Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-15
SECURE FUNDS
FOR AMERICANS
Condition of Those Unable tc
Leave Germany is Now
Nearly Normal.
MORE ARE LEAVING FRANCE
COMMUNICATIONS Residing in Eng
land Must Prove Naturalization
or Register ps Subjects
of the kaiser.

! WASHINGTON. Aug. 1L-Yolunteers
who have co-operated with Ambassador
Gerard have made II possible for the
embassy at Berlin TO restore almost nor
NAL conditions among Americans in Ger
many, according to a report received to-
day at the State ydepattmentg Action of
the Dresdener bank which has agreed TO
cash e limited number OF checks OF
Aniericans Bearing the American consular
stamp Of Identification has greatly re-
lleved the financial tension.
From funds subscribed by the Amer
icsn colony in Berlin and lsrse per-
sona1 contribution from Mr.. Ruddock
of Chicago, money has been sent to
many American consuls throughout Ger
many- FOR csshing checks. and disburs-
ing department, which daily pays out
cash allowances to the needy, has been
establishet in Berlin, with Mrs. Gerard
and Mrs. Ruddock in charge.
Travel to or from southern Germany.
whore most OF the baths and many of
the pleasure resorts are located, is prac-
tically impossible.
In addition to the work OF assisting
Americans. Ambassador Gerard reports
that he has opened AN English bureau in
the embassy for the issue Of passports
and general aid to British subjects.
More Americans Leave France.
PARIS. Aug. 14.-C6:3O a. m.)-There was
a further exodus of Americans today. The
French liner Chicago sailed from Havre
for New York at O'Clock this morning
and the France OF the same line sails at
/ o'clock this afternoon.
rTlo Iittat.vnsa aOOondara,1 nv tho war
is reflected in numberless anti-German
stories dispatch to the Havss agency
from Zurich, Switzerland. today says
that travellers returning from the south
of Germany declare that the Russian
consul at Frankfort, n. De Daimler was
forcfbly- taken from his home and es-
corted to a statue of Germania. After
being compelled to remove his hat and
bow TO the statue he was kicked and
cuffed
The duke OF Orleans has returned 20
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austrla-Hun-
gary the collar OF the Order Of the Golden
Fleece. which was conferred on the
French pretender in 1895 when he mar
rled the Arduchcss Marie ;off Austria.
tes Mu~t Prove Naturalization.
LONDON. Aug IE-Il;17' pi m)-The
American embassy here today established
the ruling that ALI Germsn-Americans re-
siding in the British Isles who apply for
American. passports must prove their
naturalization as American .lcitiEens or
register with the police as German sub
5eetss This ruling Is In accordance with
a ruling issued by the police.
The American consul at Turin ltaly'
reports that Americans IN Budapest, Hun
gary are well provided Tor.
c3S NmeFieans Lrave. BerIin.
BERLIN. Aug. 1s-cvia Rome and
london. l2;45. p. M, Aug. A)--A special
train conveying 800 Americans and five
autonl6biles started for Holland this even
ing. e
Ambassador James W.. Gerard is in
communication with the authorities or
the Gernan ports and with foreign gov
ernments on the subject Of freights and
free ns vigation for steamers flying the
American flag with American passengers
on board. No important news as to the
war was made public here today.