traveled for New York paper house, 1866; bookkeeper in Dubuque, Ia., 1867; cashier Hardin County Bank, Eldora, Ia., 1869, president, 1893. Now president Hardin County National Bank, Hardin County Savings Bank, Providence State Bank. Republican; Congregationalist. Trustee Iowa College, Grinnell. Recreation: Horseback riding. Address: Eldora. Durfee, Frank E., banker, born Elsie, Mich., June 17, 1858; son of Aaron B. and Sarah A. (Cole) Durfee; educated in schools of Fenton, Mich.; married, Lansing, Mich., Sept. 10, 1896, Jennie M. Van Auken; one daughter, Anna Allene. Served as clerk of County Court, 1884-88, in Michigan. Organized the Old Perrinton Bank at Perrinton, Mich., in 1889, and is still its president. Went to North Carolina in 1904, and organized in 1908, the Citizens' Bank of Hendersonville, North Carolina, of which is president; also director and trustee in several business enterprises. Has served as chairman Board of Supervisors, and several times has been president of the town in which he was at that time living. Democrat; Methodist (has been Sunday School superintendent many years). Mason, Knight Templar, Modern Woodman. Address: Hendersonville.

Durgin, Walter Clements, banker, born, Cleveland, O., 1857; son of L. W. and Helen (McAlpine) Durgin. Educated in common schools. Vice-president California Savings Bank, 4th and Spring St., Los Angeles. Member Masons. Club: California. Residence: 1537 West 8th St. Office: Los Angeles, Cal.

Durrett, James Leonard, assistant general freight agent Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Rds. Office: Louisville, Ky. Born, March 12, 1862, at Flemingsburg, Ky. Educated in country school, Franklin County, Ky., 3 months. Entered railway service October, 1889, since which he has been consecutively to March 1, 1896, clerk in general freight office Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern and Newport News & Mississippi Valley Rds.; March 1, 1896, to March, 1897, rate clerk general freight office Louisville & Nashville Rd. at Louisville, Ky.; March, 1897, to June, 1898, claim clerk general freight office Illinois Central Rd., same place; June, 1898, to May, 1902, rate clerk, tariff clerk, chief rate clerk, same office; May, 1902, to Dec. 1, 1905, traveling freight agent same road; Dec. 1, 1905, to July 1, 1909, commercial agent same road at Nashville, Tenn.; July 1, 1909, to Jan. 1, 1910, commercial agent same road at Jacksonville, Fla.; Jan. 1, 1910, to June 30, 1913, assistant general freight agent same road at Memphis, Tenn.; July 1, 1913, to date, assistant general freight agent Illinois Central Rd., at Louisville, Ky.

Durstine, Lee B., investment banker of 55 Liberty St., New York City, was born Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, Sept. 7, 1857; son Jacob and Mary A. (Hartman) Durstine; grad. Univ. of Wooster (Ohio), A.B., 1878, A.M., 1881; married Boscobel, Wis., Dec. 25, 1878, Katharine M. Sarles; children: Florence S., born 1883; Roy S., born 1886. Sup't school Conneaut, O., 1878-1882; wholesale and retail lumber dealer in Wis. and N. Dakota, 18821889; mg'r and insp. of agencies N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 1883-1907;

pres. and dir. N. Am. Life Ins. Co., of Newark, N.J., 1907-1911; investment banker, 1911-1913; v.-p. and dir. The White Investing Co.; dir. Standard Slate Corp'n; trustee Alumni Ass'n of Wooster Univ. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Sigma Chi fraternity. Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner. Clubs: Graduates (mem. B'd Gov.), Lawyers.

Dutton, Charles Everett, mining engineer; born Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Ill., April 11, 1875; son of Charles and Anna E. (Wuetcher) Dutton; his grandfather (maternal), Michael Wuetcher, was born in Berlin, Germany, and came to America at the age of 10 (about 1834); crossed America by schooner to California, during 1847 and 1848; later located a homestead in Jasper County, Ind., where he died in 1904; his father, Charles Dutton, was from Pennsylvania and disappeared or died in 1882. Educated: was self-made, home study; left school while in third grade, has never been in one since; started in life as newsboy selling Henry Watterson's Louisville Courier Journal; between ages of 12 and 18 traveled considerably, and worked at many different occupations. Served three years (between ages of 18 and 21) in Troop I, 3d Regular U.S. Cav., as private and noncommissioned officer. Practical experience in mining has been from mucker up to supt., with which has been combined the technical study of mining in all its branches. Has also studied commercial and mining law and economics. Grad., E.N., I.C.S., Scranton, Pa., 1913. Left California in April, 1906, since which time has been operating in southern Nevada. Supt. Leviathan Mining Co., Goldfield, Nev.; supt. Senator Jones Mining Co., Gold Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nev.; supt. Harrison Mining Co., Inyo County, Cal. Life member Am. Inst. Mining Engrs; life member National Geographic Society; member B.P.O. Elks. Address: Box 104, Goldfield, Nev.

Duval, Edward William, district superintendent Canadian Pacific Ry. Office: Souris, Man. Born June 5, 1885, at Toledo, O. Educated at Collegiate Institute, Winnipeg, Man. Entered railway service June 5, 1902, since which he has been consecutively to April 8, 1903, junior clerk in superintendent's office Canadian Northern Ry. at Winnipeg, Man.; April 8, 1903, to Dec. 1, 1904, stenographer; Dec. 1, 1904, to June 3, 1905, secretary to superintendent same road at Port Arthur, Ont.; June 3, 1905, to April 16, 1906, secretary to general superintendent Canadian Pacific Ry. at Winnipeg, Man.; April 16 to Sept. 10, 1906, chief clerk superintendent's office; Sept. 10, 1906, to March 1, 1907, assistant chief clerk in general superintendent's office; March 1 to June 5, 1907, chief clerk in general superintendent's office at Calgary, Alta.; June 5, 1907, to May 9, 1910, chief clerk in general manager's office at Winnipeg, Man.; May 9, 1910, to Jan. 2, 1911, trainmaster in operating department at Calgary, Alta.; Jan. 2, 1911, to April 5, 1912, superintendent District No. 1, Sask. Div., at Moose Jaw, Sask.; April 5, 1912, to April 30, 1913, superintendent District No. 4, Manitoba Div., same road at Souris, Man.; May 1, 1913, to date, superintendent District No. 3, Saskatchewan Division, at Saskatoon, Sask.

Dwyer, Jeremiah, manufacturer, founder, was born Aug. 22, 1838, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was educated in the common schools of Detroit, Mich. Then he learned the foundry trade; and worked in several shops with his brother. In 1861 he organized the firm of J. Dwyer and son, which became the Detroit stove works. In 1869 he sold his interests; and in 1871 established the Michigan stove works, of which he is still president. He is a director of the Buck stove and range company; a director of the Ideal manufacturing company; and a director of the People's savings bank of Detroit, Mich.

Dwyer, John, educator; born at Liberty, N.Y., educated at Liberty Academy; Albany Normal College; Fordham University (A.M.); New York University (Pd.M. and Pd.D.). Principal of Academy, 1880-82; teacher, 1884-96, and principal, 1896-1902, in New York public school; district supt. of schools in New York City since 1902. Has contributed to several school magazines; traveled in nearly every country in Europe, Mexico and the Pacific coast. Member of Catholic Historical Society and National Teachers' Assn. Club: School Master. Address: 456 W. 153d St., New York City.

Dyer, John La Fayette, lawyer; born, Waco, Texas, April 17, 1873; son, John La Fayette (formerly one of the leading lawyers of Tex.) and Roberta (Herring) D. Educated: Public schools at Waco; Baylor Univ. at Waco; Hampden-Sidney College, Hampden-Sidney, Va.; only completed sophomore years; attended no law school; was bookkeeper for Ed. Strauss, wholesale hardware, Waco, from 18 to 24, read law at night, and admitted to bar at Waco, in Jan., 1897; remained there until Dec., 1899, removing to El Paso, Tex. Married, Annie L. Green, Oct. 14, 1897, at Nashville, Tenn. Asst. District Atty., during 1900; elected City Atty. of El Paso, in April, 1901, holding office two years. Atty, for Am. Natl. Bank and Union Bank & Trust Co., both of El Paso. Secy. of Grand View Realty Co., and Morning Side Heights Realty Co., both of El Paso. Member: Texas State Bar Assn. (director 1907-8-9-10); elected vice-president Texas Bar Assn. July, 1914; Am. Bar Assn. Clubs: Toltec, (dir.); El Paso Social, also local Democratic clubs. Res. 1305 Arizona St. : Office: Suite 505, First National Bank bldg., El Paso, Tex.

Dyer, Leonidas Carstarphen, senator, was born in Warren County, Mo., June 11, 1871; was educated in the common schools; Central Wesleyan College, at Warrenton, Mo., and the law department of the Washington University; is a lawyer and served. as assistant circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis; was elected to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses.

Eagan, John J., United States congressman from the eleventh district of New Jersey, was born Jan. 22, 1872, in Hoboken, N.J. He is the founder and president of the Eagan Schools of Business. He was elected to the Sixty-third Congress for the term of 191315; and resides in Weehawken, N.J.

Eagle, Joe Henry, United States congressman from the eighth district of Texas, was born Jan. 23, 1870, in Tompkinsville, Ky. He is the owner of a realty company and also of a manufacturing

company. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Houston, Texas.

Eagleson, James Beaty, physician and surgeon; born, Chillicothe, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1862; son, William and Elizabeth W. (Hodsden) E. Educated: Public and private schools; M.D., College Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1885. For past sixteen years has limited professional work to general surgery and gynecology. Married, Blanche Mills, July 1, 1889, at Seattle. Trustee and Med. Dir., Northern Life Ins. Co.; Trustee, Adelphia College; vicepres., Y.M.C.A. In the U.S. Marine Hospital Service, Seattle, 1887 to 1898; Surgeon General, N.G.W., retired. Served as Pres. State Med. Examining Board, and State Board of Health. Member: County, State and Am. Med. Assns.; North Pac. Surgical Assn.; Med. Reserve Corps, U.S. Army, Assn. of Military Surgeons, U.S.; Am. Soc. for Advan. of Science; Am. Acad. of Political and Social Science; Western Surgical Soc.; Fellow, American Surgeons. Clubs: University, Arctic, College, Chamber of Commerce, Municipal League. Res.: 902 Boren Ave. Office: 512 Burke bldg., Seattle, Wash.

Eakin, Robert, jurist; born in Elgin, Ill., March 15, 1848; son of Stewart B. and Catherine (McEldowney) Eakin. He was graduated from Willamette University, Salem, Ore., B.S., then studied law, was admitted to bar, and located at Union, Ore., practicing there until he went upon the bench. He was judge of the Circuit Court for the Eighth District of Oregon from March, 1895, until Jan. 1, 1907; since Jan. 14, 1907, justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon. He married at Eugene, Ore., June 21, 1876, Mary Walker, and they have had five children of whom two are now deceased. Address: 1384 State St., Salem, Oregon.

Eames, Wilberforce, librarian and bibliographer of 476 Fifth Ave., New York City, was born Oct. 12, 1855, in Newark, N.J. Since 1893 he has been librarian at the Lenox library. He edited fifteen to twenty volumes of Sabin's Dictionary of Books Relating to America and other works.

Earnest, Nicholas Peter, farmer; born Chuckey, Tenn., April 15, 1871; German, French Hugenot and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Benjamin Franklin and Mary Martha (Rhea) Earnest; graduated Sweetwater College, Sweetwater (Tenn.) with degree of B.S. June 3, 1891; married Lida Beatrice Doggett Sept. 23, 1896; member Nolachuckey Lodge No. 323, F. & A. M.; Democrat; has been engaged in agriculture all of his life; owns a small roller mill and is director of Greene County Bank, Greenville, Tenn.; elder in the Presbyterian church.

Earp, Wilbur F., lawyer of New York City; born in Howard County, Md., Sept. 2, 1863, son Edward and Julia A. (Newton) Earp; educated in common schools of Maryland and N.Y. Law School; married, N.Y. City, June 20, 1908, Emma Jane Miller. Has been practicing law in N.Y. City since 1902. During the '90s published a newspaper at Ellicott City, Md., the Republican organ for Howard County. Candidate for legislature in Maryland in 1894; and defeated; active in politics in that state for

several years; came to N.Y. City in 1899, since which time has given no attention to politics. Republican; Universalist. President of the Universalist Club of New York. Member N.Y. Lawyers Association, Dwight Alumni Association, Mason (Concordia Lodge No. 13 of Md.).

Eastman, George, manufacturer and inventor of Rochester, N.Y., was born July 12, 1854, in Waterville, N.Y. As an amateur photographer and experimenter he perfected a process for making dry plates; and in 1881 began to manufacture dry plates on a small scale. He is treasurer and general manager of the Eastman Kodak Company. His inventions are in connection with film photography. The various companies under his management employ upwards of ten thousand hands; and over forty million. dollars of capital. He is the originator of the phrase, "YOU press the button, we do the rest."

Eastman, Charles Rochester, geologist and paleontologist; born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 5, 1868; son of Austin Vitruvius and Mary (Scoville) Eastman; the later a descendant of Captain Reuben Ballou of Rhode Island, a noted officer of the Revolutionary War. He was graduated from Harvard University, A.B., 1890, A.M., 1891; took graduate work at Johns Hopkins University, 1892, and at Munich, Ph.D., 1894. He first engaged in teaching geology and paleontology in Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, and was later appointed curator in charge. of vertebrate paleontology in the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy of Harvard, and was appointed in 1910 to a similar position at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. In 1914 he became connected with the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and now resides in that city. He has served as assistant geologist on the New England Division of the United States Geological Survey, and he has been engaged as expert assistant on various State Geological Surveys. Dr. Eastman has made several trips abroad, once as foreign delegate representing the Geological Society of America, and also in behalf of the Harvard Museum and the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburgh. He translated and edited von Zittel's Text-Book of Paleontology (Macmillan), and he is author of various scientific memoirs published by both of the above institutions and by different State Geological Surveys; also of numerous minor contributions to vertebrate paleontology, especially North American and European paleichthyology. Dr. Eastman is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; member of the American Society. of Naturalists, Geological Society of America, American Society of Zoologists, American Paleontological Society (Executive Council and Editor), American Association of Anatomists, National Geographic Society, the Boston Society of Natural History and one or two foreign scientific societies. He married in 1892, Caroline A., daughter of Alvan G. Clark, the famous maker of astronomical telescopes, and he has one son, Alvan Clark Eastman. Office: American Museum N.Y. City.

Easton, Edward Denison, lawyer, capitalist, organizer of the talking machine business; born Gloucester, Mass., April 10, 1856;