Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-13
FIRST REFUGEES
ARE BACK HOME
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professions which marched through
the principal streets, he said, when
1t became known that hostilities
would begin against the Teutons.
MY early religious training, how
ever, precludes the possibility of my
describing the actual privations which
Americans were forced to undergo"
said Mr.. Wilson. Persons worth
millions and accustomed, under or
binary conditions to have their every
want satisfied, suddenly found them
selves reduced to actual want, be-
cause of the inability to obtain money
on their travellers checks or personal
paper.
Americans living In London were
quick to come to the rescue and were
prompt in alternating suffering.
"Sir Albert Stanley, formerly an
American and now British subject.
and Lady Stanley, deserve much
praise in this respect. Mr.. Stanley
was formerly general superintendent
of the Public Service Corporation of
New Jersey and is now general man
ager of the underground system of
railways in London"
Mrs. B. Blackmore, of Cincinnati,
one of the passengers, was in Gletsch,
Switzerland, on July 81. She left for
Paris on that date. She had first
class ticket, but was forced to occupy
third class compartment with
crowd of soldiers and peasants. She
sat on the floor of the car during the
whole trip.
Howard L. Willett, of Chicago, left
Paris on the train with Mrs. Black
more. He told a similar story and
added that the train was stopped sew
eral times by soldiers, who went
through 1t searching, they said, for
| German spies. In Paris, before he
| left, he saw a gendarme seize Ger
man. who, he said, was acting suspi-
ciously, and march him toward a po-
lice station.
1T met Jack Johnson on the boule-
| ward" said Mr.. Willett. His face
was wreathed in smiles. Crowds sur
rounded him, asking him to fight for
| France"
A committee formed on board the
Philadelphia with the expressed pur-
pose of assisting Americans abroad
issued q statement through their Sec
rotary, Thomas F. Gilroy, OF New
York.
mo words can exaggerate the des-
perate condition of stranded Ameri-
cans all over Europe, outside of Eng
land" the statement says.
Many of the passengers said they
I
forced to prove that they were Amer
leans and not Englishmen. Others
had been stopped In France ane
asked whether they were Germans
With a few exceptions, all were treat.
ed courteously when they proved theil
nationality. One or two cases were
reported where soldiers searching
trains had been unnecessarily rude
Soldiers were stationed all along thu
railroads and squads of them wer'
guarding every tunnel and bridge
Military guards with loaded rifle!
were on every railway coach and en-
CINE and in all stations.
Titanic Survivor Aboard.
DR.. Henry w. Fraunthal. survivor
of the Titanic disaster, who is con
Injected with the Hospital for De
formities and Joint Diseases in, this
city. said that he was waiting il
London with his wife for remit
lance to come from America whel
the trouble started. He did not hav'
| a cent, and was nearly starved wheI
he went to American Ambassador
Page, whom he knew personally, ant
asked for assistance.
"Mr. Page" he said, "only had 81
: at the time, but he readily gave mi
five of 1t. / made that money las
three days"
Among those in the Storage wheI
: the Philadelphia left Southampton
, were Mrs. w. B. Darlington, of Phil
adelphia, daughter of Rear Admira
, Kane; Mrs. ]. G.. Petit and daughter
.. of this city; Lillian Webb, of Pater
son, N. j.; Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Krause
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Stewart, tn,
Misses Margaret v. and Mary Cutler
, daughters Of J. T.. Cutler, of this city
. Barclay AcheSon, of Washington
Mrs. c. T. Harvey, DIR. Paulin,
Bensler. of Louisville. KY; Mrs. Daw
son ]. Blackmore and Miss Florenc
Barker of Cincinnati
A graphic description of the con
ditions which prevailed in Paris oil
the Hateful Saturday and the day fol
lowing was given by Alexander Simp
son, an attorney, of IL West Twelfth
street, and well known in Jersey City
where he has his office
"I fed from France said MI
Simpson, "by way of Dieppe, catch
ing a channel steamer, which wa
I crowded with hundreds of person
! who were in the same plight as my
( self, without negotiable money an
I minus their baggage. In Paris I wa
1 compelled to walk four miles from m
I hotel to the railroad station, becaus
1 Of a lack OF conveyances, and throug
a ruse ] managed to obtain railroa
Z ticket to Dieppe.'