Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-28
MORE WASH|NGT0NANS
ABROAD HEARD FROM
Majority Of District Teachers
Known to Be Safe-Schools
to Open Promptly.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Graham o.
Washington and their nieces. Miss Su-
sic whittlesey and Miss Gertrude
and who were in Geneva when the war
began, are in London.
The party was in Brussels at the
time of the German attack on Liege.
reaching the British Isles via Ostend.
Mr. Graham is a native of England. and
they will spend some time with rela-
tives in that country before their re-
turn.
Rev. John T. Huddle. pastor of st.
Pauls Lutheran Church, 18th and II
streets northwest, who, with Mrs. Hud-
die. has been travelling in Europe.
sailed for home last Saturday from
Liverpool on the American liner St.
tomorrow. and the members of st.
Pauls Church are hoping to see their
pastor in his accustomed place Sunday.
Miss Richards Sails Tomorrow.
A cablegram today received by DR..
Cora E. King of Washington states
that Miss Janet Richards and Miss
Grams of this city will sail tomorrow
from Liverpool on the American liner
Philadelphia
Joseph B. Thomas of Middleburg, Va,
prominently identified with the Virginia
United Hunts Association, who was in
Switzerland at the beginning of the
war, was among the 400 Americans who
sailed from Genoa on the Principe di
Cdine and who reached this country
learly this week
Dr. H. A. Fowler. a Washington ply
sician, has been in Germany since the
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young son, and two friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Mitchell, and nothing is known
of his present whereabouts
Word has been received in Washington
Steuart, chief statistician for the bureau
of the census, who, with his wife. Cecil
Dulin, and Mrs. E. J. Ridgway. has been
touring the British Isles since July. The
party will sail from Liverpool for this
country on the Philadelphia.
The arrival in Rotterdam, Holland. of
Lester Neuman, 1863 Lanier place north
west, has been announced to his family
in Vienna when the Austrians declared
war on Servia.
/ No School Heads Abroad.
SO far as known there are no heads of
the schools of the District nor heads of
departments abroad, and the majority of
the teachers who are in Europe have
been heard from. With the addition of
fifteen or twenty substitutes all classes
can begin on the usual date, and those
who are detained abroad beyond the
opening of the school term will. accord
ing to Acting Superintendent Kramer. be
given their positions on their arrival in
Washington.
In letter received this week by per-
sonal friend. Miss Mary f. Colt of 1904
18th street northwest states that she and
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torney of this city,. are at Baden-Baden
where they have comfortable quarters at
sanatorium. Mr.. Colt was taken i'll
upon their arrival at Naples and was
ordered to the German health resort.
Miss Colt says they do not know what
they will do about getting home.
Word has been received of the safety
of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander G. Bentley
at Lucerne, Switzerland. In letter
to Mrs. S. NJ. Miller, her mother. Mrs
Bentley said that there were a great
number of Americans in Lucerne and
that number Of committees had been
appointed to look out for relief meas
ures. AS soon as they can secure
transportation they will return home.