Engrs., Boston Soc. Civil Engrs.; add., City Hall, Boston, Mass. ROUSSEAU, HARRY H., civ. engr., U. S. N., engr of Terminal Construction, The Panama Canal, since April 1, 1914; born Troy, N. Y., April 19, 1870; son of William White and Jeanette Parker Rousseau; married Gladys Fargo Squires, New York, 1908; C. E., Rensselaer Poly. Inst., 1891; draftsman and engr. for pvt. cos., 1891-8; apptd. after competitive exam., civ. engr., U.S. N., rank of lt., 1898; engr. Bureau Yards & Docks, Washington, 1899-03; engr. pub. improvements, Mare Island navy yard, Cal., 1903-7; apptd. chief Bureau Yards and Docks, with rank of rear admiral, Jan., 1907; mem. Isthmian Canal Comn., March 16, 1907-March 31, 1914; dir. Panama R. R. Co.; apptd. civil eng. in navy with rank of rear admiral of the lower nine, March 4, 1915; mem. Rensselaer Soc. of Engrs., Engrs. Soc. of Western Pa.; asso. mem. Am. Soc. C. E.; ClubsArmy and Navy, Metropolitan, Chevy Chase (Washington); add., Culebra, Canal Zone. RUGGLES, GEORGE H., apptd. to civil administration dept., Cent. Div., Canal Zone, 1909; grade changed to supt. of municipal work, Centl. Div., Canal Zone, Sept. 1, 1909; began canal service, 1904, as instrument man with survey party; born Bloomingdale, Mich.; ed. Lehigh Univ.

RUGGLES, W. B., asst. engr. La Boca dams div., since 1904.

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SANDS, ROBERT MARCENA, chief clk. Atlantic div., Canal Zone; born Ala., 1876; apptd. secy. to chief of dept. Lock and Dam Const., April, 1907; apptd. chief clerk Atlantic div., July, 1908. SAUNDERS, WILLIAM LAWRENCE, engineer, president, and director The Ingersoll-Rand Co., New York, N. Y.; Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co.; Rand Drill Co.; New York Imperial Tool Co.; director of A. S. Cameron Steam Pump Works; Edison-Saunders Compressed Air Co.; International Harvester Co.; International Pneumatic Tube Co.; born Nov. 1, 1856, Columbus, Ga.; son of Rev. Dr. W. T. and Eliza Morton Saunders; married Bertha Louise Gaston at Narragansett Pier, R. I., Aug. 4, 1886 (died 1906); ed. Univ. of Pa. (B. S. Univ. of Pa., 1876; D.Sc., Univ. of Pa., 1911); in charge of hydrographic work, 1878; and subaqueous rock excavation, 1879-81; National Storage Co., Communipaw, N. J.; invented apparatus for drilling rock under water, Ingersoll track and bar channelers and gadders for quarrying stone; twice elected mayor of North Plainfield, N. J.; mem. Am. Inst. Mining Engrs.; Am. Soc. Civil Engrs.; Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs.; Nat. Civic Federation; N. Y. Chamb. Com.; Nat. Geog. Soc.; ed. Compressed Air Magazine; author "Compressed Air Information," "Compressed Air Production;" co-author "The Subways, and Tunnels of N. Y.;" "Dana and Saunders' Rock Drilling;" Clubs-Engineers', Machinery, Economic, Aero of America; add., 11 Broadway, New York.

SAVILLE, CALEB MILLS, civil engineer; born Melrose, Mass.; grad. Harvard; married Eliza

beth Thorndike, 1891; asst. city engr. Malden, Mass., 1891-95; div. engr., Mass. met. water comn., 1895-96; helped to build Wachusett dam; went to Isthmus, Aug., 1907, in charge of investigation for foundation and methods of construction of dams at Gatun and other places; in charge of questions of seepage and matters connected with water supply of Gatun lake; investigator of meteorology and hydrology in connection with canal work; surveyed drainage basin Chagres river and Canal Zone lands. SCHAFER, GEORGE C., paym. U. S. N., disbursing officer on Isthmus, 1904; apptd. treas. of Zone, 1905; add., Norfolk, Va. SCHIAVONI, MARIO J., architect, permanent building div., Supply Dept., The Panama Canal, until Dec. 5, 1913.

SCHILDHAUER, EDWARD, electrical and mech. engr.; born New Holstein, Wis.; grad., 1897, Univ. of Wis.; apptd. elec. and mech. engr. to Isthmian Canal Comn., Nov 1906; invented special devices in connection with miter gates; designed "electric mule" to convey ships through locks; designed system for controlling all lock machinery from central station; designed Gatun and Miraflores power plants; made special investigations of principal canals in England, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. SESSIONS, ARTHUR, apptd. supt. of transportation, Central div., July 11, 1908; had charge of all trains moving dirt from Culebra Cut, born Macon, Miss.; went to Isthmus as trainmaster, 1905; asst. supt., 1906.

SHANTON, GEORGE R., apptd. chief of police, Canal Zone, 1905.

SHARP, BARTHOLOMEW, English buccaneer; in 1680 endeavored, with a large force, to swoop down on Panama and capture the gold fleet, bilt was induced by a native cacique to attempt raid on Santa Maria. The raid was successful in capturing the town and the garrison, but they found little booty. This so enraged the free- * booters that they slaughtered their prisoners. Sharp pushed on to Panama, where he was attacked by three Spanish war vessels. He captured all three, but was finally driven off. Later he was tried in London for piracy and acquitted.

SHERMAN, EDWARD C., civil engr.; born Kingston, Mass., 1877; grad. Mass. Inst. Tech., 1898; engaged in designing Cambridge bridge, Cambridge-Boston, 1900-3; designed river improvements vicinity of Boston, 1905-9; went to Isthmus, 1909, engaged in designing dams and spillways; married Kathrine Buck, 1907. SHONTS, THEODORE P., chairman Isthmian Canal Commission, 1905-7; president Interborough Rapid Transit Co., N. Y.; born Crawford Co., Pa., May 5, 1856; son of Dr. Henry Daniels and Margaret Nevin Marshall Shonts; removed with parents in boyhood to Ia.; married Harriet Amelia, daughter of Gen. (afterwards Gov.) Francis M. Drake, of Centerville, Ia., 1882; A. B., Monmouth (Ill.) Col., 1876; after graduation became an accountant and employed by nat. banks in Ia. to standardize and simplify methods of bookkeeping; studied law and prac

ticed a short time at Centerville; became associated with Gen. Drake, who had large financial and railroad interests, and who placed much of the work of management and constrn. in his hands; had charge of constrn. of Ia. Cent. R. R., afterwards built the Mo., Ia. & Neb. R. R., and later the Ind., Ill. and Ia. R. R. and was its controlling owner, later selling it to the L. S. & M. S. R. R. Co.; with others secured control of Toledo, St. Louis and Western R. R., which he rehabilitated and made successful; selected by Pres. Roosevelt as chmn. of Isthmian Canal Comn.; pres. Interborough Met. Co., Toledo, St. Louis and Western R. R. Co., C. & A. R. R. Co., Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R. Co., Ia. Central R. R. Co., since Feb. 1907; add., 165 Broadway, New York. SHONTZ, G. M., pros. atty., Canal Zone, until April, 1910.

SIBERT, WILLIAM LUTHER, brig. gen. Corps of Engrs., U. S. A., mem. Isthmian Canal Comn., and div. engr. Atlantic div. Isthmian Canal Comn. in charge of constrn. Gatun Locks and Dam, Breakwaters, Colon Harbor, etc., April 1, 1907April 1, 1914; born Gadsden, Ala., Oct. 12, 1860; son of William J. and Marietta Ward Sibert; married Mary Margaret Cummings of Brownsville, Tex., Sept., 1887; ed. Univ. of Ala., 1878-80; grad. U. S. Mil. Acad., 1884; apptd. 2d lt. of engrs., June 15, 1884; grad. Engr. Sch. of Application, 1887; 1st lt., April 7, 1888; capt., March 31, 1896; maj., April 23, 1904; It. col., 1909; brig. gen., March 4, 1915; asst. engr. river work in Ky., 1887–92; in charge of constrn. ship channel connecting Great Lakes, 1892-4; in charge engring. river and harbor dist. (Ark.), 1894–8; instr. civ. engring., Engr. Sch. of Application, 1898-9; chief engr. 8th Army Corps, and chief engr. and gen. mgr. Manila & Dagupan R. R., 1899-1900; in charge engring. river and harbor dists. (headquarters Louisville and Pittsburgh) 1900–7; mem. Engrs. Soc. of Western Pa., Am. Soc. C. E.; comdg. Pacific coast artillery dist.; add. Ft. Miley, Cal.

SLIFER, H. J., gen. mgr., P. R. R. Co., 1908-9. SMITH, H. A. A., auditor, The Panama Canal, since April 1, 1914; apptd. exam. accounts, Canal Zone, May 12, 1911; add. Empire, Canal Zone.

SMITH, J. A., supt. P. R. R. Co. beginning 1909; began railroading on Penna. R. R. as teleg. opr. at Mill Creek, Pa., 1881; pres. Colon Club. SMITH, JACKSON, mem. Isthmian Canal Comn., March 1, 1907-Sept. 15, 1908; in charge of labor recruiting under Chm. Shonts and Ch. Eng. Stevens; chief dept. labor and quarters. SMITH, RAY LOW, chf. appt. div., The Panama Canal, since 1904; born Braidwood, Ill., Jan. 5, 1877; son of Theodore T. and Lucy O. Smith; married Alice Bates, Braceville, Ill., Dec. 31, 1901; grad. scientific course Valparaiso (Ind.) Col., 1899; Ind. Univ., 1899-1900; supt. schools, Braceville, Ill., three years; clk. U. S. Govt. service, 1903; add., The Panama Canal, Washington, D. C.

SNEED, J. W., supt. Chagres section P. R. R. to

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Isthmus, 1906, as conductor; promoted to supt. Bas Obispo dist., 1907, Chagres section, 1910. SOLIS, JUAN DIAZ de, Spanish navigator; born at Lebrija, Spain, 1470; associated with Vicente Pinzon in explorations of Honduras, Yucatan and South American coast; apptd. chief pilot of Spain, 1512; sailed in 1515 to seek southwestern route to the Pacific; entered Rio de la Plata and was killed by Indians, 1516. SPOONER, JOHN COIT, author of act of Congress under which Panama Canal was acquired and constructed; born Lawrenceburg, Ind., Jan. 6, 1843; son of Judge Philip L. and Lydia Coit Spooner; married Annie E. Main, of Madison, Wis., Sept. 10, 1868; removed to Madison, Wis., 1859; A. B., Univ. of Wis., 1864; (hon. Ph.B., A.M., 1869, LL.D., 1895; LL.D., Yale, 1908; Columbia, 1909); served pvt. Co. A., Wis. Inf.; pvt. and mil. secy. to Gov. Lucius Fairchild, of Wis., 1866-7; admitted to bar, 1867; asst. atty. gen. of Wis., and in general practice at Madison, 1867-70; practiced at Hudson, Wis., 1870-84; regent of Univ. of Wis., 1882-5; mem. Wis. Assembly, 1872; U. S. Senate, 1885-91, and 1897-1907; resigned March 3, to take effect May 1, 1907; since in law practice at New York; chm. Wis. delegation Rep. Nat. convs., 1888, 1892; candidate for gov. of Wis., 1892; tendered portfolio of Sec. of the Interior by Pres. McKinley, 1898; Brit.-Am. Joint High Comn., 1898, and Atty. Gen. of U. S., 1901, but declined; add., 14 Wall st., New York. SPRATLING, L. W., med. inspr., U. S. N., supt. Colon hosp., 1904; add. Navy Recruiting Sta., Atlanta, Ga.

STANTON, F. C., asst. engr., Chagres div., since Sept. 25, 1907.

STEARNS, FREDERICK PIKE, mem. inter

national board consulting engineers on Panama Canal; born Calais, Maine, 1851; hon. A. M., Harvard, 1905; D. Sc., Univ. of Pa., 1906; married Addie C. Richardson, of Framingham, Mass., June 21, 1876; chief engr. Mass. Met. water works, 1895-1907; mem. bd. of consulting engrs. Panama Canal, 1907-1909.

STEPHENS, JOHN LLOYD, organized Panama Railroad Company with Wm. H. Aspinwall and Henry Chauncey, and was first v. p., and later pres. of co.; born Shrewsbury, N. J., Nov. 28, 1805; ed. Columbia Col.; practiced law in New York; 1839 apptd. special agent of U. S. to Central America by Pres. Van Buren; assisted in establishing first line of steamers between New York and Bremen; died in New York City Oct. 10, 1852; monument erected to him on highest point of Panama Railroad.

STERNS, F. E., asst. engr., lock gates and protective works; mem. staff Washington Off.,

Isthmian Canal Comn., until Oct. 1908, then transferred to Canal Zone.

STEVENS, JOHN F., chief engr., Panama Canal, 1905-April 1, 1907, and chm. Isthmian Canal Comn., Feb.-March, 1907; born Gardiner, Maine, April 25, 1853; son of John and Harriet Stevens; married Harriet T. O'Brien, Dallas, Tex., Jan. 6, 1887; asst. engr., City of Minneapolis, 1874-6; ch. engr., Sabine Pass and

Northwestern Ry., 1876-9; asst. engr., D. & R. G. Ry., 1879-80; C., M. & St. P. Ry., 1880-2; div. engr., Canadian Pac. Ry., 1882-6; asst. engr., C., M. &. St. P. Ry., 1886; prin. asst. engr., Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Ry., 1887-9; asst. engr. Spokane Falls & Northern Ry., 1889; prin. asst. engr., 1889-93; asst. chief engr., 1893-5, chief engr., 1895-1902; gen. mgr., 1902-3, G. N. Ry.; chief engr., 1903-4; 2d v. p. 1904-5, C., R. I. & P. Ry. Co.; v. p., N. Y., N. H., & H. R. R., in charge operation, 1907-9; pres. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry., Ore. Electric Ry., Oregon Trunk Ry., Pacific & Eastern Ry., 1909-11; mem. Am. Soc. C. E.; add., 45 Wall st., New York.

STICKLE, H. W., maj. Corps of Engrs., U. S. A.; born Anamosa, Iowa; grad. West Point, 1899; apptd. asst. div. engr. Gatun locks div., 1907; asst. engr., Atlantic div., 1909.

STIMSON, HENRY L., born New York, Sept 21, 1867; son of Lewis Atterbury and Candace (Wheeler) Stimson; A.B., Yale, 1888; A.M., Harvard, 1889; Harvard Law Sch., 1889-90; married Mabel Wellington White of New Haven, 1893; admitted to bar, 1891; U. S. atty. Southern Dist., N. Y., 1906-9; Rep. candidate for Gov. N. Y., 1910; Secy. of War in Cabinet of Pres. Taft, May, 1911-March 5, 1913, and active in supervising affairs of Panama Canal; add. 32 Liberty st., New York.

STONE, A. K., railroad man; born Ind.; common sch. ed.; brakeman, conductor, train master, etc., on various railroads; went to Isthmus, 1905, as train master central div., 1910; master of transportation, Panama R. R.

STRICKLAND, G. B., res. engr., 1st dist., dept. of Constrn. and Eng., Corozal, until April 1, 1909.

STROM, CARL E., ch. mech. engr., Canal Zone,

1904; apptd. supt. motive power and machinery, Canal Zone, 1905.

SULLIVAN, J. G., first asst. engr. under Ch. Eng. Stevens; chief engr. Canadian Pacific Ry.

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TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD, twenty-seventh President of United States; official head of Isthmian affairs as Secy. of War under Pres. Roosevelt; born Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1857; son of Alphonso and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; grad. Woodward High Sch., Cincinnati, 1874; B.A., Yale, 1878; LL.B., Cincinnati Law Sch., 1880; (LL.D., Yale, 1893; Univ. of Pa., 1902; Harvard, 1905; Miami Univ., 1905; State Univ. of Ia., 1907; Wesleyan, 1909; Princeton, 1912; McGill Univ., 1913; D.C.L., Hamilton, 1913); married Helen Herron, Cincinnati, June 19, 1886; admitted to Ohio bar, 1880; law reporter, Cincinnati Times, and later of Cincinnati Commercial, 1880; asst. pros. atty., Hamilton Co., O., 1881-3; practiced law at Cincinnati, 1883-7; judge, Superior Ct., Cincinnati, 1887-90; sol. gen. of U. S., 1890–2; U. S. circuit judge, 6th circuit, 1892-1900; pres. U. S. Philippine Comn., 1900-1; first civ. gov. P. I., 1901-4; sent to Cuba by Pres. Roose.

velt to adjust insurrection there, 1906, and acted for short time as prov. gov.; elec. President of U. S., for term 1909-13; professor of law, Yale Univ.; add. New Haven, Conn.

TENNEY, M. W., asst. engr., supt. constrn. Culebra, Canal Zone, since Feb. 3, 1913. THATCHER, MAURICE HUDSON, mem. Isth. mian Canal Comn., April 12, 1910-Aug. 8, 1913; head dept. civil administration, Canal Zone, May 13, 1910-Aug. 8, 1913; born Chicago, Ill., Aug. 15, 1870; son of John C. and Mary T. (Graves) Thatcher; ed. pub. and pvt. schools, Ky.; studied law at Frankfort, Ky., 1896-8; married Annie Bell Chinn, of Frankfort, May 4, 1910; admitted to Ky. bar, 1898; asst. atty. gen. of Ky., 1898-1900; asst. U. S. Atty. for Western Dist. of Ky., 1901-6; in gen. practice, Louisville, 1906-10; state inspr. and examr. for Ky., 1908-10; practicing law at Louisville; add., Paul Jones Bldg., Louisville, Ky. THOM, LESLIE GRANT, civil engr.; connected with municipal improvements, Colon and Panama; supt. municip. eng., Atlantic div., Gatun. THOMPSON, JOHN W., magistrate, The Panama Canal, since April 1, 1914; add., Cristobal, Canal Zone.

THOMSON, THADDEUS AUSTIN, diplomat; born Burleson Co., Tex., 1853; home, Austin, Tex.; ed. Salado Col., Tex. Mil. Inst.; ad. to bar, 1883; planter, ranch owner; apptd. Minister to Colombia, June 10, 1913; negotiated and signed treaty with Colombia. THURSTON, LORRIN ANDREWS, lawyer; born Honolulu, H. T., 1858; grad. Columbia Law Sch., N. Y.; married Harriet Potter, St. Joseph, Mich., 1894; Min. Interior, Kingdom of Hawaii, 1887-90; mem. House of Nobles, 1892; Mem. Com. of Safety, 1893; mem. Advisory Council, prov. govt., 1893; Spl. Comr. to U. S to negotiate annex., 1893; Min. to U. S., 1893; Min. of Haw. Republic to U. S., 1894; to Portugal, 1894; Spl. Comr. to U. S. to. negotiate treaty of annex., 1897; pres. Hawaiian Gazette Co., Olaa Sugar Co.; int. in other companies; author; res., Honolulu, H. T.

TOBEY, E. C., paym., U. S. N., apptd. ch. dept. material and supplies, Canal Zone, 1904-07; later in Bu. Supplies and Accounts, Navy Dept., Washington, D. C.

TUCKER, HERMAN FRANKLIN, apptd. designing engr. dept. of lock and gate and dam constrn., Culebra, 1907; apptd. designing engr. masonry and lock design, at Culebra, 1908; born Weston, Mass., 1878; grad. Harvard, 1901; engr. for Dominion Eng. & Constrn. Co., Montreal, 1906.

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VALDÉS, RAMON M., late Minister of Panama to Washington; ed. at Cartagena; rep. of Panama in Colombian Cong.; later secy. of Public Education; practiced law; apptd. Secy. of State and of Justice by Pres. Obaldia, and continued during interim term of Pres. Mendoza; apptd. Panama's spec. del. to the Hudson and Fulton Centennial Celebration at New York, 1909; apptd. Minister to Washington by Pres.