South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-08-05


among the thousands Of Americans
stranded in London was partially re-
lieved today when it was announced
that a few of the wealthy men caught
here with their counrymen by the
outbreak of war would purchase the
steamer Viking. $500 tons, and hav
ing cabin accommodate for 400
persons. The Viking Will sail from
Liverpool for New York on Monday,
Aug. 10. The cOnmittee invited Amer
leans in distress to file applications for
bookings at their headquarters at the
Savoy hotel.
William c. Breen. counsel for the
Merchants association Of New York,
has arrived here from Paris after adj
ventures in escaping from the con-
tinent which read like the most APP
proved fiction. He expressed doubt
of the ability of any more Americans
TO get away from the countries now
plunged into war. The last incident
before his boat sailed from BOulogne
was typical of everything that hap
pened along the route.
The F'renchmen all know how des-
perate We are to get home" he eX
planned. They stopped at nothing
To make profits out of our mad rush.
At Boulogne they withheld the labels
which il is necessary TO have pasted
on luggage 10 get through. The Gus
toms officers sold them at any price
they could get. L paid $40 for two.
only 20 discover that some other
French porter was holding out the
paste itself, trying TO charge 50 to
paste on each label. I beat out this
gouge by wiping off paste from trunks
already labelled until I accumulated
enough on my fingers 10 paste on my
labels"
John Knox stevens Of New York
arrived i'm the morning on the Min
ucWassNa, and went Immediately to
Charing Cross station where he found
train leaving for Paris at o'clock
i'm the afternoon. When he left New
York. Stevens intended spending a
month or two with his wife and sis
ter-in-law in a suburb of Paris where
he expected To become a father but
wireless messages received aboard
ship caused him 10 change his plans
so as 10 do everything in his power
To get mis- wife out Of the war zone be-
fore the birth of the child At the
American embassy ne told Second
Secy Bell Of mis- situation and got an
emergency passport in short order.
tie rushed 90 the French embassy
where ne got the passport vised and
Just managed 10 catch the train. He
law back to London and by ship to
New York if possible.
Byron Chandler. husband OF Grace
Larue was another victim who was
stranded i'm France "I went TO Due
vcUe ON Saturday" he said. land in
tended 20 stay several weeks. / had
just unpacked my trunk when the
Hotel ROYAL was ordered closed by
the authorities The guests were
Is. faA
the courtyard. and nobody had even
time 20 get the clothes left behind in
their rooms Al the same time the
servants and poI .ers left town 10 join
the army and 200 guests were left
fiat All Of us finally damned into
boat licensed To carry so persons and
were taken 10 Havre.
Baggage Left Behind.
"Our baggage is still at Dieppe be-
cause there was no room for II
BOARD. The hotel let me so without
paying my bin rather than take En-
glish gold At Havre another big
crowd OF refugees was waiting. Many
carried underclothing and all sorts Of
things in their arms.
THE train had been held up four
miles outside Havre and the passen-
gers ordered to open their trunks
and take such things as they could
.
went no further. All had TO walk TO
the Havre docks Twenty-one auto
mobiles belonging 20 Americans were
left at the docks 10 me mercy OF the
soldiers. the owners preferring TO lose
them 20 missing the steamer.
DIR. George r. Root. Henry Nc
Mauus and :. e. Hameu OF Philadel-
phia were bound for Antwerp or the
American liner Findland when off the
Isle of Wight last night they were
stopped by a British torpedo boat and
the vessel searched for contrabrand of
war The same thing happened again
off Portsmouth harbor. This time
the captain OF the Finland was warn
cd u keep out of the North sea or he
might get hurt IL was limited that a
big naval battle was expected az any
hour Later at Dover a barber boat
came out and ordered the Finland 10
anchor and discharge all cabin pas
sengers. who were sent 10 London by
the naval authorities. Still later the