HITCHCOCK,GILBERTMONELL Amer ican politician, was born at Omaha, Neb., on Sept. 18, 1859. He was educated at Omaha and Baden-Baden (Germany), and the law school of the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and practised law in Omaha for four years. In 1885 he founded the Omaha Evening World, and four years later bought the Omaha Morning Herald, combining the two papers into The World-Herald. He was representative in Congress 1903 05 and 1907–I1. He was elected United States Senator as a Demo crat for the terms 191I-17 and 1917-23. In 1917 he supported the resolution for a declaration of war against Germany, and in 1918 became chairman of the Senate committee on foreign rela tions. When President Wilson submitted to the Senate the Treaty of Versailles, Senator Hitchcock led the administration forces ir, favour of the League of Nations.