Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-03-16 | Page 1 | Foreign Dignitaries in Berlin Scrambling for Food as Cooks Quit Jobs

Foreign Dignitaries In Berlin Scrambling For Food As Cooks Quit Jobs BERLIN, March IZ. No world capital probably ever before experienced such a complete paralysis of all Its living and commercial facilities as Berlin did today. The Hotel Adlon made heroic efforts to provide food for the American, British ana French missions and newspaper corres-1 corres-1 poudenls. but gae up the task at 10 o'clock this morning when the last of the kitchen force walked out. leaving foreigners to shift for themselves. them-selves. It war. a common spectacle subsequently to see frock-coated diplomats dip-lomats returning to the hotel from foraging expeditions carrying brown paper parcels, foodstuffs, oil sioves and otheV necessities-i necessities-i Guests of the hotel, warned that the water would be shut off at noon, i .filled the hath tuns and wash stands but defective stoppers gradually let out the precious fluid and the guests thereafter had to rely on wines i and table water. Men who arc usually shaved by barbers are in an apo-, apo-, logetii. mood tonisht fnd if the strike continues the male populations will soon bfl bearded. The city th? afternoon had the appearance of another Sunday holiday, sauntering cruwdr filling Uuter den Linden. At intervals troops with ! bands and accompanied by artillery and machine guns paraded through 1 the streets.