Deshler, William H. (31st J. D., Lehigh), born 1840; died October 25, 1910. Admitted to the Bar in 1862.

He was one of the oldest and most successful members of the Lehigh County Bar. He was a former Councilman, School Director, and also served as Water Commissioner.

Dettra, Benjamin F. (23d J. D., Berks), born July 4, 1845; died January 27, 1911, in the 66th year of his age.

Attended Washington Hall Collegiate Institute at Trappe, and subsequently taught school in Chester County. During the Civil War he served as a private in Company I, 129th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He came to Reading in 1870 and was admitted to the Berks County Bar, April 12, 1875. He was a member of the City Councils, County School and City Solicitor, and member of the Reading Board of Health. He was a most industrious and painstaking lawyer, and had a large practice.

Edwards, Albert J. (5th J. D., Allegheny), born June 16, 1858; died December 10, 1910. Admitted to the Bar June 14, 1890.

Mr. Edwards was a native of Armstrong County, Pa. In 1882 he was appointed Deputy Collector of the Internal Revenue. In 1889 he was appointed Special Agent of the Eleventh Census, and in 1890 was made Assistant Postmaster of Pittsburgh. For nine years he was Assistant District Attorney of Allegheny County. He served several terms in the Pittsburgh Council and was President of the Select branch. He took an active interest in politics and served as President of the Pennsylvania State League of Republican Clubs.

Elliot, Frank S. (1st J. D., Philadelphia), born 1860; died May 19, 1911. Admitted to the Bar June 17, 1882. Mr. Elliot graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1887. He was also a graduate of the Law Depart

ment of the University of Pennsylvania, and while taking his law course was a registered student in the law firm of Wiltbank & Reed. On his admission to the Bar he entered into partnership with Alfred D. Wiler, Esq. Their line of work was largely in real estate, and their operations, especially in West Philadelphia, were extensive and successful. Mr. Elliot was one of the best authorities on baseball in the country, and at the time of his death was Vice-President of the Philadelphia Baseball Club.

Erdman, Constantine J. (31st J. D., Allentown), born September 4, 1846; died January 15, 1911. Admitted to the Bar in 1867.

He graduated with honors from Pennsylvania College in 1865. He was a leading member of the Lehigh County Bar, a former District Attorney of the county, and served two terms in Congress from the 13th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. As a member of the 54th Congress he introduced the "Erdman Act."

As a Federal statute there are few whose requirements convey such direct influence in the settlement of any labor troubles within its scope. During the past years the Erdman Act has been successfully invoked not only in the settlement of matured labor troubles, but it is well remembered that it was the Erdman Act alone which saved the country from one of the most extensive strikes in the West last summer. Even though all else that Mr. Erdman ever accomplished through his many years of active and useful service be waived aside, the Erdman Act alone would serve to ever keep fresh his memory in the minds of a grateful people. He was also instrumental in checking what he considered a dangerous flow of pension bills introduced in Congress as special bills.

Mr. Erdman was in 1877 adjutant of the 4th Regiment of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, and during

the labor riots of 1877 had his collar-bone broken in a fusillade of stones by the strikers.

He was President of the Allen Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the Allentown and Coopersburg Turnpike Company, and for years of the Coplay Cement Company. He was also County Solicitor for a number of years.

Flanders, Henry (1st J. D., Philadelphia), born February 13, 1826; died March 4, 1911. Admitted to the Bar May 28, 1853.

He was educated at Kimball Academy, New Hampshire, and Newberry Seminary, Vermont. He was a lecturer in the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Commission for the Collation of the Acts of Assembly of Pennsylvania from 1700 to 1809.

Mr. Flanders was a practitioner of the old school, and was noted for his courteous and gentlemanly manners. Aside from his practice he found time for legal and general literary work, and was the author of a work on "Maritime Law," 1852; "The Law of Shipping," 1854; "Lives of the Chief Justices of the United States," 1858-1881; "Memoirs of Cumberland," 1856; "Exposition of the Constitution of the United States," 1860-1904; "The Law of Fire Insurance," 1871-1874, and "Adventures of a Virginian," 1881. By his pen he had well discharged the debt every man is presumed to owe to his profession.

Gendell, J. Howard (1st J. D., Philadelphia), born in 1844; died November 12, 1910. Admitted to the Bar October 21, 1865.

In 1878 he was appointed Assistant City Solicitor, and in 1907 was appointed special assistant to John L. Kinsey, and on Mr. Kinsey's elevation to the Bench, Councils elected Mr. Gendell to succeed him, and in the following February, 1908, he was elected to the office of City Solicitor, which

he held until the time of his death. He was a good lawyer and discharged the duties of his office with ability and fidelity.

Gerhard, John S. (1st J. D., Philadelphia), born December 24, 1845; died May 2, 1911.

He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1865. He was also a graduate from the Law Department of the University in the class of 1867, and on November 16th of the same year was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar. Mr. Gerhard was the son of Benjamin Gerhard, a noted Philadelphia attorney, and a grandson of Hon. John Sergeant. Mr. Gerhard was associated in practice with his son, Albert P. Gerhard, who survives him.

Mr. Gerhard had a lucrative practice and conducted it on the lines of the old school, following the traditions of a family of lawyers of which he was an honorable and worthy successor, their office being one of the oldest in continued succession of the Philadelphia Bar. Mr. Gerhard was a careful practitioner, affable and kindly in manner, and highly esteemed by his brethren of the Bar and by the community.

Gilpin, Hood (1st J. D., Philadelphia). born October 19, 1853; died September 13, 1910. Admitted to the Bar in 1874.

In 1875 he was appointed Assistant United States District Attorney, and continued in office until 1885. Mr. Gilpin was the son of Charles Gilpin, a prominent member of the older Bar of Philadelphia, and one of the early Mayors of the city. He was a descendant of Joseph Gilpin, the founder of the family in America, who came from Dorchester, Oxfordshire, and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1695. Mr. Gilpin was a good lawyer and a highly respected citizen.

Gilpin, Washington H. (1st J. D., Philadelphia), born February 2, 1844; died March 5, 1911. Admitted to the Bar April 7, 1866.

He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1864. Mr. Gilpin enlisted as a private in an emergency regiment that was sent to the battle of Gettysburg. He became greatly interested in military affairs, and entered the 1st Regiment of N. G. P. a private, and retired from the service with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was a brother of Hood Gilpin.

Goodman, William M. (23d J. D., Berks), born December 10, 1836; died March 1, 1911, in his 75th year. Admitted to the Berks County Bar August 13, 1864.

He was a member of the Board of Auditors of the City of Reading, 1866-1869; was District Attorney of Berks County, 1878-1881, and subsequently member of the Reading Board of School Controllers. He had been for some years retired from active practice.

Gordon, Cyrus (46th J. D., Clearfield), born December 1, 1846; died March 10, 1911.

Cyrus Gordon was born near Hecla Furnace, Centre County, and entered the Sophomore Class of State College in 1864, from which institution he graduated in 1866. He was later connected with the institution as tutor and took a post-graduate course. In 1867-69 he took a law course at the Michigan University, Ann Arbor, and was at the same time registered as a law student in the office of former Judge Samuel Linn, of the Bellefonte Bar. He was admitted to the Bar in Centre County in 1869, and in November, 1870, located at Clearfield and was admitted to the Bar. Shortly after his admission to the Bar he formed a partnership with Thomas H. Murray in the practice of law, under the firm name of Murray & Gordon, and this partner