Milestones

Engaged. William Hoppe, 37, one-time (1908-21, 22-24) world's professional 18.2 balkline (billiards) champion, to Miss Dorothy Dowsey, actress, of Manhasset, L. I. His divorce will become final next week.

Engagement Denied. Miss Helen Wills, U. S. Women's Tennis Champion (1923-24), to Gerald Stratford, University of California student, 1925 National Intercollegiate Doubles Tennis Champion (TIME, July 6, SPORT).

Engagement Denied. Miss Mary Eaton, musical comedy actress, to Boxer Georges Carpentier, "gorgeous orchid man of France." Said she: "Preposterous . . . he is married and has children."

Died. Francisco Gellido (Pancho Villa), 24, flyweight boxing champion of the world; in San Francisco, following an operation on his throat'.

Died. Vincent ("Pepper") Martin, 27, junior lightweight boxer; in Long Island City, of pneumonia.

Died. Mrs. Elsie H. White, wife of U. S. Treasurer* Frank White; in Washington, D. C, of cerebral hemorrhage.

Died. E. W. Wagner, 60, Chicago stockbroker; in Chicago, of a fall from a 15th-story window. In 1921, his firm (E. W. Wagner & Co., of Chicago and Manhattan) failed for $10,000,000, for which 30 indictments were still standing against him, in addition to seven brought since.

Died. Louis Nazaire Cardinal Begin, 85, Archbishop of Quebec, Catholic primate of Canada; in Quebec, of uremia followed by paralysis.

* The Treasurer of the U. S. is the officer actually in charge of receipts and disbursements from the Treasury, the redeeming of bank notes, etc. He acts also as trustee or custodian of many Government trust funds such as the bonds securing bank notes, the bonds securing postal savings, etc. His signature passes daily through every one's hands, printed on nearly every piece of paper money. His predecessors in the last 25 years have been John Burke (1913-21), C. A. Thompson (1912-13), Lee McClung (1909-12), Charles H. Treat (1905-09), E. H. Roberts (1897-1905). The office has been in existence since 1775, almost 14 years before the Constitution went into effect.