Evening star., 1914-08-01
LOCAL RESIDENTS
IN FOREIGN LANDS
Many Washington People Are
Practically Stranded in
European Capitals.
UNABLE TO CONTINUE
JOURNEY EVEN THERE
Shortage of Money and Refusal of
Gold as Medium Of Exchange
Work Hardship.

WOTk 0dIuSlllp.
Reports received in Washington today
from European capitals are to the effect
that there are thousands of Americans.
many of them Washing tonians. who are
practically stranded there.
Owing to. the suspension of inter-
national trains between the different
European countries, these visitors
abroad are reported to be unable to con-
tinue their journeys to destined points,
and owing to the suspension of steam
ship service from and to Europe many
of these visitors are unable to return
to this country. The following steam
ships are reported to have had their
sailing dates cancelled at New York:
The Vaterland. the Amerika, Kronprinz
Wilhelm. Barbarossa. George Washing
ton, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Rhaetia.
The steamship President Grant, which
sailed yesterday from New York, has
been ordered to return to her dock The
lmperator, which was 70 have sailed
today from Hamburg has been halted
there, and La Province. which was to
have sailed today from Havre, has been
held at that port.
Gable dispatches today state that there
are more than 5000 American tourists,
many of them Washingtonians, in Paris
alone, and that in many cases their sup
plies of cash are running out. 1t is stat
ed that number who have attempted to
exchange their letters of credit for gold
have been refused that medium of ex-
change. being furnishd paper money in
eta
return upon short notice because of the
war situation. and who have endeavored
to obtain passage home at once have
found that such ships of lines owned by
the smaller powers not involved in the
present struggle which will attempt to
sail have had their bookings filled for
some time, as is usual at this season of
the year.
Steps to Aid Americans.
At the State Department IL is declared
today that there is full realization Of
the difficulties which will encounter
American tourists and other visitors
abroad at this time. and that arrange
ments are being made for all diplomatic
and consular officers of the United States
to stick closely to their posts so as to be
Of possible service to Americans in diff
fculties. Many Americans. for instance,
1t Is said, do not bother to obtain pass
ports when going abroad, and there are
a number of such Americans now in Eu-
rope, SO unprovided.
such a lack of passports at this time,
IT is believed, Will prove serious handi-
cap to Americans attempting to travel
from one country to another in Europe,
foreign extraction. who. without papers.
will have difficulty in proving their
American nationality. or the fact that
they are naturalized American citizens.
1t is pointed out that European govern
ments do not recognize the naturalization
Of their citizens by the United States in
the case of those who are subject to
military service. and that because of this
fact observation-disclosures, German-Ameri-
cans. French-Americans and others are
possibly facing difficulties under the pres
ent circumstances in Europe. At this sea-
son of the year there are many foreign
bort Americans in Europe. purchasing
merchandise for large establishments in
this country. who are known as buyers.
These men usually leave their families
in this country during such business trips,
and may find themselves unable to re-
turn to them.
Washingtonians In Europe.
Among those who are known to be
either in Europe or on their way to or
from those countries. from Washington,
or connected by marriage with Washing
tonians. are the following:
Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Mrs. A. 2.
Gardner and Miss Constance Gardner.
Mrs Ollie James. wife of the senator
from Kentucky; Mrs. J. ]. Richardson.
Mr. and Mrs. John j. Purdy. Mrs. Philip
Sheridan and the Misses Sheridan. Miss
Jane Riggs, Mrs r. X. Hit. Mr.. and Mrs.
William F. Hit, the former Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Meyer and Miss Alice
daughter. Miss Collier. Mrs. Harold
Walker and her sister. Miss Birney: Chief
Justice and Mrs. Seth Shepard, Senator
and Mrs. George Oliver, Miss Molly
Jayne Hill. Miss Thompson, Mrs. Robert
X. Evans. Mr. and Mrs. John II. Purdy
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stilson Hutchins,
Pear Admiral and Mrs. Rodgers. Mrs
Theodore Boynton. Mrs Charles Shepard,
the Misses Anderson. DR.. and Mrs. Frank
anderson. Mrs. Thomas +. Walsh, Mrs.
George Audenried. Mr.. and Mrs. Grenville
Fortesque. the Viscountess Henri de
Sibour and her three small boys. DR.. and
Mrs. H. l. E. johnson. Mrs. William a.
Hammond, Miss Margaret Cameron, Mr..
and Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mr.. and Mrs
Frederick Chaplin. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
u. Chapman. Mrs. Theodore Wilson. Mrs.
Edmund NJ. Cohh Mrs. Huntington Jack
son and child, Mrs. John p. Jackson
Miss Jane Iiu r. and Mrs. Theodore
w Noyes. al cir son Theodore r.
Noyes, Ralph ives, John b. Small
wood. Miss Maj kearney. Miss Helena
Mccarthy. Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Denys.
Mrs. William +. Draper and Miss Draper,
Capt. and Mrs. John Edie, DR.. Frank
Pleadwell. Mrs. E. K. Goldsborough, Miss
Julia Goldsborough. the Misses Seymour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorimer Graham. Chandler
Anderson, Chandler Hale. Rear Ad-
mral and Mrs. Harris. Nine. Hauge.
Miss Leita Montgomery. DIR. and Mrs.
John c. Simpson. Commodore and Mrs.
Albert Key. Mr. and Mrs. Garrison Nc
Cllntock. Miss McClintock, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Douglas. Mr.. and Mrs. David r.
Mckee. Mrs. Henry May and the Misses
May. Mrs. Clarence Moore and family.
Mrs. Henry NJ. Palmer. Miss Eleanor
Constance Palmer. Mrs. Henry A. Peck
ham and children. Miss Anne Hageman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sheriff. Mrs. j.
Donald Cameron. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Van Reypen. Mrs. Henry NJ. Hoyt. Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh Wallace. Mrs. Thomas j..