Engaged. Miss Helena Lodge, granddaughter of late U. S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and sister of Journalist Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.; to Edouard de Streel, first secretary of the Belgian Embassy in Washington.

Reported Engaged. Ruth Elder, trans-Atlantic flyer; to Hoot Gibson, cinemactor. A few days before the rumor Lyle E. Womack, divorced Elderman, now manager of a silver fox farm, philosophized, "It's a darn sight easier to tame foxes than it is to tame a woman."

Sued for Separate Maintenance. Michael Franz Bohnen, Metropolitan Opera Company Basso; by Mary Lewis, blonde and sometimes beautiful soprano; in Los Angeles. Married in 1927 by Mayor Walker, dramatic demonstrations of love gave Mr. Bohnen and Miss Lewis the reputation of being an ideal couple. Last week Miss Lewis charged that: In Manhattan Mr. Bohnen tried to make her leap from a window; in Paris he dragged her around by the hair; in Berlin he banged her head against a door until the hinges broke; in Los Angeles he slammed her against a wall. After a settlement had been made outside court, Miss Lewis said, "He is a fine man and I love him. It seems that we cannot live together."

Seeking Divorce. Florence Pitman Gifford, from Walter Sherman Gifford, 44, president of A. T. & T., and director of U. S. Steel. They were married in 1916, have two sons.

Divorced. Mrs. Kitty Lanier Lawrence Harriman; from William Averell Harriman, 37, able son of an able father, the late Edward Henry Harriman; in Paris. Graduated from Yale in 1913, Mr. Harriman was married in 1915, has two daughters, is strenuous in business and polo.

Elected. Max R. Marston, national amateur golf champion in 1923, member of the American Walker Cup team, 1922-24; to be a general partner of Otis & Co., banking house, in charge of the Philadelphia office.

Died. "Big" Arthur Callen, of Philadelphia, veteran racketeer; in West Philadelphia; shot with six soft-nosed bullets by an unidentified gunman. Racketeer Callen who usually wore a bullet-proof vest and travelled in an armored car, was apparently spotted* before dawn, defenseless. In his apartment police found a rifle with silencer, a shot gun, an acetylene torch, nitroglycerine, six pair of canvas gloves and opium equipment.

Died. Ambrose Monell, 23, of Manhattan, son and heir of the late nickel tycoon (founder and longtime head of the National Nickel Co.) ; near Armonk, N. Y. when an airplane which he and a friend had chartered for a week-end trip crashed, killing both passengers and the pilot.

Died. Otto Floto, 65, of Denver, sports editor of the Denver Post and founder of "The Otto Floto Dog and Pony Show," from which grew the "Sells-Floto Circus"; in Denver.

Died. Baron Karl Auer von Welsbach, 72, famed Austrian scientist and inventor (Welsbach gas mantle); at his castle in Corinthia.

Died. James Gordon Rowe, 72, horse-trainer; in Saratoga, N.Y. (see p. 40).

Died. Emile Berliner, 78, of Washington, D.C., inventor (1887) of the disk record talking machine (contrasted to the cylindric) and of the loose-contact transmitter for telephones and microphones; in Washington.

*Spotted, or being put on the spot, usually refers to being lured by supposed friends to a place within the aim of waiting gunmen.