BIG BUSINESS MEN
DISCUSS PROPOSED
WHARTON EXTENSION
McCaleb,Watt, Reynders and Tracy
Among Those Who Urge Estab
lishment of School Here
Big business men of the illy last
Bight gathered at the ltarrisburg Club
discuss ways and means of estab
lishing the branch of the University of
Pennsylvania Wharton School in llar
risburg.
Thomas Lynch Montgomery, State
"Agrarian and president of the local
YTHI versity of Pennsylvania Association
invited the business men to the club
Inst night to hear Dr. Ward W. Pier
son. director of the university's exteni
*ion schools, describe in detail the pro
posed Harrishurg branch. John V. W.
Reynders, of the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, expressed the hope that the
school will be established and is lend
ing the movement his every aid. Wil
liam B. McCaleb, superintendent of the
Philadelphia division of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, said he will give the
movement not only his hearty en
dorsement hut will try to get ambi
tious young men interested in the
school. C. F. Watt, general manager
of the Elliott-Fisher Typewriter Com
pany, declared such a school should be
established here in Harrishurg. D. E.
Tracy, of the Harrishurg Pipe and
Pipe Bending Works, said that he be
lieved a school was the thing that
Harrishurg needed badly and would be
of inestimable good to the commun
ity.
Advisory Committee Appointed
At the .meeting last night Thomas
Lynch Montgomery was elected chair
man of the Harrishurg Extension
School Advisory Committee. This
committee is made up of the most
representative business and profes
sional men of the city. The commit
tee, as the term would indicate, is for
the purpose of supervising, in a gen
eral way, the work of the extension
school should It be established here
in Harrishurg.
To-night at 8 o'clock in the Techni
cal High school a mass meeting will be
held in the interest of the project un
der the direction of C. Harry Kain.
chairman of the Harrishurg Rotary
Club educational committee, and. Mr.
Montgomery. A number of men who
are lending their aid to the move
ment have been chosen vice-presi
dents of to-night's meetings. These
vice-presidents are: Thomas Lynch
Montgomery, John E. Fox, the Rt.
Rev. James HenryDarllngton, the Rev.
Lewis S. Sludge. Dr. Hiram Mc-
Gowan, J. Horace McFarland, John V.
W. Reynders, Paul Johnston, D. E.
Tracy, William B. McCaleb, Dr. Chas.
15. Fager, E. J. St'ackpole, Charles S.
8011, J. Allen Donaldson, Dr. H. M.
St inc. C. P. AVatt, Dr. .1. B. McAllister,
Dr. John F. Culp, Dr. C. C. Cocklin,
William M. Donaldson. B. F. Burns,
c. Harry Kain, Dr. Samuel X. Shope,
Professor W. Sherman Steele, Spen
cer C. Gilbert. Professor F. E. Downes,
W. T. Hildrup, Jr., Donald McCor
mick. Dr. D. J. Reese, Dr. George R.
Moftltt.
Students Desiring to Enroll
Any one desiring to enroll can do
so by filling in the coupon below and
mailing the same to C. Harry Kain,
Chairman Harrishurg Rotary Club
Educational Committee, Arcade. Build
ing.
f \
Harrishurg, Pa.
C. Harry Kain. Chairman Rotary
Club Educational Committee:
f desire to enroll as a student in
the proposed Evening School of
Accounts and Finance, to be open
ed in Harrishurg under the di
rection of the University of Penn
sylvania.,
Name
Address
ALLIES ARE MAKING
DETERMINED EFFORT
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informed President Wilson that Great
Britain is determined not to make
peace until German) is decisively de
feated.
Arelidnke's Heavy Diss
\ message from Vienna says it is
officially admitted that Archduke:
Frederick lost 120.000 men in the re- i
cent fighting in Galicia.
The detailed experiences of the ;
British army during the first week of :
lighting in France are told in the re- 1
port of Sir John French, commander
of the British expeditionary force, and
made public in full to-day. Sir John
described his forces as making an or
derly withdrawal in the face of over
whelming odds. Tin- report makes no
reference to events subsequent to Au
gust 2K.
\ dispatch from Tokio says that
Japan lias been made a pari) to the
agreement by which none of Hie ene
mies of Germany and Austria will
make peace without the previous eon
sent of its allies.
In Petrograd it is believed that Aus
tria will soon sue for peace in order
to avoid the dissolution of the dual
monarchy.
\ Copenhagen dispatch says that a
large German squadron lias been ob
served along the Gulf of liosiila steam
ing east.
otticial statement issued at Lon
don just before :i o'clock this after
iniiin says that the Germans have lieen
driven hack all along the line. The
statement, however, appears to refer
to the lighting of yesterday and adds
little, lo the information already pub
lished by the French minister of war.
Steamer Oceanic Wrecked
00 Coast of Scotland
Special to The Telegraph
London. Sept. 10. The press bu
reau announces that the armed
merchant cruiser Oceanic, of the White
Star Line, was wrecked yesterday on
the north eoast of Scotland and has be
come a total loss. All of her officers
and crew were saved.
Japan Will Not Conclude
Peace Without Consent
of All Allied Nations
Petrograd, Sept. fl, via London, Sept.
10, fi.56 a. m.—A dispatch from Tokio
states that Japan has joined the agree
ment of the allies not to conclude
peace without the consent of the al
lied nations.
Japan has informed Russia, the
dispatch says, that she will not make
peace with Germany until the war in
Europe, is ended, even If Japan occu
pied Kiao-t?how before then.
WHY CONTINUE
In a business unsultefl; to you when a
Telegraph Want Ad is always sure to
sell It? J
THURSDAY EVENING,
RABBI FREUND HAS
BEEN HEREJ YEAR
Is a Leading Spirit in Spiritual
and Civic Development of
the Community
I This evening at
Ohev Sholorn Church
Rabbi Charles J.
Freund will celebrate
the first anniversary
.. of his induction as
" .* ~& i t head of the Jewish
ft ||?M Synagogue. Rabbi
• JH.. Kreund came to this
• ..-lyjmjffi city from Salt Luke
' ifcii] ' IKO ,n August, hut
was not formally in-
BBBO j ' J BLB ducted until the aec
ond week of Septent
iKCrr ,K ' r ' Since coming to
* ' VfY r i*\' this city Rabbi
j Kreund has been one of the moving
forces for the religious and civic up
lift of the community. His sermon
| this evening will be "Co-operation."
The choir of the congregation will sin?;
special music.
Brotherhood to Meet. —The Broth
erhood of Covenant Presbyterian
Church, Fifth and Pcffer streets, will
Ivold its first IV 11 meeting Friday
evening, September 11. at 7.45. Re
freshments will be, served. A full at
tendance is desired.
I>r. Smith to I "reach. Announce
ment was made to-day that Sunday
morning and evening the pulpit, at
Market Square Presbyterian Church
will be filled by the former pastor,
the Rev. I)r. J. Ritchie Smith, who
will come to this city from Eagles
mere. where he has been summering.
Dr. Smith in a few weeks will take
charge of the chair of homiletics at
Princeton Theological Seminary.
Double Quartet to Sing.—A double
quartet, composed of Mrs. W. E. Die
trich and Mrs. John Adams, sopranos;
Miss Martha E. Conner and Miss Ruth
[Spangler. contraltos; W. E. Dietrick
and O. F. Clippinger, tenors, and C. R.
i Engle and W. G. Whitmoyer, bassos,
will sing the sacred harvest contata, j
"The Rolling Season," by Simper, at
the evening service Sunday, Septem
ber 133, at 7.30 o'clock, in the First
United Brethren Church, Boas and
Susquehanna streets.
WI'CORMICK WILL
GET SMALL FRACTION
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sent the reports to-day that in the
event of election of McCormick, Lewis
is to be his Attorney General.
Think Deal Was Made
It is generally believed that as a
result of McCormick, Palmer, Flinn
and others being in the same hotel
yesterday some arrangement about ap
portionment of offices was made, at
least tentatively, because neither Flinn
nor Palmer is at all impractical In
dealing with spoils. Hence the belief
that in event of McCormick winning,
Lewis would not be the only Wasli
ingtonian to get into high place.
It is said that some men reported
in the lists furnished to the news
papers as attending the conference of
Washingtonians in Philadelphia yes
terday were not there. One conspic
uous instance is known all over Capi
tol Hill to-day.
Furthermore, it is notable that
| State Treasurer R. K. Young, one of
the strongest men in the Washington
i party, was not among advocates of l'u
| sion, and that Auditor General A. W.
Powell, prominent in the Washing
ton party meetings here, is in Denver.
Likewise it is known that Judge
Charles N. Brum ill, of Pottsvllle, a
[ Progressive top-liner, remains as gu
bernatorial candidate of the Bull
Moose party and has never been very
enthusiastic about fusion. And Judge
Britinni represents a portion of the
Washington party that objected to the
slating of Dean Lewis for the guber
natorial nomination.
Not Popular Here
In this city the announcement of
fusion arrangements and the call of
the Washington party State commit
tee for a meeting to ratify the mat
ter here next Wednesday, was received
by Progressives with mixed feelings.
Failure to make any fusion on sena
torial candidates when the announce-,
inents are that fusion is to beat Pen
rose, candidate for Senator, im
pressed a good many people with the
selfishness of the deal, no matter how
much Lewis and McCormick tried to
cloak it under the ti/rm patriotism.
Washingtonians and Democrats to
day vowed hostility because of the
trilling with party platforms which are
diametrically opposed to each other
on national issues.
Efforts will now be • o effect
fusion on the legislative nominations
in (lie two Dauphin district*, but D. L.
Kaufman. Democratic congressional
nominee, says lie i.s not going to re
tire.
Another thing which was not lost
on the Washingtonians here to-day
was the criticism by McCormick in his
speeches last night, after Lewis had
agreed fo give him his place, of the
auditing department of the State gov
ernment, which Is controlled by a
Washington party man.
Altogether the signs are that it does
not matter whether fusion is effected
or not .is far as the Republican ticket
is concerned.
CALL I'Olt MEETING HERE
By Associated I'rcss
Philadelphia, Sept. 10.—A call was
sent out to-day by A. Nevin Detrich,
chairman of the Washington party
State committee, for a special meeting
of the committee at Harrisburg next
Wednesday to take action on the
withdrawal of William Draper Lewis
as the party candidate for Governor.
Reports that there will be other with
drawals from the Washington ticket
and from the Democratic tickot in the
interest of fusion against the Repub
lican candidates could not be con
firmed.
Another Half Million
to Be Placed in Field
By Associated Press
London, Sept. 10, 12.38 P. M.—
Premier Asqutth to-day asked parlia
ment to add another half-million men
of all ranks to the regular army.
The supplementary estimates say It
represents the probable excess beyond
the similar increase voted August 5
which will be required for the army
service.
This will bring the total of all ranks
in the army to 1.186,400 men. a figure
unprecedented for Great Britain.
COURT DAIRY SOLD
Negotiations have been closed for
the purchase pf the Court Dairy
Lunch, Strawberry and Court streets,
by D. Z. Clary and Boy H. Swails from
Mrs. John N. H. Mcngcr, 110 North
[Second street.
COUNCIL DECIDES
TO LAY PIPELINE
IN FRONT STREET
Rescinds Previous Action Relative
to Water Mains After
Walk in Park
MAY DAMAGE THE ROOTS
Question of Cost; Bowman De
fends the Trees; 3 to 2
Vote Again
After a pleasant hour's stroll down
through the River Front Park from
North to Paxton streets City Council
this morning met In special session
and decided to lay the proposed new
water mains in Front street instead of
the park pathway, after all.
Council, however, split on the vote,
Mayor Royal's resolution to rescind
the previous award and reaward the
contract to put down the pipes being
adopted by a 3-to-2 vote.
Mayor Royal and Commissioners W.
H. Lynch and M. Harvey Taylor voted
to put the pipes in the street.
Commissioners Bowman and Gorgas
voted to run the pipe line through the
parks.
Cost in the Future
In urging the adoption of the Royal
motion Commissioner Taylor pointed
out that the trees In the parks would
be seriously threatened because the
roots would necessarily have to be cut.
Furthermore, he pointed out that the
city would be put to much more ex
pense in the future because it would
be necessary either to replace the pres
ent 6-Inch feed main In the street or
extend the laterals across the street
to the park from the houses.
Commissioner Lynch questioned
whether there would he so much seri
ous damage done to the trees, but he
believes Ihc question of removing the
pipes in the future would be too costly.
Mayor Royal explained his previous
vote for the original Bowman reso
lution by saying that he had acted for
what he believed was the best finan
cial interests of the city, but after he
had seen the damage done to the trees
by a recent storm he thought Council
should take no chance with the other
treqp by permitting the roots to bo
threatened.
Bowman Meant to Protect Trees
Commissioner Bowman insisted again
that he had recommended the laying
of pipes in the park instead of the
highway because it would entail some
$4,000 less expense. Had he believed
that any harm would come to the trees
he never would have considered, for
a moment, the question of putting the
pipes in the park.
"Why, I've got as muoh respecjt for
trees as anyone—in the parks or out."
declared Mr. Bowman, "and I say
again that 1 wouldn't consider any
thing that I believe would Injure any
of the trees. But. after a careful sur
vey of the parks I concluded that the
trees would not he harmed and I rec
ommended the award to that effect
accordingly. Furthermore, I had in
mind the.saving of some $4,000 to the
city."
Considered Economy
While he does not believe that the
trees would be harmed by the pro
posed line in the park and believed,
furthermore, that the city should save
the $4,000, he questioned, however,
whether it would not have been just
as feasible and much more economical
to extend the mains from the Cameron
street feeder on out Market to Front
street and not touch upon Front at all.
Millard F. Saul, who had been
awarded the bid for the construction
of mains both in the nark and In the
street, was awarded the contract for
putting the lines in the street at a
total of $6.374.80.
Mr. Saul, he explained to Council,
would have had a right to claim what
he considered the possible profits on
the park job. but that Mr. Saul had
agreed not to press such a claim.
From North street to Market the cost
will total $3,868.20 and from Market
to Paxton it will cost $2,506.20.
Council Takes a Stroll
Counci s entire body was on the job
at the pumping sta'tlon a few minutes
after 9 o'clock and the walk beneath
the tree,s began. At certain points
along the route holes had been dug
In the pathway opposite trees to show
just where the roots extend. In one or
two instances, however, the trenches
had been dug immediately east of the
walk. Rome gigantic elms and Nor
way maples and some towering but
ton woods were among the trees in the
right of way and these, Mr. Bowman
explained, would have to be passed *hy
placing the pipes beneath the roots.
Where the pipe 'line would have
crossed at Market and at Walnut
streets there was another brief halt.
"Relative to that ouestlon raised by
Mr. Lynch as to the cost of cutting
across here." pointed out Commis
sioner Bowman, "I just want to say
that the work would all have to he
done by the contractor. That wouldn't
cost the city any more."
Cutting Across tlic Streets
"What 1 said was," said Mr. Lynch,
"that the cost of the cutting would be
so much more and that the contractor
had to figure upon this when he sub
mitted his bid."
At Front and Walnut a giant elm
attracted attention. "What about the
roots here?" asked the Mayor.
"Why. wherever we hit large tree
roots the contractor will Just dig un
der it."
"Have you anything in the contract
to require that?" inquired Mayor
Royal.
"No, but he has that understand
ing," replied Mr. Bowman.
"Still," pointed Messrs. Lynch and
Royal together, "there's nothing in the
contract"-:
"But I'll Insist upon it," stoutly
maintained Mr. Bowman.
"Well," chorused Messrs. Lynch,
Taylor and Royal, "It won't do any
good unless It's in the contract."
The Life of the Water Pipe
"How long has this six-Inch feeder
in Front street now been in service?"
asked Mr. Taylor.
( Messrs. Bowman, Royal, Taylor-nor
city clerk did not seem to know. 'Why,
I'll tell you," suggested Mr. Lynch,
"about sixty-seven years."
"That means, then," went on Mr.
Taylor, "that It will entail additional
cost in the future—much more than
the $4,000 you're saving now, by put
ting the pipes In the park. Either
you'll have to put down a new main in
the street to replace the present one
or you will have to connect at enor
mous expense all the properties along
Front which are now being fed by the
six-Inch main. This will mean tearing
up the whole park."
While In the lower end of the city
progress of the work on the subway
at Front street was Inspected inci
dentally. During the session there
were occasional genial exchanges of
the reasons why one head didn't seem
to be interested especially in the work
of the others. And Just before the
Council adjourned to tha Council
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
COUHUY OHINS IIA
MIHL OUTPUT
Federal Report Shows That Dau
phin Is Sending Forth Many
Valuable Products Now
According to the reports received by
the State Geological Survey, the min
eral production of Dauphin county In
1913 was $2,729,771 in value, as com
pared with $2,557,242 in 1912. These
figures do not include the production
of coke, which is a derived product
and hr,s shown a slight Increase In
value as compared with the previous
year.
The following table gives in detail
the production of the severul products
so far us the same can he given with
out disclosing individual Output:
1912. 1913.
Anthracite coal .$2,001,018 $2,120,440
Sand and gravel. 30,533 19,476
Limestone 158.735 197,823
Ume 70,612 74,478
Miscellaneous . . 296,344 . 327,554
Totals $2,557,242 $2,739,771
The miscellaneous classification in
cludes brick and tile, sand lime brick,
trap rock sandstone.
chamber Mr. mopped a brow
a trifle heated, and genially remarked:
To Decorate Streets
"Mr. Howman'd ,mrty was rather
dry. eh? He didn't even give us a
cigar."
"Why." grinned Mr. Bowman, "don't
you buy your own cigars?"
The water pipe line occupied prac
tically the entire session of Council.
Mr. Bowman, however.' had a chance
to offer the ordinances providing for a
new six-inch pipe In Chestnut from
Eighteenth to Nineteenth. A com
munication was submitted from the
firemen of the city asking permission
to decorate streets during the State
firemen'* conveit lon in October, as
follows:
Market, Front to the subway. Sec
ond. Third and Fourth from Chestnut
t" Walnut, including Market Square,
with a court of honor in the Square;
Chestnut from Second to Third, and
the following intersections: Third and
Verbek, Sixth and Maclay, Thirteenth
and Derry, Thirteenth and Market and
Market street in front of the Phila
delphia and Reading station, and for
a reviewing stand in Front street at
South.
TTpon motion of Mr. the reso
lution was laid over uptil the next
meeting.
PEOPLE OF EUROPE
GET LITTLE NEWS
[Continued From First l*agc]
the distress of the travelers was great
est.
Gets Telegraph's Cable
Dr. Fager wrote this article for the
Telegraph in response to a cable mes
sage sent by this newspaper to him
when he was in Berne, Switzerland,
August 20.
"I almost missed the message,"
laughed Dr. Fager to-day in telling of
his receipt of the massage, "and I re
ceived it Just In the nick of time. I
was on the special train leaving Berne
for Paris when I heard someone shout
'Doctor Fager! Doctor Fager!' on the
station platform. I raised the window
and a messenger shoved the cable in
to my hands Just as we steamed away
for the French border."
Dr. Fager was back at his desk at
Tech this morning shortly after 9
o'clock and at noon he was given a
rousing homecoming reception by the
students. Here is the European situa
tion as Dr. Fager saw it:
By Dr. Charles B. Fager
"We had been in Venice fo reight
days having a quiet and peaceful time,
visiting churches, museums, picture
galleries, riding in gondolas and feed
ing the pigeons at St. Marks when we
learned that Austria had declared waV
on Servia. That did not disturb ui
in the least because there v.as always
war in the Balkans and there had
been trouble in Albania so that wo
thought it was the usual summer out
breaks that they have had in the Bal
kans rfor some few years. But one
day in talking to the porter of the
hotel he told me in his broken Eng
lish that some day we would hear of
terrible things; that, all the countries
in Europe were getting ready for war;
and while he didn't think it would
come this year, yet some day we
Americans would hear terrible things.
There was nothing in Venice to Indi
cate in the least that a great Euro
pean war was coming. Venice was
Crowded with Americans. English,
Germans and Austrians and the band
was playing every night in St. Marks
Square. They had their annual sum
mer tombola, which is a lottery for
the benefit of the poor, and every
thing was quiet and peaceful and hap
py. There was no evidence at all of
anything coming to disturb us.
Everything Seems Quiet
We left Venice on the morning of
July 31 and traveled through North
ern Italy to Milan and the only thing
we saw on the road that looked at' all
warlike was a trainload of Italian ar
tillery on a side track. But in Mile.n
everything was absolutely normal. We
remained only an hour In Milan to
change ears and took the train by way
of Simplon Tunnel to Brig. We were
held up on the Italian side of the
Simplon Tunnel by an outbreak of hot
water and did not arrive in Brig un
til late at night. Evervthing in Brig
was perfectly quiet that night. How
ever, I was awakened the next morn
ing (August 1) by roll of drum and
the reading of a proclamation In Ger
man directly in front of the hotel In
which it was stated that there was a
state of war in Europe, that the Swiss
army would be mobilized at once and
that the Swiss people should be pre
pared to protect their country from an
Invasion by foreigners. It came over
night!
War in Twelve Hours
"So in twelve hours we were sud
denly plunged from a feeling of abso
lute security into a state of war. I
found it Impossible to obtain any
money on checks or letters of credit in
Brig. I could not pay my hotel bill
and the landlady told me to take it
with me and pay it when the war is
over. In the morning we came to
Berne in a train crowded with Ger
man tourists and their wives and chil
dren who were making every effort
to get back to Germany by way of
Berne and Basel. The Germans were
intensely excited. One German aixl
his wife, who sat opposite me, was
particularly anxious and nervous, his
wife every now and then would leave
the compartment and go on the plat
form of the ear where I eould see her
shading and crying. He would follow
her out, qutet her and bring her back
into the ear. He probably belonged
to the Reserve and had been called to
the front to Join hig colors.
"At every station there were hun
dreds of English, Americans and Ger
mans and the Swiss soldiers who had
very quickly mobilized so that by the]
Ltimc we reached Berne, about llvf
SITU CURDS
ISSUED DY BOARD
Fewei Deaths and More Births
During August This Year
Than Last
Dr. J. R. J. Raunick. city h»alth of
ficer, Tins issued 300 sanitation placards
relating to the handling and tasting of
food stuffs. More than 100 of those
cards have been sent to each market
house in the city. They are printed In
four languages, Kngllsh. German, Hun
garian and Slavish. They read as fol
lows:
I nrlrnn Unmix Spread Dlmut.
HiiiulllnK. Touting or Touching
Knnila Kxpoxed For Nnlc In
Forbidden t'nder Penally
of tlie l.nw.
Screen doors and windows were re
cently affixed to the markethouses
through the orders of the city health
officer.
There were two less deaths reported
for the month of August than for the
same month last year, while two more
births were announced. The total
number of births this month is 12!« and
the total number of deaths seventy
four.
The monthly milk report was issued
to-dav, and shows a high standard sup
ply Is being served the consumers in
this city.
hours later, our train was as long as
an ordinary freight train.
It Was Terrible
"The platforms in the Berne sta
tion were packed with Germans, Eng
lish and French, waiting for trains
to take them to their homes. It was
terrible! I never saw such a sight
in my life. After considerable diffi
culty we managed to get out of the
station and to the hotel. I asked the
proprietor if he was taking American
checks and while he at lirst refused he
afterwards Jold me that American
money was the best money In the
world at that time. French and Ital
ian money was no good at all. So thiit
while we could not get large amounts
at a time yet we could get enough
from the proprietor of that one hotel
for our ordinary needs. Ours was an
exceptional case because in the other
hotels and in the banks that that time
(first week in August) it was Impos
sible to get money on checks or letters
of credit or anything of that kind.
Representatives Inexperienced
"The Americans poured into Berne
from the surrounding countries,
mostly without money or passports,
and for a few days the consulate was
kept open day and night to furnish
I the Americans with information,
which was largely misinformation,
and passpprts. There was a great ob
jection made by the Americans to
the fact that they had to pay for these
passports, when it was almost impos
sible to get money, and then not more
i than $lO at a time. The American
representatives of our government
I were requiring the Americans to pay
?2 a piece for passports. Our repre
sentatives did all they could under
the circumstances, which at that time
was mighty little. 1 think this was
largely because they were inexperi
enced, with the exception of Max J.
Baehr, the American Consul at Berne,
who was formerly Consul at Cuba dur
ing the time of our trouble with Spain
and was a man of wide experience. He
was a splendid representative of the
American government.
Swiss Eleet General
"In Berne all was more or less con
fusion, the troops from all over Switz
erland were pouring into Berne, which
was made a central camp. The Siyiss
parliament was called to elect a gen
eral for the army. They have a gen
eral only in time"of war. After the
election of General Wille they had
such a celebration and there was so
much cheering and marching, etc.,
that we thought peace had been.de
clared, and was greatly disappointed
to find that it was only the electloh of
the general of the Swiss army. They
had a review of thousands of Swiss
troops on the fields of Berne, when
they and the officials all took the oath
of alleglanue to the cause, in which
they resolved to protect Switzerland
from invasion' by foreign armies of
any country. The parade, after this
took place, was a wonderful sight.
Then the Anxious Days
"Then then- followed days of anx
ioux. watchful waiting. There was ab
solutely no news, or the little that we
did receive had been so severely cen
sored that it amounted to nothing.
We' didn't know nearly so much about
the progress of events in Euro|>e. al
though we were in the center of Kti
ro|>e, as those who were in America.
There were all kinds of reports in the
streets. For instance, that Paris was
in the hands of the troops and that
they weer hanging Germans to the
lamp posts; that there weer no boats
running in or out of England; that
there was a state of revolution in Ber
lin; that London was packed with
thousands of Americans and hotel ac
commodations were not to be had;
that the only safe thing to do was to
remain in Berne.
"An American committee was
formed, which in a few days adjusted
money matters satisfactorily so that
Americans were able to get money
when the Swiss themselves had diffi
culty in getting it. The hotel pro
prietor assured us that he would keep
us as long as his food lasted, and that
he had enough to last six months, and
we were further assured that the win
ters in Berne were delightful. » .
Everybody Has to Go!
"1 visited the Swiss National Ex
hibit. which had attracted great
crowds to Berne, and found in these
large buildings and grounds that'there
were hardly more than 100 people,
where It would take at least 25,000
to have a comfortable crowd. AH
men had been called to the front from
every occupation, no matter what.
Everybody had to go.
"We had a number of meetings of
the Americans, at which they were
encouraged to remain until the way
would bo clear and then we were as
sured that the I'nlted States govern
ment would arrange with the French
government for special trains to carry
us through France to England. After
waiting for nearly three weeks we
learned that these si>cclal trains only
existed In the Imagination of the
American Minister and some few
members of the committee. The Brltr
isli government had succeeded In ar
ranging for special trains for British
subjects. There were 8,000 British in
Switzerland and at least as many. If
not more, Americans. The Americans,
finding that the way through France
was clear, decided not to wait on the
American government, which was
characteristic of thq American —to
help themselves, so they went out in
dividually in trains to Geneva and i
from Geneva to Paris (the only way
to get through).
O, Happy Day!
"The trip from Geneva to Paris or
dinarily requires about nine hours and
Is made by through trains. Under the
war schedule it requires anywhere
from >thirty to forty-eight hours, with
numerous changes. You could expect
to be turned out of the course at any
stage, where it was oftentimes im
possible to secure food or shelter, and
would have to wait while the troop
trains were sent through for another
train to he made up to take you on
your next stage of your Journey. A
special train to leave Geneva for Paris
at 2.50 In the afternoon had been ar
ranged for with the French governor.
SEPTEMBER 10, 1914.
| The people lined up before the Rates at
j 10 o'clock In the morning to net this
train. Only a limited number could
Ibe accommodated. Thin crowd was
: composed of well-to-do American
i tourists, many provided with tlrst class
I tickets. In the party there was a
crowd of American college boys, who
cheered up the spirits of the Ameri
cans by singing 'O happy day. O happy
day, when we get back to U. S. A.' The
gates were opened about 1 o'clock and
the crush that followed was simply
terrific. The accommodations were
miserable. While several hundred
people had first class tickets, there
were accommodations but for forty
lirst class, and the great majority of
them had to ride third class, where
they were packed in like cattle. Many
i had to stand because there were not
nearly sufficient seats for the people
who had crowded on the train.
Stick to tlie Ship
"We passed the frontier into France
and since we spoke English and the
English and the French were allies
everything was done by the French to
pass us through their customs easily.
We had been assured that this was a
through train that would go directly
to Paris without any changes. When
we arrived at Amberleux, which is just
a few miles inside the French frontier,
we were told that we would have to
change cars, that this train was not
going to Paris, but to Lyons. Four
carloads of us protested. We said we
had been assured that it was a through
train and that we would stick to the
ship. The hundreds of others changed
cars and pulled out for Dijon. We
arrived in Lyons between 9 and 10
o'clock and found waiting on an ad
joining platform a train made up
largely of lirst and second clnss car
riages. on which thbre was plentv of
room, that was going directly to Paris,
and arrived in Paris the next morning
at 7.30. Those who obeyed orders and
changed cars at Amberieux arrived in
Paris at 3.15 next afternoon, having
had to make innumerable changes and
having had a most uncomfortable
journey.
Paris a City of tlie Dead
"Paris we found a city of the dead.
Of course, it was Sunday, and all the
stores and shops were closed. A great
many hotels were closed. The city
was divided into wards, which were
under control of the police depart
ment. We were told we would have to
get a permit from the chief of police
of the district in which our hotel was
located to remain in Paris and also
permission to leave Paris. We re
mained twenty-four hours. During
that time we visited the police station,
the American consul, the British con
sul. the chief of the railroad service, in
order to arrange to leave the next
morning.
"There were very few soldiers in
Paris. Americans who had been in
Paris during the entire time of the
mobilization of troops told me that
Paris had been absolutely and
they never thought that they were in
the least danger and that the only dis
turbance was when a band of students
broke some of the windows in.German
shops; that Paris had always been
under the control of the police, and no
one had suffered at all. The restau
rants closed at 9 o'clock at night. We
had to have a police permit to go
from one ward of Paris to another.
There were many stranded Americans
there, but everybody felt perfectly
safe. We arranged to leave Paris next
morning for Kngland by way of
Amiens, Arras and Boulogne. 1 was
assured by an Englishman who had
just come from Boulogne that the way
was perfectly safe; that there were
:tOO,OOO Knglish troops on the water:
that they had millions or French
troops on the water; that the kaiser
was going to get the worst licking he
ever had In his life, and that the wuv
to Kngland would lie always perfectly
safe. Five flays after we went through
tills part of France it was in the pos
session of the <;erman troops. At
Arras we saw hundreds of refugees
from Belgium and Northern France,
men. women, carrying in small bundles
all their worldly possessions.
"It was a terrible sight. A train
loaded with English, French and Ger
man wounded, pulled into the station as
we were waiting, and we were told
thta a German officer of hfglt rank had
died Just as the train pulled into the
station. The people in the country
round about Arras evidently did not
expect the Germans to get through, be
cause the boys, girls and women were
In the fields gathering the wheat which
was cut, the men having had to go to
war. and loading it into wagons that
were drawn by oxen—all hor.se» having
been taken to the war—lnto their
barns.
■\ Few Day* i. liter, the lint tie
"A few days later this country was a
a scene of the big battle by the French
left wing and the German's right. We
reached Boulogne after about a seven
hour ride. We found a ship waiting
there for us for Kngland. We were re
quired to show tickets and passports
before we could get aboard. We landed
In Folkstone. Kngland, an hour and a
half later. The boat was crowded with
Americans, French and Belgians and
English refugees. We found l,ondon
practically normal, excepting that In
stores complaints were made that there
was no business, and that all taxi cabs
bore signs calling upon young men to
enlist and that Kitchener wants 100,-
000 men, and the sandwich men in the
streets carried signs of same Import.
The Knglish did not seem to realize the
gravity of the situation. The steam
ship offices were crowded with Ameri
cans anxious to get home. They would
stand in line for hours hoping that
something would he cancelled. There
was the greatest uncertainty as to the
sailing of the steamships. A steamer
would be put on, everything taken, and
without further notice we would sud
denly learn that the sailing had been
cancelled. The price for steamship ac-
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commodatlon.x in many lines had been
increased, which action was severely
condemned by the American commit
tee.
Trip llnmr l)rprrMln(
"Americans were willing to pay al
most any price for passage home and
to sail under almost any Hag. We were
assured that the British cruisers had
control of the sea and the passage was
absolutely safe. Our ship, the Paplant.
was the last to leave Southampton, and
when we arrived at Southampton we
were told that the English had already
landed 60,000 Russian troops in Ostend,
which they had brought around from
the White Sea from Archangel around
the Northern Cape and down into
Northern Scotland, and thence had
taken them by train Into Southampton
and thence to Belgium. The Aqul
tania had been stripped of all her fur
niture ami wns being used by the Brit
ish (Jovernment as a transport for, the
Russians.
"The trip home was very depressing.
We encountered lots of fog. came
across several Icebergs, one of which
was estimated at about 400 to SOO feet
high and at least 1,500 feet in length.
Another ship appearing on the horizon
always caused a great deal of excite
ment. and evidently some anxiety to
the officers, until they determined what
tlag they were Hying under. We cam«-
into New York harbor In the morning,
about 9 o'clock, and the Statue of Lib
erty looked good to me, and I tlrmly
resolved that I would never look the
lady In the face again, but would be
perfectly content with the view I would
get from the New York side."
HIGH FOOD PRICES
NOT ENTIRELY DUE
TO WAR J EUROPE
Government Says European Situa
tion Is Not Alone in Caus
ing Advance
Special to The Telegrafk
Washington, D. C„ Sept. 10.—Aver
age prices of virtually all Important
agricultural products on September 1
showed increases over quotations of
one year ago, the Department of
Agriculture's general review indicated
to-day. Cotton was the marked ex
ception, dropping nearly 3 cents a
pound.
Nearly all the grains showed heavy
Increases, while average prices of
meat animals on August IS were $7.63
per hundredweight, compared with
$7.20 a year ago, and $6.56 in 1912.
While it was recognized that the
European war had inflated grain
prices some, bureau officials believed
they would maintain a higher level
and that a shortage of animals would
give meats a rising tendency.
Corn advanced front $.754 on Sep
tember 1 last year to $.815 this
month; wheat from $.771 to $.938;
oats, $.393 to $.423; rye, from $.630
to $.754; buckwheat, from $.790 to
$.798; flax, from $1.28 to $1.39. Hay,
chickens and eggs advanced slightly,
while butter and potatoes showed
slight decreases.
Twenty Men Injured
When Cars Collide
By Associated Press
Scranton, Pa., Sept. 10. —In a head
on collision between a Blue Line ex
press car and a southbound Carbon
dale car of the Scranton Railway at
North Mayfleld to-day twenty men
were Injured, several of them seri
ously. The collision occurred in a
dense fog on a stretch of straight
track through misunderstanding of
signal lights. The Injured are Charles
B. Geary and William Clemoy, of Car
bondale, who are In a serious con
dition. The cars were crushed half
their lengths and that no one was
killed outright is marvelous.
Soldier Plays Organ
in Church to Comrades
Paris, Aug. 28. Here Is a touching
picture by a French soldier now in a
hospital in Nancy. Writing to a friend
two days after the battle of Saales
Tass, Vosges. close to a spot where the
first German (lag was captured, he
says:
"Do yon know why I feel strangely
moved Just now? I was thinking of
the service at church on Sunday. The
| whole company went,inside in the early
morning and we found the priest there.
The church contains a beautiful organ,
and lieutenant S , who knows I am
fond of music, asked the priest's per
mission for me to try the Instrument.
So I sat down, while all my comrades
ranged themselves In the pews.
"f began with the 'Marseillaise;' then
the Russian and British national an
thems. After that I played a move
ment from Massenet—one of Mendels
sohn's 'songs without words;' a romance
bv Schumann, the largo in O from Han
del which profoundly touched the audi
ence; Gounod's 'Ave Maria.' and finally
our own inimitable 'Chant du Depart.'
After that the priest ottered a prayer
for our armies, and as we left the
church the hearts of all were very full.
"That night we entered Alsace, and
our one thought was. 'We must give
them a lieHjng.' If I am,spared (for I
hope to be back at the front before
longl T want to» give a concert In the
Strassburg Cathedral."
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