Born. To Economist Richard Theodore Ely, 79, and Mrs. Ely, 35: a daughter; their second child, in Paterson, N. J. Weight: 9 lb., 7 oz. Name: Mary Charlotte.

Married. Geraldine Swift, 22, daughter of President Gustavus Franklin Swift of Swift & Co., packers; and Albert Thomas ("Tommy") Taylor, 26, Chicago broker, onetime Yale footballer; in Joliet, Ill. whither they eloped from Chicago.

Married. Senator Robert Johns Bulkley, 53, of Ohio; and Mrs. Helen Graham Robbins, 30, of Lindsay, Ontario; in Manhattan.

Sued for Divorce. John Francis Amherst Cecil, onetime secretary of the British Embassy at Washington; by Mrs. Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil, only daughter of the late George Washington Vanderbilt; in Paris. By her father's will which left her approximately $50,000,000. Mrs. Cecil was required to live at least six months of the year at "Biltmore House," the huge French Renaissance chateau he built near Asheville, N. C. Her marriage, ten years ago this month, was an international occasion. Following it, Mr. Cecil gave up his diplomatic career, became manager of his wife's estate.

Sued for Divorce. Sir Rowland Hodge, 74, British shipowner; by Vera Hodge, onetime Countess Cathcart, who, in 1926, was temporarily denied admittance into the U. S. because of "moral turpitude"; in London.

Marriage Voided. Jackson Barnett, 90, "wealthiest" Oklahoma Indian; and Mrs. Anna Laurie Lowe Barnett, white; by a U. S. District Court; in Los Angeles. The court held Indian Barnett "mentally incompetent," gave his $300,000 estate to the U. S. Department of the Interior for administration, declared Mrs. Barnett might be employed in the Barnett household, should not be considered Barnett's wife (TIME, Feb. 18, 1929).

Awarded. To Flavel Manley Williams: a special gold medal of the American Museum of Safety; for his invention of the "fog camera" which, utilizing a special infra-red-sensitive film, can take photographs at great distances through fog (TIME, Jan. 15); in Manhattan.

Acquitted. Andrew Donaldson Kirwan, 23, son of Mme Paul Dubonnet (Jean Nash), "best dressed woman in Europe"; of a charge of murdering one William Sessoms after a quarrel about religion on the Dollar liner President Garfield (TIME, March 26); by a Federal jury; in Manhattan.

Birthdays. DeWolf Hopper, 76; Dr. Francis Horace Vizetelly, lexicographer, 70; Governor Herbert Lehman of New York, 56; Man o' War, famed race and stud horse, 17 (see p. 59).

Died. Wilson Marshall, 64, yachtsman; after long illness; in Bridgeport, Conn. Winner of a gold yachting cup in 1905 from Kaiser Wilhelm II, Mr. Marshall, during the War, gave it to the Red Cross for auctioning. Each time the highest bidder, having paid, returned the cup for further auctioning. When a series of such auctions had realized $125,000, Mr. Marshall decided to smash the cup, melt the gold for Red Cross benefit. Before an audience which included President Wilson he cracked it once. The cup fell apart, turned out to be mostly pewter, worth $35.

Died. Henry Taylor Parker, 66, music and dramatic critic of the Boston Transcript; of pneumonia; in Boston (see p. 26).

Died. Otto Hermann Kahn, 67, banker, art patron; of a heart attack; in Manhattan (see p. 63).

Died. Dr. Elon Howard Eaton, 67, ornithologist, head of the biology department of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N. Y.; after long illness; in Geneva.

Died. Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock Sr., 68, matriarch of U. S. polo; of complications resulting from a fall from a horse three months ago; in Aiken, S. C. Mrs. Hitchcock taught polo to her famed son "Tommy," trained among other players Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney, Douglas Burden. An indomitable rider, she was acknowledged one of the most gallant sportswomen in the U. S.

Died. Representative Edward William Pou of North Carolina, 70, of a heart attack; in Washington. As chairman of the potent Rules Committee under President Wilson he played an important part in putting through the Wartime program, in the same position under President Roosevelt he performed a similar task for recovery measures. Oldest member of the House in service (33 years), he twice waived seniority claims to be Speaker.

Died. Alfons Adolph, 80, photographer, credited with being the first man to print view postcards (in 1879); in Passau, Germany.

Died. Franz Cardinal Ehrle, 88, oldest member of the College of Cardinals, longtime Vatican librarian; of pneumonia; in Rome.

Died. Francis William Reitz, 89, onetime state Secretary of the South African Republic, author, in 1899, of an ultimatum to England which demanded its withdrawal from South African affairs and caused the Boer War; after long illness; in Capetown.

Died. George Harrison Barbour, 90, director of Detroit-Michigan Stove Co., "grand old man" of Detroit business; of pneumonia; in Detroit.

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