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Show 'IS. DAVID ECCLES TELLS OF EUROPE'S WAR FRIGHT Mrs. David Eccles, who returned to Ogden Monday, after being away for nearly a year, is one of the prominent Ogden residents who had a European tour Interrupted by the present war Mrs Bcclei passed the winter of 1913-14 in New York City, with her daughters, who attended school there: and early In June, went abroad, accompanied ac-companied by her daughters Flora and Mrs R W Lmmett. also of Og-den Og-den They landed at Hamburg Ger- many, and after a few days there proceeded pro-ceeded to Berlin, where they nipt Mr and Mrs Arthur Wright and their three children, who were making their home there while Mr Wright pursued his labors as a missionary for the Mormon church Mrs Wright was formerly Mlse Berth Eccles. From Berlin they went north for a visit to the "Land of the Midnight Sun.' taking Mrs Wright with them. The northern trip was greatly on ioved and it wan not until they re turned m chrlstlanla. Norway, that any rumors of war were heard. In Christlania there was great excitement excite-ment among the Norwegians The Ogden people went from Norway to Stockholm, Sweden, and then to Copenhagen, Co-penhagen, Denmark, without any par tlcular inconvenience, but shortly after af-ter their arrival at the Danish capital capi-tal the posslbJty of proceeding further fur-ther nut largely a matter of guess v. ork. Mrs Eccles and her daughters managed, man-aged, however, to proceed from Copenhagen Co-penhagen to the mainland of Denmark, Den-mark, where they visited a number of relatives and on returning to Copenhagen Copen-hagen mt Mr. Wright in a hotel there His appearance there was entirely en-tirely unexpected, but was very welcome wel-come to his wife and relatives. He had left the children In Berlin, while he made- a trip to Denmark on church affairs and, fortunately for all concerned, con-cerned, his trip was opportune. The family went together to Fred-erlcha, Fred-erlcha, Denmark, a town near Schlos-wig-Holstein, on the border of Germany, Ger-many, and there separated: Mrs Ec cles intending to go to London and Mr and Mrs. Wright and Flora to Berlin The latter started on their journey first and shortly afterward Mrs. Ec-cies Ec-cies learned from a stranger who had Just arrived from Hamburg that the journey to Berlin, ordinarily one of a few hours, could not be accomplished accom-plished in less than four days The Wrights and Miss Eccles have not been heard from since, but Mr3. Ec cles believes that they reached Ber 1 in. in safety Mrs. Eccles' journey to London was filled with experience. trlne at the- time, but which she now thinks of as having been very interesting. She crossed the North Sea from Esperg. Denmark, to Hull, England, a 36-hour journey, on a Danish freighter. In cle scribing the mental attitude of the people -it the time, she said that the war news had so frightened thorn i thai the regnlai crew of the freighter1 went on strike and the trip to Hull was made with a crew of green hands, the engineer being the' only experi-j need mariner on the boat The cargo ol the freighter consisted of 1,000,000 pounds of butter, and In addition 10 this. 57 passengers were carried to England That the journey was made under vers uncomfortable conditions, may be judged from th fact ihat the ship held accommodations for only 11' passengers and was so old that third c'ass passengers had refused to take passage on it under normal conditions con-ditions The Ogden woman, however, felt as did her fellow passengers, that, she had to take a risk in order to get to England, and cheerfully put up. with the hardships From Hull, she proceeded to London, where she met the Riches, with whom she returned to Amtriea Mrs. Emmett was in London when !drs. Eccles left there, but it now thought to be on her way to America. Amer-ica. no |