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REFUGEES FROM
Mrs. Ernest Iselln, wife of the New York banker, and her two chil
dren arrived In New York after having undergone many exciting expe
riences In getting away from the war zone.
TOURISTS DESCRIBED
By BRUNO LE88INQ.
International News Service.
New York. Bruno Leasing, who was
In Austria when war was declared,
and who arrived here on the Nleuw
Amsterdam, gives tho following ac
count of his experiences:
The observations of passengers
aboard tho Nleuw Amsterdam form as
clear a description of the outbreak of
the great war as will probably ever
be told.
By piecing together the pictures
obtained from persons who were In
Carlsbad and Marlenbad. in Austria,
yith the scenes in Wiesbaden, Ham
Burg, Nauholm and Baden, in Ger
many, the Tyrol and tho Rhenish
provinces, you obtain a panorama that
tglves some Idea of the shock, the be
wilderment and the panic that fell
Upon Europe within 48 hours.
In Marlenbad tho band was play
png. The promenade and streets wero
thronged with foreigners and villagers
(were in holiday mood beautiful worn-
n from the four quarters of the globe.
The theater, the concert halls, and the
moving picture shows were crowded.
The- next morning the town arose
Btunned. The order to mobilize had
gone forth in tho night. The waiters,
the cooks, the porters, the hack driv
ers and in some cases even the pro
Sjrletor and tho whole office force hod
eft to assembles with tho army corps
on tho German frontier.
Many guests hastily packed their
trunks and left town. Around every
.bulletin board were groups of women,
Ted-eyed with weeping, wringing their
bands.
One woman whoso husband kept a
grocery had husband and four sons
called to the colors. In that one little
town you could have multiplied this
Incident a hundredfold.
Every newspaper was compelled to
submit a copy of Its issue to the mil
itary commandant three hours before
Its distribution. When the censor was
through with it most of the news had
been taken out
Ruth for Their Money.
I People hastened to the banks to
draw out their money. They were as
sured that their money was Bate, but
were turned away empty handed. One
by one the stores were closed. Vis
itors who made purchases counter
manded their orders.
Wherever I inquired, In Austria and
In Germany, the answer was tho same.
"Russia wants war," said the Ger
mans; "Germany wants war," said the
Austrlans, "and wo are drawn into it.
Tho ofneors of the nrmy are crazy to
fight The young folks cheer for tho
flag. But wo must pay tho prlco. My
business Is ruined. I am a patriot
God help my family."
The railway service to Russia had
been suspended. At .midnight trains
wero run to tho frontiers of Russia
and Germany for foreigners who
wished to leave after that the rail
roads would bo turned over to the
military. The scramble developed
quickly Into a panic.
Every vehicle waa quickly piled
high with baggage. Women with
push carts trundled trunks to tho sta
tion. Many visitors carried trunks on
their shoulders. The railroad station
was jammed. When finally tho gates
were opened a rush for scats and
standing room took place. No conduc
tor came to Inspect tickets; the serv
ice was completely demoralized. Five
BRITISH WILL HAVE
HUGE ARMY OF WOMEN
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London. England is going to have
regiments of women. Thoy may have
as tholr genorala such women aB
Queen Atnello of Portugal, tho duchess
of Marlborough, and Mrs Pankhurst
Lady Cook Ib tho originator of the
iplan. Sho has Iauncnoa a stirring cam
paign to put a woman's army In roadl-
less for battio. tino uoio m uy
i women In the army.
THE WAR ZONE
hundred passengers wero left behind,
Where they are now heaven only
knows.
The train slowly proceeded toward
the frontier. Tho district, ono of the
richest and busiest in Russia, was si
lent and deserted. Here and there in
a wide field an old woman was seen
struggling to harvost the crops. Fac
tories wero deserted. The workmen
had gone to war.
Baggage Left Behind.
It was not until nightfall, when tbt
train reached Nuremburg, that the
passengera learned that two baggage
cars had been left behind. At evey
station from the Austrian frontier to
Holland, I saw piles of trunks, mostly
belonging to Americans and .EngllBh
men. Tho stories told by passengera
from Berlin, Hamburg and Paris of
countless thousands of pieces of bag
gage piled at railroad stations stag
ger one's credulity.
Just as we crossed the border came
the news that Germany had already
begun to mobilize. Plans wero hasti
ly made and aB hastily discarded. Ev
ery one wanted to know what trains
wore running, what frontiers were
open and what steamers were Balling.
There was no one to answer.
Tho train jogged through tho same
sad scenes of desolation we beheld in
Austria boautlful fields, crops ripe
for harvest without a soul to reap
them. Factories wero quiet Wo
were sidetracked every little while to
permit trains ladon with soldiers to
pass. At nightfall, without having
eaten all day, our tralnload arrived
at Nuremburg, where tho station was
crowded with Americans, Englishmen,
Belgians and Hollanders waiting for
hours for a train.
The Nuremburg hotels were filled
with foreigners. Some were going ta
Switzerland. Rumors came, however,
that Switzerland had formed an allV
ance with France and that the Ger
mans had stopped all trains.
Rides In Baggage Car.
No one knew what truth there was
In the rumors; no one knew any way
of ascertaining the truth; all was con
fusion. Then came official announce
ment that all railroad communication
with tho French frontier had been
suspended and that after 24 hours no
further trains would be run in the Ger
man empire.
Tho following morning nearly every
foreigner In Nuremburg left for the
WeBt in two streams ono toward Bel
glum, tho other toward Holland. I
choso Holland, and tho memory ol
the ride will long abldo with mo like
a nightmare.
At Bonn threo army officers fought
through the crush nnd compelled the
occupants of a first-class compartment
to give up their seats. Wo wero now
In tho heart of German mobilization.
Every station waa thronged with sol
diers. Wo passed camp after camp
and train after train laden' with gun
carriages, tents and, provisions passed
us. I
At overy station the soldiers com
pelled the passengers to closo doors
and tflndowB. They wero guarding
against a bomb bolng thrown from the
train. One man who did not close a
window fast enough was prodded with
a bayonet
At the Dutch frontier the train
stopped and overy passenger under
wont a rigid examination. No Ger
man was allowed to pass any farthor.
Lady Cook pointed out that the wom
en would bo tho logical defenders ol
the country when tho men are all away
to tho front
"Our women's army must bo ready
to fight and to dlo for Britain. I am
going to arouso tho women of England
so thoy will, If tho time should come,
resist the Invaders in a light for their
homes and their honor.
"I bolleve EngllHh women will make
good fighters. You know what Kipling
says: 'Tho femalo of the species U
mora deadly than the male' "
BRIEF NEW8 OF NEBRASKA
Tho Elks will build a new homo in
alllanco.
Thrco carloads of grapes havo boon
shipped from Peru this season.
Ohlowa's 11 ro department has In
creased its fire fighting equipment.
Roy E. Tildcn ef Benedict has bocn
selected as postmaster of that place.
Tho five-year-old son of Charles
Roland was drowned In a poud near
Falrbury.
Tho business section of Crawford
Is to bo heated by steam from tho
power plant.
Mrs. Lottlo W. Cobbey, widow of the
late Judgo J. E. Cobbey, Is dead at hor
homo In Lincoln.
Whether or not Falrbury shall havo
movies on Sunday Is to bo" nettled by
a special election.
About 2,500 former Nebrnskans In
southern California held a reunion at
Long Bench Inst week.
Tho old settlers annual picnic at
Wahoo last week was tho most largo
ly attended for many years.
Ohlowa will havo installed a num
ber of electric street lights as soon as
tho material can bo Hocured.
W. H. Pltzcr captured a black Jack
rabbit' near Porclval, nnd It Is said to
bo tho "only ono In captivity."
David W. Ferguson, a butcher, famil
iarly known ns "Scotty," dropped dead
whllo working In a silo near Ayr.
Tho largest nttendanco on record
120 was registered at tho AdntnB
county teachers' Institute Inst week.
Glenn Welch, at Hastings, flvo years
old, stepped on a nail, and Is In a sort
ous condition with blood poisoning as
a result.
Mrs. Napoleon Domers, near Tecum
seh, foil from a treo whllo picking
peaches, receiving wounds that may
prove fatal.
Fire, thought to bo of incendiary
origin, destroyed tho lumber yard of
Young & Bolton at Hebron, causing
a loss of about $20,000.
Madam St. Henry, a member of the
faculty at St. Bernard's academy at
Nebraska City, has seven brothers
serving in tho French army.
James McKorn is dead at Falrbury
from Injuries ho received when thrown
under a Rock Island freight train at
tho sand pit near that placo.
C. M. Crunklo of Boatrlco was
thrown from a horse during the mili
tary maneuvers at Ashland and re
ceived Injuries that caused his death.
Fire destroyed the general storo of
Frank Grover at Bennet, and badly
damaged tho stock of tho Frank En
yeart merchandise company noxt door.
Garnett Hartley, a well diggor, was
killed when ho plunged fifty feet down
a well shaft at tho home of William
Nichols, eight miles south of Platts
mouth. The Holiness camp meeting at
Weeping Water, under the auspices of
the Nebraska conference of Menonlte
brethren closed a ton day session
Monday.
Tho body of John Szchla was found
In tho road near his automobile, ten
miles northwest tf Schuyler. It Is
supposed ho was alone when ho met
his death.
A number of harness dealers from
all sections of the state will congre
gate in Lincoln, September 8 nnd 9,
to effect an organization of rotall har
ness makors.
The Callaway fair association has
decided to hold no exhibition this fall
on account of depleted funds from last
year. Bad weather put tho associa
tion several hundred dollars to tho
bad.
Tho dream of tho Nebraska farmer
of dollar wheat was realized by W. C.
Moore, a farmer living near Martclt
who sold 1,400 bushels of No. 2 wheat
to a grain dealer of that town, receiv
ing $1 a bushel for It.
Tho principal activities of the state
university and tho 'state experimental
farm will be displayed in a handsome
exhibit In the old horticultural build
ing on tho state fair grounds. This
is a new departure and 1b calculated
to arouse much Interest in the vari
ous departments of the state univer
sity. Grand officers of the ordor assisted
In the laying of the cornerstone of the
new Masonic temple at Bloomfiold last
week.
Beatrlco is bolng considered as a
candidate for tho location for a
Masonic orphanago which tho Nebras
ka grand lodge has authorized to bo
established.
Tho matter of exhibiting at tho stnte
fair has received much favorable con
sideration from tho members of tho
Nebraska Manufacturers' association
and tho leading linos will bo well rep
resented at tho exposition September
7-11.
Tho annual horso show of tho busi
ness men's association of Auburn will
bo hold during the wook of Octoborl3.
A brothor of D. M. Rosenborg of
Hastings, who flod from Russia when
tho war broko out, is stranded in Bel
gium, and lias sent homo an urgent
appeal for assistance In returning to
his Nebraska home.
Whlto Eaglo, tho oldost living Paw
nco Indian chief, was tho guest of the
Btato historical society at Lincoln last
week. Ho will assist tho society in
gathering data nnd making rosearch
Into tho early history of Nobraska
tribal affalro.
Mr. and Mrs. James Tangwlll cele
brated tholr golden wedding anniver
sary at tholr home near Rulo last
week.
Miss Bornlco Crouch was rendorod
unconscious by a strolco of lightning
that hit tho family rcsldenco nt Ansel
mo and sot flro to tho bod on which
eho was lying.
Flvo thousand Omahans and South
Omahans Is tho mark sot for the at
tendnnco at tho state fair on Septem
ber 10. Arrangements hnvo been made
for six trains to carry tho crowds to
the fair grounds from Omaha Thurs
day morning. .
Tires at
Before -War Prices
Goodyear Prices
It is Folly Today to Pay More
30x3 Plain Tread
30 x 3 Ja " "
34 x 4 " "
36 x 4yi "
37 x 5 u
There exists now a new, compelling
reason for buying Goodyear tires. It re
sults from War conditions.
These leading tires built of extra-fine
rubber, in the same way as always are
selling today nt June prices.
You will find today a very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
Due to Quick Action
Early in August when war began tho
world's rubber markets pecmetl closed to us.
Rubber prices doubled almost over night.
Men could tec no wny to pay for rubber
abroad, nnd no wny to bring it in. We, like
others in that panic wero forced to higher
prices. But wo have since gono buck to prices
wo charged beforo tho war, and this is how
wo. did it:
Wo had men in London and Singapore when
the war broko out. Tho larger part of tho
world's rubber supply comes through there.
Wo cabled them to buy up tho pick of the rub
ber. They bought before the advance 1,500,
000 pounds of tho finest rubber there.
Nearly all this is now on the way to us.
And it means practically all of tho extra-grado
rubber obtainable abroad.
Today wo havo our
Singapore and Parn.
chief sources of rubber. So we arc pretty well
assured of a constant supply, and our pick of
tho best that's produced.
Wc wero first on the ground. Wo were quick
est in action. As a result, wo shall soon have in
ARRESTEDftS A SPY
James A. Patten Tells of His Es
cape From Europe.
Chlcagoan and His Wife Suffered
Hardships In Their Thrilling
Flight From Carlsbad
Through Belgium.
New York James A. Patten, tho
former wheat operator of Chicago,
who was ono of tho America refugees
returning by tho Red Star liner Fin
land, told a thrilling story of his es
cape from Germany after war had
been declared. With Mrs. Patten ho
left Carlsbad on August 2 and travoled
via Herbesthal and Liege, where they
arrived just as hostilities had begun.
"Wo left CarlBbad for Nuremburg by
train, as the authorities took my auto
mobile," said Mr. Patten. "We did not
know the war had brokon out then, as
no news of tho situation was given
out in Carlsbad.
"Trouble began as soon as we
struck the German border. Wo reached
Nuremburg at 9 p. m. and were
promptly turned out of the train and
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a Fronch vlllago near Lunevlllo. This party, which was without food from early in tho morning of August 1 until
August 3, reached tho railway at Embormenil half an hour beforo all train sorvlco was suspended.
MUST KNOW HUMAN NATURE
Functions of the Novelist Aro of the
Highest Order, According to 8lr
Gilbert Parker.
Although Sir Gilbert Parker has en
Joyed a popular voguo such as Is al
most never granted to a serious nov
elist, thero are fow writers in tho
world who take a loftier vlow of tho
writer's functions than does Parkor.
In a rocont article at tho tlmo of
the issue of his new novel, "You Nov-
storago nn almost record supply of this extra
grado of rubber.
And wo paid about Juno price.
Now Inferior Grades Cost Double
About tho only crudo rubber available now
for ninny makers is inferior. In ordinary times,
tho beat tiro mnkcrs rofuco it. Much of it had
been rejected. But that "off rubber" now sells
for much moro than wo paid for tho best.
Tho resullB nro theso:
Tiro prices in gcnernl nro far in advanco of
Goodyears. And ninny tiro makers, short of
supplies, will bo forced to uso Becond-grado
rubber.
Be Careful Now
In Goodyears wo pledge you tho same grado
tiro as ulwiijs. And thnt grade won for Good
years the ton placo in Tircdom tho largest sale
in tho world.
And, for tho time being, our prices are the
same as before tho war. Wo shall try to keep
them there.
Wo accept no oxcessivo orders, but dealers
will bo kept supplied. And wo chargo thom,
until further notice, only ante-bellum prices.
Thnt means that Goodyears the best
tires built are selling way below other tires.
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24.35
35.00
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Wit AU-WmuW TrsaJs r Sassrtfc
own men in Colombo,
Those aro tho world's
arrested as spies. My wife and I were
taken to tho polico station and cross
examined. I showed what credentials
I had, but It was not until tho Ameri
can consul there showed up that wo
woro released, two hours later. A
great crowd which had gathered out
side, expecting possibly to soo us ex
ecuted, hooted us as we loft tho sta
tion. "Wo woro able to get a train to
Cologno, however, Into which city
thousands of troops woro pouring
when wo arrived. Wo got a train sup
posedly for Ostend, but wo wero
stopped at Horbesthal on tho Belgian
border. Wo had to get out of tho train
at 10 p. m. It was raining and wo
had nothing to eat and no placo to go.
"There was no chance to got another
train, but about ono o'clock tho noxt
rooming I managed to get hold of a
one-horso cart driven by a peasant
who said he would take us to Vervlers,
whero he thought wo could get a train
for Llego. He gavo us some crusts of
bread which was the first we we had
to eat for 18 hours.
"On the road wo passed tho most
pitiful procession of German refugees
fleeing from Belgium. Some were in
vehicles, but the majority were trudg
ing in the dust, pushing or pulling
their baggage In carts. Women with
babies at the breast were walking in
tho noonday sun.
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or Know Your Luck," Parker observed
that, keen though tho politician's oyo
must bo If ho Is to obtain popularity
and manage men, it Is as nothing com
pared with that of tho writer, who
must obsorve tho characteristics of
human naturo infinitely more acutely.
Says Sir Gilbert: "Ho must noto not
only tho symptoms which may indi
cate a passing functional derangement
of tho moral nnd mental constitution,
ho 'must go infinitely deoper If ho
wants to know character. Ho must
find out, it may bo, tho more or less
"From Vervlers wo proceeded bri
another cart toward Liege. We had.'
not progressed three mllos when w
camo upon a party of Dolglan engtn
oorB'mlnlng tho road. Thoy had groat
piles of dynamito stacked thoro ready
to plant in tho ditches thoy wero dig
ging across tho roadway.
"Thoy advised us to go to Liege by
another road; wo hastened to do so.
"Two hours later another party of
Americans wero halted at that voir
spot by a skirmish between the Gel
plans and uhlans. Thoy were forced
to Ho in a ditch whllo the Belgians
fired over thom. Noxt day 3,000 Ger
mans were killed by the same mines
wo had seen tho engineers planting.
"Soon after wo got a train for Os
tend. Wo did not see any of tho fight'
ing at Liogo, but could hoar the firing."
In the Early Hours.
Mrs. Clublelgh (as hubby leaves
for office) And you will come horns
early, won't you, John?
Clublelgh Yes, dear; I'll try hard
not to be late for breakfast.
Both.
BUI Did you ever notice how long
a woman isi coming to a point?
Jill Well, do you mean when she
Is telling a story or sharpening a
load pencil?
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tion lying behind tho many obvious
symptoms, and it Is probablo that he
will find his key in some small, elusive
thing which Ib a danger signal to tho
trained mind to which is given also
tho trained oyo.
"To a registering eye, an eye which
sees nnd photographs, there comes,
undor stress tit tho senses and tho il
lumination which follows, a moving
picture of Innumorablo things in their
proper places, the automatlo memory,
of the thousand visualized objoots,"
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