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The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
war ACTIVITIES OF
LADIES AUXILIARY
Appeals of National President Is Read
lily Responded to by Members From
All Over the Country.

Rev. l.. J. O'Hern, C. C. F., received
many contributions during the past
week for the purchase of outfits for
Catholic Chaplains in the Army and
Navy, viz:
Mrs. H. Roy, of Brooklyn, N. Y, read
ing the appeal of Mrs. Mary F. Nc
Whorter, National President of the L.
A., A. O. H.. in the Tablet of Brooklyn,
forwarded 500 for the purchase of
Mass outfit.
Mrs. Julia Agne and Miss Brogan,
officers of Division No. ID, of the L. A.,
A. o. H.. of Yonkers, N. Y, sent 500,
to be employed in purchasing a Chap
lain's outfit, as a memorial to the de.
ceased members of that division.
Mrs. M. Murray, President of Divis.
ion No. 6, l.. A., A. o. H., of Baltimore,
Nd. sent 500 for Mass outfit from
that division.
The Misses Brennan, Joy and Gar.
vey, of Bayside, N. " collected $1O0,
which they forwarded to purchase
Chaplain's outfit
And so the good work goes on from
day to day, until every Catholic Chap
lain will be provided with the neces.
sary vestments and sacred vessels to
conduct Divine Service for our Cath.
olic young men in both arms Of the
service.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06

School, and graduated therefrom in
1912. His next three years were spent
as stenographer in the service of
Mr.. O'Connor of the 500 Line. He
spent about one year in the service
OF the Minneapolis Street Railway in
his professional capacity, after which
he was engaged by Mr.. Reed, of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, where he
continued to work until short time
ago. On Monday, Oct. /, he left for
the Jefferson Barracks. Mr. Mason
is young man of sterling character
and excellent ability. He would have
undoubtedly won rapid promotion in
his civilian career had not the Ma
tion's call interrupted the normal
course of his activities. Uncle Sam
will now be the recipient of his valu-
able services, and, we have no doubt,
will not be unappreciative of them.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
PLAN MONUMENT
FOR BUFFALO BILL
Scope of Plan Enlarged to Honor 9th
er Pioneers-It Will Be Temple
to Pioneers Of America, to Be
Erected Near Denver, Colo.

The plans for the erection of mon
ument on Lookout mountain, near
Denver, to Buffalo Bill Colonel w.
F. Cody), who was baptized on his
deathbed by Catholic priest, have
grown until it is now proposed to con-
struct a great memorial temple to the
Pioneers of America" plans for
which have been drawn by Cove &
Walsh. Buffalo Bill is to be particu-
larly honored in this, but other pio-
neers, discoverers and explorers are
to be commemorated. There is only
one Catholic in the Americas Pho
neer Memorial Committees" which
are in charge Of the erection of the
magnificent temple, but gratifyingly
large number of Catholics, with two
priests, are included in the great men
to be honored. This occurs because
Catholics were particularly identified
with the days it is intended to CON-
memorate. ......
The first Catholic on the list is
Christopher Columbus, discoverer of
America. He was faithful son of
the Church all his days, and the great
est of all modern Catholic societies,
the Knights of Columbus, bears his
name.
The next is De Soto, who discov-
cred the Mississippi, Missouri and
White rivers He was Spanish
Catholic.
The next is Coronado, who explored
the great Southwest in 1910. He was
also Spanish Catholic. The next is
Pedro Menendez, who, in 1864, first
explored Florida. He was a Spanish
Catholic. The next is Samuel de
Champlain, who discovered Lake
Champlain and Lake Ontario, dying in
1885. Jacques Cartier, another French
Catholic, is to be remembered because
he also made great explorations in
these regions.
Next on the list are Several non.
Catholics-Capt. John Smith, William
Blackstone and Peter Stuyvesant.
Then we reach the Catholics again,
with Father Marquette, great Jesuit
missionary to the Indians, who. with
Louis Joliet, built st. lgnace. Macki-
nae Island. Michigan. and explored
the Mississippi. Father Marquette
died in 1875 at St. Ignace.
William Penn, the Quaker. comes
next on the list, then there is another
Chevalier de La Sale, who
followed the explorations of Father
Marquette on the Mississippi river,
continuing to the Gulf of Mexico and
naming Louisiana La Sale died in
1706.
Daniel Boone is next on the list,
Continued on Page 9
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
LEAVES ROME TO BECOME
ARCHBISHOP IN ENGLAND
Rector Of English College Will Have
Right of Succession to See
of Birminnhan

Monsignor John Mcintyre, Bishop
OF Lamas, rector of the English Col
lege in Rome since November, 1913,
will leave the Eternal City and be-
come Auxiliary Archbishop to the ven
cradle Archbishop Ilsley, of Birming-
ham, England, it has been announced
in all the churches and chapels in
that archdiocese.
The distinguished prelate, who has
been made titular Archbishop of Oxy.
rinchius, one of the old Christian sees
of Middle Egypt, will have the right
OF succession, it is reported, to the
See of Birmingham. to the clergy
and faithful of which he is no strang-
er, as he was canon theologian there
in 1900. Before he was called to Rome
to head the English College as sue
cessor to Monsignor Giles, the Holy
See desiring Bishop to be rector,
he had been appointed Auxiliary
Bishop of the Archdiocese.
Archbishop Mcintyre was born in
1855 and was ordained to the priest
hood in 1880.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
OLDEST PRIEST IN
WORLD AN OBLATE
is CONGRATULATED By THE
ARCHBISHOP OF MONTREAL ON
18TH ANNIVERSARY,

Archbishop Bruchesi of Montreal,
Canada, has sent the following tele-
gram to Rev. Damase Dandurand, 0.
NJ. l., of St. Boniface, Manitoba.
ITO the venerable Oblate, a son of
Montreal, the oldest priest in the
world, cordial congratulations on the
10Th anniversary Of his ordination" /"
Father Dandurand was born in La
prairie. near Montreal. on March %,
1919. He was ordained on September
II, 1S4l, and was the first French
Canadian to enter the order of Oblates
of Mary Immaculate.
In spite of his 9S years, he still
enjoys good health, and celebrates
Mass every day.
For many years he conducted mis-.
sions and retreats in Montreal and
the vicinity. Then he was sent as
missionary to Manitoba. Since 1900
he has been chaplain at the Tache
Hospital. ST. B0niface
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
JOHN J. MASON JOINS
EN NGINEERInG CORPS
First Ward Contributes Another Vaiu-
able Unit to the Service.

One of the latest accessions to the
national service contributed from Min
lst Society1"hn J. Mason, whose pic
Capitol 9 asure in presenting
IsDvu.~- IT, Mason has Joined
the Engineering Corps, and is quar-
tered at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. John j.
Mason of No. 313, Sixth Ave. N. E.
The first ward is justly proud of its
war record, and Mr.. Mason's enlist
ment adds another feather to it's al
ready ornate cap, for it was in this
ward that Mr.. Mason first saw the
light of day, in 1894. He obtained his
elementary education in the parochial
schools of St. Anthony of Padua, and
afterwards spent one year at the Lo-
gan Public School. Next he entered
the De La Sale Christian Brothers
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
ANTI-CATH0LIc
Make PROTEST
"Patriots" Seek to Prevent Knights of
Columbus From Participating in
War Camp Activities.

That an attempt should be made
by those infamed with anti-Catholic
animus to prevent the Knights of Co,
lumbus from carrying out their admir-
able program for recreation centers
at the various Federal army camps
and cantOnments is most regrettable.
coming as it does, at a time when the
American people require and expect
unity of purpose in the successful
prosecution of the war and the fullest
inculcation of the oneness of Ameri-
can soldiers in purpose and in ideals
of service and devotion to and for
their country, says John G. Coyle, NJ.
d., in the Catholic News, On. W
Gathered into the camps, both as
volunteers and as conscripts, are hun
dreds of thousands of young Ameri-
cans, in the very fullest hours of life,
the physical flower of American man
hood. The volunteers have left home
and kindred, farm and shop, lonely
hillside and thronged city, to risk
health, liberty and life for the free
dom of the seas, for the preservation
of the ideals of democracy in the
world, for the safety of Americans on
land and sea. These volunteers have
sprung forward. in response to a noble
sentiment of nationallsm, of common
brotherhood among Americans. in de-
fense of flag which symbolizes to
them as it ever has to the oppressed
and downtrodden Of the world, hope,
opportunity. freedom. democracy and
honorable advance. The drafted men
have gone forward to their duties
singing songs of joy, filed with the
boundless hopes of youth, determined
to do their work we'll and faithfully.
They are Americans to the core.
Continued on page s.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
THE WINONA PLAN WORK FOR
THE COMING YEAR-REORGANl
ZATlON OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
COURSE.

The course of studies on which a
commission has been at work for the
past year was printed and placed in
the hands of the teachers in the
schools of the diocese of Winona at
the opening of school. A year ago
at the Institute held for the teachers
In the diocese, Bishop Heffron appoint
ed commission to have charge of
school affairs and the first work un-
dertaken was lie course of studies for
the grade" - ;hools. This course
of studies Is 'eted and is now
adopted as the authorized course of
studies in all of the schools of the
diocese. An Institute was held in
August, at the close of the summer
school, at the College of St. Teresa
The commission was continued and
the work assigned was to study and
adapt the course Of studies to the local
conditions of the different schools in
which it is adopted. The selection
Of textbooks has been deferred and
will finally be settled on the basis
OF the course of studies. In the near
future the commission will take up
the work of framing a course of stud
les for high schools. School admins
tration, methods of teaching, examina-
tions and the reports of the school
superintendent are subjects which the
commission will begin to study at
once. The commission will also pre-
pare a uniform set of records for
the schools. Accompanying the course
of studies there is also a music course
and course in Christian Doctrine
prepared by Rev. J. A. Cuminskey.
The Catholic Colonization Society,
U. S. A., the National Colonization In
stitution of the Catholic Church of the
United States, will in the near
future open its great campaign for the
direction of land seekers, principally
those of the Catholic faith.
For this purpose the Society wishes
to get in touch with responsible par
ties controlling lands suitable for col
onization purposes. The Catholic Col
onization Society does not buy or sell
any land itself, but co-operates with
owners of good lands in locating set
tiers, by system of information, rec
ommendatioa and practical publicity.
Besides being agriculturally good,
fair in price, etc, it is necessary that
suitable church facilities be provided
on or near such lands for eventual
Catholic settlers.
Parties controlling land propositions
OF this kind and desirous of securing
the cooperation of the Catholic Col
onization Society in settling them, are
invited to correspond with The Catho-
lie Land Information Bureau, U. s.
A., Ashland Block, Chicago.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06

mon of dedication, in which he con.
graduated the Pastor upon the tri.
umphant achievement of many years
of struggling and adversely, and called
upon the people to remain ever faith.
full in support of him.
The New Edifice.
The Congregation has worshipped
in a small wooden church building,
located in the same block as the new
structure, for period of about 2 quar-
ter of century, and Father Hi Win /
ky has been Pastor for abou State.
ty-two years. Having outgrt,1 -
capacity of the old church the Co.'s
gregation began work on the new one
about one year ago. The new struc
ture is at the front elevation about
ten feet above the street grades, and
is on the northeasterly intersection Of
Third st. and Thirteenth Ave. It is
we'll placed on the ground plot and is
thus given a commanding general ap-
pearance. 1t is 1913 feet long, 60 feet
wide and 80 feet in height. At the
transept it is about 20 feet wide.
There are no galleries except that for
the choir. The finishings and equip
ments are of the finest quality and
selected with artistic taste. There are
six large colored windows on the side
walls, with designs all wrought in
mosaics, the only windows of the kind
in the. city. The seating capacity is
about 600. The aisles are spacious
and the pews the latest word in
church furnishing. The Stations of
the Cross are of such rich design and
generous size as to command imme-
diate attention on the part of the Wis
itor. A gilded Communion rail with
marble top makes an imposing and
beautiful guard for the sanctuary.
The building is of the Renaissance
type, built of verified brick, and was
designed by Architect Victor Cordella
of this city, and it's lines and proper
tions are such as to suggest solidity
and strength as we'll as beauty and
harmony. A tower in the central
front rises to a height of 100 feet,
thus relieving the plainness of the
general features of the structure.
The construction work was done by
the contracting firm of R. J. Cheney
& Co., and it's cost is approximately
100000. The basement is being fitted
up for auditorium purposes of the
ConeregatiOn.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
IRISH TROOP
Slaughtered
Useless and Criminal Wastage Of Men
of Irish Regiments at Ypres Battle
-Ms++er m Ra Aired in parliament

of Irish Regiments at Ypres Battle
Matter to Be Aired in Parliament.
Who blundered? That question will
have to be answered as soon as the
House of Commons meets again, de-
clares a London correspondent. The
correspondents who have told the
story of the recent fighting in what
is termed the Fourth Battle of Ypres
have given very painful accounts of
the task set for Irish troops. Popu-
larly it is supposed that we have such
a superiority in big guns at the front
that we can destroy all the German
defenses, and that we do actually de-
to attack and occupy the enemy po
sitions. But it appears as if in this
case the work of demolition was not
at all completed and that the Irish
troops, North and South alike, found
themselves faced with an impossible
work, failed to carry their objective,
and were mown down with terrible
loss. They could not take concrete
forts with their rifles and bayonets!
After doing all that man could do in
such a case, they fell back. Can we
wonder that the Irish News" should
turn aside from the praise heaped
by our correspondents on these gal
liant troops? The friends of the men
who fell" it says, knew them and
their worth too well to heed the lauda.
tory adjectives overmuch. What they
want to know is how and why the
fatal experiment was made of send
ing men with bayonets against con-
crete forts that nothing less powerful
than artillery well directed could de-
moish" The demand for this infor-
nation will he pressed when Parlia-
ment meets II somebody blundered.
let him be promoted! The French
seem able to manage their advances
with out useless sacrifice of life.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
The Pope As
A Peacemaker
Rev. Dr.. o'Riordan Details Efforts of
Sovereign Pontiffs From the Fifth
to Leo XIII. in Ninteenth
Century,

In his efforts to bring peace to the
warning nations by offering himself
as mediator "above the BATTLE" Pope
Benedict XIV. is following the footsteps
of his earlier predecessors in the chair
of st. Peter.
History records the actions of many
of the Popes, who not only tried, but
succeeded in settling by mediation in
ternational disputes which had been
referred to the settlement of the
sword.
A pamphlet by the Rev. M. O'Rior-
dan, ID. D., D. c. L., entitled "The
Popes as International Peacemakers,"
and issued in Dublin, is therefore of
special interest at this time, when the
incumbent Of that high seat of power
is attempting again to find an abiding
place on earth for the peace so long
banished from the civilized world.
1t details the peace efforts of the
Popes from st. Leo the Great, in the
middle Of the fifth century, to Leo
Kill, in the latter half of the nine
teenth.
The Huns, under the terrible Attila,
had started out on an expedition of
plunder From the forests of Pannonia
they had overrun Gaul as far as Or
leans and then had returned to the
Rhine and poured over into Italy on
their way to Rome. Emperor Valen-
tinian ILL.,, the Roman ruler, called
upon the Pope, later canonized as St.
Leo the Great, to save Rome.
Accompanied by illustrious Romans
taries he went forth from the city to
intercept the barbarian hordes. He
met Attila in the latters camp at a
place near the junction of the Mincio
and Pc rivers. What happened is not
recorded, but the result followed that
Attila returned and led his men back
again across the Danube.
When the Pope returned he was hail
ed as the saviour of Rome. The people
deserted the circuses and filled the
churches. But only for a short period
admits the church historian. A few
years later another barbarian leader,
Genseric, was at their gates, and St.
Leo again was called upon to save
the city. Again he was successful.
The next Pope to act as mediator
was Gregory the Great, who intervened
in the second half of the sixth CEN
tury in war between the Lombards
and the Romans. It took four years
to bring peace.
In the explanation of the difficulties
in the way of successful work by
Gregory in bringing about this peace,
Father O'Riordan writes:
"The greatest obstacles were thrown
in his way by public officials and by
merchants at Rome and Ravenna, for
whom peace would mean loss and war
would mean gain, and who cared more
for private interest than for the public
welfare, which they were trusted to
promote. They even went SO far as to
put up placard in Ravenna denounc-
ing the Pope and charging him with
unworthy motives in trying to restore
peace"
Achievements Of Leo XIII.
The reverend writer continues with
the records of Pope Zachary, in the
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
Fsaa AND BAZAAR OF ST. PHILIPS
CHURCH..

The congregation of St. Philips Po-
lish Catholic church is to hold fair
and bazaar at the G. A. r. hall, Twen-
tieth avenue North and Washington
avenue, for the evenings of October
21, % and 90. The pastor, Rev. Father
Yany, has made arrangements for an
entertaining program for each evening.
Merchandise of all kinds will be dis
posed of, so generously that the pa
irons of the bazaar are sure to carry
home bargains that will be powerful
offset against the demands of the
winter season. A $50 Victrola will
be hung up for some fortunate person
who will only risk a nominal sum for
the winning of it, The parishioners
have entered into the spirit of the oc-
casion with enthusiasm and there is
no doubt about it's financial and social
success. OF course the visits of
friends from other parishes will DO
highly appreciated.
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
Peace Coming
Says Dr.. Page
TO BE FAcEp-MoRAL
LAWS MUST RULE-NO EDUCA-
TION COMPLETE THAT DOES
NOT EMBRACE MORAL PRINcI-
Piles.

Salt Lake, Sept 3O.-"The great
lesson that is clearly written over
the skies of Europe today is that
If you would have peace, do those
things which are for the preserva-
tion of peace" declared the Very
Rev. Edward A. Pace, D. D., in a SER
mon on the problems which must be
met after the war which he preached
at the Catholic cathedral of the Made
leine on a recent Sunday. DR.. Pace,
who is one of the noted professors
Of the Catholic University of America
in Washington, d. c., was the guest
over Sunday of the Rt. Rev. Joseph
S. Glass, c. NJ, D. D., on his way from
California to Washington.
Declaring that the problems of war
were being solved in their own hard
fashion, DIR. Pace reminded his congre-
cation that the days of peace were
coming, and that they would confront
the nation with problems which, he
said, would be no less serious, and
no less difficult than those presented
by the war ITSELF
In many respects it has been proved
that our country was not prepared
for war;" DR.. Pace said. I'VE did not
anticipate five years ago, or even three
years ago, that this would be our war.
Now we are standing, as we hope,
on the threshold of peace, and it is
t'me to ask ourselves if we are pre-
pared to meet the problems that peace
will inevitably set before us.
when the representatives of the
bell:Serent nations gather in confer
ence to discuss the conditions of
peace, to settle the terms which will
satisfy all claims of all interested, the
first question to come up will be the
question of Justice. What is our right;
claim?'
Moral Law Must Rule.
I'VE have proclaimed that our pur-
pose iss to bring liberty to the peoples
OF the earth. The question will be
raised: What is liberty?' This, then.
is not question to be answered by
the learned scientist The war, with
all its horrors, is in certain way
supreme triumph of those sciences
"AAASAA A0vO p4OuuNcu tuc engines OF
death. Never has killing been such a
consummate art. But the scientist
will not solve the problems of peace.
All honor is due these men who have
penetrated the secrets of this mysteri
GUS world, but there is another law, an
other system of truth that must come
into play with the coming of peace.
II is moral order. You ask: What
is right? and you ask moral cues.
tion. You ask what is Justice and
only the moral law can decide. You
ask what is liberty, and therein you
ask one of the deepest questions of
moral science.
I'VE give as our purpose in this
war to spread democracy to the ends
of the earth. Do we realize that
democracy, above all other forms of
government, must rest upon the moral
law?
What will secure that peace we
pray for, what will make it perma-
nent? Will it be the hand of military
might or firmer foundation-respect
for law, reverence of the rights of our
Continued on page:8
The Irish standard., 1917-10-06
ROOSEVELT FAV0RS
CATHOLIC cnAPLAINs
Pays High Tribute to Father Watt
mann, Retired Chaplain.

Writing to the Knights of Colum-
bus, Colonel Roosevelt cordially agrees
with them upon "the urgent need for
additional chaplains." He further
more makes the statement that had
his services been accepted he would
have chosen a Catholic priest as his
chaplain at headquarters:
IF l had been allowed to raise the
division of volunteers which Congress
authorized me to raise, and had been
given a brigade as I requested,
should have appointed as Headquar-
ter's Chaplain, Monsignor Vattmann, a
retired chaplain of the regular Army,
and a member of your Church. He
is by birth German, but he is as
straight an American and as good a
citizen as is to be found in this coun-
try. l know personally of the admir-
able work done by various Catholic
chaplains last year on the Mexican
border, including my friend Father
Joyce, of the regular Army. l am
absolutely certain that over in Europe
the Catholic chaplains will do the
Sdulc hluu vi dUIulTdUl0 WOlh Illdl
they have done in Mexico. One of
the two or three greatest and most
heroic figures Of this war, is that of
the great Catholic ecclesiastic, Card
inal Mercier of Belgium"
Msgr. Vattmann, to whom Colonel
Roosevelt refers, was the first chap
lain of any denomination to be made
a major in the United States Army. A
special vote of Congress and Senate
was at the time required to raise him
to this position. Though in his sew
enty-seventh year he is at present ell
gagged as military chaplain of one OF
the largest forts in the country. He
entered the United States Army forty
years ago and has seen service of
every kind in our various wars, includ-
ing our conflicts with the Indian
tribes. Colonel Roosevelt had noti-
fed him of the intention to choose
him as Headquarters Chaplain.