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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-12-26
AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.

This week tAe AAASD
snace to the matter contained III d
recent document published by the au-
tbor,tv Of the national officers OF the
knights of Columbus. The matter con-
.oined in this document is of supreme
,mnortance to every Catholic ana
Knight of Columbus in the entire
country. A careful perusal OF all Tue
fac.s contained will give the members
Of this great Catholic organization an
intimate knowledge of the manner
in which the organization has oeeh
attacked and the gratifying manner
in which the charges have been met
.nd refuted. not only by public'spirlt'
cd liberal. broad-minded non'Catno'
,,cs hut also by the courts In wh'ch
oharpes were preferred. and wnere
tha ma,,gners were compelled to an
swor to the charges which had been
brought against this great Cathohc
hodv The document contains verinea
nroof for every assertion, day anu
date for all the facts, and Is worthy
- tho careful attention of the clerey
ond the laity of the Catholic church.
The readers of the Irish Standard are
wa,, aware of the abuse that has oeen
heaped upon the Knights OF columbus
NV those who attempt to destroy the
,,sefulness of the organization by DE-
sm,rching the character OF It's mem
bership, publishing libelous statements
CONCERNING the obligations and the pur'
moses for which the organization 10
,no,nta,ned. 1t is the general poi'cy
n a campaign of unbridled btgotry 10
ovorvwhere seek the most sninlhe
MARKS and there direct the shafts OIL
v,,,acat,on. Hence it Is that the
stronger and more representative or
aan,zat,on and institutions become
tho more and more do they pecome
tno object of calumny on the part Oh
those who are jealous of their pros
nerity and wholesome influence Inc
matter contained in this issue Oh 'ne
1r,ah Standard should find its way into
tho home Of every knight OF colum'
hus and. indeed, every Catholic IN .ne
entire country. All that any organiza-
ton has ever asked Of the puo'lc rs
tr,,t,, and fair chance. The Irish stah'
dard will attempt to supply, as best !!
can comics of the information contained
IN this weeks pages regarding the an
swers that have been made 70 'ns
charges against the knights OF Coluil
hns There are many Catholics ho'
members Of the organization VINO oe
not understand the manner OF inc W
c;ous campaign that has been "ase0
AGAINST the Order. The mtorma'lol
10 valuable not only for the presen'
time but it will be valuable for III
tura reference. The great body OF ths
American people rejoice in seeing a III
nailed, a calumny refuted, me
foisted back upon its authors anu W.
if,cation stripped of the arts by WHICH
u finds it's way into the public mlh'
to poison and prejudice body o
honest citizens. The entire member
shin Of the Knights Of Columbus VIII
reioice over the action taken by thf
sunreme officers in putting forth lo'
nuh,ic information the many ways IL
which the charges against the organ
,v.tion have been met and refuted.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-12-26
c. H. X.

The use of vulgar and profane lam
guage on the streets of Portsmouth,
Ohio, has reached stage where the
decent citizens have been obliged to
complain to the police authorities, and
as result, the chief of police has In
structed his men to arrest all persons
INDUCING in the disgraceful practice.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-12-26
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England has been treated to thor
ough scare and her self-satisfied feel
ings have been rudely disturbed be.
cause of the bombardment of English
towns by German ships. It was the
boast of England that it was almost a
thousand years since foe wrought
destruction upon British soil.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-12-26

It Is estimated that there are now
in China 1854 chapels and churches,
served by 1852 European and 74s ma
tive priests. These places of worship
are frequented by 1,535,O00 baptized
persons, a gain of almost 10000 over
last year.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-12-26

A brother of Dennis Hession, who
recently willed over $4,000 for the.
erection of a Catholic church and
school at Humboldt, Iowa, is contest
ing the validity of his requests. He
alleges that the brother was of un-
sound mind. 81,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-12-26
SOCIAL REFORM PROGRAM OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

| GeD6ntA6 0OV6nNmcNI
The first summary report of the In
dustrial Relations Commission based
on an exhaustive investigation, was
published several weeks ago. The
Commission, which was established by
Congress to ascertain the cause of the
present social unrest, and to propose
Social Feform Program to remedy
those problems, has completed it's first
years work.
Nine cardinal causes of the unrest.
most generally agreed upon by en-
ployers and employees alike, were pre-
sented to Congress. OF these nine,
the charge of misunderstanding. and
prejudice, which is agreed to by en-
ployers and employees, is of special in
terest and notice. Catholics, more
than others, can appreciate this as
sertion. The relation between employ
er and employee is. one of misunder-
standing, and not one of class differ
ence. Bigotry is at present a special
brand of this prejudice and misunder-
standing, and has caused much unrest
and is steadily becoming more serious
and alarming. ,.
The second cause, that the unrest
is largely a worldwide movement a.
rising from laudab,e desire for bet
ter living conditions and that this
charge is especially advanced by rep
resentatives of labor, Socialists, and
employers, and generally endorsed by
other interested parties, likewise
should hold the attention of Catholics.
Unquestionably, the desire for the bet
terment of ones living conditions has
been a potent cause for unrest, but not
necessarily for discomfort and distur-
bance, ever since man recognized the
family as the unit of society.
The cause agreed to by both en-
ployers and employees-tha the rapid
ly growing feeling that redress for in
juries and oppression cannot be Sc
cured through existing institutions,
merely verifies the need of social re-
form.
It is observed by the Commission
that underlying all Industrial unrest
and discomfort there are fundamental
causes, that statesmen, economists.
sociologists, employers and workers
have been concerned with certain Of
these causes ever since Industrial Or
ganization brought us employing and
wage-earnfng classes, that the expert
ences of these men and women and
their theories as we'll as the facts
must be studied in order to gain an
adequate conception of the causes and
effects of such fundamental phenomena
of modern economic life as the chang
ing distribution of wealth, the world
wide rise in prices and the cost of
living, the movement of population
rural to urban centres, the ever-increa-
sing invention of the labor-saving
machinery, the discovery of new in
dustrial processes, the almost rhyth-
mical recurrence of prosperity and de-
preston, the development of great in
) dustrial and financial corporations and
the increasing influence of the work.
> ing class.
These conditions have brought about
series of problems, some serious,
some not, but all clamoring for an
answer and solution. Catholic So
cial action, or Catholic Social Service
is unquestionably, the need of the day.
Indifference and even apathy among
) Catholics is too conspicuously promi-
nent. &C.,.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
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the edge Of a truck farm.

the edge Of a truck farm.
He craved a warming drink and
more substantial food. After dark he
entered the village and found a lunch
wagon near the railroad station. 1t
was while eating in this roadside cara
vansary that he overheard two men
gossiping about the $1,000 reward of
fered for his recapture.
1T was a daring escape" said the
man mex him. "The newspapers all
wrote it MP in fine style and announced
that the police would pay the reward.
I asked Constable MiklejOhn about it,
and he told me that Don a description
and his pictures would be In the hands
of every police office everywhere"
Montgomery finished his meal in ST
lence, paid for it from the money he
had brought with him from prison and
departed.
lie realized that within a week or
ten days he would not dare show his
face to a police officer in city or vii
lage. He would have to get beyond
the police net if he could. 1t would
llAC IllilC lOI I'LL " SIOW a BCdlh hlII
change his appearance. He would
seek refuge in a part of the country
where villages and towns were not so
closely crowded together. In some re
mote corner he could, perhaps, secure
for himself some little social standing,
just enough to feel as if he had some
identity other than that written in the
police records. He would willingly
work his hands to the quick in any
form Of honest toll for this boon.
He secured a time table at the rail
road station and, finding that a south
err express paused there, bought a
ticket to Richmond, Va.
On the train he secured copies Of the
New York newspapers and read the
accounts of the search for the escaped
convict. In all of the stories reference
was made to the fact that he was an
expert machinist, and he felt that the
police would surely look for him among
those of his craft. His heart sank with
in him. His craft was to bring him the
means by which some day his maine
would be cleared so hat he would
have the inestimable boon of moving
without a police shadow at his heels,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
Facts Versus Fancies.

Richard lie Caffeine was sympa
thizing with a young writer whose
book of poetry had been refused by
twelve publishers.
Real lovers of poetry" said Mr.. LIE
Caffeine. ARE unfortunately becom-
ing rare. Too many people nowadays
are like the judge.
This judge was recommended by a
poetic friend to read Shelley. The
great a of the law said he supposed
he ought to read a little poetry, and.
having heard so much of Shelley, he
would try him.
And what do you think of itY said
bis friend to the Judge after he had
waded through a few pages Of 'Epipsy-
cbidion. Isn't it beautiful
well. well-o oh. yes. | daresay IL
IS. said the judge. But what | want
to know is when IRE We going to get at
the facts! - Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02

have to take his word only; he could
offer this reference. The few kindly
words Of praise written at his request
were more precious to him than silver
or gold.
The garments of a laborer were no
longer suitable. He parted with them
for clothes of better texture. His old
pack was cast aside forever, and in its
place was a heavy trunk. big enough
and strong enough to carry his ward
robe and the books he had begun to
buy with his savings.
He said goodby to his first mill and
took the train south. crossing the North
Carolina state line into the Piedmont
section Of South Carolina.
His objective was the mountain city
Of Greenville and the great plant Of
the Reedy River mills. These mills
were situated outside of the city and
were famous not only for their superb
equipment and product. but also for
the administration of their labor and
social affairs. They made a commu-
nifty by themselves. a community gov
elned by the president of the company,
a humane, wealthy and capable man.
Montgomery had every reason to be-
Ieve that he would be safer employed
with the Reedy River company than
he would be elsewhere in the cotton
belt. lie sought first of all cover from
his pursuers.
He left the train at Greenville and
found it a thriving little city resting
in the deep cool shade of the Blue
Ridge mountains. He looked toward
the distant giant tumuli; they seemed
to him a wall that God had flung up
against his pursuers and as a mighty
stockade against the evils and miseries
Of the outside world.
He ordered his baggage sent to the
hotel neal the station and took a troll
ley car to the mills. He found the
superintendent, Howard Lansing, anx-
ions for just such a man. satisfied with
the letter Of recommendation, and was
employed at high wages Immediately.
Here, among the mountains, he would
make his stand and his fight. Here
was the home of John Nelson. James
Montgomery was dead.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
CURIOUS PIPEFISH.
The Males Have Pockets In Which
They Garry Their Young.

They Garry Their Young.
The kangaroo has always seemed to
have the monopoly of that convenient
way Of carrying it's babies in a pouch.
but it has been discovered that a fish
has the same useful receptacle, which
it uses for the same purpose. The pipe
fish, as it is called from the length of
its Jaws, has a pocket on the under
side of its body nearly half it's length.
1t is found in the male species only and
is the only part of it's body which is
unprotected by large fiat plates, which
take the place of scales in it's protective
armor.
Ii a pipefiSh is taken from the water
n its little oneS shaken out of the
pouch back into the water they always
seem either unable or disinclined to
run away. But if the father is placed
in the water again all the small fish
Immediately swim back into the pouch
These curious little creatures have pre-
hensile tails. which they use to hold on
to the seaWeed to protect themselves
from being carried away by the tide.
The pipefsh is similar to the small eel.
being about a foot in length and an
inch in thickness. But, unlike the eel.
it has a very long jaw and the peculiar
defensive armor already mentioned
New York Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02

or ten days. In every tiny farm settle
ment he found a little white steeple
of a c~lapboarded church topping the
oaks and pines, and on Sabbath days
he Joined these little congregations, of
fering up his constant prayer If graft
tude for his deliyerance.
The last sickly trace of the PRISON
pallOr had left him quickly. A short
brown beard and mustacLe had grown
to aid the change of his appearance.
The large brown yes in the bearded
face ave the suggestion of one who
hal suffered much and who had gain
ed the essence of divinity.
In every farmhouse he found a Bi-
bic, that book which Is Il library III It
self. Being a tinker, q creature OF the
highways and byways, he could
glimpse and cherish the beauties Of the
poetry written by Isaiah and Amos
and Micah. Then, too, he gained &C
cess during the long, quiet evenings to
other books in the houses where the
stranger was made welcome.
This wholesome, if itineraut, life
gradually shaped his character to a
wonderfully fine combination Of saint
illness and vigor. The dust and tur-
moiI of a city street again would have
made him reel and become faint. The
rush and confusion of a crowded hab-
itation of men would have been to him
a veritable court for dragons.
Occasionally he would feel that the
police net from Mulberry street was
thrown too closely to him. Going into
villages for supplies, he would hear
about new efforts to recapture him and
of new circulars sent out by his hunt
ers. On such occasions he would
hasten back to remote roads and farm
houses.
Would he ever be able to get far
enough away from his implacable pur-
sue1s to again take up his work with
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
Continued Next Week.
ROBBING THE COAL PILE.
Smoke That Goes Up the Chimney Is
Fuel Thrown Away.

Smoke That Goes Up the Chimney Is
Fuel Thrown Away.
For the benefit Of any one who may
not see the analogy between d robbed
coal pile and a smoking chimney it
may be briefly and simply explained.
The visible part i'll smoke is nearly
all carbon. either as SCOT or cinder, and
carbon is the principal combustible
part of cOal-i. e., the useful part, the
part capable of yielding heat. Carbon
gas, carbon dioXide; therefore when
ever the gases from a stack show
black they contain carbon, which indi-
Gates that complete combustion has
not taken place in the boiler furnace.
In other words, all of the available
heat in the coal has not been realized.
1t is the same as though the CORE
spending part Of the coal fed into the
furnace had been thrown away, for.
although it has passed through the
furnace, it has been thrown away up
the stack beyond recovery. Is this,
then. SO very different from robbing
the coal pile?
The owner who through ignorance
allows conditions to exist which are
not favorable to the most economical
operation of his boiler furnaces, al
though he is unwittingly rObbing him
self, is nevertheless stealing from his
w coal pile.-POWer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02

machinery? He had taken the name
Of John Nelson and had saved every
penny that he had earned with his lit
tie handful of tools. After making
long stops in various farmhouses dur
ing the autumn and the first winter of
his regained liberty he found himself
on the boundary of Virginia and North
Carolina.
Ahead of him were the great cotton
mills of the south, with their myriad
workers and with their great masses
of the most modern machinery turned
out by geniuses in invention. In this
great mountain belt of industry he felt
that he would find his future work.
One day he put aside his humble
tinker's kit and applied for work in a
cotton mill as a machinist. A year
had passed since his escape from the
prison on the Hudson.
John Nelson had advanced far be-
yond the circle Of the ordinary man of
his craft, and he could have pushed
rapidly ahead of many of his fellow
employees in the first cotton mill
where he obtained employment. But
be was content with obScurity for
awhile yet, and he knew that the time
would not be wasted, for every hour
Of it would give him a better grasp of
cotton mill work.
He lived in a mill town that seldom
saw the coming of strangers, and he
made his habitat among the poorer
class of employees, preferring to spend
his board money as a means of help
where it was most needed. He made
no intimate friends among the people,
concentrating all his effort of mind III
the study of mill machinery and in
reading works on mechanical engineer
ing, which he borrowed from his super
intendent.
Despite his effort to remain in the
background OF workers, he was quickly
recognized as an expert and was ad-
vanced in wages as we'll as in the I'M
portance of his tasks. By sheer force
of ability he had attained the degree
of mechanical engineer and was al
ready at that point of honest attain
ment when at any moment he might
be called to strip off his overalls and
step to. the desk of a ten thousand a
year man
Nelson did not feel that his first mill
was the Face for his ultimate effort
TO reach the top. He had come whence
no MAJ knew. He had no past to of
fer. He could give no reference Of any
sort as to his life or character. He
could never tell t~ruthfully where he
had gained the working foundations
for the knowledge he possessed.
He prepared to move on and made
his first request for a letter of recon-
mendation, which was gladly given by
his superintendent. With this bit of
paper in his possession he had estab-
lished a past. He had something by
which he could identify himself as
John Nelson, MECHANIC. No one would
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02

After the fourth night of lonely jour-
neying beneath the stars and three
days hidden in forest hooks, drinking
from brooks and eating sparely from
his little stock of food, Montgomery
found that he would have to change
his plan of flight. He was now far
enough from the capital Of the Old
Dominion to feel a degree of safety.
The farther he got from civilization
on a large scale the deeper became the
conviction that he could now afford to
risk travel by day. FarmhouseS were
far apart, and for the better share of
each day the streets of little hamlets,
where the country people did their
trading, were deserted. He abandon
ed living in the woods under shelters
knocked up hastily with boughs and
leaves and took the road at daybreak
one morning, his tinker's pack over
his shoulder, ready to be dropped and
put in use at the first job that offered.
The whole summer was spent afoot
on the highway. In many a pleasant
farmhouse he found welcome in the
evening after a day of usefulness.
Frequently the warm bed under the
shingles and the hearty meals offered
him in return for his labor he felt to
be wages as great as any man might
desire. He met kindness and godli-
ness at every hand.
Sometimes he would find a host who
would keep him employed for a week
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-06-26
FOR STATE TREASURER

To the people OI georgia:
am a candidate to succeed my
self as State Treasurer, subject to
the action of the Democratic Prim-
airy.
My candidacy is ba9eG strictly up
Oh my record and experience in this
office, which are we'll known to the
people of Georgia, and which / trust
has been satisfactory. If, in your
opinion, the management of the
States finances under my admins
tration for the past several years has
been faithful and efficient, l would
greatly appreciate your Enforcement
at the polls in the coming primary.
Thanking you for the support and
confidence extended me heretofore
| earnestly solicit your further kind
consideration of my candidacy in the
present campaign.
Respectfully,
w. ]. SPEER.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-06-26
sHERIFF'S SALES FOR JULY 1914.
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.

GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
Will be sold before the Court
House door in the city of Marietta,
Cobb County, Ga, on the first Tues
day in July 1914, within the legal
hours of sale the following described
property, to-wit:
Five certain subdivided lots in the
Gober Addition to the city of Mari
eta, Cobb County, Georgia, as shown
by plat made by w. w. McCollock,
G. E. on March Sth, 1907, each Of
said lots fronting so feet on North
side of Waterman Street and run
ming back North for 200 feet, said
lots being all within the incorporate
limits of the said City of Marietta,
and when taken together are bound
ed as follows: On the South by said
Waterman street, on the West by
South Avenue; on the east by Fair
Ground Street; on the North by pro-
perty of Geo. F. Gober, subdivided
lots being numbered 10, IA, Is, 16
and II, all of said lots fronting 50
feet On the North side of Waterman
Street except lot No. II which has a
frontage of SO feet.
Said property levied on as tbs
property Of Geo. F. Gober, defen-
dant in Fl Fa by virtue of a tax HI
Fa issued by w. p. Stephens, Tax
Collector of the County of Cobb for
State and County Taxes for the year
1911.
Said Fl Fa having been tranB-
ferred on March 4th, 1912 by J. ii.
Kincaid, Sheriff of Cobb County, 10
S. A. Anderson, and the estate of
said S. A. Andeson, being the pre-
| sent owners of said tax execution
Written notice given defendant
and the tenant in possession as pro-
vided by law.
This June 10th, 1914.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-06-26

One of the most pressing questions
before the people of Georgia today
is the burdensome tax under which
they struggle, inspite of which the
state is falling behind every year,
having accumulated to date a float
ing debt of near million dollars.
favor most rigid economy and
retrenchment in the administration
of state affairs so that Georgia may
live within her income and promptly
meet all her obligations.
w. M. KEMP, NJ. d.