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Evening star., 1915-05-28
TENNIS At COLUMBIA
CLUB STARTS TOMORROW
Opens With Mems Singles, the En-
try List Being Large and
Representative.

The annual spring tennis tournament
of the Columbia Country Club starts
tomorrow at 10 O'Clock, the day being
taken up with. the mems singles. No
defaults will be put the board un-
til l o'clock in case any of the players
are unable to get out before afternoon.
The list of entries is very large and
embraces all the best players from the
different local clubs. Up to noon only
two out-oftown players had entered.
They are r. L. James of Saratoga and
II. Fl. Allen of New York. The pairings
for the mems singles will be drawn this
afternoon at the club. Tomorrow aft
singles vii, be made, to start Mon
day. Monday the drawings for the
mems doubles will be made, and it is
the intention of the tennis committee
to have three different events under
tennis committee said this morning
that the club had made arrangements
to take care of a large gallery Mon
day, and it is expected that records in
attendance will be broken should the
weather be pleasant.
Beautiful Trophy Offered.
Clarence p. King. one of the tennis
enthusiasts of the Columbia Club, has
donated a beautiful silver pitcher for
the winner of the mems singles, the
trophy to remain in possession of the
club until won three times.
The tennis players of the columbia
Club are to be congratulated upon the
wonderful showing made ut the tourna-
ment of the Chevy Chase Club. which
closed yesterday. Tennis has only been
running at this club for the past three
years, and the progress made has really
bordered on the marvellous in the mat
ter of victories achieved by its mem
bers. In the Chevy Chase tourney the
following wins We're registered:
Mems singles-First twith trophy,
second and consultations.
Mems doubles-First.
Ladies' singleS-First.
Ladies' doubles-First.
Mixed doubles-First (with trophy.
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RECEIVING THE WOUNDED.
Meeting Russian Hospital Train
and Caring for Battle Manned Men.

Moscow Correspondence London Mail.
Picture a long, bare station platform,
constructed of yellow planking rough
hewn from the forest, the rails running
alongside rusty with disuse. All around
snow. Evening is closing in. and in
the gray light can be seen half dozen
figures, wrapped from head to foot in
white hospital aprons, sheltering in
corner from the icy blast that sweeps
down the platform, and striving In vain
to restore some circulation to their frozen
limbs.
A tall officer wearing a huge fur cloak
that trails over the ground as he walks
strides up and down, occasionally glancing
impatiently at his watch. Through the
windows of the hospital in the back
ground can be seen the long lines of beds.
while now and again a pale face peers
out of the window, only to vanish as sud
denly as it appeared Over everything
broods an atmosphere Of expectancy. Not
a sound is to be heard save for an oc-
casonal stamp of the foot or hoarse
order from the group of soldiers who are
waiting huddled up in their greatcoats
at the far end of the platform
Suddenly the silence Is broken by
far-away mournful note Of an engine
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siren, and Immediately all eyes are turned
toward the pair of iron gates that guard
the entrance to the station. Again a
wait, and then through the gloom that is
now beginning to enwrap everything ap-
pears the silhouette of an engine looming
gfant-like in the dim light, followed by
a seemingly endless train of carriages and
hospital wagons, a Red Cross flag over
each.
The platform suddenly seems alive with
people, all moving in orderly commotion-
A hoarse toot and the train comes to a
standstill, and at last the 500 wounded
with which the carriages are filled have
reached their destination after their four
days of agony in a jolting train from the
East Prussian front. Some trains take
three weeks! All that is humanity pos
sible is done for the sufferers during the
journey. but everything is naturally of a
very rough-andready nature, and the
agonies Of badly wounded man, almost
unconscious with fever, stretched on a
plank shelf in a crowded train can be
better imagined than described.
Before each carriage now assemblies a
group Of Red Cross orderlies, assisted by
students, and the work of getting the
wounded from the train into the COM
parative comfort of the hospital is begun.
All those who are able to walk are first
assisted out and a long line Of hmping
figures, clad in gray uniforms, soiled and
tattered from tho battlefield, is soon slow
ly making it's toilsome way along the
platform.
These are followed by a batch Of Ger
man prisoners with bent heads and drag
g.ng feet, who are marched off under
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close escort to prison. More serious work
then begins. and heartrending are the
scenes witnessed. The windows of the
hospital wagons are opened to their
fullest extent, a stretcher is inserted, and
then. with infinite care, the serious cases
are lifted from the fetid interior on to
the platform. Here the stretcher is
placed on a trolley, which is rolled very
slowly into the hospital. The sadness
of the whole scene is hard to describe.
The one bright spot is the bravery and
apparent Indifference to pain shown by
all. The wounds have been but roughly
dressed at the hase hospital, and. natural
ly, the bandages cannot be regularly
changed in the train, and some of the
wounds are in a terrible condition
The wounded have now been all as
sembled in the reception hall Of the hos
pital-that, strangely enough, was for
merly government spirit distillery, now
transformed into laZaretto-and a sad
sight is presented. All down the long
narrow halls are rows of gray troops, the
less seriously wounded sitting or lying
on wooden benches, while the serious
cases still remain upon the stretchers on
which they had been brought In Every
province of the great Russian empire is
represented in this strange ''olla podrida.'
Here is a Cossack, there Lett, while
even a Tartar from the extreme south,
with high. cheek bones and squat nose, Is
to be observed. All seem quite cheerful,
and evidently appreciate the change into
the warm and comfortable room from the
discomfort Of the monotonous days spent
in the crowded train. After the roll has
been called general move is made to
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Tea Drunk on Fighting Lines.

More than that. On the fighting lines
| that criss-cross Europe the men in the
trenches are drinking tea instead of
coffee. Tea, that used to be pc
culiarly English institution, has, ac-
oording to all reports. become a drink
as cosmopolitan as water. And still
further: Reports say that since the
outbreak of the war last summer more
been sunk in the sea as q result of
warfare waged against maritime COM
merce.
The result of all this has been that
the leading tea exporters of the world
have announced that tea of all grades
is to be advanced in price, the increase
in many cases amounting to 10 cents q
casioned by the various contributing
causes mentioned, curtailment of sup
plies because Of the destruction OF
hundreds of millions OF pounds, and Q
shortage in the crop Of last year and
this year, are given as reasons for the
marked increase in prices, effects of
which, It Is expected, will begin to be-
It Is reported that stocks of teas in
the United States are already feeling
the drain caused by heavily increased
demand, and importers in this country
say they are unable to contract for
fresh supplies except at an advance
which they will be compelled to pass
on to the consumer in increased prices
for practically all grades.
Washington dealers say they have
not as yet had to advance prices to
their customers except on certain
brands Of pockage teas. They say,
however, that sharp increases are to
be expected shortly.
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The Worlds Victoria Crosses. .
q London Tt-Bin.

From London Tt-Bit2.
Great Britain may we'll feel proud and
boast of her military decoration, the
Victoria Cross, which is only conferred
for conspicuous acts of bravery on the
field of battle.
France confers her distinctive badges
in the well known form of the Legion
of Honor.
Austria confsrs her Ancient Order Of
Marie Therese.
Germany's equivalent Of the Victoria
Cross Is the Iron Cross, which, IL Is
said. the kaiser has already given to
$4,000 OF his soldiers in thu present
war.
Russia distributes her Cross of st.
Vladimir sparingly to her successful
soldiers.
Denmark has ono of the most Illus
trious orders Of chivalry. the Order of
the Elephant, which ranks even with
that of our Order Of the Garter.
Spain is truly proud OF her Order of
the Golden Fleece. which 10 and has
beep most sparingly conferred.
Italy never fails to decorate her sol.
lasUu v14A Aax 101ataU Ns6AA - Neg1A
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An Ancient Canal.
rom the New York Telegram.

From the New York telegram
The Suez canal is not the flrst canal
to Join the Red sea and the Mediter-
ranean, according to a bulletin issued
by the National Geographic Society.
The Egyptians. It is stated. in 1S5o-1S00
B. C. constructed such a canal; in the
course Of time 1t was choked with sand:
another canal was begun by Necho
about 500 B. c.. and completed q CEN
tury later; Trajan restored this canal:
when Napoleon visited Egypt he
planned to reopen tho old canal. but
was forced to abandon the project. It
remained for Dc Lesseps to repeat the
engineering triumph of the ancient
Egyptians on a vaster scale.
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GREAT DEMAND FOR TEA
TO ADVANCE ITS PRICE
Washington Dealers Have Not Made
Raise, However, Except on
Certain Brands.

Luther Burbank succeeded in devel-
oping a spineless cactus. but who cares
much about cactus, anyhow? He has
never been able to evolve a thornless
rose, any moro than other people have
succeeded In devising a way to get
around that law of nature and eoo-
nomics which. in effect, provides that
every advantage has its compensatory
disadvantage. For instance:
We know-or If we don't it's our own
fault for not reading the papers and
the books-that alcohol as a beverage
belongs in the highly undesirable list.
Enemies Of alcohol have waged unre-
mitting warfare; they have increased
the dry areas amazingly in the last
few years, and when Russia threw the
weight of imperial ukase into the
scales against the demon rum-or vod-
ka; 1t doesn't matter-they threw their
hats into the air and emitted frenzed
huzzas. But now what has happened?
People who used to find solace in the
seductive highball, the cooling stein Of
lager. or other form of liquid refresh
ment, seem to have turned to tea A
vodka-less Russia, It is reported, is GO
ing in for the fragrant beverage
brewed from the herb of China and
Ceylon. and when 140,000,000 people be-
como tea drinkers all at once it means
q lot.
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Tener's Decision on Giants Upheld.

BOSTON, May 2s-President James E.
Gaffney OF the Boston National League
base ball team has been officially noti-
bed by J. K. Tener, president Of the
league, that the disputed game with
New York. April 20. in which the latter
club attempted to play kauff Of the
Brooklyn Federals. has been declared
for Boston. When Kauff appeared on
the field in New York uniform the
Boston nine refused to play. and one of
the umpires awarded the game to New
York. After kauff had retired the two
teams met. and Boston won. Although
members of the board of directors, nei-
ther Gaffney nor President Hampstead
of the Giants voted on the question;
but Dreyfuss of Pittsburgh, Hermann
of Cincinnati and Ebbets of Brooklyn
supported President Tener.
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the basement, where. having first discarded
their uniforms, which are taken away
to be disinfected, the men are thoroughly
washed and their wounds redressed. They
are then given hospital clothing and made
comfortable in the wards in the upper
stories, where they remain until they are
allocated to one Of the large number OF
hospitals in Moscow.
The organization Is wonderful, and
nearly all the workers there give their
services voluntarily. OF such evacuation
points," as they are called, there are four
in Moscow, and at each tho work goes on
night and day without ceasing.
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Oldest Bridge in England.
From the springneld Republicsn.

Harold's bridge. said to be the Oldest
bridge in England. is near Waltham
Abbey. while the Saxon King Harold
founded. It consists Of a single arch
Of sandstone surmounting stone foun-
dations, and spans . little stream. the
River Lea. Across this bridge King
Harold is said to have been borne to
his grave In the abbey churchyard after
having been slain by an arrow at the
battle of Hastings in 1866 The sides
of the arch have crumbled away. but
the central portion is intact and SEEM
ingly as secure as it was when con-
structed more that $50 years ago.
The bridge is not in use today. but
stands In a pasture adjoining thkt
grounds of the ancient abbey. of which
the chapel, now used as tho parish
church. and portions Of the brick wall
surrounding the grounds. alone remain.
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Mrs. Barlow to Play Miss Davis.

PHILADELPHIA, May 2S.-Mrs. X.
II. Barlow, the title holder. and Miss
Catherine Davis will meet in the final
match today for the women's soif
championship of Philadelphia. In their
semi-final matches at the Philadelphia
Cricket Club today Mrs. Barlow de-
feated on the eighteenth hole Mrs. Z.
H. Vanderbeck, runner-up last year,
and Miss Davis won from Miss Flor
ence McNeely, 4 up and 3.
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Worst Base Ball Month in Years.

NEW YORK, May 2s.-According to
John Heydler, the present month has
given the worst base ball weather of
any May in the last fifteen years rec
ord of the National League Thus far
there have been twenty-five postponed
games.
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signee and who is the right person to

sienee and who Is the right person to
receive the payment.
The question is complicated by the
fact that Swedish consignees of num-
ber of cargoes have instituted pro-
ceedings here, with the view to pre-
venting the purchase by the govern
ment from American shippers of car
goes which, it is alleged. already have
been bought and paid for by these
Swedish consignees."
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II am sorry" said Mr.. Comiskey. Il
am deeply sorry to hear that the Buff
falo Feds have signed Harry Lord But
II they have, 1t serves them right"
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And II John X. Tener has any Idea
Of crippling the Germans he win send
Rigler over there with a carload of
base ball masks.
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If Ban Johnson really wanted to help
those Canadians In France he would
send over Walter Johnson, with In
structions to cut loose with his fast
one.
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It is rumored that Jimmy Callahan
has been mentioned as manager OF the
Cleveland team, showing that Cal has
some bitter enemies.
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It is almost impossible to write any
thing about base ball these days with
out writing something about war.
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Members Of the Princeton alumni as
sociation Of professional base ball
players include Messrs. Lear. Vaughn,
Reed and Cook.
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Ownership in Doubt.

while most anxious to satisfy all
claims as promptly as possible" says
the statement issued by the foreign Of
fee, 'it Is obvious that the process of
arriving at speedy settlement Is de-
layed by the necessity of establishing
the real ownership of each consign-
ment and Of ascertaining whether II
has passed from the shipper to the con-
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ENGLAND READY TOPAY
FOR ALL COTTON SEIZED
Question of Ownership Alone Delays
Payment for Cargoes Held
in British Ports.

LONDON, May 2S.-The foreign Office
announces that the government had in
formed the representative of American
cotton interests. whose shipments on
seventeen vessels have been purchased
by the government, that 1t was ready
and anxious TO make payment at once.
Tho representative. however. admitted
his inability at present to make any
definite claim IN respect of any one Of
tho cargoes of these vessels, but he has
undertaken to obtain the necessary in
formation. in order to present his claim
as soon as possible.
The representative of the shippers Of
larly informed of the governments
readiness to make immediate settle
ment. but he also acknowledged he was
not at present in a position to put for
ward his claim. Cargoes on six other
vessels are being dealt with simtlarIy
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BASE BALL BRIEFS.

If Charles Somers Is In a releasing
mood, why doesn't he release his team?
Or he might do better by releasing g
his grandstand. He doesn't seem to
have any use for 1t.
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This Mr. Dale Of the Reds seems to be
coming along. He shut out the Braves
yesterday and last week he beat Alex
ander.
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Now that the Yankees are coming
east again to intermingle with clubs of
their own section for a while. they may
get going again, since they polished off
the eastern set pretty regularly before.
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Or he might do better by releasing
his grandstand. He doesn't seem to
have any use for it.
If Ban Johnson really wanted to help
those Canadians in France he would
send over Walter johnson. with In
structions to cut loose with his fast
one.
And II John X. Tener has any Idea
Rigler over there with carload OF
base ball masks.
It is almost impossible to write any
thing about base ball these days with
out writing something about war.
It is rumored that Jimmy Callahan
has been mentioned as manager OF the
Cleveland team, showing that Cal has
some bitter enemies.
IT am sorry" said Mr.. Comiskey. II
am deeply sorry to hear that the Buff
falo Feds have signed Harry Lord. But
II they have, 1t serves them right"
Members Of the Princeton alumni as
sociation Of professional base ball
players include Messrs. Lear. Vaughn,
Reed and Cook.
This Mr.. Dale Of the Reds seems to be
coming along. He shut out the Braves
yesterday and last week he beat Alex
ander.
Now that the Yankees are coming
east again to intermingle with clubs Of
their own section for while, they may
get going again. since they. polished off
We sometimes wonder-that is. 1t just
occurs to US now and then-whether
some Of the former major league crack
erjacks now with the Federal League.
and still fine players, miss the public
ity-that is, feel that they aren't get
ting into the limelight as much as they
used to.
Critics" says a paragraph, SAY that
Jack Coombs has nothing, but keeps on
winning on what he knows about pitch
ing" II that were the case Matty
wouldn't have lost game this season
and Kid Nichols would be in the arena
yet Fat chance a pitcher has these
days with naught on the ball except
knowledge of how to pitch it.
Marouard of the National League,
Hendrix Allen of the Feds, Harper of
the American Association and perhaps
one or two others have pitched no-hit
games this season. If this keeps on the
hall Of fame will be so filled with no.
hit pitchers that they'll be pushing one
another out of the windows.
Tristram Speaker doesn't look for
many. 300 batting averages in the
American League this year, and here
are some of his reasons: johnson,
Shaw. shawkey. Pennock. Caldwell,
Fisher. Faber. Scott. Dauss. Boland,
Morton. Mitchell. Weilman. Louder
milk, Leonard. Foster and few others
who also have their habitat on the
beetling crag.
Just to show what kind of town
NewarA is and how they fall for bunk
there, II may be stated that bicycle
race drew 5000 more people than the
Federal League game on a recent Sun
day. and more people, in fact, than both
ball games put together. And yet New
ark claims to be a major league city.
In case Of war with Germany the
first move of the American forces will
be to capture the Cincinnati ball team.
The allies are thinking of signing
Connie Mack's pitchers. BY aiming at
the Azores they might be able to hit
Berlin,
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We sometimes wonder-that is. 1t just
occurs to US now and then-whether
some Of the former major league crack
cracks now with the Federal League.
and still fine players, miss the public
ity-that is, feel that they aren't get
ting into the limelight as much as they
used to-
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Tho allies are thinking of signing
Connie Mack's pitchers. BY aiming at
the Azores they might be able to hit
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In case Of war with Germany the
first move of the American forces will
be to capture the Cincinnati ball team.
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Just to show what kind of town
there. II may he stated that bicycle
race drew 5000 more people than the
Federal League game on a recent Sun
day. and more people, in fact, than both
ball games put together. And yet New
ark claims to be a major league" city.
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OF cases a double trial Is necessary
and 10y which the defendant If I'M
able to get hail is confined in Jail for
a period which averages over five
days serves no useful purpose.
Unable TO give bail, the man who
stole a bottle OF milk, the boy who
hooked a pigeon. the woman who
pilfcrcd a pair Of gloves in a depart
m,nt store, the janitrcss who mixed
garbage with ashes in the ash can.
the" man who lighted a cigarette in the
workshop, the defendant who sold a
pair of shoestrings on "A SundaE, the
defendant who struck a man who
called him a liar-all these people who
committed any one Of the | $50 different
offences created 10y various ordinances,
bylaws and regulations OF the city,
after being tried once, now have to be
held in jail Tor five days and often
longer, and then must 20 down IL
Special Sessions and 20 through =
second trial.
Realizing the inadyisabillty OF this
antiquatcd method of pr ccdure. the
diS!ntcrested and unselfsh citizens
who have given Z their time. ability,
experience, influence and money for
the progressive advancement of these
courts became convinced some time
ago that the time was now ripe for the
ncN' important step To he taken in
the Improvement f the courts OF In
fer! r criminal Jurisdiction.
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must make n little money somehow
or starry or be taken are of through
charity.
1t Is in such times that a multitude
of immigrants unknowingly violate
the law while honestly endeavoring to
earn a livelihood. For such reasons
1t has always seemed TO me hat a
City Magistrate should be equipped
with a large measure of sympathy and
understanding. | have no hesitancy
in saying that, in my belief, this
"human" element in IA City Magis-
trate is az important an asset az the
element Of purely legal knowledge
by means OF which he conducts his
court proceedings.
Thus far ! have endeavored in a
general way to give n picture of the
''poor mans courts" the character of
the majority of those brought into
II and its important relation To the
patriotic and civic fabric of our land.
But such IA sketch would he very
incomplete without details showing
just what is done In certain direc-
tions by the Magistrates sitting in
such tribunals. First OF all, we will
consider the Night Court for Women.
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dictate that the system can he extended
with great public benefit in the sup
preston OF crimes generally.
During the year 1914 15,522 per-
sons of both SEXES were finger printed
after conviction. OF these 5,I29, or
81 per cent, had been previously
printed n or more times and were
therefore demonstrated To he persist
ent offenders against the law.
There were 6,232 persons finger
printed as Migrants. or these 72l, or
III per cent, were repeaters, an in
rrease in that respect over 1918 OF
more than 20 per cent,
We divide "disorderly conduct" now
into subdivisions as follows: Mash
ers," "rowdies," "jostling" for the pur-
pose of picking pockets, disorderly
women and begging.
For that form of disorderly conduct
which shows itself IN so letting aims
on he public streets or annoying OF
"mashinS' women 666 persons We're
ringer printed, and of these 200, or 80
per cent, were repeaters.
In the Night Court for Women 2,52l
persons We're convicted and finger
printed. OF these 1fs:. or 81 per cent,