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Gerry (PETER GOELET a United States)

PETER GOELET, a United States Senator, born in New York, 1879; graduated from Harvard, 1901; began a law practice, 1906, in Providence, R. I.; was a member of the Representative Council of Newport, R. I., 1912; delegate to the National Democratic Conventions of 1912 and 1916. He was elected to Congress from the 2d R. I. District for the term 1913-1915, and to the United States Senate for for the term 1917-1923.

GERS (zhar), a department in S.

W. France, separated by Landes from the Bay of Biscay; area, 2,425 square miles; capital, Auch. There are parallel lines of hills in the S., separated by fan-shaped valleys which expand as they extend toward the plains in the N. The Gers and other principal rivers are tributaries of the Garonne and Adour.

One-half of the surface is devoted to agriculture, and nearly a sixth to vineyards. Wine is produced in considerable quantity; a great part of it being converted into Armagnac brandy. Pop. about 222,000.