Show LANCASHIRE IS GIVING I LONDON SEVERAL MAYORS LONDON Oct 9 Sir Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield Kt who h has s been elected lord mayor of ot London and who will take oath of office on November November November No No- vember 8 Is the third native of Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire Lan Lan- in succession to be lord mayor and he will be succeeded next year by another In the person of Sir William Dunn With rare exceptions the post is never held but one year and there has been no exception for thirty years Sir Charles is a self made man as the tile term is used in the United States has built up a large business in lubricants and is known to hav have considerable wealth Indeed that is almost a necessary adjunct for al alI although although al- al though the salary of lord mayor is I a year the term in the Mansion Mansion Mansion Man Man- sion House calls for an outlay said to be much larger than that He was born in Liverpool two fifty-two years ago and his whole business life has been devoted to the oil business business' His company has recently erected on on Cheapside an imposing business building Wakefield house where his office is located a block above St. St whose accordIng according accord accord- Mary Bows bells ing to tradition were said to call Dick Whittington to be thrice lord mayor of London and only a few minutes' minutes walk from the the Mansion House and the Guildhall JI the centers of the functions in which the lord mayor nayor participates s and to and ld fro rides in his celebrated coach which is still sUlI one of the sights of the city His home is at Kent In where he has collected a notable gallery gallery gal gal- lery of famous pain paintings and prints I and where he spends all his his' leisure time with Lady Wakefield and his adopted daughter of 16 He has made several trips to different parts of the United States and has traveled all allover allover allover over the world He was chosen sheriff in 1907 an alderman in 1908 and is a devoted supporter o of w which pla plays such an Important part In the civic life of ot the city He is a member of no less than nine of the wealthy companies companies com corn I and on the court of four of them His parent guild is the Haberdashers Haberdashers Haberdashers Haber Haber- dashers and he lie is the master of the a company that never before gave a I- lord mayor to the city |