Monday, Feb. 11, 1929

Born. To Sir Tukoji Rao Holkar, deposed Maharaja of Indore, and his Maharani, the erstwhile Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle, in St. Germain, France; a swarthy daughter.

Refused. Prince Raphael Renier Carl Maria Josef Anton Ignatz Hubert Lamoral of Thurn und Taxis; by Princess Ilia of Bohemia; at the altar, in Regensburg, Bavaria. Reason: She preferred to espouse his younger brother, Prince Philip Ernst Maria Adalbert Josef Maximilian Anton Ignatz Stanislas Lamoral of Thurn und Taxis, whom she had met while preparing to marry Prince Raphael Renier Carl Maria Josef, etc. etc.

Married. Charles T. Fisher Jr., son of the vice president of General Motors Corp., of Detroit; and Elizabeth Briggs, daughter of Walter 0. Briggs, president of Briggs Body Co. and half-owner of the Detroit "Tigers" baseball team; in Detroit.

Married. John William Mackay, employe and son of Telegraph Tycoon Clarence Hungerford Mackay; and Josephine Gwendolyn Rose, Manhattan socialite, great-granddaughter of William Marcy ("Boss") Tweed, famed Tammany ringmaster; in Westbury. L. I.

Married. William Jennings Bryan Jr., 39, Los Angeles lawyer, son of the late "Great Commoner"; and Mrs. Ellen Bent Balinger; in Los Angeles. Both were divorcees, both have children.

Married. Ernestine Altman, orphan niece of famed Manhattan Lawyer Max D. Steuer ("Belasco of the Bar"); and Leonard Golding, Manhattan broker; in New York City Hall, by Mayor James John Walker. It was the fourth time Mayor Walker had performed such a ceremony. He absented himself from a discussion of city transit unification. Said he: "Since this is another unification job, I don't think I can be accused of shirking the city's business."

Married. Barbara Bennett, dancer & actress, daughter of Actor Richard Bennett ; and Morton Downey, tenor; in Manhattan.

Sued for Divorce. Mrs. Edna C. Hagen; by Golfer Walter Hagen; in Los Angeles, on the ground of desertion. Said he: "I had been kind and indulgent . . . always provided an excellent home . . . used every care for her happiness and welfare."

Divorced. Renee Adoree, cinemactress (The Big Parade); by William Sherman Gill, proprietor of a Hollywood tailor shop.

Died. The Countess of Lauderdale, able miniature painter and socialite of London, Palm Beach and Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Scotland; after a long illness; in Palm Beach.

Died. James L. Price, secretary of the Boston "Red Sox" baseball team; by suicide (razor); in Fenway Baseball Park, Boston.

Died. Arthur David Palmer. 45, advertising manager of the New York Central R. R.; after being struck by a motor bus; in Yonkers. N. Y.

Died. George Miller, 48, farmer-millionaire, joint owner of 101 Ranch and 101 Ranch Wild West Show, of skull fracture, in an auto crash near Ponca City, Okla.

Died. Ogden Mills, 72, Manhattan financier & philanthropist, father of Under-Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Livingston Mills; of pneumonia and complications; in Manhattan. The Mills millions were founded by Darius Ogden Mills, "Forty-Niner" and California banker. His son, Ogden Mills, was born in Sacramento, often revisited California. After being graduated from Harvard (1878) he spurred his father's enterprises, added to them (Mills hotels for poor workingmen; mines, real estate, banks, railroads, steamships, public utilities). He was a famed host, racing stableman, patron of the American Museum of Natural History. His sister is Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, relict of the late Ambassador to Great Britain.

Died. The Earl of Durham, 74, famed English turfman, huntsman, landowner (30,000 acres); of influenza; in his ancestral Lambton Castle, Durham, England. He had held his title only five months, having succeeded his twin brother.

Died. Alexander T. Brown, 75, machinery manufacturer of Syracuse, N. Y.; designer of famed L. C. Smith typewriters & shotguns; in Syracuse.

Died. Capt. Luther Sage ("Yellowstone") Kelly, 79, famed Indian scout, foe of Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, veteran of Alaska and the Philippines; in Paradise, Calif. Capt. Kelly willed that he be buried in Boot Hill Cemetery (Billings, Mont.), where lie some 40 rascals and heroes who died "with their boots on."

Died. Rear Admiral Franklin Jeremiah Drake, 82, retired: at his home in Washington. Rear Admiral Drake once served on the historic frigate Constitution; and as a midshipman, in 1863, chased Confederate privateers. He was descended from Sir Francis Drake, Admiral of the English Navy in 1585.

Died. Josiah W. Hayden of Boston, 82, vice president of Eastern Steamship Co., father of Banker Charles Hayden of Manhattan (Hayden, Stone & Co.); in Boston.

Died. General Hans ("The Long") van Plessen, 88, onetime Commander of Imperial Headquarters and Adjutant of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II; in Potsdam, Germany. The tall figure of General von Piessen appears behind the Kaiser in most group-photographs taken during the Kaiser's reign.

Anniversary. Five years ago last Sunday, Woodrow Wilson died. Last Sunday, at Washington Cathedral, arrived a single wreath of yellow jonquils, without a card.