Evening star., 1935-04-09
LAST RITES FRIDAY
FOR ADOLPH 0CHS.
Chattanooga Services Will
PreCede New York Funeral
of Publisher.
Continued From First Page.)


Mr.. Ochs gave much Of his time and
energy to the building up Of the Asso-
ciated Press. He had been active as
a director and member Of the Execu-
tive Committee since the formation Of
the present worldwide organization
in 1900 and had served On two occa-
sions as its treasurer.
Recently he was renominated as a
candidate for director, and the nonli-
nation would have been voted on at
the Associated Press members meet
ing In New York April %.
Visited Old Employees.
Mr.. Ochs, upon arrival here Sun
day, said he felt more like myself"
than In many months. Yesterday
morning he visited the Chattanooga
Times ONCE and greeted employees,
some Of whom had been there before
he left Chattanooga.
He IS survived by his widow, Mrs.
Eff1e Wise Ochs; one daughter. Mrs.
Arthur Hays Sulzberger, both of New
York; his brother, Col. Milton B.
Cchs, and sister, Mrs. Harry c. Adler
of Chattanooga; two sisters, Miss
Mamie Ochs and Mrs. B. Tallimer of
New York, and four grandchildren.
Among the honors which came to
the publisher were honorary degrees
from several universities, including
Yale, Columbia and Dartmouth, and
In 1919 he was made q chevalter OF
the French Legion Of Honor, and
eventually was raised to the rank Of
commander
The ideals which Mr.. Ochs deemed
essential in the making of a news
paper might be summed up in the slo-
gan of the New York Times-"Au the
news that's fit to print"
He applied that principle to the
advertising as well as to the editorial
columns and by adhering tenaciously
New York Times and the Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, Times, that became
monuments to his genius as news
paper publisher and business execu-
tive.
His rehabilitation Of the New York
Times, eventually making it one Of
the greatest newspapers of the world,
was the outstanding achievement in
Mr.. Ochs' career OF more than half
century as publisher. It was, how
ever, merely a repetition on larger
scale of what he had accomplished
with the Chattanooga Times.
Manifesting a peculiar liking for the
print shop and printers ink as a boy,
they proved a greater attraction to
him than his studies and weaned him
away from his school books. He be-
came a carrier boy, then q printers
devil" learned the "case" and de-
veloped into competent printer.
Bought Paper at 20.
Mr.. Ochs was only 20 years old
when he took his first fling at pub
fishing. In 1878 he put out q Chat
tanooga city directory which proved
a financial success. With the capital
thus acquired and backed only by his
tremendous energy and confidence IN
his own ability, he entered the field as
a newspaper publisher by purchasing
a half interest In the Chattanooga
Times. The price was $1,750, on wMcn
he paid $3.50 in cash.
Two years later he bought the other
half interest, but was obliged to pay
$500 for it, so rapidly had the jour-
nal developed in circulation, influence
and business.
When Mr.. Ochs went to the New
York Times in 1895 that journal was
described by one observer as the most
picturesque old ruin among the news
1,apers of America" Made great and
powerful through the ability Of Henry
J. RAYMOND and George Jones, the
Times had passed into other hands
and was on It's way to slow extinction.
Once again the Ochs genius, ability
and confidence were manifested IN
problem that other experienced pub
fishers declined to tackle. An idea OF
the financial weakness of the concern
at the time may be gained from D
statement by Mr. OchS some years
later when he said: THE value placed
on the shares shortly after I assumed
management was indicated by the sale
of some Of them for 10 cents on the
dollar"
Began to Pay.
In three years after its organization
the paper was placed on a paying
basis. Since then, with Mr.. Ochs as
the dominating figure, the New YORK
Times has risen from the bottom to
the top in the volume Of business
among New York daily newspapers.
In the newspaper field, outside OF
his own personal enterprises, Mr.. Ochs
took a greater interest in the affairs
of the Associated Press than any
other activity. In 1890 he organized
the Southern Associated Press and
was one of the incorporators Of the
Associated Press when it was chartered
under the laws Of the State Of New
York after its removal from Illinois
In 1900.
He served as the first treasurer
under that incorporation. A member
Of the board of directors. he retired
in favor Of the late Whitelaw Reid
and in turn succeeded Mr.. Reid when
the latter in 1905 went to the Court
of st. James as Ambassador from the
United States. Since then Mr.. Ochs
had continued as q member Of the
board and of the Executive Commit
tee, taking an active part in the busi-
ness of the association and giving his
counsel and advice for the benefit and
welfare Of the member newspapers.
Born In Ohio.
Adolph Simon Ochs was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, March IL, 1858. the
son Of julius and Bertha Levy Ochs.
His father came to the United States
In 1874. He enlisted for the Mexican
War and was q Federal officer in the
Civil War, being honorably discharged
as captain in the SD Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. With his family he moved
in 1855 to Knoxville, Tenn, where ne
entered business.
There the son. Adolph. received a
common school education and OBJ
tanned his first newspaper job as a
carrier boy when the Knoxville Daily
Chronicle was started. In 1875 he
became q printers devil" in the
Chronicle Office at 50 week.
After learning his trade as q print
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