Monday, Nov. 03, 1924
Married. Miss Elsie Kipling, daughter of Rudyard Kipling, to one Captain George Bambridge, British diplomatic attache at Brussels; in London. Mr. Kipling gave his daughter away. The reception took place at the home of Stanley Baldwin, onetime Prime Minister, cousin of Mr. Kipling.
Married. Miss Beatrice Beck, daughter of U. S. Solicitor General James M. Beck, to one S. Pinkney Tuck Jr.; in Washington. President Coolidge, French Ambassador Jusserand and a great company of fashionables attended.
Died. Percy D. Haughton, 49, famed football coach, of acute indigestion; in Manhattan (see SPORT).
Died. Henry Cantwell Wallace, 58, U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, of toxemia; in Washington (see CABINET).
Died. Lew Dockstader (George Alfred Clapp), 68, blackface comedian; in Manhattan, from a bone tumor on his leg resulting from a fall. On the vaudeville stage for over 50 years, Mr. Dockstader's most famed performance was an act in which he appeared, with burnt cork on his face, accoutred in every detail, even to teeth, as President Roosevelt in Rough Rider's costume. His mere entrance brought a roar of laughter.
Died. Laura Jean Libbey, 62, author of more than 80 novels; in Manhattan (see BOOKS).
Died. Lizzie Hudson Collier, 60, retired actress; in Manhattan. She was leading woman for Joseph Jefferson, Nat C. Goodwin, Henry Miller. In her early days, she starred in the productions of her uncle, James W. Collier scored hits in The Lights O'London and Storm Beaten.