We regret to announce that the death took place on March 14, at his home at. Pelham Manor, New York, of Mr. Gordon A. Roper. In 1918, when Ma. Roper was in charge of the American Trading Company here, he made many friends, and was well known as a tennis player. In the series of interport matches between Hankow and Shanghai, he ably assisted in the victories of the home team. Mr. Roper, who for eight years was in the service of the American Trading Company at Kobe, had been in bad health during the past year, but the seriousness of his illness was scarcely recognized by himself or his intimate friends. He left Kobe for the United States last spring, and his untimely death will be deeply regretted in Shanghai, where he was known as the "best liked American in the Far East."
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