Evening star., 1914-08-10
NO HALT |NSTEPS
TOAD TOURISTS
Money Being Forwarded to
Those Caught in Europe's
War Zone.
BATTLESHIP MAINE HELD
FOR THE WORK OF RESCUE
Special Effort to SECURE Release of
Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington, Ar
rested in Bavaria.

The battleship Maine. carrying An
napolis midshipmen and the crew of the
Idaho, is being held at Gibraltar for pos
sible rescue work among Americans in
Europe.
The armored cruiser Tennessee, with IT'S
cargo OF gold, Is due in northern Euro
pean waters by Saturday. and the cruiser
North Carolina probably will arrive about
the same time.
The Maine may be used to assist in dis
tributing the gold among the refugees.
Communication between the State De-
partment and the embassy at Berlin has
been re-established. Several messages,
the nature of which was not disclosed.
were interchanged.
To Aid Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington.
The State Department Is continuing
it's efforts to secure the release Of Mr..
and Mrs Archer NJ. Huntington of
New York, under arrest in Uurem-
berg, Bavaria. Immediately upon re-
ceipt Of the news Of their distress.
Ambassador Herrick at Paris tele-
graphed Ambassador Gerard at Berlin
to use his good offices in behalf Of the
Huntingtons.
The State Department also communi-
Gated directly with Ambassador Gerard
and Ambassador Herrick sent SEQ
ond message to Berlin through the
American embassy at Rome. Officials
have not been advised of the outcome
| of these representations.
Minister Van Dyke cabled the depart
ment that the Holland-American steam
| er New Amsterdam had sailed from The
, Hague with 500 Americans aboard. The
vessel will touch at Plymouth.
An appeal from Milan, Italy, reading:
you?" was signed by Henry Budd. Rev.
Mr.. Bolton, Alfred Miller and Harry Ma
| son. all Of Philadelphia
Announcement comes from London
that no further concern need be felt for
American citizens in France, as they are
reaching England with no great diff
| Guilty. but that the situation of those in
Germany and Austria is not SO pleasant
Committee to Meet Trains in London
The relief committees have appointed
three agents, two Of them young wom-
en-. to meet all trains entering London.
This has been done, it is announced, to
frustrate the efforts of female white
slavers," who are representing them
selves as genuine committee agents.
Several young American women, ap-
preached by these false agents. said
that their suspicious were aroused by
the kind of lodgings to which they
were recommended, and that they lost
no time in escaping therefrom. The
police will give their aid by arresting
| suspicious characters.
Theodore Hetzler of New York. head
of the committee, announces that his
organization is working in complete
harmony with the London citizens
committee. 80.
In Touch With AL q. S. Legations.
American government is in communica-
ton with all its European embassies
and legations. and that every effort is
being made to care for Americans in all
parts of the continent.
For many days the State Department
had been unable to communicate with
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin, but yes
terday communication was established
through Copenhagen. Mr.. Bryan at once
telegraphed inquiring about Americans
reported to have been arrested as spies.
Assurances that Americans soon would
be able to leave Germany were given
several days ago, and the opening of
communication with Ambassador Gerard
was expected to clear up all doubts on
the subject within the next twelve hours
Americans Detained on Suspician.
oficial dispatches revealed that many
Americans had been arrested or tenn
porarily detained In Germany merely on
suspicion; that at the first outbreak Of
hostilities and during the mobilization
period. persons who talked English were
under espionage. One dispatch said
MANY Americans were thought to be act
ing suspiciously because they displayed
cameras and were taking pictures of the
troops or scenes incident to the outbreak
Of war.
Ono OF the first messages which came
from Ambassador Gerard was q formal
notification from the German foreign
office that most German ports had been
mined and requesting that American
ships be warned against navigating In
anv ports which might be bases of hos
tilities for foreign forces. Another report
from Ambassador Gerard said he under
stood the English channel had been mined,
but did not say by whom.
Doubted by British Charge.
Counselor Barclay. charge danaires of
tho British embassy. who was at the
State Department. suggested that Ger
many probably mined the channel. but
that he had received no advices to warn
American ships to that ehect. Mr.. Bar
clay said he had called merely to facili-
tate cable communication for the Amert-
can government via London to points on
the continent, since all messages passed
through British censors
The State Department announced that
an additional $4,000 had been cabled to
Minister Stovall. in Switzerland. and that
the number of Americans In that country
was estimated at 5000. Consular advices
late Saturday night were that there was
urgent need for relief for Americans in
Switzerland.
From Carlsbad, a dispatch was received
,a,5n- there u,ere roo Americans there: