Evening star., 1931-12-31
OULAHAN FUNERAL
SET FOR SATURDAY
Widely Known Correspond
ent EuIogized by Leaders
of Nation.

Funeral services will be held at 10 80
,o,ciock SATURDAY. morning for Richard
~ Oulahan, internationally known
,cnrrespondent of the New York Times,
who died Of pneumonia yesterday at his
ihome, 1918 Thirty-frst street.
There will be a low mass at Holy
Trinity Church, Georgetown, ana IN
terment will be in Rock Creek Gene
,tery. The rites at the grave Will DC
private. ID ryo
WAS born in washington and at l9
,ioined the washington Critic and
launched on the journalistic career that
was to rank him with the leaders OF
his profession in this country. He had
headed the Times bureau here since
1912. after long service with the New
York sun and United Press.
Recognized as Expert.
Many important assignments fell to
his lot in the As years that he laboreo
here and abroad, and until the time he
was stricken ill-the day before Con-
greSs adjourned for the hohdays-Mr
Oulahan worked indefatisaoly.
He was a recognized expert in the
feld of naval and foreign affairs and
although head Of an important news
bureau. never depended on reporters
under him to collect material on which
his dispatches were based, but always
insisted on doing his own LEG work,
as the profession designates it.
. Through changing administrations
and the shifting Of political power, Mr.
Oulahan maintained his own news
sources, composed of the highest Gov
ernment officials. From the days Of
the Mckinley administration he had
been the friend Of Presidents and their
advisers. President Roosevelt called
him "Dickie" and consulted with him
often.
Took Active Part.
The present rules of the Senate and
House press galleries, generally recog-
nized as most stringent ethically, were
last revised and adopted by Congress
while Mr. Oulahan was chairman Of
the Standing Committee Of Correspond
ents which governs the galleries.
During the World War, when read
1ustment Of the relations between the
Government and newspaper men 10
meet the emergency situation became
necessary, he took an active part In
preserving the freedom OF the press
along mutually cooperative lines.
Mr.. Oulahan was also member OF
the first American editorial mission TO
fisit the Western front at the invitation
Or the British government in 1918.
: The place Of his birth was major
Interest in Mr.. Oulahan's life and in
Everything pertaining to Washington
he ht-d expert knowledge gained by
seep Hudy. He belonged TO the Co
tinlbA Historical Society, had written
B book on washington and was pos
sessed of a notable collection OF WASH
tngtoniana.
; Mr.. Oulahan also was always greatly
In demand as a speaker
He is survived by his widow, two
sons, Richard ", jr., and Courts, and
daughter, Susan Courts.
Hoover Sends Condolences.
: Hardly had the news Of Mr.. Oula-
hans death became known yesterday
before messages from all over the coun-
try began to come into the Georgetown
home, where a steady stream OF per-
sonal friends were calling to pay their
respects.
President Hoover, an intimate friend
Of the writer, was among the flrst to
send condolences to Mrs. Oulahan, and
a personal letter conveying an express
Son Of sympathy also came from Chief
Justice Hughes.
From Secretary stirnson, who was
notified by telephone, the following
statement was issued through the State
Department:
1T is with double sense Of loss
that I learn of the sudden death OF
Richard Oulahan My acquaintance
with him goes back many years, TO q
time when was in another depart
ment, and I had long been happy to
count him among my friends. AS repre-
sentative Of a great paper and as dean
Of the Washington correspondents, how
ever, he had made a special place for
himself in the admiration and respect
Of very wide circle.
Praises Personal Qualities.
"He had good taste, good temper,
and good Judgment. He knew how to
draw forth condolences and how to keep
them. He will be sorely missed On be-
half Of the Department Of State, as in
my own, wish TO express to his family
and to his colleagues my heartfelt
sympathy"
Among those who called were Patrick
j. Hurley, Secretary of War, and Mrs.
Hurley, and A6olph s. Ochs, publisher
of the New York Times.
Testifying to the esteem in which
MI. Oulahan was held by those in pub
III NE WIlO OlIGll lIhN llhIlC Illlil Jl4ElL
cpnfdant, the Times, in today's issue
carried more than two columns devoted
Entirely to tributes from these. In this
list were included Vice President Cur
tAs, members Of the cabinet, leaders in
the Senate and House, former President
Coolidge, former Gov. Alfred E. Smith
d New York, Sir Ronald Lindsay, Am
nassador from Great Britain, and the
Kalian Ambassador, Mobile Giacomo de
Martino.
Many Stories Recalled.
His death also served to recall nu-
Ynerous stories Of Mr.. Oulahan's asso-
cation with the great figures OF his
time.
1t was through dispatch sent by Mr..
Oulahan while at the Paris peace con-
ference that former President Wilson
ave notice he would send for the
steamship George Washington and re-
talrn to the United States unless there
Yas modification Of the peace terms
under consideration.
AS the result, too, of dispatch sent
tS Mr.. Oulahan, Philander G. Knox
IaS persuaded to accept the portfolio
df Secretary Of State in the Taft
cabinet.
In lighter vein, Capt. Charles A. Nc
Callister, now president OF the Bureau
Of Shipping, Of New York, recounts the
story Of the introduction into THE Boys
Of May 81" Of Queen Mary Of England
the good Offices Of Mr.. Culahan.
!. This organization, of informal nature,
was formed by a group Of men here
who were born in the month Of May in
1857. The list included Rupert Blue,
then surgeon general OF the Public
Health Service; Capt. McAlliSter at
that time engineer in chief of the Coast
Guard, and Oulahan.
Felt Shy Before Queen.
When Mr.. Oulahan went abroad dur
ing the war his fellow members COM
miSsioned him to offer Queen Mary,
who also was born in May, 1867, an
aonorary membership in their group
Mr.. Oulahan, with other newspaper
rten, was a guest at Buckingham Pal
ace, but felt that the age Of queen
was perhaps too delicate a subject to