Engaged. Captain Michael Bowes-Lyon, brother of the Duchess of York, to Miss Elizabeth Cator.

Divorced. Walter Camp Jr., son of the late famed "Father of American Football," by Frances English Camp; in New Haven. She charged desertion, was awarded eleven-year-old Walter Camp III.

Divorced. Chester Alan Arthur, son of the late U. S. President Chester Alan Arthur; by Myra Townsend Arthur in Santa Barbara, Calif. She charged desertion since 1916.

Died. Young Griffo (real name Alfred Griffith), 56, onetime pugilist; in Manhattan; of apoplexy (see p. 23).

Died. Feodor Sologub, (Feodor Kuzmich Teternikov) 64, Russian poet, playwright, novelist, (The Little Demon, The Sorcery of Death, The Created Legend); in Leningrad, after prolonged illness.

Died. Joseph B. ("Big Joe") Kealing, 68, Republican National Committeeman from Indiana since 1920; in Indianapolis: of myocarditis (disease of the heart muscle). He was taken ill while in Washington where he went to attend a meeting of the Republican National Committee.

Died. Lewis W. Lincoln, second cousin of the onetime President Abraham Lincoln; in Los Angeles, following an abdominal operation.

Died. Dr. Paul Jeserich, 73, "German Sherlock Holmes," so-called because for 47 years he displayed uncanny skill in chemical and microscopic analysis leading to the conviction of criminals; in Berlin.

Died. Professor Emeritus Thomas Frederick ("Teefy") Crane, 83, who had been associated with Cornell University since 1868; at Deland, Fla. Undergraduates & alumni have chanted songs about "Teefy," and at each commencement hundreds of his former pupils have grasped his hand. Some years after his retirement, he delivered a rousing 45-minute midnight address before an alumni reunion. For two brief periods he was Acting President of Cornell.

Died. William van Schaick, 90, one-time Captain of the ill-fated excursion boat General Slocum; in Utica, N. Y. (See p. 12.)