LODE 604 LODI pods ^re embedded. The bark of the tree is anthelmintic ; it yields a kind of resin called anime, and it is valuable as
- a timber tree, the timber (also known as
locust wood) being close-grained and tough. LODE, the technical name for a metal- liferous or ore-producing vein. These differ in their length, width and depth, and also in the richness of mineral they contain. LODESTAR, or LOADSTAR ("lead- ing star") a name given to the polar star. LODGE, HENRY CABOT, an Amer- ican statesman and author; born in Bos- ton, Mass., May 12, 1850; was lecturer on history at Harvard College in 1876- 1879, and editor of the "North American Review" in 1873-1876. He then entered political life, and in 1893 was elected United States Senator from Massachu- setts and re-elected 1899-1905-1911, and 1917. He was permanent chairman of the Republican Convention in Philadel- phia in 1900 and in Chicago in 1908. Regent of Smithsonian Institution (1886- 1893) and in 1905. He was a strong op- ponent of the League of Nations with- out reservations that would give the United States the right to act independ- ently and in all cases preserve her free- dom in dealing with international ques- tions. He is the author of a "Life of Daniel Webster," and of lives of Alex- ander Hamilton and George Washing- ton; also of "Boston" in the series of "Historic Towns"; of a "Short History of the English Colonies in America"; "Studies in History" (1886); "Histori- cal and Political Essays"; "Certain Ac- cepted Heroes, and Other Essays"; "The Spanish-American War"; "A Frontier Town" (1910); "Early Memories"; "One Hundred Years of Peace" (1913) ; etc. In 1921 he was chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and was the majority leader on the floor of the Senate. LODGE, SIR OLIVER JOSEPH, an English scientist and student of psychi- cal phenomena, born at PenkhulL Staf- fordshire, ^ England, in 1851. He was educated in science at the University College of London, and on the founding of the University College of Liverpool, he became professor of physics. He re- mained in the post until 1900, when he was appointed principal of the Univer- sity of Birmingham. In 1915 he was ap- pointed Romance lecturer at Oxford. He made important studies in physics of electricity and ether and became one of the most eminent authorities in that line of physics. In addition to this work he interested himself in educational re- forms, and in philosophical and religious discussion. Through his study of these subjects he became interested in psychi- cal research and gradually came to the belief in the communication of the spir- its of the dead. From 1901 to 1904 he was president of the Society for Psychi- cal Research. The death of his son Raymond in the war was followed by a remarkable book called "Raymond" which purported to be an account of mes- sages received from his son after his death. This book was widely read and created much discussion. In 1920 Sir Oliver made a lecture tour through the United States, discussing spiritism and other subjects. His popular readings include "Modern Views of Electricity" (1889); "Pioneers of Science" (1893); "The Substance of Faith" (1907); "Im- mortality of the Soul" (1908) ; "Modern Problems" (1912) ; "Continuity" (1910). LODGE, THOMAS, an English drama- tist, romance-writer, and poet; born in West Ham, near London, England, about 1558. After studying at Trinity Col- lege, Oxford, he entered at Lincoln's Inn, but seems to have led a wild and rollick- ing life. In 1589-1591 he varied his life by taking part in two sea expeditions against the Spaniards, in the neighbor- hood of the Azores and Canary Islands. On the first of these voyages he wrote an euphuistic romance, "Rosalynde" (1590) which supplied England's great dramatist with the chief incidents of "As You Like It." Lodge himself wrote two dramas, "The Wounds of Civil War" (1594), and "A Looking-glass for Lon- don and England" (1594), written in collaboration with Robert Greene. He died in 1625. LODI, a borough of New Jersey, in Bergen co. It is on the Saddle river, and on the New York, Susquehanna and Western railroad. Its industries in- clude the dyeing of silk and manufac- ture of rubber goods and car equipment. Pop. (1910) 4,138; (1920) 8,175. LODI (lo'de), a town of North Italy; on the Adda, 18 miles from Milan. ^ It has a Romano-Gothic cathedral dating from the 12th century; manufactures of linens, silks, and Majolica porcelain; and a great trade in Parmesan and Strac- chino cheese and wine. Pop. of com- mune, about 28,032. LoDi Vecchio, a ruined village, 4 miles W., was destroyed by the Milanese in 1111-1158. Here Bonaparte, May 10, 1796, forced the long and narrow bridge in the face of a tre- mendous fire from the Austrian batteries.
