Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-15
NEVER AGAIN TO EUROPE
So Declare Piokens and Baird Fam
lilies, Disguised with Experience.
GLAD TO GET BACK TO OMAHA
Got out ON the Very Day Germany
Declared War with Russia--
bishop McGOvcrn Also
IL Rack.


Never again do We want to so
abroad Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Pick
ems Miss Elizabeth Pickens. Mr. and Mrs
William Baird declared in omaha after
just getting home from exciting war eX-
periences in Europe.
Omaha is good enough FOR us for the
rest OF our days. No more war coun-
tries ON our vacation tours they say.
Both the Pickens party and Mr.. and
Mrs. Baird escaped from England on
the very day that Germany declared war
on Russia and the main european con
tlict was definitely assured Now that
they are safely home and able TO breathe
freely once more, they are swamped with
the greetings and congratulations OF their
many friends, who were seriously
alarmed about their safety while they
were on the other side of the Atlantic.
a chase by two German warships was
one OF the exciting experiences Of the
passengers on the Mauritania Of the
Cunard line. on which the Pickens fam
lily returned They LETT Liverpool at
. IN. August l and had not heard OF
any official declaration of war.
warshIp Guards.
But British warship accompanied US
for day" Miss Pickens SAYS. so We
knew what was up. Later tue ship is
sued a daily paper which contained wire
less dispatches about the declarations of
war.
Before We neared America two Ger
man cruisers chased us, but our boat
was met by the British cruiser Essex.
which conveyed us safely into Halifax
I instead ~ 60 F,r
might be captured. There were over
Ice people aboard The trip vas a rec
ord breaker, our time being only four
days and ten hours. in spite Of our turn
ing back with the Essex Everybody
was wildly excited all the way across,
for we were all afraid Of being captured
by the Germans.
See omahans I'm London.
while in London we saw DR.. and Mrs
Charles f. Smith and their three daugh-
ters, Misses Helen, Dorothy and Ida, or
July 90 DR.. and Mrs. Jonas were stop.
ping at the same hotel with us, and we
also met DIR. William Shearer over there.
Before the four Websters--Mr. and Mrs
John r. and Mr.. and Mrs, 'Jack'-went
to the continent we saw them in Eng
land. but they crossed the channel and
probably were delayed in the war zone"
Great confusion prevailed on our boat,
the Laurentic of tho White Star Dominion
line Mr.. Baird said, upon his arrival
here. I'VE heard of Germany's declaration
OF war against Russia just before sailing.
The ship was crowded to the limit with
folks who were frantic to get away from
the war. Many insisted upon going. even
though they had no accommodations.
Bitter Against Germans.
'Pandemonium prevailed i'm Paris. be-
cause of troops mobilizing there, other
tourists told us. The bitterness against
Germany was the worst imaginable DR..
Palmer Findley was the only Omahan we
met abroad and we saw him in London
shortly before leaving there.
1--WE had bookings on the Imperator,
but it was Communicated. Until the last
minute there were doubts about the
Laurentic being allowed to SAIL either. 1t
was the last permitted to leave
Miss Evans Safe.
Miss Lucy Evans, a teacher at Central
school, has written from oxford, Eng
land under date of July 81, that she is
safe and will sail for home from Wales
August 25 on the Arabic. This letter was
received by her sister Mrs Lewis j. Ed
wards, 1904 Corby street. Miss Evans had
been on the continent, but reached Eng
land before the war started