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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-08-07

move, because Tiensin was long dis
lance away and it would take a mile
of carts to transport these foreign
ers to that city of refuge through a
thickly populated country where the
Boxers were having it all their own
way They urged that it meant death
TO them all Baron Won Kettler, who
represented the German government,
took it upon himself. brave man that
he was. to visit alone the Chinese Of
ficials to see if he could not have the
order rescinded. On his way to the
foreign office he was murdered by i'm
perial soldiers. So his life saved the
others. But the indemnity of $780,
100000 demanded for his death, was
demanded four years after the cession
of Shantung to Germany"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-08-07
Death of Baby Sweeney

James, aged seven months, the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Sweeney
of Baltimore, died at the home of Mrs.
Sweeney's parents in OAKLAND, Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Hart. on Tuesday
morning at three o'clock after an i'll
ness of week. The remains of the
little one were taken to Baltimore
last night for interment. Mrs. Sweeney
came to Oakland several weeks ago to
visit her parents, intending to remain
during the summer and while here the
little one was taken i'll. its death re-
sulting as above stated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-08-07

Situated on the corner of Main and
Water streets; house contains eight
rooms with bath: electric light and
gas throughout; good cellar and plen-
ty of garden space Will sen, for cash
or terms to suit. Address ]. A. White,
Uniontown, Pa, or Thayne White,
Oakland. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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Notice to the Public.

Notice is hereby given that l will
not be responsible for any debts con-
tracted in my name by any member
of my family. FRANK GRIFFITH.
advertisement. 3t%
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-08-07
Lawn Fete SATURDAY..

The McHenry Junior Home Makers
Club will hold lawn fete in the Nc
Lean grove at McHenry on Saturday
of this week. when the patronage of
the public is requested.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-08-07
Festival.

A festival. for the benefit of the
Sunnyside base ball team, will be held
at that place on Saturday. August 9.
Everybody invited to attend and en-
JOY the evening and take their friends
with them. COMMITTEE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-08-07

Business Meeting of Municipal Band.
This evening at the band room, City
Hall, business meeting of that or
ganization will be held. at which all
members are urgently requested to
be present H. LAUER. President.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-08-07

Eos Sale-One brood Sow. Apply
to T. B. DOMAIN, Mt. Lake Park.-Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-08-07

Miss Grace Jones gave a luncheon
to number of her fyiends Tuesday
morning.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

until the fight was over, and then. hav-
ing taken the precaution to include in
ms lmpedimenta large first aid kit,
opening his own hospital on the
ground he had assisted in capturing.
In considering the achievements of
the 9th the important fact is to be
borne in mind that it was the only di-
vision in the American Expeditionary
Force which was taken out and brought
back and remained throughout the
war under command of the same Off
cer-Major General John L. O'Ryan.
The high compliment thus paid to the
9th and it's commander gets added
force when it Is recalled how other
general officers were shifted about
from Great Headquarters and how
commands were split up and moved
about and had their identity absolute
ly destroyed in the mutations of the
service.
The 9th went out and came back
as the 9th, gloriously the worse for
wear, but under its old commanders
And in the meantime, these other in
cldental distinctions were added to the
divisions credit: Its three brigade
commanders, Brigader Generals Van
derbilt, Wingate and DeBevoise. all
rose from its ranks; from the 9th
Division, which in peace times was the
old New York State Guard, there were
formed these additional commands for
service overseas:
The sth, 9th and 18th regiments of
coast artillery, which became heavy
artillery when equipped for service in
France; the famous Goth, which be-
came the 165th of the line in the Rain
bow Division of historic memory;
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
The Civilians Who Wrote an Epic in Fran
Banker, Newsboy, CIubman and
Clerk Fused i'm the Rank and
File of ''New YOrk's Own"

that in which the soldier took French
leave. And II was SO ordered.
Here Is Colonel kincad. also, M type
Of what the 9th contains. Lawyer.
legislator. one time member Of the
Thompson investigation committee
which had the ears Of New York for
"A spell few years ago. fine, up
standing fellow, as good a soldier now
rs he WAS n Senator--as able a fighter
as he was an advocate another of the
type which went direct from law to
the Hindenburg line with ease, dis
patch and distinction.
And with politics and politicians in
mind, many New Workers will recall
Percy Nagel, onetime Street Cleaning
Commissioner of New York, Tammany
district leader, typical New Yorker
Nage is tifty-siX years old, if he will
pardon the allusion, though it is men
toned to give point to his gallant con-
duct. AT that age he had reached the
rank of lieutenant colonel in the
Guard, but he was too old to go along.
So he enlisted as private. Even then
special permission had to be secured
from Washington to muster him in. He
enlisted as a private and joined the
ammunition train of the 1920; was
promoted on the field for gallantry and
is a major now.
The legislator as soldier appears
again in the person of Lieutenant
Colonel j. Mayhem Wainwright, in
spector general of the division. Be-
fore he got into action in France he
was the author of the workmen's com
pensation law of New York, and he en-
joys more than statewide fame as
farsighted statesman and Republican
leader.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
General Okyans Tribute to The Fallen

n this time when the people of New York are accam;no
the returning American soldiers and more parcularlv
the returning soldiers Of their division seems ;ng t
make clear the TACT that much Of the accomplishment Of the
American Army whole and of our own division was
made possible by the gaantry and determination of those
who are not returning Most of the officers and men o M
division who did return with It were either k;ad II 4;
died or wounds badly injured gasscd that thcv
were evacuated to hospitals and returned or arc still TO he
returned as casuas Some OF the gallant acts performed
by our mcnac having tho greatest influence on the local
COMBAT situation 81 the moment performed by those in
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Lawyers, Legislators,
Engineers and Artists

Passing from legislation to engineer
ing the name of Major Thomas Grim
Minis, son of John ID. Crimmins, one of
the builders of the original New York
subway, appears as among the distin-
guished members of the division. Pro-
ceeding along into the arts, so well
known an artist as William Breck was
glad to serve as a corporal in one of
the units Of the 9th. In banking,
Lieutenant Joe Seligman. son of Isaac
N. Scligman. did his bit bravcly. And
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sd. son Of tho
brjgadier general, was content to serve
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Casey Gets Into
Another Big Show

Happy once more, Casey on the 17th
got into another "show" and emerged
grlnning, with a wound-with which 20
pacify "Dad" back home, we have no
doubt. Ultimately, "Spot" Casey landed
IN an English hospital And then it
was suddenly discovered that he was
a. W. o. L." But something has been
SAID about the spirit of the 9th and
Jack" Organs care of his men. It
was a knotty problem-recalling the
case of the French soldier in Victor
Hugo's novel, who permitted cannon
to break loose from it's fastenings on
a ships deck in a rolling sea. By a
display of rare courage he recaptured
the gun, whereupon his commanding
officer gave him the Legion of Honor
Tor his bravery and had him hanged
to yard arm for his original neglect.
Spot Casey had Colonel J. Leslie
kincald, judge advocate of the divi
sion, on his side, however, and Kin
cald, in good New York lawyer fashion.
hXed 1T up in a letter to Pershng
which merely asks the transfer of Pri-
vate spot Casey from the 35th to the
9th Division as of a date preceding
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

'e class referred to- Unfortunately they cannot march with
inc oVs'on and many of them denied the pleasure of
INC homecoming The surviving officers and men Of tb
DIVISION recognize the played by comrades and
explains our concern for those of them have survived and
that the families of the deceased soldiers should r l
eoucs'es as will help to tighten the burden of their adnes
pcca honor then to tho memory of the soldiers Of the
z/h Division and all the American soldiers who so gaan
s ne Ves Tor the cause OF their country Special honor
'a well TO the soldiers who willing to give their lives but
whose lot it to suffer injuries which rendered. f,
service impossible
MAJOR GENERAL IOEIN T. ORYAN
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Scions of Aristocracy
And the Sons of Toll

Sandwiched among these. living with
them as pals, fighting with them sboul-
der to shoulder, one may mention An.
gust Flannery, the former telephone
exchange boy at the Racquet Club. and
Privates Herlin and Olson. vrestlers
from Brooklyn, together with "Jimn
McTiernan, old armory orderly. and
Charles Baker, Lieutenant Colonel
GARDENERS orderly, who used to do tho
handy work about the squadron bar.
racks in the old times. together with
Billy Mack the cook.
Every line of activity in civil lits
represented, it will be seen. Leaders
of thought, captains Of industry-the
bench, the bar. the stage. Literature,
medicine. Each man giving his hest
to the aggregate glory Of all.
And all together they became the
fighting unit that they were.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

lght raid on the enemy trenches, and
with squad of his comrades, this
hTrendous deserter brought in twenty
eight prisoners with only one casualty.
For this achievement "Spot" was
cited in the orders Of the day, the cita-
ton sort of balancing the "a. w. o.
H. which was entered against his
record somewhere else in France.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Man in the Street
Becomes a Soldier

They went into the ranks hetero-
gencous mob of citizens. They
emerged on the plains of France and
Flanders one of the finest bodies of
soldiers the world has ever seen.
Casting their martial epic in Roose-
veltian measure, they "Hit the line
hard.'
How explain it, this transformation
into warriors of a legion of peaceful
citizens?
A staff officer of the 9th says:
Leadership, discipline, esprit de
corps. We had in Jack Organ a COM
mander who was q soldier himself to
begin with and knew how to make SOL
diers out of other men. He worked.
He took personal interest in the men,
saw that their wants were attended to,
paid attention to the individual, in
spired in each man purpose to make
the 9th Division the best in the Amer
lean Expeditionary Force and was
never satisfied with what had been
accomplished. He made each man
down to the lowest private feel he had
Q personal interest in the success Of
the division. And what is more i'm
portant than anything else, when there
was a Show on, Major General Jack,
with his coat off, was always there,
taking az many chances as any one
e1se.'
In the old days Of Squadron A,
which, when war came, was deprived of
its blooded mounts and merged with
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

kkvU%HE war is oyerl" cried the
German prisoners who were
brought into the American
dugouts on that afternoon Of Sep
tember 20, 1913, after tho 9th had
eonc through tho ilndenburg line.
"If you can go through that line We
have nothing more to put up against
you"
Who were these men of the 9th?
"Shopkeepers Sure. And butch
ers and bakers and carpenters and
iron founders, street sweepers, cops,
tiremcn, bankers, brokers, drygoods
merchants, lawyers, gentlemen of leis-
ure, millionaires, bartenders, society
leaders, newsboys, actors, prizefight-
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

Colonel "Bill' Haywood's ncompar-
able Fighting 10Th Infantry, and the
lst, 10th, 18th, 14th, 47th, list and
74th regiments, which went out as
pioneer commands. And finally it fell
to the lot of the eth, without impair
ing its pristine strength, to furnish
10 the outside commands Of the army
under Pershing round total Of 5000
of1cers who graduated from its ranks
Leaders Drawn From
Hundreds of Fields
What manner of men we're thcv
these diversified elements from civil
lie who sank their individuality in a
vast hghtlng machine, who combined
their brain and man power in a com
pact mass and, leaving behind them
homes, friends, business interests. sac
r1hced lives of case and comfort and
plenty Tor the hardships of warfare
TO keep rendezvous with death ?"
The roster shows leaders from q
hundred fields. Organ, LAWYER;
brIgadler General DeBevoise from
commercial ranks, Brigader General
Wlngate from the law, Brigadicr Gen
cral Cornelius Vanderbilt-third of
the brlgadiers, all of them colonels
when the United States entered the
war--a millionaire; yet that term
doesn't fifty describe the former com
mander of the 22d Engineers.
Vanderbilt and "Spot" Casey
A Parallel Appears
Compare now Vanderbilt, of Fifth
Avenue, with "Spot" Casey, of SYRIA
cusc r. locomotive fireman and local
puglllst. There is no record of anv
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

descrtions from the 9th Di-
vision during the war. The record
does show several cases of desertion
to the 9th, however, and
"Spot" Casey's case is one of them.
Spot went out proudly with the
27th, but on landing in France
found himself suddenly trans
ferrcd to the 35th Engineers,
in another division; and what was
worse, when the 9th got into
action with the British troops
Spot" with infinite disgust, con-
templated himself running sawmill
far behind the lines.
IF my dad knew | was sawin, LOGS
while the other guys are hghtine.o he
mused, he'd kick in my slats'
"Spot" Casey Takes
French Leave
lie applied for transfer back to the
2fth, and he was turned down
lhereupon fear OF the patcrnal dis
pleasure proved more potential forco
than the United States Army rcru)a-
tions, and, being in France. he took
French leave and was promptly entered
upon the records as "a. w. O. L.
absent without official leave-a no1ito
designation Of dcsertion.
spot Casey was deserting in the
right direction, however. He hiked i
Tor the front, got there, located his
old command and, in the confusion
rcJoined the 9th Division. Tboro is
certain suspicion that his old officers
or the 1oSth Regiment didn't question
MN too closely about his sudden roam.
pearancc Anyhow, on October IA
casey volunteered for service in y d.v.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
How Democracy Moulded Its
Citizens of All Classes Into
"a Fighting Machine

tho 1obth Machine Gun Battalion,
"Jim" MeTIernnn looked after ths
rooms Of tho troop members at the
armory. "CharIcy" Baker did chores
about the place and "BIlly" Mock
served up the meals on festive nights
In barracks.
With the outbreak of war Baker
went out with the troop as an enlisted
man on terms of absolute equality. lie
did more than that. He carried with
him his two sons-Willic, who got a
corporal's rating over many of the
older members of the troop, and Nor
man, who, as transport driver, earned
his own niche in the annals Of Squad
ron A.
McTiernan, too, went to the line
abreast of the boys he formerly ca
tered to as servitor, and back of the
line, but not SO far back that he wasn't
always at hand, "Billy" Mock con
tinued to serve out the eats to the
famished doughboys of the squadron.
And, take it from Lieutenant "Teddy"
Crane, society man, horse show dew
otee and first class judge of classy
dogs, there aren't three finer fellows
in the world than "Jim' McTiernan,
"Charley" Baker and "Billy" Mock, not
neglecting a distinguished mention for
Jim's two gallant sons.
Class Distinction
Goes by the Board
That was the spirit which charac-
terlzed the division and made it great
All class distinction went by the board.
1t was the personal equation-the mat
ter Of personnel-which gave the 27th
its swing, the camaradcrie of club
man with coal HEAVIER, of prizefghter
with society leader, the welding into a
compact body-to make good-of every
element that makes up diversified life
in the Empire State which made them
what they became, and the glory of it
Is ours.
Major General O'Ryan himself is
lawyer when he isn't adjusting larger
controversies at the head of his troops.
And In the medical line. Lieutenant Ed
ward s. Munson, one Of New York's
noted eye specialists, scorncd hospital
work and went over the top with the
men in the line, fighting like bcarcat
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Late Vicc-President
Sherman's Son in Line

Another well known figure in a
division is Lieutenant Colonel Tbou,"
Sherman, son of the late Vice.p,s''
dent of the United States. Tho osoa.
railroad systems of the country ,vss'
represented in its personnel hv IT,.
tenant Colonel James Tabor Ioroo
OF the president of the Delaware =
Hudson Railroad, and himself sna.S y
intendent of that line, whom Cerss,,
Pershing took from the division ana
made chief quartermaster of tbo so.s @
Division. Colonel Loree has had ,n.~
citations for excellent work in conno.
ton with transportation, and has h.a.
wounded once.
Army traditions were upheld IN ~.
presence on General O'Ryan's STAFF =,
Lieutenant Colonel u. II. Scott CON =.
Major General Hugh Scott. forma.
chief of staff. Again Wall Street snS.
presentation in Major J. Aucus,ns
Barnard, of the Stock Exchange firm Of
Dominick &; Dominick.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

as a ehaffeur for General o'Rya0. =.
WAS u good one. 'as
One might wonder where a..,
old and rare books would At !u,s s' y !
army yet Captain Martin y. Drsl.
Company T., io7th, deals In sues l'' .
ticles in peace time and served csl.s' "
~ at the head of his company thros.a sas
out the war. 'ss'
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Vanderbilt and "Spot" Casey
A Parallel Appears

Compare now Vanderbilt of Fifth
Avenue, with spot Casey, of SYRIA
cusc -- locomotive fireman and local
pugilist. There is no record of anv
New-York tribune., 1919-08-10
New Course Started for
Freshmen at Columbia
Study of Contemporary Civili-
zation Required of All
Who Matriculatc

Freshmen entering Columbia this
fall will be required to take
course in contemporary civilization.
This, it was announced yesterday at
the university, will replace the for
merly required courses in history and
philosophy, and classes will meet five
times week to study current mora, :,
political, industrial and educational
problems and their solutions.
The innovation is regarded by the
authorities at Columbia as one of the
most important recently made in the
curriculum. A committee including
DR.. A L. Jones, Professors B. B. Ken
drick, Fl. Z. McBain and H. B. Mitchell
has prepared, in collaboration with
Professor John J. Cosa and a number
Of other instructors, syllabus Of the
new course which soon will be issued.
"The aim of the course" says an an
nouncement issued from the Office of
Frank D. Fackenthal, secretary of the
university, is to inform the student Of
the more outstanding and influential
factors Of his physical and social en-
vironment
"The great events Of the last cen
tury in the history of the countries
now more closely linked in interna-
tional relations, are reviewed and the
moro insistent problems, internal and
international, which they are now fac
ing, are given detailed consideration.
BY thus giving the student, early in his
college course, objective material on
which to base his own judgments, it is
thought he will be aided in an intel
ligent participation in tho civilization
of his own day"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-10
Drys Are Blamed by
Nugent for Unrest
acknowledgement
Cubernatorial Candidate in
New Jersey Says 'Cow-
ardly Congress- Was Co
creed Into Prohibition

SEA GIRT, N. j., Aug. s.-"Temperance
is civilization; prohibition is tyranny"
said James R. Nugent, Democratic can
didate for the gubernatorial nomination
in opening his campaign in this county
to-day. The Essex County leader told
several hundred members Of the Sea-
coast Democratic League that the great
labor unrest in the country was to be
laid at the door Of the Anti-Saloon
League, which took advantage of the
patriotism of the American troops who
were fighting in France to coerce a
Congress Of towards" into the enact
ment of the dry law.
Civil War on ~Drys"
IF am elected Governor" he said,
II shall call into service all the powers
and all the resources of our sovereign
state to defeat prohibition, because l
believe it is abortive and is not con-
ducive to good citizenship, and be-
cause | know that no Jerseyman will
admit that the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence was written in vain"
He told his hearers the Republican
and Democratic candidates who. said
that prohibition was not state issue
this year were sidestepping it and try
ing to camoufage the paramount issue
OF the day." The election, he said |,
New-York tribune., 1919-08-10
Pershingg g Reports
as Casualties From
City and Vicinity
Corrections of Previous
Statements Show Men
Accounted For Thought
Killed, Hurt or Missing

WASHINGTON, Aug. e.-The follow
ing casualties are reported by the com
manding general of the American Ex
peditionary Force:
,. Ruled in action, 1: died from wound.
9ie9 @ from accident and other causes -
u'eu o1 disease. g.; wounded severely.
wounded tdegrce undetermined. 5 wo,,rde,
slightly. 49, Total. AS
NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY
Died From Accident and Other c.uses
Names from New York and vicinity
follow: y
WESCOTT, ]. H.. private, Minerva. N Y
Wounded degree Undetermined)
FAIRY, Robert E., sergeant. Bradlev
Beach ~ J. - auieS
DmFFY Q. F.. private, wellsville, N. Y
STEWART. B. c., private, Corning, N. Y
CURRENT CASUALTIES
Died From Accident and Other Causes
klMBA1.L, Raymond R.. sergeant Bl ON.
field. N. j. VII
Changes in Status
The following cabled corrections are
issued as an appendix to the regular
casualty lists:
Returned to Duty, Previously Reported
SCHOLES. Herbert NJ, private. Ne1ya rk
n. j. a.
Killed in Action, Previously Reported
Missing in Action
YUSWIAK, Charles, private. Perth