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In 1884 he was chosen a representative in the New Hampshire State Legislature, which he resigned a year later to accept the position of postmaster.

Worcester, Harry A., general manager Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Office: Cincinnati, O. Born Nov. 18, 1862, at Albany, N.Y. Graduate Yale University. Entered railway service Dec. 22, 1885, as assistant stationmaster New York Central & Hudson River Rd. at the Grand Central Station in New York City; entered service Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. Aug. 4, 1891, as clerk at Buffalo, N.Y., and was assistant trainmaster Franklin division from Aug. 4, 1892, to Feb., 1893; Feb., 1893, to June 1, 1896, superintendent Lansing division at Hillsdale, Mich.; June 1, 1896, to Nov. 1, 1902, superintendent Detroit division same road; Nov. 1, 1902, to Feb. 1, 1905, superintendent Eastern division same road; Feb. 1, 1905, to April 20, 1905, superintendent Western division same road; April 20 to Nov., 1905, assistant general superintendent Michigan Central Rd.; Nov., 1905, to Feb. 1, 1906, general superintendent same road 'at Detroit; Feb. 1 to Oct. 1, 1906, general superintendent Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry.; Oct. 1, 1906, to date, assistant general manager Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry.; July 10, 1913, general manager same road.

Works, John Downey, United States senator from California, was born in Ohio County, Ind., March 29, 1847. He served in the army of the Civil War, serving 18 months and until the close of the war; he served one term as a member of the legislature of Indiana in 1879; was judge of the superior court of San Diego County, Cal., and a justice of the supreme court of that state; was for a short time, in 1910, a member of the city council of Los Angeles, Cal., and its president. He was elected United States senator for California by the legislature of that state on the first ballot.

Works, Lewis Reed, lawyer; born, Vevay, Ind., Dec. 28, 1869; son John Downey (U.S. senator) and Alice (Banta) Works. Educated in public schools, Vevay, Ind., San Diego and San Francisco, Cal.; graduate San Diego Commercial College, 1888. Married Harriet Wilson, Aug. 28, 1903. Moved to California, 1883. Member California legislature, 1899-1901, lower house; assistant city attorney, Jan., 1907, to Jan., 1909; member Los Angeles Charter Revision Committee, 1910-11; president Los Angeles Board of Public Utilities, 1911; member of Board of Freeholders which framed commission form charter for city of Los Angeles, 1912, but charter rejected by people of city; member of Board of Freeholders which framed charter for county of Los Angeles, 1912; adopted by people of county and now in force; one of the judges of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 1913. Member California Naval Militia (Naval Reserve), 3 years (charter member first company organized in California). Member American Geographic Society, American Archaeological Society, Academy of Political and Social Science, Municipal League, Chamber of Commerce, College Equal Suffrage Association (non-member); National Municipal League, B.P.O.E. (past exalted ruler of San

Diego Lodge, No. 168). Clubs: City, Commonwealth, Severance, Gamut. Progressive. Residence: 842 S. Kingsley Drive; address: Court House, Los Angeles, Cal.

Worthington, B. A., president and general manager Chicago & Alton Rd. Office: Chicago, Ill. Born Nov. 20, 1861, at Sacramento, Cal. Educated in the public schools at Sacramento. Entered railway service July 1, 1874, as telegraph messenger Central Pacific Rd. at Sacramento, Cal., since which he has been consecutively to 1877, telegraph operator same road; 1877 to 1882, commercial operator Western Union Telegraph Co.; 1882 to 1888, chief clerk and secretary to general master mechanic Southern Pacific Co. at Sacramento; 1888 to July, 1895, chief clerk and secretary to vice-president and general manager same company at San Francisco; July, 1895, to 1898, chief clerk and secretary to assistant to president same company; 1898 to July, 1901, in charge of tonnage rating of locomotives same company; July to Oct., 1901, superintendent Tucson division at Tucson, Ariz.; Oct., 1901, to Aug. 20, 1903, superintendent Coast division same company at San Francisco; Aug. 20, 1903, to April 1, 1904, assistant to general manager same company at San Francisco; April 1, 1904, to Feb. 9, 1905, assistant director of maintenance and operation Harriman lines (Southern Pacific and Union Pacific systems) at Chicago; Feb. 9 to June 1, 1905, vice-president and general manager Oregon Rd. & Navigation Co.; June 1, 1905, to June 8, 1908, first vice-president Wheeling & Lake Erie Rd., Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Ry. and West Side Belt Rd., comprising the Wabash lines east of Toledo, O.; Sept. 25, 1905, to June 8, 1908, also general manager same lines; June 8, 1908, to June 20, 1912, receiver Wheeling & Lake Erie Rd.; July 1, 1912, to Feb. 2, 1914, president and general manager, Chicago & Alton Rd.

Wrenne, Thomas William, lawyer and banker, of 1110 Rokeby Place, Nashville, Tenn., was born Dec. 1, 1851, in Rockbridge County, Va. He has been president of the Nashville Title Co., and president of the Mount Vernon Railway Co. and is now president of the banking house of Thomas W. Wrenne and Co. In 1907-11 he was a member of the military staff of Governor Malcolm R. Patterson, with the rank of colonel. In 1907 he was a member of the international executive committee of the AngloAmerican Exposition; was first chairman of the Nashville humane commission, and has held numerous other positions of trust and honor.

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Wright, Charles Fred, banker and manufacturer; born at Forest Lake, Susquehanna County, Pa., May 3, 1856; son of Chester Wright and Julia A. (Nickerson) Wright. He was eductaed in Montrose Acedamy, at Montrose, Pa. He became cashier of the First National Bank of Susquehanna Depot, Pa., and later became identified with manufacturing interests. He is a Republican in politics and was a delegate to the National Republican Conventions at St. Louis in 1896, also at Chicago in 1900 and 1904. He was elected in 1898 to the fifty-sixth congress and re-elected in 1900 and 1902 to the fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth

congresses; also treasurer of Pennsylvania May, 1910, to May, 1913. He married Minnie M. Miller, and has two children: Florence, born in 1886, and Miller, born in 1891. Address: Susquehanna, Pa.

Wright, Merle St. Croix, clergyman, of 490 Riverside Drive, N.Y. City, was born, Boston, Mass., 1859; son of Edwin and Helen M. (Curtis) Wright; educated in Harvard Univ., A.B., 1881; A.M., 1884; S.T.B., 1887; D.D., St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, N.Y., 1909; married, N.Y. City, 1895, Louise Wilson; one daughter: Elizabeth, born 1896. Minister for 27 years in present and only church, Lenox Ave. and 121st St., N.Y. City. Lecturer. Independent in politics. Unitarian.

Wright, Thomas, retired merchant and capitalist, of St. Louis, Mo.; born, New York City, Jan. 27, 1841; son of Robert and Martha Wright; educated in New York public schools; married, New York City, March 3, 1869, Emilie Garrigue; children: Waldemar R., Guy H., Ralph Garrigue, Charlotte (deceased), Roy H. (deceased). Established in cigar business in St. Louis in March, 1866, conducting it under firm name of T. Wright & Co., until 1896, when he retired, the business continuing as T. Wright & Co. Cigar Co. (incorporated), under direction of his brother, John H. Wright, and his son, W. R. Wright. Many years director and since March 19, 1911, vice-president of the Third National Bank of St. Louis; is also president Chemical Building Co., New Imperial Building Co., Montary Realty and Building Co., Thomas Wright Investment Co. In Union Army in Civil War, enlisting May, 1861, as private in New York regiment, serving in the Army of the Potomac until mustered out in November, 1865, as major and brevet lieutenant-colonel, U.S.V. Member Business Men's League; also member Grand Army of Republic, Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Mason. Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis, Business Men's League.

Wulfekuhler, Otto Henry, banker; born, Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 3, 1865; son of H. W. and Louise (Wulfekuhler); educated in public and high schools of Leavenworth, Kan.; married, Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 3, 1889, Marie T. Pickarts; one daughter. President Wulfekuhler State Bank. Congregationalist. Member American Bankers Association, Kansas State Bankers Association. Member Masons, Elks, Eagles, United Commercial Travelers, and Eastern Star. Residence: 507 North Esplanade. Office: 5th and Delaware Sts., Leavenworth, Kan.

Wyatt, M. O., banker; born, Missouri, Dec. 28, 1857; son of J. N. B. and Sarah Ann (Williams) Wyatt. Educated in public schools; Hesperian College, Woodland, Cal., one year. Married Lulu M. Shalford, June 21, 1885. Practiced dentistry twentytwo years. President First National Bank of Winters; president Savings Bank of Winters; president The Bank of Esparto, Esparto, Cal.; president Yolo County Farm Bureau. Member Executive Committee of Unit Number One of the California Bankers Association. Member Masons, W.O.W. Address: Winters, Cal.

Wyer, Raymond, art director, organizer, lecturer; born, London, England, 1874; son of late Capt. Raymond Goldney von

Wyer of the Austrian army, who settled in England. Educated in London, Brussels, Academies Delecluse and Colorossi, Paris. Married Faith, daughter late Commander William Heniker Heaton, R.N., of Plas Heaton, North Wales, grandson of the third Baron Henniker. Came to America 1907. Director Hackley Art Gallery, Muskegon, Mich., U.S.A. Appointed 1912. Formed permanent collection of the Hackley Gallery of Fine Arts, as well as many private collections. Organized exhibition of contemporary European and American artists, 1912, and contemporary American artists, 1913, visiting Michigan cities. Assisted in organizing the Michigan State Federation of Art, 1912. Judge of the Fine Arts Department of the Royal Canadian Industrial Exhibition, 1914. Member: Artists' Society and Langham Club, London, Cliff Dwellers Club, Chicago, Archaeological Institute of America, American Association of Museums, chairman of the Exhibition Committee of the Michigan State Federation of Art. Editor of "Aesthetics." Author of "The Artist's Conception of Art," "Modern Etchers and Their Works," "An Art Museum, Its Concept and Conduct," "Art and Discrimination." Contributor to various magazines. Lectures much on art and sociology. Address: Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.A., or Langham or Artists' Society, London.

Wyman, Henry H., C.S.P., born March 6, 1849, in Westminster, Mass.; educated in public schools and Brown University, Providence, R.I., graduating in 1871; entered Paulist novitiate Jan. 8, 1872; professed Sept. 7, 1875; ordained priest March 8, 1876. Local superior in San Francisco, Cal., for eleven years. Elected chaplain of California state senate, Jan. 4, 1909. Author of "Certainty in Religion" (Columbus Press, New York, 1905). Contributor to the Catholic World, American Ecclesiastical Review, and the Ave Maria. Received into the Catholic Church, June, 1871, in Providence, R.I.; a convert from the Congregational Church. Address: 660 California St., San Francisco, Cal.

Yates, David Gilbert, physician (eye and ear specialist), of 149 W. 81st St., N.Y. City, was born in N.J., 1870; grad. N.Y. Univ. Med Dept., M.D., 1898; married Blanche B., daughter Rev. Canon Evans of Montreal, Can. Ear and throat surgeon, Children's Hosp., Randall's Island; asst. surgeon of N.Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Yencer, Martin Washington, state representative of Indiana, associate medical director Iroquois Life Insurance Company, was born Dec. 27, 1871, near Lancaster, Ohio. He was educated at the common schools of Fairfield County, Ohio, the Baltimore High School, attended the old Fairfield County Academy of Pleasantville, Ohio, and the Crawfus Institute of Lancaster, Ohio. Taught in the common schools of Fairfield County, Ohio, for two years, at the age of 19. In 1893, at the age of 21, began the study of medicine and surgery at the Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, and in 1894 at the medical department of the National Normal University of Lebanon, Ohio, and graduated from the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons of Indianapolis, Ind., 1897. Began the practice of his profession in

Boston, Ind., succeeding Dr. Wm. Evans; remained there for ten years. In 1902 he was elected to the house of representatives in the Indiana state legislature, and re-elected again in 1904 by the largest majority ever given to a Republican candidate from Wayne County. In 1908 he was a candidate for United States representative in congress from the sixth Indiana district. He was a number of times a delegate to the Republican state conventions. He is a member of the Wayne County Medical, the Indiana Medical and the American Medical Associations. Dr. Yencer is a member of the Masonic order, the Elks and the Sons of Veterans. In politics he is a Republican, and resides in Richmond, Ind. Dr. Yencer, Feb. 22, 1911, married Miss Jeannette May Hill, a graduate of the Waltham Training School for Nurses. Miss Hill's father's ancestors were relatives of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.

Yocum, A. H., signal engineer Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Office, Philadelphia, Pa. Born Oct. 30, 1864. Graduated from Dickinson College 1888. Entered service of Hall Signal Co. 1889 as foreman. Entered railway service Feb. 1, 1895, since which he has been consecutively to Aug. 14, 1899, signal foreman Philadelphia & Reading Ry.; Aug. 14, 1899, to July 1, 1900, general signal foreman; July 1, 1900, to date, signal engineer same road.

Young, Andrew G., traffic manager American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. Office, Pittsburgh, Pa. Born Dec. 29, 1861, at Peoria, Ill. He was educated in high school at Peoria, Ill. Entered railway service 1879 as checkman and clerk in local freight office Toledo, Peoria & Western Rd., since which he has been consecutively, Oct., 1880, to May, 1882, bill clerk and cashier Empire Line at Peoria, Ill.; May, 1882, to July, 1883, claim clerk Lake Erie & Western Ry.; July, 1883, to Sept., 1890, chief clerk in general freight department same road; Sept., 1890, to Jan., 1899, assistant general freight agent Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville Rd.; June 1, 1896, to Jan., 1899, also assistant general freight agent Lake Erie & Western Rd.; Jan., 1899, to date, traffic manager American Tin Plate Co., now the American Sheet & Tin Plate Co.

Young, Frank Wilson, architect; born, Los Angeles, Cal. Educated in California schools. Member of firm of R. B. Young & Son, architects. Member Native Sons of the Golden West, Southern California Chapter American Institute of Architects, B.P.O. Elks. Clubs: Jonathan, Los Angeles Athletic, Los Angeles Country. Residence: 1001 South Hoover St. Office: 700 Lankersheim Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.

Young, Milton K., lawyer; born Litchfield, Ill., April 7, 1868; son of Matthew and Mary Ann (Levin) Young. Educated in public schools of Sedalia, Mo.; graduated from Central Bus. College, Sedalia, 1885. Moved to California, 1886. Studied law in San Francisco Law Library. Married Melissa E. Squires, Aug. 10, 1893. Delegate to democratic national convention, 1908, 1912; served as member of democratic national committee, 1912. Member San Gabriel Country Club and Los Angeles Athletic Club. Chairman Democratic Central Committee, 1903-04. Mem

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