The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-02-07

THAI WE siissttet that. sYea th0zEh II
vvre net advisable to Hsof0v In Esa-
giHm ard FraiAcs. whsre VIE WERE
beHat. sc might safcas plan tour In
this Black forrest In Germany.
| We had lest Berlin bate In the after
nora. In its evening. when we arrived
nj Gotha. ~e found that the y0anxrr
aaiters In the restaurants and hotels
knd already seft and that tht older re-
serves expected general call the next
day.
The nsxt moruinx w~ started for
Frankfort. Az vic passed thrgash viii.
lax. attsr village. war preparations bs-
came more and mere rsident. Measures
were being tsksa everywhere ~ arouse
enthusiasm mea gathered on
srheot steps w~ss singing patriotic
Songs, students were marching and
speeches were b~ipg made La the mar
ket psaeeaI
About five O'eioek that afternoon we
arrived 10 Frankfort The whole place
was Ia a fever VI excitement over the
mobilization posters and their resent.
meut against the French waS being
aroused by extras" which were
handed out wLthoa. charge annoanc.
Ing that the French had already
dropped bombs on the railroad AT
! Narnbrrg and that Frsach officers la
autos had over ridden the borders.
she ridiculous statements about
FFeaeh flyers dropping Son1ba on the
railroad at sssnberg had not the
slightest foundation, u course.
The niter people who had lived
through the war Of 1870 had interested
audiences for one. while they related
past experiences and gave rdyie~ ss Tea
what preparations 10 make. A ppssi~
bllity Ut food shortage seemed To be
uppernost In all minds. and tho gro
eeries were s,ormed with eager buy.
srs Salt suddealy jumped 10 n ceIts
pound and other things In proper.
ton.
On Sunday. Angus, 2. oil the gaso-
line In the country was eotHmandeered.
aud We heard u many American tour.
lists beiag pat eat os their cars In the
cities and even on GENTRY roads, no
matter hos Inaccessible 10 trains they
might be We accordingly decided 10
stow our ear away In an old wagon
she'd attached 80 a hotc! and sought to
I'retutn 10 Her1in by train.
At the railway station there was
such tremendous crowd that II was
quit" lmpossihle I'd get anywhere near
the ticket ottiee, aid anyway me- prom.
t~c could be- given Us 10 trains 10 Ber.
! lin.
Trunks and bags were piled high In
every available space Unh IL was
months before that enormous pile VI
baggage WAS huaily sorted cut,
/ We decided To defer our effort to
reach Berlin until Monday since there
sse,nei uo hope of grtt'ng away tina;
! day.
Tn Monday morning. The STREETS
were fited wlth excited crowds de-
| Atroying every sign With French
word on Il aud locking for spies. The
| papers had annouuced TINT the couu.
try was full Of French spies. women
| AZ we'll as men. | saw the crowd stop
| an automobile take woman out and
| literally tear her clothes 10 shreds be-
| fore The police Succeeded In resralRg
her from the mob and took her to the
police station. The general suppos
ton was that all the man spies were
masquerading a. womea and tho first
thing the mob did was to pull out hair
pinS ~ see whether the hair was real.
IN. Moadny evening. we managed te
| edge our way into the last through
| train to Herijn We were ssd,traeked
| iupumeruhlr timrs to aiIuW troop
| trains ~ PASS through, aud we WIRE re-
/ lurrd Ia keep our windows CLOSED Sc
that No rneiny passenger eu0la drup
! bombs ON the bridges we crossed. l.
/ wss ha' August Night nad the lack
( IT ventilation MAS nspsl oppressive.
| ear comfavtmrnt was crowded With
| officers vn their was 10 i,dn their rrsl
mrntS and very grand ara important
/ they t@t ia their nr@ Hstd eray uni,
| forms which may have Ious heen put
away IN ymath i'aliS tnr'-iv'Nt shts rpt~.r~
tunlt bul which ttuk the German pc,-
| pie aS we'll AS the allies completely ~
surprise
| AZ Naamhsrs. which Is ahSu, half
@sy hssf~.~is Frankfort aud llArlin, ~
company az soIdlcrs boarded the train
and guarded The corridors while 4 Won
commissioned nt'iter questioned she
/ passengers
! My wife. who Was asleep In a cor
utr et the coUpe WAS the only WON
/ an In the ronpgrtmFGt Relieving that
her sleep might hc SesNed and she
mieht IN fact. be man in wcmaa's
cIaihiGg. the officer yei'ej ~ her
Where arc VOC solngT Her Anert.
can a,NNsnt. revealed whrR she al,
| sver,d him, laeensepi him the norr
and h. demanded snsr''y What right
have YEN "a use this train1 Where Is
/ yoar rsSspovt3T
/ Ry that time had grniurca all the
/ Hagcs~ ~ Identification could find and
/ tried ~ tsB him that my wife and
/ we're returning 90 eur hone Ia Bertha.
( would haze dragged US ~ tho train
( had pet at ot.icr- With vhs'ss Asd
I N,vn taISiss ~ route. sniarsae3 ara