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...complication he seemed to keep a very clear head and came within an ace of being the victor. The comedy element in the guise of Sieur de Beringhen, Gordon Hart, was effective in spite of the fact that his elongated person did not particularly suggest a gourmand. Ernest Rowan as Chevalier de Mauprat was just a bit enthusiastic, but the high flavor of his lines excused that. The person who was in all probability the most consistent interpreter of the play in the terms its author probably intended was Miss Ingeborg Torrup as Julie de Mortemar, and for that reason...
...Rowan, Iowa, Mrs. A. L. Aldrich has had three husbands in ten months, losing the first two by death and disappearance respectively...
Omaha citizens were amazed. The City Prosecutor doubted whether the State law permitted U. S. agents to "go about stopping reputable citizens because they have a package under their arm." Hearing that the charge might be dismissed without trial, William McD. Rowan, U. S. Prohibition Administrator in Omaha rushed to his agents defense. Said he: "Just because a millionaire is arrested there is an awful stink. . . . We treat the rich and poor alike...
Thus did Col. Arthur Wagner, chief of the U. S. Bureau of Military Intelligence, convey to Lieut. Andrew Summers Rowan the wish of President McKinley that he seek, in the jungles of Cuba, Lieut.-Gen. Calixto Garcia, insurgent Cuban leader, carry to him a McKinley message, ascertain the size and strength of Spanish forces...
...April 23, Carrier Rowan landed in Kingston, Jamaica, sailed Cuba-ward that night on a dirty native fishing boat under the eyes of the Spanish patrol which was scouring the Caribbean. Flat on his back against a gunwale, Carrier Rowan heard a Spaniard swagger alongside shouting queries; heard his pilot's lazy answer, the Spaniard's satisfied grunt...