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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14

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sition at onces 10 years experience,
understands tho producing of GER
titled milk, A. r., gardens, lawns,
horses and poultry; best Of refer
enees; American, 80 years old, mar
ried! Address T. r. Kinney, South
port. CT. A t~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
Engraved Calling Cards

ENGRAVED EASTER CARDS, En-.
graved wedding Invitations. South
worth's. 10 ArcardA
LIS ct.
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Oatmeals. sarnish ttlea 1901 Broad
Il E 30 st9
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14
Insurance

DAMAGE IS ABOUT ALL fire can do
to your property. insurance cost
ing lac a day protects you. All
the particulars at D. B. Booths q
Co. Conn. Bank Building.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14

WE MAKE SIGNS all kinds. also
granting and lettering estimates
given. H. & X Sign Co.. J. @.
Knablin. Prop, so John ST., Phone
1304-6. S 10 aIls
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-14

WANTED POSITION as clerk in ho-
tel. bartender or good ali around
man. doea not drink. best refer
ences, horse trainer. seven years eE-
perience; chauffeur. single and hbus
est; good Recommendations also
work IN grocery store, two years
experience. NJ Broder, $40 Fair.
field avenue. * DE-
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29
CASUALTIES NOT so GREAT.

According to the London Times the
German newspapers have been sup
piled with extraordinary figures con-
cerning the low rate of mortality and
the high rate of recoveries among the
German wounded, which, even If ap-
proximately correct, would greatly im-
pair the value of most of the rough
calculations of German casualties
made in England.
1t is stated, for example, that in
the first month of the war nearly IS
per cent Of the wounded were able
to return to military service, while
8 per cent died and the remaining
IL per cent were discharged.
1t is further claimed that month by
month there has been a steady i'm.
provement on these figures, and that
the monthly average shows that for
every 100 wounded 1915 were fit for
service, s.S were discharged or sent
on leave and only IL died.
The report says: "No army in the
world can show such favorable re
turns"
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29
FATAL RIOT AT CHURCH.

The church of the Sacred Heart, Du-
pont, Pa, was the scene of riot Jan.
uary 16. Knives, revolvers and clubs
were used. Eleven members of the
state troops were among the injured.
There are two factions in the church,
one supporting Bishop Hoban of scran.
ton and the other opposed to his au'
thorfty. Each t7afesa new priest has
been appointed to the church he has
been opposed and prevented from hold
in services by one faction or the other
On the day the riot occurred, ar
rangements had been made to say
Mass under the protection of the sher
If, who called upon the state for as
sistance.
A dozen troopers were detailed, but
the crowd was so determined that q
call was sent for extra troopers. Twen
ty.four responded. nv.
Geo. Grizer is dead, two others who
took part in the riot are not expected
to live.
The Sacred Heart Church is a Polish
Catholic Church.
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29
NEED OF MERCHANT MARINE.

Mayor James Curley of Boston,
speaking at the recent banquet in the
honor of DR.. Thos. Adds Emmett on
the need of a merchant marine. We
have let our thoughts be directed to.
ward the discussion of National Pre-
paredness. while we have neglected
the equally important subject of Mer,
chant Marine. said Mayor Curley.
The United States has depended too
long on other nations to move its prod
ucts. Mayor Curley cited examples
from conditions occurring during the
Spanish-American War, when we had
no ships fit to transport soldiers. There
is at the present time, he declared, an
enormous quantity Of freight along the
entire Eastern Coast of the United
States waiting for the ships of foreign
nations to carry it. Mayor Curley
urged four reforms in the interests ol
the United States Shipping.
A revision of the Navigation Laws
the repeal of the Ocean Mail Act
which limits aid to ships Of twenty
knots or more, a general subsidy
government loans to shippers engaged
in foreign trade with a provision tha
the ships become subject to the con
troll Of the Navy Department as crus
iers or transports in time of war.
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29
THE WAR AND THE HOLY LAND.

THE WAR AND THE HOLY LAND.
At the holy season, when the world
pauses for moment to think of the
birth Of the Man of Peace, the awful
conditions prevailing in the place of
His birth and ministrations come with
an especial shock.
The war has had great effect upon
the Holy Land. The Hill of Golgotha
and the Mount of Olives resound to
the tramp of Turkish troops which
drill there daily. At Jerusalem q
score of Monasteries and converts, for.
merly occupied by English, French and
Persian religious communities, have
been transformed into barracks, and
their halls now echo to the command
of officers. The spectacle presented
by the Holy Land is indeed an extraor.
binary one. Everywhere one sees mo.
tor cars, aeroplanes, machines guns,
buffaloes, and oxen.drawn cars, laden
with munitions, going through the
lanes and along the fields once trod.
den by the apostles and the patriarchs
while the construction of military
roads through the desert. over the
mountains Of Judea, in the outskirts
of Jericho, does not cease by night or
day.
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29
Organized Labor and the
Americanization Committee

purposes of the hackers of this organi-
zation, who, it is shown, make no ref
erence to closing the foodgates of
eastern and southern European immi-
grafton" And it is added that large
number of men who were supporting
the National Liberal immigration
League are reported to have trans
ferred allegiance to the new organiza-
ton because of the expose of the for
mer body by President Gompers of
the Federation of Labor.
There can be no doubt in view of
these facts that the United States Bu-
reau of Education erred in supporting
the campaign of the Americanization
Committee and that it should now
withdraw it's support from this or
ganization. The governmental depart
ments should not officially assist as
sociations which are thus likely to
advance ideas and to carry out plans
which are not satisfactory to great
sections of the people.
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29
New Archbishop Comes
to Chicago February 8.

Wednesday, February 9th is the date
set for the installation ceremony of
Archbishop Mundelein; his excellency
Most Rev. Bonzano, d. d., titular arch
bishop of Militent, and apostolic dele.
gate will ofticiate.E
Rt. Rev. Chas. E. Mcdonald, D. D.,
Bishop of Brooklyn, by whom Arch.
bishop Mundelein was ordained to the
priesthood, will he present. The new
archbishop will be accompanied by a
+! delegation of Chicago clergy as we'll
as a number Of clergy from Brooklyn.
The services wills be conducted from
the Holy Name Cathedral. The new
Archbishop will be welcomed by Rt.
Rev. NJ. ]. Fitzsimmons, who has been
the administrator OF the, archdiocese
since the death Of Archbishop Quig.
ley. The pontifical high mass will be
sung, His excellency Archbishop Bon.
zano officiating. Archbishop Nun.
delein is the third Archbishop of Chi.
cago.
The first Archbishop was Most Rev.
Patrick A. Feehsn, d. D., who died
July -, 1902; the efsecond was the late
Archbishop Quigley. The Archdiocese
of Chicago was established November
%, 1s4S, and created an archbishopric
In 1880. 1t contains three thousand
six hundred twenty square miles, in
cludes an archbishopric, 2 bishops, 49S
diocesan priests. and 2S3 priests OF
religious orders.
The Catholic population, according
to the census of 1909, was one mil
lion, one hundred fifty thousand.
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29
BISHOP scANNELL's WILL.

The will Of the late Bishop Scannell
of Omaha has been filed for probate.
The will was executed March II, 1915.
The estate consists of life insurance
policies amounting to ten thousand
dollars ($1O,0OO), and diocesan proper.
ty not held by corporations. the title OF
which is visited in the bishop.
The will directed that seven thou.
sand dollars (s7000) shall be paid to
Monsignor Colaneri and Father Har
rington to carry out certain expressed
wishes of the bishop.
The residue of the estate is held in
trust to be turned over to the success
sOr of Bishop Scannell.
The late Bishop accumulated nc
property of his own and outside of his
insurance policies had practically moth
ing to devise. The insurance policies
were taken out many years ago.
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29

QUEEN Mass he declared one of the
greatest musical compositions of it's
kind. The touching incident about
Pergolesi and the origin of his WON
derful Stabat Mater was noted.
Many of the greatest musical works
like other wondrous achievements in
the realm of art" said the lecturer,
owe their inspiration to the Catholic
Church, not only as the inspiring prin-
ciple but also as the encouraging and
fostering factor, Popes and prelates
have ever encouraged legitimate music
III the services of divine worship. The
symposium of critical opinion admits
that the Greogorian Chant possesses
most beautiful melodies.
THE average grand opera is in part
or in whole unintelligible without a
knowledge of Christian principles and
doctrines The grandest of all operas,
Parsifal, depends for its power, beauty,
and solemnity on an intelligent inter-
pretation of Christianity. The Jewels
of the Madonna. to cite a recent opera,
postulates a knowledge of Christian
customs. while Mascagni's Cavalleria
Rusticana owes its popularity with
the majority Of the Ave Maria.
"ln word, take away Christianity
with its Ambrose, Gregory, and Guido;
remove the underlying Christian tone
of the great Oratorios derived from the
Miracle Play at its best; abstract from
all the great Church music of the past
six centuries. and the themes and mo.
tifs in so many operas, and the field
OF musical accomplishment will appear
almost bare"
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29
Conditions at Indian Schools Inistute

The other day in the course of con-
versation with Reverend William H.
Ketcham, Director of the Bureau of
Catholic Indian Missions, Washing
ton, concerning Government Indian
Schools. notably Haskell Institute.
Lawrence, Kansas, which he says
have vastly improved over what they
formerly were," Father ketcham
made statements that reveal shocking
conditions. AS to these conditions It
should be remembered that reference
is not made to Mexico under Carran-
"a, but to the United States Of Amer
lea.
Father Ketcham says: "More than
5000 Catholic Indian children are in
attendance in Government Indian
schools. Because of influences brought
to bear upon them in the schools,
numbers of these children fall away
from the Catholic religion and many
from any form of religion whatever.
There are rules which would seem
somewhat to protect the faith of Cath.
olic pupils in Government schools, but
these rules in most of the institutions
are more honored in the breach than
in the observance Haskell Institute
is the chief offender against these
regulations.
"At Haskell Institute Y. Nj. G. A.
Secretary, who is not an employe of
the Government and who has no Off.
cial status whatever, lives on the
school grounds in quarters furnished
him free of charge by the Govern.
ment, which also supplies him light
and heat, and all kinds of privileges
gratis. Against such discrimination
the Catholic authorities for years
have protested vigorously, but their
protests have counted for nothing. II
the resident Y. M. c. A. Secretary is
| continued at Haskell and other
schools in spite of their protests, a
demand will be made that priests like
wise be furnished free-room, light and
heat, etc. OF course, this demand will
he refused. but it will serve to put the
Indian Office further on record in Its
unwarranted course. Some months
since the Indian priest, Rev. PHILLIP
B. Gordon, was stationed in Lawrence
Kansas, in order that he might give
regular attention to the Catholic pu
pills of Haskell.
Vigorous efforts to secure a square
deal for the Catholic pupils have
failed. Appeal after appeal has beer
made to the Commissioner Of lndiar
Affairs. Commissioner Sells declares
he is perfectly fair and that he viii
do the right thing in regard to thu
Haskell situation. In the meantime
days, weeks and months 60 by, an;
conditions remain unchanged"
| (While in Lawrence many com
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29
IRELAND SUFFERING FROM
FLOODS,

Ireland has been suffering severely
from storms and foods since before
the holidays. The most recent disas.
ter occurred when the grand canal at
Edenderry, Kings County, burst its
banks.
Houses were swept away, farms
flooded and live stock drowned. The
inhabitants were cut off from commu
nication from the towns; waterway
traffic was suspended.
The Grand canal runs through the
counties of King, Kildare and Dublin
Great suffering has been occasionec
by the storms and floods.
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29
The II Hyphen---Priest Defines 1t

A dinner was recently given by the
American Irish Historical Society at
the Waldorf Hotel in New York City.
The dinner was in honor of DR..
Thomas Adds Emmet, the great grand
nephew Of the immortal Irish patriot,
Robert Emmet.
The chief speaker of the evening
was Reverend Father Cavanaugh,
President of Notre Dame University,
Father Cavanaugh paid tribute to DR..
Emmet. and took up the question of
hyphenated >Americanism. Father Ca.
vanaugh declared that Roosevelt ap.
propriated the term from John Boyle
OReilly. Roosevelt seeks to credit
himself with being the author. The
hyphen is a thing that joins and not
a thing that separates, said Father
Cavanaugh. President Wilson was in
very bad taste in using it in his utter.
'ances. The hyphen is very much
abused term, continued the speaker.
The real danger is not the hyphenated
American, who might be patriotic
citizen, but the un-American, Presi-
dent Wilson himself being hyphenat.
ed American of the Scotch-Irish type.
Continuing Father Cavanaugh said:
we hear great deal nowadays
about the 'hyphenated American; and
nothing could more vividly prove the
peril and the folly of thinking by slo.
gans. Whenever the devil has partic.
ularly fine piece of work that he wants
to do, he inyents slogan to serve as
an argument for it. And so we have
for example the beautiful word :liber.
alism' distorted from its right mean.
ing, which is freedom from ignorance,
and made to represent all that is worst
in religion and widest in statecraft
So the word 'hyphenated American
has been resurrected from the grave.
yard of rhetoric and made to stalk
before the public like a ghost. Mr.
Roosevelt, whose policies are always
being stolen by somebody permits him
self to be credited publicly with hav'
ing invented this term; but Boyle
O'Reilly had popularized that phrase
while Mr.. Roosevelt was still bust
ing broncos.' President Wilson has
had the bad taste to use that express
sion in public documents. though he
himself is the: most curious kind of a
hyphenated American, since he des
cribes himself as 'Scotch-Irishman
/. Ladies and gentlemen, can believe
in a white blackbird, l can believe in
Will O. the Wisp, can believe that
the moon is made of green cheese and
that the Republican party is opposed
to the trust, but cannot for the life
of me believe in that rare and undis
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29

Sometime ago it was pointed out
that the National Americanization
Committee had received the official
support of the United States Bureau
of Education in it's work of educating
the newcomers and that the govern
mental agency had joined with the
new organization in the publication
Of posters advising immigrants on the
steps to be taken toward Americana
zation. This method of procedure on
the part of the Bureau of Education,
it was shown, was quite Objectionable
in that the Americanization Commit
tee In it's work ana the posters thus
sent out recommended the public
school to the immigrant and said
nothing of the parochial schools for
his education. A great per cent of
the people of this country could not
agree in the views of the committee
which the bureau had officially in
dorsed.
This, it seems, is not the only fault
to be found with the AmericanizatiOn
Committee to justify objection to its
connections with the government. The
American Federation of Labor News
Letter of January 8th, in speaking of
the campaign to be inaugurated in
Pennsylvania and of the national con.
ference to be held in Philadelphia on
January 10 and 20 under the aus
pices of the committee, says:
"The National Americanization
Committee was recently organized in
New York by the Astors, the Wander.
bilts, railroad officials and other influ
euces whose swollen fortunes have
been made possible by the exploita
tion of immigrants and the lowering
of American workmen's standards
These influences are alive to the dan
ger of increased agitation against i'm
migration, and the committee is pre-
pairing the stage for general move
meut which it terms, 'Americanize the
immigrant while totally ignoring the
evils Of stimulated immigration sc
necessary to cheap labor advocates
Despite the praiseworthy declara
tions of the National Americanizatior
Committee, trade unionists and 9th
er advocates of immigration retsric
ton are skeptical of the announced
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29
covered double hyphenated American
The Scotch.Irishman.

The Scotch-Irishman.
Hyphen Thing That Unites.
"And, any way, what is hyphen
that the world should go mad about
it? A hyphen is not a thing Saat
separates, but a thing that unites;
and I, for one, refuse to acc as the
specific OF patriotism, th ious
rhetoric which would cas-. W. &
the little hyphen that unites q
friendship the name of lrelana -
the name of America. We have no pa.
with any man whose loyalty we sus-
pect. Upon our banner is written,
America first, and last, and all the
time The great danger to this coun-
try is not the hyphenated American,
but the hyphenated un.American, or
any other kind of un-American, who
puts loyalty to any land in the world
above his loyalty to America.
"But, l ask you, is it the men COM
monty thought of when the hyphenated
American is referred to, is it these
men who most need to learn the les
son? The men who, like Capt. Barry,
were fighting in the navy, and like
Gen. Sheridan and Gen. Shields, were
! fighting in the army of patriots, of La
fayette and Pulaski and Baron Steu-
ben, who were fighting the battles of
America OH her bloodiest battlefields,
while so many of these SNUG, self
satisfied, thirty-third degree Americans
whose patriotism is Simon pure, be.
cause the roots of it slide back In
good old England, who never say 'hy-
phen' because they cannot pronounce
the word without dropping the aspirate
and who, when 1rishmen, Poles and
Germans, Irish-Americans, Polish.
Americans and German-Americans,
were rushing into the front in the
early days of America, to defend this
country against the invader, stayed at
home to defend the New England
coast, and while our poor, fool
ish young fellows were finging away
their lives like wayward boy, in the
strongest impulse of patriotism, deter
mined that they, too,-that they
would give their lives to their coun
ftry, and, as someone said, not only
give their lives to their country, but
determined to die the most lingering
of deaths, and so stayed home to die
of old age by their fireside. salute
in DR.. Emmet the ideal hyphenated
American, the man whose love for our
beloved country, the United States, is
all the deeper and continues to grow
stronger because of his holy memories
of the land that gave to the world
Robert Emmett
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29

plants were made to Father Ketcham
by various reliable persons.)
'The rules make attendance of
Catholic pupils ut Mass compulsory,
but the roll call Invariably discloses
the absence of from 10 to 25 per cent
of these pupils. In many instances
pupils are kept away from Catholic
services under various pretenses.
Catholics are not prohibited from
joining the Y. M. G. A. and other or
ganizations, whose meetings they are
allowed to attend II they desire. In
fact, at present, Catholic pupils are
permitted on Sunday evenings to alb
sent themselves from the Catholic
meeting and attend a 'Y' meeting. On
the other hand non-C Catholics while
they are permitted to miss their own
meetings are not allowed to attend
any Catholic gathering whatsoever.
Father Gordon has instituted a lecture
course similar to the lecture courses
given by the Y. M. c. A. Recently
when he announced a lecture on the
CherOkees, a large number of the
Cherokee pupils (non- -Catholics) lined
up to attend the meeting, but they
were not allowed to do So On the
other hand, all the Catholic pupils
would have been permitted to attend
similar meeting of the Y. NJ. G. A.
While priest Is not asking for the
attendance of anyone except Catho.
lies at Catholic meetings, he insists
that If PrOtestants are prevented from
attending Catholic lecture courses and
social gatherings. Catholics must be
prevented from attending non Catholic
meetings.
when Catholic children 80 to Holy
Communion they are deprived of their
breakfasts, and have to fast until the
noon meal. They are willing to serve
themselves and only ask for cup OF
coffee and piece Of bread, but Super.
intendent Wise says he cannot extend
so great courtesy to so small mum
ber of pupils While the Catholic
pupils number around 200, of course
not nearly so many attend Commu
nion In body. Recently when -four
Catholic girls who had received Holy
Communion went to certain EN-
! ploye Of the school, to ask for late
breakfast they were told their break
fast was in the slop barrel
Another employe is kept in the
service although on one occasion wher
the boys were assembled for Confes
sion he cast aspersions in public
manner of the Catholic doctrine o
Confession.
"Still another employe of the schoo
carries on active missionary worl
among the pupils. Through her eff
forts two foreign Protestant mission
aries, one in Africa and one In China
The Irish standard., 1916-01-29

receive assistance from the pupils,
Catholics included, Of Haskell Insti-
tute.
"The Catholic pupils. dispirited by
the insults and oppression of which
they arc the victims, In some in.
stances give up altogether and make
an effort to relieve their condition by
separating from the Catholic student
body. In some the spirit of resistance
develops. and these poor children
sooner or later are made to feel the
effect of their religious fidelity.
In nll the schools 1t was the cus-
tom of former years for the boys and
girls to meet at social gatherings.
Now in Haskell and also in Chilocco
"a large Government school in Okla
homa) the Catholics have organized
societies of their own. What is the
rule now? The boys and girls must
meet separately. The object of this is
to defeat the aims of the Catholic Or
ganizations. The Government officials
at first stated that il priests were set
aside who would devote themselves
exclusively to the work, full opportu-
nifty would be allowed them to safe.
guard the faith, and to care for the
religious wants Of the Catholic pupils.
Now when priests have been set aside
for the work, one to each school, reg
ulations are made which would render
1t necessary to have two or three
priests for each institution. Separate
meetings are demanded, and, of
course, the schools out of their numer-
Gus employees will not provide some
responsible persons to be present with
the children and preserve order dur
ing the separate meetings. The priest
cannot be in two places at the same
time, and hence the working of the
societies is rendered impossible be-
cause suddenly the officials have
reached the determination that boys
and girls cannot meet together.
"The Superintendent of Haskell
also contends that the Catholic meet
ings must be of strictly religious
character. This of course, makes 1t
impossible for Father Gordon and his
earnest co-workers to provide the So
cial opportunities and the lecture
courses which are needed to Offset
the enticements of the Y. NJ. c.. A.
These are only few of the many
outrageous proceedings of Haskell In
stitute and other schools.
rs there no balm in Gilead? It is
said Surely, Secretary Lane will not
stand for such un-American and un-
fair practices; If necessary, recourse
should be had to the president him
SELF Whenever these abuses have
been corrected, the Catholic public
will be duly notified of the fact