The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-16
WHEELING LADY ON CONTINENT
WHEN EUROPEAN WAR BROKE OFT


most OF the hotels closed and We
were told that the last train for four
Jays would leave in an hour for Inns.
o,uck; that II we chould 10 10 Mum.
zen we might not be abe 10 Ieav.
ermany when We wanted to. hut tina,
ION lnnsbruck we could probably 20
rioo. oiniculty TO Italy or Switzer.
,anu- 50 We got our baggage. which
naa peen sent US there from Venice
nso Out SIX minutes to get il
enIousn the customs). We also rof
SUM iuneh to take with us. after driv.
hs 20 several hotels which we found
90. ana started on the troop train
.nnsoruck- The troops were go
Ing mere 10 be ftted out for the war
mat being the center OF che Tvre,
ana crowds were al the station TO Sc
mem ON. They were given an ovation
anu anu peer, vine, fruit, etc. not only NJ
bozen. but all along the way. Nv
.neans OF liberal tip TO the guard We
, ,''o comfortable seats and although
r,o, rau oeen driving since early in the
in iJi nins We were able to enjoy by the
nsht OF the full moon the Bremen
pS ss Inc little white towns, each
Win It's church spire. along the rush.
ing river looked very peaceful.
Wnen We reached Innsbruck nj
nearly midnight we were told thai
france, ENGLAND. Austria, Servia. Ger.
many. Belgium and Russia were al
var, ana that Uncle Sam had ammo.
priated 100000 TO get his .onyss,s
nome. This was a sufficiently excit.
ing ending for our day and we wen,
10 oed and slept peacefully.
In a ouandsry.
Inc next day the men Of the party
sea,teu 10 see what we could dc and
~ looked as II we were in a hove
Engiand had not yet declared war.
Dut sne British consul could give us
no nsip; There was no American
can we were told that our Ameri.
an express checks would moi he
eashed. and that we could not POSSIBLY
seno a cable home or a teleRram ~
me me american consul in Germany ar
rome, both of whom we knew We
ns1 only enough money for two davs.
ana me situation looked pretty seri.
S1 but we met a helper in the
Line; Mr., W. II, OemmeIen. He could
speak english and to him nothine
ssethed impossible. He persuaded the
autnorities to send a cable home
,nrough the German consul and the
Ainerlcan ambassador at Vienna. he
b - suaued the bank to cash our checks
ne persuaded them that our kilograms
10 Ambassador Page at Rome We're
s'ale messages. and he was altogether
wonder We determined we would
tIy 70 nave him appointed American
consul Tor Innsbruck. They certainly
need one there badly just now.
While we waited until we could de.
fr. Mnat was best 10 de we enjoyed
innsbruck. The Emperor FrS1cis
Joseph. had instructed his neon,a MS
tney must be courteous 10 the strancer
MLtnIh their gates, for he wished yhe
world 10 know that Austria fs a Chrjs-
uan nation. But we were advissd
even before England declared war al.
~, ~a!s 10 wear the American flag and
were wondering what we could A.
ABOUT passports the American consul
general from Budapest. Mr.. CONN
came through Innsbruck in his car
re was on his way TO Vienna ana he
thoughtfully looked up the Americans
IN the hotels and told us how TO make
our applications to the Ambassador in
Vienna. He made us take tbe osth ~
arrogance TO the United States. witch
we did with no mental reseryations
re carried the applications 10 Vienna
ana IN Few days the necessary Da.
peIs came and the 81 which we had
s st MIN each application was re-
turned with them.
Al Innsbruck.
. NOW We felt safer and wore ou,
IIss ana paraded the streets boldly.
we were careful. though. not TO tain
much on the streets. especially after
England had declared war. Twice We
were pointed al and called English"
In a sneering fashion but an apneal
20 the nag and the word "Americarer''
Drought an apology each time. In n
s1e,e once when we asked ~ they
spoke English the answer was "Nein.
Amerikanische." Innsbruck is de-.
hghtful place TO stay at any time and
We walked In the public gardens and
through the quaint old part of The
Town and along the rushing Inn river
every day; We found for a wonder a
lot OF good novels in the hotel and We
we're much interested in the Soidiers
Inc city was full of them and reei.
ment after regiment was equipped and
sent on IN the two weeks We $50
There. They always marched past our
hotel TO the train and with the full
Dand and troops OF friends marching
ln 'h az ranks with them and with flow
ers m their hats and on their breasts.
ana many decorated with huge
Mreathes. thsy went or very gAyiy.
Inc Austrian army certainly has the
most beautiful uniforms One would
think the soldiers heads would swim
70 Try 10 remember what all the diff
terent uniforms mean. There seems 10
ors. The men OF the infantry wear
gray, but there are blue regiments too
ana the Officers are resplendent in
dark blue trousers, light blue or red
coats. trimmed with gold or green or
hsht trousers. tan, gray or cream with
coat OF light or dark blue. crimson
or brown, all trimmed differently with
various combination. usually OF red
green or gold Some have the most
wonderful sashea Of immense gold
tassels. and all have handsome fun
capes Of different colors Many Oni.
sers stayed a. our hotel. 30 We had y
chance 10 admire them
At lie Best.
IN Austria the Church 81 Rome a.
"a her best The people seem very re-.
uEioua. There are innuamcrab
shrines by the roadside and the sun.
days are Kent apparently a. strictly
a. in Ennla.' Above all. the people
seem honest and upright on the first
sunday We were there we went for a
walk in the afternoon and saw an inn
mense procession Of women and chill.
drcu passing through the streets four
abreast They were an telling their