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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24
CHICAGO FRESHMEN
Pledge Allegiance to J. e. Redmond
and Colleagues.

At the thirty-flfth annual meeting
of the United Irish societies of Chica.
go in Fitzgerald's hall, Lawrence r
Buckley was elected president for the
ensuing year. Nearly 200 members ut
tended the meeting. Others elected
were Thomas Francis Maher, vice pre-.
sident; secretary, John j. Hawkins
and treasurer, Philip E. Nulty.
Following the transaction of routine
business, the meeting passed the FOL
lowing resolutions:
1--WE, the delegates of the United
Irish Societies of Chicago and Cook
County, in convention assembled
therefore resolve:
THAT we renew our allegiance to
the leadership of John E. Redmond and
to the loyal and patriotic colleagues
who are united with him in a pledge
bound parliamentary party devoted
above and before all things to the
welfare Of ireland.
THAT we express our satisfaction
with and our approval Of the con
duct of the Irish parliamentary party
under the many difficulties and trying
circumstances with which they have
had to contend and our thanks TO.
their fidelity and self-sacrificing labors
in a cause that is dear to the exile's
heart.
That we severely rebuke the mis-
guided men in Ireland and America
who have tried during the past year
to SOW the seeds Of dissension among
the people of Ireland. and to breek
the unity that is so essential to the
success Of 1reland's struggle for liber.
ty. And we rejoice that their failure
has been so conspicuously manifested.
THAT we offer the hand Of unity
and brotherly love to all men VINO &C
cept the principle that the people OF
Ireland are the sole authority to de.
eide what measures shall be adopted
in the name of Ireland, and who are
prepared to stand with US on the same
platform of loyalty and support OF
John Redmond and the Irish parlia'
mentary party and the United Irish
league, the approved representatives
and organized force of the Irish ma
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24

James ]. Hill. the railroad magnate,
thinks that if Congress adjourned for
sAiree years the whole country would
I be prosperous. But Mr. Hill must re-
Dlenber that national legislators must
ssarn their salaries in some way. and
what easier way can they earn them
than by spouting periodically at the
capital and getting their
ETigmarole printed in the Congressional
Record at the country's expense.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24

The late Lord Ripon. a convert t.
the Catholic faith. was a Liberal and
an Irish home ruler. The Duke OF
Norfolk, who was born in the Catholic
faith. is Tory and an anti-home ruler
The latter inherits the predatory in
stincts and racial prejudices of his
Catholic ancestors and will not aban-
don them in the twentieth century.
Which goes to show that the question
OF religion has little to do with a
mans political opinions. The fact Is
that the English Catholics in favor OF
self government for Ireland are of
Celtic descent. Those of Norman de-
scent are antagonistic to Irish rights.
And thereby hangs a tale.
The late Father O'Growney. profess
sor of Irish in Maynooth college. has a
worthy successor in Rev. DR.. O'Hickey,
who is proficient in the language and
literature of his native land. Owing to
a pamphlet published by DR.. O'Hickey
on making Irish a compulsory study
for entrance to the new Irish univer-
sity. which has not yet opened, he has
earned the displeasure of the eccle-
slastical authorities Of the Anglo-Irish
institution. created by act Of Parlia-
clent and endowed with public funds.
All the bishops of Ireland have some
thing to say about the government
Of Maynooth college, and they will
have something to say about the run
ring of the national university, and
1t is to be regretted that they have
10 desire to make it national except
in name. The people, however, can
have something to say, and they have
already demanded that the Irish Ian
.Euage shall be taught therein and
that students shall be examined in the
language for matriculation The bish-
ops of Ireland are too West British
and they will make an example OF
Or. OHickey for running counter to
their conservative views.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24

M. Clemenceau, the French premier,
got the worst of it in a debate and
Re and his cabinet rendered their re-
signations to the president. What eff
feet SUCH action will have on French
politics remains to be seen.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24
TAFT ANp,THE TARIFF.

President William Howard Taft, ex-
proconsul of the Philippines, has aband-
cned golf playing in hot weather and
turned his attention to the tariff ques-
ton. for the adjustment of which he
called a special session of Congress
srme four months ago to placate the
consumers of the: land who had been
the victims of; the Dingley act for a.
dozen years for the, benefit Of special
interests. The Republican leaders in
national convention assembled had
promised a revi sion of the Dingley
tariff, and their candidate for the pres
idency in his campaign speeches echoed
the pledge in the party platform and
so the people ELECTED him by an over
whelming majority to be relieved from
their burdens. But 10 and behold! In
stead, of affording relief by the reduc-
ton of tariff rates, Congress raised the
S. hedules and made things worse than
before. The standpatters were in the
ascendant in Congress, and in violation
OF the pledge in the Republican plat
form they framed tariff bills in both
houses that reused indignation all over
the land from the Atlantic to the Pa
ciflc and from Lake Superior to the
Gulf. For the first time in many years
the newspapers of the country. regard
less of political proclivities. condemned
the proceeding and called upon Presi-
dent Taft to exercise his constitutional
right to veto and save the people from
legalized robbery
It is only within the past ten days
that President Taft has awakened from
his id-summer dream and admonish-
en the revisionists Of the Dingley tariff
that the rates must be lowered instead
of raised to meet the appreciation OF
the consumers of the country. The
conferees have reluctantly heard the
Presidents warning. but what they
will do time alone will determine. The
PEOPLE are determined to have redress
from legalized extortion. and If the
1resent senators and representatives
at Washington fail to act, they are re-
solved to send others that shall gladly
take their places.
Politics cut but small figure in
tie tariff question. Some Democrats
have ignored and repudiated their party
principles and voted with the high pro-
tcctionists. while some Republicans
have cut loose from party tramme:s
end declared for free trade in many
commodities Both Of the old parties
are badly split up over the tariff, and
the time is not distant when there shall
be reorganization Of parties and the
sheep shall be separated from the
goats.
The Irish Standard hopes that Presi-
dent Taft. is not the jelly-f1sh that
others think he is. 1t hopes he will dis
play backbone enough to veto any
tariff mea sure that does not revise the
present Dingley act downward. Better
have the Dingley bill as it is than an
abortion like the Aldrich bill as it
PASSED the senate. The people must
have a real, genuine reduction in the
duties on the necessaries Of life. The
tine has passed forever when the citi-
gems of forty-six states will be willing
ly taxed for the special benefit of the
fat tory owners Of New England. Time
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24

Cant I take your order for one a.
cur encyclopaedia" asked the dapper
agent.
mo, I guess not" said the busy man
II might be able to use it few times.
but my son will be home from colleges
rext month"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24

The Duluth News Tribune says that
Jacob F. Jacobson is frequently men,
tened as a desirable member of the
next state senate. Jake is man OF
more than ordinary ability and deserves
recognition from the predominant
Iarty in Minnesota.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24

was when the sons of New England
protested vigorously against E;1.tish
taxation and refused to buy English
commodities at English prices. The
time Is now at hand when Americans
of the West will refuse to purchase
New England manufactured goods
and pay two prices for them.
Aldrich and his gang of tariff
manipulators will no longer be able to
compel the consumers of the country
to pay tribute to the cotton and WOOL
en- manufacturers Of the East. TAFT
ma, the power to crush the commercial
liracy. Will he do it? 1t is our candid
belief that he will. Whatever may be
said Of William H. Taft he is not a
jc,ly-fish.
The people of the Northwest who
want free lumber should not rest SUI
pinely at this juncture They
should make President Taft under
stand that if he signs any
b!li leaving tariff on lumber he
must not expect cordial reception in
this part of the country. 1t is time that
the lumber barons Of the Northwest be
checked In their depredations-the
Weyerhausers, the Walkers and the
Shevlins who have amassed fortunes
within few years by the exorbitant
prices they have charged for the pro.
ducts of their saw mills. They must
henceforth be satisfied with a reason
able profit on their investments.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24

Alfred jacques of Duluth, has writ
ten to the Commoner in support of Gov.
Johnson's veto Of the tonnage tax. and
Eryan's personal organ publishes his
letter without note or comment.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24

A writer in the Duluth News Tribune
Says that Minnesota is Justly named
The Bread and Butter State" because
1t produces nearly bushel of wheat
ard a pound of butter for every man.
woman and child in the United States,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24

North Dakota paper says that the
Fourth Of July disclosed an epidemic
OF blind pigging" in various parts of
the state and that numerous prosecu-
items have followed. Gov. Burke has
quite task to stop the surreptitious
Eale of Intoxicating liquor along the
Red River of the North.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24
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TF76Ts 1Tssso2,H'c6GFe1IS
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Graft Prosecutor Heney of San Fran
cisco is we'll paid by the government
for his services. Congressman Taw-
ney says that in 1908 Heney received
$4,000 for which he did nothing.
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24

The Catholic priests of Chicago are
ling q census Of the several parishes
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-07-24


Of larceny brought against her by Miss
Agnes Barrette, whom the defendant
accused of assault upon her person
at the wellington hotel last winter.
The case lasted over three weeks and
was quite sensational. The jury fur.
thor found that the charges made
against Miss Barrette by Miss Gingies
we're unfounded and untrue. Both
young women are Irish. one being from
Tyrone and the other from Mayo. Ella
Ginsles is a Presbyterian and had this
backing Of Rev. R. Keene Ryan and
his Orange congregation. while the
Iarrette woman Is Catholic. The
Gingles girl was ably defended by
Patrick H. o'Donnell, a leading Cath
Ole lawyer Of the city and the state
prosecuted her in behalf Of Miss Bar
rette. The friends Of the Ginsles giyl
Rave made up purse to send her
home to her people in Ireland. Some
Ct the charges made by her against
Ter alleged assailant are unprintable
and were not believed BY Judge or
Jury. e
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
CALUMET HoUoHroN THURSDAY DECEMBER @ 1909
CLAMPS LID DOWN HARD
NO more Boxing in the State OF Mich.
igan Says Warner.

Lansing, Mich Dec. 2s.-There will
De no more boxing bouts in this state
whiie Fred M. Warner is governor as
the chief executive has issued an ulti-
matum to the sheriff in each county To
'he erect that they must enforce the
law to the letter.
Ihe governor has written a circular
letter which will be forwarded to each
sherln calling attention to sections
ll'1SS, 11,7S2, 11,734 and l1.735 OF the
laws of 1897. In his letter the govern
or says: 1T is your duty to see that
our state law prohibiting prize fight
ing is enforced in your county If II
is generally understood that the local
authorities will enforce the law II is
not probable that any attempts will be
made to violate its provisions Should
any arrangements be made in your
county for prize fight you will be ex-
pected to take whatever steps are nee
essary to see that the law is enforced,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
ALBERT Is CROWNED king
OF The BELGIANS TODAY
People Greet New Monarch and His
Queen With Enthusiasm-Ruler
Pays Eloquent Tribute to
Leopold ! and H..

Brussels. Dec. 23.--Albert l. King OF
the Belgians, with his queen. Eliz-
abeth. made state entry into the cap
ital from Laeken this morning. Can
non doomed a royal salute. church
bells rang and hundreds of thousands
of subjects lined the route of the regal
march. crying Long live Albert" and
Long live Elizabeth"
Following the reception to the sen
ators and deputies the new king tool;
the oath. Albert's speech from tho
throne was an eloquent tribute to Leo
pold ] and To his uncle. the late King
Leopold II. Referring To the Congo
he declared the nations policy is one
Of humanity and progress.
Taft at Mass for Leopold.
Washington. Dec. 23.--President
Taft members of the cabinet and dl-
plomats, today attended requiem high
mass for the repose OF the soul of the
late King Leopold at st. Matthews
Roman Catholic church.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
MAKES A BIG DONATION.
Henry Phipps Sends $5oo,ooo to U. of
p. to Fiaht tuberculosis.

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 23.-Henry
Phipps, of Pittsburg and New York,
millionaire, former partner of Andrew
Carnegie, and founder of the Phipps
institute in this city, has dropped a
Christmas gift considerably exceeding
$50O.OOO in value into the stocking of
the University of Pennsylvania.
Formal announcement was made to-
day that the university has been select
ed by the former iron manufactures to
carry on the work which the Phlpps
institute has heretofore done, only on
a broader scale.
To make this work, the fight against
tuberculosis. as effective as possible,
Phipps will build i'm the near future
new hospital. Mr.. Phipps has made
arrangements to endow the hospital
with a sufficient income to meet all
its needs. In this manner he is carry
ing out the promise he made six years
ago TO devote s1,O0O.000 to build an in
stitution to combat the white plague.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
NAVY NEEDS MANY men
TO man ENTIRE FLEET
statement Issued Today Shows That
Nearly as Many Men and OFF,
GERS Are Needed in Time of
Peace as in War.

Washington, Dec. 23-To man tho
entire American fleet in time of wal
would require $3.50 officers and 72.-
PSI men and i'm time of peace 1862 Of
iicers and 6O,9O2 men, according tc
Capt. Usher, assistant to the bureau
Of navigation in statement made
public today. These figures do not
Include officers and men at shore sta
tons.
-Four new battleships are to be com
mlssioned as well as fifteen new large
submarines. II is anticipated that the
Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri will go
temporarily out of commission and
that the Denver and three others of
her class will be replaced by the New
orleans, Cincinnati and Raleigh
which are practically Of the same
class.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
USHER GETTING ANXIOUS.
Wants to Know About Silver Service
for Bsttleship Michiaan.

Washington Dec 23.-Capt. Nathan
lei II. Usher, former chief of the bureau
OF navigation. navy department, who
is to command the battleship Michigan,
wants to know the exact date when
the silver service donated by the state
of Michigan is TO be presented to the
ship which bears the name of the VOL
VERNE state.
He has been i'm communication with
John II. Russell of Detroit. who is i'm
charge of the presentation service. and
the latter has Informed Capt. Usher
that he is waiting to receive a reply
from Gov. Warner before he can set
any date when the service will be pre-
sented.
"The' Michigan, according to con-
tract, will go into service January A."
said Capt. Usher today, "and / hope
that before the week ends after that
date the service will be presented.
We are under orders to join the South
Atlantic fleet shortly after going into
commission, and / have served notice
that the first week I'm January after
the fourth of the month will be the
only one that we can figure on in which
to receive the silver service. i am
looking for some definite data from Mr..
Russell and hope the matter will be
settled satisfactorily to all concerned"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
THE ONLY WOMAN SOLDIER.
Will Give Picturesque Party in His.
torie Old Mansion.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Arrangements
have been completed for picturesque
birthday party to be given early next
week in the historic old Jumel mansion
on Washington Heights, where Wash
ington had his headquarters during
the Revolutionary campaign in this
vicinity. The hostess of the party will
be Mrs. Kady c. Brownell, the GUS
todian of the mansion. and the occa-
sion will be her sixty-seventh birth
day
Mrs. Brownell has the distinction of
being the only regularly enlisted wo-
man soldier the United States ever
recognized. She joined the Rife
Guards of Providence. r, L., by per-
mission of Gov. Sprague when her
husband went to the front I'm 1861.
She and her husband were under fire
at Harper's Ferry and Bull Run. In
the latter conflict Mrs. Brownell was
seriously wounded.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
CAPT. JAS. H0ATSON DENIES
THE RtF0RT He WILL RESIGN
States That He Knows Nothing About
Rumors Of His Resignation From
North Butte-Does Not Expect
Suit From Tuolumnc.

Capt. James IIoatson, president oi
the North Butte Mining company. re-
turned home this afternoon from Chi
cago, where he attended the meeting
Yesterday of the directors Of the Su-
perior & Pittsburg Mining company
The News asked Capt. Hoatson this
afternoon IL he could verify the cur
rent market rumors to the effect that
he would resign his position as pres
ident of North Butte. Capt. Hoatson
stated that he was unaware that any
such rumors had been circulated. and
stated that he has not yet resigned
and has no such intention
When asked whether he knew or
any legal proceedings which has been
started against his company by the
Tuolomne company. rumors of which
have becn current i'm the markets dur
ing the past few days, Capt. Hoatson
reid that he did not expect any such
entanglcments.
In answer to the query whether or
not he could account for the decline in
the market price of the stock during
The last few days. Capt Hon son re-
marked that he had paid very little
attention to the market fluctuations.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
WOMAN TO. BE
PUT ON Trial
Alleged Queen Of Blackmailers''
to Face Trial Monday
at Cincinnati.
Her CAREER A ROMANTIC ONE
Charged With Being Important Figure
in Tangles of Chas. Wsrriner, SEN
tenced to Four Years in
"Big Four" Case.

| Cincinnati, o., Dec. "a trial that
will be watched with interest all over
the country will begin in the criminal
court here Monday, when Mrs. jean
etto Stewart Ford, who has been styl-
ed the queen of blackmailers," will
be placed on trial on a charge of at
| tempting to blackmail Charles l.. War
riner. ex-treasurer of the Big -Four
railroad who was yesterday sentenced
to four years Imprisonment, when he
| entered plea of guilty to the charge
of embezzlement.
The career of the woman who next
week is to face the judge and jury
love and death, intrigue, suicide and
blackmail. According to his own
statement Warriner gave the woman.
who was absolutely nothing to him,
sums aggregating 100000 to keep si-
lent.
Mrs. Ford is native of Ohio and
has passed the greater part Of her life
I'm Cincinnati, with periodical trips to
Chicago or New York for "a good
time" While she was still in her teens
her father died. leaving her a fortune
of $4,000. Her extravagant mode of
living soon exhausted the fortune
Then she met BILLY" Ford, man well
known about town. with whom she fell
in love and whom she claims as the
father of her child. One OF the mys-
teries of her life is the fact that she
did not marry Ford but did marry his
brother, who later secured a divorce
from her. Then she met Edgar s.
Cooke, a man of family. who was en-
ployed in the Big Four offices with
Warriner.
Things went smoothly for a time.
until Cooke desired to rid himself of
the woman. Then the trouble began.
Cooke is alleged to have discovered
that something was wrong with War
riner's books and To have told Mrs.
Ford. According to MARINERS state
ments the woman then used her
knowledge to extort money from him,
her demands increasing in frequency
and amount until the total reached
into the hundreds of thousands of dol
lars.
Hints have been dropped that hlth-
erto unknown chapters i'm the story Of
alleged theft and blackmail will be re-
vealed when Mrs. Ford is placed on
trial. 1t has been intimated that the
woman did not act alone in her al
legged blackmailing operations. but so
far she is the only one against whom
direct charges have been made. That
the accused woman is holding some
thing up her sleeve" as she intimat-
ed more than once since her arrest Is
believed probable by those who have
followed the case closely. This Is one
of the features of the case that has
aroused great interest in the coming
trial
Mrs. Ford's perfect self-possession
and cool demeanor have been a cause
for wonder on the part of all who
have come i'm contact with her since
her arrest. Never for a moment has
she shown any signs of a break-down
Sinve her release on bail she has taxi
en- her daily drives about the city In
an expensive automobile and has new
er left off i'm any particular the
luxurious life that has been hers for
many years past