Lehi Sun | 1921-02-03 | Page 5 | Rear Admiral Taussig Dead

REAR ADMIRAL TAUSSIG DEAD ' I Took Possession of Wake Island Dur- . Ing Spanish-American War. Newport, It. I. Hear Admiral K. 1. Taussig, 71, retired, died January 20. after a1 long tllnwte. Hear ' Admiral TiHHslg was graduated from the Unll-el Unll-el States naval academy In 1S07 and a year later wns commended for w 1 i during an onrth"inko atArlca. Later In tho Spanish-American war. wlilc a ciiptalp commanding tho Hon-nuig Hon-nuig on, ho took possession of Wnko Island Is-land for the United States. Ho afterward after-ward served In executive posts ln the Philippines. He was retired In' 1000.