Monday, Sep. 24, 1923
Engaged. David Hunter McAlpin, III., of Manhattan and Morristown, N. J., grandson of John D. Rockefeller, to Miss Nina Walton Underwood, of Boston and Chatham, Mass.
Married. Dr. Zdenko von Dworzak, formerly physician to the court of Wilhelm II of Germany, to Mrs. Elinor Park Custic Lewis of Man- hattain, in Denver.
Married. Princess Isabella d'Or-leans, 22, daughter of the Due and Duchesse de Guise, niece of Prince Philippe, Due d'Orleans, Bourbon Orleanist pretender to the French throne, to the Comte Bruno d'Harcourt, 24, scion of an ancient Royalist family, at Versailles. Her aunt, former Queen Marie Amelie of Portugal, was present.
Married. Dr. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, 70, son of John Tyler, Tenth President of the U. S., to Miss Sue Ruffirt, 35, at Richmond, Va. (See page 2.)
Died. Richard Pearson, 71, Republican Representative from North Carolina to the 54th, 55th, 56th Congresses, former Minister (1902-09), to Persia, Greece, Montenegro, at Asheville, N. C., of a complication of diseases.
Died. Lieutenant Georges le Mes-nager, 79, said to be the oldest soldier to serve throughout the World War, in Mayence, France.
Died. Peter Taugwalder, Alpine climber, at Zermatt, Switzerland. He was one of three survivors of the party of ten who first climbed the Matterhorn, 58 years ago. Descending the mountain, one climber slipped and pulled six others over a 4,000 foot precipice. Herr Taugwalder climbed the Matterhorn more than 120 times.
Died. Captain Derek A. Shepper-son, 26, Royal Flying Corps veteran (son of Claude Shepperson, R. A., Punch artist), who lately advertised Lucky Strike cigarettes by writing their name in smoke against the sky, at Blackwood Field, near Nashville, Tenn. His plane collided with a tree as he landed after a demon-station of skywriting.