The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-08-15
CELTIC BRINGS HOME 1865
REFUGEES, WHO CAEERFULLy
SHARED CABINS AND CLOTHES

wesreached London. ! had 10 borrow
money from . friend; was abso-
lutely broke % far a. gold coin went
J. p. McCann OF the tourist agency
Of that name. who had hurried to
London at the outbreak OF tho war In
an effort TO round UP 1900 tourists
travelling under his firms direction.
said that ne had succeeded In getting
in touch with all bu, $50 Of them,
and they were hopelessly lost 90 far
as he could learn.
Those whom ! met in London who
had come from Germany told mo the
most extraordinary tales OF their
Night" said Mccain. They said
that, leaving Berlin. they were forced
to ride packed like cattle In the cars
and with all blinds down. They were
warned that II anyone opsned the
blinds or put his head out OF the win
dow he would be shot"
TURNED OUT EIGHT Miles
FROM FRONTIER.
J. +. Stevens. q manufacturer with
offices at No. II Battery place, and
his wife succeeded In escaping from
Germany only after = night ride
across the border In a farmers cart.
They took the train from Berlin TO
Paris on the day war was declared
against France. The train halted In
the dead Of night eight miles from
the French frontier and all the pas
sensers were dumped out and told to
walk across the border. Stevens sue
ceeded IN finding q farmer who had
a horse % decrept that the Govern
mcnt hadn't seized 1t and hitched tho
beast to a cart. SO the two Ameri-
cans were driven across the line into
France. They had nothing but bread
to eat during tho four days II took
them to 80 from Berlin to the French
capital.
Frank McGinn. the actor. who
played the part Of the fat policeman
In Officer. &c.," said that his most
pertlous experience was on the trip
across McGinn In a heavyweight and
he was quartered--"stsbled." McCiinn
called it-with two other fat men In
one narrow cabin McGinn Says no
was nearly smothered to death until
the purser switched him TO . state
room with two thin men.
Hazel Dawn and Olga Petrova, &C.
companying DIR. Stewart. her hus.
band, were passengers on the Celtic.
~ was Mrs, Alfred q. Vanderbilt,
whose husband had remained behind
In London.
WRECKED CAFE WHEN sERvIAN
HYMN WAS PLAYED.
Former State Senator George r.
Monaghan Of Detroit, who had with
him Mrs. Monaghan end Miss Marion
Head OF Pittsburgh. said:
by good chance we managed 20
md our baggage and we've arrived
safe enough. but We had a time Of 1,
getting from the Continent to Eng
land. Mrs. Monaghan and saw
what you might call n bit Of the night
ing. II was In a cafe in Munich Jus.
at the outbreak OF hostilities bet een
Austria and Servla. This cafe, one
OF the largest and most popular III
Munich. was crowded with people
that night. There was an orchestra
there and both II and az the people
were wild with enthusiasm. II played
the Austrian national hymn and the
people sang until they were hoa rae.
At one point somebody brought cut
nm American nag and waved II. That
was the signal for long cheering.
Later, someone suggested to the
orchestra that It play the Servian
national anthem. l don't know who
could have done that; II was q dan
gerous thing to do just then. The
moment the crowd hoard II there was
a vigorous protest. The people cried
out to have 1t stopped. but the son
Of the proprietor OF tho cafe told the
orchestra to 20 ahead. II was q bad
bit Of advice because there were
several hundred students In the place
and when the orchestra struck up the
Servian hymn again they proceeded
to wreck the cafe. They tore into II
like football team and they certain
Iy left nothing undone. Tho place was
wreck when they finished. For
tunately we got out OF the place be-
fore the rioting reached It's climax.
Y ''Of the treatment accorded 70
Americans by the Germans I have
only the highest praise. We were
treated everywhere with the greatest