Docket No. 233.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
on behalf of
Hettie D. Allen, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Dorothy D. Allen, Deceased,
Claimants,
v.
GERMANY.
PARKER, Umpire, rendered the decision of the Commission.
This case is before the Umpire for decision on a certificate of the American Commissioner and the German Commissioner[a] certifying their disagreement. A brief statement of the facts as disclosed by the record follows:
The United States on behalf of Hettie D. Allen individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Dorothy D. Allen, Deceased, asserts this claim for losses alleged to have been suffered by claimant resulting from the death of her daughter, Dorothy D. Allen, who as a passenger went down with the Lusitania.
Dr. Richard C. Allen was born in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he spent his entire life, esteemed as a physician and a citizen, and where he died in January, 1913, leaving a widow and three daughters. The latter had enjoyed rare educational advantages and were thoroughly equipped to teach. On their father’s death two daughters, Elsie and Ruth, found employment as teachers, while the third daughter, Dorothy, during 1913-1914 was employed by an English family [the Cromptons] as governess, devoting three hours each afternoon to her duties as such and the remainder of the time to the duties of housekeeper for the domestic establishment maintained by her mother, her sisters, and herself. To her mother she contributed from her earnings $300 per annum.
She embarked on the Lusitania with the English family by whom she was employed as governess and was lost with that ship. At the time of her death she was 28, her mother 58, and her sisters Elsie and Ruth 32 and 23 years of age respectively. The decedent made no contributions toward the support of her sisters.
Decedent had with her on the Lusitania property of the value of $1,267.00.
Applying the rules announced in the Lusitania Opinion and in the other decisions of this Commission to the facts as disclosed by the record, the Commission decrees that under the Treaty of Berlin of August 25, 1921, and in accordance with the terms of the Government of Germany is obligated to pay to the Government of the United States on behalf of (1) Hettie D. Allen individually the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) and (2) Hettie D. Allen, Administratrix of the Estate of Dorothy D. Allen, Deceased, the sum of twelve hundred sixty-seven dollars ($1,267.00), with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per annum from May 7, 1915.
Done at Washington February 21, 1924.
EDWIN B. PARKER
Umpire.
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[a] Dated February 14, 1924.
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