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not warranted In our opinion by the
population. I thought. however, that
a motor bus might be put on there. as
a feeder. and 80 looked into the matter;
but l found that. taking into consid-
GRAFTON the interest on the investment
and the depreciation. 1t would be cheap
er to run q trolley car.
Buses have been tried out I'm Scran-
ton and in Altoona, and the railroad
men have found that in the East they
petition which merely annoys exist
Ing transportation systems. because
they run In good weather. interrupting
and congesting the traffic, bUt quit in
cold and bad weather.
There have been many complaints,
too. from women passengers because
Of things which have happened ty rea-
son OF their poor lighting systems"
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Wholesale Produce Market

EGGS-Nearby. fresh. 2SG30c per doz.
Southern. soc per doz.
CHEESE-N New York. new. 15hc per ID.
fiat, 16c per ID.
BUTTER-Elgin print. 34hc per lb.: tub.
33Ac per lb. process. 2s@27c per ib.
LIVE POULTRY-Hens l40l5c per ID.
roosters. loc per lb: spring chickens. 17olsc
per lb.; live turkeys. l7G1sc per lb.
LIVE STOCk-Veal calves. best, l2c per
lb.: heavy. S0loc per lb.. fat sheep. 4h&Sc
per y; :; spring ~ lambs. 7tasc per ID.
ETABLES-(Quotations furnished by
Taylor Wade)- Potatoes. N7t per Dbl
onions. 500 per bu:: sl.75 per sack; cabbage.
N.I per hundred lbs.: lettuce. Sa.6063. 90 per
basket: beets. SEQ per 100 bunches.
DRESSED PORk-Best. 9d9hc ib: heavy.
8H8hc per ID.
Receipts Of poultry scarce today and mar
ket higher.
With milder weather the hers are laying.
and increased supplies are causing lower
prices on eggs. kREY. PRICE 4 co.
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Couldn't Support Family
Because Athletics Lost

PATERSON. N. J., Jan. 30-The fact
that the Athletics were defeated last
fall In the worlds series was the rea-
son that Joseph McCann gave to Judge
Klenert for not supSsr1ng his wife.
McCann bet his money on the Phila-
delphia team. and when he lost was
unable to provide funds for the family.
This resulted in an argumsat. and the
husband tried to commit suicide be-
cause. he said. Of despondency from the
fact that he did not pick winner.
Since he has tried on two occasions to
kill himself because Of family spats
Tho Judge gave the couple some faith
erly advice and paroled McCann in the
custody Of the probation officer
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"J|TNEY" BUS TOOK
BIG CITY IN WEEK
Missouri Town "FeI For" Auto.
mobile Transportation with
Remarkable Quickness.
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"OHtlnue0 from f1r0t Po8e.)
the street car company said recently
that the 'jitneys'' and the motor buses
together had caused his CON pany to re-
tire 100 street cars from service and had
cut heavily into the daily receipts.
Kansas City newspapers had been
watching the ''jitney" experiments in
other Western cities and printing stor-
les about them. and the Star of this
city advocated them here after the
street car company had made a re-rout-
ing OF its cars which carsed more con-
gestion than usual. The service became
crowds Of hundreds standing in the
get into the already crowded cars.
on Monday. January 1s. w. H. Miller.
who had been auditor Of q string Of
cigar stores here. bought q second
upon It. and drove to the corner Of
Grand avenue and Twelfth street, in
the heart Of the business district. His
banners announced that he would take
passengers for cents from that point
to any other along Twelfth street As
tance Of three miles.
Earned 60 cents An Hour On First
Day.
Miller did not have to wait long. His
machine carried four persons besides
himself. He had q load within i've
minutes after he stopped his machine
there: That first day his average earn
inRs were 90 cents an hour
The following day another man went
into It on the same route. The next
day woman. Mrs. c. NJ. Gibson. ap-
peared with her car, and tho followins
morning there we're fifteen cars In the
business, each with a banner. and all
carrying passengers for cents. BY
Sunday the number had grown to forty
two.
Then the drivers Of the ''jitneys' got
together. formed an organization. and
rented a waiting room in an empty store
down town. where passengers might
wait out Of the weather for cars.
The next move was made by tht
street car company. which tried to Eet
A tax placed upon the 'tftneys" thai
would prohibit them from making q
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profit But the mayor said he was not
disposed to do anything that would In
terferc with any sort of transportatio lion
that would help the people to get to
their work comfortably and quickly
in the morning and back again at night.
so he refused to permit anything OF the
now being drawn Which PROBABLY will
be passed by the city council. 1t will
put 4 small license on the "jitneys."
which the operators of the cars well
come.
The people Of Kansas City welcomed
the coming Of the ''jitneys' with open
arms. They even wait for street cars
to pass in order to get into a "jitney."
and thus encourage the opposition to the
street car company.
It 10 expected that within a week or
two there will be three or four hundred
Of the "jitneys'' in operation here.
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Miss Lucy Dahlgren Is
NOvitiate in Convent

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 3.-Miss Lucy
Dahlgren. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Eric Dahlgren. Of New York, has be-
come a novitiate at the Convent OF the
Sisters Of the Blessed Sacrament. Corn
wells, Pa. the order founded by Mother
Katherine Drexel in New Mexico and
Virginia to aid and elevate members
Of the colored and Indian races.
At the end Of six months Miss Dahl
Gren will be eligible to take the white
veil. After five years she will take
the black veil. and then. at the end of
two more years. she will be entered
permanently. There is a proviso that
at the close of seven years. should Miss
Dahlgren decide to change her mind,
she can withdraw with the permission
Of the authorities OF the order.
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Brokers Ask to Go to
Front for Red Cross

NEW YORK. Jan. 30.-A. B. Gwath-
mey. jr.. and Levin Bell LeDuc. men,
application with the Red Cross for
service at the front in Europe. They
expressed their willingness to furnish
their own motor ambulance, completely
equipped. and one Of them has guar
anteed to act as chauffeur.
Gwathmey. whose brother is a former
president OF the Cotton Exchange,
Joined 1t in 1903. LeDuc was admitted
two years ago.
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Land Office Will Show
Big Map at Exposition

Among the exhibits which the General
Land ONCE will make at the Panama
Pacific exposition. is an enlarged repro
duction of the survey map. issued by
that office. Of the State of California,
showing national forests. military and
ects and other features of the work the
Government is carrying out in the
state. BY means Of three large mans
OF the United States. the Land Once
VII! further illustrate the work which
Is being done by that Office.
Other exhibits will include framed
documents signed by Presidents Adams
Jefferson. Madison. Lincoln. and Grant
A patent from King George III, grant
Ing land In his colonies of America, will
also be shown.
on Its way to San Francisco.
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Weekly Bank Statement,

NEW YORK. Jan. 3O.-The weekly
banl, statement today showed the fol-
lowing changes: Surplus. increased,
8, ,237. 40: loans. Increased. 321, OH 600;
reserve in own vaults. increased. $685.
zoo: reserve In Federal reserve, de-
creased. A.753. 600; net demand deposits.
decreased. $24. HS, 900: circulation, de-
creased. N.10.0O; aggregate reserve,
$50 423, ,OO0
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Local Sales.

Washington Railway pf. 6qs5. 10Gs5.
District National Bank. 2Gi36.
After call--WashingtQf Railway Is.
81 .00dSl. 81. .O0Om81.
Capital Traction SIS. $50od d1O6la. $1,Ooo4
lO6k.
Washington Railway pf.. 25ds5.
Washington Railway CON-, 21S7.
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LOCAL AND NEW YORK FINANCIAL NEWS
New York Stocks.

Quotations furnished By W. B. Hibos q
Co.. members Of New York Stock Dxchanes'
Hibbs Building,
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|PR|CES HOLD FIRM
| ON EXCHANGE HERE
Volume 0 fTrading Not Large
and Market Lacks Breadth.
Few Sales Recorded.

Although the volume Of trading was
not large and the market lacked
breadth, prices held firm at today's ses-
sion Of the Washington Stock Ex-
change.
and Electric Company which have been
particularly active for more than a
week continued to attract the greatest
attention. The preferred stock was in
demand at IS. the price that has re-
Gently prevailed. and forty-one shares
were traded In at that figure. Two
shares Of the common stock brought 81.
and 5000 worth Of the per cent
bonds were disposed Of at 81.
ed Of two shares Of District National
Bank stock at 1875. and 81 800 worth Of
Capital Traction s per cent bonds at
1864.
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Curb Stocks.

Quotations furnished by w. B. Hibbs &
Co., ineinbers Of New York Stock Exchange.
Eibbs building.
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Oil Stocks.

Quotations furnished by W. b. Hibbs 4
o., members Of New York Stock Exchange.
Hibbs EAlilding.
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An open meeting Of the Washingto
Bankers Association, to which the
directors of all Of the institutions
represented In the body will be in
vited. will be held at the Willard
Hotel on the evening Of February IS.
The council Of administration OF the
association at q meeting held at tho
Union Trust Company yesterday aft
ernoon fixed the date and several
men prominent in the financial world
WIN be asked to come to Washing
ton to adress the meeting.
J. selwin TAFT. president Of the
Washington and Southern Bank. is
the author Of a concise banking
pamphlet entitled. "Where to Bank"
which has just been issued by his
institution. The booklet contains
several novel features. one Of the
most interesting OF which is an ex-
position Of the part played by the
telephone in the development Of mod
ern banking.
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DIRECTORS:

George w. Gray
William d. Hoover
George Howard
Reginald S. Huidekoper
y, III. r. Johnson
Tnoanas n. Jones
Victor Kaufman
Evening star., 1915-06-10
TURK GUNB0AT SUNK
AND TRANSPORT SEIZED
British Claim Success in Persian
Gulf Region-French Trans
port Reported Lost.

LONDON. June 1o.-The Turkish gun
boat Marmarts has been sunk and the
Turkish transport Mosul has been cap
tured, according to an official state
ment given out by the British govern
ment. The action took place in the
Persian gulf region.
A dispatch received in Berlin from
Constantinople says the Turks have
sunk a French transport vessel.
The Mauretania and the Translyvania
have arrived at the Island Of Lemnos.
in the Aegean sea. transporting
troops.
LISTS Allied Prisoner.
The first list Of British and French
officers taken prisoners during the
operations in the Dardanelles has been
sent by the Turkish Red Crescent
Society to the International Red Cross
committee In Geneva. In accordance
with oriental usage the list gives not
only the first and surnames Of the
prisoners, but the first names of their
fathers. The British Red Cross has
set three lists Of Turkish prisoners
which have been transmitted to Con-
stanttnople.
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New Secretary of State
Receives Foreign ENJOYS;
Retains His Old Quarters

Several members of the diplomatic
corps. including the Japanese ambas-
sador and the ministers from Mica
ragua, Panama and Haiti, were early
callers at the State Department today
to pay their respects to Secretary Lam
sing. Mr.. Lansing saw them in the
room he has occupied as counselor, and
apparently does not intend to move
into the ONCE OF the Secretary of State
for the present, at least. He changed
ono of the arrangements previously
made with newspaper men. who see the
Secretary twice day. asking that they
assemble hereafter at the usual hours
in tho diplomatic reception room.
where he would see them.
The Secretary also requested that
foreign diplomats who call at the d.
partment be not approached by inter
viewers in the corridors. He indtcat ted
that the practice which has grown nm
since the outbreak Of the European
war among correspondents on dufv at
the department of stopping ambassa
doris and ministers after their intsr-
views with officials and seeking to
learn the object of the visit had heen
complained of by some of the nfem-
bers of the corps. Mr.. Lansing said
he would make public anything that
might develop from these visits that
was not of e. confidential nature. ana
requested that they be not approachad
by the newspaper men while in ths
building.
Evening star., 1915-06-10
CHOLERA BREAKS OUT
IN AUSTRIAN CAPITAL
Dread Disease Believed to Have
Been Carried by Wounded
Soldiers.

GENEVA. Switzerland. via Paris,
June 10.-News has reached Geneva by
way of Innsbruck and Buchs, switzer-
land. which tends to confirm previous
reports that cholera has broken ont in
Vienna. One report refers to twenty
six cases and another to forty-six
cases of this disease in the Austrian
capital. Several deaths have been re-
ported.
The disease II believed to have been
brought to Vienna from Ga1icia bv
wounded soldiers.
The authorities are taking all pre-
cautions to prevent its spread. A
cholera quarantine camp is being has
tily constructed outside the city.
Orders have been dispatched to the
front for a rigorous examination Of
every wounded soldier before he is
transported to the rear.
,,sInn Vienna newspapers have been for
nidden to mention the outbreak Of
cholera The authorities believe the
disease Will soon be stamped out.
Evening star., 1915-06-10
TELLS Of VALUE Of
GIRL SCOUT TRAINING
Mrs. JuIiette Low, President.
Also Describes Growth of
the Organization.
FIRST ANNUAL MEETING
OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Other Speakers at Convention Which
Opened Here Today Praise
Work of Moveemnt.

The first annual meeting of the ma
tional conference Of Girl Scouts con-
vened this morning in the oak room
Of the Raleigh Hotel. The sessions
are to continue through tomorrow. and
Saturday afternoon the Girl Scouts OF
this city are to hold a rally in the
Zoo Park.
The initial session OF the meeting was
called to order at 1890 o'clock this
morning by Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter.
one of the vice presidents of the or
ganization. Rev. Jay T. Stocking led
In prayer. following which an address
of welcome to the delegates WAS made
by Mrs. Richard Wainwright
Response was made by Mrs Juliette
Low. organizer and president Of the Girl
Scouts. AS the result OF efforts on the
part Of Mrs. Low. the organization was
established in this country in 1918. 1t
was patterned after the Boy Scout or
ganization OF England.
Valued Assistants In War.
Mrs. Low spoke Of the value Of the
training received by Girl Scouts 1t is
training. she said. that is good for nch
and poor alike. She said that 1t is
equally important for Girl Scouts to
BE prepared" as 1t Is for Boy Scouts
She told Of the growth Of the organiza-
ton In this country and related expert
ences at a great Girl Scout rally recently
held in Savannah. Ga
She told OF the work being done at
present by the Girl Scouts of England
Mrs Lowe said she hoped this country
never Will become engaged in war. but
be rendered in many ways by Girl
Scouts, as nurses, messengers and in
other capacities.
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. chairman OF
a nj n% fhA txns,n
Civic Federation, said she believed the
Girl Scout movement will always pros
per because it worked for the better
ment of the home The training which
the Girl Scout receives is bound 20
make her better wife and mother. she
declared. Mrs. Hopkins said she was a
firm believer In technical training for
girls. She said she believed all chill
dren. rich and poor alike, white and
colored. should be required to go to a
technical school after graduating from
the eighth grade.
Carl Vrooman's Address.
Assistant Secretary Carl vrooman of
the Department Of Agriculture said he
believed the Girl Scout movement one
of the best ever established in this
country. He told Of the work Of Girl
Scouts in England and OF a great rally
he had witnessed in London. Mr.. Vroo-
man man also spoke ssok on ne % importance s OF
he said. is the drst thought Of the
American people. The desire to be
prepared is their second thought
At the afternoon session the report
of the national secretary Of the or
ganization. Miss Cora Neal. was read.
and reports also were received from
visiting delegates. At o'clock this
afternoon the delegates and ohicers are
to be entertained at a tea at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Richard Wainwright.
Tomorrow's sessions are to be de-
voted entirely to routine business.
Evening star., 1915-06-10
SEA RAIDERS DESTROY
: MORE BRITISH VESSELS
Steamer Erna Boldt and Two Trawl.
ers Latest Sunk by
Germans.

LONDON, June 1o.-The British
steamer Erna Boldt has been torpedoed
Ind sunk Off Harwich by German
submarine. The members of the crew
we're saved
The Erna Boldt was formerly a Ger
man steamer. She was CAPTURED nv
the British and put into service by
them She was of / 1.045 net ton and
ESQ feet long, and was built in 1905.
Two Trawlers Sunk.
The trawlers Tunisian and ca.,or
have been sunk by German suhma
zine The Tunisian's crew, which wa.
allowed fye minutes in which to leav.
ne boat. arrived at Grimsby TODAY
The vessel was sunk with bombs Tbe
castors crew was picked up al sea
In this case also bombs were used hv
the Germans.
The submarine pursued another
trawier. but the arrival of a patrol
boat saved this vessel
The schooner Susannah of Pre.,on
was sunk by mine in Bristol channel
tuesday. according to Lloyds The
crew was landed at Falmouth.
ham was sunk in the North sea Mon
day by the shell fre of German sub
partne. The crew was saved
Sc Hours at Sea in Boat
The crew of the trawIer Velocity
which has been sunk at sea by a Gar
nan submarine. were landed at Hart,e.
pool this morning after being nfty-tvo
hours at sea In a small boat without
food or water.
The men were in q terrible stata or
exhaustion when picked up by the yes.
sci which brought them to port.
The submarine fired nye shells ~ 81.
Velocity to send her to the bottom
Evening star., 1915-06-10
MR.. BRYAN TO GIVE
A NEW STATEMENT
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have had under ordinary circumstances
because he ventured on a belligerent
ship into a danger zone. The element
OF contributory negligence, the former
Secretary contended. had to be con-
sidered in connection with all these
matters.
Would Impose Restrictions.
In urging the President and the cab
met to submit existing differences
with Germany to an investigating COM
mission he proposed that while the
commission was sitting steps be taken
to prohibit American ships from car
rying ammunition and to prevent
sells Of the nations at war.
No man, Mr.. Bryan urged, would 20
into court to prevent the government
of the United States restraining him
from undertaking a journey at the
risk of his own life.
The last official act of Mr. Bryan as
Secretary of State was to sign a let
ter of commentator for Frederick M.
Rose Of Montana, who has a place in
the State Department, designated as
Mr.. Bryan's stenographer. Among the
latest official documents signed by Mr.
Bryan were the commissions Of some
twelve consuls which were placed upon
his desk just before he left the State
Department
Evening star., 1915-06-10
JAMES TANNER SPEAKS.
Appears Before Companions of the
Forest of America.

Corp. James Tanned, past commando
in chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, addressed briefly the compan-
ions of the Forest of America. in ses-
sion at the Raleigh Hotel. at O'Clock
this afternoon.
Today's sessions of the companions
we're held behind closed doors, as have
heen all the sessions to date. 1t was
given out that the entire morning
Session was devoted to a revision OF
the constitution of the order.
Evening star., 1915-06-10
NEW COURSES AT vAssAR.
II horticulture, Landscape Gardening
and Journalism to Be Taupht.

fouGHkEEPSIE. N. Y, June 10
Alumnae, Increased by the 245 grad
yates who received degrees at vassar
yesterday. are discussing three i'm
portant items in the announcements of
PRESIDENT Henry Noble MacCracken.
They are the addition of courses in
horticulture. landscape gardening, law
and journalism. and mark the first big
changes in the college curriculum in
many years.
These courses and q huge open-air
theater, especially designed to carry
out the hftieth anniversary celebra-
ton in October. are made possible by
$275.000 gifts.
Evening star., 1915-06-10

q the italian IRE is singularly well
directed. An ammunition depot has
been blown up at Tolmino. There were
three hundred victims
The passage Of the Isonzo by the
Halians is being effected normally, ow-
ing to activity Of the pontoon corps,
the work of which Is undeterred by the
The Italians also are seeking to cross
the river at Bezonca. where the Aus
trians are hurriedly trying to throw up
defenses.
1t is reported that the Austrian com.
nander has offered a reward OF 1000
crowns (s5oo) for the. first Italian Al
pine soldier taken alive.
sAustrian prisoners continue TO ar
rive at Verona. There are now over
500 of them in Verona
Reservists Join Colors-
Ten thousakd recruits of the re-
servist classes of 1855 to 1895 joined
the Italian co1ors at Milan yesterday
Each soldier received a donation OF 40
cents for expenses sustained in reach
ing Milan. and. in addition, his daily
pay of cents.
sThe men came to the city in groups.
accompa MED by their parents. brothers
and sisters and sweethearts. and some
by their wives and children Nearly
every group was preceded by music
makers. generally performers on gull
tars. mandolins or concertinas, and by
bearers of the national colors.
Messages Intercepted.
A report issued by Admiral Thaon di
Revel. chief of the Italian naval staff.
shows that Austrian wireless messages
are intercepted regularly by the Ital-
ians, says special dispatch from
Rome The Italians have been enabled
to obtain this information, which is
OF immense military value. by the use
Of a new device invented by Guglielmo
Marconi. The device is said to make
1t impossible for the Austrians to in
tercept Italian messages.
Evening star., 1915-06-10
come Of conflict with any of them,
but whether in war or peace 1 shall
support the Presidents course"
Resignation Unfortunat

Representative Evans of Montana.
democrat, said: THE resignation COM
ing at this time is very unfortunate.
The people do not want war; The Pres
ident and Mr.. Bryan are both advo-
Gates Of peace, and 1t seems exceeding
ly unfortunate that they could not
agree upon the best means to attain
this end.
Il am apprehensive foreign nations
may assume that the people are not
a unit in this critical time. That seems
to me to be the danger in the situa-
ton"
Representative La Toilette of Wash
.ington. republican, said:
Il do not TIL nix that the resignation
Of Mr.. Bryan should have caused much
surprise. There has been friction for
more than a year. if all we hear is true.
The resignation coming at this time is
unfortunate, however, since 1t may
have the effect of multiplying to some
extent the note which the President is
sending to Germany"
Evening star., 1915-06-10
Have Clue to s. A. L. Wreoker.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, June 10.-sn..
cial officers of the Seaboard Air Lin.
railroad from Atlanta, Birminrbam
and elsewhere are working on a clua
which may lead to the capture of the
perpetrators of a wreck of the incom-
ing New York fast passenger train
last night, which caused the death o.
three men and the injury of a dozen
others. Steel equipment kept down
tho fatality list. The passengers hurt
will be able to leave hospitals this
afternoon.