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DAVIS, MORGAN
Stock broker; b. Staten Island, N. Y., Mar. 26, 1875; s. James Morgan and Mary D. (Hazard) Davis; ed. Phillips Andover Acad. and Yale Univ., Ph.B., 1890. Engaged in stock brokerage business from graduation. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Mem. Delta Psi fra- ternity. Clubs: Racquet, University, St. Anthony, Luncheon, Yale. Address: Howard Av., Grymes Hill, S. I., N. Y.
DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING
Novelist, war correspondent, playwright; b. Phila- delphia, 1864; s. late L. Clarke Davis (editor Phila- delphla Public Ledger) and Rebecca (Harding) Davis, well known novelist; ed. Lehigh and Johns Hopkins Univs .; m. first. Marion, Mass., May 4, 1899, Cecil, d. John Marshall Clark, of Chicago; 2d, July 8, 1912, Bes- sie McCoy. On Jeavlig college became reporter on Philadelphia Record, 1887; later on Philadelphia Press, until 1889, part of time in England as cor- respondent London Times, Græco-Turkish War, N. 1889-1890, and magazines; ibecame m'g editor llarper's Weekly, 1800; resigned, 1892, in order to travel; present at coronation of Czar Nicholas II., 1896, re- porting spectacle for Harper's Magazine. War cor- respondent London Times, Græco-Turkish War, N. Y. Herald in Spanish-Am. War and South African War; for Colller's Weekly with Gen. Oku in Manchu- ria during Russo Japanese War, Cuban Rebellion, revolution of Matos in Venezuela, and of Garcia against Diaz on Rio Grande. Mem. Royal Geog. Soc .. London and Am. Erplorers' Club. Author: Van Bibber and Others, Gallagher and Other Stories, Soldiers of Fortune, The King's Jackal, The Princess Aline, Our English Cousins, About Paris, Rulers of the Mediter- rancan. Three Gringoes in Venezuela, Cuba in War Time, In the Fog, Captain Macklin, A Year from a Correspondent's Note Book, Stories for Boys, The Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns, Cinderella and Other Stories, Dr. Jamison's Raiders, Exiles, Lion and the Unicorn, West from a Car Window, Episodes in Van Bibber's Life, With Both Armies in South Africa, Ranson's Folly, The Bar Sinister, Real Soldiers of Fortune, Farces, The Congo and Coast of Africa, The Scarlet Car, Once Upon a Time, The Man Who Could Not lose, The Red Cross Girl, The Lost Road. Plays: The Taming of Helen, Ranson's Folly. The Dictator, The Galloper, Vera, the Medium: Who's Who ?. Black- mail, The Naked Man. Club: The Brook: Address: Cross Roads Farm, Mount Kisco, N. Y.
DAVIS, ROBERT HOBART
Editor und dramatist; b. Brownsville, Neb., Mar. 23, 1869; s. ltov. George Ransome and Silvia ( Nichols) Davis; ed. public sch., Carson City, Nev; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 20, 1899, Madge Lec Hutchinson. Com- positor on Carson Appeal in youth; reporter on San Francisco Examiner, Call, Chronicle; founder and editor Chic, fortnightly, in San Francisco, 1891; came to N. Y. City, 1895, with W. R. Hearst on N. Y. Journal and American; N. Y. Sunday World, 1903: mn'g editor N. Y. Sunday News, 1904; joined editorial staff Frank A. Munsey Co. Launched The All-Story Magazine, The Scrap Book, The Railroad Man's Maga- zine, Woman, The Ocean, The Live Wire, The Cava- lier. Dramatic works: The Famlly (produced by Henry Miller), The Welcher, Corralled, The Medal of
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Honor, The Guilty Conscience, The Marriage Lease, the Stain (in collaboration with Forrest Halscy). Au- thor: I Am the Printing-Press. Recreation: Angiing. Club: Union League: Address: 175 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
DAVIS, SEWARD
Lawyer and counsellor in patent causes; b. Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 26, 1870; s. Edmund Tomlinson and Josephine Leaming (Corson) Davis; ed. Hasbrouck Inst., 1879-1887, Yale Univ., B.A., with sp'l honors in modern languages, 1891. N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1893; post-grad. work at Amherst Summer Sch., 1890- 1891; m., 1895, Florence A., d. Wm. Underwood, of Jersey City; children: Edmund Tomlinson, b. 1896; Florence Underwood, b. 1898; Seward, Jr., b. 1899. Studied patent law; admitted to N Y. bar, 1893; since then practising in N. Y. City and specializing in law of patents; mem. firm Davis, Donohue, Thompson & Deitz. Progressive. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n. Clubs: Yaie, Under- writers (N. Y. City); Montclair Athletic, Common- wealth. Residence: 59 Oakwood Av., Upper Montclair, N. J. Address: 1 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
DAVIS, ULSTER
Broker; b. Rondout, N. Y., Mar. 3, 1867; s. James E. and Adelaide (Dunn) Davis; ed. in public schs. Rond- out, N. Y .; m. New Baltimore, N. Y., June 7, 1885, Eu- genie Van Zandt; children: Robert H., b. May 17, 1887; Laura, b. Oct. 14, 1893. Left sch. at 13 and has been at work ever since; went to New Baltimore, 1882, went on North River barges, running to Providence and Fall River, Hartford, Conn .; started tug-boating with R. H. Van Zandt on tug Cora, 1886; received pilot's license in Fall of 1888, and took charge of tug- boat Cora until ciose of navigation; went in tug Saratoga, 1889, steered her 12 years and owned half 9 years; built tug George C. Van Tuyl, Jr., 1900, and took command of her for a year; elected mg'r Ai- bany, Troy and Upper Hudson Towing Ass'n, 1902, at which time was part owner in tugs W. B. McCulloch, J. H. Scott, J. Arnold, M. B. Harlow, Eugenia, and owned tug George C. Van Tuyl, Jr .; organized, 1903, the Albany Towing Co. (home office, Ronaout, N. Y.), of which was pres. and mg'r., until 1913; now en- gaged in gen. transportation and brokerage business; also steamboats, barges, and machinery. Adviser for Uister Davis Wrecking Plant. Holds master's and
first-class pllot's license for Hudson River and Har- bor of N. Y., Housatonic River, Conn., and Lake Cham- plain (unlimited tonnage) ; pres. Capital City Harbor, No. 7, Am. Ass'n Masters, Mates, and Pilots, and rep- resented It at 7 annual sessions of Grand Harbor of Ass'n at Washington, D. C .; went to Pacific Coast, 1906, to study oil-burning proposition on steamboats for Cornell Steamboat Co. Independent; Methodist. Trustee First M. E. Ch., Rensselaer, N. Y. Master of Fulton Replica "Clermont" Celebratio.1, 1909. Mason, during Hudson-Fuiton Greenbush Lodge and trustee Greenbush Chapter; Elk. Clubs: Aibany (Al- bany), Rondout (Rondout), Transportation (N. Y. City). Residence: 6 Akin Av., Rensselaer. Address: Rensselaer, N. J.
V DAVIS, VERNON MANSFIELD
Jurist; b. N. Y. City, 1855; s. Robert Vernon and Mary (Semler) Davis; ed. public schs .; grad. Coli. City of N. Y., 1876; Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1879; m. N. Y. City, June 17, 1885, Harriet, d. Rev. Fran- cis Lobdell, D.D. Instr. Coil. City of N. Y. in Greek and mathematics while taking law course; admitted to bar 1879, and engaged in practise, N. Y. City; appt'd ass't dist. att'y N. Y. County, and served from 1885- 1897; dist. att'y N. Y. County, 1897; comm'r of ed'n of N. Y. City, 1897-1901; elected, 1902, Justice Supreme Court of N. Y., for 1st Dist., for term expiring Dec. 31, 1916. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n., Soc. Internat. Law. Was pres. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1899-1902. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soc., Acad. Polit. Science. Clubs: Church, Metropolitan, Manhattan, Nat. Democratic. Address: 194 Lenox Av., N. Y. City.
DAVIS, WILLIAM C. 1
Lawyer; b. in Miffiin Co., Pa., Sept. 21, 1857; ed. Mountain Seminary, Birmingham, Pa., Princeton Univ., A.B., 1881; m. N. Y. City, March 16, 1912. Studied iaw and engaged in gen, practise in N. Y. City. Clubs: Princeton, Lotos, Union League, Larchmont Yacht. Residence: 58 W. 47th St. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
DAVIS, WILLIAM LAWRENCE
Ciergyman. Ordered deacon, 1895, by Bishop Peter- kin, and ordained priest, 1903, by Bishop Walker, in
ministry of Episcopal Church. In charge St. Paul's Ch., Montour Falls, N. Y., 1897; now Archdeacon of Rochester, N. Y. Address: 42 Canfieid Place., Roch- ester, N. Y.
DAVIS, WILLIAM T.
Trustee and 1st v .- p. Staten Island Ass'n Arts and Sciences; b. New Brighton, S. I., Oct. 12, 1862; s. George B. and Elizabeth (Thompson) Davis; ed. in Staten Island schs .; mı. W. New Brighton, S. I., Nov. 7, 1900, Bertha M. Filiingham (now deceased). Treas. N. Y. Entomoi. Soc .; mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., A.A.A.S. Ad- dress: 146 Stuyvesant Pi., New Brighton, S. I., N. Y.
DAVIS, WILLIS OSCAR
Physician and surgeon; b. Nassau, N.Y .; s. Edward Oscar and Hannah Elizabeth (Steele) Davis; ed. (Chat- ham (N. Y.) Acad. and Milford (Conn.) High Sch. and coll. preparatory, Columbia Univ., Ph.G., 1889; Univ. of Louisville, M.D., 1895; Univ. of State of N. Y., M.D., 1898; Univ. of City of N. Y., certificates of proficiency, 1892-1893; m. City Island, N. Y. City, June 24, 1885, " Clara May Waterhouse (deceased); one son: Vivian Waterhouse Davis, b. Aug. 16, 1887. Sup't N. Y. Poly- ciinic Med. Sch. and Hosp., 1884-1892; sup't hosp. and ass't in surgery and medicine in Ch. Hosp. and Dispensary (Protestant Episcopai), 1893-1895; ass't in surgery, St. Francis Hosp., 1906-1907. Mem. Med Soc. of County of N. Y., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'x. Traveled four years in U. S. and Canada for heaith, pleasure and study. Recreations: Out-door sports on land and water, reading and photography. Address: 879 Elsmere Pi., N. Y. City.
DAVISON, ALFRED T.
Lawyer; b. Rockville Centre, L. I., N. Y., April 30, 1877; s. Robert A. and Emeline (Sealy) Davison; ed. Wilbraham Acad., Wilbraham, Mass., 1890-1894; Wes- leyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., A.B. (cum laude), 1898; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B. (Magna cum laude), 1900; m. Freeport, L. I., N. Y., May 3, 1905, Nellie H. Foreman. Admitted to bar, 1900, and since engaged in practise of law. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Aipha Delta Phi, Residence: 88 Ocean Av., Freeport, L. I., N. Y. Address: 26 Court St., Brooklyn. N. Y.
DAVISON, CHARLES STEWART
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Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, April 14, 1855; s. Edward Francis and Charlotte Sewaii (White) Davison; ed. private schs. and abroad with tutor; Harvard Univ., Class of 1875; Columbia Coil. Law Sch., LL.B., 1877; Univ. of Cambridge, Eng., A.B .; Inner Temple, London; unmarried. Chm'n conv. of Good Gov't clubs; chm'n Parker Independent Clubs. Mem. N. Y. Zool. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y." (Exec. Com.), Am. Bison Soc., Am. Breeders Ass'n, Mar: Ass'n of U. S., N. Y. Law Inst., Civil Service Re- form Ass'n. Clubs: University, Century, Harvard, Boone & Crockett, Down Town, Pitt (Eng.) "A. D. C." (Eng.). Royai I. of P. Y. C. (Eng.). Address 60 Wall' St., N. Y. City.
DAVISON, GEORGE HOWARD
Stock farmer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 16, 1867; s. Henry J. and Elia C. (Howard) Davison; grad. Yale (Sheffield Scientific Sch.), Ph.B., 1988; Cornell, B.S.A., 1889; Am. Veterinary Coli., D.V.S., 1890; m. N. Y. City, April 28, 1897, Marion M. Chesebrough. Pres. Am. Shropshire Ass'u, sec. Nat. Ass'n Exp'n of Live Stock; n:em. Ex. Com. Internat. Live Stock Exp'n; formerly v.p. N. Y. State Agr'i Soc .: dir. Bank of Millbrook. In service as 1st lieut., Squadron A, N. G. S. N. Y. V .- p. Beckwith, Chandler Co., N. Y. City; director Chese- brough Building Co. Member Deita Psi fraternity. Clubs: Union, Calumet, Yale, St. Anthony (N. Y. City). Address: Altamont Stock Farm, Millbrook, N. Y.
DAVISON, HENRY POMEROY
Banker; b. Troy, Pa., June 13, 1867; s. George B. and Henrietta (Pomeroy) Davison; grad. Greylock Inst., S. Williamstown, Mass., 1886; LL.D. Univ. of Pa., 1913; m. Bridgeport, Conn., 1893, Kate Trubee; children: Tru- bee, Henry Pomeroy, Jr .; Alice, Frances. Taught sch. at age of 16. While at Greylock Iust. worked on a farm during vacations. Took position in banking firm of uncie (Pomeroy Bros., Troy, Pa.), 1886-1858; came to N. Y., later went to Bridgeport, Conn., Where ob- tained position as runner in Pequonnock Nat. Bank, advancing until becoming teller. Resigned, 1891, to accept position as receiving teller Astor Pi. Nat. Bank, N. Y. City; 6 months later promoted to paying telier; became ass't cashier Liberty Nat. Bank, 1894, cashier, 1895, v .- p 1898, pres. 1899. Made v .- p. and dir. First Nat. Bank. 1902. Dir. Bankers Trust Co., Guaranty Trust Co., Astor Trust Co., Chemical Nat. Bank, Lib- erty Nat. Bank, Am. Telephone & Telegraph Co., West- ern Union Telepraph Co., Erle Railroad Co., Nat. Bank of Commerce, N. Y. MMem. J. P. Morgan & Co., Mor-
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gan, Harjes & Co., Paris; Drexel & Co., Philadelphia; Morgan, Greenfell & Co., London. Trustee Stevens Technical Inst., Hoboken; Am. Nat. Red Cross. Mem. Century Ass'n, Knights of the Order of the Crown of Italy. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union League, N. Y. Yacht (N. Y. City), Travelers (Paris), Jekyl Island. Ad- dress: 12 W. 51st St., N. Y. City.
DAWLEY, F. E.
Farmer, expert U. S. Statist. Ag't for N. Y .; b. on farm in Onondaga County, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1863; s. William Walker and Charlotte A. (Lamson) Dawley; ed. in common schools and at Munro Colleglate Insti- tute, Elbridge, N. Y. An accident resulting in a broken skull prevented graduation, interrupted the study of medicine which he had begun; m. Syracuse, N. Y., June 16, 1891, Carrie L. Barnes; children; Marion B., Laura A., Helen F., Katherine A., Lamson Eldred, Dorothy. Took up breeding of fancy poultry and stoek, and built up establishment known as Dotshome Farms, breeding and exhibiting fowls, cattle, and ponies, and winning highest honors in close competition. Begall lecturing at farmers' institutes, 1889, and was appt'd State fertilizer Inspector; in 1896, on civil service ex- amination, was appt'd, under Gov. Levl P. Morton, as dir. farmers' institutes, holding position 12 years; the attendance was then 45,700 in year and had increased to 149,500 in 1907. Built, 1905, the first iron frame barn in America, was first to ship Inoculated soil for alfalfa, and has done more to introduce alfalfa In the East than any other man. His Dotshome herds of cat- tie, flocks of Cheviot, Persian fur bearing sheep, wild turkeys, thoroughbred poultry and large alfalfa fields are widely known, and attract many visitors. He has visited every State In the Union, Mexico, Canada, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Republican; Baptist. Was secretary New York State Farmers' Leagne, 1889-1891; sec. State Poultry Soc. 1889-1894; treas. State Dairy- men's Ass'n, 1896-1902, reorganized it In 1896 and made it a success. Trustee Cornell Univ. since 1899; treas. Am. Chevlot Sheep Soc. 1899-1909; sec. Central New York Pomona Grange, 1894-1897; Master Syracusc Grange, 1891-1892, and of Fayetteville Grange, 1905- 1913. Recreations: Trout fishing, hunting, horseback riding, tralning animals. Address: Dotshome Farm, Fayetteville, N. Y.
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DAWLEY, WILLIAM WALLACE
Clergyman; b. North Wllna, N. Y .: s. James Henry and Ophelia M. (Olds) Dawley; ed. Antwerp Acad., Watertown High Sch., Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1875, LL.B., 1876; Colgate Theol. Sem., B.D., 1880, D.D., 1900; m. Potsdam, N. Y., 1876, Nettie E. Dayton; children: Car- roil Hamilton, b. 1880; Ralph Dayton, b. 1888; Ethel KatharIne, b. 1892; James Henry, b. 1896. Vice-prin. Amsterdam (N. Y.) Acad., 1875-1876; practised law at Amsterdam, N. Y., 1876-1878; pastor Whitesboro, N. Y., 1879-1881; Guelph, Ont., 1881-1885; Gloversville, N. Y., 1886-1887; Woodland Park Bapt. Ch., St. Paul, Minn., 1887-1893; First Bapt. Ch., Duluth, Minn., 1893-1896; Central Bapt. Ch., Minneapolis, Minn., 1896-1904; Cent. Bapt. Ch., Syracuse, N. Y., 1904-1910; First Bapt. Ch., Syracuse, Also lecturer
since 1910. on "Fads," "Grumbling," "The Other Fellow," and "The Bestyet." Author: "Truths That Abide." Trustee Bapt. Ed'n Soc. of N. Y .. Address: 512 Walnut Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
V DAWSON, MILES M.
Lawyer and actuary; b. Viroqua, Wis., May 13, 1863: s. John and Martha W. (Ady) Dawson; ed. Kentucky (now Transylvania) Unlv., and N. Y. Univ. Law Sch .; m. Grace L. Burnett; two sons: Alfred B., b. 1883; Richard B., b. 1885. In gen. practise as att'y, insur- ance a specialty, and also as actuary; consulting actu- ary of the N. Y. Legislative Investigating Com. on Insurance, Royal Comm'n on Insurance in Canada and Wis., Legislative Ins. Investigating
Practical Com. Author: Lessons in Actuarial Science; Elements of
Life Insurance; Asscss- ment Life Insurance; The Business of Life Insurance; Things Agents Should Know; Various Derived Tables; Comparative Reserve Tables, Supervisorship, Annulty Tables; Principles of Insurance Legislation; Develop- ment of Insurance Mathematics, and other books. Chm'n Soclal Reform Club Com. and of Exec. Com. of 50 to secure removal of tracks of N. Y. Central R'y from surface of Eleventh Avenue and other streets, which com. had charge of agitation that brought about enactment in 1905 of a law requiring removal. Now chm'n of City Club Com. upon same subject. Inde- pendent In politics. Formerly prof. actuarlal science, Sch. of Commerce, N. Y. Univ. Fellow Actuarial Soc. of America, Inst. of Actuaries of Great Britain, Deut- scher Verein für Versicherungs Wissenschaft of Ber- lin; mem. Permanent Com. Internat. Congress of Ac- tuarles, Am. Inst. for Scientific Research. Corr. men. L'Institut des Actuaires Francaisc and L'Association
des Actuaires Belges; Am. sec. Internat. Congress of Social Ins. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n. Mason (consistory). Recreations: Golf, fishing, hunting, automobiling. Wrote: Poems of the New Time. Translator of poems and stories from the Norwegian, including a novel, Elsie, A Christmas Story, by Alexander Kjelland. In- chical research. Clubs: City: Underwriters, Economic, terested in polit, economy, sociology, ethics and psy- Social Reform,
Independent, Dunwoodie Country, Storm King Golf, Cosmos (Washington, D. C.), Authors (London). Residences: 135 W. 95th St., N. Y. City, and Cornwall-on-Hudson. Address: 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DAY, ARTHUR FRANCEWAY
Banker; b. Newton, Mo .; s. Samuel S. and Ollve (Pen- nick) Day; ed. Grand River Coll., Gallatin, Mo .; m. Kansas City, Mo., 1906, Melle Strang Kenefick; two sons. Has traveled extensively in Europe. V .- p. and dir. Savoy Trust Co .; dir. and N. Y. representative Banque Franco-Americaine, Paris; dir. Mo., Oklahoma & Gulf R'y Co. Mem. Exec. Com. and treas. Republi- can League of Clubs of the State of N. Y. Republican. Recreation: Yachting (own yacht, Efterpie). Clubs: Republican, Lawyers, Hendrick-Hudson Yacht, Circolo Mazionale 'Itallano. Address: 520 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DAY, CLARENCE SHEPARD
Retired banker; s. Benjamin H. Day, who founded the N. Y. Sun; formerly partner Gwynne & Day and Clarence S. Day & Co., bankers and brokers; ex .- dir. Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R., St. Paul & Duluth R. R., South Carolina & Georgla R. R. For nearly forty years mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange, and one of its Govs. Mem. New England Soc. Clubs: Metropolitan, N. Y. Yacht, Am. Yacht, Riding, Down Town Ass'n. Residences: 43 E. 68th St., N. Y. City, and Harrison, Westchester Co., N. Y.
DAY, FRANCIS
Artist, painter: b. Le Roy, N. Y., 1863; s. James and Jane (McKane) Day; ed. Art Students' League, N. Y. City and Ecole des Beaux Arts, Parls, under Hébert, Merson, Colin and others; m. Brookhaven, L. I., 1887, Mary Evelyn Smith; one son: H. Irving, b. 1889. Paint- ings in varlous exb'ns; awarded Hallgarten prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1893, genre prize of $500, 1906, N. Y. Osborn Exb'n. Mem. Soc. of Am. Artists, A. N. A. of Nat. Acad. Design. Address: W. Stockbridge, Mass.
DAY, FREDERICK WILLIAM
Insurance mg'r; b. in Hertfordshire, England, May 26, 1859. Came to U. S. 1876, and soon after became connected with Nat. Fire Ins. Co. of N. Y .; since 1881 with Royal Ins. Co. of Liverpool, England, entering N. Y. office and becoming sp'l ag't for N. Y., 1888-1894; sup't agencies, 1894-1900, second ass't mg'r, 1900-1903; ass't mg'r at N. Y Clty since 1903. Address:
: 84 Willlam st., N. Y. City.
DAY, HARRY BROOKS
Organist, composer; b. New Market, N. H., 1858; s. Wauen K. and Martha (Brooks) Day; ed. first at home by father (also a musician), then in Boston, Mass., later in Munich, under Jos. Rheinberger at Academie du Tonkunst; m. Peterborough, N. H., 1900, Roselle M. Barker. Widely known as concert organlst and in- structor In organ, piano, harmony, counterpoint, com- position and orchestration. Aside from organ recital work has made a business specialty of boy choir train- ing, volce culture of the boys' voice. Holds position as organist and cholr-master in St. Luke's Church, Brooklyn. Feildw Am. Gulld of Organists. Address: 47 Pierrepont St., Florence Court, Brooklyn, N. Y.
1 DAY, HARRY VALLETTE
Stock broker; b. N. Y. City, May 11, 1873; grad. Sheffield Scientific Sch., Yale Univ., Ph.B., 1895; un- marrled. Mcm. N. Y. Stock Exchange, and of firm of Day & Heaton. Mem. Delta Phi fraternity; hon. mem. Squadron A., N. G., N. Y. Clubs: Yale, Racquet and Tennis, Country of Westchester, Rockaway Hunting, University, Turf and Field, Coney Island Jockey, Au- tomobile of America. Residence: 6 E. 44th St. Ad- dress: 80 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DAY, HORACE LINCOLN
Merchant, importer; b. St. John, New Brunswick. Canada, 1867; s. George Edwin and Albina S. (Hoben) Day; ed. Acadia Coli., Wolfvllle, Nova Scotia, and Brown Univ., B.A., 1889; m. 1892, Alma Von Buhl, of Pittsburglı, Pa .; children: Kennard Phillips, b. 1895; Constance S., b. 1897. Pres. and gen. my'r llorace L. Day Co., importers chocolates and cocoas (Messrs. Suchard, S. A. Neuchatel, Switzerland) ; Alien-Day Co., importers and factors of teas (Mazawattee Tea Co., London); A. Egger Sohn, Vienna, Austria; Fuller-
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Greene Co., Boston, Mass .; Victor-Schmidt & Son, Vienna. Republican; Baptist. Mem. 7th Reg't, N. G., N. Y., R. I. Chapter Phi Delta Theta. Trustee 1st Bapt. Ch. of N. Y. Residence: 304 W. 82d St. Address: 4-6 White St., N. Y. City.
DAY, JAMES ROSCOE
Chancellor; b. Whitneyville, Washington Co., 'Me., Oct. 17, 1845; s. Thomas Day (prominent lumberman) and Mary P. (Hillman) Day, d. Rev. Samuel Hillman; descendant of the Day family of Cape Ann, from which have come the Days of New England, N. Y. and N. J .; ed. Me. Conf. Sem., Kent's Hill, and Bowdoin Coll .; S. T. D., Bowdoin Coll., D.D., Dickinson Coll., and Wes- leyan Univ .; LL. D., Northwestern Univ .; D.C.L., Cor- nell Coll. (Iowa); m. July 14, 1873, Hannah E., d. Rev. R. R. Richards, of Auburn, Me .; one d., Mary Emogene. Entered Me. Conf., 1872, and filled pastorates succes- sively at Bath, Portland, Me., Nashua, N. H., Boston, Mass., N. Y. City, and Newburgh, N. Y. While pastor at Calvary M. E. Ch., N. Y. City, was elected (1893) chancellor of Syracuse Univ., which has a faculty of 277, and an enrollment of 3,581 students; library, 90,209 vols., and property and endowment fund nearly four millions. Elected a bishop of M. E. Ch., by Gen. Conf., at Los Angeles, 1904, but resigned in order to continue his work at the university. Author: The Raid on Prosperity, 1907. Address: Syracuse, N. Y. J DAY, JOSEPH P. .
Real estate broker, auctioneer, agent and dealer; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 22, 1873; s. John W. and Catherine A. (Hayes) Day; ed. public schs., N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, June 1, 1898, Pauline M. Pope (g .- d. late J. Mon- roe Taylor) ; children: Joseph P., Jr., Bernard Popc, Charles Pope, Pauline Pope, Laura Pope, Fairfield Pope, After completing sch. course, became interested in real estate and at age of 21 established himself in real estate and ins. business. In 1898 negotiated heaviest accident policy ever written, covering ins. against ac- cidents resulting from change of motive power of Third Av. surface railroad, and of 42d St.,. Manhat- tanville & St. Nicholas Av. R. R. In recent years prominent in sale of real estate at auction; is recog- mized leader in this country. Revoluntionized selling of real estate, and in past five years has done more to increase its productiveness than any other man in his profession. In May, 1908, sold over 2,000 lots in six of most successful lot sales ever held in N. Y. City. This was remarkable, because it was accomplished at time of great stringency in money market, and when majority of real estate interests said that it could not be successfully done. Was auctioneer in now famous Ogden Estate sale (4 days' sale), comprising 1,500 lots in West Bronx, between Highbridge and Washington Bridge, and largest absolute partition sale of city real estate of lots in history of the country; also auctioneer of Doherty Estate holdings, comprising property on Broadway and Sth Av., Manhattan, which brought $1,913,60) In a single afternoon's sale. Within past year conducted three record absolute auction salcs of unimproved property in N. Y. City; The Van Cort- landt Estate, 719 lots, sold for $1,447,385; Forster- Schmidt Estates, 462 lots, for $599,275; Morris Park Estates (conducted by order of State of N. Y. Bank- ing Dep't), 3,071 lots, for $3,779,750. Conducts many large out-of-town sales over the country, the latest, being estate of R. G. Dun, Dunmere, at Narragansett Pier, R. I. In three years, ending Dec. 31, 1909, sold at auction more than $100,000,000 worth of real estate in and around Greater N. Y. In year ending June 1, 1910, sold $81,000,000 worth of real estate, which is the record for any one year. Has charge of many exec's sales and appraisals and other matters pertain- ing to N. Y. real estate, in which is recognized as one of the foremost experts on values. In salc of property and stock of Third Av. R. R. of N. Y. City, was appt'd auctioneer, and sold railroad, March 1, 1910, for $26,- 000,000, largest auction sale on record. Among recent successful sales, most notable was that of Yerkes mansion, which brought $1,239,000 on April 20, 1910. Was pres. two terms Real Estate B'd of Brokers of N. Y .; mem. Chamber of Commerce City of N. Y .; Real Estate Auctioneers' Ass'n of N. Y .; Allied Real lestate Interest of State of N. Y .; Real Estate Ex- change of L. I .; North Side B'd of Trade of Bronx; Westchester Co. Chamber of Commerce; dir. N. J .- N. Y. Real Estate Exchange. Mem, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Clubs: City, Manhattan, Nat. Arts, N. Y. Athletic, Sleepy Hollow Country, Baltusrol Golf, Wykagyl Country, Canoe Brook Country, Lawyers, Railroad, City Lunch. Residence: 34 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City (country), Short Hills, N. J. Address: 31 Nassau St., N Y. City.
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