Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-13
THOUSANDS RETURN
FROM ZONE Of WAR
Four Steamships Bring Ameri-
can Refugees From Euro
pean Ports.
COUDERT SEES FRENCH
BATTLING At AM.ENS
Saw 1900 Turcos, Ioroccans ane
senegalese on Way to Fight
Germans.

Senegalese on way 70 right
Germans.
NEW YORK, September 12-Arrivals
and sailings Of transatlantic steamships
today were almost as frequent as though
war was not In progress In Europe. with
cruisers of belligerent nations patrolling
the lanes of sea traffic Nearly 1000
passengers, a majority Of them American
refugees. reached here from British.
French and Italian ports on four steam
ships.
Among the passengers on the France
from Havre was Frederick r. Coudert.
lawyer of international repute. In Paris
Mr.. Coudert registered his automobile at
the American embassy. new the American
flag on his machine and started on toui'
through districts where fighting was In
progress. He was present at the battle OF
Amiens.
I'VE saw a battery going into action.
and you cannot imagine the enthusiasm
of those Frenchmen who seemed to be
going to certain DEATH" Mr.. Coudert said.
They had fought engagement after en-
Mr.. coudert said that on the way to
Amiens he saw $1,000 French-African
troops. consisting of Turcos. Moroccans
and Senegalese, on their way to fight
Il saw four French soldiers walking
toward me-" he added. They had a
German prisoner. He proved TO be an
aeroplane pilot, who had just been shot
He was badly injured and they were
taking him to a hospital
Russell H. Landale, a lawyer. another
Of the Frances passengers. told Of
United States Army officers. he was
dining in cafe August %. when the
cracking of rife fire was heard. They
went out into the street.
Saw Aeroplane Pursuit.
There we saw the flashes OF guns. and
looking upward. a monoplane circling
about 5000 feet over the city. It was
going very rapidly and 1t seemed to me
that everybody in Paris was taking a
shot at it. The E.ffel tower Is fortress
armed with rapid-fire guns. and these
guns now began to shoot like Fourth
of July celebration. 1t was just grow
ing dusk, and in the dying light we saw
a small object drop from the aerop an I.
just above the Eiffel tower. Following
lIS uiSQI we eApeCtSu u 1od1LU SAP.oSioA
but nothing occurred. the shell failing to
explode.
AT that moment two French aeroplanes
rose from the city and started straight
for the invader, who was pursued by the
two French planes until out OF sight
from US"
Many school teachers returned In the
cabin of the st. Lou 8. One passenger,
c. F. Markell, Ct the editorial staf OF the
Birmingham. Ala. Age, Herald, formerly
- 1Aeyn In
China, was arrested twice In Germany
and orce in Holland, as a spy. Without
passport, Mr.. Markell said he saved
himself from arrest on three other ca
tee Of the quality of safety razor.
Passengers on the Campania included
Pres den. John Greer Hihben "f raj,
ton University. and Mrs: Hibben am
their daughter. who were in Swttzeran J.
! Il believe strong m ,vement in Amer
lea for reace would bring about peace in
warning Europe" President Hibben said.
Surely England looks to America to
do this"
Lost Two Children.
Mrs. Anna; Gibbs bf Berkeley. Cal. re-
turned with, her three-year-old child.
Martha, on the Camran a. She went to
Russia with three children early In the
summer One died of fever and another
of pneumonia as the result Of exposure
on their frequently interrupted journey
to England by way of Stockholm.
The italian steamship Ancona arrived
here today from Naples with 4s5 pas
sengers of whom l34 we're Americans.
landed here and the remainder will dis
embark at Philadelphia, where the slap
will call later.
Among the passengers was DR.. Alex
ander Becker, an American. who said
he was arrested and Jailed in Germany
as a spy after the authorities inter-
cepted a cable message he had received
written In American slang.
The message which caused the i'm
prisonment Of DR.. Becker. who Is an
High School in Brooklyn, was "kale
all gone; wire thirty beans at once"
The telegram was sent from S emma,
Italy. by DR.. Becker's colleague, Prof.
Edouard San Giovanni.
Slang Causes Trouble.
When the German censor at Mar
kirch, in Alsace. Intercepted this mes
sage the strange words evidently
aroused his suspicion. "Kale" looked
somewhat like ''kehl," town in Baden,
on the Rhine. and beans" bore some
resemblance to bombs" Apparently
he censor concluded that DR.. Becke,
was implicated in q plot to blow up
the big bridge at kehi He was KEEP.
in a cell for thirty hours. Then he
was given twelve hours to leave Ger
ny. and fed to Switzerland.
Three weeks later, when DR.. Becker
met Prof. San Giovanni in Naples. the
latter explained that as soon as the
war broke out the bank in Sienna,
where he had deposited all his funds,
closed. He had friends in the telegraph
Office. and did not wish them to know
Of his predicament, so when he app called
to DR.. Becker for funds he used Ameri-
can slang.
Turks Attitude Alarms.
Some Of the passengers coming from
Syria said that the attitude OF the
Turks was alarming. Among these was
Gen. Roger e. Prime. who was in Syria
on a visit to his daughter. the wife Of
missionary. At Beirut. where he went
to take passage. he was obliged to
walt eighteen days for a steamer te
Constantinople,
LISTS RETURNING TOURISTS.
Ambassador. Page Reports 21,0N
Americans on Way Home.
Ambassador Page at London reported