Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-19
TOUCH time FOR
AMERICAN REDS
Stranded Show People in
Austria finally Reach Lon
don After Hardships.

London, Supt. 19.-The assorted
company which presents itself at the
headquarters Of the American resi-
dents relief committee resembles q
congress of nations. Negroes, Japan
ese, Chinese, Hindus and Arabs are
among those who show papers prov
ing themselves citizens of the United
States and who are trying to get
home.
The first rush Of applicants for aid
was made up chiefly Of tourists, but
later began the stream Of Americans
who had resided In Europe for some
time and were employed in the vari-
GUS countries affected by the war.
Many negroes who had been engaged
as musicians and entertainers were In
stantly thrown out Of work aud sought
Actors, circus performers, vaudevil-
ltans and all sorts Of entertainers
found themselves in a similar plight.
Chief Lewis Deer Of the Cheyenne
Indians and his company Of braves
who were delighting Austrian crowds
with their reproduction Of Clusters
last stand came to grief at Libach,
where the circus with which thev
were engaged was forced to disband,
and after several weeks Of interviews
with German and Austrian ofiicials,
who were suspicious OF the redmen,
they finally made their way to London
with tales of hardships which rival
the stories Of pioneer days in wy
ominE. Only by putting on all their
feathers and war paint were the In
dians able to establish their identity
thoroughly and make their way
through the war zone. In ordinary
clothing they had nothing but trou-'
bic and merely progressed from one
jail to another or compound to an
other. But buckskin suits decorated
with beads and crowns of turkey
feathers stamped them as real Amer
leans and speeded their passage.
London, Sept. 1s.-so many men
who want to enlist in the army have
been refused because Of defective
teeth, that fifty American and Eng
lish dentists have volunteered their
services to remedy conditions. Each
of the fifty dentists has agreed to treat
without cost the teeth Of fifty men
whose physical condition is such that
they will be acceptable as recruits
when their dental shortcomings are
removed.
Manchester. Sept. 1s-Greatly in.
creased attendance at church services
is one Of the market effects Of the war
which has been noted by Manchester
olergymen. one Of whom discussing
this subject In a Manchester paper
says: 1T is surprising to see as large
an attendance at a week-night service
as at a Sunday service. It is the in
stinct Of those left at home to find fel-
loWshtp at such times. But the out.
standing factor Is that the war is
bringing us as nation into the pres
ence of the realities Of life and death.''
London, Sept. 1s.-Most of the uni
versities and schools have been turned
INTO military camps temporarily At
Cambridge and other places commons
have been covered with tents and uni
formed soldiers are learning military
science on grounds given over SO long
to the cap and gown.
Indications are that the attendance
at the universities this fall will be so
slight that the army may continue to
use many OF the school buildings with
out interfering with college work.
The presence of troops about the
various colleges at Cambridge has
and stimulated recruiting work. Al
ready more than 1900 members of the
othcers' training corps at Cambridge
have offered their services as commits.
stoned officers.
London, Sept. 1s.-The Blue Cross
society which has been established at
the suggestion Of Sylvia Lathrop, the
l4-year-old daughter Of Ben Lathrop
of California, and which is composed
entirely Of children, has the collection
it's particular mission. Already the
children have obtained Anoii1h sr,oolr