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prove mental suffering in, a manner
that could be figured on a cold finan-
cial basis and an award made in dol
lars and cents. The measure of
claims when applied to the facts in
each case have not rested on the
value of the life lost or the loss sus-
tained by the estate, but the actual
loss represented by the death to the
claimants, who must also be Ameri-
can citizens. The commission has
dealt only with real and actual claims
and dismissed all suits that We're
purely sentimental and vague.
Final action on some of the most
important claims resulted in the fol
lowing awards based directly on the
loss of life of well-known Americans
on board the giant liner:
To Mrs. May Davies Hopkins Gill
mer, for the loss of her husband,
$4,000.
May Davies Hopkins Gilmer, forthe
loss of her father, $4,000.
Josephine Bates. for the loss of her
son, Lyndon Bates, jr., a young en-
gineer, S25,000
Gladys Bilicke, for personal injuries
and loss of life of Albert Constant
Bilicke. $50 900.
Richard j. Hickson, administrator
of estate of his sisters, Caroline Htck-
son and Catherine Hickson, promi-
nent fashion designers, $4,000.
Estate and next to kin of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elbert Hubbard, $50 500.
Estates and next to kin of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Ambrose Plamondon,
S75,S47.
Estate of Leon NJ. Schwabacher,
deceased, $5,O5O.
Cora P. Kessler and Osmond x.
Fraenkel, executor of estate of George
A. Kessler. s35, 900.
Philip Klein and John Victor Klein
sons Of Charles Klein, deceased dram
atist, $4,000 and $50, 900 respectively.
Gertrude Adams, individually, for
the death of her husband, Arthur H.
Adams, $4,000.
William Mcmillan Adams, son.in-law
of John w. Davis, $685..
No Vanderbilt Award.
The estate and next of kin Of the
estate of Alfred G.. Vanderbilt received
no award, action being the same as in
the Frohman case.
There is considerable interest which
Germany must pay also. All awards
based on loss of life and personal in
juries bear interest at the rate of 5
per cent from the time the Mixed
Claims Commission began it's work in
November, 1928, while the interest on
awards for the loss of personal prop
erty and effects is at the same rate
and dates from the sinking of the
steamship.
The demands originally made on
Germany totaled nearly two billion
dollars in connection with the Iusi-
tania and all other war claims. The
tremendous reduction in awards 10
about S250.000, 900 is mainly due to
the dismissal of more than 10000
claims filed with the State DEPART
ment and the commission. The cases
were dropped because ill-grounded in
points of law and in many instances
the required evidence was not pro
duced
Judge Edwin B. Parker has been
umpire in all settlements. The Amer
lean commissioner is Chandler p. An
derson and DIR. William Kresselbach.
German commission. Roert w.
Bonynge. American agent, and DIR.
Karl Won Lewinski German agents.
have been able to agree on recon-
mendations on great many cases be-
fore they came to the umpire for
final decision. Such marked success
has been attained in settling the
claims against Germany that Judge
Parker has been made sole arbitrator
of the claims between the United
States and Austria and Hungary.
which are next TO be taken up and
adjusted