SESW Fatty yet, shay ” ery Ae ra ata ae Oh rhe, Ste Vass bane Mab sy Neary Shee. a es ‘ 2 rand ger tay Wes ifn BAD 26 Neh j x Bir eRe rs ay Woy iia rating aie iE nt Rita: ienctne % UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN STACKS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2021 with funding from University of Illinois Uroana-Champaign https://archive.org/details/indianapolismenoOOunse_0 ! . } R > . ‘ ioe ie ay a? a > 7 Oa } 7 a wi ie 7 : é yk MeL ae a 7 ae 1 a oe “\ INDIANAPOLIS MEN OF AFFAIRS A, A volume in which appears a compilation of Portraits and Biographies of Men of Achievement of the Great Indiana Capital PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA PAUL DONALD Brown, Editor Copyright 1923 American Biographical Society a This book as a whole, and each separate subject which it con- tains, is fully protected under copyright. We hereby release, however, to any established daily newspaper or periodical, for use in any regular issue thereof, for news purposes, all or any part of any biography or any portrat herein, tf proper credit is gwen “Tndianapolis Men Of Pat ars American Biographical Society I- ZO O G20:07126 LS — iw) LMG — ‘s—T NDIANAPOLIS MEN OF AFFAIRS” is primarily a pub- lisher’s utility hbrary—a work of reference wherein may be found, in correct form, basic facts, from birth down to date, re- garding the lives of Indianapolis men of note or achievement, together with halftones from latest photographs of the men re- —sterred to. v Modern newspapers and periodicals attach great importance to of Bachrach, Bretzman, Dexheimer, Moorefield, and Nicholson ¥ Brothers, to whom much credit is due for the artistic success ~ attained. 118458 | Carlyle said— “The History of the World is the Biographies of Great Men.” DTT TTT COOQOVONOOATOOTOONONOOO VOOR OOO OOROAOONOOOOOT CON OONONUOOOON COO OO COON OOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO The lives of many of the men in this publication stand out as notable examples of the type of men who have lent their force or capital, or both, to the upbuilding of Indianapolis, Indiana. Some of them pioneered through the hardships of the early days, while others battled bravely against toppling booms and pro- longed depressions of a period now past. Others, while of more recent arrival, Indianapolis is glad to welcome among her own. IN DAN AN EXGHLIUS INMEING MONE (Ee uma eS 2 Which appears a portratt and Loovraphucal preter of each of the following Reily C. Adams..... 7 Hilton We Browne... . 85 George M. Dickson. .153 eoree ALOT owe mans 11 Raymond D. Brown.. 85 James A. Diggle....155 Hon. A. B. Anderson 13 Robert H. Bryson.... 87 James I. Dissette....157 John J. Appel....... 15 Charles J. Buchanan. 89 Hugh Dougherty ....159 Gerritt A. Archibald 17 Robert N. Buchanan. 91 Brandt C. Downey...161 Seeriei@A clay tee 19 Charles L. Buschmann 93 Charles 8. Drake....163 Clifford G. eran 94 Frank A. Butler..... 95 Fred S. Duesenberg. .165 oot eAr thir sisters: ae 97 Luke W. Duffey..... 167 I PACKING. ee ts 3 Lene : ue cs 2 Samuel O. Dungan...169 William A. Atkins... 25 Frank A. Dunlop 171 John I. Aufderheide 27 Howard Cadle.... 99 Caleb S. Eaglesfield. .173 Frederic M. Ayres... 29 Henry F. Campbell..101 Dr. Samuel E. Earp. .175 Thomas F. Carson...103 ©. R. Eggleston..... 177 Hon. Solon J. Carter.105 Robert Elliott ...... 179 HES Cre SAC OL Scstary en 31 Emerson W. Chaille..107 Brodehurst Elsey ...181 Deets ees rate DeClark a 109 —. Dr. CPs Rmerson 183 L. L. Banford ...... 35 Lloyd D. Clayecombe.111 Marion KE. Ensley... .185 Hale: CG. Barbert<. 2.7 a7 Ure Wale Clevengers113 s-Walliam P) Evans. .187 George Mo Barnard... 39 Fred Cline..../..... 115 Hon. L. B. Ewbank. .189 Herman) barnard., 41° Harry OF Cobb. 2.2... sir eA DArmesc oe © se ce 43 Charles E. Coffin... .119 Dr. John F. Barnhill 45 Charles F. Coffin....121 Prank B. Flanner...191 Fred E. Barrett..... 47 Ralph L. Colby...... 123 S. A. Fletcher....... 193 erdert ly (Bass, .... 49 Joseph.J, Coles. .2.: 125 Frank E. Floyd..... 195 Arthur R. Baxter.... 51 Lewis A. Coleman...127 Daniel Foley........ 197 Hon. Joseph EH. Bell.. 53 Hon. J. A. Collins...129 Perhert-W. Foltz....199 Dre David I? Berry. 250. Earl hk. Gonder... . .. 181 B.M. Forbes........ 901 Hon. A. J. Beveridge 57 Owen J. Conrad..... 133 Dr. W. H. Foreman. .203 Dr. R. I. Blakeman.. 59 Hon. Linton A. Cox.135 George C. Forrey, Jr..205 eal blOGK Sie arene 61 Clarence E. Crippin..137 William Fortune ....207 Benjamin N. Bogue.. 63 James S. Cruse...... 139 Edward D. Fouts... .209 C. A. Bookwalter.... 65 Dr. John M. Cunning- William S. Frye.....211 Louis J. Borinstein.. 67 anit ree eae 141 Arthur E. Bradshaw 69 Joseph G. Brannum.. 71 Fred: C. Gardner... :. 213 A. F. Brentlinger.... 73 Robert F. Daggett...143 Harry O. Garman... .215 John N. Bromert.... 75 Thomas A. Daily....145 Matthew F. Gartland .217 John D. Brosnan.... 77 James A. Daugherty.147 A. Bennett Gates. ..219 Henests bross........ 79 W. Seott Deming....149 Edward E. Gates... .221 Arthur V. Brown... 81 George Desautels....151 Frederick E. Gates. .223 INI DVASN AYP’ @ 1S VEIN SO ae ole INDEX— (Continued ) KH. J. Gausepohl..... 225 Dr. Henry Jameson.315 John J. Madden..... 403 John A. George..... DOT Aauy Wi eLiries aan 317 Harry B. Mahan....405 Vernon C. Getz.. 2... 229 Hon. C. W. Jewett..319 Frank P. Manly..... 407 GarliG2Gippe eee 231 Aquilla Q. Jones....321 Henry A. Mansfield .409 A. M. Glossbrenner. .233 Arthur Jordan...... 323 Walter C. Marmon...411 Hon. J. P. Goodrich 2385 Oscar A. Jose....... 325 George J. Marott...413 Ot wGood wile 2a Wes ineelaise =e a2. Hh. Wa Marschke.. a. : 415 Morton L. Gould... .239 Frederick E. Matson. 417 Thomas S. Graves...241 Bert Mebride. 305 419 C. A. Greathouse....243 J. G. Karstedt...... 329 Hon. R. W. McBride. 421 Charles P. Greenen. .245 Alfred O. Kauffmann.331 Dr. C. B. McCulloch. .423 Charles F. Gregg....247 ©. J. Kavanaugh....333 Joseph A. MeGowan.425 Roberta seit ames 335 Homer McKee ...... 427 Oren S. Hack....... 949 tb J. Kelly RAO Yok 2a 337 O. E. MeMeans...... 429 Dr. M. N. Hadley. ? O51 Phil G. og SEIS OOS 339 Uz MeMurtrie Ste ekcnecere 431 eevee VEER ple) Soe I EES oo oe 341 Felix M. MeWhirter.433 Dr. Wm. ©. Hall... .255 te ie eye tecty ie be Sol Meyer.......... 435 Ts Cc. Hardesty. op 957 z tees : Inney.. aye 4p P. Michael. : Geter cens 437 Walter B. Harding. .259 oa ; Jaman aie ae 849 Addison F. Miller. . .439 Edward W. Harris. 261 aoe es A 2) I Stee G ae 4 Dick Miller Py oeicas 441 Orlando D. Haskett. .263 j kd _ ees e as 958 Oren A. Maller eo tae cep Robert H. Hassler. ..265 = a oe eae ts 4 “9Be Frank V. Mills ds etn 445 Frank D. Hatfield. . .267 ene i oe eens i Harry B. Millspaugh .447 Dr. §. J. Hatfield...269 (90 “TANS ----+--°°89' Tra A. Minnick...... 449 97, Howard J. Lacy....359 Dr. BE. L. Mitchell. ..451 T Beh atiieliaaee ss 271 : 979 Hon. M. B. Lairy...361 George H. Moore... .453 Joseph G. Hayes... .273 FILL Bo ane Dr. Edgar T. Haynes.275 a a aN camp. ne Jesse C. Moore...... 455 John O. Henderson. .277 B F cane eae ee Charles W. Moores. 457 ey Gi Herdrich aces 979 ze ° awrence..... ‘ 4h Edward Morris. A .459 Ba wariiC cerctha Oe 1 Henry W. Lawrence.369 (Charles O. Murphy. .461 William Herschell. ..283 Dr. D. W. Layman. .371 Puen PAROLE NETS (6) 1h 8h? Edwin R. Hisey.....285 Irvine WL on 6 Hon. Harry S. New.463 William J. Hogan. ..287 Speer! L tes ene Dr. J. R. Newcomb. .465 Jacoh F. Hoke...... 289) ain To Tannee Byun B Noble seas ot James I. Holeomb...291 a nae } apres 3 a1 James W. Noel.... 469 Sterling R. Holt..... 909 fer kD eo eee ge me ‘ Meredith Nicholson. .471 =) Lioniseh Auevevaeee.. 383 Dr. Thomas C. Hood .295 James W. Lilly......385 ; Jonn A. Hook. 22 2..297 3 = lyeloeiear, 12% Oblinger. 473 James B. Howard... .299 es Eres) ens eel G S Oli A75 Brankibslittleton... 089 9s. pees ee eee ; Thomas Carr Howe. .301 Hon. C. J. Orbison. . .477 Frank Glory see 391 ni eae ats HC, Hutistetters 21. o03 rs L 399 Oren T. Owen....... 479 Dr; CDi Humes sie: 30n tee at oe eee ee Prank Ba Hunteres sol) Dr. Lafayette Page. .481 George L. Maas..... 395 George W. Pangborn. 483 Orlando: Ba lies= ae 309 Dr. J. A. MacDonald.397 Dr. Hugo O. Pantzer.485 William H. Insley...311 Robert A. MacGill..399 Dr. Harry F. Parr. ..487 Clarence R. Irish....313 Robert MacGregor...401 Gavin L. Payne..... 489 Ne eNO oe ENO eee ND RS INDEX— (Continued ) (pa Cap erry.aerae so oe 491 Russel M. Seeds.....555 Harry D. Tutewiler. .625 Edward E. Petri....493 Harry A.Sharp...... 557 Gen. R. H. Tyndall. .627 Dr. Orange G. Pfaff.495 Robert H. Sherwood .559 Samuel O. Pickens...497 Richard A. Shirley...561 C. M. Valentine..... 629 William A. Pickens..499 Burke G. Slaymaker.563 R. P. Van Camp..... 631 Ralph Be Polk aa. = 501 O. J. Smith.........565 Frederick Van Nuys. 633 One bTICen ae 2. 503 Walter Edgar Smith.567 (Garle eee rinZlenende.. 505 Albert G. Snider....569 L. M. Wainwright. . .635 DreJsbeopaunhursts) Waecarl Ue Walken. J. 637 : Edgar George Spink.573 Carl H. Wallerich....639 Leonard M. Quill... .507 William 1. Stafford.575 Frank Wampler..... 641 Frank D. Stalnaker..577 C. E. Whitehill...... 653 Hon. S. M. Ralston. .509 E. W. Steinhart..... 579 Hon. W. H. Watson. .643 iicomawhandalls ple Harry Aster... 581 George A. Weidely. .645 Truman C. Rapp....513 Dr. Albert E. Sterne.583 Dr. Joel Whitaker. . .647 Leo M. Rappaport...515 Charles S. Stone..... 585 Jacob 8. White...... 649 tare AE eee pe oe 517 James Blake Stone..587 Walter T. White....651 Joseph R. Raub..... 519 Elmer W. Stout..... 589 Homer L. Wiegand. .655 Samuel E. Rauh.....521 E. C. Strathmann....591 John F. Wild....... 657 GeAy Recker? 24... Supe rlarryeC es tutz wean 593 Frederick I. Willis. . .659 EAT yaetyCi ee. cee 25 Dr. W. N. Wishard. .661 Col. J. B. Reynolds. .527 H. H. Woodsmall. . .663 Edmund Rosenberg. .529 Hon. Thos. Taggart..595 Evans Woollen ..... 665 Albert M. Rosenthal.531 John H. Talge.......597 Herbert M. Woollen.667 Dr. David Ross.....533 Arthur H. Taylor....599 Frank F. Woolling. .669 Tamecmehoss eee, 595 CarleA. Taylor... ... 601 Kenneth K. Woolling.671 J. CG. Ruckelshaus....537 Harold Taylor....... 603 Charles E. Worrell. .673 Dr. Karl R. Ruddell.539 Wm. N. Thompson...605 B. A. Worthington. .675 Henry C. Thornton. .607 Burrell Wright...... 677 M. Bert Thurman...609 Dr. J. Wm. Wright. .679 Gerry M. Sanborn...541 Clyde HE. Titus......611 Stanley Wyckoff ....681 Joseph C. Schaf.....543 Newton Todd....... 613 Thomas A. Wynne ..683 HheSchloss. 65. vac . H45 = nopert. i. LOdder sare 615 NOLMenLOSSune ae wae 547 Dr. Wm. S. Tomlin..617 Charles C. York ....685 Howard Schurmann..549 Edward R. Treat....619 EK. J. Secoonover...... 551 James H. Trimble...621 Edward W. Zaiser. .687 William R. Secker...553 N. G. Trowbridge...622 William A. Zumpfe. .689 TING DD TEASING) TE Te VAC IN NS le REILY C. ADAMS 8 INO e GIN Ney @). ey Lee Vee Ne @) eee ere AD ROS REILY C. ADAMS EILY C. ADAMS, banker, president of the Security Trust Company, was born March 7, 1878, at Vincennes, Indiana, the son of John ©. and Sarah (Culbertson) Adams. His education was obtained in the public and high schools of Vincennes. He entered the lumber business at Vincennes after leaving high school, but in January, 1899, came to Indianapolis to accept a clerical position with the Crowder-Mason Shoe Company. A vear later he was elected secretaiy-treasurer of the company, which position he held until August, 1917, when he was chosen president of the Security Trust Company. He retains a director- ship in the Crowder-Cooper Shoe Company. During the war Mr. Adams was active in the various Liberty Loan campaigns, and he is among the many men interested in the Community Chest plan for Indianapolis charities. Mr. Adams has been active in Republican politics for many years. From 1914 until 1918 he served as a member of the Marion County Council, and during those years and until 1922 he was treasurer of both the ci itv and county Republican Central Com- mittees. He is now treasurer of the City Central Committee and the State Republican Committee. He is a director of the Indianapolis Athletie Club, a member of the Columbia Club, the ISiwanis Club, the Indianapolis Cham- ber of Commerce, the Highland Golf and Country Club, Marion Club, Hoosier Motor Club, the Mystic Shrine, and the Scottish Rite Masonic body, of which organization he was a trustee for three years. He is a member of the Third Christian Church of Indianapolis. On November 16, 1904, Mr. Adams married Miss Emma Gib- son, of Indianapolis. They have three children: Reily G. Adams, Sarah Tyce Adams and Martha Gibson Adams. The family home is at 4340 Central Avenue. IN DIAINA P @12] S* ME NSS @ Rese cae Photograph by Bretzman GEORGE ALIG 10 IS IDM IPAQ LIGy = GIMMIBON) OUEm ) Yageiev i Plate GEORGE ALIG EHORGE ALIG, manufacturer, president and general manager of the Home Stove Company, Kentucky Avenue and Henr Vv Street, was born at Grisson, Switzerland, on February 22, 1852, son of Baldesaar and Marianna (Casanova) Alig. In the grade schools of Grisson and later at Frieburg, Germany, he obtained his education. In 1868 he joined his brother, who was engaged in private banking and loan brokerage business at LaRochelle, France, but two years later returned to Switzerland, where he became asso- ciated with his father in the ecattle- raising industry. Huis father was one of the largest landowners in that part of Switzerland. Frequently Mr. Alig visited cities in France and Italy in connec- tion with cattle shipments. Upon coming to America in 1872, Mr. Alig did not tarry long in the Fast, but came to Indianapolis. where he became associated with D. Root & Company, stove manufacturers. Later he acquired an interest in the company, but in 1874 became vice-president and manager of the newly organized Indianapolis Stove Company and continued as vice-president until 1895, when he disposed of his holdings in the company and founded the Home Stove Company. He became president and general manager of this company, which manufactures the ‘‘Model’’ stoves, ranges and furnaces. He is also president of the Home Investment Company. Mr. Alig is a member of the National Stove Association and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. For many years he was a vice-president of the Indianapolis Mennerchor. He is a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Mvstic Shrine and a Knights Tem- plar. Mr. Alig is a Republican. He is interested in travel, and since coming H the United States, a half century ago, has made twelve trips “to Europe. On January 8, 1877, Mr. Alig married Miss Cornelia C. Schirmer at Indianapolis. Thev have seven children: George, Jr., Delos A., Otto, Clarence S., Correlius O., Mis. A. Parry, nee Agnes, and Stella (deceased) and sixteen grandchildren. The family home is at 1609 Park Avenue. he IN DIANA P O13) SVE Nee eos ia Photograph by Mecca Studios HON. A. B. ANDERSON 12 ION IDN WAN INSP AON Lh esy 7 Abe I OE? oN ell ae Vaal el Sere HON. A. B. ANDERSON F Justice needs a propagandist, then well may it choose the sub- ject of this sketch. Born near Zionsville, Boone County, In- diana, February 10, 1857, the son of Philander and Emma A. Anderson, Albert Barnes Anderson, twenty-two years later, was eraduated with honors from Wabash College. Asa representative of this institution, he won the state inter-collegiate oratorical con- test, and in so doing earned the right to represent the state of Indiana in the interstate contest. While studying and practicing law in law offices in Indianapolis and Crawfordsville, he became widely known throughout the state. In 1882 he married Miss Rose Campbell, of Crawfordsville, Indiana. Three years later he formed a law partnership with Benjamin Crane, of that city, and this union lasted until Decem- ber 18, 1902, when the late President Theodore Roosevelt appoint- ed Mr. Anderson judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana, the position he now holds. As a judge, he is feared by many, admired by others, and respected by all. His career in Indianapolis first commanded national attention in the famous dynamite trial in 1912. This is, perhaps, the most notable case which has come before the Federal Court in Indiana since Judge Anderson has been on the bench. In 1915, there was the celebrated Terre Haute fiasco that ended dis- astrously for the executive of that city. And in 1919 there was the strike of the bituminous coal miners, which created a sensation and which gave Judge Anderson one more claim to distinction. At no time during his career has a defendant been able to play upon the sympathies of thisman. Justice has been meted out ina fearless manner ; punishment, as the only existing corrector of evil, has been ordered for rich and for poor alike, and for this, Indi- anapolis, Indiana, and the country at large are grateful to one who has honored an honored position. Judge Anderson resides at 1333 North Pennsylvania Street. He is a member of the Columbia Club, the Woodstock Club, the Contemporary Club, and the University Club. PNUD TAINASP ©1152 ENO ee leila oleae Photograph by Bachrach JOHN J. APPEL 14 ee Slee al @) le ae eNO eA TRS JOHN J. APPEL OHN J. APPEL, vice-president of Gregory & Appel, Inc., real estate operators and general insurance agents, was born at Cumberland, Maryland, August 19, 1859. When slightly more than nineteen years of age he came to Indianapolis, here to engage in the real estate, rental and loan business. In 1884 he formed a partnership with Mr. Fred A. Gregory under the flrm name Gregory & Appel. In 1909 the firm was incorporated and, in 1916, Mr. Appel and his son, Mr. Fred G. Appel, without changing the corporate name, acquired the interests of Mr. Gregory. Mr. Appel is vice-president of the Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Company ; vice-president of the Terre Haute, Indianap- olis and Eastern Traction Company; secretary of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company, a director of the Indiana Na- tional Bank and a director of the Railroad Mens’ Building & Sav- ings Association. DINED TEASINTASP © 121) Sev ON @ ae Gee ee co. “ 8 ER mete ng Hw ES PSN EON wis LE PEPER ESCOLA Soy BEB? BOLLE LOE NNT ay -& 3 3 a= as MT APL Se SMES EEO TE GERRITT A. ARCHIBALD 16 [IS IDE MINE JEM OM LEAS) UNIAN OU drei rh etd him erte, GERRITT A. ARCHIBALD ERRITT A. ARCHIBALD, prominently identified with the real estate business of Indianapolis for many vears, was born at Dundas, Minnesota, son of George N. and Delilah (Ault) Archi- bald. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Chicago, Illinois, to which city his parents moved when he was but nine years of age. Upon the completion of this work Mr. Archibald became associated with a wholesale haberdashery and hat concern of Chi- cago with which he remained for a number of years, when he went to Texas and there entered the banking business. Four years later, however, Mr. Archibald returned to Chicago to engage in the haberdashery business and in that citv remained until 1895 when he- came to Indianapolis and here purchased the haberdashery store of the late Major Taylor which he continued to operate until sold to other interests in 1912. During 1913 he operated a woman’s apparel store at Dayton, Ohio, but this undertaking was wiped out in the disastrous Ohio flood of that vear. In 1914, Mr. Archibald entered the real estate business in In- dianapolis, becoming associated with Emerson W. Chaille & Com- pany. With this company he remained until 1918, when he joined the George H. Moore & Company organization, his present con- nection. Mr. Archibald has been actively interested in and closely associated with many of the large real estate transactions of the city since entering the real estate business and is recognized as an authority on appraisals and property valuation. In addition to his present association Mr. Archibald is presi- dent of the Progress Realty Company and the Argle Realty Company. The marriage of Mr. Archibald to Miss Lavinia Israel oc- curred at Chicago, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Archibald reside at 26 Maple Court. 17 INDIANA P © LS? VA EIN © Ge Sale Ne Photograph by Bachrach SAMUEL ASHBY 18 elle Ne Ole oe NCE Ne @ Re RAR: S SAMUEL ASHBY AMUEL ASHBY, an able and successful member of the bar of Indianapolis, was born on a farm near the village of Pittsboro, Hendricks County, Indiana, August 24, 1568, son ‘of James Samuel and Jane Alexander (Watson) Ashby. His parents were reared in the vicinity of Louisville, Kentucky, and came of old stanch English lineage, both the Ashby and Watson families having been founded in Virginia in the early Colonial days of our national history. Representatives of each family were influential and prominent in the Old Dominion and all became identified with the pioneer settlement of Kentucky. The founder of the Ashby family in America was Captain John Ashby, who immigrated from England and became one of the early settlers in the Virginia Colony. The subject of this sketch gained prom- inence and honorable prestige in his profes- sion through his own well directed energies and efforts. His early education was acquired in the public schools of the village of Pittsboro, although, due to the death of his father while yet a comparatively young man, the son found it incumbent upon him to assume the respon- sibilities of life and provide for his own sup- port at an early age. Thus it may be said that Samuel Ashby, by his own courage and self reliance, has pushed forward to a goal of def- inite achievement and worthy success. When but eight years of age, Mr. Ashby began working on a farm, after which he was employed in tile factories and as a railroad sec- tion hand. In 1888 he came to Indianapolis and here began the study of law under the preceptorship of Judge Franklin McCray, with whom he was later associated in the prac- tice of his profession. Finally, in the fall of 1889, as a result of the careful conservation of financial resources, he was able to enter the University of Indidana, at Bloomington, where he took a partial course in the literary depart- ment and the full course in the law department, from which he graduated in 1891. During all of the vacation periods of his college career Mr. Ashby, to assist him through college, was engaged in general road construction work in Northern Indiana, while for a period of one 19 year following his graduation he was engaged in street construction and concrete construc- tion work at Middlesborough, Kentucky. In 1892 he returned to Indianapolis, was admitted to the bar, and entered into partnership with Judge McCray, previously mentioned, with whom he remained in association until the lat- ter was elected, in 1894, to the bench of the Criminal Court. Since 1894 Mr. Ashby has continuously conducted an individual practice, in which he has gained a place of prominence and high standing among his professional confreres. Mr. Ashby has ever given uncompromising allegiance to the Republican party. While he has never sought pubile office, he has since he first gained his majority, been an indefatigu- able worker upon the occasion of primary and general elections and in other party activities. He was Chairman of the Marion County Elec- tion Commission in the election of 1916 and during the term of Mayor Charles W. Jewett (1918-1922) served the City of Indianapolis as Corporation Counsel. In this last mentioned capacity he was instrumental in the prepara- tion of all city, county and state Memorial bills presented before the special session of the legislature of 1920 and before the regular ses- sion of 1921. Mr. Ashby is a member of the Columbia Club, Marion Club, Chamber of Commerce, In- dianapolis Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association and American Bar Associa- tion and in the Masonic fraternity is a member of Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398 F. & A. M. and the Scottish Rite. He is attorney for the Board of Trustees of the Indiana World War Memorial Association, a member and an elder of the Central Christian Church and a trustee and treasurer of the Board of Ministerial Re- lief of the Christian Chureh in the United States. The marriage of Mr. Ashby to Miss Ida M. Reid in Edwards County, Illinois, took place September 19, 1894. There are three children, Mrs. John L. H. Fuller (Mary A.), Mrs. Earl A. Heassler (Sarah E.), and Samuel R. Mr. and Mrs. Ashby reside at 1924 North Delaware Street. DNIDIAUNAP @1e DS ese Ge) tamer Let oy Ne oes ~ me : - f ’ : 7 CLIFFORD G. ASKIN 20 Die NN Oe ae EVV NT @) BeeA RS eA R'S CLIFFORD G. ASKIN LIFFORD G. ASKIN, secretary and treasurer of Royster & Askin, morticians, was born in Decatur County, Indiana, son of George Askin and Hannah (Harris) Askin. In 1903, Mr. Askin and Mr. Charles H. Royster founded the Royster & Askin firm, Mr. Royster becoming President of the Company and Mr. Askin secretary and treasurer. My. Askin is active in various civic affairs in Indianapolis. He was a member of the ‘‘Committee of Sixty’? which was the moving spirit in the creation and building of the Indianapolis Athletic Club and which has since done much in the stimulation of interest among members of that organization. He is a member of several other clubs and fraternal organizations, including Mystic Tie Lodge F. & A. M., the Murat Temple of Mystic Shrine and of the Scottish Rite. 21 NID TASN ALP © TiS) SNAG EN aes es ee So Photograph by Moorefield HENRY C. ATKINS 22 [eS ele NE EOE eae Vl New @) ae NEA TRS HENRY C. ATKINS ENRY C. ATKINS, manufacturer, president of the E. C. Atkins & Company, the most extensive saw manufacturers in the world, was born at Atlanta in Johnson County, Idaho, on November 27, 1868, son of Elias C. Atkins and Sarah F. (Parker) Atkins. When he was a lad his parents moved to Indianapolis where his father founded the E. C. Atkins & Company. Mr. Atkins attended the Indianapolis publie schools, grad- uated from The Classical school in Indianapolis and matriculated at Yale University in 1885. He graduated from Yale in 1889, being twenty vears old at the time. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree. Upon returning to Indianapolis after completing his studies at Yale University he became superintendent of the E. C. At- kins & Company plant. In 1892 he was elected vice-president of the company and later (1901) elevated to the presidency of the company. During the time he has been connected with the com- pany it has grown steadily until now it leads in the manufacturing of saws. Saws from the EH. C. Atkins & Company plant are in use the world over. In the Arctic regions and the forests of the tropical regions these Indianapolis-made saws are doing duty. During the war the saws used in the spruce forests of the Northwest to eut airplane lumber, the saws used in France by the engineers and saws used in construction of army barracks were from the E. C. Atkins & Company. Mr. Atkins is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Board of Trade, the Country Club of Indianapolis, and the Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, of Masons. He is a member of the First Baptist Church affihating with the ehurch in 1877. On January 7, 1896, he married Miss Sue Winter, daughter of Ferdinand Winter and Mary (Keyes) Winter. They have three children, Elias C. Atkins, Keves W. Atkins and Henry C. Atkins, Jr. The family home is at 1321 North Meridian Street. 23 IB SDM AGN Wen I SH@ME TSS. UNNI IN) AONE vate vali Photograph by Nicholson Bros. WILLIAM A. ATKINS NUDE ZS IS ASM OO Ms DE Se SANT EEINS (COM i a) td teva bf reg WILLIAM A. ATKINS ILLIAM A. ATKINS, superintendent of E. C. Atkins & Company, was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, July 7, 1879, son of George W. Atkins and Adelaide (Gallup) Atkins. He obtained his early education in the public schools of the city of his birth, after which he attended Purdue University, from which he eraduated with the degree of Mechanical Engineer, in the class of 1901. Immediately following the completion of his college work My. Atkins became associated with E. C. Atkins & Company, working in various capacities until 1910 when he was appointed to the im- portant position now occupied. In addition to the above men- tioned business, Mr. Atkins has been actively interested, for the past fourteen years, in the operation of the Spencer Hotel in this city, being a joint owner with Mr. Fred C. Gardner, elsewhere mentioned in this volume, in the real estate and building operated by that hotel. In June, 1922, Mr. Atkins, together with Mr. Gard- ner, jointly acquired a long time lease on the Hotel Severin, located at Georgia and Illinois Streets in this city, and is at this time also engaged in the operation of that property. The marriage of Mr. Atkins to Miss Suemma V. Coleman occurred at Indianapolis on November 20, 1907. There is one son, W. Coleman Atkins. The family residence is at 13820 North Merid- ian Street. 7 Mr. Atkins is a member of the University Club, Woodstock Club, Country Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Dramatic Club and the Sigma Chi Fraternity. [ND VACIN AYP © Tee VN EN eC Ne Photograph by Bretzman JOHN H. AUFDERHEIDE 26 Nee INE Olen VEIN OE Ae AT RS JOHN H. AUFDERHEIDE OHN H. AUFDERHEIDE, president of the Commonwealth Loan Com- pany and the Indiana Collateral Loan Company and executive head of the loan and investment business bearing his name, was born in the city of Indianapohs, February 10, 1865, son of William J. and Elizabeth Aufderheide. His education was obtained in the public grade and high schools of the city of his birth, immediately upon the conclusion of which he entered the em- ploy of the old Indiana Banking Company, situated at that time at the corner of Meridian and Washington Streets, the present site of L. S. Ayres & Com. pany. Leaving the bank several years later Mr. Aufderheide engaged in the general real estate and insurance business but, realizing the demand and legitimate need for small loans, the real estate and insurance business was gradually dropped and the making of industrial loans developed until it became the principle part of the business. Five years after engaging exclusively in this line of business in Indianap- olis the first branch office was established at Marion, Indiana. Since that time the business has been steadily enlarged until at present there are twenty three branches, located in six different states. A pioneer in securing remedial loan legislation, Mr. Aufderheide has worked for the betterment and uplift of this necessary business. In conjune- tion with the Division of Remedial Loans of the Russell Sage Foundation, of New York, and other philanthropic organizations, he helped to secure scien- tific loan legislation in the State of Indiana, which was the first state in the Union to adopt what is now nationally known as the Uniform Small Loan Law. In the past decade over half the states have passed legislation similar to that enacted in Indiana, and Mr. Aufderheide has assisted in this good work in practically every instance. He was also for five years National Treasurer of the American Industrial Lenders’ Association, which is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. The association has for its purposes the procuring and enactment of fair and uniform remedial loan legislation in every state in the country. Besides the industrial loan business Mr. Aufderheide deals extensively in the securities of his own companies, and is at this time also president of the Cumberland Hydro-Electrie Power Company, a Kentucky corporation now developing the largest Hydro-Electric Power project in the Middle West. Mr. Aufderheide resides on West Fifty-sixth Street, opposite the new Highland Golf and Country Club grounds. He is a member of the Columbia Club, Chamber of Commerce, Art Association of Indianapolis, Kiwanis Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Athenaeum, Hoosier Motor Club, and the Old Colony Club of New York. The marriage of Mr. Aufderheide to Miss Lucy M. Deel, took place at Indianapolis, April 3, 1887. There is a daughter, Mrs. Thomas M. Kaufman, nee May Aufderheide, and a son, Rudolph C. Aufderheide, both of whom reside in Indianapolis. 27 DING TVANSNTAGE CTT Sa NS SN) age aN Photograph by Bachrach FREDERIC M. AYRES Des NSO le ee ole nee Ne Olas AR S FREDERIC M. AYRES REDERIC MURRAY AYRES, president of L. 8S. Ayres & Co., was born in Geneva, New York, February 17, 1872, son of Lyman 8. and Maria Helen (Murray) Ayres. When he was two vears old his parents moved to Indianapolis, and here he received his early education, first in the public schools of the city and then in the Indianapolis Classical School for Boys. Upon finishing his preparatory course, he entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, graduating in 1892. His father had founded the present firm of L. 8. Ayres & Co., and a year after his graduation from college, Frederic Ayres entered the firm. Three vears later, upon the death of his father, he was elected president of the company. Mr. Ayres is also presi- dent of the Murray Investment Company and treasurer of the Chandler & Taylor Company. Mr. Ayres was one of the ‘‘dollar a year’’ men at Washington from February, 1918, to April, 1919, serving as director of stores and requirements, and as director of the Department of Supplies at national headquarters of the American Red Cross. The Ayres store in Indianapolis was also a scene of ceaseless activity in Red Cross work during the war. From May, 1919, to October of that vear, Mr. Ayres was in Paris, France, as director of the Depart- ment of Property Operations of the European Commission of the American Red Cross. Mr. Ayres is a member of the Columbia Club, University Club, Country Club, Woodstock Club, Hoosier Athletic Club, and the Indianapolis Athletie Club. The marriage of Mr. Avres and Miss Alma Hoegh took place at Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 11, 1904. They have three chil- dren: Lyman Hoegh, Ann, and Frederic Murray, Jr. The home is at 1204 North Delaware Street. IN BUA NAP O12 SVG Ne Oe ee Photograph by Moorefield ULYSSES G. BAKER IOSD SINT AEM Eady IAI ON (OMe: VS ed even De U. G. BAKER G. BAKER, manufacturer, president of the Baker Brothers - Glass Company, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and associated in several Indianapolis business enterprises, was born at Wheeling, West Virginia, June 17, 1864, son of Christopher DeGraffe and Martha (Edmonston) Baker. His father, in 1865, was the inven- tor of the single puddling furnace, now after a period of sixty years, still used by all producers of Muck iron in the industry. His father, also was one of the original stockholders and actively connected with the Bellaire “ail and Iron Company of Bellaire, Ohio, now a part of the United States Steel Corporation. After attending the public schools at Wheeling, West Vir- ginia, Mr. Baker, of this sketch, became associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad at Bellaire, Ohio, which city was then re- garded as the center of the glass manufacturing industry of the United States. In 1885, he was appointed assistant secretary of the Bellaire Window Glass Company, but in this capacity he re- mained for only one vear, for upon the conclusion of this work he, together with associates, removed to Findlay, Ohio, where they established the first window glass plant in the newly discovered natural gas fields of that state. Upon the exhaustion of natural gas for industrial purposes in Northwestern Ohio, Mr. Baker, in 1893, with his brother, John D. Baker, moved the business to Jn- diana, establishing window plants at Arcadia and Shirley, Indiana, known as Baker Brothers Glass Company. In 1901 Mr. Baker moved with his family to Indianapolis and has been a resident of this city ever since. Mr. Baker has been actively engaged in the manufacture of window glass for thirty-eight vears and has seen during that time a complete change of ownership of every plant engaged in the business and today Mr. Baker is the only individual manufacturer still in the active manufacture of window glass. In the year 1907, owing to the exhaustion of natural gas at both Arcadia and Shirley, the plants of Baker Brothers Glass Company were removed to Okmulgee, Oklahoma, where the business is stil! continued. Mr. Baker is a member of the Woodstock Club, the Indianap- olis Athletic Club, the Marion Club, and is affiliated with the Meridian M. E. Church. In the Masonic fraternity he has attained to the 32nd degree. The marriage of Mr. Baker to Miss Mary Eleanor Ruthrauff occurred November 14, 1889, at Findlay, Ohio. There is one son, John EH. Baker, who now resides at Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and who is in charge of his father’s interests there. dl IN DIANA P.© LIS) MEIN eG ery te aie Photograph by Dexheimer PETER F. BALZ lel Orle NaN Nelo el Dele INGE Oe Bee ARES PETER F. BALZ Pp ITER F. BALZ, building and home contractor, President of The Jose-Balz Company and Jose-Balz Realty Company, Secretary of The Jose-Kuhn Lumber Company and Vice-Presi- dent of the City Builders Realty Company, was born July 28rd, 1870, at Indianapolis, son of Peter F. Balz and Elizabeth (Baum) Balz. He was educated in the Indianapolis Publie Schools. Upon completing his schooling, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, to become associated with relatives in the Baum & Balz Company, wholesale hatters. In 1889, Mr. Balz returned to Indianapolis and here founded the Danbury Hat Company, which he conducted jeanadh IAS Me, In 1906, however, he had joined with Osear A. Jose, in form- ing The Jose-Balz Company, which was incorporated in 1907, My. Balz was elected president of the company in which capacity he has since continued. The four companies in which Mr. Balz is an officer, work in conjunction in the business of building homes of a higher tvpe for the more substantial citizens. With the formation of the four companies, Mr. Balz and his associates formulated the poliev of building high grade homes on a payment plan basis, very similar to the plan in use for the pur- chase of less expensive homes, realizing that a large number of men of considerable means do not find it convenient or advantage- cus to immediately invest large sums of money in a suitable home but prefer to acquire homes under a deferred plan of payment. The Jose-Balz Company were pioneers in the building of high grade homes in large numbers, and have done much toward ele- vating the standard of homes in Indianapolis. Many sections of the city have been greatly beautified and improved by their work. Notable examples are the splendid homes on Fall Creek Parkway, north of Thirtieth Street, and Central Court. With all of these vears of building, there has been a decided absence of duplication in design of the homes which have been erected, each one having its own individual stvle of architecture. Mr. Balz is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com- merce, Indianapolis Real Estate Board, Indianapolis Mannachoir, Indianapolis Athletic Club, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Balz married Miss Lydia Jose, at Indianapolis, October 15th, 1896. They have four children: Mzs. William Russell Moore, nee Helen Balz, Miss Norma L. Balz, Miss Josephine Balz and Migs Edna Balz. The family home is at 3038 Fall Creek Parkway. NID TANAP © LTS 5 VEN ee Ns Photograph by Mecca Studios L. L. BANFORD ON IDNA ISU AIBA GOES) AAA IN| CH FANG ral eyed Ld ais L. L. BANFORD L. BANFORD, owner of the Stewart-Warner Products Ser- vice Station and factory representative for Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Kentucky, for the Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation of Chicago, was born at Danville, Kentucky, Febru- ary 6, 1876, son of William H. and Laura (Lathan) Banford. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Danville, Kentucky, but in 1889, he moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, and there, in 1890, graduated from high school and busi- ness college. Upon the completion of this work Mr. Banford became asso- ciated, as a buyer, with the Wells & Nelleger Wholesale Hardware Company, with which company he remained until 1900 when he became a traveling salesman for the Corbin Lock Company, of New Britain, Connecticut. In 1910, Mr. Banford joined the Stewart-Warner organization as a traveling representative and in this capacity remained until 1912, when he came to Indianapolis as branch manager for the same company. On January 1, 1919, Mr. Banford bought the Stewart-Warner Company branch and this he has since operated as sole owner and manager. Mr. Banford is a member of the Highland Golf and Country Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Columbia Club and the Indi- anapolis Automobile Trade Association, of which he has been a director for the past twelve vears. The marriage of Mr. Banford to Miss Julia Rudy occurred at Henderson, Kentucky, December 15, 1908. 35 DN DLAINAYP @ To 155 Ng NGO ee te eee Photograph by Bretzman HALE C. BARBER IINUBYIL AN IN ZNIBMOME Ns) IAS IN| = TONE 7a des v eal oat) HALE C. BARBER ALE C. BARBER, automobile distributor, was born in Ox- ford, Michigan, April 30, 1879, the son of Daniel C. and Mary (Cluss) Barber. After completing his early education, Mr. Bar- ber became engaged in the paint manufacturing business, and as the result of close study and untiring efforts became vice-presi- dent of the Royal Crown Lead Company of Detroit, Michigan. Upon the termination of this business, Mr. Barber entered the manufacture of dry colors with the Cleveland Color Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. About this time Mr. Barber saw the possibilities of motor ears, and through the development of his sales effort became sales manager of a number of automobile manufacturers. He came to Indianapolis in 1914 as a wholesale representative for the In- dianapolis Branch of the Ford Motor Company. In 1917, together with Mr. C. O. Warnock, he incorporated the Barber-Warnock Company, of which he has been continuously president. Mr. Barber is an active representative of Indianapolis busi- ness life. He is a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Club, Kiwanis Club, Exchange Club, Irvington Golf Club, and the Aero Club. Mr. Barber’s place of business is at 813 East Washington Street and he resides at 99 North Hawthorne Lane. oe) =J PEND TAIN ASP Ome Te VS IN ae te Photograph by Moorefield GEORGE M. BARNARD 38 IN CIBHUANINGASIEMOMEAL SS) NAMIE: (OME! vase le YONI eee GEORGE M. BARNARD HORGE M. BARNARD, member of the firm of Ralston, Gates, Lairy, Van Nuys aad Barnard, attorneys, is a native Hoosier, having been born at New Castle, Indiana, June 6, 1881, son of WwW illiam O. and Mary V. (Ballenger) Barnar d. His early education was obtained in the public and high schools of the city of his birth, after which he entered the Law Department of the University of Michigan and from that institution graduated in 1903, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws For one year immediately following his graduation from the University of Michigan Mx. Barnard pr ‘acticed law at New Castle, at the end of which time he was elected prosecuting attorney for the 53rd Judiciary Cireuit in and for Henry County, Indiana, and in that capacity served for two terms until January 1, 1910. In September, 1910, Mr. Barnard was elected Mavor of the city of New Castle, by the Common Council of New Castle to fill the unex- pired term of Judge M. EK. Forkner to January 1, 1914. Upon the conclusion of the last mentioned term of office, Mr. Barnard again entered the general practice of law, remaining in New Castle until April 1, 1921, when he was appointed a member of the Public Service Commission of Indiana by Governor Warren T. McCray to fill the unexpired term of the late Paul P. Haynes, to May 1, 1924. Mr. Barnard served as a member of the Public Service Commission of Indiana but one year, however, retiring on April 1, 1922, to enter the firm of which he has since been a member. Mr. Barnard is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Associa- tion, Columbia Club, New Castle Westwood Country Club, New Castle Rotary Club, Eagles Lodge at New Castle, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Friends Church. The marriage of Mr. Barnard to Miss Marion H. Dingee took place at West Grove, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1911. There are five children, Mary, Margar et, Julia, Ruth and W Uliam O. Barn- pagel Ak. 39 ISINTDIEACN ASP © Le TSN EIN ee aN ae Photograph by Nicholson Bros. HERMAN J. BARNARD 40 eee NE) 1 See VleNe eG) ees ATR S HERMAN J. BARNARD HERE can be no doubt that the character and environment of man’s ancestors ex- ert an influence upon the manner in which he meets the issues of life, and it is curious to note how sterling qualities of grit and perseverance, acquired in a strenuous battle with the forces of nature, adapt themselves, though still easily recognized, to the problems of an_ easier civilization. Wilham Barnard was one of those early Quaker settlers in North Carolina, where his son, Barzillia G. Barnard, was born in 1517. When the lad was two years old his father be- came one of that army of hardy pioneers who gathered together their few household posses- sions and assisted in spreading the white man’s empire westward. Braving the dangers of the unbroken and practically unexplored primeval forests, he made his way with his family into the wilderness and founded a home in the then thinly settled district of Fayette County, Indiana. Inheriting the adventurous spirit of his father, Brazillia, when he reached man’s es- tate, sought a new location on the banks ot Blue River, in the western part of Rush County, Indiana. Here he settled, cleared the ground, and created a thrifty farm where dense forests had stood. He married Rachael Rob- erts, daughter of a neighbor, and they raised to maturity ten out of eleven children born to them. It was among such surroundings that Her- man J. Barnard grew to manhood, living the industrious life of the Indiana farmer boy, in- nured to the heavy labor of those days and toil- ing from daylight till dark with the character- istic vigor and cheerfulness of the country- raised boy. He attended the district school during the winter months and afterward spent a few terms in the old Spiceland Academy, a (uaker institution. Upon reaching his majority, Herman J. Barnard joined his brother, Granville S., in the retail lumber business in Franklin, Indiana, 41 later acquiring a share in a saw mill at Arling- ton. About 1893 he sold his interest and moved to Indianapolis. At that time Indiana was recognized as a lumber center of importance, the state produc- ing great quantities of timber of unequaled quality. Having had considerable experience in buying timber, manufacturing it into lumber, and selling the stock, and with a keen view of the future, Mr. Barnard perceived the possi- bilities of veneer manufacturing and in 1907 organized the Central Veneer Company of Indianapolis. Owing to this careful management and the quality of its product the little company pros pered and became known as one of the leaders in a territory where there were many veneer mills. Starting with one slicer and establishing an enviable reputation on quartered oak veneer, the company later installed both lathe and saw and manufactured veneers of all kinds, cutting large quantities of imported mahogany logs. It was but natural that a man of Mr. Bar- nard’s integrity and business ability should feel the call and devote some of his energies to civic development. Though of a retiring and modest disposition, a direct heritage from his Quaker ancestry, IHlerman J. Barnard exercises a strong and recognized influence on the af- fairs of his city and state, and he is an honored member of such organizations as Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Marion Club, and Indianapolis Athletie Club; endowed with the confidence and respect of his friends, business associates and community. IIe is also vice-president and general man- ager of the Central Veneer Company, vice- president of the City Trust Company, president of the Indiana Quartered Oak Veneer Associa- tion, and a member of the executive committee of the National Veneer and Panel Manufac- turers’ Association. On December 8, 1889, Mr. Barnard married Miss Mary E. Hyder at Franklin, Indiana. They reside at 1214 College Avenue. PND TASINASP OSS e WEN eee es Photograph by Blank & Stoller—New York A. A. BARNES Peewee e@ ln om Vr Nee OrF see eA RS ALBERT A. BARNES LBERT A. BARNES, president of the Udell Works and for more than half a century a resident of Indianapolis, was born at Stockbridge, Vermont, February 14, 1839, son of Joseph and Eliza (Simpson) Barnes. A human life is interesting for its experi- ence, its solved preblems, its duties and re- sponsibilities discharged, and the expression of those hving and vital elements of character as well as its practical action. On all of these points Albert A. Barnes is a notable figure in Indiana citizenship. When but five years of age his parents moved to Springfield, Massa- chusetts, which was his home until he was ten. As one source of revenue to defray expenses of the large family of which he was a member, he was selling candy and peanuts at the age of six. At nine years of age he began working on a horse ferry over the river at Holvoke, Massachusetts, that employment being termin- ated when the ferry was destroyed by floods. He also worked in a saw mill and stave factory at Winchester, New Hampshire, until he was eleven. At twelve he became an employee ina woolen factory at which place he advanced to the position of second overseer shortly after his sixteenth birthday. In the meantime, however, Mr. Barnes’ father had become incapacitated for hard work and in view of the fact that the factory was on the decline, the son led the family, as its chief executive head, to a farm in New Hampshire and there resorted to wringing a living from the stony soil of New England. After one year on the farm he left it and with his mother and the other children, went to Springfield, Massachusetts, to learn the art of photography, which was then in its crude infancy. Having mastered the fundamental principles of the art, Mr. Barnes took an old fashioned photograph ear, drawn by horses, and traveled about vari- ous sections of New England and for a time also had a studio on Broadway in New York City and at Providence, Rhode Island. At the age of twenty-one, in 1860, Mr. Barnes came West and opened a photograph studio at Rockford, Illinois. While at Rock- ford, on April 2, 1861, he married Abbey C. Clayton. From Rockford he then moved his business to Beloit, Wisconsin, and while living there was drafter for army service, but on ac- county of his own heavy family responsibili- 43 ties, still contributing to the support of his parents, as well as his own household, he hired a substitute. Leaving his wife to run the gal- lery at Beloit he went South for the purpose of photographing war scenes at Murfreesboro and Nashville, Tennessee. Returning in the spring of 1864, Mr. Barnes soon thereafter came to Indianapolis where he has since continuously resided. He established a gallery on Washington Street, at the present site of the New York Store and doubtless there are many old fashioned photographs much cherished by familes living in Indianapolis, the product of Barnes, the Photographer, who was in that business here until 1867. In the vear last mentioned he left photography to en- gage in the commission business, and, where the Wm. H. Block Store now stands, he pros- pered as a commission merchant until 1882 when he bought the Udell Works to which he has since given his chief attention in the man- ufacture of furniture and specialties. The business energy and resources of Mr. Barnes have been helpful to many institutions of the citv. When the Union Trust Company was organized, over a quarter of a century ago, he became one of the directors and has been on the board ever since. In 1901 he was one of the purchasers of the old State Bank and assisted in organizing the Columbia Bank, of which he became a vice-president and which was later absorbed by the National City Bank. He also took the lead in the reestablishment of Frank- lin College, now one of the leading educational institutions of Indiana, and as vice-president of the Claypool Hotel, assisted in building that edifice. At the organization of the Y. M. C. A. he was president of the Board of Trustees and chairman of the Building Committee and in six days raised one hundred and forty thousand dollars. In 1916 Mr. Barnes completed fifty vears of continuous membership in the First Baptist Church of Indianapolis. At the age of twenty-one Mr. Barnes cast his first vote for a Republican president and during the subsequent years his record is one of unwavering fidelity to that party. To Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, the latter of whom died February 28, 1917, were born two chil- dren; Lena V., who died at the age of four and a half years; and Nellie E., who died when fifteen. EN DIANA P'O T5922 Gi NiO es ee aes Photograph by Nicholson Bros. DR. JOHN F. BARNHILL 44 LING IDMIEGSS IN| ZNIBA OM BARES ® JavaMail) ONE ede ra Bete) DR. JOHN F. BARNHILL OHN FH) BARNHILL, M. D., F. A. C.S., son of Robert and Angeline Barnhill, was born in Illinois, 1865. Ile is descended from New York and Pennsylvania Colonial and Revolutionary ancestors. Ilis maternal great- grandfather, Solomon Finch, and his brother John, were Indiana pioneers, coming to Con- nersville from New York in 1814 and later set- tling at Noblesville. Ilis great-grandfather and grandfather were among the pioneers set- tling in the Hoosier Capitol in 1820. Dr. John F. Barnhill, of this sketch, was educated in the public schools, Central Normal College and Union High School. He began the study of medicine with Dr. H. 8. Herr, of Cleveland, Ohio, and later continued under the preceptorship of Dr. Joseph Eastman, of Indianapolis, with whose finely equipped hos- pital he was identified for three vears. Dur- ing this time he assisted in many operations and gained much valuable clinical and tech- nical experience. He was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, winning the faculty gold medal for highest average scholarship. After graduation he passed the competitive examination for internship secur- ing choice of places. Ilis first vear of protes- sional work was in the Indianapohs City Dis- pensary, after which he located in Indianap- olis where he continued in general practice for six years. In 1895 Dr. Barnhill decided to devote his entire attention to the study and treatment of the diseases of the ear, nose and throat. Ac- cordingly he studied these subjects in New York and London, six months at the New York Polyclinic, the New York Eye and Ear In- firmary and the Manhattan Eye and Ear In- firmary and six months at the Central London Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. Returning to Indianapolis he practiced these specialities for three years and again went abroad for further research, taking courses in operative surgery in Berlin, Vienna and London. In 1900 he again returned to Indianapolis where he has since been engaged in the practice of special surgery. He has during this period accom plished much as a teacher gical subjects. and writer on sur- For three years Dr. Barnhill was a lecturer in the Central College of Physicians and Sur- geons, was then Professor of Physiology and from 1898 to 1905 held the chair of diseases of the ear, nose and throat. He was also secre- tary of the college. In 1907 the Indiana Med- ical College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons were merged and taken over by the Indiana University as the Indiana University School of Medicine in which institution he ac- cepted, and until recently filled the chair of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology. At present he is Professor and Head of the depart- ment of Surgery of the Head and Neck in this school. He is a member of the Indianapolis Medical Society; of the American Medical As- sociation; of the Indiana State Medical Society ; for two years, 1901 to 1903, secretary of the Section on Laryngology and Otology, American Medical Association, and in 1904 was chairman of the same; is a fellow of the American Rhinol- ogical, Otological and Laryngological Associa- tion; a fellow of the American Otological So- clety; fellow of the American Laryngological Society ; a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology and a fel- low of the American College of Surgeons. He is the principal author of a complete text book on Diseases of the Ear, which has been extens- ively used in many countries; also of many papers on surgical subjects and diseases of the ear, nose and throat. He is consultant in dis- eases of the ear, nose and throat at the various hospitals of Indianapolis and has appeared be- fore many state societies to lecture on surgical topics. Dr. Barnhill is a member of the University Club, is a Nu Sigma Nu, Sigma Xi, a thirty- second degree Mason and a life member of the Mystic Shrine. He and Miss Celeste Terrell were married at Lynchburg, Ohio, in 1890. Mrs. Barnhill was born at Lynchburg and is a daughter of Benjamin West and Asenath (Johnson) Terrell, descendants of colonial families of Pennsylvania and Virginia. DIN DTAINVAP © U2 DS 9 2g ee ee Ne et Las Photograph by Moorefield FRED E. BARRETT 46 Tee pene 4) ee Vila Nog @) eee ee AT RS FRED E. BARRETT RED E, BARRETT, of the Continental Finance and Securi- ties Company and for many years actively identified with Democratic polities in the state of Indiana, was born at Greenfield, Indiana, January 12, 1882. His early life was that of the average boy of the small city but, determined to become an attorney by profession, fought his way through school and, in 1903, was ad- mitted to the pr ractice of law before the Indiana bar, having erad- vated in that vear from the Indiana Law School, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. For a number of years Mr. Barrett was engaged in the private practice of law in Indianapolis, although some ten vears ago he began to take a part in political affairs and in 1913 was elected president of the Indiana Democratic Club, which position he filled for one term, when he was elected Democratic County Chair- man for the period 1913-14. From 1915 to 1916 Mr. Barrett was City Attorney of Indianapolis, since which time he has devoted himself to the Continental Finance & Securities Company, which, ogether with others, he formed and of which he has continuously been an officer. Probably the most distinctive work for which Mr. Barrett became known throughout the Commonwealth was his association with the Indiana Democratie Club, as president of that organiza- tion. Asa result of his efforts and energy in the administration of the affairs of the Club he gained general recognition through the state as a successful and aggressive man of affairs. Mr. Barrett is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations, the Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Indiana Democratic Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, The Little Theatre Society, the Academy of Musie and in the Masonic fraternity is a member of Oriental Lodge No. 500, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite and Murat Temple of the Mvstic Shrine. The marriage of Mr. Barrett to Miss Leore Jane Barrett of Knightstown, Indiana, occurred at that place, June 18, 1903. There is one daughter, Betty Jane. 47 ONE SIAM eM ees LNG eNO (tle, [reoaaae v alae Photograph by Dexheimer HERBERT L. BASS 48 Meee Ble el eal le ey Ve Ne ee ee RS HERBERT LAWRENCE BASS ERBERT LAWRENCE BASS, architect, senior member of Bass, Knowlton and Company, 312 ‘orth Meridian Street, was born in Indianapolis on November 13, 1877. He is a son of George F. and Emma (Wickard) Bass. He received his educa- tion in the Indianapolis public schools, and his first training under W. H. Bass, an uncle, then teacher of manual training at the old high school. When fifteen vears of age, Herbert L. of this sketch, became office boy in the office of L. H. Gibson, architect. He remained one year with Mr. Gibson and subsequently during the next eleven vears was connected with several architectural firms, reaching the post of head draftsman when he was twenty-two years old. At the age of twenty-six he began the practice of architecture under the firm name of Herbert L. Bass & Company. In 1921, Lynn O. Knowlton, a consulting engineer, joined the firm and it became known as Bass, Knowlton and Company. At the time Mr. Bass began architectural work, and particu- larly during the critical financial times of 1892-3, salaries were anything but large and in this connection it is of interest to note that Mr. Bass had the courage to enter upon a professional career, which paid him to start the munificent sum of three dollars and a half a week. In those days the ‘‘peak’’ salary for head draftsmen was about $25.00 a week, while the average apprentice today re- celves a Sum equal to that figure, or more. Publi schools, business buildings and residences designed and their construction supervised by Mr. Bass, include the estates of Messrs. J. A. Allison, 8S. A. Fletcher, GC. B. Sommers, G. M. San- born, the business buildings of Mr. Carl G. Fisher, The Gibson Company, the Frank Hatfield Company, the entire plant of the Cole Motor Car Company and other buildings such as that of the Highland Golf and Country Club of Indianapolis, the Logans- port High School, Logansport, Indiana, the Greencastle High School, Greencastle, Indiana, and the Ben Hur Lodge and office building at Cr awfor dsville, Indiana. Mr. Bass is a founder member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, a member of the Columbia Club, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Hoosier Athletic Club, the Scientech Club, the Rotary Club, the American Institute of Architects, the Indiana Society of Architects, the Indianapolis Architects Association, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Marion County Fish, Game and Forest Association, Indiana Society of Pioneers, Sons of American Revolution and Masonic bodies. Mr. Bass married Miss Flora I. Logan, of Indianapolis in this city on January 1, 1900. They have four children, Lawrence W. Bass, Miss Janet Bass, Herbert Logan Bass, and Robert Ran- dall Bass. The family home is at 4850 North Pennsylvania Street. 49 INDIANA POETS VE Nie eee Be Aa Photograph by Dexheimer ARTHUR R. BAXTER 50 is IDAs NVA IP HOM EE Sr 7 INAS IND TONRS yekl eleva fl Poite, ARTHUR R. BAXTER pe R. BAXTER, manufacturer, president and general manager of the Keyless Lock Company, and associated in many Indianapolis industries, was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, December 8, 1876, son of Emory and Mary Alice (Jordan) Baxter. He received his education in the public schools of Washington, D.C. When twenty-two years of age, Mr. Baxter became a partner in the Keyless Lock Company, then a small concern. He was made manager at that time, and under his supervision the com- pany has continuously grown to a place of more than passing im- portance in the industrial life of Indianapolis. The chief product of the Keyless Lock Company in the early days of its formation was the manufacture of keyless lock boxes and fixtures for post- offices. In addition to the keyless lock boxes and postoffice fixtures the company now manufactures steel furniture in large yolume for commercial and industrial offices as well as for postoffice purposes. In fact, during the last decade this branch of the com- pany’s business has become, in itself, an important industry. Mr. Baxter is the principal owner of the Furnace Office Furniture Company, the Wilbur Johnson Company, distributors of Hupmobile automobiles in Indiana, and the Loco Light Com- pany, manufacturing locomotive head lights. In 1920 he was elected State Senator from Marion County, his term to expire in January, 1925. For twenty years Mr. Baxter has been active in the civie and industrial affairs of Indianapolis. From 1912 to 1922, inclusive, he was a director in the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, he is a past president of the Indianapolis Metal Trades Association, and is also a past president of the Associated [Em- ployers of Indianapolis. Mr. Baxter has devoted many vears of service to the Masonic orders of which he is a member. In 1912 he was elected a 33d degree Mason, during which year he was Master of Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, F’. and A. M., and in 1913 was a Most Wise and Perfect Master of Rose Croix, Scottish Rite Masonry. He is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indianap- olis Athletic Club, the Columbia Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, and the Rotary Club. On February 18, 1901, Mr. Baxter married Miss Frances D. Doyle at Indianapolis. They have three sons and a daughter—- Emory R. Baxter, R. Norman Baxter, Frederick Baxter and Miss Marion Delight Baxter. The family home is at 892 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place. IN DIANA P © T2158 et N Se @ Sie ee Photograph by Bretzman JOSEPH E. BELL a2 eee ee el) en ee ee) eee A Ree S HON. JOSEPH E. BELL Union County, Indiana, November 28, 1865, son of John M. and Mary J. (Luse) Bell. The early educa- tion of the subject of this sketch was obtained in the common schools of the county of his birth, after which he taught school for a period of years and then entered the law department of the University of Michigan from which he graduated in 1888. J bam, EK. BELL, attorney, was born on a farm in Upon the completion of his college work, Mr. Bell came immediately to Indianapolis where he engaged in the general practice of law. This he continued until the year 1913, when he became a candidate for Mayor of Indianapolis on the Democratic ticket. He was elected and served from January 1914 until January, 1918. Upon the termination of his term of office Mr. Bell resumed the practice of law which he has since continued to this time. During the four years that Joseph E. Bell was mayor of the City of Indianapolis, it is of particular interest to state that a greater number of puble im- provements of great magnitude were constructed than in any other like period im the city’s history. During the period of time that he was mayor of the city, he took advantage of the low cost of labor and material and constructed many great public improvements to the great advantage of the growth and development of In- dianapolis, at an extremely low cost to the taxpayers. His administration constructed what is commonly known as Pogues Run Drain, changing the open stream known as Pogues Run, which ran through the heart of the city, into a covered conerete sewer of such great magnitude that four automobiles can be driven abreast through this great concrete drain. His administration planned and completed the great blood Levy extending from Riverside Park along the west bank of White River to the southern portion of the city. This flood levy is of such magnitude that a boulevard seventy-five feet in width is maintained upon the top of the same, The plans were made and the work completed during his administration, thereby form- ing a permanent protection against future floods for all of that portion of Indianapolis which lies west of White River. His administration caused all of the steam railroads of the city to unite in a uniform plan for track eleva- tion as a result of which the tracks have been elevated to such height as to leave the streets of the city at their natural level, free from unsightly tunnels at the points where the streets run beneath the elevated tracks. While this great work of track elevation could not be completed within the period of his term of office, the completion ef this work shows the wisdom of the plan adopted by his administration and has resulted in great benefit not only to the railroads but also to the southern portion of Indianapolis. His administration extended and developed the Loulevard system which constitute the beautiful drives m connection with the public parks of the city. During his term the Fall Creek Boulevard, Maple Road Boule- vard, Burdsal Boulevard, running from Northwestern Avenue into Riverside Park and the Pleasant Run Boulevard in connection with Garfield Park were com- pleted. His administration constructed the Sunken Gar- dens in Garfield Park which is one of the beautiful show places of Indianapolis. During his term of office the’ downtown street cars were rerouted so as to relieve the conjested condition of street car traffic on Washington Street. His ad- ministration compelled the Street Railway Company to ecnstruct double tracks upon Indiana Avenue, thus giv- ing a straight, continuous line for street car traffic extending to Riverside Park and it also compelled the Street Railway Company to construct double tracks upon Alabama Street extending the line running south upon Alabama Street to Washington Street. His administration constructed the Meridian Street bridge across Fall Creek. His administration let a new contract for the public lighting of streets of the city, reducing the price per light from $71.00 to $41.00 per aunum. This contract resulted in a great saving to the taxpayers of the city. His administration completed plans for the extension of the Maple Road Boulevard from Northwestern Ave- nue to White River and for the construction of a great eonerete bridge across White River which would have united the entire boulevard system of the city. After completing plans for the construction of this bridge, he was prevented from carrying it out by reason of the Litter opposition of one of the public newspapers of Indianapolis, which opposed his administration in prac- tically all of the great improvements attempted. His term in office was noted for its great business accom- plishments. Mr. Bell is a member of the Indiana State Bar ee EIN © Ree eATR. S E. HOWARD CADLE HOWARD CADLE, founder of the Cadle Tabernacle and president of the American Shoe Rebuilders’ Company, was born on August 25, 1884, at Fredricksburg, Indiana, son of Thom- ‘as J. and Loretta Cadle. Mr. Cadle built the Tabernacle at New Jersey and Ohio Streets in 1921 in memory of his mother. It is the largest taber- nacle in the world, having a seating capacity of 10,000 persons. Fashioned after the famous Alamo Mission at San Antonio, Texas, the structure was completed at a cost of $315,000. It was dedi- cated on October 9, 1921, by Gypsv Smith, noted evangelist. The Tabernacle choir, of which Mr. Cadle is president, is the largest permanently organized choir in the world. It is composed of 1,500 persons and is interdenominational. In addition to the religious services the Tabernacle is used for public meetings, con- ventions, pageants and civic activities. Mr. Cadle, who was a traveling man for ten years, originated the ‘‘while you wait shoe rebuilding business,’’ and now the American Shoe Rebuilding Company, of which he is president, has a chain of stores in ten cities in the Middle West. His stores were among the first where the rebuilders were viewed by the person having rebuilding done and immediately the business be- came an unusual success. Mr. Cadle visualized to the public the rebuilding of shoes and his method attracted so much attention that the plan was widely copied. Mr. Cadle is a member of the First United Brethren Church. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club and the Columbia Club. He was a state game commissioner during the governorship of the late Hon. J. Frank Hanly. On December 25, 1904, Mr. Cadle married Miss Ola M. Collier at Fredricksburg, Indiana. They have two children, Buford M. and Helen L. The family home is at 830 East Maple Road. 99 IN-DIAINAP @ 1137 WVUEINS @ig ee Bie aie Photograph by Dexheimer HENRY F. CAMPBELL 100 PIN) DAL NaN MGM IEg bes) NA EHNES (OU RE” 7d ey ANI A Baan HENRY F. CAMPBELL OME years ago an article appeared in one of our nationally known magazines, en- titled ‘‘The Ninety Per Cent Man.’’ It was written by Dr. James D. Walsh, a learned phy- sician, and author of a widely known work, “The Thirteenth, the Greatest of Centuries.”’ The magazine article dealt with a college stu- dent and his preparation for after life. An impression exists, the doctor averred, that the ninety per cent man in a university is one who has a passion for books to the excelu- sion of all else; that this man must necessarily receive the very highest grades in all his classes; that he must be little short of a genius in all fields of intellectual endeavor. This im. pression, according to the doctor, is quite false. His conception of the ninety per cent man is the student who takes an active part in all righteous things pertaining to university life; who manifests an equal interest in athletics and books; who is a boy among boys, a fellow among fellows, and who will inevitably be a man among men. Here is the true ninety per cent man. Indianapolis, like every progressive city, has its ninety per cent men, and Henry F. Campbell, treasurer of the H. C. 8. Company, manufacturers of H. C. 8S. motor cars, stands out prominently in this group. He is a sterling representative of the best type of the American business man today; virile, strong, aggressive and successful. Mr. Campbell was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1882, a son of Lilian EK. and Eben B. Campbell. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the Keystone state. Later he attended Lehigh University, from which school he was grad- uated in 1904 with the degree of civil engineer. Four years after leaving his Alma Mater, he eame to Indianapolis to represent his father’s and his own interests in the Overland Automo- bile Company and the Marion Motor Car Com- pany. ‘l'wo years later the Campbell interests in these corporations were withdrawn. In 1909, Mr. Campbell, with Harry C. Stutz, organized the Stutz Auto Parts Com- pany, to which both men gave their entire time. Mr. Campbell gave up an active interest in the Marion and Overland companies to carry on this new project. In 1911, he was made presi- dent of the Ideal Motor Car Company, organ- ized to market the Stutz car. Two years later the Stutz Motor Car Company was founded, and this concern took in the Stutz Auto Parts Company and the Ideal Motor Car Company. Mr. Stutz was made president of the new firm; Mr. Campbell, secretary-treasurer. These two men sold a controlling interest in the company to New York bankers, and, shortly after, Mr. Campbell withdrew. Mr. Stutz remained as head of the organization until July, 1919. Four months later he again became associated with Mr. Campbell in the automobile industry, when the two men formed the H. C. S. Company. Because he adheres strictly to the axiom, ‘fall work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’’; because he is an enthusiastic golfer; because he devotes a large amount of his time to Indianapolis civic and charitable enter- prises; because financial success has never led him into idleness, and because his very pres- ence in any community is an invaluable asset, Mr. Campbell is a ninety per cent man. He married Madeline Downtain in 1907. There are two children, Madeline and Dorothy. The family lives at 3261 Pennsylvania Street. Mr. Campbell is most active in club life in Indianapolis. He is president of the Indianap- olis Athletic Club, and has been one of the de- termining factors in bringing about this seem- ingly impossible project, which promises to be a great thing for Indianapolis and Indiana business men. He is also a member of the Co- lumbia Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, the Woodstock Country Club, and is af- filiated with the Thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Masonry and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. As a member and national treasurer of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, he has not been unmindful of the needs of that fraternity, and has responded generously in aiding his school chapter. 101 IN DIAANAP. © EISEN © ge tel cmee Photograph by Bretzman THOMAS FRANCIS CARSON 102 Tea Ne NEN GE ha es Nn, @) eee ea AT RS THOMAS FRANCIS CARSON HEN Thomas Francis Carson, better known as Frank, was a bookkeeper, he discovered he was on the wrong side of the ledger of life, so he paid twenty-five dollars for an old desk and typewriter, and then parked his purchase in the offices of an estab- hshed real estate firm and went to work for himself. That was back in 1907, the year of the most recent financial crisis, but today this same Mr. Carson is president of the Thomas F. Carson Company—Real Estate and Insur- ance. Thomas Francis Carson was born July 22, 1875, the son of Lafayette S. and Laura J. Carson, on a Shelby County farm. Ie came to Indianapolis when thirteen years of age, rode into town on a load of furniture, and his first job was with the Indianapolis Sun, carrying papers for seventy-five cents a week. His early schooling was in the country school house near the farm, and later he attended the public high school in Indianapolis, being graduated from Manual Training High School in 1896. Mr. Carson worked his way through school by carrying papers, and by the time he had completed school owned nine paper routes, had a like number of youngsters working for him, and earned twenty-five dollars a week in this manner. He sold his newspaper routes for $200.00 and went to work for five dollars a week as a shoe clerk in the hope of eventually becoming a traveling salesman. Feeling that this was in nowise a calling suited to him, Mr. Carson gave up his position, bought more paper routes, and made up his mind that he would get into business college. Having no great amount of money to spend for his edueation, Mr. Carson arranged to at- tend business college by working after hours at the school. He soon became proficient as a bookkeeper, and his first position in this capac- ity was with the Capitol Lumber Company, where he remained for one year. He was with Bertermann Brothers, florists, for seven years, and then went with the Indianapolis Coal Com- pany. After two years with that company he decided to change his career. He came to the conclusion that he was not a producer but rather a historian for the business other men were doing. Starting life over again, Mr. Carson went into the offices of Feiber & Reilly and sold real estate on a commission basis. In his first vear he was fairly successful, but this was in 1907, and money was tied up that year. The man was not discouraged in the least; he had made his own way before and knew that he could do it again. His second year was more successful, and, after being with the firm three years, opened an office of his own and has maintained it ever since. Mr. Carson’s success as a real estate man is due perhaps more than anything else to the fact that he has always been ready to work. In making important transactions he has had to deal with big men, and his keen appreciation of the worth of things has come to him quite naturally. He is a firm advocate of the school- days axiom, ‘‘Never put off till tomorrow that which may be done today.’’ On this principle Mr. Carson has been able to close some of his biggest deals. But it must not be presumed that business is the only thing in the man’s life. Mr. Carson plays golf and enjoys a game of bridge and is in sympathy with athletics in general. He is affiliated with all branches of Masonry, is a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Hoosier Athletic Club, Riverside Golf Club, Chamber of Commerce, Marion Club, and the Indianapolis Real Estate Board. He was pres- ident of the local Real Estate Board in 1920, during which session the board doubled its membership. Mr. Carson married Miss Daisy E. Alley in Indianapolis, December 12, 1899, and has one daughter, Helen Frances. The family now lives at 3912 Washington Boulevard, a new home recently built by Mr. Carson. THis busi- ness is at 910 Hume-Mansur Building. 103 IN DIZACNAP @ 1203S VCE NSB @ eee Photograph by Moorefield HON. SOLON J. CARTER 104 Pee Se Ole Save Ne Oh eA EALRIS HON. SOLON J. CARTER ON. SOLON J. CARTER, member of the firm of Matson, Carter, Ross & McCord, attorneys, was born at Bloomingdale, Indiana, September 1, 1888, son of Dan G. and Cora (Ferguson) Carter. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Parke County and at the preparatory school of DePauw University, after which he attended Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, from which he graduated, in 1909, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and by which he was honored, in 1919, with the degree of Doctor of Laws. Upon the completion of this training Mr. Carter entered the law office of Judge Ared F. White at Rockville, Indiana, with whom he remained for a period of one year before coming to Indianapolis as a law student in the offices of John G. and D. P. Williams, with whom he remained for a period of three years. In 1915 Mr. Carter formed a partnership with Mr. Harold Taylor and Mr. Burrell Wright, under the firm name of Taylor, Carter & Wright and in this association remained until the spring of 1917, when he enlisted in Battery E. First Indiana Field Artillery, being elected a captain. On August 5, 1915, the First Indiana Field Artillery was inducted into Federal service and became the 150th Field Artillery, 42nd (Rainbow) Division. On that same day Mr. Carter was commissioned a major and placed in command of the Second Battalion. From August 5, to September 7, 1917, the division was stationed at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, after which, until October 17, it was stationed at Camp Mills, Long Island. On the day last mentioned the division entrained for France and in the war zone served with valor and distinction until the latter part of August, 1918. In April, 1918, Mr. Carter was commissioned a leuten- ant colonel and in July of that same year was commissioned a full colonel and ordered back to the United States to command the 42nd Field Artillery Regi- ment of the 14th Division at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan. While overseas Mr. Carter was decorated with the Croix de Guerre, Avee Palm in connection with his participation in the battle of Champagne (July 14, 15, 16, LOLs Upon the signing of the Armistice and his discharge from army service in March, 1919, Mr. Carter returned to Indianapolis and here became associated in the partnership of Fesler, Elam, Young & Carter which continued until August, 1919, when he was appointed judge of the Marion County Superior Court, Room Three, by Governor James P. Goodrich, to serve the unexpired term of the late Ernest R. Keith until December 31, 1922. In September, 1922, however, Judge Carter resigned from the Superior Court Bench to become a member of the firm with which he is now identified. Judge Carter is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Columbia Club, Marion Club, Players Club, of which he was president in 1922, and the American Legion. In the Masonic fraternity he is a member of Calvin W. Prather Lodge, No. 717, F. & A. M. The marriage of Judge Carter to Miss Augusta Mitch took place at Rose- dale, Parke County, Indiana, November 27, 1912. There are three children John, Eleanor and Jane. IN DIANAP OLS) MENS @ Eerie Photograph by Nicholson Bros. EMERSON W. CHAILLE 106 one NSS Ole Seve Ne @ bees AT RS EMERSON W. CHAILLE MERSON W. CHAILLE, son of U. M. Chaille and Ella (Lambertson) Chaille, was born in Whiteland, Indiana. Karly in life the family re- moved to Indianapolis. Here Mr. Chaille was educated in the public schools, graduated from Shortridge, and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Franklin College. Mr. Chaille owns and operates Emerson W. Chaille & Co., a real estate organization that specializes in ninety-nine-vear leases, business property in- vestments, and the sale of high-grade residences and lots, located north. When Mr. Chaille entered the real estate business in Indianapolis he found that the difficulty of the pronunciation of his name was a handicap to him—many per- sons did not call on him simply because they could not pronounce his name, while others came and found much difficulty with the name. Now whenever the name Chaille is seen in Indianapolis—indeed. on his personal cards— there appears in parenthesis the words (Pronounced Shall-lay). This has be- come a widely known trade mark. Here a handicap was turned into a sub- stantial asset, and this is highly indicative of the man’s business acumen. His first business connection of importance was with the Stafford Engray- ing Company, where he acted as sales manager. After spending some years with this concern, Mr. Chaille joined the McDougal Kitehen Cabinet Company, where, in addition to having charge of all sales, he was the advertising man- ager. His next position was with the Fletcher American National Bank. Here Mr. Chaille was head of the Department of New Business. Emerson W. Chaille & Co. was organized in 1910. Throughout the ensu- ing years Mr. Chaille has developed an enviable clientele. The firm is more than one that buys and sells. It administers; it acts in the capacity of a real estate attorney. Notable among the achievements credited to Mr. Chaille is the Marcus Loew Theatre lease, negotiated four years ago, the largest ninety-nine-year lease ever made in Indianapolis. The development of North Meridian Street as a commercial path of prog- ress, particularly in the automobile line, found in Mr. Chaille its first bene- factor. He built the first important business building north of Ohio Street, the Northern Building, at the southwest corner of North and Meridian Streets. He encouraged many others to invest in similar enterprises in that locality, and all have been highly successful. Mr. Chaille is vice-president of the Indianapolis City Plan Commission and chairman of the Zoning Committee of that body. The duty of this latter group is to establish a zone plan regulating the location of trades, industries, apartment houses, and other uses of property, the area of lots, the location and size of yards, the height of buildings, and the alignment of buildings near street frontages. This is unquestionably the most important step that has ever been undertaken in this direction. Mrs. Chaille, before her marriage, was Annabel Williams, daughter of David A. and Sallie E. Williams of this city. The offices of Mr. Chaille are located at 308 North Meridian Street, and he resides at 2252 North Pennsylvania Street. He is a member of the Columbia Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Indianapolis Athletic Club. INDIANA P ODS Wik NOS sae ieee CE RE a Photograph by Bretzman DR. EDMUND D. CLARK 108 WS slbsie Ne Ne ile Sa Ss Ne On Ni e ALR S DR. EDMUND D. CLARK R. EDMUND D. CLARK who has attained distinctive success and prestige in the profession of surgery, was born in the village of Economy, Wayne County, Indiana, November 28, 1869, son of Dr. Jonathan B. and Matilda (Con- ley) Clark. The former was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, and the latter in Union County, Indiana. The preliminary education of the subject of this sketch was obtained in the public schools of the village of his birth. This was supplemented by a course of one year at Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and a course of two years at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, after which he matriculated at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City, from which he grad- uated in 1891 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For one year immediately following his graduation Dr. Clark was in the state of Wyoming but then went to Baltimore, Maryland, where for two and one-half years he served as assistant surgeon in the Johns Hopkins Hospital. At that institution he gained a wide and valuable clinical experience. In 1896 Dr. Clark removed to Indianapolis, where he has since resided and engaged in the practice of surgery. On June 14, 1917 with the rank of Major, Dr. Clark was appointed director of the Lilly Base Hospital which later became officially known as United States Army Base Hospital No. 32, and it was under his supervision that the organiza- tion work of that unit was completed and the hospital prepared for overseas duty. From December 4, 1917 to July 15, 1918, Dr. Clark served United States Army Base Hospital No. 32 as Chief of the Surgical Service. On the last men- tioned date, however, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he became command- ing officer of the unit and in this capacity served until January 14, 1919 when he was transferred to Angers for return to the United States. Dr. Clark is a member of the Indianapolis Medical Society, Indiana State Medical Society, American Medical Association, Western Surgical Association, American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Abdominal Surgeons and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In 1910 he was seeretary of the Indiana School of Medicine and at the same time was Professor of Sur- gery of that institution. From 1905 to 1910 he was president of the Indiana Board of Health and during the administration of Thomas Taggart as Mayor of the city of Indianapolis, acted as secretary of the Board of Health. Dr. Clark is a member of Pentalpha Lodge No. 564 F. & A. M. and has at- tained to the 32nd degree in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, being affiliated with Indiana Sovereign Consistory, Sublime Princess of the Royal Secret. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, University Club, Country Club (president 1922), and the Society of Mayflower Descendants. On June 1, 1893 Dr. Clark married Miss Harriett Lewis at Selma, Ind. There is one child, Mrs. Arnold B. Talbott, neé Helen Mary, who resides in Cleveland, Ohio. The family home is at 1321 North Meridian Street. 109 IN DIANAP ODS VEINS @ Fe eel lee Rens cee a ae ae Photograph by Moorefield LLOYD D. CLAYCOMBE 110 eee IN EP QUe oN NN Ore eA AT RIS LLOYD D. CLAYCOMBE LOYD D. CLAYCOMBE, son of Victor E. and Roma A. (Johnson) Claycombe, was born February 7, 1890, at Marengo, Crawford County, Indiana. His early education was received in the common schools of Jasper, Indiana. After graduation from the high school of this same town, he entered Indiana State Univer- sity, from which institution he graduated in 1914. The same vear he was admitted to the bar of Marion County and began the general practice of law in Indianapolis. For about four vears he was associated with Mr. James W. Noel, after which, in 1918, he formed a partnership with Mr. C. H. Givan and Mr. Albert Stump under the firm name of Clayeombe, Givan and Stump. Upon the election of Mr. Givan to the Bench in 1922, however, the firm became Clayecombe and Stump. In 1915 Mr. Claycombe was appointed receiver of the Winona Assembly at Winona Lake, Indiana, and was responsible for the reorganization of the Assembly, Mr. Wilham J. Bryan becoming president of the new institution and Mr. Clayecombe a member of the board of directors. Mr. Claycombe served as deputy prosecuting attorney of Marion County in 1916 and 1917. In 1922 he was elected to the City Council for a term of four years. Other civic affiliations include membership on the City Plan Commission and member- ship on the Board of Zoning Appeals. He has frequently served as special Judge in the various courts of Marion County. When the United States entered the World War, Mr. Clay- combe was a first lieutenant in the Indiana National Guard, and entered the First Officers’ Training Camp at Fort Harrison, but was discharged early in the war because of injury received. He is a member of the American Legion. Mr. Claveombe is a 32nd degree Mason, member of the Mystic Tie Lodge, Knights Templar and a Shriner of the Murat Temple. He is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, Chamber of Commerce, Marion Club, and is National Chancellor of the Lambda Chi Alpha college fraternity. On September 14, 1918, Mr. Claycombe married Miss Jeanette Wuille at Hamilton, Ohio. There is a daughter, Mary Alice, and ason, Robert Alan. The family resides at 3856 College Avenue. dt [ENFDTAINAP © NS T57 AGEN tt er Photograph by Moorefield DR. WILLIAM F. CLEVENGER Te NE ee Ne 2 ©) 1 SV ea Ne @) ee Ait TRS WILLIAM F. CLEVENGER, M. D. ILLIAM F. CLEVENGER, M. D., was born at Taylorsville, Indiana, November 11, 1874, son of George W. and Carolyn (Musser) Clevenger. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Johnson County, Missouri, after which he at- tended the State Normal College at Warrensburg, Missouri, from which he graduated in 1891. In October of that same year he en- tered the Indiana Medical College (now the Medical Department of Indiana University) and from this institution was graduated in 1894, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Upon the completion of his medical course Dr. Clevenger spent a year and a half as an externe in the Indianapolis City Dis- pensary. This was followed by the general practice of medicine for a period of three years in the offices of Dr. Franklin W. Hays. Then for one year Dr. Clevenger attended the New York Poly- clinic, served as assistant to Dr. Robert C. Myles in the ear, nose and throat clinic of the New Amsterdam Hospital, New York, and for eight months was assistant to Dr. James Newcombe (now deceased) in the outdoor clinic—ear, nose and throat depart of the Roosevelt Hospital of New York City. Since 1898 Dr. Clevenger has continuously practiced surgery of the ear, nose and throat in Indianapolis, with the exception of a period of six months in 1905 which was spent in clinical work in London, Berlin, Feiburg (in Baden) and Paris and a period of eight months in 1912 spent in Clinical work in Vienna. During the World War, with the rank of Captain, in the American Red Cross, Dr. Clevenger served for eight months in France as ear, nose and throat surgeon in the American Red Cross Hospital at Place, Clichy in Paris. Upon the conclusion of the war he was transferred to the Medical Reserve Corp of the United States Army, in which he retains his rank of captain. Dr. Clevenger is a member of the American Medical Associa- tion, a member of the Indiana State and Indianapolis Medical Societies, Fellow of the American Academy of Opthalmology and Oto-laryngology and a Fellow of the American College of Sur- geons. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, the Columbia Club and in the Masonic fraternity is a member of the Mystic Tie Lodge, Scottish Rite and the Murat Temple. The marriage of Dr. Clevenger to Miss Louise M. Weaver occurred at Indianapolis, July 5, 1922. There is one daughter by «a former marriage, Mrs. Henry C. Thornton, Jr., nee Miss Zelda Wallace Clevenger. Dr. and Mrs. Clevenger reside at the Winter Apartments. 113 LN-DIANAP OLDS” ME NS3O BX Gris FRED CLINE 114 OS) OLAS IN 258 TORIES ASIN COM pals Aen l es Zend bd aa) FRED CLINE RED CLINE, for many years identified with the real estate business of Indianapolis, was born at Danville, Indiana, Sep- tember 25, 1878, son of William and Malissa Ellen (Bishop) Cline. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Clayton, Danville and Indianapolis, having come to this city in 1894. Immediately upon the conclusion of his schooling, Mr. Cline accepted employment as a clerk in a grocery store and as such was engaged for a period of approximately one year. In 1897 he entered his father’s office as a real estate salesman. In 1900 he entered the real estate firm of W. E. Stevenson & Company and with that company was continuously identified until 1909, when he opened an office for himself on East Market Street, where the J. F. Wild State Bank is now located. In 1918, upon the death of Mr. W. E. Stevenson, Mr. Cline reentered the firm of W. E. Stevenson & Company as secretary and treasurer, but in 1915 he again resigned from that company to independently engage in the real estate and investment business under the firm name of Fred Cline Company. During the years that he has independently operated, Mr. Cline has closed many of the largest real estate transactions and ninety-nine year leases in the city, down town real estate properties and ninety-nine year leases being his particular specialty. On January 1, 1922, Mr. Cline was appointed a member of the Indianapolis Board of Park Commissioners and is at this time vice-president of that organization. Mr. Cline is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Highland Golf and Country Club and the Indianapolis Athletie Club. PENI DIAN AP OUST) iV ING © Tes ae ee Photograph by Moorefield HARRY O. COBB 116 IDS UB HICAS NS ANIEMOMT RSS S NAMI MOM” Neel eaves ul lg Dea HARRY O. COBB else O. COBB, diamond merchant and platinumsmith, was born at Maysville, Kentucky, July 23, 1890, son of Lewis F. and Clara Jane (Bradford) Cobb. His education was received in the public schools of Indianapolis, having been removed to this city by his parents when but six years of age. Upon the completion of his schooling, Mr. Cobb was variously employed until 1906, when he became an apprentice jeweler and as such served for a period of three vears. He then opened an office in the State Life Building as an engraver for the trade, and in this capacity devoted himself to engraving for jewelers of the city. In 1911, Mr. Cobb accepted a position with one of the large jewelry establishments of Indianapolis and for a period of six years occupied an important position with that firm. Determined to engage in business independently, however, Mr. Cobb, in February, 1917, established in a comparatively small way a manufacturing jewelry shop under his own name in the State Life Building and from this has developed the present shop of Harry O. Cobb, one of the most attractive of its kind in the middle west and the largest store of its kind in this city. Mr. Cobb is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Indianap- olis Athletic Club, Hoosier Athletic Club, and the Kiwanis Club. Tn the Masonic fraternity is a member of Center Lodge, No. 23, F. & A. M., Chapter and Council of York Rite, Scottish Rite, Sahara Grotto, of which he was one of the organizers, and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The marriage of Mr. Cobb to Miss Mable Etter took place at Lebanon, Indiana, September 1, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb reside at 3538 Washington Boulevard. 117 INDIANAP OF10 =MIE NIG eae Photograph by Moorefield CHARLES E. COFFIN 118 Se Ne. ee Vea ©) pee AT RES CHARLES E. COFFIN HARLES E. COFFIN, secretary-treasurer C of the Star Publishing Company, publish- ers of the Indianapolis Star, the Muncie Star and the Terre Haute Star, was born at Salem, Indiana, son of Zachariah T. and Caroline (Armfield) Coffin. His father was a tanner and Justice of the Peace. Mr. Coffin’s educa- tion was received in the publie schools of Salem and Bloomington, Indiana, to which latter city the family moved in 1862. In 1869 Mr. Coffin came to Indianapolis, where he became associated with the firm of Wylie & Martin, real estate dealers. He re- mained with them six years and then estab- lished a real estate business of his own and which continued in existence until 1899, when the Central Trust Company was organized by Mr. Coffin. This company he has continuously served as president, although the company is now closing its business as a corporation, hay- ing consolidated with the Farmers Trust Com- pany, of which Mr. Coffin is chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Coffin was one of the organizers and an original stockholder and for many years was president of the Indianapolis & Eastern Railroad Company. He became treasurer of the Star Publishing Company in October, 1911, since which date he has been secretary and a member of the board of directors of the company. Under eight mayors of Indianapolis, Mr. Coffin has served on the city’s park board, his service beginning in 1899 with his appointment by Mayor Thomas Taggart. His long service on the Board of Indianapolis Park Commission- ers closed on January 2, 1922, when he was ap- pointed president of the Board of Public Works by Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank. Mr. Coffin has been instrumental in bringing the park and boulevard systems of Indianoplis into national attention. Mr. Coffin has varied business and social interests, being president of the Indiana Sav- ings and Investment Company, a $3,000,000 corporation organized in 1889. He is treasur- er of the Indiana Historical Society, the Gov- ernor of the Society of Colonial Wars, presi- dent of the Board of Trustees of the Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church and a director of the Woodstock Country Club. For many years Mr. Coffin has been an authority on the game of Whist, and has played at several Congresses of the American Whist League. In 1923 he was elected presi- dent of the American Whist League. He has written several books on methods of playing Whist and Auction Bridge, and his works are recognized as authority on the games. Mr. Coffin is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Ath- letie Club, the Columbia Club, the Indianapolis Board of Trade, the Indiana Society of Chi- eago, the University Club, the Contemporary Club, the Country Club, the Woodstock Club, the Indianapolis Art Association, the Indiana Historical Society, the Indiana Pioneers’ So- clety, and Optimist Club. On September 20, 1897, he married Mary Bireh Fletcher at Indianapolis. They have three children: Clarence Eugene Coffin of In- dianapolis; Mrs. J. H. Ingram, wife of Com- mander Ingram of the United States Navy, and Mrs. Charles Harvey Bradley, Jr. The family home is at 1213 North Meridian Street. 119 INDIANA P ©JEUS) SMisrN © tae eee Photograph by Moorefield CHARLES F. COFFIN 120 ieee eee AG) Same Ne Gree AT ROS CHARLES F. COFFIN Counsel and Agency Manager of The State Life Insurance Company, was born on a farm in Marion County, Indiana, June 2, 1856, son of Dr. Benjamin F., and Emily J. (Harlan) Coffin. The Coffin family is or English origin and was founded in America in the early colonial period at Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Harlan family was established in colonial days in Virginia. C Counsel F. COFFIN, Vice-President, General Mr. Coffin received his early education in the publie schools of Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana. He then attended DePauw University, from which he grad- uated in 1881, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and three years later received the degree of Master of Arts. During his college days, he was the first repre- sentative of DePauw University to win an Indiana state oratorical prize and was also the first Indiana student to win an inter-state oratorical prize. Upon graduating from DePauw University he became a teacher in the Indianapolis public schools, but four weeks later left Indianapolis to become principal of the high school at Connersville, Indiana. In 1882 he was selected superintendent of the New Albany public schools, to which position he was re-elected for three successive terms. In 1885 Mr. Coffin resigned his position as School Superintendent to study law in the office of the late Hon. Alexander Dowling of New Albany, Indiana, and who later became a judge of the Indiana supreme court. Mr. Coffin was admitted to the practice of law in Indiana in 1886, but in 1887 went to Wichita, Kan- sas, to engage in law practice in that city. He remained in Wichita until 1893, when he returned to Indiana to become Dean of the law school of DePauw University. After one year in this capacity, however, Mr. Coffin resigned to enter the general practice of law at Indianap- clis. In 1894 Mr. Coffin was one of the group of men to organize the State Life Insurance Company, and now occupies the positions previously noted. Mr. Coffin has the distinction of being one of the first persons in the United States to organize a men’s class in connection with Sunday School work. This class was organized at the Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church in 1893, with twelve members, and afterwards reached a membership of more than three hundred. He has also been active in other church work and for three years was president of the Indiana Inter- Denominational Sunday School Association, and in ad- dition to this he has for the last twelve years been a member of the Board of Managers of the Methodist Board of Education for Negroes, which has charge of some nineteen schools and colleges for colored people of the South. Probably no single phase of Mr. Coffin’s interesting career is more indelibly imprinted upon the pages of the history of Indianapolis than is that pertaining to the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. To this institu- tion he has given time and energy without stint, and his reputation as a forceful speaker and a clear thinker on civic and commercial topics is not limited to his own state. In 1919, Mr. Coffin, after having served for two terms as Vice-President, was elected President of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, and to this position he was re-elected in 1920 and again re-elected in 1921. Not only has he the distinction of being the only man who has ever held this office for three con- secutive terms, but in each instance he was elected with- cut solicitation on his part. It was while Mr. Coffin was president of the Cham- ber of Commerce and at his instigation, that the neces- sary legislation to create the City Plan Commission was secured. It was also during his term that the American Legion Headquarters were brought to Indianapolis, and it is a notable fact that while he directed the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, the membership of that organization was increased from approximately one thousand members to over forty-five hundred members. In connection with the Chamber of Commerce activi- ties, it may be said that Mr. Coffin is regarded as an authority. Not only has he spoken before large au- diences in many cities of this country and Europe on Chamber of Commerce work, but frequently has he been asked to give counsel and advice upon matters of civic importance. To him, Indianapolis is deeply in- debted for the creation of much favorable opinion and high regard when reference is made to the Great Hoosier Capital. In 1920, Mr. Coffin had the singular honor of being an American delegate to Paris for the purpose of or- ganizing the International Chamber of Commerce. As a founder member of this body, he was elected a dele- gate to the first annual meeting of the Internationa! Chamber of Commerce held in London in 1921. That same year, he was a delegate to the Eeumenical Metho- dist Conference, a convention which is held only once in every ten years, and to be sent to which is regarded in church circles as a mark of more than ordinary distine- tion. Mr. Coffin is a member of Southport Lodge, No. 270, F. and A. M.; Keystone Chapter, No. 6, Royal Arch Ma- sons; the Raper Commandry, No. 1, Knights Templar, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias order, in which for four years he represented the Grand Tribunal cf Indiana. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Indi- anapolis Literary Club, and the Century Club. He is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon college fraternity, and in 1880 represented his chapter at the national con- vention of the fraternity. On October 26, 1887, Mr. Coffin married Miss Sallie Dowling at New Albany. They have three children— Charles F., Jr., Jean and Natalie Coffin. The family home is at 3305 North Meridian Street. DIN PAIN AYP © TE TS eG ING le te Photograph by Bretzman RALPH L. COLBY 122 I NID GSN NIBTOME diss) NAMEN OWE ort on) As Poe RALPH L. COLBY ALPH L. COLBY, son of Guy Irving and Lucy M. (Higgins) Colby, was born in Chicago, Illinois, February 28,1892, While still a young boy, his parents moved to Springfield, Illinois, in which city he attended grade school and was also graduated from the high school of that city. Immediately after finishing high school, Mr. Colby went to Boston, Massachusetts, and worked for two vears with his father’s 9 b ° firm, Colby-Higgins Company. Following the death of his father in 1911, Mr. Colby sold school supphes for a company that was the outgrowth of the one with which his father was associated. ra) In 1913 he went to San Antonio, Texas, where he was associated with the Franklin Life Insurance Company. He remained with that company until 1918, when he went to Houston, Texas, as state manager for the Northwestern National Life Insurance Company of Minneapolis. He was also identified with the firm of Cravens, Dargan and Roberts. In 1920 Mr. Colby came to Indianapolis and again took up work with the Franklin Life Insurance Company as state manager and general agent for Indiana. Throughout his life he has felt the urge of civic interests and during the war, Mr. Colby was especially active in the Liberty Bond and War Savings Stamp work in the interest of the govern- ment. In 1920 he was president of the Southern Texas Life Un- derwriters Association and in such capacity became vitally inter- ested in the civic affairs of paramount interest in his territory. Mr. Colby is a Mason, affiliated with the Scottish Rite, a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Columbia Club, Cham- ber of Commerce, Athenaeum, Indianapolis Association of Life Underwriters, and a member of the executive council of Boy Scouts of America. He married Miss Alix R. Bettison, of San Antonio, Texas, in that city, on August 14, 1915. There are two children, a daughter, Alix Bettison Colby, and a son, Ralph L. Colby, Jr. 123 PND TAIN AP © TOTS ee Glee IN TAS ie ee J. J. COLE 124 NS IDEAS INAS TCO Lewy ANAN Tt I) COM ae eta beet Bf care J. J. COLE J. COLE, president and general manager I of the Cole Motor Car Company, was born near Connersville, Indiana, March 23, 1869, son of Joseph J. and Margaret (Thomas) Cole His early boyhood was spent on the farm near Connersville and his first education obtained in the public schools of that city. At the age of eighteen, shortly after he had finished a short course in a business school, Mr. Cole came to Indianapolis and went to work in the Parry Buggy Company. His rise was rapid. After three years in the home office of the organization, Mr. Cole became manager of the Philadelphia branch of the Parry Company. During his three years in Philadelphia he so thoroughly convinced his employers of his ability as a salesman that he was recalled and sent out into the West with instructions to sell more buggies, and this he did. A competitive organization, the Moon Brothers Carriage Company, heard of his remarkable record and offered him a position; the offer appealed to Mr. Cole and he took it. This was in 1898. Mr. Cole was ordered to Texas, the ‘‘ne man’s land’’ for buggy salesmen. In a short time he was making record-breaking sales in that locality, and in 1900 he was elected secre- tary of the company. Buggy traffic was at this time beginning to weigh upon Mr. Cole’s mind. He began saving for a day that was to be either very rainy or full of sunshine. When the opportunity came he went into business for himself. It was known as the Cole Carriage Company and it prospered. The automobile industry was just beginning to get on the right side of the business ledger, just becoming a sta- ble business, just beyond the trial period when Mr. Cole decided to quit the buggy business and devote his life to the manufacture of automobiles. In 1907 the Cole Motor Car Company came to life and the Cole Carriage Company became extinct. The business represented an invest- ment of five thousand dollars. Now it is a five-million-dollar corporation. Mr. Cole has always been a step or two ahead of things. He went into racing at the proper time and after establishing an enviable reputation withdrew from this medium of advertising. When the aeroplane became a fad, it was the Cole flyer that first flew from coast to coast. The newness of any current product makes it highly desirable. Men go out of their way to obtain fresh news or gossip pertaining to that which is about to occur, while untold mil- lions are expended each year seeking to create the original, the untried and the previously unknown. We are living in just that sort of atmosphere. The almost insatiable demand of an alert society finds itself wrapped up on something it cannot have. Strange, but abso- lutely true. The public mind, thoroughly sensed, is invariably understood as being de- sirous of possessing an article whose inherent qualities reveal what Mr. Cole, who does just enough of the right thing at the right time to accomplish his purpose, has aptly pronounced ‘fa touch of tomorrow.”’ That ‘‘tomorrowness’’ of idea manifested in the article, supported by a substantial raison d’ etre, strikes with one blow the human eye, mind and purse. And providing this magic wand, this power of exciting the affections, has been the work of the subject of this review. It has been the work of a mind that fully appre- ciates the sturdiness and the steadfastness of older ages, but a mind that combines with these the eager enthusiasm that develops the creative instinet. The out-of-the-ordinary productions have been devoid of radicalism, because Mr. Cole has always exercised reasonable restraint, and tempered with grace, elegance and practi- eability the many novel notions he has given the automobile industry. In addition to his business affiliations, Mr. Cole is a member of the Columbia Club, High- land Golf and Country Club, Hoosier Athletic Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, and National Au- tomobile Chamber of Commerce. The marriage of Mr. Cole to Miss Nellie G. Goodmoon took place at Connersville, Indiana, September 1, 1891. There is one son, Joseph J. Jr. 125 IN DIANAP OFS 7 WWE ING @ eA it ieee Photograph by Moorefield LEWIS AUSTIN COLEMAN 126 Ne eee @ Te See NOP) Ge SNE AT RS LEWIS AUSTIN COLEMAN EWIS AUSTIN COLEMAN, of the firm of Holtzman & Coleman, lawyers, was born in Tipton County, Indiana, Octo- ber 26, 1873. His father was George W. Coleman, son of Richard Coleman, son of Robert Coleman, of Essex County, Virginia, later of Ken- tucky and still later of Shelby and Boone counties, Indiana, Robert Coleman having entered land just east of Lebanon on October 8, 1835. George W. Coleman served four years in Company F, 40th Towa Infantry. The subject of this sketch received his early edueation in the pubhe schools of Tipton County, Indiana. In 1895 he entered the law office of Robert B. Beauchamp, of Tipton. He graduated from the Indiana Law School in May, 1898. He entered the law office of Holtzman & Leathers following graduation and when Mr. Leathers was elected judge, he became associated with Mr. Holtz- man, which association still continues. For some vears past, Mr. Coleman has devoted practically all of his time to corporation work, He was president of the Indianapolis Bar Association during the year 1922. He was instrumental in the organization of the Continenta: National Bank, Bankers Trust Company, Sterling Fire Insurance Company and other local financial institutions, and is a member of the Board of Directors of a number of them. He is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, a charter member of the Indiana Democratic Club and the Indianap- olis Athletic Club. He is also.a York Rite Mason and a member of the Central Christian Church. Mr. Coleman takes pride in the operation of a farm north of the city and the breeding of Guernsey cattle and other registered live stock. On a number of occasions he has entertained the In- dianapolis Bar Association and other organizations at his farm. On June 23, 1897, Mr. Coleman married Maggie A. Davis, of Tipton, Indiana. They have three children, Robert D. Coleman, a eraduate of Indiana University, and who is taking his law at Har- vard University; Mary Alice Coleman, also a graduate of Indiana University and who is attending Columbia. The youngest, John L. Coleman, is in high school. The family home is at 3535 North Pennsylvania Street. INDIANAP @LIS” MEN OR AE Aas Photograph by Moorefield HON. JAMES A. COLLINS 128 IFINUIDMIAN IN ZS P MOEA (MEIN (OUR JAN Gd eval eee HON. JAMES A. COLLINS ON. JAMES A. COLLINS, Judge of the Criminal Court of Marion County, Indiana, was born at Arlington, Massachusetts, October 12, 1870, son of Joseph and Jane (LaVelle) Collins. His education was obtained in the public schools of Cambridge, Mass. After graduating from the Washington Grammar School, he attended the Cambridge Latin School for one year. His father died in 1887, while James A., of this sketch, was preparing for college and he was thus compelled to leave school. He secured employment with Joel Goldth- wait and Company, of Boston, and remained with that firm for three years when he became assistant secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Springfield, Massa- chusetts. While in this position he prepared for a general secretaryship and was later called to serve as secretary at Matteawan, New York. From that town, he was called to Lyons, New York, as the General Secretary of the Association there. He resigned from this association and took up the study of law with the Hon. Charles H. Ray, a former class mate of Elihu Root at Ham- ilton College. In 1895 he married Lilie T. Knapp of Lyons, New York, and came to Indianapolis that same year. In 1898 he entered the law office of Griffith and Potts. Upon the disso- lution of that firm he continued in the office of John L. Griffith and with him remained for a period of five years. In 1899 he was appointed deputy prose- euting attorney under Edwin B. Pugh and upon the election of John C. Ruchel- shaus, two years later as prosecuting attorney, he was appointed deputy prose- eutor in the police court, serving in that capacity for two years. On leaving the Police Court, he entered the general practice forming a partnership with the late Charles E. Averill under the firm name of Averill and Collins. He remained with this firm until he was elected Judge of the City Court of Indianapolis in 1909. As judge of the Police Court, he established a system of Adult Probation that attracted attention throughout the country and inaugurated the system for the collection of money fines on installments. In 1914 he was elected Judge of the Criminal Court of Marion County and was re-elected in 1918 and 1922. He is the fourteenth incumbent of this court since its establishment in 1867 and the only person who was ever elected to serve a third term. During all the years that he has served as Judge of the Criminal Court he has maintained a system of adult probation similar to that established by him in the City Court. In addition to his official duties Judge Collins has been actively identified with the industrial, political and social development of Indianapolis. He is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is an Honorary member of the Indi- anapolis Rotary Club and a member of the Columbia Club, the Marion Club and the McKinley Club. He is also a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has been a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church during all the years that he has resided in Indianapolis. The Judge and Mrs. Collins reside at 439 Walcott Street. They have two children, John H. Collins, who served with the Motor Transport Corp in France during the World War, and Miss Elizabeth L. Collins. 129 [PN DITAINFAP © TELS) “MRE NGO ieee eed Photograph by Bretzman EARL R. CONDER 130 Welle Nes 712 [ome NG @ ie AT RES EARL RICHARDS CONDER ARL RICHARDS CONDER, attorney, member of the firm of Pickens, Cox, Conder & Bain, was born at Orleans, Orange County, Indiana, March 31, 1877, son of Charles A. and Kate A. (Richards) Conder. The early education of the subject of this sketch was acquired in the public schools of Orleans. In 1893 he became cashier of the Bank of Orleans, later the National Bank of Orleans, and after ten years in this position entered the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1905 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Prior to this time, in 1903, Mr. Conder was admitted to the practice of law in the Orange Circuit Court. Upon the completion of his university course, Mr. Conder came to Indianapolis and has continuously followed the practice of law in this city in which he has gained an enviable reputation and position of esteem. Mr. Conder was a delegate from the Indiana Conference to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1920. He is president of the Indianapolis Bar Association, president of the Church Federation of Indianap- Glis, a member and chairman of the board of stewards of the Cen- tral Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church of this city, and since 1921 has been chairman of the executive committee of the Indi- anapolis Council, Boy Scouts of America. The club affiliations of Mr. Conder together with the pro- fessional organizations of which he is a member include the Cham- ber of Commerce, Ancient Landmarks Lodge, No. 319, F. & A. M., Marion Club, Columbia Club, Lawyers Club, the Indianapolis, Jndiana State and American Bar Associations and the Commer- cial Law League of America. The marriage of Mr. Conder to Miss Edith Walker occurred at Orleans, Indiana, October 7, 1896. There is one son, Robert W. Conder, born August 25, 1905, now a student at DePauw Univer- sity. 131 PNYDEAINA P.@ Lelie MG INI ges I Pa iS Es eS Se oc eM ea eS ang OWEN J. CONRAD 132 USED IGAS IN ANTE NOT gis) GNA IN, (Oi 7H enV ANd il Seas OWEN J. CONRAD WEN J. CONRAD, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Driscoll) Con- rad, was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, July 25, 1868. His academic education was obtained in the schools of the county of his birth, after which he came to Indianapolis and here accepted employment in the organization of Charles Mayer & Company. With the exception of a period of eight years, during which he was in the employe of the above mentioned, Mr. Conrad has always been independently engaged in business affairs. In 1894 he launched into business for himself, opening a general mer- chandise business at 332-334 Massachusetts Avenue and this he conducted until July 1, 1915, when he sold his interests and retired temporarily from commercial enterprises. In 1918, however, he became associated with Mr. Fred E. Barrett, elsewhere mentioned in this volume, in the organization of the Continental Finance & Securities Company, an Indiana corporation with an authorized capital of $1,000,000 engaged in the purchase and sale of commer- cial paper, of which he has continuously been the president. Mr. Conrad is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Co- Jumbia Club, Indianapolis Athletie Club, Highland Golf and Coun- try Club and the Indianapolis Academy of Music. In the Masonic fraternity he is a member of Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M., York Rite and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine, being a life member of the last mentioned. The marriage of Mr. Conrad to Miss Eloise Schenck occurred at Paris, Illinois, October 3, 1904. There is one son, Owen MeIn- tire Conrad. 133 EN DIANA P © [LD 59 VAs aN es tla elem Photograph by Bachrach LINTON A. COX 134 IN IDTIVAS Ss ENIB MORALS INARI OW Ei” 7G 8 ya Mf ae, HON. LINTON A. COX ON. LINTON A. COX, member of the firm of Pickens, Cox, Conder and Bain, attorneys, was born at Azalia, Indiana, September 2, 1868, son of William and Sarah J. (Newsom) Cox. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the county of his birth, after which he attended Earlham College at Richmond, Indiana, from which he graduated in 1888 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He then attended the Law School of the University of Michigan and from that institution graduated in 1890 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Almost immediately upon the completion of the last men- tioned collegiate course, Mr. Cox came to Indianapolis, was ad- mitted to the Indiana bar and in this citv has since continuously engaged in the practice of law. In addition, however, Mr. Cox has during his residence in Indianapolis, also taken a keen interest in public affairs. As State Senator from Marion County in the sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth General Assemblies (1906-1910) he was recognized as the author of the measure fixing the price of gas in Indianapolis at sixty cents per thousand, which he successfully pushed through both Houses of the Legislature. He was also 4 factor in establishing the present system of depositories for publi¢ funds under which all public funds yield interest to the publie while held in official depositories under ample security. In con- nection with political activities, Mr. Cox was also, in 1910, nomi- nated by the Republican party for Congress from the Seventh Congressional District. Mr. Cox is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations, the Commercial League of America, the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity and the Marion Club. The marriage of Mr. Cox to Miss Elizabeth Harvey occurred at Indianapolis, June 19, 1890. There are seven children, Thomas Harvey, Mrs. Lyman B. Whitaker, nee Katherine; Addition Har- is, Linton A., Jr., Frank Harvey, Mrs. Hubbard Hathaway, nee Eleanor; and William E. 135 IN DIANA P @ LIS) UE Nee @ eA eae Photograph by Bretzman CLARENCE E. CRIPPIN 136 ieee Ne oe oe VV EN OR eA EALRS CLARENCE E. CRIPPIN LARENCE E. CRIPPIN, president of the Enquirer Printing and Publishing Company and associated in the publication of the Indianapolis Commercial, a daily financial newspaper, was born May 24, 1869 on a farm near Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, son of Miles and Alice (Fisk) Crippin. His early education was re- ceived in the public schools of his native state. Since coming to Indianapolis in 1886, Mr. Crippin has been continuously identified with the leading printing and publishing firms of the city. His first printing connection was with Baker & Randolph. Later, for twelve years, he was a proof reader for the Indianapolis Morning Star. At various times he was connected with the old Indianapolis Sentinel, the Indianapolis Press and the Indianapolis News. In 1911, Mr. Crippin and his son, Charles M. Crippin, formed what was known as Crippin & Son, printers. A vear later, George W. Hargitt became associated with the firm and the business be- came known as Crippin & Hargitt, continuing until 1915, when it was merged with the Anchor Pr inting Company, under the name of the Consolidated Printing Company, of which Mr. Crippin was president. Early in 1918 the business of the Consolidated Printing Com- pany was merged with the Enquirer Printing and Publishing Company, of which the late J. Frank Hanly, one-time governor of the state of Indiana, became president and Mr. Crippin secre- tary. On the death of Mr. Hanly, in 1920, Mr. Crippin became president of the Enquirer Pr inting and Publishing Company. Early in 1923, the company completed an addition to its building at 309 East Ohio Street which has doubled the floor space and capacity of the company. As a member of the Indianapolis Board of School Commis- sioners from 1917 until 1922, Mr. Crippin and other members of the board inaugurated a program of expansion of the city schools which resulted in making Indianapolis one of the foremost school cities in the United States. He was president of the board in 1920. Mr. Crippin is a member of all the York and Scottish Rite bodies of the Masonic organization and is a past master of Mvstic Tie Lodge, No. 398. He is a past president of the Indianapolis Typographical Union, his connection with the union dating back to 1887. He is a member of the United Typothetae, the Indianap-: olis Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Athletic Club and the Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis. Mr. Crippin married Miss Arabella Shoemaker in Indianap- olis on May 5, 1893. They have two children, Charles M. Crippin, associated with his father in the printing firm, and Mrs. Alice M. Goodall. The family resides at Cold Springs and Michigan Roads. 137 INDIANAPOLIS “MEN WO SAR Aina Photograph by Bretzman JAMES S. CRUSE 138 Te eID e eee) [eee VA ING) ae EAT RS JAMES S. CRUSE AMES S. CRUSE, president of the J. S. Cruse Realty Company, was born July 16, 1858, at New Albany, Indiana, son of John P. and Anna M. (Dudley) Cruse. He came with his parents to Indianapolis when he was five years old, was educated in the In- dianapolis public schools, and has lived in this city continuously more than a half century. After leaving school Mr. Cruse became a clerk in the abstract office of John H. Batty, where he remained one year. For a short time he was in the real estate office of G. 8. Bradlev and then joined the firm of Dain & McCullough. Mr. McCullough withdrew from the firm, and upon the death of Mr. Dain, in 1883, the business was acquired by Mr. Cruse. A change in the firm name was not made, however, until a reorganization in December, 1908, when it was incorporated as the J. S. Cruse Realty Company. Several employees who had been with Mr. Cruse many years were given blocks of stock in the company at the time of the reorganiza- tion. The company has specialized in real estate, rentals and insur- ance since the beginning, but in this connection it is interesting to note that when Mr. Cruse first began in the business only 104 tenants were listed, while at this time more than 5,000 tenants are listed with the company bearing his name. A staff of fifteen per- sons is now necessarv to conduct the business. Mr. Cruse married Miss Fannie J. Jones at St. Louis, Mis- souri, in 1896. The family home is at 1611 North Meridian Street. He is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Columbia Club, Mar- ion Club, Scottish Rite, Mystic Shrine, and the Odd Fellows Lodge. 139 DN DIANA P'@ Tel 5) VWE INR @ ee Se Photograph by Nicholson Bros. DR. JOHN M. CUNNINGHAM 140 NDNA IN AMIE NO Ch) Wid INE TONE! NEB Sra eae: DR. JOHN M. CUNNINGHAM R. JOHN M. CUNNINGHAM, son of William B. and Mary (Young) Cunningham, was born in Putman County, Indiana, January 15, 1877. His preliminary education was obtained in the schools of the county of his birth, after which, in 1894, he entered the preparatory department of Butler College. Upon the comple- tion of this course he entered Butler College and from that institu- tion graduated in 1901 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then entered the Indiana Medical College, graduating therefrom in 1904, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Immediately following his graduation from medical college, Dr. Cunningham became interne at the Indianapolis City Hospital and in that capacity served for a period of one year, after which he entered into the general practice of medicine in Indianapolis. where he has since been continuously engaged, having achieved to a position of distinction in the profession of his selection. In addition to the general practice of medicine, Dr. Cunning- ham has, since almost immediately upon the completion of his medical training, been identified with the teaching staff of the Indiana Medical School. He was for seven years an instructor in the Anatomical Department of the Indiana Medical School and since 1911 has been directly associated with the department of Internal Medicine of that institution. Dr. Cunningham is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Medical Associations and upon the staffs of the City, St. Vincent and Methodist Hospitals. He is also a mem- ber of the Woodstock Club, Meridian Hills Golf and County Club. and the First Baptist Church. In the Masonic fraternity he is identified with Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M. The marriage of Dr. Cunningham to Miss Lena M. Randall took place at Oneida, New York, June 7, 1905. Mrs. Cunningham died November 10, 1918. There is one daughter, Miss Angelyn B., now a student at Tudor Hall. 141 INDIANA'P © ES MEN Oe ae ee Photograph by Bretzman ROBERT FROST DAGGETT 142 Piet NNN Oe ome NG IN © hi Ar GALR S ROBERT FROST DAGGETT OBERT FROST DAGGETT, architect, was born at Indianap- olis, Indiana, March 13, 1875, son of R. P. Daggett and Caro- line kK. (Frost) Daggett. He was educated in the public schools of Indianapolis and graduated from the Indianapolis High School, now Shortridge High School, in 1893. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture in 1896, he attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts at Paris, France, from which he graduated in 1901, receiving a diploma from the French Government. Returning to Indianapolis in 1901, he became associated with his father in the practice of architecture under the firm name of R. P. Daggett & Company. In November, 1917, Mr. Daggett en- tered the United States Army as a First Lieutenant in the Air Service assigned to the 472nd Aero Squadron, and in January, 1918, sailed overseas with the squadron to which he was attached. In July of that year, however, he was transferred to the Engineers with rank of Captain and assigned to the staff of the Section En- eineer Officer, Base Section No. 1, with headquarters at St. Na- zaire, Hrance. In this capacity Mr. Daggett had supervision of the construction of the many hospitals in that base section, the hospitals ranging from 1,000 to 25,000 beds capacity. Shortly after the signing of the Armistice, Mr. Daggett was discharged trom.the army, when he returned to Indianapolis to resume his practice of architecture. The more important buildings of Indianapolis for which Mr. Daggett has been the architect are the Robert W. Long Hospital at Indianapolis, the Indiana University School of Medicine, ad- jacent to the Long Hospital, the City Trust Building, the Con-- solidated Building, the Eli Lilly Company plant, Indianapolis and Greenfield, the new nine-story Italian Renaissance structure of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Tabernacle Presbyterian Chureh, and the James Whitcomb Riley Children’s Hospital, which is being built near the Long Hospital and Indiana Univer- sity School of Medicine. Mr. Daggett is architect for Indiana University, Purdue Uni- versity, and DePauw University, having designed and supervised the erection of several buildings at each of these universities. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Indiana Society of Architects, the Indianapolis Architects’ Association, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Kiwanis Club, Service Club and the Country Club of Indianapolis. In the Masonic fraternity he is affiliated with Oriental Lodge, No. 500, F. & A. M., the York Rite and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Daggett married Miss Lizette Lothian at New York City on October 30, 1901. They have two sons, James Lothian Daggett and Robert Frost Daggett, Jr. The family home is at 4904 Wash- ington Boulevard. 143 INDIANA P ©1135) MVE NO Re cae Photograph by Bachrach THOMAS A. DAILY 144 ieee oe 1 @) Pk eV oN ee © ee EAN RS THOMAS A. DAILY HOMAS A. DAILY, member of the law firm of Hanna & Daily, was born on a farm near Mt. Hope, Kansas, Septem- ber 9, 1876, son of William Allen and Mariah Elizabeth (Craig) Daily, early settlers of Sedgwick County, Kansas. His prelimin- ary education was obtained in the public schools of Mt. Hope, after which he attended the Christian Brothers College at St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1893, he removed with his father to Vernon, Indiana, his father being a native of Decatur County, Indiana, son of Samuel Gates and Julia (Morgan) Daily and grandson of Charles and Sarah (Gates) Daily, who settled in Franklin County, near Brookville, Indiana in 1812. For a period of four years, following his removal to Vernon, Mr. Daily, of this sketch, taught school in Jennings County, In- diana, during which time he also studied law in the offices of the late Judge Thomas C. Batchelor at Vernon. In 1899, although having been admitted to the practice of law in Indiana two years previously, he graduated from Indiana Law School with the degree of Bachelor of Laws and in the fall of that year became associated with Hon. Charles T. Hanna under the firm name of Hanna & Daily, which partnership has continued to this writing, with the exception of that time between April 1, 1907, and Novem- ber 11, 1908, when Judge Hanna sat upon the bench of the Super- ior Court of Marion County. In 1906, Mr. Daily was elected a Representative from Marion County on the Republican ticket and served in the regular and Special sessions of the fifty-sixth General Assembly. Upon his retirement from this office he was appointed a member of the Indiana State Board of Pardons, by the late Governor J. Frank Hanly and upon this board served for four years, 1909-13. At the expiration of this office he was appointed a trustee of the Indiana Reformatory by Governor Samuel Ralston (1916-18) and reap- pointed by Governor James P. Goodrich (1918-22). He served on the committee to relocate the Indiana Reformatory by appoint- ment from Governor Warren T. McCray, 1922, and in the fall of 1922 was elected State Senator from Marion County to serve in the seventy-third and seventy-fourth sessions of the General As- sembly, his present term to expire in 1926. Mr. Daily is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations, the Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Marion Club, Chamber of Commerce, Sons of the Revolution, Sons of Veterans, Society of Indiana Pioneers, Elks, Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine and the Central Christian Church. The marriage of Mr. Daily to Miss Mary Bernice Swengel of Columbus, Indiana, took place at Indianapolis, November 22, 1905. There are three children, Wilson Swengel, John Hutchings and William Allen. 145 EN DIANA P OLS" GME NS Ge Nie ae GER A ee, Lee Tena Bs) Photograph by Bretzman JAMES A. DAUGHERTY 146 ENE NENE © [ose WEN OR ARPRATR S JAMES A. DAUGHERTY lhe A. DAUGHERTY, son of William T. and Sarah E. Daugherty, was born in Shelby County, Indiana, February 2, 1872. When still a small boy, his parents moved to Franklin, Indiana, where he attended ie public grade schools, and en the familv moved to Noblesville, Indiana, he attended the high school in that town, taking, upon his graduation, the first honors of his class. Upon leaving high school, Mr. Daugherty came to Indianap- olis and took a position with the Nordyke & Marmon Company, where he remained for twelve vears, holding various important positions in the accounting, purchasing, and sales departments. At the time he left the firm he was in charge of the foreign sales and mill supply departments. He then became connected with the Atlas Engine Works, at that time the largest builders of steam engines and boilers in the United States; he was assistant to the general sales manager at the home office for two years, and then was made manager of the Chicago district sales office, and was in Chicago about three vears. Mr. Daugherty then returned to Indianapolis and became sales manager of the Irwin Robbins Company, manufacturers of automobile “bodies, in which business he has been identified up to the present time. In 1919 it was found necessary to enlarge the business, and Mr. Daugherty was made vice-president and general manager of the Robbins Body Corporation, as the firm is now known. A re-financing plan was consummated that made it pos- sible to expand the business to a great extent, and it has undergone an exceedingly rapid growth, being the largest manufacturer of closed bodies in Indiana. The company is located at Morris and Division Streets. Mr. Daugherty has always taken an intense interest in civic affairs, such as the War Chest, Community Chest, Chamber of Commerce, and local labor propositions, and is firm in his belief that Indianapolis is one of the best cities in the world and has a ereat future before it. He is a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Club, Hoosier Motor Club, Hawthorne Tennis Club, Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and Scottish Rite Mason. On November 9, 1898, Mr. Daugherty married Miss Anna E. Wilmington in Indianapolis. There are two daughters: Mrs. Edmund H. Emry, nee Mildred Elizabeth, who attended the West- ern College for Women at Oxford, Ohio, and Dorothy G., a stu- dent at Indiana University. The home is at 127 East Forty-fourth Street. 147 EN: DIASN AP @ 155 VEINS @) eA ese Photograph by Nicholson Bros. W. SCOTT DEMING 145 PIN DIAN ZS IPN OOMESTERS) — INAUISIN | OMe) re ira devel Ll dat W. SCOTT DEMING W SCOTT DEMING, vice-president and agency manager of * the Public Savings Insurance Company of America, is a native Hoosier, having been born at New Albany, Indiana, Sep- tember 11, 1876, son of Theodore and Mary (Dorsey) Deming. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the city of his birth, after which when but twenty years of age he engaged in the life insurance business, with which he has been continuously identified to this time. The first business association of Mr. Deming was with the Prudential Insurance Company and with that company he re- mained for a period of approximately twenty vears or, until 1914, when he became manager of the Ordinary Policy Department of the Public Savings Insurance Company of America. In this ca- pacity Mr. Deming served until 1916 when he was advanced to the position of supervisor of agents, following which he was, on Janu- ary 1, 1918, elected second vice-president and agency manager, the position he now holds. On January 1, 1925, Mr. Deming was elected a director of the company. Mr. Deming, as a result of his many vears of service in the life insurance business, is regarded as an authority on the subject and is frequently referred to as such by national insurance publica- tions. On June 18, 1923, he completed nine vears of service with the company of which he is now an officer and director and in this connection it is of interest to here relate that upon that date another officer of the company referred to him as one who ‘‘is always ready with the proper remedy to give assistance to our splendid field force; a man who has always a listening ear for agent, superintendent or manager and is prompt with advice to strenethen and encourage him to stick it out and win.’’ The marriage of Mr. Deming to Miss Zoe Coffman took place at Indianapolis, December 11, 1922. Mr. Deming is a member of Marion Lodge No. 35, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. 149 [NE DEA NAP. @ T2155 AC ING ee ee Photograph by Moorefield GEORGE DESAUTELS 150 ee ee See ee | ee onN eG) eee AR S GEORGE DESAUTELS E’S a man that does things.’’ Such is a brief but forceful characterization con- cerning George Desautels, vice-president and general manager of the Imperial Drop Forge Company of Indianapolis. Mr. Desautels is a man who has reached a high position in life through hard work and conscientious adher- ence to duty. During the World War a certain general known for his ability to command men was asked to explain his method. ‘‘There is no method,’’ he answered, ‘‘but if you would have men do as you say, ask of them nothing you yourself would not care to do, were you in their position.’’ It is believed by those who are intimately acquainted with the man that Mr. Decautels is a follower of the General’s prescription. He is just that sort of man. He does things, and has men doing things under him, and these men are glad to be at his serv- ice. During the Red Cross and Community Chest drives in Indianapolis, Mr. Desautels and his team were always near the top of the list. The man was highly commended for the spirit manifest when troublesome times were the un- wanted guest of this nation, and on more than one occasion took a prominent part in the re- ception and entertainment of wounded foreign soldiers who were guests at Indianapolis. Mr. Desautels has had numerous business connections in many parts of the United States, and his positions have demanded a versatility of capacity. In each change we see the man stepping one notch higher, acquiring more knowledge along a well-defined lne, and thor- oughly equipping himself for the business in which he is now engaged. George Desautels was born at St. Albans, Vermont, September 11, 1882, son of Edward J. and Lucy Desautels. When a boy Mr. De- sautels showed a marked tendency toward a mechanical career. After receiving his educa- tion in the public schools of his home town, he began work for the Page & Strom Forge Com- pany of Chicopee Falls, Mass. He worked for this concern a number of years before going to Columbus, Ohio, as superintendent of the Co- lumbus Forge and Iron Company. In 1909 he went to Syracuse, New York, as general super- intendent of the Globe Malleable Iron and Steel Company, remaining with that organiza- tion two years. During the following three years Mr. De- sautels was in the employ of the A. O. Smith Company in Milwaukee, and the Houck Man- ufacturing Company of Buffalo, New York. Ile was manager of the drop forge department of the latter company. In 1914 he accepted a position as factory manager of the Anderson Drop Forge Com- pany of Detroit. While in that city he became identified with the Hammond Steel Company of Syracuse, opened their Detroit office and became district sales manager. He spent only a short time with the Syracuse concern, how- ever, for in the latter part of 1915 Mr. De- sautels came to Indianapolis to organize the Imperial Drop Forge Company. The concern is located at 510 South Harding Street. In 1902 Mr. Desautels married Miss Luere- tia Lebreck at Chicopee Falls, Mass. There are two sons, Leon and Raymond. The family re- sides at 4011 Washington Boulevard. Mr. Desautels is a member of the Columbia Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, and the Highland Golf and Country Club. uh LN DTAINAP OTS) NaN aes ee alee Photograph by Moorefield GEORGE M. DICKSON 152 SB al (Se ome Vl Ne @ le ee AN RS GEORGE M. DICKSON EKORGE M. DICKSON, vice-president of the National Motors Corporation, which is a merger of the National Motor Car & Vehicle Corporation of Indianapolis and important automobile parts manufacturers in the United States, was born at Indianap- olis, August 15, 1873, son of Andrew and Josephine M. Dickson. His early education was obtained in the Indianapolis public schools, following the completion of which he entered the whole- sale dry goods business of D. P. Erwin & Co. He remained with that company until 1895, when he became a salesman for the Hay & Willits Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of the Outing bicycle. In 1899 Mr. Dickson became a traveling representative for the Kokomo Rubber Company, concentrating on the sales of bicycle tires. He was with the Kokomo concern until 1902, when he joined the sales staff of the National Motor Vehicle Company. He advanced from a position on the sales staff to sales and ad- vertising manager and in the reorganization of the National Motor Vehicle Company as the National Motor Car & Vehicle Corpora- tion in 1916, was elected president and general manager of the corporation. In 1922 the National Motor Car & Vehicle Corporation, merged with important parts manufacturers, became the National Motors Corporation and of this new organization, Mr. Dickson became a vice-president. Mr. Dickson is a member of the National Automobile Cham- ber of Commerce and is on several of the important committees of that organization. He is also a member of the New York Auto- mobile Dealers’ Association. His clubs include the Columbia Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, the Woodstock Club and the Hoosier Motor Club. He has for the past twenty years been a member of the Old Timers Club, an organization of men who have been in the automobile industry for more than five years. On August 15, 1899, Mr. Dickson married Miss Blanch M. Pickerill at Indianapolis. They have one son, George M. Dickson, Jr., a graduate of Harvard University, who is now engaged in the banking business in this city. The family home is at 3944 North Delaware Street. INDIANA P © L157 3 MUB NS @ Nee Photograph by Bretzman JAMES A. DIGGLE 154 We pees Ne): (2) ee V5 ee Ne eee ee GR S JAMES A. DIGGLE AMES A. DIGGLE, plumbing and heating contractor, was born at Washington, D. C., July 22, 1862, son of Alfred and Carrie (Jacobs) Diggle. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Chicago, having been removed to that city by his parents when but nine years of age. Upon the completion of his schooling, Mr. Diggle entered the plumbing business in the capacity of an apprentice to the trade and as such engaged for a period of five years. He then became a journeyman, working in Chicago for approximately seventeen vears until 1901, when he came to Indi- anapolis to here engage independently in the plumbing and heating business. Among the buildings of particular prominence in Indianapolis upon which Mr. Diggle has executed the contracts are the Masonic Temple, Odd Fellows’ Building, Fletcher American National Bank Building, Fletcher Trust Building, new addition to the Murat Temple, Wiliam H. Block Building, Hume Mansur Build- ing, Stutz Motor Car Company Building, the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Hospital and Power House and many others. Mr. Diggle is a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, Athenaeum, Elks, No. 13, and in the Masonie fraternity is affiliated with Oriental Lodge, No. 500, F, & A. M., the York and Scottish Rite bodies, the Grotto and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The marriage of Mr. Diggle to Miss Addie D. Hitchcock took place at New London, Ohio, December 26, 1886. There is one son, Rutherford G. IN DIAINA.P © LIS” WUE NS @ ae Se ee Photograph by Bretzman JAMES I. DISSETTE 156 ieee wes OUST SN EN Oils eA AT RS JAMES I. DISSETTE fied during the last forty years with a number of the largest and most substantial industries of Indi- anapolis, was born in Bradford, Simcoe County, Canada, June 13, 1859, son of John E. and Joanna (Chapman) Dissette, being the youngest in a family of thirteen children. His grandfather, a native of France, was living in Ireland at the time of Napoleon’s attempted invasion of that country, later making his home in Canada. John E. Dissette was born in Ireland, but about one hundred years ago acquired from the Brit- ish Crown the title to the farm in Canada upon which the subject of this sketch was born; and this old home farm, which has never passed from the posession of the family, is now owned by this youngest son. Here James I. passed the first thirteen years of his life, and upon the removal of his father to Cleveland, Ohio, continued his education in the public schools in that city and one year at Baldwin University. At fifteen years of age he went to work as a printer’s apprentice in a newspaper office in Ashland, Ohio, serving an ap- prenticeship of three years, at the end of which service he became a compositor and reporter on the Cleveland Herald. That was when James A. Garfield, then a dominating character in Ohio as well as in national politics, was nominated and elected to the Presidency of the United States; and, in looking back over this period—1877 to 1880—Mr. Dissette recalls the frequent visits of Mr. Garfield to the offices of the Herald and his frequent interviews with that great man, Jose I. DISSETTE, whose name has been identi- In-1880 Mr. Dissette joined the clerical force of the Cleveland Malleable Iron Company at Cleveland, and in July, 1884, was transferred by that firm to In- dianapolis, and made assistant manager of a new plant, the Indianapolis Malleable Iron Company, now a part of the National Malleable Castings Company, of this city. Mr. Dissette’s identity with the industrial life and history of Indianapolis dates from that time. In 1888 Mr. Dissette became one of the owners of the Indianapolis Foundry Company, and by his energy and ability assisted materially in the development of this corporation into one of the city’s most prosperous industries. In 1909—after twenty years of active and continuous service—Mr. Dissette retired from this cor- poration, and the latter, some years later, was reor- ganized under another name. In the meantime, in 1901, Mr. Dissette organized and became the first shareholder of the American Na- tional Bank of Indianapolis, which subsequently merged with and became part of the Fletcher American National Bank, and on the board of directors of this bank he has served continuously to this time. In 1907 Mr. Dissette became a director and mem- ber of the executive committee of the State Life In- surance Company, and since September 10, 1912, has been its second vice-president. In 1911 Mr. Dissette—although previously inter- ested in an advisory capacity—became the principal shareholder and president of the Indianapolis Wire Bound Box Company, continuing in this relation until April, 1920, at which time he retired to the vice-pres- idency in favor of his son, Joseph C. Dissette, who has since that date been the company’s president and treasurer, In 1913 Mr. Dissette assisted in the formation and incorporation of the Federal Foundry Company, of In- dianapolis, and of this prosperous corporation he has been president to the present writing. In addition to the foregoing activities, Mr. Dis- sette was from 1899 to 1902 an important shareholder and direetor in establishing the American Foundry Company; from 1900 to 1917 continuously a_ share- holder and president of the Realty Investment Com- pany; from 1905 to 1917 continuously a director of the American Hominy Company; and from 1908 to 1910 a trustee and treasurer of the Methodist Episco- pal Hospital. Mr. Dissette is a member of the Central Avenue M. E. Church and the present chairman of its board of trustees. He is also a member of the Board of Trade, the Columbia Club, the Hoosier and the Indianapolis Athletic Clubs; and in the Masonic fraternity is a member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Key- stone Chapter and Raper Commandery Knights Templar of the York Rite, and Murat Temple Av. A. O. N. M. §,; his Blue Lodge membership is in Pentalpha Lodge 564, in which lodge he was made a Master Mason. The marriage of Mr. Dissette to Miss Grace Lois Wilcox, of Akron, Ohio, took place in that city De- cember 31, 1885. Mrs. Dissette died twenty years later, August 23, 1905, the mother of three children: John W., Joseph C., and Anna Lois, now Mrs. Leslie S. Lee, of Detroit, Michigan. On November 4, 1907, Mr. Dissette married Miss Alice DePree, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and to this union have been born two children: Mary Eunice and Alice Joanna. At the entrance of this country into the World War, Mr. Dis- sette’s two sons volunteered and enlisted, John W. be- coming a captain in the aviation service at Bolling Field, Washington, D. C., and Joseph C. becoming a first leutenant in infantry at Camp Pike, Little Rock, Arkansas. The Dissette family residence is at 3176 North Pennsylvania Street. =~] IN DIANA P OFT S95 ME ING @ Nee Photograph by Bretzman HUGH DOUGHERTY Seles e Ne Oe > New @ ge A ree ARS HUGH DOUGHERTY UGH DOUGHERTY, vice-president of the Fletcher Savings & Trust Company and for many years prominently identified with the commercial and financial life of Indianapolis, was born in Darke County, Ohio, July 28, 1844. Ilis early educational advantages were but those afforded by the common schools of the locality of his birth, although it is evident that he made good use of his limited scholastic op- portunities, for, at the age of seventeen years, after passing the required examination, he ob- tained a teacher’s license and taught, for one term, in a district school of his native county. On July 26, 1862, Mr. Daugherty enlisted as a private in Company F, 94th Ohio Volunteers Infantry, which was later assigned to the Army of the Potomac and which participated in the battles of Richmond, Perryville and Stone River. In the last mentioned engagement, Mr. Dougherty was captured by the enemy, was paroled at once and sent to Camp Chase, where he became very ill and as a result of which he was, the following May, honorably discharged from the army on account of disability. His continued interest in his old comrades in arms is indicated by his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic. Upon the termination of his service as a sol- dier in the Union Army, Mr. Dougherty re- turned to the parental home, taught school one vear and was Deputy County Recorder of Darke County until 1865, when he went to Bluffton, Indiana, there to enter the employe of an uncle, John Studabaker, who was engaged in the grain commission trade. This uncle was also the owner of the Exchange Bank of Bluff- ton, which Mr. Dougherty soon entered in a clerical capacity but in which he eventually be- came a partner and of which he continued an executive officer for many years. In 1888 he became president of the Studabaker Bank, as it is now known, and for a period of sixteen years continued to serve in that capacity. In 1904 he resigned the office to come to Indian- apolis and here assume the presidency of the Marion Trust Company of Indianapolis, which position he continuously held until the merger of that institution with the Fletcher Savings & Trust Company, of which latter institution, since the merger in 1912, he has continuously been a vice-president. Mr. Dougherty is generally recognized as a leader in every undertaking with which he is identified. When the United Telephone Com- pany—one of the first so-called independent companies—was organized in 1896 with a cap- ital of $300,000 he became its president and in that capacity served until 1904. Incidentally, he was one of the leaders in the National Asso- ciation, by means of which the independent companies were for so many years able to hold their own against the encroachment of larger companies with comparatively unlimited re- sources. In fact, Mr. Dougherty was one of those upon the committee to fight the suit brought by the Bell Telephone Company against the independent companies, contending that the smaller companies were infringing upon its patents. The case was decided in fa- vor of the independent companies after about five years of the most expensive litigation. Shortly before the close of the case mentioned, Mr. Dougherty was chosen president of the National Association and of him it has since been said that his efforts in connection with the association were productive of inestimable value, in promoting the efficiency of a public utility which probably affects as many people of different classes as any one thing. In politics, Mr. Dougherty has long been actively identified with the affairs of the Dem- ocratic Party. While a resident of Wells County he was a member of the State Exee- utive Committee from 1890 to 1896 and was a delegate to the National Convention of 1884, 1892, 1896 and 1900. In 1871, 1872 and 1873 he represented his district in the State Senate. In addition to these activities, Mr. Dough- erty has given much time and energy to charit- able and philanthropic work. He has served on the board of trustees of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Orphan Home; has been president of the board of trustees of DePauw University since 1905 to this writing and in religious en- terprises, as a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, has ever been ready and willing to serve in either public or private capacity. Mr. Dougherty is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, University Club, Art Association of Indianapolis, Country Club of Indianapolis, Atheneum and the Indiana Democratic Club. The marriage of Mr. Dougherty to Miss Emma G. Gilliand of Indianapolis took place at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 25, 1877. There is one daughter, Mrs. Charles W. Jewett, (Elizabeth). 159 INDIANA P OLS WE NS @ ites eA Ee 1 Photograph by Dexheimer BRANDT C. DOWNEY 160 ISS) DIAZ ASME GE oy IAG eI OM ANI even El cute BRANDT C. DOWNEY RANDT C. DOWNEY, vice-president of the National City Bank, son of William B. and Florinda (Woods) Downey, was born February 17, 1873, in Indianapolis. After attending the publie schools in this citv Mr. Downey matriculated at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he remained from Sep- tember, 1892, to January 1, 1894. He left school to take a position with the Bradstreet Company and remained with that concern one year. He then became assistant principal of West Newton high school and remained during the scholastic years 1895 and 1896. Leaving his high school work, Mr. Downey returned to the Bradstreet Company with whom he worked until 1900, except for a short enlistment in Company D of the 158th Infantry. This was during the Spanish-American war. He held a Major’s com- mission in the Indiana Militia from 1917 to 1921. Upon severing connections with the Bradstreet Company, Mr. Downey became identified with the American National bank. His early work with this business was in the nature of bookkeeping. He held various other positions, however, and was assistant cashier trom 1906 to 1909. He went to the Continental National bank in 1909 and remained there as cashier until 1912. From 1914 to 1921, Mr. Downey was president of the Indiana State bank and its successor, the Commercial National bank. He voluntarily relin- quished the office of president in 1921 to new interests. He was made vice-president and cashier at that time, which positions he - held until July 1, 1923 when he became vice-president of the Na- tional City Bank, that institution having, on the date last men- tioned, taken over the interests of the Commercial National Bank. Mr. Downey has been prominent in fraternal organization work during his lifetime, being a Past Master of the Ancient Landmarks No. 319, of the F. & A. M.; Past High Priest, Keystone Chapter No. 6, R. A. M.; Past Eminent Commander, Raper Com- inandery No. 1, Knights Templar; Past Sovereign Prince, Sariah Council, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and a 33rd degree mem- ber Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1917. Mr. Downey has also been active in church work and at the present time is a trustee of the Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Exchange Club, Lions Club, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Riverside Golf Club, Hoosier Square and Compass Club, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Mr. Downey married Miss Nellie M. Bowman, June 25, 1902, in Indianapolis. To them have been born two sons, Brandt C., Jv., whose untimely death occurred October 12, 1922, when but eleven years old, and Bowman, age six years. 161 IN-DIANAP- OTS” GNGE NSE Oi aes ESOS es Perr ep aby tite do) Sip Rie Ret ncgaacees SMe eae hres age Ak seer cf Pesg ost ta See S TC SeRE te oes Rreagtisitsepensees Larter Frrenr aes fo hares aap itor sats Sameer ee ares sou oek Piriitetennge Fire tiees Mueeoye homeo Photograph by Bretzman CHARLES 8S. DRAKE 162 Ne NN Oe Len Ves NG © Pasa eA RS CHARLES S. DRAKE HARLES 8. DRAKE, president of the Empire Life & Acci- dent Insurance Company, was born at Dallas, Paulding, County, Georgia, July 6, 1873, son of Benjamin T. and Sarah A. (Bones) Drake. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Dallas, Georgia, after which he attended Normal High School at Aeworth, Georgia. At the age of nineteen Mr. Drake entered the real estate of- fice of B.S. Drake & Company at Atlanta, Georgia, and for two years was in charge of the rental department of that company. In 1894, at the time of the organization of the Fulton Loan & Investment Company, Mr. Drake became secretary of the com- pany and was placed in charge of the branch at Macon, Georgia. Jn this capacity he remained for two vears, when he returned to Atlanta and became associated with the Metropolitan Life Insur-. ance Company. His untiring efforts with this organization were rewarded two years later when he was appointed assistant superin- tendent of the Atlanta District of the company. Upon the conclusion of this work in 1899, Mr. Drake accepted a position with the Industrial Life and Health Insurance Com- pany at Atlanta as superintendent of the Atlanta District, where he continued for three years until moved to Louisville, Kentucky as state superintendent. In 1901 Mr. Drake organized the Kentucky Central Life & Accident Insurance Company and, as secretary and treasurer, con- ducted the affairs of the company until 1908 when he came to Indianapolis and here organized the Empire Health and Accident Insurance Company, of which he has continuously been the presi- dent, although in February, 1922, the company underwent a reor- ganization and the name changed to the Empire Life and Accident Insurance Company. Although the company of which Mr. Drake is the head has been in existence but a comparatively short length of time, it has experienced a remarkable and almost phenomenal growth. Its business reaches out into every part of the state of Indiana and, while the home state has been its principal field of activity, it is not restricted to any special territory. Mr. Drake is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, member of Murat Temple, Republican in politics, a member of the Southern Industrial Insurance Conference, the Health and Accident Under- writers, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, and the Colum- bia Club. His religious affiliation is with the First Baptist Church and for two years served as president of the First Baptist Brotherhood. 163 DNS DIANA. P QuL TS) SVEN @ns Ne ee lean Photograph by F. DeGueldre—Chicago FRED S. DUESENBERG 164 IWIN) IDA ISU POMS OINAUIBEIN DO) Fol AN) red ead Boat) FRED S. DUESENBERG NDIANAPOLIS is, generally speaking, an automobile town. In the manufacture of cars it is not far behind any other city, and ever since the building of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway it has been the accepted center of gravity in the realm of automobile racing. Among the men who have given this latter pre- eminence to Indianapolis is Fred 8. Duesen- berg, one of the greatest automotive engineers in the world today, and at the present time chief engineer of the Duesenberg Automobile and Motors Company. builder of racing and pleasure cars, and the latest offering he has made the automobile world is being manufactured in Indianapolis now, the Duesenberg Straight Eight. Mr. Duesenberg is a Fred S. Duesenberg, a son of Conrad and Kora Duesenberg, was born December 6, 1877, in Lippe, Germany, and came to the United States in 1885. He was reared on a farm. In 1898, Mr. Duesenberg took up racing and has been closely identified with it since that time. Bicycle racing was just becoming popular, and in order to have a machine pace him, Mr. Due- senberg built a racing motorcycle. In 1902, after achieving more than ordinary success with his motorcycle, Mr. Duesenberg en- tered the automobile business with T. B. Jef- fery, and continued in the manufacture and sales end of this business for several years. The Pugh motor boats, the first craft of any kind to travel more than sixty miles an hour in water, were equipped with twelve-cylinder motors, the work of Mr. Duesenberg. Special racing cars were coming into prom- inence about this time and were being devel- oped in small cylinder displacements. Duesen- berg motors were gradually coming to the front. During the war a considerable number were sold to the United States government for sub-chasers, and many more built especially for Italy, Russia and England. other notable achievements for Mr. Duesenberg is the distinction of having built the four largest aviation motors ever constructed—sixteen cylinder, 850 horse-pow- Shortly after these motors were completed Mr. Duesenberg devoted his time to the per- fection of the straight-eight, and with this and other motors Duesenberg cars have succeeded in breaking sixty-six world’s records. The first car that ever traveled faster than 155 miles an hour was of Duesenberg construction, and with so many marks made, Mr. Duesenberg began his work on a stock ear. Among Cle He continued racing, however, and in 1921 sent four cars to the famous Grand Prix race near Le Mans, France, and for the first time in the history of the race an American car was victorious. Jimmy Murphy, noted pilot at the wheel of a Duesenberg, was the winner, and he broke all existing French records in taking the race. It was a victory for America, for Duesen- berg, for Indianapolis. Two other Duesenbergs placed fourth and sixth in the race. Although Mr. Duesenberg has yet to be vie- torious in the famous 500-mile race in Indian- apolis, his cars have always finished well. Mr. Duesenberg married Miss Isle Denny, April 27, 1913, in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Duesenberg reside at 3316 Fall Creek Boulevard. The business location is at Wash- ington and Harding Streets. INDIANA P @L1S) VE NO eae ee Photograph by Bretzman LUKE W. DUFFEY 166 Ie NID Ae NEO) [eo VEN OR Ae EAT RES LUKE W. DUFFEY UKE W. DUFFEY, son of Eli F. and L Nancy J. Duffey, was born October 24, 1879, at Indianapolis, Indiana; worked his way through the Central Normal College at Dan- ville, Indiana, and in 1900 was admitted to the Indiana bar. In 1904 Mr. Duffey organized a real estate company at Plainfield, Indiana, which, through the sale of various tracts of property, laid out approximately all of the east half of that city and five of the original additions to the Indianapolis suburb known as Ben Davis, located on West Washington Street, where Indianapolis is making a most remark- able growth. In 1910 the Luke W. Duffey Farm Sales Company was organized at Indianapolis. So far from being born in an aristocratic element, he was born in patrimony of good health and a desire to work, which was put to an early and strenuous test. As a good title- man he became interested in the real estate business and at this time is the owner of the Luke W. Duffey Farm Sales Company, a real estate organization not to be excelled for serv- ice in its particular scope in the state of Indi- ana. His election to the House of Representa- tives in 1917, and later, in 1919, to the Senate, has been a fitting testimony of the regard in which this community holds him. Mr. Duffey has been tremendously instru- mental in the creation of our state highway laws. His work as a joint author of the State Highway Commission Law, which is said to be the best and most workable measure of its kind in the Union, and his authorship of a corrected Highway Commission Road Law, which he placed on the statute books during his service in the Senate session of 1919, clearly manifests the constructiveness of his legislative service and ability. In connection with Mr. Duffey’s interest in state highway work, it is of interest to know that during 1915 and 1916 he lectured in ap- proximately seventy-five counties of the state in an effort to organize what is now known as the Hoosier Motor Club and to erystalize sen- timent favorable to the creation of a State Highway Department. In 1916 he was also in- strumental in bringing Woodrow Wilson to this city as a sponsor for the passage of our present State Highway Law. In his fight for the creation of a Live Stock Commission or Sanitary Board Law to control all herd pillaging and vicious live stock dis- eases, Mr. Duffey has been credited by his col- leagues with an ability to talk their ‘‘butter and egg’’ language more clearly and with a keener insight than any other member of the legislature hailing from the city districts. During the war Mr. Duffey was a civilian member for Indiana of the Government Trans- port Service, working under military orders to maintain a steady stream of motor troop trains eastward to tidewater points of embarkation. By reason of a court finding early in 1917 de- elaring the State Highway Commission Law unconstitutional, Mr. Duffey was appointed by Governor Goodrich to act in this capacity in the place of the State Highway Department, which had been designated by the War De- partment to handle all motor convoy or trans- port matters throughout the United States. In addition to this work, he was Chief Registrar of the State House District and was a captain in Liberty Loan work. Mr. Duffey is a member of the National, Indiana, and Indianapolis Real Estate Boards, Chamber of Commerce, Indiana Bar Associa- tion, Columbia Club, Marion Club, Hoosier Athletie Club, Hoosier Motor Club, Benevolent Order of Elks, and is a Mason. He is an ex- president from Indiana of the Federal Highway Council, which was organized through the aid of the late President Roosevelt, and an ex-mem- ber of the Roads Committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, which was in- strumental in passing the Federal Aid Road Law under which federal aid is administered to State Highway Departments. In 1900 Mr. Duffey married Miss Lottie M. Breedlove of Plainfield, Indiana. There were three daughters: Estelle Irene, Dessie Dee, and Wilma Lee. On February 18, 1919, Mr. Duffey married Miss Mary Amos of Rushville, Indiana. The residence is at 2108 North Meridian Street. 167 IN DIANAP OLS) MENTO EeA Bib Ate Photograph by Moorefield SAMUEL O. DUNGAN 168 I IN IDWS INU ANIEMOM LAs) NAME INE) (OME | 72 irlie veel adie, SAMUEL O. DUNGAN MAC IEIE O. DUNGAN, son of Stephen W. and Martha Jane (Porterfield) Dungan, was born May 16, 1871, near Franklin, Indiana, in a little log house in Johnson County, about twenty miles from Indianapolis. It was on the Dungan farm, which was entered from the government by his grandfather, Elisha Dungan, who drove from Virginia and landed in Indianapolis in 1827, where he lived for two years, before settling in Johnson County. Samuel O. Dungan now owns the farm, which has been always the property of some member of the Dungan family. Mr. Dungan lived on this farm until twenty years of age. He received a country school education near his home and spent five years in Franklin College. Later Mr. Dungan attended the De- troit Business University, from which he was graduated. In June, 1891, Mr. Dungan married Miss Pearl Polk, only daughter of James T. Polk, of Greenwood, Indiana, and about two vears later entered the milk business with his father-in-law in Indianapolis. He drove the first milk wagon in Indianapolis, and today he is president and general manager of the company, the Polk Sanitary Milk Company. This company now has ninety wagons delivering bottled milk to twenty-five thousand Indianap- olis families. In addition to his business connection with the Polk Com- pany, Mr. Dungan is closely identified with many other interests, being a director in several financial institutons. He s a member of Oriental Lodge, Scottish and York Rite Masons, Mystic Shrine, Knights of Pythias No. 1, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Rotary Club, Board of Trade, Chamber of Commeree, Marion Club, director of Indianapolis Branch, Y. M. C. A., and an elder in the Memorial Presbyterian Church. There are two children in the Dungan family—a daughter, Helen Louise, now Mrs. Lester Lek eber, of Milwaukee, and a son, James Duane, who is in business with his father. Mr. Dungan owns one of the finer homes of the city, located at 2702 Suther- land Avenue. The business offices of Mr. Dungan are at 1100 East Fif- teenth Street. 169 DN DIANAP Oil 5S ME ING @ rN ate lee Be ea a ee ee ee ee ae Photograph by Bretzman FRANK A. DUNLOP 170 ele SN Ie See Ve Ne ©. eA A RS FRANK A. DUNLOP RANK A. DUNLOP, partner in the firm of Dunlop & Holte- gel, was born in Marion County, Indiana. October 14, 1874 son of Robert M. and Eliza Dunlop. His early education was ob- tained in the public schools of Marion County, after which, when but nineteen vears of age, he entered the employ of Mr. J. 8S. Cruse, to engage in the real estate and insurance business. Upon the incorporation of the J. S. Cruse Realty Company, he became secretary of the organization, in which capacity he served until May, 1913, when he became the company’s vice-president. During the latter part of December, 1915, Mr. Dunlop, together with Mr. Louis C. Holtegel, who was at that time secretary of the J. S. Cruse Realty Company and who had been associated with that company for a period of fourteen years, formed a part- nership under the name of Dunlop & Holtegel to engage in the real estate and insurance business, and to this partnership Mr. Dunlop has given untirinely of his time and energy to this writing. The annual rental business of the firm is one of the largest in the state. Mr. Dunlop is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com- merce, Kiwanis Club, Oriental Lodge No. 500, F. & A. M., De Molay Commanders and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. On September 23, 1896, Mr. Dunlop married Miss E. Garrett Brown at Indianapolis. There is one daughter, Mrs. W. Harrison Marsh, nee Ruth Hildred. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop reside at 4072 Guilford Avenue. vena UN DIANAP @I5S > ME NS @S ee ieee Photograph by Nicholson Bros. C. S. EAGLESFIELD Nee Ne: ©) il oe Na © eA RES CALEB SCUDDER EAGLESFIELD ALEB SCUDDER EAGLESFIELD, manufacturer, presi- dent of the Eaglesfield Hardwood Flooring Company, was born in Haglesfield, Clay County, Indiana, March 14, 1860, son of William and Margaret Elizabeth (Townsend) Eaglesfield. The Eaglesfield family traces its lineage to English origin, the name being one of special prominence in connection with the history of famous old Queens College, Oxford, England. Mr. Eaglesfield’s father was one of the pioneers of Butler County, Ohio, and when a child became the foster son of an aunt and uncle, Caleb and Mary (Gardner) Scudder. The elder Eagles- field and his foster parents came to Indianapolis in 1821, where he was the first child to be baptized in the First Presbyterian Church. Karly in life he became interested in the saw mill and lumber business in Indianapolis, and about 1848 moved to Clay County, Indiana. Caleb Scudder Eaglesfield of this review was educated in the public schools of Terre Haute, Indiana. After coming to Indi- anapolis in 1892, he became associated with T. W. Stewart, form- ing the Eaglesfield-Stewart Company, manufacturers of hard- wood flooring and parquetry. Later the interest of Mr. Stewart was acquired by Mr. Eaglesfield and the firm name changed to the Eaglesfield Hardwood Flooring Company. This firm is one of the leaders in this business in the Central West. The marriage of Mr. Eaglesfield to Miss Cora M. LaRue oc- eurred October 12, 1889. They have four children: Helen Isabell Eaglesfield, Thomas Russell Eaglesfield, John LaRue Eaglesfield and William Eaglesfield. The family home is at 3919 North Delaware Street. Mr. Eaglesfield is a member of the Columbia Club, the Indi- anapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, and the Indi- anapolis Athletic Club. 173 INDIANA P @IlSlS? iE NO aE ie Photograph by Moorefield DR. SAMUEL E. EARP 174 DS ADNLANIN, AS BAOH EA ey GAN IN OMe 0 ead ed raven Lt pots SAMUEL EVINGSTON EARP for many years prominently identified with the medical profession of Indianapolis and at this time Editor-in-Chief of the Indianapolis Medical Journal, was born at Lebanon, Illinois, December 19, 1858, son of Rev. Joseph and Margaret E. (Walls) Earp, natives respectively of Derby and London, England. His early education was obtained at the various places to which his father was assigned as pastor, after which he se- eured his literary training in the high school at Alton, Illinois, at Shurtleff College in Upper Alton, Illinois, and in McKendree College at Lebanon, Lllinois, from which latter institution he was graduated in 1879. Mean- while, he had begun the study of medicine in 1874, under Dr. C. M. Smith, of Alton, Illinois, and in 1879 studied under Dr. Gonsalvo C. Smythe of Greencastle, Indiana. In 1882, he was graduated from the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis with the degree of Doctor of Medicine and at once began the actual practice of medicine in this city where he has since remained and in which he has achieved a decidedly favorable reputation in the calling of his choice. orate EVINGSTON EARP, M. S., M. L., M. D., The year of his graduation from medical college Dr. Earp became a member of the faculty of the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons and with that insti- tution was continuously identified in an educational ca- pacity until 1902. He was first engaged as Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology, later was in the depart- ment of Materia Medical and Therapeutics, and in 1899 was elected Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine and Sanitary Science. During eight years of the period just mentioned Dr. Earp was also secretary and dean of the college. The work of Dr. Earp as an educator has not, how- ever, been confined to the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons. For seven years he was Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics and Dean of the Cen- tral College of Dentistry and for a number of years has been one of the corps of instructors at St. Vincent’s Training School for Nurses, and has lectured at Dea- coness, Methodist and City Hospital schools. In July, 1906, he was elected Professor of the Practice of Medi- cine in the State College of Physicians and Surgeons, affiliated with the University of Indiana, and these posi- tions he held until 1908. When there was an amalga- imation of the State College and the Indiana Medical College, with the title Indiana University School of Medicine, Dr. Earp became Clinical professor of medi- cine, which position he now holds. For two years he was chemist for the Board of Health of the City of Indianapolis; for four years he was a member of the Board of Health of the City of Indianapolis and from 1890 to 1897 acted as the executive officer of that body to which he was unanimously elected. He was later a member of the Board of Public Health and Charities. He was police and fire surgeon for two consecutive terms. Dr. Earp is on the Consulting Staff of the Indianap- olis City Dispensary, Indianapolis City Hospital, Pro- testant Deaconess Hospital, Robert Long Hospital and the St. Vincent’s Hospital. He is a contributor to a number of medical journals and is frequently quoted in text-books for original work in chemistry. His ser- vice to the profession outside of his work as a teacher have been considerable, especially as editor of profes- sional journals. He is also a member of the Staff of the Western Medical Times, Denver, Colo. He was the first editor of the ‘‘ Medical and Surgical Monitor,’’ which was inaugurated in June, 1898, and this position he held until November, 1903, when he resigned his position to become editor of the ‘‘Central States Medi- cal Magazine.’’ When, in November, 1905, the Medi- cal and Surgical Monitor and the Central States Medi- cal Magazine were amalgamated under the title of ‘‘Cen- tral States Medical Monitor,’’ Dr. Earp became the editor-in-chief and this position he has continuously held until this writing, although in 1909 the Central States Medical Monitor merged with the Indiana Medi- eal Journal into what has since been known as the Indianapolis Medical Journal, with Dr. Earp as Editor- in-Chief. Since 1914, to this writing, Dr. Earp has been president of the Indianapolis Historical Society. On November 25, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Dr. Earp Chairman of the United States Medi- cal Advisory Board, No. 56, Division 1, and in this service continued until April 6, 1919. This board was composed of fourteen specialists in their respective lines and to it local boards referred all doubtful cases. Of the 58,418 men sent to camp by this board, less than Six per cent. were rejected and in this connection it is of interest to here note that only three states in the United States sent men to camp with fewer rejections upon arrival than did Indiana. When discharged from the service at the close of the war Dr. Earp received from E. H. Crowder, Provost Marshall General, the following : ‘*You have performed a stupendous task, you have performed it loyally, unselfishly and well. But you have done more. You have the ground work for a new ideal in democracy. You have taught and shown the value and the possibilities of sympathetic and under- standing co-operation. You have discovered and vindi- cated a new altruism, you have erystallized an ideal and made of it a system. In these closing words I add my heartful praise to the grateful thanks of America.’’ During the World War Dr. Earp was also a member of the Volunteer Medical Service Corp, Council of Na- tional Defense. Dr. Earp is a member of the Indianapolis Medical Society, of which he was president in 1910, Indiana State Medical Association, of which he is a counselor for the Seventh District, American Medical Association, Indianapolis Academy of Science, Indiana Historical So- ciety of Apphed Psychology, District of Columbia, Phi Beta Pi college fraternity, of which for five years he was president of the Indiana Alumni Association, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a Past Deputy Grand Chancellor, and Ancient Landmarks, No. 319, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. On March 15, 1916, Dr. Earp received the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Indianapolis University School of Medicine. The marriage of Dr. Earp to Miss Evelyn M. Byers took place June 29, 1898, at Indianapolis. There are two sons, Evanson B. and Leon 8S. The family residence is at 1121 North Illinois Street. 175 IN DIANAP OQU2T 5" IE INS @ Ree Niele Photograph by Moorefield CHARLES ROLTARE EGGLESTON WIS IDNA NLA IPM ONL has) = NAMEN, Oe Ade dene IU CHARLES ROLTARE EGGLESTON HARLES ROLTARE EGGLESTON, man- ager of B. F. Keith’s Theater, in Indian- apolis, Indiana, and widely known as a magi- cian, was born in Ottumwa, Iowa. He is one of two sons born to William Henry Eggleston and Myra H. (Ober) Eggleston. Ts grand- parents were pioneers in the Hoosier State, settling in Greensburg, Indiana. During the Civil War, John N. Eggleston, his grandfather, and William Henry Eggleston, his father, en- listed under the flag of Indiana and fought side by side as members of Company A, Sixty- eighth Indiana Volunteers. From early boyhood, Charles Roltare Eg- eleston, the subject of this sketch, has been associated with the theatrical profession; be- ginning in 1890 with a repertory company and next as a magician at the Chicago World’s Fair. Later he was a member of the Alabama Minstrels and next became a Shakespearean actor. In 1914, after nearly fifteen years in the role of a professional magician, under the title ‘‘Roltare, The Magician,’’ he retired from the stage to become a theater manager. At times during his stage career, while not engaged in production work or on tour, he pre- sented his magical work on the Lyceum and Chautauqua circuits and at one time main- tained a theatrical booking office in New York City, where he arranged bookings and enter- tainments for summer parks and fairs. To Mr. Eggleston fell the distinction of be- ing the first entertainer to be sent by the American government to the Panama Canal zone when the Government took over the work of building the canal. On July 4, 1909, he started the first entertainments in the Y. M. C. A. Club houses in the Zone, and later arranged with the Y. M. C. A. secretaries and Govern- ment officials, to send other entertainers to the Canal Zone to entertain the American em- ployees during the building of the canal. Upon his return to the United States, after several weeks spent in study of the entertain- ment problems which confronted the officers, he gave illustrated lectures on the work of the American employees and the native life of Panama. In 1910, when aviation was in its early stages, Mr. Martin Beck, President of the Or- pheum Circuit of vaudeville theatres, secured from Glenn Curtiss one of the first aeroplanes to make a successful fight and turned it over to Mr. Eggleston, who made a tour of the vaudeville theaters, exhibiting the machine and giving illustrated lecture on its accom- plishments. In 1914 Mr. Eggleston gave up the stage to accept the appointment as manager of the AI- legheny Theater and the Grand Opera House, two vaudeville theaters in Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania. In 1916 he was transferred to In- dianapols to assume charge of B. F. Keith’s theater in this city. During the World War, President Wood. row Wilson appointed Mr. Eggleston Chairman of the ‘‘Four-Minute-Men,’’ for Indianapolis and Marion County. Through this organization scores of prominent Indianapolis men and women were ‘‘drafted’’ as public speakers and gave much needed assistance in behalf of the many local war activities, speaking in theaters, stores, shops, churches and factories. Ever since Mr. Eggleston’s advent in Indi- anapolis he has been active in all civic move- ments, taking his place with other citizens in the affairs of the community. Because of his interest in, and unfailing courtesy to, the members of the theatrical pro- fession, he is known as the ‘‘Prince of Man- agers.’’ To the public he has endeared him- self for the same courteous consideration. For many years Mr. Eggleston has been act- ive in Masonie work. He is a member of Park Lodge, No. 516 F. & A. M., New York City; he is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, of In- dianapohs, and a member of Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His clubs in- clude the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Columbia Club, Advertisers Club of Indianapolis, the Ro- tary Club. He is past-president of the Society of American Magicians, a member of Benjamin Harrison Camp, Sons of Veterans, and an ar- dent ‘‘out-door’’ sportsman. His writings on stage life and customs, which appear from time to time in magazines and newspapers, are widely read and enjoyed. On June 15, 1918, Charles Roltare Eggleston and Miss Elizabeth Line Primrose, of Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, were married. INE IN DITANAP © DLS > SME NO Rea i Photograph by Nicholson Bros. ROBERT ELLIOTT NiO eNews le orev Ne Ore eA ADRES ROBERT ELLIOTT OBERT ELLIOTT, president of the Standard Drv Kiln Com- pany, was born at Detroit, Michigan, February 11, 1859, son of Robert Elliott and Isabella (Robinson) Elliott. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the city of his birth, after which, as a young man, he became connected with the Huvatt & Smith Manufacturing Company. Later he was in the employ of the Detroit Blower Company and here it was that he gained a technical knowledge of the dry kiln business, especially the manufacturing of machines for drying lumber and clay products. In 1887, as a result of the financial failure of the Detroit Blower Company, Mr. Elhott removed to Louisville, Kentucky, where, together with Mr. A. T.. Bemis, he started a dry kiln busi- ness on an independent scale. This he did in the face of predic- tions that the undertaking would be a failure, but instead, in view of his long and thorough experience, the business was a success from the beginning. In 1890 the company was incorporated with a capital of $50,000. Four vears later, in order to obtain a more central location, the plant was moved to Indianapolis. Here the company has grown and prospered under Mr. Elliott’s direction, although within the last three or four years his son, Robert C. hott, has assumed the active management of the organization. In addition to his interest in the Standard Dry Kiln Com- pany, Mr. Elhott is also vice-president of the Brown-Huffstetter Sand Company and president of the Western Machine Works. He has kept in close touch with civie and social affairs of Indi- anapolis and is a member of many of the more important organiza- tions of the city. These include the Chamber of Commerce, the Solumbia Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Woodstock Club, and the Rotary Club. In the Masonie order he is a Knights Templar, Shriner of the Murat Temple, and a 52nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. The marriage of Mr. Elliott to Miss Anna Schaefer occurred at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1889. There are three children: Robert C., Amy Louise and Edward J. The family resides at the Spink Arms. [INDIAN A‘P OUTS EN GE NG @ eee ee ees Photograph by Bretzman BRODEHURST ELSEY 180 ie eee ee ee ee eee le No @) ee avira ATR SS BRODEHURST ELSEY | DAs eaN tar CASH ELSEY, son of Dr. John H. and Mary Ellen (Lovelace) Elsey, was born at Bardwell, Kentucky, October omloio: After completing his education Mr. Elsey spent three years teaching in his native state. He came to Indianapolis in 1900 and engaged in accounting and actuarial work, which he followed about four years. In 1904 he became interested in the manufacture of gloves and is now secretary and treasurer of the Indianapolis Glove Company. Mr. Elsey is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com- merce; the Indianapolis Board of Trade, being on the finance committee of the Board of Governors of that organization; he is _ president of the National Cotton Cloth Glove Manufacturers’ As- sociation of America; president of the Christamore College Set- tlement Association, and trustee of the First Baptist Church. He is a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner. In politics Mr. Elsey is a Democrat. Among the social or- ganizations of which he is a member are included the Country Club, the Hoosier Athletic Club, the Century Club and the South- ern Club. | Mr. Elsey resides at 1335 Central Avenue and his place of business is located at Liberty and Michigan Streets. 181 INSDIANAP OLS VE Nie Ores eee Photograph by Bretzman DR. CHARLES P. EMERSON IN DNS IN| CRIP MOM IES: SAVE IN SCO rs! VAIS waa Saas CHARLES PHILLIPS EMERSON HARLES PHILLIPS EMERSON, M. D., Dean and Pro- fessor of Medicine of the Indiana University School of Medi- cine, Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana, was born at, Methuen, Massachusetts, September 4, 1872, the son of Jacob and Josephine (David) Emerson. From early boyhood, the associations of the subject of this sketch have brought him into close contact with prominent scholars, fruits of scholarship and culture. Soon after his graduation from Amherst College, from which he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1894, he entered Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore and from this noted institution received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1899. One half of each of the following five years were devoted to further study in Europe, at the University of Strassburg in 1900, the University of Basel in 1901, and at Paris during a considerable part of the vear 1905. During this time he held also a teaching position in the Johns Hopkins Medical School. Dr. Emerson was for several vears associated in medicine at Johns Hopkins University and resident physician of the Uni- versity hospital. From 1908 to 1911, he was superintendent of the Clifton Springs Sanitorium in New York and in the vear 1909 and 1910 was assistant professor of Medicine at Cornell Univer- sity. He took up his present work as Dean and Professor of Medicine at the University of Indiana, Indianapolis, in 1911, dur- ing which time, although never engaged in general practice he has, aside from his college and literary duties, attained to a position of eminence as a consulting physician among the men of professional achievement of the Capitol City. As an author Dr. Emerson is widely known through his works ‘‘Pheumothorax’’ published in 1904; ‘‘Clinical Diagnosis’? pub- lished in 1906; ‘‘A Hospital for Children’’ published in 1905; and ‘‘Hssentials of Medicine’’ published in 1908. He is a member of the Association of American Physicians, the American Medical Assocation, Chi Psi college fraternity, the Presbyterian Church and in polities is a Republican. The marriage of Dr. Emerson to Miss Effie Gilmour Perry, of Toronto, Canada, occurred April 4, 1909. Dr. and Mrs. Emer- son reside at 3177 North Pennsylvania Street. 183 IN DIANAP © bS W\ BaN Oe ele laa Photograph by Bretzman MARION E. ENSLEY 184 IIe Neos sa See VN @) ee le AROS MARION E. ENSLEY ARION E. ENSLEY, president of The A. Burdsal Company, was born at Auburn, Indiana, December 17, 1877, son of Nicholas and Helen (Ditmars) Ensley. His education was ob- tained in the common schools of Auburn, Indiana, at Shortridge High School at Indianapolis and at Eastman College, Pough- keepsie, New York. When twenty years of age he became asso- ciated with the Foster Lumber Company of Indianapolis and with this concern continued until 1905, when his brother, Oliver P. linsley, who was then treasurer of Marion County, Indiana, of- fered him the position of deputy treasurer, which he accepted and held for the two succeeding years. In 1908 upon the expiration of his term of office as deputy treasurer of Marion County, Mr. Ensley of this sketch, entered the bond business with his brother, under the firm name of Oliver P. Ensley and Bro. In 1912 this firm was discontinued, however, and he then became vice-president and general manager of The A. Burdsal Company, manufacturers of paints and varnishes. Early in 1923, upon the death of the brother, Oliver P. Ensley, who had been president of The A. Burdsal Company, and an honored and highly respected citizen of the Hoosier Capitol for many years, Marion E. Ensley became head of the company just mentioned and at the same time succeeded to the presidency of the Union National Savings & Loan Association and the Burdsal- Haffner Paint Company of Fort Wayne, Indiana. In addition to these interests Mr. Ensley is director of the Jndiana Naval Stores, a member of the National Paint, Oil and Varnish Association, the Chamber of Commerce, Indianapolis Athletic Club and the Marion Club. In the Masonic fraternities Mr. Ensley is a member of Logan Lodge, No, 575, F. & A. M., In- diana Consistory Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine and a member of the Benevolent Order of Elks. The marriage of Mr. Ensley to Miss Wilna E. Coyner occurred in Indianapolis, June 15, 1905. There is one daughter, Wilna Evangeline. PN DVAIN AP OUST SVE Nee Neti ol slew 4 & Photograph by Moorefield WILLIAM P. EVANS 186 le Ree aN A @ Weep ee VUE ON @ Eee eA RS WILLIAM P. EVANS ILLIAM P. EVANS, prosecuting attorney of Marion County, son of Thomas EK. and Mary W. (Pascoe) Evans, now resid- ing at Greencastle, Indiana, was born on November 9, 1886, at Rosedale, Indiana. His public school education was received in the schools of Parke County. Upon graduating from DePauw University in 1907, Mr. Evans, in 1908, entered the Harvard Law School and graduated from that institution in 1911. For four years, beginning in Janu- ary, 1912, he was law partner of the late J. Frank Hanly, former governor of Indiana. He entered the First Officers’ Training Camp at Fort Ben- jamin Harrison in May, 1917. Six months of his two years in Service were overseas, Where he commanded Companies I and A of the 334th Infantry. At the time of the signing of the Armistice he was the Regimental Operations officer. Returning to Indi- anapolis in 1919 from army service, he re-entered the practice of law and was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Marion County, assuming the duties of that office on January 1, 1921. His success in the conduct of that important office led to his re-nomination without opposition on the Republican ticket, and on November 7, 1922, he was again elected Prosecuting Attorney for Marion County, which office he will hold until December 31, 1924. Mr. Evans has been particularly active in the American Le- gion. Heisa Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Mystic Shrine, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Columbia Club, the Marion Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Elks, Knights of Pythias and I. O. O. F. lodges and various other social and military organiza- tions. His college fraternity is the Phi Delta Theta. On January 24, 1923, Mr. Evans married Miss Lucile McCray, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. Warren T. McCray. Mr. and Mrs. Evans reside at 3520 Fall Creek Boulevard. 187 PNUD TASNVAYP @us DS) BVA NSO ee et ee ‘, 4 z Photograph by Moorefield HON. LOUIS B. EWBANK 188 BS emeeeN @e oe VE NP Om AE ATR S HON. LOUIS B. EWBANK ON. LOUIS B. EWBANK, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana and for many years prominently iden- tified with the courts of this Commonwealth, was born on a farm near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, September 5, 1864, son of John William and Betsey (Blasdel) Ewbank. His early education was obtained in the schools of Dearborn County, after which he taught school and studied law until 1891, when he was admitted to the Indiana Bar and began the practice of law at Indianapolis. In this he continued until November 12, 1914, when he was elected judge of the Cireuit Court of Marion County, at Indianapolis, in which capacity he served until August 1, 1920, when he was appointed by Governor James P. Goodrich to the Supreme Court of Indiana to fill a vacancy caused by the death of the late Hon. Lawson M. Harvey. The appointment was until the next general election, which occurred in the fall of that vear, when he was elected for a full term of six vears, which will expire January 1, 1927. Judge Ewbank was also a member of the faculty of the In- diana Law School from 1897 to 1914, and for a number of years, down to the present time, has given a course of lectures each vear in the law school of the Indiana University. Judge Ewbank is also the author of a number of law books. His initial work, ‘‘The Manual of Indiana Appellate Practice,’’ first appeared in 1900, and a second edition was published in 1915. in 1904 he published ‘‘Indiana Trial Evidenee,’’ and from that vear continuously to and including 1914, he edited the ‘‘ Indiana Cumulative Digest,’’? of which he published four volumes, and in 1907 published ‘‘Indiana Criminal Law.’’ In 1906 he was also co-author of ‘‘Modern Business Corporations. ”’ Judge Ewbank is a member of the Columbia Club, Marion Club, Century Club, Indianapolis Literary Club; the Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. In the Masonic fraternity he is a member of the Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, the York and Scottish Rite bodies, and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to Indianapolis Lodge, No. 465, I. O. O. F. He was married at Shelbyville, Indiana, to Miss Effie Shoe- maker, October 17, 1893. Mrs. Ewbank died January 12, 1900. 189 DPNEDIVAINAYP OUST 3" INGEN See aa ace ES, TE A A Oe SES EES TT Photograph by Bretzman FRANK B. FLANNER Mele SNe @ logan MCE NG OP eA EAT RS FRANK BATES FLANNER RANK Bb. FLANNER, vice-president and manager of Flanner & Buchanan, Inc., 320 North []linois Street, was born at De- Graff, Minnesota, October 19, 1876, son of Charles W. and Etta (Wadsworth) Flanner. His earlv education was secured in the public and high schools of his native city. After leaving school the subject of this sketch entered news- paper work in the South. In addition to this work he contributed poems and humorous articles to Puck and Judge magazines, and Punch, the English humorous magazine. He also engaged for a time in the advertising business at Birmingham, Alabama. In 1904, Mr. Flanner returned to Indianapolis to become as- sociated with the Flanner & Buchanan, Inc., an organization which had been founded in 1881 by an uncle, Mr. Frank W. Flanner. It is of interest to note here that the Flanner family has resided in Tndianapolis for sixty years. Mr. Flanner has been intensely interested in the mortician’s profession since his first association with the business and, in this connection was one of the founders and later a vice-president of the National Selected Morticians, an organization composed of leaders in that profession in all parts of the country. He is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, past-president of the Indianapolis Advertising Club, a member of the Kiwanis Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, the Art Association of Indianapolis, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite and the Mystic Tie Masonic Lodge. Myr. Flanner married Miss Annie Lou Johnston at Birming- ham, Alabama, June 2, 1903. The family home is at Forty-third Street and Cold Springs Road. ab 3 TNS DITAINA P @ Tele 5 WN eS eae Photograph by Moorefield STOUGHTON A. FLETCHER 192 ene NN sl lacey el Ne Oe AS A Re S STOUGHTON A. FLETCHER TOUGHTON A. FLETCHER, for many years actively identified with finan- cial and banking interests of Indianapolis and member of a family that has for three generations been prominently associated with the commercial develop- ment of the Hoosier Capital, was born in Indianapolis, November 24, 1879, son of Stoughton J. and Laura (Locke) Fletcher. The American ancestry of the Fletcher family goes back to Robert Fletcher, who was born in Northern Eng- land and settled at Concord, Massachusetts, in 1630. Stoughton A. Fletcher, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born at Ludlow, Vermont, August 22, 1808, and died at Indianapolis, March 17, 1882. He came to Indianapolis in 1831 and here, in 1839, founded Fletcher’s Bank on Washington Street just east of Meridian, from which has since devel- oped the Fletcher American National Bank. Stoughton J. Fletcher was born in Indianapolis October 25, 1831 and in this city died December 25, 1909. As an outstanding figure in banking and financial activities, he occupied a position of confidence and high esteem throughout the Commonwealth. Upon him were imposed the responsibilities of his father, upon the latter’s death in 1882, and in this trust he was eminently successful. When the banking house founded by his father became a national bank, March 28, 1898, he became president of that institution, the Fletcher National Bank, and as such continued until 1907, when he retired from the position in favor of his son, to conclude active participation in business affairs. The early education of Stoughton A. Fletcher, whose name initiates this review, was obtained in the public schools of this city, after which he attended Princeton University. He then became assistant cashier of the Fletcher Na- tional Bank, later vice-president and in 1907 was elected president. On Septem- ber 3, 1910 the Fletcher National Bank merged with the American National Bank and, as president of the new institution—the Fletcher American National Bank—Mr. Fletcher continued until May 19, 1923, when he resigned the position to independently engage as a financial counsel to individuals and corporations. In view of the large association of Mr. Fletcher with business and financial affairs, not only in this city but in the largest financial centers of the country, he occupies a position of more than ordinary influence among financial and business dictators, while, as a citizen of Indianapolis he has for many years been actively identified with practically every civic and public-spirited undertaking presented to those responsible for the general development of the Capital city. Mr. Fletcher is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, of which he is a founder member, Country Club, Art Association, Athenaeum, Dramatic Club, Academy of Music, University Club and the Woodstock Club. The marriage of Mr. Fletcher to Miss Mae Henley occurred in 1900. Mrs. Fletcher died in 1921. There are two children, Laurel Louisa and Stoughton J. 193 LN DIAINA PO 21S 9M EB Ne @ ie ees Photograph by Nicholson Bros. FRANK E. FLOYD 194 1 INDE IN NISMO LA Gay JNA INT SOMES | VAG ee ere Mei FRANK E. FLOYD ee EVANS FLOYD, secretary and general manager of the Crescent Paper Company, 211 West Georgia Street, was born at Indianapolis, January 25, 1873, son of M. H. Floyd and Clarinda (Evans) Floyd. He attended the Indianapolis public schools, after which, in 1890, he entered the paper department of the old Bowen-Merrill Company, publishers, predecessors of the Bobbs-Merrill Company. When the Crescent Paper Company was formed, in 1897, the paper department of the Bowen-Merrill Company was merged into the new company and to the sales staff of this new company Mr. Floyd was appointed. Later he was selected secretary and general manager of the company. My. Flovd is a member of the Scottish and York Rite Masonic organizations and of the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Columbia Club, the Woodstock Club and the Rotary Club of which he was president from October, 1920, to October, 1921, and of the Third Christian Church. On January 31, 1894, he married Miss Bessie Scrimsher at Indianapolis. They have three children, Mrs. Leonard Carlin, nee Miss Helen Floyd; Mrs. Willis Benton Conner, Jr., nee Miss Leora Martha Floyd and Frank E. Floyd, Jr. The family resi- dence is at 4450 Park Avenue. | 195 INDIANAP OLDS “MEIN @in A bea Photograph by Dexheimer DANIEL FOLEY 196 OS ELAS ON SACOM Eileees NANNY OMS © 746 eects DANIEL FOLEY ANIEL FOLEY, president of the American Construction Company, contractors for public improvements in Indianap- olis, was born in County Kerry, Ireland, August 3, 1846, son of Dennis and Mary (Sullivan) Foley. Mr. Foley was educated in the schools of his native town in Iveland. Coming to America in 1863, he stopped but a few days in the East and then came to Indianapolis where he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad. For sixteen years, with the excep- tion of two in which he served as Justice of the Peace in Warren Township, he was with the Pennsvlvania System. During his term as Justice of the Peace he learned telegraphy from a brother who was then agent and telegraph operator at Cumberland, In- diana, and so resigned as Justice of the Peace to become night operator at Wellsborrow, LaPort County, Indiana, on the B. & O. railroad and on the Belt railroad at the crossing of the Pennsy]- vania and C. H. & D. railroads at Indianapolis. After two vears in that capacity, however, Mr. Foley returned to his former work of building and repairing railroads. From 1882 to 1888, he was engaged in the grocery business. In 1887, he was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives and in 1889 was elected to the Indiana State Senate, serving in that body until 18913 Entering the contracting business in 1890, Mr. Foley engaged in this work while serving as a State Senator. In 1895 he founded the American Construction Company of which he has been con- tinuously the president. The company has since its organization been engaged in the construction of asphalt streets, sewers and bridges in Indianapolis and Marion County. Many of the finest asphalt streets of Indianapolis were constructed by Mr. Foley’s company and it is of interest to here note that Mr. Folev has done much toward placing Indianapolis in the forefront among cities of high grade public improvements. Mr. Foley, in addition to being president of the American Construction Company, is vice-president of the Merchants Ice Company and a director of the Mars Hill Association. He is a member of the Indiana Democratic Club and of the Knights of Jolumbus. In 1889 Mr. Foley married Miss Jessie Fish at Indianapolis. There are two children, Eugene Foley who is general manager of the American Construction Company, and Mrs. Carl H. Waller ich, nee Miss Inez Foley. Mr. Folev resides at the Denison Hotel. 197 TINGS TAIN TAGE © 12 TS Vs IN ee a ee Os Photograph by Bretzman HERBERT W. FOLTZ ele NUN > eee Sle INE ile RES HERBERT WILLARD FOLTZ MONG the outstanding architects in Indianapolis who have reached a distinguished position in their chosen profession is Herbert Willard Foltz, a son of Howard M. and Mary Virginia (Jones) Foltz. Mr. Foltz was born in Indianapolis, February 23, 1867. He received his technical training at the Rose Polytechnic {nstitute, of Terre Haute, Indiana, and obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1886. Later he studied at the Chicago Art Institute. Since 1891 Mr. Foltz has practiced architecture continually in Indianapolis and now maintains offices in the new J. F. Wild Building. During his architectural career he has designed some notable structures, including the Southeastern Indiana Hospita! for the Insane at Madison, the Indiana Village for Epilepties at Neweastle, the new Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton, the Bobbs- Merrill and Y. M. C. A. buildings in Indianapolis, new buildings for the Rose Polytechnic Institute, Tudor Hall School for Girls at Indianapolis, and High School buildings at Greensburg, Terre Haute and Neweastle. In engineering, and particularly in architectural circles, Mr. Foltz occupies an exceptionally prominent position. He is a Fel- low of the American Institute of Architects and at present presi- dent of the Indiana chapter of this association. He is a member of the Indianapolis Architects’ Association, Indiana Society of Architects, Indiana Artists, Rose-Tech Club, Scientech Club, In- dianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Real Estate Board, Indiana State Board for the Registration of Professional Engineers, a director of the Indianapolis Art Association, a member of the Citizens’ Advisory Committee for the Public Library, and was for two years (1918-1919) president of the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners. Mr. Foltz is a Shriner, a thirty-second de- eree Mason, a Republican in politics, member of the First Presby- terian Church, and a member of the following clubs: Marion, Columbia, Century, University, Contemporary, Portfolio, Play- ers, Dramatic, Woodstock, Country, Society of Indiana Pioneers, indiana Audubon Society, Indianapolis Athletie Club, and Hoosier Motor Club. Mr. Foltz married Miss Clara Louise Bowen, of Joliet, I]!i- nois, August 3, 1893. There are three children—a son and two daughters—Howard Franklin, Bertina Louise and Barbara Louise. ae) INDIANA P OTS) ME ING @ ees ee eee Photograph by Dexheimer B. M. FORBES ieee se Neos Oe oer Ne Ore ATRIS BURTSAL MONROE FORBES URTSAL MONROE FORBES, treasurer and general manager of the Forbes-Hubbard Lumber Company, Shelby Street and the Belt Railroad, son of Lorenzo W. and Lydia A. (Gilbreath) Forbes, was born at Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana, Janu- ary 30,1872. He received his education in the Indianapolis public schools and at the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana. In 1890 he entered railroad service as a telegrapher and sta- tion agent at Newcastle and later at Wilkinson, Indiana. After leaving Wilkinson he went to Arcanum, Ohio, as station agent, but in 1903 left railroad service to become associated with the firm of Francis & Rosser, of that citv, as head of the firm’s lumber interests at Brookville, Ohio, the firm name of the Brookville com- pany being B. M. Forbes & Company. Later he disposed of his interest in the company and acquired a retail lumber business at Lewisburg, Ohio. After four vears of successful business in that city he disposed of his interests and became associated with the Hrancis & Clemm Company at Troy, Ohio, becoming vice-presi- dent of that organization. Coming to Indianapolis in 1914, after selling his interests in the Troy company, he became associated with the Burnet-Lewis Lumber Company as superintendent of the firm’s south yards. He also acquired an interest in the company, but the business was dissolved on April 1, 1916, and Mr. Forbes joined with Mr. Lewis in founding the Lewis-Forbes Lumber Company, of which he became treasurer. In 1920 the Lewis-Forbes Company was ac- quired by the Forbes-Hubbard Lumber Company, and Mr. Forbes became treasurer and general manager of this large, well-equipped and fast-growing company. Mr. Forbes is treasurer of the Retail Lumber Dealers’ Asso- ciation of Indiana, a member of the Board of Deacons of the Taber- nacle Presbyterian Church, a Knights Templar, a member of the Mystic Shrine and other Masonie¢ bodies. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Jn politics Mr. Forbes is a Republican. Mr. Forbes married Miss Ora D. Armstrong at Warrington, Jndiana, on April 22, 1893. They have one daughter, Mrs. Harold ©. Antrim, nee Jewell C. Forbes, and a grandson, Forbes Antrim. The family home is at 2023 North Ilhnois Street. 201 IN DIANA P O'S NE NGO eee Aa geome Photograph by Northland Studios DR. WILLIAM H. FOREMAN 202 IDS CONAN INL RIS MOnLA be UMANIBUN = TOME! Sel evo eee WILLIAM H. FOREMAN, M. D. ILLIAM H. FOREMAN, M. D., a recognized authority in Gastro-Enterol- ogy and Dietetics and the author of numerous articles on Gastro-Enterol- ogy. was born at Kokomo, Indiana, April 22, 1868, son of Walter W. and Re- becca (Woollen) Foreman. Upon completing his elementary education he at- tended DePauw University Normal School, from which he graduated in 1889, after which for ten years, he was principal and superintendent of schools of Greentown, Kokomo, Union City and Petersburg, Indiana. Jn 1893 he deter- mined to continue his higher education and, accordingly, entered Indiana Uni- versity at Bloomington, Indiana, and from that institution graduated in 1895, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. This was followed by the course prescribed at the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons—now the Indiana University School of Medicine and from which he graduated in 1901, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and post-graduate courses at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago and Boston. Immediately following the completion of this work Dr. Foreman became engaged in the general practice of medicine in Indianapolis and in this he gained an enviable reputation. In 1915 he determined to limit his practice to Gastro- Enterology and Medical Diagnosis and in this work he has become an outstand- ing figure among members of the medical profession. From 1901 to 1910, Dr. Foreman was professor of Bacteriology and Materia Medica and Therapeutics at the State College of Physicians and Surgeons and, since 1910, has been Associate Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is upon the medical staff of St. Vineent’s, Methodist, Deaconess and Indianapolis City Hospitals and is a member of the Indianapolis Medical Society, Indiana State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Marion Club, the United States Volunteer Medical Service Corps and is, at this writing, a member of the Board of Health Com- missioners of the City of Indianapolis. Dr. Foreman, who is also prominent in educational, benevolent and social work, maintains a completely equipped office for Gastro-Intestinal and general medical diagnosis, including complete laboratories, X-ray, clinical and Basal Metabolism, each laboratory in charge of a specialist. The marriage of Dr. Foreman to Miss Tillie Hobson took place at Kokomo, Indiana, August 13, 1891. There are two daughters, Mrs. Charles E. Binkley, neé Agnes, and Mrs. Clarence E. Wilkinson, neé Dorothy. Dr. and Mrs. Fore- man reside at Haverstick’s Park. 203 INDIANAP OLS "MENS Ai Photograph by Moorefield GEORGE C. FORREY, JR. 204 ONDA ISCAS EMESIS) TNAWIE IND TTCOM Ge elie ts ened Id tes) GEORGE C. FORREY JR. (Cisne C. FORREY, JR., president of the Fletcher Ameri- ean Company and first vice-president of the Fletcher Ameri- can National Bank and for several vears actively identified with financial affairs of Indianapolis, was born at Anderson, Indiana, January 31, 1882, the only son of the late George C. and Mary (Baxter) Forrey. His early education was obtained in the publie schools of the city of his birth, after which he attended Culver Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1899. Upon the conclusion of this course Mr. Forrey entered Williams College and from that institution graduated in 1903 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The first business experience of Mr. Forrey was as a bond salesman with E. M. Campbell & Company, an Indianapolis in- vestment concern. In 1905 he became associated with the firm of Breed & Harrison and of which, in 1912, he became a partner. The following year Mr. Forrey assisted in the organization of Breed, Elliott & Harrison, of Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Chi- cago. He was elected vice-president of the company and was placed in active charge of the Indianapolis branch of the business. He continued in this position until 1920, when he became vice- president of the Fletcher American Company and a director of the Fletcher American National Bank. On May 19, 1923, he was elected to the positions that he now holds. In addition to these activities Mr. Forrev was one of the three members of the committee for the State of Indiana promot- ing the sale of the first two issues of Liberty Bonds. In the last two issues of Liberty Bonds, he was also director of the State Speakers’ Bureau and during the latter part of the war was appointed Assistant Chief of the Educational Industrial Section of Indiana for the United States Ordnance Department. During the war Mr. Forrey was offered a commission as captain but this he declined for the reason that he felt he could more effectively conduct the work assigned to him as a @ivilian. Mr. Forrey is a member of the Indianapolis Stock Exchange, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Country Club, Rotary Club and the Atheneum. In the Masonie fraternity he is affiliated with Fellow- ship Lodge, F. & A. M. at Anderson and the Scottish Rite at In- dianapolis. The marriage of Mr. Forrey to Miss Lucia Hurst took place at Anderson, April 23, 1913. My. Forrey has two children by a former marriage, George C., third, born Mav 6, 1907, and Elheurah J., born February 19, 1906. 205 INDIANAP OLS) WEN V@ EAT Aas Photograph by Bretzman WILLIAM FORTUNE 206 Nea Ne OS eV Ne OO). Raw ANT R.S WILLIAM FORTUNE ILLIAM FORTUNE, son of William H. and Mary .¢ (St. Clair) Fortune, was born in Warrick Coun- ty, Indiana, May 27, 1863. He is of French and Seotch descendants on his mother’s side—the St. Claires of Kentucky and Virginia, and of French and German descendants on his father’s side. His mother’s father was Isaac St. Clair, and her grandfather was Raymond St. Clair. Although the St. Claires were large slave owners, the Kentucky branch of the family took the Union side during the Civil War and five of the six uncles of William Fortune fought with the Federal forces. William H. Fortune was one of the first to enlist in Company A of the First Indiana Cavalry and served until the close of the war. After the war he located at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in the summer of 1865, but eighteen months later returned North and for the next few years lived at Paxton, Illinois; Seymour, Shoals, Mitchell and Evansville, Indiana. It was in these places that the subject of this sketch spent his youth, living at Boonville from nine to eighteen years of age. In 1877 he became an apprentice in the printing office of the Boonville Standard and before he was sixteen years old, was doing much of the editorial work on that paper. When but seventeen years old he wrote and published a history of Warrick County, from the profits of which he provided for the family then de- pendent upon him, while he sought new work. In January, 1882, Mr. Fortune became a reporter on the Indianapolis Journal. This marks his first appear- ance in Indianapolis. In 1884 he became city editor of the Journal, succeeding Harry 8. New, but resigned this position in the spring of 1888, when he founded the Sunday Press. The nomination of Harrison for Presi- dent made Indiana the center of battle in the cam- paign of 1888, and as the special representative of sev- eral widely known newspapers, Mr. Fortune did notable work as a political correspondent. In fact, as a result of this work he was offered the position of Washington correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, but this he de- clined. From this time on the life of Mr. Fortune reads much like a history of many of the important events in Indianapolis. After having written a series of editorial articles for the Indianapolis News on the need of public- spirited efforts by the citizens of Indianapolis, which met with popular response, in February, 1890, Mr. Fortune called a meeting of twenty-seven of the younger business men of the city for the purpose of forming the old Commercial Club and to lay out a program of civic activities, the first of importance to be the reorganiza- tion of the city government under a charter which, after nine months of study, was believed to be the best form of charter that had up to that time been enacted for any American city. In the same year the first National Faving Exposition was held in Indianapolis with Mr. Fortune in charge, with the aim of educating the people locally on the importance of good street paving, and as a result of this exposition the modern paving of Indi- anapolis was started. In 1891 Mr. Fortune proposed that a concerted ef- fort be made to bring large conventions and meetings to Indianapolis, and as a result of this enterprise Indi- anapolis has come to be known as one of the most promi- nent convention centers in the country. In 1892 an Indiana ‘‘good roads movement’’ was started through the efforts of Mr. Fortune, and then in 1893 Mr. For- tune was elected executive director of the G. A. R. Na- tional Encampment which was held in this city at that time and which has been recorded as the largest G. A. hn. Encampment ever held. In 1894 a committee com- posed of Mr. Fortune, H. H. Hanna and Col. Eli Lilly had charge of the relief for the unemployed in Indianap- olis and provided for over 5,000 throughout the winter under what became widely known as ‘‘the Indianapolis pian of relief for unemployed.’’ From 1897 to 1899 Mr. Fortune was president of the State Board of Com- merece, which inaugurated a reform in county and town- ship government and which in turn brought about a saving of over three million dollars to tax payers the first year of operation. Mr. Fortune, in 1894, outlined plans under which track elevation was undertaken by the Commercial Club Elevated Track Commission, and he succeeded Col. Lilly as Chairman of the Commission in 1898. Track elevation in Indianapolis has been often referred to publicly as his monument, although in the early days it was derisively called ‘‘Fortune’s Folly’’ by opponents. This commission served for more than twen- ty-five years before all of its purposes were finally accomplished. In 1899 he was presented with a loving cup by citizens of Indianapolis, headed by Benjamin Harrison, in appreciation of his services to his city and state. Mr. Fortune was president of the Indianapolis Tele- phone Company and the New Long Distance Company from 1909 until the properties were finally sold in 1920 to the Indiana Bell Telephone Company interests. Since its organization in 1916, Mr. Fortune has been continuously president of the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Red Cross, to which he has given untir- ingly of his time and energy. The National Council of the Red Cross voted him the Medal of Merit in 1917. The War Chest is another public enterprise that owes ifs birth to Mr. Fortune. After a long study of the needs for community activities in other cities, full in- formation and plans were submitted to a public meeting o1 representatives of all civic organizations, resulting in the meeting by unanimous resolution electing Mr. Fortune president and conferring upon him authority to name all other directors and to outline the rules and regulations under which the War Chest should operate. It is a notable fact that the War Chest during its existence raised approximately three million dollars for war activities and local charities. At the time of the reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce in 1918, Mr. Fortune was elected president. Among the outstanding accomplishments of the Chamber of Commerce at that time are to be listed the location and management of the war vocational training camps in Indianapolis and also the establishment of a war contract bureau at Washington, D. C., through which many millions of dollars of business was secured for Indiana manufacturers. Upon the expiration of his third term, Mr. Fortune was strongly urged to continue as president, but this he declined. Mr. Fortune was the first president of the Indiana Press Club, was one of the originators of the Century Club and was its president in 1892; was president of the Automobile Club of Indiana from 1904 to 1906, and is at this time a member of the Country Club, Columbia Club, University Club, Contemporary Club, Woodstock Club and the Atheneum. Mr. Fortune married Miss May Knubbe, November 25, 1884. Mrs. Fortune died September 28, 1898. There are three children: Russell, Mrs. Eli Lilly, nee Evelyn, and Mrs. Bowman Elder, nee Madeline. The family home is at 963 North Pennsylvania Street. 207 EN DIANA P © TSS Fe a0 le NGG eres ee eee Photograph by Bretzman EDWARD D. FOUTS See eC Sav UE ING OA ee ARS EDWARD D. FOUTS DWARD D. FOUTS, son of Eugene Pink- ney and Lydia Beck Fouts, was born March 18, 1888, in Wichita, Kansas. He now owns and personally directs the operations of the Fouts Car and Tractor Sales Company, lo- eated at the corner of Belmont and West Wash- ington Streets. He is considered one of the fore- most Ford dealers in the State of Indiana, and is known as a man of exceptional business in- tegrity, and is numbered among the more prominent Indianapolis men of affairs. After receiving his early education in Wetherford, Texas, where he was graduated from high school in 1906, Mr. Fouts spent a number of years on his father’s cattle ranch near Fort Worth, Texas. He is one of the few young men who has the distinction of having erossed the State of Texas on a horse. Later he attended the Huey and Turner Training School for two years, and was one of the best athletes ever turned out at the Friends Uni- versity in Wichita, an institution he attended for two years. Beginning as a yard clerk at nights for the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad, Mr. Fouts in a very short time worked up to the position of chief clerk. He resigned to take a position with the Midland Valley Railroad, which operated between Pahuska, Oklahoma, and Wichita, Kansas; but he remained only seven months with this position, after which he was for six months traffic manager for the Wichita Wholesale Manufacturing Company. Late in 1913, Mr. Fouts removed to Indi- anapolis. His first position here was with the Aetna Cabinet Company. While with this con- cern he became acquainted with Robert H. Hassler, who at that time was perfecting an invention on shock absorbers designed espe- cially for Ford cars. Mr. Fouts took charge of the sale of these shock absorbers and in the course of six years built for Mr. Hassler a three-milhon-dollar sales business. During this time Mr. Fouts traveled all over the United States and became one of the most widely known salesmen dealing in Ford accessories. He left this business in 1920, and opened the Fouts Car and Tractor Sales Company, of which he is sole owner. The company is the newest of the locai Ford concerns, but it has grown rapidly from its inception to the present time, which finds it well toward the top and in splendid progress. Mr. Fouts’ thorough knowledge of the Ford ears he sells has enabled him to build up a service reputation unexcelled in the business in which he is engaged. When in Wichita Mr. Fouts was president of the Semper Fidelis Club of that city and also conducted a class in Sunday School instruction. He is a member of the Indianapolis Ath- letic Club, Columbia Club, and Highland Golf and Country Club, and in the Masonic frater- nity is affilhated with Mystie Tie Lodge No. 398, F. & A. M., the Scottish Rite, of which he is a life member, and the Murat Temple of the Mystie Shrine. Ile married Marguerite Owens Walker, Feb- ruary 14, 1912, in Wichita. There are two chil- dren in the family—a son, Edward Eugene, and a daughter, Ruth Marguerite. The family re- sides at 3925 North Pennsylvania Street. 09 DN UDTAINA P @ 12 FS eV NG ee ieee WILLIAM 8. FRYE ees Na Ne) itomee Ny ei Ne @) ie AT RS WILLIAM SMITH FRYE ILLIAM SMITH FRYE, proprietor of the W. S. Frye Transfer, was born at Gallatin, Tennessee, on April 13, 1871, son of Henry Frye and Anne Errena (Judson) Frye, the parents being of the same family name but not related. The earliest an- cestors of the Frye family in America were Benjamin and Chris- tina Frye, of Frederick County, Virginia, several sons of whom served with credit in the Revolutionary War. Later members of the family became the pioneer settlers of Brownsville, Washing- ton County, Pennsylvania. In the public and high schools of Gallatin, Tennessee, Mz. Frye obtained his education. In his seventeenth vear the family moved to a farm near Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and in that year he accepted a position with the Pittsburg Glass Company of Charleroi, and for four years was a department head of that company. On coming to Indianapolis in 1892, Mr. Frye was associated with the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, remaining there for about four vears. Beginning in 1897, he established a tea and coffee trade and continued in that business until 1907, when he formed the W. 8. Frve Transfer. Many of the most difficult hauling and rigging problems con- fronting Indianapolis business men and manufacturers have been solved by Mr. Frye. Notable examples of the difficult undertak- ings which he has successfully negotiated include the raising of a 600-ton vault from the Indiana National Bank and the installation of a new one under it; the raising of a 75,000-pound machine to the third floor of the new plant of the Evans Milling Company; the installation of turbine-generator set weighing 200,000 pounds for the Merchants Heat & Light Company; the erection of three 60- inch smoke stacks, 120 feet in heighth, at Ethan, Indiana; and the erection of a 53,000-pound perpendicular gasoline still on a 10-foot foundation at the property of the Portland (Indiana) Oil & Re- fining Company. On October 9, 1901, Mr. Frye was married to Miss Ella Mar- low Cox, daughter of the late Gillum Hudson and Emma Sim- mons Cox, formerly of Madison, Indiana. They have one child, Hleanor Laverne, who, June 3, 1922, married Charles Kenneth Hiler, of Winchester, Indiana. The country home is southeast of Irvington, Box 344, R. R. P. Mr. Frye is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com- merce, the Marion Club, and was two years treasurer of the Indi- anapolis Humane Society. He is a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Mystic Shrine, a past chancellor of Irvington Lodge No. 324, Knights of Pythias, and a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge. He is a Baptist and in politics is a Republican. 211 DN DWASN AYP © T2135 NASEING © te ele a oe Photograph by Nicholson Bros. FRED C. GARDNER 212 ie Se NEN ee) lee Ve NG AO eee ARS FRED C. GARDNER RED C. GARDNER, who nearly forty years ago entered the employment of E. C. Atkins & Company in the capacity of an office boy but who is today treasurer of that institution, was born in DeWitt County, [linois, August 23, 1863, son of Anson J. and Mary Elizabeth (Watson) Gardner. His early edu- cation was obtained in the publie schools of Illinois, after which he attended the city schools of Indianapolis. When seventeen years of age he began his busi- ness career as a clerk in the Auditor’s office of the I. B. & W. Railroad, now a part of the Big Four System. From that position, about six months later, how- ever, he entered the employe of E. C. Atkins & Company and with this institu- tion, through hard work, fidelity and concentration of effort, he has continu- ously occupied more important positions until 1912 when he was elected treas- urer of the company. During the last fourteen years Mr. Gardner has also been actively inter- ested in the Spencer Hotel which he has jointly owned and operated, for the period mentioned, with Mr. W. A. Atkins, elsewhere referred to in this volume. In June 1922 Mr. Gardner jointly acquired with Mr. Atkins a long time lease on the Hotel Severin property which, together with the Spencer Hotel, these men are now operating. In addition to this Mr. Gardner is a member of the Board of Directors of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, owned by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and for a number of years has been on the Board of Di- rectors of the Columbia Club, of which he was president in 1913. He is also at this time treasurer of the Circle Theatre. Mr. Gardner has served as treasurer of the Marion County Republican Club, and of the Republican City Committee and, during the term of Joseph E. Bell, as mayor of the city of Indianapolis, was a Republican member of the Board of Park Commissioners. He was also at one time treasurer of Butler College and from 1920 to 1922 inclusive was treasurer of the Indiana State Re- publican Committee. He is now a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Club, Marion Club, Woodstoek Club, Country Club, Academy of Music, Board of Trade, and of the Christian Church. In Masonry Mr. Gardner is affiliated with Oriental Lodge No. 500 F. & A. M. Keystone Chapter No. 6, Royal Arch Masons, Raper Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar, Indiana Consistory of the Scottish Rite and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Gardner married Miss Cara E. Davis, November 28, 1883. To this union were born three children, Mary Elizabeth, Margaret Lucy and Fred C., Jr., the latter of whom died in infancy. 213 DPNEDIPEN AP OUB TS avs NGO aie Sle lace ee Photograph by Harris & Ewing HARRY 0. GARMAN 214 Ge Ne Ne Qe Serv NS @ Eee AT ReS HARRY OTTO GARMAN He OTTO GARMAN, son of Noah Webster and Rosa Belle (Teeter) Gar- man, was born February 7, 1880, at Rolling Prairie, Laporte County, Indiana. After grad- uating from the public schools in that vicinity, Mr. Garman graduated in the course of Civil Engineering at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, where he received the degrees of Bach- elor of Science and of Civil Engineer in the years 1902 and 1904 respectively. He was in- structor and professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University for ten years following his graduation. In 1907 he was appointed Consulting En- gineer for the Indiana Railroad Commission, which position he held until 1913, when he re- signed from the faculty of the University to become Chief Engineer of the Indiana Public Service and Utilities Commission. He served this Public Utilities Commission in the eapac- ity of Chief Engineer for nine years. During this time he had engineering supervision for the Commission over all of the public utilities and railroads in the State of Indiana, covering approximately fourteen hundred _ properties. He made investigations, inspections and ap- praisals of more than eight hundred pubhe utilities in Indiana, valued at substantially $300,000,000.00. He wrote the rules and stand- ards of service for Indiana covering electrical utilities, artificial gas utilities, and central sta- tion hot water heating utilities. At the conclusion of his work for the state, January 1, 1922, Mr. Garman opened private offices in the city of Indianapolis, where he is now practicing as a Consulting Engineer, giving particular attention to public utilities, railroads, drainage, hydro developments, sew- age disposal, rates, examinations, appraisals, management, and reports. He is interested in a number of the public and civic enterprises of the city, and is closely identified with all of the more important engineering organizations in this country. He is a part owner of the Indi- anapolis Commercial, a director of the City Trust Company, and a former secretary of the Enquirer Printing and Publishing Company. Mr. Garman is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American In- stitute of Electrical Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, the American Railway Engineering Association, member and past national president (1921-22) of the American Association of Engineers, member and past president of the Indiana En- gineering Society, and member of the Amer- ican Water Works Association. Mr. Garman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh, a Mason, and the Acacia fraternity. He is an active member of the In- dianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, and the Scientech Club. Mr. Garman married, December 19, 1904, Miss Ethel E. Hanly, daughter of the former Governor of Indiana, J. Frank Hanly. They have living two children, Harry Hanly Garman and Helen Louise Garman. The Garman home is at 2062 North Meridian Street. Mr. Garman has offices in the Indiana Pythian Building, Indianapolis, Indiana. 215 TNIDTAINA P'@ 121kS EM ENG Oe ae Slee i TT Photograph by Bretzman MATTHEW F. GARTLAND 216 NUD IOS UN ENIBYOUEAES) © GNAISONET TOUR | Vae may Gee, MATTHEW F. GARTLAND ATTHEW F. GARTLAND, for many years prominently identified with the malleable and gray iron foundry business and president of eleven foundries located in Ilinois, Indiana and Ohio, was born at Naugatuck, Con- necticut, March 138, 1857, son of Patrick and Ellen (Daley) Gartland. His education was received in the public schools of the city of his birth, after which when but fourteen years of age, he entered the core department of what was then the Tuttle & Whitmore Malleable Iron Company at Naugatuck, and in which position he was continuously employed for approxi- mately six years. He then went to Cleveland, Ohio, to enter the foundry of the National Mal- leable Castings Company. One year later he went to Youngstown, Ohio, in the employ of the Youngstown Malleable Iron Company. He then went to Springfield, Ohio, as foreman of the core department of the Springfield Malleable Iron Company and, as such remained with the company for six years. At the end of that time he went to Marion, Indiana, in charge of the foundry of the Marion Malleable Iron Com- pany, remaining with that concern for four years. In April 1893, having accumulated a large volume of practical experience in the foundry business, Mr. Gartland determined to become independently engaged and so in that year, to- gether with two others, founded the Marion tray Iron Foundry Company at Marion, of which he became secretary and treasurer. This was the beginning of a chain of foundries even- tually to come under the direct control and management of the subject of this sketch. Since first engaging independently in the gray iron foundry business he has not only acquired the Marion Gray Foundry Company but has also organized and ascended to the presidency of the Atlas Foundry Company at Marion, In- diana; the Gartland Foundry Company at Ter- re Haute, Indiana; the Peru Foundry Com- pany, at Peru, Indiana; the Kankakee Foundry Company, at Kankakee, Illinois; the Gartland- McCarthy Foundry Company, at Chicago, Il- lnois; the Gartland-Danville Foundry Com- pany, at Danville, linois; the Gartland-Toleda Foundry Company, at Toledo, Ohio; the Gart- land-Carroll Foundry Company, at Sandusky, Ohio; the Gartland-Haswell Foundry Company, at Sidney, Ohio; and the Gartland-Haswell Rentschler Foundry Company at Dayton, Ohio. In addition to these enterprises Mr. Gart- land is also first vice-president and a director of the Dayton Malleable Iron Company, at Dayton, Ohio, which controls a chain of five malleable foundries; a director of the Marion Insulated Rubber & Wire Company of Marion, Indiana; and first vice president of the Stover Lumber Company at Mobile, Alabama. Before coming to Indianapolis, in April 1920, he was also a member of the Board of Di- rectors of the Marion National Bank at Marion, Indiana, and was from October 1, 1919, presi- dent of the Columbian Insurance Company of Indiana, until it was merged, in 1923 with the Columbian National Fire Insurance Company, of Lansing, Michigan. In 1920 Mr. Gartland was one of the party of two hundred and thirty-nine members of the Knights of Columbus Pilgrimage to visit the battle-scarred and blood stained fields’ of France, the Vatican Gardens in Ancient Rome, the consecrated grounds of Lourdes, the holy temples, cathedrals, ancient tombs, catacombs and historical points of interest to be seen in the Old World. The achievements of those over- seas representatives of the Knights of Colum- bus were varied and substantial and to those familiar with the details of the Pilgrimage, the most outstanding accomplishment doubtless was the tribute paid to France by the travelers, as Americans, in the presentation of the Lafayette statute at Metz, France. The marriage of Mr. Gartland to Miss Kath- erine E. Hyde took place at Springfield, Ohio. November 6, 1884. To this union have been born five children, four sons and one daughter. Mr. Gartland is a member of the Columbia Club, and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, No. 195—Marion, Indiana. His religious affiliation is in the Roman Catholie Church, be- ing a member of the Cathedral Parish of this city. INIDIANAP ©1515) UWE NG @ Tee le es Photograph by Bretzman A. BENNETT GATES 218 Tee Oa le ee Ng 2 Gia RS eV ING) Ts eA TIRES A. BENNETT GATES BENNETT GATES, president of the Miami Hotel Company, * operating the Hotel Miami at Dayton, Ohio, and until re- cently president of the Gates-MceClellan Hotel Company, opera- tors of the Hotel Severin in Indianapolis, was born at Indianap- olis, July 26, 1885, son of Harry B. and Caroline (Patrick) Gates, both deceased. The early education of Mr. Gates was obtained in the public schools of Indianapolis, after which he attended St. Paul’s School at Concord, New Hampshire and Yale University at New Haven, Connecticut. In 1904 he became associated with his father in the hotel business, becoming secretary of the Gates-MeClelland Com- pany in 1912. In that capacity he continued until 1916 when, upon the death of his father, he became president of the company. In June, 1922, Mr. Gates sold his interests in the Gates-McClelland Company to devote his entire business energy to the operation of the Hotel Miami at Dayton, Ohio. Since that time, however, Mr. Gates has continued his residence in Indianapolis, maintaining his home at the University Club and his offices in the Fletcher Sav- ings & Trust Building. Mr. Gates is a member of the University Club, Kiwanis Club, Dramatic Club and Country Club, all of Indianapolis and the Miami Valley Hunt and Polo Club, Ye Buz Fuz Club, the Country Club and Bicycle Club, all of Dayton, Ohio. In the Masonie fra- ternity he is a member of Center Lodge, No. 23, F. & A. M. The marriage of Mr. Gates to Miss Lena Hemenway took place at Washington, D. C., January 16, 1909. There are three children, Cynthia, James Hemenway and Marjorie. 219 INIDTANAP ©OT1T4:S ME NB © ae ee TR PE A a | To 2 E. E. GATES 220 WIS I BCAS IN pA CO Loa Eee SA eat OME? ures J et al LA edie EDWARD E. GATES DWARD E. GATES, member of the firm of Ralston, Gates, Lairy, VanNuys and Barn- ard, attorneys, was born at Indianapolis, August 23, 1871, son of Alfred B. and Eliza- beth (Murdock) Gates. His grandfather, Avery Gates, located in Fayette County as early as 1807, considerably more than a cen- tury ago, and thus it may be said that the subject of this sketch is a representative of one of the few families of the state having more than a century of residence to their credit. The early education of Edward E. Gates was obtained in the public schools of Indianap- olis, after which he attended Yale College, from which he graduated in 1891 with the de- gree of Bachelor of Philosophy, and the New York Law School, from which he graduated in 1894 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In 1895 he graduated from the Indiana Law School, since which time he has been continu- ously engaged in the practice of law. In 1895 Mr. Gates formed the firm of Gates & Hume which continued until the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898 when Mr. Gates volunteered and became a member of the Famous Indianapolis Field Artillery, known as the 27th Light Battery, Indiana Volunteers. This battery was called into actual service and was assigned to duties in the Porto Rican cam- paign. Its service closed with a rather drama. tic instance. The battery had been unlimbered and was on the point of firing upon Spanish posts when hostilities were halted by a truce pending the final conclusion of the war. Upon the conclusion of the Spanish-Ameri- can War, Mr. Gates went to California and at San Francisco became Assistant Claims Attor- ney for the Southern Pacific Railroad under Mr. William F. Herrin, Chief Counsel of that system. When Brown Brothers, bankers of New York, purchased the Market Street Rail- road System of San Francisco, Mr. Gates be- came Claims Attorney of that corporation. In 1904 Mr. Gates returned to Indianapolis and here in 1906 formed the firm of Henly, Matson and Gates. Upon the retirement of Judge William J. Henly, in 1908, the firm be- came Matson, Gates & Ross. In 1915 Mr. Gates formed a partnership with the late Hon. Quincy A. Myers, formerly upon the Supreme Court Bench of Indiana, which firm as Myers & Gates, continued until 1917, when it became Myers, Gates & Ralston. In 1922, upon the death of Judge Myers, the firm was changed to Ralston, Gates, Lairy, Van Nuys & Barnard, the other members of the firm being elsewhere men- tioned in this publication. Out of his large and varied practice of law in Indiana, one particular case in which Mr. Gates was actively identified can be recited as one of pubhe interest and which will ever re- dount much to his credit. Prior to 1906 rail- roads had generally discriminated against the citizens of Indianapolis, giving. to neighboring cities special rates and privileges that consti- tuted an almost prohibitive burden upon the city. Protests and formal procedure seemed unavailing until the Indianapolis Freight Bur- eau, headed by the late Joseph Keavy, and the Chamber of Commerce employed Mr. Gates as Chief Counsel to effect an equitable adjust- ment. Ile entered the cause determined to ac- complish a change in the situation and ap- peared before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission fortified with an array of testimony and evidence and facts so indisputable that the commission rendered a decision in favor of the complainant with the result that hundreds of thousands of dollars have since been saved to the shippers of Indianapolis. As a Republican in politics Mr. Gates has been actively identified with his party and was for two terms president of the Lincoln League. He is also widely known in ecivie and social affairs, being a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletie Club, Marion Club, Kiwanis Club, of which he was president 1918-19, Hoosier Athlet- ic Club, Academy of Musie, the Royal Arcanum, Spanish War Veterans, Knights of Pythias Center Lodge No. 28 F. & A. M., York Rite and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. When at Yale College he was identified with the Berzelius Society. The marriage of Mr. Gates to Miss Dorothy Fay Adams took place at Chicago, Illinois, September 28, 1909. There are three children, Virginia, Edward, who is now associated with the firm of which his father is a member, and Elizabeth. 221 IN DIANAP OCT S MCE NSO RA ie ee Photograph by Dexheimer FREDERICK E. GATES Pere Nee Poe VN @) eee Ne eA ROS FREDERICK E. GATES REDERICK E. GATES, son of Austin B. and Emily (Thayer) Gates, was born October 6, 1866, in Indianapolis, where he has devoted practically his entire life to constructive work in the marble and tile industry. He was educated in the public and high schools of Indianapolis and at the age of sixteen entered the employ of the United States Encaustic Tile Works with the intention of learning tile-work designing. After three years of ex- perience he qualified as a designer and in that capacity continued with the company until 1892. He then accepted a position with the Star Encaustic Tile Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but a year later returned to Indianapolis and again became associated with the United States Encaustic Tile Works in charge of the designing department. After a brief period in this work, however, Mr. Gates became connected with the Italian Marble Mosaic Works of Cincinnati, Ohio. This lasted for several years, or until 1898 when he came back to Indianapolis and in a small way estab- lished himself, under his own name, as a contractor for marble and tile con- struction. This business has grown steadily from its origin to the present time and at this writing the F. E. Gates Marble & Tile Company, which was incorporated in 1909, with Mr. Gates as president, occupies a conspicuous position in the commercial life of Indianapolis. In 1913 the company erected a plant at Bright- wood for the purpose of fabricating marble adjacent to the point of consump- tion and to avoid the annoying delays which had previously occurred in having fabrication done at distant places. So advantageous did this plant prove to be that in 1914 it was enlarged to its present capacity, making it one of the largest of its kind in this part of the country. Among the notable structures in Indianapolis with which the Gates con- cern has been identified are the following: Masonic Temple, Murat Temple, Scottish Rite Building, City Hall, Washington Hotel, Claypool Hotel, Severin Hotel, Fletcher Savings & Trust Building, City Trust Building, Board of Trade, Hume-Mansur Building, Bankers Trust Building, Occidental Building, Consolidated Building, Peoples State Bank Building, Guaranty Building, the Columbia Club and the Indianapolis Athletic Club. The marble and tile work in the Indianapolis homes of Stoughton A. Fleteh- er, James Allison, Carl G. Fisher, and Hugh Meck. Landon was also done by the Gates Company. This concern was also identified with the courthouses in Jay County, Carroll County and DeKalb County, all of Indiana, and with simiJar buildings in Piatt County and Ford County, Illinois, as well as with the general hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Gates is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, In- dianapolis Athletic Club and the National Association of Marble Dealers and Manufacturers. He is a Scottish Rite Mason, a Knights Templar and a Shriner of the Murat Temple. On August 15, 1888 Mr. Gates married Miss Belle M. Beatty who died November 26, 1916. On April 9, 1918 he married Miss Isabel Pinnell of Leb- anon, Indiana. Mr. Gates has three daughters, Grace E. (Mrs. James H. Ander- son), Dorothy W. (Mrs. Forest K. Paul), and Emily (Mrs. O. E. Treace). The family home is at 1116 North New Jersey Street. 223 IN DIANAP © TPP SVE NG ee ee 2 a ee Photograph by Bretzman E. J. GAUSEPOHL iw) bo a ISCIDNDARIN AEM OM EATS) 7 ids INT OM UN) expand Demat EDWARD J. GAUSEPOHL DWARD J. GAUSEPOHL, son of J. Fred and Mary Gause- pohl, was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, August 4, 1864. His education was obtained in the public schools of this city, after which he became engaged in the trunk and leather goods business, and in which he has been continuously identified to the present time. The store operated by Mr. Gausepohl is located at 38 West Washington Street under the name of EH. J. Gausepohl & Com- pany. Mr. Gausepohl is an active Mason and associated with many of the leading fraternal, social and business organizations of this city. He is a member of the Mvstic Tie Lodge No. 398, F. and A. M.; Indiana Consistory, 8. P. R.8.; 32nd degree A. A. 8S. R.; Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine; Keystone Chapter No. 6, R. A. M.; Raper Commandry No. 1, Knights Templar; Indianapolis Council No. 2, R. and 8. M.; Indianapolis Lodge No. 13, B. P. O. E.; Indi- anapolis Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis, Optimist Club of Indianapolis, Advertising Club of Indianapolis, Hoosier Motor Club of Indianapolis, and the Indianapolis Athle- tic Club. He is also at this time president of the Merchants Asso- ciation. Of special interest in connection with the sketch of this sub- ject is the fact that from his bovhood he has been keenly inter- ested in music. Mr. Gausepohl has continuously belonged to some orchestra of the city since he was fifteen vears of age and is at this time violinist in three different Indianapolis orchestras. To these, of course, he belongs merely for the personal enjoyment derived from his association with the other members of the orches- tra and their work. Mr. Gausepohl married Miss Minnie E. Fowler, June 3, 1891, at Indianapolis. There are three children: Lewis E., who is as- sociated with his father in business; Mrs. William (Marie) Rider, and Mrs. Richard (Helen) Madden. The family residence is at 2363 Broadway. 225 INDIANAP OLT3) WSE NOR eG i abies Photograph by Bretzman JOHN A. GEORGE 226 IN SHAS ANISM OMI |W me INCU ON 7S lee! behead il pare JOHN A. GEORGE OHN A. GEORGE, president of the Indianapolis Coal Company and actively identified in executive capacities with a number of hotel and real estate enterprises of Indianapolis, was born in the western part of Bartholomew County, near Columbus, Indiana, October 9, 1869, son of Henry F. and Sarah A. (Mitchell) George. His education was limited to that received in the county schools of Bartholomew County, it becoming necessary for him to go to work when but eleven years of age in an endeavor to assist in the support of his mother and brothers. His first occupation was that of a newsboy and bootblack upon the streets of Columbus, Later, for a per iod of nine vears, he engaged in the coal and bicycle busi- ness at Columbus and then, in 1900, he came to Indianapolis and here incorporated the Indianapolis Coal Company, of which he has continuously been the president. Of Mr. George it may be said that he exemplifies the success- ful self-made man. His father died when John A., of this review, was but eleven vears old and since that time he has continuously advanced himself from the humble occupations previously noted to a position of more than usual prominence in the business and civic activities of the Hoosier capital. Not only has he brought about the existence of several substantial business enterprises but, in addition, he has ever been conscious of the city’s welfare and an active associate in many of the various charitable and philan- thropie undertakings of importance. In addition to his interests in the Indianapolis Coal Company, Mr. George is associated with the Brevort, Colonial, McKinley and Roosevelt hotel properties and a substantial holder of the real estate upon which these structures have been erected. Mr. George is a member of the Chambr of Commerce, Colum- bia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Marion Club, Hoosier Ath- letic¢ Club, Highland Golf and Countr vy Club, Atheneum, Kkiwanis Club, of which he was president in 1916- 1917; and the Indianap- olis Saddle Club, of which he is pr esident at this writing. In the Masonic fraternity Mr. George is a member of Oriental Lodge, No. 500, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite, Knights Templar, Knights ‘ot Constantine and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. rariat PNUD TAINALP © Te Tre Vi IN eee ee Photograph by Bretzman VERNON C. GETZ 228 See NN Ge hee VEN @isee AAT RSS VERNON C. GETZ ERNON C. GETZ, president and general manager of the Southern Seed and Supply Company at 23-25 North Alabama Street, was born at Dunkirk, Ohio, August 27, 1881, son of William Hi. and Jane E. (Greenhoe) Getz. In his native citv he received his early education. This was supplemented with a course in business. In 1906 Mr. Getz became associated with the Underwood Typewriter Company as a salesman at the Fort Wayne, Indiana, branch. Within a few months he was appointed manager of that branch and as such continued until 1908. During 1909 he was engaged in implement and vehicle sales work and organization but near the close of that vear came to Indianapolis as a salesman for the Indianapolis Corrugating Company. He became sales manager of the Indianapolis Corrugating Company in 1912 and a vear later general manager of the com- pany, also acquiring a substantial interest in the business which engaged in the development and manufacturing of incubators. In 1918, Mr. Getz disposed of his holdings in the company, however, but purchased from it the sales right of the products in incubators developed during his connection with the company. Mr. Getz then organized the Simplicity Incubator Corpora- tion of which he became the president and in which capacity he remained until the termination of his connections with the com- pany in 1919. During the eight vears he was associated in the - incubator business, Mr. Getz visited every state in the Union and was looked upon as an authority on incubators and their use in the poultry business. In fact, his writings on incubators have attracted world-wide attention among poultrymen. In 1919 Mr. Getz became associated with the Southern Seed & Supply Company. He was first sales manager, then vice-presi- dent and in 1922 became president. Field, “garden and flower seeds and poultry supplies are distributed by his company. ‘The company is also factory distributor for the Automatic Incubator. Mr. Getz’s other business interests include the Wonderly Mills, Ine., of Indianapolis, Indiana, of which he is the president. Mr. Getz is a member of the American Seedman’s Association, the American Poultry Association, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and the Advertising Club of Indianapolis. He is a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Murat Temple of the Weta Shrine. His religious affiliation is with the Methodist Church. The marriage of Mr. Getz to Miss Margaret West occurred at Indianapolis on December 16, 1907. They have two daughters, twins, Miss Vera Jane Getz and Miss Verne Jean Getz. The family home is at 3817 Kenwood Avenue. 229 [IND TANAP @lSl Se eWE Nee Oe a ee Photograph by George M. Edmondson CARL C. GIBBS 230 Pele NEN Ole ita ee VEN OR ene rATRS CARL C. GIBBS ARL C. GIBBS, manager of the National Malleable Castings Company, was born in Rush County, Indiana, October 10, 1882, son of William W. Gibbs, a prosperous merchant of that county, and Carrie A. (Wikoff) Gibbs. In 1898 the family moved to Indianapolis, Mr. Gibbs entering Shortridge High School, from which he was graduated in 1901. VE IN Oe eA ARS CLARENCE LARUE GOODWIN LARENCE LARUE GOODWIN, president 6 of the Indiana Veneer & Lumber Com- pany of Indianapolis and other corporations later mentioned, was born near Oakland, War- ren County, Kentucky, December 23, 1859, son of Dr. John M. and Delia B. (LaRue) Good- win. His great-grandfather was Judge Wil- ham Goodwin, a native of Virginia and a sol- dier in General George Rogers Clark’s expedi- tion against the British and Indians of 1778. As a resident of Clark County, Indiana, from about the year 1800, he was appointed in 1801, or thereabouts, one of six judges or associate justices for Indiana Territory, by General William Henry Harrison, then governor of the indiana Territory, and in that office, and as Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions, served for a period of twenty-three years. A grand- father, John Goodwin of Clark County, Indi- ana, served in the Tippecanoe Indian War, while another ancestor, Captain Leonard Helm, was a conspicuous army officer—serving in the expedition of General Clark above re- called. Clarence LaRue Goodwin, of this sketch, obtained his early education at Butler College at Indianapolis, after which he attended In- diana University, from which he was grad- uated in 1883. As a representative of Indiana University in the intercollegiate oratorical contest of 1882 he was awarded first place and the honor of representing the state of Indiana in the interstate oratorical contest of that year. During 1885 and 1886 he served as a reporter on the Indianapolis Times and Indianapolis Journal, following which he was successively, from 1886 to 1890, telegraph editor, editorial writer and associate editor of the Los Angeles Evening Express—Los Angeles, California. Upon the conclusion of his newspaper ex- perience Mr. Goodwin, in 1891, entered the business of manufacturing lumber in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and in this business in Indiana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, he has been continuously and actively engaged to this writing. He has also been actively in- terested for a number of years in coal mining in Raleigh County, West Virginia, and in tim- ber lands in Tennessee and Arkansas. Since i912, Mr. Goodwin has been president of the Indiana Veneer & Lumber Company of this city, although in addition to this enterprise he is president of the Lywin Coal Company, Winding Gulf, West Virginia; president of the Del Rio Lumber Company of Tennessee, president of the Boswell Lumber Company, New Florence, Pennsylvania, and of other cor- porations. Te is also a director of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and a director of the Barclay- Westmoreland Trust Company of the same place. Mr. Goodwin’s early political affiliation was with the Democratic Party. In 1896 he served aS a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Na- tional (Gold) Democratic Convention and dur- ing that time took an active part in Democratie politics in the state of Pennsylvania. Since 1900, however, he has been a Republican. Dur- ing the World War, Mr. Goodwin served as a member of the Executive Committee of West- moreland County, Pennsylvania, in the several Liberty and Victory Loan campaigns. He is a member of the Disciples, or Christian Church, and of the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity ; is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, a mem- ber of the Columbia Club of Indianapolis, and of the Greensburg Country Club and the Han- nastown Golf Club of Greensburg, Pennsyl- Vania, The marriage of Mr. Goodwin to Miss Har- riet Kuhns occurred at Greensburg, Pennsy]- vania, November 17, 1885. There are three children, Mrs. D. F. Mullane (Helen L.), of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; John K. and Miss Mary H. 237 IN DIANA P @OUELS) ME NR @ ee le ee Photograph by Strauss—St. Louis. MORTON L. GOULD 238 iisale) ee @ el eA Ni @) eA ee AT ReS MORTON L. GOULD ORTON L. GOULD, president of the Linton Coal Company and for many years actively identified with the coal industry, was born at Terre Haute, Indiana, April 8, 1864, son of Delos N. and Anna (Lange) Gould. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Terre Haute, after which he attended Indi- ana University at Bloomington. Upon the completion of his college work, Mr. Gould was variously associated as a Merchandise Broker at St. Paul, Minne- sota, and Omaha, Nebraska, from 1885 to 1888. In 1895 he entered the coal business, being from 1900 to 1905 vice-president and man- ager of the L. T. Dickason Coal Company and from 1906 to 1912 vice-president and general manager of the Shirley Hill Coal Com- pany. In 1912 he organized the Gould Coal Washing and Mining Company and of that corporation was continuously the president until 1917. In the year last mentioned the company was sold to other interests, although, in 1916, Mr. Gould formed the Linton Coal Company, of which he has since been the president and manager. In addition to this association, Mr. Gould is director of the United Fourth Vain Coal Company, a director of the National Coal Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association, of which organization he was president from 1920 to 1923. The marriage of Mr. Gould to Miss Clara Dickason, of Dan- ville, Illinois, took place February 14, 1889. She died July 13, 1894, leaving one son, John Dickason, now associated with his father in business. On August 3, 1897, Mr. Gould married Miss Adah Dickason at Chicago, Illinois. To this union has been born one daughter, Miss Elizabeth Gould. 239 DNS DIANA? OTS 3M BINS Oi 2S ie lee Photograph by Bretzman T. S. GRAVES 240 EOSIN) ele EIN Oia ACR AT RES THOMAS 8S. GRAVES HOMAS 8. GRAVES, until the time of his death, November 7, 1922, was senior member of the live stock commission firm of Graves, Nave & Company. He was the son of Edward H. and Elizabeth (Wells) Graves and was born at Favette County, Ken- tucky, on June 28, 1852. His great-grandfather settled in Nelson County, Kentucky, in the latter part of the eighteenth century when that part of the United States was sparsely inhabited. Educated at Transylvania University at Lexington, Ken- tucky, and the old Northwestern Christian University, now But- ler College, Mr. Graves became associated in the live stock c¢com- mission business immediately after receiving his university train- ing. He specialized in the sale of mules for some years, and in 1876 he became a partner in the firm of Michael Sells & Company. one of the prominent commission firms at the Union Stock Yards. At the death of Mr. Sells in 1903, Mr. Graves founded the firm of Graves, Nave & Company. His activity in the live stock commission industry in Indi- anapolis is reflected by the fact that he is credited with having sold during his life-time, more live stock at the vards than any other one individual. Twice he was president of the Indianapolis Live Stock Exchange, the first term in 1887 and the second term in 1897. He was president of the National Live Stock Exchange from 1908 to 1910, and during his presidency the national organi- zation became an important factor in both the lve stock and general business of the United States. Mr. Graves and Miss Emma Sells were married at Indianap- olis in 1876. Mrs. Graves died in 1893. He married Mrs. Emma Grooms Pearson of Indianapolis in 1905. There are two sons, Edward M. Graves and Max E. Graves. The family home is at 2121 North New Jersey Street. He was a member of Masonic organizations, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and the Christian Church. His library was one of the finest and most complete in the city and he used to find much pleasure with books. He was also an enthusiastic mo- torist. 241 UND TAS NAY P ue 1sS SNE NS Gr ee eee Photograph by Bretzman CHARLES A. GREATHOUSE 242 Peele eo) See Ne © Eee A PRES CHARLES A. GREATHOUSE HARLES A. GREATHOUSE, secretary-treasurer of the Bookwalter-Ball-Greathouse Printing Company and_ for many years actively identified with Democratic politics of the State and Nation, was born on a farm near Mt. Vernon, Posey County, Indiana, July 17, 1869, son of Benjamin Franklin and Betheny (Welborn) Greathouse. He attended the district schoo! in Posey County and the high school of Mt. Vernon, and then, from 1886 to 1888, the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana. Upon the completion of this schooling he taught school for a period of one year in Posey County and for six months in Hendricks County. He was then for two years superintendent of the Boys School at Plainfield, resigning this position to enter Indiana University. For one vear (1894 to 1895) Mr. Greathouse taught in the elementary high school of Mt. Vernon, resigning also this position to accept the county superintendency of schools, to which position he was elected in 1895. For ten vears he served as county superin- tendent, resigning in 1905 to accept the presidency of the Peoples Bank & Trust Company. In 1908 he moved to Indianapolis and was appointed by Governor Thomas R. Marshall, on November 10, 1910, to fill out the unexpired term of Robert J. Aley, State Superintendent of Publie Instruction. In the fall of 1910 he was elected to the office of State Superintendent of Public Instrue- tion, re-elected in the fall of 1912 and for a third term re-elected in the fall of 1914. Important legislation inacted during the administration of Mr. Greathouse provided for uniform high school text books, state high school inspector, vocational education, pensions, improved wage standards and a motification of licenses. In 1920 Mr. Greathouse was elected chairman of the Demo- cratic State Central Committee and is at this time National Demo- eratic Committeeman from Indiana. In addition to the business activities already mentioned, Mr. Greathouse was for a period of vears president of the Peoples Bank and Trust Company and director of the First National Bank, both of Mt. Vernon, Indiana; is a member of the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity, University Club, Indiana Democratic Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Woodstock Country Club, and the Highland Golf and Country Club. Inthe Masonic fraternities he is identified with Pentalpha Lodge, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite, Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine and the Knights of Pythias. The marriage of Mr. Greathouse to Miss Erma Ribeyre, of New Harmony, Indiana, occurred at that place November 4, 1903. There are two children, Charles and Harriet. Mr. and Mrs. Great- house reside at 3160 North Pennsylvania Street. 243 TINSID AAA INVA © Ee eV Ie IN ee Photograph by Bretzman CHARLES P. GREENEN 244 DIANA ue Toe WE ING SOR eae ATR S CHARLES P. GREENEN HARLES P. GREENEN, president of the Kruse & Dewenter Company, was born at Richmond, Indiana, on February 11, 1871, son of Joseph W. Greenen and Sarah Cecelia (Ryan) Greenen. Mr. Greenen has lived in Indianapolis all his life, receiving his education in the city’s public schools and college education at Butler College. He engaged in railroad work until 1904, when he became superintendent of the Kruse & Dewenter Company, furnace manufacturers and steam and hot water plant builders, at 427-429 East Washington Street. In 1908 the business was incorporated under the same name, and Mr. Greenen became a director and secretary of the company. On the death of Mr. Dewenter, in 1916, Mr. Greenen was chosen president of the company. Mr. Greenen and Miss Amelia Dewenter were married at In- dianapolis on January 18, 1899, and have two sons, Charles De- wenter Greenen and Robert Herman Greenen. The family home is at 1840 North Alabama Street. Mr. Greenen is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the JKiwanis Club of Indianapolis. 245 IN DTANAP O12 SVE ING Ol eA eee ere Photograph by Moorefield CHARLES F. GREGG 246 LIN) TD SON ANE OH Edie) IAAI INES Oe) Zerit ead Se ee CHARLES F. GREGG HARLES F. GREGG, secretary and treasurer of Gregg & Son, Inc., dyers and cleaners, was born at Whatcheer, Iowa, November 14, 1882, son of Wil- ham W. and Elizabeth (Cook) Gregg. His education was obtained in the pub- lie schools of Chicago, his parents moving to that city when Mr. Gregg was a youth. After completing his schooling he entered the office of the Glucose Sugar Refining Company at Chicago, but later became associated with the department store of Mandel Brothers. In this position he became familiar with textiles and fabrics used in the tailoring of clothes and a few years later joined his father and brother in establishing a tailoring business at Memphis, Tennessee. He then joined the Ed Hart Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, chain clothing store operators, first as general stockman, then later as an estimator and director of the window displays. Mr. Gregg came to Indianapolis in 1906, forming a tailoring business, but a year later interested his father in joming him in founding a dyeing and clean- ing business. Their first shop was at Washington Street and Kentucky Avenue. A bicyeleman delivered the work in 1907, but today ten motor trucks are en- gaged in the delivery service. Their business grew rapidly until now they have one of the most complete, modern plants in the United States and an or- ganization of eighty persons. By the standardization of routine work and the creation of close co-opera- tion between employer and employee, the Greggs have established a business which has been widely copied in the dyeing and cleaning industry. The Gregg service has been termed ‘‘Greggorizing,’’ a process to which is added every advanced method and innovation created in the industry. The business was incorporated in 1911 as Gregg & Son, Ine., with W. W. Gregg as president, Lillian T. Gregg, vice-president, and Charles F’. Gregg, sec- retary and treasurer. The company is a member of the International Technical Society of Dyers and Cleaners, an association of ten leading dyers and cleaners affiliated with the Mellon Institute of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in scientific research. Mr. Gregg is secretary and treasurer of the Indiana Dyers’ Associa- tion, vice president of the National Association of Dyers and Cleaners, a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Mystic Shrine, and is a 3nd degree Mason. He is a Methodist. His political affiliation is with the Republican party. Mr.Grege married Miss Lillian Tebbe at Indianapolis on July 8, 1911. The family home is at 2265 North Meridian Street. 247 END aT AGNIAP, @ L213 eV EVN i @) eS ee ns Photograph by Moorefield OREN S. HACK 248 OS UDIDA IN AE MOM ey. SNE INE (ORG: Jon) ei red Alcs we) OREN S. HACK REN S. HACK, attorney, was born on a farm in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, April 1, 1876, son of John A. and Jane ‘Smith) Hack. His boyhood was spent on the home farm and such early education as he was able to acquire was obtained from the district schools of the county of his birth. The rise of the subject of this sketch to the position of independence and definite success has not been one marked by apathy or ease, for he has been significantly a builder of his own fortunes and lias risen to a position of prominence in his profession only through his own personal ef- forts. As a means of preparing himself for the broader field of endeavor, he began teach- ing in the district schools when but seventeen years of age. In this work he was engaged for a period of two years after which, for four years, he was a teacher in the high schools in the village of Boggstown, Shelby County, In- diana. In 1896 Mr. Hack was graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, from the In- diana Central Normal College at Danville, In- diana, through which he worked his own way. He then entered the law department of the same institution, where he completed the pre- scribed course and graduated in 1898, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In the same year he was admitted to the practice of law before the Indiana bar, but, desirous of still further fortifying himself in the knowledge of the science of legal practice, took a post graduate course in the law department of the University of Indianapolis, from which he likewise re- ceived the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1901. While a student in the Central Normal College, Mr. Hack maintained and provided for a elub of students through which means he was en- abled to defray his expenses. In March, 1899, Mr. Hack came to Indi- anapolis and here became associated with Hon. Leonard J. Hackney, a former Associate Jus- tice of the Supreme Court of Indiana and now vice-president of the New York Central Rail- road. He was associated with Judge Hackney until April 1, 1903, when he formed a partner- ship with Mr. Elliott R. Hooten under the firm name of Hooten & Hack, with whom he was continuously in practice until the death of Mr. Mooten, September 9, 1916, when the firm was dissolved and since which time Mr. Hack has engaged in private practice. Mr. Hack has for many years been actively interested in civie affairs and prominently identified with the Democratic party. He served as president of the Indiana Democratic Club, served for two terms as Deputy City At- torney under the administration of Mayor John W. Holtzman from 1903 to 1905, and was Deputy Prosecuting Attorney of Marion Coun- ty from January 1, 1907 to January 17, 1910. Mr. Hack is a member of the Indianapolis, In- diana State and American Bar Associations, Indiana Democratic Club, The Pioneers Society of Indiana, Improved Order of Red Men, Elks, and in the Masonic fraternity is a member of Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite, Knights Templar, and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. On the 16th of June, 1908, Mr. Hack was. married to Miss Elizabeth Miller, who has at- tained marked distinction as one of the brilliant authors in America. Under her maiden name she is well and widely known as the author of four especially fine literary productions—- books entitled respectively, ‘‘Saul of Tarsus,”’ erry. Ore Delight sa lhesyoke:seand “Day- break.’’ To Mr. and Mrs. Hack have been born three children, Elizabeth Virginia, who died in 1916, John and Eleanor M. PNUD TAN AP OTS MBN ee ota rie ee BATE EEE TE a SER SD ee (EE Photograph by Bretzman DR. MURRAY N. HADLEY 250 De eee ie NA EIN FOr eA RS DR. MURRAY N. HADLEY R. MURRAY N. HADLEY, who has for many years devoted his professional practice to surgery and in which he has achieved a position of marked esteem among those with whom he has been associated, was born on a farm in Hendricks County, Indiana, July 21, 1874, son of David and Sarah (Morris) Hadley. He secured his preliminary education in the public schools of the county of his birth, following which he attended Earlham College at Richmond, Indiana, from which he graduated in 1898, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Immediately upon the conclusion of this course of study he taught school at Fairmount, Indiana, for a period of one year, during which time he was also principal! of the high school at that place. In the fall of 1899, Dr. Hadley entered the Indiana Mediecai College—now the Medical Department of the University of In- diana—and from that institution graduated in 1903, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. During the following year Dr. Hadley was resident interne at the Indianapolis City Hospital. He then went to Colorado and at (Telluride) in that state, devoted himself for a period of five years to the general practice of medi- cine and the operation of a hospital, of which he was principal owner. In 1909 Dr. Hadley returned to Indianapolis and in this city he has since continuously confined himself, as previously stated, to the practice of surgery. Dr. Hadley is a member of the Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Indianapolis Medical Society, Indiana State Medi- cal Society, American Medical Association, Ohio Vallev Medical Association, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In the Masonic fraternity he is a member of Telluride Lodge, No. 56, F. & A. M. and a Knights Templar. The marriage of Dr. Hadley to Miss Florence Henley took place at Carthage, Indiana, June 21, 1906. There are three chil- dren, Frederick, William and David. The Hadley residence is at 3132 North New Jersey Street. IN DIANAP @°EIS* TM\CRIN Tee eae Photograph by Nicholson Bros. FRANK J. HAIGHT 252 eee Ne es lo eNO eee Na ATR. S FRANK J. HAIGHT RANK J. HAIGHT, Consulting Actuary, was born in Albion, Michigan, Sept. 28, 1877, son of Arthur M. and Pearl A. (Hunsiker) Haight. His education was obtained in the Albion public schools and at Albion College. After a short teaching experience, he entered the insurance business as a sales- man and in 1905 came to Indianapolis as assistant superintendent of agents for the American Central Life Insurance Co. In the meantime he had become interested in the actuarial branch of the business and had studied along that line with the result that when he left the American Central two years later to become associated in the organization of a new company, he gave up agency work and was made actuary and office manager of the new company. In addi- tion to this he did some consulting work, which grew to such proportions that in 1910 he gave up his position to open an independent office and devote all his time to it. The actuarial profession is concerned with the technical side of insurance and the consulting actuary serves both companies and state insurance depart- ments. In the making of audits and examinations; in preparation of rates, policy forms, office systems and annual statements; and in the capacity of advisor and general counselor, he plays a vital part in the administration of insurance affairs. After establishing the Indianapolis office, Mr. Haight opened a branch office in Des Moines for the convenience of Western clients. Through these organizations he has been able to render service to some sixteen state insur- ance departments and a large number of insurance companies in various parts of the country. He is one of a small number of men devoting themselves entirely to con- sulting work in the actuarial profession and aside from possibly one or two offices located in the extreme Hast, he maintains the largest offices of the kind in the United States. Mr. Haight is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Country Club of Indianapolis, Des Moines Club at Des Moines, Iowa, and in the Masonic fraternity is affiliated with Pentalpha Lodge No. 564 F. & A. M. Indiana Consistory of the Scottish Rite and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Indiana Association of Certified Accountants, a Fellow in the American Institute of Actuaries and an active member of the Fraternal Actuarial Association. The marriage of Mr. Haight to Miss Laura Frances Bradley occurred at Augusta, Michigan, June 5, 1901. There are three children, Helen Elizabeth, now a student at Butler College; John Bradley, now a student at the Univer- sity of Michigan, and Laura Frances in school at Tudor Hall. The Haight fam- ily residence is at 145 East Fall Creek Boulevard. 253 IN-D TANAP @1510S. VE NS Oi AN eee ; Photograph by Bretzman DR. WM. CAMPBELL HALL Nee Oe Sa NG @ Eee Ae ALR: S WILLIAM CAMPBELL HALL, D. O. ILLIAM CAMPBELL HALL, D.-O., is a native of the Hoosier State, having been born at Brazil, Indiana, August 15, 1880, son of William C. and Julia A. (Jackson) Hall. The early education of the subject of this sketch was obtained in the publie schools of the city of his birth, after which he attended the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, from which he graduated in 1904, with the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy. In December, 1914, Dr. Hall came to Indianapolis and in this city he has since continued the practice of osteopathy in which he has attained to a position of high regard among those with whom he has become associated. In addition te the general practice of osteopathy Dr. Hall was, for two years—1917 and 1918—in attendance at the Indiana ~ Medical School at Indianapolis, during which time he studied gen- eral medicine as applied to the practice of his chosen profession. Dr. Hall is a member of the American Osteopathic Associa- tion, Indiana Osteopathic Association and the Indianapolis Os- teopathie Association, being president of the last mentioned at this time. He is also a member of the Highland Golf and Country Club, Kiwanis Club, Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M., Scot- tish Rite and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The marriage of Dr. Hall to Miss Lorette Rink took place at Indianapolis June 2, 1917. There are three children, Joanne, Rosalhe and Dorothy Mae. IN DIANAP @71S) 2VGE WN @ ee ees Photograph by Bretzman J.C. HARDESTY ION IBS INVA PR ON LAL) | NUBIN, (OWF! - NEE WE REaS JAMES C. HARDESTY AMES C. HARDESTY, president of the J. C. Hardesty Manu- facturing Company, 219 West Vermont Street, was born at Mumfordville, Kentucky, March 31, 1873, son of William H. and Mary (VanLier) Hardesty. The early education of the subject of this sketch was obtained in the public schools of Rockport, Indiana, to which city Mr. Hardesty was removed by his family when but a few years of age. This preliminary education was supplemented by a course in a business college at Louisville, Kentucky, which was completed ipo... Immediately following the completion of the business college course, Mr. Hardesty removed to Denver, Colorado, where he en- gaged, for a period of approximately twenty-five vears, in the manufacture of flavoring extracts. In 1918 he returned to Indi- anapolis and in this city organized the J. C. Hardesty Company, of which he has been continuously the president. The J. C. Hardesty Company is primarily engaged in the manufacture of concentrated Extract of Vanilla, specializing in the one flavor, which it distributes among the wholesale con- sumers in practically every state of the Union. The organization also manufactures the Hardesty Improved Syrup Percolator, a chemical apparatus for making syrup, by what is known as ‘‘the Cold Process’’; that is, without the use of heat. This item is extensively used by the drug trade, soda foun- tains and pharmaceutical laboratories in all parts of the country. The marriage of Mr. Hardesty to Miss Gertrude Miller oc- curred at Evansville, Indiana, August 31, 1904. There are three children: Mary O’Byrne, Gertrude Millrush and Louise VanHLier. The family residence is at 542 Central Court, South. Mr. Hardesty is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Co- lumbia Club, and the Kiwanis Club. NI Or =J IN DIANAP O12 TS SWE Ne @ilpe eA ie ee Photograph by Bretzmanr WALTER B. HARDING Nee NN ©) Sg VE NE | @ipe Ne EAL RS WALTER B. HARDING ALTER B. HARDING, son of Thomas and Margaret (Davies) Harding, was born in 1872 at Cheshire, England, and to him falls the distinction of being one of the few men in- cluded in this publication to claim English soil as the place of birth. The subject of this sketch has had an interesting career. His early education was attained at Wellington College, England, from which he graduated in time to accept civil service appoint- ment. Under this he served until 1903. Leaving England at that time, Mr. Harding came directly to indianapolis, where he began work with the company of which he is now the president. His first position was that of supervisor of branch accounts. He then successfully held the positions of purchasing agent, advertising manager, assistant treasurer, secre- tary, and, in 1915, became a director. In April, 1918, he was appointed president. The G & J factory is one of the tire division factories of the United States Rubber Company, and probably is the largest auto- mobile tube unit in the world. Jn addition to the production of tubes, the companv also manufactures extensively bicycle and motorcycle tires, repair material, and tire accessories. Mr. Harding applied for first citizenship papers within a year after coming to the United States, and became a fully natur- alized citizen of the United States as quickly as the operation of the law allowed. He is one of the founders of the Victorian So- ciety and was president from 1915 to 1920. This club was formed as an embracive society for all persons born under the British flag, regardless of nationality or territory. It is one of the dis- tinctive clubs of this country. During the war, Mr. Harding was chairman of the Rubber Industries Section of the Automobile Division of this state. This was only one of his patriotic activities at that time. He was a member of the Industries Committee of the Chamber of Com- merce in 1919-20-21-22, and is now a member of the Finance Com- mittee of the same civic organization. In 1921 he was president of the Elks’ Realty Company. Under the Grand Lodge of England he received his first degree in Masonry in 1893. He is a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Atheneum, Hoosier Motor Club, Rubber Club of America, Kiwanis Club, and the ‘‘Hodie Mihi’”’ Club of England. Mr. Harding married Miss Gertrude Ellison Tweedale, No- vember 16, 1910, at Indianapolis. Jack Harding, a son, is the only child. The family lives at 3545 Evergreen Avenue. , 209 INIDIANAP @QiElL Sh VUE NG Oil ee ae Photograph by Moorefield EDWARD W. HARRIS 260 IOS UIDIV AN ISN ASBAOM EAL SY UNMBON) {OME Vadisi ado Pate EDWARD W. HARRIS DWARD W. HARRIS, secretary and treasurer of Hamilton, Harris & Company, was born at St. Louis, Missouri, April 17, 1875, son of Thomas D. and Sarah R. (Woods) Harris. His early education was obtained in the publi schools of the city of his birth, after which he attended the Manual Training School of Washington University, at St. Louis, from which he graduated iia ebay Upon the completion of the above mentioned, Mr. Harris was variously employed until 1895 when he became associated with the Drummond Tobacco Company of St. Louis and with which com- pany he was connected when he came to Indianapolis, as sales a 7 7 yy a a ry =< representative for that concern on July 5, 1898. When the Drummond Tobacco Company, together with others, was merged with the American Tobacco Company, Mr. Harris became sales manager for Indiana and in that capacity served until January 1, 1906, when he engaged in the wholesale cigar and tobacco business under the corporate name of Hamilton, Harris & Company, of which he is secretary and treasurer. In addition to this association Mr. Harris is a director of the Security Trust Company, treasurer and director of the Hoosier Motor Club and vice-president of the Indianapolis Council Boy Scouts of America. He is a member of the Highland Golf and Country Club, Meridian Hills Country Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Columbia Club, Rotary Club, Hoosier Motor Club, Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, the Art Association and the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, of which he is an elder and treasurer. In the Masonie fraternities he is a member of Mystie Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite, Raper Commandery, Knights Templar, Grotto, Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 13. The marriage of Mr. Harris to Miss Lulu P. Mier took place in St. Louis, Missouri, October 17, 1900. There are five children, Luise N., Elizabeth Eugenia, Edward W., Jr., Jeanette M., and Omie Alma. Mr. and Mrs. Harris reside at 3510 Washington Boulevard. IN DIEAANAP ODS) ae NSI@ Gee ie a a 9 a Ne me a Photograph by Bretzman O. D. HASKETT 262 OSS) LOAN ON SAPMOIE DS: NA IN LOOM ie 9\den td evan id nog ORLANDO D. HASKETT RLANDO D. HASKETT, president of the O. D. Haskett Lumber Com- pany and one of the most prominent men in Hoosier business circles, was born of Quaker parentage, October 30, 1868, in Hamilton County, Indiana, son of Daniel Y. and Hannah B. (Day) Haskett. After completing the work re- quired by the common schools in the vicinity of his birth, he attended the Union High Academy, an institution of Quaker denomination at Westfield, Indiana, from which he graduated at the age of twenty. After one year on a Nebraska farm, he entered the lumber business with his brother-in-law at Westfield, where for three years he was thus occupied. In the latter part of 1893, however, he entered the retail lumber business for him- self at Cicero, Indiana. For nine years he conducted this business. In 1903 he came to Indianapolis, established the Adams-Carr Company, known now as the Adams-Rogers Company (wholesale sash and door business), and remained at the head of this company for six years. He then spent five years with the Burnet-Lewis Lumber Company of this city and, in 1914, established the O. D. Haskett Lumber Company, of which he is the president and active head. Since coming to Indianapolis, Mr. Hasket has been prominently identified with civie affairs. He was president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce in 1914, and served as a member of the board of directors of that organization for a period of six years. In connection with his business and its relation to national organizations of the same nature, he has held positions of distinction, being president of the Greater Indianapolis Industrial Association since 1916, and president of the Associated Employers in 1922. He is also a member of the executive committee of the National Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association, which has headquarters in Chicago. Mr. Haskett was president of the Optimist Club in 1919. He is a director of the National City Bank and of the Hoosier Motor Club; member of the Cham- ber of Commerce, Columbia Club, Marion Club, Meridian Hills Country Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Kiwanis Club, Optimist Club; a director of the Indi- ana Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association; a member of the Fourth Presbyterian Church; Past Chancellor of Goodwill Lodge No. 175, Knights of Pythias, Cicero, Tndiana; a member of Ancient Land Marks Lodge No. 319, F. and A. M.; Key- stone Chapter; Indianapolis Council, Raper Commandery, the Scottish Rite, and Mystic Shrine. On May 8, 1890, Mr. Haskett married Miss Elma Talbert at Westfield. There is one child, a daughter, Reba E. (Mrs. Forest L. Miars). The family lives at 1915 Central Avenue. The offices of the O. D. Haskett Lumber Company are at Twenty-fifth Street and the Lake Erie & Western Railroad. 263 DNIDIANAP @12D Se Ne @ ie a ee Photograph by Bretzman ROBERT H. HASSLER ee Nee a le eA NO ea ARS ROBERT H. HASSLER OBERT H. HASSLER, president and general manager of Robert H. Hass- ler, Inec., of Indianapolis, one of the largest manufacturers of automobile shock absorbers in the world, has been prominently identified with the engi- neering profession for more than thirty years, during which period he has been connected with the mechanical, electrical and experimental departments of some of America’s largest corporations in important capacities. He was born December 26, 1872, at Dayton, Ohio, of American ancestry. His father, Daniel Kiefer Hassler, was a successful merchant of Dayton, Ohio. Mother, Kate R. (Hanitch) Hassler (deceased). Robert H. Hassler received his earlier education at the Dayton High School, later entering Ohio State University, from which he was graduated in 1892 with the degree of Mechanical Engineer. He then entered the employ of the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company at Pittsburgh, and during this period made several inventions for that company which were important factors in its development. In 1898 Mr. Hassler was employed by the New York Electric Cab Com- pany of New York City, in experimental and engineering lines, and he obtained in this way his first experience in automobile work. He next accepted a posi- tion with the Waverly Company, of Indianapolis, and in 1899 to 1902 designed and developed the Waverly electric vehicles. At that period the possibilities of the gasoline car were beginning to loom up, and Mr. Hassler associated himself with a group of Indianapolis business men in forming the Marion Motor Com- pany. In 1905 he went to Chicago with McCord & Company, and in 1907 ae- cepted a position with the Ford Motor Company as assistant to Mr. Walter Flanders, then production manager of the Ford plant. In 1909 Mr. Hassler returned to Indianapolis, and with Arthur C. Newby, James A. Allison and Carl G. Fisher formed the Empire Automobile Com- pany, the object being to produce a car of lightweight and low cost. During the vears 1912-1913 he was connected in an engineering capacity with Nordyke & Marmon, and carried on considerable experimental work in the development of the Marmon ear. During his entire automobile experience it was Mr. Hassler’s hobby to pay particular attention to the riding qualities of the cars with which he was work- ing, and in all the wide ranges of design that these cars represented he was always a tireless worker with improved forms of spring suspensions and dif- ferent kinds of shock absorbers. As a result of these efforts, he owns a group of nearly fifty patents that dominate, to a large extent, this branch of the industry. The commercial exploitation of these patents started in 1913, when he put his first Ford shock absorbers on the market. Since that date improve- ments have been made and types developed for other cars with the idea of pro- ducing a comprehensive line of shock absorbers for all cars. His manufacturing plants, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, are regarded as models of efficient production and up-to-date methods. Mr. Hassler is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Rotary Club, Columbia Club, University Club, Country Club, Indianapols Athletic Club, Rolling Ridge Polo Club, and Hoosier Athletic Club of Indianapolis; Miami Valley Hunt and Polo Club of Dayton, Ohio; and the Flamingo Polo Club of Miami Beach, Florida. Mr. Hassler was married in 1915 to Marie C. Trautwine of Kansas City, Missouri. He has one daughter, Elizabeth Jane. Residence, 3641 Washington Boulevard. 265 IN DIANAP OLDS TaVGE Ne @ RA Bias Photograph by Bretzman FRANK D. HATFIELD 266 ib DSI LENS cel COMER ye A) ea Qe eS eS FRANK D. HATFIELD kee D. HATFIELD, automobile distrib- utor, president and treasurer of The Frank Hatfield Company, 623-27 North Capitol Avenue, was born near the town of Magnet, Perry County, Indiana, March 24, 1888, son of William J. and Emma Sarah (Davis) Hatfield. His early education was received from his mother, who taught the children of the family because the schools of the vicinity, at that time, were of short duration each year. He attended the Spring school at English, Indiana, for ten weeks in preparing to enter Shortridge High School, where he actively participated upon the track and baseball teams and from which institution he graduated in 1908. Upon his graduation from high school he entered Purdue University and for three and one-half years pursued a course in elec- trical engineering. The course was completed at the University of Illinois in 1912. On June 22, 1913, at Indianapolis, Mr. Hat- field married Miss Mary Nash. They have three children, William N. Hatfield, Miss Mary Frances Hatfield and Jack J. Hatfield. The family home is at 336 Harvard Place. Upon leaving college Mr. Hatfield entered the research department of the Remy Electric Company at Anderson, Indiana. While in the laboratories of that company he was closely associated with research engineers in develop- ing magneto and battery ignition for motor cars. He personally designed and developed a lighting and ignition generator for motoreyeles, which is extensively used on many motoreycles at this time. Upon moving to Indianapolis in 1914, Mr. Hatfield entered the Ford Motor Company branch as a repairman. In successive steps until 1918 he was in the motor department, the assembly department, final inspector, retail sales and the wholesale sales department. In this last mentioned department he represented the Ford branch in Indiana and parts of Illinois. On January 1, 1918, Mr. Hatfield became a Ford distributor, having purchased the busi- ness of Harry Stone at 336 North Delaware Street. A few months later he purchased the Ford business of Holcomb & Siess at 535 North Capitol Avenue and then merged the two com- panies under The Frank Hatfield Company name. The steady growth of Mr. Hatfield’s auto- mobile business necessitated new and enlarged quarters and so, on January 1, 1921, the com- pany moved into its present building at 623-27 North Capitol Avenue. This is a three-story brick and terra cotta structure with 58,000 square feet of floor space exclusively devoted to sales and service of Lincoln, Ford and Ford- son cars and tractors. In the new building Mr. Hatfield has combined every department of service to owners of these cars and tractors in such manner that they may receive all service under one roof. This policy has been an out- standing factor in the success of Mr. Hatfield’s company. When he first became a Ford deal- er, his contract called for 300 cars a year. In 1923 his company will surpass the 2,000 car mark. Mr. Hatfield is a member of National Au- tomobile Trade Association, the Indianapolis Auto Trade Association, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Ath- letic Club, the Columbia Club, the Hoosier Motor Club and of the Purdue chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. His Masonic or- ganizations are the Murat Temple of the Mys- tic Shrine, Raper Commandery No. 1, Ancient Landmark Lodge and Keystone Chapter No. 6. 267 [NSD IAN ZUP ©OFelS “WEN BO Ree ae Photograph by Dexheimer DR. SIDNEY J. HATFIELD Tease SNe ASS) 12 ee VEN GO eee Se ARS DR. SIDNEY J. HATFIELD Rk. SIDNEY J. HATFIELD, physician and surgeon, was born in Perry County, Indiana, July 11, 1880, son of William J. and Emma (Davis) Hatfield. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the county of his birth, after which he attended the high school at Leavenworth, Indiana, from which he graduated in June, 1898. He then attended the Hospital College of Medicine at Louisville, Kentucky, and from that institution graduated, on July 1, 1902, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For a period of one year following his graduation from medi- eal college, Dr. Hatfield was interne in the Louisville City Hos- pital. He then came to Indianapolis and here has since continu- ously devoted his time to the practice of medicine and surgery, in which he has attained to the position of high regard among his professional confreres, Dr. Hatfield is a member of the Indianapolis Athletie Club, Indianapolis Medical Society, Indiana Medical Society and American Medical Association, and in the Masonie fraternity is a member of Ancient Landmarks Lodge, No. 319, F. & A. M. In addition to the general practice of medicine and surgery Dr. Hatfield devotes considerable time to educational work, hav- ing been for a number of years assistant professor of diseases of women at the Indiana University Medical School. The marriage of Dr. Hatfield to Miss Catherine C. Peckin- paugh took place at Alton, Indiana, December 28, 1904. There are two children, Nicholas and Wenonah. The Hatfield family resides at 2304 Stuart Street. [INDIANA P OTS) MEN STs ee ee Photograph by Bretzman T. BARLOW HATFIELD tiene eG) el oe VE NO eA ATLR S T. BARLOW HATFIELD BARLOW HATFIELD, son of Charles C. - and Caroline F. (Barlow) Hatfield, was born January 15, 1874, at Dayton, Ohio. After spending his boyhood days in that city, Mr. Hatfield came with his parents to Indianapolis and here completed his high school education, being a member of the graduating class of 1891 of the Indianapolis High School, now Short- ridge. Mr. Hatfield went into his father’s business, then the Indianapolis District Telegraph Com- pany, shortly after his high school graduation, and has grown with the organization, now the Hatfield Electric Company, of which he is president and general manager. It was in the year 1907 that the business became officially known as a Hatfield concern. At this time the telegraph, nightwatch system, and messenger departments were sold to the American District Telegraph Company. The company had taken care of this business in addition to the con- tracting and supply work. Charles C., the father, then took his son, T. Barlow Hatfield, as a partner in the business. From 1907 to 1912 the Hatfield business increased about 50 per cent. The offices dur- ing these years were located at 36 South Me- ridian Street, having been moved from 15 South Meridian Street when the Merchants National Bank building was constructed. In 1915 Mr. Hatfield’s father died, and the responsibility of this rapidly increasing busi- ness was thrust on the junior partner. There was an immediate reorganization of the firm and at this time Mr. Hatfield became president and general manager of the Hatfield Electric Company. John C. and Thomas F., brothers of Mr. Hatfield, and Mrs. Caroline Hatfield were, at the same time, named among the di- rectors of the company. Between the years of 1912 and 1917 the business advanced about 85 per cent and it became necessary to seek new offices. The present site at 102-104 South Meridian Street ' was available at the time and here the firm bo to personally direct. The departmental sys- tem was inaugurated and there are now eight departments, each having its own head and each directly responsible to Mr. Hatfield. During the last five years the company has found it necessary to maintain a branch office in the city of Chicago, and that office now operates quite independently of the local con- moved in 1915, During the course of its evolution and steady growth Mr. Hatfield found that the business was becoming too much for one man eern. Only in an advisory capacity does Mr. Hatfield concern himself with the Chicago of- fice, the management of this office being well taken care of by Mr. David Lurvey, vice-presi- dent of the Hatfield Electric Company. The Hatfield Electric Company is, of course, a competitive business. The estimating and contracting department, over which Mr. Hat- field has personal direction, is greatly respon- sible for the volume and high class of work that comes to the Hatfield companies. The business is at least half contracting, the re- mainder supplies and all kinds of electrical work. The Hatfield companies are well and favorably known throughout the country, con- tracts in New York and in Denver representing the eastern and western extremities of the range of this great volume of business. Since Mr. Hatfield has been in charge of the concern the business has increased more than 200 per cent: Mr. Hatfield is held in high regard in national electrical circles and is among the foremost citizens in Indianapolis. He is presi- dent of the Building Contractors’ Association and secretary of the Highland Golf and Coun- try Club. He is a member of the Columbia Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, Knights of Columbus, Kiwanis Club, Board of Trade, and Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hatfield married Miss Kathryne B. Pfau in Indianapolis, June 19, 1901. The resi- dence is at 3737 North Meridan Street. IQNSDIAYNAP OTRTS 2VVE NR @ Tee Nae oie es Photograph by Bretzman JOSEPH G. HAYES 272 INDIANAPOLIS MEN QF APBFAIRS JOSEPH G. HAYES MONG the prominent men of Indianapolis who have attained distinction for meritorious work of a public nature is Joseph G. Hayes, president of Hayes Brothers, Incorporated. Mr. Hayes served as county commissioner from the Second District from 1914 to 1920, and it was during his work in this office that the subject of this sketch became widely known. He is the pioneer of hard surface roads in Marion County, and during his six years’ service more than 100 miles of such excellent roads were constructed. It was Mr. Hayes’ aim to make the roads in Marion County the best in Indiana, a state already favorably known for its array of fine highways. Joseph G. Hayes, son of Otha H. and Luey E. (McCracken) Hayes, was born June 11, 1867, in Hamilton County, Ohio, He came to Indianapolis shortly after and received his early edueca- tion in the public schools of this city. Later he went to New York, where he took a course of instruction in plumbing and heating at the New York Trade School. His journeyman career as a steam fitter was spent in Indianapolis, Chicago and New York City. This lasted until 1900, at which time Mr. Hayes returned to Indi- anapolis. Here his two brothers were operating a heating and plumbing establishment known as Haves Brothers. In 1902 the firm was incorporated as Haves Brothers, Incorporated, with Joseph G. vice-president and general manager. Mr. Hayes became president of the corporation in 1919 upon the death of his brother, Frank J. Haves. The offices of the or- ganization are at 236 West Vermont Street. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce, American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, National Association of Master Plumbers, president of the Haves Realty Company, a di- rector and one of the organizers of the City Trust Company, a 32nd degree Mason, Knights Templar, Shriner, Columbia Club, and Indianapolis Athletic Club, it is readily observed that the man has taken an important part in civic affairs. Mr. Hayes is one of the founders of the Sunnyside Sanator- ium. He vigorously advocated the Indianapolis Lake and always, in fact, has been deeply interested in the development of the city, in public improvement, and in every movement that tends toward a greater and finer Indianapolis. Mr. Hayes is married and has three children, a daughter and two sons. His residence is at 2849 North Capitol Avenue. 273 TENEID TAIN AP’ Oe [Te Vs INS) NS rea Photograph by Bretzman DR. EDGAR T. HAYNES e ny Eee eCsNeo Ee ©) eo Nee Ore aA TReES DR. EDGAR T. HAYNES D®: EDGAR T. HAYNES, son of John Henry and Samanthy P. (Gibson) Haynes, was born in Macon County, Tennessee, February 28, 1890. His early education was received in the public schools of the county of his birth, after which he attended high school at Scottsville, Kentucky, from which he graduated in 1908. Upon the completion of this work, Dr. Haynes entered the Indiana Dental College at Indianapolis and from that institution graduated in 1915, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, immediately following which he began the practice of general dentistry in this city. Shortly after the outbreak of the European War, Dr. Haynes was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the Dental Corps, United States Army. He was stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, prior to overseas duty at Camp Hospital No. 27, Tours, France. In August, 1918, he was commissioned a Captain. In September, 1919, Captain Haynes returned to the United States and since that time he has exclusively confined his dental practice to that of Periodontology. Dr. Haynes is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State, and American Dental Associations, the American Academy of Ap- plied Dental Science, the American Academy of Periodontology, and the Psi Omega dental fraternity. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Hoosier Athletic Club, Kiwanis Club and in the Masonic fraternity is affiliated with Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite, Keystone Chapter and Council of the York Rite and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. INDIANAP O12iS7 (VCE NGO Sean Nie ae. Ss 8 l|[6 ER aa ae eee Photograph by Moorefield JOHN OSCAR HENDERSON ho ~l lop) en ee NWN eee hee Ve Nie Oe ADRES JOHN OSCAR OHN OSCAR HENDERSON, for many years ac- tively identified with business and political affairs of Indianapolis and Indiana, was born in the vil- lage of New London, Howard County, Indiana, Septem- ber 1, 1847, a son of Dr. John F. and Cynthia A. (Whit- son) Henderson, natives, respectively of Pennsylvania and North Carolina. The parents continued to reside in Howard County until their death and there held a secure place in the esteem of all who knew them. Dr. Hender- son was one of the able pioneer physicians of Howard County, where he was for many years engaged in the work of his humane profession. He served as surgeon oi the EHighty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, and in the meanwhile had removed with his family to the City of Kokomo, the county seat of How- ard County. After the close of the war he there founded the Kokomo Dispatch, and as editor and publisher of the same he made the paper a potent force in the local political field, as well as effective exponent of the var- ied interests of the community. He was long known as one of the wheel-horses of the Democratic party in Indiana and was prominent in its councils. He was a man of fine intellectual and professional attainment, high-minded, generous and tolerant, and he made his life count for good in all its relations. He died in the year 1887, and his wife passed away in 1900. They became the parents of seven children, of whom three sons are now living. John Osear Henderson, the immediate subject of this review, is indebted to the common schools of New London and Kokomo for his early educational discipline, and he supplemented this training by an effective course in Asbury University (now DePauw University), at Creencastle, Indiana, from which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1872 and from which he received the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Master of Science. After his graduation, Mr. Henderson and his broth- er, Howard E., became identified with the publication of the Kokomo Dispatch, of which their father was the founder, as already noted. Both attained to success and prominence in the local newspaper field of Indiana and both gained precedence as loyal and influential advocates of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, in whose ranks they became active leaders in 1876. In connection with Mr. Henderson’s newspaper ex- periences, it is of interest to here recall the incident which, in 1877, led up to the almost literal discovery of James Whitcomb Riley and the inactment in that year of what has since been termed the ‘‘ greatest newspaper hoax of the century’’—the publication of ‘‘ Leonainie.’’ On that occasion the Kokomo Dispatch, of which Mr. HENDERSON Henderson was editor-in-chief, published the poem ‘*Leonainie’’—supposedly a post-humis poem from the pen of Edgar Allan Poe, but which, in reality, was the work of James Whitcomb Riley. Also, too, Mr. Hen- derson really had the principal role in the discovery of the literary talents of Mary Hartwell Catherwood, who wrote her first work for the Kokomo Dispatch. For many years John Osear Henderson was chair- man of the Democratic central committee of Howard County, and in 1885 he was appointed United States internal revenue collector for the eleventh district of Indiana, under the administration of President Grover Cleveland. He retained this incumbeney two years and handled the affairs of the office with unequivocal abil- ity and success. In 1886, he was a member of the exe- cutive committee of the Democratic State Central Com- mittee, and in 1888 he was a delegate to the Demoecratie National Convention, in which he had the distinction of being chosen assistant secretary. In 1889, he was elected president of the Democratic Editorial Association of Indiana, and in the following year recognition of his eligibility and of his services in the party cause was given when, as the candidate on the Democratic ticket, he was elected to the responsi- ble office of auditor of the State of Indiana. He made an admirable record in this position and at the expira- tion of his first term was elected as his own successor, Ly a gratifying majority. He was thus incumbent of the office of Auditor of State for four consecutive years, and his administration has passed on record as one of the most effective in the annals of the State government. Upon retiring from the office of Auditor of State, Mr. Henderson took his family abroad, and resided two years in Dresden, Germany, and two years in Paris, France, where his sons were prepared for American Colleges. During their residence abroad, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and Africa. Upon their return home in 1901, Mr. Hender- son became extensively interested in the Kokomo Steel and Wire Company, the Lafayette Strawboard Com- pany, and the Holt Ice and Cold Storage Company, all of which he helped to organize and found. Since 1891, Mr. Henderson has resided in Indianap- olis, here engaging in the manufacturing business for a number of years until his retirement from participation in business matters. He is a member of the Indianap- olis Athletic Club, Indiana Demoecratie Club, Scottish Rite and the Murat Temple of the Mystie Shrine. The marriage of Mr. Henderson to Miss Mary George occurred at Kokomo on May 15, 1879. There are four sons, Paul, Ralph, Arthur and Lloyd. Mrs. Henderson died May 26, 1921. 277 DINIDIZAACNACP, OST) iV EN Oe ee Photograph by Moorefield O. C. HERDRICH LN DOM LANIN WAM OM Bales) NAW IN | LO) Ale lee Se 0. C. HERDRICH C. HERDRICH, president of O. C. Herdrich & Company, certified public accountants and consulting industrial en- gineers, was born in Hendricks County, near Royalton, Indiana, July 3, 1888, son of B. F. and Cora E. (Smith) Herdrich. He obtained his early education in the common schools of Boone County, after which he attended the high school in Lebanon, In- diana, from which he graduated in 1906. Upon the completion of this course, Mr. Herdrich was, unti! 1910, deputy auditor of Boone County, after which he served as field accountant of the State Board of Accounts until September, 1913. From that date to May, 1918, he was accountant for the Pubhe Service Commission of Indiana, during the last year of which he was chief accountant. In May, 1918, Mr. Herdrich entered the puble accounting profession and this he has since continued to the present time. He is a member of Boone Lodge, No. 9, F. & A. M., Lebanon Chapter, No. 39, Royal Arch Masons, Scottish Rite of Indianap- olis and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. In addition to these, his fraternal organizations include the Modern Woodmen of America and B. P. O. E. Lodge, No. 18, Indianapolis. The civic and social organizations of which Mr. Herdrich is a member in- clude the Credit Men’s Association, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Advertising Club, Hoosier Motor Club, Kiwanis Club, Art Association of Indianapolis and the Old Colony Club. Mr. Herdrich married Miss Jessie L. Powell of Lebanon, Indiana, in 1917. There are four children, Wilhelmina Margaret, Franklin Milroy, Berta Clare and James Robert Herdrich. The family residence is at 3161 Kenwood Avenue. TINSDIAT INAV ©) eS VASE IN ae a ee ee Photograph by Dexheimer EDWARD G. HERETH 280 ee Ne Nee © lag ie Na lee EIA DRS EDWARD G. HERETH DWARD G. HERETH, vice-president and general manager of the Baldwin Piano Company of Indiana, 18-20 North Pennsylvania Street, was born in Indianapolis October 6, 1868, son of John C. Hereth and Barbara (Nicklaus) Hereth. His edu- cation was received in the publie schools of Indianapolis and upon eraduation from Shortridge High School was awarded an honor scholarship to Wabash College, but of this he did not avail him- self, as with the termination of these studies he almost immed- lately became associated with Kingan & Company, as an assistant- paymaster. In 1888 Mr. Hereth left Kingan & Company to join D. H. Baldwin & Company. The D. H. Baldwin Company was estab- lished in 1862 and continued business under that name for a num- ber of years. When the Baldwin Company of Indiana was or- ganized about four years ago the Indiana business of the D. H. Baldwin Company was taken over by the new organization. Mr. Hereth’s first connection with the D. H. Baldwin & Company was as an entry clerk. A few years later he was advanced to the credit department and on July 1, 1897, became manager of the company. This promotion followed the death of Clarence Wulsin of this city who had been manager of and also a partner in the D. H. Baldwin & Company. Upon the organization of the Baldwin Piano Company of Indiana, Mr. Hereth was elected vice-president and general man- ager of the new company. He is also a stockholder in the Baldwin Piano Company of Ohio, an $8,000,000 holding company in charge of the sales of Baldwin pianos and a director in the Baldwin Piano Manufacturing Company of Ohio which is the organization manu- facturing Baldwin pianos and one of the largest builders of pianos in the United States. Plants of the company at Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chicago, Hlinois, have a capacity of 30,000 pianos vearly, During Mr. Hereth’ s long connection with the piano business he has witnessed the popular g erowth of the industry coming with the advent of the player and reproducing pianos. Mr. Hereth is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Columbia Club, the Athenaeum, and the Kiwanis Club, and, in 1922, was president of the Merchants Association of Indianapolis. His Masonic or- ganizations are Oriental Lodge, the Scottish Rite, and the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Chureh and asa golf player, an active member of the Woodstock Country Club. On April 17, 1901, at Goshen, Indiana, Mr. Hereth married Miss LuLona Wanner. They have two daughters, Miss Gertrude Llewellyn Hereth and Miss Elizabeth Marie Hereth. The Indi- anapolis residence is at 3242 Washington Boulevard and the sum- mer home at Northport Point, Michie gan. 281 PINUDIAUIN AVP OTS SVEN eS Ne 0 OATS: APT Fae WILLIAM HERSCHELL 282 ee we Ne ®t Vl Oiler ei Al RS WILLIAM HERSCHELL ILLIAM HERSCHELL, feature writer for the Indianapolis News, was born November 17, 1873, at Spencer, Indiana, the son of John and Martha (Leitch) Herschell. The father was a blacksmith for the Indianap- olis & Vincennes Railroad and later one of the officials at the State House quarry near Spen- eer, from which the stone was taken for the present Indiana capitol building. It is interesting to note that this same quarry is now a part of the state park known as McCormick’s Creek Canyon. In this park is a spring called ‘‘Long Boy,’’ so named by Richard Lieber, director of conservation for Indiana. Mr. Lieber chose the title name of Mr. Herschell’s famous war song because when a school boy Mr. Herschell stopped at the spring for a drink every day on his way to the nearby country school. ? Mr. Herschell lived at Spencer for eight years and then removed with the family to Rockport, where the father became connected with the Southern system. Various changes in the division headquarters of the railroad caused the Herschell family to move from Rockport to Evansville, then Huntington, and later to Princeton. Young ‘‘Bill,’’ as he has always been called, learned the machinst trade and worked for six years in the shops. In 1894 the American Rail- way Union strike was called, and out went ‘¢Bill’’ with his fellow workmen. This was the beginnng of the end of his railroad career. The strike failed, and Mr. Herschell went to Canada. He came back to Buffalo, however, a short time after, and there worked for a brief period in railroad shops of that city. James McCormick, who at that time edited a small daily newspaper in Princeton, Indiana, is responsible for Mr. Herschell’s en- trance into the newspaper world. In 1896, upon the insistence of Mr. McCormick, Mr. Herschel! went from a machinist’s bench to a newspaper office. He remained with the Princeton paper two years and then went to the Evansville Journal. In 1899 the opportunity came for employ- ment on the Indianapohs Press, a new paper founded by John H. Holliday and William J. Richards. MAE IN MO) 7dr ved i Rais EDWIN RAY HISEY DWIN RAY HISEY, partner in the firm of Hisey & Titus, funeral directors, is a ‘native Hoosier, having been born in the city of Indianapolis, May 1, 1876, son of Allen and Ettie (Wright) Hisev. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the city of his birth, after which he attended the high school of Indianapolis and from this institution graduated in 1884. Im- mediately upon the completion of his schooling, Mr. Hisey entered the employe of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad and with that corporation remained until 1900, when he became associated with the Badger Furniture Company. In 1902 he became interested in the undertaking business and in this line of work was engaged individually until 1910, when he purchased an interest in the firm of Whitsett & Titus, the firm then becoming Whitsett, Titus & Hisey. In 1912 the firm name was changed to Hisey & Titus and under that partnership he has continued in business to the present time. Since Mr. Hisey first entered into the undertaking business it has been his desire to ever maintain the highest possible stand- ards of business ethics and to render a business service of such refinement as to provoke the most favorable comment on the part of those served by the firm with which he has been connected. In conformity with this desire Hisey & Titus, in 1916, obtained -a ninety-nine year lease upon the property at 951 North Dela- ware Street and in May of that vear established ‘‘The Funeral Home,”’ one of the first firms of funeral directors in the State to establish an undertaking business in a building permitting all of the privacy of one’s own home and at the same time meet the erowing demands for such a place of home privacy created by the constantly increasing number of apartment house dwellers. Mr. Hisey is a charter member of the Rotary Club of Ind1- anapolis, a charter member of the Indianapolis Athletie Club, member of Chamber of Commerce, National Funeral Directors Association, and in the Masonic fraternity i is a member of Ancient Landmarks Lodge, No. 319, F. & A. M., the Scottish Rite, Murat Temple of the My stic Shrine and is a Knight Templar. He is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is now on the Board of the Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church of this city. The marriage of Mr. Hisey to Miss Anna Potts occurred at Indianapolis in September, 1902. There is one daughter, Eliza- beth Rae Hisey. The family home is at 215 East Thirty-Third Street. IN DIANAP OTS 7 WEN SEO eee oes Photograph by Bretzman WILLIAM J. HOGAN bo (oe) lop) USC BOUL ZEN IN ee COM ES A ites AVANTE INT COQ el “ind oad eel EP caw WILLIAM JENKINS HOGAN RANSPORTATION and terminal facilities have been a para- mount interest during the business life of William Jenkins Hogan, president and general manager of the Indiana Refrigerat- ing Company at 240 South Pennsvlvania Street. Mr. Hogan was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, August 18, 1872. His parents were John D. and Marv ( Merkle) Hogan. He came to Indianapolis in 1892 from Columbus, Ohio, where he had been for two years teller of the Fourth National Bank, and, previous to that, car accountant for the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Rail- ro ad. Upon coming to Indianapolis, Mr. Hogan started the Hogan Transfer and Storage Company, and for twenty-five years was the owner and operator of that concern. In 1902 he became man- ager of the Indiana Refrigerating Company, the largest cold storage and ice-making plant in Indiana, and of which he now holds the offices of president and general manager. He is also president of the Indiana Terminal Warehouse Company, which will construct a large terminal with office rooms, store rooms, and general storage, and with railroad and traction facilities. In 1918 Mr. Hogan became president and general manager of the Ninth Street Terminal Warehouse Company of Cleveland, and in 1922 became president and general manager of the Cincin- nati Terminal Warehouse Company, which is constructing a large _fire-proof terminal building in that city. Mr. Hogan has also, for the past five years, been an expert ‘trouble shooter’’ for plants experiencing difficulties in produc- tion or distribution. Warehouses and cold storage terminals, 1s well as banks and trust companies, all over the United States, bring their technical problems to Mr. Hogan. For two years Mr. Hogan served as president of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerc ce. Prior to taking up his connection with the Cleveland company, he was for several vears a director in the National City Bank of Indianapolis. He served during the war under Herbert Hoover, food con- troller, doing committee work that covered the entire cold storage industry. Mr. Hogan is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com- merce, Columbia Club, Woodstock Country Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, and the Masonic Lodge. He is also a member of the First Baptist Church. On January 1, 1901, Mr. Hogan married Miss Mayme Lingen- felter, and they have two daughters, Mrs. Norman Metzger and Miss Frances Hogan. bo io 6) -~l DN DIANAP @OT2057 MVE NG @ ae eee Photograph by Nicholson Bros. JACOB FREDERICK HOKE bo oe) (oe) 1 ISUIDUUVAUNUAISNOUESIESS: INAMIBIAND (O)le) Seles cNi i ace JACOB FREDERICK HOKE ACOB FREDERICK HOKE, JR. (Fred) secretary and treasurer of the Holeomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company, was born at Jeffersontown, Kentucky, August 9, 1871, son of Andrew Jackson and Mary Frances (Snyder) Hoke. At the age of twenty years, after having been engaged in various occu- pations such as farming, teaming, saw mill labor and clerking, he went to Sulli- van, Indiana, and there became employed as a clerk in the hardware and im- plement store of J. F. Hoke, merchant and banker. In 1896 Mr. Hoke became associated with J. I. Holcomb under the name of the Holeomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company at Sullivan, remaining there until 1905 when the factory was moved to Indianapolis. The Holeomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company, engaged in the manufact- ure of Butter-Kist pop corn machines is, at this time, the largest manufacturer of pop corn machines and peanut roasters in the world and distributes its pro- ducts to every civilized country of the globe. In addition to his business interests, Mr. Hoke has given untiringly of his time and energy to many of the most outstanding civie undertakings of Indi- anapolis. During the World War he was a member of the executive committee of the third, fourth and fifth Liberty Loan campaigns and was chairman of the committee on personnel for Y. M. C. A. overseas service. He is a trustee of DePauw University, a director of the Y. M. C. A., president of the Indianapolis ~ Community Chest and a member of the commission to administer the Cornelia Cole Fairbanks Memorial Fund to the city of Indianapolis. He is also a trus- tee of the Methodist Hospital, a member of the Methodist Church and was Lay Delegate to the General Conference of that body in 1916. He has held only one political office, that being town clerk and treasurer of Sullivan, Indiana, for the year 1904 at a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars per year under a forty thousand dollar bond. The Masonic and club affiliations of Mr. Hoke include Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398 F. & A. M., Scottish Rite, Knights Templar, Mystic Shrine, Rotary Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Woodstock Club, University Club, Indian- apolis Athletic Club, Indiana Democratic Club, Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade, being a member of the Board of Governors of the last men- tioned. The marriage of Mr. Hoke to Miss Katharine Cushman, daughter of Dr. A. and Mary Cushman, occurred at Graysville, Sullivan County, Indiana, April 14, 1896. There are three children, Cushman, Frank and Mrs. Perry W. Lesh, neé Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Hoke reside at 3445 Washington Boulevard. 289 TN DPAIN AGP: OU2 TS MEE ING) eS es es v 5 Photograph by Bretzman J. I. HOLCOMB bo So Me Spe NINE 12 Se ee @) eA TRS JAMES I. HOLCOMB AMES IRVING HOLCOMB, founder of the Holeomb & Hoke Manufactur- J ing Company was born May 1, 1876, at La Salle, Illinois, son of William Henry and Rebecca (Doubler) Holcomb, descendants of early settlers of Ameri- ca, his ancestor, Thomas Holeomb coming to Massachusetts with the Pilgrims in 1636. Mr. Holeomb’s parents moved to Warren, Illinois, when he was but a child and in that typical American town he was reared. He graduated from the high school at Warren and then attended the University of Michigan. In 1896, Mr. Holeomb formed a business partnership with a resident of Lafayette, Indiana, and at that city became engaged in the brush business. In the fall of that same year, however, Mr. Fred Hoke, then a resident of Sullivan, Indiana, succeeded the earlier partner, whereupon the Holcomb & Hoke Mann- facturing Company was organized and the plant moved to Sullivan. In 1897 Mr. Holcomb went to New York for the purpose of building an Eastern sales organization for the company and there remained until 1901 when he returned to Sullivan. In the fall of that year he purchased the interests of Mr. Hoke and organized the J. I. Holeomb Manufacturing Company, which in 1905 was moved to Indianapolis and which has since developed into one of the country’s largest manufacturers and distributors of brushes and cleaning supplies. In 1903 Mr. Holeomb and Mr. Hoke again joined forces, buying the Ameri- ean Box Ball Company, producers of the box ball bowling alleys, located in In- dianapolis. Eleven years later, in 1914, the Butter-Kist pop corn machine was developed and added to the line and the name of the company changed to the Holeomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company. Today that company ranks as the largest manufacturer of pop corn machines and peanut roasters and distributes its products to all parts of the world. During the World War Mr. Holeomb was actively identified with various war-time activities, while the Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company made an enviable record in the execution of its various contracts. Mr. Holcomb is an active member of the Meridian Street Methodist Church and, as one keenly interested in art, contributes each year an award to be com- peted for by the artists of Indiana. He is a member of and also upon several boards of various civic clubs, associations and charities, as well as a member of the Columbia Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Indiana Society of Chicago and the Elks. In the Masonic fraternity he is a member of Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398 F. & A. M., Scottish Rite and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The marriage of Mr. Holeomb to Miss Musetta Black occurred at New York City. There is one daughter, Mrs. Dr. C. R. Strickland, neé Jessie. The Holcomb family residence is situated at 44th & Cold Springs Road. 291 [DIN DTAGNTA P? Gye se Ni) ie Ste ee ees Photograph by Moorefield STERLING R. HOLT Dre Ne NS Oe > ee VN ee @ eee TA TRS STERLING R. HOLT TERLING R. HOLT, capitalist, treasurer of the Holt Ice & Cold Storage Company, was born in the village of Graham, Alamance County, North Carolina, March 26, 1850, son of Seymour P. and Nancy A. Holt. Ilis parents were both natives of North Carolina where they spent their lives. Like other Southern familes, they suffered the ravages of the Civil war and as Sterling R. Holt, of this sketch, was at that time of school age, he was deprived of many of the advantages which might have been secured in a peaceful condition of the country. In the county of his birth, however, Mr. Holt secured a limited education, after which he worked upon a farm in that locality until he came to Indianap- clis in 1869, when only nineteen years of age. Here he worked at whatever employment was available and at the same time prepared for a business career by completing a course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College. In 1872 Mr. Holt obtained a clerical position with the retail dry goods con- cern of Muir & Foley with whom he remained for three years. During this time, by the practice of the strictest economy, he was enabled to acquire a lim- ited capital and with this established, in 1875, a drug store at 164 West Wash- ington Street which, under his direction, grew and prospered for a period of seven years, when he sold his interests. In the meantime, for four years, Mr. Holt had also been in the ice business and in 1880 together with other parties, organized the Indianapolis Ice Com- pany. In 1888 a division of the ice business was made in which Mr. Holt re- tained the wholesale department. His ice business has since acquired interests in other ice companies and firms in various cities and towns of Indiana and is now known as the Holt Ice & Cold Storage Company. Mr. Holt has been active in Democratic politics and during the adminis- tration of former Mayor Thomas L. Sullivan, was president of the Board of Public Safety. In 1890 he was elected chairman of the Marion County Demo- cratic Central Committee and in 1892 was elected County Treasurer. That of- fice he filled for one term from 1893 to 1895, not being a candidate for re- election. In 1895 Mr. Holt was elected chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee of Indiana but resigned this position because of his inability to support the free silver candidacy of Wiliam Jennings Bryan. Mr. Holt is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Ind1- anapolis Board of Trade, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Art Association of In- dianapolis and the Indiana Democratic Club and is prominently identified with both the York and Scottish Rites of Masonry. He is affiliated with Ancient luaandmarks Lodge No. 319 F. & A. M., Keystone Chapter Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templar Commandery, Indiana Consistory of Scottish Rite and the Murat Temple of the Mystie Shrine. He has also for the past forty years been a member of Lodge No. 56 Knights of Pythias and for the last twenty years a member of Lodge No. 13 B. P. O. E. Mr. Holt married Miss Mary Gregg of Danville, Indiana, November 18, 1874. Mrs. Holt died August 24, 1920. Mr. Holt resides at the St. James Court Apartments. PAS) IN DIANA © LVS WGE NiO ge lee Photograph by Bretzman DR. THOMAS C. HOOD 294 TREE eS ON ®) 1 el e le INO @ ieee AS eA RIS DR. THOMAS C. HOOD R. THOMAS C. HOOD, oculist, was born in Vermillion County, Indiana, October 28, 1860, son of Thomas and Re- becea (Aye) Hood. His parents were early pioneers of the State of Indiana, clearing away the forest 1n order to build a home. The elementary education of Dr. Hood was received in the publie and high schools in the county of his birth, after which he attended Wabash College, from which he graduated in 1881. In the fall of that same year Dr. Hood entered the Jefferson School of Medicine at Philadelphia, Penrsylvania, and from that institution grad- uated in 1884. Upon the completion of this preparation he entered upon the general practice of medicine, but thirteen years later decided to specialize upon the treatment of the diseases of the eve, so pursued post-graduate work in New York, Berlin and Vienna. Since coming to Indianapolis, in 1899, Dr. Hood has continu- ously devoted his practice exclusively to diseases of the eye in which work he has gained an honored place among those in his profession as an oculist of more than usual ability and talent. He has been a member of the facultv of the Indiana University School of Medicine since 1906, teaching Ophthalmology, and for a number of years a member of the staff of the City Hospital and a member of the various State and National American Medical So- cieties. He is also a member of the American Academy of Optha- mology and Oto-laryngology and for a number of years was oculist for the Big Four Railroad. In addition to these professional affiliations Dr. Hood is a member of the Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletie Club, Indi- anapolis Country Club, and in the Masonic fraternity is a member of Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M. and of the Scottish Rite. The marriage of Dr. Hood to Miss Susie Stanley occurred June 5, 1892. There is one son, Thomas S., who is now a student at Harvard University. The family home is at 124 E. 32nd Street. 295 TNWDTANA PP. ©1e SVN ee @ ees lag lara elms Photograph by Bretzman JOHN A. HOOK 296 Te Ne Nei et) sl ee VGN ee @) eri Fe ARES JOHN A. HOOK Was AUGUST HOOK, president of the Hook Drug Company, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, December 17, 1880, son of August and Margaret (Ruppert) Hook. Having been brought to Indianapolis by his parents when an infant, he attended the public schools of this city, after which he entered the Indianapolis Catholic Schools and later followed a course at the Indianapolis Business Col- lege. When sixteen years of age he entered a drug store operated by F. J. Frye, as an apprentice and in this capacity served for a period of two years. During his drug store apprenticeship, Mr. Hook determined to go into the drug store business and in 1898 entered the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy from which he graduated in 1899 with the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy and in 1900 with the degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist. He then returned to Indianapolis as manager of one of the Frye stores but in this capacity remained for a period of but six months when he entered the drug business for himself in a small store located on Southeast Street. During the operation of this store he conceived the idea of creating a chain of downtown drug stores, rather than to continue the comparatively limited business possessed by so-called neighborhood stores. Thus it was that the first downtown store conducted by the Hook Drug Company was opened on East Washington Street between Alabama and New Jersey streets. This was followed in 1912, however, by the creation of a group of neighbor- hood stores which, confirming Mr. Hook’s view of the limited business possi- bilities, were eventually sold to individual buyers. In 1914 the store at Illinois and Washington Streets was opened and imme- diately produced a surprisingly large volume of business. Since the opening of that store, the Hook Drug Company has continuously added downtown stores to the chain and now operates a total of nine stores in Indianapolis and stores in Kokomo, Anderson, Marion, Lafayette and Muncie, Indiana. In addition to his business, Mr. Hook has given untiringly of his time and energy to civie activities of Indianapolis. He is particularly interested in the Boy Scout movement, being a member of the Indianapolis Council of the Boy Seouts of America and a member of the extension committee of that organiza- tion. Mr. Hook believes the boy scout movement to be of tremendous influence in the building of good citizenship and a good investment towards the develop- ment of character of boys who are destined to become leaders of the commun- ity. It is of interest to note that Mr. Hook was largely responsible for the rais- ing of funds to build what has become known as the Kiwanis Boy Scouts Hut now located on the Boy Scouts Reserve, north of Indianapolis and for the erec- tion of the new building to contain shower baths and other sanitary equipment for use when the outdoor advantages are curtailed by inclement weather con- ditions. Mr. Hook is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bu- reau, Hoosier Athletic Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Indianapolis Gun Club, Marion County Fish and Game Associa- tion and the Isaac Walton League. The marriage of Mr. Hook to Miss Florence Weiss took place in Indian- apolis, July 6, 1905. There are three children, Dorothy Margaret, August Fer- dinand, a member of Troop No. 46 Boy Scouts of America, and Ralph William. The Hook family home is upon White River at Crows Nest Hill. agi IN DIANAP ©LUS, WE INS @ie AE ee ls * : Photograph by Moorefield JAMES B. HOWARD 298 UN IDMUAUNU-ANIBONLIES! I MMEINE KONG 7. e yu See. JAMES BARZILLAI HOWARD AMES BARZILLAIL HOWARD, manufacturer and inventor, was born August 18, 1867, at Detroit, Michigan, son of William and Catherine (Hudson) Howard. He was educated in the public schools of Detroit. Entered Melchoir’s Art School and studied free-hand drawing with the intention of following the occupation of carving and designing. Shortly afterwards he took up me- chanical drawing and followed the business of wood pattern mak- ing, especially for stoves and furnaces, which led up to the prob- lems of combustion in such devices. In 1893 he entered the commercial branch of the stove busi- ness. In 1899 he invented and obtained numerous patents on smoke consuming devices to be used in stoves and furnaces where- by all the ingredients of the fuel, and particularly those of bitu- minous coal, are utilized. Immediately upon the appearance of the patented device, other stove manufacturers copied the invention, whereupon suits for infringement were instituted, such suits being defended by an organization formed for the purpose and composed of all the lead- ing stove manufacturers of this country. The litigation lasted - over seven years. Mr. Howard’s patent was fully sustained in the United States Circuit Courts and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals three different times. These decisions in M1, How- ard’s favor put an end to infringements and caused the abandon- ment of the organization with a realignment of the stove industry. The invention has never been improved upon or superseded by other devices. Mr. Howard is president of the Utility Stove & Range Com- pany, president of the Utility Realty Company, president of the Library Realty Company, treasurer of the University Realty Company, and vice-president of the Progress Realty Company. He married Miss Frances Grace Hanchett of St. Louis at Chicago on January 25, 1900. They reside at the Claypool Hotel. He is a member of the Indianapolis Board of Trade and the Indianapolis Athletic Club and a stockholder in the Columbia Club. 299 PN DIANA?P OUST) SVE NG Gis AN wis Photograph by Moorefield THOMAS CARR HOWE 300 ee le Neel als | ai Ne Oia EAT RS THOMAS CARR HOWE years prominently identified with higher educa- tional work in the State of Indiana, as president of Butler College from 1907 to 1920, and as a close student of all that is best in literature, was born on a farm in Charlestown Township, Clark County, Indiana, August 5, 1867, son of Rev. Robert Long and Elizabeth (Carr) Howe. His father, son of a pioneer and in- fluential citizen of Clinton County, Ohio, and a stanch Abolitionist in the period leading up to the Civil War, was born near Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, in 1832, and his mother near Charlestown, in Clark County, Indiana, in 1844. His great grandfather, Thomas Carr, settled near Charlestown in 1808 and, in 1816, was a member of the Corydon Constitutional Convention. ci... CARR HOWEH, A. M., Ph. D., for many In 1884 Thomas Carr Howe, of this sketch, entered Butler College as a senior preparatory student, having obtained his preliminary education in the public schools of Charlestown, Indiana, and from Butler College he craduated in 1889 with the degree of Bachelor of Phil- osophy. In the following autumn he became instructor of Latin and German at Butler College and in this work continued for the full school term, or until June, 1890, when immediately following his marriage on June 5, of that year, to Miss Jennie Etta Armstrong, of Ko- komo, Indiana, he went in company with his bride, to Europe where he passed the summer in travel and after which he entered Berlin University as a student of Germanic languages and literatures. Following a period of two years in Berlin, Mr. and Mrs. Howe returned to Indianapolis to assume the duties of the Armstrong Professor of Germanic languages in Butler College, a position to which he had been ap- jointed before his departure for Berlin. In 1896 he entered Harvard University, from which in 1897 he received the degree of Master of Arts and in 1899 the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In the year last men- tioned, he again went to Europe for a period of a few tconths prior to the resumption of his duties as a mem- ber of the faculty of Butler College. In the spring of 1906, Dr. Howe was made chairman of the Endowment Committee of the college, to which committee was as- signed the completion of the raising of the Butler Col- lege endowment of $250,000. This work was success- fully completed in 1907 and in the fall of that year Dr. Howe became Dean of Butler College, Dr. Scot Butler, its president, having retired on a Carnegie pen- sion. Early in 1908, Dr. Howe was formally elected president of the institution and in that capacity served until 1920 when he resigned to devote all of his time to private business matters. Of Dr. Howe it has many times been stated that, as president of Butler College, he served with such administrative ability as decidedly to advance the prestige long enjoyed by this worthy institution to a place of still higher standing among colleges and universities of the United States. In addition to the time devoted by Dr. Howe to edu- cational work he has also been actively identified with many undertakings relating to the growth and develop- ment of Indianapolis and Indiana. For a number of years prior to the purchase of the Indianapolis Water Company property by the present owners, Dr. Howe was a member of the Board of Directors of that corpora- tion; for several years he was president of the Indianap- clis Council of Boy Scouts of America, during which time the present Boy Scout Reservation near Fort Ben- jamin Harrison was acquired; he is one of the Corpora- tors of Crown Hill Cemetery and one of the members of the Board of Managers of that association, while for one term, that of 1905, he was a representative from Marion County in the Lower House of the General Assembly of Indiana. He is also at this time a vice-president of the Indianapolis Council of Boy Scouts of America, a mem- ber of the Community Chest Board, a member of the Indiana Publie Library Commission, vice-chairman of the Indianapolis City Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals, president of the Indiana State Teach- ers’ Retirement Fund Board and in general national church matters is a member of the executive committee of the Board of Education of the Disciples of Christ Chureh and a member of the Board of Ministerial Re- lef of that body. He has been actively identified with the Modern Languages Association of America and is now a member of the Indianapolis Literary Club, Uni- versity Club, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletie Club, Art Association of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and the Indianapolis and Irvington Athen- zxums. In the Masonic fraternity he is a member of Irvington Lodge, No. 666 and Raper Commandery. For a number of years Dr. Howe has been one of the interested principals of the Armstrong-Landon Hard- ware Company of Kokomo, of which he is now a vice- president, and has other Kokomo business interests. To Dr. and Mrs. Howe have been born four children, Mary Elizabeth, Charlotte Brandon, Thomas Carr, Jr., and Addition Armstrong. 301 [DN DIAINA?P OTS 32M ENE Oia eG sel Photograph by Nicholson Bros. H. C. HUFFSTETTER 302 INDIANAPOLIS MEN OF ARFAIRS H. C. HUFFSTETTER H C. HUFFSTETTER is of Hoosier stock, having been born * in Orleans, Indiana, on Apri! 10, 1860, son of David Jeffer- son and Mary (Campbell) Huffstetter. Two of his grandparents were born in Indiana in 1811 while this state was still a territory. After completing a course of the country school near Orleans, he went to the Orleans High School and later to Purdue Univer- sity. While living in Orleans, Mr. Huffstetter was engaged in several different industries. For a time he was a farmer, later a miller, and for several years was connected with a contracting firm which did general contract work. He came to Indianapolis in 1904 and entered the sand and gravel industry. He assisted in organizing the Indiana Sand and Gravel Producers’ Association and was elected its first president. This organization, of which he has served intermittently as the _ head for five years, has been an important factor in building up and solidifying the industry in this city and throughout the state. Mr. Huffstetter is president of the Brown-Huffstetter Sand Com- pany and the Brown-Huffstetter Material Company, with plants at Kentucky Avenue and Reisner Street and South Harding Street and White River. He is a member of all of the York Rite Masonic bodies, the Mystic Shrine, the Sons of the Revolution, Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Rotary Club, the Indiana Historical Society, and the Indiana Democratic Club. He is a Unitarian. On March 9, 1898, Mr. Huffstetter married Miss Nancy J. Riley of Bedford, Indiana. His home is at 2350 North New Jer- sey Street. 303 DIN DITAINASP Oye TS SM EIN CO eee Photograph by Moorefield DR. CHARLES D. HUMES 304 | OS IBM SOS NIPMO) LIS 9 NIN Oe NI ee lead Me DR. CHARLES D. HUMES R. CHARLES D. HUMES, neurologist and neurolegical surgeon, was born in Rush County, Indiana, June 24, 1882, son of John C. and Mary Eliza- beth (Perkins) Humes. His early education was obtained in the public schools and high school of Rush County, after which he attended Moores Hill College, from which he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1903. Fol- lowing this preliminary education he attended Indiana University School of Medicine where he obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1906. Since his graduation from medical college, Dr. Humes has confined his practice to diseases of the nervous system, althovgh in this connection it is of interest to here note that he has since that time been continuously connected with the teaching staff of the University of Indiana and for several years upon the staff at the Robert Long, City and Methodist Hospitals. In July 1917 Dr. Humes, with the rank of Captain, enlisted with Lilly Base Hospital, which later became officially known as United States Army Base Hospital No. 32. On December 2, 1917 he sailed for France and for one month after his arrival was located with United States Army Base Hospital No. 32 at its base—Contrexeville, Vosges, France. At the end of one month he was trans- ferred to Savenay, France, where he assumed charge of the Neuro-Phychipatic Hospital, which was during the early period of the war regarded as a general ‘‘elearing house’’ for nervously affected soldiers of the American Expedition- ary Forces. In this work Dr. Humes continued until the latter part of June 1918 when he was relieved from duty and sent back to the Vosges district as consultant in neurology and Psychiatry at the Vittrell, Contrexeville center comprising 10,000 beds of which Base Hospital No. 32 was one of four units. There he remained until the latter part of January 1919 when he was ordered returned to the United States. While in the Vittrell, Contrexeville center he was promoted to the rank of Major. Upon his return to the United States in February 1919, Dr. Humes was stationed at Camp Dix, New Jersey, in the capacity of consultant neuropsy- chiatrist until his honorable discharge, February 28, 1919. Dr. Humes is a member of the Indianapolis Medical Association, the Indi- ana State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the Missis- sippi Valley Medical Association and of the American Neurological Association and of the Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, of which he was a trustee for a number of years. He is also a member of the University Club, Indianapolis Country Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Woodstock Club, the Indianapolis Rotary Club, Indianapolis Tennis Club, the American Legion and of Rushville Lodge No. 64, F. & A. M. The marriage of Dr. Humes to Miss Lila Evelyan Allison occurred at Indianapolis October 27, 1908. There is one daughter, Mary Elizabeth. The family residence is at 4048 North Pennsylvania Street. [DN DITASNACP ©2153 SWE NG ee Slee Photograph by Ellis FRANK B. HUNTER 306 Bene eNO) Sav ENS @ eae ATR S FRANK B. HUNTER RANK B. HUNTER, architect and engineer, was born at Coy- ington, Kentucky, June 17, 1883, son of John H. and Carrie Uy (Smith) Hunter. When but SIx years of age he was brought {o Indianapolis and in this city received his education. He first attended the public grade schools and at the same time the old Classical Art School, then located in Circle Hall, after which he attended Manual Training High School. In connection with Mr. Hunter’s early activities in Indian- apolis, it is of interest to here recall that to him, when but sixteen years of age, was awarded the first prize, in an open competition, conducted to ereate and design an official seal for the City of Indianapolis. In fact, the seal now in general use by the City of Indianapolis is that originally drawn and executed by the subject of this sketch. Upon the conclusion of his high school education, Mr. Hunter entered the employe of P. C. Rubush & Company, with which firm he remained for a period of approximately two years when he went to Vincennes, Indiana, there to become associated with an- other architectural firm. In the city just mentioned, he remained for two vears when he returned to Indianapolis to become asso- ciated with the architectural firm of R. P. Daggett & Company. In this connection he remained until 1907, when he determined to enter upon an individual career as an architect, specializing par- ticularly in the creation of fine homes. To this work Mr. Hunter has since been continuously devoted, building up an individual tvpe of building and construction service designed to create the original and attractive in unison with the practical. Not only does Mr. Hunter specialize upon the creation of fine homes from the architectural standpoint, but in the general fur- nishing and ornamentation of homes, he takes personal interest in the infusion of especially designed equipment and methods of construction. Mr. Hunter, who since April 12, 1922, has been official archi- tect for the City of Indianapolis, is a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Monument Lodge No. 657 F. & A. M., Indianapolis Chapter, Knights Templar, and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. On December 20, 1912 Mr. Hunter married Miss Anna 'Towles at Irvington. There is one child, John Alfred. Mz. and Mrs. Hunter reside at 4834 North Illinois Street. 307 LINTD TEASIN A. © FST MN Ce eS eee Ee 8 86 OR OB Photograph by Bretzgman O. B. ILES 308 ee ede Oral eee Nl Ou ee Nia AT Re S ORLANDO B. ILES RLANDO B. ILES, general manager and treasurer of the International Machine Tool Company, is not a native of In- diana, but was born May 31, 1869, in Brown County, Ohio, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ewing) Iles. Mr. Iles has had a varied and interesting career. In his early boyhood he spent two years in Florida with his mother, who was ill, and then from 1882 to 1889 was in four different schools, at Maysville, Kentucky; Springfield, Illinois; Nashville, Tennessee ; and Tuscola, Illinois. For a year after leaving the latter institu- tion he was a school teacher, having a country school in Douglass County, Illinois. He then spent four years at DePauw Univer- sity, Greencastle, Indiana, and during the year 1893 to 1894 studied law with Judge H. C. Allen and, ‘at the same time, attended to his varied duties as claim agent for the Street Car Company of Indianapolis. In 1895 Mr. Iles was admitted to the Indiana Bar. Two years after his admission he was appointed reading clerk of the Indiana House of Representatives, and from 1897 to 1898 was prosecutor in the city court. Beyond these, he has never sought public office. The manufacturing business came to attract him more than the steady practice of the law, and in 1899 he became associated with the Arthur Jordan Company. In 1903 he was made manager of the Capital City Gas Engine Company, and in 1906 he or- ganized the International Machine Tool Company with Arthur Jordan and Charles L. Libby as partners. Mr. [les has been president of many organizations, including the Indianapolis Branch of the National Metal Trades, the Asso- ciated Employers of Indianapolis, the Marion Club in 1918, the Kiwanis Club in 1920, and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce in 1922, He is Past Commander of the Indianapolis Lodge, No. 56, Knights of Pythias, amember of the Mystic Tie Lodge, F. & A. M., the Scottish Rite, and the Shrine. He is also a member of the Hoosier Motor Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Kiwanis Club, Columbia Club, Machinery Club of Chicago, and the Indi- anapolis Athletic Club. On October 25, 1899, Mr. Iles married Miss Esther Day Jor- dan. They have two children, Mrs. Edward A. Ogle, nee Eliza- beth Ewing, and Arthur Jordan Iles. The family resides at 4400 North Meridian Street. 309 DNB AINA P @1S 03> GAA IN a @ eee eee y Dexheimer b Photograph WILLIAM H. INSLEY 310 ‘ a pte SNe Oe lS aee Vi Nes @isse Ne AT RIS WILLIAM H. INSLEY ILLIAM H. INSLEY, son of Wiliam Quinn and Celia (Whitmore) Ins- ley, was born January 16, 1870, at Terre Haute, Indiana. The Insley family is numbered among the pioneers of the Hoosier state. Job Insley, great- grandfather of William H., lived in Newtown, Fountain County, where he is buried. Ellis Insley, his son, removed from Fountain County in the early sixties to a farm located north of Indianapolis, now within the city limits on what is now North Illinois Street. He is buried in Crown Hill cemetery, which as a commissioner he helped to lay out. William Q. Insley, father of William H., was born in Fountain County and later lived in Terre Haute, where he practiced medicine for a number of years. Willham H. Insley received his common school education in Fountain County and then taught school for two years before entering DePauw Univer- sity. He later matriculated at Rose Polytechnic Institute, through which institution he worked his way. After completing his technical training he came to Indianapolis as a drafts- man for the Brown-Ketcham Iron Works and later was in charge of the engi- neering department of the Noelke-Richards Iron Works. In 1905, with very limited means, he succeeded in organizing the Insley Iron Works, engineers and fabricators of structural iron works. Four years later the company was reorganized as the Insley Manufacturing Company. It was at this time that the business began to specialize in concrete-handling equip- ment. In the early days of the concern Mr. Insley took care of practically all the office work and supervised the factory and field work outside. The com- pany now employs fifty engineers and office assistants and has a considerable force of workmen. The Insley products are used by the United States Government, large steel corporations, and many other industries, and by general building contractors identified with the construction of dry docks, dams, breakwaters, retaining walls, reinforced concrete buildings and the like. One of the most important devel- opments of the company is the gravity tower employed for the conveyance and distribution of concrete, in connection with which the company holds sev- eral valuable patents. The market for this equipment is world-wide. Mr. Insley is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Ameri- can Society of Mechanical Engineers, Board of Managers of Rose Polytechnic Institute, Irvington Masonic Lodge, Rotary Club, University Club, and Indian- apolis Literary Club. Mr. Insley is president of the Family Welfare Society of Indianapolis; a member of the board of directors of the Community Chest ; vice-president of the state Y. M. C. A.; treasurer of the Society of Indiana Pio- neers; a member of the board of directors of the Art Association, and a trustee of the Irvington Methodist Church. On January 1, 1903, he married Miss Jane Williams in Corning, New York. There is one son, Francis H. The Insley home is at 445 North Audubon Road. The offices and plant of the Insley Manufacturing Company, of which Mr. Insley is president and general manager, are located at Olney and Kast St. Clair Streets. 311 IN DUAINAP OWS DS iM EN 3 @lne ie ae Photograph by Dexheimer CLARENCE R. IRISH 312 ING le NaN se ee VEN @) ei re AT Re CLARENCE R. IRISH LARENCE R. IRISH, of Millspaugh & Irish, motor coach builders, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, January 25, 1890, son of John R. and Mary E. Irish. Early education was secured in Indianapolis, Indiana, followed by a course in mechanical en- gineering and automobile body designing. His practical expe- rience was received in the Engineering Department of Nordyke & Marmon, American Motor Car Company, Diamond Chain and and Manufacturing Company, and MceMeans & Tripp, all of Indi- anapolis. In 1914 he formed a partnership with Harry B. Millspaugh, as designing and consulting engineers on automobile bodies, which soon developed into a manufacturing concern. The firm has since prospered and grown until today it is nationally known by he automobile trade as producers of highgrade coach bodies. Early in 1928 the firm of Millspaugh & Irish was incorpor- ated under the same name at $1,500,000, with Mr. Irish as vice- president and general manager. The new corporation will con- tinue operations in the manufacture of automobile bodies as in the past, the incorporation having been brought about merely for business expansion. Mr. Irish is married and resides at 22 South Colorado Ave- nue. He is a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Chamber of Commerce, Optimist Club, Elks Lodge, No. 13, Cate Lodge No. 23, F. & A. M., the Scottish Rite, and Murat Temple. 313 INDIANA P © DYS3 MEIN @ie A ee Site Photograph by Moorefield DR. HENRY JAMESON J14 Teele HEC Nal) 11S [emer le IN) eee Fo ALR S DR. HENRY JAMESON Dies HENRY JAMESON, physician by profession, but of recent years more prominently identified sth the business interests of Indianapolis, as chairman of the Board of Directors of the In- Manapolis Street Railway Company, was born at Indianapolis, September 9, 1848, the son of Alexander and Lydia C. (Thomp- son) Jameson. fis early education was obtained in the public schools of Wayne township, after which he attended Northwestern Christian University, now Butler College, from which he graduated in 1869, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. This was followed by a course at the Bellview Hospital Medical College, from which he graduated in 1871 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Upon the completion of his professional education, Dr. Jameson returned to Indianapolis and here engaged in the general practice of medicine from 1872 until 1906, during which time he gained a position of high esteem as a citizen of the Commonwealth and an enviable reputation among those affiliated with the medica! profession. From 1901-5 he was Surgeon General of the Indi- ana National Guard, under the late Governor W. T. Durbin and from 1906 to 1915 was chairman of the board of Park Commis- sioners of Indianapolis. In 1914 he became president of the In- dianapolis Street Railway Company, which position he continu- ously held until 1919, when, upon the reorganization of the com- pany, he became chairman of the Board of Directors. While, as noted, Dr. Jameson is not now active in the prac- tice of medicine, he is upon the staffs of all the hospitals of Jn- dianapolis, a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Medical Associations and retains a position of close con- tact with those now more actively engaged in medical work. Dr. Jameson is a charter member of the Columbia Club, a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Christian Church and in the Masonie fraternity is a member of Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite and Murat Temple of the Mystie Shrine. In addition to these associations he has come, of late, to be vitally interested in the new life of Butler College, having been largely responsible for securing the noble site of Fair- field Park as seat for the college buildings. He is a member of the board of directors of Butler College, as well as the Butler Foundation, and is chairman of the General Plan Committee and vice-chairman of the Buildings and Grounds Committee of that organization. The marriage of Dr. Jameson to Miss Gertrude Carey took place in Indianapolis, November 25, 1875. Mrs. Jameson died December 15,1915. There are two daughters, Mrs. Donald Pierce, nee Eunice, and Mrs. B. B. Greer, nee Augusta. 315 IN DIANA P'@121S) SMCE NS @ Ree ia Photograph by Moorefield GUY K. JEFFRIES 316 bee eee aoe Voie CO) lee le AL RIS GUY K. JEFFRIES UY K. JEFFRIES, general superintendent of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company, was born on July 9, 1866, in Riplev County, Indiana, son of Dr. William E. and Olive (IkKnowlton) Jeffries. When he was a boy his parents moved to Indianapolis and he was educated in the puble and high schools of this city. He became interested in telegraphy, and after completing his high school education became an operator on the Big Four Rail- road assigned to the Indianapolis office. He was telegraph opera- tor for three vears and then was promoted to train dispatcher and occupied that post for another three vears. He then went to Huntington, Indiana, to become a train dispatcher for the Erie Railroad with headquarters i in that citv. From Huntington, Mr. Jeffries was transferred to Chicago, where for nine years he was chief dispatcher and trainmaster. In 1903, Mr. Jeffries became connected with the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company as trainmaster with headquarters at Lebanon. A year later he was advanced to division superintendent, and since 1909 has been general superintendent of the company, which operates several traction lines radiating from Indianapolis and which is one of the important traction companies in the United States. Mr. Jeffries was the founder of the Exchange Club of Ind1- anapolis and its first president. His activity in the club led to his selection as a member of the Board of Control of the National x: change Clubs and, in 1923, to his election to the presidency of the national organization. He was president of the Hoosier Motor Club in 1921-22 and actively identified with the Indianapolis Traffic Club. In 1916-17 he was a member of the Board of Con- trol of the Indiana Boys’ School. He is a member of both the American Electric Railway Asso- ciation and the Central Electric Railway Association, He is also a member of the Columbia Club, a 32nd degree Mason and a mem- ber of the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Jeffries married Miss Augustine M. Routier at Indianap- clis on June 15, 1892. They have one daughter, Miss Lorene M. Jeffries. The family home is at 19 North Audubon Road. 317 DNED TIANA P UBT SVE INGOs Sse ae re ——————————___——__ Photograph by Bretzman HON. CHARLES W. JEWETT 318 Pe eNO) el ee NI @ EASE AT RS HON. CHARLES W. JEWETT ON. CHARLES W. JEWETT, attorney, and Mayor of the City of Indianapolis from January 7, 1918, to January 4, 1922, was born at Frank- lin, Indiana, January 7, 1884, son of Rev. Edward P. and Alma (Aten) Jewett. When but two years of age he was moved to Shelbyville, Indiana, by his parents and in the public schools of that city, when seven years of age, began his education. After a short time he moved to Paris, Indiana, where he attended school in the locality made famous by the ‘‘ Hoosier Schoolmas- ter’’ and experienced all of the emotions set out in that noted book. From Paris his parents moved in turn to Kent, Morristown, Milroy and Greenwood, Indiana, and while living at Greenwood he entered Franklin Col- lege preparatory school. Later he entered the freshman elass at Franklin College. In the fall of 1904 he en- tered DePauw University as a sophomore, and from that institution graduated in 1907, with the degree of Bache- lor of Arts. He then entered the Harvard Law School, concluding the prescribed courses in 1910. While attending college and during vacation time he worked as a brakeman, fireman and engineer on a rail- road construction train. While at Harvard he worked for the Massachusetts Republican State Committee, mak: ing speeches and doing organization work. After that he went to Quebee and ran a food concession at the Ter- Centenary Exposition. From this it may be seen that the subject of this sketch was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but is well acquainted with hard work. Returning to Indianapolis in the summer of 1910, Mr. Jewett formed a law partnership with Mr. Carl H. Weyl, with whom he is still associated, the firm now being Rob- bins, Weyl & Jewett. In that same year he was a can- didate for the nomination for the State Legislature on the Republican ticket but was defeated as a result of the Progressive era. In 1913, he, with others, formed the Republican Union in Marion County, an organization ef young Republicans which brought together the Pro- gressives and the stand-pat elements of the party in Marion County. The following year he was elected Chairman of the Marion County Central Republican Com- mittee and so successfully managed the campaign that the entire ticket was elected by a big majority. In 1916 he was elected Chairman and again his party was successful, Marion County giving practically the entire purality which elected the State ticket and carried Indiana for Hughes. It was this campaign which brought Will H. Hays out as a national figure. In 1917 Mr. Jewett was elected Mayor of Indianapolis, after one of the most strenuous campaigns ever record- ed in connection with elections in the Capital City. Of Mr. Jewett it may be said that while he entered the Mayor’s office with the city deeply in debt, he left it four years later in first class financial condition; the streets in good repair; the police and fire depart- ments in an efficient condition; track elevation nearly completed and the war memorial project accomplished— that of bringing the national headquarters of the Ameri- ean Legion to Indianapolis and making assured one of the most magnificent memorial structures in America. In fact, during his term of office the entire fire de- partment was motorized, a systematic plan for the ceol- lection and disposal of garbage and refuse was put into operation and the city budget system adopted, each of which has since brought about a tremendous saving each year to the taxpayers of the city. During the World War, Mr. Jewett was actively iden- tified with every drive and campaign which took place, personally working to bring about the realization of each quota and speaking times without number in be- half of each undertaking. Suffice it to say that during the World War, Indianapolis held a position of marked distinction among the cities of the country which could be counted upon to go ‘‘over the top’’ when called upon for material assistance in a time of national strife. In 1920 Mr. Jewett was a delegate from Indiana to the Republican National Convention which nominated President Harding and in the deliberations of that body he took an active part. Upon leaving the Mayor’s office, Mr. Jewett resumed the practice of law, although as a private citizen he continues to be prominently identified with civic and commercial activities. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company ; vice-president of Jewett & Company, a bond house com- posed of Chester A. Jewett, Russell P. Jewett and him- sclf; and owner of the Arlington Stock farms. He is a member of Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M., Chapter, Scottish Rite, Sahara Grotto, Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Elks, Knights of Pythias, Moose, Eagles, Columbia Club, University Club, Country Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Dramatic Club, Players Club, Century Literary Club, Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade. He is also a member of the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity, being at this time president of the Epsilon Province. The marriage of Mr. Jewett to Miss Elizabeth Dougherty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dougherty, took place at Indianapolis, October 25, 1913. 319 TEND TANASE OTe Se 5 IN ae ae Photograph by Bretzman AQUILLA Q. JONES 320 SID SON PY SIEM OUD SUB OINE Gite! yee ve cae, AQUILLA Q. JONES QUILLA Q. JONES, son of Aquilla and Harriet (Cox) Jones, was born at Co lumbus, Indiana, April 14, 1852. For half a century or more his father was a leader in state politics and publie affairs of Indiana. From 1856 to 1860 (two terms) he was treasurer of state and during other years ably served in the legislature in various official capacities under the Commonwealth. In addition he was post- master at Indianapolis under the Cleveland ad- ministration and an influential business man of Indianapolis. Aquilla Q., subject of this sketch, obtained his early education in the common schools of Columbus, continued from there at the Farm- ington (Maine) Academy, Bloomington (In- diana) State University, and completed his preparation for his profession at Racine Col- lege, Wisconsin. From the latter institution he was graduated in 1874 and soon afterward began the study of law at Columbia College, New York City, in 1875. Soon after completing his course at Colum- bia College, Mr. Jones located at Indianapolis, and in this city he has from that time created a very substantial reputation as an attorney at the bar. During his practice of law Mr. Jones has been both alone and in partnership, his associations including such men as the Hon. Thomas L. Sullivan and the Hon. Alexander C Ayres. At the present time he is a member of the firm of Jones, Hammond & Jones. In 1893 Mr. Jones was appointed city attor- ney of Indianapolis, and with great credit held that office until the end of Mayor Sullivan’s administration. He has also served as a mem- ber of the Indiana State Board of Charities, having been appointed to that office by the late Governor Claude Mathews. He was for a number of years a member of the Sinking Fund Committee of Indianapols, being the first chairman of that body, and for two terms. (1909-11) was president of the Indianapolis Board of Trade. Mr. Jones was vice-president of the Centen- nial Committee at the time of the Indiana State Centennial in 1916. During the World War he was chairman of one of the draft boards and chairman of the War Activities Committee of the War Chest, the organization which made possible the present Community Chest plan for providing for Indianapolis charities in a sys- tematic, economical and efficient manner. Mr. Jones is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and one of the founder members of the Indiana Democratic Club. He is also a member of the American Bar Associa- tion, Indiana Bar Association, and the Indian- apohs Bar Association. Of the latter organiza- tion he was president during the trying period of the war, and although his other activities at that time took much of his energy and personal attention, his Bar Association administration was one of outstanding accomplishments. Mr. Jones is also at this time a member of the Board of Community Welfare of the City of Indian- apolis, having been originally appointed to that position by Hon. Charles W. Jewett while the latter was mayor of Indianapolis. In his religious faith Mr. Jones is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, for which he has been an active worker and staunch sup- porter. He has for many years been a Chan- cellor of the Indianapolis Episcopal Diocese and is at this time Senior Wadren of the Church of the Advent at Thirty-third and Meridian Streets. On January 26, 1881, Mr. Jones married Miss Annie L. Raschig of Indianapolis. To them was born one son, Walter D., on October 22, 1885. Walter D. attended the Howe Mil- itary Academy, Kenyon College, the Indiana State University—College of Law—and the University of Michigan. After his admission to the bar and until his untimely death, Jan- uary 8, 1920, he was associated with his father in the practice of law. 321 INDIANAYP © LTS” (MEIN) Olle uso % (Aes Bk a RR a aa ee Bes: 8 2eeeaeee Photograph by Champlain Studios—New York ARTHUR JORDAN 322 NED le Ne SS) 1 1 ee NR @ eae A ANS ARTHUR JORDAN RTHUR JORDAN, philanthropist, widely known churchman, and promoter of many charities, has been a leader in nearly all of the city’s important activities for nearly fifty years. He has also long since attained nation-wide prominence by reason of the many extensive business enterprises which he has sue- cessfully established here and elsewhere, ten or more in number, all permanent in character, and which have long commanded the confi- dence and admiration of the community. Early in his business life Mr. Jordan de- veloped an extensive creamery butter industry, gathering the cream from farms over a large area in Indiana and Illinois. It was the first business of its kind undertaken up to that time in this state. In connection with this enter- prise he built the first mechanical refrigerating machine installed here and imported the first eream separator ever used in the United States. Mr. Jordan later engaged very extensively in the packing of eggs and poultry, and ship- ping such produce to distant markets from a large number of centralizing stations. He was a pioneer in this also, establishing the first reg- ular line of refrigerating cars between this city and the East for the transportation of such perishable freight. For many years he was easily the leader in this line, and his products, raised in Indiana and Illinois, were well known and sought for in all the markets of the East. The Keyless Lock Company, of Indianap- olis, manufacturer and builder of government postoffice equipment; the International Ma- chine Tool Company, of this city, manufactur- ing turret lathes; the Disco Electric Manufac- turing Company, of Detroit, Michigan, man- ufacturer and distributor of Tiltlock steering wheels, shock absorbers, and other widely advertised automobile accessories, are among the manufacturing enterprises which he estab- lished and owned and in which he still retains an interest. The Printing Arts Company, and the City Ice and Coal Company, both of this city, and the Arthur Jordan Piano Company, of Wash- ington, D. C., all large and successful concerns, Were originated and developed under his own- ership and direction. As president of the Meridian Life Insurance Company and chief owner of its capital stock, he developed in less than twenty years one of the strongest and best life insurance companies in the United States. All of these various concerns, commercial, financial and manufacturing, indicate clearly the marvelous capacity for business organiza- tion and the genius of this man of whom the elty is so justly proud. Thoroughness, perse- verance, accurate business judgment, broad vision and resourcefulness are all characteristic of the man, accounting in large degree for the successful outcome of all his various enter- prises. While owning and developing these ten or more lines of business, Mr. Jordan has always been actively connected with the principal com- mercial, religious, educational, social and phi- lanthropic bodies of the city of his residence, usually as an officer, member of the executive committee or managing board. Of an unusu- ally modest, almost diffident nature, Mr. Jor- dan’s advice and counsel has always been sought by, but never thrust upon, his associates and friends. Mr. Jordan was born in the city of Madison, Indiana, September 1, 1855. He has been an earnest and enthusiastic worker all of his life, taking little time for play, and having no time to waste or trifle away. Today his appearance is that of a man of fifty, which he attributes to his active and energetic habits and his clean moral life. His friends would attribute it also to his constant thoughtfulness of others and his never-failing helpfulness to his friends in their time of need. 323 DINDAAIN A PO let S 2M E N= Ole A eles Photograph by Moorefield OSCAR A. JOSE 324 WIN IDE AN IN| Zo (OT Ee ae eA | COM! 7S) eai) rere dee, OSCAR A. JOSE SCAR A. JOSE, president of the City Builders Realty Com- pany, Jose Kuhn Lumber Company, the Citv Builders Fi- nance Company, secretary-treasurer of the Jose-Balz Company and secretary-treasurer of the Jose-Balz Realty Company, was born at Indianapolis, February 19, 1879, son of Nicholas and Johanna (Branchla) Jose. Huis early education was obtained in the grade schools of Indianapolis, after which he attended Manual Training High School and from which he graduated in 1899. Upon the completion of this work Mr. Jose engaged in the decor- ating business for a number of vears, both in this city and in New York, after which he became associated with Mr. Peter F. Balz in the realty, building and lumber business and in which he has been conspicuously identified to this time in the capacities prev- iously noted. Of particular interest in this sketch relative to Mr. Jose 1s his activity, through the City Building Realty Company at Palm Beach, Florida. In that citv his interests have developed and built up, from a hotel to a cottage colony, the nucleus of what promises to be one of the outstanding residential projects of that Southern State. Through their holdings the Citv Builders’ Realty Company has done much to create decidedly substantial properties in both Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, although at this time the company is also doing much towards the development of cer: tain tracts in the city of Miami, Florida. The Jose Kuhn Lumber Company, operating in Indianap- olis, possesses probably the most complete building plant in the United States, this plant operating lumber yards, planing mills, painting plants, heating establishments, plumbing establishments and all such other departments as are necessary in the line of business pertaining to the erection of homes. In addition to these enterprises, Mr. Jose is now working on what will probably prove to be one of the most complete Country Clubs in the Central states. It is proposed to develop a club havy- ing golf, tennis and swimming facilities and riding paths, located on White River, north of Indianapolis. Mr. Jose is a member of the Highland Golf and Country Club, Hoosier Athletic Club, and in the Masonic fraternity is a member of Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The marriage of Mr. Jose to Miss Jean Leitch occurred in In- dianapolis, December 5, 1901. There are two children, Oscar A. Jose, Jr., and rances Catherine Jose. The family residence is at 3048 Fall Creek Boulevard. 325 LENS ID TASN ASP: QE TiN IN GS ge eae es Photograph by Moorefield FREDERICK W. JUNGCLAUS 326 IUISPIB YUAN IN JANIE OMEA hw: JKAIE IND ZOE? «7 AxdrH Be red LD eee, FREDERICK W. JUNGCLAUS Ey Saati W. JUNGCLAUS, building contractor, secretary and treasurer of the Wm. P. Jungeclaus Company, 825-837 Massa- chusetts Avenue, was born at Indianapolis, De- cember 5, 1875, son of William P. and Marie 8. Jungelaus. He spent but a few years in the Indianapolis public schools, leaving when he was fourteen years of age to become associated with his father in the contracting business, then known as Jungclaus & Schumacher. From carpenter’s apprentice, bookkeeper and estimator, Mr. Jungclaus advanced through the business until January, 1907, when he was elected secretary-treasurer of the company, of which his father, William P. Jungelaus, is the president and his brother, IH. P. Jungclaus, the vice-president. The partnership between Mr. Wm. P. Jungelaus and Mr. John A. Schumach- er was dissolved in March, 1895. The Wm. P. Jungelaus Company was incorporated immedi- ately after the dissolution of the firm of Jung- claus & Sehumacher. Wm. P. Jungelaus Company has been the builder of many important structures in In- dianapolis, including the English Hotel and Theatre, Public Library building, Meridian and Ohio Streets; Merchants National Bank build- ing, Hotel Edward, Bankers Trust Company building, Indiana Trust Company, Pennsylva- nia Railroad Inbound Freight Houses, a num- ber of Public School buildings, Stutz Motor Car Company, H. C. S. Factory, Stutz Fire Engine Company, most of the buildings for the G. & J. Tire Company, Guaranty building, Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Administration building and power house for the Indianapolis Sanitary Dis- trict, Indianapolis Glove Company, and Murat Temple. In addition to the above, there have been numerous other structures erected throughout the city and State of Indiana, chief among which were buildings at Purdue University and St. Mary-of-the-Woods. The Wm. P. Jungeclaus Company has made a specialty of all classes of construction work, industrial, office, public and fine residence buildings. In connection with their operations they have a modern mill building and a large stock of lumber which they carry at all times. In the building trades, Mr. Jungclaus has been exceedingly active. He is president of the Building Contractors’ Association in this city, president of the Associated Building Con. tractors of Indiana, a director of the Builders and Manufacturers’ Mutual Casualty Company of Chicago, Illinois, a director of the State Bank of Massachusetts Avenue, and a director of the Polar Ice and Fuel Company, in this city. In connection with the presidency of the Associated Building Contractors of Indiana, it is of interest to here note that Mr. Jungclaus is now serving his second term in that capacity, an honor which has never before been held by any member of the organization. Mr. Jungelaus is a member of the Indianap- olis Athethe Club, the Academy of Music, the Athenaeum, the Columbia Club, and the Ma- Scottish Rite and Mystie Shrine. Ile was, until his recent resignation, a member of the Board of Trustees of Woodruff Place. On June 7, 1899, Mr. Jungelaus married Miss Bertha Langenberg at Indianapolis. They have one son, William H., who is a member of the Civil Engineering class of 1923 at Purdue University. The family home is at 4057 North Meridian Street. sonic bodies 327 TENUIDIEAUIN-AYP ©) De a ls Ne ai ee ee Photograph by Bretzman J. G. KARSTEDT 328 eee Ne Ne Oe Seis Nee @ eee ATR S JOHN G. KARSTEDT OHN G. KARSTEDT, general contractor, was born at HKlm- wood, Gray County, Ontario, Canada, October 21, 1871, son of August and Mary (Danhause) Karstedt. The early education of the subject of this sketch was obtained in the public schools in the city of his birth, after which, when but twelve years of age, he became an apprentice brick- layer. Tn this he engaged at Elmwood until he became sufficiently proficient in masonry to enable him to take up the business independently and then for a period of twenty-five vears, Mr. Karstedt did masonry work in various parts of the United States, coming, in 1898, to Indianapolis where he has since resided, In connection with the business career of Mr. Karstedt it is of interest to here relate that during all of the twenty-five vears just mentioned, he was looking forward to and planning for that time when he would be qualified to establish a general contracting busi- ness. Hardships of all varieties were his as he followed the “br ick- laying business in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Texas and other states, but true to the adage that deter- mination and perseverance are the real forerunners of definite achievement, he has attained to the goal of his ambition and is at this time among the dominating figures of his chosen field of endeavor. Among the well known public and semi-public structures of Indianapolis undertaken and successfully completed by Mr. Karstedt are the Sunken Gardens at Garfield Park, the artistic and permanent brick wall entirely surrounding Crown Hill Ceme- tery, the Methodist Hospital Annex, two of the more recent build- ings erected at the Insane Hospital, the Cloister at the Sisters of the Good Shepherds, the industrial building for the Board of In- dustrial Aid for the Blind, and the new Horse Barns at the State Fair grounds. Mr. Karstedt is a member of the Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Hoosier Motor Club, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 18, and the Chamber of Commerce. The marriage of Mr. Karstedt to Miss Linna Ullom occurred at Indianapolis January 31, 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Karstedt reside at 2430 North Delaware Street. 329 INS DIANA PP. © Tels WEIN Gi ae ale sees Photograph by Moffett-—Chicago ALFRED O. KAUFFMANN 330 IS IDAIVACING AIBA OEMS: Ms) MON re Senta voM ise, ALFRED OTTO KAUFFMANN LFRED OTTO KAUFFMANN, vice-president and general manager of the Link-Belt Company of Indianapolis, son of William K. and Louise (Startz) Kauffmann, was born in Ger- many, August 20, 1879. The father came to America when Alfred O., of this sketch, was scarcelv over three vears of age, while the mother with the son followed some eighteen months later. The son’s early education was received in the public schools of New York City and Rutherford, New Jersey, but at the age of fifteen he left the public schools and, on November 12, 1894, apprenticed himself to the General Electric Company at Schenectady, New York, serving in the tool room of that organization until August, 1895, In the year mentioned he entered the machine shop of Robert Hoe & Company, New York City, manufacturers of printing presses, and with that concern continued his apprenticeship until the fall of 1898. While in the employe of the Robert Hoe & Com- pany, he studied at the Cooper Union Night School, New York City. In 1898 he determined to secure an advanced mechanical education and entered the Pratt Institute at Brooklyn, New York, from which he graduated in 1901, with the degree of Me- chanical Engineer. Upon the completion of this course, Mr. Kauffmann entered the employe of the Link-Belt Company as draftsman, which posi- tion he held until August, 1906, when he was appointed superin- tendent of construction, serving in that capacity until July, 1909, when he was appointed sales engineer in charge of the West Virginia territory. “His work in this field was varied and covered the designing, sales and construction of coal tipples and coal mining work in general. He served in this position until January, 19138, when he was appointed assistant to the president of the company and trans- ferred to the Chicago office. In Julv, 1913, he was appointed manager of the Philadelphia plant in charge of operations of the company’s eastern division. In October, 1914, he was transferred to Indiana and in February, 1915, was appointed vice-president and general manager of the Indianapolis plants—which positions he still holds. In addition to this, Mr. Kauffmann is a member of the Board of Directors of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Com- pany. Mr. Kauffmann is a member of the Indianapolis Country Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Columbia Club, Athen- aeum, Hoosier Athletic Club and Manufacturer’s Club of Phila- delphia. The marriage of Mr. Kauffmann to Miss Mable Frances Ul- rich occurred on June 9, 1915, at Philadelphia. The family home is at 4511 Broadway. 331 PNUD TAIN AYP @ 12 les B/E ING @ ine ee ees Photograph by Moorefield CHARLES J. KAVANAUGH ee ee Ne Ne) eV IN @) Eee ARS CHARLES J. KAVANAUGH HARLES J. KAVANAUGH, president and treasurer of the JXavanaugh Broom Corn Company, 1014 East Michigan Street, was born at Sheldon, New York, November 11, 1886, the son of M. H. and Annie (Gaffney) Kavanaugh. His early education was obtained at Chicago, Illinois, after which he was employed by the Hhnois Trust and Savings Company at Chicago for a compara- tively short period of time. Following this preliminary work, Mr. Kavanaugh entered the broom corn business at Chicago with his father and uncle and it was during this time that he learned the business in which for the past several years he has been continuously identified. Mr. Ka- vanaugh’s sales experience was obtained, however, during an ex- perience of several vears as a salesman for the Spaulding & Mer- rick Tobacco Company with which he was associated from 1909 to 1915, when he came to Indianapolis and here founded the Ka- vanaugh Broom Corn Company. During the World War Mr. Kavanaugh was an active worker in the War Chest campaign and was also associated with each of the Liberty Loan drives. Since that time has been interested in many civic campaigns and enterprises. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Club, Indianapols Athletic Club, Indianapolis Rotary Club and the Knights of Columbus. The marriage of Mr. Kavanaugh to Miss Mary B. Fursten- berg took place at Hutchinson, Kansas, January 15, 1912. There are three children, Barbara Ann, Alice Marie and Mary Joan. The family residence is at 4248 Park Avenue. 339 INDIANAP O2YS “MEN OP Ar Ales Photograph by Bretzman ROBERT B. KEITH 334 DED EAGNENIS @iS lS CE NOE VyABREAIR:S ROBERT BENJAMIN KEITH OBERT BENJAMIN KEITH, president and treasurer of the Henry ©. Smither Roofing and Sheet Metal Company, the oldest establishment of its kind in Indianapolis, was born August 15, 1862, at Edwardsport, Indiana, son of Dr. Benjamin F. and Hannah (Culbertson) Keith. As a boy he received his education in the schools of Hadwards- port and later attended DePauw University, upon the completion of which work he taught school for a while. In 1885 he came to Indianapolis to read law, and two vears later, in 1887 was admitted to the bar. For twelve years thereafter Mr. Keith continued in the legal profession and then became secretary of the Indiana Hotel Company. In 1907 he resigned that position and went to Seattle, Wash- ington, where he resided for about a year and a half, at the expira- tion of which time he returned to his native state. Soon after his return, he acquired an interest in, and became secretary of the Henry C. Smither Roofing Company, which has heen in continuous operation since 1868, In 1919 he purchased Mr. Smither’s interest in the company and since that time has been president and treasurer of the company. Mr. Keith is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Marion Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, and the Kiwanis Club. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the First Baptist Church. On October 13, 1907 Mr. Keith married Miss Martha M. Car- roll of this city. M1. and Mrs. Keith reside at 402 North Meridian Street. 335 NUD TAINTA P OTe TS ME IN Ge ie sees Photograph by Moorefield T. J. KELLY 336 iN eS Net @ 1 lee VON PR @ eee Ne RES THOMAS J. KELLY HOMAS J. KELLY, president of the Ad- vanee Paint Company, located at 540 West Norwood Street, was born July 7, 1875, at Chicago, Illinois, the son of John and Brid- get (Casey) Kelly. After obtaining his early education in the public schools of Indianapolis, Mr. Kelly pur- sued a course in a business college of this city and then at the age of fourteen years secured a position with the Udell Works, with which organization he began work for the munificent sum of two dollars per week. Six years later he was placed in charge of the finishing department of the Udell Works, which he contracted to take over entirely upon his own responsibility and as a result was able to materially increase his own remuneration This arrangement lasted for a period of three years when a change in the general manage- ment abrogated his contract. Mr. Kelly ac- cepted a position with the Rockwell & Rupel Company of Wabash, Indiana, bookcase manu- facturers, where he assumed charge of the finishing department. This association lasted but a short time, however, and upon its con- clusion Mr. Kelly returned to Indianapolis to become associated with the Regal Manufactur- ing Company, manufacturers of musical instru- ments, as manager of the finishing department. Two years later Mr. Kelly transferred his activities to the Shelbyville Desk Company at Shelbyville, Indiana, in a similar capacity for a similar length of time, but by this time he had attained a wide reputation as an expert in the use of colors and stains and so in 1905, as a so-called ‘‘special man’’ on stains and fillers, became connected with the Marietta Paint & Color Company of Marietta, Ohio, with which company he remained until 1907, when 33 he again returned to Indianapolis to become associated with the Lilly Varnish Company and the Advance Paint Company as an expert in stains and varnishes. In 1912 Mr. Kelly, together with the late Charles Gemmer and ) and Palatka, Florida. An interesting sidelight in connection with Mr. Lawrence is the fact that his paternal grandfather, Hiram Lawrence, was the first male child born in the town of Lisbon, New York, and that this grandfather was the brother of Cap- tain James Lawrence, the ‘‘Commander of the Chesapeake,’’ who gained im- mortal fame through his services as a member of the United States navy and whose dying command, ‘‘Don’t give up the ship!’’ shall be perpetuated for all time in American history. In 1889 Mr. Lawrence came to Indianapolis and leased the Spencer House, near the Union Passenger Station. Subsequently he purchased this property and made the Spencer House one of the leading commercial hotels of the Middle West. In 1897 Mr. Lawrence became proprietor of the old Bates house. of which he retained control until it was razed to make room for the nresent mag- nificent Claypool. This hotel under the above management of Mr. Lawrence has contributed much to the outstanding growth of Indianapolis. To the end that this review may be complete in every detail, it should be added that Mr. Laurence operated the English Hotel during the two vears that the Claypool was in progress of construction. Mr. Lawrence married Miss Adelaide E. Cunningham on January 1, 1890. There was one son, James H., who died at the age of eleven years. Mr. Lawrence is a memher of the Masonie fraternity, Knights of Pythias, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Columbia Club, Academy of Music. and is a direc- tor of the Indiana Trust Company and the Merchants National Bank. ENV TZYN AGP OVE TS) VCE NT Ogee Ne ie eee Photograph by Bretzman DR. DANIEL W. LAYMAN Binee ew Ne ©) eo VE NOT aN EeATRIS DR. DANIEL W. LAYMAN R. DANIEL W. LAYMAN, specialist in the treatment of diseases of the ear, nose and throat, was born in Indianapolis, June 1, 1872, son of James T. and Cora Belle (Parks) Layman. His father was a well known citizen, being keenly interested in the political and civie affairs of the community and, as senior member of the wholesale hardware firm of Layman & Carey, was for many years an alert and progressive business man of Indi- anapolis. Dr. Layman attended the public schools of Indianapolis, after leaving Shortridge High School he entered Butler College, graduating “fr om that. institution in 1893, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Following this course of study Dr. Layman entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia Uni- versity in New York, and ¢ eraduated from that institution in 1898, with the degree of Doctor ‘of Medicine. He then served as interne in St. Vincent’s Hospital of New York City, and Sloane Mater- nity Hospital, New York City. Upon the conclusion of his interne services at the New York Hospitals, Dr. Layman remained in New York to engage in ¢lini- cal work in the treatment of diseases of the ear, nose and throat for a period of approximately three years. During this time Dr. ‘Lavman was identified with the New York Eye and Ear Infirm- ary, the Post Graduate and New York Polvelinie Hospitals, affiliations regarded as invaluable by doctors of medicine devoted to the special treatment of the diseases to which Dr. Layman con- fines his practice. Dr. Layman is a member of the Indianapolis Medical Society, Indiana State Medical Society, American Medical Association, American Bronchoscopic Society, American Laryngological, Rhin- ological and Otological Society and is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. He is also a member of the University Club, Woodstock Club and Indianapolis Dramatie Club. He is a mem- ber of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of In- diana and of the Loyal Legion. Dr. Layman was married to Maude Carroll in Lynchburg, Virginia, June 5, 1905. There are two children, Daniel W., Jr., and Virginia Carroll. The family residence is at 1236 North New Jersey Street. 371 END EAN ASP © Teles = Vis IN © ee ee BE aa Re ae a neni: Ee E) Photograph by Bretzman WALLACE O. LEE EUS GIB AN I 5 OO MLE Es) NAN KORE? aU ep Wend lett WALLACE O. LEE ALLACE O. LEE, power sales manager of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company, and secretary-treasurer of the Hoosier Engineering Company, was born November 8, 1890, at Edgefield, South Car olina, son of Major Orison Perry and Rosa Ada (Whittel) Lee. te parents moved to Indianapolis when Mr. Lee was a boy, and he was educated at the Robert W. Sloan School and Shortridge High School. While serving as a major in the Forty-fifth Infantry in the Philippine campaign, Mr. Lee’s father lost his life. Shortly after the death of his father, the subject of this sketch left Shortridge High School to become ‘associated with the Ryan Company. In 1908 Mr. Lee joined the sales department of the Indianap- ols Light and Heat Company, and during his fifteen vears with that company has advanced rapidlv to important department posi- tions until now he heads the power sales department. During these vears he has been instrumental in electrifving many Indianapolis industries. He has been intenselv active 1n civic work and headed many of the membership campaigns of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Lee was chairman of the committee to obtain memberships for the new Indianapolis Athletic Club when the charter membership drive was conducted, also in the second round- up for members which culminated in bringing the membership to nearly 2,000 mark. He is director of both the Indianapolis Athletic Club and the Indianapolis Atheneum, and jis also a di- rector in the Circle Talking Machine Company. Mr. Lee is a member of the Scottish Rite, Mystic Shrine, Square and Compass Club, and Elks Club. He is vice-president of the Indiana Association of the Amateur Athletic Union, a com- missioner of the Indianapolis Council of Boy Scouts of America, a member of the American Club, the Y. M. G. A., the Marion Club, the Hoosier Motor Club, the Advertising Club of Indianapolis, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and the Jovian Fraternity, and is president of the Riverside Golf Club. On June 14, 1911, Mr. Lee married Miss Fay Elizabeth Springer at Indianapolis. They have two daughters, Virginia Luana Lee and Mary Louise Lee. The family home is at 3926 Graceland Avenue. 373 [TN DIANAP OVS NVGE NS @ AS ee Photograph by Moorefield IRVING W. LEMAUX 374 OSD UNIS GENIE MOM LIE Sy" MAMISEING (OM entire! ea Ld eee IRVING W. LEMAUX RVING W. LEMAUX, president and general manager of the Indianapolis Brush and Broom Manufacturing Company, was born January 25, 1886, at Ridgeville, Indiana, son of George and Nora C. (Ward) Lemaux. His education was obtained in the public schools of the city of his birth and at Indianapolis, to which city his parents removed in 1902. At the completion of his high school course in Indianapolis, the subject of this sketch became associated with his father in the Indianapohs Brush and Broom Manufacturing Company. Desiring to know the business of all depart- ments, his first work was in the factory, where he made brushes and brooms and other products manufactured by his father’s company. After a few years in the factory he became secretary and treasurer of the company. At the death of his father, in 1921, he was elected president. For many years Mr. Lemaux has been decidedly active in the political and civic affairs of Indianapolis, and has served in many important positions relating to the growth and development of the great Hoosier captal. He was a member of the Board of Public Works for several months, succeeding his father, who had been appointed a member of the board in 1917 by former Mayor Charles W. Jewett. Mr. Lemaux’s father died while serving on the board during the fourth vear of his term. In 1917 he was chosen treasurer of the Republican City Central Committee, and on January 15, 1922, he was elected City Chairman for four years. He led a special train of boosters for the late Vice-President Charles Warren Fairbanks to the Chicago convention of the Republican party in 1916, at which time Mr. - Fairbanks was selected as one of the party’s standard bearers for that cam- paign. Mr. Lemaux was vice-president of the Marion Club in 1913 and 1914, and was president of that club in 1916-1917. From 1915 to 1919 he was president of the Marion County Council, which has charge of the various expenditures for the county government. For five successive years, beginning in 1919, Mr. Lemaux has been secre- tary of the Columbia Club of Indianapolis and is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Board of Trade, the Indianapolis Ath- letic Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, Marion Club, Rotary Club, Indianapolis Traffic Club, Associated Employers of Indianapolis, Hoosier Motor Club, Scottish Rite, Mystic Shrine, Oriental Lodge No. 500, F. and A. M., and Elks Lodge No. 13. He is a director of the Security Trust Company. On December 26, 1922, Mr. Lemaux was appointed a member of the Board of Managers of the Marion County Tuberculosis Hospital at Sunnyside, an insti- tution in which he has been actively interested for a number of years. He married Miss Berenice Stiebel at Kansas City, Missouri, on April 38, 1907. They have three children: Irving W. Lemaux, Jr., Frances P. Lemaux and Marilla Lemaux. The family home is at 4550 Park Avenue. INDIANA? © 50S) VG NG @ Re lee « ' fet Photograph by Moorefield RALPH A. LEMCKE IS DPSS IPO LARS) NAVIN, MO) esl 7aN lise aNl by dae RALPH A. LEMCKE ALPH A. LEMCKE, son of Julius A. and Emma (O’Reillv) Lemeke, was born February 5, 1880, in Evansville, Indiana, where he spent the first seven years of his life. In 1887 he came to Indianapolis with his parents, for his father at that time became treasurer of the State of Indiana. After attending the public schools in Indianapolis for four vears, he went abroad, where he continued his schooling for four more vears both in Germany and Switzerland. Returning to the United States, he entered St. John’s Preparatory School and Lawrenceville, and later attended Princeton University. He is trustee and manager of the Lemcke estate. In 1911 he erected the Lemcke Annex Building, a fifteen-story structure in- tended for offices, now known as the Consolidated Building. From 1911 to 1919 he was president of the R. A. Lemcke Realty Com- pany. He is active in the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade, of which he was a member of the Governing Committee for seven years. He isa director of the Children’s Aid Association at the present time, and also a director of the Indianapolis Tele- phone Company. For four years, from 1917 to 1921, he was Chair- man of the Republican City Central Committee of Indianapolis. In 1918 he was elected treasurer of Marion County, the city of In- -dianapolis, and the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners, and re-elected to these same offices in 1920, positions he is still holding. In addition, he was formerly a member of the Welfare Commission of the city of Indianapolis. Mr. Lemeke’s clubs include the University Club, the Columbia Club, the Woodstock Country Club, the Athenzeum, the Hoosier Athletic Club, the Indianapolis Athletie Club (of which he is a director), the Dramatic Club, the Indianapolis Country Club (being formerly president of the last two mentioned), the Mystic Tie Lodge, and the Elks. Like many business men, he finds his chief recreation in golf, The marriage of Mr. Lemcke to Miss Cornelia Cunningham took place January 6, 1904, in Evansville, Indiana. There are three children—George A., Cornelia C., and Ralph A., Jr. The family resides at 1044 North Delaware Street. His business address is Lemecke Building. 377 DN DIANAP OL TS! VME IN Ole Ae ieee Photograph by Bretzman EDWIN L. LENNOX 378 ON DIP-AUSUNIBHGHOIRS iE INIS ONE Mi er ce EDWIN L. LENNOX DWIN L. LENNOX, owner of the E. L. Lennox Piano Com- pany, 237 North Pennsylvania Street, was born January 18, 1859, at Hardin, Shelby County, Ohio, the son of Calvin P. and Ruth (Blue) Lennox. The early education of the subject of this sketch was obtained in the town of his birth and at a private school situated at the county seat—Sidney, Ohio. In 1876, M1. Lennox came to Indi- anapolis, where he entered the old machine shop of A. N. Hadley. This he did for the purpose of learning the machine shop business, but after a period of one year, returned to Sidney, Ohio, and there again entered the pr ivate school at that place. During all of this time Mr. Lennox was energetically studying music, particularly the violin, and several years later again came to Indianapolis, where he entered the employ of the Atlas Engine Works. At the same time he became affiliated with the English Opera House Orchestra as a clarinette plaver. In 1888 he left the Atlas Engine Works to devote all of his time to his musical work and then became identified with Professor Beissenhertz’s Orches- tra and Military Band. In 1889 he joined the When Store Band end also at that time went to work in the When Store, where he remained until 1891, when he determined to initiate an independ- ent career in the piano business. Tn 1894 Mr. Lennox formed a partnership with Messrs. Frank and William Carlin, known as Carlin & Lennox, This partnership continued until 1911, when Mr. Lennox withdrew his interest and formed the E. L. Lennox Piano Company. Mr. Lennox is a member of the Highland Golf and Country Club, Indianapolis Athletie Club, Country Club, Marion Club, and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Piano Manufactur- ers’ Association of the United States, the United States Manufac- turers’ and Merchants’ Golf Association, and the Ampico Arts Society of the United States. The marriage of Mr. Lennox to Miss Lois Ramsey occurred in the city of Invington, October 15, 1884. Mrs. Lennox died June 10, 1908. There was one daughter, Helen, now Mrs. Clarence Coch- ran, who resides at Fort Lupton, Colorado. On February 22, 1910, Mr. Lennox married Miss Lilian G. Habich at Indianapolis. The family home is at 2845 North [linois Street, 379 IN DIANAP © Tel 3° ATEN @@ eee er C. P. LESH 380 Ii Nee aN (ieee NAG No @) eee NE AL RES CHARLES PERRY LESH P ROMINENT among the men of Indianapolis who have personally built and maintained their own business for a number of years is Charles Perry Lesh, president of the C. P. Lesh Paper Company. Mr. Lesh is the son of Dr. Daniel Lesh and Charlotte (Perry) Lesh. Dr. Lesh was a native of Preble County, Ohio, to which place the Lesh family moved in 1806 from Berks County, Pennsylvania. For a number of years after his service with the Ohio Volunteers, Dr. Lesh practiced medicine in New Paris, Richmond, and Indianapolis. Charlotte (Perry) Lesh, the mother, from But- ler County, Ohio, was a direct descendant of Ezra Perry, who came to Sand- wich, Massachusetts, in 1637. She also was a descendant of John Howland, of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Charles Perry Lesh was born May 13, 1859, at Kankakee, Illinois, and came to Indianapolis in 1878 with his parents. He was with the Sentinel Print- ine Company for two years, and salesman for Merrill, Hubbard & Company for several years. Leaving this company, he spent nine vears with the Indiana Paper Company, and in 1892 became the Indianapolis agent for Lewis Snyder’s Sons Paper Company, of Cincinnati. Four years later, in the month of May, Mr. Lesh organized the C. P. Lesh Paper Company, became its president and has held that position to the present time. When the company began, small quarters in West Market Street were sufficient to take care of the business. Later it was removed to South Meridian Street, and since that time they have erected a building at 121-125 Kentucky Avenue. Mr. Lesh married Miss Ora Wilkins, whose grandfather, John Wilkins, was one of the pioneers of Indianapolis, coming to the city in May, 1821. He was one of the first trustees of DePauw University, which position he held from 1839 until he died in July, 1868. Miss Wilkins’ father, John A., was a first lieutenant and quartermaster of the 33rd Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War, chief clerk in the Quartermaster Department during the Spanish-Ameri- ean War, a member of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., and a charter member of Roberts Park Church. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Lesh have three children—two daughters, Charlotte B. and Helen Lavinia, who now is married to Dr. Leon G. Zerfas. and one son, Perry Wilkins, who is married to Miss Mary Hoke, daughter of Mr. Fred Hoke. Perry Lesh was with the 150th Field Artillery during the World War, serving eighteen months in the American Expeditionary Forees with the Rain- bow Division in France. Charles Perry Lesh is identified with the Republican partv. He is a Mason, affiliated with Mvstic Tie Lodge No. 398, F. and A. M., of which he is Past Master; Keystone Chapter No. 6, R. A. M.; Raper Commandery No. 1; Knights Templar, and Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. Mr. Lesh also is a mem- ber of the Meridian Street Chureh, of which he has for years been a steward, and also a member of the Mayflower Society. The Lesh home is at 3650 Central Ave. The business address is 121 Ken- tucky Ave. 381 INDIANAP OLS MEN VORA Asko Photograph by Bretzman LOUIS H. LEVEY 382 US UIBIWAIN UV AISHONEARSy Msn) (ON ave te verd [Ne re LOUIS H. LEVEY OUIS H. LEVEY was born in Madison, Indiana, where his father, Wiliam P. Levey, had been engaged in the business of binding, printing and book-selling since 1848. So he grew up in an atmosphere of printing and publishing and by the time he attained his majority he and his elder brother became the princi- pals of the firm which assumed the familiar title of Levey Bros. & Company. With a vision of Indianapolis as a future national center of production and distribution, the voung Levey brothers removed their business and equipment to this city in 1883. For a few vears the firm occupied a location in South Meridian Street but in 1890 moved into a home of its own, erected for the purpose, at 15, 17 and 19 West Maryland Street. Ten years later, when it was necessary to enlarge the plant, the officers thought that ample allowance was being made for the future growth of the business, but in less than five years more the home of the com- pany again was outgrown. This led to the erection of the present plant, on the north side of Statehouse square, which the company has occupied since 1905, Mr. Levey was identified with the business of Levey Bros. & Company during forty years and was president of the company during the twenty-five years of its first great era of expansion. Although he retired from the active management in 1915, he still retains his business home in the offices of the institution which in 1919, was reincorporated as the Levey Printing Company and in 1923 is celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary. Mr. Levey is a member of the board of trustees of the Indi- anapolis Foundation, a community trust for the benefit of the people of Indianapolis. He is a director of the Union Traction Company of Indiana, a member of the Indianapolis Board of Trade and a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. He is a Scottish Rite Mason and his social affiliations include memberships in the Country Club, Woodstock Club, University Club, Columbia Club and the Maennerchor. His residence is at 2902 North Meridian street. 383 TENGDUTLANIAYE?. © TEs NaN CO ale Se ew Photograph by Dexheimer JAMES W. LILLY ON TBDWAS INU SGBNON IIS) SON) AONE 7 Sr eyed Ml eae, JAMES W. LILLY AMES W. LILLY, president of the Lilly Hardware J Company, 114-118 East Washington Street, was born at Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, November 10, 1862, a direct descendant of one of the honored pioneer families of this commonwealth. He is 2 son of James W. Lilly, who was born at Geneva, New York, November 10, 1832, and Mary (Kerper) Lilly, who was born at Reading, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1885. The grandfather of the subject of this sketch, William Lilly, was born in England in 1789 but when five years of age was brought to this country by his father, Rey. William Lilly, who settled in Albany, New York. Later the family removed from Albany to Elizabeth, New Jersey, and then to Parryville, Pennsyl- vania. The early education of James W. Lilly, whose name initiates this article, was obtained in the public schools of Indianapolis, after which he attended Butler Col- lege for one year. Upon leaving this institution he ob- tained a clerical position in the Indianapolis office of the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad, with which company he continued to be identified for approximately six years, when he resigned to enter an independent husiness career. In 1885 he beeame associated with Mr. Frank Stal- naker, elsewhere mentioned in this volume, with whom he purchased the retail hardware business of Vajen & New and which then became known as Lilly & Stal- naker. The business, which is devoted to wholesale and retail hardware, builders’ supplies, stoves, ranges and such other materials as are usually to be found in hardware establishments and, which in 1917 became the Lilly Hardware Company, has been continuously ¢on- ducted at the present location, although the quarters have necessarily been expanded from time to time to meet the an ever increasing volume of trade. demands of Mr. Lilly, who is known as an energetic and pro- gressive business man of more than usual ability, is also appreciated by the citizens of Indianapolis as one of the most public spirited residents of the city. Though never an aspirant for political office of any order, his many civie activities, prompted solely by a desire to serve the community, have placed him in a position of high estimation and confidence in the minds of all of those persons with whom he has been associated from time to time. In 1917, together with other prominent citizens of Indianapolis, Mr. Lilly was largely instrumental in the oversubscription to the Red Cross quota of that year and since that time has been continuously iden- tified with and actively engaged in various campaigns tor the support of many charitable and civic institu- tions, chief among which is to be mentioned his work in connection with the original War Chest of Indianap- olis for which approximately three million dollars was subscribed. For a number of years, Mr. Lilly was Chairman of the Charities and Corrections Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and from 1911 to 1913 inelu- sive and from 1918 to 1920 inclusive was a member of the Board of Directors of that organization. Since its establishment in 1916, he has been a member of the executive committee of the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Red Cross, which in 1917 he also served as Chairman of the Finance Committee and is now a di- rector of the Community Chest, which succeeded the War Chest and of which he was of the original board of directors. a member Mr. Lilly is a director of the Indiana National Bank, a director of the Farmers Trust Company and on the board of directors of the T. H. I. & EH. Railroad Com- pany. For the past twelve years he has been an active member of the board of trustees of the Southeastern Hospital for the Insane, located at North Madison, Indi- ana, and is at this time president of that board. It is well known that much of the development and _ pro- gress accomplished by the Southeastern Hospital during recent years is very largely due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Lilly in its behalf. In addition to this work Mr. Lilly has given much time to the development of the Sunnyside Sanitorium. From its beginning until his recent resignation, due to his inability to devote the necessary time, he was on the board of trustees of that organization. Mr. Lilly is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Highland Golf and Country Club, Art Association of Indianapolis, Contemporary Club, Country Club and Woodstock Club. In the Masonie fraternity he has completed the circle of each York and Scottish Rite, having in the former his maximum affiliation with Raper Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar, and hav- ing attained to the 33rd degree in the Ancient Accept- ed Scottish Rite, in which his affiliation is with Indi- anapolis Sovereign Consistory, Sublime Princess of the Royal Secret. In 1907-8-9 he served as thrice potent master of Adoniram Grand Lodge of Perfection, of the Scottish Rite, and from May 1, 1919 to May 1, 1922 was Commander-in-Chief of the Indiana Consistory. He is also a member of the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The marriage of Mr. Lilly to Miss Blanche Dol- lens occurred on October 15, 1889. There are two daughters, Mrs. John H. Darlington, (Julia M.), and Mrs. Paul E. Fisher (Mary J.). The family resi- dence is at 1715 North Meridian Street. 385 EN DIANAP OLTS ME N®t@ Ee A3E eee Photograph by Moorefield DR. GOETHE LINK ee we ely OS ere Vile pO) lees eT RS DR. GOETHE LINK R. GOETHE LINK, surgeon, was born in Warrick County, Indiana, May 20, 1879, son of William H. and Phoebe FE. (Stone) Link. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Petersburg, Indiana, upon the completion of which he attended Wabash College and Indiana University. Following this academic training, Dr. Link entered the Cen- tral College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis and from this institution graduated in 1902, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. During 1902-1903 Dr. Link was resident physician at the Indianapolis City Hospital, after which he pursued a number of post-graduate courses at Boston, Philadelphia and New York. Since 1910 Dr. Link has exclusively devoted his professional eareer to the practice of surgery, in which field he has gained an enviable reputation in this city and state. He has been on the staff of the City Hospital since 1909 and for a number of years has been a member of the faculty of the Indiana University School of Medicine and is one of those composing the medical advisory board of the Methodist Hospital of this city. Since January 1, 1922, he has also been upon the Indianapolis Board of Health. Dr. Link has given much time to the study of his profession and is the author of a number of treatises on surgical subjects. Dr. Link is a member of the city, state and American Medi- eal Associations and of the Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity. He is also a member of the Highland Golf and Country Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Hoosier Athletic Club, the Phi KXappa Psi college fraternity, and in the Masonic order is a mem- ber of Pentalpha Lodge, No. 564, F. & A. M. The marriage of Dr, Link to Miss Clara Leonard occurred at Indianapolis, June 3, 1911. There are two children, Lucy Jane and William H. The family residence is at 4936 North Meridian Street. 387 INDIANAP ©O'CTS MIE ING © Re Abi ia Photograph by Moorefield FRANK L. LITTLETON 388 b TS) TEDL INS ANI (CO} LI ee! OA SINGT) (OWE SUN SH aw aN [aaa es! FRANK LESLIE LITTLETON RANK LESLIE LITTLETON, general attorney for the C. C. C. & St. L. Ry. Co. for Indiana, was born near McCordsville, Hancock County, Indiana, January 12, 1868, son of Aaron 8. and Mary E. (McCord) Littleton. The family is of English and Scotch origin, the parents coming to Indiana from Ohio in the early forties. The elementary education of the subject of this sketch was obtained in the public schools of the county of his birth, after which he entered DePauw University at Greencastle, Indiana, from which he graduated in 1891 with the degree of Bach- elor of Philosophy and from which, in 1893 he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws and, in 1894, the degree of Master of Arts. Shortly after his graduation from college, in 1891, Mr. Little- ton entered the law office of Byron Kk. Elliott of Indianapolis, with whom he was more or less closely associated in the practice of law until 1905, when he became general attorney for The Cleve- land, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company with of- fices at Cincinnati. In December 1920, Mr. Littleton became attorney for Indiana for the same company with offices in Indian- apolis, and this position he has continuously held to this time. In addition to the general practice of law Mr. Littleton has in the past taken an active part in Republican politics. He was, in 1896, elected to the Indiana General Assembly from Indian- upolis and, as a member of the House of Representatives, made such an able record that he was reelected and made speaker in 1898-9. While a member of the House of Representatives Mr. Littleton took a leading part in the preparation of the Apportion- ment Bill of 1897. Mr. Littleton is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations, the Columbia Club, Marion Club, Indianapolis Country Club, Cincinnati Business Men’s Club, Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity and the Phi Kappa Psi college traternity. TNIDTAINAP:-O Je VS Se NV EIN © aN ele ale aes Photograph by Bretzman FRANK C. LORY 390 ee eae > Oe Se eNUE ING © Ree Gee ARS FRANK C. LORY RANK C, LORY, president and general manager of the Zero Ice and Fuel Company, was born May 8, 1873, at Petersburg, Indiana, son of Joseph and Kate (Tieg) Lory. He attended the public schools of Petersburg and a business college in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Lory became interested in Alaska while yet a young man, and in 1896 penetrated the wilderness of that country before the famous Klondike gold rush. While in Alaska he engaged in vari- ous lines of business, including contractor, mine owner, hotel pro- prietor, and in staking mining claims. He was unusually success- ful in his mine ventures. Returning to Indianapolis in 1902, Mr. Lory became half owner of the Model Shirt Factory, which at that time occupied a part of the Century Building. He and his partner, Harry Mur- phy, sold the business in 1906. Mr. Lory then went to California and remained on the coast two years. On coming back to Indianapolis in 1908, he became associated with the Zero Ice and Fuel Company, which at that time was in the hands of receivers. His efficient management resulted in unusual success for the company, and the concern has been placed on a substantial business basis. Mr. Lory married Miss Louise Harris, of Washington, In- diana, on March 16, 1901. There is one son, Maxwell, associated with Mr. Lory in his business. The home is at 2856 North Illinois Street. He is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Kiwanis Club, the Hoosier Athletie Club, and the Masonic organizations, 391 IN DIANAP OUTS VEIN? 5 Sega ee Photograph by Moorefield JEROME LYON 392 eee Nee Oe eV Ne Ome re AT RAS JEROME LYON {I EROME LYON, vice-president of L. Strauss & Company, one of the foremost fine men’s shops in America, was born in the city of the Nation’s capital, Washington, D. C., June 25, 1881, son of Jacob and Mathilda (Michael) Lyon. His early education was obtained in the schools of the city of his birth, after which, when but a young man he became associated with a Washington news- paper, The Evening Star. A few vears later he came to Indianap- olis and here entered the emplove of R. Kirchbaum & Son and with that organization remained until early in 1912, when he be- came vice-president of the W. J. Fishel Company, which later, in 1912, was purchased by L. Strauss & Company. Sinee his first association with the predecessors of L. Strauss & Company, Mr. Lyon has devoted himself to the upbuilding of that organization. He has occupied various positions in the or- ganization, in each of which he proved himself equal to additional responsibilities as is evidenced by the fact that he is now the com- pany’s vice-president and general manager. In this connection it is also pertinent to here note that Mr. Lvon is a member of the Board of Directors of Crofut & Knapp, makers of the celebrated ~ Dobbs hats and others and one of the largest hat manufacturers of the world. Although ever faithful to his business interests, Mr. Lyon finds time to devote much energy and enthusiastic support to civic and charitable affairs of Indianapolis. During the World War he was activelv identified with the various Liberty Loan drives and since that time has been connected with Community Chest work and other philanthropic undertakings. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Club, Marion Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Indianapolis Club, Atheneum, Broadmoor Country Club, and Kiwanis Club. In ad- dition to these he is an Elk and Jovian, The marriage of Mr. Lyon to Miss Mirriam Block, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Block, took place at Indianapolis, June 11, 1912. There is one daughter, Alma. The Lyon family residence is at 4160 Washington Boulevard. 393 DN DD TAINALP'O TEIRS SN ING ee a Bee ea a EES WA Pe a Photograph by Bretzman GEORGE L. MAAS 394 eee re tN a) TO oe Ve ING (OO Eee AT ROS GEORGE L. MAAS EORGE L. MAAS, president of the Maas-Neimeyer Lumber Company, Twenty-first Street and the Monon Railroad, was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, July 19, 1866, son of Louis and Hredericka (Wuest) Maas. His early education was received in the publie schools of this city, after which, when seventeen vears old, he went to work as a grocery boy for the Mueller Grocery Store at Seventeenth and Bellfontaine Streets. Immediately following the conclusion of this work, Mr. Maas became associated with Ne B. Meyer & Company in charge of a coal yard at Christian Avenue and the Lake Erie & Western Rail- road. Later, another transfer in emplovment made him a book- keeper in the Bee Hive Planing Mill, operated by the firm of M.S. Huey & Son and there it was that Mr. Maas laid the founda- tion for the success which he has since attained as a lumber man. For fourteen years Mr. Maas was associated with Huey & Son but at the end of that period utilized the experience and ecapi- tal and credit that he had obtained and organized the Maas-Nei- meyer Lumber Company of which he has been continuously the president. Three years after the ee was organized a plan- ing mill was established, while other facilities of “the plant have been constantly increased from time to time. The company manu- factures everything that enters into the construction of office buildings, factories and homes in the form of wood. Many of the finest structures in Indianapolis were built from materials sup- plied by the Maas-Neimeyer plant, the raw materials having been brought from Southern and far Western points to Indianapolis for final finishing here. The business has grown and developed in step with the expansion of this city, although the fact that the mahogany finishings for the Courthouse recently completed at Memphis, Tennessee, are the product of this Indianapolis concern, clearly indicates that the Maas-Neimever Lumber Company is by no means a purely local organization, Mr. Maas is an active Republican, a member of the Pentalpha Lodge, F. & A. M., a York and Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner of the Murat Temple. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. The marriage of Mr. Maas to Miss Bertha Metzger, daughter of Alexander Metzger, who was for a number of years a prominent real estate dealer of Indianapolis, occurred in this city, November 28, 1893. There is one son, Hugo G. Maas, now associated with his father in business, and a daughter, Miss Wilhelmina. The son, who is a graduate of the University of Michigan, served dur- ing the World War as leutenant at the Edgewood Arsenal at Baltimore, Maryland. The family residence is at 2345 Broadway. 399 INSDIANAP OTS WE Ne @ipaeA rie a Photograph by Moorefield DR. J. A. MacDONALD Te eNO Ne 1 er VS IN Ce ee RES DR. JOHN A. MacDONALD R. JOHN A. MacDONALD, internist, was born at Wooster, Ohio, May 8, 1877, the son of Rev. Humphrey A. and Elanore (Miller) MacDonald. His early education was obtained at Union City, Indiana, after which for two years he attended Miami Uni- versity at Oxford, Ohio. Immediately following this work Dr. MacDonald entered Rush Medical College at Chicago and from this institution grad- uated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1901. He was then for a period of two years resident physician at the Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, and then for a period of four years upon the medical staff of the Central Hospital for the Insane at Indianap- olis, Indiana. In 1907 Dr. MacDonald began the general practice of medicine in Indianapolis and in this continued until 1918, when he hmited his work to internal medicine in hospital practice and consultation and in which he has since gained an enviable reputation, not only among the residents of this city, but also among medical confreres through the State. Dr. MacDonald is at this time an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University Medical School, on the con- sulting staff of the City Hospital of Indianapolis and upon the staff of St. Vincent Hospital. He is a member of the Indianapolis Medical Society, Indiana State Medical Society, American Medical Association and the Mississippi Valley Medical Society. He is also a member of the University Club, Woodstock Club, Dramatie Club, Players Club, and Pentalpha Lodge, F’. & A. M., and of Raper Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar. Shortly after the out-break of the World War, Dr. MacDon- ald enlisted in the United States Army Medical Reserve Corp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, receiving the rank of Captain. In July, 1918, he was ordered to training camp at Camp Jackson, Co- lumbia, South Carolina, from which he was later transferred to General Hospital No. 35 at West Baden, Indiana, as Chief of the Medical Service. In this capacity he remained until May, 1919, when he was honorably discharged from army service. The marriage of Dr. MacDonald to Miss Julia Loring Haines occurred at Indianapolis, October 24, 1916. Dr. and Mrs. Mac- Donald reside at 3227 North Pennsylvania Street. 397 INSDIANAPOETS MEN OE AB EAs Photograph by Nicholson Bros. R. A. MacGILL 398 eee wie Nees) Te lhe eV NRO) eA eA RS ROBERT A. MacGILL OBERT AYRES MacGILL, manager of the Indianapolis branch of the Crane Company, was born at Chicago, [linois, September 15, 1877, the son of Alexander D. and Emily (Ayres) MacGill. His education was obtained in the public schools of Chicago. Mr. MacGill has been associated with the Crane Company for twenty-six years. He was with the company in Chicago for thirteen years and then spent three years in Terre Haute as branch manager, coming to Indianapolis in 1912 in the same capacity. The Crane Company, which specializes in plumbers’ supplies and heating material, is situated at 333 West Market Street. | The raising of pure-bred cattle forms Mr. MacGill’s most ab- sorbing hobby, and soon after he came to Indianapolis he started raising pure-bred Jerseys on his farm at Danville, Indiana. He has a herd of seventy-five, including the grand champion bull at the Indiana State Fair in the years 1920 and 1921. ~ Mr. MaecGill is a member of the Columbia Club, the Rotary Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, and the Marion Club. On August 8, 1919, Mr. MacGill married Miss Pearl Sebel at Cincinnati. There is a son, Robert A. MacGill, Jr. 399 DNIDYTAINA POTS) SAVE N Si @ ees ee es Photograph by Bretzman ROBERT MacGREGOR 400 IONS OD TAN INS 22ND) EAI ISIN OOM eet teal A Sa ROBERT MacGREGOR OBERT MacGREGOR, of the Robert MacGregor Company, realtors, was born in the city of Indianapolis, June 11, 1894, son of Rey. D. R. and Dama (Davis) MacGregor. His early edu- cation was obtained in the grade and high schools of Marion, In- diana, after which he attended Wabash College at Crawfordsville, Indiana, from which he graduated in othe with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. During the four years that he was in attend- ance at Wabash College, Mr. MacGregor was private secretary to Dr. G, L. Mackintosh, president of the college. Immediately upon the completion of his college career, Mr. MacGregor accepted a position with the 8. F. Bowser Company at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and with that organization remained for a period of a little over one year, when he went to Chicago to become private secretary to a firm of lawyers. While in that capacity he read law and attended night school at the Kent College of Law with the intention of pr esenting himself to the State Board of Bar Examiners for admission to the []linois Bar. With the outbreak of the World War, however, Mr. Mac- Gregor severed his connection with the Chicago law firm and immediately enlisted in the United States Navy as a Second Class Seaman. He attended the Officers Training School, Municipal Pier, Chicago, and at Pelham Bay. New York where he was com- missioned an Ensign. He became attached to the U. 8. 8. Quincy and served overseas as Watch Officer and later as Assistant Navi- gating Officer. Immediately prior to the conclusion of the World War, he took an examination for and received a mates’ license in the Merchants Service, a license which he still retains and which, it is of interest to here note, permits the holder to navigate a ship of any tonnage on any of the navigable waters of the World. Upon the conclusion of the World War, Mr. MacGregor re- turned to Chicago and there entered the University of Chicago Law School, having obtained a Noves scholarship, but shortly thereafter became interested in the possibilities of the real estate business and determined to devote all of his time to this work and so concluded his college career. Until 1920 he was engaged in the real estate business in Chicago when he came to Indianapolis and here became associated with Emerson W. Chaille & Company. With that organization he remained until December 31, 1922, when he formed the Robert MacGregor Company, dealing in the sale and lease of business and residential properties. Mr. MacGregor is a member of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, of which he is secretary at this time, Chamber of Com- merece, Indianapolis Adv ertising Club, the Marion Clul 9, the Kap- pa Sigma college fraternity, the First Baptist Church and of Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, F. & A.M. 401 IN DIANAP OTS SAV ENS © EAN ei eee i Ca a SD MEER SR AES ec RRR as oe LR iB EER, BA Photograph by Moorefield JOHN J. MADDEN LS IDEA SB OULMES) AN IN| COE Vai eed hl ee, JOHN J. MADDEN OHN J. MADDEN, manufacturer of Davenport Beds and Dav- enette Suites, sole owner of the John J. Madden Manufacturing Company, Sixteenth Street and Sherman Drive, was born at In- dianapolis, October 8th, 1869, son of Captain Thomas and Ellen Madden. Upon completing his schooling he became associated with his father in Thomas Madden Son & Company, which business was established in 1882. With that company he remained as junior partner until 1913, when he founded the John J. Madden Manu- facturing Company. The business has been very successful and thei product is offered in every State in the Union. Mr. Madden is considered one of the leading manufacturers in this line. The company employs over two hundred men. Mr. Madden has always taken an active part in all organiza- tions pertaining to his business and was chosen on the Governing Board of the new Furniture Mart Building at Chicago, which is considered one of the largest and most magnificent buildings in the world adapted for exhibiting and selling furniture. He is vice-president of the Indianapolis Rotary Club, and a member of the Indianapohs Chamber of Commerce, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Traffie Club, the Indianapolis Association of Credit Men, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Hoosier Motor Club and the Knights of Columbus. He is also an enthusiastic member of the Highland Golf and Country Club. Mr. Madden married Miss Josephine Owings at Indianapolis, June 17th, 1893. They have five children; Mrs. Doherty M. Sheer- in, John J. Madden, Jr., Richard F’. Madden, Thomas Madden and Josephine Mary Madden. 403 IN DIANAP ©1259 WE NG @ eA ela eae Photograph by Bretzman HARRY B. MAHAN 404 US UID) ID AUNT ANI SMOM EA er UMS IN) (Oe SA Reel Dae HARRY B. MAHAN MONG the many men of Indianapolis who have been consist- ently active in the development of the city, who have not made especial effort to seek public position, is Harry B. Mahan, presi- dent and general manager of the Harry B. Mahan Company, makers of paper boxes. The subject of this sketch is a native Hoosier, having been born at Indianapolis, August 3, 1867, the son of William H. and Louisa (Brockman) Mahan. After completing his education in the public schools of this city, he became associated with Mr. William H. Roll and remained with him from 1882 to 1892 in the retail carpet and drapery business. At about this time, however, Mr. Mahan began to appreciate the possibilities of paper box manufacture and so in 1893 formed the Harry B. Mahan Company for the purpose of making set-up paper boxes, such as candy boxes, textile boxes, hat boxes, novelty boxes, and a host of others. From a small beginning at the rear of a third floor of an old building on Washington Street, this company has grown to occupy the entire four-story building now occupied at 320 West South Street. This building was purchased in 1900 and is a monument to the efforts of the originator of the company. At the time of the Spanish-American War, Mr. Mahan served as a First Lieutenant in Company H of the 158th Indiana Infan- try. During the recent war, Mr. Mahan served nearly two years as a Captain of Aviation, serving at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas; Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia; and the Speedway Repair Station, Indianapolis. As an indication of Mr. Mahan’s interest in civic affairs, it is of interest to note that he is a member of the Chamber of Com- merce; Knights of Pythias Lodge, No. 56; Mystic Tie Lodge, F. & A. M.; Raper Commandery No. 1; Keystone Chapter, No. 6; Scot- tish Rite; Murat Temple Mystic Shrine; Military Order of Foreign Wars; Indianapolis Post No. 4 of the American Legion, and the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Mahan is a member of the board of directors of several manufacturing corporations of the city, and is frequently called upon to lend counsel and advice in the administration of the affairs of these concerns. On July 28, 1898, Mr. Mahan married Miss Anna M. Henn at Indianapolis. They have one son, Harry B. Mahan, Jr. The family resides at 434 North Arsenal Avenue. 405 DIST ACN ATT? @) Te Te) 5 NAR SIN GG) NG eg ce Photograph by Nicholson Bros. FRANK P. MANLY 406 BieN APO TIS eMEN OR eA EARS FRANK P. MANLY ets P. MANLY, founder and president of the Indianapolis Life Insurance Company, was born at Rushford, Minnesota, May 28, 1865, son of Anthony and Catherine (Muleay) Manly. He was educated in the Rushford publie schools and at Valparaiso University, from which he graduated in 1889. He then studied law at Northwestern University, after which for a number of vears he was engaged in the life insurance business at Chicago, Tn 1902 Mr. Manly came to Indianapolis as State manager for the Prudential Insurance Company. In 1905 he organized the Indianapolis Life Insurance Company, of which he is the presi- dent. Mr. Manly is regarded as one of the outstanding life insur- ance men of the country at this time, enjoying a national reputa- tion as a careful and conservative builder and as a recognized authority upon the subject of life insurance. Since completing his college life he has devoted all of his business energy to life insur- -ance and through the operation of his sound business policies has brought the Indianapolis Life Insurance Company to an enviable position among life insurance companies of the United States. As an active citizen of the community Mr. Manly assisted in organizing the first Rotary Club in the state of Indiana. He was president of the Indianapolis Rotary Club in 1915 and in 1916 was district governor of the [llinois-Indiana Rotary District. He is amember of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Indianap- olis Athletic Club, Woodstock Club and of the Masonic bodies, Mr. Manly was married to Miss Elena MeNellis, of Lexington, Kentucky. There is one daughter, Mrs. Jack Gould, nee Filomena Manly. The family home is on Westfield Road, near Seventy- fifth Street. 407 IN 'DIANAP © LTS) WE ND (© BaeA iE Elias Photograph by Bretzman HENRY A. MANSFIELD 408 IOS IDADAN INIA IBMOMEAITS) UuNANIBEIN STO IE scales! eee Nl PS HENRY A. MANSFIELD ENRY A. MANSFIELD, son of Martin H. and Anna (Saiger) Mansfield, was born at Ashland, Ohio, on November 16, 1868. The father was a man of outstanding mechanical ability and, as the inventor of a clover huller, engaged in the manufacture of clover hullers at Ashland, Ohio, for many years prior to his death, which occurred in 1879, The mother survived a number of years, and of the eleven children six are now living. Henry A., of this review, obtained his early education in the public schools of his native town, after which he secured employ- ment in the engineering department of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Richmond, Indiana. In 1886 he was transferred by the com- pany to Indianapolis, where he has since maintained his home. In November, 1890, Mr. Mansfield severed his connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad, having been elected to the re- sponsible office of citv engineer of Indianapolis, and, though but twenty-two years of age at the time and the youngest man ever chosen to this position in the Indiana capital, filled the office effi- ciently and capably during the four years administration of Mayor Thomas L. Sullivan. The present sewerage of Indianapolis was, under the direc- tion of Mr. Rudolph Hering, consulting engineer of New York City, laid out and devised by Mr. Mansfield, and it is of interest ‘to know that the general engineering plans of the city are still those which were formulated by him. Upon the completion of his term of office as city engineer, Mr. Mansfield engaged in the engineering and contracting busi- ness along general engineering lines, and in this enterprise he has been identified with much of the large contract work in Indianap- olis. In 1899 Mr. Mansfield became. associated with D. V. Moore, at which time the Mansfield Engineering Company was organized. Tn 1909, however, the Moore interests were withdrawn, since which time Mr. Mansfield has operated as an individual under the same name. He is also Secretary-Treasurer of the Cumberland Hydro- Electric Power Company, a Kentucky corporation now developing the largest Hydro-Electric Power project in the Middle West. In 1891 Mr. Mansfield married Miss Ada F. Freeland of Spencer, Indiana. They have one child, Freeland. The residence is at the Spink Arms Hotel. Mr. Mansfield is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Club, Hoosier Motor Club, Kiwanis Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, a Scottish Rite Mason, and a Shriner of the Murat Temple. 409 IN DIANAP © RTS 2 ENE @ eas Sse a NT ee ee | Photograph by Nicholson Bros. WALTER C. MARMON 410 LOS TOMES ON JANIE OE ter AVS FQ)” aN eared Eder WALTER C. MARMON ALTER C. MARMON, who has been president of Nordyke & Marmon Company since the death of his father, Daniel W. Marmon in May, 1909, was born in Richmond, Indiana, August 25, 1872. The family moved to Indianapolis in 1876, Following his early education in Indianapolis schools he en- tered Earlham College at Richmond, Indiana and later pursued his studies at the Massachusetts Schoo] of Technology, at Boston, from which he graduated. Most of his time during summer vaca- tion was spent in the factory obtaining practical experience in the various manufacturing departments. For a time after graduat- ing he gained experience in millwright work and the actual opera- tion of mills at various points in the country where mills were erected by the company—thus rounding out his training in flour mill engineering. In 1897 he came into the office of the company to share in the business management of its affairs and was made its secretary. Following his election to the office of president of the company he has guided the business during the period of its greatest de- velopment. This period includes the entry of the company in 1904 into the field of motor car manufacturing in which line of en- deavor it has built up a large business and a reputation for high quality product in keeping with its renown in the flour mill build- ing business which has prospered now for over seventy-two years. This period of expansion under the guidance of Mr. Marmon also includes war time activities in the manufacture, for our Gov- ernment, of Hall-Scott Air Plane Motors and Liberty Motors— Nordyke & Marmon Company having been the first company called upon by our government to build such motors, Mr. Marmon married Annie B. Hall at Philadelphia, March 29,1898. There are three children, Franklin Hall Marmon, Miss Elizabeth C. Marmon and Miss Dorothy B. Marmon. Mr. Marmon is secretary of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company, is a member of the Board of Managers of Crown Hill Cemetery, is identified with Boy Scout activities and a member of the Second Presbyterian Church. He is a member of The Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Indianapolis Country Club, Woodstock Country Club and Board of Trade. 411 IN DIAINAP @U5TS 9 VCE NGO Reo (5) BEE 2 LAS TE EES: TTR, TENS: PREIS 2 Photograph by Moorefield GEORGE J. MAROTT ee eA @e TS VEEN ier emg ANS Poe GEORGE J. MAROTT EORGE J. MAROTT, son of George P. and Anna Cc (Webb) Marott, was born December 10, 1858, at Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, a small town located on the London road and prominent as a stage coach station in olden days. George J. of this sketch attended English schools until fourteen years of age, when he started to work in the small shoe factory owned by his father. In 1875 Mr. Marott’s father, George P. Marrott, left England to locate in America, and in a few months Mr. George J., his sister, Katherine, and brother, Joseph, also came to this country. The mother and two sisters, Elizabeth and Ellen, remained in England to follow later, but the mother passed away before the time arranged for their departure. Coming direct to Indianapolis, after landing in New York, George P. Marott established a retail shoe store at 16 North Pennsylvania Street in partnership with Joseph Page, who taught George P. Marrott the art of shoemaking in England. With a capital of $167.00, the savings of nearly five vears from wages of $10.00 a week, and an additional $175.00 received from a chattel mortgage of $200.00 upon furniture, bed and carpet of their one-room resi- dence, and with a eredit of $2,000.00 worth of shoes ob- tained to the extent of $200.00 from each of ten shoe manufacturers who knew Mr. Marott as a shoe clerk and who had faith in his honesty and suecess, Mr. Marott was enabled to establish a shoe store for him- self at 22 East Washington Street in 1884. The fourth year of business he had the largest shoe trade in the city and today it is the largest shoe shop m the United States per capita population. There are eight floors, five of them devoted to retailing shoes and the others to store and work rooms. The store has one hundred fourteen employees and is the only shoe store in the United States equipped with steel fixtures. Frofits from the store were mostly invested in Indianap- olis real estate and public utilities. In 1900 Mr. Marott purchased the Logansport Street Railway Company of Logansport, Indiana, the deal be- ing consummated between the late J. P. Morgan, promi- nent New York financier. Two years later Mr. Marott had made the railway a paying proposition and dis- posed of the property at a handsome profit, notwith- standing the fact that for the seventeen years previous to his acquisition of the railway neither the bond nor the stockholders had received a cent income. In 1901 he bought the Kokomo Street Railway and Light properties and soon after organized the Kokomo, Marion & Western Traction Company and with associates built an interurban line from Kokomo to Marion. In 1910 he organized the Kokomo Heat Company, erecting a hot water plant for the city, and the year following organized the Kokomo-Frankfort Traction Company, an interurban line from Kokomo to Frankfort, completing the road in 1912. In all of the companies Mr. Marott held the presidency and controlling interest. In 1913 all of these properties were consolidated into the Iudiana Railways and Light Company, Mr. Marott remaining president. The Indiana Railways and Light Company owns the city railway in Kokomo, the interurban lines from Ko- komo to Marion and Frankfort, and the Light, Heat and Power Company of Kokomo. It supplies Kokomo with light, heat and power and also to twenty-four towns in the vicinity of Kokomo. Mr. Marott led in the establishment of the present Citizens Gas Company in 1905, and first organized, under the name of ‘‘George J. Marott and Associates,’’ the sixty-cent gas company which purchased the pipe lines and all property owned by the Consumers’ Natural Gas Company for $415,000. The property so bought would cost several millions to install under paved streets. The sixty-cent gas movement was terrifically opposed by the Indianapolis Gas Company, which was alone in this field prior to the organization of the Citizens Gas Company. After the complete organization of the Gas Company and its success assured, Mr. Marott, because of the many requirements made upon his time by his other interests, withdrew his activity with the company. It is conservatively estimated that during the ten years’ period of sixty-cent gas service, Indianapolis con- sumers saved at least five million dollars and received 10 per cent. dividends on their investments in the stock. In bringing about the organization of the Citizens Gas Company, Mr. Marott spent much time for two years and employed many men at his personal expense to solicit purchasers in the Citizens Gas Company stock and make contracts for gas service. The citizens became quite interested, and through the newspapers and mass meetings town talk grew so that nearly everybody, ex- cept those otherwise interested, wanted sixty-cent gas. In 1905 the company’s first office was located in the rear of 36 Hast Washington Street in the building then owned by Mr. Marott. In his activity for the establishment of the ‘‘Sixty- Cent Gas,’’ Mr. Marott was vigorously supported by the indianapolis News, which was at that time under the control of the late Delavan Smith. He was supported by the Board of Trade, and many prominent citizens were active for the victory. Mr. Marott owns large interests in various enter- prises, which include the Indian Hills Estates Company of Cleveland, Ohio, comprising one hundred fourteen acres on Euclid Avenue, of which sixty acres have im- provements costing $300,000 and are being rapidly built up with residential homes. Mr. Marott is a founder member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants’ Association. Member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Atheneum, Hoosier Athletic Club, Kokomo Country Club, a thirty-second degree Scot: tish Rite and York Rite Mason, and a Shriner, also a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Marott was married to Miss Ella P. Meek, No- vember 27, 1879, daughter of Jessie and Nancy Meek of Richmond, Indiana, whose ancestors were pioneers of Wayne County, Richmond, Indiana. 413 INDIANAP @ULS =MOE WN @ TAN ig ieee Photograph by Bretzman FREDERICK W. MARSCHKE 414 Palen NSS @el oe VEIN = Ore Ne BADR S FREDERICK W. MARSCHKE REDERICK W. MARSCHKE, president of the Marschke Manufacturing Company, 1815 Madison Avenue, was born at Rathsdamn- itz, Germany, March 10, 1866, son of William and Ulrika (Geschke) Marschke. The early education of the subject of this sketch was re- ceived in the schools of his native town in Ger- many, after which he pursued a business course at Indianapolis Business College in this city. Upon his graduation from the German pub- lic schools, Mr. Marschke’s parents, due to the father’s poor health, determined to migrate to America and, on June 11, 1880, the entire family landed at New York, from which city they immediately came to Indianapolis. Upon arriving in Indianapolis, Mr. Marschke entered the Eagle Machine Works as an apprentice and in that capacity served for a period of four years. Then, as an expert machinist, he accepted a position with the Rockwood Manufacturing Company of this city, where during the last fifteen years of his association with that concern, he was in charge of the tool department. As a result of the ex- perience thus obtained Mr. Marschke became particularly well fitted for the work which he has since followed. The second year, while working at the Rockwood Manufacturing Com- pany, Mr. Marschke took up a business course at night. In February, 1902, Mr. Marschke became a partner in the Crescent Machine Tool Company. Within a year’s time he sold out to his partners and founded the Standard Machine Company which continued in business until 1907 when the company merged with the Standard Elec- tric Repair Company and was incorporated as the Standard Machine & Electric Company to engage in manutacturing of automobile parts, and of which Mr. Marschke was elected president. At the time of this reorganization the op- erations of metal grinding and emery wheel work were somewhat crude and injurious to the eyes of those doing that type of work, and in this connection Mr. F. W. Marschke and his brother, W. A. Marsehke, devised hoods and covers for emery wheels such as would elimin- ate injurious dust arising from the wheels dur- ing grinding processes. They obtained pat- ents upon these devices and also patents upon electric motors and starting switches. A firm of similar name entered the man- ufacturing business in Indianapolis, causing much confusion and so Mr. Marschke’s com- pany, as a result of the situation created. changed its name to the Marschke Manufac- turing Company, which is now devoted to the manufacture of electric motors and motor driven grinders. During the World War the Marsehke Man- ufacturing Company manufactured parts for the famous Liberty and Hall-Scott motors used in airplanes. The company also made airplane testing machines and _ nine-pound shells for the Davis gun, and it is here of in- terest to relate that, without a single excep- tion, the entire output of the company passed at one hundred percent, the rigid tests and examinations of government inspectors, a most unusual and remarkable manufacturing record. Mr. Marschke is a member of the National Metal Trades Association, the Indianapolis Em- plovers’ Association, the Hoosier Motor Club, and the Hoosier Athletic Club. His chureh af- filiation is with the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and in politics he is a Republican. His recreation is devoted to billiards, fishing and golf, On October 18, 1888, Mr. Marschke mar- ried Miss Bertha Laube at Indianapolis. They had four children: Mrs. Elmer S. Wortman, (Miss Frances Marschke); JHlarold W. Marschke, Miss Bertha M. Marschke, and Frederick H. Marschke. On June 15, 1921, Mr. Marsechke married Miss Ehzabeth H. Meier. The family home is at 33860 Washington Boulevard. IN DIANA P Or ls MGEWN Olp yA Bales tees Photograph by Moorefield FREDERICK E. MATSON 416 ieee oN el OS eave Ne Olam NPAT RES FREDERICK EUGENE MATSON REDERICK EUGENE MATSON, attorney, senior member of the law firm of Matson, Carter, Ross & McCord, and former corporation counsel of the city of Indianapolis, was born on a farm near Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio, June 1, 1869, son of George Meyers Matson and Margaret Catherine (Dodds) Matson, both natives of Ohio. His father was a farmer and stock raiser and during the Civil War was an officer in the Union Army. In 1882 the family moved to a farm near Zanesville, Ohio, and it is of in- terest to record that this property still remains the family homestead. At the age of seventeen Mr. Matson became a teacher in the public schools near his home but after one year abandoned this work to become a commercial traveler. He then entered Muskingum College at New Concord, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1893. A year later he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws at the University of Michigan. In 1894 Mr. Matson came to Indianapolis and here engaged in the practice of law. In 1900 he was nominated as the Republican candidate for State Sen- ator from Marion County in the General Assembly of Indiana, and was elected to serve for a period of four years. He served with much distinction in the Sixty-second General Assembly and, in the Sixty-third Assembly, two years later, was elected president pro tem and became the Republican floor leader. During an illness of Lieutenant-Governor Newton W. Gilbert, Mr. Matson was the actual presiding officer in the Senate for a considerable period of the session. He was the youngest Senator on the majority side and perhaps the youngest man ever to have been chosen president pro tem of the State Senate. When Hon. Charles W. Bookwalter became mayor of Indianapolis in 1906, Mr. Matson was appointed City Corporation Counsel. Reports of his depart- ment during the four years revealed that the legal business of the city was con- ‘ducted at less expense than ever before in the history of the city. Noteworthy litigation in which Mr. Matson represented the city included the Track Eleva- tion eases, the Gas case, the Brewery License case, the Smoke Ordinance case and the New Telephone franchise case. Upon retiring from head of the city’s legal department, at the conclusion of Mayor Bookwalter’s term in 1910, Mr. Matson engaged in general practice. He has specialized since, however, in municipal and corporation securities issues and during the past ten years has approved a very large part of the municipal and corporation securities issued in this state. Mr. Matson is secretary-treasurer of the Indianapolis Athletic Club Realty Company which financed and built the $1,750,000 nine-story building for the Indianapolis Athletic Club at Meridian and Vermont Streets; he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Indianapolis Athletic Club and a member of its finance committee and also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Boys’ Preparatory School. Mr. Matson’s club and fraternal associations include the Columbia Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, the Marion Club, the Rotary Club, Oriental Lodge No. 500 F. & A. M., Scottish Rite and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was president of the Indianapolis Rotary Club in 1919-20 and was a member of the special committee which drafted a new constitution and by-laws for International Rotary in 1921. The marriage of Mr. Matson to Miss Mabelle McKitrick of Marysville, Ohio, took place October 3, 1894. There is one son, Frederick George Matson. 417 PND TAIN TAS? @ T2555 PVE IS @ ae NS ees oer Photograph by Dexheimer BERT McBRIDE 418 eee le NN eS Geel Ne @) ee EASTER S BERT McBRIDE ERT McBRIDE, banker, president of the Continental Na- tional Bank of Indianapolis, was born on a farm in Rush County, Indiana, the twentieth day of February, 1875. He isa son of Wilham P. and Clarissa (tirkpatrick) McBride. His ancestors were Scotch, having immigrated from Scotland to America in 1780, when they settled on Fishing Creek in South Carolina. On the land entered by them a battle was waged, during the Revolutionary War, between Colonel Tarleton, in command of the British troops, and General Gates, who was in command of the continental soldiers. During this battle they lost all their property and belongings, and they then moved to Boone County, Kkentucky, where they resided until 1828, at which time they moved to Rush County, Indiana. On the farm entered by them in Rush County the subject of this sketch was born and reared. Mr. McBride received his education in the district schools of Rush County, graduating from the Danville University, of Dan- ville, Indiana, after which he attended the University of DePauw. After leaving DePauw University he was married to Miss Mary Amelia Widau, of Rush County, and continued to work on his father’s farm until he moved to Knightstown, Indiana, to en- gage in the buggy and harness business, after which he moved to Indianapolis in 1900. In 1905 he became head of the real estate department of the Security Trust Company, and one vear later he was chosen for the presidency. He was president of the Security Trust Company until 1917, when he resigned to accept the presi- dency of the Continental National Bank, which position he now holds. Mr. and Mrs. McBride have one son, Richard Eugene, who is in Yale University. The family home is at 2012 North Delaware Street. 419 ENIDIZSNAP OTT Se INGE NGG) Tee ee Photograph by Moorefield HON. ROBERT W. McBRIDE 420 INDIANAPOLIS MEN OF ABBAIRS ROBERT W. McBRIDE NE of the most eminent of Indianapolis lawvers is Robert W. McBride, counsel for the Loan Department of the State Life Insurance Company. A son of Augustus and Martha A. (Barnes) McBride, Robert W. was born January 25, 1842, at Richland County, Ohio. His early education was received in that locality, and he was vet voung in life when he became a soldier in that costhest of civil conflicts, the War of the Rebellion. He was a member of the Seventh Independent Company of Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, known as the Union Light Guard or Abraham Lincoln’s Body Guard. Mr. BeBride enlisted November 27, 1863, and was in the service until September 9, 1865. Two years later he was admitted to the bar at Auburn. Indiana, and he practiced law at Waterloo from April, 1867, to November, 1882. At that time he was elected judge of the Thir tv-fifth Judicial Circuit, which position he held from November, 1882, to November, 1886. On December 17, 1890, he was appointed to serve the unexpired term of Hon. J. A. S. Mitchell as member of the Supreme Court, which terminated in January, 1893. A law partnership of more than eleven vears’ duration was formed April 1, 1898, with C. S. Denny, the firm name being Me- Bride & Denny. At the time of the dissolution Mr. MeBride be- came counsel for the Loan Department of the State Life Insur- ance Company, which company he helped to organize. Mr, Me- Bride now is the only remaining member of the original board of directors of that company. He is a member of the Central Avenue Methodist Episcopa! Church, vice-president for Indiana of the American Bar Associa- tion, life member and past president of the Indiana State Bar Association, and life member of the Indianapolis Bar Association. Mr. McBride also isa member of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indiana Audubon Society, Indiana Nature Study Club, Columbia Club, and Century Club. He is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias, member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Past Eminent Commander of the Knights Templar, Past Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Indiana, Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, Judge Advocate General of the Grand Army of the Republic, and No, 2 in membership of the Scottish Rite in Indiana. Mr. MeBride married Miss Ida 8. Chamberlain, September 27, 1868, at Waterloo. There were four children: two daughters, Daisy I. and Catherine M., and two sons, Charles H. and Herbert W. The McBride home is at 1434 Park Avenue, and Mr. McBride has offices at 1239 State Life Building. 421 TING TEASINUAGP © Te eV IN es ee Photograph by Nicholson Bros. DR. CARLETON B. McCULLOCH 422 ieee NINE 2 Ih ee EIN @ eee A RS DR. CARLETON BUEL McCULLOCH R. CARLETON BUEL McCULLOCH, physician and sur- geon and medical director of the State Life Insurance Com- pany, was born at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, July 30, 1871, son of Rey. Oscar and Agnes (Buel) MeCulloch. When seven years of age he came to Indianapolis with his parents and here entered the public schools. Upon the completion of his high school work in 1889 he at first considered civil engineer- ing as a profession, but after one vear at Rose Polytechnic de- termined to practice medicine and in 1895 graduated from the Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College. He then entered the practice of medicine in this city. In May, 1917, Dr. McCulloch was commissioned a Captain in the United States Army Reserve Corps, and in December of that vear, as Adjutant of Lilly Base Hospital of Indianapolis, which later became officially known as United States Army Base Hos- pital No. 32, went overseas. Prior to this time, however, Dr. Me- Culloch had been extremely active in the recruiting and selection of men attached to that organization. On September 26, Dr. McCulloch, who previously had been promoted to Major, was transferred to Mobile Hospital No. 11 as commanding officer. Prior to that date, however, Dr. MeCul- loch had been for a time on detached service with the French Army. On account of his participation with the French Third Army in the Noyon-Montdidier defensive, he was decorated with the Croix de Guerre. In October, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and is now a Colonel in the United States Reserve. The subject of this sketch, while now devoting all of his time to the practice of his profession, has on various occasions been particularly active in political and civie undertakings, and in the eampaign of 1920 was the Democratic candidate for governor of Indiana. Dr. McCulloch is a member of the Contemporary Club, the Country Club, Indianapolis Athletie Club, Indianapolis Literary Club, Indiana Democratic Club, Indianapolis Dramatie Club, Woodstock Club, and the University Club, the last mentioned being his place of residence. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and. a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, 423 IN DIANAP'OTLS> NEN OF ACR ey Nie (RS) ERRATA Photograph by Moorefield JOSEPH A. McGOWAN 424 Pee Ne © le VCE Ne Onn eAT RS JOSEPH A. McGOWAN OSHEPH A. McGOWAN has been a resident of Indianapolis for twenty years. Prior to his coming here he lived in Port- land, Maine, since the age of five. He was born in Gurteendar- ragh, County Leitrim, Ireland, on July 21, 1859, the son of Pat- rick and Sarah (McGloin) McGowan, and came with his parents in 1864, to Portland, Maine, where members of his family have ever since resided. Mr. McGowan was educated in the Public Schools of Port- land, Maine, and took special courses in business and civies. His first employment was with the Grand Trunk Railway Company in Portland, Maine, with which Company he remained until com- ing to Indianapolis. He entered the passenger department of the Grand Trunk Railway Company and later filled various positions of trust and responsibility in the freight, steamship and customs departments of that railroad. Besides being busy in the industrial and commercial life of Portland, Maine, he was active in many civic bodies, serving six vears in the City Council, during which time he was elected President of that body. Later he served eight vears as a member of the School Board of Portland, Maine, es- tablishing the first public evening school, succeeding his father at his death, who previously served thirteen years as a member of the School Board. Resigning his position with the Grand Trunk Railway Com- pany in April, 1903, he came at once to Indianapolis to be asso- ciated with his cousin, Hugh J. McGowan, who was then busily engaged in developing the Indianapolis Street Railway Company and Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company and laying the foundation of the large electric railway systems which have made the name of Hugh J. McGowan known throughout the country. Mr. Joseph A. McGowan is the secretary and treasurer of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company and Terre Haute, Indi- anapolis and Eastern Traction Company and is a director in both of these companies. He served four years as a member of the Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis. On October 22, 1891, Mr. McGowan married Miss Bertha H. Kohling of Portland, Maine. They have four children; one daugh- ter, Miss Alice K., and three sons, Joseph A., Jr., who is a grad- uate of Georgetown University and now attending Harvard Law School; Hugh C., a student at Notre Dame University, and William Ix. completing his high school course. The family resides at 2021 North Meridian Street. INDIANAP OLS "ME Ne @ Rene see Photograph by Moorefield HOMER McKEE 426 hip AD OLS Qian OReAEEAIR:S HOMER McKEE ORDS and thoughts are so inseparably connected that an artist in words is usually regarded an artist in thoughts. It would be exceedingly diffi- eult to find a truer living reflection of this assumption than is Mr. Homer Mc- Kee, president of the Homer McKee Company, Ine., one of the important ad- vertising firms of the Middle West. Mr. McKee has had an unusually liberal experience with words and thoughts. When a reporter he learned the value of news words, when a cartoon- ist he knew the value of pictured thoughts, and now, as an advertising genius, he is well aware of the value of words that sell. Also as an author he fully understands the pleasant diversion of fiction and the inestimable value of true artistry in all phases of print. Homer McKee was born August 16, 1880, at Bloomfield, Indiana, the son of William B. and Elizabeth A. McKee. His early education was received in the public schools of his home town, and in 1903 he graduated from Indiana University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The following year Mr. McKee spent in Chicago, and there, while a member of the reportorial staff of a Chi- cago morning newspaper, studied at the Chicago Art Institute. The cartoons drawn by Mr. McKee, which appeared in the Star League of Indiana, the Dayton Journal and the Fort Wayne Journal, commanded much favorable comment. The drawings were reproduced in such periodicals as the Interary Digest and other important review publications. John T. McCutcheon, of the Chicago Tribune, selected Mr. McKee as one of America’s leading ecar- toonists, and reproduced work of Mr. McKee on the front page of that paper in 1906, numbering it among others of his ‘‘ All-American Cartoon Symposium.”’ In the employ of the Rice Electric Display Company (which concern later became Rice Leaders of the World), the Hollenbeck Press, and the Chelt- enham Aetna Press, Mr. McKee acted in the capacity of sales manager. He worked for a time in the copy and plans department of the Mahin Advertising Company of Chicago just before coming to Indianapolis to act as sales manager for the Cole Motor Car Company. Mr. McKee was with this company for two vears. After a short time, as vice-president of the Russell M. Seeds Company, Mr. McKee founded, October 1, 1917, the Homer McKee Company, Ine. With his wealth of valuable experience at hand, Mr. McKee has been able to build up an organization of national reputation. He is accepted as one of the best merchandising counsellors in the country, and is admittedly one of the most foreeful copy writers in America. Mr. McKee is author of ‘‘For Ports Un- known’’ and other works. Mr. McKee married Miss Mary Gray at Logansport, Indiana, in Septem- ber, 1908. There are three children: Robert, Elizabeth and Rudvard. The family lives at 3145 North Delaware Street. Mr. McKee is a member of the Columbia Club, Tighland Golf and Country Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Indianapolis Country Club, University Club of Chicago and of the Murat Shrine. 427 PNUD EAN AP @ Te RS” Wie IN Si @ i ae ee a ee Photograph by Dexheimer 0. E. McMEANS ieee Ne ny Ole |) eee VGlIN@ (@) ee ANIL RAS ORANGE EDWARD McMEANS RANGE EDWARD McMEANS, proprie- O tor of the firm of MeMeans & Tripp, consulting engineers, was born at Richmond, Indiana, July 30, 1869, son of Marshall Ed- ward and Charlotte (Lemon) MeMeans. Tis early education was obtained in the public schools of Richmond, Indiana, after which he entered Rose Polytechnic Institute at Terre Haute, Indiana, from which he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1896, Master of Science in 1900, and Mechanical Engineer in 1901. While pursuing his studies at Rose Polytechnic Institute he was Editor-In-Chief, from 1895 to 1896, of ‘‘Rose Technic.’’ From 1896 to 1899 he was instructor in drawing at that institution.. From 1899 to 1900 he was Assistant Professor of Drawing at the Uni- versity of Kansas, at the end of which period he accepted a position as Mechanical Engineer with the Richmond City Mills Works at Rich- mond, Indiana, in which capacity he served until 1902, when he became Chief Engineer of the Nordyke & Marmon Company, at In- dianapolis. In 1904, having gained valuable practical and technical knowledge in connection with his previous undertakings, Mr. MecMeans_ estab- lished the industrial engineering firm of Mc- Means & Tripp, and of this firm he has since 1917 been the sole proprietor. Mr. MeMeans has designed and built many of the large food specialty packing plants in the United States, notable among them being such institutions as those operated by the Sears & Nichols Canning Company, Green- wood, Indiana; Columbus Canning Company, Columbus, Wisconsin; Fremont Canning Com- pany, Fremont, Michigan; Godfrey Packing Company, Benton Harbor, Michigan; Geneva Preserving Company, Geneva, New York; Dixie Fruit Products Company, Mobile, Ala- bama; Kuner Pickle Company, Brighton near Denver, Colorado; Waupun Canning Company, Waupun, Wisconsin; Galesville Canning Com- pany, Galesville, Wisconsin; Fort Atkinson Canning Company, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin; Prairie State Canning Company, El Paso, Hlh- nois; Dickinson & Company, Washington, Illi- nois; J. H. Doxsee & Sons, Marco near Key West, Florida; also the great fruit products plant of The Rhodes Fruit Farms, Ltd., Groot Drakenstein, Cape Province, South Africa. Mr. MeMeans is Consulting Engineer for The Indiana Reformatory, Pendleton, Indiana; In- diana Village for Epileptics, Neweastle, Indi- ana; Northern Indiana Hospital for Insane, Logansport, Indiana, and Hoosier Manufactur- ing Company, Neweastle, Indiana. Among In- dianapolis plants produced by his engineering organization are: The Service Spring Com. pany; The Central Public Warehouse Company, The Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company, and the Foundry of the Keyless Lock Company. As one devoted to the theory that relaxation is essential to successful business achievement, Mr. MeMeans is keenly interested in photog- raphy, radio, and the Boy Scout organization. Ile designed and erected many years ago a radio station at his residence and is a profi- cient operator in both the Morse and Continen- tal codes. He organized Troop 17, Boy Scouts, and was its scoutmaster for nine years. He is also interested in Literary work and is a fre- quent contributor to popular magazines and trade journals. He is the author of the chap- ter on ‘‘Engineering’’ in the “Treatise on the Canning Industry’’ by W. D. Bigelow, chief chemist of the National Canners’ Association, Washington, D. C. Mr. MeMeans is a certified member of the American Association of Engineers, member of the American Society of Mechanical Engi- neers, a member of the Indiana Engineering Society, the Sigma Xi Engineering and Scien- tific fraternity, the Scientech Club of Indianap- olis, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, a charter member of the Local Council of Boy Scouts of America, and a Veteran Scoutmaster. Tle is a ruling elder in Memorial Presbyterian Church. The marriage of Mr. MeMeans to Miss Jen- nie W. Fox, who is now executive secretary of the Indianapolis Council of Camp Fire Girls, took place at Terre Haute, Indiana, November 26, 1896. There are two children, Wayne Fox and Mary. The family residence is at 591 Middle Drive Woodruff Place. 429 [INIDIANATP ©7235 IW ENG @ ee ieee Photograph by Dexheimer UZ McMURTRIE 430 PN Oe VE N Oe A BAT RS UZ McMURTRIE Z MeMURTRIE, president of the Robbins Body Corporation and for a number of years prominently identified with public affairs of Indiana, was born at Attica, Indiana, July 12, 1884, son of William and Elizabeth G. (Starr) MeMurtrie. His early education was received in the public schools of Attica and Marion, Indiana, after which he attended Indiana University at Bloomington, graduating therefrom in 1908, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was president of his senior class and a member of the Phi Kappa Psi, National college fraternity. Upon the conclusion of his college course, Mr. MeMurtrie returned to Marion and there became deputy treasurer of Grant County, serving for five years. In the well-remembered election of 1912 he was elected treasurer of Grant County on the Republican ticket and in that capacity served for a period of four vears, having been re-elected to the office in the fall of 1914 1o serve until December 31, 1916. In November, 1916, Mr. MeMurtrie was elected Treasurer of State on the Republican ticket, taking office February 11, 1917 and serving two terms of two years each until February 11, 1921 In connection with these publie offices, it is of interest to here reeall that Mr. MeMurtrie possesses the distinction of having been the youngest man ever to serve either as treasurer of Grant County or as treasurer of the State of Indiana. In addition to the activities associated with public offices held, Mr. Me- Murtrie has been largely engaged in financial and commercial affairs of Indianapolis. In December, 1919 he organized, with others, the Robbins Body -Corporation, of which he has since been continuously the president. In 1918, with others, he formed the American Finance Company—commercial paper brokers—of which he was at that time elected treasurer and of which, i 1923, he became president. In June, 1921, Mr. MeMurtrie was elected president of the Alumni As- sociation of Indiana University and re-elected in 1922. During these years he was active in organizing and forwarding the Indiana University Memorial Fund movement to which Alumni responded with gifts totalling more than a million dollars. In 1922, he was elected an Alumni member of the Athletie Board of Control of Indiana University. Mr. MeMurtrie is a member of the Highland Golf and Country Club, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Marion Club and Hoosier Motor Club. In the Masonic fraternity he is a member of Samaritan Lodge, No. 105, PF. & A. M. and the York Rite bodies at Marion, Indiana, the Scottish Rite bodies at Indianapolis and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The marriage of Mr. MeMurtrie to Miss Elizabeth Hogin took place at Marion, Indiana, February 11, 1914. There is one son, William Hogin Me- Murtrie. Mrs. MeMurtrie is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hogin, the former being prominent in business and banking cireles at Marion. 431 INDIANA P OUTS > (MEIN TT @ aA a ai EE aa ae ee Se a Coe ca Photograph by Moorefield FELIX M. McWHIRTER eS @ > VEN OPA EATRS FELIX MARCUS McWHIRTER ELIX MARCUS McWHIRTER, son of Felix Tony and Luella Frances (Smith) McWhirter, was born June 14, 1886, at Greencastle, Indiana. He has been connected with the Peoples State Bank, of which he is now president, for sixteen years, having entered the bank as bookkeeper and note teller in 1906, following his graduation from DePauw Universtiy. The year after he entered the bank he was elected assistant cashier; in 1908 was made cashier, and in 1913 was elected vice-president, and in 1915 became presidnt of the institution. Mr. McWhirter is a member of the United States Chamber of Commerce and of the International Chamber of Commerce, and has been actively engaged in Chamber of Commerce work since 1906. In 1915 he was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the Indianapohs Chamber of Commerce, in 1916 he was vice-president of the organization; for five years (1918-1922) he was treasurer, and in December, 1922, he was elected president of the Chamber to serve for 1923. He attended the organization meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, France, in 1920, as a member of the finance committee, and in 1921 went to London, England, to attend the first annual international Chamber of Commerce conference in the same capacity. Mr. MeWhirter also attended the second general meeting of the International Chamber of Commeree, held in March, 1923, at Rome, Italy. During the war, Mr. McWhirter was chairman of the Marion County War Savings Committee, and a member of Governor Goodrich’s military staff dur- ing 1917, 1918, 1919 and 1920. From 1918 to 1921 he was one of three commissioners of the Board of Public Safety. In addition to his responbilities as president of the Peoples State Bank, Mr. MeWhirter is a director in the United States Chamber of Commerce, a director of the Fletcher American Company and of the Will H. Wade Com- pany, investment bankers, of Denver, Colorado; treasurer of the Ostrom Realty Company, and president of the Peoples Building Company, owner ot the Peoples Bank Building. He is a member of the reclamation committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the advisory board of the Industrial Finance Corporation, New York City, and since 1919 has been a member of the athletic board of DePauw University. He is also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, University Club, Kiwanis Club, Optimist Club, Hoosier Motor Club, and was a founder member of the Indianapolis Athletie Club. He is a member of the Meridian Street Methodist Church. Mr. MeWhirter married Miss Alma Phillips, June 12, 1908, and there are three children: Alma Jane, twelve years old; Felix Tony, six years old, and Luella Frances, three years old. The family resides at 1331 Park Avenue. 435 IN DIANAP @ ETS) WE NS @il al sae SOL MEYER 434 Teale Ne Nee) 2 eV i IN Oe ee AL RS SOL MEYER OL MEYER, banker, president of the Meyer-Kiser Bank and the Meyer-Kiser Corporation, was born at Fort Recovery, Ohio, October 22, 1866, the son of Ferdinand and Leah (Steinfelt) Meyer. His early education was obtained in the common schools of the city of his birth, but at the age of fourteen years left schoo! to take up telegraphy With the Lake Erie & Western Railroad at Fort Recovery. Prior to this, from the time he was nine years of age until he secured his position with the railroad, he worked, when not in school, as a newsboy to support his mother. The father of the subject of this sketch died when the latter was but seven years of age and it was indeed a struggle for the mother to maintain the four children, of which Sol Meyer was the third. From 1883 to 1888 Mr. Meyer was continuously employed as a telegrapher. During that time he was manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company and operator for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad at Portland, Indiana; with the Western Union Telegraph Company at Richmond, in which city he also served the Associated Press in the taking of reports for the Richmond Tele- gram; with the Pennsylvania Railroad at Richmond and with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Indianapolis, Indiana. He was transferred to Indianapolis from Richmond by the Pennsyl- vania Railroad, December 10, 1888, as an accountant in the engi- neering department and this marks Mr. Mever’s arrival in this city, in which he has continuously resided to the present time. Shortly after the transfer of Mr. Mever to Indianapolis he was made chief accountant in the office of the superintendent of the Pennsylvania lines. There he remained until January, 1895, when he resigned his position to become associated with Mr. Sol S. Kiser, elsewhere mentioned in this volume. The firm of Meyer and I eee Ne) ieee ie eA RS IRA A. MINNICK RA A. MINNICK, manufacturer and big game hunter, president of the National Dry Kiln Company, “and vice- -president and treasurer of the Humidity Control Company, was born at Somer- set, Indiana, on October 23, 1878, son of Jacob and Sarah (Lawshe) Minnick. He was educated in the public schools of Richland Township of Grant County. He came to Indianapolis in 1898 and entered business college, continuing in the school for a few months, and then became asso- ciated with the wood-drying industry. In 1905 he joined the Na- tional Dry Kiln organization and his advancement was rapid, be- coming its president in 1914. National Dry Kiln products are widely used in the United States, and it is estimated that almost all of the lumber used in the automobile industry, particularly the body-building branch, is dried in kilns made by this Indianapolis plant. Kilns fora large number of furniture factories, piano fac- tories, wheel plants, planing and saw mills are Indianapolis- made kilns from the National Dry Kiln factory. Big game hunting and fishing is Mr. Minnick’s hobby and in its pur suit he has traveled to many parts of the United States and even into Alaska and New Brunswick. Mr. Minnick hunted deer in both Michigan wilds and upper Wisconsin, bagging some very fine specimens which he has had mounted. Moose hunting in New Brunswick and far up in Alaska has its thrills for Mr. Minnick, and his collection of trophies include three moose heads, severai Alaskan mountain sheep, some big bear skins and some large speci- mens of the finny tribe. On one of his hunting trips in Alaska in 1921 he shot a moose with pans of fifty-seven and a half-inch spread and another one with pans slightly smaller. His fishing trips have taken My. Minnick to the tarpon fishing grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Florida coast, Canadian lakes, and on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. Mr. Minnick is a member of the Indianapolis Athletie Club, Columbia Club, and the Kiwanis Club. He married Miss Clara C. McLaughlin at Indianapolis on June 22,1904. They have one daughter, Mary Louise. The family home is at 3828 Carrollton Avenue. 449 IN DIANAP @iI5T3 ot ME INS. @ ee’ eee Ptotograph by Bretzman DR. EDWARD L. MITCHELL 450 aisle eee @)ie eae Ne ieee eA PRES EDWARD L. MITCHELL DWARD L. MITCHELL, D. D.S8., specializing in the practice of Orthodontia, was born at Lane, Miami County, IXansas, December 15, 1880, son of John and Sarah (Burns) Mitchell. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the state of Kansas, after which he entered the Dental College at Keokuk, Towa, (now the Dental Department of Drake University, Des- Moines, Iowa) from which he graduated in 1906, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Upon the completion of this collegiate course, Dr. Mitchell im- mediately began the general practice of dentistry at Arkansas, Kansas. This he continued until 1909 when he entered the Angle School of Orthodontia at New York City and in which he pursued special courses relating to that particular branch of the dental profession. In 1911, Dr. Mitchell came to Indianapolis, where he has since devoted his practice exclusively to orthodontia—the correc- tion of irregularities of the teeth and mal-formed jaws—and in ~ which he has gained an enviable reputation throughout the Com- monwealth. Dr. Mitchell is a member of the Indianapolis Dental Society, Indiana State Dental Society, American Dental Association, Eastern Association of Angle Orthodontists and the Alumni So- ciety of the Angle School of Orthodontists. He is also a member of the Highland Golf and Country Club, Indainapolis Athletic Club, Columbia Club, Hoosier Athletic Club, Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce. The marriage of Dr. Mitchell to Miss Eva Stiles took place at Covington, Kentucky, Julv 2, 1920. Mrs. Mitchell died March 20, 1921. On August 18, 1923, Dr. Mitchell was married to Miss Beulah House, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. D. A. House of Indi- anapolis. Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell reside at 3146 North Delaware Street. 451 IN- DIANA P OLS EN OTRAS ee te GEORGE H. MOORE 452 NG Me eee @) [ORS Ba le NG ee ARES GEORGE H. MOORE p Nake having visited, either on business or otherwise, prac- tically every city of consequence in the United States, and after having traveled extensively throughout Europe, it is alto- gether fitting that George H. Moore should be a resident of Indi- enapolis, the city which he believes best of all. Mr. Moore, a son of Aaron H. and Eloisa Moore, was born in Wilmington, Ohio, and has been in the real estate and general insurance business in Indianapolis since 1905, He operates George H. Moore & Com- pany, with offices at 213-219 Lemcke Building. Mr. Moore spent his early days in Richmond, Indiana, and it was there that he received his education. After leaving Richmond he was, for many years, in Kansas. Later Mr. Moore took a posi- tion with the W. W. Mooney & Sons firm at Columbus, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky, and for twelve years sold goods for this organization. While traveling for this company Mr. Moore pur- chased real estate in various parts of the country, and his Indi- anapolis investments were so attractive that he decided to resign - from his position and open offices in this city. This he did in 1905, beginning with a small room in the Lombard Building. He later moved to 128 East Market Street, and during the last five vears has occupied offices at his present location. The company has grown to be one of the leading real estate and insurance agencies of Indianapolis, being general state agent for the Royal Indemnity Company of New York, carrying all lines of casualty, compensation and bonds; local agent for the Royal Insurance Company, Liverpool, and local agent for the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. Many of the largest downtown and residence real estate deals have been closed through the George H. Moore & Company offices. Mr. Moore is a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Columbia Club, Highland Golf Club, and is affiliated with the Mystic Tie, Shrine, Murat Temple, and the Benevolent Order of Elks. Mr. Moore lives at the Columbia Club. 453 INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OPA Beste JESSIE C. MOORE 454 o eee NN OP Savi NOP Ole ATL R&S JESSE CAMERON MOORE ESSE CAMERON MOORE, son of Cameron and Jennie Webber Moore, was born in Delphi, Indiana, September 24, 1868. He went through the grades and high school in Delphi, one year in the high school of Ann Arbor, Mich- igan, and then through the literary and law de- partments of the University of Michigan, re- ceiving the degrees of Ph. B. and LL. B. He also had one year at Harvard. Mr. Moore came to Indianapolis July 10, 1894, and engaged in the practice of law until December 31, 1900, when he withdrew from his law partnership with Oliver H. Carson, the firm being known as Carson & Moore. During the fall of 1896, Mr. Moore, as at- torney, incorporated the industry known as the Columbia School Supply Company and became its secretary and treasurer, offices which he has had ever since. In the latter part of 1900, Mr. Moore and his brothers bought the interests of other stockholders, and he gave up his law practice to take active charge of the corporation, which then occupied a small rented room, had twelve employees and a very meagre output. Since 1900 the business has enjoyed a steady growth, having never closed down except for legal holidays. It occupies its own building at 314-334 West Seventeenth Street, contain- ing one and one-half acres of floor space, and employs 120 to 200 people. The products of the company include schoolroom, laboratory, domestic science and manual training furniture and scientific appa- ratus, which go to the schools throughout North and South America. Frequently orders of scientific apparatus are sent to foreign countries. Orders are obtained, for the most part, by catalogue and correspondence, this company being the pioneer in its attempts to save the schools the hitherto great expense of school supply salesmen. Most of the furniture above mentioned is manufactured of steel, the Columbia company being the first to use steel in this class of prod- ucts. Four patents have been granted to Mr. Moore, and twelve more to him and his broth- er, William Allen Moore, jointly, in school appliances. In addition to steel furniture for schools, the campany manufacturers and sells a com- plete line of steel furniture for hospitals and an all-steel white enameled kitchen cabinet, under the name of Moore Brothers, to distin- guish them from the school furniture line. Moore Brothers Sani-steel furniture is sold by catalogue, allowing the same economies to hospitals as to schools. During the years 1906-1912, Mr. Moore ear- ried on agitation and litigation for uniform charges to be made by the public utilities, which was followed by the organization of the Utility Commission, before which he filed the first petitions and obtained an equalization of rates. Mr. Moore is president of the Investors’ Realty Company, and secretary of the Stand- ard Coal and Supply Company, both realty holding companies. By reason of these con- nections and his individual interests, he has been enabled to locate a number of business enterprises, especially those needing freight terminal facilities. Since 1899, Mr. Moore has been a trustee and secretary of the board of the First Baptist Church, is president of the board of Crawford Baptist Industrial School for Orphans, near Zionville, and a trustee of Franklin College. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, mem- ber of the Chamber of Commerce, Iloosier Mo- tor Club, Century Literary Club, and several college organizations. On June 3, 1903, he was married to Miss Frances Hershey, of Sterling, Illinois, a grad- uate of Wellesley College, who has taken an active interest in the higher education for women. Mr. and Mrs. Moore reside at 1821 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. 5 DN DITAUNAP @aS VS" VCE ING @ saa elena Photograph by Mabel Sykes—Chicago CHARLES W. MOORES 456 ee Ne © Se V\VisiN TO se Naa PRs S CHARLES W. MOORES HARLES WASHINGTON MOORES, mem- ber of the firm of Pickens, Moores, Dav- idson & Pickens, attorneys, is a native Hoosier, having been born in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, February 15, 1862, son of Charles Washington and Julia Dumont (Merrill) Moores. His paternal great grandfather, Henry Moores, of South Carolina, enlisted in the Artillery of the Continental army and served through the war, gaining the rank of First Lieutenant. For his services as a Revo- lutionary soldier he was granted 1000 acres of land in Madison, Kentucky, and located on it, but after several years found the soil so poor that he returned to South Carolina. His son, Isaac R. Moores, was born in Kentucky and grew up on the frontier, remov ing in about 1825 to Vermillion County, Illinois. In the Black Hawk War of 1832, Isaac R. Moores was commissioned a Colonel in the Fourth Illinois Regiment, which was in the brigade in which Abraham Lincoln served as Captain. Colonel Moores was postmaster of Danville, Illinois. In 1852 he crossed the plains to Oregon where he was elected to the First Constitutional Con- vention and later to the State Senate. Charles Washington Moores, Sr., was born in Vermillion County, Illinois, November 2, 1828. After graduating from Wabash Col- lege in 1852 he came to Indianapolis to teach in the State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and later became associated with his brother- in-law, Colonel Samuel Merrill, in a book and publishing business, which has since become the Bobbs-Merrill Company. Te died in the Civil War at Stevenson, Alabama, in 1864. The early education of Charles W. Moores, of this review, was obtained in the public schools of the city of his birth, after which he attended Wabash College, from which he grad- uated in 1882 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and from which he has since received, in 1885, the degree of Master of Arts and, in 1912, the degree of Doctor of Letters. In 1883, Mr. Moores graduated from the Central Law School in Indianapolis and immediately thereafter en- tered the practice of his profession, becoming a member of the present partnership in 1888. In addition to the practice of law he has de- voted some time to historical, educational and hterary work and has contributed much toward making the study of history popular in the pub- he schools of this state. From 1900 to 1909 he was a member of the Board of School Commis- sioners, and from 1903 to 1908 vice-president and 1908-9 president of that board; from 1905 to 1909 a director of Butler College; in 1909 and since 1918 a director of the Indianapolis Art Association; from 1915 to the present writ- ing a member of the Indiana Historical Com- mission, and of the Indiana Historical Society, of which since 1921 he has been the president ; a member of the American Historical Associa- tion and the Indianapolis, Indiana State, and American Bar Associations. He was president of the Indianapolis Bar Association in 1914. Tle was one of the organizing members of the American Law Institute. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary and Sigma Chi college fraternities and of the University; In- dianapolis Literary and Contemporary Clubs of this city. Since 1888 Mr. Moores has also been United States Commissioner for the Dis- trict of Indiana. As an author, Mr. Moores has contributed to the publication of ‘‘Indiana Criminal Law,’’ 1893; ‘‘Caleb Mills and Indiana School Sys- tem,’’ 1905; ‘‘Year Book of the Sons of the American Revolution,’’ 1897 and 1908; ‘‘A Life of Abraham Lincoln for Boys and Girls,”’ 19093.“ Story o1 Christopher Columbus,’’ 1912; “Tine oln Selections,’’ 1913; and “History of Indiana for Boys and Girls,’’ 1916. He has also contributed to the American and English En- eyclopedia of Law, first and second editions, and to various magazines. Since 1896 Mr. Moores has been a lecturer at the Indiana Law School and since 1920 a special lecturer on Constitutional Law in the Indiana University School of Law. The marriage of Mr. Moores to Miss Eliza- beth Nichols occurred at Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, October 5, 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Moores reside at 1918 North Pennsylvania Street. ~] INDIANAPOLIS" MEN "OP ONE EAs .% : Photograph by Bretzman J. EDWARD MORRIS 458 iMirANAPOMIS MEN OF APRAIRS J. EDWARD MORRIS IKE many other prominent Indianapolis men, J. Edward Morris, president of the Washington Bank and Trust Company, was ‘‘born and reared on the farm,’’ the farm being near Broad Ripple, and the date of his birth February 12, 1879. His father is Hilary Morris, and his mother Letitia (Kirkpatrick) Morris. After completing his education, Mr. Morris had five vears’ experience teach- ing in the Marion County public schools, but decided to abandon that career and became employed by the Central Union 'felephone Company, now known as the Indiana Bell Telephone Company. For four vears he remained with the tele- phone company, first in Indianapolis, then at Shellyville, Indiana, and then at Oklahoma City and Enid, Oklahoma. Ilis connection in the two last mentioned cities was with the Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph Company, another subsid- lary of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. At the conclusion of this service, however, the career of the subject of this sketch took another turn, for he embarked in the real estate business, operating independently in the promotion and sale of agricultural and timber lands in the Southwest. In 1910, Mr. Morris formed a real estate connection with the old Marion Trust Company, which was later absorbed in what is now known as the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company. Real estate and its close associate, banking, proved to be the line of endeavor in which Mr. Morris was to achieve his greatest success. In 1914 he was chair- man of a committee of Indianapolis real estate men who organized the Indiana Real Estate Association, which organization he served as its first president and over which he presided at its two first state conventions. From 1915 to 1918 he represented the Indianapolis Real Estate Board as a member of the executive committee of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. In 1917 he was elected president of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, in 1918 became presi- dent of the Washington Bank and Trust Company, and in 1920 became presi- dent of the Washington Company; the two latter positions he now holds. During the war, Mr. Morris served on many important committees and as a colonel in all the Liberty Loan drives. He also worked tirelessly in the interests of the War Chest and the Community Chest. For many years he has occupied important positions in the Methodist Epis- copal church in this city and state. He is now a member of the board of trustees of the Broadway M. E. Church. In 1921 he was elected a director for three years of the Indianapolis Cham- ber of Commerce, and in December, 1922, was elected treasurer of the organiza- tion to serve during the year 1923. He was one of the group of fifty who first met together to organize the new Indianapolis Athletic Club. On August 11, 1903, Mr. Morris married Miss Isa Hill. Their home is 4350 College Avenue. Their daughters are Asberene and Isabel. Mr. Morris is a member of the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Scottish Rite, Indianapolis Athletic Cub, Kiwanis Club, Columbia Club, Chamber of Commerce, Indianapolis Real Estate Board, and Hoosier Motor Club. 459 TING TEASING ANT Gy Te TiN aN ses ae ee ee a Photograph by Moorefield CHARLES O’BRIEN MURPHY 460 ee ee Oe ae VCE Nie @ i ee eATRIS CHARLES O’BRIEN MURPHY HARLES O’BRIEN MURPHY, vice-president and general manager of the Merchants Heat and Light Company and an executive in other electric corporations, was born in Ireland on February 6, 1877, son of Charles O’Brien and Mary (Johnson) Murphy. His father, a barrister, is still living in Dublin, Ireland, and is a member of the Royal Dublin Society and the Irish Bar Association. Edueated at Belvedere College, Dublin, Ireland, in 1891 and 1892, and after completing his course of study came to America, where he entered St. Francis Xavier’s College in New York in 1893 and 1894. His business training came in the offices of W. H. Granbery & Company, Street & Norton, and E. Clarence Jones & Company, all New York Stock Exchange houses, from 1898 until 1905. In 1905 he became a member of the New York Consolidated Stock Exchange and in a few months went to San Francisco, California, arriving just before the fire and earthquake in 1906. For two years after the earthquake and fire he was purchas- ing agent with a gold dredging company in the Sacramento Valley. In 1910 he became associated with Gavin McNab and W. S. Tevis of San Francisco in electric Hght and power development in California, and until 1916 was vice-president and general manager of the Consumers Light and Power Company. MEN @ eA lta Photograph by Bretzman GEORGE W. PANGBORN po (on) bo SGN AMPMOMLALSE UNNIBIN| (HOME! ANISH VA Ef Bates GEORGE W. PANGBORN (CAH TORGE W. PANGBORN, conducting a general insurance agency under the name of George W. Panghorn, was born at Albany, New York, son of William and Ruany (Gladding) Pane- born. He was educated in the publie schools of the city of his birth, after which he engaged in the insurance and banking busi- ness at Albany for a per ‘iod of several vears Upon the conclusion of this work Mr. Pangborn went to Kan- sas City, Missouri, and there for two years was associated with the JXansas City Times. He then went to Topeka, Kansas, in the employe of the passenger department of the Santa Fe Railroad. During the next fifteen years he represented the Santa Fe Rail- road at various points throughout the country, being located at Buffalo, New York, as general agent of both the freight and passenger departments, when he severed his connection with rail- road work in 1890. From Buffalo, Mr. Pangborn went to Louisville, Kentucky, and there took charge of two states for an insurance company but after six months at Louisville, came to Indianapolis and in this city established a general agency for a number of insurance com- panies. It is in this work that Mr. Panghorn has been continu- ously engaged in Indianapolis for the past thirty-two years. George W. Pangborn is general agent of the Ocean Accident & Guaranty Corporation (Ltd. ) of London, England; genera! agent of the Bankers and Shippers Insurance Company of New York; general agent of the Pacific Fire Insurance Company of New York; general agent of the New Jersey Insurance Company of New Jersey; general agent of the United States Llovds, Ine., of New York; district agent of the National Surety Company of New York; agent of the Alliance Insurance Company of Philadel- phia; agent of the Delaware Underwriters Insurance Company of Philadelphia, and agent of the London Assurance Company of London. Mr. Pangborn is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Insurance Federation of America, Inc., which includes many men of international reputation in the insurance business and a mem- ber of the Insurance Federation of Indiana, of which he was presi- dent in 1915 and of which he is now vice-president. In addition to these business affiliations Mr. Pangborn is a member of the High- land Golf and Country Club, Columbia Club, Athenaeum, and is a Scottish Rite Mason. The marriage of Mr. Pangborn to Miss Clara B. Berrvhill occurred at Madison, Indiana, December 17, 1881. Mrs. Pang- born died September 23, 1919. There are two children, Mark W.. who is associated with his father in business, and Mys. Harry Buckley, nee Frances T. Mr. Pangborn resides at 2101 North Pennsylvania Street. UND TAINAYP OAL TSE Ne eee eee enn Photograph by Bretzman DR. HUGO O. PANTZER 484 ele ese N21 oe ING Gime ARS DR. HUGO OTTO PANTZER R. HUGO OTTO PANTZER, an Indianapolis physician and surgeon of high standing, was born at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, June 9, 1858. For two years he attended the Lutheran and publie schools of the city of his birth, but at the age of fifteen years entered the government drafting office at Rock Island, Illinois. Later he became a machine hand on a Mississippi sounding boat. Through hard saving from his employment and earnest economy of living he became able to take a business course at the Bryant and Stratton Business College at Davenport, Iowa, from which he graduated in 1874. Thus is summed up the early determination of the subject of this sketch to obtain an education. To further his literary education Dr. Pantzer attended three courses at the German-English Academy of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, upon the conclusion of which he accepted a position as bookkeeper. During this work, however, he devoted his evenings to gymnastics in which he became so much interested, both as a science and as a means of physical development, that he became a pupil in the Gymnastic Teachers’ Seminary of the North American Tuererbund at Milwaukee. Following his graduation from this institution, after a course of twelve months, he taught gymnastics for five years during which time he also studied medicine and was a teacher at the Turnvereins of Sheboygan and Plymouth, Wisconsin, and Indianapolis, Indiana, as well as a private tutor in the family of a mining superintendent in Southwestern Utah. Upon coming to Indianapolis, Dr. Pantzer studied medicine under Drs. William B. Fletcher and E. F. Hodges and then attended the Indiana Medical College from which he graduated in 1881. Through a competitive examination he then held a position for one year in the City Dispensary and in the spring of 1892 engaged in obstetrical and gynecological practice, having in the modern conduct of this specialty established a sanitarium of the most advanced type. For three and one-half years Dr. Pantzer studied in world-famed univer- sities under masters of surgery and clinical medicine. Altogether he has made three trips to Europe studving in Germany, Vienna, London and Paris. These trips have extended into Hungary, Switzerland and Italy and upon one occa- sion he pursued two courses at Munich, where he served as assistant at the Sur- cical Clinical Institute of Professor von Nussbaum. In addition to the above Dr. Pantzer has also attended bacteriological courses at Koch’s Institute, Berlin; was practicant at the obstetrical wards of the Allgemeine Krankenhaus at Vienna and completed many other courses in medical and surgery specialties under expert teachers of renown. Dr. Pantzer is a member of the Marion County Medical Society, Indiana State Medical Society and an ex-president of the Indianapolis Surgical Society. He is also a member of the American Medical Association and the International Medical Coneress. In addition to possessing recognition in his specialties, Dr. Pantzer has a substantial reputation as a writer on the subjects of which he has made such profound study. He is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Murat Temple of the Mystie Shrine. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Athenaeum, the Little Theatre Society of Indiana, the Art Association of In- dianapolis, the Academy of Music and the Woodstock Club. The marriage of Dr. Pantzer to Miss Emmy Schmidt, of West Phalis, Germany, occurred in 1891. The family home is at 717 Middle Drive Woodruff Place. 485 IN DIAIN AYP OUST SW EIN Oil ee eee ieee BEE UA Photograph by Moorefielé DR. HARRY F. PARR I NURS IN SIM OM kel Se VAS ING = TONS atl el esi nd eure) DR. HARRY FULTON PARR beeen tn YU LTON. PARRetson of Alired, David and Amanda (Burroughs) Parr, was born on a farm in Boone Jounty, Indiana, December 27, 1880. His preliminary education was obtained in the public schools of Boone and Hamilton Coun- ties, after which he attended the High Schools and the old Quaker Academy at Westfield, Indiana, finishing in 1898. Upon the completion of this work, Dr. Parr studied medicine and pharamacy for a period of approximately three years, part of which time he was actively engaged as a pharmacist. He then eame to Indianapolis and here entered the Indiana Dental Col- lege, from which he graduated in 1905, with the degree of Doctor of Dentistry. Before beginning the general practice of dentistry, Dr. Parr went to New York, Philadelphia and Chicago to pursue special work in his profession and then for a period of one year practiced dentistry in Mexico, returning to the states in 1907 where he has since resided and engaged in the practice of dentistry. Dr. Parr is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Dental Association, the Psi Omega dental fraternity, Indianapolis Rotary Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, and the Little Theatre Society. In the Masonie fraternity he is identified with Pentalpha Lodge, No. 564, F. & A. M., Keystone Chapter, Raper Commandtry and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The marriage of Dr. Parr to Miss Anna Mae Reslar took place in Indianapolis, November 23, 1907. Dr. and Mrs. Parr reside at 2709 North Pennsylvania Street. DNID TAIN ACP @ie DS a EN) @ ee eee ees Photograph by Moorefield GAVIN L. PAYNE LOS TELS SINGS) PCO) ERs IAN TCC Mit ea ea mo el Ld og, GAVIN L. PAYNE AVIN L. PAYNE established the investment banking house of which he is the head on the day the great panie of 1907 broke upon the country. Mr. Payne and his house have been the leaders in the financing of the gas business in Indianpolis, Mr. Payne having been one of the syndicate managers, with the late Messrs. V. T. Malott and L. C. Boyd, in acquiring the Indianapolis gas prop- erty and leasing it to the Citizens Gas Company. Mr. Payne originated the plan of real estate preferred stocks under which so many prominent building's in Indianapolis have been erected, the first issue embracing these popular features having been placed on the Century building. Among the large buildings in the city financed by this house are the National City Bank building, the Circle Theatre, the original Severin hotel and the original Lincoln. Mr. Payne was born September 3, 1869 in Jefferson county, just north of Madison, and came to Indianapolis as an infant. His grandfather located in Madison in the ’30s and was the pioneer manufacturer in Indiana of the fan mills for cleaning wheat. The Payne family is an old Cape Cod family. Myr. Payne’s maternal grandfather, Horatio Byfield, built the first plow used on the roads in Indiana. He settled in Jefferson county before Indiana was a state. In his earlier manhood, Mr. Payne was a journalist, serving in an editorial eapacity on the old Indianapolis Journal, The Press, and on Memphis, Louisville and New Orleans papers. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish American war. Prior to establishing his own business he had been the first secretary and afterwards president of the Security Trust Company. Mr. Payne commanded Battery A of Indianapolis on the Mexican Border during the Pancho Villa uprising in 1916. Tle was colonel of the Second Indi- ana Field Artillery in 1917-18. This organization, although inspected and passed by the U. S. Army officers was unable to get into the Federal service on ac- count of the operation of the conscript law shutting out acceptance of further national guard units. Governor Goodrich selected Mr. Payne to head a com- mittee to arrange the administration of the conscript law in this city, when the act first became a law. During the latter part of the war period, Mr. Payne was selected by the American Red Cross as field director of the military branch of their work in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with headquarters at Camp Las Casas, under General Chrisman. A term in the city council is the only political office ever held by Mr. Payne. He is a member of the Columbia, the Athletic and several other clubs; a member of the Scottish Rite and the Military Order of Foreign Wars. He is also a trus- tee of the Second Presbyterian church. Mr. Payne’s first wife was Miss Bertha Fahnley, by whom he has two children, Ada and Frederick. His second mar- riage to Miss Carolyn Condé. The Payne home is at 2135 North Alabama street. DN UD TAAINTA PQ Te VAN is es lee Photograph by Bretzman CHARLES C. PERRY pp Ol oeen VENI @) EAS TA RS CHARLES C. PERRY OME newsboys have turned out to be Presidents of the United States while others have humbly submitted to the strenuously difficult task of guiding the destinies of a multi-million dollar corporation. Into this latter group falls Mr. Perry, a man whose tireless spirit of conscientious endeavor, unswerving devotion, business integrity and progressive insight have culminated in the presidency of one of Indiana’s most pretentious incorporated bodies—The In- dianapolis Light and Heat Company. Mr. Perry is in no wise a man of hobbies. In his beautiful vacation home on Lake Maxinkuckee, Mr. Perry finds his recreational delights. It is known, however, that a vast portion of his happiness comes from his business activities. This happiness is ever revealed in his benignant attitude toward employees. In most commanding moments Mr. Perry’s sturdiness of authority is quite bereft of harshness. He was born in Richmond, Indiana, Wayne County, December 15, 1857, the son of Joseph J. and Ruth (Moffett) Perry. On the paternal side Mr. Perry’s ancestors were English, on the maternal side, Quaker-English. While acquiring his education in the public schools and later at Earlham College, Mr. Perry held various positions. In boyhood days he was a messenger boy for the P., C., C. & St. L., now a branch of the Pennsylvania System. He learned telegraphy and worked his way to the position of manager of the Rich- mond exchange of the Central Union Telephone Company and remained in this position for four years, after which, for two years, he was district superin- tendent of the Northern Indiana and Ohio Telephone Company with head- quarters at Fort Wayne. In 1886 Mr. Perry came to Indianapolis. For a short time he was con- nected with the Jenny Electric Company and in 1888 he was a central figure in starting the Marmon-Perry Light Company. From that organization came the Indianapolis Light and Power Company, which in 1905 changed its name to the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company. In 1900 Mr. Perry married Miss Capatolia Adams. There is a daughter, Ruth, and two sons, Norman A. and James A. Norman is associated in busi- ness with his father and James is located in New York City. It might be said that Mr. Perry’s career has been an electrified one. Dur- ing the change from a youngster selling papers to the position of chief execu- tive for the company with which he now is identified, he has moved along stepping stones that in every instance indicate progress in electrical achieve- ment. Mr. Perry is one of those Indianapolis citizens by whose work in life the city has benefited. In his prosperity there may be just satisfaction—for he has given more than he has taken. Mr. Perry resides at 3145 North Meridian Street. He is a member of the Columbia Club, Chamber of Commerce, a thirty-second degree Mason and is a governor of the Board of Trade. 491 IN: DIANAP OLE lS SME NS @ Ae ee 3 4 Photograph by Bretzman EDWARD E. PETRI 492 I NUD UA NAP MO} Elica) © UAC IN| 1OMEHS Ni ee esi aNd Ml aren, EDWARD E. PETRI DWARD E. PETRI, president of the company bearing his name—dealers in pearls and precious stones and platinum creations—was born at Paris, France, November 17, 1881, son of Edward KE. and Leopoldine (Rapé). His early education was obtained in the city of his birth, after which he attended Lycee Charlemagne from which he graduated in 1898. Following this he devoted a period of time to the study of watchmaking and in his adjusting course graduated with honor, obtaining a prize on a timepiece at the Kew Observatory of Lon- don, England. This last mentioned course was undertaken in view of his intention to become associated with his father, who was a wateh manufacturer in Switzerland, with main offices in Paris, and a recognized authority in the judging of precious stones and pearls. In fact, it was under his father that Mr. Petri of this sketch received much of his early education and instruction in the science devoted to the study of precious stones. At the end of this apprenticeship, however, Mr. Petri came to the United States, for the purpose of acquainting himself with American business methods and to study the English language. He became associated with Tiffany & Company and with that ¢on- cern remained for a period of three vears, where he pursued his profession and, incidentally, came in touch with Mr. George Kunz, regarded as the world’s greatest gem expert and from whom Mr. Petri obtained much additional valuable knowledge relating to liis particular line of business. Tn 1908 Mr. Petri came to Indianapolis, here to continue in the same line of business until 1922 when he organized the com- pany to which he now devotes his entire time and energy. Mr. Petri is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Indi- anapolis Athletic Club, and IXiwanis Club; served in the French Army and is a first lieutenant in the United States Army Officers Reserve Corps. He is also secretary-treasurer of the Indianapolis Baking Co. The marriage of Mr. Petri to Miss Dorothy Schooley occurred at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 2, 1906. There is one daughter, Frances Helene. The Petri family residence is at 410 Kast Thirty- seventh Street. 493 IN DIANAP @ LTS VEN 9 @ eS aes Photograph by Moorefield DR. ORANGE G. PFAFF 494 De NOLS Soe le NG) eee ANT Ros ORANGE G. PFAFF RANGE G. PFAFF, M. D., F. A. C.S., was born at Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana, April 28, 1857, son of Dr. Jacob L. and Jane (Wall) Pfaff. His preliminary education was re- ceived in the public schools of Indianapolis, having upon the death of his father, been brought to this city when but six vears of age. Upon the completion of his early schooling, Dr. Pfaff entered the Medical College of Indiana and from that institution grad- uated in 1882 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. This was followed by a course of nearly two vears of hospital work as resi- dent physician of the Marion County Infirmary, after which he engaged in the general practice of medicine in Indianapolis. From 1890-91, Dr. Pfaff pursued courses in the New York Post Graduate School and in the New York Polvelinie and then in 1892 took up and followed special courses in Europe, returning to [n- dianapolis in the Fall of that vear to here resume the general practice of medicine. In 1903 he discontinued general practice to devote his professional work exclusively to that of surgery, espec- ially gynecological surgery, in which he has achieved well earned distinction as a specialist. In addition to the time devoted to his active practice Dr. Pfaff has, since his graduation from medical college occupied teaching positions at the Indiana University School of Medicine and since 1892 has continuously been Professor of Gynecology at that institution. He has also for a number of years been Gynecolo- gist at the Indianapolis City and St. Vincent Hospitals. | Dr. Pfaff is a member of the Indianapolis Medical Society of which he was president in 1907; the Indiana State Medical So- ciety, American Medical Association, the American Association of Obstetricans and Gynecologists, the Mississippi Valley Medica! Society and isa ellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is also a member of the University Club, Woodstock Club and Country Club. For many vears Dr. Pfaff has held a commission in the Medi- cal Reserve Corp of the United States Army and upon the out- break of the Huropean War was promoted to a Majority and ealled into active service with the Lilly Base HN Seedy which later became United States Army Base Hospital No. 32, and with that unit served for several months. The marriage of Dr. Pfaff to Miss Mary E. Avery took place at Indianapolis, November 25, 1885. There is one son, Dudley A. Pfaff, a graduate of Yale Jollege in the class of 1918 and a grad- uate of the Indiana Medical School in the class of 1922. Dr. Dudley Pfaff, who is now ente ring into association with his saat in the practice of surgery, was married to Miss Frances Parsons of Binghamton, New York, June 10, 1922 495 PNUD TAUIN ALP Que) eM EIN © ees Photograph by Dexheimer S. 0. PICKENS 496 INDIANAPOLIS MEN OF AFFAIRS S. 0. PICKENS AMUEL OWEN PICKENS, attorney, head of the law firm of Pickens, Moores, Davidson & Pickens, was born in Owen County, Indiana, April 26, 1846, son of Samuel and Eliza (Baldon) Pickens. He received his early education in the common schools of Owen County and at the Academy at Spencer, Indiana, after- ward becoming a student in the law department of Indiana Uni- versity, from which he graduated in 1873. The same vear he began the practice of law at Spencer. Twice was the subject of this sketch elected prosecuting at- torney for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, composed of Morgan, Owen and Green Counties, the first term beginning in 1877, the second 1879 and ending in 1881. He was appointed District So- licitor in the law department of the Pennsylvania Railway Lines in 1878 and has ever since held that position. In November, 1886, Mr. Pickens came to Indianapolis. In this city he has been continuously active in the practice of his pro- fession to the present time. He has never held nor sought public office, except as above stated. He has always been an adherent of the Democratic Party, however, and was chairman of the State Democratic Sound Money Committee during the campaign of 1896. Mr. Pickens organized the Crawford Baptist Industria! School of Zionsville, Indiana, and was for several years chairman of its board of trustees. For twenty-four years he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Indiana Young Men’s Christian Association and for a number of years was also a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Indianapolis. Mr. Pickens is a member of the Indi- anapolis Bar Association, of which he was president in 1896; the Indiana State Bar Association and American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Country Club of Indianapolis and the University Club, on the board of each of which he has served as a director. He was president of the University Club during the year 1920. In 1872 Mr. Pickers married Miss Virginia Franklin, daugh- ter of Judge William M. Franklin of Spencer, Indiana. Mrs. Pickens died March 12, 1919. There are four children: Rush F. Pickens, Mrs. H. C. Adams, Jr., nee Mary Pickens; Owen Pick- ens, junior member of his father’s firm; and Mrs. Paul Donald Brown, nee Marguerite Pickens. Another daughter, Virginia, is deceased. Mr. Pickens resides at 1901 North Pennsylvania Street 497 INDIANAP ©2115 MENG @ Beene eee ae tiead - a on SP Cs ca a S aaa Photograph by Moorefield WILLIAM A. PICKENS 498 ie De NE © |S oe NG @ eae Niels AT Res WILLIAM A. PICKENS ILLIAM A. PICKENS, for many years a leader in the practice of law at the Indianapolis bar, and senior member of the firm of Pickens, Cox, Conder and Bain, was born in Owen County, Indiana, July 22, 1858, son of Samuel and Eliza (Baldon) Pickens. His father was born in Georgia and his mother in Kentucky. His early education was obtained in the schools of Owen County, Indiana, after which he attended the Indiana State University at Bloomington, Indiana, and then the law school of Columbian (now George- town) University at Washington, D. C. In May, 1881, Mr. Pickens was admitted to the Indiana bar at Spencer and from that time until July, 1893, when he removed to Indianapolis, was engaged in the practice of law in Owen and adjoining counties. While at Spencer he served for twelve years as attorney for the Indianapolis and Vincennes Rail- road, and for six years during the same period was attorney for the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad, and was for four years deputy prosecuting attorney for Owen County. Upon coming to Indianapolis Mr. Pickens became associated with Mr. Tanton A. Cox and later Mr. Sylvan W. Kahn was added to the firm, which continued until 1907 under the firm name of Pickens, Cox and Kahn. In 1907, upon the removal of Mr. Kahn from Indianapolis, Mr. Earl R. Conder became # member of the firm under the style, Pickens, Cox and Conder, which con- tinued until January 1, 1923, when the firm became Pickens, Cox, Conder and Bain. Mr. Pickens has always been an active force in social and economic re- forms of the city. He was one of the organizers of the Indiana Tariff Reform League in 1889. This league was the first active organized tariff reform effort in the west and had much to do with the election of Grover Cleveland ‘in 1892, and the spread of tariff reform ideas. To that organization Mr. Pickens gave untiringly of his time and effort. He was one of a committee of two who drew the secret ballot law which was adopted by the Indiana legis- lature of 1889 and was the first secret ballot law adopted in this country. After the law was drawn he spent his entire time in the halls of the legislature fighting for its adoption, which came near the end of the session. Mr. Pickens was the chief actor in the force which put through the legis- lature a codification and reform of the private corporation laws of Indiana. His work in this matter began in the Indiana State Bar Association in 1914 and continued through four sessions of the General Assembly, resulting in the adoption of the law in 1921. Tle was Corporation Counsel of the city of In dianapolis during the term of Mayor Joseph E. Bell from 1914 to 1918. He is a member of The American Bar Association, The Commercial Law League of America, The Indiana State Bar Association, and the Indianapolis Bar Asso- ciation, of which latter association he was president for the year 1911; Indi- anapohs Chamber of Commerce, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Athenaeum, Indiana Democratic Club, is a Thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M. and Past Master of Spencer Lodge, No. 95. The marriage of Mr. Pickens to Miss Anne Jennings Wiles occurred at Spencer, Indiana, September 29, 1886. There are two daughters, Mrs. Don E. Brewer, nee Virginia, and Mrs. Clifford Foote, nee Eliza. Mr. and Mrs. Pick- ens reside at 1998 North New Jersey Street. 499 DNSDEANAYP OL TS ee WEIN @ Nie Photograph by Moorefield RALPH B. POLK IN| IBAA ON PARIS SOMES ES\ a WAVGsS ANS LOOT Es 9 ye el ed ead Lf cl, RALPH BURDICK POLK ALPH BURDICK POLK, president of The Polk Company, The Polk b] dv ) Farming Company and vice-president of The Polk Sanitary Milk Com pany was born near Greenwood, Indiana, August 31, 1875, son of James T. Polk, pioneer canner and philanthropist, and Laura Burdick Polk, nationally known business woman. He has one sister, Pearl Polk Dungan, wife of Sam- viel O. Dungan, president of the Polk Sanitary Milk Company. Born at the time of year known by canners as the ‘‘Glut’’ season, within iour hundred yards of one of the first canning factories west of the Alle. chany mountains, he entered the environment of the canning business at an extremely tender age. ‘““rule of thumb’’ busi- He has seen the industry grow from a very crude vess to a scientifically controlled industry. Practically all of the present day efficient machinery and scientific methods have been developed within the limits of his memory. Mr. Polk was the active head of the J. T. Polk Company (successors to J. T. Polk) from the time of its incorporation in 1901, until it merged its seven plants with Sears & Nichols Company, in 1921. ‘ For several years Mr. Polk has spent his winters in Florida, having a home at Miami. Having made some investments in citrus fruit enterprises, he began to turn his attention to the preservation of certain grades of grape fruit which do not sell to advantage fresh. In the meantime, the canning of the membrane free sections of grapefruit in Porto Rico had been undertaken in a small way and in 1921 Mr. Polk started this industry in the plant of The Polk Company in Miami, the first to can grapefruit in the United States. The coods met with immediate success in the market and The Polk Company is now operating three plants in Florida and is building three more which will be eperated in the 1923 and 1924 seasons. In 1918 the War Department asked Mr. Polk to go to France to assist the I'rench canners in canning, by American methods, some of the foods required by the American Army. Ile arrived in France about a week before the Ar- mistice was signed. Work for which he went becoming unnecessary because of the Armistice, he was sent in company with Dr. A. W. Bitting on a general inspection trip over France covering the battlefield where a few days before the last fighting of the War was done. In 1903 Mr. Polk married Grace Poterfield, of Richmond, Indiana, wel! known composer and singer. They have one son, Ralph Polk, Jr., born August 6, 1905, and now a Cadet in Culver Military Academy. Mr. Polk’s clubs are the Columbia and Indianapolis Athletic, of Indianapolis; Missouri Athletic, St. Louis and the Union League Club of Chicago. Mr. Polk and family live at, Greenwood, Indiana, in the summer and Miami, Florida, in the winter. IN DIANAP OLS) WEN {@ eA Eas ME BLO SE a Photograph by Bretzman J. M. PRICE 502 eee Nee ale eS ee Ve N i @ ise Ale RES JOHN M. PRICE OHN M. PRICE, president of the Boncilla Laboratories, Inc., is a native Hoosier, having been born in Washington County, Indiana, September 5, 1872, son of Charles T. and Alice L. (Gar- riott) Price. Mr. Price received his early education in the schools near his home, completing his education by taking a course in the Harts- vule (Indiana) College. His first business venture was in the lumber business with his father and later he conducted a hardware establishment. In March, 1900, he moved with his family to Indianapolis, here entering a partnership with A. F. Garriott in the chemical manufacturing business. This plant, known as The Crown Chemi- eal Company, was incorporated in 1902, Mr. Price becoming sec- retary and treasurer of the organization. In 1905 Mr. Price suc- ceeded Mr. Garriott as president of the company, which position he has since continuously held. The firm still continues under the same management, the hame of the company having recently been changed to the Boncilla Laboratories, Ine. Mr. Price personally worked out the formula for the ‘‘ Bon- cilla Method”’ and in addition has taken direct charge of the de- signing of packages and merchandising. Vast quantities of Bon- cilla products are shipped from the Indianapolis plant daily to finally reach their destination in every part of the world. There is also a branch plant in Toronto, Canada, incorporated as The Canadian Boncilla Laboratories, Ltd., of which Mr. Price is also president. The psychology of advertising as it influences millions of minds, is Mr. Price’s favorite study and work. Mr. Price married Miss Rachel P. Stalker in Washington County, Indiana, on December 29, 1893. There are five children, Miss Blanche Price, Harry EK. Price, Raymond Price, Mrs. Paul- ine Price McCollum and Mrs. Margaret Price Yohler. The two sons are associated with their father in the Boncilla Laboratories. The family resides at 3716 North Delaware Street. Mr. Price is a member of the Kiwanis Club, Hoosier Motor Club, Columbia Club, and of Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M. UND TAINALP OTS eV CEN © ae Oe ee aes & * CRS eS ee Photograph by Bretzman CARL J. PRINZLER 504 Ieee eNO Ea VE ING Gee AN re eA TRS CARL J. PRINZLER ARL J. PRINZLER, a director and department manager of the Vonnegut Hardware Company, was born at Indianapolis, June 6, 1870, son of Louis and Louisa (Reiger) Prinzler. He was educated in the Indianapolis publi¢ schools. Mr. Prinzler joined the Vonnegut Hardware Company on November 1, 1887, first doing odd jobs about the store and later working his way through all branches of the business. In 1895 he Was made manager of the company’s building material and art- hardware department. In 1908 he became a stockholder in the Vonnegut Hardware Company and in 1910 was elected a director, which office he has since held. Such disasters as the famous Lroquois Theatre fire in Chicago in 1903 and the Lakewood School fire at North Collinwood, Ohio, (a suburb of Cleveland) in 1908, which resulted in heavy losses of life because of the inswinging jammed doors, led Mr. Prinzler to design the Von Duprin self-releasing fire exit devices, which are now so widely used upon theatres, public buildings, schoo] build- ings, office and industrial buildings and other structures. He received numerous patents in this and foreign countries on the Von Duprin devices and copyrights in this and other countries on the Von Duprin coined word and began its manufacture March 13, 1908. At this time they are in use in nearly every country in the world. Four factories, one in Indianapolis, one in Chicago, one in North Chicago and the fourth at Bellville, Ontario, Canada, are manufacturing these devices for the Vonnegut Hardware Com- pany. Active sales organizations for the company are in many of the larger countries, including Australia, England, France, New Zealand and Japan, in addition to the twenty- three branch offices in the United States. At this writing, Von Duprin devices are being supplied for government and telephone buildings, the Rockefeller Foundation, auditoriums, hippodromes, hotels and theatres in Pekin, China; Rio De Janerio, South America; Sidney, Australia, N. 8S. W.; Honolulu, H. I., and other places. Mr. Prinzler is a director of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, a meinber of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Athen- acum, Indianapolis Gymnasium, ISiwanis Club, Hoosier Motor Club, the Marion County Fish and Forest Protective Association, the Pentalpha Lodge, No. 564, of Masons, Keystone Chapter, No. 6, R. A. M., the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite and the A. A.O. N. Mystic Shrine. He married Miss Nina E. Gipe at Indianapolis on August 23, 1899. They have a daughter, Miss Virginia Prinzler. The family home is at 3535 Central Avenue. 505 UN DIANNA P @ ToT 9 VGN OR @ ee ieee acme Photograph by Dexhevmer LEONARD M. QUILL PSE e eNee leita ewe leeN oe iS SAT ROS LEONARD M. QUILL EONARD M. QUILL, insurance representative, and county clerk of Marion County, Indiana, from 1907 to 1911, was born in West Manchester, Preble County, Ohio, December 15, 1868, son of Thomas F. and Adaline (Banta’ Quill. His father was a native of County Kerry, Ireland, immigrating to America with his parents when he was ten years old. Mr. Quill attended the parochial and public schools of Indianapolis and then studied at the Indianapolis Business College. Completing his business college training he became associated with the Buffalo Shoe Store, which at that time was a large retail shoe establishment in Indianapolis. He was with the shoe company for two years and then became employed in the office of the assessor of Center Township, his father being the township assessor at that time. After leaving the assessor’s office, Mr. Quill became associated with the Indianapolis Gas Company, remaining with that company for a period of twelve years, until December 25, 1902, when he resigned his position to become chief deputy in the office of William E. Davis, county clerk. He was a eandi- date on the Republican ticket for clerk in 1906 and was elected in November of that year to serve from January 1, 1907, to January 1, 1911. Upon the conelusion of this last mentioned term of office, Mr. Quill en eaged in the real estate and insurance business with his father under the firm name of Quill & Quill. Upon the death of his father, jn May, 1917, Mr. Quill continued the business alone until January 1, 1918, when he entered a partner: ship with Mr. Edward II. Schmidt, formerly United States marshal, in the general insurance business. This continued for a short time, however, due to the fact that Mr. Schmidt was appointed receiver for the Central Union Tele- phone Company and whereupon Mr. Quill continued the business alone under his own name. Early in 1923 Mr. Quill became associated in the offices of Foster and Messick, general insurance agents representing the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Maryland, and to this new con- nection he now devotes his entire attention. In politics, Mr. Quill has always been an active supporter of the Re- publican party and a strong worker in the ranks of that organization. At the time of Mr. Ralph A. Lemcke’s campaign, Mr. Quill acted as his campaign manager and it is a matter of history that Mr. Lemecke was overwhelmingly elected to the office of County Treasurer. He is a member of the Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, the Marion Club, the Board of Trade and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, No 13, having been Exalted Ruler of the last mentioned in 1917 and 191% and elected an honorary hfe member on December 2, 1919. The marriage of Mr. Quill to Miss Nora C. Golden, of Indianapolis oc- eurred on July 20, 1892. There are three children, Thomas E., William P. and Anna Patricia. 507 [NU DTAINIASP (©) Te TS Mr INGO ees ee ‘ ; Ge ES SS [EE & EZ se Photograph by Moorefield HON. SAMUEL M. RALSTON On = ioe) Peele Ne Oe Roe VEN Or AE ATR ES HON. SAMUEL M. RALSTON H” SAMUEL MOFFETT RALSTON, Democratic Senator from Indiana; Gov- ernor of Indiana from January 13, 1913, to January 9, 1917; for many years prominently identified with Democratic politics in Indiana and also senior member of the firm of Ralston, Gates, Lairy, Van Nuys and Barnard, attor- neys, was born December 1, 1857, on a farm at New Cumberland, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, son of John and Sarah (Scott) Ralston. In 1865 his parents moved to Owen County, In- diana, living there for eight years. They after- wards moved to Stilesville and Brazil, Indiana, and then to Fontanet, Indiana, where the father took a coal lease and sunk a shaft, with the assistance of his son. eV Ne Ole eA ea AT Res JOHN BATESON REYNOLDS OHN BATESON REYNOLDS, general secretary of the Indianapolis Cham- J ber of Commerce, was born at Clarksville, Tennessee, February 21, 1884, son of John B. and Mary Florence (Halsell) Reynolds. His early education was obtained in his home from his grandfather, who in ante-bellum days had con- ducted a private school in Tennessee. After completing this education at home he went to New York City, to engage in the advertising business with his broth- er. A short time later, however, he matriculated at Columbia University in the college of liberal arts and later studied law. In August, 1917, shortly after our entrance in the World War, the subject of this sketch entered the Second Officers’ Training Camp at Plattsburg, New York. He was commissioned a Captain in the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, in November, 1917, and was sent to Washington, D. C., as chief of the informa- tion section of the personnel branch, under Col. Hiram Bingham, of Yale, chief of Personnel. Here he remained on duty until the fall of 1918, when with the rank of Major, he was sent overseas. Arriving overseas, he was immediately assigned to make a special tour of inspection of air service units with Col. H. H. Arnold, inspecting units in England and France. In this work he was attached, temporarily, to the First Army Service, with headquarters at Souilly, France. Shortly after the armistice he was returned to Washington and it is here worthy to note that he is said to be the only officer to be returned to the same ‘position in the Air Service in Washington after being sent abroad. In Febru- ary, 1919, Mr. Reynolds was selected by Col. Arthur Woods, formerly police commissioner of New York City, to assist in organizing forces directly under the Secretary of War to assist in the return of service men to civil life. He was placed in charge of this work in the Central District, including twenty-two states from the Dakotas to Texas and from Ohio to Florida. He chose Indian- apolis as his headquarters and after six months of service in this work was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, United States Army. Col. Rey- nolds remained in that office until February, 1920, when he resigned to become secretary of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. He retained, however, the rank of a Lieutenant-Colonel, Air Service, Reserve Corps. Mr. Reynolds is a member of the American Legion and has attended all the national meetings. He is a member of the Army and Navy Club and the Columbia University Club of New York. He is president of the Service Clubs International and a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club and the Indian- apolis Alumni Club of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Mr. Reynolds resides at 621 East Thirteenth Street. 527 LNT ANA OTE Sa NENG @ eee ee RS ae es ee a E Photograph by Bretzman EDMUND ROSENBERG 528 Sener @ 8 ome V\ IN tee be AL RS EDMUND ROSENBERG DMUND ROSENBERG, son of John and Josephine (Keil) Rosenberg, was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, December 2, 1870, His father, now ninety-four years of age, held until his retirement from active business in 1922, the distinction of having maintained a place of business on East Washington Street for a longer consecutive period of years than any other business man within the history of the Hoosier Capital, having for fifty years conducted until the time noted, the house of John Rosenberg,— merchant tailor. The early education of Edmund Rosenberg, of this sketch, was obtained in the public schools of Indianapolis, upon the comple- tion of which he entered his father’s store and there, during a period of years secured his business training. When sixteen years of age he entered the candy maker’s trade and in this engaged for a period of six years, when he became interested in the tent and awning business, learning all of the various branches of the busi- ness from apprenticeship to general management. In 1897 he determined to enter the tent and awning business independently and then, upon borrowed capital, formed the Indianapolis Tent & Awning Company, of which he continued the sole owner until 1921, at which time he sold his interests to retire from active business. During the twenty-four years in which Mr. Rosenberg conducted the Indianapolis Tent & Awning Company he became one of the outstanding figures in the tent and awning business of the country and came to know an unusually large number of men engaged in that line of business over the United States. He was president of the National Tent & Awning Manufacturers Association for two years (1916-7), immediately after which he served for a period of two vears as chairman of the board of directors of that organiza- tion. Mr. Rosenberg is a member of the Indianapolis Athletie-Club, Board of Trade, Academy of Music, Kiwanis Club, Indianapolis Casting Club, of which he is one of the original organizers, and a member of Lodge No. 138, B. P. O. E. and Modern Woodmen. The marriage of Mr. Rosenberg to Miss Avanelle Thorp, of North Vernon, Indiana, occurred at that place February 25, 1893. IN DIANAP 'O ETS" MENS @ FSA ie Ais Photograph by Dexheimer A. M. ROSENTHAL eee sle eee en) © lem Ae Ne) Eee Ee AL RES ALBERT M. ROSENTHAL LBERT M. ROSENTHAL, son of Moses and Frances (Hayes) Rosenthal, was born in Kokomo, Indiana, October 17, 1876. His father came to the United States from Wurtenberg, Germany, in 1857 settling in Kokomo. He was one of eleven children and before he had reached the age of twenty-one had brought the entire family to this country. He conducted a general store and stove factory in Kokomo during the Civil War. He served as a volunteer to check the Morgan raiders at that time. The service he rendered seriously im- paired his health hastening his early death which occurred when Albert M. was but nine years of age. Albert M. Rosenthal is president of the Standard Paper Company of In- dianapolis. He received his early education in the public schools of Indian- apolis supporting himself through his boyhood occupation, selling newspapers. On leaving school Mr. Rosenthal became identified with Dyer and Rass- man in the insurance and real estate business and remained with them until 1895 when poor health necessitated a year in Colorado, after which he returned to Indiana and took a position as traveling salesman for the Capitol Paper Com- pany. He remained in this position until 1903 at which time he organized and became president of the Standard Paper Company. In addition to this enterprise Mr. Rosenthal is interested in several other organizations. He is vice-president of R. Kirshbaum & Son; president of the Mercantile Building Company; vice-president and secretary of Kirshbaum Real- ity Company; a director of the Fletcher American National Bank and also of the Atlas Paper Company. Mr. Rosenthal has always taken an active part in civie affairs of his city. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, trustee of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, a director of the Jewish Federation of Indianapolis, a national director of the American Jewish Relief Committee, a director of the Indianapolis Chapter of the Red Cross, a member of the State Committee of -the War Camp Community Service and, during the World War, was a mem- ber of the state executive committee of the U. W. W.; a member of the cam- paign committee of the War Chest; a member of the executive committee of the Red Cross Campaign and was the originator of the Indianapolis Club Red Cross dinner at which function $201,000.00 was realized for the Red Cross fund. He was a member of the state executive committee of the American Relief Committee (Hoover Fund); the special gift committee of the Commun- ity Chest Campaign and active in every Liberty Loan Drive that was held dur- ing the war period. In fact, Mr. Rosenthal was working at all times to do whatever he could to aid in the Allied cause and was actively identified with every drive for funds that was conducted during the war. In this connection it is of interest to note that Mr. Rosenthal was general chairman of that committee which was responsible for the famous celebration which took place in Indianapolis on Bastile Day, July 14, 1918 and was also instrumental in bringing about the celebration known as the ‘‘Touchdown of the Marne,’’ which took place in Indianapolis on July 24, 1918 and which brought about what is believed to be the largest gathering of persons ever assem- bled on Monument Circle. Mr. Rosenthal is a Royal Arch Mason. He was the first president of the Indianapolis Club, is now a director and it was during his term as executive head that the elegant club house was built. He is president of the Broadmoor Country Club and a member of the Columbia Club. In 1902, December 30, Mr. Rosenthal married Miss Gertrude Kirschbaum at Indianapolis. There are two daughters, Flora Margaret and Janet Susanne. The Rosenthal home is at 2850 North Meridian Street. 531 EN D FA NASP © TCDS) MALE NGS @ ee ote elem Photograph by Nicholson Bros. DR. DAVID ROSS IM SOB AOIN PAS ISOMER AS) a AN BAN) 6 1O)) el) ond dee A ees DR. DAVID ROSS R. DAVID ROSS, surgeon, and scion of stanch Seottish an- cestry of historic and distinguished order, was born in Indi- anapolis, Indiana, November 20, 1865, son of Charles B. and Cath- erine (King) Ross. The former was born in Rosshire and the latter in Perthshire, Scotland. The early education of the subject of this sketch was obtained in the district schools of Hendricks County, Indiana, and in the public schools of Brazil, after which for a period of five years, he taught in the public schools of Clay County and in the citv of Brazil. In 1891 he graduated from the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, with the degree of Bachelor of Science and on March 31, 1895, graduated from the Medical College of Indi- ana, in this citv, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Immediately following the completion of this technical course, Dr. Ross became an interne for one year at the Indianapolis City Hospital, where he gained valuable clinical experience. In 1896 he engaged in the general practice of medicine in which, during the years that have § since elapsed, he has gained a definite reputa- tion as a surgeon of marked skill and professional ability. In 1900 Dr. Ross took a post-graduate course in the Post-Graduate Medical School of New York. Dr. Ross who has in later years devoted himself exclusively to the surgical branch of medical practice—especially to abdominal surgery—is consultant surgeon to the Indianapolis City Hospital, consultant surgeon to St. Vincent Hospital and Associate Pro- fessor of Surgery in the Indiana School of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Medical Association, Indiana State Medical Association, of which he was president in 1921, a member of the Indianapolis Medical Association (Marion County Medical Association) of which he was president in 1915, and a member of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association. In addition to these affiliations Dr. Ross is a member of the Tndianapolis Rotary Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club and of the First Presbyterian Church. The marriage of Dr. Ross to Miss Margaret Gertrude Good- hart, daughter ai Benjamin FH. and Julia H. (Wright) Goodhart, of Indianapolis, occurred in this city, September 24, 1901. There is one son, Andrew Franklin Ross, born July 16, 1906. IN DIANA’ © 1705" VMGEUINS § @ ile le eee Photograph by Moorefield JAMES A. ROSS SHDN AR IEG) bod hes) SIA IN MOH ET < ANI Ria A) ats JAMES A. ROSS AMES A. ROSS, attorney, member of the firm of Matson, Car- ter, Ross & McCord, was born in Delaware County, Indiana, February 19, 1883, son of James A. and Mary (Gibson) Ross. His education was obtained in the public grade and high schools of Muncie, Indiana, after which he attended Northwestern Uni- versity. He then, in 1901, entered the Indiana Law School and from that institution graduated in 1904, with the degree of Bache- lor of Laws. For a period of two years immediately following the com- pletion of the course at the Indiana Law School, Mr. Ross engaged in the practice of law at Muncie. He then, in 1906, came to Indi- anapolis, where he has since continuously resided. In 1912 he be- came a member of the firm of Matson, Gates & Ross and in this as- sociation continued until January 1, 1915, when the firm became Matson, Kane & Ross. In 1922 the present firm was formed. Mr. Ross is a member of the Indianapolis Athletie Club, the Rotary Club, Oriental Lodge, No. 500, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite, Oriental Chapter, No. 147, and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The marriage of Mr. Ross to Miss Maud E. Davis took. place at Indianapolis, May 6, 1906. There are four children, Richard W., Lauretta M., James E. and Elizabeth Jane. DNDTANAP Ouse MEIN Ge Oe aa ie sl eomees Photograph by Dexheimer JOHN C. RUCKELSHAUS TEN lene Nee mV Ne @) eA TRS JOHN C. RUCKELSHAUS OHN C. RUCKELSHAUS, member of the firm of Ryan, Ruckelshaus and Ryan, attorneys, and prominently identified with political and civic affairs of Indianapolis and Indiana, was born in Indianapolis, Mareh 11, 1873, son of Conrad and Caroline (Karle) Ruckelshaus. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the city of his birth, after which he attended DePauw University for a period of two years and then the Indiana Law School, from which he graduated in 1895, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Immediately following his graduation from law school, Mr. Ruckelshaus was admitted to the Indiana bar and in the practice of law he has been continuously engaged to this writing, although during all of this time he has been a progressive fioure in public life and matters relating to the civie development of the Hoosier Capital. In this connection it is of mterest to here recall] that Mr. Ruckelshaus was, shortly after his admission to the Indiana bar, appointed Marion County Attorney for the poor, became Deputy Prosecuting Attorney about a year and a half after and then, in 1900, was elected to the office of Prosecuting Attorney, which office he served for two terms. In 1905 and 1907, Mr. Ruckelshaus was elected Chairman of the Marion County Republican Central Committee and in 1913 was elected a member of the Republican State Central Committee to serve for two years. In January, 1908, he was appointed County Attorney for Marion County, in which capacity he served for two vears. He was then again ap- pointed to this office June 1, 1922, to serve for one vear. Mr. Ruckelshaus has a high standing among social and fra- ternal organizations. He is a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations, the Columbia Club, of which he was continuously president for six years from February iL SHEN Koy to February 1, 1922; the Highland Golf and Country Club, Marion Club anda number of the fraternal orders. The marriage of Mr. Ruckelshaus to Miss Anna C, Kiley took place at Marion, Indiana, June 8, 1898. There are three children, John K., Conr ad R., and Thomas F’, Led | oe) ~] PNSDIAINAYP Ores Se V0 Ne eS ele Se Photograph by Moorefield DR. KARL R. RUDDELL lee ple Nee 2 Cs) 1 [eS eo le Nee @ lei Pa ReS DR. KARL R. RUDDELL R. KARL R. RUDDELL, son of Henry J. and Katherine (Shaw) Ruddell, was born at Robinson, Hlinois, November ih iste The early education of Dr. Ruddell was secured in the public schools of Robinson, after which he entered the medical depart- ment of Indiana University at Indianapolis and from which he graduated, in 1911, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For one year immediately following his graduation from In- diana University, Dr. Ruddell served as an interne at St. Vincent Hospital, after which he was for seven years house surgeon at this hospital. In 1919, Dr. Ruddell determined to enter the private practice of general surgery and in this he has since been continu- ously successful and conspicuously identified. During recent years Dr. Ruddell has devoted much time to abdominal surgery, although it is not to be understood that he has abandoned his general surgical work. Dr. Ruddell is a member of the Indianapolis Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Highland Golf and Country Club. The marriage of Dr. Ruddell to Miss Margaret Hannon oc- curred at Indianapolis, November 27, 1913. There are three chil- dren, Mary Margaret, Keith and Robert. The family residence is at 2626 North Meridian Street. DNEDIAUN AP @O1 0S” (WEN i@ aA re ba ee Photograph by Moorefielé GERRY M. SANBORN 540 eee Ne Ne @) 18 le ees Ni @ eee ASN DRS GERRY M. SANBORN ERRY M. SANBORN, president of the Sanborn Electric Company, 309-11 North Illinois Street, son of Ashley W. and Amelia B. (Lambert) San- born, was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, Mareh 5, 1872. His education was re- ceived in the public schools of this city, upon the completion of which he entered the electrical business in which he has been continuously identified to this time. In 1891, when but few persons were beginning to understand the practical advantages of electricity, Mr. Sanborn started an electrical contracting business of his own. During all of the thirty odd years that have since elapsed Mr. Sanborn has maintained a standard of business-like policies and clean cut oper- ating principles with such untiring determination that today the Sanborn Elec- tric Company is one that possesses an unusually high place in the electrical industry. In fact, as a result of the many years that have been devoted by the Sanborn Electric Company to the building of an organization which would possess the right kind of experience, the right human equipment, the right financial equipment, the right mechanical equipment and the right staff of executives, it is now regarded among architects and contractors and the gen- eral public as an institution well qualified to thoroughly complete whatever work is undertaken. In addition to the development of his own business, Mr. Sanborn has con- tributed much to the development of the electrical business as a whole and in the general improvement of standards relating to the industry. As an illustration of this fact and of Mr. Sanborn’s desire to constantly look ahead, it is of interest to here note that he has given much time and study to the standardization of cngineering practices employed by architects and contractors in carrying out electrical installation. Mr. Sanborn, who has been continuously upon the board of directors of the National Association of Electrical Contractors since 1902, was for two years, from 1908-10, president of that organization and, as chair: ‘man of many of the association’s important committees, has acquired a com- prehensive view of the entire electrical construction business. The Sanborn Electric Company is extensively engaged in electrical con- tracting and engineering, although in addition the company sells both wholesale and retail such supphes and appliances as are usually handled by large elec- trical concerns. ME IN@ @ ee Nee ie Photograph by Moorefield ROBERT HARTLEY SHERWOOD 598 IDS ID IVAN DAME MO}EAERS AMANO IN| (Oita Oh dite ROBERT HARTLEY SHERWOOD OBERT HARTLEY SHERWOOD, president of the Sher- wood Coal Company, the Central Indiana Coal Company and the Calorie Coal Company, and actively identified with the coal mining industry in Indiana and Illinois, was born in Bucks Coun- ty, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1876, son of Robert H. and Sarah (Palmer) Sherwood. His early education was obtained at a Friends’ School, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after which. he attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute at Brooklyn, New York, from which he graduated in 1896 with the degree of Elec- trical Engineer. He then attended Cornell University at Ithaca, New York, and from this institution graduated in 1897 with the degree of Mechanical Engineer. Following the completion of his college career, Mr. Sherwood then engaged in various undertakings until 1905, when he entered the railroad contracting business in New York City and in this independently continued until 1912. In that year Mr. Sherwood went to Danville, Illinois and there first became engaged in the coal business as one of the original pioneers of the country to be identified with what has since come to be known as ‘‘strip mining.”’ For eight vears Mr. Sherwood remained at Danville but in 1920 disposed of his interests at that place and removed to Indianapolis, here to personally manage and operate the coal companies prev- iously mentioned in this review. Mr. Sherwood is President of the Indiana Coal Producers Association, the state association of strip mine owners, and is a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the American Mining Congress and the Columbia and Woodstock Clubs of this city. The marriage of Mr. Sherwood to Miss Marjorie Ferguson Brown took place at New York City, January 15, 1908. There are seven children, Alexandria, Louise, Robert Hartley IIT, Alida, Sarah, David and Samuel. The Sherwood family residence is at 2847 North Meridian Street. INDIANAPOLIS] MENT @ BeAr Aine Photograph by Bretzman RICHARD A. SHIRLEY 560 ee eae ears | ome Veer Ole ez TAT RES RICHARD A. SHIRLEY ICHARD A. SHIRLEY was born at Martinsville, Indiana, June 29, 1885, the son of W.S. and Sarah (Conduitt) Shirley, both representatives of families whose names have been promi- nently identified with Indiana history for many years. Mr. Shirley’s mother is the daughter of A. B. Conduitt, who at one time was a prominent wholesale merchant of Indianapolis, while his father, now eighty-five years of age, is one of the oldest living members of the Indiana Bar. After completing his early education in the public schools, Mr. Shirley entered DePauw University at Greencastle, from which he was graduated in 1907 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Throughout his college career he maintained an unusually high scholastic average, and upon the completion of his work at the university, was awarded Phi Beta Kappa honors. In the fall of 1907, Mr. Shirley matriculated at Harvard Law School, it being his intention at that time to follow the practice of law, but after a short period returned from the Eastern univer- sity to Indianapolis to follow a business career. Accepting a posi- tion in July, 1909, as secretary-treasurer of the W. H. Johnson & Son Company, heating, ventilating, and power equipment en- 2ineers and contractors, he soon became an indispensable member of the firm. Seven years later, when Mr. W. H. Johnson retired from the business, Mr. Shirley anni the presidency of the com- pany, the position he now holds. During his business career in Indianapolis, Mr. Shirley has been prominently identified with civie affairs. In 1921 he was a member of the Board of Works of the City of Indianapolis. He is a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Hoosier Athletic Club, Columbia Club, Kiwanis Club, Hoosier Motor Club, the Atheneum, Indiana Democratic Club, and Phi Kappa Psi fra- ternity. His Masonic affiliations are Mystie Tie Lodge, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite (Valley of Indianapolis), Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. On July 3, 1908, Mr. Shirley married Miss Ethel Thornburg, of Bluffton, Indiana, who was a student at DePauw University at the time Mr. Shirley attended that institution. Mrs. Shirley is a granddaughter of Peter Studebaker, at one time a widely known banker snarl farmer of Wells County, Indiana. There are two ehildren—John William and Sarah Ann. The family resides at 1202 North New Jersey Street. TEN GD TEASN ALP FISE NAG EIN a es eee BURKE G. SLAYMAKER ION IDNU ASIN ZARB ONE IL Se ANS INT OM te fl el ea) BI ea, BURKE G. SLAYMAKER URKE G. SLAYMAKER, attorney specializing in the prac- tice of insurance law, was born at Elizabeth, Harrison County, Indiana, March 19, 1878, son of Henry and Harriet Josephine (Low) Slaymaker. His early education was obtained in the pub- he schools of Elizabeth, after which for a few months he attended the Ohio Valley Normal College at Corydon, Indiana, and then the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis from which he graduated in 1901, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Immediatey following his graduation from law school, Mr. Slaymaker entered the general practice of law at Anderson, In- diana, In association with Mr. John W. Lovett, under the firm name of Lovett & Slaymaner. In 1913 Mr. Slaymaker came to Indianapolis where he has since largely confined his professional energies to the legal branch of the insurance business, Mr. Slavmaker is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Asso- ciation, the American Bar Association, the Columbia Club and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which, in 1910, he was a member of the Grand Lodge of the United States. He is also a member of the Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In addition to the practice of law Mr. Slaymaker has devoted much time to the preparation of a number of articles contributed to the Albany Law Journal, of Albany, New York, the Central Law Journal of St. Louis, and the American Law Review of New York, writing particularly concerning matters of current legal interest. He has also contributed a number of articles to the Encyclopedia of Evidence, fourteen volume work, distributed ex- clusively to the profession and the law libraries of the United States. The marriage of Mr. Slaymaker to Miss Ethel Colvin took place at Elizabeth, August 14, 1898. There is one daughter, Mar- tha Washington. PINGD TA NEN PO Tee IN CD ae a a a SEINE NG) em Ve Nae eA RS OBIE J. SMITH @Le J. SMITH, president of the O. J. Smith Realty Company, 114 North Delaware Street, was born in Indianapolis on Janu- ary 28, 1879, son of John J. Smith and Ida G. (Adams) Smith. The father was in the real estate business several years after com- ing to Indianapolis from Pennsylvania in the early seventies, Mr. Smith, the subject of this sketch, received his education in the Indianapolis publie schools, graduating from the old Indi- anapohs High School, now known as Shortridge High School in 1898. While attending high school he played on the football team, participated in other athletics and was otherwise active in school affairs as evidenced by the fact that he was president of his grad- uating class. In February, 1899, Mr. Smith became associated with the J. 8. Cruse Company, real estate firm with which he remained for about three years when he formed a partnership with J. J. Schmid under the firm name of Schmid & Smith and continued in this firm for sixteen years until 1918, when he founded the O. J. Smith Realty Company of which he is the president. Mr. Smith is a director of the Continental National Bank and is a member of the board of directors of the Sterling Fire In- surance Company. For three years Mr. Smith was president of the Indianapolis Association of Fire Insurance agents and one year the Indiana State Insurance Association. He is a member of the Indianapolis Board of Trade, the Indi- anapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Athletie Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, the Rotary Club, and the Masonic organizations. Mr. Smith married Miss Edith M. Pearson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Pearson, October 29, 1902, at Indianapolis. They have two children, George Pearson Smith and Obie J. Smith, Jr. The family home is at 3552 North Pennsylvania Street. [INIDIANAP OF TS" MEIN Oto eA Gwe WALTER EDGAR SMITH ieee es Neal) ion Vs ae @ ie ae NEAT Rea WALTER EDGAR SMITH ALTER EDGAR SMITH, contracting builder, son of George M. Smith and Delphina (Barnard) Smith, was born on a farm located in Warren Township, Marion County, Indiana, April 24, 1876. When twelve years of age he graduated from the country school, of which his father was a trustee for several terms. He then entered the Irvington High School, being president of his class, and later, at the age of sixteen years, entered Butler College, taking the scientific course. George M. Smith, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Seidendorf, Germany. The mother was born in Hancock County, Indiana, of French ancestry. Upon the completion of his college career, Mr. Smith con- ducted a general store for a period of approximately two vears but, not having a likeness for this kind of work, entered the house contracting business when but twenty-four vears of age and in this he has continuously engaged to this time, during which period he has constructed over six hundred houses in the city of Indianapolis in addition to many business blocks and flats. At three different times Mr. Smith has been a member of the Indiana State Militia and during the World War assisted in the creation of Company B, which was recently discharged from service. He is an earnest follower of the principles of Thomas Jefferson and is actively identified with the social and political life of the city of his residence. An old college professor used to say of him ‘‘he always faces things based on the law of average and is usually found on the side of the successful.”’ Mr. Smith is a member of Oriental Lodge No. 500, F. & A. M., Keystone Chapter, Raper Commandery, Scottish Rite, and Murat Temple of the Mvstic Shrine. He is also a member of the Indiana Democratic Club, of which he has been a director and president; the Commercial Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Athenaeum, Delta Tau Delta college fraternity and the Irving- ton Methodist Church. 567 IN DIANAIP OUP SS NEN, 6 @ i oe ee Photograph by Nicholson Bros. ALBERT G. SNIDER 568 INDIANAPOLIS MEN OF APBAIRS ALBERT G. SNIDER jah eatin G. SNIDER, president and treasurer of the Hide Leather and Belting Company, Inc., was born in Indianap- olis, February 23, 1878, son of George W. and Alice E. (Secrest) Snider. He received his education in the Indianapolis publie schools and later attended Butler College. He left Butler College, how- ever, upon the death of his father, which occurred on July 5, 1898, and became actively connected with the Hide Leather and Belting Company, which had been formed by his father. In 1910, when the company was incorporated as the Hide Leather and Belting Company, he became president. Mr. Snider is actively interested in other business concerns in this and other cities, being president of the Anti-Friction Com- pany of this city and vice-president of the Central States Leather Company of Columbus, Indiana. In civic and business affairs Mr. Snider has taken an impor- tant part. He is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com- merece, the Board of Trade of this city, and the American Leather Belting Exchange, the principal organization in the leather belt- ing industry. Asa director of the Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion he has been instrumental in enlarging the scope of that or- ganization in its work in Indianapolis. He is active in the club life of the city, being a member of the Columbia Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Woodstock Country Club, and the Rotary Club. During his college days he became a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Snider is one of those executives who believes in keeping in physical trim and is one of the most enthus- iastic golfers of the city. Mr. Snider married Elizabeth Richards on January 14, 1909, at Indianapolis. They have one son, Charles Rk. The family home is at 3741 North Meridian Street. 569 IN DIANA OUTS Va ENO ee er ole Photograph by Bretzman DR. J. F. SPAUNHURST IONUID EASON ZN IPNOMLAR S|“ UNNIE IN| AON Ro Va eM eens eae JOHN F. SPAUNHURST D. O. ay FRANKLIN SPAUNHURST, Doctor of Osteopathy, and for many years prominently identified among osteopathic physicians thr oughout the country, was born at Fulton, Missouri, April 3, 1867, son of John Fr ederick and Mary (Herring) Spaun- hurst. His primary education was obtained in the public schools of Fulton, following which he attended Westminster College at Fulton, the State Teachers College at Kirksville, Missouri, and the Missouri State University at Columbia, Missouri. Immediately following the completion of the above mentioned prescribed courses, Dr. Spaunhurst became Superintendent of City Schools in Missouri and in this capacity served for the ensu- ing eight vears, at the end of which time he entered the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, from which he grad- uated June 1, 1900, with the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy. On July 15, 1900, Dr. Spaunhurst came to Indianapolis and here established the Spaunhurst Institute of Osteopathy which he has since, with an efficient staff, continuously conducted in the State Life Building. Evidencing that Dr. Spaunhurst stands high in the counsels of his profession it is of interest to here recall that he was appoint- ed by Governor Thomas R. Marshall in 1908, to membership on the Indiana State Board of Medical Registration and Examina- tion and, in 1912, reappointed to this position by Governor Samuel M. Ralston. In addition to this, Dr. Spaunhurst has been signally honored in his profession by having been elected to practically every office within the gift of the Indiana State Osteopathic As- sociation, from president down, Dr. Spaunhurst is a member of the Indiana State Osteopathic Association, American Osteopathic Association, International Abrams Electronic Medical Society, Central States Abrams Elec- tronic Medical Society and the Western States Abrams Electronic Medical Tyee He is also a member of Mystie Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite, Raper Commandery and Murat Temple of the bigeslie Shrine, being a life member of the last men- tioned, and the Kiwanis Club. The marriage of Dr. Spaunhurst to Miss Harriett S. Miller, of Kirksville, Missouri, occurred at that place, August 25, 1896. Mrs. Spaunhurst died July 31, 1923. On ~] = ENG DUASNIATE ule Se eV Ne Oi Se \iatia ieee EDGAR GEORGE SPINK 572 Pie Ne Ole or Ne Ol BA PATROS EDGAR GEORGE SPINK HE subject of this sketch was born in Washington, Davies County, Indiana, February 7, 1867, his parents being Michael Urban and Rosanna Morgan Spink. His early hfe was spent in Davies and Martin Counties, Indiana, and in his young manhood he moved to Kentucky. There he engaged in business in the city of Lexington. He organized a Com- mercial College in that city, in which he became an instructor, and later organized a trust com- pany, with which he was associated for some time, and. while so associated became interested in the building enterprise, and erected a num- ber of small dwellings which he disposed of on the installment plan. While a resident of Lex- ington he married Miss Ella S. Reordan. Seeking larger fields of endeavor, Mr. Spink moved to Indianapolis in 1904 where he has re- sided ever since. Soon after coming here he entered into the real estate and building busi- ness and organized the Home Building & Realty Company, of which he became president, and in 1912 severed his connection with that company and organized the EK. G. Spink Com- pany, of which he became the president, and has been re-elected to that office every year since. One of the first building projects of consequence which he undertook was the erec- tion of the Fletcher Sanitarium at 1140 E. Mar- ket Street, which sanitarium for a number of vears has been under the management and con- trol of his sister, Dr. Mary A. Spink. In the year 1914 he began the erection of apartment, and apartment hotel buildings on a large scale, and since that time has continu- ously pursued the enterprise. Even during the World War, when the housing proposition was most critical and financial conditions un- settled, and in the face of most discouraging conditions, the E. G. Spink Company, by the guiding genius of Mr. Spink, was one of the few building organizations of Indianapolis that continued without cessation to erect additional 0 7 apartment buildings to meet the urgent de- mand of the puble. By the organization of subsidiary com- panies, the E. G. Spink Company being the par- ent company, Mr. Spink has caused to be erect- ed more than sixty apartment buildings in the city of Indianapolis, and there are now under his immediate direction and management, in active operation fifty-seven separate and dis- tinct apartment building and apartment hotel buildings, containing 1,458 separate apart- ments, which are occupied by more than 4,000 residents of Indianapolis. These buildings now house over one per cent of the entire popula- tion of Indianapolis. Mr. Spink originated in this city, and put into operation the small apartment idea, which has proven to be very popular and attractive. IIe also originated the so-called ‘‘Batchelor Apartments’’ for women, which have proven to be of great service and convenience to that class of our citizens. Mr. Spink has been a eareful and ardent student of the science of architecture, keeping in mind the purpose of building and equiping comfortable homes for his tenants, and he has worked out the initial plans of most of the apartment buildings which he has erected. A number of the buildings that have been erected under his guidance and management are ar- chitectural ornaments and monuments to the capital city of Indiana. In his constructive ac- tivities in the building line, he has led all oth- ers, and his record of achievements is without parallel in the West. Mr. Spink is a constructive and progressive business man, and in the way of providing homes he has been a public benefactor. He stands for the best interests of Indianapolis and is pubhe spirited in the fullest sense of that term. He is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Columbia Club, the Indianapolis Real Estate Board and_ the Knights of Columbus. IN-DIANAP Q@LTS" MEN @ 2 3A Aes Photograph by Dexheimer WILLIAM H. STAFFORD ea ee Ns @ le hom NEN Ou eA ALT RES WILLIAM H. STAFFORD WILLIAM H. STAFFORD, member of the firm of Stone, Stafford & Stone, general insurance agents, was born at Buf- falo, New York, December 13, 1882, son of James B. and Harriet (Holloway) Stafford. He received his education in the public schools of the city of his birth, after which he was variously em- ployed until 1908 when he came to Indianapolis. Shortly after coming to the Indiana capital, Mr. Stafford became identified with the insurance business. He engaged inde- pendently until 1911 when he became associated with Mr. Charles S. Stone, of the firm of Zener & Stone. In 1917, upon the reor- ganization of Zener & Stone, he was taken into partnership by ‘Mr. Charles 8. and Mr. James Blake Stone under the firm name of Stone, Stafford & Stone, of which he has continuously been a member to this writing. Mr. Stafford is a member of the University Club, Indianap- olis Country Club, and the Dramatic Club. The marriage of Mr. Stafford to Miss Edith Wilson took place in Indianapolis, June 4, 1908. There are four children, Edith Ann, William H., Jr., Sybil and Barbara. OI =~] On IN'IDTANAP © Tks 9M EoNe @ pea ee Photograph by Moorefield FRANK D. STALNAKER Or ioe | lor) ee Nee NG i eee Vs Net ee TINT RS FRANK D. STALNAKER \V GAPE exemplifying the spirit of enterprise and progressiveness that has conserved the splendid advancement of Indianap- olis, Frank D. Stalnaker is listed high among the representative business men of the city. Mr. Stalnaker’s advancement in con- nection with the business affairs has been coincident with the erowth of the capital city, to whose interests no citizen is more loyal than he whose name initiates this paragraph. Born at Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa, on December 31, 1859, the son of Lemuel E. and Martha (Jamieson) Stalnaker, the subject of this article gained his early education in the public schools of Sioux City, Iowa, and Cambridge City, Indiana. After completing the high school course he followed a business course at Indianapolis, in which city he has continuously directed his ener- gies and through the agency of which he has attained a splendid success and an impregnable hold upon popular confidence and esteem. Immediately following his graduation from business college, Mr. Stalnaker secured a clerical position in a local bank institu- tion, and he continued to be actively associated with bank affairs in various capacities until, upon the death of William Wallace, he was appointed to succeed the latter as receiver of the Fletcher & Sharpe Bank. He continued in this capacity until the affatrs of the institution were finally settled in 1893. In 1885 Mr. Stalnaker became associated with Mr. James W. Lilly under the firm name of Lilly & Stalnaker and engaged in the hardware business. Through careful and able administration that company has become one of the leading wholesale and retail hard- ware houses of Indianapolis. During the growth of this business, however, Mr. Stalnaker continued to be identified with banking interests, and in June, 1906, he was elected president of the Capito] National Bank, which institution he headed until July 1, 1911, when it was merged with the Indiana National Bank, of which he has continuously been president. Mr. Stalnaker has given his influence and co-operation to almost every material advancement of the city and has served as president or as a member of the board of directors of such organ- izations as the Merchants’ Association, Indianapolis Board of Trade, and the Commercial Club. In the Masonic fraternitv he has completed the York and Scottish Rites and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. 577 PNSDUANA'P..© Iola) MEIN @ Tee ele Sees Photograph by Bretzman E. W. STEINHART 5) ~l (oe) WIN AD FID IN AEH OOMERIESSY UAVNI EIN) CONS yd ea! end bl ope) E. W. STEINHART DWARD WILLIAM STEINHART, automobile manufactur- er and distributor, was born January 17, 1870, at Jackson, Ohio; son of Bernard Steinhardt and Margaret (IXessler) Stein- hardt, both of Stuttgart, Germany. Following the death of My, Steinhardt the mother remained for four vears in Ohio and then removed her family of six children to Ransom, Illinois. Here the boy received his education in the local public schools, and at an early age entered upon his business career aS a Salesman of farm machinery in southern []linois. In 1910 Mr. Steinhart moved to Indianapolis and organized the E. W. Steinhart Company as a distributing agency for the Cadillac and Dodge Brothers motor cars. Later subsidiary com- panies were org eanized at Fort W avne, Terre Haute, South Bend, Lafayette and Richmond, Indiana, a chain of companies univer- sally known for absolute dependability in the automobile trade. In 1921 the EK. W. Steinhart Companies of Indiana discontinued the Dodge Brothers line and assumed representation for the Oak- land Motor Car Company. In 1922 the Chevrolet line was added. Up to November, 1919, Mr. Steinhart was identified with the Premier Motor Corporation, which he aided in organizing and which he served as a director and vice-president. On the date noted, however, he withdrew from this organization in order to - devote his entire time to the group of companies bearing his name. For many years he has been an actively interested member of the Automobile Dealers’ Association. Mr. Steinhart’s hobby is the development of boys and young men, particularly those who through temperament and ability fail to grasp life’s abundant opportunities. To these Mr. Steinhart vives freely and effectively his aid and counsel in achieving busi- ness and social success. In 1890 Mr. Steinhart married Miss Mary Garvin, daughter of M. Garvin of Ransom, Illinois. Their family of three children was reduced to two by the death in France in Mar ch, 1919, of Earl T. Steinhart, who enlisted in the United States ar my in August, 1917. The surviving children are Mrs. Howard Ewalt, Jr., and Mr. Willard L. Steinhart. In 1920 Mr. Steinhart married Miss Marie Baine. Steinhart is a member of the Columbia Club, Highland Golf et Country Clubs, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Old Timers Club of New York and is a Shriner of the Murat Temple. On =~] tee) TINS DDT ANINGAST? GD TES Sea SIN ©) ae SS tae ee Photograph by Bretzman HARRY A. STERN 580 ie ale eNOS Len ales IN eee ETS A TRS HARRY A. STERN ARRY A. STERN, one of the directors of a large chain of fur- niture stores, of which the Reliable Furniture Company of this city is an important link, was born April 12, 1880, at Newark, New Jersey, the son of Joseph A. and Elizabeth (Keil) Stern. His early education was obtained in the publie schools in the city of his birth, after which he took a course to enable him to become an opera singer. This course he followed until circumstances forced him into business as a furniture salesman for the company of which he was destined to become the chief executive. In 1908, when Mr. Stern came to Indianapolis as a furniture salesman, his salary was placed at the munificent sum of twenty- five dollars per week. Singing in Indianapolis churches increased his income to perhaps double that figure. ‘This spirit of aggressive- ness and energy attracted the attention of his superiors and in 1905 he was made assistant manager of the store. From this posi- tion he became manager and later, on borrowed capital, became financially interested in the organization. The success of the Reliable Furniture Company is one of the interesting business romances of the commercial life of Indianap- olis. One would think that Mr. Stern was born in the furniture business so thoroughly acquainted is he with all the phases of the industry and so completely has he carried his artistic ideas into the sales end of the operation of his chain of stores. His friends say that he has always loved the beautiful, which trait has found full expression in the merchandising of furniture of the very best type. Mr. Stern believes that the tendency of the times is toward better furnished homes. It is his opinion that more beauty, more comfort and more utility make the home a place wherein the most happiness is to be obtained. ‘‘A house, without the right furnish- ings,’’ to quote Mr. Stern, ‘‘remains a house but is not a home. Furnishings should add to the beauty of the interior as gardening, shrubbery “and flowers add to the exterior attractiveness.’ In connection with civie activities, Mr. Stern is a member of the Indianapolis Club, Broadmore Country Club, the Atheneum, Hoosier Athletic Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the I. O. B. B. Lodge, No. 58, and is an actual past master of Monument Lodge, No. 657, F. & A. M. On August 28, 1904, Mr. Stern married Miss Helen Tuteur of Rennsalaer, Indiana. Mrs. Stern.died December 29, 1922. There are three children, Genevieve Alma, Josephine Helen, and Jack Teteur Stern. The family residence is 3558 Washington Boule- vard. 581 TNE DTEASIN EAC? @ TTS eV EIN ieee eens ae Photograph by Bretzman DR. ALBERT E. STERNE Or ee) iw) SUD TAIN ASP MONE iy) INAS IND OM AN aNd IS DR. ALBERT E. STERNE D* ALBERT E. STERNE, physician, chief of staff of Norways Sanatorium, Inc., at 1820 East Tenth Street, president of ‘the cor- poration and member of the faculty of the Indi- ana University School of Medicine, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, April 28, 1866, son of Charles F’. and Eugenia (Fries) Sterne. His father was a native of Wurtenberg. Germany, and _ his mother a native of Furth, Bavaria. Dr. Sterne’s maternal grandfather, a man of high intellectual attainments, was knighted by the King of Spain for discoveries in chemistry. Dr. Sterne received his education in the pub- he schools of Cincinnati, Peru and Indianapolis till his eleventh year. His father was engaged in the manufacturing business and in the opera- tion of public utilities at Peru, Indiana, where he established the Peru Woolen Mills. There, at one time, he manufactured all of the blank- ets used by the Pullman Car Company. At the age of eleven, Dr. Sterne became the pupil of Professor Kinney at Cornell School, Ithaca, New York. Ile was a student in that school for one year and then complete a four years’ course at the Mount Pleasant Military Acad- emy at Sing Sing, New York. When seventeen vears of age he was matriculated in the literary department of Harvard University, graduating as a member of the class of 1887 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, cum laude. In the fall of 1887, Dr. Sterne went to Europe to study medicine in the schools and universities of medicine at Strassburg, Heidel- berg, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, London and Dublin, Ireland. In 1891, he was graduated from the University of Berlin with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, magna cum laude. While abroad he had the best clinical experience in leading hospitals on the continent and England, having been an assistant in such hospitals as the Charity Hospital in Berlin, the Salpetriere in Paris, the Rotunda in Dublin, and the Queen’s Square in London. Ie was instrumental in founding the Society of American Physicians in Berlin. In 1893, Dr. Sterne returned to America and soon afterwards established a practice in In- dianapolis. At first he engaged in the general practice of medicine, but since 1897 has spe- clalized in nervous and mental diseases and brain surgery. In 1898 he purchased the old Fletcher homestead at 1820 East Tenth Street and there established the Norways Sanatorium. The institution is widely known throughout the country for its success in the treatment of ner- vous and mental diseases and even more for its thorough work in research diagnosis in medi- cine. It is primarily a hospital for general diagnosis. In 1894, Dr. Sterne was appointed to the chair of nervous and mental diseases in the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons. He assisted in the effort to unite the medical schools of Indiana and has held the professor- ship of nervous and mental diseases contin- uously. At present he occupies this position in the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is consulting neurologist in the Indiana City Hospital and City Dispensary (now a part of the Indiana University School of Medicine), at the Flower Mission and other Indianapolis hospitals. During these years he has been an active contributor to medical literature, author of many monographs, and has been an associate editor of the Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, published in New York; for several years was editor of the Medical Monitor. Gov- ernor Winfield T. Durbin, at the time of his administration, appointed Dr. Sterne Assistant Surgeon-General of Indiana, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. The activities of Dr. Sterne in medical cir- cles brought him many honors, as evidenced by his election in 1910 to the presidency of the Ohio Valley Medical Society, and presidency of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association in 1913. He is amember of the American Med- ical Association, the Medico-Legal Society of New York, the Mississippi Valley Medical As- sociation, the Indiana State Medical Society and the Indianapolis Medical Society and sev- eral other scientifie bodies. Dr. Sterne is a member of the Columbia Club, the University Club, the Harvard Club, the Highland Golf and Country Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Athenaeum. In polities he is a Repubhean. On March 4, 1905, he married Laura Mercy Laughlin, daughter of James A. and Mary (Carey) Laughlin of Walnut Mills, Cincinnati. Mrs. Sterne died May 25, 1909. Several years afterwards, on October 18, 1913, he married Stella Gallup Pickrell, daughter of Walter L. and Ella (Hunt) Gallup, of Evanston, Illinois. Their home is at 1834 East Tenth Street. 83 PNIDTA NAP @yL See IN) eS ee Photograph by Dexheimer CHARLES 8S. STONE or CO rs ee Nes lee ee VAN G) ee A ALT ROS CHARLES S. STONE HARLES 8S. STONE was born in Indianapolis, April 24, 1867, son of William O. and Anna Kiersted (Cady) Stone. His education was obtained in the publie schools of the city, after which he was variously emploved until he entered the em- ploy of Robert Zener & Co., insurance agents, July 1, 1889. Robert Zener died in 1896, and the business was continued by Mr. Stone in association with Clarence M. Zener, son of Robert, under the firm name of Zener & Stone. Clarence died January, 1906, and Mr. Stone proceeded under the firm name until May 1, 1917, when the present firm of Stone, Stafford & Stone was formed. The partners are Charles S., his brother Blake, who has been associated with the business for more than a quarter of a century and William H. Stafford, also associated with the office for many vears. DN DTAINAP Otel GAVE Ne Oe Sle lee Photograph by Bretzman JAMES BLAKE STONE On ie 2) lop) IND ge Ne Ne Ne eS eV NGS Ole Sie AT ReS JAMES BLAKE STONE AMES BLAKE STONE, member of the firm of Stone, Staf- ford & Stone, general insurance agents, was born in Indianap- olis, April 20, 1871, son of William O. and Anna Kiersted (Cady) Stone. He received his education in the public schools of this eity, after which he was employed in local banks for a period of ap- proximately ten vears until 1897. He then became identified with the insurance firm of Zener & Company from which developed, in May, 1917, the present firm of Stone, Stafford & Stone—to include Mr. Charles 8. Stone, Mr. William H. Stafford and Mr. James Blake Stone. In connection with the reference made to Robert Zener & Company, it appears well to here recall that the nucleus of that firm was first organized in 1868. Mr. Stone is a member of the Columbia Club, Marion Club and Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. & A. M. The marriage of Mr. Stone to Miss Hazel L. Brown took place at Indianapolis, June 30, 1913. There is one son, Charles Blake Stone. TING ASNT AN @) TE TS VAS EN Fe ea Photograph by Bretzman ELMER W. STOUT 588 IS ID ILA INUENIP AO) al sy= VANE IN | “CQO co ray Nd Ly eda ELMER W. STOUT ee W. STOUT, president of the Fletcher American Na- tional Bank and first vice-president of the Fletcher American Company, is a native Hoosier, having been born at Paoli, Indiana, March 14, 1876, son of John T. and Adaline (McCarrell) Stout. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Paoli, after which he attended Earlham College at Richmond, Indiana, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts and Har- vard University, from which he graduated in 1901 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Immediately upon the completion of the last mentioned ¢ol- legiate course Mr. Stout moved to Indianapolis and here became associated with the firm of Baker & Daniels. In 1910 he formed a law partnership with Mr. Larz A. Whitcomb and Mr. Samuel! Dowden and with this firm, under the name of Whitcomb, Dow- den and Stout, continued in the practice of law until April, 1916. when he became vice-president and counsel of the Fletcher Ameri- can National Bank. On May 19, 1923, he became president of the bank and at the same time vice-president of the Fletcher American Company. Mr. Stout is a member of the University Club, Country Club, Jndianapolis Athletic Club, Columbia Club, Woodstock Club and the John Herron Art Institute. He resides at the University Club. 589 TING TASNTAGE Qt TSN © eo tee Photograph by Bretzman E. C. STRATHMANN NID ENON 7 @) Pe ae es Nios @) Te Ero ANT Re EDWARD CHARLES STRATHMANN DWARD CHARLES STRATHMANN, son of Frederick and Mary (Waltke) Strathmann, was born September 18, 1873, in St. Clair County, Illinois. He now is president and general man- ager of the Bedford Stone and Construction Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the United States, which, position he has held since 1917. Mr. Strathmann was general superintendent for the company from 1906 to 1910 and vice-president previously to his appointment as chief executive. The concern’s scope of activities, according to Mr. Strath- mann, extend throughout the United States, and its work is gener- al contracting 2, with some leaning toward specialization in build- ing construction. Mr. Strathmann received his early education in the public schools of St. Louis, after which he entered the office of Charles W. Illsley, architect, where he worked and studied for a number of years. Mr. Illsley was also an engineer, and the time Mr. Strathmann spent in this office proved decidedly valuable in later work. For the next four years Mr. Strathmann was draftsman and estimator, first for the Liberty Iron Works and Pullis Broth- ers, and later with George F. Bruce, stone and masonry contract- ‘ing. In the autumn of 1898 Ma. Strathmann made working draw- ings and supervised the making of diagrams for the United States 7 Mint at Philadelphia. In the ensuing vears he did several pieces of important engineering work in the Kast. Tn November, 1901, he became identified with John Peiree, of New York; was superintendent on the Field Building in Chicago, after which he came to Indianapolis in charge of construction of the Post Office Building, later supervising the construction of the Knights of Pythias and Board of Trade buildings, after which he took the position of superintendent for the Bedford Company. His next important work was the building of the Odd Fellows’ Building in Indianapolis, and since that time many important structures have been under his supervision. Mr. Strathmann isa member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Highland Golf and Country Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Kiwanis Club, Scientech Club , Atheneum, and the Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite, and Shrine branches of Masonry. Mr. Strathmann married Miss Helen H. Fostor, formerly of St. Louis and the residenee is at 4220 Central Avenue. FINED VASINVAL P.O) Te ASTIN) ae NS eta re HARRY C. STUTZ 592 BoD ESE @) ot See A NGO PaeAr BAT RS HARRY C. STUTZ ARRY C. STUTZ, president of the H. C. S. Motor Car Company and one of the most important figures in the automotive industry, was born Sep- tember 12, 1876, at Ansonia, Ohio, son of Henry J. and Elizabeth 8. Stutz. The first automotive experiments undertaken by the subject of this sketch began in 1897 at Dayton, Ohio, where he conducted a small machine shop for some years. In 1903 he left this business to come to Indianapolis and to take charge of the Lindsey-Russell Axle Company. Later Mr. Stutz had some ex- perience in the experimental department of the G. & J. Tire Company, after which he became sales engineer for the Schebler Carburetor Company. His next work was the designing of the American ear, which was built in Indianapolis. — Mr. Stutz then became associated with the Marion Motor Car Company and spent four years, from 1906 to 1910, as engineer and factory manager of that eoncern. During the time that Mr. Stutz was with the Marion Motor Car Company, he was joined by Mr. Henry Campbell, one of the officials of the company, in the organization of what was then known as the Stutz Auto Parts Company. In 1911 the Ideal Motor Car Company was organized to make the Stutz car. In 1913 the two companies had grown to such proportions that it was necessary to organize them under one head—The Stutz Motor Car Company, of which Mr. Stutz became president. Three years later, when the Stutz car had become a national institution, Mr. Stutz and Mr. Campbell disposed of the controlling stock to eastern capital, although Mr. Stutz remained active head of the company until 1919. When, in 1919, Mr. Stutz resigned from the Stutz Company, he again be- came associated with Mr. Campbell in the formation of a new company, now known as the H. C. S. Motor Car Company, Mr. Stutz retaining the office of president, and Mr. Campbell that of treasurer. Like the Englishman who considers his golf quite as important as his seat on the Stock Exchange, or like the Frenchman who finds time for art or moun- tain climbing, Mr. Stutz is an ardent believer in recreation, both mental and physical. He is a motor-boat enthusiast and an excellent trap shooter. His yacht at Miami, Florida, is one of the fastest and most attractive boats at that Southern resort, while it is said that his collection of guns here is one of the finest in the country. Mr. Stutz is a member of the Indianapolis Athletie Club, Hoosier Athletic Club, Indianapolis Gun Club, Chicago Yacht Club, Detroit Yacht Club, Coco- lobo Yacht Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, and the Detroit Athletic Club. He is also a member of Ancient Land Marks Lodge; Keystone Chapter, Raper Commandery; a life member of the Murat Shrine, and an honorary member of Zorah Temple, Terre Haute. Mr. Stutz married Miss Clara M. Dietz, October 25, 1898, at Dayton, Ohio. There is one child, Emma Belle. The family resides on North Meridian Street at Thirty-second. INIDTAINAYP ©7181 IW ENG @ ae AN eee Photograph by Bretzman THOMAS TAGGART WIS UDINE ANE TOD Beles INV CIN) CQON yA les lee and | oat HON. THOMAS TAGGART ON. THOMAS TAGGART, for many years prominently identified with political and substantial business affairs of Indianapolis and Indiana, was born in County Monaghan, Ire- land, November 17, 1856, son of Thomas and Martha (Kingsbury) Taggart. When but five years of age he was brought to the United States by his parents and located at Xenia, Ohio, and in the common schools of that city he obtained his early education. As a boy, however, he began his business career and, as a clerk in a railroad hotel and restaurant, the fundamental teachings of his early hfe were procured. So ably did he meet the require- ment of his undertakings that, in 1874, he was sent, by his employers, to Garrett, Indiana, and in 1877 to Indianapolis, here to take charge of the Union Depot eating room, which after a few years he bought out and conducted for himself. If nothing were ever to be written of the accomplishments of Mr. Taggart in a political way or in any other way, from the period of his life immediately following his boyhood to the present time, until he were induced to talk of them or discuss them, little, if anything, would ever appear in print. aNAESIN © eS as abcaee Photograph by Dexheimer GEORGE A. WEIDELY 644 LINES ee ae lee Gia eA ALL RS GEORGE A. WEIDELY EORGE A. WEIDELY, vice-president and chief engineer of the Weidely Motors Company was born in Switzerland, De- eember 19, 1870, son of Rudolph and Rose (Meyer) Weidely. His early education was obtained in the public and high schools of the country of his birth and was of such high order as to win. a scholar- ship in one of the national Technical Schools of Switzerland where he spent a period of two years. At the expiration of that time, when seventeen year's of age, he came to the United States. He reached this country in 1897 and soon found employment in Akron, Ohio, as a machinist. Later he became associated with the B. F. Goodrich Company at Akron, Ohio, with which company he remained until October, 1897, when he came to Indianapolis as master mechanic of the G. & J. Tire Company of this city and of which he later became superintendent. On December 24, 1902, Mr. Weidely, together with Mr. H. O. Smith, began the organization of the Premier Motor Manufac- turing Company, Mr. Weidely assuming charge of the engineer- ing department. This company continued in business for a period of nearly fourteen vears when, upon its disintegration, Mr. Weidely, in 1915, was instrumental in the creation of the Weidely Motors Company, of which he became vice-president and general manager. To Mr. Weidely is attributed much of the success of the motor car industry of today. He has given much to the automotive world, as evidenced by the fact that several mechanical devices which could hardly be dispensed with at this time have been pat- ented by him and stand under his name at the Bureau of Patents at Washington, D. C. Mr. Weidely is a member of the Indianapolis Athletie Club, Columbia Club, and is affiliated with the Masonie fraternity. He married Miss Jennie Long at Kent, Ohio, February 4, 1892. There is one son, Walter A. Weidely. The family residence is at 4460 Park Avenue. | 645 IND PAINAGP @UISTsS2 > MASE IN Pe Tee ee oN ee Photograph by Dexhevmer DR. JOEL WHITAKER 646 INDIANAPOLIS MEN OF ABBFAIRS DR. JOEL WHITAKER R. JOEL WHITAKER, Ophthalmologist, was born at War- renton, North Carolina, October 5, 1877, son of Joel and Helen (Jones) Whitaker. His early education was obtained at Raleigh (North Carolina) Male Academy, after which he attended the North Carolina State College and then the University of North Carolina. Following this course of study, Dr. Whitaker attended the University of Maryland Medical School, from which he graduated in 1899 with the degree of D. D. S. and in 1900 with the degree of M. D. In 1905 he took a post-graduate in the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat at the University of Maryland and in the same year pursued a clinical course at the Presbyterian Eve and Ear Hospital at Baltimore, Maryland. During 1906-7 he was residence physician at the Presbyterian Eye and Ear Hospital at Baltimore which, until 1915, was fol- lowed by the general practice of the tr eatment of diseases of the eve, ear, nose and throat at Raleigh, North Carolina. In that year, however, Dr. Whitaker came to Indianapolis and here he has since devoted himself exclusively to ophthalmology—diseases of the eve. During his collegiate training Dr. Whitaker was actively iden- tified with the football and baseball teams of the Universities attended. He was for two years on the football and baseball teams of North Carolina State College, for three years and two years respectively on the football and baseball teams of the University of North Carolina and for two vears on the football and baseball teams of the University of Maryland. Dr. Whitaker is a member of the American Medical Society, Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-laryngology, the Chicago Ophthalmology Society, the Indiana State Medieal Society, Indi- anapolis Medical Society and the Indianapolis Review Club. In addition to these he is a member of the Columbia Club, Indianap- olis Athletic Club, Woodstock Club, and is affiliated with the Masonic bodies. The marriage of Dr. Whitaker to Miss Mellisa Myers, daugh- ter of the late Quincy A. and Jessie (Cornelius) Myers, occurred November 23,1910. There are two children, Quincy Myers Whita- ker and Helen Courtnay Whitaker. The family residence is at 1707 North Pennsylvania Street. 647 INDIANAP ©5399 VEEN @ ee See ler anes Photograph by Moorefield JACOB S. WHITE 648 TINE OPN Ne Nese comme Vs ew) ee) ee ACT RS JACOB 8S. WHITE ACOB 8S. WHITE, senior member of the firm of White, Wright & Mckay, is a native Hoosier, having been born at Rockville, Indiana, February 14, 1877, son of Ared F. and Sarah (Strauss) White. He obtained his early education in the pubhe schools of Rockville, after which he attended DePauw University and the University of Chicago. When twenty-one vears of age he was ad- mitted to practice of law before the Indiana Bar and in this he has continuously engaged to the present time. The first association of Mr. White in the practice of law was at Rockville with James T. Johnston under the firm name of Johnston & White. This continued until 1904 when, upon the death of Mr. Johnston, a partnership was formed with Hon. Ared FH. White (the father of the subject of this sketch) and this con- tinued until January 1, 1914, when Mr. H. A. Henderson was taken into the firm and the firm changed to White, White and Henderson. Upon the death of Mr. White, Sr. (January 11, 1914), the firm of White & Henderson was formed to continue until 1918, when Mr. White came to Indianapolis and here formed the firm of which he is now a member. Mr. White, until a few years ago, was actively identified with the Republican party and in 1909 and 1911 represented Parke County in the Indiana House of Representatives. In 1912 he was a delegate from the fifth district to the Republican National Con- vention held at Chicago and in which the Hon. Wiliam Howard Taft was nominated to the presidency of the United States. Mr. White is a member of the Country Club of Indianapolis, Columbia Club, Beta Theta Pi college fraternity and Parke Lodge, No. 8, F. & A. M. He is also a member of the Indiana State Bar Association and the American Bar Association, The marriage of Mr. White to Miss Bertha C. Stark, occurred at Rockville, Ind., January 1, 1903. There 1s one daughter, Ruth Hobbs. 649 TN DIAGN ASP @: T5155 ee VE ING 5 GS ee es Photograph by Bretaman WALTER T. WHITE 650 ine Ose Neel @) lvoe WV IN eG AC ARS WALTER T. WHITE ALTER T. WHITE, owner of the Walter T. White Company, realtors, 740 Consolidated Building, was born at Franklin, Indiana, February 16, 1877, son of William H. White, M. D. and Nettie (Rechords) White. The father was of old staunch Republican Kentucky stock, while the mother, a native Hoosier, was born in Johnson County, Indiana, upon property that her father, as an old settler, had originally cleared. The early education of the subject of this sketch was obtained in the com- mon schools of Franklin and Edinburg, Indiana, after which in 1895 he went to work for the American Tin Plate Company at Elwood, Indiana. With this company he served for a period of two years when he left Elwood and came to Indianapolis, thus gratifying a long desire to come to this city even though it should become necessary to do so at a material financial sacrifice. In September 1897 Mr. White became associated with the Stout Shoe Com- pany and with this organization remained for a period of twelve years, with the exception of an interval of approximately two years during which he was em- ployed by the Marott Shoe Store. Upon leaving the Stout Shoe Company in 1909 Mr. White held the position of manager of the Washington Street Store and consultant buyer, a position that he was assured would remain with him as long as he desired to continue with the company. During the last few years of his association with the Stout Shoe Company, however, he had become so strongly interested in the real estate business that he determined to devote all of his energies to this work. After leaving the shoe business Mr. White was, for a period of years, asso- ciated in official capacities with a real estate corporation of this city, of which he was secretary and treasurer at the end of which time he organized the Walter T. White Company. Since entering the real estate business Mr. White has been instrumental in many large and successful real estate transactions. He has brought about the execution of leases upon down-town property and the sale of many important tracts of land. In addition to these he has given much time to the sale of sub- divisions, the Blue Ridge and Forest Ridge Additions being the most outstand- ing during recent years. The property, immediately west known as Fairview Park, and comprising 246 acres of ground, was recently purchased by Butler College for its new University. Mr. White. who has always taken an active interest in all civie affairs per- taining to the development of Indianapolis, stands out prominently among busi- ness and professional men of Indianapolis as a striking example of the type of man who, possessed with energy and determination, can come into a large city as a total stranger and by clean and active business methods establish a clientele and acquaintance of enviable proportions. He is a member of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, Chamber of Com- merce, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Columbia Club, and the Kiwanis Club, of which he was president in 1922. In addition to these he is a member of Ancient Landmarks Lodge No. 319 F. & A. M., a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner of the Murat Temple. Since his first arrival in Indianapolis, Mr. White has been a member of Central Christian Church of which he is now a deacon. The marriage of Mr. White to Miss Minnie B. Yockey occurred in Indian- apolis, June 27. 1900. There is one daughter, Miss Blanche Annette, now a student at the University of Indiana. 651 ENSDIAVNAP © LTS’ VUEUN 95 @ eA aoe Photograph by Moffett—Chicago C. E. WHITEHILL 652 Ne ANE @ leis VEN SO sR GAT RES C. E. WHITEHILL EK. WHITEHILLE, president of the Banner Furniture Com- * pany, operating retail furniture stores in Indianapolis and Muncie, Indiana, and Toledo, Ohio, was born at Tylersburg, Pennsylvania, May 6, 1876, son of Ami 8. and Susan Margaret (Everheart) Whitehill. Graduating from Mt. Union College at Alliance, Ohio, Mr. Whitehill entered the teaching profession in Forest County, Pennsylvania, and there became superintendent of schools. Later he went to Muncie, Indiana, where he assisted in the publication of the first issues of the Muncie Star, now one of the Star League newspapers in Indiana. After a short period of time with the newspaper, however, Mr. Whitehill went to Chicago to become associated with the Re- public Iron & Steel Company which was then in process of organi- zation. In 1902 he returned to Muncie and in that city established the Banner Furniture Company, the first of the eight retail furni- ture stores which now comprise the Banner chain of stores. In 1913 he bought the Nugent Furniture Company Store at Toledo, Ohio, the oldest establishment of its kind in that city, and later in the same vear purchased the Rhodes-Burford Furniture Store at Indianapolis. Subsequently, in 1916, Mr. Whitehill purchased the Oiler Brothers Furniture Store located in Indianapolis, which in 1917, he consolidated with the interests previously noted, into what has since been known as the Banner Fur niture ‘Company, at 33 South Meridian Street. Mr. Whitehill is a member of the Indianapolis, Muncie and Toledo Chambers of Commerce, a member of the Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, and in his fraternal connections is a member of the Muncie Lodge, F, & A. M., the Consistory and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Fraternal Order of Elks, No. 245, Muncie, Ind., and the Alpha Tau Omega college fraternity. The marriage of Mr. Whitehill to Miss Estella Bard occurred at Muncie, Indiana, August 2, 1899. There are three children, Hugene Whitehill, who is associated with his father in business, Ralph Bard Whitehill and Helen Margaret Whitehill. The busi- ness address is 616 Merchants Bank Building and the family home is at Michigan Hills near the new Highland Golf and Country Club. 653 IN. DIANA P © Ie03S NE Ni Oe Sas ee es Photograph by Bretzman HOMER L. WIEGAND 654 IOS aes (@) le mee ENO) eee A TRS HOMER L. WIEGAND OMER L. WIEGAND, secretary and treasurer of A. Wieg- and’s Sons Company, florists, is a native of Indianapolis, having been born in this city, January 2, 1877, son of Anthony and Kkatherine (Kreiss) Wiegand. The father was born in the kingdom of Saxony, Germany, April 25, 1832, and in that country gained his initial training as a florist. When twenty-two vears of age he came to the United States and in Indianapolis, in 1859, established a green house in the old district school building on Kentucky Avenue. At that location he continued operations with ever increasing success until 1879, when he removed the business to the present location of A. Wiegand’s Sons Company on North Hhnois Street. Homer L. Wiegand, of this sketch, obtained his education in the publie schools of Indianapolis, after which he became associat- ed in business with his father, being admitted, with his brother. Mr. George B. Wiegand, into partnership in 1910, under the firm name of Wiegand & Sons. Shortly after the death of Mr. Anth- ony Wiegand, which occurred December 13, 1910, the partnership was incorporated under the name of A. Wiegand’s Sons Company and to this both Mr. George B., who is president of the corpora- tion, and Mr. Homer L., devote their entire attention. Mr. Wiegand is a member of the Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletie Club, Marion Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, Kiwanis Club, Elks, and in the Masonie fraternity is identified with Ancient Landmarks Lodge, No. 319, IKteystone Chapter, Ind1- anapohs Council, Raper Commandery, Scottish Rite, and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine, being a life member of the last mentioned. The marriage of Mr. Wiegand to Miss Ester Spicer took place at Indianapolis, February 11,1901. Mr. and Mrs. Wiegand reside at Kessler Boulevard and Twenty-eighth Street. LNB TAN ACP OU Sa AG SIN Coa ee ee a Photograph by Moorefieid J. F. WILD 656 I INDIRA ON a POM hes: JAMES IN, OOM Gel Gee Gla ean Feces JOHN FRANKLIN WILD OHN FRANKLIN WILD, banker, president of the J. F. Wild & Company, State bank, was born at Noblesville, Indiana, Sep- tember 9, 1860, son of Leonard and Margaret (Barth) Wild. He received his education in the Noblesville publie schools, At the age of nineteen years he was admitted to partnership with his father in the dry goods business at Noblesville, the firm being known in 1879 as L. Wild & Son. He continued in this business until 1884, when he moved to Anderson, Indiana, and ‘there established the J. F. Wild & Company Dry Goods Store. He retired from that business in 1891 to engage in the private banking business under the firm name of Campbell, Wild & Com- pany. In 1901 Mr. Wild moved the private banking business to Indi- anapolhs and, after acquiring Mr. Campbell’s interest, founded J. F. Wild & Company, state bank at 123 East Market Street. Mr. Wild has for many years been actively identified with the Y. M. C. A. He was chairman of the committee which built the Indianapolis building at Hhnois and New York Streets and for more than a decade has been an official of the association. He was president of the Y. M. C. A. from May 1, 1915, to February 1, 1920, and since January 1, 1905, has continuously been a member of the board of directors. Mr. Wild is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, having been for many years superintendent of the Sunday School and from January 1, 1905, to this writing, upon the Board of Elders. : He is a member of the Columbia Club, Oriental Lodge, No. 500, F. & A. M., Keystone Chapter, No. 6, Royal Arch Masons, Raper Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, Indiana Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, the Scottish Rite and the Mystic Shrine. As an indication of the remarkable strides made by the J. F. Wild banking house, it is of interest to here note that early in 1923, the company completed the erection of the new twelve-story building, in which it is now located on East Market Street and which replaced the old two-story structure outgrown by an or- ganization destined from the beginning to need larger and more elaborate quarters. On September 9, 1891, Mr. Wild married Miss Minnie M. Hannah, of Chicago, Illinois. They have three children, John E., Hannah F., and Forrey Neil Wild. 657 IN DIEANAP @ LS) BME NG @ GaN ie Naa Photograph by Bretzman FRED I. WILLIS 658 Teese INN lL @) lego NV EN OA Re AT RS FRED I. WILLIS RED I. WILLIS, vice-president and sales manager of the Central Rubber and Supply Company, son of Frank W. and Josephine (Dickinson) Willis, was born at Waterloo, Indiana, on September 27, 1873. He secured his education in the publie schools of Waterloo. Mr. Willis came to Indianapolis in 1894 and was one of the men to become associated in the bicycle business early in the his- tory of that industry. Twenty vears later he joined the Central Rubber and Supply Company, 120 South Meridian Street, which is one of the oldest supply houses of its kind in the eity. His business activity led to selection as a vice-president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce in 1914.