Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-09-18
ON EDGE Of
WORLD WAR
AT the RIA or THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN THE EFFECTS or THE
WAR ARE ACUTE.

are 1la ftiiititH fFANfH ~ t'tfH hiatHtit
an. 8rH vefs areat portion u them
cane from Europe ! 30 NOT know
haw m4ag ~ ihom ara foreign horn
hat an ihe streafH fhey lmpfeaa you
as toiue mostly ~ an allen SORT The
nrr .apsrs pfiuf many War extfaH
that "a makes oae almost dizA greet
oroada stand hanWay awaiting fhe
buhtn ihay Sc posted in FRONT ~
the newspaper eriees thefa arc bnof
of raae gathered everywhere end
bot one subject is discussed, there .a
bat ono tbins ~ lnierest ire nar taf
"a running Enope and iis people
last uisht 30 lhe subway ] sac Dee
siaf 8 ahafins man reading o German
newsiaper ana a. be- read the tears
were streaming down ha ehaeha il
was ore II those packed trains az tho
rush hour. ana those standing as wei
o. those sitting. bad their gaze glued
upon the newspapers before them
Many wore crepe upon their hats Or
sleeves aad on eTery face there was
the look o. unbeiirf and horror I
have been here fer several days ana
I do net recall having seen anyone
smile az leoh h4ppg Gloom 10 every
where. and That Zoo ln elty famed
htcauae 10 Is second oaly 90 rRris ln
gaieiy and Ffeaponsibiliy and ~
-dDns elfe d dafn' atmosphere nnt
New York ls az the rim ~ tbe war. 100
foreign commerce Is suddenly stopped
and ihoHanda OF business Institutions
are suffering Sea consequence ! talked /
Co q man connected with the New
York World and y.utsred the aaser. Z
tion that ihe papers were doing well I
since they we're putting out 30 many /
ertras Circulation without adver T
Using d no good he replied. land the
advertising business has been cut 90
the bone IT'S true and the agen-
cies and lhe maNazines have been re-.
eegdins principally cancellations. And
that - only q straw that shows how
the wind blows
New York Harbor.
went out by boat 10 Concy Island
trip II two hours through the very
heart 81 lhe hafbor First we came
upon the batlleship Minnesota. ape
narently sticking around like a police
man ~ e summon ssrdeu. no aa 10 be
handy Dc case anything should turn
w. Next there was the Erin. gnlly
0eched A. the coiors of England and
Ireland Uhlch had arrived as the
sscorf far shsmroek Thlrd. 70 lift the
America cup IL possible HAT Sir
Thomas Upton and che Sew York
Yacht eiub were not 20 test their
yachts ,hls ssaf fof there g. not rolne
10 be ans race Down past the piers
Ne steamed There was foreign com
neFce tied tleht fastened Co the docks
rhe German boats were thichest fof
some 81 the british ana French ships
we're siiu attemphnsio carry on com-
nerve Tho Nateriand greatest rhiu
a al tbe world waa hemmea IN by "
half dozen smaller ships az her
.ork and W. are told that the Ham y
.ure American Line has go.00o.o0o y
sosih ~ ships or this side Of tho AZ. '
sn,ie The North Lloyd :
alps we're crowded together in much "
be same MANNER. and the great mon -
terra tied ca their docks reminded me
Z the fate u the Kaiser wilhelm der "
;Fosse q This line which a few weeks
40 vas one 81 the proudest vessels
float but lg has gone 20 the bottom
{ the ses VI
FARTHER down the harbor we came AZ
pau the dreaduaueht Fiosldam. and q
Il Ffay coat snd migaiy guns remind .al
9 enc that il was II position 20 keep "a
hinss as4trpi about Uncle ssn's c.
waterway The great statue % the
loddess q Liberty lowered close b.
"a farther along was sendy Hook
'here we're 90 iiurrs e. come or so X,
nd byyona she nickerins lshts az =.
irh, ~ beyond sandy Hook no ships !,
fers SAFE unless tbey fioatcd the nas ii.
. ihe ynited States which 10 all the h,
razy world y abou, the only rcnnlne- Il.
7 perverted nation that Is left
just beyond ssndy Hoax the British ~
rulsess have been on snari. carrying
heir war almesi to our frort door A ~
"a beats have Pvt Dat 70 sea. bat they =,
ave besu careful a. hug ne eoast line ia
I'd 70 keep within me safety zone. \,
The Anxiety 81 the Foreigners ~
Tho GIFTED States D. apparently
He'd with ihe feservl7ts - the En-
opean nations, and there are yhous-
aas q them % the hoteis. eaeefly 20.
ring q return 81 Germany. France or 81.
ther committee afoa+lv fh,- .. ~