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STEWART EDWARD 

 WHITE 



her camps of Northern Michigan. He was born 

 at Grand R:i}iiK Mirli. His father \va> one of 

 the men who laid the foundations of the lumber 

 industry which for many years absorbed the 

 nergies of that state, and when not at 

 school the nature- 

 loving son was 

 constantly in the 

 woods enjoying 

 life among the 

 rivermen. He 

 did not start to 

 school until six- 

 ->ars of age, 

 and then he made 

 his grades in leaps 

 and bounds, com- 

 pleting his educa- 

 tion with highest 

 honors. He is a 

 graduate of the University of Michigan, and 

 studied law at Columbia University. White is 

 a great student of outdoor life. He has made a 

 special study of birds and has written many 

 magazine articles about them. . Of his many 

 novels, the following are the best known: 

 Blazed Trail Stories, Conjurers House, The 

 tan, Arizona Nights, Camp and Trail, 

 The Gray Dawn and The Rediscovered Coun- 

 try. 



WHITE, WILLIAM ALLEN (1868- ), an 

 American editor and story writer, known 

 throughout the Middle West as one of the 

 most original and progressive journalists and 

 writers of his day. A vigorous editorial en- 

 titled "What's the 

 r with Kan- 

 sas?" brought him 

 widely into pub- 

 lic notice in 1896, 

 and is still cited 

 as an example of 

 incisive and 

 timely criticism. 

 It was written for 

 the Emporia 

 (Kan.) Gazette, a 

 newspaper of 

 which he became owner and editor in 1895. 

 This journal, under his management, has been 

 for years one of the most influential in the 

 state. White was born in Emporia, and was 

 educated at Emporia College and the Uni- 

 versity of Kansas. In addition to his journal- 

 writings he has produced a number of 

 stories and sketches which portray, in a humor- 



WILLIAM ALLEX W1IITK 



ous and sympathetic way, life in the typical 

 Middle West town. His works include The 

 Court of Boyville, Stratagems and Spoils, In 

 Our Town, A Certain Rich Man, God's Pup- 

 pets and The Old Order Changeth. 



WHITE, SIR WILLIAM THOMAS (1866- ), 

 one of Canada's leading financial experts and a 

 member of the Borden Ministry. He is a na- 

 tive of Ontario, having been born at Bronte; 

 was educated at Tpronto University, graduat- 

 ing in 1895, and was admitted to the practice 

 of law in Toronto in 1899. He preferred not to 

 practice his profession, but became a newspaper 

 man and later a city employee in the assess- 

 ment department. In the latter position he 

 developed unusual financial ability, and in 1910 

 had risen to the presidency of the National 

 Trust Company, a Toronto bank. 



When the reciprocity measure was pending 

 between the United States and Canada in 1911 

 he opposed it with such success that defeat of 

 the measure and the Ministry followed. His 

 ability was by that time so widely recognized 

 that in 1911 Premier Borden took him into his 

 Cabinet as Minister of Finance. In 1915 he 

 was knighted by King George V. 



WHITE ANT. See TERMITES. 



WHITECAPS, the usual name applied to 

 so-called vigilance committees in the United 

 States, confined largely to Indiana and the 

 Southern states, whose object was to remove 

 objectionable characters from a community. 

 The term was derived from the nature of the 

 disguise employed a white foolscap drawn 

 over the head, with usually coarse sacking cov- 

 ering the upper part of the body. The white- 

 caps issued forth under cover of darkness and 

 warned intended victims to leave the neighbor- 

 hood; if a warning was not heeded, more dras- 

 tic measures were employed. Destruction of 

 property often followed, and occasionally hu- 

 man life was sacrificed. Not always were the 

 objects of whitecap wrath guilty of any of- 

 fense, but were merely the unfortunate victims 

 of prejudice or suspicion. About the year 1890 

 their power was broken by the state authori- 

 ties. 



WHITE 'FIELD, GEORGE (1714-1770), an 

 English religious leader, the founder of the 

 Calvinistic Methodists, and leader with John 

 and Charles Wesley in the early preaching 

 which led to the organization of the Methodist 

 Church. He was born in Gloucester, and in 

 1732 entered Pembroke College, Oxford. While 

 at the university he came under the influence 

 of the Wesleys, and was an active member of 



