The Washington herald., 1907-04-04
TAKES LEAP INTO SEA
Passenger Jumps Overheard
from Kaiser Wilhelm.
MANY NoTABLEs ON LINER
CharIemagne Tower
Returns for Rest-Germany's Rep
resentatives at Opening of the
Carnegie Institute at Pittsburg
Arrive-Vanderbilts Also Arrive.

New York. April "a shipload of nota-
bles arrived this morning from Bremen
on the North German Lloyd steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm II. Altogether there were
6C4 cabin passengers on board Among
them were Charlemagne Tower. United
States Ambassador 10 Germany. who is
returning here for a rest: Korekiyo Taxa
hashi. japanese financial agent: c. w.
Kohlsaat, the American commissioner 10
Europe for the jamestown Exposition:
W. *. Vanderbilt, jr., and family, who
have been abroad on a vacation trip; F.
F. Collier, the well-known cross-country
rider ~ho has been buying hounds IN
England Walter Wellman. the airshlp
man: Lieut., Gen. Alfred r. j. Won Lowen-
field general adjutant OF the German EN-
peror; Prof Frederick Schaper. ana
Lieut. Col Gustav Dickhuth, who will be
Germany's representatives at the opening
OF the Carnegie Institute; Frank Munscy,
the "a eazine publisher: G. Thornton
Warren, Fitzhugh Whitehouse. and also
William Mills. Of Passaic. N j.. who
jumped overheard in the North Sea short
ly after the Kaiser sailed from Bremen.
Takes Dip in North sea.
Naturally on board a vessel conveying
so many weL-known persons, there would
be happenings of interest. but the episode
concerning Mr. Mills was probably the
most notable event of the voyage. Mr.
Mills is a stalwart citizen of the United
States, and weighs nearly 30 pounds. II
was last Tuesday evening that Mr. Mills
took his dip IN the North Sea.
He had been dining. and just after din
her INDUCED In a walk on the promenade
deck aft with two friends According TO
the story they moved 10 the rail and for
some moments cast appreciative eyes AT
the setting sun. Suddenly an idea came
10 Mr. Mills. and 1t is said that he re-
marked: We'll. boys. I think I'll take
SWIM and thereupon jumped overheard.
Second officer Sehluter. who was on the
bridge, happened to see Mills so over
board and Immediately the vessel was
stopped and "a boat quickly lowered. In
charge of Third Officer Peter Molier So
quickly was the steamship brought To
stop that the vessel had not proceeded
more than SEQ yards from the spot where
the figure of Herr Mills fOated in the sea.
willing to Be Rescued.
A ifeboat quickly reached him. and he
was pulled out Of the water very cold and
very willing 10 be rescued. Because Of his
bulk. however. there was some trouble tn
getting him into the boat. a very close
watch was kept on Mr.. Mills for the rest
Of the trip,
Returning from mis- duties in Europe in
connection with the jamestown Exp0si-
tion. Mr.. Eohlsaat said that preparations
for the exposition were going along swim
and that great interest was being
taken in the fair by European countries. /
notably England. Germany. France. Italy.
Holland. Belgium. ana The Scandinavian
countries.
Lieut. Gen Won Lowenfeld. a personal
Of the Emperor. Prof. Frederick
Schaper the sculptor, and Lieut. Col.
Gustav Dickhuth. are Germanys repre-
sentatives to the Carnegie Institute dedi-
cation and may attend the jamestown
Exposition
The Hon. Korekiyo Takahashi. Japan
ese financial agent, has been negotiating
a loan amounting TO s2360G00. part of
which was placed at Paris and part al
London. Nj Takahashi will sail for Japan
from san Francisco in about ten days
lie was met at the pier by a party of
japanese men ana women.
Yacht Awaits VsnderbiIfs.
TIE Vanderbilt party consisted OF MF. /
and Mrs. W X. Vanderbilt. jr., their two
daughters. Consuelo and Muriel. and Har-
old S Vanderbilt The fast turbine yacht
Tarantuia. looking more like a torpedo
boat in her dark green paint. awaited the
arrival of the Vanderbilt party at the
North German Lloyd pier
Mr.. Vanderbilt said that he had done
some motoring while abroad and spoke of /
the excellence of the French roads He !
said he wished that the new speedway on |
Long Island might be finished for the |
next Vanderbilt race. and was Of the /
opinion that forty-hve or fifty miles Of /
the course would be completed anyway /
Robert Lee Morrell was also passenger /
on the Kaiser. and there was a good deal /
Of auto talk in the smoking room.
p. F. Collier while in England pur-
chased pack of sixty hounds. which will 4
be used in fox-hunting by the Meadow |
Brook Club
The Kaiser had two or three DAYS OF 1
rough weather and fog. ard for this rea- 4
son was about twenty-four hours late /
II was said, too, that there had been some /
trouble with one of the propellers.