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KNUBEL, FREDERICK H.
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, May 22, 1870; s. Frederick and Anna Knubel; ed. public schools to 1883; Coll. City of N. Y. to 1885; Packard's Business Coll., 1856; grad. l'a. Coll .. A.B. (first honor), 1893; Gettysburg Theol. Sem., A.M., 1895; studied at Univ. of Leipzig, Germany, 1895-1896; 1).1., Pa. Coll., 1912; in. Jersey City, N. J., June 26, 1895, Christine Ritscher; children: Frederick R., b. 1897, Helen M., b. 1901. Was engaged in business with a lace concern, 1886-1889; In European travel, 1895- 1896; organized Evangelical Lutheran Ch. of the Atone - ment, N. Y. City, In Dec., 1896, and has been its pastor since. Republican. Mem. Koinonia and Concordia Min- Isterial Ass'ns, Phl Gamma Delta fraternity; trustee Jaitheran Deaconess MMotherhouse, Baltimore, Md .; lutheran Ilosp. of Manhattan. Recreation: Tennis. Address: 48 Hamilton Terrace, N. Y. City,
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KOBBE, GEORGE C.
Lawyer; b. N. Y., Sept. 27, 1852; s. William August (b. in Duchy of Nassau, Germany; many years Nasso- vian consul-gen. of U. S.) and Sarah Lord (Sistare) Kobbé (b. New London, Conn.); grad. school of arts, Columbia Coll., 1874; Law School of Columbia Coll., 1876; m, Alice, d. Henry S. Leavitt, of N. Y .; children: Louise L., Alice L., George L., Walter, Jr., Martha L. Admitted to bar, 1876, and ever since in practice. Mem. firm of Roosevelt & Kobbe; pres. and dir. Brooklyn Bridge Freezing and Cold Storage Co., dir, Harrison St. Cold Storage Co., U. S. Casualty Co. Mem. Soc. of Colonial Wars in State of N. J., Sons of Revolution in State of N. Y. Clubs: Union, St. Anthony, Down Town, Baltusrol Golf. Residence: 118 E. 54tl St., and Short Hills, N. J. Address: 44-46 Wall St., N. Y. City.
KOBBÉ, GUSTAV
Author, journalist; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 4, 1857; s. William August and Sarah Lord (Sistare) Kobbe (father native of Idstein, near Wiesbaden, in the Duchy of Nassau, and after coming to U. S. was consul- gen. of that Duchy at N. Y. City until its absorption by Prussia, in 1867; mother born New London, Conn., of old New England family, being descendant of Gabriel Sistare, capt. Spanish ship which on voyage from Hav- ana to Cadiz, in 18th century, was wrecked on the Race, off New London) ; ed. Columbia Grammar Sch. of N. Y .; Classical Gymnasium, Wiesbaden, Germany, Co- lumbia Coll., A.B., 1877, A.M., 1879; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1879; in. 1882, Carolyn, d. George Minor Wheeler, of Scarsdale, N. Y .; children: George Minor Wheeler, Beatrice (m. 1907, Raymond D. Little), Hildegarde (m. 1908, Joseph H. Stevenson), Virginia (m. 1909, Ger- ald Vanderbilt Hollins), Carolyn. Began in journalism as one of editors Musical Review until 1881; on staff N, Y. Sun, 1881-1882; sent to Bayreuth, in summer of 1882, by N. Y. World, as correspondent at production of Parsifal; after a few years of newspaper work became magazine contb'r; wrote for The Century, article on Life on the South Shoals Lightship and five articles in The Heroes of Peace series; also many articles on music and drama to that magazine, Scribner's, The Forum, North American Review and other magazines, Author: Signora, a Child of the Opera House (novel) ; Miriam, a Story of the Lightship; Some Famous Actors and Actresses in Their Homes; Opera Singers; Wag- ner's Life and Works (2 volumes); Wagner's Music Dramas Analyzed; Wagner and His Isolde; Loves of the Great Composers; How to Appreciate Music; Fa- mous American Songs; My Rosary and other poems; The Planolist; founder and editor of The Lotus. Col- lector of musical portraits. Residence: Babylon, L. I., N. Y. Address: N. Y. Herald, N. Y. City.
KOBBÉ, WILLIAM A.
Major-gen., U. S. A., retired; b. N. Y. City, May 10, 1840; s. William A. (b. in Duchy of Nassau, Germany ; many years Nassovlan eonsul-gen. of U. S.) and Sarah Lord (Sistarc) Kobbé; ed. eommon school course, N. Y. City; colleglate course Germany, and course of mining eng'ring at academies of Freiberg and Clansthal, Ger- many; grad. U. S. Art'y Sch .; m. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., June 26, 1867, Isabella, d. Maj .- Gen. Wm. Hoff- man, U. S. A .; children: Ferdinand, b. 1872 (capt. 21st Inf., U. S. A.), Sarah, b. 1871, William, b. 1881 (Philip- pine Forest Service), Herman, b. 1883, Eric, b. 1887. Enlisted as private in volunteer service, 1862; served through the Civil War until discharged as capt., 178th N. Y. Vols., Mar. 1, 1866; appt'd to the reguiar service (Inf.), Mar. 17, 1866, serving on frontier until 1872, when transferred to Art'y and to sea coast. As Major of 3d Art'y, ordered to Philip- pines in command of battallon of that reg't and serv- ing throughout Philippine Insurrection; appt'd brig .- gen. Vols. and later promoted brig .- gen. U. S. A .; mil. gov. and comd'g Dep't of Mindanao and Jolo until Sept., 1901; comd'g Dep't of Dakota until Jan., 1904, when promoted major-gen .; retired Jan. 4, 1904. Instr. mil. science, U. S. Art'y Sch., 1885-1896; mem. Calif. Acad. Sciences. Address: Pasadena, Cal.
KOECHL, VICTOR
Merchant; b. Ulm, Germany, March 4, 1851; s. Vietor and Magdalene (Mayer) Koechl; ed. Gymnasiumn, Ulm, Germany, 1865; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 18, 1879, Ida Balluff. Mem. Schulze-Berge && Koechl, importers of coal tar colors and chemicals, 1884-1895, N. Y. City; succeeded by Victor Koechl & Co., Inc., with Victor Koechl as sole owner and pres. Retired from active business in 1899. Dir. Mutual Alliance Trust Co., N. Y. City. Mem. Chan- ber of Commerce, German Soc. Clubs: Riding and Driving, Brooklyn, Montauk, Germania (Brooklyn), Automobile of America (N. Y. City). Residence: 47 Montgomery Pl., Brooklyn. Address: 68 Broad St., N. Y. City.
KOENIG, SAMUEL S.
Lawyer, former sec. State of N. Y .; b. Hungary, 1872: came to U. S. with parents when a child; ed. in public schools, went to work in commercial house; attended evening high school and evening Jaw class N. Y. Univ. grad. LL. B., 1896, one of honor meni. of class, and has been practising law ever since. Elected on Republican ticket, Nov. 1, 1908, scc. of State of N. Y. for term be- ginning Jan. 1, 1909. Organized, 1891, the Federal Club, now the Regular Republican org'n of the 6th As- sembly Dist. of N. Y .; mem. since 1896 and now 2d v .- p. N. Y. County Republican Com .; mnem. N. Y. State Re- publican Com. Mason, Knight of Pythias; dir. Hebrew Orphan Asylum. Residence: 237 E. 7th St. Address: 27 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
KOHLER, MAX JAMES
Lawyer; b. Detroit, Mich., May 22, 1871; s. Rev. Dr. Kaufman and Johanna (Einhorn) Kohler; ed. pub- Ile and private schs., N. Y. City; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1890, Columbia Univ., M.A., 1891, LL.B., 1893. Won Tophan prize in constitutional law, 1892, at Co- lumbia; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 6, 1906, Winifred Lich- tenauer. Honorary sec. of Nat. Com. on Celebration of 250th anniversary of settlement of Jews in U. S., 1905. Assistant U. S. Dist. Att'y, N. Y., 1894-1898; sp'l Assist- ant U. S. Dist. Att'y, N. Y., 1898-1899. Independent Dem- ocrat. Author: Methods of Review in Criminal Cases in U. S. Edited Chas. P. Daly's Settlement of the Jews in U. S. Wrote numerous articles on Am. Jewish History for the Jewish Encyclopedia. Publications: Am. Jew. Hist. Soc. and Jewish papers; also on Immigration and on Chinese Exclusion. Trustec and honorary sec. of Baron de Hirsch Fund. Mem. Executive Com. B'd of Delegates of Union of Am. Hebrew Congregations; Ad- visory B'd of Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Ald Soc .; Secretary of The Judeans; Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, N. Y. Hist. Soc .; Am. Economic Ass'n, Am. Polit. Sci- ence, Ain. Acad. of Polit. and Social Science, Civil Service Reform Ass'n, and mem. of Council and for many years corresponding sec. Am. Jew. Hist. Soe. Mem. N. Y. Bar Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni. Residence: 622 W. 114th St. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
KOHNS, LEE
Merchant; b. Columbus, Ga., Sept. 1, 1864; s. L. and Hermine (Straus) Kohns; ed. Donai Inst., Grammar Sch. 35; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1884; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 18, 1896, Clare E. Elfelt; children: Robert Lce, Irene Dorothy, Paul L. After graduation from college, entered father's business; some years later was admitted to firmn. Mn'g partner L. Strans & Sons; mem. firm of Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn; dir. Irving Nat. Bank, Fidelity Trust Co .; sec. and treas. Four- teenth St. Realty Co. Mem. Phl Beta Kappa frater- nity; trustee Coll. City of N. Y., Hosp. Saturday and Sunday Ass'n; v .- p. Edn'l Alliance; ex-pres. Crockery B'd of Trade. Clubs: Manhattan, Reform, Nat. Arts, Hardware (N. Y. City), Manhasset Bay Yacht, Great Neck Golf. Residence: 127 W. 79th St., and Great Neck, L. I. Address: 46 Warren St., N. Y. City.
KOLLE, FREDERICK STRANGE
Physician, author; b. Hanover, Germany, Nov. 22, 1871; s. John Kolle; ed. in common schools in Germany, Long Island Coll. IIosp., M.D., 1893; received from Nat. Coll. of Electro-Therapeutics. Hon. degree of M.E. Ass't aural physician, Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hosp., 1892- 1893; interne Kings County Hosp., 1893-1894; ass't phy- sician Contagious Discases Hosp., Brooklyn, 1894; en- gaged in private practice, since 1894. Especially prom- inent In x-ray applications and electro-therapy; chief Instructor In the Department of Electro-therapeutics, Electrical Inst., N. Y. City, 1896-1900; asso. editor Elec- trical Age, 1897-1902; radiographer to M. E. Hosp., Brooklyn. Inventor of numerous processes and de- vices In connection with the use of Röntgen rays, in- cluding a radlometer, dentasklascope, X-ray coil switch- ing device, œsophameter, folding fluoroscope, focus tube, X-ray printing deyice, direct reading X-ray meter, etc .; also many instruments for use In plastie surgery. Author: The Recent Rontgen Discovery; X-Rays -- 'Their Production and Application; Medico-Surgical Radiography; Subcutaneous Hydrocarbon Protheses; Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery; and various scientific and medical papers; also author of Pen Lyrics; Olaf. a scientific novel; The Grown Baby Book: Lisps and Lilts; Fifty and One Tales of Modern Fairyland: Axel and Valborg. Mem. Authors Com. of Am. Health League, N. Y .; Physicians Legislative League, N. Y .; Academy of Medicine; German Medical Society. Ad- dress: 12 E. 31st St., N. Y. City.
KONTI, ISIDORE
Sculptor; b. Vienna, Austria, July 9, 1562; s. Ignatz Lajos and Rosalie Konti; ed. in Vienna, where entered the Imperial Academy of Art, 1878; finished studies in
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the Melsterschule of Prof. Karl Kundmann; won a schol- arship for two years' study in Rome, at the end of which engaged professionally as sculptor in Vienna until 1890; his work including a memorial to Anasta- slus Grün, the poet, and a marble bust of the Em- peror Francis Joseph, as well as several others public and private. 1890-1893 worked for the World's Co- lumbian Exp'n; since then has been engaged in pro- fessional work of various kinds: The ideal group The East and North Rivers and West Indles on the Dewey Arch; several groups for the Pan-Am. Exp'n at Buf- falo, 1901; memorial to the Revolutionary soldlers in the Federal Building, at Syracuse; many groups for the Louisiana Purchase Exp'n at St. Louis; the Mc- Kinley Memorial at Philadelphia, in collaboration with. the late Chas. A. Lopez. Received gold medal at World's Fair, St. Louis. Mem. of Council of Nal. Sculpture Soc., Architectural League of N. Y., Muni- cipal Art Soc., Associate of Nat. Acad. of Design, Sal- magundi Club., Address: 292 Riverdale Av., Yonkers, N. Y.
KOON, SIDNEY GRAVES
Editor; b. Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1875 ; s. Charles Byron and Lavanchie E. (Patten) Koon; grad. Cornell Univ., M.E., 1902, M.M.E., 1903 (Sigma Xi, 1902) ; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1900, Madeline Vatet; one d., Cecil Vatet Koon, b. Dec. 12, 1907. In counting-room of D. M. Os- borne & Co., Auburn, N. Y., 1892-1893; in experimental work on screw propulsion in Ithaca, N. Y., 1903-1904; editorial International Marine Engineering since 1904. Independent Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc Mech. Eng'rs, Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs, Soc. of the Sigma Xi, University Club of Brooklyn, N. Y., Soc. of the Cayugas, New York. Au- thor of numerous papers and articles mainly techni- cal. Collaborator and author Text-book on Engineer- ing, published by Historical Publishing Co., Pilladel- phia. Address: 17 Battery Place, N. Y. City.
KOPLIK, HENRY
Physician; b. N. Y., Oct. 28, 1858; s. Abraham S. and Rosalie Koplik; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A. B., 1878; Med. Dep't Columbia Univ., M.D., 1881; m. 1902, Steph- anle Schlele. Discoverer of "Kopllk spots," a dlag- nostic symptom In measles, adopted by profession gen- erally; also a bacillus of whooping cough. First to establish milk stations in U. S. Mem. Am. Pediatric Soc., Ass'n Am. Physicians, N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Mem Permanent Com. Internat. Ass'n Child Welfare and Goultes de lait. Chief pediatrist Mt. Sinal Hosp., Consulting Hosp. for Deformities, Jewish Maternity Hosp., and Ha Moriah Hosp. Formerly attending phy- siclan to St. John's Gulld and Good Samaritan Dis- pensary, N. Y. Author: Diseases of Infancy and Child- hood, and numerous med. monographs on diseases of infancy and childhood. Address: 30 E. 62d St., N. Y. City.
KOPPELMAN, HARRIS
Lawyer; b. Lublin, Russia, July 22, 1884; s. Joseph and Gussie (Kolberg) Koppelman; ed. public sch. No. 22, N. Y. City ; De Witt Clinton High Sch., N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., 1906, LL.B .; m. Esther Kunstler. Special deputy att'y gen. 1907, 1909 and 1913, to prosecute complaints against comm'n of crimes against the elec-" tive franchise (assigned to Courts in N. Y. City). Democrat; Hebrew. Address: 144 RIvington St., N. Y. City.
KORNFELD, ALFRED E.
Retired publisher; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 24, 1869; s. Charles and Julia (Gregor) Kornfeld; ed. public schools of N. Y. City and Coll. City of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, June 21, 1891, Hennie Eisenberg; one d .: Muriel Gregor, b. May 29, 1901. Was five years with Elec- trical World; mg'r and dir. Engineering News Pub- lishing Co., 1892-1913. Republican. Traveled through England, Germany and France, 1900-1901, 1909-1912- 1913. Asso. Ant. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Engineers. Mason 32°. Recreations: Travel, horse- back riding, music. Address: 132 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
KOST, FREDERICK W.
Artist; b. N. Y. City; ed. N. Y. schools; studled art in schools of 'Nat. Acad. Design. Specialty in land- scapes; received hon. mention at Parls Exp'n, 1900. Awarded bronze medal Pan-\m. Exb'n; silver medal St. Louis Exp'n. Represented in Brooklyn Inst. Arts & Sciences. Academician Nat. Acad. Design, 1906. Mem. Artists' Fund Soc., Soc. Landscape Painters, Brooklyn Soc. Arts and Crafts. Clubs: Century, Lotos. Residence: Brook Haven, Long Island, N. Y. Address: 146 W. 55th St., N. Y. Clty.
KOUNTZE, AUGUSTUS FREDERICK
Banker; b. N Y., July 23, 1878; s. Luther and Annle and Elizabeth Kountze; grad. Sheffield Scientific Sch.,
Yale, Ph.B., 1891; m. 1909, Davelle Combs. Engaged In banking business in N. Y. Clty since 1892; mem. firm of Kountze Bros., bankers. Clubs: University, Metropolitan, Yale. Residence: 4 W. 55th St. Ad- dress: 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KOUNTZE, WILLIAM DE LANCY
Banker; b. N. Y., July 23, 1878; s. Luther and Annie 1. ( Ward) Kountze; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., Yale Univ., 1899; m. Macon, Ga., April 9, 1904, Martha Johnston; children; Martha Barclay, Helen De Lancey. Mem. banking firm Kountze Bros .; dir. Greenwich Savings Bank, Lincoln Trust Co., llanover Nat. Bank. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Union, University, The Brook. Residence: 51 E. 51st St. Address: 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KOYL, CHARLES HERSCHEL
Physicist, consulting eng'r; b. Amherstburg, Ont., Aug. 14, 1855; s. Rev. Ephraim Lillie and Frances (Culp) Koyl; grad. Victoria Coll., Cobourg, Ont., 1877; post-grad. student Johns Hopkins, 1879-1883; fellow 1881-1883; m. 1st, 1885, Georgiana Thacher Wash- burn; 2d, 1901, Adele T. Sanford. Head dep't mathe- matics and physics, High Sch., Washington, D. C., 1885-1887; prof. physics Swarthmore Coll., 1887-1889; v .- p. Nat. Switch and Signal Co., 1889-1891; pres. Nat. Drying Co., 1891-1893; scientific ass't to Col. WarIng, comm'r street cleaning, N. Y. City, 1895-1896; mg'r Automatic Banjo Co., N. Y. City, 1896-1899; Industrial Water Co., 1899-1902. Contb'r to scientific journals on physics and eng'ring; delegate to Internat. Congress of Electricians, Philadelphia, 1884. Residence: 79 Ham- ilton Pl. Address: 18 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KRACKE, FREDERICK JOHN HENRY
Comm'r of Bridges of N. Y., merchant; b. N. Y. City, July 11, 1868; s. Henry and Henrietta (Hoffman) Kracke; educated public schools and Collegiate High Sch., N. Y. City; m. Brooklyn, 1890, Florence Tayntor; children: Frederick T., b. 1898; Helen T., b. 1903. Trus- tee of Adelphl Coli. . (Brooklyn). Formerly ass't comm'r Ag'r, State of N. Y., for 10 years. Mem. Republican State Exec. Com. and Gen. Com .; also Exec. Com. df Kings Co. Rep. Com. as Comm'r. Has represented State of N. Y. in Nat. Agr'l Conventions by comm'n from various Governors in States from Maine to Calif. and South to Texas. Pres. Tayntor Construction Co .; dir. Tayntor Granite Co., Home Trust Co. of Brooklyn. Naval Officer, Port of N. Y., until Nov., 1913; appt'd Comm'r of Bridges by Mayor Mitchel, Jan., 1914. Republican. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Mein. N. Y. Mercantile Exchange, Maritime Exchange, Jolly Mar- iners, Congress 18th Assembly, Kings Co. Masonic Lodge, K. T. and Kismet Tempie Mystic Shrine, Clin- ton Commandery; l'atrons of Husbandry (Granger), Nat. Geog. Soc., Kings County Hist. Soc., Trustee Adelphi College, Brooklyn. Clubs: Union League, Ham- ilton, Midwood, Cortelyou, Mercantile, Roosevelt. Re- publican, Republican Club of N. Y. State, Republican Ass'n Dist., Invincible, Congress; dir. Flatbush Boys' (Charitable Club), Upanin Club (charitable), United Neighborhood Guild (charitable). Address: 11 Ken- more Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
KRAMER, GEORGE WASHINGTON
Architect; b. Ashland, Ohio, July 9, 1847; s. Danlel and Susan (Baughman) Kramer; family of German- Swiss extraction, the earliest Am. ancestor having been George Kramer, who settled in Eastern Pa. early in 18th Century; ed. in common and high schools; pro- fessional ed'n obtained In offices and otherwise sell acquired; in., Lisbon, Ind., Jan. 4, 1870, Harriet Estelle Blackman (died 1904); children: Ella Estelle Marshall (died 1904), George Lee, b. 1882; Lora Odessa Kramer Mitchell, b. 1885. Engaged in business as contractor. 18868-1873; practised as architect, Ashland, Ohio, 1873- 1879; then entered Into partnership with Jacob Sny- der, a well-known architect and originator of Akron S. S. Plan, until 1885; then of firm of Kramer & Weary until 1894, when came to N. Y. City, where has since been in practice. With associates has designed and built many public buildings in various States, all the new buildings of Oberlin Coll., original buildings of Ohio Agr'l Coll., college buildings at Akron, Ash- fand, Marietta, Mt. Union and Fostoria, Ohio; Med- . ville, Pa., and elsewhere: the Dueber-Hampden Watch Co. buildings, Canton, Ohio, and many bulldings at Akron, Ohio, etc .; originated the combination and the diagonal or "pulpit-in-the-corner" plan of church building (usually called the "Akron" plans). Originator of a new series of plans for the Graded Sunday School System; just adopted. This is as distinctive as were the first or original Akron plans. Architect of over 2,000 churches In nearly every State and in foreign lands, Union Methodist Ch., Manhattan, and the Bap- tist Temple In Brooklyn being among the number. Re- ceived tirst award in national competition for Sunday
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School building at World's Columbia Exp'n, 1893; ex- pert on heating and ventilation; originator of the Fan Furnace System; constructional and sanitary eng'r; specially known for improved ideas in heating, venti- lation and sanitation of public buildings. Author: The What, How and Why of Church Building. Residence: 77 N. 17th St., East Orange, N. J. Address: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
KRANS, HORATIO SHEAFE
Author, literary adviser and sec. of Sturgis Walton Co., publishers; b. Boston, 1872; s. Rev. Edward H. and Charlotte (Sheafe) Krans; ed. in private schools, N. Y. City; Columbia, A.B., 1894, Ph. D .; m., 1910, Gabrielle Kindstrand. Engaged in literary work for magazines and reviews and in editorial work. Author: Irish Life in Irish Fiction, 1903 ( MacMillan); Willlam Butler Yeats, 1904 (McClure, Phillips); Goldsmith, A Critical Biography (in Vol. 1 of the Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Turk's Head Edition), 1908 (Putnam). Editor "Eng- lish Love Poems Old and New," 1909 (Putnam); "The Lost Art of Conversation," 1910 (Sturgis & Walton Co.) Asso. editor Library of the World's Wit and Humor (10 vols.). Recreation: Tennis. Clubs: Columbia Uni- versity, Authors. Address: 111% W. 84th St., N. Y. City.
KRAUTHOFF, LOUIS C.
Lawyer; b. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 18, 1858; s. Louis and Sophia (Riseck) Krauthoff; ed. public schools of Jef- ferson City, Mo. Studied law in office of Ewing & Smith, Jefferson City, Mo., 1874-1876; admitted to bar (aged 18), 1876; ass't att'y-gen. Mo., 1877-1881; mem. Gen. Assembly, Mo., 1883-1885; practised law at Jeffer- son City, 1877-1886; at Kansas City, Mo .. 1886-1899. Pres. Mo. State Bar Ass'n, 1890-1891; Missouri mem. Nat. Dem. (Gold Standard) Com., 1896-1900; gen. coun- sel Armour & Co. and allied interests, 1899-1905. Since 1905, in gen. corporate and financial practise at N. Y. City bar; special Judge Supreme Court of Missouri in Lackland v. Welker (case of Shaw's Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 161 Mo. Rep., p. 210), 1899. Author of paper on Malice, Am. Bar Ass'n, 1898. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, Bar Ass'n City of N. Y. Residence: Greenwich, Conn. Address: 55 Wall St., N. Y. City.
KRECH, ALVIN W.
Banker; m. Angeline S. Jackson; children: Shepard, Gerald, Angeline, Helen, Margaret. Pres. and trustec Equitable Trust Co., of N. Y .; pres. and dir. Equitable Safe Deposit Co .; mem. N. Y. Com. of Bank of Havana; dir. Buxton & Landstreet Co., City Invest- ing Co., Davis Coal & Coke Co., Distilling Co. of Amer- ica, Electric Properties Co., George's Creek & Cumber- land R. R., John L. Roper Lumber Co., Mexican Central R'y Co., Midland Securities Co., Nat. Bank of Com- merce, Nat. Surety Co., Norfolk Southern R. R. Co., Raleigh, Charlotte & Southern R'y Co., Robins Convey- ing Belt Co., Southern Cotton Oil Co., Wabash R. R. Co., Western Md. R. R. Co., W. Va. Central & Pitts- burgh R'y Co., Va .- Carolina Chem. Co .; voting trustee General Asphalt Co. Mem. Inst. of Musical Arts. Clubs: Automobile of America, Church, City Midday, Grolier, Metropolitan, N. Y. Athletic, Racquet and Tennis, Rid- ing, Meadow of Southampton, Nat. Golf Links of America, Piping Rock, Shinnecock Hills Golf, South- ampton, Royal Thames Yacht (London), Travelers (Paris). Residence: 17 E. 70th St. Address: 37 Wall St., N. Y. City.
KREHBIEL, HENRY EDWARD
Editor, musical critic, lecturer; b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Mar. 10, 1854; s. Rev. J. and Anna Maria Elizabeth (Haake) Krehbiel; ed. in pub. schs of Ohio; m. 1st, Birmingham, Conn., 1877, Helen Virginia Osborne; 2d, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1896, Marie Van; one d. Helen, b. 1883. Musical critic Cincinnati Gazette, 1874-1880; musical critic N. Y. Tribune since Nov. 1880. Mem. Internat. Jury Exp'n Universelle, Paris, 1900 (musical section). Editor: Musical Review, N. Y. City, 1880- 1881. Mem. Beethoven Haus Verein, Bonn, Germany; decorated by France with Cross Legion d'honneur (Chevalier), Jan., 1901. Author: An Account of the Fourth Musical Festival Held at Cincinnati, 1880; Notes on the Cultivation of Choral Music, 1884; Re- view of the New York Musical Season (5 vols., 1885- 1890); Studies in the Wagnerian Drama, 1891; The Philharmonic Society of New York-a Memorial, 1892; How to Listen to Music, 1897; Music and Manners in the Classical Period, 1898; Chapters of Opera, 190S; A Book of Operas, 1909; The Pianoforte and its Music, 1910. Reviser and continuator of Lavignac's Music and Musicians, 1877; editor and translator of The Technics of Violin Playing (Courvoisier), 1880; trans- lator and annotator of Mozart, The Man and Musician; Beethoven, The Man and the Musician (Kerst), 1905. American editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition); consulting editor Music
of the Modern World, etc. Spends summers at Blue Hill, Maine. Club: Authors. Address: 152 W. 105to St., N. Y. Clty.
KREMER, WILLIAM N.
Insurance official; b. Carlisle, Pa., 1851. Em- ployed with German-Am. Ins. Co. of N. Y., as gen. ag't for Middle Dep't until 1896; v .- p. 1896-1898; pres. since 1898. Also pres. and dir. German Alliance Ins. Co .; dir. Underwriters' Salvage Co. I'res, Underwriters* Ass'n, 1892; pres. Nat. B'd of Underwriters, 1913. Clubs: Lawyers, Garden City Golf, Rumson Country. Residence: 34 Park Av. Adress: 1 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
KROTEL, PAUL
City magistrate; appt'd for term expiring July 1, 1919. Address: 130 E. 38th St., N. Y. City.
KRUESI, WALTER EDISON
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