Milestones: Jan. 3, 1927

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Born. To Mrs. & Deems Taylor, 41, famed U. S. composer and one-time music critic of the New York World, a daughter, Joan (6¾ Ibs.); in Manhattan.

Born. To Alvin Victor Donahey, 53, Governor of Ohio, a granddaughter, Margaret Eleanor Huffman (8½ Ibs.); in Columbus, Ohio.

Married. Olive Tell, 30, famed actress, sister of Actress Alma Tell; to one Henry Morgan Hobart, 42, cinema producer; in Manhattan.

Married. Warren G. Harding, 21, nephew of the late U. S. President; to Miss Frances June Keller, 20; in Los Angeles.

Married. Ellis Williams, 72, boyhood chum of onetime British Premier David Lloyd George; to Mrs. Martha Smith, 79, sister of Mr. Williams' third wife; in Denver. Born in Wales, Mr. Williams loudly boasts that as a youth he once defeated Mr. Lloyd George at marbles.

Divorced. William R. Hopkins, 57, able City Manager of Cleveland; by Mrs. Hopkins, 40; on grounds of desertion, after agreement to separate.

Divorced. Marthena H. Williams, granddaughter of the late President Benjamin Harrison; from one Henry A. Williams; in Omaha.

Died. Emily Kane Jay, 15, elder daughter of Peter Augustus Jay, U. S. Ambassador to Argentina; in Buenos Aires, following sleeping sickness and operation for appendicitis. Two days later it was reported that Ambassador Jay had resigned, giving her death as his reason; was en route to the U. S. with the body.

Died. Margaret R. Hildeburn Garrison, wife of onetime (1913-16) U. S. Secretary of War Lindley Miller Garrison; in Manhattan, of pneumonia.

Died. His Imperial Majesty, Yoshihito Haru-no-miya, 47, 123rd Emperor of Japan; in Hayama, Japan; of pneumonia (see p. 16).

Died. William Dollar, 68, brother of famed Robert Dollar, head of the Dollar Line (world-circling ships); in Vancouver, B. C.

Died. James Wolcott Wadsworth Sr., 80, onetime (1881-85, 1891-1907) U. S. Congressman, father of U. S. Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (New York); in Washington, of pneumonia.

Died. Alexander M. Dockery, 81, onetime (1901-05) Governor of Missouri; at Gallatin, Mo.

Died. Mrs. Lafayette Young, 82, widow of the late Publisher of Des Moines Capital (TIME, Nov. 29); in Des Moines, of heart disease five weeks after her husband's death.

Died. William Robert ("Old Sawney") Webb, 84, educator, one-time (Jan.-March, 1913) U S Senator, "Tennessee's Most Beloved Citizen"; at Bell Buckle, Tenn.; of bronchitis and senility To his students (who included Norman H. Davis, able diplomat) he said each day: "Boys, don't do things on the sly." The origin of his pupil-invented sobriquet "Old Sawney" is uncertain.

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