The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-15

about. and the great and general eco
nomic loss and waste incident to the
present times have removed Central
Europe from the list Of places where
one could spend Z few weeks in great
comfort and still save the price of
. first class steamer ticket. Travel
after the war will be as expensive In
Europe as in the United States, IL
not more SO. some believe.
At the present time such q thing
as an empty room in q Vienna hotel
has ceased to be. Nowadays q room
worth having in a Vienna hotel can
be obtained only by getting ones name
on the waiting list, and even this is
impossible ii the would-be patron is
unknown to the management. Visit
ors still under the impression that
Vienna hotels are run on the old basis
usually spend hours after their ar
rival trEjng to find room and then
end up BY sleeping in some hotel cor
ridOr on q cot at a price which for
merly would give them a good room.
Those unlucky enough to reach Wen
ma with night train may spend their
first night in the station. At one Of
the best Vienna hotels the price for
suite of two rooms and bath went
up by % crowns q few days ago. this
increase being incident to a general
rise which added from two to five
crowns to even the plainest rooms.
In Budapest conditions are possibly
q trifle worse. Even Sofia is seeing
rise in prices in hotel accommoda-
ton which is unprecedented in the
Balkans, and Constantinople, boasting
of but two first-class. and three sec
! n al hOt tolls ho0 oil
er impossible for the ordinary travel
er.
The cause for this is the same ev.
erywhere. The war prevents people
from going to the wintering places in
the south, and amusement is therefore
sought in the large cities. Refugees
from districts in the war zones. and
the many officers on leave Of absence
or convalescense. not to mention in
Vulnerable government agents and pur.
chasers. also make heavy demands on
transient living quarters.
Vienna has opened two large hotels
since the outbreak Of the war. and
is about to open a still larger one.
In Budapest high class hotel was on
the verge of going into bankruptcy
owing to lack of business, when the
war started. 1t is now running full
blast and making money.
Taxicab sins may also be mentioned
Though most of them run on me
chanical'' tires of little or no shock
absorbing qualities and have not been
/ renovated internally since August
| 1914. their drivers want just four times
what they charged before the war
Higher cost of fuel and living is the
answer. The same factors caused a
slight increase in Vienna street car
| fares recently.
/ GENEVA. Switzerland. Dec Is
1T is a veritable financial absurdity.'
says the Tribune de Geneve comment
| ing on the low price Of the dollar in
| Switzerland. which is now worth five
francs fourteen confines, whereas the
normal price is five francs eighteen
| centimes, while Swiss money is at q
| great premium in Paris. London anG
| New York. In Paris. for example, q
| 100 franc Swiss note is worth ia te
lis francs today. Americans living
in Switzerland are losing by the ex
change rates. The Tribune adds thai
the situation is extraordinary because
whereas America is full Of gold anC
tions. Switzerland is surrounded by
/ fighting nations and has contracted
debt since the war. of over 700, 900.
900 francs. but its credit is increasing
as the war progresses. The Swis:
government intends shortly to raise
another loan OF 100. 900, 900 francs FOL
mobilization and other purposes.
AMSTERDAM. Netherlands. Dec
l3--The Dutch branch of the Leagu,
of Neutral countries has presented t
the Great Eastern Railway company
marble memorial plate, with
bronze medallion portrait in relief il
memory OF the shooting by the Ger
mans OF Captain Frvatt, Of the Steam
ship Brussels.