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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
RUNS INTO VERSE
FoR H0S'p'I DRIVE

Recently Tire Grammar school pm
plIs raised the snm Of 327.53 Ter the
Emergency Hospital. and 30 inspire
lhe chiidren one oE the GrsFnnaar
school seachera, Miss Lucy Redmond.
teacher og grade seven, during the
language period had the class write
original rlamyes or linaericks bearing
on the hospital and It's needs. 4 lev
are pnbliished herewith
The Enc gency Hospital il ii bad
way:
1T has some bills that Il cannot pay.
II. during this very week or day,
There happens TO come some one your
way,
Be generous, BE- noble. and do your
part,
TO give the hospital another start
Viola white.
The Emergency is about 10 close its
door;
We must ALI help. both rich and poor.
Save your pennies and save your
nickels.
Don buy candy. don't. buy pickles.
Now open your eyes and open your
TO the hospitals need and 40 your
part. Esther Ayers.
The Red Cross was a great drive,
lIt kept our boys over there alive:
The II. wv. C. III. helps those iii need.
And Id both of these calls We paid
heed
The rich and the poor alike gave all
So why not respond 70 another call:
The hospital call IL like one IN the
night:
| Let everyone come with ali his might
Give, give, and keep on giving;
SO hand out your money and kecI
things living.
some day. perhaps when you're il
distress,
You'll be glad you helped along will
the rest. Mildred Smith
Come 10 our assistance. please, on'
and all,
LIS the thing that the hospital loudls
calls.
Save your pennies, nickels and dimes
bring them ali in at the right time
Augusta Wattenscheiilt.
tine Emergency Hospital Ii IN dis
tress.
So give your money and do your best
Il Deny yourself Of something sweet,
And bring your money piled up in I
4 heap.
Our class has decided to give q sing
II AZ everyone else is doing something.
Wen all try to do our best
To make this sing a great success;
So come that night, come one, CONS
Gil,
With pocketbooks both big and small
We hope you'll remember and heel
the call,
Up in the Assembly hall.
Elem Parkinson
d / suppose You have heard the call
or the Emergency Hospital, one an
all.
It needs your money for beds an,
clothes;
When they come to your door don
turn up your nose. Rosa Koch
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
NOTICE
IKER MUNHCaPAL BG1LaiKAG,
GLOUCESTER STREET

All delinquent taxpAyers for the year.
1918, are hereby notified to PAY their taxes
on or before June Il 1919. aud aaye the
additional cost 0f I25 which win he assI J
ed 70 each and every bill afler June 1870
under AMI by virtue of the authority III
she net af THE General Assembly Of Aary-
land. 1910. For the benefit u the De-
iinanent TAXPAYERS herewith publish the
mandatory section If Mid act
Section 50 81 Acts 1910. II Sis6u DC the
duty 1T tie collector ana treasurer dur
ing the month III April, aucsseedfpg The
levy Of taxes II hare inserted fiji me Dr
two newNpaFnrR puhlaaaaeN ID the city nf
Annapolis Maryland. notice 4Eak 81 the
same be not paid on q beEpre June NEXT
After the date Of K&fd advertisement the
property upon which the taxes maT Be
slnes and owing, wzll be IevIed upon sd
&erttaed and sold 10 enforce payment
thereof and said adypFsl ennent shall e0z-
tinne Ii such newbpapega nOa iess shAn
thirty days.
Join WELLS.
Coli. mnd Treas
April 1. 1919. A-s-ino
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
ARBOR DAT

Arbor day has come BIT last
On the fourth OF April.
To plant trees of every kind
Fruit, pine, oak and maple
The birds are singing merrily
Their glad sweet song 50 gay,
TO ter US spring has come again.
And summers on its way
We planned flowers Of all kinds
or every hue and size,
To make the world look lovely
And all the people wise.
Arbor day Is for everyone
70 plant most every thing,
And make the world seem happy
And merry brides sine.
e. q.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
Catarrhal Deaiaesa Cannes Be Cured


b local applications. as they, cannot
reach the diseased portion ot She ear
There Is only one way to cure catarrh-
al DEAFNESS. and that IS by . c0nsti-
susional remedy. Catarrhal DeafHess
rs caused BY an iufiaxned coudition of
the mucous lining Ok the Enstachian
Tube. When this tube is infiamed yuH
have 8 ruEnblIng soand or imperfect
hearing. and wlaeR II h entirely closed,
Deafness il the result. Unless the m
tiamnation can be reduced and this
tube restored to It's normal coalition
hearing win 90 destroyed forever
Many cases Of deafness are caIlsed by
catarrh. which ii IA snaaned cons
afskon 0g the mucous sarzaces. Halls
gaEssrh Medicine acts ira the blood
Cd the mucous surfaces Og TIE systaEEs
ne win gaye One Hundrd Dollars
cor any case nE SaAxsaa1 D9ane
tAhk UaiOk Ne xafe NJ Eallss c.
Ash EGaaasa &ee. Al
Druggists. ase
CHENEY. Toledo. q.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
HOSPITAL DRIVE
RUNS INTO RHYME

Girls are stiil helping the hospital
drive BY yersifying during their
Language period II the Seventh
grade, Miss Lucy Redmond teacher.
The following are few additional AT
tempts:
| IA drive lis on In our town,
which no good person should turn
down
Let each one give and do not fret.
His pocketbo0k now quickly Get
our hospital now needs funds,
lOur people know how good II runs:
| 1T helps the rich, Ii helps the poor,
And does So each year, more and
more
Let each one help IN this good cause,
$50 do your bit. dom. have pause,
/ al little money you Will give.
1 viii help some poor sick folks e live
Lucille Ford
You should always remember
And never forget.
The Emergency hospital
Is still driving vet,
Eleanora WEIGH
Heed the call Of mercy
Open both pocket and heart,
Listen Ito the call of Emergency
1 And give our dear hospital d start.
Rosabella Rohr.
'.HeIp! help is Emergency's cry,
..Help! help or our patients will die
help to nurse them and feed them to-
day,
Tor shall We close and send them
away
Listen people TO this call
Don't let The Emergency hospital fall
lis helped You ont some tins q
other.
So answer this cry and don't let i
smother Anna Ridgely
The Emergency hospitals in state
Of unrest
So help Ii ont by doing your best
fA penny here. and 4 penny there.
4 VIII make the dollars. the sick e
share Marion Jewell
.Help, help" Ii the CRY
Il shall It'll live, or shall u die
I Give your pennies, every one.
i TO help along the hospital fund
Elsie Como.
There's call all over the city,
There's call all over the town,
There's call all over the county
In village and all around
The call is for the needy.
The call Is for the sick.
The call is fur your money,
50 bring ii soon and quick
Nurses to the front Of them,
Nurses to the left Of them,
Nurses TO the right Of them,
No doctors biundered
Attendants scurrying,
Nurses are huTrying
/ All doctors Worrying,
Patients to serve
some with injured breasts
Doctors with medicine chests,
Some In peaceful rest,
All is quiet.
Now do not think this funny,
The hospital needs our moiey,
Their bank accounts are runny
Hurry To lelps Francir1a OliYet.
3
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
MRS. VANDERBILT WEEDS
II. ACADEMY GRADUATE

Mrs. Ellen Preach Vanderbilt was
married yesterday to Lieut. Paul F'itx-
simmons, Z. s. n. son of the Late
Medical Director Paul Fisxsimnaons 81
Washington, d. 81. and graduate oi
the Naval academy. re graduated
here with the class Of 1914 The we'd
dYnx took place at the residence 81
mrs. vanderbilt ct Harbour View at
Newport. RI
Mrs. Vanderbilt obtained \ divorce
from Alfred g. YapdcrhiIt. Who lost his
life iii 8he sinking o. the Isasitania.
The groom IS ven knows heRe end
IVES n0pnlar anoDg the miashipnaeEl
auSlng bis stay A the acadsrny
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
Ness - Lasl 81 aIa.Igeea serles

on next Wednesday April 3. next to
the last of the mid-week lenfen ser
mons viii be preached by visiting
clergynen al ST. Anne's.
The preacher on Wednesday, night
will he the rev. William Re vries,
IN II. at Washington, canon of the
Washington cathedral
On last Wednesday night the Rev.
Ronilly F. f5umpArses, OF Camp
Meade. preached an earnest. sorceful
sermon. gull of practical tsuehs and
application
The last lenten sermon OF the series
win be preached by Chaplain Evans Of
The Naval academy. AEii 1s.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
PROPOSALS. WANTED

Proposals viii be received M 10 II 90
o'cioek. noon. Monday, April I4th 1919,
for furnishing the City III Annapolis with
lU0gons of Number two coal The same To
be delivered ara stored TN the Following
places Municipal Building. Rescue Hose
COMPANY independent Fire Company, and
Water Witch Hook q Ladder Co. The
For fHrtEef Information apply to
G w SMITH Chairman
Aa-IUt The Public buildings Committee
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
PROPOSALS. WANTED

the city commissioners until IS O'Clock
noon. pueAiay, April 2aRd, for removing
The garbage from all tile streets. lanes.
and alleys.
Ter and sweeper for the enauinE year from
June fat, 1914 The city reserves fhe right
e. reject any and MI bids or any part If
bids For speriiicafiol. etc. apply 10
II, YANSANT
city Commissioners
tsl. 4 81 4 SD 10 III IL, II. IL, iii
~. rs. III II, -
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
PUBLIC SALE
Oh
LOT AND DWELLING
At Parole, Anne Arundel
County, Maryland.

By virtue of Il power 81 sale snntalnsu
III L mortgage from John Lane am INV
Id fsyfaHlt dated the 10Th day ~ lily,
fsE;. ana recorded among tile Land kese
n4fts IL Anne Arundel county, IN Liner u
w. NJ. ii, fpiio 10. cts. the iindcrslE hes
"a The attorney llaintd In the norsgatse.
nill 0Efer To public sale az the Iouu heuss
door. TAI the ity az >hnnniaoilss oh
WEDNESDAY,, APRIL 30, 1913
Ar ELEVEN O'CLOCK, A. N.
An tie real estate lii said snortgage mem
toned, consisting Of ali THAT LOT or par
81 Anne Arundel county. Maryland. on the
bubble road leading from inilapuii NJ
isarUie which ii designated on HiaI i,
iited Iii No. 1857 Equity in the SlTenIt
ing On the north side OF said rOad dis
1aifre III sixty feet with M eauai fronts IS
on the tine of the Washington. BaltlinoIs
and Annapolis Railroad right -of VIA VI y I'D
4 siepfh 81 one hundred aud sevenfy -tsg9
Teef vi me east line, and one hundred and
9fffg five feet On the west line. containing
nfne thousand eight hundred ana teh
square feet more or less. ISeing the sahe
70 the said John Lane by aI mes
Owens, trustee. by deed dated the 18Th uaS
s0f June 1900, aud recersled aMl0n& hhe
Land Records De Anne Arundel county ~
Ltber ti w. No. II. Iuiip NJ etc
The lot IS improved by frame dwell
ling.
THE TERMS 0F SALE one half the pur.
chase money 20 be paid on the day Of
sale Or rafffseAtion thereof by the court
and THE resftiee Iii SIX months from the
tlay of sale The deferred payment 80
bear interest and be secured 70 the salts
faction Of the attorney. or all cash en- the
ratification of the sale at the option Of the
purchaser
For further particulars apply 70
PRANK HI STOCKETT
Attorney Named in MrptgaEe
a49f9 O.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
pRoPOsAT.s wlNTEI,

Bids Will be received nntiI III 100 In Ii
noon Monlav April 1tfh d5I9 f.r fnr
nfaling tho city Of annapolis Win .DD
forty waff ineandescenf electric lamps,
aud to furnish and Install electric fix
lures Ii the Assembly Room
The right n reserved to reject any ar
all bids. Tor further particulars apply
to
g W. SMITH Ciairmsgl
A3-I Of The Pubic Building Committee
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
ANNoUN sEss ENT

hereby announce my candidacy for the
office ~ County Commissioned OF Anne
Arundel county Tor the First District sub
Ject to the actiOn 1T tile Democratic prf-.
lnaries 10 September. Your support VIII
be appreciated.
>. GRANT E0LHOtfN.
2.2O-tf
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
DTE & D

49, n COS Gu Anil Srsi. 1gaa ::sO d. sm
ri fhe home III her sister. Mis-. Sarah
5ohHnon, - Northwest street. MRS
MATII.IsA PEARSON. aged seventy two
years, widow If The late William 2
Pearson after short illness.
Fanerml SUNDAY at 8 RI M, from Ae
Mo4aah al MI X cEInEsii. Anterraent w
Rrpwcr IAaH eeneeery a*saF
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04

All that lof liz ground situate III said
city on second. street, a6xIpO feet WITH the
improvements thereon assessed TO Annie
r. Shipley ESTATE on the assessnent
books Of said city l9r said taxes due for
the ypaf 1917.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
W B. Chill .Ds
Electrical Contractor
Oacs and shop l7e Conduit ssFeet
Pheas sAS-u..
cry TAN SALES
city Property 10 be sold 10 satisfy axes
Due FOR The Year 1917.

due For The Year 1877.
5,alJeetor ana Treasurer's Office, Annapo.
lis Mi March 9th. 1919. / hereby rive ne
fisp fhat under ana iii virtue az Authority
vestea iii me hy section SSB. III fhe City
6harter 81 Annapolis. Md, title i'tNes.
the undersigned Collector ana s IeashINI
for aafa rftv. having leyied upon the same
III accordance with the law. will offer to
public sale MT the Court House door ~ me
CITY of Annapolis. Ma.. on fuessipy Aprlt!l
- 1919 Alt III o'clock 4 ". tlie seyeFal
lots If ground and improvements thereon
md personal properly or SO much as may
ia necessary situate Ia said city which
are hereinafter described TO the highest
.biadcr TOR cash To satisfy the said taxes
due with interest. md ull costs anu
charges incident ~ said sale.
JNO. III. WELLS.
Collector and TREASURE.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04

All That lot If ground situate q, aid city
on Main street IS feet frent With the ine.
prosemenis thereon Hsseased ~ Wrn y,
Ssnilft IN the assessment books Of said
city foi AID tsxes due for the year 1911,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04

All that LOT of ground situate N said
city on WasllinEtOn street 3sxI30 feet.
with the improvements thereon assessed
SO Frank Parker on the nEsessmept books
snf said city for said taxes Tue for the year
mt
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04

The camel Has been known to pull
800 pounds st ten miles Al hour for
twsIvs hours
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04
M0NEK 10 LOAN.

senNEY TO LOAN Money TO loan on
mortgage Apply TO Wtnaon Y nSts;
.snwKY 70 LOAN --<3r sAnrtgage IL suras
"a guik up REASONABLE 4AFnaM FArssAi
payment allowed s&nae8 y. Mnnro4 - y
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04

FOR SALE F.lgin Hix-ryllnder aatogno
bile early 1917 three passenger roadster
Perfect running order Fully equipped !:
$3.50 cash. or terms ia responsible party.
Make appointment for demonstration 1T
100 West street. a4-3t
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04

!. ROLAND iiRApY
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04

AuctIailcer
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-04

FOR aALE seven room dwelling Isl
Sixth street Eastputt Price $1,000
Seven room dwelling ahsl store on Ray
Ridge avenue, Eastport Owner viii sell
stock Good business stand. Price,
S;ss5a. Terms Julian Brewer & Son.
a4-6t
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-11
Lights Weight Determined;
Artificially Made, 1t Costs
About $50, 100000 an Ounce
BY GRIZZLIES DAVIDSON, r. II. A. $

BY tHNELEs DAVIDSON, r. IT. A. s.
tMr, Davidson. Of the ROYAL OBJ
servatory, Greenwich, was in charge
of the British solar eclipse expedition
to Erazil)
London. Dec. 9-~-~T-ne result of the
British eclipse expeditions to Sebral,
in Brazil, and the island OF Principe.
off the west coast of Africa, in non
technical language IL to prove that
light has weight in proportion TO its
mass, as matter has. but IL takes an
appalling amount et light to weigh an
ounce
The cost OF light MS supplied by gas
and electric light companies works out
ut something like 10000 900 pounds
$50 0d0 o6o1 an ounce. This points
the moral of daylight saving. The
sur showers down on us $50 tons of
this valuable stuff every day. and yet
We often neglect this free gift and
,I-, For to pay 10000. 900 pounds an
ounce for q much inferior quality.
There are two theories of light
the corpuseular and the undulatory
The carpaeular supposes that light Is
comuosed of a stream OF particles shot
acrceg space with great velocity. This
lis not accepted now, but was the
| theory held by Sir isaac Newton. who
himself suggested that 1t would be ir
consonauce with the law Of gravita
! ton that light. in passing the ain
would be DETECTED from the straight
path
: In the early part or the nineteenth
/ century the cospuseular theory gavc
| place 10 the unduiatory theory. which
supposcs that light lis "A wave motion
in the ether. Ether ~ a medium
( hypothccated for the transmission OF
light OF late years II has gradually
! appeared that matter is. electrical IN
} its nature. and that it's mass is tbs
electro magnetic energy bound up In
J It's atoms. Its weigh though moi
Identical with its mass. bears def
mite proportionalfty to it's masa
Light is form OF electro ma gneti
energy. and therefore has mass hut
the question ia he solved by the eclipse
expeditions was whether light had
weight, II light had weight as wet
Az mass il would be detected on pa SIS
ing near the sun
tn. only way in which this couid
be tested was by observing stars close
10 the sun, and the only time at which
this could he dono was during total
eclirss
Tho eclipse ON May - last was a
favorable one for tho purpose. az al
the time of totality the sun happened
10 be in the midst of a group of bright
stars called the Hyades This eclipse
was visible on track nassin &
through the north Of South America.
mid Atlantic and Central Africa.
Huge Telescopes Used
Each Of Tho British expeditions took
a telescope Of thirteen inches aperture
and eleven feet focus. AS this telescope
had been proved suitable on a former
occasion. In addition. the Sobral ex-
petition took a supplementary tele-
scope of four inches aperture and
nineteen feet focus. by which II was
hoped the brighter stars might be
photographed
The program Of each expedition
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-11
Z1tpr eyy oHEvuce

long by the full width of the ship, is
oak panelled in Jacobean style, the
central portion being open, surround
ed BY spacious gallery and topped
by a large dome which adds matsri-
ally to its magnificent appearance.
The smoking room is also Jacobean,
the special feature being the Chin
ney piece copied from celebrated
example at Lindield,. Sussex. The
library is in the style of William and
Mary's reign. The card room is
Adams" and contains very beauti-
full marble mantgepiece, The first
class lounge is after the designs of
Sir Christopher Wren for the Royal
apartments at Hampton Court Pal
ace and is considered very fine
There is also a gymnasium and q
vcraudah cafe. An unusual feature
in the first class accommodS tons Is
Ia the zen suite" cabins, each cf
which consists of two bedrooms. sit
ting room, bath a. d dressing rooms.
Three hundred and seventy-onc
first class, 392 second class and 1000
third class passengers car be ac-rn
modated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-11

was carried through successfully.
though at Principe they were consid
erahly interfered with by clouds. AT
Scbral, although totality was fine. the
clouds only cleared away just before
it began.
With the large telescope at Sobral
nineteen plates were exposed. fifteen
of which were quite satisfactory: the
others were spoiled by clouds. With
the -four inch telescope eight plates
were exposed. OF which seven were
successful.
! II light were subject to gravity. fol-
lowing the Newtonian law. star
grazing the limb of the sun would be
displaced outward by a quantity rather
less than the -thousandth part of
! the diameter OF the moon
! New Grayitationai Theory
J.. OF recent years, however. Il new
eYavationat theory has been put for
ward by German mathematician
Professor Einstein. and. according to
this theory The detection would be
twice AS great The eclipse expedi-
tons went in order 10 determine
whether light was detected at all or
not, and if detected. whether II was
according TO the Ncwtonian or the
Einstein law
| Having secured The eclipse photo
graphs OF the l4yades, II was neces-
sary for the Sobral observers to re-
main couple of months in order To
secure the same field OF stars I'm the
night sky the whole test consisting in
whether the presence or absence OF
/ the sun made a difference In the an
parent relative positions az the stars.
i These photographs were secured in
July and the observers returned To
England. The photographs have nov
been measured and the result h in
accordance with the theory of Elm
stem
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-11
Get READY
FOR FLU"
Keep Your Liver Active, Your
System Purified and Free
From Colds by Taking Cal
otabs, the Nausealess Cal
omel Tablets, that are
Delightful, Safe
and Sure.

Il Physicians and Druggists are advis-
3ng their friends TO keep their systems
pHrftied and their organs in perfect
working order as a proteation against
the return of influenza They know
That ciogged up system and "a lazy
liver favor colds, Influenza and serious
cpmplica tions
Il To cut short cold overnight and to
Drevent serious complications take one
Eajotab at bedtime With swallow of
all No salts no nausea
80 gripping. no sickeaing after effects.
Next morning your cold has vanished,
A4Nr liver fs active, your system IN pu-
63ed and refreshed and you are feel
4ng dne with a hearty appetite for
ArtAkfa<s. Eat what you please.---no
Manager.
tAlotabs are sold only in original
zes41ed packages. price thirty-hve cents
Il 14ey druggist IL authorized TO refund
st money II yon are not perfectly
y thtcd with Ealotaps. ADV.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-11
Petersburg

Especial to The Richmond virginian1
Petersburg, vn.. Dec. 10.---The jury
trying Detective u. G. Parkinson in the
hastings court this morning was dis
charged when 1t reported that no ver-
dict could be reached. The jury stood
eleven for .acquittal and one for con-
vietion.
According 10 a statement made In
The hustinRs court this morning by
Commemorative Attorney Bernard G.
Syme several of the charges against
indicted members OF the police de-
partment may he dropped, in view of
the developments In the trial Of De.
tective f. G. Parkinson for acceptinS
s2s as bride from the bootlegger,
Duke Wilson. colored. which this morn
Ing resulted in u disagrceing jury.
what cases that may be dropped are
unknown.
Detective C.. F.. Worrell will be the
next officer placed on trial. His cAse
has been set for January when ho
will stand trial on the charge OF ao-
cepting five cases Of whiskey as
bribe from Luke Wilson.
city Treasurer r. g. Stratton has an :
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-11

The Empress of France, formerly
called the Alsatian, was requisitioned
by the British Navy in 1914, and.
put on board under Capt. Phillimore,
d. S o., was attached to the 10th
Cruiser Squadron, consisting Of "a
vessels. most Of them armed Mercan-
tile Marine Cruisers, later becoming
the flagship of the squadron. The
main duty Of this squadron was in
tercepting, boarding and examining
vessels and OBTAINING those whose
cargo or crew aroused suspicion.
1918 she was assigned to con-
wcy duty and finally, on January II,
1919. Was Honorahly Discharged
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from the Navy. Shortly afterward
she was turned over to the Canadian
Pacific Ocean Services, which had ac-
CURED the vessel during the war.
She has just made her maiden trip
for the Company and might well be
called the Queen" ship Of that COM
pany's Empress" fletcher sister
ships all bearing Empress" in their
names also--as she is the finest and
best equipped vessel making The
European trip via the st. Lawrence
route.
The Empress Of France is 600 feet
!, long by ~ feet abeam and OF 1850
tons gross register and has eight
decks. The dining saloon. SO fees