The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-30
WEST VIRGINIA

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fContineud from First Page,) /.
to dispatches sent to various parts of
Austria recently. A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Vienna. reporting
that the first shot in the war had
been fired, which was filed on mon :
day, was delivered today. Only OF
+! fetal and semi-official kilograms from
Vienna are allowed to trickle through.
Practically all kilograms from IN
dividual correspondents of the news
papers have been stopped A hs-
/ patch for the Times was filed IN
| Vienna at 5,55 on Monday. All that
! the censor allowed to go through was
/ the weather report which reached the
/ Times at 2:30 Tuesday.
Scenes at Carlsbad.
Austrian newspa pers which reached
| London today bring the first news
here Of the extraordinary scenes at
Carlsbad when 1t became known that
war was no longer avoidable. Crowds
! Of prominent people started mined
/ lately for Vienna on the earnest
morning trains on Sunday The late-
corners to the railroad station had
very small chance to even enter the
depot which was damned win nun
dreds of people. The booking Of
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afternoon, and were not reopened.
The situation was one of extreme
difficulty towards =. M, despite
the efforts Of the police TO regulate
the waiting crowds Although the
Carlsbad Vienna express was not
scheduled to leave until e:l6. the
train was stormed. the moment ii was
made up. The distinction petwee ~
classes Of transportation. wnicn Is
usually most r;gidly enforced disap-
peared completely.
The train steamed out. leaving the
nlstforns still crowded with disap-
uointed passengers. Many distinguish
cd persons, who had fought their way
MIC the train, had 10 sleep on the
floors.
No Room FOR One More.
When the train arrived at MaFlen-
bad, pandemonium reigned. The plat
form was damned with passengers
who intended To go to Vienna on
the train. These had been reinforced
Inv mary others from Franzenbad,
from which place there is a special
sleeping car service. which had oeen
suddenly suspe nded The train was
unable 10 take on any more passen-
gers. and arrived at Vienna two hours
late.
Carlsbad tffpukHpbA
berless bath tickets in the fashion
able Kaiserbad were returned and the
hY.tels and boarding houses were
emptied in short order. Those who
were unable to leave gathered in the
center Of the town and some OK ane'h
in their anger tore up the war eNtfhs
which were being sold by the news
bows The telegraph Offices at Carts
had were beseiged by crowds wnich
tHlH-
grams. not even one in the plainest
language. as, for example, a simple
announcement Of departure, would
be accepted without the production
of the sender's Identification papers
Telegraph Line Swamped.
The telegraph operators We're
showed under with the piles Of tele-
grams ard declared that the ma
iority OF the messages could not oe
dispatched anyhow. as the staH was
TOO small to cope with the avalanche
of dispatches.
Ex-Minister Kcloman Won Sell.
who was in the crowd. was unable
to produce an identification card ana
his dispatches were refused, In re-
plv to his wrathful circumstances,
the head telegraph official shrugged
his shoulders and said he would nave
the same chance as the rest OF the
people which was next to nothing
MANY Russians who were In lohaoh
have been recalled ana ordered 10
Join their regiments.
private telegram received here
from lady who is at an Austrian
watering place said she had been or
dered to leave In twelve hours. or
otherwise she might not be able 20
get a train or even an automobile 10
take her away. Business men In Ion
don are finding 1t impossible to com
municate with their agents in Vienna.
Russia Well Prepared.
The plans of Americans for CONT
mental trips have been upset by the
war. Some are remaining here, but
others are tak}ng n chance OF going
to France or Germany Stlll others
are taking chance and trying to go
to Austria. Tickets for Carlsbad were
sold yesterday and today despite the
announcement from Vienna that the
military authorities had taken over
the railways, and that general trafic
mad been suspended.
The latest news as to the service in
the Tyrof is that ii is as vet UNI
changed Two trains are running each
day on the main line of the Hungarian.
railways between Vienna and Buda-
pest On the other main lines there
is but one train day. The best way
out of Austria now seems to be via
the Tyrol.
There Is report in London this
evening, which has not been published
and which is not confirmed, to the
effect that Russian mobilization has
gone much farther than Is indicated by
the published announcements Mobli-
cation Is said to have been going on,
especially. in the more remote parts
of the empire. for more than ten days.
and the Russian army is now more
ready to take the field than any other
army In EurOpe,