Monday, Sep. 12, 1927
Married. William K. Vanderbilt II to Mrs. Rose Lancaster Warburton; in Paris; in ten minutes, by Mayor Rene Bloch. Said the mayor to the bride: "If you have children, I hope their eyes will be as blue as yours."
Married. Mary Cohan, 18, daughter of George M. Cohan, patriot; to one Neil Litt, orchestra leader, following an elopement; at Elkton, Md. Georgette Cohan, eldest daughter of Mr. Cohan eloped in 1921 with one J. William Souther; telegraphed her father: "Married a Yankee Doodle boy. Wave your flag." Mr. Souther died in 1925 and she later married and divorced one William Hamilton Rowse. Mr. Cohan was divorced from his first wife, Actress Ethel 'Levey, who afterwards married Claude Graham White, famed British aviator.
Died. Mrs. Earle Sande, wife of Earle Sande, famed jockey, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Sam Hildreth, famed trainer for the Rancocas Stables, was her uncle-by-marriage.
Died. Marcus Loew, 56, head of more than 300 cinema theatres; at his home in Glen Cove, L. I.; of heart disease.
Died. Wayne B. Wheeler, 57, famed general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League of America; at Battle Creek (Mich.) sanitarium; of kidney ailment.
Died. David Gardiner Tyler, 81, eldest son of John Tyler, tenth President of the United States; at Sherwood Forest, Charles City, Va.; after a long illness.