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...death, in 1918, he spoke again: " 'Twasn't the money we were after; 'twas the power. We were all playing for power. It was a great, game." And most of his potent play-fellows in that game-among them John D. Rockefeller, Edward H. Harriman, Jacob Schiff-liked him sincerely, warmly...
...Speicher of . the U. S. (an intimate friend of the late George Bellows), sharp-faced Felice Casorati of Italy, calm Abram Poole of the U. S., Horatio Walker of the U. S., jaunty Maurice Denis of France, white-tufted Maurice Greiffenhagen of England, bald Karl Hofer of Germany, Homer Schiff Saint-Gaudens* of the U. S. (Director, of. Fine Arts at the Carnegie Institute), and Eugene Savage...
...airman's code call for help, except in cases of extreme distress, when "S O S"š will be used. 2) The word "aerodina" will be submitted to all governments with the recommendation that it replace the present usage (i. e.: "aeroplane" in English, aeronaut in French, luft-schiff in German, arioplano in Italian, etc.). 3) Aerodinas must hereafter keep to the left when following railway tracks, roads, rivers, etc.; and when crossing any of these land highways shall cross over at right angles to the land highway. 4) Aerodinas belonging to the League of Nations will be designated...
Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer, commanding the U. S. forces, announced that near Leon last week a plane piloted by Captain H. D. Campbell, winner of last year's Schiff Memorial Trophy,* was struck twelve times by bullets which tore away part of the tail. One bullet struck another marine plane. Soon Admiral Latimer ordered the U. S. planes to mount machine guns and use them when fired upon. Since the U. S. is not at war with Nicaragua this development was piquant...
Mortimer Leo Schiff is the only "son"?Jacob Henry Schiff's?and he is the youngest (born 1877) of the present four partners. Like President Coolidge, Dwight Whitney Morrow, Arthur Curtiss James, Frank Waterman Stearns, Herbert Lee Pratt, Bruce Barton, Alexander Meiklejohn, the late Henry Ward Beecher, Harlan F. Stone, Frederick H. Gillett, Robert Lansing, Charles E. Mitchell, Joseph B. Eastman, Henry C. Hall, Frank J. Goodnow, he is an Amherst man. Unlike them, he was never graduated, because in his sophomore year he decided he did not want to be just a "rich man's son." He left...