New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-31
BIG RELIEF CARGO
READY FOR SAILING
Aymeric Will Start for
Rotterdam Tomorrow
or Tuesday.
BELGIANS TO SHARE
AID WITH GERMANS
Nine. GrOuitch Forms Commit
tee for Seryia-Contribu-
tons Continue.

One OF the largest cargoes OF sup
plies consigned to Europe since the out
break Of the war will go forward to-
morrow or Tuesday on the steamship
Aymeric, bound for Rotterdam. The
boat is chartered by the Commission
for Relief IN Belgium, and sails under
special permits from the British and
German embassies.
Foodstuffs. hospital garments and
supplies from the Red Cross and blan-
kets and clothing will be sent 20 the
American Minister at The Hague for
the Belgian Relief Committee Of Hol-
land, while hospital supplies will go
10 the German Red Cross al Berlin and
the American Red Cross in other parts
of Germany. Three hundred and nifty
thousand cigarettes will be on board.
report issued yesterday by the
Commission for Relief in Belgium
shows that since November IT has
had under charter forty-four ships,
representing food cargoes Of 21Ill
tons. Six ships are now on their way
TO Rotterdam, carrying 5000 tons oil
food; two ships are now unloading at
that port; six ships are loading in this
country, and ten steamers are now
bound for United States ports for the
purpose Of being loaded.
The commission has on hand or on
order 100000 cans Of condensed mix
soon TO be sent to Belgian babies.
Will Irwin. war correspondent, sailed
Yesterday for the scene OF war on the
Lusitania. Mr.. Irwin will deliver re-
port to Ambassador Page on the prog
ress of Belgian relief work IN TINS
country.
The National Conference of Catholic
Charities twoman's section) Will CO
operate in relief work from now on
with the woman's section Of the Com
mission for Relief in Belgium.
Nine. Slavko Grouitch. who came 10
this country TO seek aid for 100000
Serbian peasants. announced yesterday
the personnel Of the Serbian Agricult-
ural Relief Society, which Will place
the appeal before :he public. 49,,
Composing the committee are VIII
lard u. Straight. Of J. p. Morgan &
Co.: Professor Michael J. Pupin' OF
Columbia; DR.. Albert Shaw, Mrs. Law
renee Gilman. Nine. Grouitch. MIS-.
Fthelbert Nevin, Mrs. John H. grimm
and Miss T. Hastings. =,
Mrs. Richard Derby, daughter OF
Colonel Roosevelt, has been maze
chairman of the New York Committee
on American Hostel for Refugees IN
Paris. The Paris committee IS Work-
ing under the leadership OF Mrs. Eul,h
Wharton and is cooperating with the
Fover Franco Beige, the otficia organl-
cation for housing Belgian refugees:
In aid of the American Polish Relief
Fund. Louis Van Norman Will speak
on Poland at the Hotel Gotham on the
afternoon of February 10. tickets are
On sale at the hotel and at the once
of the fund. IL East 47th st. Contrl-
buttons OF S545 were received yester-
day by the Polish committee, bringing
the fund to SlS.64. u..,
The American Ambulance Hospital
Fund now stands at 'S3l9 ,329, OF Whlcn
$40 was received yesterday.
Six hundred dollars was received by
the Red Cross, that fund now standing
at SA4s.670.
The Belgian Relief Fund amounts 10
eS91 OCT. Contributions OF S6,9OO were
received yesterday.
Wrs Whitney Warren received con
tributions of $50 to the Secours Ma
tional Fund The amount OF the fund
ish now S54.S4l. .,
matinee of Russian folklore and
obildren's songs was given yesterday at
the Berkeley Theatre. The entertain,
ment was given under the auspices OF
the Committee OF Mercy for the beneht
OF the American hospital in PetroGrad,
B. L.. Fouth, a member Of the hospital
board. was among those who were
pleased by the Garrick Players The
Sharks" in a one-act play, Nine. "a
tricia and Miss Florence Purdy. VINO
returned from the West to take part
in the benefit. Miss Reynolds, who
read several Russian fables, was also
well received.