The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-17

bONDpNs August III.
A happy but tired party Of 800
American and English arrived here
from Aix-les- Bains late Saturday night
after a journey Of fifty-one hours. The
women In the party experienced some
| discomfort. inasmuch as there we're
no sleeping cars on the train. but all
we're enthusiastic over the courtesles
they had received from every French
man with whom they had come In con-
tact. from hotel porter to the highest
official.
Mortimer l.. schiff, who with his wife
and family was among the party. said
he desired to emphasize the extraofdi-
nary courtesy and kindness with which
they had been treated.
Other Americans who arrived on the
who was Assistant Secretary Of War
under President Roosevelt; Rear Ad-
miral Aaron Ward of the United states
navy (retired) who will take charge OF
the Red Cross work here Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Guggenheim and Norman f..
Mack OF Buffalo. N. Y, formerly chair
man Of the National Democratic Com
mittee and family. Col. Samuel p. Colt
OF Providence. r. l.. brother OF United
states Senator LIE Baron Colt. who
travelled from Aix-les- Bains with the
party, remained in Paris.
Isolated at Aix-les-Bains.
when the war started the colony OF
Americans and British at AiX-les- Bains
was extremely dubious as to what they
should do. They were isolated and did
not know where to turn. Every
imaginable plan was devised to get out
Of the watering place, but all proved
failures for time Several made efforts
To arrange to reach Nrarselles. while
others tried to find a way of getting
through Italy
finally small committee was organ
lied to devise ways and means OF get
ling away. The committee consisted OF
Rear Admiral Ward, Mortimer l.. Schin,
Col Colt and Norman +. Mack. The
committee began by sending kilograms
in all directions and at the end OF ten
DAYS succeeded in making arrangements
for a special train.
The progress of the train was neces-
sarily slow as the stops were frequent
but the courtesy of the French officials
smoothed out everything. They stopped
the train at meal times at various
, stations to which they had telegraphed
ahead to have an adequate supply OF
, food ready These orders = ere always
carried out.
, one woman in the. party protested
, that she had endured terrible hardships
during the trip. but when asked 10
specify the nature OF her grievance SAID
, the only thing she could get for break
, fast was hard boiled eggs and she dis
liked eggs.
Many Find Their Baggage.
E Many Americans who lost their bag
gage on the Continent are hopeful tina
, It will turn up all right. as trunks anc
$ other baggage are being delivered. Mrs
I George Horwitz of Philadelphia started
P from Berlin a fortnight ago. leaving
r a dozen trunks behind. She was over
r joyed yesterday afternoon when all thu
u trunks turned up in mysterious man
= ner at the Carlton. The trunks reached
4 London via Rotterdam. Various othel
, American tourists report that they have
= had the same experience not only II
e getting baggage from Germany, Hol
= land and Belgium, but from France. d!
- was the case with DR.. Francis Satter
, York.
q Congressman Gardiner of Massachu
E setts is receiving great praise for hi
unsefsh work In organizing burea,
I for the care OF Americans marooned OF
the Continent. Mr. Gardiner had al
E opportunity to sail yesterday, and al
though he thinks his presence is re
= auired in Massachusetts to Ak his pc
, litical fences, he decided to remain unit
: some one could be found to take owe
the work ne has been doing
a Up to last night the committee o
A permanent American residents. of whicl
e H.. c. Hoover is chairman, had dis
= tributed e. 900 (s1O0O0) of its benevo
lent fund has loaned $4,000 (s15,000
n on note Of hand promises and cashe
v American letters of credit to the exten
). OF 600, 900 (s300,000)
. Mr.. Hoover estimates that 900 Ameri
O cans have been assisted. While cabl
8 transfers have been impossible the. com
y mittee by an arrangement with I'll
n London County and Westminster Ban
has been steadily cashing American let
ters of credit against guarantees b
n the Hanover National Bank OF Ne'
# York.
d Mr.. Hoover thinks the number o
d Americans in Germany has been great
q overestimated He igures the numbe
y at 1000. The Berlin correspondent o
THE SUN disagrees with this estimat