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PALMBLAD 93 PALMER 22' 6" N., Ion. V 44' 15" W. There is a lighthouse with a fixed light, and the adjacent harbor is the only one between Sierra Leone and Benin. PALMBLAD, VILHELM FREBBIK, a Swedish historian; born in Liljested, East Gothland, Dec. 16, 1788. He stud- ied at Upsala, and became Professor of Greek in the same university in 1835. Among his works are the "Biographical Dictionary" (23 vols. 1835-1859) and the hi?:torical novel "Aurora Konigsmark" (1847). He died Sept. 2, 1852. PALMER, a town of Massachusetts, which includes several villages, in Hamp- den CO. It is on the Chicopee river, and on the Central Vermont and the Boston and Albany railroads. Its industries in- clude cotton goods, foundry and machine- shop products, carpets, wire, etc. It has a public library, and a Y. M. C. A. build- ing. It is the seat of the Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics. Pop. (1910) 8,610; (1920) 9,896. PALMER. A. MITCHELL, Attorney- General of the United States. Born in Pennsylvania in 1872; graduated from Swarthmore College in 1891. Admitted to A. MITCHELL PALMER the bar in 1893, and practiced law in his home town of Stroudsburg, Pa. In 1909 he was elected Congressman on the Dem- ocratic ticket from the 26th Pennsyl- vania District, and held that office un- voi. vn— cfc til 1915. On the outbreak of war with Germany President Wilson appointed Palmer Alien Property Custodian, an office which he held until he resigned to become Attorney-General of the United States in ii7l9. During the major part of his term as Attorney-General he has been occupied in investigating and halt- ing the various "Red" activities in the United States. Attorney-General Palm- er directed the fight made by the Gov- ernment to reduce the high cost of liv- ing by prosecuting profiteering wherever it showed itself. When the coal miners struck in 1919 the Attorney-General had the United States Court at Indianapolis issue an injunction compelling the strike leaders to recall their order. This ac- tion was bitterly assailed by the leaders of the American Federation of Labor and by union men generally. Early in 1920 Mr. Palmer announced himself a candidate for the Democratic nomina- tion for President to succeed President Wilson, but failed of nomination. PALMER, ALICE FREEMAN (1855- 1902). An American educator and a leader in the movement for the higher education of women. Born in New York State, she graduated from the Uni- versity of Michigan in 1876. After teaching in the schools of Wisconsin and Michigan, in 1879 she became professor of history in Wellesley College and three years later became president. Under her leadership Wellesley attained the front rank of women's colleges in Amer- ica. In 1887 she married George Her- bert Palmer, a professor in Harvard University. From 1892 until her death ten years later she was associated in a non-resident capacity with the Univer- sity of Chicago. PALMER, FREDERICK, an Amer- ican newspaper correspondent and writ- er, bom at Pleasantville, Fa., in 1873. Graduated from Allegheny College in 1893, he engaged at once in newspaper work. He was for several years Lon- don correspondent and in 1897 was cor- respondent for several papers in the Greek War. He was in the Philippines in 1897-1898 and accompanied the expe- dition for the relief of Peking in 1900. He took part in the Russo-Japanese War for several papers. Following this he accompanied the forces to the Balkan War, in 1912, having in the meantime carried on investigations in Central America. He was a credited correspond- ent of the American Press with the British Army and Fleet, serving in 1914 and 1916. He was appointed official re- porter with the American Expeditionary Forces with the rank of major in 1917,