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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15
, Sleeping Man Rolls Into River

~ HaDIt Of rolling I'M Lis eIoor oI,,,,,t
ssg srI'ed fatal to William PbilIin 10 ,io HJdu+I
fror, quarry streets. who was ava akanaS
hil -, q nap today ON the END Of CaIIow-
ware ygt t,. wharf By falling IN the Dela-
b. l., rus shouts for help were heard
diysS Inn Lafferty watchman. who
for n Hler Phillip as he was sinking
sAqre e second time and brought him 10
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15

The surface which
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
GIRL BATHERS FLEE
SCHOOL OF SHARKS
Drove Of TerrOrS Of the Sea.
Frightened by Warships' Guns,
Invade Bayside Beach.

Either through the fact that several
hattlcships and cruisers are raising the
mischief outside. or that the usual por-
tiou of refuse from transatlantic vcs-
sells is missing since the war forced
vessels 20 deser. the usual track, q
Grove OF sharks made their way into
the Little Necf Bay al Baysidc, Long
Island. yesterday.
n was the first time that sharks were
ever found boz these water, and more
than one hundred bsther-. mostly girls,
women and children. made hasty re-
treat 10 the shore. None of the sharks
was more than eight fcet 100 length, but
Arthur King. sixteen years old, "ho
was seated on the pllinr some distance
from shore when the first shark was
sighted, had a different yarn 90 tell.
He rad gone out 20 the pIiins n bus
bathing suit for Stunning when the
master Of the school swishcd his tail
and made q circle of the place bee occu-
pied. Later. when young King was res
cucd. with teeth chatteriug, he said the
sharks were at least one hundred feet
long
As result Of the invasion there vii
be annie room for bathing al that
point for the neat few days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
WHITE HAIRS IN
PEACE MARCH VAN
Brigade Of Mothers Will Lead
Parade Mass Meeting TO
Name Committee.

A brigade Of vhitc-haircd mothers
win lead the womou's peace parade
which is planned for August %. Mrs
Henry Willard viii probably carry the
peace banner Another woman who
wrote that she would be glad 20 join
the white-haircd brigade is Mrs. W X.
Nrcelard.
a plan for following up the parade
with q plea 10 the women of the neu-
trail European countries 90 organize for
peace viii be presented al the eNecu-
tive meeting of the committee, at Is
West 18th st.. tomorrow. The plan
SIS being outlined by Princess Lazaro-
vich Hrebelianoyich, whose husband is
r. Servian and political eXpatriste.
II is also proposed TO make the wOm-
ems peace committee a permanent one.
These plans, If carried tomorrow. will
be announced al the mass meeting in
Union Square after the parade.
Mrs. Nelson Herrick Henry, wife Of
the Surveyor General Of the Port OF
New York, originator of the Woman's
Industrial Exhibition and hard work
er iu anti-sufrage ranks, wrote yester-
day that she wanted to help with the
parade.
Mrs. Marcus NJ Marks joined the
committee yesterday Hamilton Holt,
editor of "rhe Independent" accepted
the Office Of treasurer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
ASKS $4,000 FOR PICTURE
Artist S Son Sues for Insur
ance on Ruined Painting.

Montclair. n. j., Aug H. George
luuess. lr.. son of the late George In
ncss landscape artist has filed suit
against the Federal Insurance Com
pauy iu the United States District
Court 10 recover $4,000 on an in
surancc policy covering "Mcdfeld
Meadows" ID painting by his father.
which was accidentally destroyed last
fall while being restored. He says the
picture was worth more than the sum
asked
The painting had been covered by
the artist with another picture, as was
his habit when work displeased him.
ID was while the original was being re-
stored that the canvas was destroyed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
WILLIAM VI. JONES.

William NJ Jones, sixty-eight years
oll "a veteran Of the Civil War, died
Saturday night al the Long Island Col
lege Hospital. BROOKLYN. following an
operation. Tie came 20 tt.s country
from London at the age OF four. and his
father established q marble business
iu Manhattan. Mr.. Jones enlisted rs a
drummer boy with the 62d New York
Volunteers and later enlisted IN the
navy. from which he was honorobiy
discharged on July 29. 1861.
a wear before consolidation he was
appointed 10 place in the finance de-
partment Of the City OF Brooklyn and
held over under the consolidated mu-
inequalities. lie lived iu Flushing for
the last two wears and made his home
with his son-iu-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. Harry B. Peace, at 260 Lin
coin ST.. Flushing lie WAS 4 member
of Barbara Frietchie Post, G.. A. r., of
BROOKLYN: Olive Leaf Lodge, Odd Eel
lows, and the Veteran Odd Fellows As
ISOLATION.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
THEATRICAL NOTES.

As quests Of the New York. West
chester & Boston Railroad, fifty Boston
Newspaper men will attend the per
Torrance OF "The Passing SHOW OF
1914" al the Winter Garden tonight.
Henry ". Savage gave special iu-
yitation performance AZ the Garden
Theatre yesterday Of the operetta
"SarI.'
John Barrymore has been rc-eugsged
bv the Famous Players Film Company
for his second appearance 30 motion
pictures produced by that concern, aud
will soon be starred in n iive-reel tlm
version of Du Souchet's comedy THE
Man from MoNico.'
a Pair Of Skies" began the twenty
third week of its run ln II. ii. frazee $
Lougacre Theatre last night. with Hale
Hamilton, George Parsons, Fritz Will
Jams. Myrtle Tannehill and Maude
Eburnc IN the principal parts.
William Gillette yesterday cabled
Charles Frohman that he would reach
New York on August % on the Baltic.
Mr.. Frohmau sent out notices TO the
other members Of the company calling
the first rehearsal OF Diplomacy for
the Monday after Mr.. Gillette's arrival.
Walter Howard, with his entire cast
and production Of "The Story Of the
Rosary" embarked on the Atlantic
Transport liner Miunewaska at Liver
pool Sunday afternoon Tor home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
ROBERT DROUET
DIES SUDDENLY
Actor Dramatist Found Dead in
Bed at Hotel-Appeared
in Many Plays.

Robert Drouet. the actor. was found
dead in bed in his room at the Hotel
Somerset. $50 West 47th ST.. yesterday.
After many telephone calls had re-
NAMED unanswered the manager Of the
hotel. Mr.. Knott. forced the door OF the
room. 10 was announced that the actor
Lad died from heart disease.
Mr.. Drouet was also playwright.
or his five plays, the best known are
Era Djano" and "Doris." Ethe Els
Ter and Mr. Drouet appeared IN Doris
IN 1895
Mr.. Drouct headed stock companies
at Proctor's Fifty eighth Street Inc
atre and at the Murray Hill.
Amcng the plays Mr.. Drouet has ap'
peared in are My Man" Janice Mere
dith." "The Mills Of the Gods and,
with Annie Russell, in The Stronger
Sex lie also played with Dorothy
ponnellv IN MADAME "
Mr.. Drouet was a member Of The
Lambs and The Players. His wife and
mother M Chicago have been notified
of his death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
SAILS ON YACHT
FOR KIN ABROAD
Harry S. Hardness VIII Bring
Relatives and Friends
Home from London.

zone way TO get your people home
from abroad is TO go after them SAID
Harry ). Hardness al the Waldorf yes
terday afternoon.
Hardness sailed at $3.50 p. M for
London iu his yacht, the WakIva, and
viii bring back his brother-iu-lsw and
sister. Mr. and Nrs. A. X. Nacombcr
Of Pasadena, Cal, together with. as
many more Americans as his boat can
accommodate.
Mr.. Hardness explained that his sis
ter and her husband had been living in
France for some time. At the outbreak
Of the war all the servants deserted 70
Join the army. They made for London,
and have been trying vainly TO get pas
sage home. Eight days ago Nr. Hark-
ness made up his mind TO 20 after
them.
II was no small task 10 get the Wa
Eiva into commission, he said. The
hastily assembled crew demanded
double Day. Fuel and provisions had
20 be obtained and many minor repairs
made.
Tho Yacht carries crew OF forty
seven men, including q wireless Oper,
ator and an expert electrician from the
Edison Company. Aboard are sufficient
provisions 20 feed one hundred persons
.eveuty-fve days.
81 know my sister already has booked
about q dozen friends for the return
trip" said Mr.. Hardness. 81 hope she
will allow for the crew IN estimating
the capacity OF the boat. We expect
90 make the trip 10 London lu about
ten days and shall not remain there
more than five days, so that We snail
he back within a month
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18

james G.. H. Hills, literary editor Of
"The Evening STAR IN Newark. died
suddenly sunday at ll6 Brunswick st.,
Newark. lie was native OF Pough-
kcepsie. \. Y. and WAS ffty-eight years
old. In early life he was engaged in
the newspaper business ia Manhattan.
lie was employed on The Herald for
nearly twenty years, at one time being
foreign editor. he later was employed
on "The Evening Mail" from which
publication he went TO "The STAR in
Newark
daughter and two step-sous
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
THOMAS ANsoN MATTHEWS.

Thomas Arson Matthews a director
and active iu the management OF sew
,ral large corporations, who died last
Saturday at his home. A. J25 West End
sv.. will be- buried tomorrow at his
birthplace. Goshen, y. Y. Born in No
,cmber. 1861, Mr.. Matthews early dis
played business ability, and throughout
his life was interested m civic prob
lens.
Mr. Matthews was member Of the
80. Andrews. Lotos, New York Athletic
and Ekwanok Country clubs. lie was
also a member Of the Chamber Of Com
mere, and the Merchants Association.
Hc leaves a wife
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
MARDI GRAS FOR C0NEY
Business Men Decide Not 10
Abandon Carnival.

Coucy Island viii have q Mardi Gras.
after ALL IL was so decided 40 a meet
ing OF more than hundred of the re-
sorts business men last night
Two weeks ago the annual event was
abandoned, because 1t was believed
then that 10 would be impossible 10
obtain the $4,000 needed TO defray the
expenses of the carnival A new or
ganizatiou viii have charge O. the
event this year
IL was announced that tlc Nardi
Grss would be given a patriotic color
ing and kept entirely clean. Lewis ".
Potter. formerly an alderman. is the
new president of the association. Sc
lected last night Frederick W. Kister,
the retiring president, refused TO ac-
cept the place again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
GRISC0M MANSION SAVED
Autos Drag Engines to Fire
in Quick Time.

Westbury, Long Island. Aug IL
Volunteers proflered the use Of their
automobiles IN the fashionable East
Norwich section near here last night,
and quickly attaching the new chem
ical engine Of the fire department 10
machine hurried 10 Wheatley Hills.
where the home of Lloyd &. Griscom,
valued at half a million dollars. was
IN flames. IL was due 20 the quick
run that the Griscom home was saved.
The loss will not exceed $500.
Many persons assisted 100 lighting
the fire. Most Of them expected that
the Grisccm mansion was doomed 20
the fate of the other residences that
have burned in the past, when adequate
succor was not al hand. The mansions
of Robert Bacon, Mrs. Vanderbilt and
the CravHth and Hastings lodges, ~
the section, were al destroyed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
model MAID" PRODUCED
Bartholomae and Helm Musl-
cal Comedy at Providence.

GHr Telegraph to The Tribune
Providence, Aug 1.-THE Model
Maid" a three-act musical comedy by
Philip Bartholomac, with music by
Silvio Helm, was produced for the first
time at the Providence Opera House
tonight Many predic, that II will
equal I'm popularity Bartholomew
when Dreams Come True
The cast includes Alice HaGcman.
Anna Wheaton, Florence Nacklc, Don
aid Macdonald. Claiborne Foster. Net
tie Black. Gladys Hall. Helen Lee. Ray
Bowdin and Joseph Ler,ora, the latter
new Bsrtholomae discovery. who has
d remarkable personality and voice.
Following the Providence engage
ment THE Model Maid will be sent 90
the Majestic Theatre, Boston. Several
New York managers were iH the audi
euce tonight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
CLUBMAN IS UNFIT
TO HOLD PROPERTY
Vim. Fuller Held Mentally
Incompetent by Jury
and Commission.
COMMITTEE TO TAKE
CHARGE OF FORTUNE
Testimony in the Proceedings
Brought by Sister Showed
Big Gifts TO Friends.

William Fuller, a member Of the
Metropolitan Club and brother-in-law
OF William D. Guthrie. Of the Bar As
ISOLATION, was yesterday declared
mentally incompetent TO manage his
property by d Sherif's jury sitting
with commission composed Of Dr.
William Nabou, Phoenix lngraham and
Daniel Hanly.
The proceedings we're brought by
Mrs. L. ]. Fuller Guthrie, Fuller's sis
ter and only next Of kin, who will have
q committee appointed TO manage the
fortune, which has net value Of
e2Os .62l. His income is Sl3.245 year,
from which he Is paying $500 d year
alimony TO Mrs Mary :. Fuller. who
obtained Il divorce from him IN 1910 ~
Reno. Mrs Fuller is daughter Of
George r. Sheldon, banker and treas
urer Of the Republican National Com
mittee.
The testimony at the hearing before
the Sherif's jury showed that Fuller
Lad given away large sums Of money
10 slight acquaintance. u was 70
check this waste that Mrs. Guthrie
took the steps TO have a committee APP
pointed. as he was easily deceived
and imposed upon by designing per
sons
Just now Fuller is in Alberta
Canada, having left the Guthrie sum
mer home al Locust Valley, Long
Island. June 10 last, after charging
his brother-in-law. Mr.. Guthrie, with
siding with the house committee OF the
Metropolitan Club, which. Fuller sald,
had expelled him from the club. On
investigation Mr.. Guthrie learned that
no such action had been taken or was
contemplated. Fuller went 20 Van
couver, where he was traced by de-
tectives. Mrs. Guthrie has sent Dr..
Taylor. of the Neurological Institute.
of this city, 20 Canada 20 bring her
brother back TO New York.
Fuller spent S4l, ZOO in 1913. Two
years ago he suffered a breakdown ana
was under treatment at the RITZ
where he was living, and also at the
Neurological Institute. Last January
Mr.. Guthrie requested the state De
partmeut at Washington TO ask the
American Consul at Cairo, Egypt, 20
look after Fuller, who had gone there
with friends. lie had n fall al the
Palace Hotel Luxor, Egypt, and Tor
two months was unconscious. ply
stefan was sent from New York TO
treat him.
Olnoy Arnold, American Consul at
Cairo. under instructions from Secre-
tarv BRYAN. made an investigation and
learned that Fuller had given Sl4.b42
10 his friends Through the efforts OF
the consul part Of this was paid back
On his return TO this country Fuller
did not remember anything about Civ
ing away his money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
VILLAS TROOPS
FIGHT CARRANzA'S
First Battle Of New Revolt
Begins at Durango
City.
S2.OOO,OOO IN BULLION
GOES TO VlCTORS
First Chief Sends Force to Crush
Governor Maytorena's Up
rising in Sonora.

Torreon. Mexico. Aug. IL WIN 81
600 600 ir silver bullion as the prize.
tbo forces Of General Tomas Urban, OF
Villas army. and General Arletta, win
. thousand Durango Carrauza rOops'
are engaged boz a battle az Durango
CITY. Arietta's force holds the CITY
which practically Is the only point ID
the state still loyal 20 CarraEza.
The silver bullion had been taken
10 the city by mine owners Tor saIe
keeping and had been seized by Arr,
eta. According TO adyices received
here to-day lighting at Durango G'ty
started this morning, after three days
Of skirmishiug.
Juarez. Mexico. Aug. I'm an. ei-
fort to crush the revolution Whlch
Governor Jose ". Msytoreua has tart
ed against Carranzd In Sonora, zen.
cral Alfardo ObregOn, commander OF
Carrauzas forces, to-day sent GENERA,
Hill from Guadslajara with seVcfdi
thousand Constitutionalist troops
General Hill will assist Colonel CaiIes'
who commands the Carranza forces III
Sonora. -
Governor Maytorena has declared
war on the Carranza government ana
has demanded the surrender OF three
border towns in Sonora Nogales, Naco
and Aqua Priets. Calless army 90
dav was near the town Of Maytorena
and Yaqui Indians Of Governor Mayto-
reua's army were sent 20 attack them.
Carrauza insists that Maytorena is
acting on his own initiative, and Is re-
ceiving no aid from Villa, but III 80
nora it is declared the revolt Is part
of q general movement TO wrest all OF
Northern Mexico from the Carranza
government for new republic, win
Villa or General Angeles at It's head
Ell Paso. Tex, Aug. 17.-Members OF
the Nadero family who have been I'D
ii Paso are TO confer with GENERA
Villa At Chihuahua on TUESDAY on 'ne
same day and probably at the same
time that George L. Carothers, special
representative Of the State Depart
meut, will make representation 70
Villa on behalf Of the United States
against q new revolution m Mexico
The conference with Carothers was
scheduled for to-day, but Villa was
unable 20 get TO Chihuahua IN time.
Border representatives OF villa snc
commanders Of troops north or Tor
reon also are 10 confer with the norta-
ern leader at chihuahua. and II is un-
derstood that the conference Is the M
tial one preparatory TO action IN the
break with the Carranza government
Federal troops under General Nelasco,
who evacuated Mexico City, are under
stood to have made oyertures TO villa.
Tlalnepantla, Mexico. Aug. 1l.-Gen-
eral Nelasco. commander OF the Fed
eral troops. surrendered to-day to Gen
eral Oregon IN the capital. according
TO news received by General Carranza
General Carrauza's entry into the city
has been tentatively fixed for Thurs
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
F. c. HOWE ELLIS
ISLAND CHIEF
Head of Peoples Institute APP
pointed immigration Com
missioner by President.

Washington, Aug. Prcsiden;
Wilson has avoided the dilemma pre-
scented By the warning Democratic fac
tions iu New York by appointing as
Commissioner of Immig ratiOu at the
Port Of New York Frederic Clemson
Howe. Socialist, lawyer, single taXcr
and president Of the Peoples Institute
Oh New York. Mr. Howe is the per
sonal choice Of the President, who has
known him for many years ln am aca-
demic way. Senator O'Gorman APP
proved the appointment.
Mr.. Howe was a member OF the Ohio
Senate from 1906 10 1909, was prOies-
sor of law at Cleveland College and
lectured on taxation at Western Re
serve University. He is the author of
Taxation and Taxes 100 the United
States confessions of d MonopOllst,
"The City the Hope Of Democracy and
other works on economic subjects
The appointment of Nr Howe was
not pleasing 10 local Tammany men.
They only knew Of him as head Of the
Peoples Institute. which meets regu-
larly iu Cooper Union and which has
been described as the vocal lZatiOu of
inarticflat New York.
But he also is known 10 this city's
single takers, whose meetings he has
addressed frequently 10 the last two
years since he succeeded the late
Charles Sprague Smith as head Of the
Peoples Institute. At a recent dinner
Of intercollegiate Socialists ~ the
Broadway Central Hotel Mr. Howe de-
clared the Sherman antitrust law was
as effective as fly on the back of a
rhInoceros.
Mr.. Howe's new job is far from be-
ing bed Of roses. Almost every in
cumbent OF it has fallen afoul Of some
organization or other who thought he
was too severe ON aliens. William
Williams, now Commissioner of Water
Supply, whom Mr.. Howe succeeds, was
accused by several East Side organize
tious Of applying the educational tests
TO imm igrauts too strictly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
FEDERAL AGENTS
SPREAD FOOD NET
Grand JurieS at Work in Many
Cities-Meat Drops Whole
sale in Chicago.

Washington. Aug H. Additional
special agents Of the Department OF
Justice we're dispatched to-day 10
Cleveland, Providence, Baltimore,
Pittsburgh and Buffalo to assist IN the
nationwide investigation of the in
creased price of foodstufs.
United States District Attorneys all
over the country have begun inquiries
and iu many places grand juries al
ready are al work Az Buffalo John l..
O'BrIcr. the District Attorney, will d'-
rect special efforts 20 ascertain the
cause Of the rise IN the cost of -four.
Fred Robertson. District Attorney at
Topeka. Kan, reported to-day that 1.-THE
unusual circumstance Of wheat going
down on the market and the price Of
-four going up has stood out prOmi-
rout'y iu the Kansas City daily news
papers for several days past He IS
investigating.
a food Of letters reached Attorney
General NcReyuold to-day from vol
uutary correspondents regarding the
advance iu food prices. 4 Brooklyn
corres poudeut claimed TO have specific
information that the packers there are
rapidly increasing the prices Of fresh
meats. notwithstanding an unusual
amount of meat IN cold storage in New
York.
Gamers protested against the in
crease DOB price Of sugar. 4 large Md
Lle West firm wrote that the reHners
"by their joint system OF selling their
product through certain brokers have
the public at their mercy
Chicago. Aug. H. Coiucideut with
the opening to-day of the federal i'm
vestigation here into the advance i'm
prices on foodstuffs, cut meats at che
stock yard. declined 20 TO 30 cents a
hundred wholesale. This is said to
mean q retail decline Of about one cent
q pound. 10 was explained that the
recession iu prices was due 20 receipts
Of hogs and cattle nearly double those
of ID week ago.
The Chicago Municipal Markets Com
mission to-day took numerous steps 70
force down war time food prices.
Resolutions were adopted ordering the
establishment OF five municipal mar
kets IN the thickly populated sections
of the city and recommending a spe-
cial ordinance 90 provide for punish
meut of combines, pools and trusts
which have used the war as preteXt
for food price advances.
District Attorney Wilkcrson said in
formation led him TO believe many cor
poraIDus had conspired to take ad-
vantage OF the war situation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
SYLVIA" OPENS TONIGHT
Brady and Stage Hands Ad
Just Differences.

Tho controversy between the stage
hands union and William A. Brady
over "SyIy'a Runs Away was ad-
justcd yesterday. and VI. Brady an
nouuced that Sylvia" would be- pro-
This comedy, which was tried out
last season iu Boston and elsewhere.
wa. ,o have been presented az Asbury
Park August IS for three nights prior
Go opening BOO New York. but the stage
hands struck There was full dress
rehearsal at The Playhouse last night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
QUICK BURLESQUE CHANGE
Old Name, but New Company
and Play, at the Columbia.

Less than three months ago the
Golden Crook company was at the Co
Iumbis Theatre with the two-act COM
edy called From Riches TO Rags" Yes
terday the same title was ON the pro-
gramme, but Frank Dobson was the
only one Of the principalNand Frances
Kite the only one Of the chorus re-
naming Of the earlier production, and
the changes iu the plot made 10 prscti-
cally new piece. Billy Arlington, Mel
lie Florede and Babe" Id Tour we're
the new leaders. The new dance mum
Der, introducing the Dancing Days, re
yeals some attractive costumes, d well
trained chorus and some new dances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
ASK BRITISH W0MEN'S AID
officers of Imperial Order Send
Appeal for Contributions.

The Imperial Order. Daughter Of
the British Empire IN the United
State. yesterday sent out p special APP
peal 10 al British born women in the
country TO aid ia its efforts 90 allevi-
ate the distress which viii be brought
about iu the islands by the existing
war. Lady Springfield, wife Of the
Britirh Amba ssador at Washington, b.
honorary president, and Mrs. J. Elliott
LaugstafT Is president.
Contributions. including clothing and
hospital supplies, the appeal said.
should be sent 90 Mrs George Quick,
Daughters OF the British Empire, head
quarters. lOJ Chambers ST.