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depressed a great deal of the time. A gentleman 
who occupied the same cabin v/ith Mr. Meyer from 
Kiukiang to Anking (Mr. Meyer vms missed after 
the vessel left Anking) stated that Mr. Meyer 
seemed to "be very much depressed "because of the 
v/ar, as he (Mr. Meyer) did not favor war under 
any conditions. It appears certain that Mr. Meyer 
had "been depressed for some time. 
T understand that the Consulate General at 
Shanghai is forv^arding the Department the state- 
ments of Mr. Meyer's "boy and of the Captain of 
the Peng Yang Maru. 
The shoes and the piece of Mr. Meyer's sus- 
penders which T procured from the Chinese were 
identified "by Mr. Meyer's "boy as those which Mr. 
Meyer had v;orn on the day he disappeared. 
I have the honor to "be, Sir, 
Your o"bedient servant, 
(Sgd) Samuel Soko"bln 
American "^/ice Consul in Charge. 
The following is the translation, referred to a"bove, of the 
statement of the officer in charge of the Life Saving Sta- 
tion at Ti Keng, Anhui Province: 
On June 5, 1918, at 1"^ o'clock a.m., a 
boatman, named Chen Yu-yuan, v/ho sailed from 
Peng Hwan Ching to Ti Keng, saw a body float- 
ing on the River near Shih Pan Chov/. The 
body was sv/ollen, the face was black with 
dirt. The body wore a white shirt, a pair 
of grey trousers, with black socks and a 
pair of yellow shoes. The boatman towed the 
body to the bank at Ti Keng, v/here it was 
seen by everybody in this town. The boat- 
man reported the matter to this office, and 
a coffin v/as given for the burial of the body 
on the same day on the San Ti Miao Hill. 
Signed and Sealed by the 
Life Saving Station at Ti Keng. 
June 8, 1918. 
September 21, 19I8. 
