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"'Steam Titan' tells the story of a transatlantic fight born of and powered by steam, a fight to wrest control of the globe's most lucrative trade route. It's the story of two men: Samuel Cunard and Edward Knight Collins, and two nations: Great Britain and the United States. Wielding the tools of technology, finance, and politics--and at the same time coping with the inevitable, sometimes crushing, perils of the sea--these opposing forces fought to capture control of a commercial lifeline that spanned the North Atlantic. Tracing the paths of ships, goods, people, information and money, historian William M. Fowler Jr. brings to life the spectacle of this generation-long struggle for supremacy, during which New York rose to take her place among the greatest ports and cities of the world, and recounts the tale of competition that was the opening act in the drama of economic globalization that is still unfolding today."--Jacket

Cunard's first ship, Britannia, set sail across the Atlantic on 4 July 1840, inaugurating a service that has endured for 175 years. Cunard's success is in part due to its continuous technological advances; from the early years of wooden paddle steamers to steel-hulled leviathans, electric lighting to steam turbine engines. But it is the ships themselves, the shipbuilders, managers, crew and guests that have had the greatest impact on the success of the line, creating unique environments full of personality. The Cunard fleet answered the call of duty during the two world wars and transported thousands of troops to fight for the Allied forces. Cunard's QE2 was a much-beloved liner and the most famous ship at sea, participating in the Falklands campaign and sailing more than 2.5 million miles during a 40-year career. Today the three current Queens are a celebration of Cunard's heritage and are considered to be some of the greatest ships in the world, providing luxurious accommodation, excellent service and lively entertainment whilst their passengers travel the world. This book uses stunning photographs and personal stories to explore the history of these magnificent ships

"In the early 19th century, the only way to transmit information was to send letters across the oceans by sailing ships or across land by horse and coach. Growing world trade created a need and technological development introduced options to improve general information transmission. Starting in the 1830s, a network of steamships, railways, canals and telegraphs was gradually built to connect different parts of the world. The book explains how the rate of information circulation increased many times over as mail systems were developed. Nevertheless, regional differences were huge. While improvements on the most significant trade routes between Europe, the Americas and East India were considered crucial, distant places such as California or Australia had to wait for gold fever to become important enough for regular communications. The growth of passenger services, especially for emigrants, was a major factor increasing the number of mail sailings.
The study covers the period from the Napoleonic wars to the foundation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and includes the development of overseas business information transmission from the days of sailing ships to steamers and the telegraph."

Winston Churchill famously said that the United Kingdom and the United States of America had a 'special relationship'. This article takes a look at Elinor Glyn's Atlantic travel in her life and in her novels, and her visits to the United States, drawing on her archives, her memoir, magazine articles and contemporary newspaper reports of her trips. Her novel Six Days (1924) was adapted into a popular silent film which was exhibited in Europe and the United States. It is a combination of love and romance, transatlantic travel on a Cunard liner, a secret military mission and political cooperation, and is taken as an example of how the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom has been depicted in romance novels. It draws parallels between the movies 6 Days (1923) and Titanic (1997). This article was the keynote address at the Love Across the Atlantic Conference at the University of Roehampton in June 2017. ; AHRC AR112216 ; Emailed author: You've submitted 'The Special Relationship and the Allure of Transatlantic Travel in the Work of Elinor Glyn' but haven't attached a file of the full text, which is needed if it is to be eligible for the REF. This would have to be the post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) as the publisher doesn't allow archiving of the final published pdf (info at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0957-4042/). 18 month embargo

Merseyside has been the birthplace or home to literally hundreds of extraordinary men and women. In this book Christine Dawe features a great many of them - from all eras and all walks of life. Modern-day noteworthy figures, such as Kim Cattrall, Daniel Craig, Wayne Rooney and Patricia Routledge, rub shoulders with the historical great and good, including Sir Thomas Beecham, George Stevenson and Sir Alfred Holt - the founder of the famous Cunard shipping line. This book contains more than a hundred mini-biographies of Merseyside's famous sons and daughters - all of whom are illustrated. A perf

A -- Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc. -- Abrams Industries Inc. -- Air Canada -- Analogic Corporation -- Anam Group -- AR Accessories Group, Inc. -- Atari Corporation -- Atlanta Gas Light Company -- The Atlantic Group -- Azcon Corporation -- B -- Bank Austria AG -- Battle Mountain Gold Company -- Bayernwerk AG -- Beckett Papers -- Best Buy Co., Inc. -- BIC Corporation -- The Bon Marche, Inc. -- Bowne & Co., Inc. -- Brazos Sportswear, Inc. -- Brenntag AG -- Bristol Hotel Company -- Broadcast Music Inc. -- Brown & Haley -- Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. -- Burda Holding GmbH. & Co. -- The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. -- Burelle S.A. -- Butterick Co., Inc. -- C -- Cadmus Communications Corporation -- Carolina Power & Light Company -- Central Garden & Pet Company -- Central Independent Television -- Chick-fil-A Inc. -- The Chronicle Publishing Company, Inc. -- Cineplex Odeon Corporation -- Cinnabon Inc. -- Clear Channel Communications, Inc. -- Comsat Corporation -- Comshare Inc. -- Continental General Tire Corp. -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company -- Copart Inc. -- The Copley Press, Inc. -- Corrections Corporation of America -- Cowles Media Company -- Cunard Line Ltd. -- D -- Del Monte Foods Company -- DeMoulas / Market Basket Inc. -- Desc, S.A. de C.V. -- The Dial Corp. -- Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. -- E -- Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. -- El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. -- Ethicon, Inc. -- F -- Fieldale Farms Corporation -- Fisons plc -- Florida Progress Corporation -- FoodBrands America, Inc. -- Foster Wheeler Corporation -- Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. -- Fred's, Inc. -- Fromageries Bel -- G -- Galeries Lafayette S.A. -- Giant Cement Holding, Inc. -- Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky N.V. -- Groupe Castorama-Dubois Investissements -- Groupe Legris Industries -- Groupe Yves Saint Laurent -- Guerlain -- The Gunlocke Company -- Guyenne et Gascogne -- H -- Handy & Harman -- Hankyu Corporation -- Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Inc. -- Harris Teeter Inc. -- Harry's Farmers Market Inc. -- Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. -- Holdingmaatschappij De Telegraaf, N.V. -- Home Box Office Inc. -- Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd. -- I -- IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. -- Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. -- Isuzu Motors, Ltd. -- J -- Jacor Communications, Inc. -- Jacuzzi Inc. -- Jason Incorporated -- The Jim Henson Company -- Johnstown America Industries, Inc. -- Jordache Enterprises, Inc. -- K -- Kaufhof Warenhaus AG -- King & Spalding -- L -- Lamb Weston, Inc. -- LeaRonal, Inc. -- Lehigh Portland Cement Company -- LensCrafters Inc. -- L'Entreprise Jean Lefebvre -- M -- Margarete Steiff GmbH -- Mazda Motor Corporation -- McClatchy Newspapers, Inc. -- Meier & Frank Co. -- Mirror Group Newspapers plc -- Mitsubishi Motors Corporation -- N -- Nash Finch Company -- Novell, Inc. -- O -- Office Depot Incorporated -- P -- Papeteries de Lancey -- Pathmark Stores, Inc. -- P.C. Richard & Son Corp. -- Perdue Farms Inc. -- Philippine Airlines, Inc. -- Pilgrim's Pride Corporation -- Playmates Toys -- PolyGram N.V. -- Publishers Clearing House -- Putt-Putt Golf Courses of America, Inc. -- R -- R. Griggs Group Limited -- Rainier Brewing Company -- Red Apple Group, Inc. -- Reno Air Inc. -- Rhodes Inc. -- Rodale Press, Inc. -- Royal Crown Company, Inc. -- S -- S&K Famous Brands, Inc. -- Seita -- ServiceMaster Inc. -- Sheldahl Inc. -- Shoney's, Inc. -- SilverPlatter Information Inc. -- Southwire Company, Inc. -- Sport Supply Group, Inc. -- Stinnes AG -- SunTrust Banks Inc. -- Suzuki Motor Corporation -- Swisher International Group Inc. -- T -- Taco Cabana, Inc. -- Tatung Co. -- Taylor Made Golf Co. -- Television Francaise 1 -- True North Communications Inc. -- Trump Organization -- The Turner Corporation -- Tyler Corporation -- V -- Valeo -- Varta AG -- Viacom Inc. -- W -- Wendy's International, Inc. -- Westwood One, Inc. -- William Morris Agency, Inc. -- Wolverine Tube Inc. -- Wood-Mode, Inc.

Le tournant du siècle a ouvert un chapitre totalement nouveau de l'histoire de la population hongroise. L"émigration est devenue six fois plus fréquente qu'auparavant; entre 1899 et 1914, on a enregistré 1930 026 personnes ayant quitté le bassin carpatique, soit 10 % exactement de la population totale de l'Empire de la Sainte Couronne au 31 décembre 1910.
L'émigration était un phénomène relativement neuf en Hongrie et son étude en était à ses premiers balbutiements. De ce fait, tous les départs n'ont pas été enregistrés mais en procédant par recoupements, on peut déterminer à partir des différentes sources les séries adéquates des mouvements migratoires.
Ces séries indiquent également la genèse du mouvement, qui s'est propagé des Carpates nord-ouest vers le sud et le sud-est. Un modèle hautement significatif montre que le développement de l'industrie à Buda-Pest a permis d'absorber une certaine partie des surplus de main-d'œuvre agricole mais le nombre d'emigrants a cru parallèlement au degré de surpopulation dans les divers groupes ethniques. Cependant, l'importance des facteurs culturels transparaît dans le fait que la connaissance du hongrois ouvrait des possibilités d'emploi et réduisait l'émigration, tandis que l'éducation, mesurée par le taux d'alphabétisation, l'accroissait en progression géométrique.
En 1900, 68,4 % de la population travaillaient dans le secteur primaire (industrie minière exclue). Seule une fraction négligeable de ces 68,4 % était employée en dehors de l'agriculture et les facteurs agricoles ont joué un rôle essentiel dans les vagues d'émigration observées entre 1905 et 1913. On peut expliquer 90 % des fluctuations du nombre d'emigrants magyars vers les Etats-Unis par les variations des revenus tirés du blé ; les revenus tirés de la pomme de terre ont un impact similaire pour 75-83 °/o de l'émigration ruthène et de 68-74 °/o de l'émigration slovaque. Les récoltes de pommes de terre expliquent 82 % des variations du nombre d'emigrants serbes et 91 °/o dans le cas des Croates. Le prix du maïs a influencé 60 % de l'émigration roumaine.
Cependant, on ne peut pas étendre ces corrélations aux six années précédentes (1899-1904) : outre l'impact des facteurs sociologiques, qui ont entraîné une extension de l'émigration sur l'ensemble du territoire, la concurrence de plus en plus acharnée entre la Cunard Line et les compagnies de navigations regroupées dans le « Pool Continental » a provoqué en 1904 une soudaine réduction des tarifs transatlantiques. Ce fait semble avoir fondamentalement transformé l'économie de l'émigration.
Avant la première guerre mondiale, les mouvements d'émigration se sont accompagnés d'un flux de rapatriements. La comparaison des départs et des retours montre que 70 % des rapatriements se produisaient déjà dans l'année qui suivait l'émigration, 13 % deux ans après. Au-delà, avant même que trois ans ne se soient écoulés depuis le départ, les retours devenaient insignifiants. On reconnaît là l'influence des problèmes psychologiques et sociologiques soulevés par l'adaptation à une nouvelle société. Au total, ces facteurs socio-psychologiques ont joué, semble-t-U un rôle beaucoup plus important dans les rapatriements que le taux de chômage aux Etats-Unis dont l'influence, s'il en a eu une, a été négative : dans certains cas, le chômage a réduit le nombre de retours dans l'année postérieure au départ.
La part des différentes minorités vivant essentiellement dans les régions montagneuses a été supérieure à leur pourcentage dans la population. Etant donné que le parti libéral avait obtenu la majorité au Parlement entre 1875 et 1905 grâce aux votes de ces minorités, leur émigration a contribué à la défaite de ce parti lors les élections de 1905. Mais, la fréquence plus élevée d'émigration de ces groupes ethniques est due aux surplus de main-d'œuvre agricole qui affectaient davantage les terres moins fertiles occupées par ces minorités.
La balance des mouvements de population montre également qu'au plus fort du nationalisme hongrois, 0,32 °/o seulement des membres de ces ethnies étaient magyarisés annuellement. Il aurait donc fallu 309 ans pour les assimiler totalement. Une faible assimilation est inévitable dans un Etat moderne et, de toute manière, elle s'est limitée à deux minorités. En effet, pour 50 %>, la magyarisation a concerné les Allemands qui se déclaraient eux-mêmes de nationalité hongroise et pour 43 % — les Slovaques, qui avaient préféré émigrer à Buda-Pest ou vers d'autres villes hongroises plutôt que d'aller outre-mer quand ils étaient devenus trop nombreux dans l'agriculture.
Le Traité de Trianon a attribué aux Etats successeurs les régions les plus affectées par l'émigration. Ce fait même a réduit le nombre de personnes qui quittaient la Hongrie pour des raisons économiques. Cependant, entre les deux guerres, ce n'est pas seulement la dimension, mais aussi la nature du mouvement qui s'est modifiée. Les Etats-Unis, principal objectif avant la première guerre mondiale, ont refusé de nouvelles arrivées (sauf un nombre négligeable d'entre elles). Les flux migratoires ont été alors détournés vers d'autres pays de l'hémisphère occidental : pendant l'entre-deux-guerres et après la seconde guerre mondiale, les Hongrois ont été de plus en plus nombreux à partir pour l'Australie, la Nouvelle Zélande, l'Afrique du sud et Israël, Les deux guerres ont en outre provoqué des mouvements centripètes de réfugiés se dirigeant vers le milieu du bassin carpatique.
Après 1918, la stratification sociale des emigrants s'est également modifiée et après 1944. notamment, la part des membres des classes moyennes et supérieures est devenue significative. Avant 1914, les mouvements d'émigration se composaient surtout d'individus épars tandis qu'après 1918, des familles entières commencèrent à partir.
La troisième et dernière partie du chapitre traite des conséquences de l'émigration. Parmi les conséquences économiques, il insiste sur la diminution de l'accroissement du produit national brut et du développement économique, la guerre des tarifs entre la Cunard et le Pool Continental et son effet favorable, à long terme, sur la balance des paiements.
Les conséquences démographiques ont été peut-être encore plus profondes. Le départ de 16 % des femmes en âge de féconder a obligatoirement eu des effets sur les taux de reproduction. 34 % de la population masculine, dans les mêmes groupes d'âge, a également quitté le bassin carpatique, entraînant un déséquilibre de la balance des sexes et une diminution supplémentaire des taux de fécondité.
Les migrations, par définition, ont aussi modifié la concentration de la population hongroise tant à l'intérieur qu'en dehors du bassin carpatique. La défaite du parti libéral aux élections de 1905 est peut-être due à ces facteurs tandis que la concentration aux Etats-Unis d'émigrants originaires d'Europe centrale a servi de plate-forme politique à des politiciens qui n'étaient pas seulement américains.

This collection contains a diary, personal letters and photos of Edmond Arthur Littlefield principally from his service in the American Field Service during World War I. Other items include pre and post WWI letters and photos. ; Diary is 8 1/2 x 6 in. green covered composition book; letters are sheets of 6 x 9 in. paper; photographs are 2 x 3 in. ; Cunard Bulletin. R. M. S. " ANDANIA. " MONDAY, OCTOBER 8th, 1917. BRITISH SUCCESS ON WESTERN FRONT. Gains on an Eight Mile Front. BRITISH OFFICIAL. London, October 5th. At last the censor has raised the veil, and has published an official report departing from the usual bulletin relating to "intense artillery duel on the Western front, etc." Last night's British official reports that our attack on Thursday morning was launched on a front of over eight miles from the south of Tower Hamlets to Ypres Straden railway and has everywhere been completely successful. All our objectives have been gained, and positions of the greatest importance have been won, and over three thousand German prisoners have already reached our collecting stations. We are now in possession of the main ridge up to a point one thousand yards north of Broodseinde. Our attack was anticipated by the enemy by a few minutes with an attack made by five German divisions, from Polygon Wood to Zonnebeke. This attack was blotted out by our artillery tire, and those of the enemy's infantry who escaped this shell fire were overwhelmed by our infantry. So mangled were the German troops in this district that no counter attack had developed up to last night. LOSS OF A BRITISH CRUISER. London, October 5th. The British Admiralty report the loss of H. M. S. "Drake, " a cruiser of 14,000 tons, 30,000 indicated horse power and completed in 1903. The "Drake" was torpedoed on Tuesday morning off the north coast of Ireland, but managed to reach harbour, finally sinking in shallow water. One officer and eighteen men were killed by the explosion of the torpedo, but the remainder of the officers and crew were saved. Mr. Baker, American Minister of War, announces that twenty thousand aeroplanes, authorized by Congress are already under construction and that the necessary motors are also being built. FRENCH OFFICIAL. London, October 4th. The French official communique reads: "The enemy unsuccessfully attempted several surprise attacks during the night in Champagne and in the upper Aisne sector. " RUSSIAN OFFICIAL. Petrograd, October 5th. Russian official report states that on the Roumanian front south of Radantz, Bukowina. the enemy attacked in dense waves, but the attack was stopped by our artillery fire. On the Caucasian front, our detachments took by assault a village south-west of Oromaru. CUNARD BULLETIN SUBMARINE WARFARE WEEK'S REPORT. LOWER AVERAGE AGAIN. London, October 4th. The number of British merchant vessels lost during last week is again below the average. Eleven vessels of over sixteen hundred tons were sunk against a total of thirteen the previous week, and only two ships of lower tonnage. FRENCH AIR RAID ON STUTTGART. Paris. It was announced officially that on October 1st, French airmen successfully bombed military buildings, and munition works in the German city of Stuttgart. By way of reprisal our bombing aeroplanes during the nights of October 1st. 2nd and 3rd, bombed Fribourg railway station, factories at Volkingen and Hoftenbach, and on the railway station at Brienville and points at Metz. On October 4th, French official reports add that French airmen bombarded with success by way of reprisal, Frankfurt and Rastadt. The British Admiralty reports aerial bombing again of Saint Denis, Westrem, Zeebruge loch gates, Bruges dock and other numerous targets, also Thourant railway junction. All of our machines returned safely. CONCERT. On Wednesday evening last, a most enjoyable Concert was held in the Dining Saloon. In response to an earnest appeal by the chairman, Colonel G. VV. Bunnell, the very handsome total of 52 12s. 5d. was subscribed for the Seamen's Charities in Liverpool. Our thanks are due to the artistes who so ably contributed to the success and enjoyment of the evening, and to the ladies who collected. THE BRITISH IN MESOPOTAMIA. Amsterdam. Consternation has been caused in Berlin by the fresh advance of the British along the Baghdad railway in Mesopotamia according to dispatches from the German capital today; about three hundred and twenty miles of actual railway line or ballasted right of way between Basra on the Persian gulf and a point about sixty miles northwest of the city of Baghdad, are now in possession of General Maude's forces and they are still moving forward driving the Turks before them in spite of German advice and assistance with officers and munitions. GENERAL SMUTS ON THE WAR. London, October 4th. General Hon. Jan Christian Smuts, Minister of Defence, Union of South Africa, speaking today in London at the Annual Meeting of Association of Chambers of Commerce, said: "The enemy with one or two exceptions was everywhere now on the defensive, everywhere slowly retiring, and that the manhood of Germany was bleeding to death. Long before the Rhine was reached Germany would have sued for peace. Referring to air raids, the General went on to say that we were now reluctantly forced to apply to the enemy the bombing policy he had applied to us for so long. The German policy of bombing women and children would prove a terrible boomerang to the enemy. The General concluded his remarks by asserting that the Germans are already beaten, and that their leaders knew it. "

This collection contains a diary, personal letters and photos of Edmond Arthur Littlefield principally from his service in the American Field Service during World War I. Other items include pre and post WWI letters and photos. ; Diary is 8 1/2 x 6 in. green covered composition book; letters are sheets of 6 x 9 in. paper; photographs are 2 x 3 in. ; Cunard Bulletin.R. M. S. " ANDANIA." TUESDAY, 2nd October, 1917. AMERICA'S OFFICIAL PEACE REPRESENTATIVE. PRELIMINARY MEASURES ONLY. Washington. Colonel Emhouse of Texas and New York,. one of President Wilson's closest friends, will head the Peace Mission of the United States when one is named to take up with other belligerent representatives the intricate questions to be settled before peace is finally secured. This was the official interpretation placed oil the naming of the Colonel, who has been instructed to gather political, commercial and geographical data to be utilized when a peace conference is held. This does not in any way indicate that hostilities may end soon officials state.There are no British or French official messages to hand from the Western front. FURTHER ITALIAN SUCCESS. Home, September 30th. The Italians, have gained further ground and repulsed the enemy. General Cardorna has rectified his lines by a surprise attack near Monte San Gabrielle.The War Office report reads: " Italian troops made an attack 011 the front above Gorizia yesterday and gained ground which was held in the face of repeated fierce counter attacks." OUST LA FOLLETTE MOTION Washington, September 29th. The move to oust Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, from the United States Senate opened today with the introduction by Senator Kellogg of. Minnesota, of resolutions adopted by the Public Safety Commission of Minnesota demanding Senator La Follett's expulsion. ALLIES TO TIGHTEN THE BLOCKADE OF GERMANY. London, September 30th. A still more vigorous blockade of Germany is to be enforced by the entente allies; as a result of the Conference between Lord Robert Cecil, the British Minister of Blockade with the French Minister of Blockade. Today King George signed a proclamation prohibiting the exportatation of certain articles to Sweden and Holland. His Majesty's approval was also given to other measures to make it more difficult for the enemy in the future to obtain supplies through the neutral countries. JAPAN AND THE MONROE DOCTRINE. New York, September 30th. In the far east the Monroe doctrine guards China says Viscount Ishiu. Speaking amid cheers at a New York banquet in his honour, he declared: " Neither Nippon aggression nor aggression against the territory or independence of China by any other power will be tolerated, and he pledged Japan not to attempt any aggression on her part. The head of the Japanese Mission blamed Germany for the distrust that was prevalent, and stated that he could see the whole world set free by the Allies. " RUSSIAN OFFICIAL.The Russian official communique states: " We pressed enemy's advanced posts back 1000 yards."CUNARD BULLETIN ANOTHER AIR RAID ON LONDON London, September 30th. London was again raided by aeroplanes on the night of September 29th. Three groups approached the city from different directions, but each group was broken up by the defences through which only two of at most three machines managed to penetrate. A fourth group which approached later was also driven off. Bombs were dropped at various places in Kent and Essex. The casualties reported number eleven killed and eighty-two injured. A heavy barrage by our anti aircraft guns was very effective against the enemy. AMERICAN WAR TAX BILL. The House and Senate conferees on the war tax bill reached a final agreement on the measure late yesterday, and the report will be presented to the House tomorrow. The conferees made no change in the approximate levies on excess war profits and incomes. They provided, however, a new system of calculating excess profits. Both Senate and House Committees say the compromise is better than the original draft. NEW YORK'S NEW COLLECTOR. Washington, September 29th The Senate today confirmed the appointment of Mr. Byron Newton, formerly Assistant Secretary of the Treasury as Collector of Customs of the port of New York. Mr. Newton succeeds Mr. Dudley Field M alone. AMERICAN ARMY NEWS. Washington, September 30th. Brigadier General John A. Le Jenn, for three years Senior Assistant to the Major General Commandant at Marine Corps Headquarters has been ordered to command the Marine Cantonment at Quantico, Virginia. NEW SEAMEN'S CLUB FOR NEW YORK. New York. October 1st.The new Clubhouse for the use of American Naval Seamen was opened today at West End Avenue and 93rd Street. The Clubhouse was donated by Professor Blander Matthews and will be directed by the National Special Aid Commission as part of its string of Soldier's and Sailor's Home Clubs. STORM SWEEPS MISSISSIPPI AND FLORIDA COASTS. New Orleans, September 30th. Rescue steamers were being made ready here to-day to go to the relief of Pensacola, Florida, which was cut off from the outside world by the hurricane which has. swept the vicinity. Every attempt is being made to reach the isolated city. Biloxi, Harrison Co., a gulf port, and other Southern Mississippi towns in the storm's path weathered the seventy five mile gale with a few unroofed houses and other slight damage. Subscription lists and other charitable schemes have been started for the relief of the homeless. WAR RELIEF FUND. The American Women's War Relief Fund has equipped and entirely financed a Clinical Hospital of 250 beds at Paignton, Devonshire, and has organized an Economical Relief Scheme, where many women thrown out of employment directly owing to the war, are given employment. Funds are urgently needed to carry on these objects. All donations will be gratefully received by the Hon. Treasurer, WALTER S. H. BURNS, 58, Grosvenor Gardens, LONDON. Offices: 31, Old Burlington Street, London, Eng. where all particulars will be gladly given.