chief of police shortly after the ap-
pointment; re-elected each suc-
ceeding term since. Is a Democrat;
member of the St. Louis College
Alumni Association; Court Luna-
lilo No. 6600, A. O. F.; Phoenix
Lodge, Order of Kamehameha.
Chiefs of Hawaii, and Ad Club.
ROSE, OTTO WILLIAM, master
plumber, Hilo, Hawaii; born in Hilo,
Hawaii, Feb. 14, 1873; son of Wil-
liam Leonard and Kanaina (Ka-
umu) Rose; married Harriet
Blanche McGuire in Hilo, Feb. 6.
1898; four children: Leonard.
Blanche. Elenore and Anna Rose.
On leaving school learned tinning,
coppersmithing and plumbing trades
with father, 1891; on his father's
death took over the business and
has been established at the same
place since that date. Is a mem-
ber of Republican County and Ter-
ritorial Central Committees. Was
one of the founders of the National
Guard in Hilo and served two years
as a private. Member House of
Representatives from 1st Rep. Dist.,
1919. Member Hilo Yacht and Boat
Club and Knights of Kamehameha.
ROSS, ERNEST ALBERT R.,
businessman, Honolulu; born Aug.
24, 1875. in Honolulu; son of
George James and Henrietta Ella
(Smith) Ross; married Bernice
Adele Woodall Kopke in Honolulu
Jan. 16, 1905; one child: Ernest
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Alexander. Educated Punahou Pre-
paratary School and Oahu College,
Honolulu, 1894; entered employ of
0. R. & L. Co. July 1, 1894; C.
Brewer & Co., Ltd., Honolulu, Jan.
1, 1895, as shipping clerk, book-
keeper; director and treasurer Aug.
28, 1912-April 15, 1918; director and
secretary since April 15, 1918. Is
secretary and director Hawaiian
Agricultural Co; Onomea, Pepee-
keo, Honomu, Wailuku, Hilo and
Olowalu Sugar companies; Kuhua,
Moaula, Waikapu and Paukaa Ag-
ricultural companies. Member Ma-
noa Tennis Club. Outrigger Club,
Oahu Country Club, Chamber of
Commerce, Y. M. C. A.
ROSS, GEORGE, banker, Koha-
la, Hawaii; born in Inverness,
Scotland, Jan. 6, 1891; son of Fin-
iay and Margaret (Maclntyre)
Ross; education, Inverness high
school; married Ruth Davis, at Ko-
hala, July 13. 1917; two children:
Margaret Ruth and Catherine Alice.
Began as clerk with Highland
Railway Co., Inverness, 1906-1913;
bookkeeper. First Bank of Hilo,
Ltd., Hilo, Hawaii, 1913-15; mgr.
Kohala Branch, First Bank of Hilo,
Ltd., since 1915. Was captain in
National Guard of Hawaii, 1916-17;
is treas. Kohala Girls' School;
secy. Kohala Pineapple Co., Ltd.;
secty.-treas. Kohala Ranch Co.,
Ltd.; Pres. Kohala Civic Club,
1921; pres. North Kohala Baseball
Assn., 1921. Is a 32 Mason and
member B. P. O. E.
ROSS, HOMER L., judge, Hilo,
Hawaii; born at East Liverpool,
Ohio, Oct., 4, 1867; son of La-
chlin and Mary (McPherson) Ross;
attended University of Wooster,
Wooster, Ohio, 1884-87; graduated
from Iowa State University, de-
gree LL. B. 1897; married Lotta
M. Richards at Indianola, Iowa,
December 24, 1900; children: Mar-
garet M. and Homer R. Prac-
tised law at Indianola, 1897-1902;
removed to Hilo, Hawaii, establish-
ing law practise there, 1902; ap-
pointed by President Harding,
judge of Circuit Court, Fourth
Judicial Circuit, Territory of Ha-
waii, qualified and took up duties
of office August 25, 1921. Was ap-
pointed by Governor McCarthy,
member Board of Child Welfare,
1919, and at present serving as ex-
officio member; served as member
legal advisory Draft Board for 8th
Dist. of Hawaii and as chairman
Hawaii Chapter American Red
Cross, period of war; vice-presi-
dent Hilo Board of Trade, 1920-21.
Member First Foreign Church of
Hilo and is a 32 Mason.
ROTHROCK, ARTHUR C., phy-
sician and surgeon, Paia, Maui,
T. H. ; born in Reedsville, Pa.,
Sept. 13, 1887; son of S. H. and
Mary (Lowder) Rothrock; educa-
tion, Reedsville high school, Penn-
sylvania State College, Univ. of
Pennsylvania, M .D. 1912; married
Frances Kinney in Honolulu, Dec.
15, 1915; children, Arthur and
Mary. Was interne, Queen's hos-
pital, Honolulu, 1912-1914; has
practised in Paia, Maui since 1916.
Mason, 32; member Phi Rho Sig-
ma medical fraternity, Hawaii
Medical society
ROUMANIS, JOHN PETER, ho-
tel manager, Hilo, Hawaii; born in
Greece, May 17, 1872; son of Peter
C. and Veneta (Camarinos) Rouma-
nis; high school education in Spar-
ta, Greece; went to New York, 1893;
employed in the candy business at
Elmira, N. Y., 1895-1900; came to
Hawaiian Islands and was employed
by Geo. Andrews in fruit business,
Honolulu, 1900-1903; employed by
George Lycurgus, Union Grill, Ho-
nolulu, until 1913; became manager
of the Hilo Hotel, Hilo, Hawaii, in
1913. Member of the Hilo Board of
Trade; member of Knights of Py-
thias.
ROYDS, WILLIAM MASSY, Brit-
ish Consul, Honolulu; also Acting
Consul for Italy; born, June 22,
1879, at Reading, Berkshire, Eng-
land; son of Dr. W. A. S. and S.
A. (Spicer) Royds; married Doris
M. Todd, at Haslemere, Surrey,
England, Oct. 15, 1914; two chil-
dren: Mary Virginia and John
Wilmot Massy. Educated St. John's
College, Cambridge Univ., B.A., 1900,
M.A., 1920; entered British Consu-
lar Service (Japan Establishment)
by competitive examination, 1902,
as student interpreter in Tokio;
private e" retary to British Ambas-
sador, ? Claude MacDonald, To-
kio, 1906, acting vice-consul at Ha-
kodate and at Seoul, Korea, 1910-
12; acting consul at Tainan, For-
mosa; Cf-^mulpo, Korea; and Shi-
monosek, .908-12; vice-consul. Ma-
nila, 191..,; acting consul general,
Manila, 1912, 1913; on special war
service at Norfolk and Newport
News, Va., February, 1915, to May,
1917; acting consul general, Seoul.
1918, 1919; appointed consul at Ho-
nolulu, August 17, 1919. Honorary
pres., British Club; hon. vice-pres.
Veterans of the Grand Army of the
British Empire in Hawaii; member
Pacific Club.
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RUETHING, HERMAN E. A,
mill engineer, Hawi, Hawg.ii; born
in Hammerstein, Germany, Nov.
11, 1877; son of Jbhann and
Mathilda Ruething Bechert; step-
father Herman Bechert; edu-
cated, German school in Germany,
until 1886; arrived at Lihue, Kauai,
1887, and attended German school
there until 1892; with Lihue Plan-
tation, 1892-1898; began as appren-
tice Honolulu Iron Works, 1899,
and worked way up to foreman
machine shop, 1914-1917; became
chief engineer, Hawi Mill & Plan-
tation Co. Naturalized as Ameri-
can citizen, Oct. 4, 1902; served as
private, Company F, Natl. Guard
of Hawaii, 1899-1901. Is member
Hawaiian Engineering Assn., Mys-
tic Lodge No. 2, K. of P., Phoenix
Lodge; Past Sachem, Hawaiian
Tribe No. 1.
RUDDLE, ALBERT, automobile
business, Hilo, Hawaii; born in
London, Eng., Oct. 5, 1885; son of
W. H. J. and C. E- (Thorp) Rud-
dle; educated, Watford Grammar
School, Hertfordshire; Taunton
College, Somerset; Pitman's Com-
mercial College, London. Married
Annabelle Low, at Honolulu, June
29, 1912; one child, Albert Low.
Began as auto mechanic for Na-
piers, London ; with London &
Northwestern R. R., and Doyle's
Engineering School, 1900-05; dem-
onstrator for French & British
Motor Car Co., Toronto and Mont-
real, Canada; tester, Napier Works,
Boston, and Packard Co., New
York, 1906 and 1907; foreman of
Standard Motor Car Repair Shop,
San Francisco, 1907-10, during
which period drove racing Stevens,
Thomas and Fords through Cali-
fornia; came to Hawaii, July, 1910,
as shop foreman Volcano Stables
& Transportaiton Co., Hilo; put in
charge of sales and repair depart-
ments same firm in 1915; made
asst. mgr. in 1918 and mgr. of firm
in 1919. Member Kilauea Lodge
No. 330, F. & A. M., B. P. O.
Elks, Hilo 759 (Exalted Ruler);
member Aloha Shrine, Hilo Yacht
Club, Rotary Club, Automobile
Club (director).
RUSSELL, JAMES WARD, Hilo,
Hawaii; born New York City, Apr.
12, 1882; son of John Laurence and
Frances (Ward) Russell; educated
at Albany, N. Y. high school, Union
University and Albany Law School,
LL.B., 1905; married Eunice Coth-
ren Pratt in Honolulu, May 29,
1914; one child, James Ward, Jr.
Practised law in New York, 1905-
1911; came to Hawaii 1912, becom-
ing associated with firm of Thomp-
son, Wilder, Watson & Lymer, Ho-
nolulu. 1913; removed to Hilo, and
has practised law there since 1913.
Formed law co-partnership of
Russell & Patterson, 1919; elected
senator, Terr. Hawaii, 1918; con-
nected with various financial and
other business interests, being
pres. Security Trust Co., Hilo;
pres. Commercial Trust Co., Hono-
lulu; pres. Hawaii Bank of Com-
merce, Honolulu; pres. Securities
Trading Corporation, Ltd., Hilo;
pres. Hawaii Drug Co., Hilo; pres.
Post-Herald, Ltd., publishers of
afternoon daily: vice-pres. Hilo
Gas Co., director Bank of Kauai,
Ltd., Kapaa, and of Security Bldg.
& Loan Assn., Hilo; took active
part in organization of these cor-
porations; was vice-pres. Hilo
Board of Trade, 1919. Is pres. Bar
Assn., 4th Circuit; member Amer-
ican Bar Assn., Delta Chi frater-
nity, Hilo Yacht Club, and Uni-
versity Club, Honolulu.
SANBORN, WALTER FOSS, cat-
tle rancher, Hanalei, Kauai; born
at Hyde Park, Mass., Aug. 30, 1877;
son of John William B. and Mary
Jane (Foss) Sanborn; educated
high school, Hyde Park, and Bur-
dette Business College in Boston;
married Lena Deverill at Hanalei,
Kauai, Sept. 27, 1906; four chil-
dren: Helen, John W., Percy D.,
Walter F. Jr. Played professional
baseball 1898-1901; luna on Mc-
Bryde Plantation, 1901-04; employed
in Public Works Dept., Territory of
Hawaii, 1904-05; made manager
Princeville Plantation, 1905; direct-
or in Princeville Plantation Co.,
Hanalei Land Co., Kalihikai Land
Co., 1916-18; deputy tax assessor
and collector since May 16, 1918,
for Hanalei District. Member F. &
A. M., No. 409, and B. P. O. E.
No. 616. Is a member of the Kauai
advisory board, the Bank of Ha-
waii, Ltd.
SAVAGE, HENRY ENNIS, chem-
ist, Honolulu; born Salem, Or., Feb.
15, 1881 ; son of Henry H. and Martha
(Claggett) Savage; married Myrtle
Sutton, on Island of Maui, Aug. 11,
1909. Graduated Stanford, A. B.,
1905. Chief chemist Hawn. Com. &
Sug. Co.. Puunene, Maui, 1906-14;
chemist Hawn. Pineapple Co., Ltd.,
1914, to date. Member Exec. Com-
mittee, same, 1917 to date. Author
of numerous papers relating to
sugar chemistry, published in var-
ious technical periodicals. Member
University Club, Commercial Club.
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MEN OF HAWAII
FERDINAND J. H. SCHNACK
VICTOR C. SCHOENBERG
ADELBERT E. SCHOFIELD
HERMAN E. A. RUETHING
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Manoa Tennis Club, Honolulu Lodge
No. 409 F. & A. M.
SAWYER, FRANK EVERETT,
physician, Puunene, Maui; born in
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 11. 1874;
son of Ebenezer Davis and Lavinia
(Trowbridge) Sawyer; educated at
University of California, A.B. 1896;
Cooper Medical College, M.D. 1900;
married Flora N. MacSwain in San
Francisco, Cal., Nov. 1, 1912; three
children: Frank Elliott, Cara Wini-
fred, and Gordon Trowbridge. Was
interne at St. Luke's Hospital, San
Francisco, 1900-01; interne, San
Francisco Emergency Hospital,
1901-02; assistant in Medical Clinic,
Med. Dept., University of Califor-
nia; in children's clinic of Cooper
Medical College and in surgical
clinic of San Francisco Polyclinic,
1902-03; resident physician Queen's
Hospital, Honolulu, 1903-06; physi-
cian and surgeon, Hawaiian Com-
mercial & Sugar Co., Puunene,
Maui, since 1906. Member Univer-
sity Club of Honolulu, Omega Up-
silon Phi, medical fraternity; Ha-
waiian Medical Association; Amer-
ican Medical Association.
SCHAEFER, GUSTAV E., vice
president F. A. Schaefer & Co.,
Ltd., Honolulu; born Jan. 19, 1888,
in Honolulu; son of Frederick Au-
gust and Elizabeth (Robertson)
Schaefer; married Lydia Brown
Gibbons in San Francisco Aug. 27,
1909 ; two daughters. Lvdia Macv
and Barbara Corinne. Educated in
private and grammar schools of
Honolulu; one and one-half years
at Lawrenceville, N. J., and six
months' business course at Throop
Institute, Pasadena, Cal. Entered
employ of F. A. Schaefer & Co.,
Ltd., 1907, of which firm he is now
vice president. Major of infantry,
Officers' Reserve Corp, U. S. Army.
Member Pacific. Oahu Country,
Myrtle Boat and Aero clubs.
SCHENCK, NORMAN CRAIG,
missionary, Honolulu; born Holm-
del, N. J., Aug. 5, 1882; son of Ed-
gar and Lydia (Craig) Schenck;
married Dorothy Robinson at Ox-
ford, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1908; four chil-
dren: Edgar Craig, John Norman,
Andrew Robinson, Dorothy. Edu-
cated Princeton L T niversity, A. B.,
1903; Auburn Theological Semi-
nary, 1906. Missionary in moun-
tains North Carolina, 1906-10; pas-
tor Presbyterian Church. Waterloo,
N. Y., 1910-15; Secretary Chinese
Department Board of Hawaiian
Evangelical Association since 1915.
SCHNACK, ADOLPH GEO. C.,
physician, Honolulu; born Hono-
lulu, Sept. 22, 1887; son of John
Henry and Doris Schnack; married
Adele Field Sherman, Oct. 29, 1919,
at Cambridge, Mass. Oahu Col-
lege, 1906; Stanford Univ., A.B.,
1910; Yale Graduate School, A.M.,
1911; Johns Hopkins Med. School,
M.D., 1915. Hospital work, 1915-18;
Medical Corps, U. S. Army, 1918-
20; practised medicine, Honolulu,
since April 1920.
SCHNACK, FERDINAND J. H.,
lawyer, Honolulu; born December
16, 1883, in Honolulu; son of John
Henry and Dora (Brandt) Schnack.
Married Mary Medora Pearson in
Oakland, California, August 26,
1916; three children: George Ferdi-
nand, Harold Clifford and Anabel.
Educated at St. Louis College (Ho-
nolulu) to 1898, Progymnasium,
Nienburg, Germany, to 1900; Oahu
College (Honolulu) graduate 1904;
Stanford University A.B. 1908;
University of Chicago Law School,
J.D. 1910; also University of Cali-
fornia and Columbia. Began prac-
tice of profession in office of E. C.
Peters, Honolulu, July 1910; opened
office for practice of law May 1,
1913; published "The Aloha Guide",
the standard handbook of Hono-
lulu and the Hawaiian Islands
March, 1915. Member and Past
Master (1918) Honolulu Lodge No.
409, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite, Bar
Association of Hawaii, Hawaiian
Historical Society and Myrtle Boat
Club (president 1915-17).
SCHOENBERG, VICTOR COTTA,
banker, Waipahu, Oahu ; born Dec.
5, 1885, at Bergen, Norway; son
of Fredrik Christian Torp and
Edle Margarete (Holm -Brock)
Schoenberg; educated at Hambro
School and Hambro College, Ber-
gen, Norway; married Jennie Wil-
helmina Hansen of Wailuku, Maui,
July 28, 1910; two sons, Erling and
Eyvinn. Emigrated to Hawaii by
way of England, Egypt, Siam to
Hongkong, China, as sailor, re-
maining in Hongkong until June,
1906; proceeded to Hawaii as third
mate on Norwegian S. S. ; employed
in mill at Makeweli, Kauai; re-
moved to Waimea, Kauai, later,
acting postmaster temporarily;
bookkeeper, H. Hackfeld & Co.,
Ltd., Lahaina branch, Maui, 1907-
09; assistant cashier and resident
manager Lahaina National Bank,
Lahaina, 1909-16; clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court, Second Circuit, Wai-
luku, Maui, 1916-1918; cashier and
manager. The Bank of Hawaii., Ltd,
Waipahu Branch, since January
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1918; appointed second lieut., Co.
B, Third Reg., N. G. H. Member
Honolulu Auto Club.
SCHOFIELD, ADELBERT E.,
electrical engineer. Ewa, Oahu;
born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia,
July 24.. 1878; son of Lewis N. and
Mary S. (Pickles) Schofleld; edu-
cated in grammar schools, night
study and correspondence courses;
began practical work in electricity
at age of 16; married Emma
Weaver in Honolulu, Dec. 19, 1918.
Was chief electrician, Economic
Reduction Co., Cripple Creek, 1902-
1905; general electrician, Denver,
Colo., 1905-08; pres. and mgr.
Schofleld Electric Co., Denver,
Colo., 1908-16; came to Hawaii in
Dec.. 1916, and was engaged in a
number of large wiring jobs, in-
cluding Young Hotel, Hawaiian
Motors building. Young Hotel
laundry, Moana Hotel addition and
U. S. Ordnance depot, Kalihi, Ho-
nolulu; chief electrician, Ewa
Plantation Co., since Aug., 1919;
was with 2nd U. S. Vol. Cavalry
(Torrey Rough Riders) in Spanish-
American war, 1898; father natur-
alized in 1888.
SCHULTE, WILLIAM F., Jr.,
salesmanager, Honolulu; born in
Alameda, Calif., Sept. 21, 1885; son
of William F. ; received education
grammar schools and business col-
lege at Alameda, Calif. Took up
insurance business at age of 17
with San Francisco agent of Ger-
man American, German Alliance,
New Hampshire and Phoenix Com-
panies; later joined staff San Fran-
cisco Call; after earthquake of
1906 became affiliated with Schmidt
Lithograph Co., of Oakland, coming
later to Honolulu to represent that
firm; salesmanager Fred L. Wal-
dron, Ltd., since February, 1921.
Served three years in Natl. Guard
of Hawaii; secy. Honolulu Ad Club,
Past President Alameda Parlor,
No. 47, Native Sons of the Golden
West.
SCHWALLIE, WILLIAM A.,
physician and surgeon, Honolulu;
born Nov. 22, 1866, at Rushville,
Brown County, Ohio; son of John
Jacob and Mary (Kreaner) Schwal-
lie; married Matilda E. Wills at
Pahala, Hawaii, Nov. 18, 1901; five
children: Leonie, Cornelius, Noe-
lani, Hortense and Wilhelmina. Ed-
ucated Russelville high school,
Central Normal College, Danville,
Ind., 1883-5. Medical College of
Ohio, M.D., 1889; physician to Co-
lumbus State Hospital for the In-
sane, Columbus, Ohio, 1890-97;
23-
practiced in San Francisco 1897-
98; came to Honolulu 1898: deuutv
assessor, Island of Hawaii 1904-13;
enlisted in the Hospital Corps dur-
ing the war with Spain and
reached the grade of sergeant; su-
perintendent of the Oahu Insane
Asylum. Member United Spanish
War Veterans, department surgeon
of U. S. W. V., Department of Ha-
waii; Elks.
SCOTT, MARION McCARRELL,
educator, Honolulu, born Faquier,
Virginia, August 21, 1843; son of
John and Margaret (McCarrell)
Scott; grandfather, Frank Scott,
served seven years in Revolution-
ary war; educated Urania College,
Kentucky, and University of Vir-
ginia. Engaged by the Japanese
government in the educational de-
partment, 1871-1881; organized the
first Normal School in Japan pre-
paratory to starting a system of
public schools in that empire; was
decorated by the Meiji emperor with
the Order of the Rising Sun of the
fourth class for his work in Japan;
just before the death of the em-
peror he had conferred upon him a
second decoration of a higher de-
gree, said to be the last one to
which he put his sign manual.
Principal of the old Honolulu, now
McKinley High School until 1919;
retired. Contributed many papers
to various journals and to the So-
cial Science Club of Honolulu re-
garding Japan and the Japanese.
Author of "Judicial Control of the
Legislature." Member of Univer-
sity and Social Science clubs of
Honolulu.
SCOTT. STANLEY EMIN, can-
nery supt., Lahaina, Maui; born at
San Rafael, Cal., Oct. 9, 1889; son
of Robert and Henrietta (.Sho-
berg) Scott; married Harriet Eliz-
abeth Apo at Paia, Maui, Nov. 21,
1914; three children: Marjorie
Hazel, Norman Sidney, Henrietta
Natalie. Graduated from grammar
school of San Rafael, Cal. Ma-
chinist apprentice, Kilauea Planta-
tion Co., Kauai, 1905-08; same,
Catton, McNeil & Co., Honolulu,
1908-09; machinist Hawaiian Com-
mercial & Sug. Co., Puuiiene, Maui,
1909-13; machinist, Maui Agricul-
tural Co., Paia, 1913-14; asst. ma-
chinist, Haiku Fruit & Packing
Co., Haiku, Maui, June-Nov., 1914;
chief eng., 1914-18; asst. machin-
ist, Amer. Can. Co., Haiku, 1918-
19; supt. of cannery, Baldwin
Packers, Lahaina, since 1919. Mem-
ber Knights of Pythias, Maui Co.
Fair and Racing Assn.
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DR. L. L. SEXTON
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SEARBY, WILLIAM, engineer,
Honolulu; born in Bath, Eng., Jan.
17, 1872; son of George and Eliza-
beth (Atkinson) Searby. Educated
at Dulwich College, Eng.; married
Clara Marinda Sawyer in San
Francisco, Cal., Nov. 5, 1892; one
child, Margaret Lavinia. Began
career with Alameda Sugar Co ,
Alameda, Cal.. 1890-97: head fore-
man, Union Sugar Co., Santa Bar-
bara, Cal., 1897-1900; head sugar
boiler, Hawaiian Commercial &
Sugar Co., Puunene, Maui, 1900-07;
superintendent of manufacture and
machinery, 1907-18; consulting en-
gineer American Factors, Ltd.,
1918-1919; assistant manager and
vice president same since 1920.
Invented Multiple Effect Evapo-
rator, 1910; cane shredding ma-
chine and process of milling, 1914;
cane shredding machine and proc-
ess of diffusion, 1915; cane lev-
eler, 1917; conducted first demon-
stration in Hawaii, proving com-
mercial white sugar could be made
by use of small quantities of veg-
etable charcoal without conven-
tional methods, 1915. Member of
American Soc. Mechanical Engi-
neers, American Chemical Society,
Hawaiian Engineers' Assn., Ha-
waiian Chemists' Assn., Honolulu
Ad Club, Neighborhood Tennis
Club, Athletic Club, Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce, Pacific
Club, Lodge Maui No. 984, A. F. &
A. M., lao Lodge of Perfection,
Haleakala Chapter Rose Croix,
Honolulu Consistory No. 1, and
Aloha Temple, Mystic Shrine.
SEDGWICK, THOMAS F., agri-
cultural and industrial chemist, Ho-
nolulu; born May 12, 1873, at
Stockton, Calif.; son of Thomas,
Jr., and Albina Ann (Farrington)
Sedgwick ; grandson of Thomas
Sedgwick, who came from Bolton,
Eng., and settled in New York
State, 1812. Received special in-
struction. Institution for Deaf and
Blind, Berkeley, Calif. ; Boone's
Academy, Berkeley, Calif.; Univ.
of California. B. S., 1896. Married
Grace Darrow, daughter of Lew
E. Darrow, of Jamestown, N. Y.,
in Honolulu, June 24, 1901; one
child. Thomas Darrow. Began in
U. S. Agricultural Exper. Station,
Ponoma, Calif., 1896; instituted ag-
ricultural dept., Kamehameha Man-
ual School, Honolulu, 1898; special
agent, U. S. Agr. Expt. Station.
Honolulu. 1901: sugar expert, W.
R. Grace & Co.'s plantation, Car-
tavio, Peru, 1903-06; organized and
directed sugar exper. station for
Peruvian gov., Lima, Peru, 1906-8;
technical work, chiefly for Public
Wks. Dept., Territory of Hawaii,
1909-18. Author of many papers
on agricultural and industrial sub-
jects: appointed by Spanish Gov.,
Hon. Vice-Consul, Honolulu, July,
1913; acting consul for Spain, Ho-
nolulu, 1914-15 and 1917-21, resign-
ing to fulfill engagement of several
months as consulting sugar expert,
W. R. Grace & Co.'s sugar estates,
Peru. Member Chi Phi fraternity
and Hon. Lodge 409, F. <Sr A. M.
SETO, ANTHONY YUEN, law-
yer, Honolulu ; born at Hanapepe,
Kauai, Hawaii, November 18, 1890;
son of Chung Sing and Char (Shee)
Seto; educated in public schools of
Hanapepe and Mills School, Honolu-
lu; San Rafael high school, San
Rafael, Cal., 1908-1910; Cass Techni-
cal high school, Detroit, Mich., 1910-
1911; University of Michigan, de-
partment of arts and science, 1911-
1913; Detroit College of Law, 1913-
1916, LL.B. Married Mamie Loretta
O'Connor of Detroit, Mich., at Ho-
nolulu, August 1, 1919. Admitted to
Supreme Court of Hawaii, Novem-
ber 8, 1916; associated in practise
with George K. French and H. W.
Wong, attorneys at Honolulu; among
the few citizens of Chinese descent
to be admitted to practise before
American courts. Volunteered for
service in the U. S. Army in the
world war August. 1917; member of
first Officers Training Camp at
Schofield Barracks, Oahu; served in
the Selective Draft of Hawaii's
young manhood for military ser-
vice and the U. S. Q. M. C., and
was honorably discharged Febru-
ary 1919. Member of Union Lodge
of Strict Observance No. 3, F. & A.
M., Detroit, Mich., Scottish Rite
Bodies of Honolulu; American Le-
gion; Ad Club; Chinese University
Club; Bar Assn. of Hawaii.
SEXTON, LEO LLOYD, physi-
cian, Hilo, Hawaii; born in Indi-
anola, Iowa, December 23, 1879; son
of Traverse Miller and Mary Ma-
tilda (Hill) Sexton; educated Uni-
versity Washington, Seattle. 1904-
06; University of California, M. D.,
1907; married Emily Dorothea Rice,
at Lihue, Kauai, October 26, 1910;
two children, Leo Lloyd Jr., Harold
Miller. Interne, Southern Pacific
R. R. Hospital, Sacramento, Cal.,
1907; interne and later resident phy-
sician, Queen's Hospital, Honolulu,
1908-09; head Anti-Tuberculosis
Bureau, T. H., 1909; appointed act-
ing assistant surgeon U. S. P. H. S.,
Honolulu, appointed pathologist and
bacteriologist, Board of Health; en-
tered private practise at Hilo, Ha-
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waii, 1910. Is acting assistant sur-