The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-10-03

of the United States navy, who has
been on a status of waiting ORDERS"
and previous to this, was on duty
with the battleship Utah" of the At
lantic fleet, has just been assigned to
service at the Navy yard, New York.
Father Reaney is, perhaps. the
most widely known of the Catholic
chaplains, and said in the service to
be "the greatest sea-going priest in
the world" He has been in the
service over % years. and is a native
of New York and was appointed to
the Navy from Maryland.
AS the New York Navy Yard is
one of the largest and busiest of the
Navy, there will be wider field Of
labor for him, as the personnel is
constantly changing.
Father Reaney will not reach the
age of retirement until July FL,
1925.
He is the only Catholic chaplain
in the Navy. having the high rank
of Captain.
OF NATIONAL INTEREST.
(From conference of Catholic
charities.)
On motion of Mrs. T. J. Meder,
Commissioner of Public Welfare,
Chicago. ILL.,. protection of girls from
white slavers and other dangers at
the Panama Exposition in San Fran
cisco next year, will be assured by
the woman's section of the national
conference of the Catholic charities.
A committee will have charge of
this work, to be composed of wom-
an from each state, to be appointed
by Mrs. Meder, who is chairman of
the relief committee on the work of
safeguarding the girls.
In the report of the Catholic
Woman's League. of Wheeling, w.
Va, it is charged that white slave
traders are using the garb of nuns
to entice their victims.
Things have come to such a
pass that a young woman can trust
no one whom she does not Know"
declared the report. "These crea-
lures engaged in the white slave
traffic assume all sorts of guises.
They even wear the robes of nuns
and Sisters of Charity; they feign
illness; they ask to be taken to
houses in cabs and helped I'm the
steps, and then. when the door clos
es the unfortunate. kind-hearted
girl. who has helped is in the worst
OF all traps and exposed to a peril
infinitely more dreadful than death
Ihere is reason to think that tho
religious garb is frequently assumed
ny the white slave traders, and that
some of the stories exploited by the
anti-Catholfc papers against our
slsterhood are traceable to the oper-
ations of these sebundrels."
Establishment of a permanent odu-
catlonal committee in Washington.
uhder the direction of Mgr. Shahan
OF the Catholic University of Ameri-
ca, to meet attacks on Catholic char
tiles. was advocated by Rev, M. r.
Scanlon of Boston, who said. Coon
oltions have become shameful, es-
peclally In this country. The Catho-
Tic charity organizations are attacked
ana villified and maligned and thew
suner from Misrepresentation. To
tnls permanent educational cimmit-
Tee, can be referred those ATTACKS
which cannot be attended to person.
ally IN each locality. so they can he
properly met"
The five existing sections Of the
Saint Vincent Society recommended
that headquarters for the society no
established in Washington, under the
direction of an administrative BODY.
10 be known as the superior counc;l
of the United States.
FROM the Washington Offices n 10
proposed to direct the work NJ th,s
catholic charity in behalf of the NOR
Oh the whole country. Addresses in
support of the Washington head
quarters and for extension Of tho
work of the Society were made nv
hev. M. J. Scanlon of Boston. JAM.
f. Kennedy of Chicago. John A.
Doyle of Louisville, J. J. spaldine of
Atlanta. Thomas w. Hynes of Brook
lyn' and Cartin D. Imhoff of Milwau.
kee.
REV. JOHN SMITH, c. 8. p. TO nj,
STATIONED IN WASHINGTON
The Rev. John Smith, G. s p
stationed for the past two years at
SAINT Mary's church. Chicago. ILL.,
nois' mas been assigned to Saint
lhomas College. Washington. az
PROFESSOR Of Holy Script.
After having completed his course
at the Paulist House of Studies
rather Smith attended the Catholic
University of America where he re-.
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