The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-22
Relate TALES
OF HARDSHIP
IN FLIGHT

tales Of the fight at Lisge and grim
narratives Of the war sweeping Eu-
rope came into port today ON the
lips Of American refugees from the
continent aboard the Red Star liner
Finland. Many Of the Americans
aboard were without money or bag
gage; some had been held as spies;
others had made their way on foot
from the interior Of Belgium to Ant.
werp amid the scenes and dangers
Of warfare and nearly all had stories
Of hardship encountered in their
fight.
With a Dutch pilot aboard. Cap
tain Barman steered his ship through
little used channel Of the harbor
of Antwerp to the North sea, where
he found the horizon smudged with
the smoke of British battleships.
In his perilous passage through the
mine strewn waters there were no
buoys to guide him. His way lay
over the shadows and he had to ligh-
ten the ship Of all her water ballast
to make the course without scrsping
the bottom. Time after time the
ship was stopped by war vessels, az:
though she few the American flag.
James A. Patten Of Chicago and
his wife, passengers on the Finland,
said they were in Carlsbad when hos
tilities began. They left immediate
" for Antwerp. At Nuremberg they
we're taken to a guardhouse and rig
idly cross examined before they
we're permitted to continue. With but
little food, Mr.. and Mrs. Patten had
TO hire a horse and cart to get from
Herbsthal across the Belgian from
tier to Verviers.
From Verviers we proceeded by
cart toward Liege," said Patten. I'VE
had not progressed three miles when
we came upon party Of Belgian en-
gineers mining the road. They had
great piles of dynamite stacked there
ready to plant in the bitches 'they
were digging across the roadway.
"They advised us we had better go
IN Liege by another road; we has
tened to do SO.
"rwo hours later another party OF
Americans was halted at that very
| spot nv a skirmish between the Bel
eians and Uhlans. They we're forced
TO lie IN a ditch while the Belgians
fired over them. Next day 5000 Ger
mans were killed by the mines VIC
had seen the engineers planting.
1--WE arrived at Liege at O'Clock
on the afternoon of August =, anu
managed to get train for lrusseis
two hours later. But We did MOI
leave before We heard the thunder
of the forts cannon repulsing the mrs
onslaught of the Germans. The tow
was cold with fear"
Other passengers on board the FIN
| land said that Mr.. ?atten had bough
steamship tickets for nine stranded
Americans.
| Mr.. Patten was able to obtain oni.
steerage accommodations when n
boarded the vessel at Antwerp. VI
the way, however, he was able TO 81
change his accommodations for berth
in the cabin. He said that anon
the Americans left in Carlsbad wer
Theodore p. shonts. president OF tn
Interborough Rapid Transit Con
pany, and Alexander II. Reven.
The Rev. F. C. Elast OF German
3 town. Kansas, whose mother MI
+ sister are natives of Licge. served
3 short time as a Red Cross nurse, b
l. said. While he was thus engage
| Belgian officers visited his mother M
sister and demanded his arrest cha
s acterizing him as a German spy ma
(. querading as ali American prizes
n They denied that he was spy al
l. were imprisoned. After some tin
q he was able to explain and obta
e their release.
u Ulrick Eek of this city said that
H. Dieppe he saw Chauncey NJ. Dope
sitting on fiat car in n downpour
70 rain ON o'clock in the mornir
81 until / o'clock In the afternoon.