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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
EDITED BY JACK BETHEA

Altchison and Elberfeld he was phe- nonenally effective. His IS innings of shutout ball against Birmingham by use of the freak mudball was one of the most remarkable single days pitching exhibition of the past season. If Joe Dunn can have Clark use the delivery on the sly in the Central league, the youngster is not unlikely to make a sen sational showing. Without his pet de- livery, he may still be able to do fairly well in class B, but he is several points lacking of class A ability.
 Jap Efud, the former Cracker who was drafted by Chattanooga rom the Virginia league last fall, seems deter mined not to report. The pitcher is one of the most remarkable hold-outs of the spring in that he is absolutely silent and this leads Elberfeld to believe that his is a. serious "retirement." Efird received his contract, acknowledging the same py the. usual registered letter receipt, put since that time has not written word, though Elberfeld wrote him one personal letter. Birds home is in Gastonia, N. C. He made a phenomenal record in the Virginia league, winning r out of his last 20 games
 Chattanooga appears to have lost 8. promising outfielder through one of the final raids of the Federal league Hick- man, who was farmed out to the North Carolina league last spring and recalled in August signed contract with the Baltimore Federals in September. and recent bulletin states that he has been sold to the Brooklyn Nationals.
 Transportation was mailed Monday to all the Chattanooga players who nave signed. Work was begun on a few neces- sary repairs on grandstand and clubhouse and in the midst of a driving snowstorm the real preparations for the season of 1916 were inaugurated.
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Filial Observation

From the Washington Star.
 "When I was your age I didn't dance till or o'clock in the morning."
 "Well. paw" replied the young man who was being reproved, maybe if you had you wouldn't be obliged to spend so much time and money now taking dancing lessons"
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QUIETNEss PREVAILS

Everything at the baseball headquarters was quiet again yesterday. Manager Molesworth and President Smith idled away the time waiting for contracts to come in. but their efforts were not rewarded. Likewise quietness prevailed at President Baugh's office.
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The race was marred by two serious accidents. Bob Horton was most serious ly injured, sustaining a bad fall on Twenty-fourth street between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues when he collided with another racer He was rushed to McAdory's infirmary. Jap Bryant, one of the officials, was injured after the race by a fall from his motorcycle. Other accidents were numerous, but none were serious.
 Hinds won the race, riding Columbia
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The Unfortunate Part

From JuuSe.
 Willis: This war has made lot Of difference with the fashions-I mean as respects the fellows who design them.
 Gillis: Yes, and it hasn't made any difference at all with the fashions-i mean as respects the fellow who pays for them.''
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Among Friends

From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
 Abe dust rtturned from the hospital :: Say, Isaac. that nurse you used to go up to see is sick
 Isaac: Did she ask for me?"
 Abe: "No; her mind isn't wandering. She is perfectly rational"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01

Savannah, February 29.-N. P. Corish, president of the South Atlantic league, today denied the report from Montgom- cry that South Atlantic franchise had been granted to that city.
 The committee having the matter in charge has taken no action he said. i
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SKULL FRACTURED

Bob Horton. of the Hickman Cycle company, who was in- jured in the bicycle race yester- day afternoon. was carried to the McAdory infirmary in a pri- vate automobile. Horton was pacing behind Tom Kinds, who was leading the race. Horton's front wheel ran into the rear wheel on Hinds' bicycle. which caused Horton to fall. He fell on his lifet side on a street car rail. fracturing the base of his skull.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
SPORTS
TOMMY HINDS WINS
 BIG BICYCLE RACE
Two Serious Accidents Occur Horton Seri- Ously Injured by Fall-Culpepper Second and Davis Third-Winner Makes Good Time

Tommy Hinds messenger boy the big mile bicycle yesterday large field of entries n what IS considered wonderful tme Hnd closely followed by Ellis Cupepper who second and Hardge Davis who trd Official time for the 13 minutes and 52 seconds or an of 0Q.o1 ,nilac hOur
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-29

could say so much of the others.
They are all equally unsuccess-
full. But their returned mission
aries can tell wonderful tales of
the spiritual darkness they en-
countered in those countries and
of the eagerness of the people to
welcome the light of Protestant
ism. That keeps up. the contribu-
tions for the missions. Were they
to give list of their converts and
the expense per capita of making
them, there would be a different
story to tell.
One thing these Protestant mis-
sionaries may do: They may
weaken the Catholic faith of GER
tain proportion of the population
in those countries. But they can
not make good Protestants of
them. They only aid in the spread
of irreligion by their methods.
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A CONSTANT ATTENDANT,

The Louisville Times recently
invited information from its read
ers as to who possessed the best
record for regular attendance at
Sunday school, and offered a
Bible as prize for the winners.
From different parts of Kentucky
came letters from members of
Baptist and Methodist churches
principally, all proudly prating
that he or she was the prize Win
ner in the congregation, and the
highest average of these ranging
from 10 to II years. But it re-
NAMED for Lawrence ]. Smith of
Louisville, to come forward with
a record which made them all sit
up and take notice, his letter to
the Times being as follows:
"My record is as follows: I
am 68 years old, and have gone
to church every Sunday and holy
day of obligation since I was four
years old. I missed one Sunday
while at sea when I was on my
way to Nova Scotia. I am a men,
Der of St. Louis Bertrand Catho-
lie church, Sixth street between
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-29
IRELAND'S FIGHT.

Ireland is again fighting to be-
come an independent nation. The
Dublin rebellion is an outbreak OF
the pent-up feelings of a people
who have been oppressed for gen.
erations and the desire for free
dom and independence which has
existed for over a century. The
same feeling that was instilled by
the patriot Emmett has existed to
a greater or less degree in the
Irish people under the leadership
of other men, less great than
Emmett. The history of our
Motherland has been spotted with
uprisings against the cruel mailed
fist of clever, cunning England.
The present trouble is the old
smoldering fire, which has never
entirely been extinguished, de-
spite the best efforts of Great
Britain. The present attempt is
headed by Sir Roger Easement,
with some assistance of the Ger
man government. The expedition
cannot be directly laid to German
influence, because it has always
been the plan ekthe "separatists''
to try to accomplish the task Of
freeing Ireland at the first oppor-
tunity, and this is considered, by
the leaders of this new movement
to be most opportune time.
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HIGH PRICES DUE TO THE
WAR.

The upward movement in COM
modify prices, taking them as a
whole, continues, says the New
York Sun, and shows but little
promise of abating until the basic
cause for the uplift in the market
in this countryside European
war-is removed.
1t is recognized fact that pres
emf high prices are due primarily
to the impetus given our domestic
trade by the heavy buying here
of the belligerent nations since
the outbreak of the war.
With foreign governments step
ping into our domestic markets
and ordering millions of pounds
of metals, many shoes, thousands
of cases Of clothing, tons of grain
and millions of dollars worth of
munitions, the result was that the
domestic consumer, fearful of be-
ing caught short of this or that
basic commodity, has been in
clined to stock up heavily at in
creasing prices. In some COM
modify markets it is said that
buyers are now overbought.
The heavy demand from abroad
continues-our weekly exports
reached a new high record recent
ly-and an abundance of money
and credit has aided in pushing
commodity prices to abnormal
points. The fact that prices are
higher and that a large number of
articles are bringing more dollars
than heretofore is met with en-
thusiastic approval by persons
who are making the sales, but it
would be wise to remember that
under these circumstances the dol
lar does not have the same pur-
chasing power.
The purchasing power of the
American dollar at present is less
in the majority of instances than
at any time since the last period
of initiation during the civil war
and the several years following it.
The dollar now has a purchasing
power of from one-third to two
thirds its strength year or a
year and six months ago.
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THE LIGHT THAT SHINES.

THE LIGHT THAT SHINES.
A French religious journal is
authority for the statement that
for several weeks the little Catlo-
lie church at Airances has been
crowded, overcrowded in fact,
and the majority OF the worship
pers are Irish soldiers. 1t is a
wonderful spectacle, says this au-
thority, to see these young men,
clad in khaki, solemnly file into
the church, there to make peace
with their Creator, before return
ing to the firing line. The exam
pie of these warrior sons of Erin
has been almost as good as mis-
sion. This practical evidence of
their faith has put to shame even
the natives of that district in
Catholic France. and has stirred
to new enthusiasm, numerous
hearts long dead to the thoughts
of religion. Such is the wonder
full strength of religion in the
Irish heart, a strength that out
shines the faith of all other ma
tions. May God, in His mercy,
preserve these lads.
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THOMAS M. INJURY, PHILANTHRO.
PIST, GAVE ALL TO CHARITY
IN Lifetime.

1t became known a few days ago
that nearly all the large income of
the late Thomas M. Mulry had been
devoted to charitable work during his
life, and that for this reason the es.
tate left by the president of the Emf.
grants Industrial Savings bank to his
widow amounted to only $4,000, al
though he was believed in the business
world to be millionaire. Mr. >Mulry
expended enormous sums in the work
of the st. Vincent de Paul society, Of
which he was the head. He paid the
entire expense of many national and
state conferences of charitable organ
izations, and these philanthropic ex-
penditures, in addition to hundreds Of
private benefactions, left very little
margin of his large income for his
personal fortune. Mr.. Mulry's init
mates have known how simple and
modest was his private life in his
home at 10 Perry street, New York
City, but it was not known that his
method of living was in strict accord
with that part of his income which
he set aside for himself and his fam
lily. OF the entire estate, which is
willed to his wife, $4,000 is in realty
and $1,000 in personal property.
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A BIT OF WISDOM.

No true American doubts the
loyalty and patriotism of His
Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons of
Baltimore and it is we'll at this
critical period in the history of
our nation, when we are on the
very brink of war, to pause and
consider, that war is not all that
it is pictured, it is not all honor
and glory, it is not all splendor
and heroic deeds, but there is an
other side, a darker side, one
which is seldom given much pub
licity, but, which nevertheless, ex-
lists. Anent this subject, His
Eminence says:
1--WE believe" said the Cardi-
nal, ito be in accord with the
multitude of Americans, who can
see no benefit that could possibly
be derived from joining the I'M
fortunate countries now at war.
"War is a terrible thing, and
we should not jump lightly into
the strife that is tearing the world
to pieces. War seems to have a
lot of glory and chivalry, but for
the widows and orphans it seems
endless suffering. Then, too, ii
seems terrible cost of sacrifice
of thousands of young men, the
life and sinew of the nation, just
because few insist on taking a
risk. For it is nothing but fool
ish risk for Americans to take the
dare of travelling by ships that
are in danger. Why should they
court the danger?'
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J. P. Morgan, etc, at a recent
banquet in New York City, drink
ing toast to King and Country
Let us be neutral.
THE NEW PARTY.

Henry Ford, Frank Walsh and
Herbert Bigelow, of Ohio, are
talked of by the new paci6st party
as presidential possibilities. This
new third party" movement is
based on two principles, progress
ivism and anti-militarism, and
from press accounts it is looming
up quite serious on the political
horizon of the east. A pacifst
political party at this time when
the war dogs throughout the world
are Juggling at their leashes, seems
strangely out of place. Stranger
still is the fact that these pacifst
have failed to place upon their list
of presidential possibilities the
name of our former secretary,
whose one hobby was peace treat
les and chautauquas. Certainly
he is entitled to the leadership OF
the new party if it is formed. Did
he not resign from the cabinet to
prove his devotion to the peace
at-any-price doctrine? Of course,
Henry Ford organized a peace ex-
petition to put an end to the war
in Europe. But he is only a re-
cent convert to the peace propa-
ganda, and no previous experience
as candidate for the presidency.
Here again is where Mr.. Bryan
is strong. What advocate OF
peace can approach this veteran
campaigner in knowledge of the
ways of politics? Now that his
own party has practically driven
him forth ungratefully from its
councils, the paci6sts should af-
ford him comfort and shelter in
his old age. He is the most emf
nent pacifist in America and sure
ly party of pacifsts cannot af-
ford to ignore him. By all means
let the peace party choose him as
the standard bearer. He is the
logical candidate of the new
party.
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No. 1929.
Order for Creditors to Present Claims,
|-29-16 ATTORNEY.

No. 1929.
Order for Creditors to Present Claims,
State of Minnesota, County Of Henne-
pin. Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of August
Fl. Kropp. deceased.
tate Of August H. Kropp, deceased,
state of Minnesota. being granted to
John J.. Burg of said county and state;
by the affidavit Of the said John J.
Burg, made and filed herein, that there
are no debts against the estate of the
k tna3p hFse onbs be
and the same is hereby allowed from
and after the date of this order, in
Which all persons hay i1g claims or de-
required to file the same in the probate
court. of said county of Hennepin for
exami nation and allowance, or be for
1t is further ordered, that the first
Monday in August, 1916, at 10 o'clock
a. M, at a general term Of said pro-
hate court, to be held at the court
appointed as the time and place when
and where the said probate court will
examine and adjust said claims and de-
mands. 60
And it is further ordered, that notice
tors and persons interested in said es-
tate tat by forthwith publishing this or
cessive weeks in the Irish Standard, a
newspaper printed and published in
sa1 baf Hopn af M,nneano,,s this 9th dav
of April, 1915 '9' ILLS ''A N'
By the Court.
JOHN A. DAHL,
N cAv 5Hag .R Of the Probate Court.
4-29-16 Attornev
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-29
A FAIRY TALE.

We are told that only fairy
tales begin with the words, 'once
upon a time," but this little tale
is not fairy story but true hap
pening in one of our well-known
aristocratic colleges for women,
In this seat of learning egotism
came before economics, foolish
ness was given precedence over
figures, and social position was
more to be desired than scholar
ship. To this place of culture
came one day a Catholic mother
bringing with her her only daugh-
ter to be enrolled, that, she, too
might absorb some of this up-to-
date refinement and become fash
ionable. Time passed, and one
day the local pastor wended his
way thereto and preached the
subject of forming a sodality
among these young women. But
alas! they flocked not to his
standard, for he was not fashion
able. His shoes were patched, his
clothes were Impressed and not
of the latest cut, and his language,
ah me! twas not of an Oxford
vintage; it contained no trite,
mean-nothing phrases, but was
full of homely truths. He was OF
the poor, and it was the opinion
of these young ladies, that with
the poor he should stay. And the
heroine of this little tale, like a
dutiful daughter, forthwith wrote
to her mother, informing her of
this occurrence, and the mother
replied, post haste, that she was
to have nothing to do with this
untidy priest, for, she wrote, eff it
became known that you were a
Catholic you would be Stunned,
and your social position would be
lost. Therefore, my daughter,
dispense with your new acquain-
lance" And she, like a duti-
full daughter, obeyed. And so
ends this fairy tale; and if it is to
be regular fairy tale it will have
to close with the words "and so
they lived happily ever after"
but as it was said in the begin
ming, this is not a regular fairy
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NEUTRALITY.

During the last few months,
we have heard a gread deal about
Americans showing any partial
ality to any of the belligerent ma
tons, and we have been asked to
refrain from expressing our opin-
ion, one way or another, as to the
probable outcome of the terrible
conflict now raging in Europe.
We hive been asked to suppress
our emotions and not make any
public utterances which could be
construed as being favorable to
any of the participants in the
world war; we have been asked
to overlook any expressions of ILL
feeling or hatred on the part of
any of the European nations and
to continue to make bullets for
humanity's sake. The admins
tration has despatched notes
without number to the Germanic
allies, protesting against alleged
breaches of international law,
and, in the meantime, Great
Britain has disregarded the rights
of neutrals by blacklisting Ameri-
can merchants who have had the
audacity to deal with merchants
in Germany or her allies and has
seized American mail and the
correspondence of American dip
lomats; has seized as contraband,
tons and tons of American mer-
chandise destined to neutral coun-
tries and in one case, at least, has
even gone so far as to use the
American flag on British ship
when it was in danger of capture
by German warship. England
has done all these things and still
we have the spectacle of a group
Of such citizens as Joseph Choate,
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No, 1929.

No. 1929.
Order for Hearing Final Account and
Petition for Distribution.
state OF Minnesota, County of Henne-
pin. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Thomas
Quinn, decedent.
On receiving and fling the final ac-
count of the Administrative c. T. A. Of
the estate of said decedent, and her
petition praying for the allowance Of
said account and for a decree assigns
ing the residue of said estate to the
persons by law entitled to the same.
1t is ordered, that all persons inter-
ested in said estate appear before the
said probate court on Monday, the
22nd day Of May, 1916, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon. at the. probate court in
tne court mouse at Minneapolis, in said
county; SC then and there to show cause,
should not be allowed and said estate
should not be distributed as prayed for
in said petition.
And it is further ordered, that notice
Of such hearing. be given by publishing
this order once in each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of
hearing, in the Irish Standard, a news
paper printed and published in said
county.
Dated at Minneapolis, this Gath day
of April, 1916.
By the Court
JAIN A DAHL
Judge of the Probate Court,
STEPHEN MAHONEY,
4-29-l6 Attorney.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-04-29
CATHOLICS FIRST TO VOLUNTEER
THEIR SERVICES IN TIME
OF WAR

According to Government records,
the very first man to volunteer his
services for the Civil War was Josias
King, a Catholic. The first soldier
to yield up his life in the villista
raid at Columbus, N. NJ, lately was
Thomas Butler, a Catholic young man
from Syracuse, N. Y. The first victim
of Vera Cruz, two years ago, was
young Haggerty, a Catholic boy, from
Boston. Catholics practice patriotism;
the self-styled patriotic orders prate
about it. They are even disgracing
the American Flag.
Anent this, the following from the
editor of Donahoe's Magazine, May,
1896, is apropos:
Shake out the American flag. Give
1t a good spring cleaning! Lay it on
some grassy plot and beat out all the
noisome, rank and malignant vermin
that have made it place of incuba-
tion during the past decade. The en-
blem of liberty is too beautiful and
precious an object to be permitted
longer to warm and nurture within it's
folds the germs of disease and death
of the spirit of true Americanism. 1t
means too much to the whole people,
to be tolerated as the possession of
miserable few, who wish to use it as
a bandage for the wounds received in
their fight against the principles of
the constitution. The French revolu-
tionists, in the name of patriotism,
shed the noblest blood of the land,
and established harlot on the altar of
religion as their goddess. The would
be revolutionists in the American Re-
public today, true to the hated i'm
pulse that has ever nerved the arm
of the fanatic and the assassin, wish
to seize upon the most sacred emblem
Of the American people to use it as a
shield for their coward hearts, while
they strike from behind it a deadly
blow at the integrity of the nation.
But they cannot achieve their baneful
purpose. Their designs are already
too we'll known and understood; and
even though they wrap themselves
cap-a-pie in American flags, sing My
Country, IT'S of Thee to the air of
God Save the Queen all day, and
tapestry their houses from top to bot
tom with patriotic notices, they are
none the less recognizable as the
worst enemies of American freedom,
and the lineal descendants of all those
who in the past have striven to pros
titute liberty and patriotism to the
most ignoble ends. Our Sunday Wis
itor.
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CAMPAIGN AGAINST LYNCH LAW

An aggressive educational cam
paign against lynch law in the South
is to be undertaken Immediately, &C.
cording to a report from Birmingham,
Ala. The organization which begins
the work is composed of representa-.
tives Of eighteen Southern institutions
of learning. It will have the support
of many other educational institutions.
The avowed object of the association,
according to it's organizers, will be to
conduct an active campaign against
the spirit which prompts lynchings."
A publicity bureau is to be established,
speakers are to be sent out, and the
alumni of the various institutions are
to be asked to do personal work. Sta
tistics were presented at the meeting,
which, it is said, showed that during
the past thirty years there had been
1000 lynchings, about ninety per cent
of which occurred in the South.
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A New York society woman,
after a lengthy investigation, de-
clares that thirty-eight cents per
day is enough for working girl
to live on. The statement does
not say whether or not she lob
tanned this information from ac-
tual experience, but evidently she
knows.