New York. May 12.
The death occurred today, at the age of 68, of Rear-Admiral William Woodward Phelps, Commandant the Naval District and Navy Yard, Brooklyn, since 1031, and from July, 1922, to November, i923, Commander of the Yangtze Patrol—Reuter, Brig.-Gen, A. S. Daggett Washington, May 14.
Brigadier-General Aaron Simon' Daggett, the oldest officer in the United States Army, died at his home in West Roxbury, Mass., the War Department announced to-day.
'The retired general would have been 101 years of age on June 14. He was known both in the Philippines and in China, He fought in the 'Spanish-American war and was with American' forces during the Boxer uprising—United Press, Mr, Ian Calvin serena 70 Tue "Kcan."
London, May 31.
The death has occurred, a the age of G1, of the Brlish journalist, Mr. Tan Duncan Calvin, Leader-writer of the "Morning Post" since 1909; Mr, Calvin was, early in his career, on the staffs successively of the "Inverness Cour-ler," the "Aberdeen Free Press" and the "Pioneer," Allahabad. He became assistant editor of the "Cape Times" in 1908, a post which he held for four years.
Mr, Calvin had also written numferous books in verse and prose, Jamong which were "The Leper's Flute," "The Germans in England," "Afier the Chinese," "The Life of General Dyer," and others.—Reuter,
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