The sun., 1918-10-29
'M'ADOO'S NEPHEW
DIES FROM WOUNDS
Lieut.. James s. 0'Neale, Jr., of
New York Hit When Co
ing Over the Top.
CAPT. LANDON MISSING
Fate Reported of Other Ameri-
can Officers Whose Homes
Are Near City.

/
James Saunders o'Neale. Jr.. Is reported
; from Franco. He was a Lieutenant OF
cavalry. although serving in the infan-
try. Lieut. o'Neale was graduated from
Columbia University in 1916. in which
year he was pitcher on the Columbia
varsity baseball team. He was promi-
nent in tennis and ranked in tho second
ten in 1917. when no defeated one of the
first ten men in sensational match
Lieut. O'Neale was connected with the
sports department of the New York
Tribune during the summer Of 1917.
The report that he had been wounded
vas received about i've weeks ago. He
wrote cheerful letter home TO his wife.
I who lives at $50 West 1soth street, tell
Ing of the wound he had received while
going over the top. The young officer
/ was nephew OF Secretary McAdoo Of
the Treasury Department and Director
Of Railroads.
Capt. Horace 2. Landon. Company B,
| lOlst Engineers. Is missing in action.
He Is the son OF Sealand w. Landon,
acting principal Of the Bordcntown. N. j.,
| Military Institute, OF which the officer
| IL graduate. Capt Landon was a
member of the First Massachusetts Ca
| Diet Corps and entered the service when
this organization was mustered into
Federal service. A younger brother
Capt s. Whitney Jandon. Jr.. Is I'm
| France as adjutant Second Battalion
Trench Artillery.
Lieut.. Ernest Heller Of the aviation
section of the Signal Corps died at n
| base hospital at Toulouse, France, Sep
TENDER % from injuries received in a
, fall from an aeroplane. He was the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Heller OF Jersey
| City.
Lieut.. O'Leary in Prison Camp.
| Lieut.. David OI4eary of East Setau-
ket, L. l., reported missing on Septem-
bcr IS. has been located in a German
Frlson camp. lie is a member of squad
| ron 20. Canadian Royal Air Force. and
! while on patrol duty got caught In a
| rainstorm which made his return i'm
possible. His commanding officer Major
{. II. Dixon. advised his parents he had
every hope that the Lieutenant had been
| taken prisoner and suggested that APP
| plication be made to the International
| Red Cross. Geneva, for further informa-
/ ton.
Lieut.. Romano Shepard OF the law
| firm of Jones, Mckinney & Steinbrlnk
| Brooklyn, whose wife lives at 2I3 JEFF
ferson avenue. Brooklyn. is reported TO
have died Of wounds. He was the son
OF the late Frederick Shepard Of Pots
| dam, ~ Y. He was commissioned
| Second Lieutenant at the Second Officers
j Training Camp at Plattsburg and as
signed TO the Headquarters Company,
3lsth Infantry, at Camp Meade. Mary
! land. While on a furlough last fall he
| married Miss Lillian Wilson.
Lieut. Henry Merz. for twenty years n
| clerk In the jefferson Market Court. who
| enlisted in the old Sevonty-first. has
been wounded in action while serving
in tho lo5th Infantry in France. In
| Cablegram TO his wife in this city
| he stated that he had been wounded
J In the arm and is now recovering in
a hospital in London.
Corporal Albert J. Hahn son Of tho
! owner Of the Bay View Hotel. Sleeps
| head Bay. n graduate OF Peekskill Min
! tary Academy, member Of Company \.
kS0eth Infantry. was Eassed on Septem-
| Der %
Private Edward A. Collins. son Of Mrs.
| Catherine Collins of 555 West Fifty
| third street, OF the machine gun com
| account OF himself before he was Killed
! IN action In letter written to his
| mother two days before he was killed
| Private Collins said tina: he and his
| comrades had Just cleaned up couple
| Of hundred Prussian soldiers who were
connected with the heaviest PrusSian
artillery.
John Stewart OF Helena. Mon. n
Knights OF Columbus secretary In charge
OF truck and It's supplies. has been
eassed while trying 20 keep IN contact
with the American soldiers as they move
towRrl Berlin He was aiding a
wounded American soldier Mt the time
Peculiar condolences mark the recent
of the report If the death Of Private
William + Conwcll. Company NJ Tooth
Infantry, On the dpy that tho despatch
from the War Department reached his
home. 3oc2 Fort Hamilton Parkway,
brooklyn, hts mother, Mrs Mary T.
Conwrll, died Of pneumonia. uu the
same day that lie is supposed 10 have
died ~ wounds on September IS, Fri
| va;e Conweil wrote n letter I'm which he
did not make any mention OF having
| been wounded and this causes the re-
naming members Of the family TO be-
lieve that some mistake has been mad"
Private Phi,ip p. Grey, e. Company
: T., 1921 Field Artillery, saw despatch
bearer Killed and volunteered 10 take
his place. lie was wounded In the
effort and died on September % His
brother, Sergeant Frank Grey OF the
SeVenty-fourth Infantry. has been in
yalided home after service in France
The father Of the two soldiers. who was
n marine engineer, living al i53 Forty
u nth street, Brooklyn, wag i'll when the
report Of his sons death was received
He died three days later