Monday, Aug. 04, 1924
MILESTONES
Reported Engaged. Barney Baruch Jr., 23, to Lois Wilson, star of The Covered Wagon, Miss Lulu Belt, It Pays to Advertise, and many another cinema.
Engagement denied. Frances Crane Leatherbee, daughter of Charles R. Crane, to Jan Masaryk, son of the President of Czecho-Slovakia (see Page 9).
Married. Prince Sergei Obolensky, 33, to Miss Alice Muriel Astor, 22; in London. Miss Astor is the daughter of the late John Jacob Astor and Lady Ribblesdale. She was introduced to London society two years ago.
Married. Gouverneur Morris, famed novelist, to Ruth Wightman, his secretary; at Salinas, Cal., a year ago. The marriage was made public last week when a second ceremony was held just after Mr. Morris had obtained a final decree of divorce from his first wife, Elise Waterbury Morris, in Los Angeles.
Married. Battling Siki, 23, famed Senegalese pugilist, to Miss Lillian Werner, 30, octoroon, of Memphis, Tenn.; in Manhattan.
Sued for Separation. Jack Rose, prominent vaudevillian, by his wife, Janette Lawson Rose, former Follies girl. She charges that he beat her, and once in a Chicago restaurant tore the dress from her back. In explaining the suit, Mr. Rose said: "I am a very homely man, and women take no interest in me."
Died. William Abbott Herdman, 65, famed Ichthyologist (see Page 19).
Died. The Right Reverend Leo Haid, 75, Bishop of North Carolina, Dean of the Catholic Hierarchy of America, Abbot of Belmont Cathedral Abbey; at Charlotte, N. C. Ordained in 1872, Bishop Haid was the oldest Catholic prelate in America.
Died. Dudley Allen Sargent. 75, "apostle of exercise for everybody"; at Peterboro, N. H. (see Page 21).
Died. Palmer Cox, 75, famed creator of the Brownies; in Quebec (see Page 13).