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...northern Germany, dressed itself in gala attire: Field Marshal Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, President of the German Republic, was due to arrive on his first visit since 1877. In due course the aged President appeared, received a hearty welcome. He had come, with Dr. Otto Gessler, Minister of Defense; Admiral Zenker; Rear Admiral Mommsen, to attend the annual maneuvers of the German Navy, held this year in the Bay of Swinemunde...
...Otto Hermann Kahn, once a cashier in a German bank at Carlsruhe, came to the U. S. during the panic of 1893. A few years later he was helping E. H. Harriman reorganize the Union Pacific Railroad. President Roosevelt said of him: 'The soundest economic thinking in this country is now being done by Otto H. Kahn." He sits on the board of directors of the Equitable Trust; Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Mainly he is known for his patronage of the arts?principally the Metropolitan Opera. Last year he endowed the New Playwrights Theatre (Man-hattan). In 1896, he married Addie...
...Otto Gessler, German Minister of Defense, startled the Reichswehr by ordering that only the black, red & gold flag of the Republic shall be displayed on Reichswehr buildings and by officers and men of the German Army. The order also included the families of Reichswehr soldiers and all civilians housed on Reichswehr property, although display of the flag in this case was made optional...
...Beginning. At 26 he began as an actor of elderly character roles. Otto Brahm, Berlin impressario, offered the youth a bril liant opportunity to play in the German capital. When the time drew near for him to leave, Reinhardt regretted his acceptance, begged to be excused from the enticements of "an uncertain career" in the great city. But Herr Brahm stood adamant on his contract rights and the young man was obliged to break away from his enchanted Salzburg...
Newsgatherers crowded with darting pencils around Baron Adolph George Otto Ago von Maltzan last week in Berlin. They heard the Baron tell with gusto about "my wonderful trip through America." His words had weight and interest because Baron von Maltzan is German Ambassador to the U. S. Home on a brief vacation, he said...