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Died. Avery Hopwood, 44, prolific playwright (The Bat, The Gold Diggers'); while bathing in the Mediterranean Sea near Juan-les-Pins, France. In 1920, four plays of Hopwood authorship or collaboration were shown in Manhattan.
Died. Dr. Lawrence Roland Sevier, 50, vice president of the Bank of Italy (California) and brother-in-law of famed Banker Amadeo Peter Giannini (Bancitaly orp., Bank of Italy, etc.) ; in Los Angeles.
Died. Leo Ditrichstein, 63, famed Hungarian-born actor (Trilby), playwright (The Great Lover) ; in Auersperg, Austria; of heart disease. Less than four years ago retired from the U. S. stage, sold his U. S. possessions, spoke loudly on the deplorable condition of the U. S. theatre, deplorable invasion of the cinema, and the deplorable tempo of U. S. life, then sailed for Europe forever.
Died. Bernard A. Larger, 63, Labor leader, close associate of the late Samuel Gompers, onetime president and for 24 years secretary-treasurer of the United Garment Workers; of heart disease; in Coney Island, N. Y.
Died. Giovanni Cardinal Tacci, 64, archbishop of Nicaea, papal nuncio in Belgium during the World War; in Rome. In February 1922, erroneous reports from Rome told that Cardinal Tacci had been made pope by the Conclave of Cardinals.
Died. William Arbuckle Jamison, 64, directing partner of Arbuckle Brothers (coffee & sugar); of heart disease; in Manhattan.
Died. Robert Bruce Mantell, 74, famed classic and romantic actor (East Lynne, Fedora, many a Shakespearean role) ; husband of four successive actresses: Marie Sheldon (1881-93*), Charlotte Behrens (1894-98), Marie Booth Russell (1900-11), Genevieve Hamper (1912-); in Atlantic Highlands, N. J. Born in Scotland, educated in Ireland, trained in England, he was first acclaimed in the U. S. when he appeared with Helena Modjeska in Romeo and Juliet.
Died. Mrs. Matilda Bedle Voorhees, not quite 105; of old age; in Asbury Park, N. J. Last spring Sir Charles Frederick Higham, famed London advertisingman awarded her, as the oldest teadrinker, $500, a gift from the India Tea Growers' Association.