Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-29
NEEDY Americans
ARRIVE IN LONDON
Refugees Complain of Extortion
by Dutch Landlords and
Railroads.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. Aug. "a large num-
Der Of Americans arrived in London
On the night boat and train from
Folkestone. Most Of them are from
Munich, Baden-Baden and Frank
fort via Dutch ports.
The Americans included Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter stiIson Hutchfns, Of
/ Washington: Mrs. Isaac n seligman
and daughter, Of New York; Mrs g.
E. Vogel. Mrs. F. Uhlein, Mrs. L. J
Peddltt, Mrs. J. H. vandyke and Fred
Vogel, jr.. all of Milwaukee: L. 3
Kilborn, of Chicago.
! Aost Of the passengers complained
Of extortion in Holland. where they
We're compelled to pay - for the PRIV
/ ilege Of sleeping one night on a ce-
ment floor.
The Dutch landlords asked as much
| as $40 for hotel room with running
water while the money Changers
charged outrageous prices for ex-
change or the cashing Of money or
ders.
MIR. Hutchins was at Innsbruck.
| Austria, when war was declared He
went Immediately to Munich, where
he remained three weeks. He said:
7 wish to bear witness to the ex-
| IRENE kindness Of the Bavarian au-
! thorities TO Americans. Of whom at
the time there were 1000 in Munich.
| All but 600 of these Americans have
! now left Munich, and these prefer TO
stay.
Munich IN war time Is as quiet as
/ Washington in peace. The American
/ VA ff7r NJ
meeting on August 8 for relief and
Red Cross work under Professor
Harry A. Garfield. The Red Cross
section is under the direction Of DR.
Sophie Woodworking. of Washington
who had charge Of similar work In
Washington during the Spanish
American war. II is expected that
large numbers Of wounded of AL ma
tons win arrive in Munich during the
war The subscriptions to the Amer
lean committee at the first meeting
reached $4,000, but only a few Amer
leans at the time required monefars
aid
Good Red Cross Work.
THE Bavarian government thanked
the Americans for their Red Cross
plans, and declared that Americans
were safe in Munich and would be
protected throughout the war It was
also asserted that the city would
share its last potato with American
visitors who cared 10 remain Those
who wished to leave would be provid-
ed with special trains and travel as
comfortably as in the States
Soon after this announcement ar
rangements were made by the Prus-
/ sian and Dutch governments to allow
/ the passage of six special trains te
the coast. The first left on the 18th
] of August and the last on the 26th
| First class tickets were SIS and sec
| ..nd-class x12. All special trains were
devoted exclusively TO Americans ana
| took about two days for the trip
There were no excessive DELAYS, al
though the route varied owing to
the movement of troops. The last
| train went along the Rhine via Frank
i fort, Mayence and Cologne Ihf.
trains carried sixteen cars each ara
] there were about 200 persons IN eaf 3
train. .-..z<<,.
Among the Americans r 4': 2. s.
we're: Mrs. Benjamin Hsx -r1u..
Il Phil Sheridan. We all wore flags and
were treated with Consideration
| everywhere. We saw many French
| wounded prisoners at stations along
4 the way. who were all well cared for.
] The family of Peter Wendell 2
manufactures, at 755-171 Badger ave.
nue., who. with AIRS. Wendell and
Miss Anna Wendell, sailed for Europe
on the Holland America liner Rotter-
dam on July 3. received a postal caro- !.
| from them today.
The card was dated from Phorfz-
helm Baden, Germany, July u, and.
| announced the Wendels were sale
there Where tnelr relatives are at
present members of the family now
in Newark do not know
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Aug. Is. via London. Aug.
2s.-The special train for Americans
| which left today was not fully occu-
pied. The next train win start on
August 80
Commander RYAN and his assist
ants. Commanders Ford and Martin
and Captains Fenton. Miller tross
and Fnochs who instituted the relief
bureau here. find considerable DIM
Guilty in persuading Americans 20 20
to Holland.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.--The stale
department received yesterday tele-
gram from United States Minister
StoyaH at Bern, Switzerland. report
ing that the vice-consul- general az
I,ugano had informed him that a.
Americans had left the resort district
surrounding the lake of that name
Consul General Wilbur, at ZURICH
cabled that a special train left that Z
CITY on August 25 via Geneva, 1or
French ports The train carried 4s9
American passengers, who were per-
sonally conducted by President Hill
hen. of Princeton University. ma
iority Of the passengers viii leave for
America from British ports.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. Aug. 2s.-Among the 30
refugees from Switzerland Who arr
rived in Paris last night are SUI
preme Court Justice Vernon N, Da-
Wis. Of New York: Rear-Admiral
swinburne and Dewitt c. Poole, an
American consular official
The arrival of the 800 Americans
from Switzerland caused little con-
fusion because of the splendid ar