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Died, Austin O'Malley, M. D., 73, scientist, oculist, author, brother of Writer Frank Ward O'Malley; of arteriosclerosis after a lingering illness; in Philadelphia. As a young bacteriologist, he was credited by Sir William Osier with being the foremost figure in the U. S. in arousing medical interest in the then new diphtheria antitoxin. For seven years he was Professor of English Literature at Notre Dame. Forced to resign because of poor health, he researched in eye diseases, gained fame as an oculist.
Died, Bernhard von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, 74, author, youngest brother of President Paul von Hindenburg of Germany; in Luebeck, Germany. Under the pseudonym of Bernhard von Burgdorff he wrote novels, a popular biography of his famed brother, a play (Galileo) depicting the conflict of church and science, which attracted interest at the time of the Scopes trial in Tennessee (1925.
Died. William H. Hoover, 82, philanthropist, founder and board chairman, of Hoover Co. (vacuum cleaners); after a short illness; in Canton, Ohio. His eldest son, Herbert W. (no kin to Herbert Clark Hoover), is president of the concern. Founder Hoover developed the vacuum cleaner from a friction sweeping device invented by a Cleveland janitor who, having asthma, hated dust.
Died. Mrs. Anne Weightman Penfield, 88, philanthropist, onetime "richest woman in the U. S.," relict of the late and last Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, Frederic Courtland Penfield; of pneumonia, after one day's illness; in Manhattan. At the death of her father, William Weightman, "the quinine king," she was sole heiress to a fortune of between $35,000,000 and $50,000,000, founded during the Civil War by selling quinine to the Federal Government (the old firm, Powers Si Weightman, was absorbed by Merck & Co.).
Died. Old Fred, 43 (alleged), "world's oldest horse," owned by Hon. George Howard Ferguson, Canadian High Commissioner in London; of natural causes; in Kemptville, Ont.*
*The formula, as printed in postcard form for handy mailing from "Bilgray's Tropic Bar & Restaurant": Babylonian Grape Brandy, Ice from the crest of Mount Sinai, Lemon from the desert of Sin, Gomorrha and Sodom Vermouth, Rum aged in Noah's Ark, Add Cain's Syrup from the garden of Eden, You then give it the Hebrew shake, and Say Hallelujah after drinking.
*World's Biggest Horse" is Sillon B, 12, pure white, foaled in France, owned by C. H. Van Wickle, of Waterloo, N. Y. Weight: 2,960 Ib. Girth 8 ft. 10 in. Height: 21 hands. Average height for equus: 15 hands. Says Owner Van Wickle: "He's just getting his growth."