History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…moor a jay-bird called to his mate, “Cuckoo, cuckoo!” Hubbard was fined $100 and was deprived of his rights of citizenship. In order to secure a United States passport, the world-renowned Hubbard took the strange step of seeking President Wilson’s pardon; Hubbard was rejected on the grounds that his application was premature. After war broke out Hubbard appealed to Wilson’s secretary, Joe Tumulty, that Hubbard had to go to Europe to cover the war…
…for loss of life. The total claims for personal injuries amounted to $444,700 and there were some relatively small claims for loss of baggage. Many of the claimants contended that the Cunard Company was responsible because the speed of the ship had been reduced without notice, because ports were left open, because collapsible boats were not left open, because the crew did not distribute life belts, because the German Embassy in the United States h…
…, that-[1] Applying the rules laid down in Administrative Decisions Nos. I and II handed down this date, the Commission finds that Germany is financially obligated to pay to the United States all losses suffered by American nationals, stated in terms of dollars, where the claims therefor have continued in American ownership, which losses have resulted from death or from personal injury or from loss of, or damage to, property, sustained in the sink…
…on behalf of Albert Jackson Byington the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per annum from November 1, 1923, and the further sum of three thousand three hundred ninety-eight dollars ($3,398.00) with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per annum from May 7, 1915. Done at Washington October 2, 1924. EDWIN B. PARKER, Umpire. —- [a] Dated September 23, 1924. Share this: Print Email Pi…
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