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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
WOMAN CAR CONDUCTORS.
Glasgow, Hamburg and Berlin Are
Replacing Men on Carriers.
OF the Associated Press.


GLASGOW, Scotland, April 2.-Wom-
an street car conductors are being tried
in Glasgow. The uniform includes
net blue skirt and coat. edged with
gold braid. If the trial squad of wom-
an conductors proves efficient, con-
siderable number will be employed at
once For the present. the woman
fare collectors will work only four
hours a day, running between the Uni
versity and Dumbreck They will be
paid the same wages as men-$s.25 10
- IA week
HAMBURG, April Hamburg is to
install women as conductors on the
street cars, 50 that the men may be
free to 90 TO war. The city now is
eeeking a number of strong young
yemen for the cars running between
Ria nkenese and Ohlsdorf to relieve the
present employees. Berlin already has
number of woman car conductors
LONDON. April 1.-The postal au-
'horities at Dover have issued no.
nee inviting applications from girls Of
fifteen or sixteen willing to replace
Toys as telegraph messengers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
It eISI0N is IN FAVOR
OF JITNEY OPERATORS
at Richmond Refuses Injunc-
Restrain Bus Companies
rom Using City Streets.

IMOND, Va. April 1a.-Judge
p in the law and equity court-a
= court-decided today in favor of
jitney operators, denying the petit
.on of the Virginia Railway and Pow
ar Company for an Injunction to re-
strain two jitney bus companies from
using the streets of Richmond without
municipal franchise as prescribed for
common carriers. The petitioners held
that the jitney bus line was like en-
terprise" TO the street car line and
subject to the same laws.
The Jitney operators maintained that
their automobiles were subject to no
other regulations than those applica BILE
10 any automobile.
The street railway company has been
and is now operating buses pending a
decision of the court of appeals to
which. it is believed, it will carry this
case.
Ordinances are pending before the
city council requiring jitney operators
20 execute bonds to cover indemnity
for injuries to passengers. and for 9TH
g regulation of jitney traffic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
favorite beverage,

The kaiser had by far tho heartiest
appetite Of any reigning monarch I ever
met. For breakfast he would have. in
addition to eggs and bacon. ish and a
large helping of game. and conclude
with a plate Of fruit. He drank small
cup OF black coffee at the end of the
meal. and then smoked very strong
and enormously long cigar.
The late King of Portugal was an
other monarch who had q fairly good
appetite He had an extraordinary
liking for eggs, and would eat as many
as four or Ave at breakfast. A favor
lite dish Of his was couple Of eggs.
very hard boiled inside couple of
lemons, a method of cooking that gave
them a most peculiar flavor.
Tho cars breakfast used to consist
Of the strongest black coffee and few
pieces Of dry toast. Tho coffee was al
ways made for his majesty by his own
valet, who was, by the way. one of the
most remarkable men I have ever met.
He spoke English. French, German and
italian absolutely perfectly. and had
travelled all over the world. He was
very fond Of going to tho theater. and
went every night during his masters
stay in London. He had written sew
eral plays himself which had been sue
cessfully produced in Russia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
Essay on Whales.
From Life.


The whale, like the orator, makes the
most noise when nearest the surface OF
things. When he goes deep you never
hear him. Whales spend their time in
ocean travel and taking the air. There
was once a whale named George Wash
ington. His father had caught a favor
lite human being and had put him in
the refrigerator to keep. when George
swallowed him. Georges father. miss
ing Jonah. which was the name of the
dainty. suspected George. and took him
out into the black ocean current.
George thereupon began to weep salt
tears. but with prodigfous courage, for
a whale, said:
Father. 1 cannot tell you a tale. 1
swallowed Jonah with my little swal-
lower"
Whales are used to lubricate sewing
machines, to decorate museums of un-
natural history and to reduce to a pulp
a woman's waist line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
ASKS BRIEFS IN THAW PLEA.
Justice Reserves Decision in Coun.
sells Application for Jury Trial.

NEW YORK. April 1s.-Supreme
Court Justice Hendrick reserved deci-
sion today on the application OF coun-
sci for Harry K. Thaw for jury trial
to determine Thaw's sanity. He re-
quested counsel to submit briefs and
announced that he would return his
decision before Thursday.
That date was fixed for the reap
pearance of counsel before him on the
writ Of habeas corpus. upon which the
application was based. If his decision
favors Thaw's lawyers, a date for trial
will be fixed. II trial is denied. Thaw's
attorneys stand ready to call witnesses
in support of their contention for the
decision OF the court in person, unaid-
ed by jury.
The point at issue between Thaw's
counsel and attorneys for the state was
whether the court had an inherent
right on a writ of habeas corpus to
grant q jury trial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
HOME FOR BLIND SOLDIERS.
Fifty Already in London Place Pro-
/ vided by Otto Kahn, American.
e OF the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON, April There are already
fifty blind soldiers. including three
officers, at the home of Otto Kahn. the
American banker, at Regents Park. St
Dunstan's. Mr.. Kahn turned his resi-
dence over to the Red Cross society
some time ago for the use of soldiers
who had lost their eyes
The Kahn estate includes ahout
fifteen acres of grounds with various
small buildings which Will be used for
training rooms and workshops. There
is also small lake on which the blind
men Will be allowed to row.
The sightless soldiers will receive
preliminary instruction in carpentry,
boot repairing. mat making. basket
weaving, telephone operating, mas
sage. poultry farming. and market gar
denfng. an effort being made to find
Tor each man the occupation to which
ne is best adapted. The cost Of run
ming the institution will be met bv the
Red Cross, the National Institute for
the Blind and the Order of st. John.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
TO HOLD TSSESS|ON
FOR TWO DAYS HERE
: Grty-Seventh Annual Meeting of
the Congregational
Conference.

The forty-seventh annual meeting OF
the Congregational conference Of New
Jersey, which includes all of the Con-
--regational churches of New Jersey.
Maryland. the District of Columbia and
Virginia, will be held at the First Con-
GregationaI Church, 10th and G streets
northwest, tomorrow and Wednesday,
the first meeting occurring at $50
o'clock tomorrow.
Rev. DIR. Stocking. pastor of the
church, will give the address Of well
come. and the response Will be by Rev.
1rr. clarence II. Wilson of Glen Ridge,
" j.. moderator of the conference.
reports of the secretary and treasu
rer and of committees on finance, Sun
Gay schools, church federation and so
al and labor conditions Will be read
: this meeting.
At am. tomorrow there will be a
devotional service. Rev. DR.. n. Butler
RAFT of Howard University will pre-
side. and Rev. DR.. Charles S. Mills of
}iontclair. n, J.. will deliver the con-
ference sermon.
Program for Wednesday.
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
Walter S. Ufford. secretary of the
Washington Associated Charities, will
speak on The Church and Social Serv-
ice" Rev. DR. Oliver Huckel of Balti-
more Will have for his subject The
Church and Democracy; DIR. Samuel
j.. Ioomis of Westfield, n. j.. will speak
on The Church and the Home" and
Rev Frederick Lynch. secretary of
the Church Peace Union, New York. on
The Church and International Peace"
The Wednesday afternoon session will
begin at els o'clock, and addresses by
the following will be made: Mrs. Henry
Wade Hicks of Glen Ridge, n. J.,
Work and Workers at the Front;
Rev. Henry L. Everett of Jersey City,
increase of the Church: Rev. DR..
Clarence A. Vincent, Mount Pleasant
Church, this city, Service"
The Wednesday evening session at s
,':lock will be given over to addresses
Y samuel Gompers on "Labor's Strug-
les and Hopes and by Secretary
an on THE Larger Life"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
Southern to Honor Dead Official.

RALEIGH, n. c.. April 1s.-AN trains
on the Southern railway. and all wheels
in the shops OF that road will be
stopped for five minutes. beginning at
4:3O o'clock this afternoon, during the
funeral services for Alexander Boyt
Andrews, nrst vice president of the
company. who died Saturday at his
home here. President Fairfax Harri.
son, Vice Presidents J. NJ. Culp, e. II
Goa man and II. B. Spencer, Henry NJ
Miller. assistant to the president. and
A. p. Thorn, general counsel. will be
the pallbearers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
THE OPPORTUNITY OF
4 LIFETIME TO VISIT
CALIFORNIA

The great Panama ESp"sitioHs at San Fran
cisco and San Diego, California. are now open
and the attendance has far exceeded any CT
position for the same length of time.
Rock Island Lines have established r..
markedly low rates Of fare daily 10 No
yamber 30-only $40 a5 for round rril, from
Washington providing the ',cst opportunity
that can ever he afforded tn. American pub
lie to view the wond"7s Of til" Golden
West.
You all Roc. Island S-,cnic cir
Gle Tour: the Colorado Ro kies Pixies Peak
new Rocky Mountain National Park Salt
Lake. beautiful California. the Pacific Coast
both expeditions. the historic and enchanting
Southwest.
Choice Of Golden State Limited Roxy
Mountain Limited californian. colo
rado-Caifornia Express" and othPr fast
trains Automatic Block Sisnals-Finest
Modern All-Steel Equipment Supcrh Dining
Car Service.
We maintain a Travel Bureau NJ ioi.
Chestnut ST. Philadelphia. 'ur representa-
tives are travel experts. who viii help you
plan a wonderful and economical outing.
give you full informa lion about california
and her wonder Exposlti ions. how hest 20
them, and look after every detail Of your
trip.
Write, phone or drop in for our literature
on California and the EIposirions. II. ".
Brown. y. z. A, Rock Island Lines. Phila
delphia. -AdveTtisemen:.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
Frank NJ. Lloyd Dies.

Frank NJ Lloyd. an employee Of the
government printing office since April
10, 1893. died yesterday morning at his
residence, 1247 Girard street Funeral
services were held at his late residence
this afternoon at 2 o'clock. 1nterment
was in Rock Creek cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
Ex-Soldier Under Observation.

Noah Reynolds, colored. who served
in tho army in the Philippines. was
taken from his home at 12O7A r street
northwest last night and sent to
Washington Asylum Hospital for OBJ
servation as to his mental condition.
The former soldier lived alone. Last
night, the police say. he tore bedding
and set fire to it. and about the time
No. Z engine company went to his
house he dug holes in the wall between
his home and the adjoining structure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
Former Delaware Official Dies.

MILFORD, Del, April 19.-Dr. George
W. Marshall. former state insurance
commissioner and prominent in repub-
lican politics Of Delaware, died at his
home here last night from a complica-
ton of diseases. He was sixty-one years
old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
Thomas G. Burch Acquitted.

Thomas G. Burch of the Northum-
berland. who was arrested April 10 and
taken to Richmond on a charge of
forgery, was acquitted there when his
case was called in the police court for
trial. according to information re-
ceived here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
"The Compleat Rat Catcher. "

From tho Pail Mall Gazette.
The science of rat catching. which
has Just lost its oldest practitioner in
John Dalton. has quite an extensive
professional literature Of its own. One
OF the most popular opponents OF the
art was Robert Smith. RAT catcher
to the Princess Amelia and several Of
the principal nobility" who published
the "Compleat Rat Catcher" and the
Universal Directory for Taking Alive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
Predict Scandals Over Graft.

More than one case has come to light
Of large sums of money being made by
contra ctors at the expense Of the gov
eminent, and it Is predicted that numer-
Gus scandals will be disclosed after the
war is over. The government has ap-
pointed Sir George Glib, a prominent
railroad man, as official fighter of
graft. Already the fabulous commi ssion
earned by a recently appointed agent
for lumber purchases has been brought
to the notice Of the house OF COM
mons.
Measured by actual result, the mis-
fortune of the war has not yet taken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
Store Fire Causes SIS Damage.

A small fire occurred in the show
window at the store of J. w. Stohl-
man & Sons, 1854 Wisconsin avenue,
about O'Clock this morning. The fire
was of unknown origin, and only IS
damage resulted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
NEED NOT RESTORE
VETERANS TO Jobs
Chief Justice Shepard of Court Of
Appeals, in Opinion, Upholds De.
cision of Justice Stafford.

The District Court Of Appeals today
in an opinion by Chief Justice Shep-
ard affirmed the decision Of Justice
Stafford of the District Supreme Court
denying a mandamus to restore to Of
fee discharged veterans.
NJ S. Persing sought to compel Sec
rotary of the Navy Daniels and Ed
ward W. Eberle, commandant of the
navy yard, to reinstate him, and
George Dean sought mandamus
against Postmaster General Burleson
and Otto Praeger. postmaster of Wash
ington to get back his job in the city
post office.
The suits were brought by Attorney
f. +. Elder to test the efficacy Of a
provision in the appropriation act of
August rs, 1912, which reads: ''In the
event of reductions being made in the
force in any of the executive depart
ments no honorably discharged soldier
or sailor whose record in said depart
ment is rated good shall be discharged
or dropped or reduced in rank or sal
ary."
Claim of Government Officers.
The cabinet officers and their CO.
defendants. through Assistant United
States Attorney Arth, admitted the
status Of the petitioners. but pointed
out that the laws provision presup-
posed a system of efficiency rating to
be promulgated for the classified serv-
ice of the government by the civil
service commission. with the approval
of the President AS such system had
never been esta blished. it was urged
no ratings were in legal effect and the
laws provision became imperative.
The appellate court holds with the
government officials, as did Justice
Stafford. Chief Justice Shepard points
out that under the former laws the
courts had no power to review the ac-
ton Of head of a department in dis
charging an employe for inefficiency
The proviso relied on as changing this
rule, it holds, has no effect, as 1t is
merely part OF the section and is not
intended to have an independent opera
ton without the establishment Of the
proposed efficiency ratings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19

Miss Gertrude NJ. Bennett. for twenty
four years principal Of school at Home
stead. near Baltimore. and for many
years a teacher. died at an inflrmary.
where she had been a patient for several
weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
BY Pop.

and Destroying Rats" both of which
had a large sale. Originally issued in
1868 at half a guinea. 1t within a few
years attained fourth edition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19

Ex-Sherif John B. Fairbank. seventy
five years old, died at Easton, Nd. He
is survived by a widow, one son and
four daughters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
HEADACHES

Thousands Of aud women sufe- ,-o,,
headaches every day. other thousands bsra
headaches every week every mont 80
stu others have headaches occasiOnaIix L, {
not at regular intervals. The best Doctor a.
often unable 10 find the caus. OF m.nv -,
these headaches. and In most other cases
will remove IT, SO as 10 give a pemansnt
cure. AL he can do is 10 prescribe thr ,,sn.i
pain BELIEVERS, which give temporxry reIiar
but the headache returns as usual, and ,re.t'
ment 10 again necessary II you suHer fno,n
headaches. no matter what their nature tak.
An,i-kamnia Tablets. and the results will ~
satisfactory in the highest degree. You can
obtain them at all druggists IN any quantity
foc worth. .oc worth or more. Ask for AK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
BRINGS WORK FOR
MANY IN ENGLAND
War Has Eliminated for the
Present the Problem of
Unemployment.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence OF Inc Associated Press
LONDON. April determination of
the extent to which the business life
of England has been disrupted by the
war produces some unexpected results.
First of all, the war has eliminated
entirely. for the moment. the problem
Of Unemployment. No able-bodied per-
son need be idle.
Although the first half of the year
1914 was time of declining business
in England, the second half saw many
Of the industries working at high pres
sure to satisfy the war demands of
Great Britain and her allies.
The most notable exceptions are the
cotton trade and Industries concerned
with the production of Injuries.
The cotton industry passed through
one OF the worst periods within mem
Dry, but a decided improvement has
since set in and Lancashire has now
begun to get the benefit of a number
OF government orders.
Wooden Factories Busy.
AS against semi paralysis in the cot
ton trade, wooden and worsted fac
tories have experienced difficulty in
keeping pace with the tremendous or
ders for clothing for the armies. The
Belfast linen trade has been active, as
have been the boot and shoe and other
leather industries.
The building trade has been more ac-
tive than might have been expected.
one Item of Importance was the con-
struction of army huts and hospitals.
Construction and repairing of warships
have Offset the decline in mercantile
tonnage in the shipyards. The iron and
steel industry has been kept busy by
the demand for every kind of arnaa-
ment and weapon of ofrense
SO far as can be ascertained the num-
Der or business failures has not been
abnormal, the moratorium having en-
abled weak firms to tide over the DIFF
hcult period. New enterprises in Eng
land, IL is authoritatively claimed. has
been stimulated by a campaign for cap
turing German trade, where possible.
but in other directions is at a stand.
still
Diversions for War Materials.
Many trades have diverted their ener-
gies to the manufacture of war mate
rails. Clockmakers. for example, are
doing large business in mechanism
for guns. and many cycle, motor and
kindred firms are manufacturing am
munition. The war has created a de-
mand for motors that has more than
Offset the diminished demand for pleas
ure cars.
1t is needless to speak of the profits
Of the armament firms, while the ire
mendous freights now ruling are suffi-
Client to pay the higher insurance
charges and working costs, and have
increased profits for shipowners
The coal owners also are said to be
reaping unusual profits. though the
congestion on the railroads is in part
responsible for the high price of house.
hold coal, which now forms the subject
Of agitation in all the papers.
Reports Of companies owning large
retail stores show a considerable de-
cline in profits since the war. but in
recent months there is marked tend
ency toward improvement.
c~>-la1u n~nr Hro<$
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19

effect. 1t is believed. however. that
the degree of prosperity which exists
will prove to be artificial and tempo
rary. although it is not difficult to find
in England economic authority for very
optimistic views of the future in the
event that the allies win.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
DESCRIBES RELIEF WORK
OF SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
G. Loves Dickinson Depicts Desola-
ton Along the Marine in Ap-
pealing for Funds.

G. Loves Dickinson. publicist of
Kings College. Cambridge. England.
| in appealing to the people Of the United
States for support in relief work among
the non combatants. tells OF the work
| being done in France by the war VIC
Tins relief committee of the Society of
Friends. All along the line of the
Marine. where the great battle ragged,
there is desolation and ruin. He quotes
from recent report of Miss Ruth Fry,
the secretary, as follows:
"Of all the sad sights we saw. think
that of Sermaize is the saddest. For
merly prosperous little town Of about
1000 inhabitants with many villa resi-
dences. it is now a heap Of broken
bricks and twisted iron. ] suppose that
few pounds worth of scrap iron and
some material for making concrete is
all that is now Of any value on the
site. and one knows that this must be
multiplied many hundreds of times to
get any idea of the damage done in
France alone. A little coil of smoke
here and there points you to an inhab-
tied cellar. and when you have discov-
cred somewhere near it a tiny stair
passage, along which you must be led
to the miserable hole at the end where
perhaps n whole family Is living. In
one such a poor woman was trying to
sew by the light of n window about a
foot square. In another an old man
was sitting, for the roof did not allow
you to stand up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
SICK-HEADACHES

Sick-headache, the most miserable of Al
sjckpesses. loses its terrors when AK Tab
lets are taken. When you feel an attack com.
ing on. take two tablets. and In many cases
he attack viii be warded OF. During An
attack take one A X Tablet every two hours
The rest and comfort which follow can he
OBTAINED in 10 other way.
Genuine AK Tablets bear the AK
monogram. At NIL druSxfsts'.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
One Family to Each Room.

Some 800 or 400 refugees are housed
in a hotel about mile away-a dere-
lict hydropathic establishment, with
one family to each room. Such condi-
lions must naturally have a most de-
teriorating influence on character and
on health"
AT Glannes, near Vitry, which has
been almost completely wiped out, we
were present when NJ. Loiseau, the
hut which has been built for him by
our party. 3. . This unfortunate
little village was between the French
and German fire. The church Is a mere
empty she'll with no trace of roof and
a wreckage inside Of bricks and burnt
seats. All around It the fields are
filled with huge shell holes-turned
into frozen ponds when We saw them
and in some places the ungarnered
corn was beginning to sprout where it
goes on apace. and by the time that the
farming work must begin in earnest
there should be many workers able to
come back to their land"
Explains Work Of Committee.
He explains that the work of the
committee consists in searching out the
necessitous refugees and inhabitants,
and supplying them with clothes and
other necessaries: in rebuilding houses
or putting up wooden huts, and IN do
ing all that can be done to furnish &C.
cupation and recreate an interest in
life. AT Chalons-sur- Marne, where
there are $500 refugees, a maternity
hopital has been esta blished. The COM
mtttee is working with the approval
OF and In connection with the French
government, which supplies materials
for building and other aid, but the
need Of funds Is great. AS 1t is, on the
present scale of operations it is CAL
culated that $500 a month is required,
and when new areas of devastation are
vacated by the Germans, the need for
funds will become more pressing. He
asks that subscriptions be sent to Will
liam I. Ellington, 121 South Sd street,
Philadelphia.