Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-27
Judge oorltss Leaves for Portland


Judge and Mrs. Guy, C. Corliss are
visiting at the cottages Of c. C. Cow
ran, T. b. Holmes and O. J. Barnes
at Lake Benidji and enjoying the
reunion with old friends very much.
They will return to Grand Forks
Saturday, but the Judge will leave the
same evening for Portland, Ore. For
spend the month of September with
her old friends and neighbors in this
city.
State Weddings.
Friends of the couple In Fargo will
be interested in the marriage tonight
at the home of the brides parents, in
Minneapolis, Rev. and Mrs. R. H. AL
rich, of 265 Colfax avenue south, that
city, of Miss Alma Aldrich to Alfred
L. Dern of Fargo. The is
to take place at s o'clock, with the
brides father officiating, and it is to
be a very quiet home wedding.
Miss Aldrich has been the German
instructor in the Fargo high school
who came there about the same time,
from New York city. where he was in
the insurance business, is associated
with the Pioneer Life Insurance COM
pany of this city. His father resides
In Salt Lake City. Both young peo-
pie are highly esteemed by their
friends here. The couple are to take
an wedding trip, and expect
to reach this city about October Is,
n will makestheir home in a new
residence which Mr.. Dern is having
built on Tenth street in Fargo south,
next to the Cupler home. Mr., Dern
lett for Minneapolis Monday night.
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Not an Enviable Position.
Many of fthe tourists and person
ally conducted parties who left this
country earlier in the season for Euro
pean shores are stranded in out of
the way places and some Of them ac-
tualy in want. One lady is conduct
ing a party of teachers writes to
friends in New York:
we are in a horrible position"
Mrs. Rockwell wrote. we cannot
cable or do anything but wait, and the
suspense Is horrible. This morning
joined q frantic mob and crammed
my way into the Credit Suisse, but
they would only allow ESQ on an
American Express letter of credit.
On Saturday, Aug. 1, we left
Heidelberg. The train was very late.
crowded frightfully, fifteen in a five
seated compartment. and all glad to
be there. and after dragging along for
hours. they dumped us out in, a little
" III Iidu " CARRY our
own baggage across several platforms.
An official said if we could get to
Lurroch we could walk on the one
free street to Basic. To Lurroch we
went, damned into fourth-class car
riages. sitting On piles of baggage,
n nearly dead from heat and terror.
We finally reached Lurroch, a lit
tie frontier town, and there found
we could not get out or go back, FOR
the trains We're taken for mobilt-
cation. We dragged ourselves to the
little hotel and got about thirty beds
and sofas for the crowd, while the
in the party went to the
priest. and he got us eleven beds in
the Catholic clinic.
All night the army was mobilizing.
n hundreds marched past our win
dows singing THE Watch on Rhine
we We're up by 5. had coffee and
hread. got a horse and wagon for the
luggage, inc started on our long walk
to the frontier. It was awful. but
finally we got there and passed
through the barricades.
Wh1 there we talked to a con-
ductor for the Polytechnic tours Of
London. He had brought in a marty
from Lucerne on Saturday, and the
scenes at the railroad station were so
terrible that one Of the women OF his
party died Of fright. Lucerne is filled
with anxious foreigners. mostly
Americans. The food supply is very
low here. We found DR.. e. M. Jones
and his wife n daughter in Lurroch.
and they have Joined us.
i've no idea how we are going to
get home. and I know we won't have
money enough to last very long"
Hr-EL