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Died. Agnew Thomson Dice, 69, president of Reading Co. (railroad); of heart disease while returning from the theatre with his wife aboard a street car; in Philadelphia. Self-made, he obtained his first job (flagman of a section gang) from the late President Rea of Pennsylvania R. R., then a track supervisor. He joined the Reading in 1897, became president in 1918. White House Physician Joel Thompson Boone is his nephew.
Died. Paddy Mullins, 70, oldtime boxing manager (Harry Wills, Mike McTigue, Gunboat Smith) of heart disease; in Brooklyn. Having long sought a bout between Wills and Dempsey, Paddy Mullins once accused Dempsey of backing down, called him a liar, offered to thrash him.
Died. Leslie Mortier Shaw, 83, twice Governor of Iowa (1898-1902), Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of the Treasury (1902-07); of double pneumonia; in Washington, D. C.
Died. Tom Bacon Rind, 84, onetime Chief of the Osage Indians; of cancer and pneumonia; in Pawhuska, Okla. Towering 6 ft. 4 in., he adhered strictly to the old-time tribal customs, deplored the "civilization" of his oilrich braves. Annually for 25 years he junketed to Washington to be greeted, photographed.
Died. Henry Martyn Leland. 89, "Grand Old Man of the automobile industry"; after a month's illness; in Detroit. A tool maker in the U. S. Springfield Arsenal (rifles) during the Civil War, he invented the barber's clippers while later employed by Brown & Sharp, machinery manufacturers. After building naphtha launch engines, Motormaker Leland turned to automobiles, produced the first Cadillac in 1904, later sold out to General Motors Corp. In 1917 he organized Lincoln Motor Co. to produce Liberty Motors for the Federal Government. Converted to automobile production after the War, the Lincoln company failed and was purchased by Henry Ford, with an alleged agreement that the 2.400 stock-holders would be partially reimbursed. Though Henry Leland on the stockholders behalf sued Henry Ford for $6,000,000, the courts refused to recognize the verbal contract.