Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-02
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omahans Affected by War Scare.
March /

war and rumOTS OF war n1u many
Omahans outside the bounds of their
native country. Just what these peo'
pie intend to do in the crisis is YET
TOO early TO learn, but the assumption
is that all who can will hasten back
to the United States.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Metz are the
farthcst away at the present time,
Tor they are still on their honeymoon
trip in Japan. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Metz hope to have word in few
DAYS about their plans. Equally
alicnated by the war is Mrs. Herman
Lommel. wife OF former Prof. Lom-
mel Of the University of Gottingen,
who has been in the trenches since
June. 1t is two months since her
sister, Mrs. A. +. Tyler, has heard a
word from Mrs. Lommel and before
that time she had confined her cores
pondence to postcards. When last
heard from, Mrs. Lommcl, who was
formerly Miss Blanche Roe of this
city, was staying in Hanover. Miss
Roe became the bride of the German
professor, whom she met while study
ing in Berlin only last year, and they
were both teaching in the University
Of Gottingen when Prof. Lommel, as
a member OF the German artillery re-
serve, was called 10 the service of his
country.
Miss Evelyn Horton, who went TO
Cuba last fall to spend some time
with her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
B. ]. Horton, on their plantation near
Mayaguez, Porto Rico, will make no
change in her plan to remain until
April. In the event of war she may
be obliged to stay longer in Cuba,
because the German submarines are
operating in that region of the sea.
She has been having wonderful visit
and has seen the island as few Ameri-
can girls are privileged to do. In a
recent letter she told of the visit
which they had Just made to St.
Thomas. The Porto Ricans feel very
secure in possession OF that port,
which will be used as coaling sta
ton.
Mrs. John Kuhn, Miss Marion
Kuhn, Miss Gertrude Metz and Miss
Harriet Mack form one party of
Omahans now in Honolulu. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. o. Gilbert went to Honolulu
in January and expected to be gone
until April. They, too, may change
their plans. Mr.. ]. ]. Dickey and his
daughter, Mrs. ]. Bromheld Brown,
who are residents OF Honolulu, were
expecting to come to Omaha IN
April. This was to have been Mrs.
Browns first visit to Omaha since
her marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould Dietz have
just returned from Honolulu and the
Hawaiian islands after Mrs. Dietz's
fifth trip to that mid-Pacihc resort.
They, with Mrs. Dietz's mother, Mr..
A. NJ. Putnam Of Lincoln, are now in
California.
DR.. Leroy drummer landed in the
United States on Monday and is ex-
pected in Omaha next Monday. His
stay in Honolulu was slightly longer
than he had planned, since his orig
inal intention was to reach Omaha by
the first of March.
Other former Omaha people who
are living abroad and are more or less
affected by the new war situation are
Mrs. James Diehl, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Nathan Merriam, who lives
in Scotland Mrs. Felix Sroeter,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Moritz
Meyer, who is in Christiana, Norway;
Captain and Mrs. c. T. Allen, in the
Philippines, who have been planning
for long time to visit the United
States; Mrs. c. F. Lobingier, in China,
who. was expecting to make visit
home soon; Mrs. Mario Sauna, in
Italy, who was Miss Marie Mohler,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Moh-
Ter; Carr Ringwalt and Paul Hor-
hung, with the American ambulance
in France, and Miss Ruth Paxson, in
China, sister OF Miss Susan Paxson,
and Mrs. c. w. Hayes.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Stapleton had
planned to 60 to Brazil and from
there to London, but their plans have
been given up and they will remain in
Washington.