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LEFT EAST YOUNGSTOWN 459 EBERS electric and gas lighting plants, high schools, a public library, daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 58,- 547; (1920) 66,767. EAST YOUNGSTOWN, a village of Ohio, in Mahoning co. It is on the Balti- more and Ohio railroad, and on the Ma- honing river. Its chief industry is the manufacture of iron. Pop. (1910) 4,972; (1920) 11,237. EATON, CHARLES AUBREY, an American Baptist clergyman, born in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1868. He grad- uated from Acadia University in 1890, and the Newton Theological Institution in 1893. In the same year he was or- dained to the Baptist ministry and was Sastor of the First Church at Natick, [ass.; Toronto, Can.; and Cleveland, O., until 1909, when he became pastor of the Madison Avenue Church of New York, He resigned this position in 1919 to become associate editor of "Leslie's Weekly." At the same time he engaged in the work of an expert in industrial relations. From 1917 to 1919 he was head of the national service department of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. He was the author of "For Troubled Hearts" (1899) ; and "The Old Evangel" (1900). EATON, CHARLES WARREN, an American artist, bom at Albany, N. Y., in 1857. He studied at the National Academy of Design and the Art Stu- dents' League. He exhibited in London and Paris in 1900. He received a medal at the Charleston Exposition. He re- ceived also prizes at other expositions, including the Inness gold medal, from the National Academy of Design in 1904, and a gold medal from the Paris Salon in 1906. He was an associate of the National Academy of Design. EATON, WALTER PRICHARD, an American writer, born in Maiden, Mass., in 1878. He graduated from Harvard University in 1900 and in the same year engaged in newspaper work. He served as dramatic critic on several New York papers, but in 1908 gave up this work to engage in general writing. His books include "The American Stage of Today" (1908); "The Man Who Found Christ- mas" (1913) ; "Plays and Flayers" (1916); "In Berkshire Fields" (1919). He also lectured on dramatic subjects. He was a member of the National Insti- tute of Arts and Letters. EATON, WYATT, an American art- ist; born in Phillipsburg, Quebec, May 6, 1849; studied in New York City and abroad. He returned to the United States in 1876 and settled in New York City. He was one of the founders of the Society of American Artists and later served as its secretary and president. His works include portraits of Bryant, Longfellow, Emerson, Whittier, Holmes, etc. He died in Newport, R. I., June 7, 1896. EAU CLAIRE, a city and county-seat of Eau Claire co., Wis., at the mouth of the Eau Claire river and the head of navigation of the Chippewa river, md on the Chicago and Northwestern, Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and sev- eral other railroads; 85 miles E. of St. Paul. It is the commercial center for northwestern Wisconsin and the outlet of the Chippewa lumber district, with extensive water power. It has a large trade in lumber. There are exten- sive manufactures of iron and linen goods, furniture, machinery, paper, steel, sashes and doors, and shoes. The city is noted as a summer resort, and has electric railroads and street lights, water works, public library and high school. Sacred Heart Hospital, National and savings banks, and daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 18,310; (1920) 20,880. EAUX BONNES (o bon), a fashion- able watering-place of France, in the department of Basses-Pyrenees, 20 miles S. S. E. of Oloron. It stands in a nar- row gorge surrounded by rocks. Eaux Bonnes is much frequented for its hot sulphurous springs, used for bathing. Their temperature does not exceed 91° F. There is also a cold spring here used for drinking. The springs are said to be very valuable for their power of checking incipient consumption, and of curing various affections of the lungs and chest. EBBSFLEET, a hamlet in the Isle of Thanet, County Kent, England; mem- orable as the place where the first Anglo-Saxon invaders landed. EBENEZER (stone of help), a monu- ment raised by Samuel after his victory over the Philistines, was assumed by early Christian hermits to be at a place now called Deiraban, near the W. bor- der of Judah; but the site is not really known. EBERS, GEORG MORITZ (a'bers), a German Egyptologist and novelist; bom in Berlin, March 1, 1837; was edu- cated at Froebel's school, and studied law at Gottingen. He afterward de- voted himself to the study of Egyptology at Berlin. He established himself in 1865 as a lecturer at Jena, where in 1868 he was made professor. Next year he made a long journey to the East, and