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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-27

cargo OF flax. declared absolute con.
traband by Germany on Anrfi fS 49,
not alter the view OF the limited
states government that the contra.
band might have been removed and
the vessel spared.
While officials were sparing IN
tneir comment. ~ was INDICATED the
cedure the same course as IN tfbs
rye case. dtsputing Germany'F riahf
TO destroy American ships even N
carrying COntraband
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-27

william Olandor secretary % The
lake Soameu union to.nlehf said
thrre were many other fhirs on tho
lahCf a. dangerous aa was the East.
,gtnd, nc. 1urc ~ faulty construction
Tie held that The Faafiand was rof
properly deslEned and that me water
system was not the main fault
We charged that United states In
.lnciors under Captain Charlea r
Wr'irufi ~ Detroit. chief Of the lake
dIFiricf. had PLAYED into the hands
n ship owners al tho cVpanae of rsiI
nIa and passenger Ha aaid this was
shown hy The fact thar 30 ahIpa
passed hy tho Inspector had sunk Ia
ne great lakes since 1905. several "a
in.In iakluE nU on board fo death
This statement and Others ~
.lWiIHr nature caused tho fnFraffra.
tnra to decide fo look into tho r0ndI
lions ~ on vessels issuing from tho
Chicago harbor.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15
IRIsA.eERmAN INFLUENCE.

Members of the British parliament,
whether from Ireland, England, Scot.
land or Wales, are aware of the i'm
portant role that men of Irish birth
and Irish descent play in America
and the tremendous influence of the
Irish Americans in the public life in
the United States. They, too, are
aware that the German-American in
fluence is one of the great national
influences Of American life. 1t is
very easy then to understand that the
combined Irish-American influences in
the United States are by far and ahead
of the greatest influences which the
country possesses. 1t has worried
Great Britain to an alarming extent.
Irish members of the British parlia.
ment have used 1t to further their
arguments. England has been dubbed
with it wherever possible, and it is
true to say that 1t is the loyalty, pa
triotism, and fighting determination
of the truest sons of the Emerald Isle
in this country that have advanced
the interests Of the Irish race. Irish
American influence is looked upon
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

EXCAVATIONS AT CANTERBURY.
Recent excavations in the church of
st. Austin's Abbey, Canterbury, are
of great interest to Catholics. Sir.
w. H. st. John Hope, who has been
conducting operations on the spot, has
laid bare the despoiled tombs of Arch
bishops Laurence Mellitus and Jusius,
the successors of st. Augustine, who
brought Christianity to- this country.
The diggings also disclosed the empty
grave of st. Mildred. The description
of the graves bears out that of Cos
celin, an early chronicler, whose work
probably prompted these excavations,
and there is hope that the remains
of the tomb of st. Augustine himself
may yet be discovered. At present
their sites are overlaid by a huge
sleeper wall, ten feet wide, of the
Norman arcades, but it may be pos
sible without actually destroying this
to burrow underneath. In any case
there seems to be no reasonable doubt
that the place of the actual porticus or
aisle in which Augustine and his breth-
rem were originally buried has been
discovered.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

Sunday last was Mothers Day, the
day designated as special tribute to
the mothers of the land. Many and
various are the means by which trib-
utes are paid to the living memories
of fond mothers whose eye is only
less watchful than the eye of God.
Father Yorke has given some very
practical hints regarding the observ-
ance of Mothers Day. No doubt there
are many instances in which the hints
given by Father Yorke could be put
to practical use regarding Mothers
Day.. Father Yorke says:
1T is also timely to remark that
while a carnation in the buttonhole
Of coat is a pretty bit of sentiment,
generous contribution from sons
pocket is a more substantial way of
showing regard for mother.
I'VE know some sons and daughters
who remember mother in the right
way three hundred and sixty.five days
In the year, and we know others who
think Of mother only when they want
the services Of an unpaid laundress
and general family drudge.
In the latter case, of course,
Mother can quite frequently blame
herself for her position. All honor to
the mother who holds her children's
love and respect"
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15
THE LUsirANIA.

The nation is facing one of the most
serious problems that has arisen since
the European war began. It is facing
the problem of the rights of American
citizens as neutrals on board English
vessels that carry munitions of war
to the countries engaged in the con-
flict with Germany. Whether the
great body of the American people
believed that furnishing war supplies
to England and the Allies by the Unit
ed States would sooner or later in
volve us in serious difficulty with the
nation defending itself against the
countries to whom the munitions of
war was supplied is mater that this
country should seriously consider.
Monster meetings were held and petit.
lions circulated in favor of an en-
barge on war supplies being shipped
to the nations engaged in the con.
fitct. 1t cannot be said that the Amer
lean people as nation favor the ship
ment Of war supplies to the nations
now engaged. in the death struggle.
This Is the cause of the difflculty. To
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15
FEDERAL REPORT OF WoMEN'S
WAGES IN CLOTHING

INOO0InYs
The manufacture of mems ready
made clothing is centered largely in
five cities-New York, Chicago, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore and Rochester.
In these five cities:
1870 of the women earned less than
IS a week.
OF the home workers in Chicago:
$40 earned less than Sc week.
1870 Of the home finishers earned
less than 81 week.
The yearly earnings of the home
finishers were as follows:
1870 earned less than $50 a year.
1870 earned less than 500 year.
1919 earned as much or more than
5000 year. ... -
The report covers 22,66s shop en-
ployes. In addition the report of the
factory inspector for New York City
for 1908, states that 1854. houses in
New York were licensed for home
work.
No such license is demanded in Chi
cago.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

HOW WAR AFFECTS RELIGIONS.
A Swiss paper gives the following
figures as the latest estimate of the
populations affected by the war from
the point Of view of religions:
France-Protestant, 100000; Catho-
lie, 38,000,000.
Great Britain and Ireland-Protest-
ant. 41,000.000; Catholic, 100000.
Russia-Protestant, 100000; Cath
olic, 100000; Orthodox, 90,000,000.
Belgium-Catholic, 100000.
Servia-Orthodox 100000.
Observation-Disclosures, 100000.
Totals - Protestant, 45,80O,OOO;
Catholic, 100000; Orthodox, 92,.
100000.
Germany-Protestant, 40,000,000;
Catholic, 24,000,O00.
Austro-H ungary-Protestant, 4,500,-
900; Catholic, 39,00O,O00; Orthodox,
100000.
Totals-Protestant, 44,500,000; Cath
Ollie. 100000; Orthodox, 100000.
Australia, New Zealand and Canada
are not included in these figures.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

While converts and convent inspec-
ton bills are now the fad among leg
islators with anti Catholic prejudices
and gullible dispositions, why place a
limit upon the activities of the in.
spectors? Why not clothe them with
the power to inspect the fake priests
and the fake nuns, with the stories OF
thrilling escapes and give the com.
mtttee general power to inspect the
character of those who feed upon
moral filth and prejudice against the
Catholic church for price. II any in.
vestigatfng Is to be done and any in.
spectfon is to be carried on why not
separate the wheat from the chat
and have a general expose of the
whole affair with the anti Catholic
prejudice thrown in to make the mat.
ter sensational?
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15
<nze !!:!!;Ess
GaA9Es .SsS1rr Jc9gkc!U
~NsI;Tsls

One DR.. Cubberly, of Stanford Uni.
versity, Cal, is a sadder but wiser
man for having delivered lecture in
Sacramento, recently before a body
Of teachers, in which he referred to
the ancestors Of the teachers of Celtic
extraction as Ignorant Irish" When
the statement was made the Irish
teachers in the audience arose and
left the auditorium, declaring that
they did not care to listen to any
thing further which the lecturer had
to say. The matter was taken before
the commissioner of education with
the result that the learned doctor has
revised his views, while his expert
ence should add something to the
general culture of his notions regard
ing the Irish race.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15
AN ATTRACTIVE RECRUITING
POSTER,

During recent attempt to increase
recruiting throughout England the
war Office distributed what they con.
sidered a very attractive placard by
which they meant to arouse the indif-
ferent youth of England to enlist in
the army. The placard reads:
ITO Berlin-The country is arrang-
ing a trip to Germany in the spring
for q few sportsmen. All hotel ex-
penses and railways fares paid. Good
shooting and hunting. Ages. Is to 80.
Rifles and ammunition supplied. Free.
Cheap trip up the Rhine. Apply at
once as there is only a limited mum.
Der Zone million) required"
No doubt the attractive features ad.
vertised on the placard would pro-
duce better results IL a guarantee of
personal safety were enclosed with
the additional guarantee that those
who took advantage of the offer would
be safely returned to their homes.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION Ac'

II CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION ACT.
Catholics are not eligible for an.
continent to the Order Of the knights
sof Windsor, an honorary pension roll
for British officers who have served
IN the present war. The rule govern.
ing appointments has been made to
read that only members of the
church of England could be appointed
to the roll. The "True Voice" very
spertinently asks If the individual who
drew up the revised rules imagined
that Anglicans were the only Prot
atants in England. One Of the lead
nS knights, who recently died, was
Catholic. He refused to attend
4rvices in King Georges Chapel.
Needless to say King Georges Chapel
not q Catholic chapel. For this
klty to his Catholic faith Catholic
Ners are not now eligible to ap-
atment upon the honor roll. Never
tess England Is supposed to be pro.
ing In sentiment and tolerance
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15
THE CHIEF CONCERN.

Publishers who devote their energy
to misrepresentingt the Catholic church,
holding up to ridicule the teach
ings and morality of Catholic faith and
publishing malicious falsehoods con-
corning the Catholic church have re-
ceived a great amount of attention
from Catholic sources as to how they
should best be handled and in what
manner they should be dealt with, If
they were to be dealt with at all. The
General Baptist Messenger" COM
menting upon anti Catholic publica-
tions makes serious lapse from the
truth when it says, Catholics in this
country are trying to have publica-
tions which criticize that church ex-
cluded from the mails. OF course,
Catholic papers which criticize Prot
estants are all right" DR.. Victor
Mckee, however, has taken it upon
himself to make answer to the state
ment of the Baptist Messenger. DR..
Mckee was formerly a Baptist but
has since been received into the Cath
Ollie church. His answer appears in a
recent issue of the Denver Catholic
Register.
"The truth is (says he) that Catho-
lies are not nearly so deeply concern.
ed in the matter of publications
which criticize the Church as in the
matter of unprincipled liars who not
only criticize the Catholic church, but
who misrepresent Catholic belief and
who assail the good name Of exem-
plary Christian individuals. have
never seen malicious attack upon
the moral characters of Protestant
minister or layman In the columns of
the Catholic paper. have never
seen the virtue of Protestant woman.
hood questioned therein. But during
the twenty years that l occupied a
pew in the Baptist meeting house !
heard the Catholic church accused OF
of almost every offense imaginable
and not always in language most
choice or in spirit most charitable
In fact, it was Baptist abuse of all
things Catholic that aroused within
me a desire to learn something of q
faith SO heartily despised. And since
becoming Catholic l can truthfully
assert that have not seen Baptist
scandal aired in the Catholic press. u
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15
THE PRESIDENT At THE MErHo-
DIST CONVENTION.
(The Rev. T. G. Smith in the Baltimore
Catholic Review

(The Rev. T. G. Smith in the Baltimore
Catholic Review
The Methodist Episcopal church.
South, held convention in Washing
ton last week. There is nothing es-
pecially remarkable about this, but it
was interesting to notice the conspic-
uous way i'm which the administration
figured in the convention happenings.
The chief executive addressed the as
sembled delegates, calling them the
"stabilizers" of the nation and asking
their prayers. Secretary Daniels fol-
lowed the president in a speech in
which he made public profession Of
faith in Methodism and attributed
whatever success had come to him in
life to a strict adherence to Methodist
principles. The visiting bishops were
entertained at dinner by the secretary
of state as we'll as by the secretary.
Now we say all this is very inter-
esting when we remember with what
concern our public officials regard
their appearance at any Catholic cele-
bration. Even when OCCASION
ally they do accept an Invitation, the
whole affair is invested with an air of
secrecy, and by their manner more
than by their words we are given to
understand that great sacrifice is in
volved. We are convinced that there
is no disposition to be unjust to Cath
olics or even discourteous, but why
this difference in attitude? ***
We can tolerate the unreasonable
prejudice of the mob, but it is irrita-
tive to see those in high office truck
ling to the prejudice. If the day is
ever to come when mans religion ia
to be no barrier to preferment in this
country, it will only come from the
uncompromising stand of our public
men against such an ur.American
spirit. The stand is seen at it's best
In treating Catholics and their cele-
brations with the same consideration
that Is given to the members of the
different Protestant denominations.
We offer no criticism of Mr.. Wilson
or OF Mr.. Bryan, wher they attend and
take part in a convention of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South, or
Tor that matter in any religious gather
ing, for this is the exercise of an I'm.
right; but we do claim that
because OF the work done by the
church in building up and maintaining
sterling American citizenship her
have right to have their
special assemblies dignified by the
prestige of public office.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

IA committee on institutional eff.
ficiency makes every effort to get a
full dollars worth of work from every
dollars worth of interest or assist
ance. About one-fourth of the $780,
600 contributed through the fedora
ton during the year closed, Sept. 80,
was placed at the discretion of the fed
GRAFTON. The committee keeps cur
rently in touch with fifty-seven organi-
cations of wide variety, including
II hospitals, social settlement, 20
institutions for children, 2 homes for
the aged, institution for discharged
prisoners. 2 organizations for the
blind, relief works, etc., total of
4S Protestant and 9 Catholic agen.
cies. A social lecture bureau has
supplied an average of three speakers
weekly to the city's churches.
schools and societies.
New Plan a Success.
Sept. 30 last, closed the first full
year of the experiment of the fed
Grated plan of appealing and giving.
The fifty-ave organizations then men,
bers showed an increase of $4,000,
or rs per cent in total contributions
received. Collection costs have been
reduced from about Is to 10 per cent.
Solicitors commissions have been
done away with entirely and the en-
7loyment of solicitors almost entirely.
By means of a variety of conferences,
operating costs of the various char
tiles aggregating over s1,000,0 900
yearly were reduced
Stereopticon pictures are used cur
| rently in the churches and before
ether bodies in the city as part of the
federatfon's city-wide publicity pro-
gram.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

The Colored Catholic people of
Brooklyn, N. Y, of whom 1t is esti-
mated there are four thousand, are
deeply interested in a movement to
have erected in that diocese q church
for their own particular use. The
success Of the Church of st. Benedict
the Moor in Manhattan gives them
their inspiration and hope of success.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15
THE coLumsIAp,s APOLOGY.

the COlUMBlAO'S APOLOGY.
The Irish Standard recently made
comment upon the apology offered by
Daniel Toomey, the editor of the Co
lumbiad, in reference to an advertise
ment which appeared in the Colum-
bad and which gave offense to the
Canadian brother knights. So pro-
fuse and abject was the apology that
it has really placed the author in a
more embarrassing position than he
was after the royal prerogatives of
the Canadian brothers had been exer.
cised in declaring their rights and
exhibiting their injured feelings to
Mr.. Toomey. The Editor of the
Boston Hibernian" has analysed Mr..
Toomey's apology, and the position in
which he places himself, in a recent
editorial as follows:
A Business Apology.
We fear our friend Dan Toomey of
1.-THE Columbiad," was too profuse in
his apology for having published an
advertisement that hurt the sensitive
feelings of the Canadian knights of
Columbus. We understand the OBJ.
jectionable advertisement to be James
K. McGuire's 'The King, The Kaiser
and Irish Freedom" How the publish
ing of this advertisement. a matter of
business. could prompt such an apol-
ogy we fail to appreciate. If he had
refused to accept this advertisement
on the ground that it was objection.
able to his Canadian brother Knights
he would have offended thousands of
other Knights, in this country, who
might wish to give publicity to such
a book. The book is simply a COM
pilation of facts taken from newspa-
pers and historical sources. That it
reflects upon England is not the fault
Of the author, but the stubbornness of
facts. We think brother Dan owes an
apology to the Irish and German
members Of the organization, in the
United States. who believe that the
dissemination of such facts is for the
benefit Of mankind in general and
who likewise claim that their wishes
are entitled to q consideration, at
least equal to that of their Canadian
brethren.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

the recording of death is always sad
office. there is added a deeper hue of
mourning when with the death of the
body long cherished hopes die, too.
Bishop Cotton had set aside the last
day of this month for the consecra-
ton of his magnificent cathedral re-
Gently erected after years of plan
ming and toiling, and to think that
just as he was about to ascend it's
altar to offer it as an unblemished
gift to his Creator in the name of his
people and in his own the words Of
conservation should die unuttered on
his lips and the lustral water ascend
as vapor before it fell from his hand
in benediction. Yet, like Moses. the
good bishop had done his life's work,
though it was not granted to his eyes
even to see its glory and its reward
from the sunlit mount of conservation.
Bishop Cotton was born on October
Is, 1S4S, in the city of New York, of
Patrick Cotton and Teresa Mullin Col
ton. Having been educated in the Jes.
uit college of st. Francis aXvier in
New York City, from which he gradu-
ated in 1872, he entered st. Joseph's
Seminary, Troy. N. Y, and was or
dained priest four years later. Hav.
ing filled the offices of assistant pas
tor and pastor of st. Stephens church
between 1876 and 1908, he was con-
secrated bishop of Buffalo on August
"a, 1903.
Bishop Cotton wrote several books,
among them being, Seedlings; Buds
and Blossoms" "My Trip to Rome"
"The Holy Land"
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

On May 81, at o'clock in the aft
ernoon, 5000 members of the Young
Ladies' Sodalities of the different
parishes in St. Louis will offer repair
alton in body at the new cathedral
for the dissertation of shrines of Our
Lady In the war districts of Europe.
Two hundred and fifty young women
will make up the choir, and it is ex-
pected that Archbishop Glennon will
preside at the service and preach the
sermon.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

Father Kruger, formerly of Little
Rock (Ark.) College, who, while Wis
iting in Germany last fall, was de-
tanned, not having served his term,
received the iron cross from the kali
ser for bravery. Father Kruger said
Mass. gave the last sacraments to the
dying soldiers and did. not heed the
greatest dangers in his work for
mercy.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

News has been received of the
death of the oldest bishop in the
Catholic church, Monsignor Fedele
Abati, of the Franciscan order, who
had attained the ripe old age of IS
years.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

toward Catholics. Some even go as
far as to say Irish Catholics. But the
man who caused the change to be
made was Thomas O'Donoghue Her.
vey. The facts belle England's liber-
atty and tolerance.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, wife of
the great steel manufacturer, has
erected church at Ashfeld, near
Allentown, Pa. The church is for q
Catholic congregation in q rural
community. The property was turned
over to the parish last week.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15

The cornerstone Of Q new 100000
church at Woonsocket. s. D., was
laid by Bishop O'Gorman on April %.
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15
DEATH OF BISHOP COTTON.

The Rt. Rev. Charles H. Cotton,
D. D., bishop of Buffalo. N. Y, died
the early part of this week. While
The Irish standard., 1915-05-15
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