Tribunal, 1903; counsel for U. S. in N. Atlantic Fisheries
Arbitration, 1910; mem. Permanent Court of Arbitration at The
Hague, 1910-; pres. Carnegie Endowment for Internat. Peace, 1910;
president Hague Tribunal of Arbitration between Great Britain,
France, Spain, and Portugal, concerning church property, 1913;
ambassador extraordinary at the head of special diplomatic mission
to Russia, during revolution, 1917. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for
1912.

JOHNSON, Hiram Warren,

Senator; b. Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 2, 1866; Educ. U. of Cal.,
leaving in jr. yr.; began as short-hand reporter; studied law in
father's office; admitted to Cal. bar, 1888; mem. staff of pros.
attys. in boodling cases, involving leading city officials and
almost all pub. utility corpns. in San Francisco, 1906-7; was
selected to take the place of Francis J. Heney, after latter was
shot down in court while prosecuting Abe Ruef, for bribery, 1908,
and secured conviction of Ruef; gov. of Cal., 1911-15; reelected
for term, 1915-19 (resigned Mar. 15, 1917); a founder of
Progressive Party, 1912, and nominee for V.-P. of U.S. on Prog.
ticket same yr.; U. S. senator from Cal. for term 1917-23

KNOX, Philander Chase,

Ex-Secretary of State; b. Brownsville, Pa., May 6, 1853; Educ.
A.B., Mt. Union Coll., Ohio, 1872; read law in office of H. B.
Swope, Pittsburgh; (LL.D., U. of Pa., 1905, Yale, 1907, Villanova,
1909); Admitted to bar, 1875; asst. U. S. dist. atty., Western
Dist. of Pa., 1876-7; Atty.-Gen. in cabinets of Presidents McKinley