Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-24
ESSEX FOLK GET
f. BACK IN STEERAGE
FROM WAR ZONE
Rich People Glad to Take Third
Glass Cabins to Cross
Ocean.

number Of New Jersey people,
more fortunate than other American
tourists. arrived home in the Cam
pania. of the Cunard line. which
locked yesterday. and the Baltic,
which came into port late Saturday.
Nicholas s HILL jr., of East orange,
chairman of the water Commission OF
that CITY was compelled to come
home in the steeTage of the Baltic
He had been In Europe studying the
water-supply problem. When war
was declared Mr. Fill found himself
In Germany. laden with notes and
memoranda made at various places,
md fearing that these would arouse
the suspicion that he was spy he
made all haste TO England.
After making several ineffectual
efforts to obtain first-cabin accommo-
dations, he eontented himself with
third cabin passage. He did not md
himself alone. for there we're about
500 people able and willing to come
ever in the first cabin who were COM
PEELED to return the same way he did.
Many of the other New Jersey
people in the Baltic had financial
troubles similar to those already re-
lated in these columns. Among those
Charles S. Jones and her daughter,
Miss Katherine Jones, and her son,
Clark M. Jones. Of Claremont avenue,
Montclair. As they were staying in
London when the war developed, they
did not see much of the excitement,
and only experienced difficulty in
getting checks cashed. Miss Jones,
who told of their troubles. said that
this trouble has been somewhat
ahated.
we were stopping at the Hotel
Savoy, and were very well treated by
the management there. This was the
case with a great number of tourists
who found themselves without ready
cash To all who had not sufficient
ready money the hotels extended
credit. The committee of Americans
formed to help those who were in
need took over the beautiful ballroom
and several other rooms in the Savoy.
I'VE were able to obtain passage
in the Baltic. My mother, to insure
the trip, secured three Storage reser-
vations This course was adopted by
a great many people"
Rev. Stephen II. Cranberry and Mrs.
Cranberry, of 3S4 Sussex avenue. were |
among the passengers in the Baltic. |
At the time war was declared they |
were in Wales. and the only thing that |
reminded them of warfare was in the
movement of large bodies of troops.
I'VE were compelled to wait a long I
time in Liverpool before we secured I
said Mr. Cranberry, land
we were termed second
class passengers, we were actually in
the steerage. Things were terribly
crowded, but like the other passen-
gers, most of whom were Americans,
we took the troubles philosophically."
James G.. Campbell, of South Or
ange. had bought tickets for the
which was to sail from
England, August 16. This ship was
pressed into service by the British |
government, and he exchanged his /
reservations for passage in the Cam I
panig The Cunard company had been !
this ship before the war, |
hat restored her to service. Mr.. |
Campbell said she was crowded with
three times as many passengers as
she should be permitted to carry. He
also declared that the company had
boosted the rates unnecessarily.
Other passengers in the Campania
were Mrs. Andrew S. March. of Scot
land road, South Orange, her daugh-
ters. Miss Natalie and Miss Dorothy
March; Mrs. Ferdinand NJ Thierot,
also of Scotland road, South Orange,
and her daughters, the Misses Ma
tilda and Celeste Thierot; Miss Lois
kidder Of Orange, and Mr.. and Mrs
Harry G. Sinner, Of Prospect street,
South Orange.
Word has been received in Orange
from Rev. Walter Reid Hunt. pastor
of the First Unitarian Church. that |
city, and president of the Children's |
Aid and Protective Societys of the |
Oranges, who. with his wife and |
mother Mrs Abel Hunt also of Or
ange, are abroad. The clergyman /
states that the members of his party |
are enjoying themselves at Folke- |
stone, a summer resort in England. |
They expect to sail from Liverpool |
by way of the American line on Sat
urday, September IL.
Rev. Mr.. Hunt and party went |
abroad in June. intending to make a |
tour of France, Germany and Switz- |
erland. When war was declared they |
we're at Lyons. France, headed for |
the Alpine mountains They imme- |
diately returned to England. reach |
ing London safely. They decided to |