Monday, Mar. 17, 1924
Engaged. Cornelia Vanderbilt, 23, only daughter of the late George W. Vanderbilt, granddaughter of the late William H. Vanderbilt, to the Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil, First Secretary to the British Embassy at Washington.
Engaged. Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., U. S. open golf champion, to Miss Mary Rice Malone of Atlanta.
Died. Pat Moran, 48, Manager of the Cincinnati National League Baseball Club; in Orlanda, Fla., of Brights disease. As manager, he won a National League pennant for Philadelphia in 1915, and a pennant and a World's Series for Cincinnati in 1919. His last words were addressed to John Evers, acting manager of the Chicago White Sox, who came to see him. "Hello, John. Take me out of here."
Died. Alfred Holland Smith, 60, President of the New York Central Railroad Lines; in Manhattan, from a broken neck, after being thrown from a horse in Central Park.
Died. Jefferson Monroe Levy, 72, politician, owner of Monticello, President Jefferson's home; in Manhattan, of heart disease. He represented New York City in the 56th, 62nd and 63rd Congresses, inherited Monticello from his uncle Uriah P. Levy who had bought it from the Rev. James C. Barclay who had purchased it from Mrs. Randolph, Mr. Jefferson's daughter. He was a brother of Mitchell A. C. Levy, president of many Hebrew organizations.
Died. Isaiah Montgomery, 77, Negro leader and onetime slave of Jefferson Davis; at Mound Bayou, Miss., Negro town founded by him.
Died. William Armhold, 94, "oldest rabbi in the U. S."; in Atlantic City. Born in Schuchtern-Baden, Germany, in 1829; he came to the U. S. in 1853; founded a synagogue in Pittsburgh; was cantor of the Keneseth Israel Temple, Philadelphia, for 52 years; retired from active work in 1913. Said the Public Ledger (Philadelphia): "He was a leader in every Jewish movement in this city."
Died. Frank Tilford, 71, President of Park & Tilford, famed grocers; in Florida, after a long illness. He was the youngest son of John M. Tilford, who, in 1835, with the assistance of a fellow clerk, Joseph Park, left the famed grocer Benjamin Albro, to "organize a little shop of their own." Frank entered the business at an early age, succeeded Hobart J. Park in 1906 as President and Treasurer. In 1923 he sold the business to David A. Schulte, head of the Schulte Retail (Cigar) Stores Co.