1891-92, M.D., 1898, Austin fellow, 1900-02. House officer, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1898-99; asst. histol. Harvard Med. Sch., 1899-1900, bacter., 1902-03; asst. prof. med., Tulane, 1907-; prof. tropical med., Tulane Univ. Visiting physician, Charity Hosp., and senior visiting physician, Touro Infirmary, New Orleans; chief of clinic to chair of med., Tulane. M.A.A.; Assn. Path, and Bact.; Am. Med. Assn.; Mass. Med. Soc.; Boston Soc. Med. Sci.; La. State Med. Soc.; Orleans Parish Med. Soc.; New Orleans Med. Research Club. Internal medicine; blood in unciniariasis; etiology of cancer blastomyces.-Hanot's disease; Spirochaete pallida; cardiac and renal diseases. Splenic aneuria; Banti's disease; laboratory in the practice of medicine.

Weld, Stephen Minot, merchant and capitalist of 89 State St., Boston, Mass., was born Jan. 4, 1842, in Jamaica Plain, Mass. He is head of the firm of Stephen M. Weld and Company.

Welker, Dr. William Henry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Chemistry. Born in Red Hill, Pa., Aug. 20, 1879. A.C., Lehigh, 1904; Ph.D., Columbia, 1908. Instr. gen. chem. and physics, Lehigh, 1902-04; asst. biol. chem., Columbia, 1904-07; path. asst. obstet., 1906-07; demonstrator physiol. chem., Pennsylvania, 1907-10. Soc. Biol. Chem.; Fellow Amer. Assoc. Adv. Science; Harvey Society; Tau Beta Pi; Sigma Xi. Metabolism; analysis of urine; toxicology. Elimination of nitrogen from the various urinary constituents under varying conditions. Colloid. chemistry, pon protein compounds, apparatus, etc.

Welling, Richard, lawyer, of 2 Wall St., N.Y. City, was born, North Kingstown, R.I., Aug. 27, 1858; son of Charles Hunt and Katharine (Greene) Welling; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1880; N.Y. Univ. Pd.M., 1911; unmarried. Was an original mem. of the City Reform Club, 1882, and as such engaged in fight against election frauds (1882-92); Central Park Speedway (1892); Excise Comm'rs and mandamus of them; one of the organizers of the City Club, 1892; Good Gov't Clubs, 1893. Was sec. and treas. Commonwealth Club in Ballot Reform fight begun by it. In campaign of People's Municpal League, the Low, Jerome and Com. of One Hundred Campaigns, was chm'n Com. on Speakers and Meetings. Chm'n School Citizens' Com., 1909, now Self-Gov't Com. Was an original mem. First Naval Battalion of N.Y. and served as Ensign, U.S.N., on U.S. "Glacier" in Spanish War. Progressive. Treas. Tenement House Building Co., sec. N.Y. Symphony Soc., fellow Acad. of Polit. Science; sec. Am. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mem. Municipal Civil Service Comm'n, 1910-1913. Clubs: Century, City, Harvard, Nat. Arts (treasurer).

Wellington, George Louis, ex-senator and banker, of Cumberland, Md., where he was born Jan. 28, 1852; son of John Adam and Margaretha B. (Mayer) Wellington; self-educated; married, Cumberland, Md., Lina C. Lehr. Began to work at age of 12; six years later became clerk and teller in a bank, which position he held until 1882. Is president Citizens' National Bank, German Savings Bank, Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Wellington Glass Works, Potomac Glass Works, president of the Cumberland Elec

tric Railway Co. Served as treasurer Allegheny County, Md., 1882-88, 1890; delegate Republican national conventions of 1884, 1888; candidate for comptroller of Maryland, 1889; assistant treasurer of the United States at Baltimore, 1890-93; member fifty-fourth congress, 1895-97, from sixth Maryland district; United States senator, 1897-1903; supported William Jennings Bryan for the presidency in 1900.

Wells, Roger Clark, geologist and author, of Washington, D.C., was born on Oct. 24, 1877, in Peterboro, N.Y. He received the degrees of A.B. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Since 1908 he has been physical chemist in the United States Geological Survey. He is the author of The Analysis of Minerals and other monographs.

Wells, T. Tileston, lawyer; born Sept. 12, 1865; son of John and Grace (Tileston) Wells; educated largerly abroad, St. Mark's School, Southborough, Mass.; Columbia Coll., Harvard Coll., Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1888; Litt.D. from Rutgers Coll., 1912; is a Knight of the Legion of Honor, having been created such by the French Government in 1910; and is a Knight-Officer of the Royal Order of the Saviour, or Redeemer, as it is sometimes. called, created by the King of Greece in the early part of 1914. He is also president of the Five Points House of Industry. Married Georgina Betts; children: John, Georgina, Lawrence. Mem. law firm Lexow, Mackellar & Wells since 1892. Pres. Alliance Française of N.Y., Alliance Française of New Brunswick, N.J.; trustee Children's Aid Soc. of N.Y., Five Points House of Industry; treas. Federation of Alliance Française of U.S. and Can.; treas. advisory board of Cloyne School, Newport, R.I. Democrat; Episcopalian. Knight of Legion of Honor, France; mem. Delta Psi Fraternity. Clubs: Union, St. Anthony, City, Midday. Residence: (Summer) Sommariva, near New Brunswick, N.J.; (winter) 52 E. 75th St. Address: 43 Cedar St., N.Y. City.

Wendt, William F., resides in Buffalo; was born at Buffalo, July 2, 1858; was educated in the public schools; married Mary Gies of Buffalo, Nov. 8, 1882; bought an interest in the Buffalo Forge Co. in 1878, and has been at the head of the business since 1883. Also president and manager Buffalo Steam Pump Co.; Geo. L. Squire Mfg. Co., Canadian Buffalo Forge Co., W. F. Wendt Publishing Co.

Werline, Gideon T., banker and statesman of Escanaba, Mich., was born in 1851 in Pennsylvania. He has been representative in the Michigan state legislature, and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. He is president of the First State Bank of Powers, Mich.; president of the Delta Title Land and Loan Co.; president of the Delta Insurance Agency and a director of the Bank of Stephenson.

Werner, William E., jurist, was born April 19, 1855, in Buffalo. In 1879 was clerk of the municipal court, Rochester, N.Y.; 1880 admitted to the bar; 1884-1889, special county judge of Monroe County; 1889-1894, county judge of Monroe County. In 1895 elected justice of the Supreme Court, which position he held until

1900, when Governor Roosevelt appointed him to fill vacancy on the court of appeals of the State of New York; elected to the same position in 1904; term expiring Dec. 31, 1918.

West, Oswald, governor of the State of Oregon for the term of 1911-15; and resides in Salem, Ore.

West, Thomas D., chairman and managing director The West Steel Casting Co., Cleveland, O., converter and crucible steel castings. Born, Manchester, England, Aug. 31, 1851. Educated in common schools. Apprentice and journeyman founder, foreman, superintendent and manager of iron foundries, 1863-87; vice-president and manager, later vice-president and secretary, Thomas D. West Foundry Co., Sharpsville, Pa., 1887-1909; iron foundry expert and manager. M.A.A.; mechanical engineer; Soc. Testing Materials; Foundrymen's Association (pres., 190506); honorary member of American, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Foundrymen's Associations. Author: Foundry Practice; Moulders- Text-Book; Metallurgy of Cast Iron, etc.

West, Thomas H., Jr., banker; born, Mobile, Ala., Jan. 8, 1875; son of Thomas H. and Florence (Terry) West; educated in Wyman Institute, Upper Alton, Ill., Smith Academy, St. Louis, Mo., Yale University, Ph.B., 1896; married, Detroit, Mich., Oct. 21, 1898, Wilhelmina Crapo Cristy; four children. Secretary Broadway Savings and Trust Co.; vice-president St. Louis Union Trust Co.; member Hamilton Brown Shoe Co., La Prille Shoe Co. Baptist. Clubs: St. Louis Country, Noonday, Racquet. Residence: Clayton, St. Louis County. Office: Northwest corner Fourth and Locust Sts., St. Louis.

Wester, Sam R., teacher; born near Rutledge, Tenn., Feb. 25, 1874; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John H. and Nancy A. (McAnally) Wester; educated in public schools, Madison Academy, Rutledge; graduated from Columbus High School, Columbus, Ga., 1897; married Emma J. Morgan, Nov. 18, 1903; began life as a farmer, later clerked in a country store; was justice of the peace, 1902-06; coroner, 1900-02; county supt. of schools, Grainger Co., 1908; election commissioner, Grainger Co., 1907-12; expert accountant for same county, 1906-10; chairman Grainger County Board of Education, 1912-14; postmaster, Joppa, Tenn., 1895-97; present supervisor schools, Grainger County; present chairman County Democratic Executive Committee; Odd Fellow; Democrat and member Baptist Church.

Westervelt, Charles Earnfield, publisher, of Ithaca, N.Y., was born, Newburgh, N.Y., Jan. 7, 1870; son of William B. and Annie E. (Earnfield) Westervelt; educated, Newburgh (N.Y.) public and private schools; married, Marlboro, N.Y., Jan. 14, 1891, Cornelia Annette Carr; children: Cornelia Annie, Louise Ruth. Entered printing office in 1886 as printers' devil. Later published papers at Marlboro, N.Y., Sharon, Pa., Hornell, N.Y., and Ithaca, N.Y.; sec. Business Men's Assn. since 1908. Pres. and gen. mgr. Forest City Printing Co. Prominent in Methodist Church, also in Methodist Brotherhood. Mason, Odd Fellow.

Weston, Robert Spurr, 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Sanitary science. Born, Concord, N.H., Aug. 1, 1869. B.S., Amherst, 1891;

A.M. 1904; Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1894-95; Berlin, 1896. Assistant in state and municipal sanitary investigations of water supplies, 1895-99; consulting sanitary engineer, 1899; civil engineer; assistant professor public health engineering. Soc. Chem. Indust.; Chem. Soc. New Eng.; Water Works Assn.; Forestry Assn.; Public Health Assn.; Am. Water Works Assn.; Boston Bact. Club; Can. Soc. Civil Eng.; Boston Soc. Civil Eng. The character of water and sewage and methods for their purification. The disposal of factory wastes.

Wetmore, Judson Douglas, lawyer, of 5 Beekman St., N.Y. City, was born, Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 24, 1870; son of George Walter and Francis Jane (Howard) Wetmore; educated in public schools of Jacksonville Fla., to May, 1887; attended Atlanta Univ., Atlanta, Ga., one year, and read law in Univ. of Mich.; married, N.Y. City, Dec. 15, 1907, Jeanette Gross daughter Mortimer L. Gross; one daughter: Helen Mabel born Oct. 7, 1908. Admitted to bar at Jacksonville, Fla., June 4, 1898, and practiced law there until April, 1906, when moved to N.Y. City and opened present offices, engaging in practice of profession. Elected alderman, Jacksonville, Fla., 1901; re-elected 1903-1905; brought a test case against the "Jim Crow" street car law of Florida, 1905, and succeeded in having it declared unconstitutional; case reported in Southern Reporter as case of State of Florida vs. Andrew Pattison. As a result he became very unpopular and had life threatened several times, after which he moved to N.Y. City. Republican; Unitarian. Mem. N.Y. County Bar Assn.

Wexler, Solomon, banker, of New Orleans, La.; born, Natchez, Miss., Nov. 29, 1867 son of Philip and Barbara (Weis) Wexler; educated in St. George's Hall Natchez Institute, Natchez, Miss.; Geisowiches Institute, Frankfort, Germany; Institute Concordia, Zurich, Switzerland. Engaged formerly as a cotton merchant and banker; now as active vice-president Whitney Central National Bank and Whitney Central Trust and Savings Bank; president Southern Hardware and Woodstock Co. He is president of the board of school directors, parish of Orleans. Democrat. Hebrew. Clubs: Harmony, New Orleans Country.

Whaples, Meigs H., banker, of 777 Main St., Hartford, Conn., was born, New Britain, Conn., July 16, 1845; son of Curtis and Elizabeth Meigs (Lusk) Whaples; attended New Britain High School; married, New Haven, Conn., May, 1878, Harriet Atwater Hotchkiss; children: Heywood Hotchkiss, born March 30, 1879; Mary Atwater, born April 6, 1880. Pres. Conn. Trust & Safe Deposit Co.; v.-pres. Soc. for Savings; treas, and dir. Collins Co.; dir. Pickering Governor Co., Portland; Conn. Mutual Life Ins. Co., Hartford Fire Ins. Co.; trustee Scottish Union & Natl. Ins. Co., Liverpool, Eng., State Ins. Co. Chmn. Police Board, Hartford, twelve years; chmn. Finance Board, Hartford, three years; treas. and comr. Conn. River Bridge & Highway Dist. Comn., v.-pres. Common Council, 1888. Adj. 1st Regt. Conn., three years; sec. to Rear-Admiral Glisson and Rear-Admiral Boggs, U.S. European Fleet, U.S.N., 1869-72. Republican; Cong'l Presby'n. Dir. Hartford Hosp., Bd. of Trade. Recreations: Golf, shooting,

fishing. Clubs: Hartford Golf (ex-pres.), Farmington Country, Hatchetts Reef. Residence: 955 Asylum Ave.

Wheeler, Arthur Dana, lawyer and capitalist, of Chicago, Ill.; born in Kenosha, Wis., March 2, 1861; son of Jerome B. and Kate (Deming) Wheeler; graduated from Lake Forest University, A.B., 1881; Union College of Law, LL.B., 1884; honorary A.M. from Illinois College, 1903; married, Lake Forest, Ill., Dec. 23, 1886, Anna Holt; son, Gordon B.; daughter, Lillian C. Engaged in practice of law at Chicago since 1884; member firm of Williams & Thompson, 1886-88; of Williams, Holt & Wheeler, 1888-89, and now Holt, Wheeler & Sidley; president Chicago Telephone Co., 1907-08, and since 1908 chairman board of directors. Director Western Electric Co., Central Union Telephone Co. Trustee Presbyterian Hospital of Chicago. Clubs: University, Union League, Onwentsia, Chicago, Commercial, Press, Hamilton.

Wheeler, Claude Lamont, born Montreal, Can., 1864; parents, Thomas B. and Annie (Shaw) Wheeler; married Agnes Mitchell, 1896; children, Faith and Marjorie (deceased); educated high school, Montreal; Laval University, Quebec; graduate McGill University, Montreal, 1889; degree M.D., B.A., 1885; license New York, 1890; Vermont, 1900; post-graduate ed. N.Y. Polyclinic, 1890; N.Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1900 and 1902; Interne, N.Y. Polyclinic, 1890; member Hosp. Grad. Club, Brooklyn (hon. mem.); Editor New York Medical Journal. Residence: 418 East 16th St., Brooklyn; office: 66 West Broadway, N.Y.; Tel. Barclay 5562.

Wheeler, Manager Homer Jay, of Boston, Mass., 92 State St., Agr. Chem. and Agronomy, was born Bolton, Mass., Sept. 2, 1861. B.S., Mass. Col., 1883; Ph.D., Göttingen, 1889; Sc.D. Brown Univ., 1911; asst, chemist, Mass. Agr. Exp. Sta., 1883-87; chemist, R. I. Agr. Exp. Sta., 1889-97, agronomist, 1897-02; director, 190112; prof. geol., R. I. Col., 1890-1912; M.A.A.; Chem. Soc.; Ass. Agr. Chem. (pres., 1902); Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci.; Soc. Agron. (Pres. 1911); Am. Geog. Soc., Boston City Club, Mass. Agr. Club. "Manures and Fertilizers." Soils; manures, the occurrence of injurious acidity in upland soils; seaweeds; potato scab; etc.Crop rotations; grass manuring and composition of the crop; sodium salts and their functions in soils and plants; relations of lime and magnesia to plant growth.

Wheeler, Jerome Winthrop, banker; born, Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 15, 1863; son of J. B. Wheeler; educated in public schools of Kenosha, Wis. ; graduated from McMynn Academy, Racine, Wis., 1880; married, Aug. 24, 1886, Eva J. Hill. Employed in Bank of Kenosha, Wis., 1880-85; bookkeeper First National Bank, Crookston, Minn., 1885-92; cashier Scandinavian-American Bank, Crookston, 1892-95; cashier 1895-1905, and since then president of the First National Bank of Crookston. President First State Bank of Humboldt, Minn., First State Bank of Euclid, Minn.; president Capital Trust Co., St. Paul, Minn.; vice-president Capital National Bank, St. Paul. Minn.; director State Bank of Stephens, Minn.; president of Wheeler-Wisner Loan Co. Mason, Elk, Knight of Pythias, Modern Woodman. Address: Crookston,