250 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio army of the Republic at the age of seventeen years, and to the highest praise at the end of the war from his general, George H. Thomas. General Thomas, recognizing his extraordinary abilities, wrote to President Lincoln, recommending Lieutenant Commager for efficiency and bravery, and requesting President Lincoln to appoint Lieutenant Commager to West Point, where his natural military capabilities might receive the development that comes from training and study along special lines. Lieutenant Commager, however, desired rather to return to civilian pursuits, and although he received a letter from President Lincoln offering him the appointment to West Point, he returned to Toledo and resumed the study of law. While on a visit in Michigan and while still under age, he was nominated and elected to the office of Police Commissioner on a non-partisan ticket, and upon his return was obliged to decline the honor because of the fact that he was not e f age. Shortly afterwards he was admitted to the Bar of Lucas County, where for the rest of his life he practiced and received many civil honors through the suffrage of his fellow-citizens, to whom his merit and charm endeared him. He served as a member of the School Board for many years, bringing to that board that breadth of mind and knowledge of human nature that results, in men capable of it, from contact with many men of varied thoughts and beliefs, and extensive reading. He served upon the School Board at a time when a manifestation of his rare liberality and tolerance was equally an indication of moral courage. His profound erudition and extreme popularity brought him the high honor of election to the Common Pleas bench during the decade when the bench of Lucas County boasted its Judge Pugsley and Judge Lemmon. He served as a Common Pleas Judge from 1883 to 1892. Judge Commager also served as a member of the Board of Elections for four years, and declined many other positions of an honorary nature that were tendered him during his career Few of the many persons who came in contact with Judge Commager's personality failed to recognize that his was a wonderful intellect, endowed by nature and developed by many years of careful reading and study and broad experience. Those who had the privilege of being regarded by him as a friend, and who enjoyed the social intimacy which was so characteristic of the judge with his friends, knew that he was a man of the most generous impulses, the kindliest of feelings towards his neighbors and all fellowmen, very intense loyalties toward his friends, and above all, the very highest professional and social ideals. The older members of the bar who knew him when he was professionally more active will remember him as an orator, a scholar and a forceful man of great courtesy and charm. The younger members of the bar will remember him as a man whose stored up recollections and philosophical deductions afforded, them, when related and explained, by Judge Commager, great lessons in life who always tried to be helpful and kind to the aspiring younger members of the profession. GUILFORD B. KEPPEL. Nature seems to have endowed Mr. Keppel with a mind alert to analyze legal problems to their depths. To this natural bent he added a painstakin ; care and study that generally resulted in a correct conclusion. Coupled with his zeal to reach a true solution of the problem before him was a spirit of frankness that led him to make known to his client the result of his labor, even though it might not be that which was desired. He was unsparing in his condemnation of sharp practice. He abhorred the too frequent custom of brow-beating witnesses. His indignation was aroused against those in power who too often induced subordinates to color their testimony or depart from the truth to serve the purposes of their masters. Much of his work was done for the poor and unfortunate, in whose behalf he exerted every effort and for whom he had the utmost sympathy. He was one of that old school which is rapidly passing away that had cherished ideals for a learned profession. These ideals he placed above mere business getting and the profits that might accrue. The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 251 To him the law was a profession, not a trade. . He was born in Hopewell Township, Seneca County, Ohio, May 8, 1845, and for forty-seven years he labored conscientiously and well in his chosen profession. He died at Toledo, September 15, 1918. He was Prosecuting Attorney of Seneca County from 1876 to 1880; postmaster of Tiffin, Ohio, under President Cleveland ; a member of the Tiffin School Board and held other positions of trust. He died in the harness at the ripe age of seventy-three. JOHN HARDY DOYLE, OF THE TOLEDO BAR. Judge Doyle was born in Perry County, Ohio, April 23, 1844. Resident of Toledo from 1847 until his death. Died at Winter Haven, March 24, 1919. His reputation rests not upon the brilliant results of a few occasions, but upon the uniformly extraordinarily high excellence of his professional work, his honest-mindedness, and his exalted character. It would take that dryest of all recitals, the story of the thousands of lawsuits already dust of the ages, to which he gave through the long, long years the force of his intellect, his quickness of wit and unflagging industry, should an attempt be made to convey an impression of the work of this great lawyer as it grew up in the minds of lawyers during the years they knew and loved him. Judge Doyle was primarily a lawyer, with the ancient standards of the profession. Whatever else he did, it was but a vacation or interlude that he might return refreshed and re-invigorated to his labor of love upon the bench or at the bar. To stand as he did for more than forty years as the unchallenged leader of the Bar of Lucas County required more than mere industry and facility. His superb manner and presence at once impressive and charming furnished some shelter of excuse, his wonderful combination of quickness of thought and unending persistence (you remember he carried the contest to enforce the lien of an Ohio judgment against the Wabash Railway Federal Court title to successful issue in some thirty years) gave some explanation, but, after all, his greatness and power were the result of his combined qualities. It would not have been difficult to find lawyers who would have done one or more things better than he, but impossible to have found one among the Lucas County Bar who could do so many of the different kinds of a lawyer's work supremely well. Some would say that his schooling was short, but he ranked among the best educated men of his time and community. The streets, labor and the schools taught him elementary knowledge and wisdom of folks and opened to him the learning of the ages. His beautiful and rapid handwriting, which enabled him with pleasure to the very last to put his briefs and important papers in long hand, was learned as a copyist in the Recorder's office of Lucas County, and he had an opportunity to see politics as it is while he served as Secretary to the Honorable James M. Ashley in the fierce campaign of 1864. Admitted to practice at twenty-one, he had the great good fortune to receive his early training under that prince of technical lawyers, Edward Bissell, and was very soon, as a member of the firm of Bissell & Gorrill, thrown into very active court practice where under the thorough, if not always agreeable, tutelage of Charles Kent, Charles Dodge, Charles Pratt and Judge J. M. Ritichie he was taught the practice of law. After his novitiate as Judge of the Common Pleas and of the Supreme Court, he lived for thirty years in close business and professional relations with many of the most highly trained business geniuses of the country, and was constantly in the trial of important cases involving the fundamental questions of our governmental and business life. If any one among us has received a higher or better education he has occasion to rejoice. It may in some degree be due to the rosy memories of our youth, but however that may be, Judge Doyle's much too brief work as Nisi Prius Judge seems to us ideal. Whatever rank he may have held in other branches of our great art, as a trial judge he was above criticism. He came to this work in the full strength of mind and body, after he had learned from life and knew what the law was or where it could be found. Blessed with quick perceptions, with certainty he found 252 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio out what each lawsuit was about, and when the heart of a controversy is once known, it is rare that its just decision is more than routine work to a trained and well balanced mind. When, as was his case, to this basic power to know was added both the will and the industry to learn, and the capacity to preside with dignity, impartiality, good humor and firm decision, his services were well nigh invaluable. CHARLES THOMAS LEWIS, OF THE TOLEDO BAR. On the 29th day of September, 1918, Mr. Charles Thomas Lewis departed this life on his farm near Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio. Mr. Lewis was a resident of Toledo since 1882, and for several years he was in the habit of spending a part of the summer months on his farm, which was near enough to Toledo to enable him to attend to his professional work when necessary without inconvenience. He was born in Marietta, Ohio, on the 9th day of October, 1850, and lived there until after he graduated at Marietta College in 1872. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, and Alpha Sigma Phi fraternities. Before being admitted to the bar he was the cashier of The Noble County National Bank at Caldwell, Ohio, where he studied law in the office and under the tutorship of Judge W. H. Fraser, and was admitted to practice at Caldwell in 1876. During that year, 1876, he entered into a partnership with Irvin Belford, late Clerk of the U. S. Circuit Court, and the firm was engaged in the practice at Caldwell until 1882, when they moved to Toledo. Mr. Lewis was married October 26, 1876, to Dora Glidden, and the children of the marriage are Howard Lewis, Frank S. Lewis, William G. Lewis, Gertrude Lewis Richardson and Charles Thomas Lewis, Jr. Mr. Lewis was a man of deep religious convictions and during his life was an active and earnest member of the Baptist Church, and one of the founders of the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church of Toledo. He was very prominent in the state and national affairs of the church and was a trusted adviser in all matters connected with the administration of the trusts and other legal affairs of each. For several years he was the head of The Ohio Baptist Convention. He took a great interest in all educational matters, serving as President of the Board of Education of Toledo in 1896 and 1897, and for a great many years was a Trustee of the Denison University at Granville, Ohio ; was President of the Board of Trustees when he died, and was always greatly interested in the welfare of the college. He was a prominent Mason, having many positions of honor, and received the thirty-third degree Scottish Rite in 1898, and the Scottish Rite Ring Service was read at his funeral. For fifteen or twenty years he was a Director in the Northern National Bank of Toledo, Ohio, which position he occupied at the time of his death. With all these activities, his great devotion was to his profession. He was a model lawyer by training, education and mental fitness. He loved the profession and hated anything that reflected on its reputation and standing. He was so earnest in this that it was very difficult, if not impossible, for him to condone an unprofessional act. That he was an able lawyer is evidenced by the fact that he was given, by unanimous consent, a place among the leading members of the bar. He entered the office of Doyle & Scott in 1885, and to a partnership under the firm of Doyle, Scott & Lewis, which name continued until Mr. Scott's death in 1896, when the firm name became Doyle & Lewis. For thirty-five years Mr. Lewis and Judge Doyle were partners in the practice of the law, a partnership which would not be dissolved except by the death of one of the partners. A few years ago Mr. Lewis' sons, Howard and Frank S., were admitted to the firm. During the last twenty years Mr. Lewis had especial charge of the business of The Toledo & Ohio Central, The Zanesville & Western, and The Kanawha & Michigan Railway Companies. He was General Counsel of The T. & O. C. Company, was its Vice-President in 1908, and President in 1909, and part of 1910, and a Director in that company, the Big Four and The New York Central Railway Companies at the time of his death. The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 253 He never allowed anything to interfere with his devotion to the profession and his professional work. He never accepted office or was a candidate for any political office, but always took active interest in public affairs. JOHN AUGUSTUS GARVER, OF THE TOLEDO BAR. John Augustus Garver was a native of Ohio, having been born on a farm in Troy Township in Morrow County, on September 14, 1858. He received his early education in the public schools of Morrow County and later attended Ohio Central College at Iberia, Ohio, where he graduated in 1883. During his course of study there he was a room-mate of President Warren G. Harding and the close and intimate friendship formed between them at this institution continued until his death. Thereafter he studied law at Mt. Gilead in the office of Judge Thomas E. Duncan, father of Judge William Duncan, of Findlay, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar of Ohio, September 7, 1886. He commenced the practice of his profession at Mt. Gilead and continued in practice there until 1897, when he removed to Toledo, Ohio. With the exception of a period of about three years in 1912, 1913 and 1914, when he was in the legal department of The Emerson-Brantingham Company, of Rockford, Illinois, he continued to reside in Toledo and to practice law until his death, which occurred at his home at 2918 Scottwood avenue, February 12, 1919. During his practice in Mt. Gilead he was associated with Thomas Dalrymple, and later with Hon. Louis K. Powell, afterwards Judge of the Court of Appeals of the Fifth District, and after his removal to Toledo he was associated with George W. Fluckey and later with Thad S. Powell, brother of Judge Powell. At the time of his death he was associated in practice with Warren J. Duffey and George C. Bryce. He was united in marriage with Lizzie B. Ustick on November 7, 1889. Mrs. Garver and one daughter, Anna Garver, survive him. Throughout his life he took an active interest in politics and was a lifelong Republican. He served as Mayor of Mt. Gilead and also as City Solicitor of that city for four years and for a short period served as Assistant City Solicitor of Toledo during the administration of Mayor Charles M. Milroy. He also was a very active and prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having held the highest offices in the Grand Encampment of Ohio, and in subordinate organizations of that Order. One of his most important undertakings was the preparation of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Supreme Encampment of that order, to which work he devoted the painstaking care and diligent effort which was characteristic of all his work during his life. John Garver in manner and character was truly one of that type often referred to by the overworked and hackneyed term "a gentleman of the old school." In appearance always plain and unostentatious; in address ever courteous and sincere; in manner dignified, without arrogance, always humble in the true sense of humility, yet never obsequious ; in his profession always painstaking, faithful and capable. In all, he possessed a beauty and sweetness of character that not only endeared him to the affections of his friends but also won and held the respect of all who knew. him. It can perhaps be truly said of him that once having made a friend, he never lost his friendship, and this was because he was by nature incapable of anything petty, underhanded or dishonest, and his unswerving loyalty to these ideals prevented him from alienating the regard of his friends by any unworthy conduct. He was by disposition and habit rather reserved and abstemious, yet he loved good companionship and was always a pleasant and even jovial com- panion among his intimate friends, as is so often the case with men of retiring disposition. His prevailing characteristic was dependability. He could always be depended upon as a friend, to be loyal and sincere ; as a lawyer to be faithful, painstaking and accurate; and as a man, to be unselfish, just and true. JAMES KENT HAMILTON, OF THE TOLEDO BAR. The close of the year 1918 brought with it the close of a life which for sixty years had been of great usefulness and of unselfish effort to the nation, state and community in which he lived. 254 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio James Kent Hamilton was born at Milan, Erie County, Ohio, on May 17, 1839, the son of Thomas and Sarah Standart Hamilton. He was one of a large family. After the ordinary common school education of those days, he entered Kenyon College at Gambier, Ohio, and while attending this school, financial reverse's required him to put forth efforts and make sacrifices unusual even in those days, that he might complete his classical course of study. He ,graduated in 1859 with honors and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1862 the degree of Master of Arts in course was conferred upon him, and in 1912 the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred by his Alma Mater. Early in the Civil War he responded to the call, enlisting as a private in the 113th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which regiment he served until the close of the conflict. For bravery and distinguished conduct he was promoted captain. He participated in all the battles in middle Tennessee, including Chickamaugua and Missionary Ridge. Later in that year he was actively in the Knoxville Campaign, and in 1864, with the Army of the Cumberland, he fought at Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, and went all through the campaign which resulted in the overthrow of Atlanta. With General Sherman he went down to the sea and thence northward through the Carolinas, participating at last in the Grand Review at Washington in 1865. At Chickamaugua as Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of Staff of the brigade commanded by General John G. Mitchell, he was with Granger and Steedman when they marched to the relief of and saved the Army of the Cumberland from annihilation on September 20, 1863. For his conduct in this bloody and doubtful engagement he was especially complimented for gallantry in the reports of his superior officers. He entered the law office of Honorable R. C. Hurd at Mount Vernon, Ohio, where he engaged in the study of the law, but finally completed his studies in the office of William Baker in Toledo. Upon his admission to the bar he at once took the place to which his ability and character justly entitled him. In 1867 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the City of Toledo, and in the same year was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Lucas County, which office he filled with distinguished ability during two terms. In 1875 the people of Toledo called him to serve them as their City Solicitor, and he proved an able and worthy servant in this office for two terms. Having learned his worth and the value of his service, the people of Toledo again called upon him, and in 1887 elected him Mayor, which office was likewise filled for two terms. He declined a third term. For twelve years he was a member of the Board of Sinking Fund Trustees, and for seven years a member of its Board of Education ; being most of the time President of that body. In 1913-14 he was called, against his personal inclination and over his positive protest, to serve as a member of the Commission which prepared the Charter which now governs the City of Toledo. He was also President of that body. He was an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic from its organization, and an honored member of Toledo Post, Number 107. His soldier friends, recognizing his worth, called him to fill various offices in that organization, both state and national. In 1914-15 he was Commander of the Department of Ohio, G. A. R. He also served as Judge Advocate of Ohio on the staff of Governor A. S. Bushnell from 1896 to 1900. He was for many years a Director and member of the Executive Committee of The Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Company at Toledo. Able, careful, a fine legal mind, thoroughly grounded in the science of the law, Mr. Hamilton was easily for forty years one of the leaders of the Lucas County Bar. He was a man of the strictest integrity, with a lofty conception of professional ethics and his professional obligations. Mr. Hamilton first married Sybil Williams, who died in the same year of their marriage. For many years thereafter he remained a widower ; but in July, 1898, he was united in marriage with Ethel Beecher Allen, of Kansas City, who with one son, Allen B. Hamilton, now a student at Harvard University, survives him. This union was for twenty years a most happy and companionable one, and during the long and painful illness which preceded his death the loving and intelligent care and devotion of his good wife did much to relieve his suffering and prolong his life. The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 255 HARRY ELDRIDGE KING, OF THE TOLEDO BAR. Harry E. King, who died at Maple Grove, his summer home, near Perrysburg, Ohio, upon the 18th day of October, 1918, was born near Cumberland, Allegheny County, Maryland, May 12, 1857. His father, Captain Alexander King, removed to Cumberland, Maryland, in early manhood, and for years he was engaged in the mercantile business. He spent the closing years of his life on a beautiful plantation six miles north of Cumberland. It was here that Harry received his preliminary education in the schools of Maryland. But Harry's education was interrupted by the death of his father, when he was only sixteen years old. The death of his father threw him upon his own resources, but he began the battle of life with the endowments bequeathed to him by his honest ancestors, and gifted with that wonderful personality. From his earliest days he had an ambition to become a lawyer. He started out for the goal—to become one of the best lawyers of the land, and before the end of his seventeenth year he was in the State Normal School at Millersville, Pennsylvania, during the school year of 1874-75; in 1877 he was at the Collegiate Institute at Fort Edward, New York ; and in 1878 he was at Eastman's National Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. His work in all these schools was thorough, and he mastered everything he took hold of, and acquired a solid foundation for the fine results which he accomplished as .a lawyer. He reached the age of twenty-two, and then began the earning of the money which was to support him while he was further preparing for his chosen profession. For three years he was employed as a clerk in a large general store at Sulphur Springs, Texas. In 1882 he left that employment and entered the law department of the University of Michigan, and remained at that university during the sessions of 1881-82. His twenty-fifth year was reached, and in March, 1882, he came to Toledo, and began the study of law in the office of Swayne, Swayne & Hayes, poring over the law books precisely the same as thousands of the old school lawyers in the history of the American Bar have done. Twenty-seven years old, and on the 6th of February, 1883, he passed with credit the Ohio State Bar examination, and was admitted by the Supreme Court of Ohio to practice .law in the courts of the state which he had chosen for his professional career. In 1885, he became a member of the firm of Swayne, Swayne & Hayes. He was a member of the firm of Swayne, Swayne & Hayes seven years, retiring April 1, 1892. On the last-named date, being thirty-five years old, he formed a partnership with Thomas H. Tracy, under the firm name of King .& Tracy, throwing up a penny to determine whose name should be the first in the firm. In 1908 there were admitted to the firm two additional members who had helped build up the practice of that firm—Charles F. Chapman, Jr., and George D. Welles—under the firm name of King, Tracy,. Chapman & Welles. As a cor poration lawyer and counsellor, Mr. King had no superior at the Toledo Bar, and few peers. On April 1, 1914, Mr. King withdrew from this partnership of twenty-two years standing, and opened offices of his own in the Ohio building, adjoining those of the old firm, with which firm, until his death, he continued to have the most cordial and close relations. He surrounded himself with young associates, having several of the brightest in Toledo, until the war took some of them away, and continued his fine career as a lawyer, at the same high level, and with the same success, until within a few days of his death. Mr. King was attorney in many important cases, and for several years sat a good deal at the trial table. He took the leading part in one of the most important and intricate cases ever tried in northwestern Ohio, known as the Anderson-Messinger litigation, which began here in 1904 and ended in the Supreme Court of the United States in 1912. It involved, in complicated forms and lengthy history, the title to a large block of valuable Toledo real estate, located at the corner of Summit and Cherry Streets. The main question turned on the construction of the will of Henry Anderson, who died in 1846, a resident of Holly Springs, Mississippi, who once owned the Toledo property. One branch of the litigation went up through the federal courts and another through the state courts, and a conflict of decisions resulted. After eight years of remarkable contest, the titles of his clients were sustained. His associates have paid him the highest tributes of praise for his tireless, faithful and skillful efforts in this litigation. 256 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio The property came back, after all this litigation, in a ruinous condition and the owners were much embarrassed by the long struggle and Mr. King then did as good a job as a business man in assisting to build up the property as he had done as a lawyer. After further years of work, putting into the matter his own time and credit, the property became remunerative and his client was able to obtain a large amount for an equity which at times seemed to be practically worthless. Altogether this litigation was as many sided, and the result as creditable as any achievement ever reached by a Toledo lawyer. He was an active supporter of the Republican party. In his early professional days he served for five years as secretary of the Toledo Board of Elections. He resigned as Secretary of the Board to accept appointment as a regular member of the Election Board, and he continued as such member for four years. On June 12, 1883, at Tenafly; New Jersey, Mr. King married Miss Mary E. Haring. Four children were born of this marriage. The religious spirit in Mr. King's life was inborn and deepseated. In early youth and manhood he adopted the faith of the Presbyterian, and later the Congregational Church. When a young man he joined the Central Congregational Church of Toledo, while Dr. Bacon was its venerable pastor, and he was a nominal member of the First Congregational Church when he died. During the last fifteen years of his life, he went almost wholly with his family to the Christian Science Church. He embraced many of the beliefs of that church, and derived great help and comfort from its teachings. He had no dogmas, his tolerance was beyond criticism, and his crowning trait was liberality. Thus, to the last minute, he had intimate friends of all creeds and no creed. JAMES HARPING SOUTHARD, OF THE TOLEDO BAR. James Harding Southard was born January 20, 1851, in Washington Township, Lucas County, Ohio. He was the son of Samuel and Charlotte Hitchcock Southard, who were among the earliest settlers of this part of Ohio. Mr. Southard spent his early boyhood days on the farm owned by his father, and attended school at the Hopewell District School in Washington Township. Later he attended the Central High School of Toledo, and thereafter attended Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio, and was graduated from Cornell University in 1874. He first took up the study of law at Adrian College at Adrian, Michigan, and later continued the study of law in Toledo. Mr. Southard was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1877 and took up the practice of law in Toledo a short time after he had been admitted. In 1882 Mr. Southard was appointed Assistant Prosecutor for Lucas County, and two years later was elected Prosecuting Attorney and was re-elected for the second term in that office. Mr. Southard's training, his ability as a public speaker and personal inclinations led him into an active political life. He was a Republican from his first experience in politics, and continued a Republican during his lifetime. Until the time of his death he was an active exponent of clean politics and clean government. In 1894 Mr. Southard was elected a representative to Congress from the Ninth District. He was re-elected five succeeding terms, and served as Congressman from 1894 until 1906. While in Congress Mr. Southard was an active, fearless champion of square dealing and clean government, as he had been in county politics in his early life. He served on the Congressional Committee on Naval Affairs, and was Chairman of the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures for a period of eight years. Mr. Southard was a man of quiet tastes and refinement. He was especially courteous in his treatment of the fellow-members of the Toledo Bar Association of Toledo. He delighted in keeping himself informed of the business developments of his home city and state; and in carefully analyzing the political affairs of the day. As an attorney, Mr. Southard was a fearless and active champion of the rights of his clients, yet a wise counsellor and advisor in their business affairs. Never did he advise his client to enter a legal battle with an adversary, unless, in his judgment, his client was right and warranted in so doing. He was a member of the Toledo Bar Association for many years, and active in its affairs, and always contended for a higher standard for the legal profession. He was united in marriage with Carrie T. Wales, who died before him. The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 257 JAMES M. RITCHIE, OF THE TOLEDO BAR. James M. Ritchie was born at Dunfermline, Scotland, the abbey-seat of ancient Scottish kings, July 29, 1829. With his parents he came to the United States when three years old, and with them settled near Ogdensburg, New York, where he remained until young manhood and taught school ; he married Tirza Foster there, and soon after came and made his home in Lorain County, Ohio. His first wife dying, he was twice again married, his second wife being Mant S. Jones, and his third wife being Eugenia A. Jones, a sister of his second wife. Not born to material wealth, the earlier life of our subject, as indeed his entire professional life, was one of continuous painstaking and conscientious labor. He was a member of Congress from this Congressional District for two years, and at one time a judge of our courts. He was admitted to the bar in this county in 1857, and settled here permanently in the practice the next year, in which he actively continued Until the years compelled his retirement. This most exemplary and beloved member of the Toledo Bar went peacefully to his final rest at his home in Toledo, August 17, 1918, at the ripe age of more than eighty-nine years, with the reward of a long, most useful and upright life. The Toledo Bar Association adopted this resolution : Resolved, that this Bar and the Bar- of Ohio, in the death of Honorable James M. Ritchie, have lost one of its most upright, able, conscientious, honorable and exemplary members. That this community has lost an altruist, a gentleman of many parts and a most worthy citizen, who was ever deeply interested and aided to the best of his ability in the promotion of its welfare. That those of his blood and immediate family have lost a faithful and affectionate father and friend, whose labor and ardent desire were to aid them to attain high and noble American citizenship. FRANK H. EWING, OF THE CLEVELAND BAR. Mr. Ewing was born in Alliance, Ohio, on November 5. 1867, the son of a well-to-do and highly respected family. He was educated in Mount Union College and Western Reserve University and was engaged in the practice of law here since 1901, having been, prior to that time, President of the Board of Elections of Stark County from 1896 to 1901. He specialized in no particular branch of the law. He was, however, an extremely busy lawyer. He accumulated a small fortune and a host of friends. His genial manner and jovial disposition was known generally among the legal profession and few, if any, lawyers in Cleveland had the speaking acquaintance Mr. Ewing had. It was his ambition to help a deserving litigant and the poor and needy often benefited by his generosity. Those who were associated with Mr. Ewing for some time say that they knew no man who had a more humane feeling for his fellow-man or who had a cleaner character than he had. Mr. Ewing was graduated from the Alliance High School in the class of 1887; he attended Mount Union College 1887 to 1890. He entered Western Reserve University Law Departmnt in 1898, and received the degree of LL. B. 1901. He was admitted to the Bar of Ohio in June, 1901. The business of many of his clients took him into the United States Courts, and early in his career as a lawyer he was admitted to practice before the Department of the Interior, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and in the United States Patent Office. He had been a successful practitioner in the Cleveland courts since 1901. He was Past Captain of Uniformed Rank of McClellan Camp No. 19, Sons of Veterans, and member of Lookout Camp, Sons of Veterans. He belonged to various Masonic bodies of Cleveland ; Cleveland Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose ; Fraternal Aid Union : Commercial Travelers' Association, and Ohio Sigma of Sigma Alpha Epsilon College Fraternity. 258 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio HON. SAMUEL G. ROGERS, OF THE SUMMIT COUNTY BAR. Judge Rogers died in Cleveland on the 7th day of July, 1920. He was the oldest of a family of five children and received his earliest education in the public schools of his native city. While in attendance in high school he spent his leisure moments working in a foundry, in order to assist in procuring funds to obtain an education. Upon the occasion of his graduation from high school he delivered a commencement oration in which he gave evidence of that ability for public speaking for which he was afterwards noted. He entered the office of Judge U. L. Marvin and began the study of law ; later he entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which institution he was graduated in 1888 and in that same year he was admitted to the bar. In 1895 he was united in marriage to Miss Chloe Faust, of Akron, and to this union two children were born, Virgil and Bryan. Shortly after Judge Rogers' admission to the bar he was appointed to the office of Clerk of the City of Akron and he held that position until 1891. The following year he was elected to a three-year term as Prosecuting Attorney of Summit County and he discharged the duties of this office with marked and unusual ability. He was appointed to the office of Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Summit County in 1910 and in 1912 he was elected to that office for a six-year term. After serving two years he resigned to engage in the practice of law. His earliest law partnership was with the firm of Sauders & Rogers. That was followed by the firm of Rogers & Marvin. In 1900 he became a member of the firm of Rogers, Rowley & Bradley. This was subsequently changed to the firm of Rogers, Rowley, Bradley & Rockwell. This was one of the leading firms of Akron, and numbered among its clients some of the wealthiest corporations and firms in and about the city. It was while connected with this firm that Judge Rogers attained his high reputation as a trial lawyer. He was next associated with the firm of Rogers, Rowley & Nesbitt. In 1915 he came to Cleveland, where he became associated with the firms of Payer, Winch, Rogers & Minshall, and Rogers, Klein & Harris. In politics he was a Democrat, and was always active in the affairs of his party. As a judge he was able, fearless, broad-minded and upright, and commanded the respect and admiration of all. His capacities and abilities qualified him for higher office than he ever held. As a lawyer he stood at the very front of the bar of our state. As a trial lawyer he had very few, if any, superiors. As a man he was intensely human. He was kind and charitable. He sympathized with the downtrodden and oppressed and found his greatest pleasure in pleading the cause of the meek and lowly. JAMES R. CAREY, OF THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY BAR. James R. Carey was born in Salem, Ohio, April 17, 1851, Son of Dr. Abel and Maria P. (Miller) Carey. Attended public schools of Salem; graduate of Salem High School, 1869; received A. B . degree from Western Reserve University, 1874; taught school one year in Columbiana County, 1875; taught in Cold Run "Academy, one year, 1876; received LL. B. degree from Harvard University, 1877. Admitted to the bars of Ohio and Indiana in 1877; later to United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio; United States Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court. After graduating from Harvard Law School he returned to Salem, and for a short time practiced law in partnership with his brother, David M. Carey. Thereafter he entered the law office of Laubie & Brooks at Salem, with whom was associated Lucien L. Gilbert. Here he had the great advantage of association with lawyers who had at that time achieved great success at the bar. P. A. Laubie afterwards acquired an enviable standing as a jurist; J. T. Brooks became the general counsel of the Pennsylvania lines, and Mr. Gilbert won a high place in the councils of that company. Thereafter Mr. Carey was associated with Judge Breckinridge of Fort Wayne, who was counsel for the Pennsylvania lines for the state of Indiana. Here he soon attracted the attention of lawyers in that district, and won for himself a place in the Indiana bar. In 1887 he was tendered and accepted the solicitorship of the Pennsylvania company for the eastern part of Ohio, embracing 14 counties. This appointment brought him to The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 259 Salem. He entered actively into the practice at that time and continued up until his last illness. Soon after coming to Salem, he formed the law partnership of Carey. Boyle & Mullins, which continued until W. C. Boyle moved to Cleveland in 1900, and thereafter the firm name of Carey & Mullins was continued until the death of F. J. Mullins, a brother of W. H. Mullins. The broad field of his endeavor brought him in touch with many courts of the state as well as federal courts, and he soon became recognized as one of the ablest advocates at the Ohio bar. When he rose to address a court or jury, he commanded instant attention. His manner was quiet and dignified and his logic in argument persuasive and convincing. He was able to marshal his facts to a jury in a masterful way and on occasion would sway them by his eloquence. In the estimate of the members of his profession who knew him, he was held in the highest esteem as a real lawyer. No one who has ever crossed swords with him at the trial table or in argument or who has witnessed his conduct of a trial, could doubt the correctness of this estimate. In his youth, there was no doubt as to the choice of a career. By temperament, by mental attainments, and by ability he was born to the law. He was so well grounded in the philosophy of the law that he chose rather to argue a proposition from established principles of the law than from precedents or decided cases. In the preparation of the law of a case, he pursued a course which is the reverse of many lawyers. He first sought to find the controlling principles involved and then to support it with decisions rather than first to search the decisions to find the principle. This was the great secret of his success at the bar. In the trial of cases, he was noted for his courtesy to his adversaries and to the court. He never sacrificed his honor for a client, and members of the bar learned to accept his word when passed in matters of great importance without questioning. Judges never doubted his professional statements in court, for he never knowingly misstated a fact to the court. He never asked a favor of the court without a valid and substantial reason. He practiced law on the principle that by honoring the law he was honoring himself and he never swerved from this faith. He had the rare ability to act coolly, quickly and wisely in an emergency. We who have seen him in critical, crucial tests of this character have marveled at his tact and his judgment. He was rarely perturbed by a hostile witness, damaging evidence or an adverse decision, and was frequently able to disarm an antagonist by his seeming tranquillity. He held in high esteem the ethics of his profession. In the trial of a case he was partisan but he would not take a position which he did not consider sound either in law, equity or good morals. In the summer of 1888 he was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Hampson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Hampson, of Salem. Mr. Hampson was at the time of his death in 1908, president of The Farmers National Bank, and one of Salem's foremost citizens. Those who knew Mr. Carey best loved him most. To his friends he was constant, true and loyal; to them he showed his kindly nature; in his home he was a genial host and a lovable, charming husband and father. Mr. Carey was a Director, Secretary and Attorney for Farmers National Bank of Salem, and a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Chamber of Commerce, Ohio State and Columbiana County Bar Associations. In politics he was a Republican. Mr. Carey died on May 31, 1921. His widow and two children, Mrs. William Waterworth, of Cleveland, and Hampson Carey, of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, survive him. BIOGRAPHICAL ROBERT P. ABBEY. Residence, 1862 East 81st Street; office, Williamson Building, Cleveland. Born in Shanghai, China, October 5, 1883. Son of Robert and Louise (Parsons) Abbey. Married to Elizabeth Lamprecht, of Cleveland, Ohio. Early education received in public and private schools of Morristown, New Jersey; graduate of Wooster College. with A. B. degree, 1905; Cleveland Law School, 1909. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1909; United States District Court, 1910. Member of the law firm of Dunlap & Abbey, 1910-12; associated with legal department of Cleveland Railway Company four years; since 1917 in the general practice. Member First Ward Legal Advisory Board during the World War. Member University Club, Hermit Club, Chamber of Commerce, Dover Bay Club. Independent politically. GARDNER ABBOTT. Residence, 1945 East 75th Street; office, Williamson Building, Cleveland. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 11, 1878. Son of Willard and Caroline Powers (Younglove) Abbott. Married October 16, 1912, to Lois A. Allen. Attended Phillips Academy ; received A. B. degree from Yale University; LL. B. degree from Columbia Law School. Admitted to the bar of Ohio and United States Courts. Entered the offices of Blandin, Rice & Ginn, 1905; since 1913 member of the firm of Tolles, Hog-sett, Ginn. & Morley. Major of Infantry United States Army, August 15, 1917, to January 7, 1919; overseas Assistant. Chief of Staff, 83rd Division; now Major of Infantry, Officers' Reserve corps. Member Andover P. A. E., Yale Alpha Delta Phi, Wolf's Head, Columbia Phi Delta Phi, Director Union Club, member Nisi Prius, Chamber of Commerce, Tavern, Mayfield, Chagrin Valley Hunt Clubs, Ohio State and Cleveland Bar Associations. JOSEPH N. ACKERMAN. Residence, 16303 Aldersyde Drive; office, 102 Engineers Building, Cleveland. Born in Austria Hungary, August 8, 1889. Son of The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 261 D. and Sarah (Silverman) Ackerman. Married to May Grossman, November 30, 1916. Attended the public and high schools and college in Austria Hungary; high schools in New York City; received degree of LL.B. from Baldwin-Wallace Law School, 1915. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, June, 1915; United States District Court, northern district of Ohio, October, 1918; United States Supreme Court, 1920. Engaged in the individual law practice in Cleveland since 1915. Member City Club, B. P. 0. E., K. of P., Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Republican nominee for state senator in 1916 and 1918. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Residence, 2314 Hollywood Avenue; office, 807 Spitzer Building, Toledo. Born in Prairie Depot, Wood County, Ohio, December 20, 1858. Son of John M. and Susannah S. (Lesher) Adams. Married to Ruth Thrift, December 1, 1907; one daughter, Rachel S. Attended district and select schools; Northwestern Normal, Fostoria, Ohio; graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, with A. B. degree, 1883; read law with Hon. Warren P. Noble and Senator Perry M. Adams, of Tiffin, Ohio, later with firm of Pratt & Wilson, Toledo. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1898; United States District Courts, 1900. Engaged in the practice of law in Toledo, with Charles G. Wilson, 1898-99; with Hon. Henry W. Seney and Hon. Curtis T. Johnson, 1900 to 1910; with Hon. Orville S. Brumback, 1910 to 1917; since which time in the individual practice. Member board of directors, Fraternal Mystic Circle of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; member of Executive Council Home Guards of America, Van Wert, Ohio; member of Commerce Club, University Club, Automobile Club; local director American Insurance Union, of Columbus, Ohio; Tribe of Ben. Hur, Modern Woodmen of America, Lucas County Bar Association; Democratic nominee for Judge of Toledo in 1898. Treasurer of the Lucas County Jackson League during its activities. Democrat. GEORGE S. ADDAMS. Residence, 1902 Wadena Avenue, East Cleveland; office, Court House. Born in Harrison County, Ohio, February 23, 1869. Son of George and Caroline Addams. Attended Public Schools in Salem, Ohio; Oberlin College; Cincinnati Law School. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1892. Judge Court of Insolvency, Cleveland. Member Cleveland Bar Association. ABRAM W. AGLER. Residence, Canton, Ohio; office, Eagle Block, Canton. Born in Wilmot, Ohio, April 13, 1873. Son of William H. H. and Mary J. (Wilhelm) Agler. Married to Lida M. Deal, of Wilmot, Ohio, June 16, 1904. Graduate of Wilmot, Ohio, high school; attended Mt. Union College, Alliance, Ohio. 1891-2-3. Graduate of Ohio State University Law School, 1897, Columbus, Ohio. Admitted to the bar of Ohio May, 1897; United States District Court, 1912. During the war mem- ber Advisory Board. Member Masonic Order, K. of P., Elks, Moose,- Jr. O. U. A. M., P. of H., Sons of Veterans, Stark County and Ohio State Bar Associations, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Clerk of courts in Stark County, 1909-13; Chairman Republican Committee for Stark County: 1902-04; member county Executive Committee, 190420. Republican. 262 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio CELOTES JEWELL AGNEW. Residence, 1289 East 82nd Street; office, 941 Engineers Building, Cleveland. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1887. Son of William Daley and Emma (Reddick) Agnew. Attended the eleventh ward public school, Pittsburgh; Baldwin-Wallace Academy; graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College on June 13, 1918. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, July, 1918. Engaged in the practice of law in Cleveland since October 10, 1918. Member I. 0. 0. F. Republican. WILLIAM AGNEW. Residence, 4145 East 95th Street; office, 1208 Engineers Building, Cleveland. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, May 30, 1870. Son of John and Elizabeth (Black) Agnew. Married to Anna B. Coville, June 20, 1899. Attended Cleveland public schools; granted degree of LL. B. from Cleveland Law School, Baldwin-Wallace University. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, June, 1906. Engaged in the individual law practice, as tax specialist. Member Masonic Order, thirty-second degree Scottish Rite, K. of P., City Club, C. A. C., Automobile Club, Cleveland; Willowick Country Club, Burns Curling Club, Cleveland and American Bar Associations, American Society of International Law, National Tax Association, American Academy of Political and Social Science, Ohio Academy of Social Sciences. Chief Deputy Clerk of Courts of Cuyahoga County, 1903-1911; secretary Democratic County Committee, 1904-1908; president Cleveland Board of Review, 1913; Deputy State Tax Commissioner for Cuyahoga County, 191415; state senator, 1917-1921. CLARENCE ULMOND AHL. Residence, 124 West Oakwood Avenue; office, Public Square, Bucyrus. Born in Bucyrus, Ohio, February 19, 1893. Son of William and Caroline (Graff) Ahl. Married to Anna Mary Smith in Bucyrus, Ohio, June 11, 1919; one son, William John. Graduate of Bucyrus public schools, 1911; graduate of Ohio State University Law Department, Columbus, Ohio, with LL. B. degree, 1915. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1915; United States District Court, 1920. Engaged in the general law practice in Bucyrus from 1915 to 1917; upon return from the army, February 5, 1919, resumed general practice of  The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 263 law. Enlisted for service in the World War in United States Army as private, June 1, 1917; promoted to Private 1st Class, Corporal, Sergeant and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of F. A. upon discharge from army February 1, 1919. Member F. 0. Eagles, Loyal Order Moose, Col. Crawford Post 181 of The American Legion, secretary Crawford County Bar Association. Chan-man Democratic Central Committee of Crawford County from 1915 to 1917; elected city solicitor of Bucyrus, Ohio, 1919. ALLAN G. AIGLER. Residence and office, Bellevue. Born in Sandusky County, Ohio, September 6, 1881. Son of William and Mary I. Aigler. Married to Magdalene Knapp, June 26, 1915. Two children: William and Thomas. Educated in Country Schools; Bellevue High School ; Heidelberg University ; University of Michigan Law School. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1906. Member Masonic Order ; K. T.; B. P. 0. E.; Ohio State, Sandusky County and Huron County Bar Associations. City Solicitor of Bellevue for several terms. Republican. CARL D. AINGER. Residence, 1900 East 101st Street; office, 308 Williamson Building, Cleveland. Born in Andover, Ohio, May 30, 1879. Son of Chas. D. and Myra (Barber) Ainger, of Andover, Ohio. Married to Venus Hart Ritter, of Geneva, Ohio, June, 1900. Graduate of Andover, Ohio, high school, 1895; special work at Adelbert College; entered Western Reserve University Law Department, 1896; graduated therefrom 1898. Passed bar examination at age of 20 by special permission of Supreme Court, but compelled to wait until reaching his majority before admission. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, May, 1899. Associated with his father, Chas D. Ainger, in . Andover, Ohio, until 1900; in the individual practice in Cleveland since that time. During the late war member American Protective League and its legal committee. Member Woodward Lodge F. & A. M. No. 508, Al Sirat Grotto, Webb Chapter No. 181, Oriental Commandery No. 12, Knights Templar, Al Koran Shrine, Lake Erie Consistory, The Kiwanis Club, Cleveland Real Estate Board. WILLARD P. AINSWORTH. Residence and office, Medina. Born in Medina. Son of J. T. and Sarah (Seeger) Ainsworth. Married to Louise Holmes; two children: Margery and Louise. Attended Cleveland public schools; Brooks Military Institute. Read law in the office of Hon. S. G. Barnard, Medina. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, June, 1898; Kentucky in 1904; later to United States Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1904 moved to Middlesboro, Kentucky, where he formed partnership with Judge M. H. Rhorer, later with Rhorer, Ainsworth & Dawson. In 1908 he returned to Medina. Member Legal Advisory Board during the world war. Member Masonic Bodies, Knights Templar, K. of P., Royal Arcanum. Republican. HARVEY FRANCIS AKE. Residence 910 8th Street N. W.; office, Court House, Canton. Born in Mapleton, Ohio, February 1, 1872. Son of Francis and Catharine (Rusher) Ake. Married to Anna McCall Brush, May 23, 1899. Attended the country schools; graduate Mt. Union College in 1895, with B. S. degree; University of Michigan, 1898, with LL. B. degree. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1898; later to the United States District and Circuit Courts. Associated with Chas. C. Bow, 1900 to 1906; with Luther Day, 1906 to 1910. Member B. P. O. E., L. O. O. M., J. O. U. A. M.; Masonic bodies: 32nd degree, Shrine; Methodist Episcopal Church. Judge of Court of Common Pleas, Stark County, Ohio, since February 9, 1913. WILLIAM ROSS ALBAN. Residence, 723 6th Avenue; office, 304-6 Sinclair Building, Steubenville. Born in Island Creek, Jefferson County, Ohio, October 10, 1864. Son of John and Margaret (Warden) Alban. Married December 24, 1895, to Laura A. McWha, of Steubenville, Ohio; two children: Ethel M. (Peterson) and Frederick Warden. Attended country schools of Jefferson County, Scio (Ohio) College, 1886-89; taught public schools of Jefferson County, 1886 to 1891; attended Ohio State University, 1892-93. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, March 9, 1893; United 264 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio States District Court, 6th Circuit Northern District of Ohio, February 14, 1902; later to United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Engaged in the general practice of law alone in Steubenville. Prosecuting attorney of Jefferson County, 1903 to 1909. Member Masonic Order, 32nd Degree, Knights Templar, K. of P., B. P. 0. E., Sons of the American Revolution, American and Ohio State Bar Associations; president Jefferson County Bar Association. Republican. JOHN W. ALBAUGH. Office, 255 Clark Building, Canton. Born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, July 4, 1844. Son of Ezra and Elizabeth (Walters) Albaugh. Married August 16, 1866, to Estella Seran. Two children: Thurlow K. and Walter A. Attended Common School at Hagerstown, Ohio, and Academy at Plymouth, Richland County ; taught school for several years ; read law in office of Judge Patrick, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1869; later to United States District Court. Member of the firm of Barnhill & Albaugh, New Philadelphia, from 1869 to 1872; Albaugh & Graham, 1876 to 1882; in 1882 moved to Canton. Member of the firm of Albaugh & Welty until 1885; Welty & Albaugh, 1895 to 1913. Prosecutor of Tuscarawas County, 1872 to 1876. Circuit Judge, 1885 to 1893. Member Stark' County Bar Association. Democrat. EDWARD JOSEPH ALBL. Residence, 5230 Broadway; office, 227 Society for Savings Building, Cleveland. Born in Bohemia, September 2, 1873. Son of Michael and Katerina (Pech) Albl. Married to Rose M. Mally, August 22, 1898. Attended the Cleveland Public Schools and High School; Western Reserve Law School, 1893-1894. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, December 6, 1894. Member Cleveland Auto Club; F. & A. M.; K. of P. CARY R. ALBURN. Residence, 1795 East 87th Street; office, 322 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, October 22, 1883. Son of John Frederick and Cecelia (Luebben) Alburn. Married on May 22, 1912, to Helen Whitslar (graduate of W. R. U. with A. B. degree, 1911) daughter of Dr. W. H. Whitslar; one child, Cary R. Alburn, Jr. Attended public and high schools of Youngstown, Ohio; graduate of Rayen High School, 1901; received A. B. degree from Adelbert College of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1905; entered Oxford University, England, as Rhodes scholar, 1905; member Varsity La Crosse team of the University, 1906-1908; received B. C. L. degree, 1907, and elected president of American Club at Oxford, 1908. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1908; United States District Court, 1909; United States Circuit Court of Appeals, 1915. Assistant United States Attorney for northern Ohio, 1911-1912; First Assistant United States Attorney for northern Ohio, 1912-1915; since 1915 engaged in the general law practice. Chairman Legal Advisory Board No. 14; member University, City and Athletic Clubs, Cleveland; Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Secretary Business Men's Taft Club, 1908; head of Hudson Boys' Farm, 1910; secretary to Senator Theodore E. Burton, 1910-1911. The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 265 JOHN ALVIN ALBURN. Residence, 2062 East 83rd Street; office, 5th floor Garfield Bank Building, Cleveland. Born, Pleasant Hill, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1879. Son of John F. and Cecelia (Luebben) Alburn. Married October 10, 1911, to Maybelle Murphy, of Columbus, Ohio. Three children: Annabelle, Margerite and Joan. Attended the public schools and Rayen High School, of Youngstown, Ohio; received A. B. degree from Adelbert College in 1902; A. M. degree and LL.B. degree from Western Reserve University in 1904; taught country schools in 1897; later taught in business college and Cleveland night and night high schools. Admitted to the bar of Ohio in June, 1904; subsequently to Federal Courts. Has practiced law continuously in Cleveland since 1904, except for 3Y2 years (1907-11), during which period was Assistant Attorney General of Ohio, and special counsel to the Attorney General of Ohio. At present in the general practice, specializing in corporation law, public law and real estate law. Attorney for the General Assembly of Ohio during 1910. Speaker on public affairs; secretary National. Republican College League in 1904; chief probation officer Cleveland Juvenile Court in 1905. Member Republican State Executive Committee, 1908; County Republican Advisory Committee, 1918; Cleveland Taxation Commission in 1914; president The Tippecanoe Club, 1917 and 1918; member Cleveland Battalion of Engineers, 1902 to 1905; member Tippecanoe, Union, University, City and Automobile Clubs, Chamber of Commerce, Council of Sociology. Republican. CHARLES ANDREW ALEXANDER Residence, 1850 East 90th Street; office, 816 Cuyahoga Building, Cleveland. Born in Bedford, Ohio, November 21, 1889. Son of John Clark and Rachael (Gibson) Alexander. Attended the Cleveland public schools, 1895-1907; Adelbert College of Western Reserve University, 1907-08; Princeton University (Special Course), 1908-1909; Adelbert College, 1909-1911, received degree of A. B. therefrom; Western Reserve Law School, 1911-1913, received LL. B. degree. Admitted to the bar of Ohio June, 1913; later to the United States District Court. Commenced the practice of law in Cleveland in 1914; associated with T. J. Moffett and M. A. Copeland, which continued until 1917; upon return from war service, admitted as a junior partner with the firm of Wilkin, Cross & Daoust. Lieutenant 331st Inf., 83rd Division, National Army, 0. R. C. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Delta Phi Fraternities, Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and Auto Club. Republican. PAUL WM. ALEXANDER. Office, 223 Ohio Building, Toledo. Born in Toledo, December 8, 1888. Son of William H. and Mary F. (Lane) Alexander. Married to Loraine Marshall Eaton, July 13, 1918. One daughter : Constance H. Graduate of Public and High Schools, Toledo ; Denison University with degree of A. B., 1909; engaged in newspaper work one year ; graduate Harvard Law School with degree of LL. B., 1913. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1913. Associated with law firm of Doyle & Lewis, 1913-19, Toledo. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Lucas County, 1919 to January, 1921. Member of 266 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio firm of Seney, Alexander & Donovan. Served three-year enlistment as Private, Troop D, First Squadron Cavalry, O. N. G. Member F. & A. M., Lucas County Bar Association, Lawyer's Club of Toledo. SAMUEL P. ALEXANDER. Residence and office, Port Clinton. Born in Columbus, Ohio, March 29, 1861. Son of David and Harriet R. (Pettit) Alexander. Married to Mary Lee Rice November 26. 1895; attended Marblehead Grammar School; Oberlin Academy and College. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, October 4, 1888; United States Circuit Court, 1892. Engaged in the practice of law in Port Clinton. Member Port Clinton Yacht Club. Judge Common Pleas Court five years. Republican. FLORENCE ELLINWOOD ALLEN. Residence, 1935 East 101st Street; office, Court House, Cleveland. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 23, 1884. Daughter of Clarence Emir and Corinne M. (Tucker-man) Allen. Attended Hammond Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah; and New Lyme Institute, New Lyme, Ohio, from 1891 to 1900; received degrees of A. B., 1904, and A. M., 1908, from Western Reserve University; attended Chicago University Law School, 1909-10; New York University Law School, 1911-13; received LL. B. degree therefrom. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1914. Engaged in the general practice of law in Cleveland, 1914-19. Assistant County Prosecutor of Cleveland, 1919-1920. Elected judge, Court of Common Pleas, November, 1920. of Northern Ohio HUGH E. ALLEN. Residence and office, Van Wert, Ohio. Born in Van Wert County, Ohio, February 20, 1869. Son of John Wesley and Martha A. (McDonald) Allen. Married to Maude Eaton, Williams County, Ohio., October 1, 1896. Graduate of Van Wert High School. 1890. Studied law in office of Judge H. C. Glenn Van Wert. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1897; later to United States District Court. Engaged in the practice of law in Van Wert. In partnership with Hiram C. Glenn; later with William H. Dailey; at the present time in partnership with his wife. Maude E. Allen, under the firm name of Allen & Allen. Chief, American Protective Association for Van Wert County, during the World War. Member K. of P., B. P. O. E., Masonic Bodies, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite, 32nd degree Shrine, Van Wert County, Ohio and American Bar Associations. Judge of Probate Court of Van Wert County, February 9, 1909, to 1916. Appointed January 1. 1916, Judge Common Pleas Court, Van Wert County, which office he held until November, 1917. Democrat. IRWIN D. ALLEN. Residence, 860 Crosby Street; office 731 Second National Bank Building, Akron. Born in Cincinnati, April 30, 1892. Son of George E. and Ida A. (Droste) Allen. Married July 5, 1916, to Nina A. Hadley. Attended the public and high schools of Cincinnati; Madisonville, Ohio, and Bellvue, Kentucky; received LL. B. degree from Cincinnati Law School in 1913. Admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1913. Engaged in the general practice of law. Member Masonic Order, Phi Alpha Delta fraternity, Summit County Bar Association. Democrat. The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 267 MAUDE E. ALLEN. Residence and office, Van Wert. Born in Williams County, Ohio. Daughter of Aaron C. and Caroline (Jackson) Eaton. Married October 1, 1896, to. Judge Hugh E. Allen. Attended the public and high schools of West Unity, Williams County, Ohio. Studied law in the office of her husband, Judge Allen. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, July 2, 1919. Engaged in the practice of law in Van Wert in partnership with her husband under the firm name of Allen & Allen. Deputy Clerk Probate Court, Van Wert County, from February, 1909, to 1917. Member of Eastern Star. Democrat. MAURICE ALLEN. Residence, 2267 Robinwood Avenue; office, Smith & Baker Building, Toledo. Born in Seoul, Korea, June 22. 1886. Son of Horace N. and Frances Ann (Messenger) Allen. Married November 15, 1911, to Mildred Smith, of Toledo. Educated privately in Seoul, Korea, until 1899; attended St. John's Military School, Manlius, New York; studied privately in Geneva, Switzerland, 1903-04; graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology with S. B. degree in 1908; University of Michigan Law Department with J. D. degree in 1911. Admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1911; later United States District Court. Commenced the practice of law in Toledo in 1911; on January 1, 1913, became a member of the firm of Smith, Baker, Effler & Allen, which continued until January 1, 1920, when the firm changed to Smith, Baker, Effler, Allen & Eastman, and so continues to date. Member Toledo Club, Country Club, Chamber of Commerce, Toledo Bar Association, Delta Kappa Epsilon, honorary president of "Toledo League for the Hard of Hearing." Republican. HAROLD EDWARD ALLPORT Office, 807 B. of L. E. Building, Cleveland. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 19, 1889. Son of John E. and Nellie (Wise) Allport, Married to Claribel Reichard, June, 1912. Graduate of Glenville High School, 1907; business college, 1908; Western Reserve Law School, with LL. B. degree, 1911. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, December, 1911. First Lieutenant Infantry, Co. G., 356 Inf., 89th Division. Member American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, City and Automobile Club, Cleveland Bar Association. A. F. ALLYN. Residence, Elmore; offices, Elmore and Port Clinton. Born in Elmore, September 16, 1874. Son of George W. and Ester K. (Gamble) Allyn. Married to Gertrude Moore, June 15, 1911. Two children : Doris and Jean. Attended Public and High Schools, Elmore; received LL. B. degree from University of Michigan, 1904. Admitted to the bars of Michigan and Ohio, 1904; later United States District Court. Prosecuting Attorney of Ottawa County since 1919. Member Masonic Order, Ottawa County Bar Association. Republican. RALPH S. AMBLER. Residence, North Canton Road; office, 626-631 Renkert Building, Canton. Born in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, July 24, 1859. Son of Jacob A. and Mary Ann (Steele) Ambler. Married to Mary Eva 268 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio Phillips in Canton, Ohio, June 20, 1901; one child, Phillips. Attended public schools of Salem, Ohio; Salem Select Quaker School, preparatory school, Western Reserve College; graduate of Adelbert College, Western Reserve University, with A. B. degree, 1883. Admitted to the bar of Ohio December, 1885; United States District Court, 1890. Commenced practice in Canton, Ohio, 1886, with Judge Henry A. Wise, firm name of Wise & Ambler; formed partnership with Col. J. J. Clark, firm name of Clark & Ambler, 1890; Col. Clark's son. Hon. George H., was later admitted to the firm, which became .Clark, Ambler & Clark, and so continued until he was appointed Judge Court of Common Pleas; in 1911 formed partnership with Senator Atlee Pomerene and Judge Celsus Pomerene, which partnership still continues. Engaged in civilian war activities during the late war in connection with selective draft and sale of Liberty Bonds. Member The Canton Club, The Lakeside Country Club, The Congress Lake Club. Ohio State, American and Stark County Bar Associations; President The Canton Chamber of Commerce. Appointed Judge Common Pleas Court 1st Sub-division, 9th Judicial District of Ohio, by Governor Bushnell in 1900; afterwards elected for two five-year terms. BERNARD J. AMER Residence, 439 Crestwood Avenue;. office, 425-29 Akron Savings & Loan Building, Akron. Born in Akron, Ohio, June 19, 1896. Son of Louis H. and Amelia M. (Briener) Amer. Attended St. Mary's grade school and St. Mary's High School in Akron; studied law with Senator George W. Sieber; attended Akron University fqr college studies night sessions. Admitted to the bar of Ohio June 24, 1918. Practiced law with the firm of Sieber, Martineau, Snyder & Sieber three months; then with the firm of Sieber, Snyder & Sieber, until January 1, 1919, when he became a member of the firm of Sieber, Snyder, Sieber & Amer. Assistant secretary and director, The E. H. Wiener Company secretary and director, The Grant Motor Sales Co.; director, The Wiener Realty Co.; secretary and director, The Puritan Candy Co. Secretary Legal Advisory Board during the war. Member Akron Lodge 363, B. P. 0. E.; Akron Council 517, Knights of Columbus; Meadowbrook Country Club, Marian Club, Summit County Bar Association. Republican. JAMES L. AMERMAN Residence, 1136 North Walnut Street; office, Central Savings Bank Building, Canton. Born in Alliance, Ohio, March 23, 1882. Son of James and Rachel L. (Teeters) Amerman. Married November 23, 1910, to Mary G. Milbourne, of Alliance; one child, Mary Elizabeth. Attended public and high schools of Alliance, Mt. Union College; received LL. B. degree from Western Reserve University Law School in 1906. Admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1906; later to United States District Court Northern District of Ohio, and United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Member of the firm of Day & Amerman for 5 years; Amerman & Quinn for 2 years; Bow, Amerman & Mills; and at the present time Amerman & Mills. Member Stark County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Canton Club, Lakeside The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 269 Country Club and Brookside Country Club. Republican. ERHARDT G. ANDREE. Office, Central Savings & Trust Building, Akron, Ohio. Born in Canal Dover, Ohio, July 23, 1882. Son of William and Elizabeth (Mahler) Andree. Married June 2, 1914, to Ellen B. Arnold. Attended the public schools of Akron ; received A. B. degree from Baldwin-Wallace College in June, 1908; J. D. degree from Ohio State University in June, 1911. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1910 ; later to United States District Court. Member of the firm of Stahl & Andree. Member Republican Executive Committee, 1916-18. Member Summit County Bar Association. Republican. ELMORE L. ANDREWS. Residence, 1821 East 86th Street; office, 1239 Engineers Building, Cleveland. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 19, 1892. Son of Fred G. Andrews and Jennie P. Kelly. Attended public schools of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; University of Michigan, 1913; University of Virginia, 1916. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1916. Associated with the law firm of Thompson, Hine and Flory, of Cleveland, since 1916. DAVID FITCH ANDERSON. Residence, corner Broadway and Fifth Avenue, Youngstown; offices, 1003 Mahoning Bank Building, Youngstown, and 1028 Engineers Building, Cleveland. Born in West Austintown, Ohio, June 3, 1864. Son of David and Hannah (Shaw) Anderson. Married to Hallie B. Johnson, of Youngstown. One daughter, Henrietta H. Attended the public schools of Mahoning County; took course in Civil Engineering at Canfield Normal School, Canfield, Ohio; attended Mount Union College; studied law in office of Jones & Anderson, of Youngstown. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, June, 1891; subsequently to the United States District Court of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York; United States Courts of Appeals, United States Supreme Court. Member of firm of Anderson, Lamb & Osborne. Member Mahoning County Bar Association, Trumbull Country Club, Poland Country Club, Youngstown Country Club. Delegate to the 4th Constitutional Convention at Columbus, 1911 and 1912. Republican. O. V. ANDERSON. 270 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio Residence, 428 Columbus Street; office, Cook Arcade, Ashtabula. Born in Ashtabula, Ohio, December 24, 1889. Son of Gustave and Adeline (Peterson) Anderson. Graduate of public primary school, Ashtabula, 1903; high school, Ashtabula, 1907; attended University of Michigan, 1908-09; Chicago Law School, 1909-10; graduate of Cleveland Law School, 1911 received LL. B. degree from Baldwin-Wallace University, 1911. Admitted to the bar of Ohio June, 1911, and later to the United States District Court. Member of the firm of Anderson & Shaylor, April, 1912, to April, 1915; since that date in the individual practice of law. During the World War served as company clerk Company B, 9th Military Police, Camp Sheridan, Ala ; in the service from September 8, 1918, to December 9, 1918. Member of American Legion; Delta Theta Phi Fraternity, Cleveland Grays; I. O. O. F., F. O. E., L. O. O. M., Ashtabula County Bar Association; Swedish Kapernaum Luthern Church, Ashtabula; life member Michigan Union, University of Michigan. Republican. WILLIAM SHAW ANDERSON. Residence, 138 W. Wood Street ; office, Court House, Youngstown. Born in North Jackson, Mahoning County, Ohio, December 31, 1849. Son of David and Hannah L. (Shaw) Anderson. Married to Louise M. Shields, October 6, 1866. Three children : Blanche, Mrs. F. R. Hahn and Randall H. Attended the Common Schools of Mahoning County, Ohio. Read law in office of Hutchins & Glidden, Warren, Ohio. Admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1869 ; later to United States District Court. Member of the firm of Anderson & King, 1880-85 ; Anderson & Wolf, 1885-1890; Jones & Anderson, 1890-1908; W. S. Anderson & Son, 1908-12. Appointed Common Pleas Judge Mahoning County, 1912; elected to that office, 1912; reelected in 1918. Member B. P. O. E., Chamber of Commerce, Ohio State Bar Association. Republican. FRANK W. ANDREWS. Residence, Alliance, Ohio; office, 437 East Main Street, Alliance. Born in East Liverpool, Ohio, October 1, 1892. Son of Thompson J. and Minnie V. (Houston) Andrews. Married to Mary Beth Sebring, August 20, 1917. Two children, Sara Jane and Susan. Attended East Liverpool High School; Westminster College; Law School of the University of Southern California. Admitted to the bar of Ohio January, 1917. Associated in the practice of law in Cleveland, Ohio, with the firm of Hoyt, Dustin, Kelley, McKeehan & Andrews, January, 1917, to May 15, 1917; became member of the firm of Fording & Andrews, of Alliance, January, 1920. During the World War served in the United States Army from May 15, 1917, to June 17, 1919; 1st Lieutenant 802nd Pioneer Infantry. Member Alliance and Stark County Bar Associations; Kappa Phi Lambda Fraternity. Republican. ALBERT BYRON ARBAUGH. Residence, 1207 Arnold Avenue, N. W.; office, 400 Geo. D. Harter Bank Building, Canton. Born in Jewett, Ohio, August 10, 1897. Son of Albert Q. and Margaret H. (Spence) Arbaugh. Married November 11, 1920, to Ruth A. Lee, of Jewett, Ohio. Primary education received in public schools of Jewett; graduate of Jewett High School in 1913; attended Arts College of Ohio State University, 1915-16; Law Department of same university, 1916 to 1918. Admitted to the bar of Ohio December, 1918. Associated The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 271 in the office of Clarence G. Herbruck since August 1, 1919, in Canton. Member Ma'sonic Order, Phi Delta Phi and Pi Alpha Chi fraternities, Stark County Bar Association. Democrat. CARL ARMSTRONG. Residence, 431 West Evergreen Avenue: office, 1106 Mahoning Bank Building. Youngstown. Born in Jefferson County Ohio, September 1, 1876. Son of David and Sarah (Fell) Armstrong. Married May 18, to Bertha Scott; two children; David W. and Lamar S. Attended public schools of Jefferson County; Mt. Union College; graduate of Ohio Northern University with B. S. degree, in 1904, and LL. B. degree in 1906. Taught in Jefferson County Schools for 4 years. Admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1906; later to United States District Court. Engaged in the practice of law in Steubenville, Ohio, until 1916, when he moved to Ada, Ohio, and taught in Law Department of Ohio Northern University, until January, 1918, during which time, for a period of 8 months, was Dean of Law Department. In January, 1918, moved to Youngstown, where he continues in the practice of law to date. Member Masonic Order, I. O. O. F., Jefferson County and Mahoning County Bar Associations. Democrat. IRA E. ARNOLD. Residence, 14413 Lake Shore Boulevard; office, 548 Engineers Building, Cleveland. Born in Andersonburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania. December 27, 1885. Son of James S. and Clara J. (Ernest) Arnold. Married to Edna M. Taylor, August 4, 1917. Educated in country schools, Blain, Pennsylvania; high school; New Bloomfield Academy; graduate of Cleveland Law School in 1913 with LL. B. degree. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, June 27, 1913; United States District Court, 1919. Member K. of P. Democrat. WILLIAM T. ARNOS. Residence, South Euclid, Ohio; office, 402 Engineers Building, Cleveland. Born in Defiance, Ohio, August 20, 1873.. Son of John F. and Dora (Allshouse) Arnos. Married to Anna C. Laughridge, of Harrison County, Ohio, 1907. Attended the district school, 1879-89; graduate of high school, Stryker, Ohio. 18)4; and of Tri-State Normal College, Angola, Ind., with A. B. degree, 1899; attended Hiram College, 1899-1900; Western Reserve Law School, 1900-03; received LL. B. degree therefrom. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1903; later to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals and United States District Court. Engaged in the general law practice since admission. Member of the firm of Bentley & Arnos, 1906-10; now in the individual practice. . Member Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. Republican. GEORGE FRANCIS ARREL. Residence, 124 Lincoln Avenue, Youngstown. Born on a farm in Mahoning County, Ohio, October 1, 1840. Son of David and Martha (Moore) Arrel. Married to Grace Tod, October 18, 1876. Two children : David Tod and Mrs. Frances M. Parson. Attended the Common Schools in Poland Township; entered Preparatory Department of West- 272 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio minster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, September, 1859; graduated therefrom with A. B. degree (classical course), June, 1865; granted degree of K. D. G., June, 1913 ; entered office of Francis E. Hutchins, Warren, Ohio, to prepare for admission to bar, remaining one year ; attended Albany, New York, Law School one year ; received LL. B. degree therefrom. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, August 20, 1867 ; later to United States Supreme Court. Began the individual practice of law in Youngstown; later formed partnership with H. Moser, which continued two years; City Solicitor, 1870-78. Elected Judge of Common Pleas Court, October, 1880; retired February 9, 1887 ; engaged in private practice until 1899, when he became a member of the firm of Arrel, McVey & Robinson and remained with that firm and its successors until July 1, 1917, when he retired from the active practice of law. One of the first members of the Ohio State Bar Association which was organized in 1880; member American Bar Association. Republican. CHARLES KINGSLEY ARTER. Residence, Cleveland Heights ; office, Guardian Building, Cleveland. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, April 24, 1876. Son of Frank A. and Delia (Kingsley) Arter. Married September 23, 1902, to Grace Denison ; 2 children : Elizabeth- and Calvin Kingsley. Graduate Amherst College with A. B. degree in 1898 ; Harvard Law School, 1901. Admitted to the bar of Massachusetts, 1901; Ohio, 1901. Member of the firm of McKeehan, Merrick, Arter & Stewart. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon, Chamber of Commerce, Union Club, Hermit Club, Nisi Prius Court, Cleveland Bar Association. Republican. JAMES M. AUNGST Residence, 1648 Cleveland Avenue N. W.; office, 519 Renkert Building, Canton. Born in Canton, Ohio, October 21, 1895. Son of Maurice E. and Lucy (Pontius) Aungst. Attended public schools of Canton, graduating from high school, 1913; attended Cornell University, 1914-16; Western Reserve University Law School, 1916-18. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, June 24,. 1918. Engaged in the general practice of law in Canton. Appointed Assistant City Solicitor of Canton, December, 1920. Member Masonic Order, B. P. 0. E., McKinley Club, Phi Sigma Kappa and Phi Delta Phi fraternities. Republican. CHARLES T. AUSTIN. Residence, 790 Parkwood Drive; office, 1111 Williamson Building, Cleveland. Born in Randolph, Portage County, Ohio, June 9, 1876. Son of Duane S. and Isadore (Taylor) Austin. Married to Margaret L. Montgomery, of Louisville, Stark County, Ohio, May 17, 1903. Attended Marlboro public schools; graduate of Ohio Northern University with A. B. degree, 1897; graduate of Mount Union College with Ph. B. degree, 1900; attended Law School one year, 1902. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1903; United States District Court, 1905. Member of the firm of Austin & Leet three years; Austin & Kirkbride since 1913. Member Legal Advisory Board, Ward 24, during the World War. Member Masonic Order, Chamber of Commerce, Sons of Veterans, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Republican. JAMES AUSTIN, JR. Residence, 727 Oakwood Avenue ; office, Municipal Court, Toledo. Born in Woonsocket, The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio - 273 Rhode Island, April 11, 1858. Son of James and Jane (Whiting) Austin. Married to Minnie Weber, January 13, 1887. Three children : Ralph W., Paul W., Irene (Kiplinger). Graduate of Woonsocket High School, 1876; received A. B. degree from Brown University, 1880, and A. M. degree, 1883. Admitted to the bar of Rhode Island, 1882 ; Ohio, 1884; United States District Court, 1898. Member of the firm of Potter & Austin, 1883- 86; Judge of City Courts, 1886-95; Assistant City Solicitor, 1906-07; Police Judge, 19081918; Judge Municipal Court, 1918 to date. Member of Chamber of Commerce. Author of Austin's Manual of Criminal Law and Procedure. Member F. & A. M.; K. of P.; L. 0. 0. M.; D. 0. K. K.; Grotto; S. A. R.; Associate Comrade G. A. R.; American Historical Society; American Prison Association ; Northwestern Ohio Historical Association ; Toledo Art Museum; Toledo Zoological Society ; Toledo Musical Art Society ; Social Workers Club; N. Toledo Neighborhood Association ; Trustee Florence Crittenden Home; Masonic Library Board; Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations ; Toledo City Council, 1895-1897; Toledo Board of Elections, 1897-1902. Re¬publican. RAY W. AVERY. Residence and office, Bowling Green. Born in Bowling Green, August 23. 1886. Son of Dudley H. and Ettie M. (Wilsey) Avery. Married June 19, 1913, to Irene Ross; two children: Dudley Ross and Barbara. Attended the public and high schools of Bowling Green; Kenyon College; graduate University of Michigan, with LL. B. degree in 1910. Admitted to the bar of Ohio in June, 1910 Member of the firm of Riegle & Avery. Member Masonic Bodies, B. P. O. E., K. of P., Ohio State and Wood County Bar Associations. Republican. J. FRANK AXLINE. Residence and office, Findlay. Born in Holmes County, Ohio, April 1, 1866. Son of John and Permelia (Wise) Axline. Married June 30, 1896, to Nellie Snyder; two children: Dorothy Kathryn and Dean Wise. Attended public schools of Ohio; received A. B. degree from Ohio Northern University, 1888; LL. B. degree from Law Department of Ohio Northern University, 1890. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, December, 1889; later United States District Court. For two years in partnership with James A. Sullivan. Axline & Weatherald for one year; Axline & Coons for some time; Axline & Belt, 1900-17; since 1918 Axline & Pendleton. Member K. of P., Ohio State and Hancock County Bar Associations; Director Chamber of Commerce. Independent in politics. JOHN J. BABKA. Residence, 5114 Broadway; office, 102 Engineers Building, Cleveland. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 16, 1884. Son of Frank and Mary (Kozelka) Babka. Married to Mary H. Kubu, in Cleveland, January 8, 1908. Attended parochial and public grammar schools of Cleveland; took college preparatory and studied under private tutorage; received LL. B. degree from Cleveland Law School. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, 1908. Special counsel for Attorney General of Ohio, 1911-1912; Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1912-1919; first assistant during last two years; member of Congress, 21st District, Ohio, 66th session. Member B. P. 0. E., K. of C., and Moose lodges. Member Democratic Executive Committee of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Democrat. JAMES GLENN BACHMAN. Residence, 1263 Summit Avenue, Lakewood; office, 500 Cuyahoga Building, Cleveland. Born in Bellevue, Ohio, April 2, 1888. Son of Joseph and Mary J. (Hill) Bachman. Married to Dorothy E. Warch, September 1, 1909. Primary education received in Bellevue, Ohio, and Munhall, Pennsylvania schools; attended high school in Homestead, Pennsylvania; graduate of Baldwin-Wallace University ; Cleveland Law School (Summa Cum Laude). Admitted to the bar of Ohio, June, 1910; to United States District Court, 1911; United States Supreme Court, 1914. Secretary to United States District Judge Robert W. Tayler; Assistant United States Attorney ; Secretary to Justice William R. Day, United States Supreme Court; Assistant to V. P. 274 - The Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio Electric Bond & Share Co., in New York City ; Assistant General Attorney Utah Power & Light Co., in Salt Lake City, Utah ; now engaged in the practice of law associated with the firm of Bulkley, Hauxhurst, Saeger & Jamison, .of Cleveland. Member Chamber of Commerce ; Yacht Club. Independent politically. JOSEPH S. BACKOWSKI. Residence, 5719 Fleet Avenue; office, 535 Society for Savings Building, Cleveland. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, September 24, 1889. Son of Stanislaw and Frances (Rucenski) Backowski. Attended parochial and public schools of Cleveland; graduated from high school, 1905; attended Adelbert College of Western Reserve University two years; received degree of LL. B. from Law School of Western Reserve University, 1913. Admitted to the bar of Ohio July, 1913; later to United States District Court. For five years in partnership with Judge J. F. Sawicki. Member of Legal Advisory Board No. 10. Elected to the 82nd General Assembly in November, 1916; re-elected November, 1918. Democrat. LEON BROOKS BACON. Residence, 1869 Grasmere Street; office, Leader-News Building, Cleveland. Born in Taberg, Oneida County, New York, July 24, 1870. Son of Sidney Brooks and Esther (Munger) Bacon. Married July 24, 1900, to Anna Osborne Anthony, daughter of Captain Jacob Merritt Anthony. Attended Syracuse, New York, high school, 1885-1889; graduate of Williams College, with A. B. degree, 1893; graduate of Syracuse University with LL. B. degree, 1899. Admitted to the bar of New York, 1898; Ohio, 1903; to the United States District Court, 1906. Read law in the office of Hiscock, Doheny & Hiscock, of Syracuse, New York. In 1898 commenced the practice of law in Syracuse as a member of the firm of Bacon & Clegg, which continued until 1902; removed to Cleveland in 1903, and later became a member of the firm of Ingersoll & Bacon. Member of the firm of Bacon, Couse & Curren, 1912 to 1916. Served on Y. M. C. A. and Liberty Loan campaign committees; special