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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Art sale for War Victims Will Open
on Monday.

An art exhibition and sale will open
Monday In Clarke's Art Eooms. West
Forty fourth street. for the benefit of the
families OF French and Belgian artists
Il will have the patronage Of his EN-
cAlloncy the Belgian Minister. the Consul
General of Relgium. Eugene ErieuN Gov
ornor.eect Charles :, Whitman, Charles
: Sheriff. Col William Jay pr Robert
Nhho. Archer Huntington. otto Kahn
Thatcher VI. Adams and Victor MorawetI
Many prominent artists have given OF
ihel- best Ia the exhibition. aud number
~ works by the old masters have been
contributed by art dealers. The auction
~ the works of art will take place in
the ballroom Of the Hotel Plaza 81 turday
December 10. at sac +. NJ
On Monday the following women will
receive and pour tea Mrs. Richard AID
rich, Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler. Mrs
duncan Gambler. Mrs. '-enneth Frazier
Mrs, John Henry Hammond Mrs Arthur
l,ein Mrs William Iseln. Mrs. William
lay Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings, Mrs
Fairfield Osborne, Mrs Joseph Pulitzer
Mrs. William Ordway Partridge, Mrs
Francis Rogers. Mrs. John s. Rogers. Mrs
Herbert L. Satterlee and Mrs. Charles $.
Sherrill.
The admission charge on the opening
day will he s.. but during the rest of the
week the exhibition will be free Del
'uonico will contribute the tea for the
openng reception and Thorlcy will pro
vide the floral decorations.
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STUDIO BENEFIT ENDS.
Mrs. whttney's Auction Means More
Than $4,000 for Relief.

The sale of paintings and sculpture in
the studio of Mrs Harry Payne Whitney
on West Eighth street that were con-
tributed by prominent American artists
for the benefit of the fund tn be distrih.
uted by the Committee OF Mercy in aid
of sufferers in the war came TO an end
yesterday.
All the pictures and sculptures were
disposed of by auction and more than
So 600 will be turned over to the com
mittee as a result
The different works of art went to the
following purchasers:
Mrs Harry Payne Whitneys bronze
"A Spanish Head" to Mrs. MrCready OF
Exmore. Va: Cecilia Beaux's shawl Cos
tune" and Sorollas The Beach," both
to Mrs Frederick W Vanderbilt; Janet
Scudders bronze Lady OF the Sea- TO
II. w. Sage. J. Alden Weir's water color
The Country Church" to Mrs. w Il.
Hearst. Robert Chambers "Cockatoo' TO
Mrs T Gordon Douglas. Ma vina Hoff-
mans bronze Dancing Girl' to Mrs.
Harold Pratt Prince Paul Troubetskoy' s
bronze Lady Constance TO Mrs. j.
Clarke. Howard Cushng's Flower study"
to Mrs J. Scar de Barclay, Ernest Law
son's landscape to Mrs. Herbert Scheftel.
Robert iIenris "Montert' 10 Mrs. An
dreas Mr.. Frazer's awakening" to Mrs.
Resale Bloodgood. J. W Alexander :
Alice To L. l.. Foster Gutzon Rorglum $
bronze "Rusk.n" to q. r. Guerd ard n. c.
French's Lincoln to Mrs W. Simonds.
There will, he 4 second benefit art OK
hibition in the studio from pecemh-r
- to December -. l, will he managed
by Mrs, Payne whitney and will be called
$3.50 Christmas sale" as half ;hc
proceeds OF the sale OF pictures will 60
to the American Ambulance Hospital in
Paris and half To the contributing artists.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
splinter From Lance That wounded
Er~isicr Adds 1900 20 Fund.

Four h1ndrcd dollars for one Splinter
was paid last night by a patron of the
German Austrian and Hungarian War
Eelief BAZAAR in the Seventy-flrst Regi-
mont Armorv.
The splinter is mounted in gold. but
tina, counted for little The splinter Is
part Of the Cossack lance which nearly
deprived the musical world of Fritz Kreis-
ler the Austrian volinist. who was
wounded in Galicia while serving as an
Austrian soldier. The splinter that
brought $500 last night was removed
from his leg in the hospital. Other war
relics that Mr.. kreisler brought to Amer
lea added almost $1,000 TO the fund for
the widows and orphans of Austrian and
German soldiers.
Ambassador DR. Dumba was the guest
of honor last night and he praised the
Hungarians for their loyalty to the en-
pire. His speech was translated INFO
Hungarian by Prince Hohenlohe, an
attarhe Of the Embassy, and was cheered
for ten minutes.
Last nights receipts are figured Mt
100000. Tonight will be Austrlans' night
and the Ambassador and his entire STAFF
will he present again Tomorrow eve
ming Commissioners Katharine u Davis will
visit The bazaar. The staff OF the Turkish
nsul-General also will he present.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Free Bread Depot TO
Begin Work for Needy
Loaf to Each Who Asks at First Street at O'clock
Next Tuesday-Urgent Necessity for
Charity Shown.

Messrs. Rags. Tatters and Torn may all
perk up. for there will be opened at 2
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a store at
First street, just around the corner from
the Bowery. where loaf OF bread may
be had for the asking.
There are probably a good many ci.i-
zers Of Hunger Row. which in n general
sort OF way may be described as all that
part Of New York where food and work
are scarce, and poverty. privation and dire
want are plentiful. who will recall with
pleasure the fact that last year from
March Q until April 90 THE Sun dis
tributed free bread to all who wanted II.
SO It IL fair to assume. and it Is GER
tainly hoped. that the opening on Tuesday
of another free bread depot will bring
some JOY to the hearts OF the many
thousands OF destitute men. women and
children In this city whose stomachs are
pinched and whose strength is iessened
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

came In sufficient quantities not only to
make possible the continuance of the free
bread depot until mild weather but to
leave balance toward this years work.
1t is with this balance. $3.50. that the
free bread d6po; is undertaking again to
give bread away. II the needy come in
about the same numbers as last year the
1915 will last for three or four weeks.
Any readers who wish to contribute
to the free bread fund may do so. THE
SUN Is not soliciting money for this work.
ii Is simply acting as n distributing agent
for those who have already given money
and for the others. who. 1t is felt will
desire to give In the future.
Before deciding to reopen the free bread
depot at this time careful inquiry was
made regarding present conditions in the
congested parts OF town. Evidence OF an
immediate need for such charity was found
at every turn. If such an institution was
needed last year II is doubly needed this
year.
II have never in my life known Of
60 much want, and so much deserving
want. as there s this winter" said james
Hunt. for fifteen years manager of the
Bowery Mission. our own bread line
always begins on Thanksgiving morning.
Last year we had 1000 men in line
on the first day. This year we had 1900
And since Thanksgiving we have been
feeding a constantly increasing number g
Last winter THE SUNS free bread depot
gave loaf Of bread to every one. man
or woman. who asked for IT, 1t is an
interesting fact, and as Mr. Hunt says
one which establishes the worthiness Of
the charity. that - per cent. of the
luaves given away went to women whose
homes were practically destitute of food
This winter Mr. Hunts investigators
have found more poverty among
terday that there are many Of these
families who have already stripped their
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through the Ill fortune which In by NJ
means always a fault OF their own.
That there are many thousands of such
persons in New York ut present is not n
ma ter Of doubt. For the last several
weeks reports have been coming TO THE
Sun In constantly increasing numbers of
whole families found without n penny t.
their name. of aged men who have dropped
in the streets from want of food, Of
slckened women. lacking the barest neccs-
stiles of life and of generally terrible con-
d!tions among the poor.
Last year a New York merchant, Robert
Kamber. reading the perennial story of
Manhattan's poor and their sufferings. de-
cided that he would do what he could to-
ward relieving some Of the unfortunates
He wrote out his check for $1,000 and
sent IL TO THE Sun asking that bread be
bought and given to the needy.
Bread was bought. and 1t was given
to the needy. Before long readers OF
THE SUN. learning OF Mr. dtamber's gem
erosity. began to send In their own checks
that the work might be continued. Money
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Queen wiihcImins Gives $4,000.

BD Central Ne,rS.
AMSTERDAM Dec. l2.-oueen Wilhel-
nina has given 100. 900 guiders t4o. 000)
20 the national relief funds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Authors sale of Books Nets Nearly
loo.

Nearly sl.l0O will be turned over for
'he relief Of Belgian women and children
as result Of the authors exhibition and
sale Of autograph books in the Plaza
Hotel Yesterday. The sale continued from
~ A. VI. until late In the afternoon. when
between the dances Of the dansant many
~ the remaining books We're auctioned on
John Kendrick Bangs, Ellis Parker Butler,
irwin Cobb, james Montgomery Flagg,
Rupert Hughes and Wallace Irwin each
took his turn on the block
~ all the gifts the most in demand
""re tho eighteen volumes bearing French
Inscriptions and autographs from the pen
o. Maurice Maeterlinck. On the fyleaf
of ono Mas written "In memory Of the
great heroic act Of August second. 1914
o' another "Do not forget what we owe to
mos" who first dared stand in the way
" The hordes Of Attila " Arnold Bennetts
ana James B"rrie's books were also taken
fapN.y, ana number OF orders were re-
'r''ri for some fAm Rudyard kipling
winch had not arrV Y.
Tho sale includA hooks and auto
.aph' from Anthony Hope, IT, q. Wells.
May Sinclair, william de Morgan. Mrs.
'Nnpnry word, Margaret Deland, Jean
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Aged Woman. Found starving with
Husband, Missing.

A general alarm was sent out last nignt
for Mrs. Mary Nigo, 81 years old. who
with her husband. John. 60. was found
starving in room at 2i2 West Sixticth
street Friday morning.
The old people were taken to Bellevue
where the man. a carpenter by trade. vas
found to be In such serious condition frcm
long privation that he was made patient
Mrs. Nigo was urged to remain In the
hospital as we'll. but declined saying that
she couldn't accept charity.
After she had gone the authorities
located a son, James Burke of $50 West
Fifty-fifth street. and notified him of his
mothers need Burke set out 10 find her
but failed. She did not return to her
room In West Sixtieth street. lie is her
son by a former marriage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
KING LAUDS AMERICANS.
Are saving Belgium From Famine,
Albert Tells Committee.

LONDON, Dec. 12.-Replying to mes
sage from the American Relief Comrittee
congratulatins him upon his birthday,
King Albert of Belgium to-day COM
mended the committee for It's work in aid
ing his countrymen.
II congratulate YOU on your generous
and enlightened Initiative" the Kings
message read your work should save
Belgium from famine and the King desires
that YOU know he is grateful"
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BENEFIT TO PROVIDE
RELIEF FOR FRENCH
Well Known Artists to Appear
at Shrbcrt Theatre Tues
day Afternoon.
RIG INCREASES IN FUNDS

The Shubert Theatre will he the scene
OF the secours National benefit Tuesday
afternoon The proceeds of the perform
ance. which will be one OF the most in
,eresting in New York will go to the
relief of the women and children of
France.
Among the artists who have vo,un-
teertd to appear on the long programme
are william Faversham and Phyllis Neil
son-Terry. who will act the balcony scene
from Romeo and Juliet" Julia Arthur,
who with Ernest Glendenning. Edmund
Rreese. William Harris and Mathilde Cot
trclly will act Thomas Bailey Aldrich's
Mercedes" Virginia Brooks and Leslie
Fabcr. who will act st. John Hankins's
THE lnConstant Lover" and Holbrook
B,inn with his associates from the Prin-
cess Theatre. who will give George AIDES
"Nettie." Other well known actors will
appear.
The Cort Theatre will be omen Tues
day afternoon for special matinee In
aid Of the White Cross. This society
seeks TO help the needy in this country
through the effects of the war in Europe.
Heart Throbs.' musical comedy en-
trayagana In two acts and four scenes,
nv J. q. Scoville. will be produced under
the OlTCCtlon OF hl1Ttu
increases In Funds.
Tire Belgian Relief Fund received
Ss.i2i yesterday. making its total s6a3,-
100 IL The Committee of Mercy Fund
now totals s60.355.35 as result of
additional contributions of s3.is6.5O. in
Guiding $500 from Louis sherry Of this
city Contributions to the New York
state Board OF the American Red Cross
amounted TO sl.5lIi4. Of which s97O7:
came through DR.. Dernburg. The funds
total Is sioo.93o 81. The American Ann
bulance Hospital Fund received Sl26c.
Of which $500 was received from the
New Haven committee through Mrs
Whitney Blake.
Postmaster-Generl Burlesor has noti-
fed the American Commission for Relief
in Belgium. II Broadway. that COM. ibu-
tors for the relief Of Relgiln sufferers
my send parcel post packages at the eX-
pcnse OF the commission
Tie commission announced yesterday
tina, this Advancement will be of great
assistance to those who are I'm doubt how
10 send small donations II is now only
necessary to post packages of crotning
or food of over twenty pounds. addressing
them 10 the ne rest charity committee.
The committees will then assem ble the
los and get them to the ports where
ships await them.
The commission has heretofore limited
It's activities to furnishing ships and rail-
road charges II will now undertake
10 refurd parcel post payments TO in
dividuals who contribute.
HeIped nv Minera
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Plymouth church in Brooklyn has now
membership Of 2.a5S, an increase OF
thirty In the past year This Is regarded
a. q good showing In view Of the frequent
removals from the downtown section OF
the borough. More than one-third of the
regular attendants live from two to five
miles from the church.
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Webster Alice Hogan Rice. Edith whar-
ton, Mary Roberts Rinehart. Basil King.
William Dean Howels, Rex Beach. Jack
London. Dean van Dyke, Thomas Dixon.
Frederick Palmer Frances iodgson Bur-
nett. Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews.
Richard Harding Davis and John Luther
Long.
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Under the auspices of the Association
for the Improvement of the Condition
OF the Poor a ball will he given in the
Cascade ballroom OF the Biltmore on the
niyht of January 20, the proceeds Of
which will he divided among local chart
ties. Among those who are actively in
terested in the arrangements for the ball
are Mrs. Algernon s. sullivan, Mrs.
Thomas 7. Gaunt, Mrs. J. Allen Townsend.
Mrs Lindsey Tappin and Mrs. Alex
ander W. Thackars. Jr Tickets at IS
each, including supper. will be on sale
later at the Biltmore.
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The woman's section OF the commits
son announced yesterday that In one min
ing district In the Cpur d'Alene region Of
Idaho $4,000 has been collected. The
TODD purchased with this money will be
shipped from Portland. ore. 1t also was
announced that in Louisiana a chain let
ter brought In $4,000 in eleven days. In
several cities in Alabama at an appointed
l,our committees OF women started TO
make collections for war relief 10 The
accompaniment of church bells and fac.
tory whitles. one small city $1,000
was raised in this manner.
The story OF the "bigges;" donation re-
osived So far for Belgian relief was told
Yesterday. A scrubwomin earning sl.15
4 day heard one of the workers tell OF
Belgium's need AT a church and later sent
tine Belgian fund SO.
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rooms Of nearly every article of fur
nt,ire to buy food.
Supt whiting of the Municipal Lodg-
ing House reports similar conditions.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
WANT.TOLEARN HOW
TO TILL THEIR LAND
Indians Divided as to Citizen
ship, But Indorse Policy of
Present Administration.

Secretary of the Interior Lane is
seeking to find out what the Indians
themselves think should be the Govern
ment's policy concerning them and to
this end has written letters to repre-
sentative Indians throughout the
country. asking tfSm a list of questions
concerning the Indian problem. Thus
far 275 replies have been received to
questions asked the Indians as to their
views on what the Government should
do for the Indian it is not now doing,
and whether they think it would be
81 good thing for them to have their
property and be independent of the
I,---san Bureau.
In answer to the first question. 4
large number of the Indian letter
writers, Secretary Lane says, agree
with the Indian policy of the Admins
tration, which is that all Indians should
be given their property and made in
dependent of the Indian Bureau as fast
as they show themselves competent
and qualified for citizenship. There is
a vast difference of opinion among
the writer's, however, as to what pro-
portion of Indians of the VARIOUS
tribes are ready for immediate citizen
ship and independence, and as to what
should be the Governments policy to-
ward those not ready FOR citizenship.
There is unanimity of opinion among
the Indians that the Government should
do more to teach the Indians practi-
cal and scientific methods of farming
and stock raising.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
Somerset Fare Advance
To Be Argued Wednesday

The citizens Of Somerset, Md. will re-
sumo their fight before the Interstate
Commerce Commission on Wehnesday
to prevent the Washington Railway
ana Electric Company and the Wash
ington- Rockville Railway from charg-
ing an additional I-cent fare between
Somerset and the District line a dis
lance of less than half mile. Wit
nesses for the complainants will be
heard when the case is resumed then
before Examiner Berry.
This is the second time the Somcr-
set citizens have had 10 make this
fight. Two years ago they success
fully resisted an effort TO increase
The fare when the Interstate Com
plerce Commission held the traction
companies had not established the
reasopableness of the rate advance
and ordered the continuance of the
old rate for two years. This period
ended last January. and the cOInpa-
mics filed tariffs increasing the rate
TO Somerset. The application OF this
tariff was suspended when the pres
ent case was filed pending review by
the commission.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
SPECIAL NOTICES

OFFICE OF the Lanston Monotype Machine
company. Philadelphia, April Is. 1914 Inc
annual meeting OF the stockholders Of the
LANSTON MONOTYPE MACHINE COM
PAEf will be held at the Elks Home, cor
ner Prince and Royal Streets. Alexandria
Va, at IL O'Clock noon. on Thursday, the ith
day of May. 1914 for the purpose of electing
a Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing
year and transacting such other business as
may properly come before II. Transfer books
viii be closed on April q, at 4 o'clock
p. NJ, and will be reopened on May ie at
ter O'Clock A. NJ. By order of the Board OF
tary.
THOSE having accommodation for visitors
during Barry Monument Unwilling. May
18th. may register same at 7l2 southern
Bidg before May LIST. NJ. G. MCCORMICK.
Chairman. Committee Visitors Welfare.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
DRAINAGE CONGRESS =
HAS BIG PROGRAM
Meeting at Savannah Next
Week Expected to Give I'M
petus to Legislation.

Impetus to the movement for national
drainage legislation is expected to be
given at the meeting of the National
Drainage Congress which will be held
at Savannah April 22-25.
The whole broad subject of flood pre-
vention and reclamation of waste lands
through drainage will be discussed.
A year or so ago, when parts Of the
Mississippi Valley were suffering from
terrible foods, there was plenty of talk
about flood prevention. Many looked for
Congress to take prompt hold of the
problem and solve it. But, as always
happens when the foods went down the
ardor of Congress died out. Flood pre-
veution and drainage are as distant
from solutioa as ever.
Expect Great Results.
Nevertheless, it is believed the Savan-
nah meeting! will have results in the
way of stimulating activity in Congress.
A number of prominent men lin Con-
gress are active in trying to accomplish
something. 1t is uphill work. but event
ually there will be legislation. The
Clark Williams flood protection and
drainage bill is the one the National
this bill or some other is finally passed.
the recurrence of the flood problem an
nually and the need of reclamation
throw great respons ybility on Congress,
and sooner or later 1t must be met.
A recent statement by the National
Drainage Congress says 1t is trying
to accomplish the following results:
prevent an annual loss of hundreds
of lives, untold grief and suffering,
500, Oo0, go worth OF property, and the
Gripping of trade and industry caused
by floods.
Prevent the annual death of a
thousand women, children and men,
and an economic loss of SED,OU,OOO
caused by malaria which is due TO The
existence of swamps.
and overfiowed lands and convert them
into healthful, prosperous farms to pro-
vide homes for more Americans than
will emigrate to Mexico and Canada in
fifty years"
Varied Program Arranged.
A varied program has been prepared
for the Savannah meeting. One of the
chief features will be the presence of
Sir William Willcocks, of Cairo, Egypt,
authority on flood control and river
regulation. He is the designer and
builder of the great Assouan dam and
has done other noteworthy things in
irrigation, drainage and flood control
in Egypt, India and MesopOtamia.
Surgeon General Gorgas is an active
member OF the Congress and he will
be present. He is one of the greatest
living authorities on the subject of the
eradication of malaria.
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
Obituaries

ELIZA REYNOLDS CRUMP, at 22lO
FIRST street northwest yesterday. Notice
OF funeral later.
ROBERT T. FRAZIER, at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, yesterday. Notice of
funeral later.
MARY VIRGINIA YELLOTT, at the
Decatur. yesterday.
ANGELO BONELIO, at S4 North
Capitol street, yesterday.
GEORGE NJ CORNELIUS. Yesterday.
JOHANNA HEITMCLLER at lcr
late residence on Sargent road. April lS
ROBERT LAWSON, at 4l9 G street
northwest, yesterday
The Washington times., 1914-04-20
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