& Western Rd., since which he has been consecutively, June, 1883, to Nov. 30, 1887, trackman; Jan. 15, 1888, to Sept. 10, 1888, telegraph operator Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. at Peckville, Pa.; Sept. 10, 1888, to March 1, 1895, storekeeper Moosic Mountain Coal Co.; March 1, 1895, to Oct. 22, 1900, bookkeeper same company; Oct. 22, 1900, to date, general manager Wyoming & Missouri River Rd.; Oct. 1, 1906, to date, also vice-president same road.

Higbie, Frank E., superintendent Car Service Central Rd. of New Jersey. Office: Jersey City, N.J. Born Sept. 23, 1856, at Brooklyn, N.Y. Entered railway service 1877, since which he has been consecutively to 1879, clerk transportation department Chicago, Saginaw & Canada Rd. at St. Louis, Mich.; 1879 to 1882, clerk transportation department Erie Ry.; 1882 to 1884, clerk transportation department Central Rd. of New Jersey; 1884 to 1887, clerk transportation department Philadelphia & Reading Rd.; 1887 to April, 1898, general car agent Central Rd. of New Jersey; April, 1898, to date, superintendent car service same road.

Higginson, Francis Lee, financier; born Boston, Oct. 11, 1841; son of George and Mary C. (Lee) Higginson; graduated from Harvard University, 1863; married, Boston, April 11, 1898, Miss Shattuck. President and trustee Suffolk Savings Bank for Seamen and Others; president Boston & Lowell Railway Co.; director Allouez Mining Co., Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., Central and South America Telegraph Co., Kansas City Stock Yards, La Salle Mining Co., Manitou Mining Co., Merchants' National Bank, Superior Mining Co., Tecumseh Copper Co., Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Co., Osceola Consolidated Mining Co. Treasurer and trustee Boston Museum of Fine Arts; trustee Massachusetts General Hospital; member of corporation Massachusetts Institute of Technology; member Board of Overseers Harvard College. Member American Historical Association. Clubs: Harvard, Knickerbocker, Somerset County. Residence: 274 Beacon St. Office: 50 State St., Boston.

Hill, Arthur Edward, of 66 Clinton Place, University Heights, New York, N.Y., was born, Newark, N.J., March 20, 1880. B.S., N.Y. Univ., 1901, M.S., 1903; Ph.D., Freiburg, 1903. Instr. high sch., Newark, N.J., 1903-04; chem., N.Y. Univ., 1904-05, asst. prof., 1905-07, assoc. prof., 1907-12; prof., 1914-; sec'y, sch. applied science, 1906-; prof., N.J. Col. Pharm., 1906- Chem. Soc.; N.Y. Chemists' Club; Chem. Gesell. Aromatic aldehydes; sulphinic acids; modification of Volhard's method; analysis of sulphocyanates; solubility of silver halides; determination of barium; solubility of salts in concentrated acids.-Solubility relations; absorption; analytical standards.

Hill, Charles, of 6330 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, Ills., was born, Leland, Ills., June 27, 1862. Grad., Mt. Morris, 1884; B.S., Michigan, 1891, M.S., 1892; Ph.D., Northwestern, 1899, M.D., 1902. Prof. zool., Washington (Seattle), 1892-98; asst. prof. histol. and embryol., Northwestern, 1899-1908; prof. histol. and embryology Chicago Veterinary College, 1909; also practicing physician. Acting prof. zool., Northwestern, 1902-03. Soc. Nat.; Am. Med.

Assn; Ills. Med. Soc.; Chicago Med. Soc. Embryology; epiphyses; development of vertebrate head.

Hill, David Jayne, ambassador and educator of Paris, France; born Plainfield, N.J., June 10, 1850; son Daniel T. and Lydia Ann (Thompson) Hill; educated Bucknell University, A.B., 1847, A.M., 1877, University of Berlin, Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris; LL.D. Colgate University, 1884, Union University, 1902, University of Pennsylvania, 1902, Docteur es Lettres, University of Geneva, 1907; married, Williamsport, Pa., June 6, 1886, Juliet Lewis Packer. President Bucknell University, 1878-88; president University of Rochester, 1888-96; professor diplomacy, Columbia (now George Washington) University, Washington, D.C., 1899-1903. First assistant secretary of state of U.S., 18981903; envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of U.S. to Switzerland, 1903-05, and to The Netherlands, 1905-08; since June 1, 1908, ambassador to Germany. Delegate plenipotentiary of the United States to the Second Peace Conference at The Hague, 1907. Has traveled much in Europe and made researches in European libraries and archives. Author: Life of Washington Irving; Life of William Cullen Bryant, 1878; Elements of Psychology, 1886; Social Influence of Christianity, 1888; Principles and Fallacies of Socialism, 1888; Genetic Philosophy, 1893; The Conception and Realization of Neutrality, 1902; The Life and Work of Hugo Grotius, 1902; The Contemporary Development of Diplomacy, 1904; is engaged upon A History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe (Longmans), of which two volumes have appeared; The Struggle for Universal Empire, 1905, and The Establishment of Territorial Sovereignty, 1906; also World Organization as Affected by the Nature of the Modern State, 1911, translated into German and French under the titles Völkerorganization and der Moderns Staat, and L'Etat Moderne et l'Organization Internationale. Republican. Member S.A.R.; vice grand commander Society of American Wars; American Philosophical Society; fellow A.A.A.S. Clubs: Century, Authors (N.Y. City); Metropolitan, Cosmos (Washington); Genesee Valley (Rochester).

Hill, Ernest Newton, manufacturer, capitalist; born Miamisburg, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1862; son of Jasper N. and Rebecca Hill; educated in Anderson High School; married, Anderson, Ind., March 16, 1887, Bertha M. Whitinger; children: Kenneth B., Sara G. Vice-president The Hill Tripp Pump Co.; general manager the Hill Machine Co. Largely interested in home city affairs. President of the Hill-Stage Co.; also member of Executive Board Chamber of Commerce of the City of Anderson. Residence: 608 Jackson St. Office: Hill Machine Co., 23d and St. Charles Sts., Anderson.

Hill, Frank, manufacturer of Ashaway, R.I., was born, Ithaca, N.Y., June 28, 1861; son Frank and Mary (Green) Hill; grad. Alfred Univ., N.Y., A.B.; married Alfred, N.Y., Oct. 6, 1885, Emma Green; children: Evelyn I., born Feb. 2, 1888; Mary H., born March 10, 1890; Frank M., born June 19, 1892; Helen Louise, born Nov. 24, 1898. Cashier Ashaway Nat. Bank, since June,

1885. Sec. and treas. Tenn. Line & Twine Co., Yawgo Line & Twine Co., Centerville Mills, Ashaway Clay Co., Ashaway & Westerly R'y Co.; dir. Ashaway Line & Twine Co. Five years mem. R.I. Legislature; 15 years mem. R.I. B'd of Ed'n. Republican; Seventh Day Bapt. Trustee R.I. Normal Sch., R.I. Sch. of Design.

Hill, George Richard, physician, surgeon, banker; born, Shanksville, Pa., July 28, 1852; son of John B. and Amand F. (Dalley) Hill; educated Pennsylvania free and Normal Schools; graduated from Bennett Medical College, Eclectic Medicine and Surgery, M.D., received honorary degree of M.D. from Bennett College (Regular), 1910; married, Grand Forks, N. Dak., July 28, 1886, Sylvia L. Geer; children: Sylvia, Georgia, Avis. President and director Kendall State Bank, Kendall, Wis. Democrat; German Baptist. Member Wisconsin Eclectic Medical Society; honorary member Illinois State Eclectic Medical Society; member National Eclectic Medical Association; clerk Kendall School, fifteen years; candidate for member of Assembly Democratic ticket 1914, Monroe Co. Odd Fellow. Address: Kendall.

Hill, Robert Potter, United States congressman from the twenty-fifth district of Illinois, was born in April, 1874, near Ewing, Ill. He has been police magistrate, city attorney and a member of the State Legislature. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Marion, Ill.

Hilles, Charles Dewey, of Dwight & Hilles, 56 Maiden Lane, New York City; was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, June 23, 1867; son of Samuel and Elisabeth (Lee) Hilles; graduated from High School in Belmont Co., 1885, and attended Maryland Acad. at Oxford; was married at Lancaster, Ohio, Sept. 30, 1896, to Dorothy Belle Whiley; children: Elisabeth Lee, born 1898. Frederick Whiley, born 1900, Charles Dewey, Jr., born 1902. Sec. to supt. Boys' Industrial School of Ohio, 1888-90; financial officer same till 1900; supt. same until 1902; supt. N.Y. Juvenile Asylum, 1902 to 1909; assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury, 1909 to 1911; secretary to the president (President Taft), 1911 to March 4, 1913; chairman Republican National Committee. Presbyterian. Member Nat. Conf. Charities and Correction; chairman Children's Com., State Conf. of Charities; member, Executive Com. Nat. Conference on Education of Backward, Truant and Delinquent Children; member, Ohio Soc. of N.Y., Mil. Order Loyal Legion and Pilgrims. Clubs: Chevy Chase, Metropolitan and National Press of Washington, Lawyers and Century of New York. Residence: 301 West 106th St., New York. Office: 56 Maiden Lane.

Hilliard, William T., banker, lawyer, of 99 Market St., Salem, N.J., was born Elsinboro township, Salem County, N.J.; son Thomas Townsend and Hannah Townsend (Goodwin) Hilliard; attended Friends Sch., Salem, N.J., and Borough of Kennett Sq., Pa.; married, first, Moorestown, N.J., Sept. 22, 1875, Eliza Gillingham (deceased); second, Salem, N.J., Anna Bassett; children: Thomas Gillingham, born 1877; George Lewis, born 1879; William Thomas, born 1881; Bernard Aubrey, born 1885; Mary Eliz

abeth (Mrs. Charles W. W. Bailey), born 1887 (all by first wife). Practiced law in Salem, N.J., 40 years; pres. City Nat. Bank of Salem, since 1888. Treas. Salem Cemetery Ass'n. Progressive; mem. Soc. of Friends. Recreations: Motoring, walking, traveling. Hills, Arthur John, superintendent Canadian Northern Ontario Ry. Office: Toronto, Can. Born Feb. 15, 1879, at Toronto, Ont. Graduated from Ridley College at St. Catharines, Ont., 1893; Upper Canada College, at Toronto, Ont., 1896, and from University of Toronto 1899. Entered railway service April, 1899, since which he has been consecutively to June, 1901, in the construction department Canadian Northern Ry. at Winnipeg; June, 1901 to 1903, in operating department; 1903 to 1908, in office of third vice-president same road at Toronto; Jan. 1, 1908, superintendent Canadian Northern Ontario Ry. at Toronto; general superintendent Can. Nor. Ry. System Ontario Lines, Toronto.

Hills, Joseph Lawrence, dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of Vermont; director of Agriculture Vermont Experiment Station; born in Boston, March 2, 1861; son of Thomas and Amelia Ellen (Drew) Hills. He was graduated from the Massachusetts Agricultural College and received the B.Sc. in 1881, and from Boston University, B.Sc. the same year, honorary Sc.D. from Rutgers College in 1903. He served as assistant chemist of the Massachusetts Experiment Station, 1882-1884, of the New Jersey Experiment Station, 1884-1885; was chemist of the Phosphate Mining Company, Limited, of Beaufort, S.C., 18851888; chemist, 1888-1900, and director of the Vermont Experiment Station, since 1893. Mr. Hills has been professor of agronomy since 1893, and dean of the Department (now College) of Agriculture since 1898 in the University of Vermont. He is a member of the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations (sect'y-treas.) and the American Association of Advancement of Science. He married at New Brunswick, N.J., Sept. 11, 1888, Kate Conover, and they have one son and one daughter. Address: 59 North Prospect St., Burlington, Vt.

Hinds, Asher Crosby, congressman, was born at Benton, Me., Feb. 6, 1863. He was clerk at speaker's table, United States house of representatives, 1895-1911; was elected to the sixtysecond and sixty-third congresses.

Hine, Charles De Lano, railway executive, soldier, railway examiner, organization expert and author of Vienna, Va., where he was born March 15, 1867, where he still maintains a residence. In 1885 he graduated from the high school of Washington, D.C. He entered the employ of a contractor; and subsequently in a competitive examination he won a cadetship, graduating in 1891 from the United States military academy at West Point. He subsequently graduated from the Cincinnati Law School; and in 1893 was admitted to the bar. In 1891-95 he served as a lieutenant in the United States army; and resigned his commission and engaged in railroad work, filling the positions of freight brakeman, switchman, yardmaster, conductor, chief clerk, trainmaster, assistant superintendent, right-of-way agent, general su

perintendent, and vice-president and general manager, besides holding various staff commissions. He served in the SpanishAmerican war as a major in the United States volunteers; and participated in the siege of Santiago de Cuba. In 1900 he was inspector of safety appliances for the Interstate Commerce Commission; and in 1907 assisted in the revision of business methods of the Department of the Interior at Washington, D.C. In 190708 he acted as receiver of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Electric Railway. In 1910 as temporary special representative of President Taft, outlined program for improving organization and methods of all departments of the U.S. government. He has become well known as an eminent railway examiner and organization expert; is the originator of The Hine System of Organization; and which, among other special duties, he installed on the Harriman lines. He is the author of Letters From an Old Railway Official to His Son; and now resides in Tucson, Ariz., as vice-president of that portion of the Harriman system known as the Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico and Arizona Eastern Railroad.

Hinebaugh, William Henry, United States congressman from the twelfth district of Illinois, was born Dec. 16, 1867, in Calhoun County, Mich. He has served two terms as judge of the county court of LaSalle County. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Ottawa, Ill.

Hirschberg, Michael Henry, jurist; born Newburgh, N.Y., April 12, 1847; son of Henry and Fanny (Francks) Hirschberg; graduated Newburgh Free Academy, 1862; married at New York City, March 16, 1878, Lizzie McAlles; children: Harry, born 1879; Stuart, born 1885; Frances, born 1887; Scott, born 1893. Practiced at Newburgh until elected justice of Supreme Court; member Newburgh board of education, 1871-83; special county judge of Orange County, 1875-78; district attorney of Orange County, 1889-95; state delegate to constitutional convention, 1894; elected justice Supreme Court of State of New York, 1896; assigned to appellate division, 2d department, Brooklyn, 1900; appointed presiding justice January, 1904, for term expiring Dec. 31, 1910; re-elected justice Supreme Court of State of New York, Noveinber, 1910, and re-assigned to appellate division, 2d department, Brooklyn, January, 1911. Clubs: Republican, Manhattan, Lawyers, Hamilton, Powellton, Newburgh City, etc.

Hirst, Anthony A., lawyer of Haverford, Pa., was born Jan. 18, 1846, in Philadelphia, Pa. He received the degrees of A.B., A.M. and LL.D. Admitted to the bar in 1870, he began at once active practice and after 1874 devoted a portion of his time to a membership of the Board of Health, was secretary for many years and was eventually made president of that body, and his service in that important branch of the city government continued until 1899. He was one of nineteen who founded the Catholic Church Extension Society in Chicago, in 1905. He is president of the Bryn Mawr Trust Company; director of the Continental Equitable Trust Company; director and counsel of the Beneficial Savings Fund Society, and one director of the