Bank of Commerce of Williamson, W.Va.; director Valley Investment Co., Kimberling Land Co., Ridgeway Land Co., Mingo Oil & Gas Co.; president of Williamson Light & Ice Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Member State Bar Association; American Bar Association; trustee Williamson Presbyterian Academy. Mason and Shriner. Recreation: Shooting. Club: Guyandotte and Huntington Country (Huntington, W.Va.). Address: Reservation Hill, Williamson, W.Va.

Gordon, Joseph A., born Nov. 10, 1865, at Cincinnati, O. Graduated from St. Xavier College, Cincinnati, 1884. Entered railway service 1884, since which he has been consecutively to 1887, telegraph operator and clerk local freight office Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Ry. at Cincinnati; 1888, traveling in Europe; 1889 to 1890, clerk auditing department and station agent Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Ry.; 1890 to Nov., 1893, chief clerk to superintendent Cincinnati division; Nov., 1893, to March, 1896, trainmaster same division; March, 1896, to May, 1902, superintendent Wellston division; May, 1902, to Nov. 1, 1904, superintendent Southern division same road; Nov., 1904, to Sept. 15, 1909, general superintendent same road at Cincinnati, O.; March 1, 1910, to Dec., 1912, division superintendent Chicago Great Western Rd.; Dec., 1912, to March 15, 1914, general superintendent Pere Marquette Rd.; March 16 to date, general manager Chicago Great Western Rd., Chicago.

Gordon, William, United States congressman from the twentieth district of Ohio, was born Dec. 16, 1852, near Oak Harbor, Ohio. He has been prosecuting attorney of his county. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15, and resides in Cleveland, Ohio.

Gore, Thomas Pryor, United States senator from Oklahoma, was born Dec. 10, 1870, in Webster County, Miss. He graduated from the normal school at Walthall, Miss., and received the degree of B.L. from Cumberland University. During 1890-91 he taught school, and in 1892 was admitted to the practice of law. In 1892 he began the practice of law in Mississippi, and in 1895 moved to Texas. In 1896 he was a delegate to the national populist convention at St. Louis, Mo. In 1901 he moved to Oklahoma, and in 1902-05 was a member of the territorial council. In 1907 he was elected a member of the United States senate and drew the short term ending in 1909. He was re-elected for the term ending in 1915, and resides in Lawton.

Gorman, George E., United States congressman from the third district of Illinois, was born April 13, 1873. He has been assistant city attorney of Chicago. He was elected to the sixtythird congress for the term of 1913-15, and resides in Chicago, Ill.

Gorson, Aaron Harry, artist, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was born July 2, 1872, in Russia. He has attained success as an artist, and is now instructor in the Stevenson Art School.

Goss, William Freeman Myrick, educator and engineer, of Urbana, Ill., was born Oct. 7, 1859, in Barnstable, Mass. He received his certificate from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech

nology; received the honorary degree of M.S. from Wabash University and D.Eng. from the University of Illinois. He has been professor, director and dean in the University of Illinois since 1907, and since 1909 also director of the engineering experiment station. He is chief engineer of the Chicago Association of Commerce.

Gothlin, Oliver Perry, chairman Public Service Commission of Ohio. Office and residence, Columbus, O. Born June 19, 1853, at Cincinnati, O. Taught country school in Montgomery County, Ohio, 1874-1875; was a reporter on the Daily Journal, Dayton, O., 1876-1880; stenographer for Chicago & North Western Ry. at Chicago 1883-1886; traveling freight agent same road and commercial agent Wisconsin Central Lines at Pittsburgh, Pa., 1886-1889; general agent same company and Northern Pacific Ry. at Cincinnati, O., 1889-1893; general agent Wisconsin Central Lines at Cincinnati, 1893-1898; commercial traffic manager National Cash Register Co., Dayton, O., 1898-1906. Was appointed member Railroad Commission of Ohio in 1906; in 1911 name of commission was changed to Public Service Commission. Elected president National Association Railway Commissioners November 20, 1912.

Gottheil, Richard James Horatio, educator, Columbia University, New York City, was born, Manchester, Eng., Oct. 13, 1862, son of Gustave and Rosalie (Wollmann) Gottheil; educated in Chorlton High Sch., E. Adams Sch., Manchester; Columbia Grammar Sch., N.Y.; Columbia Coll., A.B., 1881; Univs. of Berlin, Tübingen, Leipzig (Ph.D., Leipzig, summa cum laude, 1886); married, Paris, Sept. 16, 1891, Emma R. Leon. Spent winter of 1904-1905, Cairo, Egypt; winter of 1909-1910, Palestine, as dir. of Am. Sch. of Archæology at Jerusalem, traveled through libraries and Archives of Spain and Portugal for historical studies, 1898; now prof. Semitic languages, Columbia Univ. Hebrew. Mem. Council of Am. Oriental Soc.; mem. German Oriental Soc., Grand Nasi of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity; v.-p. Jewish Hist. Soc. of America. Chm'n of Com. on Ed'n of Edn'l Alliance, N.Y.; chm'n Palestinian Com. of Nat. Conf. of Jewish Charities. Clubs: English Universities and Schools, Early Eighties (Columbia Coll.).

Gould, George Milbry, physician, of 215 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City, N.J., was born, Auburn, Me., Nov. 8, 1848; son of George. Thomas and Eliza Ann (Lapham) Gould; enlisted 1861 as drummer-boy in Union Army in 63d Ohio Vols. (discharged, 1862); enlisted, 1864, in 141st Ohio Vols. (discharged, 1865); grad. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., A.B., 1873; A.M., 1892; Harvard Divinity Sch., 1873; Jefferson Med. Coll., Philadelphia, M.D., 1888; married, Pomeroy, O., 1876, Harriet F. Cartwright. Engaged in practice. in Philadelphia as specialist in ophthalmology, since 1888; ophthalmologist of Philadelphia Almshouse, 1892-1894; pres. Am. Acad. of Medicine, 1895; speaker of Congress of Arts and Sciences, La. Purchase Expo., 1904. Editor: Medical News, 18911895; Philadelphia Medical Journal, 1898-1900; American Medicine, 1901-1906. Author: A Compend of Diseases of the Eye (in

collaboration), 1886-1888; The Student's Medical Dictionary, 1890, eleventh edition, 1900; A New Medical Dictionary, 10 editions, 1891-1900; Pocket Medical Dictionary, 1892-1913; The Meaning and Method of Life, 1893; Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences, 1894-1904, with supplement, 1905; A Dictionary of New Medical Terms, 1894; American Year Book of Medicine and Surgery, 1896-1903; Borderland Studies, 2 vols., 1896-1905; Diseases of the Eye (in collaboration), 1897; An Autumn Singer (poems), 1897; Suggestions to Medical Writers, 1900; Encyclopedia of Practical Medicine and Surgery, 1900-1913; Pocket Encyclopedia Medicine and Surgery, 19001913; Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine (in collaboration), 1901; Biographic Clinics, 6 vols., 1903-1909; History of Jefferson College, 2 vols., 1904; The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary, 1906-1912; Concerning Lafcadio Hearn, 1908; Righthandedness and Lefthandedness, etc., 1908; The Infinite Presence, 1910; Life and Letters of Edmund Clarence Stedman (in collaboration with Laura Stedman), 2 vols., 1910, also Genius and Other Essays, by E. C. Stedman, 1911. Personal Biography, etc., 1910. Fellow Coll. Physicians, Philadelphia; mem. Am. Ophthalmological Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Am. Acad. Med., Phi Beta Kappa. Removed to Ithaca, N.Y., 1908.

Golden, Joseph A., United States congressman from the twenty-third district of New York, was born in Pennsylvania. He served in the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses; retired for one term, and was again elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15, and resides in Fordham, N.Y.

Gottlieb, Maurice Arthur, artist and collector of relics and antiquities, 126 W. 112th St., New York City, was born, Vienna, Austria, May 15, 1856; son Adolf and Caroline (von Sonnenberg) Gottlieb; distant relative of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the fighting gen. and president of Mexico; educated St. John's Catholic College under direction of Pater Canonicus and received degree of A.M.; married Cecilia Miller. Connected with Puck as manager of Art Dep't for nearly thirty years; retired on account of ill health. Author of the History of the Rite of Memphis, and other works. Past master of Odd Fellows; active member of Masonic fraternity: York Rite, the Swedenboro Rite, 33d degree Scottish Rite, 96th degree and Egyptian Rite, chapter, Cryptic Rite, Knight Templar, Noble of the Mystic Shrine, Veiled Prophet, Sheik of Kieba, Rose Croix and all degrees of the order; hon. mem. to Spain, Portugal, Italy and Egypt; decorated with. five-pointed bronze star, order of merit, by the Khedive. Mem. Micros. Soc., Geographical Soc.; treas. Medico-Legal Laboratory; life mem. Soc. of Science, Letters and Art, London, England, and vice-pres. Am. Branch. Q.-m.-gen., with rank of brig.-gen., of Nat. Vol. Emergency Service Med. Corps, U.S.A., which he, in connection with his brother, founded in 1900. Mem. 1st Battery N.G.N.Y. Club: N.Y. Press.

Gould, Frank Horace, lawyer; born, Fayette Co., Ia., Aug. 29, 1856; son Albert Langdon and Jane Augusta (Holbrook)

Gould. Educated public schools, Santa Clara County, Cal.; Vinsonhalers College, San Jose; State Normal School, San Jose; B.L., Alabama State University of Law, 1887. Married Hester A. Farnsworth, Jan. 16, 1879; second, Nettie Eaton, 1898. Crossed plains to California, 1862. Member of Legislature from Merced County, 1891-95. Speaker of Assembly of California, and exofficio regent of State University, 1893-95. Building and loan commissioner, 1897-1901. Director State Hospital, Agnews, 18941900. Chairman Democratic State Convention, 1896, 1904. Chairman Democratic State Central Committee, 1894 to 1896. Clubs: Olympic, Union League, Commonwealth. Democrat. Residence: 1329 12th Ave.; office: Merchants National Bank Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.

Govin, Rafael R., capitalist, of 90 West St., New York City, was born, Matanzas, Cuba; son of Rafael and Rosa (de Tejada) Govin; attended Columbia Coll.; married May S. Medina. Pres. Interocean Oil Co. and dir. subsidiary companies, Interborough Ferry Co.; dir. Interborough Met. Street R.R. Co. Independent. Received decorations from South Am. govts. Mem. Assn. Bar City of N.Y. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan, N.Y. Yacht, Down Town, Midday, Lotus.

Gow, James Ellis, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Ia. Botany, geology. Born Fontanelle, Ia., Feb. 22, 1877. Ph.B., Iowa, 1901, M.S., 1906, Ph.D., 1912. Assistant forest expert, U.S. Bureau Forestry, 1901-04; head department botany, Blair Academy, Blairstown, NJ., 1904-08; professor botany, Coe, 1908. Instructor botany, Iowa, summers 1901-8. Forestry Association; fellow Iowa Academy; assistant to Iowa Geological Survey, 1911-13. National Geographic Society, Esperanto Association of North America, U.S. Esperanto Association. President Iowa Esperanto Association, 1908-10; Iowa Horticultural Society. Botany of Adair County, Ia.; morphology of the aroids.-Embryology of Calla, Acorus and other aroids; geology of Adair County, Ia.; geology of Cass County, Ia.

Grace, William Charles, senator from the sixth senatorial district, comprising the counties of Kalamazoo and St. Joseph, was born in Jackson County, Mich., June 15, 1881, and is of Irish and German descent. He removed with his parents to Lucas County, Ohio, when he was five years of age, the family afterwards returning to Michigan and locating at Clinton, Lenawee County. In 1904 he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, from which he graduated in 1907, and began the practice of law at Kalamazoo. Mr. Grace is a Democrat, but has never actively engaged in politics. He was elected to the senate Nov. 5, 1912, by a vote of 6,092 to 5,146 for Will A. Cavin, 488 for Don C. Cook, 1,855 for Guy H. Lockwood and 5,182 for Willis J. Burdick. He was formerly a woolen worker in the wool sorting and weaving departments in several mills in the Middle West.

Graebner, W. H., business man and state official, of 1080 National Ave., Milwaukee, Wis., was born April 2, 1854, in Detroit, Mich. In 1898-1902 he served as alderman for the City of Milwaukee, and in 1902-08 he was city treasurer. He is engaged

in general insurance, real estate and loans, and is prominently identified with business and public affairs. In 1891-95 he was a member of the State Board of Control of the Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory and Penal Institutions, and is again serving as a member of that board.

Graham, James H., congressman, was born April 14, 1852, in Ireland, came to Sangamon County, Ill., in 1868. He was elected to the office of state's attorney of Sangamon County in 1892, serving four years; since then Mr. Graham has given his entire time to the practice of law; was elected to the sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from Illinois as a Democrat, and was reelected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15, and resides in Springfield, Ill.

Graham, John Martin, banker; educated in public schools of Mass., graduating with honors; married, 1873. Studied law, 18611863; cashier State Bank, 1863-1865; cashier National Bank in Mass., 1865-1882; president International Trust Co., 1882 to Feb. 14, 1914; now director. Unitarian. Residence: 37 Commonwealth Ave. Office: 45 Milk St., Boston.

Grant, John William, capitalist; born, West Point, Ga., July 26, 1867; son of William D. and Sarah Frances (Reid) Grant; graduated from Univ. of Georgia, B.C.S.; married, Atlanta, Ga., April 11, 1893, Annie Martin Inman; children: Margaret, William D., John W., Jr., Annie. Worked in a bank two years after leaving college, then assisted father in management of large real estate interest in Atlanta, and after his death continued to manage and to develop and enlarge the properties. Vice-president and director Third National Bank, Georgia Savings Bank; treasurer Kimball House Co., Grant Construction Co.; director Trust Co. of Georgia, Southern Mutual Insurance Co. One of executors of Hugh T. Inman estate, one of largest in the south. Councilman, alderman and chairman of finance committee of City Council at Atlanta. Democrat; Presbyterian. Served as member Board of Education, city of Atlanta; member Chi Phi college fraternity, Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of Revolution. Recreations: Motoring, traveling, riding and golf. Clubs: Capital City (president), Piedmont Driving, Atlanta Athletic. Residence: 423 Peachtree St. Office: Grant Bldg., Atlanta. Director Southern Ry.

Gray, Finly H., congressman, was born July 24, 1864, in Fayette County, Ind. He was elected to the sixty-sceond and sixty-third congresses.

Gray, George M., merchant, 54 Worth St., New York City; residence: 152 Madison Ave., N.Y. Born in New York City. Educated at Columbia. Member Calumet and University clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association.

Gray, Thomas Tarvin, Tide Water Oil Co., Bayonne, N.J. Chemistry. Born in Franklin, Pa., Aug. 29, 1881. Columbia, 1907-08; chemist, various companies, 1899-1903; chief chemist, Tide Water Oil Co., 1903; F.A.A.; Chemical Society (one time. asst. editor "Abstracts"; member of committee on industrial terms; member of committee on petroleum and its products);