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Coppens, Charles, educator and author of Chicago, Ill., was born May 24, 1835, in Turnhout, Belgium. In 1855-59 and 1876-80 he was professor of Latin and Greek in the St. Louis university, and taught rhetoric for ten years in Florissant, Mo. In 1881-84 he was president of St. Mary's college of Kansas. He has since taught philosophy in Detroit college, Creighton university, St.. Louis university, and now at St. Ignatius college of Chicago. He is the author of Practical Introduction to English Rhetoric, Art of Oratorical Composition Logic and Metaphysics, Moral Philosophy and other works.

Corbin, D. C., president Spokane International Ry. Office, Spokane, Wash. Born 1837 in New Hampshire. In 1886 and 1887 built the road connecting the Coeur d' Alone mines with the Northern Pacific Rd., which he sold to the latter company in 1888; in the spring of 1889 began the construction of the Spokane Falls & Northern Ry., from Spokane, Wash., to the international boundary line, 141 miles; and the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Ry., an extension of the Spokane Falls & Northern Ry., from the international boundary line to Nelson, B.C., 60 miles and sold both roads in 1898 to the Northern Pacific Ry.  In 1905 and 1906 built the Spokane International Ry. from Spokane, Wash., to a connection with the Canadian Pacific Ry. at Kings-gate, B.C., and is now operating same under a fifty-year traffic agreement with that company.

Corbin, John, editor, author, critic, of 131 E. 15th St., New York City, was born Chicago, May 2, 1870; son Calvin Rich and Caroline Elizabeth (Fairfield) Corbin; educated Ogden Grammar and North Division High Schools, Chicago; Harvard, A.B., 1892, honors in English (the honor thesis, "The Elizabethan Hamlet," took one-half the Sohier prize), A .M., 1893; Balliol Coll., Oxford, 1894-1895; married N.Y. City, Nov. 2, 1899, Amy Foster. Editor Outing, 1893-94; instr. English, Harvard, 1895-1896; ass't editor Harper's Magazine, 1897-1900; on editorial staff Encyclopaedia Britannica, London, 1900-1902; dramatic critic N.Y. Times. 1902-1905; N.Y. Sun, 1905-1908: literary mg'r New Theatre, N.Y. City; 1909-10, secretary the Drama Society, New York, 1913. Author: The Elizabethan Hamlet, 1895; School-boy Life iii England, 1888; An American at Oxford, 1902; A New Portrait of Shakespeare, 1903; The First Loves of Perilla. 1904; The Cave Man, 1907; Which College for the Boy? 1908; Husband and the Forbidden Guests (two plays), 1910; The Edge (a novel), 1915; also magazine articles and stories. Recreations: Squash, tennis. Clubs: Harvard, University, The Players.

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Corliss, John Blaisdell, lawyer; born at. Richfort, Vt., June 7, 1851 ; son of Hezekiah Corliss and Lydia (Rounds) Corliss. He was graduated from the Vermont Methodist. University in 1871, and subsequently registered as a law student in Columbia University, Washington, D.C., where he took the degree of LL.B. in 1875. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced to practice in Detroit, Mich. In 1881 he was elected city attorney, which office he. held for four years. He has several times been chosen by the Republican party to act as a member of important committees, and the distinction of having framed the first complete charter of the City of Detroit. In 1894 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, and served during the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses. Address: Detroit, Mich.

Cornelisen, Otto, division superintendent Kansas City Southern Ry. Office, Pittsburg, Kan. Born March I5, 1868, at Dubuque, Ia.. Educated in the public schools. Entered railway service April 1, 1882, since which he has been consecutively to 1886, telegraph operator Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. ; 1887 to 1910, operator, train dispatcher, trainsmaster superintendent and general superintendent Chicago Great Western Rd.; May to September, 1910, trainsmaster Oregon & Washington Rd.; September, 1910, to November, 1911, superintendent Kansas City Southern Ry.; November, 1911, to September, 1912, superintendent Virginian Ry.; September, 1912, to date, division superintendent Kansas City Southern Ry.
  

  
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Cornish, John B., special agent for New England, Springfield Fire and Marine Ins. Co., of Springfield, Mass.; born at Barnstable, Mass., in 1846.  After being traveling agent for a Boston publishing house for a number of years, he was special deputy collector of customs in the Barnstable district for four years and took up insurance work in 1886, as assistant to U. C. Crosby, special agent for New England of the Phoenix Insurance Co. of Brooklyn. He has been president, vice-president and member of various committees in the New England Insurance Exchange. Address: 50 Kilby St.., Boston, Mass.

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Cornwell, William Caryl, banker; born in Lyons, N.Y., Aug. 19, 1851 ; son of Francis E. Cornwell and Catherine L. Cornwell. He entered the banking house of H. N. Smith and Company, Buffalo, as messenger. Cashier, Bank of Buffalo, from 1878 to 1893, and in 1893 he organized and became president of the City National Bank of Buffalo. He is a student of finance and has made an earnest effort to secure improvement. in banking, and currency systems. Mr. Cornwell has become an authority on financial subjects, through addresses and publications during the past ten years. Mr. Cornwell was one of the founders of the New York State Bankers' Association, and its first president. He has served as vice-president and member of the Executive Council of the American Bankers' Association, and was chairman on the Committee on Education of that association for five years. Through the efforts of this committee the American Institute of Bank Clerks was organized, of which he became the first president. He was appointed delegate to the Monetary Convention in 1895; and a member of the Executive Committee of the Indianapolis Monetary Convention in 1898. Associated with J. S. Bache & Company, bankers, since 1905. Mr. Cornwell is author of: Currency and Banking Law of Canada, 1894; Sound Money Monographs, 1897 ; What Is a Bank? which was published by the American Bankers' Association, of which 500,000 copies were distributed or sold; Bonds as a Safety Reserve for Bankers (issued by J. S. Bache & Company), which covered a careful investigation into the subject of bondholding by banks. In addition to his interest in banking and financial subjects, he is a student of art and writer on art subjects. Mr. Cornwell married at Buffalo, Oct. 9, 1873, Marian W. Loomis, daughter of Dr. H. N. Loomis. Address: J. S. Bache & Company, 42 Broadway, New York City.

Corrigan, Joseph Eugene, city magistrate, 300 Mulberry St., New York City, was born, Newark, N.J., Sept. 16, 1874; son Joseph F. and Marie (Plunkett) Corrigan ; grad. Seton Hall Coll., S. Orange, N.J., A.B., 1895, A.M., 1897; Columbia Univ. Law Sell., LL.B., 1901; married N.Y. City, Dec. 3, 1906, Margaret Holmes Stone. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Mem. Phi Delta Phi, Phi Kappa Psi fraternities, mem. Nat.. Inst. of Social Science. Clubs : Calumet, City, Nat. Democratic. Residence : 77 Irving Place.

Corthell, Elmer Lawrence, civil engineer of New York City, was born Sept. 30, 1840, in South Abington, Mass. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Brown University of Providence, R.I. He is a civil engineer of distinction and has an office in New York City. In 1898 he was a delegate from the United States Government to International Congress of Navigation at Brussels. He is the author of History of the Jetties at the Mouth of the Mississippi ; Maritime Commerce, Past, Present and Future; also articles on Jetties, Levees and Ship Canals and Ship Railways, in Johnson's Cyclopedia.

Cory, Clarence Linus, of Berkeley, Cal., was born, La. Fayette, Ind., Sept. 4, 1872. B.M.E., Purdue, 1889; M.M.E., Cornell, 1891; Dr. Eng., Purdue, 1914. Asst. elec. eng., Purdue, 1889-90; prof., highland Park, 1891-92; asst. prof., California, 1892-98, assoc. prof., 1898-1901, prof. elec. eng. and dean, col. mech., 1901- Consulting engineer, San Francisco. Fellow, A.I.E.E : Member, T. E.E.; Member, P.C.G.A. Elec. Eng.; British Inst. Elec. Eng., "Long Distance Transmission of Power with High Voltage Cur-rents"; Pacific Coast Electric Transmission Assn. "The Regulation of Alternating Current Generators" and Transmission System Regulation"; "Regulation of Long Distance Transmission Systems"; American Inst. of Electrical Engineers. "Under-ground Electrical Construction Discussion," "The Public Service Corporation," "Discussion of Transformer Regulation," "The Gas Engine as a Reserve Unit. on the Pacific Coast, Discussion of," "Triple Harmonies in Alternating Current Generators"; Pacific Coast Gas Association, "Rates for Gas Service"; League of California Municipalities, "Municipal Electric Lighting Systems."

Cory, Harry Thomas, consulting engineer; born, Lafayette, Ind., May 27, 1870; son, Thomas and Carrie (Stoney) C.; descendant of John Cory (second in line in America), Town clerk, Huntington, L.I, 1875-95. B.S., (in Mech. E.) Purdue Univ., 1887; B.S., (in C.E.). Purdue Univ., 1889; M.C.E., Cornell Univ., 1893; M.M.E., Cornell Univ., 1896. Married, Ida Judd Hiller, Oct. 4, 1911, at Los Angeles. Cal. Prof. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Mo., 1893-98; Prof. of Sanitary Engrg., 1898-1900; Dean, College of Engrg., Univ. of Cincinnati, 1900-02. Trans. Dept.., Mexican Central Ry., 1902-03; Maintenance of Way Dept., Sou. Pac. Co., 1903-04; Asst. to Gen. Mgr., Sou. Pac. Co., 1904-05; Asst. to Pres., Harriman Lines, Ariz. and Mex., 1905-11; also Gen. Mgr. and Chief Engr., Cal. Dev. Co., and La Sociedad de Riego Terrenos de la Baja Cal., S.A., the two comprising irrigation system of Imperial Valley, and in charge of re-diversion of Colo. River from Salton Sea, 1906-07. Member: Am. Soc. Civil Engrs., Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. Clubs: Bohemian (S.F.) ; Faculty (Berkeley) ; Jonathan (Los Angeles). Contributor to technical press. Original of the character, "Willard Holmes," in the book by Harold Bell Wright, "The Winning of Barbara. Worth." Residence 835 Hyde St., San Francisco, Cal. Office: 802 Nevada Bank bldg., San Francisco, Cal.

Cosgrove, Howard Goodlove, lawyer; born, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1881; son, Samuel Goodlove (Gov. of Washington, elected 1908; died in office, 1909), and Zephorena (Edgerton) C. A.B., Univ. of Washington, 1902, LL.B., 1904. Unmarried. Regent, Univ. of Washington, 1909-13. Republican. Member: B.P.O.E I.O.O.F., A. F. & A. M. Clubs: Seattle Athletic, Arctic. Res..: 103 Crockett St. Office: 2001-3 L. C. Smith Bldg., Seattle, Wash.

Cosgrove, John, lawyer and congressman of Boonville, Mo., was born Sept. 12, 1839, in Alexandria, N.Y. He was twice elected city attorney of Boonville, Mo. ; and in 1872 was elected prosecuting attorney of Cooper County. He was a. delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1872 and 880; and in 1883-85 he was a representative from Missouri to the forty-eighth congress as a Democrat.

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Coshow, Oliver P., lawyer and statesman of Roseburg, Ore., was born Aug. 14, 1863, in Brownsville, Ore. In 1904-08 he was a member of the Oregon state senate.

Costin, E. M., Asst. General Superintendent, C.C.C. & St.L.Ry. Co., office, Indianapolis, Indiana. Born Sept. 14, 1873, at Bellefontaine, Ohio. Educated in the common schools. Entered railway service Feb. 1888 as telegraph operator, Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Ry., since which he has been consecutively 1889 to 1890, telegraph operator, Baltimore & Ohio Ry. 1890, telegraph operator, New York, Chicago & St. Louis Ry.; 1891 to 1892, telegraph operator Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry.;1892 to 1893, ear distributor; 1893 to 1895, train dispatcher; 1895 to 1899, chief train dispatcher; 1899 to 1902, trainmaster, Peoria & Eastern Ry. division; 1902 to 1907, trainmaster St. Louis division; 1907 to July 10, 1913, superintendent Cleveland, Indianapolis division, Cleveland, Ohio. July 10. 1913, to date, Ass't General Superintendent at Indianapolis, Ind.

Cotton, Alfred Cleveland, soldier, physician, teacher and author of 3218 Jackson Boul., Chicago, Ill., was born May 18, 1847, in Griggsville, Ill. He served in the civil war. He has been president of the Chicago pediatric society, president of the Chicago medical society; and president of the Illinois state medical society. Tie is the author of Disease of Children and other works.

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Coulter, John Lee, statistician and specialist in rural life problems, of Washington, D. C.; born Mallory, Minn., April 16, 1881; son of John and Catherine McVeety Coulter; A.B., Univ. of N. D., 1904, A.M., 1905; studied law, 1904-05; Ph.D., Univ. of Wis., 1908; studied Univ. of Minn. and Ia.. State Coll.; married Phoebe Everett Frost, of Richmond, Tex., Sept. 23, 1911. Instr. In. State Coll., 1907, Univ. of Wis., 1907-08, Univ. of Minn., 1908-09 ; asst. prof. rural economics, Univ. of Minn., 1909-10; special agent Minn. Bd. of Health, 1909-10; expert special agent U. S. Census Bur., 1910-12; in charge of Div. of Agri., 1912-14; lecturer George Washington Univ., 1910-13; lecturer Summer Sch. of the South, 1910-11. Progressive Republican Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Econ. Assn. Am. Polit. Science Ass'n., Am. Statis. Ass'n. Am. Ass'n. for Labor Legislation, Minn. Acad. Social Sciences; mem. and see. of IT. S. Commission and Am. Commission sent to Europe to investigate rural credit and cooperation. Club : Cosmos (Washington). Author: Economic History of the Red River Valley of the North, 1910; Cooperation Among Farmers, 1911. Mem. editorial staff of Am. Econ. Review. Formerly mem. editorial staff of the quarterly jour. of Am. Statis. Ass'n.; contrib'r. many articles to current pubis. and delivered many addresses on econ. subjects.

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Councilman, William Thomas, physician ; born in Pikesville, Md., Jan. 1, 1854. He was educated in St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., and was graduated from the medical department of the University of Maryland, later receiving the honorary degree of A.M. from Harvard and Johns Hopkins. Since 1892, he has been professor of pathology at the Harvard University Medical School, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, etc., and is a fellow of the Philadelphia Academy of Medicine. He is also a member of the St. Botolph (Boston), and the Country (Brookline) Clubs. He has written monographs on dysentery, cerebro-spinal meningitis, diphtheria, smallpox, and other medical subjects. He married in Boston, 1894, Isabella Coolidge. Residence: 78 Bay State Road, Boston.

Covington, James Harry, congressman, was born May 3, 1870; in 1903 he was elected state's attorney for Talbot County for a term of four years, and was reelected in 1907.  He was a member of the sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from Maryland; and was reelected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Easton, Md.

Cowing, Edward K., deputy clerk, Criminal Court Building, New York City; residence 47 West 52nd St. Born in New York City Aug. 19, 1868. Educated at Grammar School No. 37, and Columbia Grammar School. Deputy clerk Court of General Sessions, New York City.

Cowles, Alfred Hutchinson, chemical engineer and business president of Sewaren, N. J., was born Dec. 8, 1858, in Cleveland, Ohio. He is past vice-president of the American electro-chemical society. With his brother he started the first electric smelting plant in the world in 1886.  He is president of the Electric Smelting and Aluminum company; and president of the Pecos Copper company and other corporations.

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Cox, Henry Joseph, meteorologist; born Newton, Mass., April 5, 1863: son of Thomas and Hannah M. (Perkins) Cox; A.B., Harvard, 1884 (Hon. A. M. Norwich, 1887 and D.Sc., 1914) ; married Mary Cavanagh, Somerville, Mass., Sept. 8, 1887. In Weather Service since Aug. 1, 1884; while in charge of station at Northfield, Vt., 1886-88, served as Professor at Norwich University. Has served at various Weather Bureau stations throughout the country; now in charge North-Central Forecast District, with headquarters at Chicago; also in charge of special researches in field of Agricultural Meteorology. Publications: Weather Bureau Records in Court, 1903 (Yearbook of Dept. of Agri.) ; Monograph—Recent Advance in Meteorology, 1904; Lantern Slides in the Teaching of Meteorology and Bulletin, No. 3, Geog. Soc. of Chicago, 1906; Notes of a Meteorologist in Europe, 1907; Frost and Temperature Conditions in Cranberry Marshes, 1910 (Bulletin T, Weather Bureau) ; The Weather Bureau and the Cranberry Industry, 1911 (Yearbook of Dept. of Agri.) ; Monograph—Weather and Climate of Chicago, 1913. Societies : National Geographic, Nat. Institute of Social Science, Illinois Academy of Science, Geographic Society of Chicago (Pres., 1905-07). Now member of Bd. of Directors of Chicago Geog. Soc. and Citizens League. Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic, Union League, Chicago Yacht, Beverly Country. Office: Weather Bureau, Federal Bldg., Chicago. Residence : 4566 Lake Park Ave.

Cox, James M., governor of the state of Ohio, was born March 31, 1870, in Jacksonburg Butler County, Ohio. He attended the country schools of his native state and graduated from the high school of his native town. In his early youth he was a newsboy; learned the printers' trade; and became a successful journalist. For many years he was a newspaper reporter; be-came a well known newspaper publisher of Dayton, Ohio; and has filled numerous positions of trust and honor in his city, county and state. He was elected to the sixty-first and sixty-second congresses as a democrat. He is governor of Ohio for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Columbus, Ohio.

Cox, Palmer, artist and author of New York City, was born on April 28, 1840, in Canada. He became famous the world over as the author of a series of books entitled "The Brownies, Their Book"; "Another Brownie Book," and other works. A volume entitled "Queer People," contains a collection of many of his contributions to juvenile literature.  In his younger days he lived on the Pacific coast, and there published "Squibs of California" and various other works. He illustrated his own works; and has a studio and sanctum on Broadway, New York City. His other works are "Hans Von Potter's Trip to Gotham"; "How Columbus Found America"; "That Stanley"; "Quer People, Such as Goblins, etc."; "Queer People with Claws and Wings"; "Queer People with Wings and Stings"; and resides in New York City.

Cox, William Elijah, congressman, was born in Dubois County, Ind., Sept. 6, 1865; is a graduate of the Lebanon University of Lebanon, Tenn., and of the law department of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; is an attorney-at-law, admitted as such on the 10th day of July, 1889; served as prosecuting attorney of his judicial district from 1892 to 1898; was elected to the sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses, and re-elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15 as a democrat; and resides in Jasper, Ind.

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Coxe, Joseph Wentworth, Comptroller Norfolk & Western Ry. Office Roanoke, Va. Born Dec. 13, 1853, at Philadelphia, Pa. Entered railway service April 1877, since which he has been consecutively to April 1, 1879, clerk in auditor's office Empire Fast Freight Line; April 1 to April 21, 1879, in office of auditor freight receipts Pennsylvania Rd. ; April 21, 1879, to March, 1880, auditor and general ticket agent Buffalo, Chatauqua Lake & Pittsburgh Ry.; March, 1880, to Sept., 1883, auditor and general ticket agent Shenandoah Valley Rd., under same management as above named company; Sept. 1883 to April 1885, auditor Shenandoah Valley Rd.; April 1, 1885, to March 31, 1902, auditor Norfolk & Western Rd. and its successor, the Norfolk & Western Ry. ; April 1, 1902, to Feb. 1, 1904, general auditor same road; Feb. 1, 1904, to date, comptroller same road; Jan. 1, 1884, to March 31, 1902, also clearing house agent Great Southern Despatch Fast Freight Line.

Coyle, Henry, editor, born in Boston, Mass., 1864; ed. in the grammar schools; served as editor of the Weekly Bouquet for five years and of The Orphan's Friend twelve years; author of The Promise of Morning (verses), 1889; editor and compiler of Our Church, Her Children and Institutions, 3 vols., 1908 Lyrics of Faith and Hope, 1914; contributor to The Independent, Youth's Companion, The Chautauquan, and many other publications; has traveled in England and U.S. Address: 85 Vernon St., Boston, Mass.

Coyle, M. C., Division Superintendent Michigan Central Rd., and Superintendent Detroit & Charlevoix Rd. Office, Bay City, Mich.   Born March 24, 1854, at Angelica, N.Y. Entered railway service 1866, since which he has been consecutively to Jan. 1867, messenger New York & Erie Ry. ; Jan. 1867 to April 1871, operator same road; April 1871 to Aug. 1874 operator and train dispatcher Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry.; Aug. 1874 to Jan. 1, 1883, train dispatcher Canada Southern Rd.; Jan. 1, 1883, to April 1, 1888, train dispatcher Michigan Central Rd.; April 1 1888, to Sept. 1, 1894, chief train dispatcher; Sept. 1, 1894, to Dec. 20, 1898, trainmaster, and Dec. 20, 1898, to date, division superintendent same road; Sept. 20, 1910, to date, also superintendent Detroit & Charlevoix Rd.

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Crabtree, James William, college president and author of River Falls, Wis., was born April 18, 1864, in Crabtree, Scioto County, Ohio. He has been a successful teacher, superintendent of city schools, state inspector of high schools in Nebraska, am state superintendent of public instruction of Nebraska. For six years he was president of the Peru State Normal School; and since 1911 has been president of the River Falls State Norma School of Wisconsin. He has been president of the Nebraska State Teachers' Association; and is the author of the Crabtree Speller" and other works.

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Craig, Con W., business manager of Paducah, Ky., was born Aug. 17, 1876, in Unionville, Ill. He has been a clerk in the N.C.& St.L. freight office of this city and was commercial agent for the same road for seven years. He is secretary of the Board of Trade, of the Manufacturers' Association and of the Antitubercular Association.

Craig, Locke, governor of the state of North Carolina; born Aug. 16, 1860, in Bertie County, N.C. He is a lawyer; and has been a member of the state legislature.  He is governor of North Carolina for the term of 1913-17; and resides in Raleigh, N.C.
  

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Cram, William Everett, farmer, naturalist and author of Hampton Falls, N.H., was born June 27, 1871, in Hampton Falls N.H. His education consisted of a few years in the little country school in Hampton Falls and home studies. He has contributed to the Popular Science Monthly, the New England Magazine, the Ladies' Home Journal and other publications. He is a writer and illustrator of ornithological works at Hampton Falls, N.H.  He is the author of "Little Beasts of Field and Wood" and "More Little Beasts," published by Small, Maynard & Co., Boston, Mass., and is co-author of "American Animals," published by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, which was written in collaboration with Witmer Stone, of Philadelphia, Pa.

Cramton, Louis C., United States congressman from the Seventh district of Michigan, was born Dec. 2, 1875, in Lapeer County, Mich. He is the editor and publisher of the Lapeer County Clarion; and has been a member of the State Legislature, He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Lapeer, Mich.

Crandell, Walter S., stock broker of 25 Broad St., New York City, was born, Chatham. N.Y., 1879, s. Homer and Mary (Hawley) Crandell ; grad. Cornell Univ., LL.B., 1901; m. Kinderhook, N.Y., 1909, Bess Bain; two sons, Walter Bain, b. 1911 and Edwin Hawley, 1914. Admitted to N.Y. State bar, 1901; mem. N.Y. Stock Exchange, Sec., treas. and dir. U.S. Light & Heating Co.; dir. Mo., Kans. & Texas Ry. Co., Great Western Power Co., Iowa Central Ry. Co. Mem. : Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and Masonic fraternity. Clubs: Republican, Cornell Univ., Columbia Yacht, Lawyers, Railroad and City Midday.

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Crandon, Thomas Philip Franklin, railway official. He was educated at Madison, Wis., and he served in the Union Army from Dec., 1861, to July, 1866. He settled in Batavia, Kane County, Ill., after the war, and he was elected clerk of the County Court of Kane County, and was also a member of the Village Council of Batavia, Ill. Jan., 1874, he entered the service of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway of which he has for years been the tax commissioner. Mr. Crandon has long resided at Evanston, Ill., and has served as a member of the city council there and also as a member of the School Board of School District No. 75, at Evanston. He received the degree of A.M. from Northwestern University in 1894, and he is a member and secretary of the Board of Trustees of that university. Residence: 1414 Forest Ave., Evanston, Ill. Office: Chicago and North-western Railway, Chicago, Ill.

Crane, Richard, lecturer; b. August, 1864, at Cincinnati, Ohio, of Irish parentage ; m. in 1909, Anna Mulvey, of Newport, Ky. Ed. at the public grammar schools of Cincinnati; Woodward High School; pursued seven-year post-graduate course in philosophy at St. Xavier's College (certificate June, 1905). Member of Finance Committee, Board of Trustees of St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum; Secretary of the Council and President of St. Xavier Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and is actively engaged in charitable work in connection with the society. Has lectured before many Catholic organizations and in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky upon ethical and educational subjects. Has contributed to various periodicals. Charter member of Cincinnati Council Knights of Columbus ; Secretary of Council of St. Vincent de Paul Society; and member of St. Xavier Alumni Association. Address: Ingalls Building, Fourth and Vine Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio.

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