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The Irish standard., 1917-04-21
CHICAGO.
April 18th, 1917.

A meeting of all the Irish organiza-
tions in Chicago was held at Hotel
Sherman on Saturday, April 14th,
1917, in response to call issued by
Judge John P. McGoorty, Michael J.
Flaherty and James P. Walsh. Judge
McGoorty addressed the meeting and
stated that the call was issued for
the purpose of getting united action
on Representative Medill McCor-
mick's resolution, which has been re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs.
A committee consisting of the fol-
lowing named gentlemen were appoint
ed to draft suitable resolutions: Judge
John P. McGoorty, chairman; Judge
Kickham Seaman, James P. Walsh,
l.. r. Buckley. P. ]. Reynolds, James
V. O'Donnell and Thomas P. Bonfield.
Meeting adjourned to meet again
next Tuesday evening. .-...
The Irish standard., 1917-04-21
Church Prominent in
History Of Nursing
Church Has Splendid Record in
This Important Field Of Charity
Catholics May Take Justifiable
Pride in the Work Accomplished by
the Nuns.

The world war while focusing the
attention of the masses upon the &C.
Invites of the great armies has also
brought into prominence the more
merciful and benignant career of the
nurse. 1t will be Of timely interest,
therefore, to hear facts unfamiliar to
the majority of our people concerning
the history and development of nurs-
ing in our country.
Here again we can turn with JUS
tifiable satisfaction to the pages of a
recently published book by a non
Catholic and read from the pen of an
outsider a remarkable tribute to the
work which the Church has accom-.
plished in this field of work so near
to the welfare of Health Nursing by
Mary Sewall Gardner, R. N, we are
told that I'm America as in England
the sick have been cared for by Nuns
and Sisters, both in and out of hos
pitfalls, since the earliest settlement
days. One cannot read of the hard
ships so heroically endured by the Sis
tiers, in their efforts to nurse the In
dams in Canada, In the first half OF
the 18th century, without thrills of ad
miration, and at an even earlier date
Spanish Nuns we're at work in the
hospitals Of Mexico"
Herein our author but corroborates
the testimony Of Charles F. LOOMS
who records in his "The Awakening
Of q Nation" that a royal hospital fol-
Indians was founded in Mexico in
1853, that in the great epidemic Of
1852 this same hospital cared for 1862
The Irish standard., 1917-04-21
CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN PLAN
WELFARE WORK IN ARMY

Chicago, April 13.-Executive Off
GERS of four Roman Catholic Young
Mems societies which combined mem
bership of more than 100000 finished
a two-day conference yesterday at Lo-
yola university. The purpose of
which was to devise means for the
welfare of Catholic young men who
enlist for the war. 1t was decided to
communicate with government Off
Gals with a view of making the joint
effort of the societies most effective.
The organizations represented are the
Gonzaga Union, Young Mems In
stitute, Catholic Young Mems National
Union and the Young Mems Sodalities.
Among those who attended the con-
ference was the Rev. A. B. Salick,
Milwaukee.
The Irish standard., 1917-04-21
A NEW YORK NUN RAISES TROOP
OF SOLDIERS.

New York, April "a little gray
nun has brought out of the melting pot
of New York's East Side a regiment
of soldiers ready to give their services
and lives if need be to the United
States, writes David M. Church of the
International News Service.
Sister Marianne of Jesus is moth
err of four companies of columbus
Volunteers, Italians, Syrians, Rus
slams, Jews and youths from every
race that goes to make up that great
cosmopolitan population of the East
Side are members of her troop"
Twice week for more than a year
they have heard from the lips of Sis.
ter Marianne of Jesus of the debt of
The Irish standard., 1917-04-21

Rumors have reached this country
that there is an increasing sentiment
against Catholics in Japan that may
crystalline into persecution under
government direction. If this be so,
it would seem duplication of con-
ditions in this country, where bigo.
try> grows out of the ignorance and
prejudice of an undesirable and low
element, and is used by unprincipled
politicians for their selfish purposes.
For among the better and more edu.
Gated classes of Japan there is an ap.
probation of the beauty of Catholic.
ism and it's great import in this hour
of growing materialism.
Addressing gathering of Japan
csc savants in his home city, the
Mayor of Toxic said recently:
Last year DR.. Anezaki Maaha, pro.
fessor OF comparative religion at the
University of Toxic, made journey
better acquainted with the Catholic
Church and her religious orders. In
the course of a lecture on the results
of his observations, he declared that
to the best of his knowledge, the
Catholic Church is the most powerful,
most perfect and the most sublime in.
stitution with which the history of
mankind is acquainted
Mayor Ozaki proceeded to tell those
whom he addressed that:
"The study of the personality and
the life work of St. Francis of Assist
made a deep impression on DR.. Ma
aha. He obtained permission from
the Vatican to visit the motherhouse
of the Poor Clares in Rome. The
The Irish standard., 1917-04-21
MobILEH IBERNIANs
PLEDGE SUPPORT TO
PRESIDENT WILSON
Resolutions Passed at Meeting Of
Mobile Division Last
Night.

The Mobile Division, Ancient Order
of Hibernians, at their meeting April
9, adopted a set of resolutions in
which they pledged support to Presi-
dent Wilson. The resolutions have
been conveyed to President Wilson
and Representative Oscar L. Gray.
The resolutions follow:
Whereas, This being the first op-
portunity we have had to collectively
place ourselves on record since dec
laration of war against Germany, we
hasten to heartily endorse the action
of President Wilson, the senate and
congress in the present crisis and
most earnestly pledge our support.
Resolved, That one of the funda-
mental principles and ideals of our
order is liberty and,
Whereas, The symbol of that lib
erty is the Stars and Stripes the
flag of our country, guarding through
the busy hours of the day, and
through the silent watches of the
night, our country and our homes,
and,
Whereas, Now that we are at war
with Germany, we beg to give this
our attestation of loyalty to the flag
of our country, now, therefore, be it
Resolved further by the members
of Mobile Division No. 1, Ancient Or.
der of Hibernians, that our secretary
be instructed to convey to the presi
dent of the United States and our
representative, Oscar l.. Gray, this
pledge of our loyalty, and to our
president
"'We want to tell you now, sir, when
you come to call the roll,
You will find that we are with you
yes, we're with you, heart and
SOUL
(Signed
GEORGE ]. SULLIVAN,
Chairman.
IN. j. McDERMOTT,
"WALTER F. WALSH,
FRANK J. THOMPSON,
REV. J. r. O'DONOGHUE,
"JNO. A. HUGHES,
"Committee."
The Irish standard., 1917-04-21
URGES WAR END
IN FREE IRELAND
AND FREE POLAND
MediII Mccormick to- Ask House Pas
sage Of Resolution.

Washington, D. c., April S.-That
the house of representatives send its
greetings to parliaments of nations
now at war with Germany and ex.
press the hope that peace will even.
tuate in free Ireland and free Pc.
land, together with restoration of Bel.
GUM and Serbia, is proposed in a
resolution which will be introduced
tomorrow by Representative Medill
Mccormick of Illinois.
Whereas, the United States is now
at war with the German empire" the
resolution reads, land whereas, the
other great powers at war with the
empire have voiced their purpose to
secure the rights of the small peo
The Irish standard., 1917-04-21
Ask America to Demand
independence for ireland
Continued from page ~

PARALLEL in human history set in be-
cause the foreign Government which
holds the country in bondage failed
to take the most elementary meas
ures to protect the people. Ireland's
population, through the same DELHI
crate disagreement, is now reduced
to little over 100000, though the
countrys magnificent natural re.
sources render it capable of support
ing 25,0o0,O0O.
Ireland is a distinct and separate
Nation, with all the attributes of Ma
tionhood, geographically, ethnically
and in the political and military ca
pacity of her people. She has fought
for her independence for over seven
hundred years and has never relin-
pushed her right. She reasserted
that right with the blood of her sons
and daughters one year ago and will
do so again whenever the opportu-
nifty offers. She has always looked to
America for sympathy and has re-
ceived it in generous measure. We
hope that sympathy will be continued
until she takes her place among the
nations of the earth.
Americas entry into the war gives
a great opportunity for permanently
settling the Irish Question and put
ting an end to one of the world s
greatest scandals. This Republic is
now in a position to demand from
England the independence of Ireland,
to be secured by consent and in a
way that would be helpful to both
America and England. England pro-
fesses to be fighting for the small ma
tionalities, and for the faith of
to her freedom as Belgium, Servia,
Montenegro, or Roumania. She is de-
prived of that freedom by the British
Government which has long record
of broken treaties with Ireland. The
last one was repudiated with brutal
frankness by Lloyd George, the Brit
ish Premier, in speech in Parlia-
ment within a few days. ireland,
after seven hundred years of bitter
experience, knows that she cannot
rely on England's good faith and that
her only salvation lies in complete
separation and the establishment of
an Irish Republic on Irish SOIL If
that condition were brought about by
friendly American Intervention, in
stead of waiting until it can be eff
fected by force, as it certainly will be
some day, it would rebound to the
credit of this Republic and free Eu-
rope from constant danger.
We appeal to the Congress of the
United States to take such action as
will secure the independence of Ire
land. not at the end of the war; when
scraps of paper may be safely torn
up, but now, when Americas interven-
ton will count for more than at any
time in the future and when her de-
mand must receive consideration.
America freed Cuba and removed a
blot from the Western Hemisphere.
She now has an opportunity of free
ing Ireland and setting up sister
Republic in Western Europe as a bea-
con light of American liberty for the
peoples of the Old World. We hope
and pray that the opportunity will be
awaited Of
We respectfully request that this
appeal be read to the House of Repre-
sentatives, inserted in the "Congres
sional Record" and that favorable &C
ton be taken on it at all early date
Respectfully yours,
JOHN w. GOFF,
Chairman.
The Irish standard., 1917-04-21

persons; that besides this there were
other hospitals founded in various
parts of Mexico before our own coun-
try was anything more than a very
primitive colonial settlement Sum
ming up their work Loomis exclaims
mo other nation (than Spain) has
founded so extensively such benefi.
cences in it's colonies, and few colo
MES have built so we'll upon their in
heritance." I'VE may pick flaws in
these institutions as administered
while we are hanging witches, but
the institutions were there-and are
there yet"
Miss Gardner in turn bears out
Loomis in this, his last assertion,
when she states that: "The Pilgrim
fathers and mothers, were made of
different material, and come to the
new world for other reasons than
those which brought their French and
Spanish neighbors. They came to
make for themselves homes, and their
religion took little heed of the Indian
or the state of his soul. Among the
early Canadian settlers on the other
hand were Jesuit priests, who came
for the sole purpose of converting the
savages and saw in the nursing skill
of the Sisters an important means to
that end"
Even so important settlement as
Montreal was intended primarily, not
so much as a center for trade as a
gathering point for the activities Of
faith and mercy. For as our author
continues, MONTREAL came into exist
ence as a mission consisting of three
communities, one of priests to man.
age the affairs of the colony, one of
nuns to teach the faith to the chill
dren, and one of Sisters to nurse the
sick; and all this arranged in obedi-
ence to what was believed to be a di-
rect revelation of God, before there
was any colony to manage, any chill
dren to teach, or any sick to nurse
What a glazing contrast to this pic.
ture of devotion to the Catholic ideal
of charity and mercy and for that mat.
ter to Catholic efficiency is that Of
fered to use when we are told in the
odulC SHdpCCI vi CuC uCSClopluCllt vi
nursing in New England. THE new
ly established communities in the
English colonies, however, were not
long without their sick, and as the
little villages grew, provision was
made in hospitals. The first, Blocke
ly in Philadelphia and Bellevue in
New York, were started as what we
would now call poor houses, and dread
full indeed was their nursing history
No tales of the cruel neglect of Eng
lish almshouse nursing of the same
period can exceed those that can be
told of these two hospitals. Lurid
pictures come down to us of drunken
attendants fighting like furies over
the beds of their patients, or lying in
sodden Inconsistencies. beside the
bodies of the dead"
Thus we see that in this so impor
tant field of charity the Church has
record splendid indeed 1t need but
be known to command the reverence
and gratitude of all truly interested
in the welfare of institutions which
make for the betterment and enoble
ment of our race.
The Irish standard., 1917-04-21
DIXIE AS NATIONAL AIR,
cONGRESSMEN'S PLAN

Washington, April 10.-Several
members of congress are considering
introducing resolution making
Dixie" a national air to supplement
America" which they say is English,
and the Star Spangled Banner"
which some say is too hard to sing.
Uncle joe Cannon says Dixie" al
ready is national anthem.
The Irish standard., 1917-04-21
JOHN JEROME ROONEY,

secretary.
The letter to Vice-President Mar.
shall was the same as that to the
Speaker except that the word Sen
ate'' was substituted for House of
Representatives"
The Irish standard., 1917-04-21
JAPANESE MAYOR
LAUDS cATH0LIcITY

Silent and Mighty Influence Which
Goes Out From Their Example and
Their Lives and the Service They
Have Done for Society Are IncaIcul-
able-Principie Of Authority.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
HARRISONBURG

Especial to The Richmond virginian.
Harrisonbvrg. October 2o.--Dr and
lAfrs W. W. Koontz are at home at
IEprfne Creek, after their wedding trip
10 Eothern cities, Mrs. Koontz was
Miss Mary Calvert Leach, of Front
Royal, and the marriage took place
iOctober g.
Mrs. W. z. Manor. of Raleigh, N C.,
sw4so visited Mrs. Ed, s. Conrad and
nHra Frank Gould. hs>--sone to Balti-
hnors for a visit to friends there.
Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ Kavanauwh
shave returned from a trip to Lex
nnTtcn, KY. Columbus and Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Frank. Nathan
frank. Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Heck
anger, OF Washin gtou. and Mrs. Joseph
0Ir. and Mrs. Albert Ney.
Mr. and Mrs. w o. Wise. OF Wash
nngton. are guests of Mrs. wise's par
ents. NJ. and Mrs. 4. s. White
Mrs. James l. Brown has returned
10 her home In washington. after .
VISIT 10 her father. s. w. Baker.
Mrs. G. W. Boyd. of Carlysle. Pa.
- q guest OF her sister. Mrs. J, p.
putrow.
Mrs. A. NJ Lowenhaoh lie visiting
kher mother. Mrs. e. c. williams, at
kMcDoueii, Highland county.
Rev. G. W. Richardson. D. d. IT
Romney, W. Va. and Mrs. Richard
bon. hsse returned home, after a VISIT
30 h4ands in Rockingham county
Mrs. frank wcodson. OF Washing
Acn IL spending several days with the
kAMffy OF r. Lee woodson-
( Mrs. Aubrey johnson has returned
d her home at Pleasant valley. after
y vfsft to Mr.. Johuson's sister Mrs.
krtSlaasa Proctor at Front Royal
I Mrs. Maggie Virginia Wright has
kuae 70 Fairfax county TO vtsit her
Bon. R. q. Wright.
MrA Grover Joseph. of Mount C1in-
kun. n spending two weeks with her
barsnrts. MI and Mrs cofrelt NJ Edin-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
FREDERICKSBURG NORMAL

kHrsctai to The Riohmcnd virg4nian. }
{ Fredericksburg Vs.. Oct. ao,-Presi-
bsrt ID. FL. Russell was In attendance
kn Saturday st q meeting Of the State
Normal school board. held m Rich.
Enond.
Dean Chandler was absent on Octo-
bar no, to make an address before the
Nachers Of York county. presenting
he cause of the Teachers cottage at
EAtxwbA-
President Russell has recently or
wa nixed a plan and launched an active
2ampaiKn In the school for the cause
tf the Red Cross. A mass meeting
pf the faculty and students will be
held shortly when the. details of the
novement will be presented, and every
nudent and teacher will undertake a
hefnite work for the cause.
/ The Russell Literary society and
be Woodrow Wilson Literary society
held their first formal meeting for
he year during the present week.
Both these societies have Organised
Nor tn. year with tho definite purpose
hf teaching the lessons Of democracy
Ind patriotism, and in interesting SER
Us of progra ms have been planned.
The Russell Literary society has
planned to devote at least one even.
Ing each month TO practical hand
Rork for the Red Cross and the society
WAN be orgA Missed into groups for
Rnitting, banda2e making. and vari-
pus other forma Of work.
During the assembly period OF the
hast week. Miss Cannon, of the Eng
tah department. led the religious ex-
ercicas, the topic for the week being
Bible study and reading.
Dean Chandler conducted the re-
egious exercises during the present
week. making an interesting series
addresses TO the student body:
The Young Women's Christian as
Isolation has esta blished the plan Of
holding a vesper service each even
lnx for half hour Just before sup
per. This service and the morning
watch. held before breakfast, are well
Intended.
Ihe students who attended the Blue
Ridge conference of the 7. w. c. A..
last June, will bring a message from
this conference TO the students. In an
interesting program, Echoes FROM
Blue Ridge to be held on next Sun
day evening.
Misses Human and Goolrick. OF the
faculty. and Miss Forbes. of the home
department, spent a weekend in
washington recently, on a shopping
trip.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
"JUNIORS."

This splendid order was founded by
legislative charter in Virginia about
seventeen years ago under the style
and name OF state Council of Virginia.
Junior Order OF United American Me-
chanics It carries virtually the same
principles and doctrines as the Ma
uonal council, Jr. o. Z. A. NJ, whose
mem bership extends throughout the
country. The State Council OF Virginia
kJuniors" 10 an intensely patriotic or
her and like the parent order selects Its
membership exclusively from citizens
born upon American soil. IT likewise
tepouses the separate Of church and
nate and stands nrmly BY the public
nce school system. Like the great ma
iiona1 order II seeks to place the Holy
bible In every public school and raise
ne stars and Stripes above the build
hx. Its power In Virginia as builder
" patriotic citixenshiD II evidenced by
Il rapid Rrewth. Its councils are
loktsd all over the state and several
pther mates have bssn invaded ana
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
TARMvILLE NOTES

Especial TO The Richmond vlrsinian.>
6eAf1 Normal School. Farmville.
Va. Oct. 20.--President Jarman on
The Fifteenth addressed the teachers
OF Shenandoah county at woodstock
on Rural School Supervision" On
Friday he spoke to the teachers of
York county A. PoQuoson-
The Miils-Andreus company gave
the first number of tho star course
on Tuesday evening, In the Normal
school auditorium before large audi
enoe.
The faculty and students Of the Nor
NAL school are planning to raise 81. 900
toward the 100000. Campus
Fund" to 60 a. part of the 336.o0o.-
900 which 10 being raised to provide
for the recreation and the spiritual
uplift OF the soldiers in the American
environments and in the trenches and
prison camps Of Europe.
Various members of the faculty are
now devoting much time in prepare
ton for the annual meeting of the
State Teachers association to be held
in Roanoke during Thanksgiving
week. The following are taking an
active part I'm the organization work:
DR.. J. L. Jarman, president of the as
ISOLATION: Miss Gertrude Mix. presi-
dent Of the kindergarten union; Pro-
iShscr j. L. LUdr, pTSsluens hiStotJ
section; Professor n. v. Long, presi-
dent industrial arts section; Professor
Thos. d. Tason, president science Sec
kion and Professor 8. p. Duke. vice
president for the Fourth district and
editor Of the Quarterly"
The Normal school students are pre-
pairing an elaborate Red Cross de-
inonstration as feature of the parade
preceding the farm and school fair
10 be held in FarmviIle on the 20
and 20. The training school students
Are taking much interest In preparing
projects for the exhibit of school work
which is a prominent feature of the
fair.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
FREEZING NOTES.

Freezing. va. October 20.--Summe
fancies are fading, and the touch Of
the ICY fingers of autumn reminds US
Of the fight of time. the change OF
seasons. But. all, well! we shall not
grudge old Father Time the days he
takes from us, even IL somewhat sur
reptiousiy. for 1t will the sooner bring
about the dehorning of Bill Berlin.
and restore to humanity the order for
which It yearns
Mrs. Mary McFall tAuntPolly)
whose illness has been reported here
tofore. has so far recovered as to be
able to make a trip to Clintwood.
where she visited relatives, besides at
tending the Dickerson county fair. She
is past her eightieth milestone on the
road of life, and still takes keen In
terest in affairs.
Ma cDonald Whitaker and little son
Crittendon, ofsPhipps. are visiting re-
latives near Freezing. Whitaker was
formerly q resident of this place, and
is still interested in affairs of the
neighborhood
George P. Killen, OF Osborn's Gap,
was visiting friends here during the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

or8Antsed. There lie an interstate gov-
erning board which holds Its sessions
annually to consider the general inter-
Jests OF the order. Its membership in
Virginia is approximately 10000. In
Richmond there are nine councils, all of
which are, strong and influential 1t
Is believed that the day Is fast COM
Ing when 1t will join hands with the
great mother order of Juniors and by
consolidating the great work of the
two orders constitute an even greater
agency for good in the state of Vir.
ginia and nation at large.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

J. Smith whitaker of Phipps, la
visiting his brother William p. Will
taker. of near this place.
Carl Hanover has pust returned
from a visit to relatives at PIkeville,
Ky.
Mrs Cora Dotson. of Jenkins. Ky.
is visiting her brother Wiley b. Trivitt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

81 near hear. MrK bo376ns II M -
membered by the school childfsu -
the wieider of the ferule IN the das-
trict school at Freezing
Dom Ratliff. of Shelby Gap. Ky
Is visiting friends at this place.
Fleetwood Fleming. Of Fleming
town IA visiting r-i~ lister Mrs. Liz
scFar. Of near here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

Month are off for weeks visit to
relatives at Myra and other points
ACROSS the Kentucky border
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

week. He was just in receipt of the
intelligence from his brother Alex
ander. who is in training at Camp
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

Lee. that he finds things more to his
liking in camp than he expected.
Mrs. DENTS Mullins and daughter
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
New Designs in the Eauou:
Beacon Blankets
1898 each

The prettiest patterns
really we have ever car,
ried.
70x84-inch Blankets,
in solid colors of light
blue, trench blue, gray,
tan, pink, lavender and
old rose, with Wall of
Troy borders; also close
imitation of Wager
blanket patterns in small
C h G C k s of lavender,
light blue, trench blue,
pink, tan and brown.
Very fluffy and warm
for bed throws, slumber
robes, etc. The colors
are absolutely fast.
Second Floor,)