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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-13
POL|CEMAN'S VIEW
OF SAFETY FIRST
Tells Citizens Association
What He Has Observed Of
Reckless Driving.

THE greatest automobile dodgers in
the country are right here In Washing
ton" declared Crossing Policeman
Thomas L. Mcnamara at meeting of
the Northeast Washington Citizens AS
ISOLATION in Northeast Temple. 18th and
II streets, last night, in an address on
the safety first" campaign.
Policeman Mcnamara said that after
his seven years Of service on the traffic
police force he was convinced all auto
mobile drivers are reckless. There IL
no careful automobile driver in Wash
fngton," he said. II will invite any of
the members of this association to
stand for one or two hours any day in
the week on my corner with me. and
am sure you will be convinced Of this
fact"
The speaker said he favored educat-
ing school children in safety first, but
that the education should go farther
and take in automobile drivers.
Question Is Discussed.
Evan H. Tucker, president Of the as
paign is to be conducted throughout
the District. II believe parents ought
to tell their children every day before
they depart for school to be careful
and look at each crossing before they
attempt to cross the street and also
that warnings Of similar nature should
he written on the blackboards of the
schoolrooms."
". 8. Bransom suggested that a law be
enacted whereby no automobile be con-
ntructed which could be operated at a
greater epeed than fifteen miles an hour
He declared that the speed Of twelve miles
a horse gallordng. and that in tho days
before automobiles. il q horse was gal
ioped down the street there would be
many persons to enter complaint against
the driver in tho Police Court
DIR. l. D. Walter, q member Of the safe
~ first committee. explained tie purposes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-13
Food Conservation, Topic.

How and why the people Of this country
should conserve food was told by John B.
Lord Of the federal food administration.
Tho speaker told Of conditions found in
Belgium and Poland. by the American re-
lief committee, which, he said, were caused
by the Germans The members were urged
to sign the food conservation pledge cards
and to ask their friends and neighbors to
sign them. The speaker said there are
about 100000 families In tho United
States and that up until yesterday about
100000 Of than had signed the pledge
cards
President Tucker said the association
stood rSady to aid the food administration
In It's work.
Complaint was made against the euhed-
uie maintained on tho 18th and D streets
northeast street car line Of the Wsshing-
secretary was Instructed TO ask tho public
,Iriutles commission to compel the railway
company to give better servica
Resolutions. presented by Roscoe Jen-
kins, were adopted. urging UPON the pop
er legislative authorities the extension Of
the Mems Federated Council on Employ
ment in the District Of Columbia.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
Yours truly:
(Signed)
SISTER MARY GENOVEFFA.

IRISH cARMELlTE IN ROME.
One of these days the Irish Province
of the Order of the Calced Carmelites
will enter upon it's new foundation
in the Eternal City-thanks mainly
to the energy of the Very Rev. Father
Magennis, Assistant General of this
Order, presently in the City Of New
York. All the proximate arrange
ments for the establishment of an
Irish novitiate by the banks Of the
Tiber were made by Father O'Dwyer
of the Carmelite Order, who came to
home couple of months ago for this
sole purpose.
AS if fate would have it, the Church
and residence made over to the Car
melites for the use of their Irish
novices are right worthy in point of
ancient history and glory of the time
honored Carmelite Order. The Church
of SIS. Celso Guiliano stands near
the River Tiber, close to the old fort
ress of Castel S. Angelo, that huge
structure which for 1000 years has
not been without armed men night
or day. Among the most priced treas
ures of the church are the bodies of
IS. CELSIUS and Julian, who died for
the faith in A. D. 304 at Antioch. AT
the end of the sixteenth century the
sacred remains were transferred to
this edifice from st. Paul's by Pope
Clement VIII (1592-16O5), and after
this even the church was called by
the names of the two martyrs.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
Area

In area, therefore, 1t will be seen
that Ireland is larger than the ma
jority of them, while in population It
now stands fifth in rank, having from
1900, 900 in 1916 to about four and o.
half million in 1914 loss Of fifty
per cent in that period. One Of it,
four provinces, Munster, is about equal
in area to Belgium. Ireland is about
three times the size Of Belgium, whose
population is one and a half times
as large. It is claimed that ireland.
however, is more fertile than Belgium
and far richer in natural resources.
In point of historical status Ireland
antedates Roumania, Belgium. Portu-
gal, Serbia, Switzerland, Denmark,
Holland and Belgium. while Greece
recovered her independence after .
lapse of 1000 years of subjugation. II
America is to be the arbiter Of the
future of Ireland it should not be
forgotten, as Mr.. O'Kelly points out.
that she has done indefinitely more
than all these countries put together
for the establishment and mainte
nance Of American ideals and prac-
tees.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
Conservatory Of Saint Cecilia
State Music Teachers Examina-
tons for Licentiate required
for graduation.
Departments of Home Econo-
mics and Arts

accept facts that they certainly never
have heard before. Surely this can
not but have good results for religion
as it gives us a chance of bringing to
light certain truths that we would
not otherwise have chance of doing,
as we never give our pon-Catholic
pupils doctrinal lessons.
The children of other nationalities
freely participate in the class. In
fact, I have taught German, Italian,
Polish, French and Russian, as we'll as
English and Scotch pupils, and those
of foreign descent we're among my
best pupils.
The fact that the. Ancient Order of
Hibernians and Ladies' Auxiliary, and
the Irish History Committee so gener-
erously offer medals and prizes is very
encouraging and to some extent is ne
cessary in helping the teacher to form
her class, as so many parents and
children object to our adding to the
already overburdened programme of
studies. It is also an inducement to
keep up the enthusiasm during the
year.
Yours truly,
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
PRAYER FOR SOLDIERS.

o God, l beseech Thee, watch
over the souls of those who are
exposed to the horrors of war,
and to the spiritual dangers Pc
culiar to a soldiers life. Give
them such strong faith that no
human respect may ever lead
them to deny it, or fear to prac-
tice it. Do Thou, by Thy grace.
fortify them against the conta-
gion of bad example, that, being
preserved from vice, and serving
Thee faithfully, they may be ready
to meet death whenever it may
happen; through Jesus Christ,
our Lord. Amen.
Sacred Heart of Jesus! Inspire
them with sorrow for sin and
grant them pardon.
Mother of God! Be with them
on battlefield during: life, and at
the hour of death, and obtain for
them that they may die in the
grace of Thy Son. Amen.
St.. Joseph! Pray for them.
May their Guardian Angel pro-
tect them. Amen.
4 4 4 t
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
SHuBERT.

Ellis Majesty, Bunker Beam" will be
next weeks offering at the Shubert.
Presented at the Metropolitan year
age, local dramatic reviewers proclaim
ed it the best farce seen in Minneapo-
lis in decade, and it played to capa-
city houses. Saturday Evening Post
readers will readily recall the Bunker
Bean" stories by Harry Leon Wilson,
and from them Lee Wilson Dodd dram
atized the laughing success of that sea-
son. Unlike most comedies His
Majesty, Bunker Bean has a distinct
plot, and if anything, the play is more
amusing than were the stories. The
play has to do with Bunker Bean, a
dittident stenographer, who is naive
and impressionable. Secretly he has
been devotee of eccentric reincarna-
ton theories. Following this bent, he
encounters scheming seeress, a
psychic faker, who convinces him he
is the reincarnation not only of Ma
poleon Bonaparte, but also of the great
Egyptian king "Ram-tah.' Enthused
with this belief, Bean decides it is up
to him to do big things" worthy of
his ancient and renowned selves. The
seeress induces Bean to part with his
savings to purchase the mummy of
'Ram-tah," filched secretly from an
Egyptian tomb. The arrival of the fake
mummy shows Bean he has been fleec-
ed, but already he has begun to do
things" to the great delight of his au-
diences, and he decides to continue. In
the end he achieves riches, and is
seized by "the flapper" a delightful
young lady, who carries him away and
weds him before Bean fully realizes
what it is about. No more delightful
stage characters have been encoun-
tered in years than Pops" Bean"
"Balthazar" and THE Greatest Left
Handed Pitcher the World Has Ever
Known" Marjorie Foster, who scored
so heavily this week in Romance"
Albert 'McG0vern, Hazel Alden, Eu-
gene Frazier, Edith Montrose, Arthur
Holman, Gertrude Richie, Edmund
Carroll, w. R. Russell and others of
the Modern Players will be in the
cast.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
THE CARLOW sHEEHANs.

A striking instance Of brotherly
love was noted in the press recently,
in comment on the death of Patrick
sheehan, q wealthy contractor in st.
Louis. From the aate Of their birth
in Carlow, Ireland. eighty-hve years
ago, Patrick Sheehan and his twin
brother, John, had never been separat-
ed until death parted them. Together
they came to st. Louis in 1849, and
together amassed q fortune. Their
works of faith and charity speak for
the uses they made of their wealth.
Archbishop Glennon at Patrick shee-
hans funeral Mass babe his people:
Thank, God that He hath given him
all these years in which to live and
work, to. labor and to pray, to do
good. It was rare privilege to be
able to spend eighty years in the
service of humanity and of God, and
for this privilege we have all a right
to thank God this morning, to thank
God for the lesson the deceased's
life has given to u.s.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
DANCE OF L. A. A. o. II. NO.
MONDAY EVENING.
initial Number Of Fall and Winter
Series.

At their hall, No. IL, South Seventh
Street, the ladies of Division No. 1,
l.. A. A. o. H., will give dancing
party on Monday evening, Sept. "a.
It will be conducted under the aus
pices of the Glee Club of the Divi-
sion, and will be the first of series
of similar entertainments that are to
be given during the fall and winter
season, by these enterprising young
women. Longs orchestra has been
secured for the occasion. The ar
engagements are in charge of the fol-
lowing:
Mistress of ceremonies, Mrs. Julia
Dempsey; chairladies of committees,
Bessie and May Murphy; commit
tee, Catherine Coughlin, Misses
Ryan, Misses Hannah, Misses Pep
per, Marie Black, Margaret DIV
er, Rosa Lahaney, Abbie Mahoney,
Alyce McCarty, Era How, Helen Sup
pei, Gertrude Hanson, Mrs. Mary Fo-
ley, Mrs. Thresa Jordan.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
THE Pope and The Il
PEACE CONFERENCE
Continued from page u

and Paderborn to put men reported as
missing in touch with their families.
Thus, both in word and deed, the Pope
has endeavored to bring about the re-
establishment of peace and a mitiga-
ton of the horrors of war. 1t is not
surprising that his humane activity
should elicit from the English social
list Labor Leader in the following en-
comium: When all the terrible earn
mage is over there are few men who
will have less reason to be ashamed
of the part they have played than the
countries, or countries which call
themselves mothers, the Pope has
shown himself today the father of
men."-The Catholic Herald.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22

Co. Kerry, deposed that at a meeting
held at Spunkane ON July Is accused
made certain statements.
The President asked the accused If
he wished to cross-examine the wit
ness.
NO" replied Mr.. Stack, "but re-
pudiate his grammar, it is not mine"
Uaughter.)
Sergeant Restrack gave evidence as
to being present at a meeting held at
Abbeydorney on July 81, at which the
accused made certain statements.
Replying to the President the &C.
cused said, that while denying the &C.
curacy of the evidence, he declined to
crOss-eXamine.
Acting Sergeant F. J. MKenna, Ira
lee, stated that on Sunday, August 5,
he saw the accused marching at the
head of procession, dressed in Vol.
unteer uniform.
Constable Clancy gave evidence that
on the same date the accused wore a
uniform at the head of a procession in
Tralee.
Detective Hoey deposed to arresting
the accused in Dublin. When taken
into custody the accused took some
documents from his pocket and passed
them to lady who was with him.
Witness produced the documents, one
being a pamphlet about the Irish
Volunteers.
Mr.. Wolfe intimated his intention
to read it, but the accused objected,
stating that he was not charged with
having documents in his possession.
The Court upheld the objection.
This closed the evidence of the pros
ecution.
Statement by Accused.
The accused, who refused to call
any witnesses, said the charges against
him could he consolidated and made
to read-"The accused is charged with
showing his hatred OF foreign oppres-
Esion."
ing the Court fairly to avail of the oc
:, casion to make public speeches and
prociamatiOns.
The accused went On to say that his
allegiance was to Ireland and to no
other nation or empire.
Accused continued his statement,
and said President Wilson told the
world that no people could be forced
under a. sovereignty under which they
did not wish to live, and he further
said there could be no such thing
as Government except with the con
sent of the governed. He believed that
that dicta held good in Ireland. The
Irish people could not be forced under
English Sovereignty when they did not
want to live under it. He criticised
the evidence of the police, and said
some people thought they could not be
pro-Irish without being pro- erman
The only verdict he would. accept
would be the verdict of his country
men, and he had no doubt that that
would not be one of condemnation.
The judgment Of the Court will be
promulgated later.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
IRISH VITAL STATISTICS.

The fifty-third detailed annual re-
port of the Registrar-Gen for Ire.
land, giving statistics for the year
1916, shows that the number of births
registered during the year 1916
amounted to 91,437, which is 1.9 be-
low the average rate per 1000 for the
ten years 1906-1915. The death-rate
Q6.5) is IL below that for the year
1915, and O.5 below the average rate
for the ten years 1906-1915. The num-
Der of deaths from all forms of tu-
berculosis disease was 1928, being
equivalent to 2.15 per 1000 of the
population. With three exceptions,
the nate was the lowest recorded for
Ireland.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
DEATH OF MRS. w. r. ARTHUR
Highly Esteemed Resident Expires A.
ter a Short illness.

On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. W..
r. Arthur, wife of w. R. Arthur, died
at the family residence, No. 2716
Chowen Avenue. The news of her
sudden demise will be received with
profound sorrow by her wide circle
of friends and acquaintance, to whom
her kindly nature and gentleness of
character had endeared her. Her hus-
band, Mr.. w. R. Arthur, is one of the
department managers of the Donald
son store. The funeral will be held
from the Pro-Cathedral on Saturday
morning, when high mass of re-
QUEEN will be offered.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
COLLEGE YEAR
OPENS
SEPTEMBER SIXTH
PANTAGES


In the old days of the Chinese en-
pire, there were a number of Celestial
wonder workers, who in fact sur
passed the famous voodoo of India,
but since there was a fable TO the
effect that to allow these people to
be at large would work i'll to the
dynasty, they were kept prisoned
within the walls of the sacred city
itself. Now, the days of the republic
has liberated them, and two of the
best acts have come to America. Meek
Suen, his assistant, the demure
Chinese lady Miss Teressio, and COM
pany will appear for the week at
Pantages. commencing with the Sun
day matinee, and will show the spec
ial brand of Chinese mystery which
is causing America to wonder. Their
act is sumptuously staged and moves
with great rapidity.
Another of the very best of modern
revues will appear in the Revue de
Vogue, staged by People & Greenwald,
with lavish investment, elaborate seen
ic effect and an unusually good per-
sonnet, including AL Clarke, the brill
liant young character comedian, Toots
Roberts, the little piano princess,
Ollimae Enlow, concert violinist from
the Lyceum Bureau, Victoria Webster,
solo dancer from the follies, and
number of other clever entertainers
in rapid fire revue of popular sue
cesses.
Frank Bush, the greatest story
teller in the world" will bring many
to Pantages more than once during
the week. His stories are lively, his
fun spontaneous, and he never tells
the same story twice If he can help
it. He has enough to last a couple
Of weeks with a change of bill every
performance. Martyr and Florence
in ION the Tennis Court" have q
surprise act, In which clever juggling
is only incidental. There will be
Ryan and Riggs, farceurs, and the first
run in the northwest of the third
episode in that clever serial The
Fighting Trail, featuring William Dun
can and Carol Holiday, exploiting
some more of their daring adventures
and hair breadth escapes in the open
sweeps of the Sierras.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
"oLDE TYNE" DANCING PARTY

"oLDE TYNE" DANCING PARTY.
Division No. 4, of the Ladies' Auxil.
larry A. o. H., will conduct an "Olde
Tyne" dancing party at their hall,
corner of Bloomington Avenue and
Lake Street, on Tuesday evening,
Sept. Is. Arrangements are being
made to provide genuine, jolly and
lively evening. Daley's orchestra will
furnish the music. The entertainment
is in charge of Mrs. Hoffner, who will
be assisted by a committee of the
young ladies' division.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
IRISH PRISONER CITES
PRES. WILSON IN Defence

Continued from Page ~
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
TWIN CITY NEWS
BAZAAR ST. ANTHONY OF
nANIlA

| BAZAAR~aAT ST. ANTHONY OF
PADUA.
The congregation of st. Anthony of
Padua is making extensive prepare
tions for the church bazaar which is
to begin Oct. Is and continue one
week at the School Auditorium. It
is hoped that a fund will be realized
from the weeks festivities which will
materially reduce the mortgage in
debtedness on the school property
The ladies of the parish are mar
shalled under the direction of Mrs.
Mary Kinnane for the activities of the
week. and Mr.. H. c. Sherry has charge
of the mems contingent of workers.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
ARE There TOO MANY PRIESTS
IN MEXICO?

Mexico is "prlest-rldden, cries the
anti Catholic. perhaps there have
been too many priests in Mexico
weakly agrees the American Catho-
lie. And in the meantime the Mexi-
can "Liberals,.. have murdered and
exiled priests until in some states
there are none at all.
How many clergymen do you sup
pose there are in the United States?
By consulting the several authori-
ties on the subject you will find the
number closely approximating $780,
900. Divided amongst population of
100,000,000, this gives an average of
one clergyman to each 555 inhabi-
tants. But this includes the minis
tiers of all creeds.
Now, if we consider the number of
communicates as compared with the
clergy, we will find (World Almanac
1910, that the Catholic clergy num-
bered 1892, and the communicates
14,079,2O8, or ratio of one clergy
man to 723 communicates. The Prot
estant clergy number 1850, and the
communicates 24,3OO,797, or a ratio
of one clergyman to 1856 commune
cants.
These proportions show that the
Catholic clergy in the United States
are much less numerous than the av.
erage for the whole, and that the
Protestant clergy are relatively very
much more numerous. The Catholic
clergy are to their communicates as
one to 1923, with Protestants standing
one to 156. Catholics form less than
20 per cent of the total population,
whole their clergy form only about
IL per cent of the total number OF
clergymen.
With 14,079,20S communicates in
the United States, the Catholics claim
a population of some 100000 II
- we take the proportion Of the Catho
lic clergy in the United States as q
basis, Mexico should have 10000 cler
gymen. If we take the Baptist pro
portion, Mexico should have no fewer
than $4,000 clergy. There actually
were in Mexico in 1910 fewer than
5000 clergymen.
The greatest proportion ever known
in Mexico was in 1910, when there
were 7.341 clergy in a population Of
6,122.354, or a ratio of one clergyman
to 1874 Inhabitants. In 1906, when
the Liberals" became particularly
vicious in attacking the church, and
alleging too many priests" there
we're 1880 clergymen and popula
ton of 1861 919, or a ratio of one cler
gyman to 1761 inhabitants. In 1917
the ratio stood one clergyman to 5000
of the population. Take any basis O
calculation and you will arrive at tn,
same result: Instead Of there beint
too many priests in Mexico" ther>
have been too few.
The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
IRELAND COMPARED WITH 9TH
Err SMALL EUROPEAN
AArInAo

For the purpose of showing how
Ireland compares with the other small
nations of Europe in area and popu-
lation the following table has been
compiled by Raphael O'Kelly in an
article in america"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-13
German Bank Accounts Safe

= UGH of the apprehension among Germans in the south
Nj west has guieted by announcement from Wash
ngton that Germans to be molested treated
any way differently from citizens of the United States,
except for certain restriction their movements long
they conduct themselves properly.
Their fears viii be further aayed by announcements re-
ceved by national banks throughout this region from the
federal of Dallas that the bank accounts Of
Germans will not be sequestered
The announcement reads:
at reported that there anxiety in quar-
the part of persons residing in this country who are
the subjects Of foreign states lest their bank deposits other
property should be seized in the event of between the
United States and foreign nation (hs before the state
of procaimed) The president authorizes the state
ment that all such fears entirely unfounded.
"The government Of the United States will in crcum
stances take advantage of state of to take Of
property which international understandings and the
recognized law of the land give just claim title 1t
will scrupulousy respect all private rights alike of its
citizens and of the subjects of foreign states"
Locally, this statement should be sufficient to end the
steady Withdrawals of German money from Of
the banks of FL Paso Large of gold coin have been
withdrawn though much of has apparently been for the
account of Germans living the east and NORTH and have
taken into Mexico In such the local banks
not at all affected nasmuch they merely make payment
for eastern banks by which they reimbursed In fact
only the Germans who withdraw their money affected
They should be convinced in view of the above
en that their money great deal safer in sound Amer
lean banks than In Mexico