HINES, WALKER DOWNER American lawyer, was born at Russellville, Ky., , Feb. 2, 1870. He was edu cated at Ogden college and the University of Virginia. From 1893 to 1904 he was with the Louisville and Nashville railroad in the legal department and, after 1901, as first vice-president. He practised law in Louisville, Ky., 1904-06 and in New York city 1906-16. In 1906 he became general counsel for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, later becoming chairman of the board of directors. In Feb. after the U.S. Government had assumed control of the railways as a war measure, he was ap pointed assistant director-general, and in January of the follow ing year director-general. In May 1920 he was designated by President Wilson as arbitrator in the distribution of German, Austrian and Hungarian inland shipping under the peace treaties. In 1925 he made an investigation and report of navigation on the Rhine and Danube for the League of Nations. He wrote The War History of the American Railroads (1928).