New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
.HE name of Orion, sometimes called
Organ by mistake, is in the ascen-
dant in the quaint town Of Ponta Del

dant in the quaint town Of Ponta Del
gada. St. Michaels, one Of the
nine islands that make the Azores. Orion
is the name of some dozens of rising sons,
who in answering to it are not paying the
respects Of their fathers to the constea-
ton which shines in the night sky, but are
perpetuatng the gratitude of Ponta Delgada
for what an American ship did for it during
the World War
Of all the Orions, who at this time
changing from short dresses to trousers little
Orion Almeida Matos is the most accurate
memorial to- the United States collier Orion,
for he born exactly in the hour when a
German submarine, not reckoning on the
presence of the collier Orion, fired shot at
Ponta Delgada and missed. Whereat the
American collier, under the command of
Lieutenant Bosche, opened on the submarine,
and chased it out to sea. This was July
4, 1917, and because of the Golfers action
independence Day now has special sgnf-
canoe on the small island which breaks the
ocean surges nearly thousand miles from
any continent.
How fortunate that Orion was the name of
the American vessel and not New Jersey, or
Brooklyn, or Indiana! Orion is just the right
of the cafe where Manuel 1gnacio Cabral the
proprietor, welcomes with bottle Of Madeira
every thirsty American visitor, and is es-
pecay cordial toward the crews of the many
American ships who since prohibition find it
necessary to put in at Ponta Delgada for
supplies.
Another American name as dear as Orion
to the hearts of Ponta Delgadas appreciatvc
~.
Dunn, who was in charge of the American
naval base in the islands, during the war.
Admiral Dunn, Boston man, who retired
from the navy April Is, being seventy
years old, is commemorated in the Largo
Almirante Dunn, public square, on which his
former headquarters looked and also in
the Rua Dunn, one of the busiest of the
streets which twist their way between houses
pink, green, yellow and blue
"Admiral Dunn according to DR.. Jose
Bruno, newspaper editor of the town, "was
a public benefactor from January 20, 1918
to May, 1919, when through arches of flowers
and cheering popuace he rode down to the
ship which carried him back to America. His
entire administration benefited Ponta Del
gada, and he made many personal donations to
our charities. The things for which we are
chiefly grateful, however, had to do with
the relief of Ponta Delgada at time when
the submarine terror reduced imports and
caused real restitution
when Admiral Dunn arrived we were
without bread. He communicated at once
with Washington, and secured for US all the
wheat that we required. 1t was carried in
American vessels, without the exaction of any
duty, and it provided Subsistence until the
next harvest. Also in the fail of 1918, when
Ponta Delgada afflicted with Spanish in
fuenza, Admiral Dunn provided gasoline for
the physicians to use in running their motor
cars and kerosene for the boiling of water
Two thousand died in population of 120,-
GOO, but except for this service by Admiral
Dunn, and others like it, the death rate prob
ably would have been far higher'
DR.. Bruno, it should be said, is SO much
celebrity in his community that his progress
through the streets in an open carriage is
just succession of smiles and bows Never
in America, he has dined with Admiral Sims
in London, has been the guest Of. notables
there and in Paris, and from his isolated home