Milestones, Jan. 5, 1931

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Died. Prince Antoine Louis Phillipe Marie ("Naughty Boy")of Bourbon-Orléans, 64, Infante of Spain, Duke of Galliera, uncle of King Alfonso XIII of Spain, husband of the Infanta Eulalia of Spain, grandson of King Louis Philippe of France (last Bourbon to reign). Funloving, extravagant, he was once incarcerated by King Alfonso for giving 1,000-franc notes as tips. He once got out of prison by feigning insanity.

Died. Caleb Conley Dula, 66, board chairman, onetime president (1911-17) of LIggett & Myers Tobacco Co., vice president of American Tobacco Co. (dissolved in 1911 by the Supreme Court); of pneumonia; in Manhattan.

Died. Charles C. A. Baldi, 68, publisher of L'Opinione (Philadelphia Italian daily), founder and president of First Italian Exchange Bank, member of Philadelphia Board of Education; of apoplexy; in Philadelphia.

Died. Dr. George Morgan Ward, 71, president emeritus of Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla. (president 1895-1903, 1916-20), onetime (1903-12) president of Wells College, Aurora, N. Y., winter pastor at the Royal Poinciana Chapel of Palm Beach; of heart disease; in Palm Beach, Fla.

Died. James H. Douglas, 72, chairman of the executive committee of Quaker Oats Co., of heart disease; in Lake Forest, Ill.

Died. Judge Jonathan Willis Martin, 74, president judge since 1901 of Philadelphia Court of Common Please No. 5, art partron, Spanish War veteran; of pneumonia; in Chesnut Hill, Pa. Paralyzed after an attack of malaria in the War, he was never inactive. He was well known at indoor and outdoor horse shows, always drove his oldtime four-in-hand.

Died. Albert Enoch Pillsbury, 81, onetime (1885-86) president of the Massachusetts State Senate, onetime (1891-94) Massachusetts Attourney General, lecturer on constitutional law at Boston University Law School; in West Newton, Mass.

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