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LEFT LOWEB CALIFOBNIA 27 LOYOLA of the Austrian Republic. The capital 1885. Appointed 4th Charity Commis- city is Vienna itself. The region, which sioner in 1887. Under-Secretary for is both industrial and agricultural, has Foreign Affairs in 1891. Represented an area of 7,654 square miles, a mixed Great Britain at the International Con- population, of which Germans predom- ference at Venice in 1892. Chairman inate, numbering about 3,600,000 before Quarter Sessions for Cumberland 1900. the war. Alderman East Suffolk County Council T/TTr-c-D riATTT?nT>>TTa „ ^««;^o„io in 1914. Chairman of Committee on Ways on'fh7ffcifi?coYs?of Nort^^lme^^^^^^ f.l'^T^^^r^^^.'^ I^^^'^tJ^ ' f^l^'^''lreTUsll^lZ Lei.'t cl'mo?s%'irce'T905'^^cta[rSfa^^ iru? SrO^OO. 'l^^'lonrS Meiico fnt -l^, ^^-^^.-1 ^^^^^ ^-^--^ ' with the exception of a few spots, is a JflJ- Chairman of Boundary Commis- sterile and unproductive region. Chief f^Il^ ""^riP^^^ ^^tJ*^ "i ^r^ ^■^^^^ '" towns are La Paz, the capital, Loretto, i?.lLrtfnr,« T^^-.^SJl ?i!!!?Ill'X.-o!; and Rosario. Proportional Legislative Representation LOWESTOFT, a municipal borough Tri-o-arTomc. *u i and seaport on the Suffolk coast, Eng- LOYALISTS, those persons .commonly land, 118 miles N. E. of London, and f^^?^^ T??Jf.%^5° '" ^^^ ^"^7^^',^.!y^^^ 40 ftom Ipswich; has of late years rap- M^^on (1775-1783) supported the British idly grow£ in favor as a watering-place; k^^g and government against the revolt- the older part, which lies to the N., is V'S colonists. They comprised m num- built on a cliff facing the sea, on its t)ers nearly a third of the population, summit being a lighthouse (1874) 123 and many of them were among the best feet above the setlevel, while at its citizens of the colonies. Great numbers base, on the Nes^the most E. point emigrated to Canada at the conclusion of land in England— stands another o± peace in 17»d. lighthouse (1866) ; the modern part, LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED which has a fine esplanade 800 yards STATES, MILITAEY ORDER OF THE, long, extends S. into the parish of Kirk- the first society formed by officers honor- ley, and is separated from the old town ably discharged from the service of the by the harbor, formed partly by two United States in the Civil War, founded p-iers extending seaward 1,300 feet, and April 15, 1865, in Philadelphia. There partly by Lake Lothing. In 1643 Crom- are State Commanderies in Pennsylvania, well entered the town at the head of New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Cali- 1,000 troopers, and, seizing several roy- fornia, Wisconsin, Illinois, District of alists, sent them prisoners to Cam- Columbia, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, bridge; it was partially destroyed by Oregon, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, fire in 1644; a great naval engagement Iowa, Colorado, Indiana, Washington, took place off the coast June 3, 1665, Vermont, and Maryland, when the Dutch were defeated with loss,. of 18 ships; George II. landed here on, LOYALTY ISLANDS, a group of is- his return from Hanover, June 14, 1736. lands m the South Pacific, E. of New During the war the town was shelled by Caledonia, the chief of which are Lifu, German boats and aeroplanes a number Mare, and Uvea. ^ The islands, about of times. Pop. (1918) 37,886. 800 square miles m extent, have been French territory since 1864. Population LOWICZ, Poland, town on right bank estimated at 15,000. of the Bzura, 50 miles W. S. W. O^ m-^rnrA Tr'-M-ArriTTrQ /l;^ ^;^'lo ^^ir, Warsaw, the scene of heavy fighting. ^^^^^vJS^^^^Y? ^^^'^^1^1; ^" during the German drives on Warsaw Jf^^ name Inigo Lopez de Recalde a durini 1914-1916. The Germans erected Spamsh soldier and prelate, the founder heavy fortifications. It is a manufac- ^^ J^^ «|de^ of the Jesuits; born m the turing center for soap, candles and ^^stle of Loyola, Guipuscoa, Spain in leather goods, and contains large flour i^^l- He was descended of a noble mills. Pop. about 14,500. Biscayan family. He was attached in ^ ' his youth as a page to the court of LOWTHER, JAMES WILLIAM, an Ferdinand and Isabella, and trained up English politician born in 1855. Edu- in all the vices and frivolities peculiar cated at King's College, London, and to his position. When still a young man Cambridge University, where he won he entered the army, and during the de- honors in classical and law tripos. Be- fense of Pampeluna in 1521 against the came a barrister in 1879. a Bencher in French he was severely wounded, and the Middle Temple in 1906. Elected a a long and tedious confinement was the Member of Parliament for Rutland in result. The only books he found to 1883. Contested Mid Cumberland in relieve its tedium •were books of devotion