Born. To Mrs. & Deems Taylor, 41, famed U. S. composer and one-time music critic of the New York World, a daughter, Joan (6 3/4 Ibs.); in Manhattan.

Born. To Alvin Victor Donahey, 53, Governor of Ohio, a granddaughter, Margaret Eleanor Huffman (8 1/2 Ibs.); in Columbus, Ohio.

Married. Olive Tell, 30, famed actress, sister of Actress Alma Tell; to one Henry Morgan Hobart, 42, cinema producer; in Manhattan.

Married. Warren G. Harding, 21, nephew of the late U. S. President; to Miss Frances June Keller, 20; in Los Angeles.

Married. Ellis Williams, 72, boyhood chum of onetime British Premier David Lloyd George; to Mrs. Martha Smith, 79, sister of Mr. Williams' third wife; in Denver. Born in Wales, Mr. Williams loudly boasts that as a youth he once defeated Mr. Lloyd George at marbles.

Divorced. William R. Hopkins, 57, able City Manager of Cleveland; by Mrs. Hopkins, 40; on grounds of desertion, after agreement to separate.

Divorced. Marthena H. Williams, granddaughter of the late President Benjamin Harrison; from one Henry A. Williams; in Omaha.

Died. Emily Kane Jay, 15, elder daughter of Peter Augustus Jay, U. S. Ambassador to Argentina; in Buenos Aires, following sleeping sickness and operation for appendicitis. Two days later it was reported that Ambassador Jay had resigned, giving her death as his reason; was en route to the U. S. with the body.

Died. Margaret R. Hildeburn Garrison, wife of onetime (1913-16) U. S. Secretary of War Lindley Miller Garrison; in Manhattan, of pneumonia.

Died. His Imperial Majesty, Yoshihito Haru-no-miya, 47, 123rd Emperor of Japan; in Hayama, Japan; of pneumonia (see p. 16).

Died. William Dollar, 68, brother of famed Robert Dollar, head of the Dollar Line (world-circling ships); in Vancouver, B. C.

Died. James Wolcott Wadsworth Sr., 80, onetime (1881-85, 1891-1907) U. S. Congressman, father of U. S. Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (New York); in Washington, of pneumonia.

Died. Alexander M. Dockery, 81, onetime (1901-05) Governor of Missouri; at Gallatin, Mo.

Died. Mrs. Lafayette Young, 82, widow of the late Publisher of Des Moines Capital (TIME, Nov. 29); in Des Moines, of heart disease five weeks after her husband's death.

Died. William Robert ("Old Sawney") Webb, 84, educator, one-time (Jan.-March, 1913) U S Senator, "Tennessee's Most Beloved Citizen"; at Bell Buckle, Tenn.; of bronchitis and senility To his students (who included Norman H. Davis, able diplomat) he said each day: "Boys, don't do things on the sly." The origin of his pupil-invented sobriquet "Old Sawney" is uncertain.

Died. Richard Cary ("Uncle Richard'') Morse, 85, famed pioneer Y. M. C. A. official; at his Brooklyn home; of general breakdown, following a severe cold. Nephew of Painter-Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse he attended Yale, rowed on the 'Varsity crew, graduated in 1862. Student for the ministry, he was persuaded to become religious editor (1867-69) of the New York Observer; wrote for it a report of a meeting of the Y. M. C. A (then a struggling fledgling) which won him an official position with the organization; became eventually (until 1915) general secretary of the International "Y," preceding John Raleigh Mott. His grandfather, Jedediah Morse (1761-1826) was the author of the first U. S. work on geography; Grandson Richard in his work crossed the Atlantic 50 times and several times circled the globe. Though the name "Morse" is derived from Latin mordere, to bite, "Uncle Richard" was kindly, was greatly beloved.

Died. Mrs. Fanny Gillette, 98 author of the famed White House Cook Book; at Beverly Hills, Calif She ate three hearty meals a day, exercised morning and night, refused to ride in elevators, was the mother of King C. Gillette, famed razor man.