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Herald, 1886; ass't city editor Herald, 1886-1887; city editor, 1887-1889; editor Jersey City News, 1889-1903; cable editor N.Y. Sun, 1905-1912; London correspondent Sun, April-Oct., 1912; editor the Evening Sun, Oct., 1912-Feb. 23, 1913, when succeeded Chester S. Lord, as mn'g editor, The Sun; since March, 1914, editorial writer, The Sun. Trustee Free Public Library, Jersey City, 1897-1904; lecturer, author: The Black Cross Clove, 1910. Cleveland Democrat; Catholic. ØBK., 1914; member of the Poetry Society and the Navy League of America. Recreations: Walking and talking.

Lucas, Eugene Willett Van Court, consulting engineer, was born, Mt. Vernon, N.Y., Dec. 21, 1864; son of Philip and Mary (Van Court) Lucas; graduated, U.S. Mil. Acad. (with honors), 1887; married, Wilmington, N.C., 1893, Agnes Daniel; children: Eugene Willett Van Court, Jr., born 1894; John Daniel, born 1906. Consulting engineer on hydraulic work since 1906; consulting engineer to N.Y. Canal Bd. Second lieut. 1st U.S. Arty., 1887-1888; 2d lieut., 1st lieut., capt. and major, Corps of Engrs., U.S.A., 1888-1906. Major and div. engr., U.S. V., 1898-1899. Resigned commission in U.S. Army Jan. 1, 1906. Lieut.-col. and chief engr. of div. on staff of Maj.-Gen., commanding N.G.N.Y., since May, 1912. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Engrs. Clubs: University, N.Y. Yacht. Army and Navy (Washington, D.C.), Fort Orange (Albany, N.Y.). Address: 827 Municipal Bldg., N.Y. City.

Luce, G. W., freight traffic manager Southern Pacific Co. Office San Francisco, Cal. From 1875 to 1888, held various positions with the Southern Pacific Co.; Oct., 1888, to Sept. 1, 1891, general agent freight and passenger departments Texas & Pacific Ry. and Missouri Pacific Ry. at San Francisco; Sept. 1, 1891, to Oct., 1894, general agent freight department Union Pacific System at San Francisco; Oct., 1894, to Feb., 1898, assistant general freight agent Southern Pacific Co. at San Francisco, and Feb., 1898, to Oct. 15, 1901, assistant general freight and passenger agent same company at Los Angeles, Cal.; Oct. 15, 1901, to March, 1911, general freight agent at San Francisco; March, 1911, to July 15, 1912, assistant to vice-president in charge of traffic; July 15, 1912, to date, freight traffic manager same company.

Lucke, Charles Edward, mech. eng'r, educator, of 544 W. 142d St., New York City, was born, N.Y. City, June 20, 1876; son John Franklin and Sarah Frances (McGrury) Lucke; educated N.Y. City public schools, Coll. City of N.Y., B.S., 1895; Cornell Univ. (special student), N.Y. Univ., M.S., 1898; Columbia Univ., Ph.D., 1902; married N.Y. City, May 12, 1904, Ida Marguerite Becker; children: Charles Edward, Jr., born 1905; John Becker, born 1907. Practicing eng'r, scientific experimenter; prof. mech. eng 'ring in Columbia Univ. Author of numerous scientific papers, pamphlets and three books on gas engine, engineering thermodynamics, and power generation. Consulting mech. eng'r and expert on power generation, oil and gas engines, gas making and utilization. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Verein,

Deutsche Ingenieure, Am. Soc. Refrigerating Eng'rs, Am. Gas Inst., Engineers Club, Chemists Club, N.Y.R.R. Club.

Ludington, Charles H., magazine publisher of Ardmore, Pa., was born, N.Y. City, Aug. 9, 1866; son Charles H. and Josephine Lord (Noyes) Ludington; grad. St. Paul's School, Concord, N.Y., 1878-1883, Yale Coll., 1883-1887, B.A., 1887, Yale Univ., Grad. Dep't, 1888, Yale Law School, 1889, Yale Univ., M.A., 1889; married Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 24, 1895, Ethel M. Saltus; children: Charles Townsend, born Jan. 16, 1896, Wright Saltus, born June 10, 1900, Nicholas Saltus, born Nov. 13, 1904. Admitted to bar of N.Y., 1891. In employ of Anderson & Howland and later Cary & Whitridge, N.Y. Sec. U.S. Debenture Corp'n, Lt'd. Pres. Continental Filter Co. Moved to Philadelphia, 1901. Sec. and treas. Curtis Publishing Co. Dir. Home Pattern Co. of N.Y., Public Ledger Co. of Philadelphia, Am. Utilities Co.; vice-pres. Octavia Hill Ass'n of Philadelphia; treas. Bryn Mawr Presby'n Ch. Republican; Presby 'n. Mem. Am. Acad. of Polit. Science, Psi Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: University (N.Y.), Racquet, Down Town, and City (Philadelphia), Merion Cricket (Haverford, Pa.), Bryn Mawr Polo, Yale Alumni Ass'n, Phila., Pa.

Lund, Anthon Henrik, banker; born Aalborg, Denmark, May 15, 1844; son of Henrik and Ane Kristine (Andersen) Lund; received education City Schools of Aalborg, Denmark, eight years; married, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2, 1870, Sarah Ann Peterson; children: Anthony C., Henry C., Daisy, Herbert Z., Canute, Othniel, William, George C., Eva A. Was engaged as school teacher and telegraph operator; as superintendent of the Ephraim Co-operative Mercantile Institution eleven years; which institution he brought to great success; and is now a director and member of the Executive Committee of Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution, Salt Lake City. President Utah National Bank, two years; vice-president Zion's Savings and Trust Co.; State Bank of Utah has been changed to the Utah State National of which he is a director; Inland Crystal Salt Co.; director Utah Hotel Co. Served as second lieutenant in Militia during Indian War; city councilor of Mt. Pleasant, Utah; member Utah Legislature; author of bills creating the Agricultural College and Reform School; Regent of University of Utah. Republican; Latter Day Saint (first counselor to President Joseph F. Smith of the Mormon Church). President of the Utah Genealogical Society; trustee Latter Day Saint's University. Residence: 127 N. W. Temple. Office: 60 E. S. Temple, Salt Lake City.

Lundgren, Leonard, civil engineer of Denver, Col., was born Dec. 3, 1883, in Chicago, Ill. He has received the degrees of B.S., C.E. and M.S. He was first engaged in railroad engineering and construction work; and in 1907-08 was instructor of civil engineering in the state university of Iowa. In 1908-13 he was with the bureau of public works in the Philippines and was also project engineer. Since 1911 he has been district engineer in the United States forest service.

Lunemann, John Henry, banker; born in Waterloo, Iowa, Sept. 4, 1870, son of Herman and Jantje (Plumer) Lunemann;

educated in public schools; married, La Porte City, Iowa, Dec. 23, 1896, Augusta, Miller; three sons: John Miller, born 1901, Mark Henry, born 1906, and Roger Alan, born 1912. Entered dry goods and clothing business at age of 16, in 1886, remaining until 1901, when engaged in banking business. Organized First National Bank of Dysart; became cashier of First National Bank of La Porte City, 1902; resigned to go into the land business, 1908. Secretary and treasurer of Wettstein Loan and Investment Co., vice-president First National Bank of La Porte City (its largest stockholder), secretary Homeseekers' Land Co.; vicepresident and general manager National Land Co.; secretary and treasurer Lunemann Land Co.; president Davenport Land and Improvement Co. of Davenport. Served as mayor of town one term. Republican; Methodist Episcopalian. Trustee of Upper Iowa Univ. of Fayette, Iowa. Mason, Modern Woodman, Maccabee. Address: La Porte City.

Lurton, Horace Harmon, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was born in 1844 at Newport, Campbell County, Ky.; educated in the public schools Douglas University and Cumberland University, and served three years in the Confederate army. Graduated in the law department of Cumberland University in 1867, and began the practice of law at Clarksville, Tenn. Appointed chancellor of the sixth chancery division of Tennessee by Governor D. Porter in 1874 to fill a vacancy; elected in 1876, without opposition, to the same position, resigned and returned to the bar in 1878. Elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee Sept. 1, 1886; elected chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, January, 1893. In March, 1893, was appointed Circuit Judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the United States by President Cleveland; appointed by President Taft to be associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Dec. 20, 1909.

Lutz, Samuel G., traffic manager Minneapolis & St. Louis Rd. Office Minneapolis, Minn. Born Dec. 8, 1868, in Illinois. Graduated from Western College, Toledo, O., 1887. Entered railway service Nov. 6, 1890, as stenographer in traffic department Iowa Central Ry., since which he has been consecutively to Sept. 1, 1894, various clerical positions same road; Sept. 1, 1894, to Jan. 24, 1898, chief clerk freight traffic department; Jan. 24, 1898, to April 1, 1904, assistant general freight agent same road; April 1, 1904, to Dec. 16, 1908, assistant general freight agent Minneapolis & St. Louis Rd.; Dec. 16, 1908, to Dec. 1, 1909, freight traffic manager same road and Iowa Central Ry. at Minneapolis, Minn.; Dec. 1, 1909, to Nov. 1, 1910, general freight agent Chicago & Alton Rd., Toledo, St. Louis & Western Rd., Minneapolis & St. Louis Rd. and Iowa Central Ry. at Chicago; Nov. 1, 1910, to date, traffic manager Minneapolis & St. Louis Rd. (which absorbed the Iowa Central Ry.) at Minneapolis, Minn.

Lyman, Lewis Bonton, division superintendent Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rd. Lines West. Office: Wymore, Neb. Born Nov. 2, 1878, at Dunlap, Ia. Educated in grammar and high schools. Entered railway service Nov. 2, 1898, since which he

has been consecutively to Oct., 1900, brakeman, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rd.; Oct., 1900, to Aug., 1904, conductor; Aug., 1904, to July, 1905, train dispatcher; July, 1905, to Aug., 1906, conductor; Aug., 1906, to March, 1908, trainmaster; March, 1908, to date, division superintendent; entire service with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rd.

Lynch, Frank L., attorney at law; born Nashville, Tenn., March 14, 1873; Irish descent; son of William S. and Dicie A. (Wagner) Lynch; father's occupation, locomotive engineer; paternal grandparents, Aaron and Elizabeth (Rogers) Lynch, maternal grandparents, James and Mary (Hudson) Wagner; educated at Terrill College, Decherd, Tenn., and University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.; graduated from Terrill College, June 10, 1893; in early life taught school one year, and farmed some; married Leah Pearson, June 10, 1896; member of Masons, K. of P. and I.0.0.F.; Democrat; elected judge of the County Court of Franklin Co., Tenn., Aug., 1902, served eight years, and reelected Aug., 1910, and is the present incumbent; member of Church of Christ.

Lynch, Jerome M., born Ireland; parents Daniel and Jane Browne; married Harriet Louise Husted Jan. 1, 1901; educated in Dublin, Edinburgh and London; graduated from Chicago Univ. Med. Sch., Chicago, 1895; lic. New York, 1901; deg. M.D.; vicepres. Amer. Proctologic Soc., 1910; lecturer Cornell Med.; prof. rectal surgery New York Polyclinic Med. Sch.; att. proctologist St. Mary's, Hoboken; consulting proctologist Nassau Hosp., Mineola, L.I.; mem. A.M.A.; N.Y. County and State Socs.; Amer. Proctologic Society; Medical Progress Club; author: "Intusseption of the Sigmoid"; "Observations of the Pathology of Multiple Adenomata of the Rectum"; "Some Suggestions Concerning the Preservation and Sterilization of Rubber Gloves and Other Rubber Instruments"; "Carcinomatona Degeneration of Adenoma of the Intestines"; "A New Device to Prevent Infection in Operations in and Around the Rectum"; "Duodenal Ulcer"; "Local Anesthesia in Rectal Work: Its History and Its Indications"; "Obliteration of the Dead Space Following Perineal Extirpation of the Rectum"; "The Choice of an Anesthetic in Rectal Surgery"; "Pigmentation"; "Report of a Case of Prolapse of the Uterus, Vagina and Rectum"; 'Appendicostomy"; "The Test Diet, Nitrate and Sulphate Partitions as an Aid to Diagnosis in Intestinal Disturbances"; "The Thyrotome"; "The Modern Proctoscope"; "Fissure of the Anus"; "The Virtues of Salt Solution, with Some Experiences Where Combined. with Adrenalin as Intravenous Infusion"; "An Easy and Certain Method of Diagnosing and Following a Fistulous Tract"; "Some Interesting Rectal Pediatric Cases"; inventor of Lynch's thyrotome; Lynch's proctoscope; regular; specialty, rectal and intestinal surgery. Residence: 57 E. 52nd St., New York: 10-12 a. m. and by appointment. Tel. Plaza 1593.

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Lyon, Harold Lloyd, Honolulu, H.T. Botany. Hastings, Minn., Oct. 14, 1879. B.S., Minnesota, 1900; M.S., 1901; Ph.D., 1903. Instr. bot. Minnesota, 1900-05; asst. prof., 1905-07; asst. patholo

gist Exp. Sta. Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Assn., Honolulu, 190709; pathologist, 1909 to date. F.A.A.; Breeders' Assn. Plant morphology, embryology and phylogeny. Pathology, embryology and botany of the Hawaiian Islands; tropical agriculture.

Lyon, J. Denniston, banker, born Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 24, 1861; son of Alexander P. and Eliza T. (Denniston) Lyon; educated in Hiland School, Pittsburgh; Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J.; married, Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 18, 1896, Maude F. Byers, only daughter of Alexander M. and Martha F. Byers; one daughter, Martha Byers Lyon. Pres. Safe Deposit and Trust Company and Continental Improvement Company; vice-president and director Peoples Savings Bank; director Union National Bank. Director Pittsburgh Coal Co., Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Co., New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Co. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company, Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad, A. M. Byers Co., Girard Iron Co., Monongahela Water Co., Follansbee Bros. Co., Pittsburgh & Fairport Dock Co., North American Steamship Co. Republican; Presbyterian. Trustee Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh Association for the Improvement of the Poor, Western Pennsylvania Institute for Deaf and Dumb, Allegheny Cemetery. Clubs: Pittsburgh, Duquesne, Allegheny Country, Pittsburgh Golf (Pittsburgh); Racquet and Tennis, Metropolitan (New York), Metropolitan (Washington, D.C.).

Lytle, Norman Alvie, banker; born in Pennsylvania, May 18, 1878; son of Leander and Catherine R. (Nye) Lytle; educated Ottawa Univ., 1895-1899; married, Stockport, Iowa, Sept. 17, 1902, Rachel E. Nixon; three children. President Wilmore State Bank, Wilmore, Kan.; cashier Coldwater National Bank, Coldwater, Kan. Elected vice-president Kansas Bankers' Association from Group 6, May 6, 1911. Candidate for director Federal Reserve Bank Dist. No. 10, 1914. Mayor of Coldwater, 1913-14. Mayor 1905-1906; city treasurer since 1907 Coldwater, Kan. Republican; Baptist. Address: Coldwater National Bank, Cold

water.

Mabbott, John Milton, physician of 19 Fifth Ave., New York City, was born on July 14, 1862, in Waterbury, Conn. He is now attending obstetrician to the New York infant asylum and other hospitals.

Mabry, Thomas J., lawyer and publisher of Clovis, N.M., was born Oct. 17, 1885, in Carlisle County, Ky. He has been engaged in the wholesale lumber business. He was the youngest member of the New Mexico Constitutional Convention of 1910; and is now a member of the New Mexico State Senate for term ending 1917. He is a successful lawyer and newspaper publisher; and is a noted southwestern newspaper correspondent and contributes to current publications.

MacAfee, John Blair, capitalist of Ardmore, Pa., born, St. John, New Brunswick, July 4, 1861; son of Robert and Catherine. Isabella MacAfee; graduated from Univ. of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1882; Univ. of Kentucky, Doctor of Engineering, 1910; married, Philadelphia, Dec. 9, 1886, Clara Brinton Haines; four children.

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