Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-09-10
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After beingprisoners of war4at Gen
eva, Switzerland, for about ten days.,
we decided to attempt to escape across
| the slaughterhouse Of Europe to Lon
; don. > Of course. we were not prisoners.
but then we could not leave Switzerland
when we desired to do SO and spent ten
Edays in waiting, In the evening at six
]ao,clock our conductor notified US to have
our trunks ready in an hour and that.
we would leave the hotel the following
morning about four O'Clock to take an
early train. There was mad rush for
the cars and the long train was soon
filed to OVERLOOKING. After riding for
}about an hour we reached the border
where our passports were carefully ex-
| ar1it.ed and in confusion we climbed in
to a French train. During war time
trains of a eoQntry4go to. the, border
and it. ID therefore necessary to: change
cars. Frequently those who had pur7
chased first class tickets at Geneva
found no first class coaches on the
French train and and were glad to, find
any kind of. a seat. In some. cases it
was necessary to sit ones luggage or
stand. After going about an hour. we
were dumped out. again to await q
train due in about four hours. It was
impossible to remain in the station for
the soldiers had the use Of that. The
day was sweItering and the hotels were
of the most primitive sort; dirty and
deplorable3 looking. There were so
many soldiers and travellers that it was
| worth ones life to obtain even a cup
Of coffee. Before leaving Geneva hour'
party of eleven had provided food for
1.-TWO days So We were fairly we'll FORTH
fed. People who had missed The night
train were sleeping along the street:
on the ground wherever there was a.:
FIittle shade. Millionaires were no bet
ter than others money could not buy
food or a place to sleep. ~ '~''''
~ Dogs in the Dilemma, -, r., j.
With an August SUN pouring down
tropical heat, it was necessary to
stand for almost an hour without shade
in order to pass through agate tofreachs
the train. Arnold French lady with her.
daughter, seven servants and FIVE dogs
was there in unmistak&ble distress.
They had missed the train the night be
foreaand were afraid they would not be
able to get aboard this. time, One Of
the dogs. collapsed with the heat,
but the old lady had strength enough to
revive. it with smelling salts. The rat
ref al cur she heldinl her arms, , the while
we managed to get through the gate,
lbut do not know whether all did or not.
About nine o'clock at:night we arrived
lat place somewhat larger than the
afternoon camping ground and were in
formed that the next train would leave
at three in the morning All the hotels
were filled with exhausted travellers
who had reached there before, i Our
party found a hotel parlor and all piled
upon the floor to sleep:as much as pos.
sible until train time. All train
service was, demoralized and it
was a case of taking the only
hope. in sight. The usual time from
Geneva to Paris is nine hours and we,
covered the distance in about thirty
six hours. Our route was round about
and three days before could not have
been made at all on account of getting
the troops to the front.
Soldiers Everywhere
All along the way to Paris we met
train after train of troops, horses, can
non, food and explosives being hurried
to the front. Some of the soldiers
were riding in box or open cars and
looked as if they were worn out. One
interesting train was from Algeria In