O'Neil (JAMES an American actor born)
CHARLES, an American rear-admiral; born in Manchester, Eng- He entered the American land, in 1842. naval service as master's mate in 1861, and served in many American naval engagements during the Civil War. Commissioned lieutenant in 1868, and rose successively through the grades until he became rear-admiral, in 1901. From 1897 to 1904 he was Chief of the Naval Bureau of Ordnance. In the latter year he retired but was detailed for special ordnance duty abroad for one year, in 1904.
JAMES, an American actor, born in Ireland in 1847. He made his first appearance on the American stage in Cincinnati in 1867, after which he appeared as leading man and as star in many theaters in the United States. For fifteen years he was star in "Monte Cristo," and afterwards played the star part in "The Three Musketeers" for many years. He died in 1920.
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O'Rell
MAX. See BLOUET, PAUL.
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O'Ryan
JOHN F., an American army officer. He was born in New York, 1874, and after attending Catholic public schools, studied at College of the City of New York from 1890 to 1893. In 1898 he graduated as LL.B. from New York University, being in the same year admitted to the bar, becoming member of the firm Corbin & 패 IN.Y. 1110 GENERAL JOHN F. O'RYAN O'Ryan. In 1897 he enlisted as a private in Company G, 7th Infantry, National Guard, New York and from 1900 commanded as second lieutenant the 2d Battery. He became first lieutenant in 1904, and captain of the 1st Battery in 1907. In 1911 he was promoted Major of the 2d Battalion Field Artillery and in 1912 became Major-General commanding the National Guard of New York. He commanded the New York Division on the Mexican border in 1916 and after the United States had declared war with the Central Powers was in 1917 appointed by President Wilson commander of the 27th Division, National Guard, and later Major-General in Europe. He was through all the campaigns with the National Guard during the World War, and on his return to the United States with his war-tried veterans in 1919 was given a great popular reception.
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O'Shaughnessy
NELSON, American diplomat, born in New York an in 1876. Graduated Georgetown College in 1892, and afterward studied at Oxford University. After making a study of international law and foreign languages in Europe, he returned to the United States. He was appointed secretary of the legation of Copenhagen in 1904, and served in this position and many other legations in Europe and America. In Affaires in Mexico, continuing during the 1913 he was Chargé de period of General Huerta's rule in that country. In 1914 he was appointed special diplomatic agent at Vienna and was first secretary of the Embassy of Rio de Janeiro, in 1915. In the following year he retired from diplomatic serwork in France during the World War. vice. He took an active part in war
ARTHUR WIL- LIAM EDGAR, an English poet; born in 1844. In 1864 he entered the British Museum. He was a follower of Morris and Swinburne and of the French romantic school. He published between 1870 and 1881: "An Epic of Women"; "Lays of France," a free paraphrase of the lais of Marie de France; "Music and Moonlight"; and "Songs of a Worker." He died in 1881.
EDITH COUES (MRS. NELSON O'SHAUGHNESSY), an American writer, born in Columbia, S. C. She was educated privately and married Nelson O'Shaughnessy in 1901. She wrote "A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico" (1916); "Diplomatic Days in Mexico" (1917). During the war she was engaged in relief work in France.
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O'Shea
MICHAEL VINCENT, an American educator and author. He was born at Le Roy, N. Y., in 1866, studied at Cornell, where he graduated in 1892, immediately entering the State Normal School at Mankato, Minn., as instructor. Later he taught at Buffalo Teachers' College and the University of Wisconsin, at the same time editing journals connected with education, and presiding over the Society of College Teachers. His works include: "Aspects of Mental Economy"; "Education as Adjustment"; "Method and Management in Teaching"; "Dynamic Factors in Education"; "Social Development and Education"; and "Health and Cleanliness."
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Oahu
one of the Hawaiian Islands, between Molokai and Kawai, the most important island of the archipelago, on which is the capital Honolulu; length 37 miles; greatest breadth 25 miles; area, 600 square miles. It is crossed by two mountain chains running parallel N. W. to S. E., between which is a large dry plain now only useful as pasture land; formerly, when irrigated, more fertile. Highest point Kaala, altitude 3,890 feet.
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Oajaca
or OAXACA (wä-hä'kä), a mountainous state in the S. of Mexico, bordering on the Pacific: area 35,382 O square miles; pop. about 1,100,000. The capital, Oajaca, lies 5,060 feet above the sea, in the fertile valley of the Atoyac. It contains a large cathedral (1729), a quaint bishop's palace, lace, the Seminario Tridentino, and the State Institute, with 34 4 professors. professors. The manufactures are chiefly chocolate, cotton goods, cigars, candles, and soap. Pop. about 35,000.
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Oak Park
a village of Illinois, in Cook co., 9 miles W. of Chicago. It is situated on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. It is a residential suburb of Chicago and contains the Scoville Institute and several other important public buildings. Pop. (1910) 19,444; (1920) 39,858.
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Oakland
a city and county-seat of Alameda co., Cal.; on San Francisco Bay, and on the Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, and other railroads; 7 miles E. of San Francisco. The city is laid out on a fine slope of ground, overlooking the bay. It received its name from a grove of beautiful evergreen oaks in which it was first settled. Its favorable location has made it the residence of many wealthy families, whose business interests are in San Francisco. It contains a high school, a convent, a private normal school, several academies, a business college, library, St. Mary's College, and other educational institutions, a handsome theater, municipal buildings, Auditorium, parks, hospitals, schools, electric street railroads, and National, State and savings banks. It is the trade center of a large and fertile fruit-grow- 502 flour, pottery, brass goods, leather, canning and fruit-packing, shipbuilding, metallurgical works, cordage and jute, and smelting. The assessed valuation exceeds $250,000,000. Pop. (1910) 150,- 174; (1920) 216,361.
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