New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13

refused offered $500 to be allowed 70
share his berth.
Joseph Baker Bourne. member Of the
New York Yacht Club, said that the
war broke out Of clear sky. One day
everything was serene and everything
going along as usual. The next day
was chaos. All communication be-
tween towns and points and communi-
cation IN the towns themselves stopped.
Carriages and other vehicles were left
standing in the street, where they had
been abandoned, the horses having
been reQuisitioned
Mr.. Bourne was loud in his warning
that thousands OF Americans were in
Europe to-day m the direst peril They
we're scattered in every country from
the Black Sea TO the Atlantic and from
Naples 20 Christisnia In nearly every
instance they had their letters Of credit
end return tickets, but only enough
money 10 carry them for a few DAYS
until they had reached the next stop
ping place where there were banks 70
cash their drafts against their letters
C credit. The war broke out, and
these letters OF credit became practi-
cally useless. Those persons who had
their own motor cars with them were
liable 20 lose them at any moment, as
the authorities, If the country in which
they were stranded happened to be at
war, would have little conjunction
about Communicating the machines.
Danger in Switzerland.
Mr.. Bourne also f. nted out that
those Americans who Hare in Switzer-
land, whdo are fancied Oy their friends
here 10 be in comparative security,
we're in reality IN the very gravest
Of danger. None Of the warning
countries which encircle Switzerland s
border will allow a particle Of food to
be transported across into Switzerland
and q famine is sure to occur.
In Havre. Mr.. Bourne said. bread was
selling on the day he left that city at
% cents a loaf.
Europe is full Of defenceless women
and children, Mr.. Gilroy asserted, who
arc in awful straits. They will surely
perish and perish miSerably unless help
from this country is sent 20 them.
Martin Nogel had been in London
assisting Mrs. Oscar Straus and the
Citizens Relief Committee. He said
he didn't suffer himself. but many
cases came under his notice. Unless
clared with great positiveness. there
would be thousands of Americans who
must perish in Europe from plain
starvation.
A number Of actors and actresses ar
rived on the Philadelphia. Among them
was Miss ELLEN Van Biene, who is to
be the ingenue in Klaw Erlanger's
new production, "The Unseen Empire"
Miss Amanda Hoewering, a toe
dancer from the Imperial Theatre in
Berlin, came here TO fl}-a seasons en-
gagement.
Mrs. Helen Meek, Of 244 Riverside
Drive. whose husband, Walter W. Meek,
is with the Fifth av. firm Of De Pima,
asserted that she, with her mother,
Mrs. Mary Dappen, of Newport, KY
had been cruelty treated by the Ger
mans in Hamburg, where they were
waiting TO board the Imperator. Mrs.
Meek said: 1--WE were horribly treated.
We met with discourtesy on every hand
in Hamburg when seeking information.
Finally we were told that we could
board a certain train that would take
US TO Flushing, in Holland, from which
place we could 20 to Southampton.
During the two days we were IN the
train mother and ] could only obtain
one cup of coffee each, although we
pleaded with the military train guard
to permit US to stop at restaurants
along the way"
Americans Suffer Much.
Bishop James J. Hartley related how
he travelled over a great portion OF
France en- route to the coast, where he
secured passage to England. The pas
sengers on trains in France, especially
Americans. according to the Bishop,
were subjected 10 much discomfort
when soldiers who occupied portions OF
the train threw their baggage out OF
the windows so as to make room Tor
more Of their ranks.
In England the government ordered
that ali hotels in cities where the
troops we're mobilizing be used for
the benefit OF the troops, and in South
ampton Bishop Hartley said that he
was ordered out Of his hotel at
O'Clock in the morning.
A crowd OF four thousand relatives
and friends of the passengers were at
the dock. They cheered when the
Pbiladelphia's band played "The Star
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