Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-24
GOLD FOR RELIEF
ARRIVES IN Berlin
Breckenridge and Officers of
Cruiser Tennessee Reach
German Capital.
REFUGEES FROM MUNICH
AND CARL SBAD IN LONDON
Others Get to Rotterdam Safely.
Trains From Switzerland to
Ships at Havre Planned.

BERLIN August "a. via Copenhagen
and London. 40 p.m.-Herry S. Breck-
inridge. assistant secretary of war at
Washington, and ten officers of the
American cruiser Tennessee arrived in
Berlin Sunday morning on a special train
from Holland. They are bringing gold
coin sent by the American government
for the succor of needy Americans in
Germany. Under the guidance OF an
attache from the American embassy here
the special train made fast time, con-
sidering the state of war. 1t took only
thirteen hours to come from The
Hague. The usual time for this journey
under present conditions is thirty-three
hours. The rapidity with which the trip
was made is explained by the fact that
the railroad authorities attached to the
special train the car of a high German
official who was coming to Berlin.
Reach London From Carlsbad.
LONDON, August "a. 1880 p.m.-A par
ty of Americans composed OF Mrs. Bar
clay Warburton, her son and her daugh-
ter. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Disston of Phil
adelphia and Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald
Barclay of New York who have arrived
here from Carlsbad. Austria, managed to
bring with them through Germany two
English valet. These four servants
came through the country of their enemy
under the protection of the Stars and
Stripes. All of them wore American
flags and they assumed as much Ameri-
can self-possession as they were capable
of. The ruse was entirely successful due
mainly to the fact that no passports
We're demanded of the party in Germany.
Shortly after war was declared a
French cook in a Carlsbad hotel started
disturbance by insulting German
chauffeur. Young Mr.. Warburton says
a mob numbering probably 5000 persons
chased the cook and beat him severely.
The local police saved him from being
lynched by taking him into custody
Among the Englishmen at Carlsbad
unable to get away is Sir John Henniker
Heaton.
Says Travel in Germany Safe.
Harry Learned, an American, who ar
rived in London today from Berlin by
way of Holland, says that the railroad
trip from Germany to Rotterdam is slow,
but that it is possible even for women
travelling alone. Americans with proper
credentials he declares, are having no
trouble with German officials in Berlin.
Archie NJ. Huntington. president of the
american Geographical Society, and Mrs.
huntington. who have arrived in Lon
don from the continent, today confirmed
the story of their arrest as Russian spiey
in Germany. They left Carlsbad two
hours before the receipt of the news of
the declaration of war with Russia tray
cling by motor car to Nuremburg When
they reached Nuremberg they were ar
rested and taken to the police station,
fhoyv I1A.,
IN the morning until o'clock in the
afternoon Both Mr.. and Mrs. Hunting
ton were obliged to remove their clothes,
which were searched. Their papers also
We're ransacked and their car, which was
OF French make and their car which was
The Huntingtons were then set at liberty
and allowed to remain In Nuremburg
under police surveillance. Later their
French chauffeur and their valet, an
EnglIshnan, were made prisoners of war
Detained Until August 10.
The Huntingtons remained in Nurem-
burg until August IS, when they took
special train to Amsterdam. From Am
sterdam the journey to London was
completed without further trouble.
So far as 1 could see," Mr.. Hunting
ton said today. "all Germany is enthus-
iastic over the war. The people clearly
wanted 1t and they had no doubt what
ever Of its immediate success. saw
signs on military automobiles such as
these: William. Emperor Of Europe;
Wiiiiam, King of Russia and On to
Paris"
large party of Americans arrived here
from. Munich by way of Holland. last
night: Among them were Mrs. Benja-
min Harrison and Mrs. Medill Patterson
The Bavarian government has arrang-
ed to provide two first-class trains; each
carrying $50 passengers. and one second
class train accommodating $50 passengers
weekly until all Americans are removed
from Bavaria.
There were 1900 Americans in Munich
when the war began. Many of them
were stranded because they were unable
to get money on the English tourist com
pany's checks. Eight hundred American
students were there, majority of them
being without money. T. ST. John Calf
ney. the American consul general. or
dered all Americans to get their PASS
ports.
American Women Aid Relief.
The arrivals here last night said the
Americans in Munich had held a meet
ing, at which $4,000 was raised for the
American relief committee. This COM
mittee is printing a newspaper giving
information to Americans. The American
women in the city also started relief
work. They raised $1,000 for this pur-
pose. Many of the women have started
Red Cross work, while six or seven hun
dred others are engaged in sewing for the
soldiers. Henry kaufman of Pittsburgh
furnished large quantity of the mate
rial which the women are fashiouing.
Mrs. Nordhoff Young gave several lee
lures to the women on Red Cross work
When the relief committee got to work
ing smoothly the banking committee ar
ranged for the cashing of checks and sub
committees on students looked after their
interests. When those who arrived here
last night left Munich there were no
Americans in want. Many of them said
they purposed to remain in Bavaria,
among them Mrs. Harry C. Adler of New
York and her sister On the third day Of
the war the governor in Munich issued a
notice to the people to be careful not to
mistake Americans for Englishmen. The
papers said Americans must be consid-
cred as the guests of Emperor William
and treated considerably.
The first American refugee train out of
Munich was cheered at all stations.
The government has taken over all the
gasoline, so that private motor cars which