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Died. Dr. Sidney Edward Mezes, 67. president emeritus of the University of Texas, onetime (1914-27) president of the College of the City of New York, head of the American Committee on Territorial Adjustments which advised President Wilson at Versailles; after a lingering illness; in Pasadena, Calif.
Died. Jem Smith. 68, oldtime bare-knuckle prizefighter who was twice heavyweight champion of England; at Acton. London suburb. He once fought Jake Kilrain for 106 rounds, for a $10,000 purse and the heavyweight championship of the world, to a draw.
Died. Mrs. Rachel F r o h m a n ("Mother") Davison, 69, wife of Dr. David H. Davison, sister of Producer Daniel Frohman and the late Charles Frohman; of apoplexy; in Manhattan. During the War she organized a troupe of entertainers to amuse the soldiers, since then had devoted three nights a week to similar entertainments at camps, hospitals, prisons.
Died. James Walter Spalding, 75, co-founder in 1876 with his brother, the late Albert G. Spalding, then a famed baseball pitcher, of the sporting goods firm of A. G. Spalding & Bros.; its board chairman and onetime president; father of Violinist Albert Spalding and Vice President H. Boardman Spalding of the Spalding company; of heart disease; at Monmouth Beach, N. J. For 30 years he spent his winters in Florence, Italy, where he guaranteed the symphony orchestra. Last year he was awarded the cross of St. Maurice & St. Lazarus by the Italian Government. In 1905 he lost his left eye in an automobile accident in France.
*In 1898 Minister Sewall received the transfer of the islands' sovereignty to the U. S. from President Sanford Ballard Dole of the Hawaiian Republic.