New Britain herald., 1914-08-26
THEIR SHIP CONvOYED
 THROUGH BAD CHANNEL
Interesting Voyage Of Ta'Cott-
 Churchill Party From Italy.


 the Misses Lucy and Theodora Tal- colt returned to their home on Frank lin square last evening. shortly after arriving in this country from Genoa, Italy, on board the Principe D'Udine, which was chartered by the commits sioner of the New York dock for the purpose of bringing home many of the American tourists who became stranded in Europe upon the. out break of hostilities.
 Despite the circumstances, the party had quite an enjoyable trip and suffered but few inconveniences.
 Were at Lausanne.
 The party was at Lausanne, Swift zerland, when the war broke out, having been there for the past year. Mrs. Churchill had foreseen that diff faculties would probably arise, and had gotten some cash on a letter of credit which she carried, so the party was not inconvenienced by short age of money, such as other people were.
 They at once made preparations for going to some seaport in Italy and were successful in getting train to Genoa on Wednesday, August o"luS lO -IlS IdCI lIldI all dVdll- able horses had been taken away for mobilization, the party had some diff ticulty in getting :ts baggage to the railroad station. A Protestant Italian minister, whom MT. churchill en- gagged as a courier succeeded, how ever. in obtaining the use of an old horse for a short time He har- messed the equine to an old wagon in w he 1I1c fn ho depot, the travellers being obliged to walk. Railroad attendants were scarce, due to the mobilization work, and the party's courier had to load the baggage onto the train himself, being aided by brother.
 Rumored Bombs in Tunnel.
 Mrs. Churchill says the passengers on the train felt rather uneasy dur ing the ride to Genoa, especially while passing through the large tun- nel near the border fine, in which, it had been rumored, bombs had been placed. The train did not wait to ex- change it's steam locomotive for an electric engine as was usually done.
 Upon arrival in the Italian seaport town, they immediately made tenta- tive arrangements for sailing on the lHCIpt U OulHG 4Hey UlQ not know, definitely, that they would be able to cross on this ship. however until only a few hours before it sailed.
 Escorted By British Cruisers.
 While going through the Strait of Gibraltar the vessel upon which they sailed was escorted by two British cruisers to avoid running onto hidden mines in the channel. The remainder of the voyage was without incident | until the steamer came within a few miles of the American coast, when one | of the British cruisers patrolling in | the vicinity caused the captain to | bring his ship to a stop. The cruiser then came alongside to investigate more closely and upon learning the name of the ship and what cargo she carried signalled the Pr1nclpe's cap- tain to pass on, offering apologies for detaining the passengers.
 Friends to Fight Each Other.
 Mrs. Churchill says the conditions in Switzerland were Very pitiful inn mediately after war was declared. She says that five walters in the hotel where she was staying all left few days after the commencement of hos tilities to join the armies of the diff ferent countries. Each of the walters, who had been friends Tor many years, was a subject of different country, one being a German, another Rus sian, another an Austrian, another a Swiss and another d Frenchman. They all expressed themselves as in- dignant over the fact that they were obliged to fight against each other simply because of the greed of mon- archs. Those staying at the hotel noticed that they lacked all enthusi- asm as they left one night to join their armies.
 Little Enthusiasm.
 Very few of the people in Europe showed any enthusiasm, says Mrs. Churchill, and they all seemed to go 0 the front simply because they had o do so.
 Dr. Travis, Home.
 Dr. Katherine H. Travis, accom- panied by her sister, Miss Minnie Travis, returned last evening from , Europe, where they have been touring irce early in the summer. They ailed from Denmark August 15, com ng as second class passengers. The ntire voyage was made in a darkened hip, as the lights were extinguished " the officers for fear that the craft night be mistaken for a hostile l ruiser.
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