Milestones: Apr. 13, 1925

Born. To Mr. Chief Justice William H. Taft, a tenth grandson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Taft; in Cincinnati.

Married. Mrs. Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, widow of the late

William D. Straight, sister of Harry Payne and Payne Whitney, to one Leonard K. Elmhirst, son of an English clergyman; in old Westbury, L. I.

Died. Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 58, Great Britain’s Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel; in London. He served as Rear Admiral in the battle of Jutland (1916), commanded the Black Sea and Caspian Squadrons in 1919.

Died. J. Brandt Walker, 60, brilliant speculator in the Manhattan and Chicago markets 17 years ago; in Atlantic City, of pneumonia. Credited with having made some ten million dollars in stocks and grain, he lost most of it, died a relatively poor man.

Died. Jean de Reszké, 75, famed Polish tenor; in Nice, France, of heart disease (see Music).

Died. Dr. John H. Harris, LL. D., 78, President Emeritus of Bucknell University (Lewisburg, Pa.); in Scranton, Pa. He was President of Bucknell for 30 years (1889-1919).

Died. William J. McConnell, 85, onetime (1893-96) Governor of Idaho; in Moscow, Idaho. He was the first U. S. Senator from Idaho to be elected after the territory became a state (1890).

Died. Mrs. Henrietta King, 93, owner of the world’s largest ranch (1,280,000 acres, near Kingsville, Tex.); in Kingsville. Her home on the ranch, the finest in the Southwest, contains tapestries, woven from her own designs, depicting the history of Texas and the cattle ranges.