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Show nicisj LONDON Ollf FINANGim Fellow Country Checks for S Tourists Wh0 pj Fron Seem PITIFUL TALES 4, TOLD BY TRAJ Embassador Page qI Bryan to RUsh jOl to Convey TourmJ United. Stata, LONDON Aug , American, 1 tne (J today than Ens ,, J chiefly crowded about th, American Express mpailJ steamship ines cashed and obtain paw,,,,,- Ind vldual Amer ,M fel ow countrymen by mak tJ money to enab e them to ti( , temporary Incon en enco. M Hoover a Cal fo n an . J! today In the Ame can Mwu vanced amoun s of ih in , persons unable to ftt nm, means A toge her M Bong slstance to 300 Amer am A solutely without cash Mimrl he wou d con nue to aid He as his currency jasts Many Amer ans ell trials on their fight frmnfod Those f om Pa s ana mei a bad enough tlms bu fhott ' come from Germany o pliai . remote were fo ced o jo ir " w Ithout s eep and n mi , without food. One se rc laa i r ated how she and h jiail t on y a so ere gn (abou IS bti ' made their way to England 61 j (Continued on Tm irifc AMERICANS CROWD STREETS OE IfllOl (Continued From Page Two ) The tra eied b train and s ea ner and finally reached hre tired and e hausted They had been without food for fourteen hours. The committee of Americans appointed yesterday to deal w th the cm today made representations to Emb ssador Page wtio cabled Secretary of Sta e Bry an requesting that adequate transports be sent here to take away itranded Araerl cans The express companies mere able to afford af-ford much re lef during th day o those In financial straits and the steamship com pan es booked hundreds of passages although It la probable no guarantee cun be given that British steaaars t 11 sail until their safety is assured bv the na y The greatest demand therefor was for berths on American liners Persons who usually ra el n tip mos lu urious cabins were eagcrlv buying ber hs in the steerage which had been secured by earl fsitors to the steamship offices which were offer ng them for sale but at greatly Increased prices. The majn of flees of the In ernatlonal Mercantile was jammed all day w th Americana and a like condition prevailed at the flees of the Cunarl and Canadian lines witch are still doing business The German Ui e offices are dismantled and In charge of porters and English clerks. Checks Are Honored The express companies offices, which opened at an early hour were crowded through the day They were well sup plied with currenc and honored their checks up to $50 The American Express company suppl ed the temporary ants of more than 3000 persona from the t mo the office opened until 2 o ock this after noon when It closed for tl o da There were still hundreds n line desir ng gold n exchange for their checks- Thej vere to d to return tomorrow The company hopes to continue paying out small sums for a few days The Wells Fargo Express company -wh ch issues checks chiefly to weste n ere was open all day During the morn ng the cashiers were kept busy honor ing the checks but the rush stopped early n the afternoon The manager of the company said he would be able to meet the temporary requirements of hold era of drafts for some time to come un less there should be another rush from the continent of Americans without money The people of London already are be gin Ing to feel the p nch of higher food prices While the big concerns a e selling who esale to those pe sons w h cu rency or credit the smaller shops where the poorer people buy are a most deserted the people either not having any money or refusing to pay the increased prices demanded Food Prices Advance Fish is one of t e art cles of food that has gone up n pr ce The reca 1 of the trawlers from the North sea creat y cur tailed the supply at the B 1 ingsgate mar ket this morn ng and as many of these Ashing vesse s w 1 not make another cru se owing to thp fact that they cannot get nsurance or because the r c ews have been ca ed o jo n the navy tomor ow w see a shor age The Sm thfie d meat market was less affected than he B ingsgate market o day a cood supp v of fish hav ng a r ed and still other cargoes belnr due Ne er the e6S p t es rose there 20 per cent Da id Lloyd George chance or of the excheq er anno need n the house of commons tod at he go e nmen a ead had opene an office fo the e n surance of p a goes w he hope of preser Ing s ppl e of food anl nw mater al The ma mum a e e d would be 5 pe en and e m n mum 1 per en O e eps ou d he aken to nue he foo s pp e chance o adde 11- p an be a sc erne fo e d s bu on of food and for e en o apement of s p o ners to keep he e se s at sea |