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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-21

One opinion seems common among
all parties, namely, that the prospects
of the convention in Ireland to consid-
er home rule is seriously impaired, if
not entirely doomed.
Another view is that the election is
an irreparable disaster for the. Irish
nationalist party, which, many irish
people complain, held the country for
years in the dead hand of rigid ma
chine policy.
Timothy HeaIy Gratified.
Timothy Healy, M. P, frankly graft
fed, says the English people are mis-
taken about the Sim Feiners-they
are not rabid extremists but devoted
idealists.
The local correspondent at Ennis
quotes Professor De Valera as saying
he does not intend to take his seat in
the house of commons.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-21
LATEST CONVENTION
NEWS.

Matters Being Arranged
Some Further Details of the I'm.
portant AssembIage-The Four Rep.
resentatives of the Irish Hierarchy
THE Nationalist Representatives
Observation-Disclosures Charged With
Support of Portion - Country Has
Changed in Five Years.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-21


seIected-NationaIis Charged With
Support of Portion - Country Has
Changed in Five Years.
Although the convention summoned
by Lloyd George to consider the set
tlement Of the Irish question is to
meet on Wednesday of next week,
July 25, the details of it's important
features have not as yet been pub
lished. It is announced that the Irish
chief secretary, Drake, will be temper
.ars~ chairman, and will also probably
be the permanent presiding officer,
though this is not definitely deter
mined. Cardinal Logue at the annual
meeting of the Archbishops and Bish-
ops of Ireland at Maynooth College
on Tuesday, June 10, read letter
from the Prime Minister inviting him
to nominate four Bishops to represent
the Catholic Church i'm Ireland at the
convention.
It was unanimously agreed to ac-
cept the Prime Minister'S invitation,
and four Bishops were selected whose
names will be sent forward to the
Prime Minister for appointment.
With the exception of the Most
Rev. DR.. Healy, Archbishop of Tuam,
and Most Rev. D. Mangan, Bishop
of Kerry, who were absent through
indisposition, all the members of the
Irish hierarchy were present.
(None of the Irish papers gave the
names of the Bishops selected as dele
gates to the Convention, but the DAILY
News" of London gave on Wednesday,
June 20, the names, of His Emminence
Cardinal Logue, His Grace Archbishop
Harty of Cashel, Most Rev. DR.. Kelly,
Bishop of Ross, and Most Rev. DR..
Gilmartin, Bishop of Confert, as be-
ing the Bishops selected.)
Similarly it has been announced in
the Irish papers that the Irish Party
selected delegates to the Convention
but the names of those selected were
not published in Ireland. SThe London
correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian" who is usually very we'll
informed, says that the Irish Party
delegation will include John Redmond,
John Dillon, Joseph Devlin and John
Clancy. The name of the fifth dele
gate has not been mentioned.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-21
BLESSED CANDLE AT WAKE.

A pious old Irish custom was carried
out when John Murphy, an aged con-
tractor, died recently in Bellefontaine,
Ohio. Years ago, Mr.. Murphy came
to America an exile from the land he
loved and brought with him as his
most treasured possession a blessed
candle to be burned at his own wake.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-21
WILL tAhADA, LIKE
RUSSIA, have
A REVOLT?
Trouble Is Brewing in Several Dif-
ferent Quarters of the Dominion
French and Irish Canadians and
Labor Party Involved
in Movement.

Quebec, July 12.-That the senti-
ment which has steadily been growing
here is more than political opposition
to the Borden administration and is
deeper seated than dissatisfaction
with the impending conscription bill
is shown by prominent article ad-
vocating secession in L'Ideal Catho-
lique, one of the most prominent cler-
ical papers in the province and semi
official organ of the archdiocese of
Montreal
The fact that the Church has made
no protest to the editor is taken as
tacit approval OF the policy of seces-
sion which this and the other clerical
paper, La CroiX, is openly advocating.
The population of Quebec is largely
provincial, the only two cities of any
size being Montreal (40O,O0O and
Quebec (227, ,OOO), which leaves the
remaining 100000 scattered in small
villages throughout the province. This
peasant population, like the Irish
farming class, takes an intense in
terest in politics. They are all Lib
erals.
Aligned with the peasantry in their
opposition to the present Dominion
Government is the Labor Party, which
is modelled upon the lines Of the
French Syndicalists. The Borden
government since it's inception has
been ultra-conservative and violently
anti-labor, and although just now 1t
is conciliatory, labor is distrustful,
and will have none OF it.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-21
$4,000 TO RED CROSS.

Timothy and Michael H. Foley of St.
Paul, Minn, recently gave $4,000 to
members of the Red Cross fund com.
mittee for the benefit of the Red Cross
fund which they think one of the most
necessary sinews of war.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-21
PHILADELPHIA PRIEST
JOINS CANADIAN ARMY

The Rev. Edward Hawkes., of Phila-
delphia, Pa, has been nominated a
chaplain in the Canadian army by
Bishop Fallon, Of London, Ont. Five
others were named at the same time,
including the Rev. Charles A. Fallon,
O. Nj. l., who is the second of Bishop
ice as chaplains With the Canadian
army.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-21
IRISH REPUBLIC Demanded

Congress that the Congress of the
United States shall pass resolutions
calling upon England to stand by her
solemn declaration regarding the
rights and liberties of the peoples of
small nations and grant Ireland her
rights and liberties by permitting her
now to establish an Irish republic
which the people of Ireland now de-
mand-and which has been the hope
and aspiration of the Irish race, man,
woman and child, since Ireland was
deprived of her nationhood.
The Committees.
The following were the principal
committees in charge of arrangements
for the reunion, which was considered
one of the most representative and
successful ever held in Cook County:
Committee on Arrangements-John
Foley, chairman; d. S. Harrington, sec
retary; P. D. Casey, treasurer; Daniel
J. Scanlan, James P. Stevenson, Dan
iel Collins, Joseph P. Owens, ]. j.
Whalen, Timothy O'Brien, James j.
O'Brien, John Mcclure, Daniel Kelly,
c. ]. Fitzgerald, Martin LOTUS, NJ. w.
Doyle. M. j. Murphy, Richard j.
Healy, Thos B. McInerney, Patrick j.
Sullivan, John Mathews and Martin
Jeffers.
Reception Committee-Michael w.
Delaney, national treasurer, A. O. H.
chairman; Rev. j. w. McNamee, Rev.
FIR. Donohue, Judge Robt. e. Grove,
Judge George F. Barrett, Judge P. +.
Flanagan, Judge Edward j. Carey, p.
j. Reynolds, state president; Patrick
Enl'ight, state vice president; Thos
AIoriarty, state secretary; DR.. Geo. p.
kerrigan, state treasurer; DR.. p. b.
Hayes, county president; Edmund J.
Rice, county vice president; M. Lar
ney, county financial secretary; j. J..
Ma]oney, president Hibernian Life In
surance Association; P. J. Q'Sullivan,
Wnt. j. Doherty, ]. J. Geraghty, John
Begane, P. j. O'Brien, No. II; Joseph
Burke, Robert E. Dore, Mark Hardin,
F. l.. Cronican, John E. Long, John
O'Tare.
'sSonmittee or Resolutions--Josepll
A. O'Donnell, chairman; Hon. Geo. E.
German, John j. Conroy, Hon. Robt.
Sweitzer, Judge John p. McGoorty,
Prof. VIM. H. Cahill.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-21
A Fact Of III Omen.

Mr.. Bonar Laws statement, not yet
withdrawn, is another fact of i'll omen,
and calculated to create doubt as to
whether the government has bona fide
desire to find a true solution through
the agreement of the vast majority of
the Irish people. Mr.. Lloyd George
stated that the convention was not to
be one merely of political parties. To
too large an extent it will be one OF
political parties, and political parties
who do not truly represent the coun-
try. What may be termed the old
gangs will be too strongly represent
ed. By the method which has been
adopted full popular representation
cannot be secured; and even at the
eleventh hour time would be saved
If, instead of the nomination of thir'
ty-three chairmen of county councils
some system were devised by which
the popular delegates would be elected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
Dividend Limit
For Railroads
Is a Possibility
Questions To Be Consid-
cred in Rate Hearing
Are Outlined

In outlining the procedure in the
hearing to begin next week on the pro-
posed 10 per cent increase in freight
rates. the Interstate Commerce Com
mission intimates that the railroads
may be asked to limi. dividend rates
during the period of the war, according
to advices from Washington.
The statement issued by the commits
sion summarizes seven general heads
under which the subject will be con-
sidered. These subdivisions are stated
as follows:
The present emergency, war condi-
tions, labor and wages, cost of fuel,
material and supplies, recent changes
in rates, the reasonableness of the
proposed increased rates and applica-
ton to be made Of the proposed in
creased revenue.
Questions of Emergency
Under the head of emergency the
commission asks if an emergency af-
fects all carriers alike, whether all re-
quire the same degree of relief, why
that relief should take the form OF a
general percentage increase and why
the percentage should be Is per cent.
The extent of the Adamson laws re-
sponsibility for the alleged emergency
also is to be brought out.
Did the emergency exist prior to
January | LAST" the commission asks.
Prior to April /? When did it be-
come an emergency? By what cri-
terion can il be determined later that
the emergency is past?"
What Carriers Must State
Carriers should state, the commits
sion declares, by individual lines, the
extent TO which their earnings are af-
fected by war conditions. As TO labor
and wages, each carrier also should
show what the total increase is and
how much of it is directly attributable
10 the Adamson law. The percentage
of operating revenue paid out in in
creased wages also should be shown.
Each railroad also will be required
to show how fuel costs compare with
those in effect year ago, as well as
rails, ties and other supplies.
In considering the proposed applica-
ton of revenues which would result
from the increased rates, carriers will
be required to indicate not only the
approximate totals accruing 10 each
group of roads. but 10 the individual
lines, and SHOULD file statements show
ing in detail the purposes TO which the
increased revenues are 10 be devoted"
and the extent to which they are will
ing to limit the rate of dividend to be
paid during the continuance of the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
Dacia Seizure Recalled
By reight Money Suit
France, f N. Breitung Says, Paid
Contract Price for Cotton

Most of the exceptions made by T. b.
Owens, the Galveston cotton merchant,
TO a series of questions in the answer
of Edward n. Breitung in the Admiral
ty suit TO recover Sl72,669 prepaid
freight money for the carriage Of 1000
bales Of cotton on the steamship Dacia,
were overruled in an opinion delivered
yesterday by Judge julius NJ. Mayer, OF
the Federal District Court of New
York.
Linstow, at Bremen, Germany, and the
Dacia, while on the voyage from CAL
weston TO Rotterdam, was seized by a
French cruiser as a result of which the
cotton was never delivered, and Mr.
Owens brought suit for recovery of the
freight money.
In his answer to the suit Mr.. Bret
tung said that Mr.. Owens had been
given the option by the French govern
ment either of selling the cotton to 1t
or having it transshipped to Rotter dam,
and that he had voluntarily sold 1t for
the full Bremen contract price OF
s727.762, which included the freight
now sought to be recovered. He fur.
Their stated that whether the sale OF
the cotton TO the French government
was voluntary or compulsory, 1t was
one of the important points in the suit,
and it was on this point that the ma
iority of the questions overruled by the
court were based.
Judge Mayer sustained an exception
TO the question of whether Mr.. Owens
had obtained insurance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
Relevant Facts

Kennecott Copper~W. c. Potter,
chairman Of the corporation, announced
at the annual meeting of stockholders
Yesterday that 195,5OO shares of Utah
Copper stock had been purchased at an
average price of sl09.37 share.
OF the total amount bought l2o.oOo
shares were obtained from !. +. Nor
gan & Co. at 1921, while the re-
mainder was bought from directors and
in the open market. II was disclosed
that the board of directors had author
lied the Kennecott company TO increase
its holdings in Utah up TO the stated
amount at maximum price of Sl2O a
share. The Kennecott Copper Cor
poration now has in its treasury 600,-
0O4 shares, or 81 per cent of the total
Utah stock.
Mr.. Potter stated that it was not the
ultimate purpose of his company to
acquire 81 per cent of the Utah COM
pany's stock mo purpose of that kind
is in our minds" he added. However,
if the directors see a chance to buy
more Utah stock at a reasonable price
they may do So"
1t was explained by Mr.. Potter that
the Kennecott company had been
authorized to borrow up to 100000 900
in financing the purchase of additional
Utah stock, but that it had been neces-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Exchange rates on Allied countries
were firmer as rule yesterday, with
francs and Russian rubles recovering
most Of the ground lost the preceding
day. There was broader inquiry for
both of these exchanges. Italian lire
also reflected a better demand, al
though this was not translated into any
pronounced recovery in the rate, which
closed at 704 TO the dollar, compared
with FOG the day before. Sterling rates
are steady. and continue TO give evil
dence of the successful working of the
banking machinery, which the English
bankers have been employing for more
than a year TO stabilize the market.
The new American government credit
extended TO Great Britain has taken
the place of gold. and imports of the
latter have ceased entirely for the
lime being. there having been no ship
.ncnts into the United States for Brit
ish account in about a month
Closing rates yesterday, compared
with a week ago, arc given in the table
below. American bankers have sus-
pended all dealings in German and
Austrian exchange. so that daily quo
tations for either marks or kronen are
no longer available.
Week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
More Treasury
Bills Looked
For This Week
Money Rises as Banks Pre-
pare to Advance $780,
100000 to Government

Bankers here received intimat'oa
from Washington yesterday that al
other block OF United States Treasury
certificates of indebtedness would be
issued within the next few days, pose
sibly on Friday Of this week. IL was
asserted that the information in hand
indicated another offering of bet"ee1
5000 900. 900 and s25OOOO,OOo similar
to that issued two weeks ago. Pro,
ceeds Of the impending. oherlng' IL
was said, would probably be irade
available in the form of much needed
dollar credits for France and ltaly.
On receipt of unofficial advice5
from Washington, local banking insti-
tutions proceeded to put their finances
in shape to meet the impending issue,
and this. combined with the heavy
MAY interest and dividend dlsburee-
ments of American corporations,
caused call money at the Stock IN
change TO rise to 4 per cent, COM
pared with 81. per cent the day be
fore This is the rate touched last
week. and is the highest level call
money has reached since the peace
panic" of last December.
It was stated in Wall Street -ye3ter-
day that a number of private banking
houses which took large blocks of the
initial issue of Treasury bills will not
participate in the coming offering.
The reason was not given. II is UNI
derstood that the rate on the forth
coming short-term loan will be the
same as that of the first issue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
Want Miners
Exempted from
Military Service
Anthracite Operators Say
Men Can Serve Country
Best with Pick

Washington, May l.-Anthrccite
operators told the Federal Trade Com
mission to-day that the price oF their
product during the war will depend
largely upon whether coal miners are
exempted from military service and
upon the supply Of cars made avail
able for transportation from the
mines. They urged that the govern
ment notify miners that they will
serve their country as effectually by
sticking to their picks as by gong
into trenches.
The operators appeared to tell their
side Of the story in the commissions
investigation of the high cost of an
thracite. They declared they had re-
ceived no panic prices, and that the
price Of coal had advanced more rap
idly than wages at the mines because
Of increased taxation and the cost Of
materials entering into operations, as
well as by shortage of labor and short
age of cars Stress was laid or the
scarcity of labor due to the high
wages paid by the munitions plants.
John Merkle, a veteran anthracite
operator, told the commission that
some limit ought to be put on the
wages which munitions plants pay,
in order to stop the ever-increasing
shortage in mine labor.
Increased operating expenses caused
by the workmen's compensation law OF
Pennsylvania and the increased equip
ment made necessary by eight hour
laws were cited as items entering into
the higher price of coal.
The problem Of distribution is the
greatest element in the business, ac
cording 10 statements at the inquiry.
and several of the operators said the
shortage Of coal in New England and
New York last year was due to break
down in railroad transportation, caused
by the rush on the part Of the public
TO 'hoard" coal and the demands for
coal from Canada.
Commissioner Colver said after to-
days session that the whole problem
seemed to be one o. distribution; that
the condition last winter was intolera-
BILE, and must not occur again, and that
Some remedy would be found for pre-
venting speculation in coal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
Finance = Economics
WALL, STREET OFFICE; Telephones
NH. Building. 10 Broad St Hanover e6la

TO use accumuations for business
expansion IS usual, and TO provide
the government with funds by means
Of bank credit, there will be an at
tempt 20 employ purchasing power
so much in excess Of the supply OF
labor and materials that these will
be forced rapidly higher. II is not
that there is a conscious depreciation
Of the medium of payments, but that
the enormous demand, supplied with
additional purchasing power, and act
ing upon a limited supply OF the
things wanted, forces prices higher.
When all the forces of production
arc already in full action, more can
not be done merely by supplying ad-
ditional credit. IL is a question OF
more men, more equipment snd more
materials. An attempt to use more
purchasing power, whether it be
credit or gold itself, exhausts itself
in higher wages and prices all
around.
The foregoing statement must be
qualified, however, by saying that un-
der the continued pressure and slim
illus Of such extraordinary condi-
tions there is constant develop
ment of efficiency. Rising wages in
the town industries draw men from
the farms until the food supply is
threatened, and this prompts ex-
traordinary efforts to help out the
farmers. The railways have taken
extraordinary steps to obtain higher
efficiency, and there are unusual in
ducements to install labor-saving
methods everywhere.
Undoubtedly there will have 10 be
a large amount OF at least temporary
borrowing in order to handle the
government loans, but il should be
impressed upon the public at the
outset of this war borrowing, which
will be steady thing as long as the
war lasts, that resort 10 the banks
by either the government or the pub
lie should be for temporary needs
only. Such loans should be paid up
as quickly as possible out of income,
to clear the way for future require
ments.
AS one way of insuring subscrip-
ions out Of incomes, as far as that
S possible, it is suggested that
payments should be made gradually,
At such intervals as TO coordinate
he governments receipts and dis
so as to make them as
lCarly simultaneous as possible.
This would insure a minimum of
disturbance of general banking con-
litions. 1t is further suggested that
o accomplish this the receipts must
,e left in the banks from which they
ire to be drawn, with the slightest
practicable degree Of concentration,
until the time for disbursement is
cached.
Finally, while no restrictions on
public offerings of new securities for
private enterprises, such as have
'een made in other countries, are
likely to be imposed, the state of the
market for those issues will proba-
'ly be such as to keep back offerings,
md the government for some time
It least will have the investment
ield to itself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
u. S. Treasury Finances

Washington, May 1.-The condition
of the United States Treasury at the
close to-day showed: Net balance in
general fund, s163, 740,661; total re-
ceipts, S6,e63,715; total payments, ST.
s37,1 1874.
The deficit this fiscal year is $751;
5e1,616, against a deficit of $4s,011,570
last year, exclusive of Panama Canal
and public debt transactions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
Current

The above rates express the cost of
foreign money in terms of the Ameri-
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling at, say, s4.76. The intrinsic
parity is s4.s6ss per pound. Thus, you
say either that pounds are at dis
count or that dollars are at pre-
MUM, which is owing to the fact that
in England the demand for dollars
with which to settle accounts in this
country is greater than the demand in
this country for pounds with which to
settle accounts in England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
Money and Credit

The imminence of new United States
government war financing, together
with the large May l interest and divi-
dend disbursements, forced money rates
to a higher level yesterday. Call
money on the Stock Exchange rose to
4 per cent for a brief period in the
afternoon, when a number of banks
called loans, thus forcing brokers to
seek accommodation from other lend
ers. The ruling rate was 81 per cent,
a full l per cent above the prevailing
rate Monday, but at the close money
was offered freely at per cent.
But little business was moving in
time loans based on Stock Exchange Sc
curities as collateral. Demand was
limited, as well as offerings, but rates
held firm. Not much is expected of
this market until stock market condi-
tions improve.
Ruling rates on money yesterday,
compared with year ago, were as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
News Digest
Foreign

Paris Bourse. Paris, May Trad
ing was quiet on the Bourse to-day.
Three per cent rentes, 81 francs so
confines for cash; exchange on Lon
don, 81 francs IS confines; o per cent
loan, 81 francs 90 centimes, ex coupon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
New Brokerage Partnership.-Louis

w. Noel, Pemberton Berman and
Clifford Langley have formed a part
nership under the name of Noel, Ber-
man e. Langley to transact general
investment and brokerage business.
William F. Porter is associated with
them as a special partner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
New York
Executive

Chamber of Commerce Executive
Resigns.-John Franklin Crowell. OK
ecutive officer of the New York Cham
Der of Commerce, has resigned to spe.
ciaize in "after-the problems" n
the fields of domestic commerce, mari
time economics and international
trada