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Birthday. Brigadier General Aaron Simon Daggett, U. S. A. retired, 100, oldest man in the Army roll, veteran of the Civil War, Indian wars, Spanish American War, Boxer Rebellion; in West Roxbury, Mass. On his 98th birthday the House of Representatives congratulated him. On his 99th birthday he received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. On his 100th birthday President Roosevelt wrote to congratulate him "personally as well as officially...
Yale has a number of veteran oarsmen who rowed at New London last year. At cox is Henry Coogan, a senior, and other veterans are Harcourt Schutz '37, Charles Asit '38, Willard Brown '38, Mark Hall '37, and Rudolph Montegelas...
...Mass., J. L. Stowell forwarded the U. S. Treasury in Washington 1?as his bid for the Ned's Point Lighthouse and an adjoining 4-acre tract at Mattapoisett which will be sold by the Government to the highest bidder. From the National Military Home in Dayton, Ohio, Veteran E. R. Coran promptly bid $4.98 in cash "and one-fifth of my life in service in any capacity that the Government may choose to consume...
With a strong average of .298, the Dartmouth nine is leading the league in batting and is second only to the Crimson in fielding with a .948 percentage. Captain Ray Ratajczak, veteran shortstop, who is considered a likely major league prospect is hitting at .375 along with George Hanna, sophomore left fielder.AL COLWELL...
...route. Hampered by the winds which helped the Bermuda Clipper, it skimmed the waves at 1,000 ft., reached Port Washington in 5 hr. 49 min. after a brief detour to see the towers of Manhattan. The doggy blue uniform of the Cavalier's Captain William Neville Gumming, veteran of the trans-Mediterranean run, who stepped jauntily ashore carrying kid gloves at a rakish angle in his left hand (see cut, p. 52), brought quips from reporters, who asked if he had brought along a clean shirt. "Oh, I say," he replied, "I'm going back tomorrow...