New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-06

Bar Harbor, with her $40! 600, 90
ton of which would be the Vest ports
for Americans to embark on u re vessels
which the United States COVE rnment i.
arranging to have call for thu IN.
French Officials Co-ope rate.
The French Foreign Office has ex-
pressed a desire to cooperate with the
ambassador in the way most con-
venient and may accede to his request
to extend the time limit for the issue
of the special permits Of residence to
Americans living in Paris or who de-
sire to remain. The government had
granted only until to-niga { for such
provision. Within fortnight, when
the mobilization of the French. army
has been completed, regular, though
limited. train service will be restored.
The French authorities have arranged
for the departure of two trains to
Boulogne and two to Diqppe for the
transportation Of passen0ers desiring
TO cross the Channel. Arrangements
also have been made for connecting
steamers to meet the trains and carry
the passengers to Folkestone, New
haven and Southampton. A large num-
Der of Americans have, applied for
tickers.
Mr.. Gary. as chairman Of the COM
mittee for he assistance OF Americans
said he supposed there were over 10000
Americans in Europe DESTROYS of re-
turning T. America. and about 1900 in
Paris, of whom perhaps 1900 were In
desperate straits. The number cd Amer
icens who travel in Europe with limited
means was astounding, he said, but he
thought the committee would be able
TO cope with the majority of cases, pro-
vided aid was received from the State
Department.
Destitute Germans Aided.
Members of the American Embassy
made ar arrangement with the French
military authorities at late hour last
night TO allow fifty homeless Germ ans
gathered outside the embassy building
60 sleep in a public school building
near by.
There was a distressing gathering OF
INDECENT Germans, many of them women
and children and some with babies IN
their arms, at the embassy to-day, get
ting their certificates of Identification
signed by the ambassador preparatory
to being drafted to the western from
tier.
Germans began to crowd into the
American Consulate General here to-
day, as it has been charged with theil
interests during the hostilities. By ar
rangement with the French govern
ment, Consul General Thackara issueC
TO each of them a certificate OF identi'
fication which must be presented t.
the police commissary of the distric
in which the person is 6omiciled. II
exchange the commissary gives hin
an authorization to depart by train t
some town in the west of France, wher'
he must remain until the war is over
Most of the Germans are destitute
and the members of tho consular stat
have provided many of them Will
money from their own pockets, as NJ
public fund is available for the pur
pose. One wealthy German family
expelled from its home, will probabl,
have TO walk the streets until the da,
appointed by the authorities for 1T
departure for the west of France.
Woman Ends Her Life.
The Paris police to-day reported th
suicide of German woman, Mrs. Ann
| Catherine Schroeder, who threw her
self from a window at her Residence
/ Her papers showed that she had re
ceived railroad ticket with whic
she was to lea.e the capital on Friday
Wilson'S Sister in Line.
Mrs. Anna Wilson Howe, Of Phils
delphia, sister of President Wilson
took her place in the line at the EN-
bassy yesterday waiting for pass
/ port.
Oscar Underwood, jr., was anon
] those who assisted American residents
using his private automobile to brin
in children and others who had bee
separated from their parents an
/ friends. Assistance was given to-ds
by the American Church TO numbe
{ of destitute Americans.
A large number of tourists fror
| Switzerland, among them many Ameri
! cans and delegates of the Churc
Peace Union, whose proposed confer
ence at Constance on August 2 wa
| abandoned, have arrived in Paris wit
tales of their experiences. They wer
met politely, hut at the point of tn
bayonet at the French frontier an
| asked to show their credentials.
Later on, at Besaneon, they wer'
compelled to change trains at nigh
during a rainstorm. They were pu
into freight cars used for the trans
portation Of troop horses. and hat
little TO eat or drink. The Frencl
shwed them every courtesy compatible
with the exigencies of war.
Inquiries we're made by the dele
gates for DR.. Fred Lynch, who lief
for Constance last Friday, but from
whom no word has since been received
Among the delegates who arrived il
Paris was Charles Millington, of New
York.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago;
Mrs. Francis Carolsn, of San Fran
cisco, and others were among thos,
who applied to join the French hospi