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...Cuban Embassy at Washington. General Carlos Garcia Velez rummaged through the last dusty stack of state documents. Then he mopped his dirty forehead, admitted failure in his search. For weeks, General Garcia Velez had been looking for the original Message to Garcia, made famed by the late Elbert Hubbard. In 1898, he knew his father, the Rebel Chieftain Calixto Garcia, received a momentous message from President McKinley asking his aid against the Spaniards. Like Writer Hubbard, General Carlos Garcia Velez was sure that it had been a written document and that Col. Andrew Summers Rowan had "sealed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 28, 1935 | 1/28/1935 | See Source »

Died. John Elbert Wilkie, 74, vice president of Chicago Railways Co., longtime chief of U. S. Secret Service; of heart failure; in Chicago. Appointed in 1898, he directed counter-espionage during the Spanish-American War, continued to serve as head of the service until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 24, 1934 | 12/24/1934 | See Source »

Harry Ellinger, Green line coach has developed a strong forward wall out of a group of inexperienced candidates. Elbert Camp and Dick Carpenter are the two veteran rangy ends who starred last year and have been playing the same steady game this season. Two sophomores, Don Otis and Gordon Bonnet have been successful in holding their positions ever since the start of the season despite rugged opposition. Herb Stearns and Don Hagerman capably fill the guard posts although both were at different positions last season. Hagerman was a tackle and Stearns a center, but Ellinger shifted them when graduation...

Author: By D. T. Stewart, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/27/1934 | See Source »

...Elbert P. Little, '34--to be Assistant in Physics for one year from Sept...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 22 APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS YEAR ANNOUNCED | 9/29/1934 | See Source »

...Elbert Payson Little '34, of Worcester, Mass.; member of Arams house committee; will return to study physics--Weld hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Proctors and Their Activities as Undergraduates | 9/21/1934 | See Source »

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