Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-03
DR.. H|BBEN HAS
THRILLING TRIP
Head of Princeton Describes
Journey from NORTH to
London.
FEARS HE CAN'T GET HOME
FOR OPENING OF COLLEGE
Making the Trip With 1000
Refugees and Trying to
Sail Sept. 10.

LONDON, Sept. 3.-President John
Grier Hibben, of Princeton University,
mas been unable to obtain passage for
the near future for himself and party,
numbering five, and he is beginning to
rear he won't get back in time for the
opening of Princeton. DR.. Hibben,
VINO arrived from ST Moritz after
nearly weeks journey with his wife
ana daughter, Richard Cleveland, son
OF the late President, and Moore
Gates, son of the president of Roberts
college at Constantinople, said:
I'm pinning all my hopes on the
olympic sailing on the 18th, which
should arrive on the 23d. Princeton
opens on the 24th It's a sporting
proposition, but l don't even know yet
whether we can get the Olympic, I
am particularly anxious to get back
on time, my principal concern being
over the fact that twenty-five or thir-
ty members of the faculty are prob
aoly still marooned on the continent.
l Know or several in Switzerland and
germany, including Professors Gauss
ana McElroy. 1t will be necessary to
get other men in several departments
temporarily to take on their work I'M
I'll they get back"
Or. Hibben, who was elected chair
man of the American colony at ST.
Moritz, gave the following story of
the exodus:
Getting Out of Switzerland.
We started on special train with
l65 Americans early on Tuesday
morning from st. Moritz, leaving
about 100 behind who preferred to re.
turn via Germany, Italy or to remain
until fall. At Zurich our five cars
We're hitched on to another special
furnished by the government through
the efforts of Lieutenant Greble who
was sent by Ambassador Herrick to
81. Morltz to arrange for getting ma
rooned Americans out. John w. Gar
rett, minister to Argentina who acted
as special agent of the government.
also came along.
Picking up $50 members of the Zu-
rich American colony. we went on to
Berne and finally got to Geneva.
where to our dismay we found the
promised special had not been pro-
v1ded, although Ambassador Herrick
had telegraphed it would be waiting
Tor us at Geneva. Mr.. Garrett and
saw the station master, but could get
no satisfaction. We discovered that
Mr.. Herrick's special had been taken
for the British residents, and we SUBJ
mltted with the best of grace posi-
BILE
Meanwhile the situation was get
ting critical Americans were pouring
In from Lueerne and all over Switzer-
land, having heard there would be a
special train, and the result was ire
mendous congestion. Many couldn't
get accommodations for the night.
We telegraphed to Ambassador Her.
rick of our plight
DR.. Hibben intimated strongly that
Mr. Horrible hos
bassador to Switzerland, and added
Mr.. Herrick did and is doing mag
nificent work. / can't say too much
for him. He was splendid. We ar
rived at Geneva on Tuesday night
and didn't know until Thursday morn |
Ing for sure that there would be
special, but we kept after it hammer
and tongs. Richard Cleveland, who
had been two years in school at Lau- |
same, had the happy Inspiration to
telephone his old schoolmaster Major !
Auckenthaler, who came at once to
our rescue. He said he knew one of |
the directors of the Swiss government |
railways, through whose influence |
and Mr.. Herrick's efforts we finally |
got train of twenty cars and 1000 |
Americans got aboard.
Great Demonstration.
'At Lyons we were forced to wait
two hours, the British special waiting
on a track beside ours. company
of French soldiers was about to start |
for the front, and friends and relatives
were down to give them a send-off.
When they learned that we were two
train loads of British and Americans
they gave US a tremendous demon
stration, singing the Marsellaise,'
and the British responded with God
Save the King There were two hours
of continuous singing and cheering
with 'Vive PAngleterre and Long I
Live France 1t was the most thrill
ing thing I ever saw or heard. An
added touch was supplied by three
German lieutenants, just brought in
prisoners, who looked down from
station window.
Fifty miles from Paris the train