Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-04

tales of wholesale slaughter and blood
shed. assassination of emperors and all
such.
The transient and floating population
of the town has been augmented by the
presence of several thousands of would
be tourists who came in last weekend
TO take Saturday boats and found them
tied up Most of these. having started
out vacation, are just sticking
around and watching the New York pan
Drama.
Sudden Change in Plans.
To show how sudden was the tie-up
of shipping. | will cite the ease of a
friend who came down from Boston with
his family to take ship sailing at :
in the afternoon. They went aboard
early. deposited their luggage In their
rooms and then went up town for cou-
pie Of hours Everything was all right
then and the last matches We're being
battened down.
They returned about / 30 to find their
bags on the dock. The ship had been
interned at the last hour before sailing.
There they were ''all dressed up and no
place to CO." And there are no other
ships going out.
Sam Blythe-yes, our Sam-had a stir
ring experience. He was sailing on the
Oceanic and had laid in comfortable
Shortly before sailing he was advised
that his letter Of credit would not be good
on the other side, as all international
exchange had ceased.
He rounded up a friend who calls the
partners in J. p Morgan & Co.'S house
by their first names. and they hustled
down to Broad and Wall in a taxi. where
a special dispensation was obtained, and
Sam threw out of his bag several vol
umes of his favorite author. and stacked
in some rouleaus of gold. 1 never saw
one Of these rouleaus, but that's what
they say they were. SO Sam went on his
way rejoicing.
The Pathetic Side.
A pathetic side of the steamship tie-up
is the plight of several thousand steerags
passengers. who came here to take pas
sage for their homes abroad. having sold
out their farms and businesses They
throng the lodging houses making
anxious inquiries for outgoing vessels and
hobnobbing with the idle iongshoremen
Here is the contrast to that picture,
was in a banking house talking over
the financial news when in came Mr. x
millionaire and plunger
How are you going to get your fam
lily home from Longueville'' asked Mr.. 4
All fixed up" replied Mr. Y, ndif-
started her over to Havre The folks
can come home in comfort and bring
a house party of some of their friends.
if they want to-
He talked about IL as csreIessly as II
he were sending taxi to bring the chill
dren home from the matinee in a sudden
rainstorm.
Americans Abroad in Distress.
a subject of burning interest to a great
many people here is what the govern
rnent proposes to do to bring back Ameri-
cans who are stranded abroad There
is no question that there are thousands
of Americans in Europe who went with
just enough money 70 get them through
under normal conditions. Ninety per cent
of that money is said to be in letters OF
credit. which are just about negotiable
on the other side as a sheet of
blotting paper. The steamship offices here
are besieged by anxious relatives of tho
absentees. inquiring what can be done
to help them, but the steamship officials
can offer no suggestions.
There is another feature of the war eN-
element over here. 1t has put IT. X.
off the front pages of the newspapers
for three whole days. He has not peeped.
But it is not expected to hold him back
longer than Wednesday. anyhow. Oyster
Bay will be restored to the map, and you
will have some more politics by way Of
change.