Monday, Jan. 28, 1924
Born. To the Earl of Carnarvon, son of the late Earl who discovered TutankhAmen's tomb, and Lady Carnarvon, a son and heir, at London.
Engaged. Princess Nadejda, 25, sister of King Boris of Bulgaria, to her third cousin, Duke Albert Eugene of Wurttemberg, 28, second son of Duke Albrecht. They are great grandchildren of Louis Philippe of France, who--during the revolution of 1848--was smuggled to England as "Mr. Smith."
Engaged. Richard Gimbel of Philadelphia, a Vice President of Gimbel Bros, (dry goods), to Miss Julia de Fernex Millhiser, of Manhattan. His brother, Ellis A. Gimbel, Jr., who recently married Miss Virginia Newman (TIME, Dec. 10), is said to have wooed his bride-to-be, asked the question, been accepted by radio.
Sued for Separation. Ludwig Lewisohn, associate editor of The Nation, author of Upstream and Don Juan, by Mrs. Lewisohn. She charged that he beat her, choked her.
Divorced. John Drinkwater, British author-playwright (Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Oliver Cromwell) by Kathleen Walpole Drinkwater, actress. Statutory grounds.
Died. Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilich Ulianov-Lenin), 53, President of the Council of People's Commissaries of Soviet Russia; at Gorky (near Moscow). (See Page 11.)
Died. Charles Henry Grasty, 60, editorial correspondent of The New York Times; in London. (See Page 25.)
Died. Peter Newell, 61, illustrator of children's books; at Little Neck, L. I. (See Page 15.)
Died. The Rev. Pincus Minkowsky, 67, famed Jewish scholar, cantor of the Moscow synagogue until Bolshevik persecution caused his flight; in Boston.
Died. Luther Emmett Holt, M. D., 69, famed baby specialist; at Peking, from heart disease. (See Page 20.)
Died. The Earl of Warwick, 71, husband of the "Red Countess" and companion of the late President Roosevelt in big game hunting; at Beer, Devonshire.
Died. Maurice Francis Egan, 72, author, U. S. Minister to Denmark under President Roosevelt, for twelve years prior to that Professor of English at the Catholic University of America; in Manhattan, of kidney disease. He refused offers of Presidents Taft and Wilson of the Ambassadorship to Vienna.
Died. Dr. Ernest Schweninger, 73, onetime personal physician to Chancellor Bismarck; at Munich. It is said he evolved a treatment which prevented Bismarck from growing fat.
Died. Count Geza Zichy, 75, famed one-armed pianist, at Buda Pesth. (See Page 18.)
Died. Miss Caryl Frohman, oldest sister of Daniel Frohman, theatrical producer; in Manhattan.
Died. Thomas Ellis Kirby, 77, internationally famed art dealer and critic and "world's greatest art auctioneer"; at Haverford, Pa., of eczema. His sales totaled over $60,000,000.
Died. Fred Hillerich, 90, pioneer baseball bat manufacturer, maker of the famed "Louisville Slugger" used by many major league players; at Louisville, Ky., from complications following a fractured hip.
Died. Mrs. Ann Clark, 104, close friend of President Martin Van Buren, whose inauguration (in 1837) she attended; at Canastota, N. Y,