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Casually passing in the East River was Customs patrol-boat 546, John Beach commanding. To him it seemed a strange time for garbagemen to be at work. Quietly he ordered his five men to dock their craft, disembark, surround the scene of activity. When one of the big trucks started to leave, out from hiding jumped Officer Beach, fired a shot in the air, precipitated a scuffle which netted the U. S. 22 prisoners, a score of knives & pistols, $60,000 of bourbon whiskey and champagne...
...naval department at Washington is highly interested in the R. O. T. C. units at the various universities and colleges, inasmuch as the navy feels that it must have a large and competent reserve to draw from in case of an emergency. Secretary Wilbur returned to Boston to disembark with the students on July...
Harry K. Thaw, Pittsburgh richman, killer of Architect Stanford White (1906), was tapped on the shoulder as he prepared to disembark from the Aquitania at Southampton, England. A steward asked him to go to the lounge where a British immigration official told him that he was not permitted to set foot on British soil. The only reason given him was "instructions from the Home Office." Befuddled, vexed, Mr. Thaw told reporters: "This is amazing. I cannot understand it at all. England was fair and square when I was here before, 23 years ago. ... I am a friend of Secretary Mellon...
Tomorrow at 1.05 o'clock the Freshman and Combination crews will disembark from the South Station to take up training at Red Top. The entire squad will be made up of 15 oarsmen two coxswains, Coach H. H. Hames the Freshman manager and three waiters...
...itinerary as released yesterday is as follows: Embark at Boston Navy Yard June 21; arrive Halifax June 23; leave Halifax June 26, arrive Portland June 30; leave Portland July 3; disembark Boston Navy Yard July 4. It has been suggested that when the ship leaves Boston she might proceed to New London for the Harvard-Yale boat races the next day and leave for Halifax from there. Owing to the heavy demands upon the time of the Wyoming all next summer and the difficulty of rearranging the itinerary, there is only a bare possiblity that this part of the program...