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Evening star., 1914-11-22
EVERGLADES PRODUCE
WITHOUT CULTIVATION!
Evidence in Land Fraud Trial to
Prove Florida Section Is Worlds
Garden Spot.

KANSAS CITY, November 21.--Testi-
mony of Capt. Il. Z. Rose. state chemist
of Florida. occupied most OF the time
at the trial of +. c. Chambers, presi-
dent. and four alleged agents Of the
Chambers Land Company in the federal
court here today. The defendants are
charged with having used the mails to
defra ud. in connection with the sale of
Florida lands.
Crops Without Fertilization.
BY Capt Roses evidence the defense
attempted to prove that the Ever
glades land will grow crops without
fertilization. y number Of exhibits,
consisting of all manner OF tropical
fruit and vegetables, which had been
grown. it vas said. On the Everglades
number OF farmers in the Everglades
also testified as to the productivity of
the soil there
D. Z. LuE,ing. state treasurer of Flor
ida. and w. V. Knott. state controller.
were important witnesses for the de-
fense. They testified that Mr.. Cham
bers was told there was ample money
in sight for the Improvement fund to
work would be pushed.
Ex-Gov. Gilchrist on Stand.
Former Gov. Albert W Gilchrist OF
Florida took Inc stand in the federal
court here today IN behalf of L. G. Cham
oers and four alleged agents of the Cham
bers Land Company. accused OF fraud in
the sale of Florida lands. Nj. Gilchrist
testified that il Was in his administration
and with his approval that the lands were
sod to Chambers by the state. He said
that Mr.. Chambers had consulted with
him concerning the matter
II told Mr.. Chambers it was a good
proposition" lie testified. I'VE discussed
the Everglades situation and Mr. Cham
bers was told what the state planned to
do in its reclama ton work.
Answering Il question: "Is the land in
the Chambers tract fit for homes?" MI
GilchriSt replied:
II have not been down there FOR three
or four years. but at that time it needed
more draining"
Several times Judge Pollock, hearing the
case, interrupted the witness and asked
him for details of the states reclamation
projects in the Everglades.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
CRESCENT CLUB DANCE
DRAWS LARGE CROWD
Organization Is Host at Social Func-
tion, Its Second This
Season.

The Crescent Club of Washington
gave a dance last night in the ball.
room of the Raleigh Hotel. the clubs
second dance this season. The commit
tee on arrangements included Joseph
W. AIckericher, Miss Edna NJ. Jones,
W. II. Trotter. Miss Estelle Cole, Harry
A. Sigourney, Miss Grace L. Swart, r.
Brenncr Whittlesey. Miss Estelle
Myers, +. D. Geisler and Miss Marie
Clayton.
Among those present Were a G. Stur-
gis. Miss Helen Buell.. II. Sigourney. w
V. Groom Mrs. Smith. J. L. Sullivan,
Miss Scheckles. L. c. Pray, Miss Board
man, w. E. Gaines. Miss Marie Barker.
]. Cosgrove, Miss Esther Lahrer, W. r.
Seltzer, Miss Lillian Dale, Charles
Cadle. Miss Louise Worden, Maurice
Fitzgerald, Miss G. Donohue, c. De
Miss Nellie Darlington. Joseph Fraile,
Miss Ruby Ridenhower. T. a. Groomc.
Mrs. Groom, w. G. Fowlkes. Miss Ham
bly,. J. E. Stauffer. Margaret Harbin,
J. r. Hoffman. Miss Julia Craven, c. F.
Osborn, Miss Mary Davis. r. T. Yaste.
Miss Irene Hardesty. NJ. S. May. Miss
Stephenson, Edwin Brock. Miss Fitz-
hugh, NJ. r. Leopold, Miss 1nez Demo
net. 2. a. Carter Miss Gardner, H. L.
Simcoe, Blanche Wilmot. J. R. Wine
b.:ger Miss Virgie Myers, J. B. Hill.
Miss Mildred Moore. Mr.. and Mrs. T. L.
Moore. Stanley Payne, Miss Helen Ed
wards, E. F. Dyer. Miss Arleen L.
Terry, Charles Gordon, Miss Gussie
Hill, A A. Bonar. Miss Elsie Nickles, T.
Ellis Allison, Miss German, William
Hammett. Z. Arduser. Miss Fowler,
Jchn F. Miller, Miss Anna Davis Ray
mond Bause and Mrs. Bause J. H.
Newell. Miss Newell. Elmer Wood. FL
feda Payne, Thomas J. Gaffney. Miss
Helen Gsntley. +. l.. Bennett, Miss
Beth Cason, n. X. Berry. Gladys Haw-
k;ns. Miss Jones. Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Hellnan, J. H. McCauley, H. B. Dewey,
Darby Fettie, Miss Vetter, Mr.. and
Mrs j. c. Hollister, W. c. Wheeler.
Miss Clara Gonter, NJ. l.. Tanner and
Miss NJ. Clark.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
DEMURRER IS FILED.
Action Taken in New Haven Suit
Against C. S. Me!lap Et Al.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. November a7.--A
demurrer to the suit o. the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company and the New England Navi-
cation Company against Charles S.
Mellen, former president of the New
Haven. and John L. Billiard, Samuel
Hemingway and Charles +. Linsley.
former directors of the Billiard Com
pany, was filed in the superior court
today by counsel for Messrs Billiard.
Hemingway and Linsley.
The suit was brought by the New
Haven and the Navigation companies
to recover S3,s25,14T alleged TO have
been profit accruing to the Billiard Com
many from the transfer OF the Boston
md Maine railroad by the New Haven
TO the Billiard Company.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
NOT PASSENGER CARRIERS.
Laws Prohibition Not Applied to
Signal Corps Motor Cycles.

Motor cycles purchased by the United
States Signal Corps for use by tele-
graph linemen, repairmen and order
lies, according to the judge advocate
general OF the army, are not ''passen-
ger carrying vehicles within the mean
ing of the law prohibiting purchase of
motor-propelled or horse-drawn pas
senger-carrying vehicle for the service
of any OF the executive departments or
other government establishments or
any branch of the government service,
unless specific authority is given
therefor
The ruling was based on representa-
tions that the motor cycles used in the
signal service were equipped for car
rying linemen or repairmen and their
tools needed for the maintenance of
lines in the field, and for the use of
ordcrlies ia. carrying official messages
and were not equipped for carrying
others than those engaged in the serv-
ices named:
Evening star., 1914-11-22
MRS. MERCEDES PERRIN DEAD,
Funeral Services Held Yesterday at
St. Matthew's Church.

Mrs. Mercedes Perrin, seventy seven
years old. mother of Mrs. Adela Perrin
Godoy. wife of the former Mexican min
lister 10 Cuba, whose book on Porfirio
DiaZ was contributed to by many
Washingtonians, died Friday morning
at her home, 400 Massa chusetts ave-
Eue northwest. Funeral services were
held yesterday morning 1T Ii o'clock ct
ST. Matthews Church. The body was
placed in "a vault in Mount olivet cen.-
etery. awaiting fnal burial in San
Francisco.
Mrs. Perrin was OF Mexican birth, her
home being in Sonoro. Mexico. She
lived In San Francisco until the death
of her husband several years ago.
Besides Mrs. Godoy, two other daugh-
ters, Mrs. CanaliZo, wife of the Mexi-
can consul in Philadelphia, and Mrs
Mercedes Pauzy OF Bordeaux. France
and Il son. Albert Perrin, survive her.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
PLAY CARDS AND DANCE
FOR HOME RELIEF FUND
Society Folk Attend Function for
Southern Institution at the
Willard.

More than ninety card tables were
utilized during the first part o. = ster-
days program OF the Southern Relief
Home card party and tea dance held
in the large ballroom of the New Will
lard Hotel.
Mrs. G. Lawton Morgan. president Of
the Alexander L&wton Chapter. L. Il.
c., was in general charge. The usl,ers
for the card tables included Misses
Pocaaontas Butler, Dorothy Shuey.
Helen Stuart Griffith. Lois Spriyg. jo-
sephine Mason. Ruth Bliss. Margaret
Williams and Edith Oracle. :narshaled
by Miss Ida Bowie.
In Charge OF Dance.
\ hundred couples danced at the tea
dance following. IN charge of The dance
were Miss Sally Williams and Miss
Nell-Rose Baggctt, with the following
young people as aids: Miss Jane Greg
ory. Miss Burleson. Miss Sidney Burle-
son. Miss Mary Lord Andrews, Miss
e.. Miss Helen Blodsett. Miss Alice
Theobald Miss Pansie Wilson. Miss
Mary funger, Miss Virginia Griffith,
Miss Ethel Bag!ey. Miss Elizabeth Liv-
tngston, Lorimer Graham. Mahlon jan
ney. Herbert II. Bunzel. Hugh H. Obear
Marion Baker. Hunter Mulford. r. w
Gwathney, George McP. Minetree, Wal
ter Alexander. McGeorEe Parker. Sim
Price. Paymaster General MCGOWAN,
Hclcombe Latting, George +. Mitchell,
with William Payne Meredith as chair
man Of floor committee.
The HostesseS.
The hostesses included Mrs. Samuel
Spencer. Mrs. Fred Mcclure, Mrs. w
G. Brantley, Mrs. W. J. Ragsdaie. Mrs
Frederick Moore. Mrs. Rust Smith
Mrs. ]. P. Tarvin, Mrs. Tully Vaughan
Mrs. John Richards, Miss Armat. Mrs
Ryan DevereuX, Mrs. II. F. Moore, Miss
Sally Mackall, Mrs. r. S. Rust. Miss Ho
ratio n. TapliE, Miss, Fairfax. Mrs. a: K
Phillips, Mrs. Charles Cowles Tucker
Mrs. Elisha Z. Meredith, Mrs. Leonors
Hoffman. Mrs. Samuel Graham Mrs
Delos Elodgett. Mrs Edwin Pearson
Parker. Mrs James z. Hurley, Mrs
Theodore Shuey. Mrs. Emory Reisinger
Mrs. c. c. McChord. Mrs. Charles q
Matthews. Mrs. William L. Marshall
Mrs. Absalom Waller. Miss Mamie Ran
dolph Heth, Mrs. Cuthbert. Harrison
Mrs. William otway Owen. Mrs. L. II
Quirollo. Mrs. A Y. Zane and Mrs. w. T.
Hancock.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
sUFFRAG1sTs SEEK WILSON.
Mrs. Armes Asks That Fifty Be Al
lowed to See President.

Mrs. George A. Arlnes, as president of
the Wilson and Marshall organization Of
the District, stated last night that she
Rad been appealed TO to head deputa-
ton of fifty democratic women to inter-
view the President regarding the enact
ment of suffrage legislation.
She said she learned last night that
her application for an audience had not
heen even presented to the President as
yet.
We are not a. all militant" she as
serted, but We are just a little deter
mined. We have no purpose to overawe
the President. but we want not over fifty
picked workers in the last campaign to
have a chance to tell him that We expect
some consideration"
Evening star., 1914-11-22
WANTS BOOKS SHOWN.
Government Appeals for Right to
Inspect Records of L. and N. r, R.

The governments brief against the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company, in the case involving the
power of the interstate commerce COM
mission to investigate the roads af-
fairs, was filed. yesterday in the Su-
preme Court by Solicitor General Davis
The government is appealing from the
decision of. the federal district court
OF Kentucky. The court refused 4 writ
of maudamus to compel the Louisville
and Nashville to allow access to all
records and memoranda.
The solicitor general declares in his
brief that to permit an interstate car
rier to decide for itself what records
it will and what it viii not allow the
commission to inspect would render
the statute futile and the commission
;mpotent."
Evening star., 1914-11-22
GEoRGIA's OLDEST BENEDICT.
Man, SO Years Old, Marries Woman
Aged About r."

DALTON, Ga, November 2i.-Samuel
W. Albertson, ninety-siN years old. was
married here today to Mrs. Elizabeth
Thomas, who gave her age as about
seventy-two,' explaining that the Bible
in which her birth was recorded was
burned during the war between the
states.
Albertson is believed to be the oldest
man ever to apply for marriage Ii
cense in Georgia.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
ASK RATES BE HELD UP.
Thirteen States File Protest Against
Railroad Increases.

Railway commissioners representing
Iowa. Nebraska, Washington. Cali
fornia, Montana, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Minnesota, Oregon. Missouri,
Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma yesterday
petitioned the interstate commerce
commission to suspend increases in
freight rates proposed by western rail-
roads effective December 15.
Another freight rate case, quite as
important, and even more extensive
than the eastern case now pending
before the interstate commerce COM
mission. proba bly, VIII grow out OF the
general increases proposed by practi-
cal.y al railroads operating rest Of
the Mississippi river
Evening star., 1914-11-22
FOR AID OF UNEMPLOYED.
St. Vincent de Paul Society Plans
Benefit Entertainment.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society of st.
Aloysius Church will give an enter
tainment Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings at Gonzaga College Hall to
raise funds to meet the demands for
aid this winter by persons out of en-
ployment.
Maurice II. Jarvis of the Washington
Players Club has charge of the enter
tainment The program is to include
vocal and instrumental music.
Among those who are to take part
are Maurice II. Jarvis. George A. Bent
ley, Arthur B. White, Ed E. Muth, NJ e.
Kahn, w. Cliff Stump Roland Roder-
ick. and Misses Mary Minnix. Ethel
Taylor. Marguerite Marr, Clara Conrad.
Esther GaIbraith. Emily Bradley and
Mabel Galleher.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
ACCUSED RUSSIANS RELEASED.
Were Charged With Smuggling
Aliens Into limited States.

SEATTLE. Wash, November 2l.-
Dmitri Drisncy and Vasili Tinonoff,
members of the crew OF the Russian
volunteer fleet steamship Novgorod,
who were arrested on the ship yester-
day, charged with smuggling aliens
into the United States were set free
b. United States Judge Neto-cr ;oda y
on recommendation Of District Attorney
Clay Allen.
Russian Consul BoeoiavienSky de-
handed the release of the men cn the
ground that the United States officials
exceeded their authority in making the
arrests on the Novgorod
Evening star., 1914-11-22
SINKS FOLLOWING COLLISION.
Schooner James H. Hargrave Lies in
Twenty Feet Of Water.

NORFOLK, Va, November 21.-It was
confirmed here today that the three-mast-
ed schooner James H. Hargravc Of Bal
timorc, o. i3S net tons, lies sunk near
Wolf Trap light, Chesapeake bay. in
about twenty feet OF water.
Her crew, who were taken OFT safely
i,y Il power boat which CHANGED to come
along, and later came to Norfolk, re-
ported that she was sunk through col
Iisiou with the fishing steamer Fairfield.
which was injured at the same time and
was towed toward port by another
steamer.
The Hargrave is said to have sunk
Thursday night.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
HONOR TO THE SURGEONS.
Judge Kimball Gives Them Credit
for Panama Canal Construction.

Surgeons of the United States ARMY
were responsible foi. the construction
of the Panama canal, rather than the
engineers, said Judge Ivory G. KIM
ball. in a lecture on the Panama canal
delivered last night before the United
Service Club at 14th street and Penn
sylvania avenue northwest. He declar-
ed that without the sanitation estab-
lished by the Medical Corps the canal
could never have been built, and too
much credit, he said, could never be
given Gen. Gorgas. then colonel, and
his medical associates, for their work
in cleaning up the canal.
Judge kimball, who has made three
trips to the canal, showed more than q
hundred stereopticon views of the work
of construction.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
Turner Arrested for Perjury.

Paul ]. Turner. twenty-five years old.
is under arrest at hts home. Rocky
Mount, N. c., charged with perjury.
Detective Stringfellow has gone with
papers for him.
Turner, il is charged. falsely swore
that Emma V. Glenn. Il resident OF
Richmond. Va. WAS nineteen years old,
and obtained Il marriage license. They
were married by Rev. c. J. Penn.
E. H. Glenn. father OF the bride, APP
peared before the grand jury ana
stated that his daughter vas only
twelve years old. An indictment against
Turner followed, and the police caused
his arrest.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
ALLEGES FRENCH ATROCITIES.
German Ambassador Files Protest
With State Department.

Charges that German wounded were
subjected to atrocities, nlutilation and
murder and that French troops despoiled
German field hospitals are contained in
an official protest filed at the State De
partrnent yesterday by the German am
bassador.
In one case the commander OF hos
pital column is said to have been arrested
by French troops and taken away, while
another affidavit declares 4 German field
clergyman was captured and treated as a
criminal
Sworn statements before military courts
are quoted. as made by German officers.
including Commander Schuster of the
10Th Infantry and DIR. Scheibe, chief gen
eral physician of the German second
army.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
Alleged Discrimination.

Van Camp and Kelly. it is stated,
contended that ley were discriminat-
ed against because OF their uniforms,
but the allegation was vigorously de-
MED by Manager Robbins. who pointed
out that a number of men in uniform
were in the theater last night.
Policeman Regain said it was his in-
tention to call the matter TO the at
tention of the prosecuting attorney at
the Police Court tomorrow morning,
basing his action on the act of Con-
gress regarding discrimination against
a man in the military or naval service
Of the United States on account of his
uniform.
Several officers OF the navy, it is
stated. and Ensign F. L. Nudge of the
Naval Battalion. N. G. D. c., We're
among the observers of the occurrence
last evening. Mr Nudge spoke to
Manager Robbins in behalf of the sail
ors, who, he says. were directed to re-
turn to the hospital by one of the
surgeons ON duty az that institution.
and who was IN the group of naval
officers referred to.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
HELD UNDER ADJUSTMENT.
Justice Lamar Considering Plea for
Review Of Frank Case.

Justice Lamar yesterday took under
consideration the application of attor-
neys for Leo NJ Frank for a writ OF
error directing the Georgia courts to
send to the Supreme Court of the
United States for review the record on
which the factory superintendent was
convicted and sentenced to death for
the murder OF Mary Phagan in Allan
to. Ga.
Franks attorneys stated they did
not expect Il decision for several days.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
DENIES TAKING HORSE.
William Thorns Is Arrested IJpon
Owners ComDJaint

Charged with taking away the prop
erty of another without consent of the
owner, William Thorne. twenty years
old, I'll 18th street southeast, was ar
rested last night by Detectives How
lett and Ncr:aill:on. It is alleged that
Thorne failed to deliver a horse ana
buggy to a stable when requested to
do SO by Lee Cleveland, owner Of the
outfit,
The detectives found the horse, bug
by and harness at the summer home of
Founding Hospital. 1t is stated thai
the horse was in {; serious condition.
Thorne denies the charge.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
ELEVEN HANGINGs IN ONE DAY
Arizona Governor Bows to Verdict
Of People at Polls.

PHOENIX. -Ariz., November 2t.-With
the statement that his heart had been
saddened by the verdict of the people
in refusing at the recent election to
abolish capital punishment, Gov. Hunt
declared today that he would let four
teen condemned prisoners die on the
gallows on the dates originally set
LAS December 10 has been designated
as the execution date for eleven of
them, there will be eleven hangings in
Florence penitentiary on that day."
said the governor. II do not have the
power to commute sentence, because I
put the question up to the people and
they have given the verdict"
Evening star., 1914-11-22
DEFENSE TO CLOSE TUESDAY.
Scene Of U. S. Suit Against Eastman
Kodak Company to Shift.

ROCHESTER, n. V, November IL
The scene of the government dis-
solution suit against the Eastman
Kodak Company has been shifted from
Rochester to Buffalo. The defense VIII
close its case Tuesday, according to an
agreement entered into yesterday with
United States Judge Hazel.
An adjournment will then be taken
to enable the prosecution to prepare it's
rebuttal, which is expected to occupy 4
couple of weeks. A decision is not
looked for before February /.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
CRUISER TRIES TO SAVE LIFE.
Suffolk Hurries to Aid of Injured
Seaman.

NEW YORK, November 21.-A Wire
less call for medical assistance. sent out
today by the steamer Delaware when
Boatswain MacFarlane fell down a hatch
and was fatally injured. brought the
British cruiser Suffolk to the aid of the
dying man. A surgeon from the war
ship went aboard the steamer, but found
that he could not save the boatswain,
who died half an hour after the Suffolk's
arrival
When the accident occurred the Della
ware was about fifteen miles from Sandy
Hook, and MacFarlane was directing
work about ship. preparatory to entering
port.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
TWO AER0S MAKE ATTACK
UPON ZEPPELIN SHEDS

AMSTERDAM. T:g London, November
1.-Two aeropIaHes, thought to be
French, made an attack OF the zspperin
lock and sheds on Lake Constance ac-
cording to Fricdrichshafeu paner
The aeroplanes dropped six bombs
hone of which did any damage. One
neroplane was shot down; the other
escaped.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
COTTON ESSAY HONOR
GOES TO GIRL WORKER
Result of Competition for Prizes
Conducted by Miss Callie
Hoke Smith.

4 little girl who has had few oppur-
tunities at school and who has spent
most of her time at work In the cottva
fields won the first grand prize, by
unanimous verdict of the Judges, in I'll"
school children's cotton essay compet.-
tion, prizes for which were offered h.
Miss Callic Hoke Smith. daughter o.
the Georgia senator.
Jonathan. w. Daniels. the twelve
year-old soD of the Secretary OF th"
Navy. was tied for third capital prize
Kate Page. twelve-year-old dauehte-
OF the North Carolina representatirr
and niece OF the American ambassaGor
to London. was given Il special Juuyc-'
prize for marked literary excellence
More Than 1000 Competitors.
More than. 1000 school children uon,.
sixteen years OF age participate" l.
this competition. but a number OF them
oisbarrcd themselves from considcra-
ton for the prizes. one small hoy. for
example. submitted Henry Grady's ia
nous oration on the cotton plant wor,.
for word.
The judges last night announced tine
prize awards as follows:
First capital prize. $50 in gold. II
Bertha Dutton. fifteen years old. Mercy
Home Industrial School. Birmingham.
Ala.
Second capital prize. $40 in gold. Nh
raham R.binowitz, twelve and haj-
years old. OF Brooklyn. v. y, aud JohG
Locke Green OF Thomson. Ga. tied.
than W. Daniels. aged twelve. ara
Francis Vince Guerra. aged fourteen. -
New York city, tied.
Washington. ID: C.. special prize. SIT
Graves. won by Julia Sarreaut. a pun
lie school girl, aged twelve.
washington. u. C., special book prize
for literary excellence. Won by Hen
rietta A. Schiffman.
Prize of $40, offered by Mrs Chalap
Clark for the mint, conere ssional di.-
| trict in Missouri. Mildred Sander:-ou.
aged ten. Of Bowling Green. and LOUIS
Mccall. aged twelve. OF Portland. Gall
laway county. tied.
Prize offered by Mrs Timothy r Ans-
berry. in the fifth congressional district
| in Ohio. Helen L. Delhi of Defiance ana
Ruth Ferguson Of Van Vert. tied.
Prizes for Literary Excellence.
More than 1000 of the children were
\ awarded special book prizes for liter
ary excellence. They represented every
state in the Union.
| Honorable mention for merit in their
| essays awarded other washington
| school children will be announced to-
, morrow.
! The judges who decided the contest
were: Honorary judges, former Presi-
dent Taft. Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, wife
of the inventor: Mrs. George Harvey.
| wife of Col. George Harvey. editor and
publicist. and Marion Harland. the au
thor. The active judges were Col. John
| Temple Graves. Mary S Lock ood,
| founder of the Daughters of the Amer
can Revolution; Grace NJ. Pierce. his
| torian and genealogist, and Grs.
Charles c. McChord, wife Of the inter-
| state commerce commissioner
Evening star., 1914-11-22
KANSAS DOUBLES WHEAT CROP.
Value This Year $151, $50, ,032. Be-
inp 1870. .924. 1856 Bushels.

TOPEKA, Kan. November: 2i.-The
Kansas wheat crop OF 1915 amounted TO
1sO,s24,SS5 bushels. estimated at sldl.-
5S3,O32, according to the ann1al report
of the Kansas board of agriculture issued
today. This is nearly double the Nal',e
of the states next most valuable wheat
CROP. that of 1909, estimated at siI,-
$4,000.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
DONATION TEA SUCCESS.
Money, Linen and Provisions Con-
tributed to Homeopathic Hospital.

Between s250 and $500 in money was
raised at the 'GonatioE tea" at Homeo-
pathic Hospital. held for its benefit
yesterday afternoon. Several hundred
dollars worth Of linen and large
amount Of provisions We're also con-
tributed.
In charge Of the tea We're members
of the allied auxiliaries, namely, the
Ladies' Aid. Nordhoff Guild, Macdonald
Chapter, Nurses Alumni and Young
Ladies' Auxiliary.
Evening star., 1914-11-22
C0NTRABAND COPPER ORE
UPON DETAINED STEAMER

LONDON. November 21-The Noryve-
%!'.h steamer Tyr has been detained ut
Glasgow, according to "a dispatch TO
t.le Central News. Giving the reason
the correspondent says that 1000 tons
ri copper ore. which are contratand of
war. We're discovered in the bottom of
the norwegian steamers holds. hidden
away among cargo Of general mer-
chandise. eA