The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-09-11
ON THE EDGE
of THE WAR
AT the Rim of the At
lantic Ocean the
Effects of War
Are Acute
Try J. r.. Jones.

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New York City. sept 5-Th~re are
s'x million people in this gigantic city.
and very great portion Of them came
from Europe. do not know how many
are foreign horn, but on the streets they
impress you being mostly of an alien
sort The newspapers print - many war
extras that IL makes Que almost dizzy:
great crowds stand hungrily awaiting the
bulletins as they are posted in front OF
the newspaper offices; there are knots Of
people gathered everywhere but
one subject il discuss-i; there 10 but one
thing of interest: tile war that 10 running
Europe and it, Is-ople.
Last night i'm the subway sat beside
lAboring man reading . German news
paper. and a- lac real the tears were
streaming down hi- che-ks. IL was one
OF tho-e parked trains at the rush
hour; and those standing, A. well - those
sitting. hal their gaze upon ths news
papers before them. Many wore crepe
npon their hats or sleeves: and on every
face there wA- the look of unt,<lief and
horror. ! have been here for several
days and do not recall having .<en any
one smile or look happy. Gloom n every
where. and that too in city famed be-
csu-e Il is second only IN Paris in ssirty
and irr1spon-ibility. and it "don't give
q darn" atmosphere. Hut New York is
at the rim Of the war; Il. foreign CON-
mercs is suddenly stopped. and thous-
snds OF busine-s institutions are softer
ing In conssquence. I talksd to . man
oonnscAsd uitAa ths Nv Yosk WsskA
snd'ventured the ss-ssson that the pa
psy were doing we'll since they we're put
ting out - many extras." "Circulstioa
without advertising 10 no good." he re-
piled, and the adveptisins business hss
been cut % the hone" It's true-snd
The agencies and the magazines have
bern recording principally cancellations.
And that 10 only q straw that shows how
the wind hlowr.
NEW YORK HARBOR.
took the boat at One Hundred and
f~enty-ninth strsrt for Ooney I.l.ad,
and thst 10 q trip Of two hours through
the very heart Of the hsrbor. First we
came upon the bsttle-hip Minnesota. AL
parently sticking around" like . police
man at simmer garden, ~ - u To
handy in cSse any thing should turn VI.
Next there Wa the Eriu, gayly decked
in the colors Of England aud Ireland
which had arrived ~ tile escort for sham
rock Third. u lift the American Oup IL
possible But sir Thomas Lipton and
The New York Yacht Club were not 10
t'st their yseht- this year, for there 10
not going to he any race. Down past the
pier We steamed. and oh, what q siyhtf
There VA foreign commerce tied tight.
fastened u the docks. The German boats
we're thickr-t, for some of the British and
French ships were still attempting to car
~ on commerce. The V.terlsnd great
e-t ship in all the world, was henm.-i ia
~ hall dozen smaller ships &C her duck;
and w. are told that tile Hsmbnsx Ams-
ricsn Line has 81. .OoO, go worth OF .bsp.
On this sale Of the Atlantic. The North
German LLOYD ships were crowded To-
srther ia much the same manner. and
the great monsters tied N their docks re-
minded one of the late III the X sissr VIII
helm der Gro~-e Of this line, which /.
lev weeks ago Wa one OF the proudsst
ve>-eis .shost-but ia has gone 10 The
bottom ~ the sea.
ANXIETY or TIIE FOREIGNERs
The United States 10 apparently alI-d
with the re-ervist~ Of the European ns-
tons, and there are thousands u them
here In the hotels, eagerly trying to rs-
turn b Germany, France or other coun-
trss, 10 get into u" Mo-tIy they ar.
dosscfiy y-detsrTnin~f young men, swell
ing With patriotic impul-ss, and 90 par
ti-.n when you come n talk With than
that one wonders what there 70 70 s~t
excited about II the victories are all von
by ube Germans (~hen you talk 70 On.
of the ks'srr's subj-ct-D, or al the for
tunes OF var are with the slIie--if vou
are talking with . Frenchman or an
Engiisbman.
MEET NJ. ID. BERLITZ.
called on VI. ID. BsrIitz, having learn
81 that he ~ss on this sid. OF the rst~r.
he - young odd msn, and an extrem.-
" setive one II came over to 80 my
grandchildren" he said. and vas csuxht
here IN Nes York. and could not mt
beck 70 Eorope." Az we TALKED h tosd
me how he he'd buiIs mp Tn sress.-s sy.
TEN OF schools II lsnsusx~. In al tn
world. 1 have foor hfyyd ~ .rk--<.l- .--S
ersd uhrougbost the civilized vorid -
I'D, and three hundred of them er> In
Ne vnr sonsss I cnnnos even oomu,uoi-
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