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Died. Mrs. Helen Smith Tower, 73, relict of the late Charlemagne Tower, who was successively U. S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, U. S. Ambassador to Russia and Germany from 1897 to 1907 (he died in 1923); in Philadelphia. A brilliant hostess, Mrs. Tower was once called "the von Moltke of society† by Kaiser Wilhelm.
Died. De Lancey Nicoll, 75, onetime (1891-94) New York County District Attorney, prosecutor of many a famed case (notably New York City's "Boodle Aldermen" when he was Assistant District Attorney); in Manhattan.
Died. André Jules Michelin, 78, French tire manufacturer, honorary president of the Aero Club de France, donor of the Michelin Cup (aviation); in Paris. Founded in 1888, Andre Michelin & Cie., is known the world over for Bibendum the fat man, made of tires, in its advertisements. U. S. competition closed the Michelin plant at Milltown, N. J. year ago.
Died. Mrs. Sara Grade King Iselin, 80, wife of Banker Adrian Iselin (A. Iselin & Co.); in her sleep; in Manhattan. A famed dowager, she was, said the New York Times, "reputed to look rather severely upon certain so-called intruders in the modern social life of the city and to limit her own list to men and women of the older American families, whose views of social conduct agreed with hers."
Died. Arthur John Bigge, Lord Stamfordham, 81, private secretary to King George V and the late Queen Victoria; after an operation; in London. A friend of the Prince Imperial of France (son of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie), he was in South Africa when the Prince was killed, brought his body to England, escorted the Empress later to the scene of her son's death. Appointed a groom-in-waiting, Lieut.-Colonel Bigge was knighted, became Queen Victoria's secretary in 1895, was thereafter the tactful guardian of many a royal secret.
*"How those Indians would have respected Rockne could they have seen one of his football teams in action. "There is a lesson for salesmen and advertising men in Rockne's life work. He could transfer an idea from his own brain to the brains of others and make them win. That is the secret of salesmanship."
*Colyumist Arthur Brisbane. † Count Helmuth Carl Bernhard von Moltke (1800-91), Franco-Prussian leader, was accounted an even greater general than his nephew Helmuth Hohannes Ludwig von Moltke (1848— 1916), World War Chief-of-Staff.