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BARRYMORE, ETHEL
Actress; b. Philadelphia, Aug. 15, 1880; d. Maurice Barrymore, one of leading actors of his time, and Georgina (Drew) Barrymore, niece of John Drew, and g.d. Mr. and Mrs. John Drew, of Philadelphia, all people of mark on Am. stage; ed. Convent of Notre Dame, Philadelphia; m. Hyde Park, Mass., March 14, 1909, Russel G. Colt; children: Samuel, b. 1910; Ethel Barrymore, b. 1912; John Drew, b. 1913. First recorded experience on stage was at Empire Theatre, N. Y. City, 1895, appearing as "Katherine" in That Independent Young Person; became mem. Empire Theatre Stock Co., 1896, headed by her uncle, John Drew, and played in N. Y. and London, and in 1897 entered Sir Ilenry Irving's Co., remaining until 1900, when she returned to Charles Frohman mg'mt as a star, first in Captain Jinks of Horse Marines, and afterward in Cousin Kate; Sunday; "Nora," in lbsen's A Doll House; Alice-Sit-by- the Fire; Lady Frederick; Mid-Channel, etc. Address: Mamaroncek, N. Y.
BARTCHER, CHARLES A.
Lawyer; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, July 17. 1856; s. Arnold and Elizabeth (Falk) Bartcher; ed. Cincinnati public schs .; grad. law dept. Univ of Mich .; took post-grad. course in International and Roman civil law at Univ. of Berlin, Germany, 1881-1883; m. 1896, Marion S. Mac- Connell; one d., Ruth, b. 1898. Admitted to bar of Mich., Ohio and Ill .; advocated and petitioned various passenger ass'ns for the adoption of 2-cent interstate- interchangeable mileage books over railroads and instrumental in securing same; also persistent advo- cate of one cent letter postage Presented to recent Congress petitions from 40 States signed by leading commercial, banking and mfg interests, asking Con- gress to grant one-cent letter postage, and reform of second-class matter privilege. Address: 140
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BARTLETT, FRANK L.
Banker; b. Belfast, N. Y., 'Dec. 25, 1858; m. July 15, 1886, Fannie E. England. Engaged in banking, 1879; moved to Olean. 1880; became cashier of Exchange National Bank. 1885; has been pres. since 1895. Ad- dress: Olean, N. Y.
BARTLETT, JOHN P.
Lawyer; b. Canton, Conn., June 4, 1858: s. John N. and Ellen Root (Strong) Bartlett; grad. New Britain (Conn.) High Sch .; Yale Univ. (Sheffield Scientic Sch.), 1878; Yale Law Sch., 1SS1; m New Britain. Conn., Eleanor Pauline Fitch, of Lexington, Ky .; chil- dren: Margaret, b. 1889; Eleanor. b. 1891. Admitted to Conn. Bar, 1881; corp'n counsel New Britain, Conn. Practice for past 15 years confined to patents. trade- marks. copyrights; removed to New York, 1897; mem. firm of Bartlett, Brownell & Mitchell; mem, U. S. Su- preme Court Bar and sundry U. S. Circuit Conrts. Re- publican; Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .. N. E. Soc .. Empire State Soc., S. A. R .. A. A. A. S., Nat. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Univer- sity, Yale, llardware. Residence: 257 W. Soth St. Ad- dress: 41 Park Row, N. Y. City.
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BARTLETT, WILLARD
Jurist; b. Uxbridge, Mass., Oct. 14, 1846; s. William O. and Agnes F. H. (Willard) Bartlett; grad. Colum- bia Univ., A.13., 1869; N. Y. Univ., LL. B., 3. 1868; L.L.D., Hamilton Coll., 1894; N. Y. Univ., 1904; Columbia Univ., 1904; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1876, Mary Fairbanks Buffum. Engaged in practise of law with Hon. Ellhu Root, 1869-1883; elected, 1883, a justice of the Su- preme Court of the State of N. Y., and re-elected 1897; served in Appellate Division, N. Y. Supreme Court, 1897-1907; appt'd 1906 asso. justice N. Y. Court of Appeals, and elected Nov. 5, 1907, to full term in same office expiring Dec. 31, 1917; elected ehief judge Court of Appeals, Nov. 4, 1913. Prof. med. jurisprudence L. I. Coll. Hosp. since 1898. Democrat. Mem. Soc. Co- lonial Wars, Sons of Revolution. Clubs: University, Century Ass'n (N. Y. City); Brooklyn, Hamilton (Brooklyn). Residence: 21 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn. Official address: Albany, N. Y.
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BARTLEY, ELIAS HUDSON
Physician and chemist; b. Bartley, N. J., Dec. 6, 1849; s. Samuel Potter and Anna (Ewalt) Bartley; ed. Princeton (Ill.), High Sch., Cornell Univ., B.S., 1873; Long Island Coll. Hosp., M. D., 1879; honorary Ph.G., Brooklyn Coll. Pharmacy, 1896; m. Brooklyn, Nov. 5, 1888, Mary Frances Harloe; children: Samuel Potter, b. 1890; Mildred Titus, b. 1892. Instr. chemistry, Cor- nell Univ., 1874-1875; . prof. chemistry, Swarthmore Coll., 1875-1878; chief chemist, Dep't. of Health, Brook- lyn. 1882-1888; pres. B'd of Pharmacy of Kings Co., 1893-1898; dean and prof. organic chemistry, Brooklyn Coll. Pharmacy, 1832-1902; prof. chemistry and toxicology from 1886, prof. pediatrics from 1902, L. I. Coll. Hosp., Insp. State B'd of Health, 1885-1888; con- sulting ehemist, Dep't Health, Brooklyn, 1897-1898. Attending physician, Sheltering Arms Nursery; visit- ing pediatrist, L. I. Coll. Hosp .; consulting pediatrist. Samaritan Hosp., Methodist Episcopal Hosp. and Bush- wick and East Brooklyn Disp. and Hosp. Independent in politics; Presby'n. Prcs. Associated Physicians of L. I., 1906; Fellow A.A.A.S., N. Y. Acad. Med .; mem. Med. Soe. County of Kings, Am. Pharmaceutical Ass'n, Am. Chem. Soc. Author: Medical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (7 editions); Clinical Chemistry (3 editions). Club: University (Brooklyn). Address: 65 S. Portland Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BARTON, GEORGE DE FOREST
Retired; b. N. Y., March 23, 1841; s. William and Eliza Phillips (Whittemore) Barton; ed. private schs. of N. Y. City and South Williamstown, Mass .; m. Gar- rison-on-Hudson, Dec. 28, 1876, Anna Dudley Ward, d. late Col. Thomas William Ward, U. S. V. Appt'd paymaster, U. S. N., June 5. 1861, and served on U. S. S. Monticello, Sassacus, St. Louis, Supply, Swatara and Portsmouth. On Monticello was present at bombard- ment and capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, Hat- teras Inlet, N. C., Aug., 1861, first naval success in War of Rebellion; on Sassacus, was aide and signal officer to Commd'r Francis A. Roe, U. S. N., in cclo- brated encounter between Sassacus and Confederate ironclad Albemarle, Albemarle Sound, May, 1861, when Comind'r Roe hurled at top speed the light, wooden Sassacus on the ironclad Albemarle, dis- abling and driving latter back to her port, Plymouth, N. C., where she was afterward torpedoed and de- stroyed by Lieut. Cushing; was on Swatara in Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1866, and chased to Alexandria, Egypt, and captured there John H. Surratt, the friend of John Wilkes Booth and one of the Lincoln con- spirators, and brought him to Washington, Feb., 1867. Resigned from navy, 1871, to engage in real estate business, N. Y. City, with cousin, William Lawrence Whittemore. under firm name, Barton & Whittemore; was treas. Real Estate Exchange, 1893-1894, and pres., 1895-1896. Republican; Episcopalian. Companion and treas .- in-chief, Mil. Order of Loyal Legion; companion \ of Mil. Order Foreign Wars; v .- comd'r, Naval Order; mem. Sons of Revolution. Soc. of War of 1812; v .- pres. 19th Army Corps. Clubs: Army and Navy, Union League (N. Y. City). Address: 150 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BARTON, PHILIP PRICE
Electrical eng'r; b. Lock Haven, Pa., May 5, 1865: grad. Cornell Univ., Ph.B., 1886; M.S., 1888. V .- p. and gen. mg'r Niagara Falls Power Co., Niagara Junction R'y Co., Niagara Development Co .; gen. mg'r Canadian Niagara Power Co .; dir. Tonawanda Power Co., Subur- ban Power Co. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Egn'rs, A.A.A.S., Am. Electro-Chem. Soc., Psi Upsilon. Trustec Nlagara Falls Public Library, Niagara Falls Memorial Hosp. Clubs: Buffalo, Niagara, Engineers (N. Y. City). Ad- dress: Niagara Falls, N. Y.
BARTOW, NEVETT STEELE
Sec. Queen Ins. Co. of America; b. Astoria, L. I., N. Y., Sept. 5, 1868; ed. public and private sehs, Entered N. Y. City Dep't of Queen Ins. Co., of Liverpool. Eng., 1884, and has ever since been in service of that co., first in office work, later in surveying and as ass't sn'l ag't in N. E .; afterward sp'l agt of company In N. E .; sp'l ag't, 1892-1900, when appt'd to present office as sec. of co. Address: 84 William St., N. Y. City.
BARUCH, EMANUEL DE MARNAY
l'hysiclan; b. San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 22. 1870; s. Myron de M. and Elizabeth (Fourman) Barueh; grad. Columnbla Univ., M.D., 1889: Univ. of Tübingen, M.D., 1891; studied at Univs. of Munich, Berlin, Paris. Prof. (bacteriology and pathology Univ. of State of N. Y .; prof. bacteriology and therapeutics, Metropoli- tan Post-graduate Med. Sch .; consulting physician to Hosp. for Deformities and Joint Diseases, and to the Philanthropin Hosp. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., Acad. Pathoi. Science, Greater N. Y. Med. Ass'n, Manhattan Med. Soc., Med. Jurisprudence Soc .; mem. Internat. Tuber- culosis Congress at Paris and at Washington, D. C. Author of numerous medical essays and treatises; orator on numerous occasions of public importance. Unitarian. Mem. Columbia Univ. Alumni Ass'n; pres. German Scientific Club; a founder of German Uni- versities Alumni Ass'n; chm'n Liederkranz Soc., ete. Address: 57 E. 77th St., N. Y. City.
BASCH, CHARLES J.
Manufacturer, real estate operator; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 13, 1856; s. Jacob and Anna (Scheider) Basch; ed. public and private schs., N. Y. City: in. 1st, Nov. 10, 1885, Tillic Greenfield; 2d, August 7, 1907, Violet E. Sinsheimer; children: Elsa, Marguerite, Charles J. Jr., and Harriet. Pres. Prospect Realty Co., Roxbury Realty Co., Congar Construction Co .; v .- p. Nat. Ass'n of Wool Fibre Mf'rs: sec. and treas. The Basch & Greenfield Co. Dir. Hebrew Edn'l Soc., of Newark, N. J. Address: 15 W. 82d St., N. Y. City.
BASKERVILLE, CHARLES
Prof. chemistry, Coll. City of N. Y .; b. Noxubee Co., Miss., June 18, 1870; s. Charles and Augusta Louisa (Johnston) Baskerville; ed. Univ. of Miss., 1886-1887; Univ. of Va .. 1888-1890; Vanderbilt Univ., 1891; Univ. of Berlin, 1893; B.S. and Ph.D., Univ. of N. C .; m. Raleigh, N. C., April 24, 1895, Mary Boylan Snow; children: Charles, 5th, b. 1896; Elizabeth McCulloch. b. 1901. Instr. 1892-1894, ass't prof., 1895-1900; prof. chemistry and dir. chem. laboratory, 1900-1904, Univ. of N. C .; since 1904 prof. chemistry, Coll. City of N. Y. Mcm. Am. Chem. Soc. (mem. council), Am. Elec- trochem, Soc, Soe. Chem. Industry, Deutsche Chemi- sche Gesellschaft; fellow London Chem. Soc., A.A.A.S. (v .- p. Section. C, 1902-1903); N. Y., Washington and N. C. Acad. Sciences, Franklin Inst. (Philadelphia). Investigator, especially in inorganic chemistry; dis- coverer of the chemical clements carolinium and berzelium; researches in radium and other radio-ac- tive substances; investigations on oil shales and chemistry of anesthetics. Author: School Chemistry and Key to Same, 1898; Radium and Its Application in Medicine; General Inorganic Chemistry. 1909; Laboratory Exercises, 1909; Progressive Problems in Chemistry: Qualitative Analysis; Municipal Chemls- try. Contb'r to technical and edu'l publications. In- dependent Democrat; Episcopalian. Mcm. Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Kane Lodge. Mem. Southern Soc .. N. C. Soc., Virginians, Verein Alter Deutsche Studenten, Verein Deutsche Chemiker, etc. Recreations: Athletics. fishing, golf, hunting. Clubs: Century, Graduates, Chemists, City College, Church, Engincers. Address: College City of New York, N. Y. City.
BASSETT, CHARLES FRANKLIN
Merchant; b. Lee. Mass., Oct. 9, 1862: s. Ansel and Elizabeth (Johnson) Bassett; ed. Lee Iligh Sch .; m. June 14, 1893, Carolyn Beardsley Hulbert: children: IIIulbert Dymoke, b. Oct. 17, 1894; Elizabeth Hulbert, h. May 3, 1903. Entered employ of H. C. Hulbert & Co., Sept. 1879; admitted to firm Jan. 1, 1890; formed firm of Bassett & Sntphin. 1900. taking over business of H. C. Hulbert & Co. and M. Plummer & Co .; bought out firm of B. & O. Myers, and took over business, Feb., 1910. V .- p. and chim'n Finance Com., East River Savings Inst'n: dir. and mem. Exec. and Finance Coms .. Celluloid Co .; dir. Importers & Traders Nat. Bank. U. S. Life Ins. Co., Trustee Franklin Trust Co Republican: Episcopalian. Life mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, N. E. Soc. in N. Y. Clubs: Hamilton, Drug & Chemical, Baltusrol Golf. Residence: 49 Prospect Park w., Brooklyn. Address: 54-60 Lafayette St., N. Y. City.
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BASSETT, EDWARD MURRAY
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1863; s. Charles R. and Elvira R (Rogers) Bassett; ed. Hamilton Coll., A.M., 1880-1882; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1884; Co- lumbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1886; m. Bath, N. Y., May 14, 1890, Annie R. Preston; five children. Engaged In practice of law since 1886; now mem. firm Bassett, Thompson & Gilpatric. Mem. Brooklyn B'd of Ed'n, 1899-1901; Flatbush Local Sch. B'd, 1901-1902; mem. House of Representatives from 5th N. Y. Dist., 1903- 1905; mem. Public Service Comm'n, First Dist., 1907- 1911; chm'n Heights of Buildings Comm'n since 1913. Residence: 1716 Newkirk Av., Brooklyn. Address: 277 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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BASSETT, GEORGE BARCLAY
Civil and hydraulic eng'r; b. Ballston, N. Y., June 17, 1861; s. Charles Ralph and Elvira (Rogers) Bas- sett; ed. public schs. of Brooklyn and Watertown, N. Y .; Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale); m. Palmyra, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1890, Anna Kingman; children: Charles Kingman, b. 1891; Robert Sturtevant, b. 1894. Ass't city eng'r's office, Watertown, N. Y .; ass't eng'r in de- sign and construction of water works at Canandaigua, Cortland, and Fulton, N. Y .; Cornwall and Bellville, Ont., and elsewhere; chief eng'r in design and con- struction of water works at Albion, Bath, Brockport, Holley, Palmyra and Clyde, N. Y., and elsewhere; since 1892 engaged in manufacture of water meters, Buffalo, N. Y., as pres. and gen. mg'r, Buffalo Meter Co. Re- publican; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Soc. of C. E., Am. Water Works Ass'n, N. E. Water Works Ass'n. Club: Ellicott. Address: 691 W. Ferry St., Buffalo, N. Y.
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BATCHELLER, GEORGE CLINTON
Merchant, mf'r; b. Grafton, Mass .; s. Moses Leland and Sarah Ann (Phillips) Batcheller; ancestors settled in New Eng., 1635; ed. Grafton Grammar Sch., Barre Acad., hon. LL.D., William & Mary Coll., 1907; m. 1st, Dec. 26, 1859, Sarah Adaline Cummings (deceased) ; 2nd, Boston, Mass., Sept. 17, 1913, Truene Ruth Geddes. Mem. firm Nicholls & Batcheller, mf'rs, 1857-1865; or- ganized firm Langdon, Batcheller & Co., now George C. Batcheller & Co., with factories at Bridgeport, Conn., and Newark, N. J. Pres. Crown Corset Co., Conn., Clasp Co .; v .- p. and dir -Galen Hall Co., Atlantic City, N. J., Galen Mountain Co., Wernersville, Pa .; dir. Reg- istration & Transfer Co., West End Properties Ass'n. Has large library containing first editions, and val- uable art collections including portraits of George and Martha Washington, painted by Sharpless, at Mt. Ver- non, 1796; mem. Hudson-Fulton Comm'n, 1909. Author of Batchelder Genealogy, 1898. Officer St. Andrew's M. E. Ch. Mem. M. E. Soc. (dir.), Founders & Patriots of America, (gov.) S. A. R., N. Y. Hist. Soc., Chamber of Commerce, Washington Continental Guards. Clubs:
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BATCHELLER, HILAND GARFIELD
Born Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1885; s. Hiland Gar- field and Josephine Mary (Clements) Batcheller; step- son of late Dr. Jas. E. King, Ph.D., of Fort Edward, N. Y .; attended Glens Falls Acad., Glens Falls, N. Y .; grad. Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., Ph.B .; m. Albany, N. Y., April 5, 1913, Jessie JJackson. Representative Carnegie Steel Co. at Albany; Ill. Steel Co., Tennessee Coal, Iron & R. R. Co. Republican. Mem. Albany Soc. of Civil Eng'rs, Psi Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: Fort Orange, Albany Country. Residence: 183 Lancaster St. Address: 467 Broadway, Albany, N. Y.
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BATES, BLANCHE
Actress; b. Portland, Ore., 1873; d. F. M. Bates; ed. public schs. of San Francisco, Calif .; m. George Creel, Nov. 28, 1912. Made debut in San Francisco, 1894; starred as "Mrs. Hilary" in The Senator, 1895, and afterward in other parts; played in Shakespearean drama in Augus- tin Daly's Company, 1898; since then a star as "Cigar- ette" in Under Two Flags, "Princess Yo-San" in The Darling of the Gods, in The Girl of the Golden West, and in The Fighting Hope, Nobody's Widow, and The Witness for the Defense. Address: Care Charles Froh- man, Empire Theatre, N. Y. City.
BATES, CHARLES AUSTIN
Writer on business and finance; b. Indianapolis, Ind., April 18, 1866; s. Charles A. H. and Margaret Holmes (Ernsperger) Bates; ed. public schools of Indianapolis; m. Chicago, Sept. 11, 1890, Belle Brandenburg; children; Margaret, b. Sept. 18, 1891; Bennet, b. March 12, 1900. Pres. Fidelity Bond and Mortgage Co., N. Y. City; v .- p. Colorado-Yule Marble Co., Marole City, Col .; Crystal River and San Juan Railway. Independent in politics. Clubs: Columbia Yacht. N. Y. Athletic. Summer resi- dence: Camp Cabates (Fourth Lake), Old Forge, N. Y. Address: 107 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
BATES, DAVID HOMER, JR.
Lawyer; b. Philadelphia, Feb. 9, 1869; s. David Homer and Sallie Jane (Kenney) Bates; ed. Charlier Inst., Chapin's Prep. Seh., Berkeley, 1854; Columbia Coll. (Law Dep't), LL. B., 1889; m. Eleanor Loring Lord. Ad- mitted to Bar, State of N. Y., June, 1891; since then practising in N. Y. City. Mem. law firm Morrell, Bates & Topping. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Ohio Soc. of N. Y., Amateur Comedy Club, Zeta Psi fraternity. Resi- dence: The Chatsworth, Riverside Drive & 72nd St. Address: 27 Cedar St .. N. Y. City.
BATES, JOHN GRENVILLE
Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 20, 1880; s. Alfred W. and Cephise C. (Towar) Bates; grad. Blake Sch., N. Y. City, 1899; completed three years of work at Columbia Univ. with class of 1903; m. N. Y. City, April 23, 1904, Anita T. Boulton; children: John Grenville, Jr., b. Dec. 22, 1905; William Boulton, l'eb. 10, 1910; Towar Boulton, Oct. 20, 1912. Entered broker- age office in fall of 1903; on Jan. 1, 1904, became ass't cashier for W. B. Franklin & Co., and Dec. 1, 1904. purchased seat on N. Y. Stock Exchange, becoming b'd mem. of that firm Jan. 1, 1905. Republican; Episco- palian. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Delta Phi. Recrea- tions: Outdoor sports, including golf, tennis, boating, riding and driving; extremely fond of dogs, owning a very valuable kennel of Irish terriers. Clubs: Co- lumbia, Rockaway Hunting, Morris County Golf. Ad- dress: Convent, N. J.
BATES, JOHN S.
Wholesale drugs; b. Monroe, Mich .; s. Alfred G. and Ann Elizabeth (Elliott) Bates; brother of late Maj .- Gen. A. E. Bates, former paymaster-gen. U. S. A .; both father's and mother's families came from England to America in 17th century; ed. high sch., Monroe, Mich .; m. Montreal, Can., 1880, Ada Clare; children: Adele MI., . Walter C., Alfred Elliott. Engaged since 1872 in wholesale drug and mfg business; now gen. mg'r Davis & Lawrence Co. Republican. Club: League (N. Y.). Address: Bronxville, N. Y. Union
BATES, LINDELL THEODORE
Lawyer; b. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 13, 1890; s. Lindon Wallace and Josephine (White) Bates; ed. Laurence- ville Sch., Yale Univ., Ph.B. (with sp'l honors in lan- guages; editor-in-chief Yale Scientific Monthly), N. Y. Law Soh., LL.M., N. Y. Univ., LL.B., J.D .; Columbla Univ., Univ. of Paris, The Temple. Engaged in Prac- tice since graduation, making specialty of Internat. British and French law; attended Madrid Conf. of In- ternat. Lawyers, 1913; in Pekin during Allied occupa- tion at time of Boxer War. Travelled, for purpose or securing mining information, through Kirghiz Steppes, northeast of Khiva, to headwaters of Trtysh and Obi Rivers, and through the Ural and Altai Mountains. Independent. Mem. N. Y. Bar Ass'n, Hon. Soc. of Mid- dle Temple, Berzelius Soc., Phi Delta Phi fraternity, S. A. R., Internat. Law Ass'n, Citizens' Union; sec. and treas. Class of 1910, Yale Univ. Recreations: Riding, swimming. Clubs: Yale, Colony (New Haven), N. Y. Turn Verein. Residence: 784 Fifth Av. Address: Care Guaranty Trust Co., .33 Lombard St., London, and 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BATES, LINDON, JR.
Engineer; b. Portland, Ore., July 17, 1883; s. Lindon Wallace and Josephine (White) Bates; ed. Harrow School, England, receiving several prizes for scholar- ship; Yale Univ. Scientific Dep't, Ph.B., 1902, additional year in post-graduate engineering. Traveled on ex- ploring and hunting expd'n in 1900 to islands north of Hudson Bay; Panama, in 1904; made midwinter sledge journey in 1908 in Siberia and Mongolia. Eng'ring work on Galveston Grade Raising Works, and N. Y. Barge Canal; advisory eng'r for Western Eng'ring Corp'n, Gen. Com. on Water Supply, 1909, appt'd by Mayor Mcclellan to report upon $25,000,000 water tun- nel for Manhattan; v .- p. Bates Eng'ring Co. Republi- can, stumping northern N. Y. State 1904; inem. Repub- lican Club, State Affairs Com., Chin'n District Com. on Meetings and Speakers of the 29th Assembly Dist .. 1907; County Comm., 1908; elected to Legislature fron 29th Assembly Dist., for 1909; introduced measure for Comm'n on Unemployment, subsequently consolidated with the Wainwright Employers' Liability Comm'n: re-elected for 1010, introduced Constitutional Amend- ment to reform condemnation abuses and Civil Service Reform measures. Supported Governor Hughes in the fight for Direct Nominations and investigation of cor- rupt practices. Author: (with Charles A. Moore, Jr.) The Political Horoscope, 1904; The Loss of Water in New York's Distribution System, 1909; The Rus- sian Road to China, 1910. llas written extensively on technical and economic subjects. Trustee Fifth Av. Presby'n Ch. Mem, Western Soc. Eng'rs, Societe Belge
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BATES, LINDON WALLACE
Director; b. Marshfield, Vt., Nov. 19, 1858; s. William Wallace and Mary (Cole) Bates; prep. cd'n, Chicago High Sch .; grad, from eng'ring course, Yale Univ., 1879; m. Chicago, 1881, Josephine White; children: Lin- don, Jr., b. 1883; Lindell T., b. 1890. Went West, 1878, with surveying party on Northern Pacific R'y; later ass't cng'r Northern Pacific and Oregon Pacific R. R's; later contractor, eng'r and ing'r on various works on Pacific Coast; specialized in dredging contracts and de- . signed improvements in hydraulic dredges, with which has executed many great eng'ring enterprises. Built great dredge Beta for U. S. Gov't, large hydraulic dredges for Russian Gov't, sea-going dredges Hercules, Samson, and Archer for Queens.and, Australia, and the Lindon Bates for Calcutta. Prepared reports and projects for improvement of port of Antwerp, 1896- 1902; executed tests for enlargement of Suez Canal; comm'd by Russian Gov't for improvement of ports and channels of Black Sea and Sea of Azov, the rivers Dnieper, Volga and Bug, and the Canal Marie; also by Queensland Gov't on harbor work at Brisbane, and similar work at Adelaide, S. Australia, and other Aus- tralian ports, and by the port comm'rs of Calcutta on the River Hugli; also one of eng'rs on internat. scheme for improvement of port of Shanghai, China; now con- tracting eng'r in the work of raising the grade of Gal- veston City and Island an average of 71/2 feet. Sub- mitted to U. S. Gov't, March 9, 1905, plan for the con- struction of the Panama Canal, of which several salient features appear in the plan finally adopted. Awarded Grand Prix and decoration by French Gov't, 1900, for "distinguished services to science." Mem. Western Soc. Eng'rs, Chicago; life asso. Inst'n Civ. Eng'rs of Great Britain, and of British Inst. Naval Architeets; mem. Ingénieurs Civils of France and Bel- gium. Clubs: Union League, Yale, Republican, Law- yers, Holland Soc. (N. Y. City), Automobile, of France; Whitehall, Primrose (London). Address: 784 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
y BATES, WILLIAM GRAVES
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, July 14, 1860; s. Levi Miles and Martha Arnold (Tucker) Bates; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1880; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1882; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 3, 1899, Amy Rowan Scott; one son, Robert Chapman, b. 1901. Practising law, N. Y. City, since 1882. Capt. and ass't adj .- gen., U. S. V., May-Oct., 1898; saw service in Philippines, and was present at sur- render of Manila, P. I. Appt'd col .. 71st Reg't, N. G., N. Y., Nov. 22, 1899; brevet brig .- gen., N. G., N. Y., Aug. 14, 1903. Trustee 1st Cong'l Ch., Bay Shore, N. Y. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Mil. Order Foreign Wars, Soc. War 1812, Columbia Univ., Alumni Ass'n. Club: Union League, Residence: Bay Shore, L. I. Ad- dress: 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
BATTEN, GEORGE
Advertising; b. Gloucester Co., N. J., June 19, 1854; s. Thomas Gaskill and Emeline (Zane) Batten; ed. The Misses Butlers' Private School, Swedesboro, N J .; m. 1st, Camden, N. J., Dec. 17, 1879, Carrie H. Morgan (died Dec. 31, 1884) ; children: Rollin M., Joseph; m. 2d, Haddonfield, N. J., Jan. 27, 1887, Lillie I. Shivers, d. Dr. B. H. Shivers; children: Isabella, Emeline, George, Jr. Pres. George Batten Co .; mem. Co. C, 1st Reg't, N. G., . Pa., enlisted 1877, discharged 1880; served in Pitts- burgh riots. Episcopalian; trustee Trinity Episcopal Church, Mt. Pocono, Pa. Recreation: Hunting. Clubs: National Arts, Sphinx, Montclair, Montclair Athletic, Montclair Gun Ass'n of N. J. Sportsmen for the Pro- tection of Game (pres.), N. J. Audubon Soc. (pres.), Colonial Soc. of Pa. Contrb'r to sportsmen's journals. Residence: Montclair, N. J. Address: 381 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
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