Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30
AMBASSADOR PENFIELD
is HELPING BRITONS
Exchange Committee in London
Needs Funds-Stranded Persons
in Geneva Number 500.

Henfy .. Bfeckfnr1dge, assistant SCI
rotary of war. who has charge of the
relief work in behalf of Americans in
Austria-Hungary, is at Budapest, ana
has made arrangements for a special
train, which will leave Budapest Sunday
night for Berlin. carrying away the
Americans who were stranded in Hun
gary. Mr.. Breckinridge has expressed
his gratitude for the support he has
received in German and Austrian official
circles
The commission has been able to render
with checks. drafts and letters of credit
which they have been unable to negotiate
at the banks.
Aiding British Tourists.
The American ambassador. Frederic
CORTLAND Penffeld, is doing his utmost
to obtain a train for 100 British tourists
who are still at Carlsbad. Special an
nouneements have been published in the
newspapers advising Americans who are
residing in the country adjacent to
Vienna at the present time to apply to
the relief bureau It they desire to return
cial train to the Swiss frontier VIII be
procured about the middle of next week.
Official announcement Is made that the
ordinary passenger and freight service
oS@so
railways in Austria at an early date.
More Money Needed in London.
LONDON, August %, 1912 p.m.-The
American money exchange committee.
headed by Mai Daniel W. Ketcham, has
exhausted the funds at its disposal and
is awaiting authority from Washington
to make further payments on account OF
the money deposited in Washington for
Americans in Europe.
Walter H. Page, the American ambas-
sador, arranged 80 that this committee
should nay out 100000. but this sum
is now exhausted.
It ia understood here that there is in
Washington not less than 100000 de-
posted by friends of Americans travelling
in England and on the continent. with
the idea that it be RENTED abroad and
handed to the persons they designated.
American cruiser Tennessee, which car
ried only money for charitable uses. Inc
committee desires authority temporarily
to use the funds sent over for cnarltaoie
distribution in order to relieve traveiers
Who have deposits in Washington. but
only pending the arrival of the funds now
on deposit at the American capital.
Among the arrivals from the continent
today was H. Silverstone OF Johnstown'
Pa, who left Koenfgsberg two weeks
ago. He said that when war was de-
clared the German police visited every
house where Russians resided and round
ed up a large number OF them. fnciud-
ing women and children. The Russians
they were held for three days and sub
jected to many hardships. They were
forced to sleep on the bare ground and
had scanty food.
Another arrival today was George A.
Clarke of Minneapolis, who reached mere
from Paris. Mr.. Clarke said that when
he left Geneva Wednesday about 500
Americans were still there
Among the Americans sailing for the
United States today were: Judge Lev
entritt, S. R. ,Guggenheim, F. P. Knott.
Mrs. r. w. Patterson, AL De Villiers,
F. M Dunn, H. A. Kirby. J. A. Stevens,
Mrs, r. Stuart, Miss L. Sands, J. w.
Osborne and Rev. r. D. Lord.
/ Arrivals From Germany.
More Americans fleeing from Ger
many reached here tonight. coming by
way of Flushing. Holland. Among
them was L. NJ. Zenneberg of New
York, who was in Nuremberg for three
weeks. He spoke appreciatively of the
consideration shown by Germans for
Americans. He also praised the work
of the American consul. who procured
two special trains in forty hours to
take Americans through to Amster-
dam.
The first train carried 800 passengers,
while ITO were accommodated on the
second, which reached Amsterdam
Wednesday Maurice J. Babb. an as
sistant professor in the University of
Pennsylvania, another arrival was in
witnessed the German mobilization.
The relief committee. formed to aid
needy travellers, was caiied upon TO-
night to deal with the cases OF many
" persons coming from Germany by
way of Flushing.
Low Rates at Paris Hotels.
PARIS, August %. 1890 p.m.-Ameri-
cans have been arriving at Paris on the
regular trains at the rate Of from $50 to
200 a day during the last ten days. The
Hotel Mems Association by agreement
has given the refugees who stopped here
over night while on their way to French
or English ports accommodations at
the best hotels for $1.4O a day.
The military administration has pro-
vided vans to transfer the baggage Of
the travellers, which is not examined II
it comes under the conduct Of the Ameri-
can embassy Also for those vouched
for by the embassy no passports are re-
ouired and all the usual conditions for
travelling are waived.
Americans going from Paris to England
are being sent by way Of Deppe, while
English travellers are being routed by
way Of Havre.
Americans on Way Home.
NEW YORK. August 29.-Among the
eight liners reported to have left Eng
land today for the United States are the
Mauritania. with $50 flrst-class pas
sengers, $50 second and 622 third; and