Milestones: Milestones: Nov. 2, 1931

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Died. Charles Ashby Penn, 62, vice president and director of American Tobacco Co. (Lucky Strike) and American Cigar Co., direct descendant of John, brother of William Penn; of gastrointestinal toxemia; in Manhattan.

Died. Dr. John Whitridge Williams, 65, chief obstetrician of Johns Hopkins Hospital; after an abdominal operation; in Baltimore.

Died. Roland William Boyden, 68, member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, Hoover-appointed last year to succeed Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes; of heart disease; in Beverly, Mass. In 1923 he caused international shivers by saying that the reparations provisions of the Treaty of Versailles were impossible, would affect Germany's financial situation until revised. Secretary of State Hughes told him to desist from expressing his views.

Died. Arthur Schnitzler, 69, Viennese novelist, poet and dramatist (Casanova's Homecoming, Professor Bernhardi, Fraülein Else, Rhapsody, etc.); of a stroke, while re-writing a play; in Vienna. In a codicil to his will he directed that his funeral be "of the very last" (pauper's) class, that the money thus saved be distributed among hospitals, that a needle be thrust through his heart to remove any doubt of death.

Died. Charles Albert ("Old Roman") Comiskey, 73, president of the Chicago American League Baseball Club (White Sox); of heart disease; in Eagle River, Wis.

Died. Dr. Emil Mayer, 77, famed retired laryngologist, Wartime representative of the Medical Intelligence Bureau of the U. S. Red Cross; after long illness; in Manhattan.

Died. Khartoum, 28, gluttonous, misanthropic 7,000-lb. elephant, largest in captivity; of heart disease after prolonged overfeeding and lethargic life; in New York Zoological Park, The Bronx.