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New-York tribune., 1919-03-16
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period than West Point, in spite Of inten-
sivc class work and short terms.
The question naturally will be asked,
"What manner of man is this major
general"
He is slight. erect and every inch d sol
der. A closely cropped mustache half con-
ceas and half discloses the firm lines Of his
mouth. His nose is prominent, but not
unduy so. His eyes interest every one
They are a stecly blue. Sometimes they can
be as cold as steel itself. Sometimes, when in
deep thought, they seem almost wistful. De-
spite his soldierly bearing. General O'Ryan
is mild-mannered, studiously courteous. At
Spartanburg the people we're prepared on
account Of his name, for fighting Irish
man. They found charming gentleman.
When his division received it's overseas
orders the whole city joined in tribute to
him, and this in spite Of the fact that he
had let the business men and others see
his jaws snap like a steel trap, in spite Of
the fact that they had seen the steely CLINT
in his eyes.
The story of his rise to the command Of
a division is almost unparalleled. Certainly
there is nothing like it in the annals of the
National Guard. The close comparison is
that of Captain Pcrshings rise to the rank
of n brigadier through the instrumentalty
of Theodore Roosevelt.
Private O'Ryan, of the Seventh Regiment,
was lover of horsefesh. He rode like a
centaur. 1t seemed as if the lines Of his little
body conformed to those of whatever horse
he rode. For three years he served as
foot soldier hi a1Wavs fho ~ 1,s
early days, when he used to ride the Western
horses that came into Mott Haven, stirred
hopes of the cavalry or of the artillery.
But the cavalry of the National Guard
was in its infancy. The horses were mostly
hired mounts. So with the artillery; and
the artillery was subjected to SO much ridi-
cule that it was seriously considered for
elimination from the state forces.
Captain David Wilson, then in command
of the Second Battery, was tired of seeing
his men make spectacles of themselves as
they rode their hired mounts. He wanted
to teach them something of real horseman-
ship Captain F. N. Gibson, of the Seventh
United States Cavalry. then retired, sug-
gested that young Organ be commissioned
to the vacant second lieutenancy and given
the task Of drilling the artillerymen in
eauitation.
At this time Organ who had been study
ing law and giving his spare moments to
infantry work, knew nothing of the artillery.
Incidentally, it may be remarked that the
same j. r. Organ later wrote a textbook
on the subject) He was offered the COM
mission and he accepted eagerly. He put his
men through such course Of sprouts" as
some ono put it, that they became graceful
riders. and finally they even qualified as
rough riders
In 1904 O'Ryan wac advanced TO the grade
New-York tribune., 1919-03-16
Ruthless in His
Shaping of Force

General Organ went at his task ruth
lessly. Commanding officers found them
selves rendered surplus except i'll so far as
the command Of skeleton organizations was
concerned. Then General Organ carried his
policy still further. He decided that the
men he thought would fail to measure up to
the demands Of actual warfare should not
serve with troops abroad, but should be
forced to give up their commissions. He
announced his readiness to convene efficiency
boards. He called men to his quarters and
gave them the option of going before eff
cheney boards, the standards of which he
would determine. or Of voluntarily resign
ing from the service. Many of them took
the easier method.
Frequently it had been remarked that the
men General O'Ryan chose to hold in their
commands have been able not only to survive
the rgors Of active campaigning but have
won an impershable glory for the National
Guard OF the colonels that went with him
to Camp Wadsworth three have been COM
missoned in the United States army with
the rank of brigadier They are Cornelius
Vanderbilt, George ". Wingate and Charles
I. Debevoise.
In his efficiency tests General Organ was
sometimes spectacular. He would arise bel
fore dawn and, covering his generals stars
with slicker, so that from short distance
he could not be distinguished from an en-i
listed man OF the cavalry, his gold hat cord
seemingly merely yellow, he would enter
mess shacks and discover whether the cooks
were doing their duty. If he found the mess
being prepared in an improper fashion ne
would hold the commanding officer of the
regiment-not of the company sponsible.
The commanding officer of the regiment
could pass the rebuke where it belonged;
but General Organs theory was that the
colonel should see that his men were prop
erly fed and should know if his captains
were lax.
"A negligent captain means a negligent
major, and a negligent major means neg
ligent colonel" was one OF his aXons.
Once when he approached q rles5 shack
before dawn the cook ordered him away with
the statement. "Wesre tired Of giving hand
outs to you cavalry fellows
General Organ could scarcely suppress a
smile, but he snapped his jaws and gave the
command "Attention" There was some
thing in his manner that made the cook
look second time at his hat cord and drop
his cleaver so that he could come TO
proper salute.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-16

4 r OW that the thrill of battle has
NJ gone, now that the achievements
of the 9th Division may be calmly
studied, the figure of the COM
nandcr comes cut into bold relief Back of
the bulldog tenacity, back of the heroism in
the offensive, is seen the guiding hand of
John Francis Organ.
His troops were among the first to be
called into the field, but, by the fortunes Of
war, he was compelled to delay the date of
embarkation until 80 late in the progress of
war that it was freely predicted his men
were like overtrained athletes-stale.
They went TO their training camp at Spar
tanburg, S. c., in September of 1917. 1t
Was we'll along toward summer last year
before his division received its overseas
there had been many camp rumors of orders
20 move. The collapse of each rumor was
calculated to affect the morale Of the men.
But General Organ succeeded in rekind-
Leg their enthusiasm each time, and when
the orders finally came only the strict en-
loinders to secrecy prevented one of the
most remarkable demonstrations that has
ever taken place in an American training
camp.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-16

OF 1IrsJ lieutenant. He remained with the
Second Battery for three years.
1hen his grea. opportunity came. The
first Battery, then commanded by Captain
Louis f. Wendell, and ncknamcd the Ger
man circus became the subject of an nvcsti-
CATION, as result Of which Captain Wendell
was displaced and Lieutenant ORyan was
ordered TO assume the command. He was
told that his assignment probably would not
last any length of time, as the First Battery
undoubtedly would be disbandcd
The coming general resolved that he would
save the organization. He had become in
tensely Interested in artillery He felt that
the state should strengthen instead Of de-
plete its artillery Hrn
New-York tribune., 1919-03-16

and publicly commended him for dischargink
his duty. Then he caused commendatioD
to be written into general order, copy
of which given TO the man who did the
shooting se
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30

day told the meeting of animal special
lists that the kiud of animals n man
raises goes a long way to indicate the
kind of personality and taste he has.
''Of course" said Mr.. jenkins, "it
may work just the other way. That is.
the kind of character n man has may
determine the kind of animals and vcgc-
tables he's destined to grow.
GIVE toured this country fairly OK
tcnsively and have watched the various
types of farmers, and the man who
keeps bees and tho man who cultivatcs
Strawberries invariably doesn't drink.
Go to the livestock exhibitions:
Look at the farmers who hang
around the Holstcin cows. and you II
find them excellent specimens of the
horny listed sons to toll. But take n
walk around to the other side where the
Jerseys are quartcrcd and you'll see the
frock coat high silk hat banker type
of farmer"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
WOMAN GIVES ALARM
OF BRUTAL ROBBERY
Garage EmpIoye, Beaten on
Head, May Have Frac-
tured Skull
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED

Alarm given by a woman motorist
early today led to the discovery of a
brutal hold-up in a North Broad street
garage and the arrest of two men on
suspicion Of participating in the rob-
berry.
The victim of the assault and theft
is Foster Moore, 1915 Rowan street,
Nicetown. He is in st. Luke's Homeo-
pathic Hospital in semi conscious
condition, suffering from injuries about
the head, which physicians say, indi-
cate fractured skull.
~ William Parker. negro. nineteen
years old, of Nineteenth and Panama
streets, and Charles Myers, twenty
two years, Thirteenth and Rush streets,
were held without bail by Magistrate
Pennock for further hearing. Parker
was partially identified by Moore. A
sthird participant in the crime is sought
by the police.
Patrolman Hamilton, Branchtown
station, was accosted near Broad and
Rockland streets about $50 o'clock
this morning by woman in an auto.
who told him man was being attacked
In garage at 1910 North Broad
street. The woman said she had stopped
there to buy oil and had witnessed the
assault. She drove away while Hamil-
ton fastened to the scene.
He found Moore. who is employed at
the garage. lying on the floor, his hands
and feet bound, and an auto duster
tied about his face. His head and body
were bruised and bleeding.
An auto axle, the weapon used, lay
nearby. Moore was unconscious.
Hamilton, after sending the injured
man to the hospital, arrested Parker
and Myers, whom he found in the
neighborhood.
Moore, after partially reviving. told
Detectives Reeves and Graham that he
had been beaten and robbed of S5.64 by
three men, who entered the garage os :
tensibly to purchase gasoline. As he
turned to serve them, he said, he was
struck over the head with the axle.
The identity of the woman who mott :
fed Hamilton is not known to the po-
lice.
l.. r. Baker. 5732 Walnut street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
MAY LEAD DRIVE FOR SOULS
Dr.. G C. Mahy Asked to Direct Pres
hxterlan World Campaign

The Rev. DR.. George Gordon Many,
general secretary of the PRESBYTERIAN
eyangelistic committee, has received an
invitation to take charge Of the united
eyangelistic work of all the Presby
terian and Reformed Church bodies ID
this country and Canada.
The invitation was announced by the
Rev. DR.. William Henry Roberts,
stated clerk of the general assembly,
at a meeting of the Presbyterian evan
relistic committee in the Witherspoon
Building.
Doctor Mahy has taken the call un-
der advisement. If he accepts, he will
outline an evangelistic campaign for
several Presbyterian and Reformed
Church bodies, having an aggregate
membership of 5,0o0,0OO persons. The
churches include the Northern Presby-
terian Church, Southern Presbyterian
Church, United Presbyterian Church,
the Canadian Presbyterian Church and
the three branches of the Reformed
Church.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30

was held up and robbed this morning
by two armed men who leaped from
an automobile at Farragut and Chest
nut streets. They flashed revolvers in
Bakers face and demanded his valu
ables. He was robbed of 50 in money
and watch and chain valued at S2o.
The highwaymen were dressed in 1ur
coats, according to Mr.. Baker.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
SAYS BEE GROWERS
WON'T DRINK BOOZE
Mans Tastes indicated by the
Things He Produces, Sheep
Convention Is Told

10 you raise bees? Yes?
Zen you haven't got taste for boozo
10 m you grow Strawberries? Right?
"en you wouldn't bat an eye at n
"nole flock of ominous July rirsts,
Charles F. Jenkins. of the Arricu,
Cha ITral department of the PHILADELPHIA
Shamoer of Commerce. at the more
sheep More. Wool" convcntion rcst0r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
It TAKES GOOD SOLES
TO Do THIS

George Wentworth, letter carrier
here, has worn pair of shoes with
Neolin Soles four months and two
days. His route is twenty miles day.
This test made at our request, proves
the wearing quality of Neolin Soles to
our satisfaction. From Lothrops-
Farnham Co., Dover, N. H.
Only Ne6lin Soles will stand up
under test like this. People who are
hard on shoes will save money if they
buy them with Ne0lin Soles. These
shoes come in many styles for men,
women and children.
Have Neolin Soles put on your worn
shoes too. Any good repair shop will
apply them. Remember-they are
made by Science to be comfortable and
waterproof, also. Manufactured by The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron,
Ohio, who make Wingfoot Heels
guaranteed to outwear all other heels.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
LEAVES HIS WIFE AS BAIL
barrassment Of Police Judge In
Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Police Judge
Chesebro was most embarrassed. A
woman had been left with him in lieu
of $25 bail, and he did not know what
to do with her.
Walter Lincercum appeared before
the court on a misdemeanor charge.
Judge Chesebro fixed the bail at $25
Lfncercum did not have the $25.
Mrs. Lincercum, who was in court,
had bright idea and whispered to the
Judge. He nodded assent and Lincer-
cum rushed from the courtroom. His
wife remained behind. She was the
bail.
Everybody was happy until p. m.
arrived, and brought no Lincercum.
It was time to close the court. The
Judge looked at his clock and at the
ball..
Then I.incercum rushed in, just as
the court was ordered closed. He had
$25 in real money and walked away
with his wife.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
RAT MENACES HEALTH
Costs the United States $780,
100000 a Year for Support.
Public Health Service Urges That
Measures Be Taken to De-
stroy Them.

Washington.-You pay one-half Of
one cent every day for the support
and sustenance of a brown rat, ac-
cording to figures compiled by the
United States public health service.
There is one rat, at least, for every
person in the United States. This es-
innate is considered conservative, but
comedies with that for Great Britain
and Ireland, and also with authorita-
tive figures for Denmark, France and
Germany. The annual upkeep per ro-
dent was computed by the same au-
thorities as $3.50 in Great Britain,
$1.20 in Denmark, and 81 in France.
The depredations in this country will
very probably exceed the estimate for
Great Britain. One-half a cent day
is considered conservative, but even
on this computation, it costs the Unit
ed States $180OOO,O0O a year to sup
port it's rat population.
1t is because of this terrific economic
loss and the additional fact that rats
are constant menace to the public
health that the public health service
has issued warning to the country to
take the necessary measures to de-
stroy them.
There are three kinds of rats includ-
ed in the survey in this countryside
Norway or brown rat, the black rat,
and Alexandrian rat. The Norway rat,
larger and more ferocious than the
others, has pretty generally killed
them off, and today the black rat
and the Alexandrian rat are seldom
found except in seapOrts.
The brown or Norway rat, since he
discovered America, has literally
blazed trail across the continent.
Today it is conservatively estimated
that there are at least one rat for ev-
cry dweller in the cities, and on the
farm there are at least three rats for
every person. None Of these rats Is
native to the United States.
Of many measures suggested for de-
stroying the rat, the public health serv-
ice advocates one as most effective. 1t
is rat-proofing the buildings so that
rats cannot get in for food, thereby
starving them to death.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
SHOW YANKS AROUND
Y. N. C. A. Conducts Sightseeing
Tours Through France.
BattlefieIds and Castles Of LEADING In.
terest After Paris Has
Been Seen.

Chantilly, France.-The progress of
the sightseeing doughboy through
France, after he gets through with
battle fronts, is from one beautiful
spot to another. Of course. the battle
fronts come first, and the Y. NJ. G. A.
trips to Chateau-Thierry, Belleau
Wood, Rheims, scissors and the Che
min-des-Dames are so popular that the
boys have to draw lots every day for
the coveted free tickets, as only 100
persons can be taken on each trip.
But all the other trips the Y. NJ. G. A.
has arranged for American soldiers
and sailors are studies In beauty and
art and history amid pleasures and
palaces, and the eagerness and in
telligence with which the boys go
on these expeditions is plain evidence
of their essential soundness of heart
and mind.
The first day, as rule, the boys get
aboard the big "Y" sightseeing auto
mobiles and see Paris. Then they 60
by special train, to the palaces. of
Versailles. Fontainebleau, Malmaison
and st. German. Next they come
back to Paris and spend day in the
Louvre. And then those still keen
for palaces are invited to take another
trip to the jewel Of them all, the FL
nous chateau Of the Condos and Mont
morencys at Chantilly.
Thousands of American soldiers have
visited Chantilly this year and have
learned something of a place which
many wealthy tourists overlooked. In
deed, though many Americans visited
Chantilly in years before the war, a
large percentage of them saw only the
race course and never visited the
chateau. Yet many experts hold that
though number Of other museums
outrank it in size, nowhere in the
world-not excepting the Louvre-is
there more exquisite collection OF
objects Of art.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
Sucks Poison From Snake Bite

Colome, S. D.-Heroic action of his
mother in sucking poison injected from
the fangs of a rattlesnake from his
leg, saved the life Of Gaylord Town
send, seven years old, of Mellette
county. The boy was walking with
his parents across the prairie near their
home. when the snake, which had been
concealed in a cluster of weeds, struck
him as he passed. A friend Of the
family lanced the wound causing it
to bleed freely, after which Mrs. Town
send sucked out the poison. The fangs
of the snake struck the boy twice
above the ankle.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
BLIND, HANDS GONE, WRITES
Crippled Soldier Becomes Competent
Typist Through Patient Train -
ing.

London.-Blind and deprived Of both
hands, Sergt. Alan NJ. Nichols Of the
Second Durham light infantry refused
to be classed as an "unemployable,"
and today can write letters as prof.
GENTLY as any normal stenographer.
Nichols restoration to self-support-
ing basis was accomplished through
patient training, specially construct
ed typewriter, pair Of artificial alum
mum hands and his own indomitable
spirit. Recently he passed writing
test of two hours and fifteen minutes,
his copy" necessitating only two cor
rections. s.. II. -...
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
WHISPERS AS OLD AS HE IS
And Former County Auditor in Cali
fornia Is lowering Near the
Eighty Mark.

Santa Ana, Cal.-Who's got the old
est whiskers?
Other towns have entered contest
ants in the race for Oldest hirsute
adornments, but Santa Ana only now
jumps into the fray with set OF
whiskers sixty-one years old. If any
body can beat that, let them come for
ward or forever hold their peace.
The proud possessor of the aged
beard Is J. H. Hall, former auditor OF
Orange county, who is now dividing
his time between Santa Ana and the
East. Captain Hall, a G. A. R. man.
never has shaved, and the whiskers
which now adorn his face are on the
roots Of the "fuzz' which showed up
when he was in his teens.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
UMBRELLA AS BERRY PICKER
BY Ito Aid Long Island Woman Gath
ers Ninety Quarts In
Day.

Sayville, L. Mrs. Margaret Cross
Of Sayville, L. l., went huckleberrying.
She carried an umbrella. Neighbors
asked her If she feared rain, but she
only smiled.
Reaching a spot where the berries
grew thick, she opened it, inverted it
under a bush and shook the bush Wig
orously. The berries fell into the UNI
brella and were easily transferred from
It to Mrs. Cross berry pail.
BY this means she gathered 80
quarts during the day, thereby estab-
fishing a record for one days picking,
it is said. --- 49,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
Eiaht Shots to Kill Mad Dog.

Topeka, KAMA dog-goned hard
Job!' exclaimed Detective Harvey
Williams as he retreated from a sup
posed mad dog" after having emp
tied his revolver at the animal. "Some
dog to KILL" he declared.
Then Hiram Sturm, who lived near
by, arrived on the scene with a re-
volver and billy. He fred three
shots at the dog and finished the job
with the billy. 81,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
Snake Kills Cow,

Waynesborough, Pa.-George Wood
ring, tenant on the Stone farm south
Of Waynesborough, lost a young cow
as the result Of the creature being
bitten by a large copperhead snake.
Notwithstanding that veterinary
surgeon from Waynesborough was
summoned, he could not remove the
effects Of the poison. Copperheads
and rattlesnakes are very plentiful.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
Wants to Change Absurd Name.

New York.-Justice Callahan, in the
supreme court, has reserved decision
in the application Of Leon Abouta
Beekh to change his name to Leon
Atallah. Abouta Beekh said he was
born in Damascus, Syria, February 10,
1877, and has three children. The
name Abouta Beekh, he said, means
father of cooking" and is so absurd
that it has all his life subjected him to
ridicule. He said he wanted to pre-
vent his children from enduring the
same ridicule.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
Sight Large Sea Serpent;
Immune to Bullets.

Reno, Nev.-Doubt not the au-
thenticity of this, for the nation
went dry long since.
Four hunters report a sea SER
pent 25 feet long in Yuramid
Lake, largest fresh water body
west of the Great Lakes. It has
huge fins and serpent's tail,
comes to the surface of the wa
ter and it's hide is impregnable
to bullets.
The hunters who shot the an
imal but who report it dived af-
ter being hit unhurt are J. S.
Neff, Mike Macy, w. J. Neff and
NJ. Gent. They were camping on
The shore of the lake when the
monster was first sighted, they
said.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
Burn Home When Trying
to Exterminate Squirrel.

Chico, Cal.-FullNp prepared to
write a testimonial to the de-
stroying qualities of a squirrel
exterminator, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
Hurspeth here mourn the loss
of their home today.
Here's how it happened:
A squirrel had tunneled under
their home and the exterminator
was purchased. 1t was poured
into the hole, but it was an in
|, flammable liquid. AM oil tank
and smudge pots caught fire
and the house burned to the
ground.
It is not known what happened
to the squirrel.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04

rutn1shed IN TUNED oak or mahogany Double spring
motor Finch turntabe: plays records
ing made to play all disc records fully
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04

A beautiful period style, built en-
tirely of selected American walnut:
suite, comprised Of good size dress.
or of pretty design with full size
bed, and chifforette chest of draw
ers as shown. A rare value indeed,
compared to present day valuations.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04
Bathes in Well; Reeains Sight.

London.-Almost blind since Sep
TENDER, 1915, Joseph Culshaw, ex-sol-
der, bathed several times in st. Wini-
fred's well, North Wales, and has re-
covered his sight, he says.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-10-04

For hundreds of years the Nile
floods have not varied ten days In
their arrival.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-26

DWELLING. l2 rooms. 2L acres of land.
garage, stable, fruit, shade: fine location
for public garage or teahouse on main
automobile road to Camp Dix; rental $50 or
sale; photograph at office; will sell on lib
eral terms. Lombard 30lS
w, s. JACKSON, 5Gl-585 DreXel Building.