Born. To Mr. & Mrs. Anthony de Rothschild; a son; in London. To Mr. de Rothschild, son of the late great Leopold and partner in the financial House of Rothschild, since his marriage in 1926 have been born two daughters. This is his first male heir. Mrs. de Rothschild was Yvonne Cahen d'Anvers, member of a great French banking family.

Engaged. Cornelius Vanderbilt ('"Sonny") Whitney, 32, son of the late Sportsman Harry Payne Whitney and inheritor of his racing stable, onetime husband of the present Mrs. William Averell Harriman; and Miss Gwladys Crosby Hopkins, beauteous daughter of the late Mark Hopkins Jr. of Boston and Mrs. Stevens Heckscher of Philadelphia, and niece of the Marquise de Polignac of Paris.

Engaged. Richard Washburn Child, author (Jim Hands, A Diplomat Looks at Europe), onetime (1921-24) U. S. Ambassador to Italy; and Mrs. Dorothy Gallagher Everson, manager of his Newport home. Divorced by Mrs. Elizabeth Scott Child in 1916, he married Authoress Maude Parker, was divorced by her in 1926; in 1927 he married his literary secretary, Miss Eva Sanderson, who divorced him last year.

Married. James Irving Bush, Manhattan clubman, onetime husband of Mrs. Mona Strader Williams (present wife of Financier Harrison Williams); and Mrs. Virginia Van Sant Alvord, who recently divorced Clive Alvord of Greenwich, Conn.; at Sanborn Hill, Epsom, N. H.

Married. James Thornton, son of President Sir Henry Thornton of Canadian National Railways; and a Fraulein Elena Mumm von Schwarzenstein; in Frankfurtam-Main, Germany.

Married. Grady L. Boatwright. Secret Service bodyguard to Mrs. Hoover; and a Miss Mabel Craven of Sutton, W. Va.; in Washington; while President & Mrs. Hoover were weekending on the Rapidan.

Married. Prince Monolulu of Africa, turf tipster; and a Miss Nellie Amelia Adkind, white woman; in London. Prince Monolulu wore his royal regalia, including hat embellished with three two-foot ostrich plumes, embroidered sash, short jacket on which were traced five symbolic horseshoes.

Seeking Divorce. Countess Margaret Bethlen de Bethlen, playwright & short story writer; from Count Stephen Bethlen de Bethlen, recently resigned Premier of Hungary (TIME, Aug. 31); at Inkepuszta. Reported reasons: Count Bethlen wishes to marry Countess Anne de Giericzy Szechenyi;* Countess Bethlen wishes to marry Joseph Borgey, member of Parliament and good friend of Regent Horthy.

Appointed. Frederick W. B. Coleman,

U. S. Minister to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia; to be Minister to Denmark, succeeding the late Ralph Harman Booth. Robert P. Skinner, Minister to Greece, will succeed Mr. Coleman at Riga.

Died. Barney Dempsey, 40, brother of Prizefighter William Harrison ("Jack") Dempsey and his manager in the lean years before he won the world's heavyweight championship; of bronchial asthma; in Hollywood.

Died. Dr. Clifford Herschel Moore, 65, Pope professor of Latin and dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences of Harvard University; after a brief illness; in Cambridge, Mass. Famed as a classics scholar, he was a leader of the "progressive" educational movement at Harvard.

Died. General Charles Jacquemot, commander of the French Army which occupied the Ruhr in 1923, member of the Higher Council of War; of burns received when he was struck by lightning during maneuvers in the Maritime Alps; near Nice.

Died. Mrs. Alma Parker Harvey, 68, relict of famed Editor George Brinton McClellan Harvey (Harvey's Weekly, North American Review), onetime (1921-23) Ambassador to Great Britain; of heart disease; in Peacham, Vt, her birthplace.

Died. Mrs. Thomas Power O'Connor, relict of famed Irish Parliamentarian "Tay Pay" O'Connor; of pneumonia; in London. Daughter of a Texas judge, she first married F. G. Howard of Washington, by whom she had a son. Author of several books, she wrote a play, A Lady from Texas, in which she played the leading role in London.

Died. Chief Stronghorse, 70, Grand Sachem of the surviving 24 councils of the Algonquin Indian tribe; after a lingering illness; in Cranston, R. I.

Died. Ferris Luce Hartman, 71, old-time trouper in The Wizard of Oz, The Mikado (in the U. S. premiere of which in 1885 he played the title role) and other light operas; of illness brought on by starvation; in San Francisco, a few hours before a performance for his benefit was held.

Died. C. Harold Smith, 71, "Carbon King," one of the founders of Binney & Smith; of heart disease; in London. Two years ago he offered $1,000 for a plan to dispose of his $10,000,000 for the greatest good to humanity, received thousands of suggestions, gave the prize to a Columbia University psychology professor who had proposed a C. Harold Smith Institute of Mental Hygiene. But he never said whether he would carry out the plan. Born in London, he emigrated to New Zealand, fell in love with a Maori maiden, narrowly escaped torture and death at the hands of her tribe, went to the U. S., made a fortune, lived to despise it.

* Not to be confused with Countess Gladys Szechenyi, daughter of the late Cornelius Van-derbilt.

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