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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1915
Page
11
Mary Jane Tatum, young wife of a New York businessman, declared herself innocent in a divorce case. She will lunch with her husband today and says she would not reconcile, praising the court’s verdict and denying loyalties to her spouse’s witnesses.
The article notes a British emphasis on careful high seas searches and the shifting of contraband rules. It cites American protests over convoying neutral ships and the need for strict examination of each case to prevent aiding belligerents. It mentions changes with Italy, Holland, and other nations and outlines steps to curb contraband like naval stores and munitions materials.
Chicago reports reveal chemist Charles Mayo shot himself through the heart to test the psychology of death. He left a note to confidant Gutowski outlining observations to be made when the bullet entered his body and sought a pencil mark as proof a heart shot does not kill instantly. Mayo, Munich graduate, spent years in New York medical practice and was despondent over German war losses.
Special to The Washington Post New York January police stopped Mrs Charles Knoblauch wife of a banker on Fifth Avenue for a leash without a muzzle. She said she would test the law and was granted adjournment until Monday at 9 am. Paroled until then she scoffed at a tiny dog biting anyone on a leash.
A Baltimore mother writes to Baltimore police director Charles Hubbard supporting open dancing positions while noting her sons faced embarrassment when girls hug them on the dance floor. Hubbard seeks dancing regulations after demos with city dancing masters and plans further talks to formalize rules.
A noon lecture on Athens the City of the Violet Crown by Dr Mitchell Powell will be held at the Public Library under the Federation of Women's Clubs. The talk continues a program of cultural events at the library with local clubs co sponsoring the event.
New York notes the fifteenth annual national auto show at Grand Central Palace closing tomorrow night with strong attendance and robust industry spirits. War did not deter trade as exhibitors report substantial sales and contracts with brokers across the country for 1915 models. Prominent visitors include Mayor Mitchel and many notable society figures. Children Reeves and Hale’s managers shared the excitement as the show winds down and preparations begin for Chicago.
Special to The Washington Post reports how twilight sleep, the German daemmer achlafen, became widely known in the United States thanks to two American women, Mrs. Margaret Boyd and Miss Margaret Tracy. They formed committees, sought a public information bureau and an open hospital, and fought medical opposition to promote the method for motherhood.
In New York a Home and School Club talk urged early vocational homekeeping education. Miss Julia Lathrop, head of the U S childrens bureau, said courses should start in graded schools and continue through life, teaching expenditure and household skills to girls before and after marriage.
A reception committee greets delegates for the Woman Constructive Peace Conference at the Willard. Miss Jane Addams and Mrs Lawrence head principal talks while 250 delegates attend the 2 PM session. District A R officers also participate.
Virginia Senators notified Secretary Daniels that they would insist on enforcing the law require assembling the international fleet in Hampton Roads next month before the cruise through the Panama Canal to the Pacific coast. Naval officers consider boosting European representation by inviting Latin-American navies, potentially opening with Colon. Virginia senators oppose this plan.
The United States Senate adopted an unusual unanimous resolution expressing sincere sympathy on the death of Mrs. Thomas S. Martin wife of the senior Virginia senator, marking a precedent for naming a senator’s spouse in grief. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Martin home near the University of Virginia with pallbearers including Senator Claude Swanson and Representatives Flood and Carlin.
Executors finalizing the Mary Adelaide Yerkes estate report total assets of 369,542 with sister Anna H. Sims as principal beneficiary. No provision to Wilson Mizner. seven servants receive 1,000 each. Residual shares go to other sisters and brothers.
New York January 3 Mrs Florence A Carman will not be tried again for the murder of Mrs Louise Batley. The indictment charging the wife of Dr Edwin Carman with murder in the first degree will not be dismissed while District Attorney Lewis J Smith remains Nassau county prosecutor. Mrs Carman remains free on 325000 bail after the October jury deadlock. Smith says there is no demand for a retrial and both sides are satisfied. He will not move for a new trial but the indictment will stand and he will fight any attempt to quash it.
The Y M C A educational department will present a course on biology heredity statistics and superstitions of subject starting February 4 for young men. Lectures cover ancestral inheritance environment and birth-rate statistics with historical review and scientific framing. Dates and speakers to be announced.
In the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York on January 8, Misa Gwendolin B. Condon wed Philip D. Armour, son of Mrs. Patrick A. Valentine and heir to the Armour fortune. The ceremony drew wide social interest and the couple planned a California winter and Chicago home in spring.
Announcement from London notes Reginald Nicholson manager of the London Times will marry Miss Natalie Pearson daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Btaunt Pearson of Great Barrington Massachusetts. The engagement is reported from London in January.
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