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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-05-01
Menace Publishers
Before Federal Court
Publishers Will Be Tried at June
Term For Sending Obscene
Matter Through Mail

Federal Judge Van Valkenburg has
overruled the demurrer to the indict.
ments returned against the publishers
of the Menace several months ago
This means that the publishers of the
notorious anti Catholic publication
will be tried in Federal court at Jop
lin, Mo-, during the June term of the
court. The indictments against the
publishers of the Menace charge the
defendants with sending obscene mat
ter through the mail. The articles
complained Of by the government tc
which the defendants were required
to answer attack the morality of the
Catholic priesthood and attempt tc
name specific instances of immortality
The individuals named in the indict
ment are: w. E. Phelps, Marvin
Brown, Bruce NJ. Phelps, and T. c
Walker. The latter name is generally
known in connection with the anti
Catholic campaign so long waged b,
the Menace.
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JEsUITs ACQUIRE BENNETT
MEDICAL COLLEGE.

The Bennett Medical College at 1860
Fulton street, was taken over by the
authorities of Loyola university. No
radical change is to be made in the
administration of the school or the
teaching body.
The medical college is one of the
oldest in the West 1t was chartered
in 1868. John Dill Robertson and DR..
William F. Waugh have been in charge
of it for the last seven years. With
this acquisition the Jesuits own six
medical colleges in the United States
Georgetown and Fordham in the east
and st. Louis, Creighton, Marquette
and Loyola in the middle west.
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PUBLISHED AFFIDAVITS WERE FAXED

With the intention of impressing
upon the ignorant the necessity OF
demanding the passage of convent
inspection law in every state of the
Union, the Menace" at opportune
times discovers a victim of "involun'
tary servitude," escaped or taken
from some Catholic institution, not
ably a House of the Good Shepherd
Although probably realizing that girls
or young women, sent to institutions
Of this kind, lack certain essentials
of character and may therefore be
easily induced to give any kind OF
testimony, the vile sheet continues tc
place complete faith in statements Of
this nature, in spite of former ex
posures.
In one of its recent issues the Men
ace" continued the supposed story ol
one Catherine Egan, who has passed
"Seven years in slavery to Rome,
as the headline of the exposure
states. Supported by two affidavits
purported to have been sworn to by
James Egan, GATHERINGS father, ant
the girl herself, the story might seen
true enough to one accustomed t.
feed on the dope prepared by tn,
Menace" On the other hand, no on,
acquainted with the Sisters of thl
Good Shepherd, their methods, etc.
would, in spite of the sworn affidavits
place any confidence in the statement
adduced, the purpose of their publ
cation being all too apparent, one o
the many titles reading: "Slaver
Practiced BY Opponents of Inspection
Bill"
That the story is faxed one iron
A to z, the affidavits included, is nov
proven by a letter written to tn
Morning World-Herald" of Omaha
by the father of Catherine Egar
James Egan, who refutes entirely e1
cry statement, upon which the Mer
ace has built its wild headlines. /
its issue Of the 14th of April th
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It IS THE one IDEAL CHURCH = = humanity
Writer in The Atlantic Monthly Declares Claims of CssS
for Universal Acceptance Stronger Than EverNeve Bou
National Lines: Only One Church Whose Priests Visit
Every People and Minister in All Languages

"The great opposition to the Roman
church in the sixteenth century was
the opposition of race and nationality.
The Reformation was the awakening
of the Teutonic races to the differ
ences that separated them from the
Latin races; northern nations felt the
swelling of national instinct, and the
bonds of the,s-universal church were
broken. From then until today the
sentiment of nationality has been pre-
dominant; that sentiment reached its
zenith in the end of the century and
is already beginning to wane. Co.'S
mopolitanism is establishing; hereaft-
er other bonds than those of common
country will group men together"
writes H. D. Sedgewick in The At
lantic Monthly.
"Signs appear that the breaking up
of nationality will begin in the United
States. There will be in that country
three principal parties: Those of
English, German and Irish descent;
but there will be other stocks. The
motto e pluribus unum' will be more
true than ever. But the whole so
formed will not have that unity of in
heritance, of habits, of pleasures, of
tradition, or organization which make
a nation. The United States will be
the one great cosmopolitan country.
In such a country with no purely ma
tional feeling to be stirred to oppo.
sition, proselyting church prudent
and bold will have great opportuni.
ties. Most of the German element
will be Protestant, but it will hardly
strengthen the Protestant cause, 1t
will mot unite with the English Prot
estant section. The Irish will be
Catholics, almost to man; and they
have an ardent loyalty of nature which
will naturally turn them to the sup
port of their church. In the midst
of cosmopolitan indifferences and dis
agreement the church of Rome will
be then as she has always been, the
one church which draws to herself
men of all European races. There Ii
but one church whose priests visit
every people and hear confessions i1
every language. There is but one
cosmopolitan church. BY the time the
United States shall be acknowledged
to be the richest and most powerful
nation in the world, the attitude o1
the Papacy will already have beer
determined. The church reads the
signs of the times, and will have grid
ed herself for the great task of con
trolling the religious life of the ma
jority of the American people.
"In the past the Roman church has
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The reports of the 20 branches in
other cities were read, and all showed
healthy conditions Of growth.
The Laetare medal, conferred by the
University of Notre Dame on Miss
Merrick, and presented to her by DR..
Cavanaugh, was ON exhibition that the
members of the society might have an
opportunity to see it.
The following letters received by
Miss Merrick recently may be Of in.
terest to the members of the society
throughout the country.
Archbishop's House, Dubuque,
April 8, 1915.
Dear Miss Merrick: l want to say
to you that am very much interested
in the Christ Child society now we'll
established in Dubuque. am greatly
pleased wits its organization, its spirit
and It's work. It has already done
much good here, and l bespeak for II
a prosperous future.
Sincerely,
JAMES ]. KEANE,
Archbishop of Dubuque.
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The Irish Standard this week re-
ceived private information in spe-
cial letter from Dublin dated April 16,
regarding the raids that have been
made upon the offices of newspapers
published in Dublin and elsewhere.
These raids were made by the officers
of the British government. The au-
thor of the letter speaks of the dis
mantling of the machinery in the
shops where papers were printed
criticising the policy of the nationalist
party, and the British government for
duping the people of Ireland with a
supposed home rule bill, which they
decline to put in operation. Strange
as it may seem, one of the suppressed
publications, the Irish Volunteer" is
now being printed by an Orange
printer in Belfast. The writer Of the
letter goes on to explain that the gov
ernment is afraid to raid the premises
of the Orange printer, but had no hes
itancy in raiding the premises of the
Irish Volunteer, when printed in Dub
lin, and dismantling the machinery.
The Irish Standard has previously
published a list of the papers sup
pressed by the English government, in
its attempt to stifle the voice of
the Irish people, and the government,
believing that it had done away with
opposition, declared that the Irish
were all one in their sympathy with
the recruiting policy of the British
government. Mr.. Eoin McNeal is
chairman of the Irish Volunteer or.
ganization and editor of the Irish Vol.
unteer The friends Of the paper will
be glad to learn that it is again be-
ing published and, by strange turn
of fate, is being printed by an Orange
man in Belfast. After destroying the
offices of the Volunteer and another
national publication known as "Scis
sors and Paste" and intimidating ev
cry printer in Dublin to the poin,
where none would dare to take the risl
of printing the paper. The Volunteers
went to an Orange printer in Belfast
The paper was printed by the Orange
printer in that city. Major Genera
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RELIGIOUS LIBERTY MEXICAN
PROBLEM.

A statement Of what the admins
tration has done in Mexico in the way
of protecting religious liberty and acts
of conscience is made in a letter writ
ten by Secretary Bryan to Rev. Fran
els G. Kelley of Chicago, president of
the Catholic Church Extension society.
In reply to Secretary Bryan's letter,
Father Kelley has written a long mes.
sage, which closes as follows:
ut is reassuring to note your prom
Use, that the principles which have
governed the political life of the Amer.
ican people will govern the admins.
tration in handling every question that
affects it's relations with Mexico, in
cluding the final question of the rec
ognition of any government that may
issue out of the present revolution
and give promise of stability and JUS
tice. For those who represent religion
there has hitherto been no justice; |;
and stability can scarcely be expected
while fellow countrymen are busy cut.
ting each others throats. But your
declaration of policy may, and l hope
will force upon revolutionary leaders
in Mexico a knowledge of the fact that
there can be neither stability nor jus.
tice in any country where there are
basic injustices in its laws; where men
and women are prosecuted and where
individual liberty is trampled upon
Our own republic could not exist as q
democracy under such laws, how, then
could we expect that any other democ
racy can exist with them?"
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achieved her greatest victories in the
face of the greatest powers Of the
world. First she subdued the Roman
Empire; after its fall she met the
Teutonic emperors as rival, and
now, after the Holy Roman Empire
has passed away, she still treats with
the governments as an equal. She is
the only organization which has sue
ceeded in adapting herself to the vary
ing needs of men. for nineteen hun.
dred years. Again and again she has
fallen into servitude of German EN-.
perors; of Roman mobiles, Of the kings
of France; again and again she has
risen with undiminished vitality. It
is not strange that many who think
that some divine power stood behind
the early Christian church should be-
lieve that the same power guides and
preserves the Church of Rome.
There have been, great crises in her
history. She might have been de-
stroyed when the barbarians overran
Italy; she might have been wrecked
by the Reformation of the sixteenth
century; she might have been ruined
in the nineteenth century if the Pope
had been made the head of a confed-
Grated Italy; and she may be van
quished in the twentieth by the spirit
Of American democracy, but the gen.
ius and the passion of the Latin race
still subsist and they are great pow
ers on her side.
"The Roman church has always
been cosmopolitan. There have been
Popes from England, Holland, Ger.
many, France, Spain and Italy. Her
churches lift their spires from Nor.
way to Sicily, from Quebec to Pata.
gonia. Her missionaries have sacri
feed their lives all over the world
Her strength has been that she is the
church universal. England recognizes
the king as head of the Anglican
church; Russia the czar as head Of
the Greek church; but the Roman
church has never been bounded by
national boundary lines; she alone
has been able to put before the west
ern world the ideal of a church fol
humanity. This has been the source
of her peculiar attraction; and in the
next century with the national bar
riers broken down, her claims to uni
versal acceptance and obedience will
be stronger than ever. Americans
cannot kneel to an English king, mol
PROSTATE themselves before czar o.
Russia, but many will do both before
Him who has the only claim to be
considered the. high priest of Chris
tendon"
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A CONGRESS 0F CATHOLIC Chaplain CORPS
Catholic Chaplans
of More Effective Organizaion-May plan Organization of
Knights of Columbus in Army and Navy Chaplains
Have the Approval of Cabinet Officers

With the approval of Secretary Of
War Garrison and Secretary Of the
Navy Daniels, arrangements have been
perfected for the convening of q con-
gress of the Catholic Army and navy
Chaplains-the second of its kind ever
held in the history of the country.
The congress will meet in San Fran
cisco, California, during the week of
July goth, when 1t is hoped that the
Atlantic fleet. on the ships of which
some of our chaplains are assigned,
will be in the San Francisco harbor.
1t will be composed of the chaplains
in both arms of the service, and is
being held at the request of the chap
lains themselves.
The main object of the congress is
to discuss number Of important ques-
tions connected with chaplain's du-
ties, and as great results have always
been accomplished by organization, the
coming together of these priests from
far and near, for mutual exchange
of views and experiences cannot help
but increase the efficiency of our Cath.
olic chaplain corps, In which every
one of the faith must feel much pride.
To make the work effective, it has
been planned that individual papers be
prepared and read on some of the
more important topics (the chaplains
having the subjects assigned to them
in advance). Discussion will follow,
and the author of the respective pa
pers will be expected to answer all
questions referring to the subject.
Among the papers to be prepared
and discussed are as follows:
Q) Suggestions regarding the ma
ture of, and times to hold divine serv
ice in the field, at the post, and aboard
ship, on Sundays, Christmas, Easter
etc.
(2) The best hymns to sing.
(3) Advantages to be derived from
religious societies among the men
such as the Holy Name, Total All
stinence, and the establishing of coun
ellis of Knights of Columbus amonl
the personnel of the army and navy.
(4) The enlisted mems school
chaplain's duty toward it, and how t.
make it success.
(5) The enlisted mems amusement,
and how to conduct them.
A large number of other subjects
for general discussion will be subjec
to the call of any reverend chaplain
by the reverend chairman of the con
gress.
That the discussion of these sub
jects will be of great benefit to th'
chaplains themselves and to the serv
ice generally cannot be denied.
In the joint army and navy service
there are twenty-five chaplains of th'
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Omaha paper publishes what Mr.. Egan
has to say under the caption: ITO
Correct an Injustice" the letter read
ing as follows:
South Omaha, April 12.-To the Ed
itor of the World-Herald. have al
ways known the World-Herald as
fair and liberal paper and l hope you
will publish this letter and help cor.
rect an injustice that has been done
to others and myself. The Sunday
before the primary election thousands
OF copies of sensational Lincoln
paper were circulated in Omaha. This
paper had a story supposed to be
written by my daughter, Catherine
Egan. and myself, relating her expert
ences while imprisoned in the House
of Good Shepherd at Fortieth and
Jones.
This article was an absolute fake
and was never seen by Catherine
Egan or myself until it appeared in
the paper. We never made the an.
davits published, or any others like
them. Catherine was not held there
against her will and was not mis-
treated in any way by the sisters in
charge. Neither did she ask any girl
to get her released. She went there
voluntarily and could have left at
any time, just as many others girls
that she knew did. Part of her du.
ties were in the outside Office and
there was no one near to prevent her
leaving had she wished to do so. The
sisters did not object to her leaving
with me and no legal action was nee.
essary.
This story was copied in a Missouri
paper Of the same type. and we have
both been greatly bothered by people
who read it and thought 1t true.
am a working man and this matter
has worried me greatly, as I have
great respect for the Sisters of the
Good Shepherd home and know tha,
! Continued on Page 5.)
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the only ofganlxatlon IN the national
capital devoting itself exclusively to
the care of little ones.
Social settlement work has grown
so in the last few years that at pres.
ent there are seven schools in oper-
alton, with an attendance of GLIB child
rem, who are learning to make their
own clothing. In this work the aim
is not to lose sight of the one thing
needful, the spiritual inspiration to be
infused in all such endeavor, without
which social work becomes merely an
effort for material betterment, soul
less undertaking leading nowhere. The
care of the physical health of the
children enters largely into the work
and medical attention has been given
to those in need Of the same.
In closing her report, Miss Merrick
points out the great work to be done in
the future, and asks all to whom the
work of the society appeals, to give
generously to help carry on this work
among the children of the poor in
honor of the Babe of Bethlehem. The
only requirement for membership is
to work for the Christ Child accord
ing to your ability and to contribute
according to your means.
"The Christ Child society has lived
for 25 years, declared Father Burke" T"
in opening his address. after hear
ing the reports, one cannot but be
amazed at the efficiency of the work.
1t is not only a reason for congratula.
ton, but an example of what the So
ciety is going to be-"
"Our record is before u.s." he con.
tinued. 1T is work done, and as
such work of helping our fellows
it must honestly appeal to any one
who is interested in the work of char.
ity. And if he is sincere, he will ask,
what is the power behind it all?
"The charity of the Christ Child
society is not forced but springs spon.
taneously from the hearts of its mem
bers." Here Father Burke showed
that the success of the society has
been accomplished by personal work
with personal motive toward per
sonal end. Speaking of protests
against organized charity, he said:
Even those wAe protest organized
charity in turn organize their protest
Personal initiative and organization
are necessary for worthy accomplish
ment. When either fails, then charity
must fail. This is the problem o
state and of all human endeavor. In
deed, It is better to sin on the side o
individual liberty than on the side O
organized tyranny"
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Catholic faith-the army sixteen with
one vacancy at present), and the navy
six. Those of the army are as fol-
lows: Rev.. T. P. O'Keefe, at Fort
Myer, Va; Rev. F. B. Doherty. Fort
Sam Houston. Texas; Rev. G. ]. War
ing, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Rev.
Francis p. Joyce, Texas City, Texas;
Rev. F. ]. Feinler, Toxic Japan; Rev.
]. c. Kennedy, Philippine Islands:
Rev. James F. Houlihan, Philippine
Islands; Rev. A. p. Landry, Ft. Rob-
inson, Nebraska; Rev. Edward F.
Brophy, Fort Baker, CAL; Rev. J. M.
Kangley, Philippine Islands; Rev. ].
A. Lenehan, Texas City, Texas; Rev.
VIM. R. Arnold, Fort Washington, Md;
Rev. J. f. Rockford, Fort Slocum, N.
Y; Rev. Ignatius Fealy, Honolulu, H.
T.; and Rev. T. L. Kelly, Porto Rico.
Those of the navy are: Rev. VIM.
H. l. Reaney, Brooklyn, N. Y; Rev.
f. E. Mcdonald, U. S. S. New York;
Rev. NJ. c. Gleeson, (awaiting orders):
Rev. ]. F. McGinty, U. S. S. Wisconsin;
Rev. E. A. Bromann, U. S. S. Maine;
Rev. ]. j. Brady, U. S. S. Arkansas,
and Rev. |. Bouffard, U. S. S. South
Carolina.
Invitations to the congress have
been sent to the Catholic chaplains
on the retired list who have given to
their country and the faith which they
represent, the most efficient and faith
full service, rejecting credit on both.
These chaplains will have an oppor-
tunity to favor the present active chap
lains with the review of their personal
experiences during their labors in the
same field.
This congress will be far-reaching
in its effect, and of great benefit to the
chaplains themselves, as we'll as the
service generally, and while church
and state are separate, all recognize
the fact that the state needs religion
to uphold her authority, and religion
needs the state to guarantee the peace
and liberty to exercise her sacred call
ing.
Il The great success of the first Cath
olic chaplain congress, which was held
at the Catholic University of America
about two years ago.. was due to the
zeal, ability and experience of Rev.
Lewis J. O'Hern, G. S. p, who con.
Quoted it, and who has now made the
preliminary arrangements for the COM
ing one.
Besides representing the Catholic
archbishops in the appointment of
army and navy chaplains, Father
O'Hern teaches dogmatic theology in
Saint Paul's college, lectures in the
Apostolic Mission House, writes for
the Catholic press, and delivers SER
mons on special occasions in Wash
ington, Baltimore and New York.
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ION TO WASHINGTON" MAY BE
DRY SLOGAN.

Plans for an "On to Washington
movement in connection with the fight
against the liquor traffic are being
considered by leaders of the temper
ance organizations throughout the
country. Such an event would be
known as white Ribbon Day."
E. C. Dinwiddie, national legislative
superintendent Of the Anti-Saloor
League of America, when in Washing
ton last week. said he believed such
movement could be carried out with
rreat success.
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ORANGEMAN PRINTS IRISH VOLUNTEER

Hill, commanding the forces in Ire
land, sent officers to the premises of
the Orange printer, warning him
against the result, but without effect.
A farcical and somewhat shameful at
tempt to decoy Irishmen into enlisting
was made by publishing glorious ac-
count of the manner in which young
Irish recruit attacked the German
trenches and, single handed and alone,
killed eight Germans and returned
with six prisoners in addition. He was
decorated with the Victoria cross and
is now being exhibited in every nook
and corner in Ireland for the purpose
of encouraging recruiting. All in the
name of Catholic Belgium. The Brit.
ish government has put it in the
mouth these young men to say that
Catholic Belgium must be avenged.
Reviewing the list Of the Irish mar.
tyrs soon to be canonized by Rome,
and recalling England's sympathy for
the Catholics of Belgium, is one of
the most inconsistent experiences in
history. The publications known as
"Sinn Fein," Irish Freedom" "Eire, y
a national daily, and the Irish Work
er" exposed the political tricks in con
nection with Irish recruiting and
home rule. 1t was for exposing this
.duplicity that the Irish Volunteer
and Scissors and Paste" were sup
pressed. and the machinery and the
plant dismantled. One of the in
stances that illustrates very we'll why
the English government should sup
press Irish publications was made
known in the special communication
received by the Irish Standard. The
instance. relates that certain promi
nent member of the Unonist party
and a bitter opponent of Irish nation
alism, was being paid out Of the Un
ionist treasury the sum Of thre,
pounds and three shillings per day t.
speak in England against home rule
and paint in emphatic language the tor
lures inflicted on the Protestants in Ire
land by the Catholic home rulers. Hi,
descriptions surpassed in narrowing
detail the English description of Bel