Milestones: May 3, 1926
Born. To the Duke and Duchess of York, a daughter; in London. (See COMMONWEALTH.)
Born. To Mrs. Henry Sturgis Morgan, daughter-in-law of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, and a descendant of John Quincy Adams, a son.
Married. Miss Louise King of Tuxedo Park, N. Y., great-great- granddaughter of Commodore Vanderbilt; to Kenneth A. Shaw of Newport, R. I.
Married. Miss Beatrice Swanson, actress, one of the Swanson Sisters," to Anders C. Osterman of the American Tobacco Co., at Manhattan.
Married. "Maurice" (Maurice Mouvet) internationally famed ballroom dancer; to his latest dancing partner, Eleonora Ambrose, daughter of a Kansas City oil merchant.
Married. Miss Adrienne Margaretta Iselin, daughter of Columbus O'Donnell Iselin, potent Manhattan-New Rochelle realtor-financier; to Mr. Dudley Pierrepont Gilbert, son of C. P. H. Gilbert, Manhattan architect.
Died. Commander Ogden T. McClurg, 47, wealthy head of A. C. McClurg & Co., publishers, navigator of the recent Mason-Spinden expedition into Yucatan (TIME, April 26, SCIENCE), Commodore of the Lincoln Park (Chicago) Yacht Club, member of other yacht clubs; in Chicago, of cerebral hemorrhage.
Died. Joseph Pennell, 65, famed etcher and illustrator; in Brooklyn, of pneumonia. (See ART.)
Died. Ellen Key, 76, author and lecturer; at her country home on Lake Vettern, Sweden, of arteriosclerosis.
Died. William Henry Johnson, 84, known as "Zip," for more than 60 years exhibited by P. T. Barnum and others because of his stunted figure, comical head, dark skin, great nose and amusing tuft of hair; in Manhattan of lobar pneumonia and bronchitis.
Died. Francis R. Hitchcock, 67, famed international turfman, steward of the Jockey Club, uncle of polo player Thomas Hitchcock; on board the White Star liner Olympic, en route to France to see his horses race.
Died. Sir Squire Bancroft, 85, "doyen of the English" stage, for 20 years manager of the Prince o' Wales's and Haymarket Theatres, player of over 500 roles, knighted by Queen Victoria; in London, after a lingering illness.
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