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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-21
ENGLAND'S MILITARY
BASE.
The Leader. San Francisco.

How many Japanese troops are
camped in Vancouver, and what
are they doing there?
Why should thousands of Eng
lands yellow allies be brought
half way across the world and
put in garrison in peaceful Cana
da, while their services are badly
needed at the front? 1t is as easy
to transport troops to the West
ern front as to the American Dor
der, and the necessity would seem
infinitely greater, unless our gen
tleman's agreement with Japan is
to be scrapped and we are to be
compelled to accept whatever
terms the Allies will offer us.
The press has been strangely
reticent as to the presence of the
Japs across Our border, but they
make up for it by exceeding VOLT
bility as to the menace of German
submarines.
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STATISTICS AN AID TO
CATHOLIC CHARITY

The 1916 National Conference
of Catholic Charities, held last
month at the Catholic University,
emphasized some important and
instructive points in regard to
Catholic charitable activity. The
necessity of real acknowledgement
the people to be dealt with, of the
extent of their distress, and of the
manner in which best to aid them
was i'll particular brought out by
its discussions. 1t is coming more
and more to be understood that
Catholic charity cannot accom-
lish real good for those who are
suffering from restitution unless
1T is conversant with what such
people require and how wide
spread is their misery, corporal
and spiritual. Accurate knowl-
edge of these things must be
gained from a study of those in
restitution, from surveys of par
ticular communities in which all
social conditions are predominant,
and from the keeping of statistics
as to all these necessary items.
In the past, it must be con-
fessed, there was tendency
among Catholics to strongly dis
count all such efforts as contrary
to the true spirit of charitable
work. At the present day, to a
certain extent, the same tendency
is to be found, though it is fast
giving away to more apprecia-
tive and enlightened view. All
things, it is true, can indeed be
carried too far-and so it is with
this matter of systematization,
and particularly of record-keep-
ing. In many associations where
the idea of Catholic charity has
long been lost sight of, it is be-
You'd a doubt over-done, to the
detriment of the work which is
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-21
THE TIME FOR SERIOUS
THOUGHT.

The unusual conditions pro-
duced by the great war have CIV
Ell this country a momentary peri
cd of excessive prosperity. 1t is
also period of excessive dis
quietude. The prices of some of
the most necessary of commodi-
ties have gone up by leaps and
bounds. The threatened rise in
bread prices has lead to the de-
mand for federal investigation
into the reasons for such action,
and local Investigations on the
matter have already been begun.
Strikes and lockouts in some in
stances, have been the order of the
day. The garment workers,
turned out of the shops by their
employers in the metropolis, after
a stubborn struggle forced the lat
ter to return to the orderly regi-
me of the protocol. On the Me-
saba range in Minnesota, the iron
ore workers hardened to the ap-
peal of the Industrial Workers of
the World and threw down their
tools. The machinists and long,
shoremen won victories without
much effort, as the time was op-
perfume for them. Milk wagon
drivers and ice men in the sum-
mer months demand changes and
by their strikes seriously incon-
venienced many cities. The trac-
ton employees in several places
have made moves for better con-
ditions, eliminating in the strike
in New York, which threatened
several times 10 assume enormous
proportions. The huge railroad
difficulty. sent chill of fear
through all classes of the people.
The workers have determined to
take advantage of the present sit
uation to get what they can out OF
the profits which are being made
and to try to keep pace with the
higher cost o; living.
These conditions certainly de-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-21
CUTTING OFF AMERICAN
MUNITIONS FOR ENG.
LAND.

The event of the week which
over-shadows all other news items
is the unlocked for arrival of a
German war submarine on this
side of the Atlantic. The U-53
put into Newport, r. I. on Sat-
urday after voyage of seventeen
days. Classified as warship she
had a right to remain in neu-
trail port twenty-four hours. She,
however, steamed out of New
port three hours after her arrival
and was next heard of as attack
ing British shipping off the Nan
tucket coast. The result of her
first days work was the sinking
of nine ships. One of them, the
British steamer Strathdene, had
on board fve-million-dollar war
cargo.
This practical demonstration of
the destructive powers of a Ger
man submarine has spread con-
,sternation among British shippers
on this side of the Atlantic. Or
sders have been issued to the
White Star liners and to steam
ships of other lines to remain in
port. Already our pro-British or
:gans are calling upon the Ameri-
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can Government to prevent Ger

can Government to prevent Ger
man submarines from operating
off our coasts, although in doing
so they do not violate information
al law. The New York Herald,
for instance, calls for the assemb-
ling of a powerful American fleet
to put a stop to such raids as that
made by the U-boat So. In tru-
culent editorial this demand is
made by the most pro-British of
the many sheets published in the
United States in England's in
terests:
without the delay of a day the
vexatious blockade of American
ports should be lifted and the un-
warranted interference with
American sea-borne commerce be
stopped. The agency for these
imperative duties is the Atlantic
fleet. It's scattered divisions,
swinging at their noorings in
home harbors or made fast to
navy yard wharves, should be as
sembled and at the earliest mo-
ment be up and away, patroling
the waters that stretch from the
Virginia Capes to Boston Bay.
And the fleet should, not as life
saving force but as the guardian
of Our national integrity, be ready
for any emergency"
For two years and more our
principal harbors have been viz
tually blockaded by British war;
ships stationed a few miles beyond
the three-mile limit. No ship was
permitted to pass these foreign
warships if she was suspected of
having on board a contraband car
go. She was stopped and searched
and made a prize of war if sus-
picions about her were confirmed,
The New York Herald and other
pro-British newspapers had no adj
verse criticism for this species Of
blockade. In their estimation it
was all right because England was
benefited by it. But the moment
Germany undertakes to follow the
example set by England, the New
York Herald calls for the adop-
ton of course of action which
would come perilously near to in
volving us in the European war.
The truth Of the matter is lust
this, German submarines threaten
to cut off England's supply Of
American war materials, which
might mean her defeat. There is
no question that German U-boat
no more violates international
law by attacking an English ship
ten miles off the American coast,
than if it had attacked the same
ship in mid ocean. And yet, the
New York Herald would have our
Government assemble a powerful
fleet to prevent the exercise of
this legitimate right.-Ncw York
Freeman Journal.
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IRISH RELIEF FUND SENDS $50. 600
TO DUBLIN,
New York. October q 1871,

New York, October 9, 1916.
The Irish Relief Fund, Thomas
Hughes Kelly, Treas, has sent $4,000
more to Dublin for the IRISH MA.
TIONAL AID AND RELIEF FUND
to assist the families of the Dublin
rebellion.
New York City opens up a great
relief fund bazaar for the benefit of
the families of the Irish martyrs and
prisoners to be held in Madison
Square Garden, from October 14th to
22nd.
The officers of the Irish Relief Fund
Bazaar are as follows: President, John
J. OLeary; Secretary, Edward G.
Moore; Treasurer, Thomas Hughes
Kelly; Chairman of Board of Direc-
tors, Daniel F. Cohalan; Chairman OF
Finance Committee, George ]. Giles
pie; Chairman of the New York Com
mittee, James K. Mcclure.
The report OF the American Relief
Committee, two of whom succeeded in
landing in Dublin indicates that ex-
IRENE want and suffering prevails in
the Irish capital and other towns in
Ireland.
The Government has made no pro.
vision for the support or maintenance
of the families suffering from the ef-
fects of the uprising and nothing has
been done towards the reconstruction
of the business section of Dublin,
which was practically destroyed, and
employment is refused to all persons
suspected of supporting the insur-
rectionists, many of whom are con.
fined in English prisons and yet the
unemployed are prevented by the
Government from leaving the shores
of Dublin when they could secure work
in America or elsewhere.
At this period of the year many
thousands visit New York City from
oil sections of the United States and
an urgent appeal is made in the name
of charity, to these visitors to attend
the Irish Relief Bazaar from October
14th to 22nd, where first rate pro-
gramme of amusement and entertain
ment has been provided by the Com
mittee.
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GaA9E s J su G2iI.JIsoyac!ks
>MSof I;SSs

When there is not state in the
Union in which the slightest stat
ute touching upon religious lib
erty or attacking any denomina-
ton was ever passed, there is
scarcely one in which more or less
yelled attacks upon Catholics have
not been enacted. That fact
shows where there is most intol-
erance.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-21
alag" ESSAY CONTEST.

In an essay contest on "The Flag"
conducted by the Elks of Newark,
o., to the pupils of the eighth grade
in the public and parochial schools
of Newark, the prize was won by
Helen Lynn of St. Francis de Sales
school. All of which goes to. show
that parochial school children appar-
emily know more about the Stars and
Stripes than public school children.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-21
CELEBRATE FOUNDERS DAY.

Glasses at Notre Dame were discon-
tinued on October 10 for the celebra.
ton of Founders Day, the feast of
st. Edward. Rev. John Cavanaugh,
president. delivered a sermon on "The
Spirit of the Founders" at the solemn
high mass. Rev. Matthew Walsh, vice
president, celebrated the mass with
Rev. Matthew Schumacher as deacon
and Rev. Edward Finnegan sub-deacon.
Following the mass, the college
band, directed by Mr.. John Minayio.
gave the first concert of the year.
Gov. Whitman, of New York, then
addressed the students in Washington
hall.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-21

A law forbidding divorce TN
til after five years of married life
is proposed for Ohio. That prob
ably might do a little towards cut
ting down the number of divorces,
but a still better way is to forbid
hasty and foolish marriages as
the Church does by publishing the
banns several weeks before the
wedding.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-21

so week for the year. Practically
the same rate obtained before the war.
Casual laborers get as much as 25s a
week and diet in the course of the
present harvest, but their employment
for some months after will be uncer-
tain. In the principal urban areas the
wages are from Ids to EOS week
without diet, and includes an increase
granted since the outbreak of the war.
There is no want of employment, so
far, in the district.
North Kerry.
AS regards the question of employ
ment it must be stated that, as q
whole. there is no lack in the rural
district of the Listowel Union-a fact
which may be attributed to the large
number of the young men of the coun-
try who Joined the army since the
outbreak of the war and went to Great
Britain to work in the munition fac
tories; but there is no doubt, what
ever, there is a keenly felt want of
employment in Listowel town, both
for laborers and artisans, more par
ticularly those connected with the
building trades.
Euqally so there is no doubt that
there is great pressure on those
classes owing to the enormous in
crease in the prices of food. Milk,
which was sold in the summer months
at Sd per gallon, has, since the first of
September, been raised to Is per gal
Ion, an increase which will be very
greatly felt by the poorer members of
the community, while butter, at Is Cd
wholesale, and is Sd retail, is alto.
gether beyond their purchasing pow.
ers. Another thing that operates
against householders in the town is
the rate, which is generally about
twice as high as in the rural district.
Then, in making comparison between
pre-war and present day prices, we
have it that butter is nearly twice
"AAAS ~ WeaoS uOdI 1IOu1 OV W on per
cent dearer, for instance, American
bacon, which in pre-war times sold at
Cd and I'd per h., is now purchase
able at Is Id per h., while beef and
mutton are but very sparsely used by
the general run of the community, and
altogether beyond even the ambitions
of the laboring class, who find it a
most difficult and puzzling problem to
keep body and soul together and roof
to shelter them. Clothing has also in
creased in price, but not nearly to the
extent of food, and the fact is that, TAX
ing all conditions and circumstances
into serious consideration if something
does not turn up that does not now
appear on the economic horizon, much
and keen distress is anticipated dur
ing the coming winter.
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Will Not Submit
To conseription
Continued from Page y

army the Paddy Atkins of today is
not imbued with loyalty to the British
Empire. The men who are at present
in the English army are a different
class from the farmers sons who In
the last century, made splendid fight
ing material.
It is only the loafers, idlers and
corner-boys who now become the prey
of the recruiting sergeants. It is
from this class that criminals are also
recruited, and it is singular that since
men of this character have enlisted,
crime has decreased to the vanishing
point in this country. Judges are be.
ing presented with white gloves at AS
sizes and Quarter Sessions, and sew
eral prisons have been closed.
The Irish people have a horror Of
conditions in the English army. A
religious people shudder at the loose
morals of the soldiers, and the con-
tamination of English barrack life re.
pels Irishmen of good morals.
Maynard boys who enlist are
mourned as dead by their parents, and
mothers bewail their sons as if they
had been laid to rest in the ancestral
cemetery. To join the English army
is considered a disgrace and the par
ents and relatives of the deluded
young men feel this disgrace keen
ly. Not alone do parents consider the
worldly prospects of their erring Off
springs blighted, but they also con-
slider that their souls are lost.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-21

Various improvements have been
made at the University during the
summer months. A large new boiler
mas been added to the heating plant.
new storage battery installed, and
arrangements made to furnish high
pressure steam more economically to
the kitchens.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-21
FRESHMAN 1903 YEARS OLD

carlton, Kas., Sept. 29.-Michael
Crane, the oldest man in Kansas, cele-
brated his one hundred and third
birthday here today. His ten child.
rem, fifty-four grandchildren and sew.
en- great-grandchildren took dinner
with him. Six of his children live in
Kansas City. John Patrick, Thomas,
Bridget, Mrs. Mary Lane and H. J.
Pauley.
Mr.. Crane was born in Mayo coun.
ty, Ireland. He came to the United
States in 1864 with his wife. They
settled here in 1879. Mrs. Crane is
81. Mr.. Cranes eyesight failed eleven
years ago, but he walks without a
cane and his voice is clear. He has
smoked since he was 81.
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Among other valuable gifts of books
recently made to the library is rare
edition of the Epigrams of Martial,
published at Venice, by Baptist De
Tortis, July II, 1485. It is a gift of,
Rev. Henry j. Noon, of st. James
Church, New Bedford, Mass.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-10-21
OTTO S. LANGUM, NoN-PARrIsAN
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR,

Made Public Statement Last Wednes-
day, Outlining His Position on the
Issues Raised in the MayoraIty
campaign-Briefly, Mr..
Langum's Views Are:
Favors impartial enforcement of
laws and ordinances.
No special privileges to anyone.
Is against a franchise to the Street
Railway Company unless it is based
upon valuation fair to the city, CIV
ing the city the right to purchase the
property on not to exceed one years
notice, and no franchise to be effec-
tive unless accepted by a referendum
vote.
Is against city mourning or assum-
ing obligation for construction of a
Union Railway Station. Believes rail-
roads should build and maintain Union
Station at their own expense.
Is against purchasing more land for
park purposes. FaVOrS use or park
lands and other public property by the.
general public for civic and recreation
purposes.
Favors reducing taxation.
Favors good arterial roads into coun-
try districts.
Says civil service should be taken
out of politics and no employee dis
charged without fair hearing.
Believes in organized labor and
eight-hour day.
Langum meetings have been ar
ranged in every ward and the cam
paign will be carried on vigorously I'M
til the eve of election day. A feature
of the week was the open challenge
of Langum speakers to Mr. Langums
opponent to make known the names of
16 aldermen he accuses of being "body
and soul" with the street car company,
and calling on him to tell the public
that a street car franchise cannot be-
granted until first ratified by the vot-.
ers.
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The Maloney Chemical Laboratory
will soon be under way and will prob
ably be finished about Easter. 1t is
260 feet in length, and three stories
in height, besides basement and man.
sard roof.
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mana serious study on the part
of all our citizens. They are arti-
fetal and unstable, and unless
properly directed are likely to lead
to severely evil consequences
when the reaction from the flush
times comes. This has been point
ed out several times before. The
leaders of public thought through
out the country are beginning to
call attention to it, and to warn
the people of the necessity of pre-
pairing for the change which is
sure to come on the cession of Eu-
ropean hostilties. In the econom-
ic history of the United States
there have been recurrent seasons
of high prices and strikes and re-
sultant high wages; but there has
never been a period of such un-
certain factors as at the present
time. The war has, in fact, pro-
duced an abnormal condition that
is of the most unmeasurable char
acter.
In the United States, as in other
countries, the radical elements are
determined to take advantage OF
this situation. The Socialists are
already busy at work. In the
New York Call of October /, the
wonderful growth of the party in
this country, from 10000 votes in
1900 to 100000 votes in 1912 is
shown, and predictions are made
for greater harvest in the COM
ing campaign. The single tax
ers are also not idle. In Califor-
mia they are Selling the opportu-
nifty which the reports of the State
lax Commission and the Com
mission on immigration and
Housing have given them to drive
home their ideas, and to take part
in the agitation for land reform.
In a number of cities where the
present unjust system of taxation
is causing uneasiness, they are
seeking to get in their entering
wedge. Their ceaseless propa-
ganda would almost put the forces
OF conservative progress to shame.
Catholics must take example
from them, and concern them
selves with the present condition
which confronts this country.
They must set themselves deter
minedly to the task of studying
the problems of their community,
and of the nation as whole, and
of entering upon the solution OF
these problems, according to the
proper standards. The Fall sea-
son offers all excellent opportuni-
ty to begin this form of endeavor.
Study clubs on social and econon-
ic topics can be established. The
various Catholic associations and
declarations can take up their work
with renewed vigor and push it
forward with zest and energy.
This is what is necessary at the
present. The time for serious
thought-followed by vigorous
action-is at hand.
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st. Thomas Hall has been thor
oughly renovated during the summer
and now accommodates about fiftv
students. An excellent new chapel has
been provided in the basement.
The Holbrook news., 1916-09-15
Leon White, Boy Orator

Leon White, Chandler's boy orator. aged thirteen years, has received fine honor in a request from the temperance society of Los Angeles to deliver a lecture there on prohibition next week. The young mans expenses will be paid to and from the coast and he will be the guest of the society while in the Angel City. Young White, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. White. has developed forensic abilities during the past two years and he makes an ad- dress that a seasoned platform veteran may we'll be proud of. = Chandler Arizonan.
 Young White is a son of MT. and Mrs. J. w. White, former residents of Woodruff, in this county. About 5 years ago his parents moved to Chandler where they now reside. Editor.
The Holbrook news., 1916-09-15
Are You Looking Old?

Old age comes quick enough without inviting it. Some look old at forty. That is because they neglect the liver and bowels. Keep your bowels regular and your liver healthy and you will not only feel younger but look younger. When troubled with constipation or biliousness take Chamberlain's Tablets. They are intended especially for these ailments and are excellent. Easy to take and most agreeable in effect. Obtainable everywhere.