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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
ERICSSON ICEBOUND
IN CHESAPEAKE BAY
Stalled Ship Expected to Reach
Port at Baltimore Today.
Cold and Hungry

Passengers on board the steamship tSics-
son. of the Ericsson Line, who LETT here
Saturday night for A trip on Chesapeake
Bay. were treated to polar-likc experience
n Ia Sir Ernest Shackleton." when they
were held fast in the ice about one mile
and a half from Town Point. Md. since
Sunday morning. Last night the steamship
its crew and passengers. among which are
twenty Philadelphians. slowly proceeded to
Baltimore, conveyed by the l.atrobe. an ice
boat {, ON Baltimore. The good ship Fries.
son was sighted at Betterton al 8 o'clocE
some time today.
Shortage of food and coal supply. MEM
bers of the crew jumping from one ice pack
70 another over the water of the Chesapeake
until they reached shore and finally food
supplied b. the charitable residents of
Town Point and vicinity were all IA part OF
the memorable experience.
The Ericsson left pier No at Chestnut
street wharf about O'Clock Saturday after
neon and accord ng to schedule was due in
Baltimore at : O'Clock the next morning
As soon as the ship passed Wilmington the
struggle with the ice began and she had to
Cut her way down to the Chesapeake and
Delaware canal at Delaware city.
After slipping through the loC,s aud in
eidentally much more ice Captain Mac\a-
NEE. the skipper, decided that it was time
to take on more coal at Chesapeake city.
the Maryland end of the canal. The Erics-
son left that. point at O'Clock sunday y
morning and two hours later was firmly
wedged in the ice of Town Point. The
scene that lay before the captain and
passengers was vast sea of ice.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
1900 VOTERS SIGN PETITION
Joseph o, Kerbaugh Seeks Montgomery
County Commissionership

NORRISTOWN. Pa. Feb GA petition
signed by 1900 voters of Lower Merton
township was presented in court yesterday
to have Joseph o. kerbaugh. of Bryn Mawr,
q Commissioner OF Lower Merton township
appointed a Commissioner of Montgomery
County. to succeed the late George Sulli-
van. of Cynwyd. Supporters of Mr.. ker-
baugh here yesterday said that additional
petitions were. in circulation In. Lower
Merton which would increase the sigma
lures to 1000,
The name of Israel Supplee, Of Bryn
Mawr. was prominently mentioned for the
County Commissonership appointment yes
terday. He is a Republican, and has been
a county committeeman
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
HELD FOR TAKING COATS
OF FELLOW CHURCHMEN
Detective Says Man Who Faces Trial
Left Church Early to Raid
Cloakroom

Accused of stealing four overcoats from
the vestibule of the Centenary Methodist
Church while the owners of the coats were
worshping, Carey Kilgors, twenty.six years
old. who gave a lodging house near Eighth
and Vine streets as his residence. was held
under $500 bail for court by Magistrate
stevenson al the Thirty y-nlnth street and
Lancaster avenue police station this morn
ing
District Detective Farmer testified that
Kigors would go into the church and at
tend the Services. When time came to
pass the collection plate. IT was testified
Kilgors would take advantage Of the con-
fusion and leave, taking the overcoats
with him. Four of them were recovered
in pawnshops in the center of the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
THREE BRITISH, ONE
NEUTRAL SHIP SUNK
Total of Vessels Torpedoed in
Barred Zone Since February
Nov Thirty-tive
LONDON. Feb. I

Vt
The British steamship Marley Pickering
A,as tons. has been sunk by German sub
marine in the war zone waters. It was an
nounced today. The Marley Pickering was
owned by the Constantine and Pickering
steamship Company and hailed from Md
dlesboro.
Iloyd's announces the destruction of the
British sailing ship Bslford and the Nor-
vegian bark Tamara bringing the total Of
vessels sunk in the barred zone since Feb
yuary up to thirty-tive. The, BelfOrd was
las, reported as sailing from san Francisco
for Plymouth. The Tamara was bound for
Fleetwood from Jamaica.
The British steamship Floridan has also
heen sunk Sixteen of her crew were saved.
The Floridian is n l.eyland liner reg stored
at Liverpool and her tonnage is i777. She
vas built in 1913.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
OFFERS TORPEDO TO l.. S.
John Hays Hammond, Jr., Willing to
Give Wireless Invention for Coast
Defense

GLOUCESTER. Mass, Feb GA weapon
OF war for the possible purchase of which
Congress has appropriated nearly $1,000
600 has been offered free to the Secretary Of
war by :ts inventor, John Hays Ham
mond. Jr
Hamn.ond's wireless torpedo. controlled
irom shore by wireless waves and reputed
10 be d highly valuable weapon to he used
against an invading enemy and of which
the Government now has a corps of army
engineers making an examination will be
turned over to this Government upon notice
from the Secretary that it is desired for
coast defense Purposes.
with the toroedo goes Hammonds ther-
mite bomb highly explosive grenade,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
JERSEY SENATE PROVIDES
FOR PROPERTY PROTECTION
100000 Appropriation for National
Guard and Naval Reserve Sup
plies Authorized

TRENTON, Feb. 6.-The Senate today
passed a bill introduced by Majority Leader
McCran appropriating 800 900 for purchas-
ing supplies for maintaining the National
Guard and Naval Reserve and protecting
public property in the state. McCran said
about s5,0OO,000 worth OF property was in
Volved.
The Senate adjourned for the week after
the introduction of preparedness measure
providing adjournment from day to day, to
be called together In case Of emergency II
not called the Senate will meet again
Monday night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
Burlap Prices Harden

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-TThere was fur
.her tightening In burlap prices In this mar
Het Yesterday as result of the interna tional
situation, though it was not reflected in an
sctual rise. Leading importers have with
.,awh their goods from sale, and quota
. .ons are largely nominal. on the basis Of
.sht and quarter cents for eight ounce
,vs and nine and three-quarter cents for
sen and half ounce cloths of the same
~iutn. Some improvement in demand was
reported with stocks especially of light
weights. limited.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
Boy Nearly Perishes in Drifts

SHENANDOAH. Pa, Feb 6.--Clarence
cart. fifteen years old, while returning home
from Sheppton in his automobile be
came stuck in "A drift on Locust Mountain
tie attempted to walk home and fell ex-
hausted and was found by farmers. His
ears hands and feet were badly frozen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
Deposed President on Way Here

WASHINGTON, Feb. G.--Alfredo Con
zales Costa Rica's deposed president, is on
his way to the United States aboard a fruit
steamship according to official dispatches.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

he ready for actual field service when
shipped The contract at present is about
half filled.
Work is also under way on an order from
the United States Government for twenty
five fourteen-inch guns These are 10 be
delivered at the rate of two a month until
the order is filled. Each gun when COM
peted will be worth approximately $50. 600
The Midvae concern also holds orders
tor large quantities of French and English
shells.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-24
IRISH TRUTH CONFERENCE

cred an address on Liberty, Equality,
and Fraternity" in the course of
which he said equality of opportunity
was great demand of democracy. 1t
was highly desirable ideal, but it
would not work in the way expected
by those most loudly clamoring for it.
Hostile officiaIdom.
The Rev. T. Corcoran, S. j., Profes.
sor of Education, University College,
in proposing a vote of thanks to the
lecturer, said he hoped that circum.
stances would enable Mr.. Magennis
and his colleagues to send every year
a good number of Irish Catholic lay
men and women we'll grounded in
Christian philosophy and sociology
into many fields of administrative and
social work which called for their SER
vices. (applause.) From such SER
vice they had too often been debarred
by a Civil Service system cunningly
devised and applied in Ireland on lines
neither Irish nor Christian, and also
by the absence hitherto of that i'm
partiality which recognized merit and
fitness alone. Had the teaching of
Catholic philosophy on distributive
justice been followed in the govern
ment of Ireland they would not see a
wealthy and hostile officialism sup
ported out of the overtaxation of the
poor (applause), and they would not
see poor country drained of it's re-
sources for the benefit Of wealthy
one (applause).
His Eminence, in putting the reso-
luton, said they had specimens that
evening Of what the National Univer-
sity could do. That University was
not all they looked for, but he
believed, under the care of the men
who were guiding it's destinies, by de-
grees it would become the ideal they
wished for.
The Archbishop of Cashel said the
Hierarchy took the deepest interest in
the Truth Societys work, and at their
meeting in Maynooth they advocated
the holding of diocesan conferences in
connection with it.
A vote of thanks to the Cardinal
iieoncluded the proceedings.
Protection Of irish Girls.
A paper by Miss Edith O'Reilly on
"The Care and Protection of Irish
Girls" was read at the conference on
the 18th inst, the Archbishop of Cash
ell presiding. Irish girls, Miss O'Reilly
said, needed more protection nova
days than ever, and League of Cath
olic Women might be formed with
members throughout Ireland who
could gather young women together to
exchange ideas. A bright side was
needed to counterbalance the neces.
Continued on Page 81
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-24
father RYAN, POET PRIEST OF The SOUTH

It is as the historian and patriot
that too little is known of Father
Ryan, and the living refutation he was
of the charge, made over and over
again, that ''in the heart of the priest
of Rome love of country is dead
There is just little uncertainty as
to the exact relation in which he stood
towards the South, whether it was his
own or his adopted country. There
are three claimants-our own LINER
ick, Norfolk, Va, and HagerstoWn,
Md, for the honor of being his birth.
place. Even the date of his birth is
somewhat in obscurity, though it is
claimed with some degree of author
ity Father Ryan positively fixed Nor
folk as the city, and Aug. Is, 1899, as
the date. Whichever may be correct it
is certain his career shows nothing
out of the ordinary, nor much which
might be claimed as public property
until the beginning of the Civil War.
When the call came to support the
Stars and Bars, three of his brothers
two older and one younger than him
self, followed the course that to them
seemed proper, and enlisted under the
banner Of the South. Father Ryan
accompanied one brother into the Con-
federate Army and saw service lin the
ranks. Later he received his commits
sion as chaplain of the Eighth Ten
nessee During the winter of 1862
and 1863 he ministered to the South
ern prisoners of war in the hospital
at New Orleans, at the time the ter
rible scourge of smallpox broke out
amongst them.
Father Ryan was brave, recklessly
so. He did not stand in position
of safety and urge the boys in grey
to attempt the accomplishment Of
things in which he had no share. He
administered to the wounded and dy-
ing on either side during the battle
in which he took part. 1t doesn't take
more than the mere mention Of his
name to start the old fellows of the
Confederate and Union armies, alike
to telling anecdotes of the long-haired
priest who came among them when
his presence was most needed. Dur.
ing the thickest of the battle, right
after Meagher's charge. General Burr
side ordered the Union troops to cease
firing because the priest, whose SYM
pathies were with the South, was NOV.
ing recklessly over the field, minis
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-24
Short Sketch of His Active Career
He Remained an Unreconstructed
Rebel Long After the Civil War, But
at Last His Heart Spoke Gratefully
of the North.

In connection with the movement
to erect a memorial church in honor
of Father Ryan, the famous poet of
the Confederacy, it will be interesting
to read the following biographical
sketch of the well-beloved rebel chap
lain:
It is safe to make the assertion
that in every biographical dictionary
will be found a paragraph beginning
something after this fashion: Ryan,
Abram Joseph, poet-priest," and tucked
away somewhere near the center of
the Paragraph, ordained priest i'm
1861, and served as chaplain in the
Confederate Army during the Ameri-
can Civil War;" AS the "poet-priest
of the South" much has been writ
ten of Father Ryan, but the brilliancy
of the man as poet has completely
overshadowed the brilliancy of the
man as historian and his devotion
as a patriot; yet the two latter are
scarcely less than the first. 1t is true,
as a historian Father Ryan did not
write bulky volumes. But he has pre-
served in just as enduring form the
deeds of the Southern American peo-
pie whose sorrows and hopes he
shared. Father Ryan was dear to the
Southerners, and his memory is one
of the most sacred treasures they pre-
serve. He was one of them, essenti-
ally and intensely so, and to them he
can never be other than "The Confed-
crate Chaplain" A Southerner. ire
spective of religious beliefs, would find
it matter of some hesitancy to de-
eide which of the two titles most clear
ly expresses the veneration he feels
for the child-like, yet courageous and
patriotic priest who wrote, so simply,
yet so truthfully, of what went on in
every Southern home:
At the altar Of their nation
Stood that mother and her son:
He, the victim Of oblation,
Painting for his immolation.
She. in priestess' holy station,
Weeping words of conservation,
While God smiled his appreciation.
Blessed the boys self-abnegation,
Cheered the mothers desolation,
When the sacrifice was done.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-24
tering alike to the needs of the Blue

tering alike to the needs of the Blue
and the Grey.
1t was not until some years after
the close of the Civil War that Father
Ryan could find it possible to make
any concession towards the North. He
did not hate the North, but he could
not bow and kiss the hands which had
brought suffering to his people. When
during the awful time of the visitation
of yellow fever, from Memphis south,
the North poured forth all the SYM
pathy and help possible to come from
a great-hearted people of the South,
Father Ryan saw the rainbow of peace
span the heavens, and he wrote:
blessings or thine every wave,
Blessings Oil thine every shore,
Blessings that from sorrow save,
Blessings giving more and more,
For all thou gavest thy sister land,
o Northland, in thy generous deed
and grand
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-24
DEATH OF MRS. J. F. o,suLLlvAN

DEATH OF MRS. J. F. o'sULLIVAN.
The death of Mrs. John +. O'Sull-
ivan, a highly esteemed resident of St.
Paul, occurred on Wednesday, Oct. 81,
at her family residence No. 964 Igle-
hart ave., after short illness. She
was forty-tive years of age and was
born in the Parish of Newtowndillon
County Kerry, Ireland, where her par
ents, John J. and Johanna O'Connor
still reside. She came to ST. Paul in
1890, where she was married to John
F. O'Sullivan, who with four children,
survives her. The funeral was held
on Saturday morning, Nov. 3, from
st. Lukes church, where requiem
mass was offered for the repose of
her soul. A large concourse of friends
attended the funeral. Interment was
made in the family plot at Calvary
cemetery.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-24
Sim Fein Rallies
Again In ireland
Described As the "DarIing of the Peo-
pIe"-Speeches of Several Leaders
at BaiIieboro, Howth and Dublin
Prepared to Provide Army, Navy
and Police if Independent.

Messrs. De Valera, Eolu MacNeill,
Arthur Griffith, and Sean Milroy were
the principal speakers at large Sim
Fein meeting in Bailieboro Sunday.
Fully 10000 participated, contingents
with bands being present from prac-
tically every parish in East Cavan, as
we'll as from every parish in East
Cavan, as we'll as from the adjoining
counties of Meath and Monaghan. A
procession of S. F, Clubs headed by
several hundred horsemen, took close
on an hour to pass. There were some
beautiful banners, and the town was
decorated with flags. A feature was
the number Of ladies who marched,
and a banner carried in front of a
body Of school boys contained the
motto: "Next to God, Love Thee" /"
The chair was taken by Mr.. M.
Leavy, Pres, E. Cavan, S. F. Execu-
tive. In a letter, Very Rev. M. O'Con-
nell, P. p, V. G., Cootehill, wrote:
II am satisfied the healthy public
spirit aroused by the high ideals in
spired by this great constitutional
movement will make your demonstra-
tion historic among the gatherings of
East Cavan men. Not only has Sim
Fein the force Of numbers behind it,
but it has the force of character; it
is an organism upright, open, consti-
utional, self-respecting and self-reliant,
abhoring the shams, empty tricks, and
stage play of the secret society.
Old Leaders "Scrapped."
1T has deposed the old leaders and
scrapped their old rusty machinery.
It is the power that has saved the
boys of Cavan from the horrors of the
hellish war that, despite the prayers
and protests of the Holy Father of the
Faithful, continues to curse and desc
late humanity. There is but one ma
tional force that, to all appearance,
under the providence of God, can di.
rect the results of this horrible war
to good account for Ireland; its name
is Slim Fein. It has breathed new
soul into Ireland
Rev. M. OLoughlin, G. c., Belturbet,
wrote wishing the meeting success, as
did Rev. P. E. Garry, P. p, Oldcastle;
Rev. J. Brogan, P. P, Moynalty; Rev
P. Gilchrist, P. P, Kill. Very Rev. B.
Gaffney, p, V. F., Virginia, wrote: 81
referred before to enemies in the
press and on the platform. I wish to
Continued on page y
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-24

Daniel Sherlock, father Of forme
editor of the Irish Standard, ]. II
Sherlock, died at his home at En-
mettsburg, Ia, last Saturday at Tho
age of II. He is survived by his wild
ow Ellen, and nine SONS and daugh
ters, to-wit: j. b. Sherlock of Grea
Falls, Mont, j. Fl. Sherlock, forme
editor of the Irish Standard, now c
Emmettsburg, DR.. w. P. Sherlock
army surgeon at Camp Cody, New
Mexico, Mrs. w. f. Eagan, Margarer
and Henrietta, of Emmettsburg, ant
Thomas and Albert f., in service q
Camp Dodge and Marie, Red Cross
nurse at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Mr. Sherlock was born in the Parisl
of Nina, County Tipperary, Ireland
July 3, 1876, and came with his par
ents to Ontario, Canada, in 1847. He
located at Fort Dodge, Ia, in 1869, and
later at Sherlock Post Office, now Ayr
shire, la. Here he engaged with en-
ergy in general farming and stock
raising and conducted his work on
broader scale than the ordinary farm
er, so that in the course of few years
he was regarded as one Of the most
prosperous and successful settlers in
that part of Iowa.
His marriage to Ellen Brennan took
place Feb. 10, 1878, and their union
was blessed with family of five sons
and four daughters. OF these as noted
above four are engaged in the national
service. This circumstance weighed
heavily upon the mind of the father
though he cheerfully acquiesced in their
desire to manifest their patriotism by
active service. He was a man of deep
religious convictions and daily at
tendant at mass regardless of wealth
er conditions or pressure of other OBJ
legations, firmly believing in the ef-
ficacy of prayer he lost no opportun-
ity to repair to Divine Providence in
quest of his spiritual and material
needs. BY industry and thrift he ac-
quired competency in this worlds
goods, but he made generous use Of
it in providing literally for the edu.
cation of his children and contribut-
ing freely to the several charitable
| CONTINUED on page 5)
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-24
hiberians Swell
Library Fund
Ramsey Division No. q, A. o. H., Will
Give Annual Ball and Card Party,
Thanksgiving Eve in Hibernian
Halls.

The annual ball and card party
Ramsey county, will take place on
Thanksgiving Eve, Nov. %. .Elab.
crate arrangements have been made
for the old and new style dances.
Many valuable prizes will be awarded
for those who prove to be winners In
card games.
Division No. 4's reputation for par
ties would alone assure a large gath
ering, for they have never as yet
pulled off an entertainment which did
not prove a great success both so
cially and financially. Their Thanks
giving Eve party is just little bit
different from any which they have
given so far
The proceeds of this affair will be
set aside and will be known as Divis-
ion No. d, A. o. H., Liberty Loan
Fund The committee in charge has
left nothing undone towards making
this the biggest and the best dance
and card party ever pulled off in RAM
sey county. The affair will be held In
Hibernian halls, giving assurance that
there will be plenty of room for all.
Circulars have been sent out to
every member of Division No. 4, in
which the committee gives expression
of it's loyalty as follows:
I'VE mean to prove for the one
thousandth time that NEVER has our
race been found lacking in response
to our Country's call-for our Coun-
try THIS is-with its government
founded squarely on the ideals of Ire
lands honored dead; with its portals
swinging wide to embrace, as it were.
the oppressed and lowly from every
land and cline.
Never was there suggested to the
minds of the men of our race cause
more sacred than that to which we
at this moment demand your atten.
tion. Take tho enclosed tickets-sell
them. Tell your friends about it;
bring them with you; make every pos
sible effort for the honor and glory
Of our stainless Starry Flag.
u. q. Corcoran, ]. H. Mulally, Thos.
Redmond, Patrick Cullen, Phil Byrnes.
Thos. Donohue, l.. Sinnott, r. ]. Cou-
nelly, M. ]. Lee, ]. w. Mulrennan.
John Lynch, J. e. Murnane, Commit
tee."