Milestones

Engaged. Miss Carlotta Havemeyer, granddaughter of the late famed capitalist, Theodore A. Havemeyer; to Anson Alexander Bigelow of Manhattan and Newport.

Engaged. Miss Florence Verstile Furlow, daughter of the late F. C. Furlow, President of the Otis Elevator Co.; to Ralph Edward ("Doc") Jordan, '22 captain of the Yale football team.

Married. Miss Grace Nash, daughter of "Golden Rule Nash," famed eccentric Cincinnati millionaire (TIME, June 29, 1925, RELIGION), to one Dr. Edwin Straehlev Jr.

Married. Dr. William S. Rainsford, 76, "outspoken" Manhattan clergyman, formerly rector of St. George's Church; to Miss Harriet Rogers, 46, granddaughter of the late famed Manhattan capitalist, Hamilton Fish.

Divorced. Joseph Meredith Towne, 26, heir to part of the wealth represented by the Yale and Towne Lock Co.; by the onetime Dorothy Ravin, 25, daughter of a Jewish tailor, whom he married seven years ago.

Died. Oliver B. Harriman, 39, First Secretary to the U. S. Legation in Copenhagen, nephew of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman and Mrs. Frederick C. Havemeyer, Harvard graduate ('09) ; at Copenhagen, of heart disease.

Died. Bessie Coleman, 26, "the world's only Negro aviatrix"; at Jacksonville, Fla., after a half-mile nose dive made by her plane when its controls became jammed by a monkey wrench.

Died. Bobby Leach, 64, English-born "daredevil artist," famed for his successful trip over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel (1911); at Christchurch, New Zealand. Mr. Leach failed in an attempt to swim the rapids of Niagara last fall. His death resulted when he slipped upon a bit of orange peel, broke his leg, and underwent a subsequently fatal amputation.

Died. Oscar Solomon Straus, 76, merchant, politician, diplomat, philanthropist; in Manhattan.

Died. Viscount Kageakira Kawamura, 76, Field Marshal of Japan; in Tokyo. (See JAPAN.)

Died. Robert B. Dula, 77, one-time Vice President of the American Tobacco Co. (1903-11), long "right hand man" of the late famed tobacco tycoon, James B. Duke; in Manhattan.

Died. Charles Brown, 80, one-time colored slave, who cooked the last meal eaten by General Stonewall Jackson before his death in the battle of Chancellorsville (1863); at Washington, Pa.