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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-04
The Coming Tower
To Aristotle in Maytimc.

Mid dusty bookshclvcs, reaching high,
We sit together, YOU and |.
Rejecting on the How and Why,
Aristotle.
Outside the sky is very blue;
I hear the robins calling too;
And warm spring winds come wandering through
The open window.
They hutter in and fit away
And tempt my silly thoughts to stray
cannot keep my mind to-day
wonder whether, long ago
\, YOU went pacing to and fro,
With knitted brow and head bent low
In deep reflection.
some playful, prarkish little breeze,
Sweet with the breath Of poisoning trees,
Broke in upon your reveries
And sent them flying.
I wonder if YOU tried in vain
To concentrate your learned brain,
And could not bring il back again
To weighty musings.
Feeling within your pulses beat
4 sudden longing, strange and sweet
The call that bids her children greet
Earth's primal gladncss.
wonder if you turned away.
Us 7. no doubt, shall turn to-day,
From thoughts OF Being TO obey
Springs sweet-voiced summons;
And as YOU sauntered here and there,
Knew only that the world was fair
And life ioy and did not care
To question further.
~ doubt my fancies do YOU wrong;
Could saucy breeze or birds glad song
Have swayed that mind serene and strong
To idle dreamings:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-04
MARoAREr HAMILTON WAGENHALs.

The Of gold nation has is highly important
should interest everybody but sngetraish that
about the gold of this that country
thrill vibany than when agent tells how much
insurance the company has in force.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-04

And vet, since | shall never know,
like 10 think that il was So
That you had springtimes long ago.
Aristotle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-04
The shrin. of Each Patriot. Devotion.

flames Cassidy in the Wilkes-Barre Evening News
on beautiful sunshine how do thee adore
II shines flag. and shore.
Rot through the darkest shadows Of the mist
We represented IN the list
Our glorious flag is waving through the breeze
To bring those outawed Me1iesns TO their knees
On twinkle. twinkle little stars
II makes powers Of times wonder what you
Through the darkest shadows OF your mist
We represented within your midst
Oh. how glorious flag through the breeze
10 bring that outlaw villa % his knees
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-04
$50 SHINES A GOOD DEED"

Sir It enough that my Minutie Competition wheeze
the WHOLE Tower my birthday; had and
pase kelly and besides that The Girl ticked that
she d YES and the Old Man changed his mind and said maybe
I'd something Hurrah says the Tower
Rochester, n. Y. JAY GEE.
P s. The Girl says | ought that glass should
always be carefully packed and should be shipped from New York
by June Of getting here by June Oath
my G. F." confeses Old Charley Thompson SIS in the regis
place poll clerk says How long have you lived
the State long the district" and last felt guilter
than before there watcher there and she made
note Of IT,"
Our Gultest Feeling chilly May day. when is
cold that landlord has the turned be good
fellow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-04

Illustrations Artless Aid is shown in the May &c
Beerbohm ('Enoch Soames') says the devil wore
brosse"; and George Wright, W. II. S. observes show
bald, with secondary mustaches
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10

to decorate their houses and places of
business.
The cost of the demonstration will
be financed by committee of prom
inent Catholic laymen. All that the
people at large are expected to do is
to attend the various exercises in the
largest possible numbers.
1t is a coincidence that at the pres
ent time New York gentlemen are at
the head of two of these national or
ganizations. The Hon. John Whalen,
former corporation counsel of New
York city, is the president of the
American Federation of Catholic So
cieties, while Joseph Frey, Knight of
st. Gregory, is the president of the
Central Verein. This will be the fif-
teenth annual convention of the Amer
ican Federation and the sixty-first an
nual convention of the Central Verein.
Thirty great national fraternal and re-
ligiOus organizations and twenty-five
Catholic institutions are affiliated to
the federation. The Central Verein
has membership of 10000, while
the Gonzaga Union, the junior branch
of the verein, has 100000 members
About year ago a ladies' branch was
also formed and at present has many
thousands of members.
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10

sion, which commenced its inquisition
on January 81, of this year and sat
until few weeks ago.
The entire proceeding was well
staged and not a detail was omitted
to make the case" they aimed at. A
paid publicity agent was engaged,
who gave to the papers the most hor-
rible accusations, but failed designed
ly to state in every instance the dis
proof of the charges made. The EN-
tire community was Mortified at the
supposed conditions, and the gruesome
details of child life as pictured by
Dickens paled before the "revela-
tions' made by the paid agents of the
Charity Commissioner, Mr.. Kngsbury,
who was supported magnificently by
Mr.. Mitchell, the mayor of New York.
The whole proceeding dragged along
its Shiny length until March %, when
an anonymous sixteen page pamphlet
appeared containing misleading head
hACo duu Su!lOlldl COlNIllGuI lIOlu pH.
pers from districts far removed from
New York, and based, of course, on
the details of the hearings which were
supplied to the Metropolitan press by
the paid publicity agent of the New
York Department of Charities.
This publication aroused storm of
protest against the malice that was
now apparent. 1t must be remem-
bered that the testimony of the in
spectors and the so-called experts"
consisted simply Of charges, which
were shown to be absolutely ground
less. What was asserted one day and
disproved the following. never reached
the general public. One had to attend
the meetings of the Strong Commits
sion to learn the answer to the
charges made. Here is an example
of the accusations: 1t was stated in
the headlines of the papers that the
children were fed from the same
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10

SISTERS
CLEARED
After a Bitter Trial, Charged With
Teaching Negroes, Nuns Are
Acquitted.

Judge Gibbs handed down his deci-
sion on Monday, May 20, in the habeas
corpus case of the Sisters of St. Jo-
seph of ST. Augustine, Florida, who
were arrested by order of Governor
Park Trammel on Easter Monday be-
cause they were teaching little cOlOrcd
children how to read and write and
seeking to give them a knowledge Of
God and His laws.
The case came up for hearing Mon
day, May is. The court room was
thronged to the doors, so deep was
the interest excited and so manifest
the sympathics for the Sisters.
Three sterling lawyers, +. N. Cal
houn, ESQ.,; Alston Cockrell, Esq, and
George Bedell, Esq, we're retained by
the defense. They seemed to have
studied the case from every angle and
their arguments against the constitu-
tonality of the law, If it were to be
directed against private or parochial
schools, were most convincing.
They claimed that the Sisters had
violated no law, as the law in question
did not apply to and was not intended
to affect private or parochial schools
over which the legislature has no con
troll, but was intended for the public
schools which are supported by the
public money. The defense contended
that if the law was intended to apply
to private or parOchial schools that il
was clearly unconstitutional inasmuct
as it Disseminated against teachers as
a class, that the title of the act ant
the body were not in harmony. The
argument was also advanced that thu
law was discriminatory, affecting onl!
members of the Caucasian and Negr,
races, while other races within tn
state were not mentioned.
}, Aside from an argument on the lega
} aspects of the case the attorneys 70
the defense were eloquent in their cor
: demnation of the arrest Of Sister Mar
, Thomasine for the splendid work tina
, she and her associate sisters are doin
in their endeavors to uplift the Negr
!. children and make them decent, Go
fearing and law abiding citizens.
The law was condemned as a mea
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10
IRISH RELIEF FUND.
(Irish Press and News Service.

Hrish Press and News Scrvice)
Philadelphia, June 3rd.-Former
Congressman Bourke Cochran of New
York, addressed a meeting at the Met
ropolitan Opera House last night for
the benefit of the Irish Relief Fund.
Michael j. Ryan, President of the
United Irish League, presided and up
wards of $4,000 was contributed at
the meeting for the cause of the wild
ows and orphans of the revolutionists
executed in Ireland. Mr.. Ryan has
been President of the official Red
mond organization in this country.
Mr.. Cochran has been Vice Presi-
dent of the United Irish League but
he called upon members of the Irish
race throughout the world to denounce
the policy of reconciliation of Ireland
to the "alien conquerers" a policy into
which he confessed he had been be
guiled by illusory hopes. He advised
casting overheard the Home Rule pol
icy and the leadership of John Red
mond.
"The seeds of revolt in Ireland,
said Mr.. Cocfifan, were sown by thu
British themselves when they promot
ed anarchy by taking the traitor Ed
ward Carson into the bosom of th'
Kings Cabinet"
1.-THE blood of the new martyrs ha
insured the indestructibility of tn
cause of Irish freedom. The futur
course will follow that Of the event
that led to the emancipation Of Wey
lerized Cuba from Spain. 1t was tn
blood of the Cuban students that le
to the independence of Cuba. Th
treatment of Ireland by England ha
been a thousand times as muc
against the laws Of humanity as tn
: treatment of Cuba by Spain"
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10
AME ERICAN TO
HELP PATRIOT
Michael Francis Doyle of Philadelphia Re-
tanned as Counsel in the Famous
Easement Treason Case

Philadelphia, Pa, June 4-One of
the best-known lawyers in this city,
a prominent Knight of Columbus and
lrish-American, Hon. Michael Francis
Doyle, left for London today to take
part in the defense of Sir Roger Case
ment, the Irish patriot. who is about
to be tried in London for high treason
against the British government. MIR.
Doyle got safe conduct through the
State Department for Il large trunk of
briefs and documents which he will
use in the famous case. Mr.. Doyle
goes to London at the request of Mrs
Agnes Newman, a sister of Easement,
who is now in Philadelphia and who
was eXilcd from Ireland under the de.
fense of the realm act by the British
government. Mr.. Doyle is a profound
lawyer of great forensic ability and
stands in the front rank in the legal
profession. being a leading member of
the American Bar Association.
The most interesting development in
the last few days in reference to the
Easement matter was the publication
of a large number of private letters
written by Easement to his American
friend. the eminent publicist and dip
lomat. P0ultney Bigelow. 1t was re-
garded as a gross breach OF confidence
for Bigclow to publish these letters at
u time when Easement is awaiting
trial for his life. and much criticism
has been aroused over Bigelow's want
of principle.
One of the longest letters is giver
herewith. and it shows the motives OF
Easement and the kind of man he is
and contains a scathing arraignment
OF England.
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10
CATHOLIC
Week IN
GOTHAM
Monster Demonstration Planned
in New York City for Week of
August goth.

During the week beginning Sunday,
August 20, New York city will have
Catholic Week" that will undoubt-
edly be the greatest religious demon
stration ever held in this country,
when thousands of Catholic men and
women will join with the 100000
Catholics of the Empire City in a
grand manifestation of faith and 10y.
atty. The occasion will be the annual
conventions of the American Fedora
tion of Catholic Societies, the German
Catholic Central Verein, the Catholic
Young Mems National Union and of
the Catholic Press Association.
The Catholic Week will be held un.
der the patronage of His Eminence
Cardinal Farley, and will be attended
by Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore,
Cardinal O'Connell of Boston, Arch
bishop Bonzano, the apostolic delegate
and numerous archbishops and bish-
ops from all parts of the country.
The Catholic Week will open on
Sunday morning, August 20, with a
solemn pontifical mass at II o'clock,
at St. Patrick's cathedral, which will
be attended by as many of the dele
gates of the various national organ
izations as the cathedral can accom-
modate. On Sunday evening a great
mass meeting will be held at the Hip
podrome, where addresses will be
made by the three cardinals and by
other speakers of national reputa.
ton. This mass meeting will at least
equal in point of attendance the event
of eight years ago, when 10000 Cath.
olics stormed the Hippodrome to take
part in the protest against the French
governments spoliation of church
property. The sessions of the fedora
tion convention on the three follow
ing days will be held at Cathedra
college, while the sessions of the Cen
| trail Verein will be held in one of thu
large hotels, which has not as ye
: been decided upon.
Every Catholic in New York is ex
: pected to take some part in this cele
' bration. Every Catholic church an,
: institution will be decorated witt
+ American and papal flags throughou
the week, and Catholics will be aske
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10

urc to take away from the Negro the
influence and instruction which was to
make him a good citizen. Mr. Bcdell
asked. What are we to do with the
Negro if we withdraw from him the
influence cxerted by the white racc?"
He said that we cannot drive the Nc
gro into the Red Sea. We must live in
the same community with him, and
we desire that he be taught religion,
morality and obedience to the laws.
He said we do not want the jails
crowded with Negroes. who. left to
themselves. would not advance but be
drawn downward into crime.
Judge Gibbs took the case under
consideration and reserved decision
which was announced after he had
thoroughly explored the case, in favor
of the Sisters.
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10
CREATION OF MAGNI MADONNA is
AN APPEAL FOR THE CESSA-
TION OF STRIFE.

This picture, by Magni, one of the
foremost living Italian painters, is d.
rectly the result of the present Euro
pean War, which has plunged over
half the world in conflict and blood
shed.
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XIV, to
whom the painting was submitted,
greatly admired it, and approved the
conception of the artist and bestowed
his blessing upon it, hoping that it
would bring back the world to
thoughts of peace.
This painting shows Magni at his
best, it's composition and color are
simply wonderful. The scene is one
showing the Holy Mother with her di-
vine Son on her knee, holding with
Maternal Solicitude the hands of the
child, who offers to the world, upset
by the war, the symbolic olive tree
branch. While the air has the dark
ness of the storm, the great light of
love and peace breaks the cloud show.
ing the laborer back to his works and
the rainbow in its gayest colors cross
ing the sky. The sensation created
in Europe by this picture has been
astonishing. It has been reproduced
by thousands of prints and spread
broadcast throughout the country
That same movement has been started
in the United States and it will Ger
tainly receive the hearty endorsement
and moral support of every American
lover of peace.
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10
CONVERT MINISTER NOW cATHo.
LIC EDITOR.

Mr.. ]. A. M. Richey, formerly an
Episcopal clergyman and the founder,
manager and editor of The American
Catholic" the organ of the High
Church party in the Episcopal Church.
who was received into Holy Church on
the Feast of the Immaculate Concep
tion, 1910, by the Most Reverend, the
Archbishop of st. Louis, with Rev. NJ
J. Foley, editor of The Western Cath
olic,' acting as his sponsor, has nov
become associated with "The West
ern Catholic" in the capacity of man
aging editor.
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10

London, May 26.-The Evening Star
prints farewell letter that Patrick
Pearse, President of the short-lived
Irish Republic, wrote to his mother on
the eve of his execution. 1t is dated
Kilmainham Prison, May 3, and is as
follows:
My Dearest Mother: l have been
hoping up to now it would be possible
to see you again, but it does not seem
possible. Good-by, dear, dear mother.
Through you say good-by to Wow
Wod "a sister), Mary, Bridgid, Willie,
Miss B., Michael, Cousin Maggie and
everyone at St. Edna's. hope and
believe Willie and the St. Edna's boys
will all be safe.
l have written papers about finan-
,cial affairs and one about my books,
which l want you to get. With them
are a few poems which l want added
to the poems in ms. in my bookcase.
You asked me to write little poem
which would seem to be said by you
ABOUT me. l nave written II, ana a
copy is in Arbor Hill Barracks with
other papers.
just received Holy Communion.
am happy, except for the great grief
of parting from you. This is the death
I should have asked if God had given
me the choice of all deaths-to die a
soldiers death for Ireland and her
freedom. We have done right People
will say hard things of us now, but
later on will praise us. Do not grieve
for all this, but think of it as a sacri.
flee which God asked of me and of
you. -.
Good-by again, dear mother. May
God bless you for your great love for
me and for your great faith, and may
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10
EASEMENT TO BiGELOW.
542l Springfield Avenue,

Philadelphia, Pa. 80 Sept, 1914.
My Dear Bigelow:
Your kind card of Sept l6 asking
me again to go and see you reached
me late.
I've been away-and always am busy
-altho' not with politicians as you so
persistently maintain. Your insist
ence that because | am an Irish Ma
tionalist must be politician amuses
me. loathe politics and its devotees.
would not 80 into Parliament, or
Senate. or Congress for G1O,0OO a
year. have Just denounced politics
in the inclosed statement of my princi-
pies of nationality which went to Ire
land 10 days ago, and please God, will
be now scattered broadcast all over
that land.
The only place | shall end in will be
jail!-a British Jail for Irish felony"
or course, il went out with murder
in my heart against the Germans who
have never wrongcd Ireland I'd be a
splendid patriot" but because | want
my poor, brave, credulous countrymen
to stay at home and II they fight at all,
to fight then for Ireland. | am trail
tor Such is the irony of British de
mocracy!" God deliver me from a
democracy that feeds in peace itself
and stirs up war and desolation wher-
ever its greed it's lust. it's appetite call
for conflict. II fights always with
other mems lives in other mems
lands--with ravaged and sacked cities
OF other countries. The day England
herself suffers the horrors of invasion
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10
Grand Jury Fails BY
One Vote To Indict
John Purroy Mitch
el, Gotham Execu-
tive, on Charge of
Wire Tapping.

with the avowed purpose of making
case."
Its inspectors and investigators
started on their dark work, with the
results that their reports were made
up of half truths, inuendos. misstate-
ments and deliberate falsehoods.
These salaried sleuths went at the
most unexpected times to the institu-
tions, wildly rushed through the
houses from cellar to garret, made
hurried notes, asked brutal questions
and in general acted in manner
more like. that of police officials, bent
on fastening crime, than the repre-
sentatives of a department which is
supposed to have at heart the best in
terests of the dependent children. OF
course these investigators were we'll
paid for their work, and they had to
reach the result desired by their en-
ployers.
On the strength of their alleged find
ings of ill treatment and abhorrent
conditions, the New York City Com
missioner of Charities. Mr.. Kingsbury,
complained to the mayor, who in turn
lodged a complaint with the governor,
who appointed commission to ex-
anime into conditions and report at
the end of the so-called investigation.
1t is interesting to note that Homer
Folks, the representative of the char
ity trust, and Mr.. Kingsbury were in
strumental in the appointment of Mr..
Strong, who was tc:ilead the commits.
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10
NY. MAYORS DESIRE TO D|SCRED|T
CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS IS F0|LED

The investigation of the charities of
af,,w asfnw York city has attracted atten-
yer the country. There is
j of misunderstanding of the
questions. Some are under impress
sions that are entirely false. For en-
ample, it is thought that the Catholic
Church is on trial; that Catholic au-
thorities opposed the Investigation of
their institutions; that politically they
were antagonistic to the present ad.
ministration and so ON through long
list of wrong theories. The whole
question may be summed up in a few
sentences, which need a lengthy ex-
planation to give the proper perspec-
tive
The State Board of Charities and
the New York City Department of
Public Charities were struggling for
supremacy. Politics of the most
sordid kind was the principal factor,
and each was bent on winning at any
cost. There was also a more hidden
and powerful motive, namely, the de-
termination of certain associations
and individuals to discredit the child
caring institutions of New York and
in this way prepare the public mind
for legislation, which would take
away in future all public moneys ap-
propriated for the care of State and
city wards. The purpose was to de-
stroy the private denominational insti-
tutions and to provide public institu-
tions for the care of children, in other
words, to secure the secularization of
all charitable activities, where the
Name of God is carefully eliminated
The State Board of Charities visits
and inspects through it's agents the
various charitable institutions and re-
ports the results of it's findings. To
discredit the work of this board and
to show that it was not doing it's duty
or doing it in negligent manner, the
Department of Charity of New York
City undertook to visit the institutions
The Irish standard., 1916-06-10
ARRANGEMENTS
FOR CONVENTION
Are Perfected
Everything Ready for K. C.'s in
Davenport, August l, 2 and 3.

Davenport, Iowa, is actively en-
gagged in making arrangements for the
entertainment of the Supreme Council
of the knights of Columbus, which
will convene in that city on August 1,
2 and 8. The tentative program has
practically been arranged, and the 49,
900 knights of Columbus in Iowa and
the 10000 or more in the sister State
of Illinois are uniting in their efforts
to make this one of the grandest and
most successful conventions in the his
tory of the Order. Realizing the rec
ord that has been made by the conven-
tion cities that have entertained the
Supreme Council in the past, the
knights of the Middle West are aware
of the fact that they have assumed
a gigantic undertaking; but the "Come
To Iowa" slogan has been so widely
circulated in Knights of Columbus cir
cles that Davenport and the Hawkeye
State promise to more than make good
on their predictions.
Davenport, from the standpoint of
population is the smallest city among
those that had extended the invita-
ton; in fact one of the smallest in
which the Supreme Council has ever
convened. This has caused the false
notion that Davenport is not fittingly
equipped to care for convention OF
such size as the international meeting
of the Knights of Columbus has grown
to be.
The Davenport convention, however
is to be an interstate affair. Located
on the banks of the Mississippi River
on the eastern border line of Iowa
Davenport is one of three cities. Rocl
Island and Moline, Illinois, are directl!
across the river, and so closely asso
ciated are the tri-cities, socially ant
industrially, that in an enterprise o
this kind they are one community
Representing as they do population
exceeding 100000 people, they ar
working together to assure the sue
cess of this convention, and they ar
adequately equipped in every way t
care for every visitor who will b
their guest on this occasion.
Situated in the heart of the Mi
die West, Davenport is as easy of a.