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seven years and is now treasurer. In 1867 he traveled extensively in Europe, Japan and other places. He is president of the Knickerbocker Press. Mr. Putnam is a member of the Typothetae, the Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, and the Union League, National Arts and American Yacht Clubs. He married in New York City in 1882, Frances Faulkner, and has three children. Residence: Rye, N.Y. Office: 2 West 45th St., N.Y. City.

Fyne, M. Taylor, lawyer and trustee; born in New York City, Dec. 21, 1855; son of Percy Rivington and Albertina (Taylor) Pyne. He was graduated from Princeton, A.B., 1877, A.M., 1880, Law School of Columbia, LL.B., 1879; honorary L.H.D., Columbia University, 1903. Mr. Pyne was admitted to the bar in 1880; was general solicitor of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad eleven years. He is president of the Warren Railroad Company, Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad Company, Lake Carnegie Association; director of the National City Bank of New York, The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, Princeton Bank, Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey, the United Railroads of New Jersey, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, the Newark and Bloomfield Railroad Company, Morris and Essex Railroad Company, Sussex Railroad Company, Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley Railroad Company, Valley Railroad Company, Harvey Steel Company, New York, Lackawanna and Western Railway Company and the Passaic and Delaware Railroad Company. He is trustee and chairman of the Committee on the Graduate School of Princeton University; trustee of the Lawrenceville School, N.J.; trustee of the Young Men's Christian Association of New Jersey, and president of the Princeton Historical Society. He is chairman of the New Jersey State Public Library Commission. Mr. Pyne was elected a Republican presidential elector at large for the State of New Jersey, 1908. He is a member of the Union, University, Century, Metropolitan, Grolier, Princeton, Down Town and Midday Clubs of New York City, the Tuxedo and Westchester Country Clubs; the Princeton Club of Philadelphia and the Nassau and Ivy Clubs of Princeton. He is also an honorary member of the Bachelors, Cap and Gown, Dial, Tiger Inn, Colonial, Elm, Cannon, Quadrangle, Campus, Tower Charter, Terrace and Key and Seal Clubs of Princeton.

Pyne, Percy Rivington, 2d, banker; born, N.Y. City, June 23, 1882; son of Moses Taylor and Margaretta (Stockton) Pyne; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1903; St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.H., 1899. With Farmers Loan & Trust Co., 1903-1905; with Moses Taylor estate, 1905-1908; member firm Pyne, Kendall & Hollister, bankers, since 1908. Pres. and dir. Prospect Co. of N.J.; dir. Syracuse, Binghamton & N.Y. R.R. Co., Cayuga & Susquehanna R.R. Co., Commercial Trust Co., New Amsterdam Gas Co., East River Gas Co., Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Coal Co., Nevins Church Press Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Treas. U.S. Golf Assn.; mem. N.Y. Hist. Soc., Pan-Am. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History, St. Nicholas Soc., Motor Car Touring Soc. Pres. and dir. East Side branch Y.M.C.A.; treas. Patterson Sch. (W.Va.). Recreations: Golf, tennis, riding, motoring. Clubs:

Union (gov.), Summer (gov.), Princeton (gov.), Westbrook Golf (gov.), Ivy (gov.), South Side Sportsmans (gov.), Archdale Quail (gov.), Knickerbocker, Racquet, Metropolitan, Brook, University, N.Y. Yacht, Manhattan, Union League, Automobile, Aero, Midday, Down Town, Underwriters, Tuxedo, Piping Roek, Hobby, Islip, Morris County, Baltusrol, Garden City, National, Rockaway Hunting, Automobile of London, Touring of France, Church, Meadow Brook, Nassau, South Shore Field, Princeton Club of Philadelphia, Touring Club of America, N.Y. Zoological Society, Pilgrim Society. Residence: 263 Madison Ave. Address: 55 Wall St., N.Y. City.

Quealy, Patrick J., coal operator, banker; born in Ireland, March 17, 1857; son of John and Margaret (Finnell) Quealy; educated in common schools of Missouri, Gem City Business College, Quincy, Ill., 1874; married, Omaha, Neb., Oct. 21, 1890, Susie Quealy; three sons. Began life as coal miner in Missouri, 1870; made general foreman of the Seattle Coal and Transportation Co. mines, New Castle, Wash., 1878; resigned to accept position as superintendent Union Pacific coal mines in Utah, 1880, member Quealy & Hoffman Coal Co., Timberline, Mont., 18841886; organized Rock Springs Coal Co., Rock Springs, Wyo., 1887; organized Kammerer Coal Co., of which is vice-president and general manager; the Frontier Supply Co. (president); vicepresident and general manager Uinta Improvement Co. (organizer); president Gunn-Quealy Coal Co. (organizer), and Oregon King Mining Co.; president First National Bank of Kemmerer and State Bank of Cokeville (organizer of both); vice-president First National Bank of Rock Springs; vice-president and secretary Short Line Land and Improvement Co.; director and manager Mentor Land Co. (organizer), and stockholder and director in many other corporations. Presidential elector for Bryan's first candidacy, 1896; State Inspector of Coal Mines of Wyoming, 1896. Democrat; Catholic. Member Wyoming Coal Operators' Association (president). Recreations: Farming and stock raising. Clubs: Alta, Rock Mountain (New York), American Institute of Mining Engineers, Commercial (Salt Lake), Catholic (N.Y. City). Address: Kemmerer.

Queen, Richard Edward, capitalist, philanthropist; born December, 1853, at Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky.; great grandson of James Queen, who moved to Kentucky in 1785 and who was descended from the Queens of Maryland to whom Lord Baltimore deeded the estate then known as Hardocks Hills in 1537. Educated at private schools and St. Mary's College, Ky., A.M.; received the degree of LL.D. from St. Ignatius College, San Francisco, Cal., in Oct., 1905. Member of the Probation Committee connected with the Juvenile Court of San Francisco since April, 1909. Has traveled in the United States, Canada and Europe. He is a director of a number of corporations and a member of the Knights of Columbus and Young Men's Institute and of the Southern, Press, Commonwealth, Commercial and Sierra Clubs. Address: 2212 Sacramento St., San Francisco, Cal.

Quick, Simon Peter, manufacturer, farmer, capitalist; born in Accord, N.Y., June 27, 1850; son of James and Jane (Wheeler) Quick; educated in district schools; married, Jackson, Pa., Jan. 1, 1871, Polly A. Bowen. Was engaged in manufacture of soft and hardwood lumber and mining supplies. Owns over 2,000 acres of timber and farming lands, and ten portable sawmills; also has large stock farm. Director Windsor National Bank. Served as county committeeman of Broome County several terms; appointed by Gov. Hughes to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Roger P. Clark as commissioner of prisons, and reappointed for four years in 1910. Was elected member of assembly for Broome County, 1913-1914, and nominated to succeed himself this coming election on the Republican ticket without opposition in primaries. Republican; Presbyterian. Redman, Odd Fellow, Elk, 32° Mason. Recreation: Traveling. Address: Windsor.

Quin, Percy Edwards, United States congressman from the seventh district of Mississippi, was born Oct. 30, 1872. He is a lawyer, and has been a member of the Mississippi State Legislature. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15, and resides in McComb City, Miss.

Quinlan, Francis J., physician, 66 W. 52d St., New York City. Born in New York City, Dec. 24, 1853. Educated at St. Francis Xavier College. Married. Throat, nose and ear surgeon to City and St. Vincent's Hospitals. Formerly surgeon United States Indian Service, and professor of nose and throat diseases, New York Polyclinic. Member Players', Catholic, Lambs', Manhattan, Lotus and Knickerbocker Clubs.

Quinlan, Will J., etcher and artist, of 229 Woodworth Ave., Yonkers, N.Y., was born June 29, 1877, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Graduate of the Architectural Department of Pratt Institute; pupil of J. B. Whittaker at Adelphi College. Member: Chicago Society of Etchers; New York Society of Etchers. He maintains a studio in the Studio Building, 51 West Tenth St., New York City.

Ragsdale, J. Willard, United States congressman from the sixth district of South Carolina. He was elected to the sixtythird congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Florence, South Carolina.

Rahner, Joseph D., 'general passenger agent Florida East Coast Ry. Office St. Augustine, Fla. Entered railway service 1887 as assistant ticket agent Savannah, Florida & Western Ry., since which he has been consecutively, 1888 to 1890, bill clerk, and 1890 to 1892, chief rate clerk passenger department same road; July, 1892, to June, 1895, chief clerk passenger department Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Ry.; June, 1895, to July 6, 1896, assistant to general passenger agent same road, now known as Florida East Coast Ry.; July 6, 1896, to Jan. 14, 1909, assistant general passenger agent same road; Jan. 14, 1909, to date, general passenger agent same road.

Rainey, Henry T., congressman, was born Aug. 20, 1860, in Carrollton, Ill. He was a member of the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from Illinois as a Democrat. He was re-elected to the sixty-third congress from

the twentieth district of Illinois for the term 1913-15; and resides in Carrollton, Ill.

Raker, John E., congressman, was born Feb. 22, 1863, near Knoxville, Ill. He was one of the directors of the First National Bank of Alturas, Cal. He was elected to the sixty-second and sixty-third congresses; and resides in Alturas, Cal.

Ralston, Samuel Moffett, lawyer and statesman of Indianapolis, Ind., was born Dec. 1, 1857, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Graduated at Danville, Ind., Normal College; studied law at Spencer, Ind., began the practice there; went to Lebanon in June, 1886, where he practiced law until elected governor. He has been state senator and secretary of state. He is now governor of Indiana, for the term of 1913-17.

Rambaud, George Gibier, born May 3, 1875, at Arthon (Indre), France; parents, Adrien and Louise (Gibier) Rambaud; married Jeanne Gerville-Reache, 1908; children: Paul Gibier and Georges Rene; educated in France; graduated June, 1899, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; license, New York State, June, 1899; Master of Science, France, 1892; Post-graduate, Paris, France, 1900; French decorations: Officier d'Academie and Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. Director of the New York Pasteur Institute, since 1900; member of the New York County and State Medical Society; American Medical Association; American Association for the Advancement of Science; French Benevolent Society; Alliance Francaise de New York; New York Athletic Club; author of several papers on "Tetanus and Rabies," including article on Rabies in Bryant's and Buck's American Practice of Surgery; inventor of improvement in dispensing vaccine lymph in 1904, now in general use; introduced new operation for serum treatment of tetanus (trephining) and performed the first one of its kind in this country in 1899; in collaboration with Dr. Frank Hartley, devised new method of tapping into lateral ventricles when in their normal condition, 1899. Regular: Office: New York Pasteur Institute, 361 West 23rd St., New York City; hours by appointment; tel. Chelsea 1117.

Ramsey, Willis H., banker, capitalist; born Alliance, Ohio, Jan. 28, 1861; son of John N. and Mary A. (Rockhill) Ramsey; educated Alliance City public schools and graduated from High School, 1879; married Alliance, Ohio, May 1, 1884, Maggie Morgan; two children: Margaret Henrietta, and one deceased. Entered employ First National Bank, Alliance, Ohio, Feb. 19, 1879; elected cashier, 1881, and cashier of its successor The Alliance Bank Co., till July, 1893, when resigned to become secretary and treasurer The Morgan Engineering Co., of which is now vicepresident, secretary and director. President and director City Savings Bank and Trust Co., Alliance Hardware Co.; sec., treas. and dir., Lexington Hotel Co.; director Ohio State Life Insurance Co., Colorado Anthracite Coal Co. Served as assistant city treasurer six years and as city treasurer one term; three terms member Board of Education; six years clerk and one year president of same; member Board of Water Works trustees until board

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abolished; member Board of Public Service two years. lican; Methodist. Trustee and treasurer of the Mt. Union College, Alliance, Ohio, and treasurer East Ohio Conference Educational Funds; director Stark County Agricultural Society. Clubs: Lakeside Country (Canton); Alliance Circle and Congress Lake Club. Address: Alliance.

Rand, Charles Frederic, mine owner, financier; born Canaan, Me., Aug. 17, 1856; son of Frank C. and Adeline (Smith) Rand; married, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 21, 1885, Mary Burnham; four children. Was financial officer of a railway corporation at Milwaukee and afterward engaged in mining iron ore in the Lake Superior region and in Cuba. Since 1893 prominently identified with the development of the Island of Cuba, particularly in the construction of railroads and development of iron mines. President, Spanish American Iron Co., Ponupo Manganese Co., Buena Vista Iron Co., Consolidated Coppermines Co.; vice-president Pleasant Land Co. Republican; Unitarian. Director American Institute of Mining Engineers; member Chamber of Commerce, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New England Society of New York, Ohio Society of New York. Clubs: Engineers, Down Town Association, Railroad, Automobile Club of America (New York); Essex County Country (Orange, N.J.); American, Havana Yacht, Country Club of Havana (Havana); Union, San Carlos (Santiago de Cuba); Milwaukee (Milwaukee); Union (Cleveland).

Rand, George F., banker; born Forest Home, N.Y.; son of Calvin G. and Almira (Long) Rand; educated in country schools. and Brockport State Normal School; married, Tonawanda, N.Y., Sept. 12, 1888, Vina S. Fisher; children: George F., Jr., Evelyn, Gretchen, Calvin G. Appointed assistant cashier of State Bank, Tonawanda, at age of 16 years; at age of 21 started a private bank in North Tonawanda, and became president of First National Bank at age of 24. Now president Marine National Bank of Buffalo, N.Y., and director in Marine National Bank of Buffalo, Central National Bank of Buffalo, Bankers Trust Company of Buffalo, First National Bank of Tonawanda, N.Y. Republican in politics. Member Christian church. Clubs: Buffalo, Ellicott, Country. Address: 1410 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, N.Y.

Rand, William, Jr., lawyer, 37 Wall St., New York City; residence, 124 East 37th St. Born in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 8, 1866. Educated at Exeter Academy, Harvard (1888), and Harvard Law School (1891). Married. Member of the firm of Jerome, Rand & Kresel. Member Harvard, Century and University Clubs, Down Town Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Randolph, Lingan Strother, of Blacksburg, Va. Mechanical engineering. Born, Martinsburg, W.Va., May 13, 1859. M.E., Stevens, 1883. Engineer of tests, Erie Ry., 1883-85; supt. motive power, Fla. Ry. and Northern Navigation Co., 1885-87; Cumberland and Pa. Ry., 1887-90; engineer of tests, Baltimore and Ohio. R.R., 1890-92; elec. engineer, Baltimore Elec. Refinery, 1892-93; prof. mech. eng., Va. Polytech., 1893-. Mech. Eng.; Civil Eng.;

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