| Show lusitania LOSS 15 IN MEETING OF COMMITTEE THE TOTAL FIXED TO BE PAID AID P AGGREGATE BIG SUM damages damage for sinking of american vessel during world war mut must be met will receive money from german government washington germany must pay american claimants tor for damages suffered buffered when the giant transatlantic liner lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by a U boat it was announced by the german american mixed claims committee at the same time the commission made public awards aggregating and announced dismissal of claims disposition of five lusitania cases three by the award of in damages and two by dismissal terminated the consideration of pending claims arising out of the torpedoing of the liner the awards of all sorts against germany growing out of the war made public varied from one of tor for john malina of cicero ill to another of for the standard oil company of now new jersey leading financial institutions like the national city bank of new york and inconspicuous american citizens like margaret S macleay of manchester N H who received 10 were e li listed 8 ted among the beneficiaries in the great majority of cases the amount of the award was agreed upon between chandler P anderson and wilhelm Kl esselbach the american and the german commissioners while in some the umpire was waa called upon to decide between the conflicting opinions |
