Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-05
MANY JERSEYITES NARROWED
IN OR NEAR THE WAR ZONE.
Most of Them Are Without Funds Relatives on This Side
Are Growing Anxious

urtneT news OF New Jersey IolkS
now in Europe is being obtained to-
day. Owing to inadequate cable
facilities, censorship and other
+, things, it is impossible TO get a COM
plete list Of everyone there. but the
| American consuls care doing their
best to make as nearly accurate rec
ord of Americans abroad as possible.
The movements of Americans
abroad are being watched by their
families and friends here, but in
many cases it has been impossible
to keep trace of them because of the
uncertainty of cable communication.
Among the Jersey City people
now In Europe are: Francis j.
Swayze, Supreme Court justice. be-
lieved to be in Holland Prosecutor
Robert s. Hudspeth and wife. Ant
werp; Frederick Rider, DR. John
Hetherington, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
e. Bernstein. Mrs. Caroline B. Alex
ander, and Joseph NJ. Noonan, all be-
lieved to be in Paris; Drs. B. S.
Polak and Gordon X Dickinson in
Vienna; Carl Burfiend and Adam
Fischer in Germany, the author at
Jugerheim Berg, Hesse-Darmstadt
and the former probably in Berlin.
The wife of Merritt Lane, Jersey
City lawyer, in company with Miss
Lucy Nelson, music teacher, are in
Moscow. They arrived there Saturday
and are now under the protection of
the American consul until arrange
ments can be made for their passage
! r., NJ -r. s..lA II ny 4
Hoboken, and William @. Bumsted.
of Jersey City, are believed to be in
| France or Switzerland, while Alex
| ander Simpson, lawyer, is marooned
in Belgium. George w. King was
last heard of in London.
| At last reports Mr. and Mrs.
George Dlnkel. the last named a sis
ter of II. Otto Wittpenn, were in
Germany, as were Mr.. and Mrs. Liv-
ingston Kifford, DR.. and Mrs. G. w.
Shera, Henry Bishop and Frank Van
Lane, of the Jersey City Chamber of
Commerce, who was accompanied by
6ion j. Arnold, Chicago traffic ex-
pert, and Miss Augusta Ziegenes
In various other parts of Europe
the exact locations unknown are
Kenneth L. Thompson, principal OF
Public School No. IL. Jersey City, and
wife; Miss Julia Harvey, principal oi
School No. IA. and Miss Mary Davies
principal of School No. 10. Miss Jean
M. Lewis, formerly a Jersey City
school principal, is probably in Rus
sia, while Miss Emily B. Robinson
principal of School No. 80. is in Nor
way. Other Jersey City school teach
ers abroad are the Misses NJ. Burgess
Charlotte M. Weber and Susan M
Young.
Boboxen Tourists.
Among the Hoboken tourists on the
continent is Miss Elizabeth A. Allen
president of the Woman's Club. and
one of the prominent school teachers
| of the State. Miss Allen is due In
Marseilles this week, after trip
through Mediterranean cities. Rela-
! tives in Hoboken entertain fears fol-
her safety as no word has been re-
ceived from her.
Mrs. Anna B. Francis, vice-principa
Of School No. 2, is abroad for the first
time. She is with a party of friends
| Their itinerary included France. Ger
| many and Switzerland. Letters re-
| Gently received from Mrs. Francis
! came from Berlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Rabe, of 800
| Hudson street, with their son-in- law
| and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
! Boyer, of 902 Hudson street. are IL
| Germany Relatives think they arc
in a suburb Of Berlin, unless fighting
has forced them to flee.
| Much concern is felt among the par
ishioners of Rev. Alexander Richter
| pastor of the German Lutheran
Church, Hoboken, who Is with rela-
tives in Germany. DR.. Richter served
three years in the Kaiser's army be-
fore he came to this country. If sub
iects of all ages are called to the col
ors, Pastor Richter's friends say he
will be among the first to respond.
william j. Wyse, principal of School
No ., is travelling in Italy, but con-
templated Il trip to Germany
From Lakewood.
Among those from Lakewood tray-
cling in Europe are MIR. and Mrs. FL
bert F.. Baldwin and family, at Bad
Nauheim, Germany; Mr.. and Mrs.
William Agnew Patton and David
Patton, in Switzerland or Germany;
Miss Eva Switzer, Germany or Swift
zerland; Miss Agnes Helen Davis,
in Germany; Mr.. and Mrs; Henry
Graham Gore, in England; Mr.. and
Mrs. John P. Clifford and daughters,
of Lexington avenue, New York, and
Lakewood, at Dinard, France.
Mrs. d. L. Schwartz, Miss Cornelia
b. Schwartz, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Schwartz, of Lakewood and Philadel-
phia: the Rev. and Mrs. Cortland T.
p. Butler, of Lakewood; Mr.. and Mrs.
A b. Clafiin and daughter, Miss
Beatrice, of New York and Lakewood,
in France; Miss Florence Harris, in
Germany.
Red Bank People Abroad.
A number of residents of Red Bank
and vicinity are unable to get out
of the war zone. J. Amory Haskell,
of the Du Pont Powder Company,
with his family, is in Germany, and
had expected to return on the Imper-
ator. They are now believed to be in
Berlin. Mr.. and Mrs. Roger b. Far
auhar and son are probably in Paris
at this time. Edmund Wilson, jr.. a
student at Hill School, was last heard
from near London about week ago.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank c. Storck sailed
about a month ago on their honey
moon, and are now in Switzerland.
DR.. Kent J. Brown, associate profess
sor of German in the University of
North Carolina, who is the son of
Mrs. Oliver A. Brown, of Atlantic
Highlands, was last heard from in
Heidelberg.
Paterson Residents Marooned.
A party of nine school teachers of
Paterson, whose present Whereabouts
are unknown, are the Misses Anna
T. Mombert, Regina McNair, Ellen
M. Nolan, Jeanette Masterson,
Sarah Lawlor, Alice E. Laudin, Lydia
A. Sparkman, Olive Cuddeback and
Edith d. Garlick.
Other Paterson folk marooned in