The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-22

mana the CIVIL authorities treated us
like dogs.
HEAP INDIGNITlES ON
EVERY POSSIBLE VICTIM
The burgomasters OF INSIGNIFICANT
Austrian and German hamlets find
themselves vested suddenly with fun
authority. could not resist the oppor-
tunity to heap indignities on ever
possible victim.
The least OF these town mayors had
a civilian police corps numbering fifty
or moro. and they showed by their be-
havior that they appreciated full the
possibilities Of their authority.
After leaving Pilsen. where met
the First Brigade of tho Austrian army
on their march 10 the Russian frontier.
we were arrested for the first time by
the military. The Swiss officer quick
ly convinced the captain In charge of
the troops that were not spies. and
after he had examined our passports
he allowed US TO proceed.
But we had gone only i've miles or
so when we were again stopped, this
time by twenty of the called police
In charge of a young lieutenant He
ordered the police to hold the muzzlcs
of their loaded rifles against our
were French spies. who were reported
to be conveying $4,000 in gold from
Paris TO RUSSIA. In spite of our pass
ports. 1t took three hours Of searching
to convince the lieutenant that we were
harmless.
But this other hold up was nothing
as compared with what happened at
Friestadt Here we were stopped by
Count Won Sendlitz the 'Bezirkhaupt-
man OF the town. He was the most
tnsolent individual ever saw. He in
formed us that he had word that three
through to Austria disguised as wo-
men. and he Intended to make sure
that my wife. Conover's daughter and
DIR. Owsley's wife were really women.
All eight OF us were marched to
prison, where, In q public room in tho
presence of a gaping crowd Of hangers
on, all of us. including the ladies.
were forced 10 remove their clothing
To the skin and submit to search. the
details whereof ale too awful 10 dis
cuss
while we still were urclothed. this
scoundrel had the French police DOGS
brought In for the purpose. he told us.
OF seeming us-in the UNLIKELY event
OF our being able to escape, they could
follow our trail
We insisted he telegraph tho burso-
master at Carlsbad Re hnally con
scented TO do so
uSSFEAkABLE INSULTS
HEAPED ON AMERICANS
After twelve hours OF unspeakable
indign!ties. news came from Carlsbad
establishing our identity even 10 tho
satisfaction of Count Won Se7dlit-. we
were all allowed to leave
We reached SALISBURY on the next
night and slept in little hotel until
" NJ, when we we're awakened b,
chorus OF voices such as suppose was
never heard before
"A whole army division Of the Aus
trian troops-oo,oo0 Of thern-was
massed around the little church Led
By the priests and the church choir. the
vast assemblaSe OF soldiers. their guns
gltstcninE in the moonlight. sang the
national anthem three times through.
They we're on their way to the Rus.
Sian frontier
An hour later we were again
awakened. this time by the entrance
Into the rooms OF army officers who
made us drcss and took US 10 head
quarters. Hero we were held FIVE
hours but were treated With every
courtesy; The women were allowed TO
occupy tho officers quarters. where they
we're served with good breakfast.
The archduke. the general com
handing theI division. personally rave
us special military PASSPORTS when our
we're profuse in their apologies.
Proceeding 10 Landeck. We were
again arrested. this tine by the Mayor
that the military passports meant
nothing to him When We had riinted
80 ''S peI'ciit inc horrible punishment
he would receive from the archduke
IT he did not honor the military. pass
ports he became impressed enough TO
allow us to pass. bur not without
hrst taking the prccaution to put one
of his henchmen on the running board
Of my car.
Our sentry had instructions TO hand
us over to the civil authorities there
We had had enough OF civil authori-
ts5. however. so we took the police
man along AT hfty- miles an hour
gait. and never slowed down until We
had reached military headquarters at
Feldkirch. When We ;oid the general
In command the story Of our arrest he
locked over our military passports and
then gave the poor policeman a drcss-
ing down and told him to walk back
TO LandecE and stay there.
AT Zurich we left In comfortable
circumstances Mrs. Harold Mccormick
John ID. Rockefeller'S daughter. and Mr.
Mott. formerly district attorney In Es-
sex County. New Jersey. and Mrs Mott
For women alone. like Mrs McCor-
mick. and for men and women not in
robust health. conditions through Ger
many and Austria and even In France
II is necessary 10 carry provisions and
be prepared to sit up several nights in
succession. Generally the hardsEins
are too great 20 be borne ~ even
semi-invalids.
1T is m% intention to appeal 10 the
State Department and to urge that
every effort be concentrated OF the
chartering of trains properly stocked
and not overcroWdcd TO take the Ameri-
cans out of the interior OF the cont
nent."