" 'The syndicate of which I am head owns or controls eighteen very successful American papers in your leading cities. We find the American service they send us very satisfactory, and we, of course, furnish them with our great European service. As you see, I am not here on pleasure only, but on business.'
"When asked to name the papers 'owned and controlled , the big, brainy, handsome Englishman cleverly 'side stepped'.
"Now, if eighteen or more leading papers are owned and controlled in England, is it a wonder that the 'German plots in the United States' are being 'played up', and the English plots in the United States hushed up? Is it surprising that the people, through the news service, get only the English side of the news?" OEHRLING, ALBERT J. (Albert J. Earling)—President of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. and one of the recognized authorities on modern railway economics. Son of German immigrants. OSTERHATJS, HUGO—Rear Admiral U. S. N. ; commander in chief Atlantic Fleet 1911 ; retired June 15, 1913. Son of Gen. Peter Osterhaus. Born in Belleville, 111., June IS. 1851 ; graduated from Naval Academy in 1870. Served at Naval Academy 1892-5 and 1901-3; member Board of Inspection and Survey, Washington ; commanded second div. Atlantic Fleet 191 1, when he was made commander in chief.
OSTERHATJS, PETER JOSEPH—Famous American soldier; born at Coblenz, Germany, Jan. 4, 1823 ; came to U. S. 1849. Appointed brigadier general U. S. A. by special act of Congress, Mar. 3, 1005 and retired March 17, 1905. Commanded a division in the Battle of Pea Ridge, division of the Army of the Southwest, 9th division 13th Army Corps during Vicksburg campaign; 8th Div., 15th Army Corps under Grant at Chattanooga, same div. during Atlanta Campaign ; commander 15th Army Corps, Army, of the Tennessee; chief of staff to Gen. Canby during Mobile campaign; later commanded military district of Mississippi until Jan. 15, 1866. Kaufmann places Osterhaus at the head of the German American contingent of officers in the Union army.
OST-PREUSSEN HÜLFS VEREIN— Office, 203 Whitehall Bldg., 17 Battery Place, New York. Officers : Eugen Henningson, president ; vice-presidents. Judge Alfred K. Nippert, Cincinnati ; Geo. T. Riefflin and Dr. Hugo Schweitzer, New York ; treasurer, Hubert Cillis, 50 Union Square; Secretary, Carl L. Schurz, New York; directors, J. M. Bartels, Dr. E. Baruch, Arthur von Briesen, Dr. Franz H. Hirschland, Dr. Hugo Lieber, Victor F. Ridder, all of New York ; Harry Rubens, Chicago, and Carl F. Schmidt, Detroit, Mich.
PASTORIUS, FRANZ GABRIEL—German immigration in its more concrete sense is generally reckoned to have begun with the arrival of thirteen families from Crefeld under Franz Daniel Pastorius. They embarked July 24, 1683, on the "Concord" and arrived October 6, 1683, in Philadelphia. Pastorius was born Sept. 26, 1651, at Sommernhausen, Franconia, studied law and lived in Frankfort on the Main. By the so- called Germantown patent he acquired 5350 acres near Philadelphia from William Penn and founded Germantown. Acting for a company of Germans and Hollanders, 22,2,77 additional acres were acquired under the