Monday, Jul. 11, 1927

Reported Engaged. Alexander Pollock Moore, onetime (1923-25) U. S. Ambassador to Spain, widower of famed Lillian Russell; to Mrs. Dorothy Benjamin Caruso Ingram, widow of Enrico Caruso (famed tenor), onetime wife of Captain G. A. Ingram.

Reported Engaged. Countess Millicent Rogers Salm, divorced wife of Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraeten, to one Arturo Peralta Ramos, Argentinian.

Married. Miss Charlotte Delight Vanderlip, daughter of Frank Arthur Vanderlip, onetime (1901-09), president of National City Bank, Manhattan; to one Norton Conway, at Scarboro-on-Hudson.

Married. Renee Adoree, famed cinemactress (The Big Parade), to one Sherman Gill, Los Angeles businessman; in Hollywood.

Married. Miss Grace Vanderbilt, 27, daughter of Brigadier General Cornelius Vanderbilt; to Henry Gassaway Davis III, 25, grandson of late Senator Henry Gassaway Davis, onetime (1904) Democratic candidate for Vice President; following an elopement in Manhattan. Brigadier General & Mrs. Vanderbilt in 1896 were married under like circumstances, were forgiven by Mr. Vanderbilt's father only after an estrangment of several years; last week, vexed, they refused to endorse their daughter's action. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., famed journalist, brother of Mrs. Davis, explained she was not upset by her family's attitude, said: "She expected they would behave this way."

Sued for Divorce. Lucien Muratore, 49, onetime actor with Rejane and Bernhardt, more recently famed as tenor of the Chicago Grand Opera Association; by Lina Cavalieri Chanler Muratore, 53, opera singer, in Paris. In 1912 she divorced Robert Winthrop Chanler, grandson of John Jacob Astor; he was supposed to have given her a large part of his fortune, which brought from his brother, John Armstrong Chanler, who had changed his name to Chaloner due to a difference with his family over his sanity, a now famed telegram: "Who's looney now?" In 1914 she married Lucien Muratore; in the same year both came to the U. S. to sing with the Chicago Grand Opera Association, left in 1922 after a clash with Mary Garden. Since then they have both lived in Paris where Mrs. Muratore maintains a beauty parlor.

Divorced. William H. Vanderbilt, young son of the late Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt; by Emily O'Neill Davies Vanderbilt; in Paris.

Divorced. Agnes Ayres Reachi, famed cinemactress, from S. Manuel Reachi; in Los Angeles. She charged desertion.

Divorced. William Mills Dawes, nephew of Vice President Charles Gates Dawes and son of Rufus Dawes; by Mrs. Nancy Keenan Dawes, in Chicago. She charged desertion.

Died. John Dempsey, 38, brother of onetime heavyweight champion William Harrison ("Jack") Dempsey; in Schenectady. In poor health, temporarily insane, he shot and killed his wife Edna Dempsey, 21, then himself.

Died. Howard Frederic Whitney, 52, banker, onetime president of United States Golf Association; of heart disease in Glen Cove, L. I.

Died. General Pedro Nel Ospino, onetime (1922-26) President of Colombia, onetime Minister to the U. S.; son of Dr. Mariano Ospino, also onetime (1857-59) President of Colombia.

Died. Ralph Van Vechten, 65, banker, brother of Carl Van Vechten, famed author (The Blind Bow-Boy, The Tattooed Countess, Nigger Heaven) ; in Chicago.

Died. Lieutenant Colonel Herman J. Koehler, 68; in Manhattan. For 39 years he was Master of the Sword at West Point. He originated the present Army physical training system.

Died. Charles Winslow Gates, 71, onetime (1915-17) Governor of Vermont; near Montpelier, Vt.

Died. Mrs. Emma Ward Bucknell, 75, widow of William Bucknell, founder of Bucknell University, Lewisburgh, Pa.; in her camp on Upper Saranac Lake, N. Y.

Died. Henry Clay Pierce, 78, famed oil financier, rival and bitter opponent of John Davison Rockefeller; of heart disease, in Manhattan.