Milestones

Married. Georgette Cohan, 25, daughter of famed actor-producer George M. Cohan, widow of J. William Souther, broker; to William Hamilton Rowse, perfumer; at Manhattan. When she married Mr. Souther in 1921, she telegraphed her father: "Married a Yankee Doodle Boy. Wave your flag." Importer Rowse is a naturalized American (onetime Englishman).

Died. Sir Sidney Lee, 66, for 26 years editor of the Dictionary of National Biography (standard

English biographical work), perhaps the greatest "late Victorian" authority on the life of Shakespeare, author of a biography of Edward VII (by request of George V) and of a fiercely criticized biography of Queen Victoria; at London. It was at the suggestion of the great Dr. Jowett of Balliol College, Oxford, that he altered his original name "Solomon Lazarus" to "Sidney Lee" (in order to attain literary eminence more easily).

Died. Rt. Hon. Alexander Montgomery Carlisle, 71, designer of the ill fated Titanic, friend of former Kaiser Wilhelm II, whom he visited recently at Doorn (TIME, Nov. 30, GERMANY), retired General Manager of the great Belfast shipbuilding firm of Harland & Wolff, created a member of the Privy Council by Edward VII; at London, after prophesying his death some weeks ago and ordering that the Merry Widow Waltz be played at his funeral.

Died. Rear Admiral Richard ("Fighting Dick") Wainwright, 76, in the Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C., of heart failure. He was executive officer of the U. S. S. Maine when she was mined in Havana harbor by Spain. When the Spanish commandant ordered his men to strike the Maine's flag, he roared words long remembered in the Navy: "If a Spaniard touches the flag that flies over that wreck, there'll be another wreck in Havana harbor."

Died. William Wallace Crapo, 95, "oldest ex-Congressman," "first citizen of New Bedford (Mass.)," famed lawyer, banker, industrialist; at New London. In 1876 the U. S. was brought almost to the verge of civil war by the dispute as to whether Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) or Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) had secured sufficient votes to elect him to the presidency. The House and Senate chose a Commission of seven Democrats and eight Republicans to adjudicate this matter. By a majority of one the commission gave the election to Hayes. Mr. Crapo was a Republican member of this Commission. Thus it may be said that he was a president-maker.

Died. Benjamin Crandall, 103, self-styled "inventor of the hobby horse"* at Buffalo, N. Y.

*The term "hobby horse" is of great antiquity and uncertain origin. It has been used to denote: 1) The "Irish hobby," a breed of small horse trained to an easy gait. 2) The costume worn by a medieval actor to represent both man and horse, and consisting of a framework with a horse's head and tail casing the actor's hips. 3) An early form of bicycle or tricycle. 4) A prostitute. (Webster's New International Dictionary.)