LEWIS, ROBERT ELLS WORTH

(1869), general secretary Y. M. b. at Berks hire, Vt., s. of C. P. Van educated at the University of He became general secretary Y.M.C. St. Johns bury, Vt., in 1892 and holding various other positions in nection with this organization, secretary of the International 1898-1907, he became general Cleveland, Ohio, in 1909. Educational Conquest of the Far East Government Education in Japan. ‘ ’ LEWIS, SINCLAIR (1885), an ican author; 6. at Sauk Center, s. of Dr. Edwin J. and Emma Lewis. He graduated from Yale versity in 1907. After being a for various newspapers and the ted Pre he was succe ively or a istant editor of Trans-Atlantic Tales; Volta Review; Frederick Stokes Co.; Adventure; Publishers’ Newspaper Syndicate and editor H. Doran Co. to 1916. Author Our Mr. Wrenn, 1914; The Trail Hawk, 1915; The Innocents, 1917; Air, 1919 and Main Street, 1920. bitt, 1922. He also wrote the Hobohemia produced in New York 1919 and contributed short stories the Saturday Hvening Post and Magazines, means. LEWIS D CLARK CENTENNI farming, EXPOSITION, held in com memo ratio: join of the Lewis and Clark Expedition ©: 1803, in Portland, Oregon, in 1905. It Whiskey was made the occasion of the first complete publication of the journals of the army two famous explorers. See ExposiTions. PresiLEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION. his later See Lewis, MpriwETHER. exploring LEWIS MACHINE GUN. This gun Clark is a gas-operated, magazine-fed, auto vast matic rifie resembling to some extent 1,000,000 the Hotch ki gun. Motive power for acquired the operation of the mechanism is obStates. tained from the gas pre ure produced Mi ouri in the barrel by the exploding cartridge. Rockies, The gas is taken through a hole near {reached the muzzle of the barrel into a cylinder the under the barrel in which it drives a of the cylinder rearward. This directly pro their duces the opening stroke of the action March, and by winding the spiral mainspring, till stores the motive power to be used in his the closing stroke. Air is used as a him cooling agent by causing the muzzle Congre blast of firing to suck cold air past of the radial fins surrounding the barrel. The magazine is a circular drum, holding 47 pioneer, cartridges arranged radially, bullet ends own toward the center. The magazine center has a deep spiral groove in which Rrver. the bullet ends of the cartridges engage. The other parts of the magazine are C. A., rotated around the center during the Ne operation of the gun, this driving the was spirally arranged column of cartridges Vermont. down the helical groove of the mag A., azine center until they are succe ively after reached by the feed operating arm. con The gun is usually sighted to 2100 yds. including and weighs about 33 lbs. with mount Com and one full magazine. It was invented China, by Col., I. N. Lewis, U. 8. A. secretary Author: LEWISHAM (51° 31’ N., 0° 4’ W.); and borough, London. Pop. 1921, 174,194, AmerLEWISOHN, ADOLPH, a capitalist: Minn., b. at Hamburg, Germany, where he was also educated. He came to America in Kermott 1869 and was afterwards head of the Uni reporter firm of Adolph Lewisohn & Sons; also As so cia president of the Tenne ee Copper and editor ment Co., Miami Copper Co., South American Gold & Platinum Co. and A. Kerr Lake Mines, Ltd., and Vice George president of the Utah Consolidated Mining Co., also director of the Im- (novels); of the porters & Traders National Bank. He Free made a number of gifts in the cause of education and philanthropy, includBabplay ing $300,000 for School of Mines Bldg. in at Columbia University, and the Lewe to isohn Stadium at the College of the City other of New York.