worried
ard at last managed to get the remarkable promise from
rs Shonts that she would not her which is printed
el-ewhere on this page.
But is this promise this release from liability really
protection to Amandaf Is Mrs Thomas worse off with
1t than she would be If it had been wrtteni Is it
Of those nconcevable lawyers bunders which come
back to torment their clientsf
= Is Mrs. Thomas's release really confessioni No
innocent woman would need want such paper il will
be contended. woman in Mrs Thomas position felt
the need Of such protection it because she knew her
danger Mrs Shonts had real grounds for demand
ing damages then WHY did Amanda need document pro-
tectng her against suitf
But Amanda Thomas knew day Of reckoning was
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LINERS IN With
CABINS FILLED.
M. and Mrs. Perry Belmont Among
Those Arriving On the
Amerikz.

|. Many well known persons were on sbs
liners arriving yesterday from Europe. The
Amerika. of the Hamburg-American iine.
IN from Hamburg. Southampton and Cher
bourS. brought among others Mr. and
tys. Perry Belmont. who passed In Eng
land the latter part OF their stay abroad.
They expected 70 30 down 10 Belmont
Park yesterday for the races. but the
lstsness OF the Amerika In arriving. on,
|inx to Coz. pssvsatsd. Just before they
|let Ens1aod Mr.. and Mrs. Belmont wsre
ct Nswsuarkst for the races.
nra G. W. OSdsn. Nr. and Mrs.. G. W.
ogdsA. JE, end ~. J. Augustus Barnard
rsturped srom Scotland. wnere the Ogden
family has taken q country place.
Mrs.. Tnsodofs p. "6honts, wife OF The
cfh4 d t4s.9qnKnfx THDn Commission.
r0enpsd with her>t~o daughters, tho
Mlsses II. and Theodore Bhonts. from
lbd1S INN x1xyeafyy,xy ~ EUROPE. They
were met st Quarantine BY Mr.. .shonts.
Como other passengers On the Amerika
were. Mr.. and. Mrs. Frederick w. Van
derbIIt. Mr. and Mrs. u. II. Benedict; Mr..
and Mro. Ross Amber Cmran. MI. Gan
son pspew,, Mr.. Frederic J. Dieter. Mr..
and Mrs. william p. Emo. Mrs. g.. b.
rernald, Mr.. sslsm, Hntohins. :. Mrs.
RysS,s. a an Mr.. James mes u. T Ja1Ws. Ms. ). 4.
hossiand, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur OFT, Nc.
Harry Rosenfeld, Mrs. J. M. Shaw. Mrs:
y As.ss-, = Tns.ss.. Hr; vsns snd fss. sss Sa'ss
Minister; Mrs. George Wood, Captain w.
X, whsslsr and ar. Joshua Brown.
On tine Sayo,e. OK the French line, were
=. Raoul Dandursnd. President Of IA
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Friend Amanda Thomas" Cho1
Divorced, Won the Old Milo,
and Turns Up With w
Gives Her His Est

Will This Save Mrs. Thomas?
TO ALL TO WHOM 1zIss PREszNTs SHALL COME OR NAY
CONCERN. rl ats
GREETING: Know ~ that MLLA D. sHoNTs, for and id
confederation Of the Of One Dollar lawful money Of the United
States Of Amso to mo in hand paid BY AMANDA oAsKH
THOMAS receipt whereof hereby acknowledged have rsmsed
discharged and BY these do for myself
my heirs sxseu and sdmaasors rsme release and forever
discharge said Amanda Cse Thomas her hei executors and
administrators Of all and from ALL and Ill Of action and
on and Of cons SUITS debts dues Of money
accounts rsooung bonds bills specaes covenants contracts
troversies agreements PROMISES vsranoes damages
tents executions claims demands whatsoever In equity
which against the said Amanda Cssds Thomas have had have
which heirs executors admnsa$ors hereafter shall
may upon matter thing
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE DAY OF THE
DATE OF THESE PRESENTS
WITNESS WHEREOF have hereunto sst hand and seal
the 2h Of June In the Lord Ono thousand nine hun
dred and seventeen. .'r..
Sealed and delivered in the presence Of Martin W. Ltstou
MnLLA D. sHoNTA {seal)
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bound to come
unless she could
by some sort Of
device fend it
off. Would Q
solemply worded
''release'' save
heri Her lawyers
said it. would be
a very good thing
to have--if she
could get it, With
the threats Of
Shonts and the
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Newspaper report Of the arrival
OF the steamship "Amerika" on
October 40, 1906. In the cabins
were Mrs. Shonts and her daugh-
ters and Amanda Thomas. This
was the fatal day when Marguer-
Ito Shonts introduced her father
60 MIS-. Thomas, little dreaming
0&at. he consequences were to be
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Miss Theodore Shonts at the time she was engaged to
the Duke de Chaulnes. Mrs. Thomas asserts that
it was the marriage of Theodore to the French
nobleman which caused the estrangement
between Shonts and his family.
enough to make the old traction magnate threaten and
his wife into signing quitclam in favor of the
woman who had supplanted her.
So much for the agreement which wrung from
Mrs. Shonts on June 29th three years ago.
Reference has been made to the other agreement
that was signed that day-the agreement of sep
aration between Shonts and his wife.
Here are the essential points in that agreement:
Shonts promises hereafter to be prompt and regular
in his payments in support of Mrs Shon and his dangh
ters, and that he will pay up the back debts which Mrs.
Shonts had been mourning through her lack OF means
Shonts agrees to establish trust funds in behalf of his
daughters-whch he failed to do. Shonts acknowledges
his indebtedness to his wife for the sum OF 100000
which he agrees shall be paid after his death Shonts
promises pay his wife the annual sum OF $4,000 and
then comes this paragraph:
NINTH: 1t shall be lawful for the wife at all times
hereafter live separate and apart from the husband free
from his control and authority she sole
and unmarried and free from restraint nterfer
ence direct indirect by him. and she shall be free
reside time time such place places and with
such persons she shall from time to time think ht and
to conduct carry and engage in employment busi
ness or which she shall deem fit for her sole and
separate use and benefit If she sole and
red, and the wife her part that she will not
harass, molest annoy the husband any of his
friends associates bring to be brought
action proceeding against them OF them, and
she shall observe and perform the stipulaons and
agreements her be kept stated in this
graph then in such the husband shall be relieved from
further obligations his part be performed in this
agreement and this agreement and the created here
under provided for in the Second paragraph hereof
shall at his option become null and void and of effect
it is that Ninth Section Of the agreement which the
real purpose and point and object that Shonts had in
mind 1t is amusing to how Shontss lawyer started
the paragraph if Mrs. Shonts hungry to go and
live somewhere with someone, just if she
red and had no obligations to a husband.
Mrs. Shonts anxious to have home and to have
the protection and support Of the she had married
and who had promised to love- honor and cherish her. Mrs
Shonts not interested grat6ed to be allowed Ito
live separate and apart from Shonss marital control
and authority az il she sole and unmarried" Mrs
Shonts had desire to be free from any restraint
direct indirect by Shonts Mrs Shons
wanted homo and her husband.
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LEGION TO HONOR
ARM|STICE DAY
Three-day Program Planned in
American League Base z
ball Park.

Armistice Day viii be- celebrated By
Washington posts Of. the American
Legion from November IL TO IS with
an elaborate program. the American
League baseball park having been
offered for the occasion by President
Griffith. ,t
The commemorative exercises will
begin at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of
November IL with a patriotic concert.
This will be followed every afternoon
and evening by entertainments by
grand opera stars, well-known dane
ers and motion picture and theatrical
stars. ...r..
Washington's own machine gun
ba ttalion, the 312th. has arranged to
hold it's annual reunion during the
celebration.
Admission to the exercises will be
so cents. including war tax, or a spe-
cial ticket for the three days may be
obtained for 81 from the office of the
committee, ITO Southern Building. or
at the baseball park. or. at Spald-
ing's. 6lS Fourteenth street north
west.
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ST. JOHNS has EXPERTS
FOR SALESMANSHIP CLASS
New High School of Commerce
Under Way With Course for
Selling Game.

How to make UP a salesman's ex-
pense account is one of the things to
be taught in, connection with a sales
manship group now being organized
at the ST. Johns College new high
school of commerce and finance at
1911 Massachusetts, avenue northwest.
The board Of directors. after reoeiv-
ing many requests for a salesmanship
class, last week decided to engage
real statesmen to give a series of lee
tunes. This class will be under way
within a week.
Among the things to be taken up
in this class are knowledge OF the
goods knowledge of territory. order
systems, expense accounts. sales sta
tistics, commissions VS.. salary, rou-
tine and time saving methods, meth
DDS of approaching and closing with
customers and many other phases OF
the selling game.
1--WE have secured the cooperation
Of local business men for this class.'
said Bro. ID. Edward, president of the
college, land they have consented TO
send some of their best men to give
lectures"
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CAP and GOWN SUNDAY
HELD BY TRINITY GIRLS
Eighty Seniors Don Academic Garb
and Pontifical Mass Is Cele-
brated-COIlege u Full.

Yesterday was celebrated as Cap
and Gown Sunday at Trinity College.
which opened September II for the
winter session. Eighty seniors dom
ned their academic garh and pontiH
cal mass was celebrated In the col.
lege chapel by the tit Rev. Thomas
J. Shahan, rector OF Catholic Univcr.
sity
More than 3T5 students hayc regis
tered for the courses and, In addition
nearly 100 applicants were rejected
because OF lack of accommodations
The new president OF che college
Sister Raphael, OF Sacred geart, vel
coined the students.
A number OF new courses nave been
added to the curriculum, among them
the study OF the French novel. three
courses in Italian. clinical and expert.
mental psychology and applied soci-
ology.
The student Government Associa-
ton held a reception for new mem
bArs Friday night. Miss Charlotte
Hogan, Of Columbus, Ohio, president
Of the organization, headed the rpcep-
tion line.
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COURT DIRECTS VOTE
ON OUSTlNC PASTOR
Colored Baptist Ministers Mined
as Supervisors to Consider Case
of Rev, Thomas Hall,

In the controversy OF Louis T.
Washington, Moses Holmes, Casper
Saunders, of the Mt. Nebo Baptist
Church, colored, to oust the pastor,
the Rev. Thomas Hall. Justice Gould
today signed an order nominating the
following colored Baptist ministers of
this city. to act>as supervisors pend
ing the adjudication Of the trouble !:
The supervisors are the Rev. Walter
II. Brooks. the Rev. DR.. William j.
Howard. and the Rev. DR.. NJ. w. b.
Norman The latter are directed by
the court to announce after Divine
services at Mt. Nebo Church on Sun
day. October 8 and 10, that a business
meeting of the church will be held
Thursday, October IA, at p. m. to
ballot whether Rev. Hall shall be re-
tafned or rejected as pastor of the
church. The court further orders
that the supervisors keep the ballots
and make a report to the court Fri
day, October 10, and declares any
person attempting to corrupt the bal
loting or interfering with it in any
way shall be held in contempt OF
court.
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DON'T LET NE DIE, /"
WAS Olives PLEA
Owen Moore. Says Fin Star, to
Be Buried Tomorrow,
Wanted to Live.

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.--When the
steamship Mauretania docked here
the body of beautiful Olive Thomas
was removed from one OF the state
rooms where 1t had lain in it's hand
some metallic coffin, and was carried
ashore. Beside it. in deepest mourn
ing. was the husband Of the lovely
Olive, Jack Pickford. He was piainl,
on the verge of breakdown. and wept
when he spoke in broken. halting
words of his wife's death.
she did not want TO die. We tried
so hard to save her. We had no
auarrels," was all the young husband
could say.
Many friends OF the dead film star
and OF Jack Pickford were at the pier
to offer sympathy, but most of them
fell back before the heart breaking
picture of grief owen Moore, young
Pickford's brother-in-law, was his
companion on the voyage and spoke
for him. explaining:
81 was in Paris at the time Miss
Thomas died. All the stories about
drinking and wild parties and that
sort OF thing are all wrong and un-
just. We had parties together, all OF
us. or course. we had things to
drink. But there was no such thing
as carousing.
II want to say emphatically that
Olive did not commit suicide. She
meant to take one of the many tonics
that had been prescribed for her
rundown condition when she took the
bichloride of mercury. AS soon as
she took it she ran crying to her
husband. He did all that he could
in the emergency and had her taken
at once to the hospital.
"Olive Thomas wanted to live, and
begged the doctors attending her
not to let her die. She was pathet-
ically concerned for her family. whom
she felt were dependent upon her.
She always spoke tenderly of her hus-
band and there was not a quarrel
between them.
Jack Pickford is going to Cali
fornia soon after the funeral Olive
begged the others to pray that she
might live for her husband, her
mother. and little Jimmy Duffy"
Miss Thomas brothers, James and
william Duffy, the latter a veteran
OF the world war. and her mother,
Mrs Harry Vankirk, of Philadelphia,
were at the pier.
The coffin was taken to st. Thorn
as Church, Fifty-third street and
Fifth avenue. Only members of the
family were permitted to view the
coffin, which was covered with flow
ers.
DR.. Ernest NJ. Stires will officiate
at the funeral services at st.
Thomas Tuesday at 10 a. m. The
choir will sing hymns Miss Thomas
liked best in the church where she
worshiped. Burial will be in Wood
lawn.
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VOTERS HERE MUST
PAY FULL FARES
Commerce Commission Power
less as Railroads Refuse to
Grant ELECTION Rates."

The Interstate Commerce commis-
sion 10 poweriess to compel the -rsil-
roads to reduce rates for Washington
residents who want TO go home to
vote.
This is the word received today
from the Interstate Commerce Com
mission bysthe Harding and Coolidge
League. No. 4. In response 10 inquiries
on behalf OF several thousand persons
here. who are anxious TO cast their
ballots In the approaching election. r
''The commission has no authority
to require carriers TO establish such
redvced rates" the Interstate Com
merce Commission wrote. but subject
to certain Limitations such rates may
be established at the option or the
carriers"
White this may seem TO hold some
degree OF hope. responses from prac-
ticslly ali the passenger agencies In
the country have been emphatically
against making reduced rates for votr
ers who wish to return to their homes.
Practically all the political clubs
In Washington. Democratic as well as
Republican, have been dickerins with
the railroads In an effort to arrsnse
an agreement oil rates, but without
satisfactory result. The matter has
been taken up by the national com
mittees as well until the Harding and
Coolidge Club finally. appealed 10 the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
In former years. at least 10000
usually took advantage of the reduced
rates to GO home 10 vote. When the
rate was increased there was de-
crease of about 5000 tickets pur-
chased, showing that a large majority
would not go home at all unless they
could benefit by a lower fare. Under
present conditions IL is doubtfuL IL
more than 10 per cent of the number
Will undertake trips this year.
= With this situation confronting
them, leaders are appealing to voters
to take advantage OF the State laws
that permn balloting by mail. Twen-
tyfive States now permit voting by
mail. and the number OF inquiries each
day is increasing steadily.
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THREE AMERICAN NURSES
SENT TO PORT AU PRINCE
Red Gross to Take Charge Of Train
ing School for>Nstive Women
In Haiti

Three American Red Cross nurses
have been sent To Port-au-Prinee
Haiti. 10 take charge Of the nurses
trsinias school for native women. an
adjunct OF the mvnicipAi hospital. 81
the reQsest OF the Haitian sov~Sn-
ment, IL was announced by the or
sanixstion's fnsular and Forsisu di-
vision today.
The nurses selected are Miss yashti
Bartlett. OF GaithsrsbUrg. Nd. who
served during the war In siberia and
Russia. and who will be supersn-
tendent: Miss Mary l. Grifnth. of
Laytonsvilie. Nd. and Miss Anna N.
HansberTy. OF osterviile. Nd. and
Washington e.. - .s-,f
The training school at Port-au-
Prince Was originally established by
nurses attached TO the United States
navy and when their terms OF service
expired Il WAS left without supervision
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ALL ROADSLEAD TO
BALTIMORE TONIGHT
Harding's Speech In Armory
There Attracts Special Trains
This Evening From CAPITAL.

All roads from WAshinxton lead %
Baltimore tonight--at least so far az
admirers OF Senator Harding, Repub
iican nominee for the Presidency, are
concerned. For once the Democrats
are suikins In their tentA
When the Republican nominee
speaks In the Fifth Regiment Armory
tonight several thousand enthusiastic
fepablieans from Washington will bo
among his followers. Quite a few
Lemocrats will be sAndwiched in be-
tween. representing chiefly the HARD
hng Democratic Club.
! A large delegation from ne Hard
Ing and Coolidge Club Of I . District
VIII leave BY special train from Union
station at about d o'clock. while an
equally large delegation from the
Harding and Coolidge League No. 4.
which has q registered members shi y
OF 11.0o0 will make the trip To Bsiti-
more by the electric line.
Republicans who have not secsrod
their tickets before hand will be "out
of luck" In army pariance- Local
clubs report. ten applicants for each
ticket Buttons will be distributed on
rthe train by officers of the Harding
and Coolidge Club. which. IL has beon
arranged. will be good for general Ad-
mission to the armory. The demand
Tor seats will be 20 great In Balti-
more that the Maryland State Com
mittee has declined TO increase the
number OF seats held for Washington.
Electric cars will take passengers
directly into the heart of the city and
the special train in charge OF Edgar
c. Snyder, will stop at the Mount
Royal Station Of the b. & o Railroad,
within two blocks of the armory.> IL
VIII return to Washington after the
close Of The meeting
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THINKS CANDIDATES
ARE BOTH 'DAMP|SH'
Dry Vice Presidential Aspirant
Takes Rap at Both Hard
inc and Cox.

The prohibition party will not hes
itAte TO demand the impeachment or
any President who fails to enforce
the Eighteenth amendment" declared
j. y. Calvin, candidate for Vice Pres
ident on the prohibition ticket In an
address before the closing session of
the Fifteenth international Congress
Against Alcoholism, yesterday
Both the Republican and Demo
cratic parties nominated for the
Presidency the wettsst candidstes
that received serious CONSIDERATION
At the conventions" he continued.
..yhs vets are making q hard night
in more than 100 close Congressional
districts and IL successful viii OBJ
tain dominance OF the liquor en-
forcement question In the next Con-
sress.
"Tbe Iiouor interests cannot wipe
out the Eighteenth amendment but
they can absolutely nullify IL through
hostile legislation aided by hostile
judiciary"
Governor MiIliken OF Maine. told the
congress the recent overwhelming ne
publican victory In his state was dus
not TO opposition TO the League of
Nations, but to the determination Of
the newly enfranchised women voters
that not a single candidate suspected
OF "wet" sympsthiss should reach or
ficial life.
"The enftanchisement OF women Il
sufricient guarantee that prohibittor
has come TO stay" he declared.
Governor Miiliken usclared th'
Eighteenth amendment was sAvins
the American people f2'oOo.oooooo
wear diverted from the liquor .traf
nc to normal channels OF trade,
and that IL has injured no Legitimate
business except that OF the under
taker"
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D. c. POLICEMEN RECEIVE
KING ALBERT'S MEDALS

Certificates showing that they re-
ceived from the Belgian government
the medal OF Leopold II. have been re-
ceived by twelve OF the Metropolitan
Police Department from King Albert
The medals were presented TO of,
hcials. detectives and policemen who
acted ss the Kings bodyguard when
he spent a few days in Washington
last year
Certificates were received by Major
Harry l.. Gessford. Inspector clifford
T.. Grant. Capt. Thomas Judge, Lieut..
j.. J. Stoll. Detective Sergeants B.'W.
Thompson, J. G. Morgan and w. o.
Embrey: Seargeants n. Il. Galpin and
u NJ. MacCormick. Motorcycle officers
w. c, Lewis and NJ. W. Warren. and
Policeman Abraham Buckingham.
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"GET-TOGETHER" MEETING.

get-together meeting will be held
at the Miner Normal School. Georgia
avenue near Euclid street northwest.
at o'clock tomorrow night. The
speakers will be DR.. Edward j. Ward.
OF the Bureau of Education, a ma
tional community center expert: DIR.
Abram Simon. president of the Board
OF Education; DR.. Frank Ballou.
superintendent of schools; Roscoe c.
Bruce. assistant superintendent, in
charge of colored schools; Miss Cecil
b. Norton. general community sec
retary. and DIR. Emmet j. Scott.
secretary-treasurer OF Howard UnNer-
sity-
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MITCHELL TO ADDRESS
GEORGETOWN CIVIC BODY
A ssociation Begins Drive for As.
sembly Head, Clinic, and Truant
Officer for School.

The Georgetown Civic Association,
which Is making strenuous efforts
this year TO have the board OF educa-
tlon appropriate money for an as
sembly hall. a dental clinic and a
truant officer for Georgetown. will
hold a meeting tomorrow evening at
the Phillips School. N street near
Twenty-eighth, at which Capt j.
Walter Mitchell, a journalist, will
speak.
The need for the truant officer is
proved, members OF the association
shy, by tho fact that fifteen per cent
or the colored children do not attend
school
The associations officers are George
r. Beason, president; Charles VIII
liams, vice president: James ~. Ma
gruder secretary; John II. Bowles.
corresponding secretary; and o. N.
Butler, treasurer.
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BUSINESS HIGH ALUMNI
PLANS WEEKLY DANCES

The Washington Business High
school Alumni Association announces
in the current issues OF the Alumni
Record that IL will hold a series OF
dances on the first Saturday OF each
month at the Meridian Mansion, 24oo
sixteenth street.
Arrang ements are in charge OF Miss
Agatha ~. Lanisan. chairman of the
dance committee. The nrst of the
assemblies will be held next Saturday
evening.