Milestones: Jul. 11, 1927

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Died. Lieutenant Colonel Herman J. Koehler, 68; in Manhattan. For 39 years he was Master of the Sword at West Point. He originated the present Army physical training system.

Died. Charles Winslow Gates, 71, onetime (1915-17) Governor of Vermont; near Montpelier, Vt.

Died. Mrs. Emma Ward Bucknell, 75, widow of William Bucknell, founder of Bucknell University, Lewisburgh, Pa.; in her camp on Upper Saranac Lake, N. Y.

Died. Henry Clay Pierce, 78, famed oil financier, rival and bitter opponent of John Davison Rockefeller; of heart disease, in Manhattan.

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