Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30
GERMAN HAIR CUT
AIDS U. S. REFUGEES
After Being Arrested Four
Times, Capital Men Have
Heads Clipped.
ALSO RAISED MUSTACHES
TO KEEP OUT OF JAIL
Washingtonians Praise Hospitality
and Courtesy of Kaiser's People.
Despite Their Experiences.

So tired of being arrested every day
in Nuremberg because of their foreign
appearance, that they all had their
hair clipped and raised small mus
taches. according to the most approved
German fashion, three young men, H
B. Elgin, Joseph B. wingsbury and
James B. Leslie, all residents of Wash
ington. reached this city early last
evening from New York. where their
ship, the White Star liner Olympic,
had locked earlier in the day.
Their story of their experiences on
the continent, especially their fifteen
days in Nuremberg. is graphic, and
they have returned with nothing but
words Of praise for the Germans, both
for their spirit in the present national
crisis and their treatment Of Ameri-
cans.
I'VE were all arrested, as nearly as
] can remember, every day for the first
four days." said one of the party last
night to reporter for The Star, and
each day it was for something differ
ent. If we stopped a street car and
talked English, they had US. one OF
us, who did not know a word of Ger
man. was copying a steamship adVer-
day on the street, thinking to get the
information in German and get 1t
translated at our hotel
That move fixed him, and soldier
with bayonet and revolver escorted MIN
to headquarters. He couldn't make him
self understood and things looked rather
blue for q time, but a young German,
| who had lived in Tampa, Fla, spotted his
high-crowned American hat, gained en-
trance to the room and got him on.
Clipped Hair Aids Them
I'VE finally decided to do as most
young Germans do. probably because
they are all going to war. and have our
heads clipped close. Arrests were not SO
frequent then. ....
Nevertheless, in spite Of these ex-
periences, some of which were funny and
some of which were not SO funny, We
have nothing but praise to give the Ger
mans. The military officer in charge OF
| the railroad facilities in Nuremberg gave
all the stranded Americans special
| sealed train when he could. Red Cross
nurses were at every station to give the
soldiers a. word OF cheer and, also COM
fort for the inner man. and they treated
us just the same as their own people
They gave us coffee and sandwiches and
every attention they could think of. They
are most enthusiastic over America and
Americans, as far as we could see, and
all along the line American flags were
| out. They think we are their firm
| friends.
THE Germans are treating Ameri-
cans not only as well as could be sx-
pected in a country in a state of war.
but better. All who had their motor
get them back. The Germans, even
| when we were there, had the feeling
| that America is not getting the proper
news of the war;"
Germans Most Serious.
| ''The Germans are going into this
| war with tho most serious feelings
| Imaginable" declared another of the
returned travellers. I'VE had it on
| good authority while in Nuremberg
that one officer, prevented by some de-
feet or disability from going to the
| front, committed suicide"
I'VE all want to bear testimony" de-
clared the third, Ito the generous aid
| extended to stranded Americans by
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Heurich of
Washington, who were stranded in
Nuremberg at the time we were there.
They gave their countrymen money.
| and, what is more, their own time and
| tireless efforts for their comfort. Mr..
| Heurich did all in his power to obtain
| special train for us, and offered to
| charter one at his own expense II there
| were enough Americans to go on 1t to
make it feasible. We left MIR. and Mrs.
Heurich in Amsterdam, and the good
will of all Americans who came in
| contact with them stays with them"
The three men were in Dresden when
| the war broke out and on reaching Nu-
| remberg found all trains stopped on &C
count Of mobilization. They did not get
out of that town till August II, when
| they were able to get to Amsterdam.
After day and half there they crossed
to England. and by a stroke OF luck OBJ
| tanned second-class passages on the
Olympic, which sailed from Liverpool in
stead of Southampton.
IF the United States takes sides in this
| struggle. however passively, it is going
to endanger thousands of Americans on
the continent" agree all of them.