Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
NEWARK DOCTOR
IS MAROONEDIN
SWITZERLAND
Or. Hagerty Writes Newarkers
Know More About the War
Than He Does.

A number of local tourists have
been heard from today and yester-
day for the first time since the Euro
pean war.
Word was received this forenoon
from Berne, Switzerland, telling OF
the safety of DR.. John F, Hagerty, OF
80 Wallace place. 1t has relieved the
the minds of his relatives and friends,
who had been besieging the office of
the secretary of state for weeks.
Representative Walter l. Mccoy has
been active in the case, but nothing
was heard Of the doctors where
abouts until today.
The information came in a letter
written by DR.. Hagerty in Berne, Au-
gust 3, to Edward F. Mcguire, treas
urer of the Federal Trust Company,
Of Newark. In the letter DR.. HagertY
said that in company with DR.. Mar
tin j. Synnott, of Montclair, he had
attended the surgical congress in
London. They afterward separated,
Dr. Hagerty going to Switzerland.
There were no trains running at
the time the letter was written. Al
though newspapers are plentiful and
contain news of the war, DR.. Hagerty
said that he was unable to read them
and that he knew nothing of the
progress Of the trouble He said he
felt sure Newarkers knew more about
the war than he did He has sufficient
funds and proposes to remain at
Berne until the travelling will be
easier.
Other tourists have been heard
from. Miss Elsie Schwab, of 154 Elm
wood avenue, Irvington, has writteH
home that she is safe in Switzerland
She was in Germany, but left there
tho doala Y.uf Of M
alarm is felt for her safety as she
is with several friends. Her plans
were to return to this country about
September -.
Miss Sharwell in Paris.
Mrs. William G. Sharwell, of Ar
lington avenue, Caldwell, has received
letter from her daughter, Miss Ruth
Sharwel, announcing that her party
is safe in Paris and that the mem
bers propose to sail for home August
20 on the Minnetonka of the Ameri-
can line. The party is under the
chaperonage Of Mrs Nelson b. Ches
ter wife of Rev. Nelson B. Chester,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Caldwell, and contains Miss
Ruth Chester, Miss Elizabeth Schantz,
of Mountain avenue, and Miss Marian
Harrison, of Montclair.
The state department at Washing
ton has announced that Louis and
Arthur Roehringer, of New Bruins
wick, have been located in Dresden.
Mrs Greenwood, of Monmouth, is
also in Dresden.
Returning yesterday in the steam
ship Stampalia from Naples, Rev. b.
}. Coltorti, pastor of the Olivet Ital-
ian Presbyterian Church. told a story
which duplicated the experiences of
American tourists returning from
abroad.
Mr. Coltorti. who, though a native
Of Italy, is an American citizen was
in Rome when 1t was announced that
war had been declared. The city was
thronged with tourists from many
countries. They became panic strick-
en-, believing that Italy would be in
volved in some way. Hundreds of
people crowded in each train leaving
for the seaports. The trains usually
taking but four hours from Rome to
Naples used up more than seven
hours in making the distance
With thousands of others, Mr. Col
torti made the rounds of the various
steamship booking offices, trying to
obtain passage to this country. He
experienced the same difficulty that
others did about money, finding it al
most impossible to cash his travellers
checks.
Just before the Stampali sailed, she
was boarded by Italian officials, who
forced more than 100 Italian young
men to leave the vessel Mr.. Coltorti
says. They were eligible for military
service. Mr. Coltorti was stopped, but
successfully appealed to the Ameri-
can consul