Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
|NEWARKERS RETURN HOME.
SAFE FROM WAR ZONE
Mr. and Mrs. Felix Fud Tell of Their Experiences Abroad
Some Americans in Actual Want-Passengers Cheer
Ship Lands-Jersey Passengers Board.

A number of people from Newark
and nearby communities were among
the twenty-five hundred or more pas
sengers in the Holland american
Line steamship Nieuw Amsterdam,
which locked in Hoboken last night,
after a most exciting voyage through
the North Sea and across the Allan
tic. And there never was a happier
shipload than that carried by the
by British warships twice during the
trip.
When the little revenue cutter
Hudson drew alongside just after
the Nieuw Amsterdam had passed the
quarantine station every deck was
filled with cheering tourists. Hats
and flags were waved and men and
women shouted greetings to the GUS
toms officers and newspapermen as If
they were old friends. 1t seemed as
If every third woman carried an
American flag. Some of them wore
the colors across their shoulders.
The cheering subsidized, only to be
renewed as the ship was warped into
her dock. Again, after the gang
pldih was luIOWn Oul, tie ifSl pas
senger, woman, descended, and The
throng burst into. cheering again.
Mr.. FuId Tells Story.
Among the residents of Newark in
the ship was Felix Fuld, of l.. BAN
berger & Co.; Mrs. Fuld and their
maid. They were in Frankfort, Ger
many, July 81, and decided to hurry
home.
Mr.. Fuld made light of the incon-
veniences his party was compelled to
endure. "Of course we were terribly
crowded." he said. Our compart-
ment was designed to accommodate
six passengers, and there were twelve
people in it. When we got to the
Dutch frontier we were unceremoni-
ously bundled cut and all of the pas
sengers in the train were herded in a
little room to undergo q personal ex-
animation by German officers.
This examination was something
of q joke. The Germans were to ex-
anime our passports and baggage to
see that we carried nothing contra
band out of the country. One officer
jocularly told us that there might be
dynamite in our bags. While other
passengers were being examined Mrs
Fuld's maid espied side door in the
room and opened it. In few min
utes one-half of the passengers had
passed through the door and to the
platform without undergoing the ex-
animation.
"Our only delay was in Holland
where we lost five hours. We finally
got to Rotterdam just in time to get
the last room in the hotel. While in
the train we crossed bridge at Arm
helm, in Holland. The bridge was
guarded by soldiers. They ordered
US to close our windows, and although
the day was very hot, their orders
were obeyed implicitly.
Embarrassed for Money for Awhile.
For a while we were very much
embarrassed for the want of money.
Although we were plentifully supplied
with letters of credit and travellers
cheques, we found it hard to have
them honored. Finally secured some
money from the manager of the
American Express Company's office
! cannot speak too highly of that
manager. He realized the gravity Of
the situation and showed that he
knew how to handle It,
ut seemed strange to me, although
/ had checks and drafts. that we were
to all intents and purposes, practical
ly penniless and unable to buy any
thing to eat. American bills, usual
~ so good anywhere, were worthless
The merchants would not take them
What they wanted was gold and they
would have nothing else.
''But we were very fortunate In
securing passage. I was abe to
secure a cabin de luxe, and we left
Rotterdam at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
morning. And then the excitement
began. As we were getting out of
the North sea into the English chan
mel four torpedo-boat destroyers
sighted us. They gave chase and
fired shots after our ship. We were,
naturally. excited, but there was no
fright shown. The passengers crowded
the rail to see how cannon shots
looked. We saw the projectiles land
in the water, and one whistled past
our bow.
Warned of Mines In Channel
"One of the boats ran alongside and
signalled, but the captain paid no
attention. Then an officer on the