Monday, Mar. 14, 1927
Born. To Helen Morgan Hamilton Woods, granddaughter of the late J. Pierpont Morgan; and Arthur Woods, onetime (1914-18) police commissioner of New York City; a daughter.
Engaged. Woodbridge Bingham, eldest of Senator Hiram Bingham's (Conn.) seven sons, descendant of three colonial governors; to Ursula Wolcott Griswold, descendant of four Connecticut governors. She is the granddaughter of the late John Sloane, and the late Matthew Griswold; great-granddaughter of Gov. Roger G. Griswold; great-great-granddaughter of Gov. Matthew Griswold. Her father is William E. S. Griswold, potent Manhattan businessman.
Married. Sir Walter Peacock, 55, member of the Prince of Wales' staff; to Mrs. Irene Cynthia Humphreys; in London. The prince attended the wedding, but was unrecognized at first, and the bride drove about the streets for ten minutes, awaiting his arrival. The choir started the procession mistaking Lady Ian Malcolm for the bride. The prince, much amused, signed the register as first witness, insisted that the newlyweds leave the church ahead of him.
Married. Col. Charles Goodnight, "Father of the Texas Panhandle," to Corinne Goodnight, 26, (no relative) on his 91st birthday; at Clarendon, Tex.
Died. James ("Jimmy") Delaney,* 25, light heavyweight boxer; of blood poisoning resulting from a fight with Maxie Rosenbloom, in which a bone in his left elbow was splintered; in Minneapolis. "Jimmy" took part in 67 major bouts, won 29 including 19 knockouts, lost 9; 29 had no decision.
Died. Robert Johnson, 29, Negro, General Pershing's private orderly during the War; hanged, in St. Louis, for criminal assault.
Died. Mrs. Lucy Ann Osborne Thompson, who lived for 47 years after being scalped in a factory mishap; at Bridgeport, Conn. Special instruments were sent from France for the skin grafting operation, which was probably the first of its kind in the U. S.
Died. Mikhail Petrovich Artsibashev, 48, famed Russian author, great-grandson of 'Tadeusz Kosciuszko (temperamental Pole who fought for the American colonists in 1777); in Warsaw. Tales of the Revolution, (1917) gives intimate pictures of Russia's debacle.
Died. Mrs. Grace Woodville Read Robinson, 60, broker, member of Women's Bond Club, wife of historian James Harvey Robinson (author of The Mind in the Making, 1921) ; in Manhattan.
Died. Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, 76, president emeritus of the University of Chicago; in Chicago; of heart disease (see p. 21).
Died. Dr. Ira Remsen, 81, president emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, discoverer of saccharin, in Carmel, Calif, (see p. 21).
Died. Xenia Sultan, $65,000 champion sire, blue-blooded bull; at Brookfield, Mass.
*Not to be confused with Jack Delaney (Oliver Chapdelaine) World Light Heavyweight Champion.