Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
AMERICANS PASS
THROUGH GERMAN
ARMY IN AN AUTO
chauffeur's Wit, Wee Flag and
Prussian Cap a Magic
Combination.
cHlcAGoAN AND HIS NIECE
ENCOUNTER MANY PERlLS
Kaiser's Soldiers Were Stu
diously Courteous on Learn
ing They Were Americans.

LONDON, Aug. a.-Dr, Franklin
Martin, of Chicago who left here a
week ago for Munich to bring out
his niece, Miss Stone, also of Chicago,
returned to London this morning.
His trip was successful for Miss
Stone is with him. DR.. Martin tells
a story full of interesting experiences
on the continent. He attempted first
to make his way to Munich by way
OF Paris and Berne, Switzerland, but
was not successful He was unable
to proceed beyond Paris. Stories re-
lated to him of the hardships en-
dured by Americans marooned in
Germany impelled him to make
second attempt, and in company with
John Moran, of New York, whose wife
was last heard from in Munich, DR..
Martin started again through Hol-
land. There he fell In with S. Berg
mann, of New York, who had gust
spent three days in an English pris-
on at Winchester owing to his ina
bility to prove his American citizen
ship.
I'VE. as Americans" said Or. Mar
tin, had little difficulty in passing
through the German lines, but Mr..
Bergman was stopped until finally
he exhibited his release from the Eng
fish prison, upon which his photo
graph was pasted.
At Crefeld we secured an automo-
bile to take us to Cologne. Through
the efforts Of Mr.. Bergman. VINO
upon arriving at Cologne, learned that
500 of his automobiles in factory
in Berlin had been Communicated by
the government for war purposes, we
obtained the necessary permit to pro
coed. We covered over LOO miles on
Saturday and Sunday, and found to
our immense relief that Mrs. Moran
and Miss Stone were still IN Munich
I'm the meantime the military au-
thorities had ordered that no more
gasoline be sold to non-comn atants,
Several American cars in Munsh nad
been taken by the authorities when
their owners revealed their eXlstehce
by appealing for fuel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moran decided TO
remain in Munich, but Miss stone
and I left on Monday with, as | sup
posed, only two gallons of gasoane
in our car. We had determined to
keep going as long as possible
Chauffeur Beats Order.
"Once safely out of Munich our |
enterprising chauffeur revealed to us,
covered by blankets several cans OF |
the precious fluid, enough to get us |
halfway to our destination.
During this journey we actually |
were within the lines OF the German !
army. At one point between Cologne |
and Crefeld We passed entertainments |
being guarded by thousands Of troops.
Entertainments entered on both sides
of our highway, and as far as the
eye could reach there were masses
of troops with field guns and NUM-
tions, Moving in the direction OF
Belgium, between Cologne and Bin
gen, was a continuous line Of troops, Z
provision wagons and ambulances.
AT Frankfort, 5000 French prison.
ers were pointed out to us. We ap- |
peared to be the only travellers who !
were not soldiers or officials and the !
Journey was a continuous thrill as |
we momentarily expected to be de-
prived of our slender stock of gaso- |
line Whenever we announced our /
selves as Americans We were greeted !
with studied courtesy.
I'VE arrived in Cologne Tuesday
night after having run 250 miles dur
ing the day. We pushed on to
Crefeld. The highway was congested
with guns. ambulances and NUM-
tons of war of all kinds. At only one
time did we seem to be in real dan
ger; this was when two soldiers
pointed their guns menacingly at our
heads as our deliberate chauffeur
took his time in stopping on their
orders.
This last stage of our return jour-
ney was the most difficult of all. AS
we were travelling on a war highway
in the immediate rear of a great
battlefield, we were stopped dozens
of times Our success in getting
through was due largely to the re-
sourcefulness of our chauffeur.
Among other things which helped
US was a little German flag he had
placed on the radiator of the machine.
It seems that an order, of which we
were ignorant, had been issued by
Emperor William that German flags