Engaged. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, 67, onetime (1911-23) U. S. Senator from Nebraska; to Martha Harris, niece of the late J. T. Harahan, president of the Illinois Central Railroad.

Engaged. Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown, widow of Congressman William G. Brown Jr., once a stock company actress, twice a Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate, who seconded the presidential nomination of John W. Davis at the last Democratic convention ( TIME, July 7, 1924); to Hugh Miller, professor of civil engineering at Union College, Schenectady. Professor Miller has two sons; Mrs. Brown, one daughter.

Died. Rafael Sabatini Jr., 19, only son of potent author Rafael Sabatini, creator of Scaramouche, Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk; by accident while taking his mother to drive. The car overturned. Mrs. Sabatini was badly hurt.

Died. Ornato Succu, 35, Sardinia's last brigand chief, killer of more than 60 men; by a shot from the Royal Italian Police, near Sassari, Sardinia.

Died. Burt William Johnson, 37, sculptor; at Claremont, Calif., from a heart attack. His work on a group of figures for the Fine Arts Building of Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.) was heroically completed in bed and from a wheel chair while the sculptor was suffering from influenza and heart trouble. His casket was covered with apple and peach blossoms, instead of stiff "floral pieces." A memorial service was held in Bridges Hall of Music where the fountain, "Spanish Music," perhaps the sculptor's best known work, gives inspiration.

Died. Ladislas Lazaro, 54, continuous Louisiana Congressman since 1913; in Washington, D. C.; of peritonitis, after an operation.

Died. Dr. Charles H. Peck, 56, famed as "a surgeon of surpassing technical skill, disciplined daring and resource of the highest order"; at Newtown, Conn.; of pernicious anemia.

Died. George Wheeler Hinman, 62, Hearst financial writer; at Winnetka, Ill., from heart disease aggravated by ptomaine poisoning. President Coolidge sent a letter of condolence to the widow.

Died. Perry Sanford Heath, 69, "Father of the Rural Free Delivery," onetime (1897-1900) Assistant Postmaster General; in Washington, D.C.; after a long illness.

Died. James Smith Jr., 75, one-time (1893-99) U. S. Senator from New Jersey; in Newark, N. J., from the infirmities of age. In 1910 he nominated Woodrow Wilson for Governor of New Jersey and was then politically crushed by him in two historic battles.

Died. Edward Lloyd, 82, tenor; at Worthing, England (see p. 18).

Died. Professor Luigi Luzzatti, 86, onetime (1910) Italian Premier and Minister of the Interior; in Rome. As a young man, he, a Venetian Jew, was accused of treason for starting a gondolier mutual aid society, in Venice. Besides holding government positions he created the "Peoples Banks," and two years ago was popularly nominated first president of the proposed "Italian Academy."