The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-10
Clerk Flanagan And Wife Are
 Touring West E. J. Morgan And Wife Are At Interloken Switzer-
 land Bridgeporters Are { Registering In London Letters Being Received By Relatives of Park City Citizens Who Are In
 War Zone

Deciding that Europe at the present time is no place for peaceful tourists. Naturalization Clerk M. J. Flanagan of the scuperior court who went to Boston last week to sail on the Cunard line steamer Franeonfas has decided to go with Mrs. Flanagan to Yellow stone park, instead.
 Clerk William T. Haviland Of the superior court, received card today from MT. Flanagan, who sent greet ings from Chicago, where he was stopping two days ago. He said he and Mrs Flanagan planned to start at once for a tour of Y Yellowstone park and other Western scenic places. MT. and Mrs Flanagan had originally in- tended to visit Ireland and England.
 They booked passage before the war scare, and even. after hostilities start ed. had determined to carry out their plans The steamer was prevented from sailing on the day appointed. however, and after many exasperating delays Mr. and Mrs. Flanagan decided to remain in the United States.
 A letter reeieved today from E.. J. Morgan, vice-president and treasurer of the Coulter & Mckenzie Co. states that he and his family are at the Hotel MetropoIe, Interlaken, Switzer- land Nothing is mentioned in the let ter about the war, so evidently MT. Morgan desn't regard the location as dangerous.
 He and his family went to Inter- laken after a tour through Germany, where MT. Morgan inspected 8 num- Der of machine shops. He writes that they expect to sail for this country on September 2, but of course, unfore- seen circumstances may prevent this MT. and Mrs. Morgan and daughter went to Europe on July '.
  Americans who have registered with the Citizens Committee in London since last Monday are the following 1 Bridgeporters:
 MT. and Mrs T. R. Aston of 1138 State street. MT. Aston is president and secretary of the Aston Motor Go; Miss Lucy S. Curtiss of 166 Laurel avenue, a teacher in the local High | schooI;s MT. and Mrs. Charles Ferry, of 435 Washington avenue, and Max Lustig, the local milliner.
 MT. Dustig is with his brother, Si- mon Lustig of Boston, Mass, and ac- cording to cable received here last week, was to have sailed for home yes terday on the Finland.
 Miss Vera Curtis of this city. the widely known soprano singer, was among the passengers on the Chicago 1 urday.
 Mrs. William E. Davenport, wife of | the German instructor of the High school, who is now abroad, has re- ceived a letter from her husband, mailed in Switzerland, July s0.Y MT. l Davenport, who had been spending four days in that country, was about | to leave for. Frankfort whence he would go to Marburg to study at the University. Previous to his trip into | Switzerland. he was in Munich and | as he made no mention whatever of war, his family have concluded that l southern Germany must have been | very quiet at that time. His family are trying to reach hiR by cable. | A letter was received this morning | from Dr. John w. Wright of 533 l West avenue, who has been abroad I since July T, which was mailed from London before England had entered l into the war.
 Dr. Wright had visited in Germany before going to EngIand.I and he spoke | of being particularly interested in the l situation and in the war reports l which were being received in London, He was planning to go on either to 1 Wales or to Leeds, England, and said that he was about ready to come home, and that he would probably ar rive almost as soon as the letter. His | family have had no other word and l think it quite probable that he is now aboard one of the ships which have | recently sailed for this country
 The other Bridgeporters who are abroad have not been heard from.