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...Belgium, in Brussels, of pleurisy; Charles A. Penn, 62, vice president of American Tobacco Co., in Manhattan, of a gall bladder complication contracted at Reidsville, N. C., whence he was removed in a private car with two specialists and nurses; John Rushworth, Earl Jellicoe, 71, commander of the British Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, in Cowes, Isle of Wight, of bronchitis; Cinemactress Patsy Ruth Miller, 26, in Hollywood, of an intestinal disorder contracted in Tahiti; Arthur Hammer" stein, 55, theatrical producer, in Manhattan, of a bladder ailment...
...United States has no single harbor equipped to maintain the Atlantic fleet in case of war," Admiral William S. Sims, U. S. N. retired, stated to a gathering in the Adams House common room in the course of a discussion of over two hours which broke up with the center table covered with matches illustrating the "ripple movement" at the Battle of Jutland...
...Neither the much discussed New York or Boston harbor and navy yard is designed or equipped to act as a fleet base," the Admiral declared. "Naval opinion is and has long been unanimous that Narragansett Bay, with Block Island for its Helgoland, with one of the finest harbors in the world, and located farthest East, towards any possible enemy's lines, is the logical base...
...most our fleet or the British could do towards attacking the respective countries would be to steam across, place the ball of the thumb on the nose, make a disrespectful gesture, and steam back for more fuel", the Admiral remarked. "Each would wreak such havoc on the convoyed commerce of the other, however, that the publics would raise so much hell that the war would be stopped...
Playing a somewhat drab example of football, the Harvard 150-pound, football team yesterday overcame the Andover third eleven by a single touchdown on the Soldiers Field gridiron. The Harvard touchdown, the only one of the game, came when Dearborn, fleet Crimson signal caller, turned a fumble by the visiting team into a score for the light-weights, and a 7 to 0 victory...