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between Cloak, Suit and Skirt Mf'rs and Int. Ladies' Garment Workers' Union; trustee Am. Coli. for Girls, Constantinople, Turkey; mem. exec. com. N. Y. Peace Soc., Am. Ass'n of Labor Legislation, Japan Soc. of N. Y., Friends of Russian Freedom; mem. Am, Peace Soc., Woman's Trade Union League Soc. Internat. Conciliation. Author: . Undistinguished Americans, 1906; "Commercialism" Journalism, 1910. Clubs: Cen- tury, Authors, X. Address: Care The Independent, 119 W. 40th St., N. Y. City.
1 HOLT, HENRY
Author, publisher; b. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 3, 1840; s. Dan and Ann Eve (Siebold) Holt; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1862; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1864; LL.D., Univ. Vt., 1901; m. 1st, June 11, 1863, Mary Florence West (died March 7, 1879) ; 2d, Dec. 2, 1886, Florence Taber; children: Roland, Winifred, Edlth, Henry, Jr., Eliot, Sylvia. Pres. publishing corp'n Henry Holt & Co .; was first chm'n N. Y. Univ. Settlement Soc .; first chm'n Univ. Club Library; trustee Am. Geog. Soc .; 1891-1910, fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Polit. Science Ass'n, Am. Economic Aşs'n, Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. Bot. Ass'n, Municipal Art Soc., Scientific Alliance, Am. Museum of Natural History, Fine Arts Soc., Sons of Revolution. Author: Calmire-Man and Nature, 1892 (6th edition, 1906); Talks on Civics, 1901 (3d edition On the Civic Relations, 1907); Sturmsee-Man and Man, 1905 (3d edition, 1906), and sundry review articles. Recreations: Music, landscape gardening. Clubs: Authors (presiding officer, 1908-1912), Century, University, Yale, City. Address: 34 W. 33d St., N. Y. City.
1 HOLT, HENRY CHANDLER
Banker; b Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1881; s. Hon. George C. and Mary L. (Bowen) Holt; prepared for Coll. at /Woodstock Acad., and Phillips, Andover; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1903. Ass't sec. Central Trust Co. of N. Y. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and' Skull & Bones at Yale; Mason. Treas. N. Y. Women's League for Animals. Club: Yale. Resi- dence: 40 Central Park S. Address: Central Trust Co. of N. Y., Madison 'Av. and 42nd St., N. Y.
HOLT, LUTHER EMMETT
Physician; b Webster, N. Y., March 4, 1855; S. Horace and Sabrah (Cur.ice) Holt; ed. Collegiate Inst., Marion, N. Y., Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1875, A.M., 1878, LL.D., 1901; Sc. D., Columbia, 1904, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, 1880; m. N. Y. City, April 29, 1886, Linda F. Mairs; children: Evelyn, Horace, Cal- vert, Emmett. Prof. diseases of children, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City; attending physician to Babies' Hosp. since 1890, to N. Y. Foundling Hosp. since 1899. Mem. Am. Pediatric Soc. (pres. 1898); mem. Ass'n Am. Physicians. N. Y. Acad. Medicinc, hon. mem. Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkude, Germany. Author:
Care and Feeding of Children, 1st ed. 1894, 6th ed. 1912; Diseases of Infancy and Childhood, 1st ed. 1896, 6th ed. 1911, and of many papers in current med. literature re- lating to diseases of children. Mem.' Advisory B'd N. Y. Health Dep't .; dir. and sec. Rockefeller Inst. Med. Research. Recreations: Golf, horseback riding. Clubs: University, Clty, St. Andrews, Riding, Automobile, N. Y. City. Residence (summer) : Panther Point Camp, Upper Saranac, Adirondack Mountains. Address: 14 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.
HOLT, ROLAND
Publisher; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 18, 1867; s. Henry and Mary Florence (West) Holt; ed. at various New York schools, chiefly the Berkeley Sch., Yale, A.B. (honor in English), 1890. At Yale, was one of editors of Cour- ant, and for a time dramatic critic New Haven Pal- ladlum. In 1890 joined the Henry Holt Co., and on its incorporation, 1903, became v .- p. Author: The Oper- atle Situation-Theatre, July, 1902; a Symphony for Everyone (Tschaikowsky's Pathetic Musician), Jan., 1904; The Measure of a Song (Bookman, July, 1909) ; A Child Until He Die (Yale Courant, July, 1910). Traveled in Europe summers of 1896 and 1901 and 1910. Pres. Citizens' Unlon Club, 29th Assembly DIst., 1898. Cleveland Democrat; an incorporator of The Century Opera Co., dir. N. Y. Center of the Drama League of America (1913). Mem. Municipal Art Soc., Sons of Revolution, Civil Service Reform Ass'n. Rec- reations: Reading, tennis, theatre, opcra, orchestral N. Y. City.
concerts. Clubs: Clty, Yale. Address: 34 W. 33d St., , HOMER, FRANCIS THEODORE
HOLT, WINIFRED
Sculptor; b. N. Y. City; d. Henry (publisher) and Mary Florence (West) Holt; ed. private schs., finish- ing at Brearly Sch., N. Y. City; studied art in Flor- ence, Italy, and elsewhere in Europe and America. Principal works in sculpture have been portralts and bas reliefs, including those of Misses Helen Keller and Mary Sinclair, and Hon. Carl Schurz. Has ex-
hlblted at Architectural League and Nat. Sculpture Soc., N. Y. City, and at Berlin and Florence, in Eu- rope. Founder and scc. N. Y. Ass'n for the Blind, Inc .; founded, 1905, London Ticket Bureau for the Blind; founded, 1906, Buffalo Ass'n for the Blind. In 1908 went as delegate from N. Y. to Internat. Conv. of Workers for Blind at Manchester, Eng., speaking on Prevention of Blindness, and The Housing of Blind. Was mainly instrumental in securing openings In 1912 and 1913 for the Emma L. Hardy Memorlal Home at Cornwall-on-Iludson, and in N. Y. City. The Bourne Workshop and The New Lighthouse (headquarters formally opened by President Taft), for N. Y. Ass'n for Blind. Author: Short Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster General of England (for children), 1911. Address: 44 E. 78th St., N. Y. Clty.
HOLTER, EDWIN OLAF
Lawyer; b. Helena, Mont., 1871; s. A. M. Holter; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1890; grad. Yale Univ., A. B., 1894; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1897; m. Albany, N. Y., 1903, Sarah P. Sage. 'Mem. law firm Holter, Ingalls & Guthrie. Republican. Served In Spanish-American War as lieut. U. S. Vols .; aide on staff of Gen. Adel- bert Ames; served two years as State comm'r prisons; and was mem. of Parole B'd and Com. on New Pen- sions. Clubs: Metropolitan, University, Racquet, Re- publican, Yale, Midday, Knollwood. Residence: 105 E. 73d St. Address: 60 Broadway, N. Y. City.
HOLTZMANN, JACOB L.
Lawyer; b. Rohatyn, Austria, March 10, 1885; 8. Henry and Theresa (Borenfeld) Holtzmann; ed. Brooklyn public schs., Brooklyn Boys' High Sch., and N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1905; unmarrled. Law partner of Hon. Charles B. Law, former mem. Congress; delegate to Rep. Nat. Conv., held at Chicago, 1912; was one of first delegates to advocate the nomina- tion of Theodore Roosevelt; took leading part in organizing Nat. Progressive Party in N. Y., and one of ten Incorporators of that party; delegate to first Progressive Party conv., sec. of State com .; chm'n Law Com. of N. Y. State Com., counsel for party In many of its legal proceedings during 1912 campaign. Was candidate for Congress in 10th Dist. (Brooklyn), N. Y., on Progressive ticket and was beaten In close fight by Herman A. Metz, running 400 votes ahead of Roosevelt. Mem. Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum, Independent Order Brith Abraham, Brooklyn League, Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, N. Y. Lawyers' Ass'n and many (ivle, social and charitable org'ns. Address; 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
HOLTZOFF, LAZARUS S.
Custom house broker; b. in Russia, May 20, 1863; grad. St. Petersburg Univ. with honors, 1887; m. St. Petersburg, Aug., 1883, Mary Holtzoff; children: Alexander, Zoe, Anna. Russian jurist, practised law in St. Petersburg 1887 to 1895; moved to New York as representative of the Russian Transportation Co .; now head of firm of L. S. Holtzoff & Co. Democrat. Author: "Contemporary America," published in New York In the Russian language in 1907; also occa- sional contributor to Russian periodicals. Club: Press. Residence: 160 W. 127th St., New York. Address: 19 Broadway, N. Y. City.
HOLZWARTH, FRANKLIN JAMES
Educator; b. Lafargeviiie, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1865; s. Andrew and Fredericka ( Fritz) Holzwarth; ed. Syra- cuse (N. Y.) High Sch., 1880-1882; Northwestern Coll., 1882-1884; grad. Syracuse Univ., A.B., 1887; post-grad. course at same, 1887-1890, A.M., 1888, and Ph.D., 1890; studied abroad at Jena, Leipzig and Heidelberg Univ., 1900-1901; m. Lockport, N. Y., Mar. 19, 1889, Anna Emilie Stumpf; children: Raymond C., b. 1890, Irene M., b. 1894, Franklin Karl, b. 1897. Instr. German, Syracuse Univ., 1891-1893; prof. German language and literature, 1893-1900; prof. Germanles since 1900. In 1900-1901, traveled through Belglum, Holland, Ger- many and Switzerland; has published several books on Germany and German literature. Sch. comm'r
since 1909. Republican; Methodist. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n of America, Phi Beta Kappa Nat. Coll. fraternity, Am. Philol. Ass'n, Athletic Governing B'd of Syracuse Univ., Intoracadeinle Athietic Ass'n of N. Y. State (pres.). Recreations; Baseball, golf, tennis. Address: 911 Walnut Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
Banker; b. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 6, 1872; s. Charles C. and Fannle M. (Ilolthaus) Homer; ed. Zion Sch., Baltimore; grad. Loyola Coll., Baltimore, A.B., 1892; A.M., 1894; 'Md. Univ. Law Dept., UL.B., 1891; m. Baltl- more. Clubs: Baltimore Country, Lawyers' (N. Y.). Jane Palfrey, 'b. Aug. 21, 1903. Practiced law in Baltimore, 1894-1912; became mem. firm of Bertron, Grlscom & Co., July 1, 1912. Independent in politics. Mem. Baltimore City Bar Ass'n, State of Mid. Bar
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Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, dir, Children's Hosp. Sch., Balti- more. Clubs: Baltimore Country, Lawyers' (N. Y.). Residence: 830 Park Av. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
HONAN, WILLIAM FRANCIS
Physician and surgeon; b. Maysville, Ky., 1866; s. Anthony and Anna (Bryan) Honan; grad. N. Y. Homc. Coll. and Hosp., 1889. House surgcon Brook- lyn Home. Hosp., 1889-1891; demonstrator of anat- omy, N. Y. Homc. Coll. and Hosp., Dep't Public Charities, Blackwell's Island; visiting surgeon Hahnemann Hosp .; prot. surgery N. Y. Coll. and Hosp. for Women. Since graduation, in 1889, has been iden- tified with several charitable institutions in capacity of surgeon, and with colleges in capacity of lecturer. Mem. Am. Inst. Homeopathy, State Home. Med. Soc., Country Home. Med. Soc., Acad. Pathological Sciences, Clinical Club; editor Journal of Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. Recreations: Surf bathing, golf, horseback riding. Clubs: West Side Republican, Aero. Address: 15 .W. 73d St., N. Y. City.
HONE, JOHN
Stock broker; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 14, 1844; s. John Hone and Jane Perry; d. Comm. Matthew Calbraith Perry, U. S. N., 1st ambassador of U. S. to Japan, 1853; ed. N. Y. City; A.B., Columbia Univ .; m. 1st, Morristown, N. J., Nov. 17, 1869, Mary Crane; 2d, N. Y. City, 1880, Maria Cadwalader; children by 1st mar- riage: John, Jr., b. Aug. 10, 1870; Frederick de P., b, Oct. 20, 1872; Augustus C., b. June 17, 1874; by 2d marriage, Hester Gouverneur, b. July 10, 1882. Was for several terms gov. N. Y. Stock Exchange; twico v .- p. of same; several terms dir. North Am. Trust Co. (now Trust Co. of America); served 3 terms on Dem. State Com. of N. J .. from 1879; delegatc-at-large from N. J. at Nat. Dem. Conv., 1892; was mem. 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y., 1862-1864; mem. George Washington Post, G.A.R., Sons of the Revolution, Soc. of the War of 1812 (vice-commandant). Clubs: Metropolitan, Man- hattan (pres.). Address: 5 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
- HOOKER, ELON HUNTINGTON
Civil eng'r; b. Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1869; s. Horace B. and Susan Pamela (Huntington) Hooker; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1891, A.M., 1894, Cor- nell Univ., C.E., 1894, Ph.D., 1896 (Sigma Xl; Fuertes gold medal, European fellowship, 2 years); student Zürich Polytechnic, Switzerland, 1895, Ecole des Ponts et chausees, Paris, 1896; m. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 25, 1901, Blanche Ferry; children: Barbara Ferry, b. 1902; Adelaide Ferry, b. 1903; Helen Huntington, b. 1905; Blanche Ferry, b. 1909. Ass't eng'r and drafts- man at intermittent periods, 188S-1896; contractors' eng'r and dredge captain, 1895-1898; mem. Privato Comm'n Nicaragua and Panama Canal projects, 1898; resident eng'r Cornell Univ. hydraulic laboratory, canal, water works, sewers, etc., 1899; deputy sup't public works, State of N. Y., under Gov. Roosevelt's administration, 1899-1900, and Gov. Odell's adminis- tration, 1901; resigned 1901 to become interested In mining timber and railroads in Southwest; resigned 1903 to accept present position as pres. The Develop- ment and Funding Co., building and operating cn- gineering and industrial enterprises. Pres. Hooker Electrochemical Co .; ehm'n Finance Com. and Nat. Treas. The Progressive Party. Author: Storago Capacity In Lakes and Reservoirs, 1894; Some Reler- ences on River Hydraulics, 1895; The Suspension of Solids in Flowing Water, 1896. Progressive; Bap- tist. Mem. Cornell Ass'n of Civil Eng'rs, Sigma Xi Soc., Nat. Municipal League. Clubs: Century, Uni- versity, Alpha Delta Phi, Cornell, Greenwich Field, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
HOOKER, JAMES FISK
Manufacturer; b. N. Y. Clty, May 1, 1873; s. Col. G. W. Hooker, U. S. A., and Mary Grace Fisk Hooker; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., Yale Univ., A.B., Columbla Law Sch., N. Y. Law Sch .; m. Brattleboro, Vt., Dec. 30, 1902, Maud Essex, of London, England; children: Abby Fuller, Katherine Essex, George White, Mary Grace, James Fisk, Jr. Ass't dist. att'y N. Y. City, 1897. Traveled in Egypt, Europe and Labrador. Pres. Mohawk Clothing Co., Inc., and Shaugh-me-ta-da Hotel Co. Republican delegate to Nat. Conv., 1904, Roosevelt Notification Com. and sec. Delegate to Saratoga Conv., 1912. Progressive Republican candi- date for Mayor of Schenectady, 1911. Republican nominee for comptroller City of Schenectady, 1913 (endorsed by_Dem. party). Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Bar Ass'n, Schenectady Hist. Soc .; asso. Mem. G. A. R., Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Mason, Odd
Fellow. Trustee City Missions, Schenectady. Re-
creations: Walking, tennis, motoring, swimming. Clubs: Yale (N. Y.), Mohawk (Schenectady). Ad- dress: Schenectady, N. Y.
HOOKER, SAMUEL PERCY
Born Black Earth, Dane Co., Wis., Dec. 5, 1860; s. Dr. S. L. and Ellen A. (Kelly) Hooker; ed. Le Roy Academic Inst., Phillips Exeter Acad .; grad. 1879; m. Le Roy, N. Y., April 19; 1882, Lillian Whalln; one d .: Marjorie S., b. Mar. 11, 1889. In business with uncle, S. C. Wells, at Le Roy, until 1893; connected with Hiram Sibley, of Rochester, and O. F. Woodward, of Le Roy, as mg'r of several mining ventures In Arizona. Mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1902-1905 (annually re-elected) for Genesee County; was one of most prominent candidates for speaker of Assembly of 1906, but at request of governor withdrew in favor of James W. Wadsworth, Jr., who was clected; was chm'n Railroad . Com. and mem. Rules Com. in As- sembly, 1906, and one of leaders in reorganized As- sembly of that year; elected State senator in new 44th Senatorial Dist., Nov., 1906. Appt'd Jan. 6, 1909, State Highway Comm'r for term of 6 years. Dir. Bank of Le Roy, Le Roy Nat. Bank. Republican. Mem. Oatka Hose Co. of Le Roy, N. Y. Mason and K. T. Clubs: City (N. Y. City), Batavia ( Batavia). Residence: Le Roy, Genesee County, N. Y.
HOOKER, THOMAS
Banker; b. Macon, Ga., Sept. 3, 1849; S. Richard and Aurelia (Dwight) Hooker; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1869; m. Springfield, Mass., June 30, 1874, Sarah Augusta Bowles; children: Richard, b. 1878; Thomas, Jr., b. 1882. Entered banking business 1895, as dir. First Nat. Bank, New Haven, became v .- p. 1902, pres. since 1909. Was pres. New Haven Trust Co., 1903- 1909. V .- p. Union & New Haven Trust Co .; trustee Nat. Savings Bank, dir. Nat. Pipe Bending Co. Mem. B'd of Ed'n, New Haven, Conn., 1894-1904. Congre-
gationalist. Dir. Gen. Hospital Soc. of Conn., pres. and dir. New Haven Dispensary. Recreation: Golf, Clubs: Graduates, Quinnipiack, New Haven County, New Haven Lawn. Residence: 51 Hillhouse Av.,
New Haven, Conn. Address: First Nat. Bank, New Haven, Conn.
HOOKER, WARREN BREWSTER
Lawyer, jurist; b. Perrysburg, Cattaraugus Co., N. . Y., Nov. 24, 1856; s. John and Philema ( Waterman) Hooker; ed. Forestville (N. Y.) Free Acad., Hamilton Coll., LL.D., 1899; m. Fredonia, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1884, Itta Elizabeth Abbey; children: Sherman Abbey, b. 1887; Florence Elizabeth, b. 1890. Engaged in prac- tice of law at Fredonia, N. Y., until 1898. Elected to Congress from 34th Congressional Dist. of N. Y. in 1890, and four times re-elected; resigned from Con- gress, Nov., 1898, and appt'd judge of the Supreme Court, and elected to same bench for a term of 14 years in 1899; designated by governor, asso. judge Appellate Division, 2d Dep't, State of N. Y., Dec., 1902, and served in that court until Jan. 1, 1909, when returned to trial work in Sth Judicial Dist., term expiring Dec. 31, 1913. Address: Fredonia, N. Y.
HOOLE, CELIA DAME
Born Falmouth, Me., Oct. 9, 1846; d. Rev. Charles and Nancy Jenness (Page) Dame; grad. Mount Holy- oke Sem., S. Hadley, Mass., 1869; m. Exeter, N. H. Aug. 21, 1871, William Henry Hoole; one son, Lester Page Hoole, M.D., b. 1873. Congregationalist. Mem. Soc. Daughters of Revolution; dir. Home for Aged Men, Mt. Holyoke Aluminae Ass'n of N. Y .; mem. Brooklyn Soc. ot N. E. Women. Clubs:
Colonia (cx-pres.), College Women (on governing b'd), Ex- Presidenti (sec.). Address: 77a Monroe St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
HOOPER, FRANKLIN W.
Dir. Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences; b. Wal- pole, N. 11., Feb. 11, 1851; s. William and Elvira (Pulsifer) Ilooper; ed. in dist. schools of Walpole, N. H., Antioch Coll. Prep. Sch., Ohio, 1867-1871; entered sophomore class, Harvard, 1872, A.B., Harvard, 1875, honorary A.M., 1897; m. Augusta, Ga., May 23, 1876, Martha S. Holden; children: Rebecca Lane, b. 1878; William Sylvester, b. 1880 (died 1881) ; Franklin Dana, b. 1884. Served on scientific expd'n to Florida Keys for Smithsonian Inst'n. 1875-1876; principal High Sch., Keene, N. H., 1876-1880; prof. chemistry and geology Adelphi Coll., N. Y. City, 1880-1SS9; dir. since 1889 Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences: trustee since 1887; lecturer on geological subjects. Trustee Brook- lyn Art Ass'n since 1590, Brooklyn Public Library 1895-1903, Antioch Coll. since 1898 (pres. b'd 1902- 1906). Mem. B'd Ed'n, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1892-1893; Brooklyn Young Republican Club, 1881-1884; Brook- lyn League, 1881-1892 (chm'n Council of League, 1886- 1892); dir. and treas. New England Soc., Brooklyn,
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1892-1910; trustee N. Y. State Sch. of Agr. on L. I. since 1912, Adelphi Coll. since 1913. Pres. Old Rock- ingham Meeting House Ass'n since 1906. Editor In- stitute Bulletin since 1908. Delivered 150th anni- versary address of founding of town of Walpole, 1903. Independent; Unitarian. Fellow A.A.A.S .; pres. Am. Bison Soc .; mem. Am. Com. on Lecturers on the History of Religions, Am. Oriental Soc., Nat. Goog. Soc., Am. Forestry Ass'n, Am. Museums Ass'n., Nat. Art Federation. Recreation: Farming on Hampshire Farm, Walpole, N. H. Clubs: Hamilton, University, Montauk, Harvard, Union. Address: Brooklyn Insti- tute of Arts and Sciences, Academy of Music Bld'g, Brooklyn, N. Y.
HOOPER, SAMUEL HOOPER
Banker; b. Paris, France; s. Nathaniel and Emma L. (Bird) Hooper; ed. private schs., Boston, Mass. Part- ner in firm Bartiett Bros. & Co. Republican; Episco- palian. Clubs: Tennis and Racquet of Boston (pres.), Somerset, Racquet and Tennis (N. Y.). Residence: 925 Boylston St. Address: 60 State St., Boston, Mass.
HOOPER, WILLIAM BERRIAN
Clergyman; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1848; s. Will- iam Woart and Elizabeth (Berrian) Hooper; de- scendant from Hooper family of Marblehead, Mass., g .- g .- grandfather having bech "King" Hooper, famous merchant prince of that place; also descendant of Govs. Winthrop and Dudley, of Mass .; of Gen. Dayton, comd'r N. J. troops in Revolution; on maternal side, g.s. Rev. William Berrian, asso. rector and rector for 53 years of Trinity Ch., N. Y. City; ed. Trinity Sch., N. Y. City; Columbia Univ., Gen. Theoi. Sem., N. Y. City, A.B., M.A .; m. "Tamerton Place," East Chester, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1876, Lida J. Allerton; children: Lida, Elizabeth, Rachel (died Nov. 12, 1886), William Ber- rian (died Oct. 4, 1889). Successively rector Ch. of the Good Shepherd, Milford, Pa .; Trinity Ch., Mount Vernon, N. Y .; Church of Our Merciful Saviour, Phiia- delphia; St. Michael Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y .; for several years connected with Trinity Parish, N. Y. City. Mem. Alumni Ass'n Columhia Univ., Alumni Ass'n the Gen. Theol. Sem., Phi Beta Kappa. Address: Ch. of the Prince of Peace, Gettysburg, Pa.
HOOPES, MAURICE
Mechanical and elec. eng'r; b. West Chester, Pa., Oct. 16, 1870; s. Thomas and Amanda (Russell) Hoopes; ed. private schs. and Cornell Univ .; m. Glens Falis, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1901, Mary E. Pruyn; children: Samuel Pruyn, b. 1903; Mary Pruyn, b. 1905. Sup't Edison Electric Illuminating Co., and of West Chester Street Railway Co., West Chester, l'a., 1890-1891; elec. eng'r Lynn & Boston R. R., 1892-1898; gen. mg'r Al- bany & Hudson R'y & Power Co., 1899-1900; eng'r J. G. White & Co., N. Y. City, 1901-1903; v .- p. Finch Pruyn & Co., Inc. (mf'rs lumber and paper), Glens Falls, N. Y., 1904-1908, pres. since 1909. Republican. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Address: Glens Falls, N. Y.
HOOVER, FRANCIS T.
Clergyman, writer; b. Wernersville, Pa., Dec. 21, 1841; s. John Keating and Catharine (Trout) Hoover; ed. Ursinus Coli., 1860-1863; Gettysburg Theol. Sem., 1863-1864; Pennsylvania Coll., B.A., 1866, M.A., 1869; m. Reading, Pa., May 10, 1864, Jane A., d. John and Jane (Madison) Hedley; children: Matthew H., b. 1865; Mary E., b. 1871; Catharine T., now Mrs. Frank H. Harkness, Cleveland, O., b. 1872; Jane E., b. 1875; Charles F., b. 1876; M. Luther, b. 1878; Ruth A., now Mrs. Thomas C. Whitmore, Lockport, N. Y., b. 1882; Anna J., now Mrs. Wilfred J. Shaw, b. 1884. Ordained to ministry 1865, with continuous ministerial work until 1901, and from 1902 until June 30, 1910. Prin- cipal Frederick (Pa.), Inst., 1866-1867. Author: Ene- mies in the Rear (a Story of Our Civil War), 1895; Not in His Steps, or The Ministerial Dead Line of 50 Years (story of the young minister fad); also news- paper articles. Independent Republican. Mem. Soc. for Advancement of Art, Philadelphia: Xi Rho Delta Soc., Niagara Lodge, F. and A. M., 375, Lockport, N. Y .; Leechburg Lodge 651, I. O. O. F., Leechburg, Pa. Address: 69 Harvey Av., Lockport, N. Y.
HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK
Mining eng'r; b. West Branch, Iowa, 1874; s. Jesse Theodore and Hulda (Minthorn) Hoover; ed. public schs., Iowa and Oregon; Stanford Univ., Calif., B.A., 1895, Dep't of Mining Eng'ring; m. 1899, Lou, d. Charles D. Henry, Monterey, Calif. Ass't Ark. Geol. Survey, 1893; U. S. Geol. Survey on geological work in Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1895; ass't mg'r Carlisle Mines, New Mexico, and Morning Star Mincs, Calif., 1896; in West Australia as chief mining staff Bewick. Moreing Co., 1897; mg'r Hannan's Brownhill Mine, Sons of Gwalla and East Murchison Mines, 1898; chief
eng'r of Chinese Imperial Bureau of Mines, doing ex- tensive exploration in interior of China, 1899. Bureau ended by Boxer disturbanees, Mr. Hoover and staff being among those besieged at Tientsin and taking part in defense of settlement; representative of bond- holders in construction Ching Wang Tow Harbor, and Oriental Syndicate, in China, 1900; gen. mg'r Chinese Eng'ring & Mining Co., operating coal mines, steam- ship lines, canais, railways, etc., 1001: partner Bewick, Morcing & Co., mine operators, London, op- erating 40 to 50 mines in Australia, China, Africa, New Zealand, Burma, etc., 1902-1908; since 1908 mn'g dir. or dir. Chinese Eng'ring & Mining Co., Ltd .; Zinc Corp'n, Ltd .; Burma Mines, Ltd .; Kyshtim Corp'n, Ltd .; Intercontinental Trust Co., Ltd .: Lake View & Oroya Exploration Co., Ltd .; Granville Mining Co., Ltd .; Gen. Petroleum Co., Russo-Asiatic Corp'n, Ltd., etc. Mem. Am. Inst. M. E., Mining & Metallurgical Soc. of America, Soc. Ing. Civils de France, Soc. Beige des Ingenieurs, A. I. Civil Eng'rs, Nat. Geog. Soc .; fellow Royal Geog. Soc. Trustee Leiand Stanford Univ. Has published various papers in proceedings scientific institutes and in technical journais. Joint author: Economics of Mining, Principles of Mining. Translation from Latin of 16th Century of Agrocola's De Re Metallica, Clubs: City, Lawyers (New York), Albemarle, Devonshire, Automobile, Ranelagh, Hur- lingham (London), Pacific Union, Bohemian, Bur- lingame (San Francisco). Residences: Red House, llornton St., London; 1901 Pacific Av., San Francisco. Addresses: 1 London Wall Bld'gs, London, E. C .; 71 Broadway, N. Y. City, and Mills Bld'g, San Fran- cisco, Calif.
HOOVER, MATTHEW H.
Chief of Publication, Conservation Dep't; b. Read- ing, Pa., Feb. 25, 1865; s. Rev. Francis T. and Jane (Hedley) Hoover; grad. Phillipsburg (N. J.) High Sch., 1883; Williams Coll., A.B., 1888; in. Lockport, N. Y., 1893, Helen M. Edic; children: Grace Edie, William Francis. Taught sch., Rensselaer County, one year; engaged in newspaper work as reporter for Pittsburgh Post; representative for Post in Pattison's Gubernatorial campaign tour of 1890. Started the Niagara Spray, and, 1891, the Daily Lockport Sun; upon consolidation of Sun with Lockport Union, 1895, became in'g editor Daily Union-Sun: resigned 1912. Was one of organizers of Niagara Frontier Pure Water Conf., and is sec. of org'n. Dir. N. Y. State Fish, Game & Forest League; several years on press com. of Lake Mohonk Conf. on Internat. Arbitration. Mem. Audubon Soc., Am. Game Protective and Propa- gation Ass'n; v .- p. Western N. Y. Sportsmen's Ass'n; mem. N. Y. State Democratic Editorial Ass'n, N. Y. Associated Dailles. Mason; Odd Fellow. Clubs:
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