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DIEHL, CLARENCE A.
Tropical agr .; b. Panora, Iowa, July 9, 1869; s. D. W. and Rebecca ( Anderson) Diehl; high sch. ed'n in Iowa; sp'l course in St. Louis, Mo .; in. N. Y. City, May 29, . 1905, Angellea L. Macias, g .- g.d. Marquise de Latorre,
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of Spain; one d .: Lucile A., b. April, 1906. In news- paper work until 1892; appt'd by Gov't chief clerk Navajo Indian Agency, Ft. Defiance, Ariz., 1892-1893; returned to Iowa; engaged in abstract business until 1899; visited Mexico and Central America, 1898, and frequent trips thereafter to Mexico and Cuba; became interested in Mexican enterprises in 1899, and is now Interested in Mexican and Cuban properties, both mining and agr. Mem. Nat. Civle Federation, N. Y. State Historical Ass'n. Republican. Mason, 32", and Shriner. Recreations: Golf and big game hunting. Club: Economic. Residence: 206 W. 95th St. Address: 26 Stone St., N. Y. City.
DIELMAN, FREDERICK
Artist; b. Hanover, Germany, Dec. 25, 1847; grad. Calvert Coll., Maryland; served as draughtsman and topographer In U. S. Eng'r offices at Fort Monroe and Baltimore, 1866-1872; resigned to study art; spent 4 years as student in Royal Acad. of Munich; m. 1883, Lilla Marlon Benham. Practised his profession in N. Y. Clty since 1876, devoting himself to illustration and etching, and to genre historical and mural paint- ing; examples of. his work in latter dep't are 2 mosalc panels, Law and History, in new Congressional Li- brary; a series of 7 mural paintings in new building of Washington Evening Star, and large decoration in mosaic, calied Thrift, in Albany Savings Bank. Was one of founders of Soc. of Am. Artists; elected Nat. Academician, 1883; pres. Nat. Acad. Design, 1899-1909; pres. Fine Arts Federation of N. Y. since 1910; mem. and v .- p. Art Comm'n of N. Y. City, 1901-1903; appt'd prof. descriptive geometry and drawing In Coli. of City of N. Y., 1903. Club: Century. Address: Coll. City of N. Y., N. Y. City.
DIETRICH, CHARLES WILLIAM
Sec. Y. M. C. A .; b. Altoona, Pa., May 12, 1864; s. Philip E. and Mary E. (Rial) Dietrich; ed. public schs., Altoona and Harrisburg, Pa .; m. Harrisburg, Pa., May 25, 1886, Nora Irenc Early; children: Ruth Lucile, b. 1887; Robert Stamford, b. 1892; Charles William, Jr., b. 1896. In hats and gents' furnishing business, Har- rlsburg, 6 years; gen. scc. Y. M. C. A., Stamford, Conn., 5 years; Y. M. C. A., Troy, N. Y., 6 ycars; Y. M. C. A., Brooklyn, N. Y., since 1901. Treas. Peerless Tube Co., v .- p. Yankee Wizard Ciock Co., N. Y. City. Progres- sive; Congregationalist. Residence: 163 Stratford Road. Address: 11 Bond St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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DIKE, NORMAN STAUNTON
Jurist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y .; s. Camden C. and Jeannie D. (Scott) Dike; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst, Brown Unlv., Ph.B., Columbia Univ., LL.B. In 1895 appt'd by Gov. Morton ass't to judge advocate general In Nat. Guard of N. Y., with rank of It .- col., 1894; elected supervisor 2 years in B'd of Supervisors of Kings Co., and was active in fight therein against J. Y. McKane, 1902; appt'd by Gov. Odeli, sheriff of Kings Co., on re- moval of the incumbent Guden; in Dec., 1906, appt'd by Gov. Higgins, county judge of Kings Co. Court, and elected for full term in Nov., 1907; re-elected, 1913, for full term 6 years. Republican; Congregationalist. Pres. of Italian Settlement House until 1906. Mem. Sons Revolution, Psi Upsilon. Clubs: University (N. Y. City), Hamilton, Brooklyn, Riding and Driving, Dyker Meadow. Crescent Athletic, Heights Casino. Psi Upsilon. Residence: 194 Columbia Helghts. Office: Court House, Brooklyn, N. Y.
DILLINGHAM, CHARLES B.
Theatrical mg'r; m. Purchase, N. J., May 5, 1913, Eileen Kearney. Has management of several theatrl- cal companies, stars and theatres. Address: Charles Dillingham's Globe Theatre, Broadway & 46th St., N. Y. City.
DILLINGHAM, EDWIN LYNDE
Publisher; b. Bangor, Me., May 3, 1861; s. Edwin F. and Julia (Snell) Dillingham; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1882; unmarried. Employed in Wall St. house, 1882- 1885; continuously engaged in publishing business, 1885-1896; connected with Charles Scribner's Sons since 1896, being head of an important dep't of their business. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Psi Up- silon fraternity. Clubs: University, Yale, Aldine, En- glewood Country, Graduates (New Haven). Residence: 148 W. 85th St. Address: 599 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
DILLINGHAM, FRANK AYER
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 31, 1869; s. George Wel- lington and Helena Wellington (Ayer) Dillingham; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1891; Columbia Law Seh., LL.B., 1894; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 23, 1896, Louise Gregory Bulkley; children: Louise Bulkley, Winthrop Bulkiey, Dorothy Ayer, Helena Ayer, Hope, Sherburne. Ad - mitted to bar, 1894; since then practising law in N. Y. City; mem. firm Rounds, Hatch, Dillingham & Debe- volse. Pres. Guanica Centrale; dir. South Porto Rico
Sugar Co. (sec.); Metallurgical Securities Co. (sec); Lake Placid Improvement Co., Century Mortgage Co (treas.); Am. Ccionial Bank of Porto Rico, Ilighiand Forest Co. (treas.). Republican. Mem. Deita Kappa Epsilon, Phi Deita Phi and Phi Beta Kappa fratern !. ties. Clubs: Yale Deutsche Vercin. Residence: MIII- burn, Essex County, N. J. Address: 62 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
V DILLINGHAM, FREDERICK HENRY
Physician; b. Bangor, Me., April 7, 1857; s. Edwin F. and Julia (Snell) Dillingham; grad. Bowdoin Coll. A.B., 1877; A.M., 1880; Columbia Univ. (Coll. Phys. and Surg.), M.D., 1880; m. 1st, N. Y. City, Nov. 15, 1893. Helen Alexandra Ganson (died Jan. 20, 1894); 2d, N. Y. City, Nov. 3, 1897, Susy Maria Ferguson. Engaged in practisc of medicine, N. Y. City, since 1880; appť'd on B'd of Health, N. Y. City, 1882; ass't sanitary sup't, 1893, resigned, 1903 Prof. dermatology, N. Y. Poiy. clinic, dermatologist St. Francis Hosp .; visiting physi- cian and dermatologist, St. Joseph's Hosp. Mem. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., Med. Ass'n Greater N. Y., N. Y. Polyclinic Clinical Soc., West Side Clinical Soc., Physicians' Mut. Ald Ass'n, Soc. Relief Widows and Orphans of Med. Men, Me. Soc .; see. Bowdoin Alumni Ass'n, 1886-1908, pres, 1909-1910. Club: Ps! Upsilon. Address: 148 W. 85th St., N. Y. City.
DILLON, ARTHUR
Architect; b. St. Louis, Mo., 1869; s. John Alvarez and Blanche Mary (Valie) Dilion; ed. Phillips Exeter (N. H.) Acad., Mass. Inst. Technology, Boston, Ecoie des Beaux Arts, Paris. Practising since 1896; mem. of firm of Dillon, Mclellan & Beadel. Mem. Archi- tectural League. Am. Inst. Architects. Soc. Beaux Arts Architects. Sigma Chi. Address: 3 W. 29th St., N. Y. City.
DILLON, JOHN FORREST
Lawyer; b. Northampton, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1831; & Thomas and Rosannah Dilion; grad. med. dep't Univ. of Iowa; m. Davenport, Ia., 1853, Anna M. Price. After six months' med practice studied law; admitted to bar. 1852; State pros. att'y, 1852-1858; judge 7th Jud !- cial dist., Ia., 1858-1863; judge Supreme Court, Ia., 1863-1869; judge U. S. Circuit Court, Sth judicial dist., 1869-1879; resigned; prof. real estate and equity juris- prudence, Columbia Law Sch., 1879-1882; resumed prac- tise of law In 1882; author of numerous legal works and lecturer on legal subjects; mem. third annual conf. Ass'n for Codification of Law of Nations, l'Institut de Droit Internat .; gen. and consulting counsel to Inter- borough R. R., Texas & Pacific R'y, Union. Pacific R. R., Mo. Pacific R'y, Western Union Telegraph Co. Regi- dence: Far Hills, N. J. Address: 195 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DILTHEY, WILLIAM JACOB
Architect; b. Three Tuns, Montgomery County, Pa., Feb. 17, 1867; s. Charles August and Elizabeth (Hess) Dilthey; on paternal side descended from Scotch ancestors, who settled in America 65 years ago, com- ing here from Prussia, Gerniany, and from Scotland about 200 years prlor; on maternal side of direct German descent; ed. public school, night schools and Spring Garden Inst., Philadelphia; Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences; unmarried. Engaged in general practise of architecture; designed and erected 14- story mercantile buliding at 555 Broadway for Charles Broadway Rouss, 1900; 15-story mercantile building at 123-125 Mercer St., erected 1907-1908 for Peter Winchester Rouss, and private mansion, Pros- pect Park W. and Garfield Pl., Brooklyn; has also designed and remodeiled many other buildings for leading business men and citizens of N. Y. City, Long Island, New Jersey ' and Pa. Pres. Arizona Copper Belt Mining Co., owning 300 acres of mineral property in Arizona. Republican; twice nominated for General Assembly by both the Republican and the Citizens' Union Party in the 2d Assembly Dist. of Brooklyn. Mem. Down Town Taxpayers' Ass'n. Young Men's Christian Ass'r, Franklin Literary Soc. Has traveled in the South and West to Pacific Coast. Club: Young Republican. Residence: 332 Jay St., Brooklyn. Ad- dress: 1-3 Union Square, W., N. Y. City.
VDIMOND, THOMAS
Mf'r of iron work for buildings; b. Garrisons, Put- nam Co., N. Y., Sept. 1, 1851; s. William and Catharine (Smitii) Dimond; ed. In N. Y. public schools, at night sch., and at Packard's Business Coil .; studied the prin- ciples of architecture with James Renwick, architect, for three years; m. N. Y. City, July 10, 1879. Jennie Kelly: children: James Renwick, George Arnold, Flor- ence May. Now prop'r Thomas Dimond Iron Works; trustee and mem. Bond and Mortgage Co., Bank for Savings; dir. and mem. Exec. Coms. Mutual Bank, Colonial Ins. Co. and Am. Lloyds; chm'n Exec. Oom. Great Western Lloyds Ins. Co. Mem. 7th Reg't
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N.G.N.Y., 1876-1886, now col. Veteran Ass'n of reg't. Vestryman All Angels' Episcopal Ch. Pres, Iron League of N. Y., and N. J. (trade org'n); dir. Bld'g Trade Ass'n, N. Y. City, and its treas. for past two years, fighting blg iron strike. Mem. Museum of Na- tural History, Mechanics and Tradesmen Soc., N. Y. Hlst. Soc., Architectural Iron Soc. (trustee); mem. Chamber of Commerce, Pilgrims of U. S., Mil. Service Inst'n of U. S. Clubs: Met. Opera, Church, Am. Yacht (trustee), N. Y. Athletic, Bld'g Trades, Apawamis Golf, Knollwood Golf, Chelsea Plantation (S. Car.), Lau- rentian, Schewinagin (fishing of Canada), Nassau (Princeton, N. J.), Automobile of America. Residence: 20 W. 73d St. Address: 139 W. 32d St., N. Y. City.
DIONNE, GUSTAVE ADOLPHE LEÓN
Educator; b. Lennoxville, Can .; s. Rev. León and Rose Anna (Molleur) Dionne; grad. Wooster Univ., A.B., 1893; A.M., Columbla Univ., 1901; m. Flushing, N. Y., June 30, 1904, Elsie Van Kleeck; one s., Leo Van Kleeck, b. Oct. 3, 1905. Instr. Detroit Sch. for Boys, Detroit, Mich., 1894-1896; Blair Hall, Blairstown, N. J., 1896-1898; Berkeley Sch., N. Y. City, 1898-1904; founder and headmaster The Kelvin Sch., since Oct., 1904. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Schoolmasters' Assn, Alllance Francaise, Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Recreation: . Tennls. Clubs: West Side Tennis,
Chemistry Teachers. Residence: 206 W. 95th St. Address: 331 W. 70th St., N. Y. City.
DITHMAR, EDWARD AUGUSTUS
Editor; b. N. Y., May 22, 1854; ed. public schools of N. Y .; m. 1882, Ella B. Knapp. On editorial staffs. Evening Post and N. Y. Times since 1871; editor of Saturday Review Supplement of New York Times, 1902-1907; editorial writer since 1907. Author: John Drew-A Biographical Sketch. Clubs: Savage (Lon- don), National Arts (N. Y. City). Residence: 146 Central Pk. W. Address: 229 W. 43d St., N. Y. City.
DITMAN, NORMAN EDWARD
Physician; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1877; s. Andrew J. and Mary M. (Stewart) Ditman; grad. Yale Univ., Ph.B., Columbia Univ., A.M., Ph.D., M.D. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. Med., N. Y. County Med. Soc. A.A.A.S., Am. Statist, Ass'n, Am. Museum of Safety. Clubs: University, Yale, Sleepy Hollow. Residence: 402 Madison Av. Address: 24 E. 48th St., N. Y. City.
DITMARS, EDWARD WILSON
Lawyer; b. Astoria, L. I., N. Y .; grad. Columbia Law Sch,, 1883; unmarried. Mem. Sons of Revolution, Hol- land Soc., Aldine Ass'n. Club: Crescent Athletic. Residence: Hotel St. George, Brooklyn. Address: 302 Broadway, N. Y. City,
DITMARS, JAMES G.
Physician and surgeon; b. Washington, Iowa, Nov. 10, 1857; s. Isaac Styker and Catharine (Wood) Dit- mars; ed. in high school, Washington, Iowa, and Denlson Univ., Granville, Ohio. B.A., 1882. Principal public schools, Hanover, Ohio, 1882-1883, M.A., 1888, Long Island Coll. Hosp., Brooklyn, M.D., 1898; m. Gran- ville, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1881, Eva Jane Blue; children: Lester Loomis, b. 1888. Edwin C. J., b. 1891; Violette Hope, b. 1896; Eva Marguerite, b. 1898. Engaged in practise as physician and surgeon in Brooklyn from 1898. Republican. Mem. Kings Co. Med. Soc. Ad- dress: 510-9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
DITMARS, RAYMOND LEE
Curator of reptiles; b. Newark, N. J., June 22, 1876; s. John V. H. and Mary A. (Knous) Ditmars; ed. publlc sch. and Bernard Mil. Sch., N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 4, 1903, Clara Elizabeth Hurd; children: Giadys Muriel, Beatrice Evelyn, Was 6 years ass't curator of entomology in Am. Museum of Nat. Hist., N. Y. City; 1 year commercial stenographer; then court re- porter on staff N. Y. Times; 10 years curator of rep- tiies and ass't curator of mammals in N. Y. Zoological Park, N. Y. City. Served as volunteer and drill master during the Spanish-Am. War. Fellow N. Y. Zool. Soc., corr. mem Zool. Soc. of London; mem. Am. Ophiologi- cai Soc., Delta Chapter Chi Sigma Chl. Writer and lec- turer on reptiles; has lectured in greater number of N. Y, public schs. Author: The Reptile Book, Reptiles of the World, Reptiles of the Vicinity of N. Y. City, Batrachians of the Vicinity of N. Y. City, Story of the Reptiles (Baskett & Ditmars), Snakes Found Within Fifty Miies of N. Y. City, The Poisonous Reptiles of the United States; numerous lengthy articles on rep- tlles in publications of N. Y. Zool. Soc., also popular articles in magazines and newspapers, Address: N. Y. Zoological Park, N. Y. City.
DITSON, CHARLES HEALY
Publisher of music; b. Boston, Mass., Aug. 11, 1845; s. Oliver and Catherine (Delano) Ditson; ed. Boston High Sch .; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 7, 1890, Alice M. Tappin,
of N. Y. City. Entire business life spent in business established by father; now pres. Oliver Ditson Co., of Boston; pres. Charles H. Ditson & Co., of N. Y. City. Republican; Unitarian. Mem. N. E. Soc., Soc. May- flower Descendants; trustee Oliver Ditson Soc. for Re- lief of Needy Musiclans (Boston). Clubs: Players (N. Y. City), Algonquin (Boston). Residence: 19 E. 37th St. Address: 8 E. 34th St., N. Y. City.
DITTENHOEFER, ABRAM JESSE
Lawyer; . Charleston, S. C., Mar. 17, 1836; s. Isaac and Babetta Dittenhoefer; moved when 4 years old to N. Y. City with parents; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B. (head of class in classics). Admitted to bar at 21; appt'd by Gov. Fenton, of N. Y., justice of City Court, to fill vacancy; later nominated to same office, but declined; presidential elector for Lincoln and Johnson, 1864; offered apptm't as U. S. dist. judge for S. C., by President Lincoln; delegate to Rep. Nat. Conv., 1876, and other Rep. convs .; chin'n German Rep. Central Com., 12 terms; counsel for numerous corp'ns; promi- nent in numerous litigations; counsel for brokers and newspaper men who were indicted for refusing to answer U. S. Senate Investigating Com. as to who gave thein the information published by them in the newspaper relating to sugar scandal; counsel for dirs. and capt. of illfated General Slocum, and for Rosen- thal & Co., who were prosecuted in U. S. courts in connection with Japanese silk smuggling frauds; authority on law of drama and stage; as counsel for Met. Opera House, N. Y. City, succeeded in defeating application of widow of Richard Wagner for in- junction restraining production of Parsifal at that opera house. There has hardly been a litigation in- volving the law of stage and of dramatic literature, during last thirty years, In which has not been on one side or the other, and generally successful; se- cured enactment of amendments to U. S. Copyright Law, and to Penal Code of State of N. Y., making it a misdemeanor to pirate plays, since which time piracy has been almost entirely stamped out, and as an ap- preciation of his efforts, the American Dramatists' Club, of which Bronson Howard was pres., presented to him handsomely illuminated resolutions. Also se- cured repeal of N. Y. law giving to Soc. for Re- formation of Juvenile Delinquents the theatre license fees, thus removing the stigma that the theatre is the nursery of crime. The Actors' Fund of America, of which is an honorary mem., presented him about a year ago with beautifully illuminated resolutions, re- citing his achievements in courts and before legis- lative bodies in interests of the profession and dramatic writers. Was one of successful counsel up to .Court of Appeals In matter of application for mandamus to compel the Consolidated Telegraph and Electrical Subway Co., owned by Consolidated Gas Co., to give space in Its subway ducts for distribution of olectrlcity to Long Acre Electric Light & Power Co. Residence: 17 E. 83d St. Address: 96 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DIX, JOHN A.
Ex-Governor of New York; b. Glens Falis, Warren Co., N. Y. Pres. Iroquois Paper Co .; v .- p. Blandy Paper Co .; First Nat. Bank, Albany; mg'r Moose River Lumber Co .; treas. Am. Wood Board Co .; dir. Albany Trust Co .; Glens Faiis Trust Co .; Nat. Bank of Schuylerville, Adirondack Trust Co. Nominated by: Dein. party for lieut .- gov. 1908, defeated with ticket; . chm'n Democratic State Com., 1910; nominated for Gov. Rochester Conv., 1910, elected Nov. S, 1910, and served until 1912. Residence: Thomson, N. Y .; (winter) : 491 State St., Albany, N. Y.
NDIX, WILLIAM FREDERICK
Sec. The Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y .; b. Newark, N. J., Nov. 18, 1867; s. John Edwin and Mary Fisher (Joy) Dix; grad. Princeton Univ. (honors In English literature), 1889; m. E. Orange, N. J., June 2, 1900, Mary Alice Dennille; children: Tennille, b. Nov. 21, 1902; Allson Joy, b. Nov. 3, 1905; and Norman Brooke, b. Oct. 19, 1909. Was inn'g editor Nassau Lit. Maga- zine at Princeton; after graduation traveled in Europe, N. Africa, Asia Minor, India, Burma, China and Japan; on return, engaged In literary work; literary editor The Churchman, 1894; in 1900, became editor of the Home Journal, which soon after changed its name to Town and Country; resigned editorship, May 1, 1906, to become sec. The Mutual L'fe Ins. Co. Author: The Face in the Girandole, a romance of old furniture; The Lost Princess (novel); Daphne of the Forest (novel). Gov. of Soc. Colonlal Wars. State of N. J .; mein. N. J. Soc. of Founders and Patriots. Clubs: Authors (N. Y. City); Crystal Lake Skating. Resi- dence: 59 Washington St., E. Orange, N. J. Address: 34 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
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DIXON, ANNE ETHEL STEVENSON
Born Reading, Kansas; d. John McClellan and Ellen Adelaide (MacPherson) Stevenson; studled piano and harmony, Northwestern Conservatory, Minneapolis, Minn., 1897-1901; under Prof. Hal S. Woodruff, 1902- 1906; studied voice under Emillo Belari and Charles A. Rice, 1906-1907, and vocal anatomy and physiology under Charles A. Rice, 1906-1913; m. Blair, Neb., Aug. 1, 1913, Frederic Kenny Dixon. Ass't teacher and coach with Charles A. Rice, 1908-1913; succeeded late Charles A. Rice 1913, as teacher and exponent of Belarl Method of tone production. Address: Carnegie Hall, N. Y. City
DIXON, FREDERIC KENNY
Concert planist, instr .; b. Blair, Neb .; s. Asa and Alice (MacManigal) Dixon; ed. by Thllo Becker, pianist, in Los Angeles, Calif., 1902; studied piano under Max Landow at Omaha, Neb., 1908; organ un- der J. Simms, of Omaha, 1910; and with Rafael Jo- seffy, N. Y. City, 1912; m. Blair, Neb., Aug. 1, 1913, Anne Ethel Stevenson. Accompanlst and concert planist throughout the West, appearing many times in Omaha, Kansas City, Mo., Los Angeles and Pasa- dena, Calif .; also instr. in piano, N. Y. City. Address: Carnegie Hall, N. Y. City.
DIXON, THOMAS
Author; b. Cleveland Co., N. C., Jan. 11, 1864; s. Rev. Thomas and Amanda (McAfee) Dixon; grad. Wake Forest (N. C.) Coll., A.B., 1882, A.M., 1883; Greensboro (N. C.) Law Sch., LL.B., 1886; scholar In history and politics, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1883-1884; m. Mont- gomery, Ala., Mar. 3, 1886, Harriet Bussey. Admitted to N. C. bar, 1886; practised law in N. C .; admitted to bar of U. S. Supreme Court, and mem. N. C. Legls- lature, 1885-1886; entered ministry, 1887, as pastor Bapt. Ch., Raleigh, N.,C .; pastor Bapt. Ch., at Boston, 1888-1889; at N. Y. City, 1889-1899; lyceum lecturer, 1899-1902; novelist and dramatist since 1902. Author: The Leopard's Spots, 1902; The One Woman, 1903; The Clansman, 1904; The Life Worth Living, 1905; The Traitor, 1907; Comrades, 1909; The Root of Evil, 1911; The Sins of the Father, 1912; The Southerner, 1913. Dramatized The Clansman, 1905; The One Woman, 190G; The Traitor, 1908; The Sins of the Father, 1911; The Leopard's Spots, 1913. Address: 308 W. 82d St., N. Y. City.
- DIXON, WILLIAM PALMER
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 19, 1847; s. Courtlandt P. Dixon; grad. Yale Coll., 1868; Columbla Law Sch., 1870; widower. Mem. firm Dixon & Holmes. Trustce Mut. Life Ins. Co .; dir. Am. Exchange Nat. Bank, Lawyers' Title Ins. & Trust Co., Fidelity & Casualty Co., City of N. Y. Ins. Co., Mortgage Bond Co., Lawyers' Westchester Mortgage & Title Co., Queens County Mortgage Co. Pres. and dir. N. Y. Real Estate Ass' Manhattan Real Estate Ass'n, Central Real Estate Ass'n, Colonial Real Estate Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Yale, University, Union, Metropolitan, Lawyers, Rockaway Hunt, Century, Down Town. Resi- dence: 29 W. 49th St. Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
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Lawyer; b. Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 9, 1861; s. Rev. C. E. W. (D.D.) and Mary Elizabeth (Barrett) Dobbs; ed. public school, Lexington, Ky., Warren Coll., Bowl- ing Green, Ky., classical course Bethel Coll. (Russell- ville, Ky.), A.B., 1880; m. June 7, 1884, Mary Ragland, of Bowling Green, Ky .; children: Hugh, b. 1885; Paul, b. 1887; Carl, b. 1889; Mary Ruth, b. 1892; Willoughby, b. 1896; Theodore Roosevelt, b. 1899; Margaret, b. 1901; Eliza, b. 1903. Taught school in Fayette and Warren countles, Ky .; admitted to bar, Jan., 1883, in Warren Circuit Court, Bowling Green, Ky .; prop'r and editor Allen Sentinel, Allen County, Ky., 1888-1889; editor Democrat, Bowling Green, Ky., 1884; mn'g editor Daily Times and Daily Gazette, Bowling Green, Ky., 1885- 1886; practised law, Scottsville, Ky., 1887-1892; mem. Central B'd Examiners in U. S. Clvll Service Com., Washington, D. C., 1892-1895; chlef examiner Pollce Dep't, N. Y. City, 1895-1897; admitted to bar, N. Y. State, 1897. Mem. of Assembly 32d A. D., N. Y., 1907. Chm'n Dem. Co. Com., Allen Co., Ky., 1891-1892. Demo- crat; Baptist. Charter mem. The Kentucklans; past regent Bronx Council 1416, Royal Arcanum; mem. Hebron Lodge 813, F. and A. M. Recreations: Music,
reading, games. Residence: E. 217th St., Willlams- bridge. Address: 203 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DOBSON, GEORGE FREDERICK
Editor; (b. Liverpool, Eng., Oct. 5, 1850; s. Henry and Ellen (Pinkham) Dobson; ed. Ilverpool Acad .; m. Helen Maher; one son: George Evelyn. For years engaged in journallsm, chiefly as editorlal writer; now asso. editor-in-chief, Brooklyn Eagle. Pres. and dir.
Harway Improvement Co .; sec. and dir. lianover Theatre Co., Metropolitan Jockey Club; dir. Lawrence Realty Co., Laurelton Land Co., Dreamland (sec.). Democrat; Episcopalian. Club: Brooklyn. Residence: St. George Hotel. Address: The Brooklyn Kagie, Brooklyn, N Y.
DOCHARTY, AUGUSTUS T.
Real estate; b. N. Y. City, Feb., 1851; s. Prof. Gerardus B. and Mary (Thorne) Docharty; ed. Coll. of City of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, June, 1876, Emina Kearney. Reg- Ister City and County of N. Y., 1881-1883; sec. Dep't of Docks, 1889-1895; sec. N. Y. Flre Dep't, 1898-1901; since then in real estate business. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Clubs: Seneca, N. Y. Athletic. Address: 43 W. 58th St., N. Y. City.
DOCKENDORFF, JOHN E.
Banker; b. March 20, 1866; s. John and Caroline (Fanning) Dockendorff; grad. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., 1885; Yale Univ., Ph.B., 1888; m. Macon, Ga., Florence Cornell; children: John E., Jr., b. April 3, 1905; N. Cornell, b. Oct. 15, 1906. Head of firm of J. E. Docken- dorff & Co .; dir. N. Y. Knife Co .; treas. Wykagyl Reser- vation. Inc. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. 'Berzellus Soc. (Yale Univ.). Clubs: Yale, Rallroad, Larchmont Yacht, Megantlc. Residence: Larchmont, N. Y. Ad- dress: 20 Broad St., N. Y. 'City.
DODD, FRANK HOWARD
Publisher; b. Bloomfield, N. J., April 12, 1844; s. M. W. Dodd; cd. Bloomfield Acad .; m. 1868, Martha Bliss Parker; children: Edward H., Jennie S., Harriet P., Katherine R. Until 1870 was connected with publish -. ing business of father, M. W. Dodd (founded In Brick Ch. Chapel, Printing House Sq., 1839); succeeded to business, 1870, and with Edward S. Mead formed firm of Dodd & Mcad; now active head Dodd, Mead & Co., publishers. Also pres. Riverside Ass'n, and trustee Greenwich Savings Bank and N. Y. Kindergarten. Established The Bookman, 1896; The New Internat. Encyclopedla, 1902, and other important publications. Pres. Am. Publishers' Ass'n. Mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Century, City (N. Y. City), National (London). Residence: 333 W. 77th St. Address: 4th Av. & 30th St., N. Y. City.
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