Milestones: Jul. 16, 1928

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Married. Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, unsuccessful publisher who last fortnight announced plans to pay 3,000 stockholders for losses incurred through his tabloid news ventures (TIME, July 9) ; and Mrs. Mary Weir Logan ; in Reno, one half hour after Mrs. Vanderbilt had obtained a divorce from Waldo Hancock Logan, Chicago broker.

Married. C. Shelby Carter, descendant of King Carter, first governor of colonial Virginia, great-great-grandson of Col. Isaac Shelby, first governor of Kentucky and hero of King's Mountain Battle; to Mary Spingler King, scioness of the Van Beuren family; at Convent, N. J.

Sued for Divorce. Sir Max Julius Bonn, 51, socially smart British banker (Bonn & Co.); and Lady Hilda Bonn, 51. Socially smart corespondents were named in cross petitions.

Elected. Mrs. Agnes Brown Leach, wife of Editor Henry Goddard Leach of the Forum, trustee of the American College for Girls in Constantinople, executive committeewoman of the Foreign Policy Association, board member of the Henry Street (Manhattan) Settlement; to succeed Marion Reilly as a member of the directorate of Bryn Mawr College.

Elected. Thomas William Lamont, partner of J. P. Morgan & Co., to be board chairman of the American Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Owen D. Young.

Died. William F. Raskob end, 19, son of John J. Raskob; near Salem, Del. (see p. 9).

Died. Emory Titman, 38, heaviest theatrical angel in the world (587 pounds); of heart disease; in Atlantic City, N. J. (see page 31).

Died. Jack Bethea, 40, editor of the Birmingham, Ala., Post (Scripps-Howard); by suicide; in Birmingham.

Died. Arthur K. Salomon, 51, Jewish philanthropist, senior partner of Salomon Bros. & Hutzler, Manhattan bankers; in Manhattan after an operation.

Died. John M. ("Gentleman Jack") Phillips, 54, alleged sewer pipe monopolist of Queens Co., N. Y., indicted for conspiracy to defraud New York City of some $8,000,000, and the U. S. of $1,376,134 in back taxes & penalties (TIME, Jan. 2, et seq.); of kidney trouble; at Atlantic City, N.J.

Died. Rody Patterson Marshall, 57, lawyer, sportsman, "poorman's attorney," estimated to have had some 20,000 clients, mostly penurious; of pneumonia; in Pittsburgh. No client defended by him against homicide charges ever got a death sentence.

Died. Herbert Lloyd, 67, president of the Electric Storage Battery Co. ("Exide," "Willard"); in Bryn Mawr; after a long illness.

Died. Howard Elliott, 67, railroader; of heart disease; at Dennis, Mass, (see p. 34).

Died. Sir David Yule, 69, "richest Scotch merchant," widower parent of Miss Gladys Yule, 24, to whom he leaves 20 million pounds; at London. Son-in-law of the late Andrew Yule of Calcutta, India, Sir David prodigiously expanded the firm of Andrew Yule & Co., Ltd., and founded 80 adidtional firms in which he retained controlling interest. In 1926 he contributed largely to an unselfish syndicate of liberals who purchased the Daily Chronicle from David Lloyd George at a price which netted the Welshman $14,500,000 profit and under an agreement whereby Liberal Lloyd George still controls the policy of the Chronicle.