Word: carinthia
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...interesting commentary upon the uncertainty of all news from China came to light when the seemingly definite fact was reported that the railway between Chinwangtao and Peking had been "completely cut by insurgent soldiery." Next day 200 U. S. tourists were landed at Chinwangtao from the globe-circling SS. Carinthia. Their indomitable conductor chartered a train and started out over the supposedly obliterated railway. By the aid of a little palm oil he persuaded the detachments of soldiery along the way to replace such segments of the track as they had torn up and carried into the woods. Triumphantly...