8 PSOBIHGNEWYOSK SUBWAY DISASTER Eight Separate Investi gations by State, City an d Traction Of fi cials Under Way 77 \ XTIMS STILL IN THE HOSPITALS Death List Remains at One and No More Fatalities Are Expected— More Than 7(H) Men and Women in the Panic By Associated Prcn her body. lm i\<; \<»r uankekocs So Reports Officer Who Conducted Navy Department's Experiments %.!(»>. -if- ii Pres. Wa-iington. Jan. 7.—"Deep 'living i* < practical procedure and not attend i I lug- it danger when the proper precautions are observed," is the re port to-day ot the officer who conduct-' ed ii'' iiivy department's experiments i in deep divn. without the us' of s;>e cial niparatus other than that which can ue readily supplied with the div ine; outfit- in use on all naval vessels, j In a statement the Navy Department' says that the results of these experi- ; incuts are considered remarkable and depths have been reached tar in excess of any it has ever heard of. Chief Gun ner's Mate Drellisha, L". S. N„ descend ed to a depth of 27 4 feet without dis comfort, according to the department, and it is believed that divers can rea«'h a depth of at least 300 feet without langer. To Probe Rogers Poison Case By Associated Press. New York, Jan. 7 —The case of the! woman known as Mrs. Ida Rogers, the mother of the two children of Lorlys ] Elton Rogers, a New York lawyer, is to be investigated by the Grand' Jury, | according to an announcement made to day by District Attorney FrancL vMar tin, of the Bronx. Mr. Martin said ! that the circumstances under which Mrs. Rogers administered poison to the children, resulting in their deaths, and i attempted suicide herself would be I thoroughly inquired into. Bids for Postofflce Supplies Washington, Jan. 7. —On a proposal to furnish nine billion stamped enve lopes and newspaper wrappers to the j Postoftiee Department during four years beginning July 1. the Mercantile Cor poration. of Dayton, Ohio, to-day l>id $9,347,882, and the Mid-West Supply Company, of Cleveland, bid $5,152,- 685. The award has not yet been made. To Be Tried for Shooting Americans By .4 ssociflted Press. Toronto, Jan. 7.—The provincial constable and the three Canadian sol diers who were concerned in the shoot ing at Fort Erie on December 2S of the American duck hunters, Charles Dorsch and Walter Smith, of Buffalo, will be placed on trial in the Ontario courts, the authorities announced to da.v. More Rigid Exclusion of Chinese By Asm iated Press. Washington. Jan. 7.—More rigid ex clusion of Chinese was urged before the House Immigration Committee to day by George W. Hooper and E. M. Sullivan, of Boston, and J. A. Barkey. of Chicago, all speaking for organized laundry men. Hooper said the Chinese were crowding the American laundry men and the Japanese were threaten ing to crowd the Chinese. Wilson's Trip to Last Two Months Washington, Jan. 7. President Wilson expects his trip to the Panama Canal, the San Diego ami the San Francisco Expositions and his speaking nur afterwards to !ast from March ."i» to May 1. He said to day he planne.l to be away from Washington for that period unless public business necessi tate' his presence here. Anti-Alien Labor Act Void San Francisco, Jan. 7. —The Ari -7.011a anti-alien employment act. adopt ed by the people of the State at the November election as an initiative measure, was held unconstitutional, null and void here to-day by a special court iff three Federal judges. Clark Predicts Victory in !!)!« Washington. Jan. 7. Before the third annual convention of the Wom en's National Demo ratic League here today .Speaker Clark predicted a Dem ocratic victory in 1916 on the legisla tive record of the administration. PART OF THE MEXICAN NAVY NOW FAVORS NEUTRALITY Dispatches to State Department Thought to ludicate Gunboats Were Prepar ing to Move Carranxa Government From Vera Cruz to Progreso By Associated Prcsn. Washington, Jan. 7. —The Mexican navy or part of it at least, has ce llared for neutrality, according to dis patches to the Gutierrez agency here, which say t'o.ur gunboats on the Atlan tic coast have retired to a quiet cove i>rt Yucatan to await the result of the oat tie between tiie factions. Distiches to Phe tstate Department, 'however, were interpreted as |>ossi6ly indicating tihat part of the navv w.is preparing to move the seat of the Car ranza government from Vera Cruz to Progreso. The dispatches were summarized in this statement: ■ '' luformatiTiu has just been received by the department to the effect that the A)exicau gunboat Bravo left Vera for Progreso 011 the night of Jan uary 5. It was reported to have on 'board a considerable number of sol diers, constitutionalist mouev and gold and silver bullion. It is also stated that the Progreso left Vera Cruz 011 t ie same night and that she had on board saddles, foodstuffs, a supply of d*v goods, a jrintiug press aui paper aud a num'hor of soldiers, it is reported she sailed for Taarpico. Ihe t arrailza agency issued Hiiis statement: "Official advices to-day from Gen eral Carraiua at Vera Cru state that the agitation on the isthmus of Tepuau tepec has lyidergone no change. The agency was instructed to deny emphat ically that any bridges or tuuels ot the Tepuantepee railroad had been de stroyed, as was erroneously reported. "General Carranza holds that the magnitude et the defeat of the Villa ista troops at Marte compares favor ably with that at Puebla. Marte will fce the base of operations for the attack on Torreon. The fall of this city would mean the complete isolation ot" Villa, as he would lose his principal base of 1 supply. " Advices from Naco report that General Hill, military commander of j the Constitutionalist troops there, has! been called to Vera Cruz by the first chief to report upon the difficulties growing out of the crossing of bullets i into American territory. A favorable solution of the difficulty will continue to be sought." K1 Paso, Jan. 7. —General Villa is ex pected late to day at the border here, where General Scott, chief of start' of the I'nited states armv. lifts been wait | ing three day- to begin negotiations with the Mexican chief regarding the adjustment of border difficulties. Vil la delayed his trip to visit his home at Chihuahua City. The first troop train of those bear ing a reported body of S.OrtO Villa troops arrived to-day at Juarez. The trains as rapidly as they reach Juarez will proceed to Casas Grandes. whence the troops will march overland into Sonora. WOULD-BE ROBBERMITS HIS IDENTiTYJO THE POLICE Continued Krom First rase. would-be robbers tried to escape that way. and found one man beside a sky light. He believed he had been shot through and through bv a bullet and the shock of that made him deathly sick anil he dropped on the roof to die, a-- he thought. His companion made good his escape through an alley, run ning into Fourth street from the rear of the hotel. The loaded revolver was found in ; the alley this morning and the ovor i coat was picked up in the rear of Zion i Lutheran church. The police believe the coat belonged to the man who ess aped. and who discarded it because it i Hampered his movements. When arraigned before Chief of Po ! lice Hutchison last night the man gave his name as "Charles Johnson, - ' but re fused anv other information about him self. lie said he was riding on a j freight train and met the fellow with j whom he tried to enter the hotel. Nei ; ther of them had any money, he said, and they thought they would go | through the rooms at the hotel in an j effort'to find some. The bullet from ! Policeman Larsen's revolver took the : skin off his side, but did not draw even a drop of blood. The shock of it made the man deathly sick and, he said, he thought he was bored through and through. -He was terribly pale when taken to police headquarters, but | when the wound proved to be so slight ] he recovered immediately. SIX REALTY PARCELS SOLI) Sheriff Disposes of Properties in the City and County Half a dozen parcels of Dauphin ' county real estate were sold at the court house by Sheriff Wells this after noon. An equal number of scheduled sales either were stayed or settled. The sales resulted as follows: Two and-one-half story frame house of H. 1 T. Stine, Elizabethville, to M. E. Stroup I t'or $2,500: sixty-seven Lawnton lots in Swatara township, property of H. B. Harris, to C. H. Bai'kenstoe, $1,000; dwelling at 643 Calder street, of Kilph i I). Houston, to J. K. Patterson. $85.38; two Middle Paxton township houses of ' Mary E. ScheH, to Samuel S. Zinnner \ man. $342.21; J. J. Koons, house at 1 624 Regina street, to Harry M. Bretz, $3,300; Florence S. Kauffman. house at 631 Harris street, to Samuel Fishinan, $1,700. These prices do not include the I amounts of the incumbrances against j the properties. Foul Play Suspected at Readng B.U Associated Press. Reading. Jan. 7.—The body of Wil liam Hoffman. aiged 51 years, a machin ist, was found under one of the abut ments of the Penn street viaduct this afternoon. He was last seen last night. There are evidences of footprints of two or more persons neattiv and foul j play is suspected. Military Importance of Philippines Bu Associated Press. Washington. Jan. 7. —(Miliit-ary im portance of the Philippines and their strategic value to the Navy Departmemt will be inquired into by the Sena-te Philippines committee under a resolu- Ition adopted to-day during considera tion of the bill to grant the islands a larger measure of self-government. HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, THT T RSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1915. GERMAN OFFICIALS DENY CARDINAL MERCIER WAS ARRESTED AT BRUSSELS Csntlouril From First ra««, authorities in Belgium, tin atrwt which the German authorities have categor ically denied have been printed in pamphlel giutn is that which is derived from iur king, our government and the repre sentatives of the nation. This alo.ie for us represents authority; tliis alone has a right to the affivtioiis of our hearts and io our submcssitfrf. "Of themselves the a. ts if those in occii(«tiou are without force; but the legal authority istities tactily tho e aits whi. ii are just tial in the general interest uud from t!ii< ratification alone the\ derive all their judicial worth. •The occupied | rovinces of Belgium are not conquered provinces. Belgium is no mote a (iennan province than (!a licia is a Buss'an province, Nevyrthe less the occupied (art of our country i» con routed In a titui:i on to which t must mil>tn it. Phe greate number of our towns have been hande.l over to tii;- enemy; they iiki-s*. resj>ect the con ditions ct their surrender. ■■p. in the beginning of military op erations the \ll authorities hnve u s stent y rocuii'mended that private p?r scns abstain from acts of ho-tilUy ajuiiis; the armi'i enemy. These re otuniendat ions are stiM in force. Our army alone is charged with the duty of o.ir national defen e. l.et us kn.iv hew tj mwait at its hands tho tinai de I veiance, let us •• nii'ort ourselves a tiie gonrral interest demands. L-.'t u< respect the regulations they (tiie Oer mans) impose on i.s so long as thev do not attack out' liberty of c ii- is!i;tu conscience or t|i t > dignity it our pa triotism.'' BELQIftS RESERVisrS WIFE AND 3 EHiLfIaENSTRANGLEB Montreal. Jan. 7. .Mrs. Ro'oert \an l.ooy, wife of a Belgian reservist and her three children were fountt strangled to death a; their home here to-da.v. The police this afternoon had no clew to the murderer. Mrs. Van Looy s husband joined the first con tingent of Belgian reservists who left Canada to tight for their country. Neighbors, ilarnied because there had been no sign of life for two lays at the \ an l.4.1 P. M.—The German press bu reau this afternoon gave out a state ment to the effect that the activity of Austrian submarines apparently lias compelled the French admiral in the Adriatic sea to withdraw his ships from the strait ot Otranto, at the entrance ot the Adriatic The French appear, the statement goes on. to have post poned their attack on Cattaro, the Aus trian seaport in Dalmatia. until next spring. Great Britain's Reply Conciliatory London, Jan. 7. MO A. M.—The re ply of itreat Britain to the American note reg;n ling interference with Amer- , ican snipping, it is sai I in well-in formed quarters, is wholly conciliatory and shows a disposition on the part of England to do everything within reason to avert delay to American shipping at , a time when freight rates are high au 1 I consequently loss of time is reverted to the owner. Bar Fixtures Bring $72.30 The bar and fixtures of the Ann I street hotel, Middletown, for a number of years conducted by John A. Haas, this morning were sold by Sheriff Wells to Harry White, a Middletowner, for *72.50. Haas, it is understood, will' coLtinue to conduct the hotel until the court passes upon White's application for the license trausfer. which will be made within the next few dpys. Court Names Auditors The ( ourt this afternoon named Sen ator K. K. Beidleman, of this city, and tieorge Horwitz, of Philadelphia, au ditors to examine the accounts of Charles S. Jonason, receiver of the American Union Fire Insurance Com pany. The receiver to-day filed his ac count. Wrist Broken in Fall on Ice J. I). Byers, 2120 Jefferson street, an employe of the storeroom department of the Pennsylvania railroad, suffered a fractured left wrist in a fall on an icy pavement at Sixth and Maclav streets last evening. The fracture was reduced at the Harrisburg hospital. Hot Mills to Resume January 18 The hot mills lit the Lalance-Gros ,iean manufacturing plant will resume operations on full time, Monday, Janu-. arv 18, it was announced by the man agement to-day. Eviction Stares Mines in Face Bellai-re, 0., Jan. 7.—Announcement was made here to-day that the Voughiog'fleny and Ohio Coal Company, the liail an,l River Coal Company and th'' I'nite I States Coal Company would next week offer employment to their 3.500 striking men on an open shop basis. Those of ts. Then 1 looked up the county records, found that Ceorge M -llhcnny, the former clerk, wis paid at the rate of $125 a year, and that is all 1 asked for. "I'm not stuck on the job. I lost another tha; would have paid me three times wUat this does. Freeman (ierberiek. o:' Dauphin, is after tihe job and lioss Seaman, the assistant city clerk, is after it." "Wtil you serve at the drawing of .t jury next week," \Yrin>ke was asked. "It' they don't have anyone else, I «i I. I won't let them stick." Verbeke also stated that he first in tended resigning the clerkship in July, 1914. but reconsidered. In October, 1014. lie did send in his quit notice but was Induced by the Jury Commission ers to continue to serve. WHEAT NEAR S2 fl BUSHEL? Chicago, Jan. T.—Two dollars a ■b. she. for wheat, the dream that onfv enthusists ever expected to come true, w - within Jiall a cent of being a real tty to div on one grade of wheat, if the cost of delivery to Kurope might be counted as part ot' the price. It is a fact that a ear load of the kind of wheat known as Durum was sold to day to go to Italy on a basis that fig ured delivered at destination, $1.90 1-1' a bushel. Such a price breaks all records for Durum wheat. The supply of that va riety in the United St;:tes is said to be virtually exhausted for this season. Rapid upturns were witnessed in the I speculative market after a period of wavering during the early hours. News thst France and Italy had purchased 1.500,000 bushels or more at the sea board made the prices of options here leap higher than at any time since the 'beginning of the European war and reach levels that before had not been equalled since the celebrated attempt at a world-wide squeeze bv Joseph Leiter. May wheat, the chief speculative de livery. went to SI.3S 5-S, as against Sl.oti at the finish last night. Among the purchasers of the May option was the Rockefeller Foundation which wanted to make sure of charity supplies for Belgium, and had been unatblc to get satisfactory terms on wheat for spot cash. MRS. ISA BELLE WISE DIES She Was Ho Years Old and Is Survived By Three Children (Special to the Star-Independent.) Middletown, Pa., Jan. 7.—After an illness of three years. Miss Isabclle "Wise. SO years old, died at the home of iier son. a Pike street merchant, here last evening at 7 o'c'ock. Death was due to infirmities of old age. Mrs. Wise had lived in Middletown the greater part of her life. Her sur vivors include three children, Edward Wise, of Middletown; Mrs. M. H. Hart man, of t'tubrook, and Mrs. D. L. Cun kle, of Goldsboro; three stepchildren. John Wise, of Harrisburg; James Wise, of Middletown, and Mrs. Lewis, of Goldsboro: also two sisters. Miss Sarah Lantz, of Middletown, and Mrs. Cath erine Karl, of Penbrook. and one broth er, Isaac Lantz, of Paxtang. Funeral arrangements have not yet beeu an nounced. JOHN F. KOKD IMES Was Grandfather of Fourteen and Great! Grandfather of Two John Franklin Ford, 63 years of aye. died this morning at 6.15 o'clock ! at his home, 912 Hemlock street, ait-j or a three months' illness. A compli cation of disease# caused doaittn. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Annie Ford, ] four daughters, Olara L, Mrs. Mary B. Funk, Mrs. Nellie C. Shaffer" attl Mrs. | Lucy F. Thompson, one son. Thomas F.,' fourteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on j Sunday evening at 6 o'clock, the Rev.' Mr. straub. j '-to - of the Nagle Street! ( hurch tf God, officiating. The body will be taken cn Monday morning to Downingtown by Undertaker Miller,! where burial wiil be made. MBS. JOHN FAUBER DIES Funeral of Halifax Woman Will Be Held on Sunday Halifax, Jan. 7.—Mrs. .lchn A. Fauber, 60 years of age, died this inorniug of a complication of diseases. She leaves her husband and six chil dren. Funeral services will be held on Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock, the pastor of the Lutheran church ofticiating. James Johnson The funeral of James Johnson. 26 years odd. who lied at the German hos pital, Philadelphia. Monday morning at 11.35 o'clock will be held from Hoop er's undertaking eat«.'biislimeer of- I ficiating. Burial will be in the Lin coin cemetery. Undertaker Hooper ' brought the body from Philadelphia yeut«rdav. Charles T. Thompson Charles T. Thdmpson, 642 Forster • street, died suddenly yestertiay. Funeral i arrangements will be announced later. Caldwell to Pitch for Yankees By Associated Press. New York, Jan. 7. —'Manager Dono \ van. of the New York American 'Lieague baseball tlmb, arrived here to-day froin Salamanca, N". Y„ with a contract sign ed cor porals. 2 cooks, 1 farrier, 1 horse »hOer. 1 saddler, I wagoner, 2 trum peter and 4,"> privates. For a company of engineers, total enlisited, tif>. For a battery of field artillery, t-Hal enu-ted. lc!3. For a signal cort s ccmnanv, Tvtv A, total enlisted. l or the lloMjiit.il Corps: Ambit ance company section, total enlisted, 4;!. Public Service Commission Ihe Bell Telephone Coni|wny ad vises the Public Service Commission that it has uo testimony to offer in re buttal in the matter of the complaints as to telephone rates, and suggests that I the Commission render its decision on j the general principles involved in the | general case before the specific com plaints are made the subject of sep arate hearings. 1 lie Commission to-day approved these contracts: Carlisle Light, Heat i 4: Power Company and the Borough of | Carlisle: Citizens' Klcctric Company : and the City of Williamsport; the Peun ! sylvauia Railroad Company and the ! Borough of Newport. Application of the Florin Water Comp'auy ami the East Donegal Town ship Water Company merger was ap proved. Five petitions for the sale to the Northumberland County (las & Electric Company of the property of the Lewis Township Electric Company. McEwens ville Electric Company, Monroe Town ship Light Company. Penn Township Light Company and Turbotville Elec 'tric Company were approved. The contract of the Harrisburg Light & Power Company with the Bell Tele phone Company fur the approval of the-sale of poles was approved. The Hall Obsequies The comuittec of State Senators ap pointed to attend the funeral of the late James K. P. Hall, former Senator from Elk. will no# go to Rii I'gwa.v in a special train, but will each arrive there on Saturday morning and meet at the Hyde House, preceding thence to the Episcopal church, where the funeral services will be held at 12.30 o'clock. FINANCE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. Furnished by H. W. Snavely, Broker, Arcade Building, Walnut and Court Streets New York, Jan. 7. Upon. Close. Alaska Cold Mines .... 26% 26% Amal Copper 53% ->4% Amer Beet Sugar ... . . 33% 33 ; U American Can 27% 29% do pfd 9 2',.. 93 Am Car and Foundry Co 45 45 % Amer Loco 24 24 Amer Smelting 57% 59 Amer Tel and Tel .... 117% 117'.. Anaconda 26 21?%' Atchison 91% 94> /t Baltimore and Ohio .. . 68% 69 Bethlehem Steel 51 52 Brooklyn K T 85 85% California Petroleum .. 16% 16' t Canadian 'Pacific 156 156%1! Central Leather 35% 39 j Chesapeake and Ohio .. 40', 4 40',/A Chi, Mil and St Paul 87 87 I Chino Con Copper .... 33 33'/, Col Fuel'and Iron .... 23 Vi 23Vi t\>ntsol Gas 115 116 j Corn Products 8% 914 j •Erie ... .> 21% 22 j Erie, Ist -pfd 34 35 1 General Electric Co ... Ill's 141%] Goodrich B F 24% 25Vs 1 Great Nor pfd 114% 114',4 Great Nor pf'd 11 4 4 115' 4 j lnterboro iMet 11 '/■• 11% Tnterobor Met pfd ... 50'/ 4 51 Lehigh Valley 132 133V41 Missouri Paci'li ■ 7'i> ~v 2 1 Nev Consol 'Copper .... 12% 12% New York Central .. . 86 s , 87'/ g N Y, N H. and H 5 4 53% Northern Pacific 10d' 4 101 '/C. 'Penna R 1! 105% 106 Pittsburgh Ooal '6% 16 T 8 do pfd - S3 83 Press Steel Car 33 % 34 Ra£ 0011. Copper 18% 10'/ 4 Reading 145% 14 6% Repub. Iron and Steel . 75 75 do pfd 167 167 Southern Pacific 83% 83% Southern Rv 14% 14 % Tennessee Copper .... 32% 32% j Texas Company 134 134 I Union Pai ific 117'/, 118 U. S. Rubber 55% 55 U. S. Siteel 50% f> 1 % do pfd 106 106 Utah Copper 4 9 50 I Vir.-Oarolina Chein. ... 18 1 7It, I Western Maryland .... 12 13% | VY. U. Telegraph 58% 59 | We>rtingliouee Mi'g .... 70% 71', Philadelphia Closing Prices Philadelphia, Jan. 7. — Stocks closed steady: < *amt>ria Steel 4 4'., General Asiphalt 3 2 do pfd 67% liake Superior Cor., 10 Lehigh Nav., "6% I/ehigh Valley 66% Penna. R. R 52% Pha. Eleotric 23% P. R. T 11 Reading 73% Storage Battery 4 8 Union Traottion 38% U. G. 1 81 U. S. Steel . . 51% Chicago Grain Market Closing •Chicago, Jan. 7. —Close. Wheat—May, 138%; July, 124%., Corn—lMav, 75%; July, 76%. Oats —May, 55%; July, 53%. Porflt—.Tan., 19.00; "May, 19.47. lizard—Jan., 10.62; IMav, 10.92. JMbe—Jan., 10:74; :May, 10.47. ACTOR, KIN OF PRESIDENT GRANT, LOSES LONG FIGHT TO BECOME A CLERGYMAN j jf I ~,^fe:^,.. CHARLES D GRANT AND HLS 3CN ULYSSES 5. GRANT Alter struggling since boyhood to become n clergyman, Charles B. Grant, forty-seven years old. 11 relative of President Grant and nil ai'tor. lecturer, music store keeper and clerk, Is lying helpless as the result of overstudy at tlie home of his mother, in New York. Mr. Grant's general breakdown, from which it is sail he has little chanc# for recovery, ends a pathetic battle which lie has waced since his surly boyhood to become a clergyman. STUDENtS GAVE $151.07 Donations at Central High Procured Food and Coal for Poor An itemized account of the expen ditures for the Christmas entertain ment given by the student of the Cen tral High school to the children of the Nursery Home was issued this morning I by Miss Saul, who had charge of the finances. The amount received from the stti dents was $15t,97. After the purchase of a tree, tree ornaments and gifts t'he remaining money was spent to' a Christmas dinner for a poor family and for six and one-half tons of coai, dis tributed among seven different fam-! ilios. The Demosthenian Literary Society I will meat tonight at the home of Miss! Katherine Kelker, 5 North Front street, j The junior and senior class elections | will *»/ Associated Press, l.ondon, Jan. 7.—(Money and dis i count rates were easy to-day. The cai! ' for over $100,000,000 of the war loan j j was easily paid. The stock market is ! j gradually settling down to the new | I conditions and a good "business was | I lone to-day in consols and war loans I at steady prices. THE DAILY FASHION HINT. a \" ' ' Superposed ruffles are very modish on youthful dnnetiij? dresses, and Is of gold lace and uet over blue silk. The girdle is of orau*e suiin. BOYS HAVE LIVELY DEBATE Philonian Society Discusses Merits of Diamond and Track I The Philonian Debating Society of the Central High school mot last night, at the home of Kenneth Patterson. 20S Soutih Thirteenth street. The subjict was, ' 1 Resolved, That Baseball Should Athletic Board to Take the Place of \thleitc Hoard to Take the Place of Track Athletics." Aifter an exciting debate the judges decided in favor of the negative. The affirmative as sup ported 'by Anson DeVout, Clarence Cooper, Samuel Handler, I'aul Walters and Richard Hamer. The negative was upheld by Kilward ltoth, Predorick Lv j ter, Jesse Wells. Jonathan Black and I Lieroy Smacker. The rest of the tneni'bers present act | ed as judges. Refreshments were served at a late hour. Would Discard Old Traditions i By Ansociatcd Praia, | London, Jan. 7,2.35 P.M.-—The Royal I Common Civil Service, in its report pub lished to-day, recommends that some of t'he old traditions in t'he British foreign service be done away with and that t'he service be made more democratic. ! One of the recommendations of the j commission is that the time-ihouored | stipulation that all 'candidates for for I eign posts in the diplomatic eor|>« must have a private income of at least $2,- j 000 be abolished. Low Quotations for Sight Drafts By Associated Press. i New York, Jan. 7.—Sight, drafts on Ivondom were offered at 4.84 in the lo cal exchange market to-day. This is the lowest quotation for demands sterl ■ ing sini'e the panic of 1!I07, and under j normal conditions abroad it would j inevitably result in shipments of gold ltd this country: Bankers regard t'he | further decline in exchange as addi j tional proof of the gradual wiping out. j of this country 's foreign obligation*. A shoemaker has been divorced six times. Evidently lie couldn't stick tn | his last.