Milestones, Feb. 23, 1931

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Died. Louis Mann, 65, stage and cinema character actor, cousin of the late Representative Julius Kahn of California; of cancer; in Manhattan. Famed for his high stiff collars, his stuttering German comedy dialect, he had been on the stage for 62 years, in Friendly Enemies, The Man Who Stood Still (long run smash hits), The Second Fiddle, The Whirl of New York, Sins of the Children (cinema) et al.

Died. Major General Clarence Ransom Edwards, 71, "Daddy of the Yankee Division"; after an intestinal operation; in Boston, Mass. He was placed in command of the 26th (New England) Division in 1917, led it in France.

Died. Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, 76, inventor of the Parsons steam turbine, chairman of C. A. Parsons & Co., British engineering firm; aboard the Duchess of Richmond, on a West Indies cruise.

Died. Edward Payson Bradstreet, 100, oldest Yale graduate (class of 1853, which had 108 graduates), oldest Ohio lawyer; in Cincinnati, Ohio. His most famed historic experience was a chess game with Abraham Lincoln in 1858. This occurred in a hotel room in Hannibal. Mo. When Mr. Lincoln heard his steamboat whistle blow, he yielded the game. Oldest Yale graduate is now Dr. Virgil Maro Dow, 97, of New Haven (class of 1856, to which the late Chauncey Mitchell Depew belonged).