SS Deutschland Passenger List - 12 August 1927
Front Cover of a First and Second Cabin Passenger List for the SS Deutschland of the Hamburg America Line, Departing 12 August 1927 from Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton, Commanded by Captain Langer. GGA Image ID # 17731deadb
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain Langer
- First Officer: E. Friedei
- Second Officer: F. Schadow
- Second Officer: W. Greffrath
- Second Officer: H. Jacobsen
- Third Officer: W. Junge
- Fourth Officer: H. Bielefeldt
- Fourth Officer: K, Camper
- First Radio Officer: P. Steinwerder
- Second Radio Officer: K. Schultz
- Third Radio Officer: B. Nabel
- Fourth Radio Officer: W. Haack
- Chief Engineer: A. Kravack
- Second Engineer: R. Rix
- Third Engineer: O. Schneider
- Third Engineer: K. Buck
- Third Engineer: R. Lensch
- Fourth Engineer: H. Ehlbeck
- Fourth Engineer: B. Gass
- Fourth Engineer: W. Kreutziger
- Fourth Engineer: W. Jarck
- First Electrician: H. Kneller
- Second Electrician: W. Rietdorf
- Projectionist: W. Martiny
- First Physician: Dr. E. Fauss
- Second Physician: Dr. H. Schmidt
- Nurse: Anna Marie Beckmann
- Purser: O. Ritter
- Second Purser: N. Wigger
- Second Purser: M. Janssen
- Assistant Purser: W. Thimann
- Assistant Purser: F. Krug
- Luggage Master: P. Lewald
- First Chief Steward, First Class: M. Heins
- Second Chief Steward, First Class: H. Bleier
- Grillroom Chef and Assistant Chief Steward, First Class: W. Pfohe
- Assistant Chief Steward, First Class: A. Reinecke
- Chief Steward, Second Class: F. Ladendorf
- Assistant Chief Steward, Second Class: A. Riebe
- Chief Steward, Third Class: W. Volckmer
- Assistant Chief Steward, Third Class: G. Reimers
- Head Cook: A. Krüger
- Quartet Director: F. Hagel
- Chior Director: B. Brösel
First Cabin Passengers
To New York
- Mr. S. L. Agoos
- Mrs. S. L. Agoos
- Mrs. Elisabeth Alves
- Mrs. Minnie M. Asch
- Dr. Felix Aussendorf
- Mrs. Felix Aussendorf
- Mr. Wolfgang Aussendorf
- Mr. Richard L. Austin
- Miss Lucylle Austin
- Dr. Max Ballin
- Mrs. Max Ballin
- Mr. Carl Baumann
- Mr. Hermann Benkert
- Mr. N. J. Bijur
- Mrs. N. J. Bijur
- Mr. William Bijur
- Mr. Arthur Bijur
- Mr. Leo Block
- Mr. Leonard Blumberg
- Mr. George Boilensen
- Mr. Franz Brandt
- Mr. Davis Brown
- Mrs. Davis Brown
- Miss Blanche Brown
- Mr. Moreau D. Brown
- Mr. Daniel N. Brown
- Mr. Albrecht Buedinger
- Mrs. Albrecht Buedinger
- Mr. Heinrich Cerf
- Mrs. Heinrich Cerf
- Reverend Dr. S. R. Cohen
- Mrs. S. R. Cohen
- Mr. Albert Cook
- Mrs. Albert Cook
- Mr. Thos. J. Cooke
- Mrs. Thos. J. Cooke
- Mr. James A. Davey
- Mrs. James A. Davey
- Mrs. Dagmar Deems
- Mr. Fred W. Dieck
- Dr. Charles J. Dietrich
- Mr. Dr.slng. Eugen Dörr
- Mr. Max Dreyfuss
- Mrs. Max Dreyfuss
- Miss Sylvia A. Edwards
- Mr. Leopold Einstein
- Mrs. Leopold Einstein
- Mr. Henry Einstein
- Mr. A. L. Eisenstaedt
- Mrs. A. L. Eisenstaedt
- Mr. Alfred Eisenstaedt
- Mr. Levant E. Elliott
- Mrs. Levant E. Elliott
- Mr. Meyer Epstein
- Mrs. Meyer Epstein
- Mrs. Emilly Esser
- Mr. John van Etten
- Mrs. Cornelia Fox
- Mrs. Augusta Frieman
- Mr. Robert Frieman
- Mr. Frank Frey
- Mrs. Frank Frey
- Mr. Aaron Freydberg
- Mrs. Aaron Freydberg
- Mr. Herman Freydberg
- Mrs. Herman Freydberg
- Mr. Frederick Gelbach
- Mrs. Frederick Gelbach
- Mr. Powers Gourand
- Mr. Horace R. Grant
- Mrs. Horace R. Grant
- Mr. Ellsworth Grant
- Mr. Sigmund Gutfreund
- Mrs. Sigmund Gutfreund
- Mrs. Philipine Haas
- Miss Pauline Haas
- Mr. Dr.dng. Hermann Heim
- Mrs. Ray Herzog
- Mr. Morton B. Hirsh
- Mr. Adolf Hirschfeld
- Mrs. Adolf Hirschfeld
- Mrs. Josephine Hoff
- Mr. Jacob de Jong
- Mrs. Jacob de Jong
- Mr. Max Katz
- Mr. John S. Keen
- Mrs. John S. Keen
- Mrs. Emma Kelly
- Mr. Karl K. Kitchen
- Mrs. Anna Klinzmann
- Mr. John Knudsen
- Mrs. John Knudsen
- Mr. John Knudsen Jr.
- Mr. E. G. Kohnstamm
- Mrs. E. G. Kohnstamm
- Mr. Emil W. Korn
- Mrs. Emil W. Korn
- Mr. Robert Kropp
- Mr. Konsul Henry G. Langreuter
- Mr. Martin Lemcke
- Mr. Herbert H. Lind
- Mr. Sam E. Lind
- Mrs. Sam E. Lind
- Mr. Lester Lind
- Mr. Rolf Lindenhayn
- Mr. Carl Lipmann
- Mrs. Carl Lipmann
- Mrs. Blanche Lowenfels
- Mrs. Alice D. Marks
- Miss Julie Marks
- Mr. Morris Mayer
- Mrs. Morris Mayer
- Mr. Milton Mayer
- Mr. Emil Menlo
- Mr. Joseph Messinger
- Mrs. J oseph Messinger
- Hon. Julius Miller
- Mrs. Julius Miller
- Mr. Peter Miller
- Mr. Louis L. Miltenberg
- Mrs. Louis L. Miltenberg
- Mrs. A. M. Monsees
- Dr. Francis J. Murray
- Mrs. Francis J. Murray
- Dr. Ernst Nauen
- Mrs. Emma Naupert
- Mrs. Gisela Neuda
- Mr. Walter H. Nussbaum
- Mrs. Walter H. Nussbaum
- Mrs. Mary Ann Parker
- Mr. Henry Pollak
- Mrs. Henry Pollak
- Dr. Rudolph Rau
- Mrs. Rudolph Rau
- Mr. W. Reasenberg
- Mrs. W. Reasenberg
- Dr. Albert Ripperger
- Mrs. Albert Ripperger
- Mr. Carl Theod. Röchling
- Dr. John R. Rorke
- Mr. Bernhard Rowoldt
- Mr. E. Samuels
- Mrs. E. Samuels
- Mr. M. Samuels
- Mr. Julius Schmid and Servants
- Mrs. Julius Schmid and Servants
- Mr. Herbert Schmitt
- Dr. Eugen W. Schwarz
- Mrs. Eugen W. Schwarz
- Mr. Edward A. Siederman
- Mrs. Johanna Siesel
- Miss Louisa C. Siesel
- Mr. Ralph Simmonds
- Mrs. Ralph Simmonds
- Mr. Sterling Smith
- Mrs. Sterling Smith
- Mr. Sterling Smith Jr.
- Mr. Generaldirektor David Stempel
- Mrs. David Stempel
- Mr. William P. Stempel
- Mrs. William P. Stempel
- Mr. John W. Stork
- Mrs. John W. Stork
- Mr. Lloyd A. Stork
- Miss Anne M. Stork
- Miss Jean M. Stork
- Mr. Frank T. Swain
- Mrs. Frank T. Swain
- Miss Helen L. Taylor
- Mr. William Thompson
- Mrs. William Thompson
- Mr. Dr.dng. Alfons Wagner
- Mr. Gustav Wertheim
- Mrs. Gustav Wertheim
- Miss E. Wilhelmina Westbrook
- Mr. Paul Joseph Wielandy
- Mrs. Paul Joseph Wielandy
- Miss Louise Wielandy
- Dr. Rudolf Wolf
- Mr. G. M. Wolfson
- Mrs. G. M. Wolfson
- Mr. Frank Yokel
- Mrs. Frank Yokel
- Miss Clarinda York
- Mrs. Martha Zinke
To Southampton
- Mr. Charles G. Ellison
- Mr. T. S. Riddeles Nicholson France
- Mrs. T. S. Riddeles Nicholson France
- Mr. Sidney France
- Miss Grace France
- Miss Johanna Frankes Augustin
- Mr. Joachim Ginzberg
- Mrs. Joachim Ginzberg
- Miss Sonja Ginzberg
- Miss Lorna Grossmann
- Mr. Geh. Rat
- Dr. Fritz Huber
- Mrs. Fritz Huber
- Mr. Hugo Kaiser
- Mr. Ronald McDonald
- Mrs. Ronald McDonald
- Miss Christina McLaren
- Mr. Henry A. Mosle
- Mrs. Henry A. Mosle
- Mr. Erich Niemeyer
- Miss Ellen Oppler
- Mr. Peter Pares
- Mr. Donald W. Plunkett
- Mrs. Donald W. Plunkett
- Miss Blanche Smith
- Miss Erzsi von Szegheö
- Mr. Conrad Wiering
- Mrs. Conrad Wiering
To Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Mr. Max Mouchly
- Mrs. Max Mouchly
- Mr. Konrad Richter
Second Cabin Passengers
To New York
- Mr. Nie. Altenhofen
- Mr. Henry W. Arnemann
- Miss Gertrud Arnemann
- Mrs. Emma Barson
- Mrs. Therese Barts
- Miss Norma Barts
- Therese Barts
- Mr. F. G. Bartsch
- Mrs. F. G. Bartsch
- Mrs. Annaliese von Baselli
- Miss Barbara Batz
- Miss Elisabeth Batz
- Mr. William V. Bass
- Mrs. William V. Bass
- Miss Emma Bauer
- Mrs. Elsbeth Baumgartner
- Mr. Alfred Bayer
- Mr. Rev. Frederick Beck
- Miss Gertrud Becker
- Mr. Clement Beiss
- Mrs. Margarethe Beiss
- Mr. Wilhelm Benick
- Mrs. Wilhelm Benick
- Mr. Georg Berger
- Miss Louise Bergmann
- Mrs. Marjem Berkowics
- Mr. Karl Bethke
- Mr. Robert Biehler
- Mr. John Blankmann
- Mr. Peter Blocher
- Mrs. Amalie Blocher
- Mr. Henry Block
- Mrs. Elise Block
- Mrs. Elisabeth Block
- Miss Anna Boch
- Mr. Henry Bocken
- Mrs. Josephine Bocken
- Miss Elfriede Börner
- Mr. Wilhelm Bosch
- Mrs. Ida Brackhahn
- Mr. Herbert Brenneke
- Mr. Emil Brodberk
- Mrs. Maria Brown
- Mr. F. W. Brücker
- Mr. Henry Brueggemann
- Mr. Rudolph Bruer
- Mrs. Caroline Bruer
- Miss Frieda Buck
- Miss Luise Buck
- Miss Pauline Bucher
- Mrs. Walli Budig
- Mrs. Anny Busch
- Mr. Otto Cammerer
- Mr. Gottlieb Cammerer
- Mrs. Lina Cammerer
- Miss Lorette Cammerer
- Mrs. Hilda Cather
- Mrs. Bertha Cohn
- Mrs. Ella Daniels
- Miss Marianne Danziger
- Mrs. Elisabeth Daube
- Walter Daube
- Mrs. Mary Dausch
- Mrs. Bertha Decker
- Mrs. Clara M. Derbacher
- Mr. Joseph Derbacher
- Mr. Paul A. Derbacher
- Mr. Hans Deubel
- Mr. Wilh. Deyhle
- Mrs. Frida J. Deyhle
- Mr. Wilhelm Dienemann
- Miss Ida Dodegge
- Mr. Walter Drescher
- Mr. Georges Duquenoy
- Mrs. Georges Duquenoy
- Miss Anna M. Eckert
- Mr. Henry Edelson
- Mr. Heinz Eeltink
- Mr. Julius Ehrensperger
- Miss Anna Eifert
- Miss Else Engert
- Mr. Hermann Epp
- Miss Rita Fabian
- Mr. Hermann Farkas
- Mr. Paul Feuerhak
- Mrs. Susanne Fey
- Mr. Wilhelm Findel
- Mrs. Julie Findel
- Mr. Israel Flamm
- Mr. Conrad Fleischmann
- Mrs. Barbara Fleischmann
- Mr. Franz Fluhr
- Mrs. Ethel Fraktii
- Mr. Alfred Franz
- Miss Marie Frenz
- Miss Therese Friedheim
- Mr. Walter Friedländer
- Mrs. Sofie Friedman
- Alfred Friedman
- Mr. August Fritz
- Mr. Fromberg
- Mr. James F. Gill
- Mrs. James F. Gill
- Mr. Henry Glorius
- Mrs. Fani Glückman-Biedermann
- Mr. Hermann Goetzke
- Mr. Chaim Goldstein
- Mrs. Zipe Goldstein
- Mrs. Elfriede Göllmann
- Mr. Willy Graf
- Mrs. Anna Grimm
- Ernst Grimm
- Mrs. Rosel Gross
- Mr. Alfred Gunkel
- Mrs. Edith Gunn
- Mr. Chas. Haas
- Mrs. Luise Haas
- Miss Pauline Haisch
- Mrs. Jetta Halpern
- Mr. Leon Halpern
- Mr. Johann Hamm
- Mr. Walter Hansen
- Mr. Herman Harders
- Miss Matilda Harders
- Herman Harders
- Dorothea Harders
- Miss Stella Harms
- Mr. Willy Hartz
- Mr. Fritz Hasecke
- Mrs. Berta Haupt
- Mr. Helmuth Hauschildt
- Miss Adele Hauser
- Mr. Walter Hedrich
- Miss Lydia Heim
- Mr. Advokat Joseph Heller
- Mr. Ferdinand Henrich
- Miss Gitla Herszlikowicz
- Mr. Louis Hinterleitner
- Miss Eugenie Hirsenmann
- Mr. Wilhelm Hofmann
- Mr. Wilhelm Homann
- Mr. W. G. Hubaty
- Mrs. Katherine Hubaty
- Miss Anna Hubrig
- Mrs. Rose Jacobs
- Mr. Emil Jähnke
- Mrs. Amalie Jauch
- Miss Emilie Jauch
- Miss Irma J auch
- Miss Charlotte Kakosch
- Mr. Ludwig Kälber
- Mr. Henry Kamp sr
- Mr. Henry Kamp Jr.
- Mrs. Elizabeth Karl
- Miss Johanna Karl
- Miss Bertha P. Katz
- Mr. Alfred Kauth
- Mr. Joseph Keller
- Mr. Georg Kicely
- Mrs. Maria Kicely
- Louis Kicely
- Mr. Otto Kiefer
- Miss Elisabeth Kiesz
- Miss Margarethe Klenk
- Mr. Louis Klinkerfuss
- Mrs. Frieda Klopsteg
- Mrs. Alwine Kneiding
- Miss Clara Knoblich
- Miss Marie Knoblich
- Mrs. Luise Koch
- Karl Koch
- Mrs. Rose Köhl
- Mr. Josef Kovar
- Mrs. Alice Kovar
- Mr. Stanislaw Kozlowski
- Mr. Detlev Kraemer
- Mr. Werner Kraemer
- Miss Gerda Kraemer
- Mrs. Johanna Krämer
- Miss Greta Krämer
- Mr. Fritz Krämer
- Wilhelm Krämer
- Mrs. Alwida Kramer
- Mr. Siegfried Kramer
- Mrs. Esther Kraus
- Mrs. Caroline Krause
- Mr. Rudolf Krauss
- Miss Liesbeth Krautin
- Miss Gertrud Kreeb
- Mr. Max Kriegei
- Mrs. Olga Kriegei
- Mr. Walter Kühn
- Mr. Alfred Kühn
- Mrs. Sedie Kulka
- Mrs. Elizabeth Kunkel
- August Kunkel
- Mr. Joseph Lacek
- Mr. John R. Lange
- Mrs. Hedwig Lange
- Mr. Paul Lässing
- Mr. Johann Laube
- Mrs. Antonie Laube
- Mrs. Lena Lawrence
- Miss Marie Lerch
- Mrs. Mindel Liebermann
- Miss Ida Liffmann
- Miss Ottilie Linhardt
- Mr. Kurt Lion
- Mrs. Marie Lippold
- Mr. Max Lukowski
- Mr. Georg Lutz
- Mrs. Elisabeth Luxemburg
- Mrs. Anna McGowan
- Miss Wilhelmine Mangels
- Mrs. Manz
- Mr. Manz
- Miss Sofie Markus
- Mrs. Sophie von Markus
- Mrs. Salie Mauskopf
- Mrs. Johanna Mattus
- Mrs. Hedwig Mayer
- Willy Mayer
- Mr. Josef Meier
- Miss Gertrud Meyle
- Mr. Josef Moehler
- Miss Eva Moses
- Mr. Albert Müller
- Mrs. Eleonore Müller
- Miss Sophie Müller
- Miss Helene Naumann
- Mr. Emil Nettke
- Mrs. Martha Nettke
- Mr. Henry Noll
- Mr. Knut Th. Nordquist
- Mrs. Mary Rose Nordquist
- Rose Mary Nordquist
- Mr. Albert Claes Nordquist
- Mrs. Hilda Nordquist
- Miss Margaret E. Nordquist
- Mr. Wilhelm Odörfer
- Miss Erna Offermann
- Mr. William Ohlhaber
- Mrs. Sophie Ohlhaber
- Mr. Conrad Oswald
- Mr. Simon Payton
- Mrs. Elsie Peckmann
- Mr. S. Perlstein
- Mrs. Frieda Perlstein
- Mrs. Mathilde Petersen
- Miss Alice B. Pfaff
- Miss Josephine M. Pfaff
- Miss Eloise M. Pfaff
- Mr. Xavier Pfaff
- Mrs. J osephine Pfaff
- Miss Emilie Pfuhl
- Emmy Pfuhl
- Mr. William Polangin
- Frederick Polangin
- Miss Klara Potzner
- Miss Sofie Potzner
- Miss Anna Potzner
- Mr. Leonard Pschirer
- Mrs. Barbara Pschirer
- Mrs. Hinda Radimiene
- Mr. Rev. Francis Regnery
- Mr. Rev. John Regnery
- Mr. Fred Reimann
- Mrs. Elsie Reimann
- Mr. Otto Reimers
- Mrs. Anna Reimers
- Mr. Gustav Reischl
- Mr. Ludwig Remmele
- Mr. Adam Ridinger
- Mr. Earl C. Roff
- Mrs. Earl C. Roff
- Miss Anna Lucie Ros
- Miss Jenny Rotschild
- Mr. Carl Rumohr
- Mrs. Carl Rumohr
- Mr. Edward Rundt
- Mrs. Edward Rundt
- Mr. Günther Rutkowsld
- Mr. George Sachs
- Mrs. Else Sachs
- Mr. Franz Sailer
- Mrs. Kunigunde Sailer
- Mr. Nikolaus Sanders
- Mr. Otto Schade
- Mrs. Otto Schade
- Mr. J. R. Schalla
- Mr. Richard Schauer
- Mr. M. Schildbach
- Mrs. Ella Schildbach
- Mr. George Schlachter
- Mr. Carl Schlumpf
- Miss Elizabeth Schmidt
- Mrs. Sophie Schmidt
- Mrs. Frieda Schoen
- Ernst Schoen
- Miss Marie Schray
- Werner Schray
- Mrs. Annie Schuster
- Mr. Joseph Schuster
- Mr. Julius Schweinle
- Mrs. Pauline Schweinle
- Mrs. Ella Schwartz
- Miles J. Schwartz
- Mr. Hugo Schwartz
- Mr. Sam Schwartz
- Mr. Direktor Blazej J. Sedlacek
- Mrs. Clotilde Seegers
- Mr. Karl Seekircher
- Mr. John Seidel
- Mrs. Johanna Seidel
- Mr. Rudolph Seidel
- Miss Emma Seidel
- Mr. Hans Seufert
- Mr. William H. Siefen
- Mrs. Mary A. Siefen
- Miss Anna Silechnik
- Mrs. Elizabeth Simkin
- Mr. George Slottmann
- Mr. Samuel Smith
- Mrs. Samuel Smith
- Dr. Oskar Solbrig
- Mrs. Oskar Solbrig
- Mr. Conrad Staats
- Mrs. Anna Stahlberg
- Miss Lina Stahlberg
- Mr. Hermann Steinberg
- Dr. Ferdinand Steinhoff
- Mrs. Sophie Steinhoff
- Miss Lydia Steinhoff
- Miss Lois Steinhoff
- Mr. Joseph Stern
- Mr. Karl Stirn
- Mr. Hermann Storz
- Mrs. Lisbeth Storz
- Miss Florence Strauss
- Miss Frieda Taupitz
- Mr. Otto Thiele
- Mr. Oswald Thiele
- Florence Thurston
- Mr. Berthold Toller
- Mr. Johan S. Toth
- Mrs. Mary Toth
- Mr. Christian Traub
- Mr. Magoichi Uchikata
- Mr. Michael Uebelacker
- Mrs. Apolonia Uebelacker
- Dr. Otto Urban
- Dr. Anna Urban
- Harold Urban
- Mr. August Vernimb
- Mrs. Bertha Vogelhuth
- Miss Katharine Vogelhuth
- Mr. Emanuel Volk
- Mr. Heinrich Wagner
- Mrs. Bertha Wagner
- Mr. Isador Wasserman
- Mr. Karl Weber
- Mr. George Weidner
- Mr. Adolf Weiss
- Mrs. Marie E. Werner
- Miss Eleonore A. Werner
- Mrs. Mary E. Whaley
- Mr. Heinrich Woidscheck
- Miss Wilhelmina Wolfert
- Mr. Samuel Wundermann
- Mrs. Rosa Wundermann
- Mr. Karl Zeidler
- Mrs. Barbara Zimkowski
- Mr. Ernst Zinner
To Southampton
- Mr. Willy Göldner
- Mrs. Martha Göldner
- Mr. Hermann Joost
- Mrs. Helene Joost
- Mr. Leslie R. Morshead
- Mrs. Jessie E. Morshead
- Miss Frieda Rüter
- Mr. Adolf Visel
- Mrs. Margarethe Visel
- Miss Helen Visel
The Twin-Screw Turbine Steamer "Deutschland"
of 21,000 gross register tons, built by Messrs. Blohm & Voss, of Hamburg, in 1923 “Deutschland”—Germany—the country after which the vessel has been named, occupies an area of 180,976 square miles in the centre of Europe.
Since 1918 it has been a republic consisting of the following seventeen federal states, viz., Prussia, Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden, Saxony, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Thuringia, Hesse, Oldenburg, Brunswick, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Anhalt, Lippe, Schaumburg-Lippe, Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen. The population numbers 63,300,000.
The capital, Berlin, with a population of 4,014,000, is the largest German city. Geographically, Germany is characterized by the gradual rise of the country from the North German and Baltic coasts to the South German foothills of the Alps, the Central German mountains occupying an intermediate position.
In spite of this simple geographical character German scenery is extremely diversified. The Lower Rhine, the North-western lowlands, the lake districts of Mecklenburg and Pomeriana, West and East Prussia, the Middle Rhine, the Rhön and Spessart mountains, the Main valley, Thuringia, the mountains of the Saxon and Silesian border, the Black Forest, the Schwäbische Alb, and the Bavarian uplands:—each of these districts has its own typical features.
The great diversity of scenery is supplemented by that of the German towns and cities, many of which are celebrated for their valuable historical monuments and for their modern buildings and objects of art. For these reasons and also on account of the numerous medicinal springs and health resorts scattered throughout the country, Germany has to an increasing extent attracted international tourist traffic.
Germany is also an industrial country par excellence. Most of the mineral treasures extracted from her soil are worked at home. Prominent among the industries is the “heavy” industry of the Ruhr, Saar, and Upper Silesia, but practically every other industry is also represented in the country. The German industries largely owe their development to the cooperation of German science, a case in point being the chemical industry.
Little more than a generation ago agricultural and pastoral pursuits formed the principal occupations of the population. Their yields have been greatly increased owing to the greater intensification of the methods employed, and are now capable of supplying the major part of the requirements of the home population.
Matters of traffic and communication are highly developed in Germany. An extensive system of natural and artificial waterways—the Rhine, Elbe, Weser, Oder, Main, and Danube being the chief waterways of the first kind—connects all parts of the country. The network of railroads is denser still, and numerous German and international air lines have been added to these means of communication in recent years.
From the German seaports shipping services radiate to all parts of the world. Hamburg—a city with more than a million inhabitants and ranking second according to population among German cities—is the centre of German overseas shipping. Fifty percent of the German ocean-borne commerce moves to and from Hamburg, which is the home port of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie. This firm owns more than 950,000 gross reg. tons of vessels, and is accordingly the leading shipping company in Germany.
New York Mail For Passengers
The New York Office of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie has made arrangements that mail addressed to passengers arriving in New York may be obtained at the principal exit on the upper floor of the Pier. This only applies to such letters, etc., that arrive too late to be delivered to passengers on board during their stay at the quarantine station.
Passengers are reminded that the porters on the New York piers are not allowed to ask for gratuities in consideration of the handling of passengers’ baggage, they being paid sufficient wages for their services. If, nevertheless, any porter should demand payment for handling such baggage, passengers are requested to note the number plate on his cap and to report him to one of the uniformed policemen on the pier.
UNITED STATES HEAD TAX
All passengers intending to proceed to the United States, including non-American citizens resident in the United States, are required to pay, previous to their departure, the head tax of eight dollars U. S. currency imposed by the United States Government.
This tax is not payable by:
1. American citizens capable of producing an American passport as evidence of their nationality;
2. children below 16 accompanied by their parents or one of them;
3. diplomatic or consular representatives and other duly authorized government officials, including their suites and families, irrespective of the purpose for which they desire to proceed to the United States, but only if they can produce a diplomatic passport;
4. passengers intending to proceed to Canada via the United States, provided that, upon their landing in the United States, they are in possession of a railroad ticket entitling them to travel to some Canadian destination.
Non-American women married to American citizens subsequent to September 21, 1922, are required to pay the tax. Non-Americans proceeding to the United States on a visit or for business purposes, who do not intend to stay for more than 59 days, are also required to pay the tax, but may have the amount refunded to them upon application, provided that
1. they enter, upon their departure for New York, the words: “No longer than 59 days” in reply to question No. 24 of the questionnaire to be filled in by non-American passengers, and that
2. they advise the immigration officer in New York, upon arriving there, of their intention not to stay for more than 59 days, and that they obtain from said official a so-called transit certificate, form No. 514.
Such transit certificate, however, is only valid if the period of 59 days is not exceeded, and if the purser or captain (or his representative) of the steamer by which the passenger returns or continues his voyage, has entered a note stating the name of the steamer and the date of her departure from the United States, adding his signature as well. Persons continuing their voyage from the United States to other countries by rail, are required to produce said certificate to the conductor who will enter the date and the train number when crossing the United States frontier.
The transit certificate must be returned to the Immigration Authorities, Washington, within 120 days of the date of the passenger’s arrival in New York. This must be effected through the intermediary of the shipping company whose steamer the passenger used for his voyage to the United States. Applications for refunding the head tax are disregarded if this period is exceeded. The amount of the tax, however, may also be refunded to the passenger against his returning the transit certificate to the office of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie at the place of embarkment in NewYork previous to his departure from New York, or, during his return from America to Europe, to the purser on board, or, upon arriving in Hamburg, to the office of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Abteilung Personenverkehr, Alsterdamm 25, Hamburg.
Tourist Department Of The Hamburg-Amerika Linie
On The B-Deck Of The S. S. Deutschland, an Office of the Tourist Department has been established. This Office furnishes information to passengers concerning the sailings of the steamers, the railway services from port of arrival into the interior, the air service and all other arrangements of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie. It also provides information with regard to customhouse and passport arrangements and other questions which are of importance to travelers. At the Office tickets are issued for railroads and steamers to all parts oftheworld.
The HÄPAG World Cruise 1928
The fifth world Cruise of this steamer will commence at New York on January 7, 1928 aboard the Triple-Screw De Luxe Steamer “Resolute” and will be completed at New York on May 26, 1928.
European passengers may join the steamer, at their option, at Madeira on January 14,
„ Gibraltar on January 16,
„ Algiers on January 18,
„ Villefranche on January 20, or „ Naples on January 22.
They must pay their own fare to the port of embarkation selected. European members of the cruise will be granted free return passages from New York to some European port of call on board one of the Company’s steamers as advertised in the sailing lists, and their accommodation during the return voyage will be as nearly as possible similar to that provided during the cruise. The program of this, the most beautiful of all world cruises has been arranged with the greatest care and includes visits to countries and cities to know which is not only of particular interest to the general traveller, but also to the scientist and the lover of nature generally.
The itinerary includes: Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, the French Riviera, Italy, Greece, Palestine, Egypt, French Somali Land, India, Ceylon, Burmah, Sumatra, Java, the Malay States, Siam, Borneo, Mindanao, the Philippines,Southern China, Formosa, Northern China, Korea, Japan, the Hawaiin Islands, California, the Panama Canal, the Republic of Panama, and Cuba. The cruise will last 140 days and a total distance of 37,511 miles will be covered. No less than 76 cities in 30 different countries will be visited.
The fare is $ 2000 and upward inclusive of a number of shore excursions and numerous overland trips.
Only first-class passengers are carried on the above cruise.
For Information of the Hapag Pleasure Cruises please apply to: Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg 1 Pleasure Cruise Department, or any of their Agents.