The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20
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qouna William Thaw N Pis,sbuTa y
n n tosrd, htu ~, w 30 poker eafnea w.
Berry Wall Waa aroth~r well hhoNn ras-
~ scr Tho kai-erin ! foupht ~ hrs' tahin
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in tho assrrase with her efew ~ eis tho
total rumter aboard waa 2 ,sat
ore ~ the paaa-n gers, vi was making hls
twenty 18th voyage, said thar Tho hiG ships
action NJ Nea was almost perfect. There
we're Two rough days, the 18th and the 18th,
hut the vessel hitt he'd only q very little
that was iuet ae she was coming out ~ the
w. eIish thanT 81 when the ship 90, In
the lofg srourd swells. however. the raa-
set ger said that her motion was u BIT un-
carr v, because her upper decks described
90 great q segment ~ a circle.
OH'oers Of tho ship der led tina any ORC
had ean KILLED in n fight on hoard soon
after Leaving Hamburg. or even that there
was u nRht, hut most ~ the rarEengers
queatioLed agreed that there had een
trouble.
.The crew was a human curiosity, said
one passenger. The trouble with tbs
Grew was that the union on the other side
wouldn't let the sailor who had signed come
along.
aboard" said another passenger. The
wonder II Tint we got here at all. The
Officers say no one was hurt, but j believe
that a man went overheard somew here be-
tween Hamburg n Dover
On board were u number OF retired Ger
man army officers. who became n ewiat
ofiended because at the concert after the
captains dinner Friday night the band
played more American than German airs:
When the subscription lists went around
tDaY Dut uOWu 10, but ftiputnttN 'iaN "
should go TO the German Naval Society and
not TO the crew.
When the Americans on board heard Of
the action Of the German officer they made
up the difference.
A Young American on board got a wireles ~
message after the ship had left Hamburg
telling him that there we're gamblers on the
ship and warning him TO rtay out OF games
OF chance with strangers. He did as no
was requested.
Among the passengers was Miss saba
Wertheim of Toledo, who has been abroad
for the last four years studying the violin
under Joachim. Her mother died on, April
20 and Miss Wertheim brought back the
body.
Others on board were e. C. Potter, Sol
Mannheimer, James s. Parker, W. Sachse,
Lieut. Col. Count Evest Tauve, Swedish
Minister to the United States, and G. Van
Ness.
The ship left Hamburg Maybe and Cher;
bourg May 10 at 1880 A. Nj. She covered
S,18l miles in a little over eight Gays, or at
speed Of about IL knots. There was a slight
accident to the port epgires on the third
day out, and for ak hours she stea ed VI
her s~tarboard er gire s orly. on the Bar ks
abe was slowed down because OF fog, Com-
insg up the bay ard T W. d Last night aIs, the w TX
light was a sight that caught the eye OF all
alorg the water front.
The new liner IL about 700 feet over all.
III feet wild and 81 feet deep from her
boat deck to the bottom OF the keel. Hell
gross tonnage IL % 500.
She will carry 1900 tons argo. Her
crew numbers 5Ss men, Of whom l4l are IN
the engine rooms and 800 in the kitchen and
stewards department.
The newest feature OF the ship is the
palm room on the Kaiser deck-all the
ships decks are named-which is the second
below the boat deck.
There are five decks that extend through
out the entire length Of the ship, and above
-four more, three OF which are promenade
decks. The names Of the decks are boat,
sun, Kaiser, Augusta Victoria, Crown
Prince, Union, Broadway and Orlop. 1t
requires seven kitchens to. prepare the
being for food for Jewish people.
There are many electric appliances, In
GLIDING elevators, telephones, cigar lighters
planes. The ship has facilities for
printing two daily papers with wireless In
formation, one In English and one In Ger
man.
Capt. Kopf. the commander OF the new
ship, is the senior commander OF the line.
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