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Samuel Matthews Vauclain (1856-1940) www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412084 RMS Majestic www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q700344

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_M._Vauclain "Samuel Matthews Vauclain (May 18, 1856 – February 4, 1940) was an American engineer, inventor of the Vauclain compound locomotive, and president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works." According to The Daily Worker. March 30, 1926, New York Edition, page 1, col 3 near bottom - chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020097/1926-03-30/ed-... "When Profits Call. Samuel Vauclain, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, will sail this month to discuss with the Soviet officials the use of American railway equipment. The works showed a heavy slump in business last year and it is believed that satisfactory terms can be arranged."

Thanks Richard Norton and swanq, we'll update the catalog record.

See

On the S.S. Majestic.
Possibly Melvin J. Woodworth, editor of the New York News Bureau as mentioned in
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/12/30/11820551...
and
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/12/05/12918712...

It is him, he matches his passport image. I created an entry for him:
Melvin Johnson Woodworth (1880-1950)
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125352434
He took his own life in 1950 by hanging himself.

Thanks swanq and Richard Norton, we'll update his catalog record.