Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-28
BRECKENRIDGE AIDS
VIENNA AMERICANS
Accelerated Train Service to
Berlin Will Help Refugees
to Holland.
U. S. OFFICERS GREETED
CORDIALLY BY AUSTRIANS
Two More Italian Ships Transferred
From South American Line to
Carry People to New York.

ROME, August q, via Paris, August
2S. 7:95 a.m.-Advices from Vienna re-
port that Henry s. Breckinridge, assist
ant secretary of war at Washington, ar
rived from Berlin Wednesday and be-
gan the work of aiding needy Americans
promptly. ..
i. Aided by Frederick C.. Penfeld, the
American ambassador. he opened re-
lief bureau in the evening In the Hotel
Imperial. Special messengers were dis
patched to the addresses of all Ameri-
cans who had applied to the embassy for
assistance, directing them to come per-
sonally to the bureau. The next day the
bureau was crowded with Americans
from early morning until midday.
Monetary relief was asked for by
comparatively few of the callers, their
demands chiefly being for transportation
to America.
It is estimated that there are between
400 and 500 Americans in Vienna, a ma
iority of whom are prosperous but anX-
ious to return home quickly. There is
much larger number in Budapest, where
Capt Cross has already gone with Sl,ooo
in gold.
According to the latest information the
total numDer Oh <aIIleIiCdAS io" AAA ~AoS
tria-Hungary is about 1,So.
Accelerated Train Service.
Accelerated train service is now run
ming between Vienna and Berlin and
Americans returning home will be able
to travel this route to get to Holland
Mr.. Breckinridge, accompanied by Am
bassador Penfield, visited the foreign
oi,,ic af
vas most cordially received everywhere.
The officials expressed a desire to facill-
tate his work and Mr.. Breclnrldge hopes
he will finish up here Friday evening;
when he will go to Switzerland. He will
leave a member of the commission mere
until the work of relief is finished.
The American embassy continues to De
an exceedingly busy place. lts rooms are
crowded all the time, mostly now py
French people looking for information
and assistance.
Saw Zeppelin Bomb Throwers.
LONDON, August 2S.-In the crowd of
refugees who arrived this evening from
Ostend were a dozen Americans who
made their way out of Antwerp with
hand baggage only. Among them was
Mrs. George Sparrow Of New York. who
had left Lege before that city was be-
sIeged by the Germans. She said:
IN Antwerp l was aroused one night
by a loud boom which 1 imagined was
caused by cannon firing in the fort. But
looking, out of a window l saw a Zep--
pelin airship apparently quite near. l
could plainly hear the buzz of Its motor.
A bomb from it fell only few blocks
away, the explosion of which was fol-
lowed by an outbreak of fire.
Many people rushed from % the houses, uses
hystertcal 1t was a fearful night. l
got out of the city next morning with
several other Americans and went to
Ostene where I spent last night. Ostend
is We. quiet, with gendarmes walking
about the streets. / saw no signs OF Ger
mans this morning"
Ends Swiss Relief Work.
The secretary Of the American relief
committee at Lucerne. Switzerland. has
arrived in London He said the COM
mittee's work had ended, as there was
no distress among the Americans re-
naming there.
DR.. E. F. Timmins of Boston, who was
marooned at Montreux, Switzerland, for
three weeks. also arrived. He and the
members Of his party saw something OF
the war between Paris and Boulogne,
where they passed trains filed with
happy, go-lucky English troops, some of
whom had been ashore a week and com
planned they only then were going to the
front. Another train with a number of
slightly wounded English and French
English wounded were to be brought to
England.
There is much less evidence of con-
scription in Paris than l expected" said
ing but old men and women and children.
but 1 found that industry had been less
hard hit by the mobilization in France
than was the case in Switzerland. What
impressed me was that all the wounded
saw were only slightly injured"
More Refugee Trains.
The American embassy has received
a dispatch from American Ambassador
Gerard at Berlin. by way Of Copen-
hagen, stating that special train
would arrive at Flushing this morn
ing, bringing $50 American refugees
from Germany. These passengers had
been left stranded and are being sent
through by the embassy.
Another dispatch from Bergen, Nor
way, says that a number Of Americans
have arrived there from Russia. They
report that very few Of their country
men are left in Russia.
Nine hundred Americans left on a
special train from Geneva this morn
ing. The train is due in Paris some
time today. This special was ar
ranged by the American minister to
Switzerland.
Some anxiety is felt here concerning
John Singer Sargent, the American
painter. Nothing has been heard from
Mr.. Sargent since he left London for
Austria July "a. Friends and relatives
are trying to get news Of him through
the American embassy.
ROTTERDAM, via London August q
$50 a.m.-The two special trains from
Berlin arrived here tonight CThursday)
bringing about $50 Americans, many ol
whom will sail tomorrow. There were nc
hotel accommodations for the arrivals
but the hotel managers had prepared fol
the emergency and directed them to good
private homes which were opened for the
care of refugees. Some Of these who
came in were enabled to leave Germany
through the congressional relief fund
which Is now available in the German
CAPITAL to Americans in distress
Sailing Of Steamers.
PARIS. August pa dispatch from
Barcelona. Spain. says that the Spanish
steamer Infanta Isabel dc Borbon sailed
for New York Wednesday. Every avail.
able berth on board was filed with
Americans.