Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Passengers Relate Ocean Collision
Special to The Washington Post New York December 1 1913 fourteen cabin passengers aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse recalled the collision with the Orinoco off Cherbourg on November 21. Panic in the dining saloon left diners crushed on the deck as the ship lurched. The wrecked ship showed the Orinoco’s prow half embedded in the Kaiser.
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Washington Post
New York
Wid
Cunard
Queenstown
Aboad
Campania
Orinoco
David Mindesheimer
Ieard
Cherbourg
Mr and Dire
G. &. W Burley
Eranz Feltman
Furrer
H. Oppensteadt
H. Oppensteadt, Mrs. F. Mor- Haon, HL Oppenheim, Claude Potter
T. A Schiff
Martin Straus
Theodore M. Vogelstein
Howard K Landsberg
Venerable Salem Captain Dies at Ninety Three
Salem shipmaster Captain Thomas Fuller, famed for quelling mutiny on the Lucilla near Sumatra and for saving passengers from the Katherine Slew, dies at ninety three. He later lived in Salem after a long career at sea including service on the Arabia.
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Salem
Mass
Thoman Fuller
Capt Fuller
Fami
Sumatra
Philadelphiaphia
Rio Janeiro
Kate Howes
Katherine
Kina Sea
Arabia
Europe
Futler Whad
New York
Nathan Monroe i Flower
New York Tock Exchange
Flower & Co
Goy
Roswell P . Flower
South Lawn
Dobbs Ferry
Flowers
Xiassler
Mystery of Fatal Shooting Leaves Clues Unsolved
New York December 1. David McAuliffe electrical engineer died from a stomach wound after he failed to give an ante mortem statement. Coroner Harburger sought details but McAuliffe spoke of a tall dark man before dying. Suspects Benjamin Clark and James O’Neill are held. A N Jalis claimed to have fired the shot after a saloon quarrel and fled.
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Washington Post
New York
David McAuliife
J. ‘Ood Wright Hospital
Harburger
McAuliffe
McAuld
Benjamin Clark
Amsterdam Avenue
James O'Neill
Pelham Avenue
185Th Street
McAupe
A. N. Jalis
Fred
Mate Good
Diplomatic strains rise over Japanese immigration and school plan
President Roosevelt faces California coast tensions as Congress debates Japanese immigration and school attendance. Hayes notes a potential clash within twenty years if Pacific ambitions persist, while the White House considers a partial exclusion proposal for older Japanese students to ease friction. Henry Miller’s Yokohama comments on Japan’s military plans attract attention.
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California
Japan
Hayes
Mr Hayes
Roosevelt
Hayes Sai
San Francisco
Henry B. Miller
United States
Yokohama
Thetelly
State Department
Miller
Japan backs Roosevelt in California school dispute
Japan expresses full confidence in President Roosevelt to resolve the California school controversy to both nations' satisfaction. Japanese press shows moderation and no rising agitation, with the matter placed in Roosevelt’s hands and his readiness to act relied upon.
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Japan
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Hoosevelt
Sage Loans Millions Through Real Estate Mortgages
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs. Russell Sage controls at least 30 million, loaning vast sums on real estate mortgages at four percent. In one day she placed 8.5 million through two arms, with a 2.5 million loan to Park Row Realty Company for the Park Row Building. The estate also loaned to a building owned by William H. Chesebrough, head of Century Realty, whose top holder is United States Improvement and Construction Company. Realty leaders say her policy may ease mortgage access for real estate owners.
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Washington Post
New York
Russell Sage
Park Row Realty Company
August Belmont
Park Row
William H. Chesebrough
Century Realty Company
United States Improvement and Construction Company
Probing Mongolia Wreck Unprecedented Inspectors Action
San Francisco December 1 United States Supervising Inspector Capt Bermingham after reviewing the Mongolia grounding evidence ordered ship officers to appear Tuesday for further testimony The local hulls and boilers inspector Bulger exonerated Capt Porter while inspector Bolles found fault with Porter and first mate Andrew Martin Both inspectors urged six month suspensions and Berminghams move breaks prior practice.
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Bermingham
San Francisco
United States
John Bermingham
Mongolia
Midway Teland
Bulger
Porter
Mongalla
Bolles
Andrew Martin
Court Martial for Collard Ordered in Mutinous Outbreak
London reports an admiralty order directing Lieut Bernard St George Collard to face court-martial on charges linked to a mutinous outbreak. He reportedly commanded a stoker to his knees in 1905 and twice lost temper, prompting a court of inquiry and now a December 2 appearance. Parliament reveals MPs spent 5,884,200 to win seats in the recent general election, averaging 98 cents per vote, with privately disbursed sums likely increasing totals.
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Stoker
Portsmouth
Engling
Admiralty
Bernard
George Collard
Martal
Collard
London
Gooden Leaves Institute Over Conduct of Affairs
Dissatisfaction with how Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind’s affairs were run led Rev Henry WN Conden to resign as president. Conden, chaplain of the House, sought a trustees board. secretary Cleaveland defended management, noting years of effort and funds spent to support the institute, including personal expenditures, mortgage pressures, and a limited Congress-supported start.
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Columbia Polytechnic Institute For the Blind
Henry WN. Conden
Conden
House of Representatives
Conder
EB. Cleaveland
Couden
Cleaveland
Joseph R. Hawley
Congress
Charles J. Bei
A. B. Hegner
R. P. Andrews
Indignant at Manila as Fleet Sails Overseas for Holidays
The American residents denounce the absence of the United States Asiatic Squadron from Manila during the holidays. Merchants here wanted sailors to stay for business, while the fleet has departed for Singapore and Singapore-bound ships. The Manila officers and men enjoyed lavish entertainments before departure.
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Mamie, Deri
United States Asiatic Squadron
Hongkong
Manila
Singapore
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Metcalf
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Pacific Coast
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MBS
SAGE
Ngolia Wreck
Gooden Leaves
Institute
Columbia Polytechnic
Warner
THE
Sunday Post
Re Owens
New York Hospital
Wartner
State Hospital
Middletown
A. Owens
Warener
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Serena
Warmers Bath Cure CO
Rochester
Menion
Tully
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Bridget
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