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LEFT CLABE CLABK its first maker being John Christopher Denner, of Leipsic, who produced it after 1690. It has since been much improved. It consists essentially of a mouth-piece furnished with a single beating reed, a cylindrical tube ending in a bell, and pro- vided with 18 openings in the side, half of which are closed by the fingers, and half by the keys. CI/A-^K, ALVAN, an American as- tronomical-instrument maker; born in Ashfield, Mass., March 3, 1804. He was at one time a portrait painter in Bos- ton; but in 1844 his attention was turned to telescope making. Two years later he definitely adopted the business of astro- nomical-instrument making, and in time achieved a world-wide reputation. ^ His famous telescopes include the Chicago 18V2-inch, the Washington 26-inch, the Russian 30-inch, and the California 36- inch. He died in Cambridge, Mass, Aug. 9, 1887. His son, Alvan Graham Clark, born in Fall River, Mass., July 10, 1832, received a grammar school education; and was associated with his father, and his brother, George, in the manufacture of telescopes. He supervised the con- struction of various famous lenses and made discoveries of stars with instru- ments of his own manufacture. He died in 1897. CLABE, CHAMP, an American Con- gressman; born in Anderson co., Ky., March 7, 1850. He was admitted to the bar in 1875, and has been in practice since that date. In 1878-1881 he was city attorney of Louisiana, and Bowling Green, Mo., and in 1885-1889 prosecuting attorney of Pike co. He v/as always active in politics, having been presiden- tial elector in 1880, and a delegate to several national conventions. In 1893 he was elected to the 53d Congress, and was returned to the 55th and all others to the 67th. In 1911 he was made speaker of the House of Representatives to suc- ceed Joseph G. Cannon and served until 1919. He has served on several impor- tant committees, and was vice-president of the Trans-Mississippi Congi-ess at Denver. At the Democratic National Convention, held in Baltimore in 1912, he led on 27 ballots for the Presidential nom- ination, but was eventually defeated by Woodrow Wilson. He died Mar. 3, 1921. CLABK, CHABLES EDGAB, an American naval officer; born in Brad- ford, Vt., Aug. 10, 1843. He entered the naval service in 1860; took part in the battle of Mobile Bay and in the bombai'd- ment of Fort Morgan; and was promotcc] captain in 1896. In March, 1898, he took command of the battleship "Oregon" at the Mare Island navy yard, San Fran- cisco, and when war with Spain was deemed inevitable, he received orders to proceed to Key West, Fla., with all haste. After a most remarkable voyage of over 14,000 miles, he joined the American fleet in Cuban waters on May 26, and on July 3 commanded his ship at the destruction of Cervera's squadron. In 1902 he was promoted rear-admiral and retired in 1905. CLABK, CLABENCE DON, a United States Senator from Wyoming, born in Oswego CO., N. Y., in 1851. He gradu- ated from Iowa State University, and after admission to the bar, practiced in Wyoming. He was chosen to the 51st and 52d Congresses, and in 1895 be- came United States Senator to fill a vacancy caused by the failure of the Legislature to elect. He was re-elected in 1898, in 1904, and in 1910, serving until 1917. CLABK, EDGAB EBASTUS, an American public official, bom at Lima, N. Y., in 1856. After being educated at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y., he entered the railway service in 1873 and remained in that employment until 1889, when he became Grand Sen- ior Conductor of the Order of Railway Conductors of America. He was Grand Chief Conductor from 1890 to 1906. In 1902 he was appointed by President Roosevelt as a member of a commission to determine the issues involved in the anthracite coal strike. In 1906 he was appointed '- member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and was re-ap- pointed by President Wilson in 1913. CLABK, FBANCIS EDWABD, an American clergyman; born in Aylnier, Quebec. Sept. 12, 1851; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1873, and con- tinued his studies at Andover Theolog- ical Seminary. He became pastor of a Congregational Church at Portland, Me., and there organized the first Young Peo- ple's Society of Christian Endeavor, Feb. 2, 1881. In 1887 he was made president of the United Society of Chris- tian Endeavor, and president of the World's Christian Endeavor Union, and also became editor of the "Christian En- deavor World," the official organ of the society. He was the author of many books on religious subjects as well as of books of travel, and published many leaflets, sermons, addresses, etc. CLABK, or CLABKE, GEOBGE BOGEBS. an American pioneer; born near Monticello, Va., Nov. 19, 1752. He studied surveying, and settled in Ohio, serving in the Indian wars of that time ?nd region. He removed to Kentucky in 1775, procuring the organization of that